Clowning Around - Loves Rubberstamps Challenge!

Hello Friends -
I hope you are enjoying the fall season!  Our leaves are just beautiful here and the weather was awesome today!  I know we won't have many more days like that, so I am enjoying them while I can.

Are you ready for Halloween? Well, if not, come on over to our challenge at  Loves Rubberstamps!  This week we want to see your Halloween creations!

Our sponsor this week is QKR Stampede!

I have had this cute little Magnolia, Tilda as a Clown image for a while and hadn't had the chance to color her.  Isn't she the cutest little character?  She is stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink colored with Copics and the background is inked with Forest Moss Distress Ink.  The background papers are by Simple Stories - Harvest Lane.  I added some ribbon, burlap a wrinkled ticket inked with Tim Holtz Brushed Corduroy Ink. The sentiment by PSX is stamped in Rich Cocoa Memento ink.

Copics used:

Skin:  E000, E00, E11, E13

Outfit:  Y13, Y15, Y17, YR15, YR68, YR27, BG11, BH72, BG78

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Come on over to Loves Rubberstamps and play along with the Halloween Challenge!

Here is 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 this post. If you upload to online galleries, please also use the tag or keyword LRSBC76 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, November 4th so all entries need to be in before then. 

Prize Information:

One lucky participant will be chosen using a random number generator will be able to proudly display our Winner's Badge on their blog! 

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

Design Team Favorite Picks:
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 76- will be announced before the posting of Challenge 77. ** These Winners will receive a $5.00 gift voucher for use on an order $25.00 or more ** 


** Be sure to Play Along in our - Weekly Blog Candy Giveaway! Just hop along with our Design Team in a Mini Blog Hop for the chance to win the hidden prize! Start the hop here on our Sensational Sunday Inspirations post **

Have a wonderful day!  

Blessings until next time...

Athina

A Little Witch - Loves Rubberstamps 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 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!

I had all afternoon to craft yesterday and it was so nice and relaxing.  So today, I will share a little card I made during that time.  I used Annabel the Witch, by Crafty Sentiments.  I struggled a bit with her, but in the end, I think it all came together.  I decided to go with a good witch color for her had and add a bit of yellow and purple for the dress and hat.  I cut her out with Spellbinders Labels 23.  I distressed everything and inked the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink.  This is a gate fold card adorned with Wild Orchid flowers and a doily.

Copics used:

Skin:  E000, E00, E21, E33, R20

Hair:  G92, G94, G99

Dress:  Y11, Y13, Y15, BV20

Hat/Boots:  RV91, RV95, RV99

Pumpkin:  YR15, YR27, YR68

Bucket/Broom:  E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, E49

I kept the inside simple, with a little distressing, tag and ribbon.

Supplies used:

Copics 
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Annabel the Witch

Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Antique Linen, Gathered Twigs & Forest Moss)

Amy R - Be Happy Sentiments

Ribbon
Wild Orchid flowers

Doily

Paper:  Cosmo Cricket, MME, Simple Stories (Awesome & Fabulous)

Stickles

Lawn Fawn Retro Triple Pack Cord

So here is the remainder of the hop!  Rock on!

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog

Dangina

Athina (you are here)

Shanna 

Marcy

Nicole

Joni

Nina

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Be sure to check out what the other lovely ladies have created today.  Laura has also added a lot of new images to the store lately, including this one, be sure to check them out!

 It has been a long time since I entered a challenge, so here goes:

Brown Sugar - Autumn

Crafty Hands - Anything Goes

Card Makin Mamas - Trick or Treat
Crafty Sentiments - Bingo (die cuts, doilie & flowers)
4 Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes
Happy Campers - Halloween
Paper-Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Crafters Cafe - Spottable
Crafting for All Seasons - Too cute to spook
Crafty Creations - Halloween Characters
Fab n Funky - Distress
Simon Says Stamp - Halloween or Halloween colors
Die Cuttin Divas - Halloween
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Pinspirational Challenges (pic)

Blessings until next time...
Athina

Trick or Treat - Loves Rubberstamps Challenge!

Hello Friends -

Today, I am back with another challenge from  Loves Rubberstamps! This week it is all Trick or Treat!  So what does that mean???  

Well....

