Loves Rubberstamps Challenge - Tall & Skinny!

Hello!

Happy Tuesday to you!  This is going to be a good week, nice and short for me.  I am taking a couple days off to hang out this week and I am so looking forward to it.  I caught myself driving home from work yesterday distracted with a million things on my mind.  I stopped at a red light and went on thru it.  I am not even sure if I looked left and right.  I got about half way thru the light and realized what I had done.  Thanks God everyone is ok and there was not traffic coming my way.  It is a very busy intersection.  It just made me realize I need to focus on the important things in life and not get so cluttered up.

OK, enough babble!! You are here for a challenge, so here it is......At  Loves Rubberstamps

this week we want to see "Tall & Skinny"! 

Our sponsors this week is Eureka

I searched for some fun images that would fit the tall and skinny order today and came up with Panda Marci from La La Land. She is stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and colored with copics.  edges are inked with Tim Holtz Brushed curodory distress ink.   I also used SImple Stories Fabulous paper for the background. The image is cut out with Spellbinders, Labels 18.  I added some burlap ribbon and some fringe at the bottom part and made a pop top charm to hang off the ribbon (see below)

Copics used:

Skin:  E000, E00, E11, R20

Hair:  E31, E25, E29

Dress:  E40, E41, E43

Boots:  E31, E37, E57

Scarf/Gloves:  R24, R29, E07

Jacket:  YG93, YG95, YG97

Here I used mix and match MFT dies to cut out the banners.  I added some ink, ribbon and part of a doily to it for fun.  The bottle cap is made with Peacock Feathers distress ink and My Mind's Eye Lost and Found  Ruby clear stamp.  The sentiment is by Amy R Be Happy collection.

For the inside, I used matching papers from the SImple Stories Fabulous pack.

How to play

Just upload a creation that follows this week's challenge to your online blog or gallery. Then leave a link to your project in the linky widget at the bottom of the challenge blog post. If you upload to online galleries, please also use the tag or keyword LRSBC63. Our challenge is open to everyone, you can use any stamps and products that you would like, and you can enter as many times as you want. 

Deadline:The linky entry widget will close at 9PM CST on Monday, August 5th, so all entries need to be in before then. 

Prize Information:

One lucky participant will be chosen using a random number generator! They will be able to proudly display our Winner's Badge on their blog and they will also win the Loves Rubberstamps Gift Voucher as well as any prizes being offered by Guest Sponsors that week.

We will have two different possibilities for a gift voucher prize from Loves Rubberstamps for the winner as well.

$10.00 - If the stamp used is from a company that we do not carry in our store

$20.00 - If the stamp used is from a company that we DO carry in our store

If you want to see what companies we carry visit our store Loves Rubberstamps

The Design Team members will also each choose their favorite card from this challenge and the winner's will be able to proudly display a special blog badge on their blog. The Design Team favorite's from Challenge 62 - will be announced before the posting of Challenge 64. ** These Winners will receive a $5.00 gift voucher for use on an order $25.00 or more **

Don't forget our Design Team call!

Thanks for stopping by today.  Come on over to Loves Rubberstamps and share your "Tall Y Skinny" creations.

Blessings until next time...

Athina

Sensational Sunday Blog Hop - Fairytale Tilda

Good Morning Friends,

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 win a $10 Loves Rubberstamps store gift certificate. So, all you have to do is hop along and see all the creations and leave a little love for the Designers! You have until Saturday, August 3rd, at 8pm CST. Have fun and we hope that you enjoy the hop!

If you've arrived here from Dangina's blog you are right on track! If not, I have posted the whole blog hop list below just in case you get lost along the way!

How is everyone today?  The weather was just beautiful here last week.  I hope it continues that way!  Today, I am sharing a card made with the Magnolia, Beautiful Tilda, image.  She is stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and colored with copics. Her background papers are by Bo Bunny and Cosmo Cricket.  The layout was a sketch by Stary Nights Studio.  I added some ribbon, flower, pearls and dew drops.

Copics used:

Skin:  E000, E00, E11, E13

Hair:  E41, E43, E44, E47, E49

Dress:  RV91, RV93. RV95

Wings:  RV91, RV93, RV95, BG11, BG72, BG75

The inside uses the same mix of papers.  I left the sentiment blank so that I could decide later what to use the card on.

Stary Nights Studio Sketch #3

Your next stop on the hop is Shanna!

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog

Dangina

Athina (you are here!)

Shanna

Lydia

Marcy

Ivonne

We hope you have fun on the hop today!  It is a great way to see what the very talented design team is up to!

Also, Loves Rubberstamps is has openings for three new design team members.  Check out the DT call here if you are interested in being part of this fun group of talented ladies!

