A Goldie Thank You

Hello Everyone. Shanna here for some Shanna Day Inspiration!

Here name is Goldie and she is a Wee Stamp from Whimsy Stamps.

I loved coloring her with my copics and creating and underwater scene. 

I added some stickles and a glossy accents to add texture and shine to the card. 

The card was so fun to create. I hope you were inspired. 

Items Used:

Whimsy Stamps - Goldie

MFT Stamps - Poppies 

MFT Die-namics - Sentiment Strips

Crate Paper - Love Notes

Copics

Copic Paper

Wild Orchid Crafts Flowers

Happy Holly-Day!

Hi Stampers -

I am filling in for Holly this morning because she is a little under the weather and under strict orders from me to get some rest this week since she did an amazing job filling in for me when I had my personal things to struggle through.

Now I know you are here to see some Inspiration from Holly so I thought I would share a few of my favorite works of Holly's that she has done for some of our Loves Rubberstamps Challenges! That way for those of you who maybe don't play along in them won't miss out seeing these gorgeous projects :)

This is an adorable image from one of the newer stamp lines we have added to the store - A Random Fan and this is the super cute Travel Bug image. Holly had created this for our Corrugated Cardboard challenge. I think her coloring is so gorgeous and I love how she used the cardboard in different areas!

I LOVE EVERYTHING about this card! The color scheme is GORGEOUS, the layout is PERFECT, the handmade roses are BEAUTIFUL, Holly's coloring... AMAZING and the touch of glitter...AWESOME! This could not get any more stunning! This was for our most recent Anything Goes Challenge and Holly used the Make It Crafty image called Geeky Love Kiss. 

This adorable creation was for our Sepia or Black & White Coloring Challenge. I think Holly did such a GORGEOUS job with coloring these La La Land Cuties in Sepia! I love the layout too - one of my favorites! I hope Holly does some more coloring in sepia because she totally rocks this technique! 

Now this card really makes me laugh! I can totally relate to this myself with my never-ending struggle with weight loss and yo-yo-ing up and down with my weight! I mean seriously...how you gain 5 pounds from a bad weekend of eating to taking 2 or 3 weeks to lose the same 5 pounds is crazy to me...but it happens and it just does not seem right or fair - LOL! But I know we have all been there in some form or another...some in more form than others and I am in that last category - LOL! So I love stamps like these that help me laugh a little over things that I can relate too :) This set is called Make Me Fat from the Creative Visions line and they have quite a few stamps that are bound to make you laugh out loud :) 

Last but not least is this gorgeous stunner that Holly created. She did not make this for any of our challenges so I hope she doesn't mind me sharing it with you....but I just really loved this clean and simple design. I love the Lily Die-Namics set from My Favorite Things and I am actually going to be working on listing some new MFT over the next few days, this die set being one of them. I just really loved the colors and the embossed background with the simplicity of the design. It makes the flowers and sentiment really pop and makes this so elegant even without all the fancy layers and embellishments. Clean and Simple cards are ones I struggle with so I LOVE seeing such gorgeous examples of this style like Holly's card here!

I hope you enjoyed seeing these blasts from the past from Holly's gorgeous work. To see more of her work be sure to check out and follow Holly's Blog - KopyKat Creations!

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you feel better soon Holly!
Hugs - Laura

Sensational Sunday Inspirations

Hello and Welcome to the Sensational Sunday Blog Hop!

Hope you all are having a great weekend so far! I have been busy getting caught up on shipping orders this last week! We can't thank you enough for all your patience as these last few months have been a struggle for us with all the trials and losses we faced. Things are starting to look up and we hope they stay that way for awhile :)

Saturday nights for our family is RACE NIGHT from April - September. Tonight my husband WON his feature - Whoo hoo!! It was a great race! Here is a picture of Tim with our nephew Jayden holding Uncle Tim's Trophy :) That is Tim's Mom holding the checkered flag.

My husband races the Pink Heals Tour Race Car and we named our car after a sweet little girl named Emily Koesters. Emily suffers from a rare form of dwarfism. She has fought cancer and beat it and has had a kidney transplant. She has had numerous surgeries and even after going through all of these things she has the most amazing attitude and is such a sweetheart.

We had a special die cast car made of the race car and we sent it to her. Here is Emily holding her car...

You can read more about Emily's story on her Facebook Page - Help Emily Koesters 


This is a youtube video that Emily's Mom Erin made in 2011 that shares some of her story as well.

You can also help support the Pink Heals Tour or find more information on the tours and where they are going to be at www.pinkfiretrucks.org

Now onto why you are here....we need to draw the next name of who will be in our May Gift Voucher Drawing!