Trick = Create a moving card or some of your card is moveable.  Think Viewmaster Card, Slider, Decoder, Never Ending or some action!

Treat = Make a Halloween treat holder.

Our sponsor this week is Eureka Stamps!

I wasn't sure what I wanted to do until the last minute, but I decided on a T slide card.  You can find the directions here.  It definitely moves, which is really fun!  I choose bright colors as this was going to be my student's birthday card.  But that changed when I found the Drummer Dude image used in my Sunday post.  I made the right decision, she loved it!!

Anyhow, supplies used are below. 

Copics used:

BG 11, BG13, BG49, BV01, BV02, BV04, BV08

E33, E35, E57, RV91, RV95, RV99, V12, V13, V17

Supplies used:

Copics

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Spun Sugar

Simple Stories - Fabulous Me

Spellbinders

Saturated Canary - Party Hardy

Sweet November - A Little Bit of Magic

Recollections Lace

Wild Orchid Flower

Ribbon

Pearls

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Come on over to Loves Rubberstamps and play along with the TRICK OR TREAT Challenge!

Here is 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 this post. If you upload to online galleries, please also use the tag or keyword LRSBC75 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, October 28th so all entries need to be in before then. 

Prize Information:

One lucky participant will be chosen using a random number generator will be able to proudly display our Winner's Badge on their blog! 

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

Design Team Favorite Picks:
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 75- will be announced before the posting of Challenge 76. ** These Winners will receive a $5.00 gift voucher for use on an order $25.00 or more ** 


** Be sure to Play Along in our - Weekly Blog Candy Giveaway! Just hop along with our Design Team in a Mini Blog Hop for the chance to win the hidden prize! Start the hop here on our Sensational Sunday Inspirations post **

Have a wonderful day!  

Blessings until next time...

Athina

Rock On - Loves Rubberstamps 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 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!

I stepped out of my element a bit today and had fun with it!  This image, Drummer Dude, by Make it Crafty, is not my typical cutsie image.  But I love some of the Make it Crafty images and this one happened to be perfect for my college student's birthday.  She is a big fan of a local band, Tricky Dick & the Cover Ups.  They are a cover band that plays locally.  I found their logo and added it to the drum, but blurred it out incase for this post incase there are any copy right issues.  He is colored with copics.  I used my air brush to add a spot light around him and that purple haze that you typically see at a concert.  

There is a tag sticking out of the top of the card, adorned with ribbons.  You will see the perfect sentiment below =).

Copics used:
Skin:  E50, E51, E21, E25
Hair:  E50, E53, E57, E59
Shirt/Band:  YR15, YR21, YR27, YR68
Jeans:  B91, B95, B99
Symbols:  YR21, YR24, YR27
Stands/Drums:  BV20, BV23, BV25
Haze:  Y11, BV17, RV95


Since many of us will be signing this card to wish her a Happy Birthday, I made it a tri-fold card and left lots of white space.    Did you catch the zebra print tie?  That tie is on many of the bands shirts along with their logo.  So I added it as a personal touch.  She will understand.

Here is the tag that peaks out of the top.  I have always loved the sentiment and it fits perfect with the Drummer Dude.

Supplies used:

Copics 
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Make it Crafty - Drummer Dude

Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Black Soot, Clear Embossing, Various other browns, not sure what I used, sorry)

Washi tape
Inkadinkadoo - Sentiment
Ribbon
Printworks - Sentiment

So here is the remainder of the hop!  Rock on!

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog

Dangina

Athina (you are here)

Shanna 

Marcy

Nicole

Joni

Nina

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Be sure to check out what the other lovely ladies have created today.  Laura has also added a lot of new images to the store lately, including this one, be sure to check them out!

Blessings until next time...
Athina

Leaves & Pumpkins! Loves Rubberstamps Challenge!

Hello Friends -

Today, I am back with another challenge from  Loves Rubberstamps! This week it is all about Fall Leaves and Pumpkins!  This is absolutely my favorite time of year with all the crisp colors and temperatures!

Our sponsors this week are QKR Stampede & C. C. Designs (All That Scraps)

C. C Designs, provided Tom Turkey Monkey Feet for us to use.  He is perfect for Leaves and Pumpkins!  This is our final door prize for the women at our reunion this past weekend!   There were 414 buttons in the jar and my husbands grandma guessed 400, so she is the lucky owner of 414 more buttons!