Thanks for stopping by!  I do appreciate your visit!

Blessings until next time...

Athina

Loves Rubberstamps - How Charming Challenge

Hello!

Happy Tuesday to you!  Today I am back with another challenge by Loves Rubberstamps!

This week we want to see "How Charming" you are!  So show us your charm!

Our sponsors this week is The Paper Shelter!

I have had this image by Penny Black (Rugged Angel) for some time.  I have always loved her and finally had the chance to add some color to this cutie!  She is stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and colored with copics.  After cutting the image as a square, i decided if she is rugged, I must also make the card a bit distressed.  So it is torn and distressed around the edges.   The edges are inked with Tim Holtz Gathered Twigs distress ink.   I also used SImple Stories Handmade Holiday paper for the background.  Added a bird house charm, ribbon, burlap, and a little heart for the corner.  

Copics used:

Skin:  E000, E00, E11, R20

Hair:  E31, E25, E29

Dress:  E40, E41, E43

Boots:  E31, E37, E57

Scarf/Gloves:  R24, R29, E07

Jacket:  YG93, YG95, YG97

For the inside, I used matching papers from the SImple Stories Handmade Holiday pack and finished it off with a button and twine.

How to play

Just upload a creation that follows this week's challenge to your online blog or gallery. Then leave a link to your project in the linky widget at the bottom of the challenge blog post. If you upload to online galleries, please also use the tag or keyword LRSBC62. Our challenge is open to everyone, you can use any stamps and products that you would like, and you can enter as many times as you want. 

Deadline:The linky entry widget will close at 9PM CST on Monday, July 29th, so all entries need to be in before then. 

Prize Information:

One lucky participant will be chosen using a random number generator! They will be able to proudly display our Winner's Badge on their blog and they will also win the Loves Rubberstamps Gift Voucher as well as any prizes being offered by Guest Sponsors that week.

We will have two different possibilities for a gift voucher prize from Loves Rubberstamps for the winner as well.

$10.00 - If the stamp used is from a company that we do not carry in our store

$20.00 - If the stamp used is from a company that we DO carry in our store

If you want to see what companies we carry visit our store Loves Rubberstamps

The Design Team members will also each choose their favorite card from this challenge and the winner's will be able to proudly display a special blog badge on their blog. The Design Team favorite's from Challenge 61 - will be announced before the posting of Challenge 63. ** These Winners will receive a $5.00 gift voucher for use on an order $25.00 or more **

Don't forget our Design Team call!

Thanks for stopping by today.  Come on over to Loves Rubberstamps and share your "Charming" creations.

Blessings until next time...

Athina

Sensational Sunday Blog Hop

Good Morning Friends,

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 win a $10 Loves Rubberstamps store gift certificate. So, all you have to do is hop along and see all the creations and leave a little love for the Designers! You have until Saturday, July 27 th, at 8pm CST. Have fun and we hope that you enjoy the hop!

If you've arrived here from Dangina's blog you are right on track! If not, I have posted the whole blog hop list below just in case you get lost along the way!

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous - Urban Chic

Penny Black - Love Chapter

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Peacock Feathers

Peeled Paint

Spun Sugar

Mustard Seed

Gathered Twigs

Ribbon

Lace

Charm

Ranger Archival Ink - Plum

Pearls

Your next stop on the hop is Shanna!

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog

Dangina

Athina (you are here!)

Shanna

Lydia

Marcy

Ivonne

We hope you have fun on the hop today!  It is a great way to see what the very talented design team is up to!

Also, Loves Rubberstamps is has openings for three new design team members.  Check out the DT call here if you are interested in being part of this fun group of talented ladies!

Thanks for stopping by!  I do appreciate your visit!

Blessings until next time...

Athina

Loves Rubberstamps - Christmas in July

Hello!

Happy Tuesday to you!  Today I am back with another challenge by Loves Rubberstamps!

How is the weather where you are today?  Well here it is 90 and humid.  But we are here today to cool you off a bit.  Come on over and play in our Christmas in July challenge.

Our sponsors this week is QKR Stampede!

I had this image Mountain Lily picked out as soon as I seen the challenge.  I have been wanting to color her up for a while.  She is colored with copics and cut out with Spellbinders large circle die.  I have made a telescoping card and they are actually very easy to do.  Here are the instructions.  I put a doily behind the image for the back layer.  The middle layer is red cardstock cut out with Spellbinders eyelet lace circle die.  I also used SImple Stories Handmade Holiday paper.  The sentiment by Stampabilities is stamped in Rich Cocoa Memento ink.  The top layer is done with a Magnolia postage stamp stamped in Rich Cocoa Memento ink.  I have attached it all with a few brads.