This week the comment was chosen from Dangina's Blog using Mr. Random...Here are your random numbers:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

5

Timestamp: 2014-05-18 05:35:47 UTC

That's you, Coops who said, " so gorgeous dangina.your blue colours are beautiful and i love the sweet image :D xx coops xx"

Who is in the drawing so far...
1. Louise
2.Truddabellz
3. Coops
4.

Here is Dangina's Gorgeous Design Last week:

DANDELION GIRL Wee Stamps Whimsy

Copic Markers

Memento TUXEDO BLACK

CANDI FIX FOAM PADS

Mono Multi Liquid glue Tombow

Welcome to the Loves Rubberstamps weekly Sensational Sunday Blog Hop! The Design Team has created some gorgeous projects for your Inspiration. Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, each stop will have a full list of links. One of the Design Team posts is the hop's Sensational Sunday Sweet Spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to be in a monthly drawing for a $20 Loves Rubberstamps Gift Voucher! We will draw the winner of the Voucher the 1st Sunday of each month! Remember, you have until 8:00 pm CST Saturday to leave your comments!

Now let's hop along and see what the Design Team ladies have in store for you...

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Blog - You are here...

Dangina
Joni 

Nina

Indah

Nikki

Lydia

Blankina

Thanks for stopping by!

Laura

You're Wildly Amazing!

Hello Friends!  It's  Marcy here with some Saturday inspiration!!!

Here is something I made to share with you all...

So this week is actually Teacher's Appreciation week for two of my kids and there were lots of school events going on.  I wanted to make a fun tag for my son, Noah's teacher to add to her teacher's present!  This cutie is from the new Wild Child stamp set by The Greeting Farm!  This is my favorite set from the new TGF May release and I was so excited to see it in the Loves Rubberstamps store as a new release item! :)   I colored this adorable image (one of 2 cuties in the stamp set) with my Copic Markers.  Now I probably wouldn't have picked this color for her hoodie, but this teacher loves lime green! :)   I actually love the bright colors on this tag!  I used an asian inspired theme by stamping some bamboo in the background and then also adding a charm which says "Trust" on one side and has the words in chinese on the flip side.   I also added some pretty cherry blossoms and a small lime colored rose from Wild Orchid Craft flowers, some Prima pearls and some ribbon from my stash.   The fun tag I used as a base is actually from the new Prima mixed media doll tag pad Handcock Park.  I just cut it down a bit to fit on the gift bag.

Here are the Supplies Used:

Wild Child - The Greeting Farm

Prima mixed media doll tag pad Handcock Park

Shabby Shutters - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Black Tuxedo -Memento Ink

Copic Markers

Wild Orchid Craft flowers

Be sure to stop by the Loves Rubberstamps store to see the items used on my card as well as all the new releases items just added to the store.   Dont' forget to come back tomorrow to check out the "Sensational Sunday" blog hop which starts right here!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Marcy

Tulips!

Happy Friday Friends!

It's Athina here, happy to be back to share a little inspiration with you!  I have been on vacation this week, just hanging out around the house.  It has been really nice to not have a lot of extra stress and worry.  I spent all day yesterday and part of the day today sifting through my craft room.  I have purged things to donate, share and trashed some things.  After all of that, I still had several totes that got packed up and put in storage.  My room doesn't look the same at all.  It looks so bare, but I left out plenty of supplies so I could continue to create until we move.  I have a sneaky suspicion that there is a hoarder living in my craft room....  After all the cleaning and packing, I could not locate that hoarder... Hmmmm.....

I decided to do a CAS card today, one of the hardest for me.  But I just love the Tulip Wheelbarrow image by Magnolia and feel that it really does not need much else to go along with it.  They are colored with copics and matted on burgundy and brown cardstock.  I colored white ribbon to match the tulips.  Added a charm and some dew drops.  It was that simple.

Supplies used:

Magnolia - Tulip Wheelbarrow

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Copics

Make sure to come and join our Girly, Glittery & Glam challenge this week at Loves Rubberstamps!  Also check out the New Items in the store this week by C.C. Designs, Make it Crafty & A Random Fan!

That is it for me today! 
Blessings until next time...
Athina

Saturated Inspiration

Good Thursday everyone. Today Shanna here to share just a quick card.

I love this image, she is called Ice Cream and Pickles. 

I colored her up using copics some time ago and finally got a chance to use her. 

I finished the card off with some ribbon and rhinestones. 

Items Used:

Saturated Canary - Ice Cream and Pickles

My Mind's Eye Papers - Chalk Studio

Copics

Copic Paper

Distress Ink Walnut Stain

The Sky is the Limit

Hello Everyone and Happy Holly-Day Monday,

I hope everyone's Mother's Day was a good one.  I had a wonderful day with my little guys and my dear sweet Joe.  But now it's Monday and ..... the sky is the limit.

MFT Sky is the Limit

MFT Die-Namics Oval Open Scallop Doily

Memento Black Ink

 

Thanks for checking in on us today,

 

Holly