Copics used:

Hat:  YG93, YG95, YG97

Body:  E31, E37, E57

Feathers:  Y00, Y11, Y15, YR23, YR24, E99, YR27

Supplies used:

Copics

C. C. Designs Tom Turkey - Monkey Feet

MFT Die Namics - Rounded Banner

Lawn Fawn - Retro Triple Pack Hemp Twine

Simple Stories - Harvest Lane

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Brushed Corduroy

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Scattered Straw

Pumpkin Buttons,

Material

Lace,

Burlap

Mason Jar

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Come on over to Loves Rubberstamps and play along with the Fall Leaves or Pumpkins Challenge!

Here is 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 this post. If you upload to online galleries, please also use the tag or keyword LRSBC74 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, October 21th so all entries need to be in before then. 

Prize Information:

One lucky participant will be chosen using a random number generator will be able to proudly display our Winner's Badge on their blog! 

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

Design Team Favorite Picks:
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 74 - will be announced before the posting of Challenge 75. ** These Winners will receive a $5.00 gift voucher for use on an order $25.00 or more ** 


** Be sure to Play Along in our - Weekly Blog Candy Giveaway! Just hop along with our Design Team in a Mini Blog Hop for the chance to win the hidden prize! Start the hop here on our Sensational Sunday Inspirations post **

Have a wonderful day!  

Blessings until next time...

Athina

Hey Mummy! Loves Rubberstamps 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 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!

I have another goodie for you for the reunion today.  My hubby helped me wrap some veggie and soup cans with bandages to make these cute little mummies.  They are all over the internet now and so simple to make.  I used my air brush with copics (E35) to add some extra grunge to the bandages.  I used a circle die to cut a tag and stamped it.  I think the Tiddly Inks expression is perfect for this little guy.  The kiddos will all get one of these mummies filled with candy.

Supplies used:

Copics E35

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Stampers Anonymous, Mini Blueprint

Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Wild Honey, Forest Moss, Brushed Corduroy)

Tiddly Inks, Stylish Friends

So here is the remainder of the hop!

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog

Dangina

Athina (you are here)

Shanna 

Marcy

Nicole

Joni

Nina

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Be sure to check out what the other lovely ladies have created today.

Blessings until next time...
Athina

Seeing Spots - Loves Rubberstamps Challenge

Hello Friends -
Our family has received some very good news this past weekend and we are all so very blessed.  My cousin who was diagnosed with Goodpastures Syndrome a little over a week ago is making great strides.  His lungs are improving every day!  We are so excited to hear the good news!
 
Today, I am back with another challenge from  Loves Rubberstamps! This week it is all about Polka Dots!  You know you love them, so show us!

Our sponsor this week is Birdie Brown !

I had a lot of fun with this one.  I decided to step out and use some fun colors with a hint of black.    Isn't Retro Girl, by Birdie Brown, such a fun image? 

 

Copics used:

Hair:  C3, C5, C7, C9

Skin: E000, E00, E21

Dress:  R14, R46, R59, RV99 (my new favorite combo)

Eyes:  B06, B00

Supplies used:

White Acrylic Paint (dots)

Copics

Birdie Brown - Retro Girl (generously provided by Birdie Brown)

Glitz Designs - Cashmere Dame

My Mind's Eye

Ribbon

Pearls

Tim Holtz Metal Embellishment

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Come on over to Loves Rubberstamps and play along with the anything goes challenge!

Here is 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 this post. If you upload to online galleries, please also use the tag or keyword LRSBC73 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, October 14th so all entries need to be in before then. 

Prize Information:

One lucky participant will be chosen using a random number generator will be able to proudly display our Winner's Badge on their blog! 

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

Design Team Favorite Picks:
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 73 - will be announced before the posting of Challenge 75. ** These Winners will receive a $5.00 gift voucher for use on an order $25.00 or more ** 


** Be sure to Play Along in our - Weekly Blog Candy Giveaway! Just hop along with our Design Team in a Mini Blog Hop for the chance to win the hidden prize! Start the hop here on our Sensational Sunday Inspirations post **

Have a wonderful day!  

Blessings until next time...

Athina