Copics used:

Hair:  E50, E53, E34, E37

Skin:  E000, E00, E11, E21

Pants:  E71, E74, E77

Shirt: R24, R29, E07

Jacket/Wings:  BG11, BG72, BG78

The outside of the image was inked with Tim Holtz Gathered Twigs distress ink.

How to play

Just upload a creation that follows this week's challenge to your online blog or gallery. Then leave a link to your project in the linky widget at the bottom of the challenge blog post. If you upload to online galleries, please also use the tag or keyword LRSBC61. Our challenge is open to everyone, you can use any stamps and products that you would like, and you can enter as many times as you want. 

Deadline:The linky entry widget will close at 9PM CST on Monday, July 22nd, so all entries need to be in before then. 

Prize Information:

One lucky participant will be chosen using a random number generator! They will be able to proudly display our Winner's Badge on their blog and they will also win the Loves Rubberstamps Gift Voucher as well as any prizes being offered by Guest Sponsors that week.

We will have two different possibilities for a gift voucher prize from Loves Rubberstamps for the winner as well.

$10.00 - If the stamp used is from a company that we do not carry in our store

$20.00 - If the stamp used is from a company that we DO carry in our store

If you want to see what companies we carry visit our store Loves Rubberstamps

The Design Team members will also each choose their favorite card from this challenge and the winner's will be able to proudly display a special blog badge on their blog. The Design Team favorite's from Challenge 60 - will be announced before the posting of Challenge 62. ** These Winners will receive a $5.00 gift voucher for use on an order $25.00 or more **

Don't forget our Design Team call!

Thanks for stopping by today.  Come on over to Loves Rubberstamps and share your Christmas creations.

Blessings until next time...

Athina

Sensational Sunday Blog Hop!

Good Morning Friends,

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 win a $10 Loves Rubberstamps store gift certificate. So, all you have to do is hop along and see all the creations and leave a little love for the Designers! You have until Saturday, July 20 th, at 8pm CST. Have fun and we hope that you enjoy the hop!

If you've arrived here from Dangina's blog you are right on track! If not, I have posted the whole blog hop list below just in case you get lost along the way!

Today I have a 5x7 card to share with you.  I am using the Rainy Day Birgitta by C. C. Designs.  She is stamped with Black Tuxedo Memento Ink and colored with copics.  I cut her out with a MFT Round Banner Die and added a green background using a larger die from the same set.  The edges are inked with Brushed Corduroy distress ink.  The papers are all from My Minds Eye.  I finished her off with some ribbon, buttons, flowers and a little flag with sentiment by Amy R, Be Happy collection.

Copics used:

Hair:  E21, E25, E27, E29
Skin:  E000, E00, E11, E13
Leaf:  YG93, YG95, YG97, 0
Dress:  R00, R81, R85, RV32

The inside uses matching paper and layout.  I used the round banner die to cut out a little tag to tuck inside.

Your next stop on the hop is Shanna!

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog

Dangina

Athina (you are here!)

Shanna

Lydia

Marcy

Ivonne

We hope you have fun on the hop today!  It is a great way to see what the very talented design team is up to!

Also, Loves Rubberstamps is has openings for three new design team members.  Check out the DT call here if you are interested in being part of this fun group of talented ladies!

Thanks for stopping by!  I do appreciate your visit!

Blessings until next time...

Athina

Loves Rubberstamps Design Team Call

Hi Stampers!

We are going to have 3 positions opening up for our  Loves Rubberstamps Design Team Term from September 1st - December 31st and would LOVE to have you try out!

Requirement would be two projects per week along with a corresponding blog post featuring your projects.

One of these projects will be for our weekly challenge blog which has a new challenge every Tuesday. You will need to have this project completed by Sunday for that week's challenge. You will need to showcase this project on your blog on Tuesday and provide links to our challenge blog and to the products you used linked to our store. You do get a list of the challenges in advance if you like to work ahead.

You will also be required to leave comments for our blog challenge participants. These will be assigned.

The second project can be anything you wish to make and is an inspirational post. This will be for our "Sunday Spectacular Blog Hop" post. This is where we will feature works from multiple designers and do a blog hop to each Designers Blog. You will need to post this project on your blog on a scheduled time on Sunday with links to the company store for the products you used.  It may also be featured on our company facebook page and also in our store as a sample for the products used. This project will need to be completed by Friday of each week for that Sunday's post.

Our only requirement for projects is that you MUST use stamps from companies that we carry that are in their CURRENT line - no retired images. We are still growing our inventory so even if the particular stamp is not in our product line up yet... as long as it is one we can order - you can use it. We are always adding new companies and products as quickly as we can.

You must also display our store badge with a link to our store, design team badge and links to the team members websites on your blog, and our blog badge for the challenge blog with a link to that site while being a member

We do have a couple of challenge sponsors who require us to use their stamps the week that they are the sponsor on our challenge site.In these cases they will provide a digi stamp to use so you will need to be able to use a digi stamp if necessary.

Our last requirement is to HAVE FUN!

Design Team Members will receive the following:

A 30% Discount off all items we carry in our store (there are a couple of exceptions) during your term

Your projects being featured on the Company Blog, Challenge Blog, Company Facebook Page and in the store as well as links provided to your blog.

Links to your blog from the company blog page, challenge blog site as well as from each design team member's websites

We do allow our Design Team Members to serve on other Design Teams as long as it does not interfere with your commitment to our team. We also allow a design team member to do multiple posts in a day if needed. For example - you serve on 2 teams, each requires a Tuesday Post, you would do one blog post for our company, then a seperate one for your other team.

To apply... You can create a Blog Post telling us a little about yourself and why you would like to be on the team and share some of your at least 3 of your favorite projects with us THEN link your blog post up to Mr. Linky here...

OR you can also send an email with the following information tolovesrubberstamps@yahoo.com with Design Team in the Subject Line

Please include in your email:

Name

A little bit about yourself

Any current or past Design Team Work (you do not need experience to qualify)

Your blog address and any other online galleries that show your work

And include pictures or links of 3 of your favorite projects

Deadline for applying will be AUGUST 4th. We will then be making our selections by August 11th and notifying our choices by August 17th.

Please only apply if you are able to make the full commitment to the terms and the team.

Thank you so much for your time and consideration! Don't hesitate to contact us with questions also!

Laura & Holly

Thanks For Applying! 

Loves Rubberstamps - Hoarder Style

Hello!

Happy Tuesday to you!  Today I am back with another challenge by Loves Rubberstamps!  This has got to be fun one for everyone!  What do you hoard?  I think you will see lots of confessions this week because the challenge is to use your hoarded supplies!

Our sponsors this week is Eureka & All That Scraps!

Ok, so I have to admit, that I have a large hoard of stuff in my room.  Way to much for one person, but I usually have what I need.  We actually did a walk thru tonight to figure out what we need to do to prepare our house to sell.  The first thing my husband said when he came into my room was, this is packed.  We need to clean this out.  So what do I hoard?  Well, it is not just one thing, it is paper, lace, flowers, ribbon, stamps, distress inks, copics.... the list goes on and on.  So I used a lot of those on this weeks card.  The image, Watermelon Abigail, was generously provided by All That Scraps.  She is perfect for the summer!  I colored her with copics (hoarded) and used my Glitz, Cashmere Dame, paper pack (hoarded) for the extra bright colors.  I finished it off with ribbon (hoarded), flowers, (hoarded) and lace (hoarded).  

Copics used:

Hair:  110, B60, C3, C5, C7

Skin:  E000, E00, E21

Pants:  E50, E53, E55

Shirt/Shoes:  Y00, Y02, Y04, Y06

Watermelon:  R02, R22, R27

The inside papers match the outside.  The sentiment by Printworks is stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink.  I finished it off with button and twine (more hoarded stuff).

How to play

Just upload a creation that follows this week's challenge to your online blog or gallery. Then leave a link to your project in the linky widget at the bottom of the challenge blog post. If you upload to online galleries, please also use the tag or keyword LRSBC60. Our challenge is open to everyone, you can use any stamps and products that you would like, and you can enter as many times as you want. 

Deadline:The linky entry widget will close at 9PM CST on Monday, July 15th, so all entries need to be in before then. 

Prize Information:

One lucky participant will be chosen using a random number generator! They will be able to proudly display our Winner's Badge on their blog and they will also win the Loves Rubberstamps Gift Voucher as well as any prizes being offered by Guest Sponsors that week.

We will have two different possibilities for a gift voucher prize from Loves Rubberstamps for the winner as well.

$10.00 - If the stamp used is from a company that we do not carry in our store

$20.00 - If the stamp used is from a company that we DO carry in our store

If you want to see what companies we carry visit our store Loves Rubberstamps

The Design Team members will also each choose their favorite card from this challenge and the winner's will be able to proudly display a special blog badge on their blog. The Design Team favorite's from Challenge 59 - will be announced before the posting of Challenge 61. ** These Winners will receive a $5.00 gift voucher for use on an order $25.00 or more **

Thanks for stopping by today.  Come on over to Loves Rubberstamps and share what you hoard! 

Blessings until next time...

Athina