Thankful - Loves Rubberstamps Challenge!

Hello Friends -

 Well, this week is quickly passing, but doesn't it always fly when you are home from work?  We haven't done much of anything, just relaxed.  We are headed out to get some breakfast very soon.  Yummy!  

Today I am back with another challenge from  Loves Rubberstamps!  Very fitting for this week, we want to see a creation to Give Thanks!

Our sponsor this week is Saturated Canary!

Saturated Canary generously provided us with an image to use.  I chose Snow White.  Isn't she cute!  I did not color her up in the normal snow white colors since we are in fall and this is a Thank You challenge.  I decided to go with the browns, greens and yellows.  

Copics used:

Hair:  YR23, YR27, R59

Skin:  E000, E00, E11, E13

Dress:  Y21, YR21, YR23, YG93, YG97, E41, E43, E44, W2, W1

Apples:  R14, R46, R59, RV99

Basket:  E33, E35, E57, E09

Supplies used:

Simple Stories-Harvest Lane

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Scattered Straw

Lace

Lawn Fawn Retro Triple Pack Cord

Spare Parts Embellishments

Tim Holtz Alterations - On The Edge

Die-Namics Rounded Banner Stax Die (MFT)

Flower (Wild Orchid)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Come on over to Loves Rubberstamps and share your creations with us!  

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 LRSBC80 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, December 2nd 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 80- will be announced before the posting of Challenge 81 ** 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

Happiness! 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!

You should have arrived here from Dangina's blog!

Have you ever had one of those crafty days where nothing goes right?  Well today's card is a result of one of those days.  I started with a cute little nail polish holder for my nieces then I discovered, I used the wrong paper.  Put those away.  Then I got out my distress inks and started playing.  I smudged the first tag beyond fixing, so in the trash it went and I pulled out another one.  The next idea did not work out quite as I had planned, so in the trash it went.  I finally decided I needed something easy for me today, as it just wasn't working.  So I pulled out this cute little sketch and came up with this.  I hope you enjoy it.  Oh by the way, I even cut my finger with a flower and almost ruined this one too.  Oh boy!

Supplies:
Simple Stories - Fabulous

Memento Ink - Rich Cocoa

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Peacock Feathers & Peeled Paint

Amy R Stamps - Be Happy

Spellbinders - Labels 14 

Lace
Pearls
Wild Orchid Flowers

Sketch

So here is the remainder of the hop!  

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog
Dangina

Athina (you are here)

Shanna 

Marcy

Joni

Nina
Laura

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 (more Bildamara this week),  be sure to check them out!

Blessings until next time...
Athina

Adore! Loves Rubberstamps Challenge

Hello Friends -

It is going to be a super quick week, I am hoping!  I am going to see Pink later this week!!! I can't wait, she puts on one awesome show!  After that, I am on vacation from work until after Thanksgiving!  

Today I am back with another Anything Goes Challenge from  Loves Rubberstamps!  This is a fun one and definitely a challenge for the team.  Drum roll please…….. It is Shabby Chic or Vintage.  So get out those light colors, lace  inks and let's see what you create!

Our sponsor this week is The Paper Shelter!

I really feel like I cheated on this one.  I used the In the 20's colored image generously provided by The Paper Shelter.  Yes, I said colored, no copics for me this week.  I started to pick out the colors and exactly what I wanted to use was already done, so why reinvent the wheel?  I got out the distress inks, lace and pastel colored papers and went to town with my best Shabby Chic creation.

Supplies used:

Glitz - Cashmere Dame paper

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Brushed Corduroy

Trim (Wild Orchid Crafts)

Spare Parts Embellishments

Tim Holtz Tickets

Pearls

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Come on over to Loves Rubberstamps and share your creations with us!  

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 LRSBC78 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 25th 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 79- will be announced before the posting of Challenge 80 ** 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 litte Tea? - 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!

You should have arrived here from Dangina's blog!

I wanted to make something other than a card this time, so I thought I would make a little tea holder as a gift for someone special this holiday season.  You can find the tutorial here.

Supplies:

My Minds Eye - Lost & Found

Simple Stories - Awesome

Memento Ink - Rich Cocoa

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Forest Moss & Aged Mahogany

Amy R Stamps - Be Happy

Stampers Anonymous - Urban Chic

Spellbinders - Labels 14 & Spiral Blossom

Doily

Buttons

Ribbon

Twine

So here is the remainder of the hop!  

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog
Dangina

Athina (you are here)

Shanna 

Marcy

Joni

Nina
Laura

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 (more Bildamara this week),  be sure to check them out!

Blessings until next time...
Athina

Wish - Loves Rubberstamps Challenge

Hello Friends -

We are suppose to get snow by morning, yuck!  I am so not ready for the white winter we are suppose to get.

Today I am back with another Anything Goes Challenge from  Loves Rubberstamps!  This is a fun one and definitely a challenge:

BLACK & WHITE or SEPIA -

Full Black & White = Everything must be in a black and white color scheme including your image

Black & White with Colored Image = Everything must be in a black and white color scheme except your image - which you may color any way you want 
You could also do Black on Black with Colored Image OR White on White with colored image too

Sepia = Create a full Sepia colored card, including the images OR Sepia with image colored as you want or small pop of color (light pink, light blue etc)

Our sponsor this week is Sweet and Sassy Stamps!

I decided to go with the Sepia route. I thought long and hard about which image to use, and I came across Tilda with a Lantern in my stash.  She was the perfect candidate for this challenge.

Copics used:

Skin:  E000, E00, E11, E13

Remainder:  E40, E41, E43, E44, E47, E49

Supplies used:

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink 

Memento Rich Cocoa Ink

Copics 

Magnolia Tilda with Lantern

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Brushed Corduroy

Spellbinders - Large Ovals & Scalloped Ovals

Trim

Doily

My Minds Eye paper

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Come on over to Loves Rubberstamps and share your creations with us!  

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 LRSBC78 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 18th 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 78- will be announced before the posting of Challenge 79. ** 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

Parker the Super Pig - 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!

Yesterday was such beautiful fall day here!  I spent the day outside at a swap meet with the guys.  The company was good and the weather gorgeous!  I love looking at all the old cars and parts.  So I guess that could go well with the Imagine embelly on my card right.  Ok, so I know it is a stretch, so let's get to the card!  I colored up Parker the Super Pig, by Stamping Bella, with my copics.  He is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and the edges are inked with Tim Holtz Distress ink, Peacock Feathers.  The papers are by My Minds Eye, Dilly Dally.  The ribbon is by Stamping Up.

Copics:

Skin:  YR0000, YR01, YR82
Suit:  R24, R46, R59
Cape: BG 11, BG13, BG49 

So here is the remainder of the hop!  

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog
Holly

Dangina

Athina (you are here)

Shanna 

Marcy

Joni

Nina

Sketch by Sweet Sketch

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 (more Bildamara this week),  be sure to check them out!

Blessings until next time...
Athina

Gift Card Holder - Loves Rubberstamps Challenge

Hello Friends -

Can you believe it is already November?  The holidays are quickly approaching and I am so ready!  I love this time of year!  I get to see family that I don't always get the chance to see and I take a few weeks off to relax which is nice!  So I am counting down the days!

Since it is the first Tuesday of the month, I am here with another Anything Goes Challenge from  Loves Rubberstamps!  

Our sponsor this week is The Cutting Cafe!

Since it is anything goes week, I thought I would share a fun gift card holder for the holidays.  I found the pattern here at The Inky Ocean Gazers blog.  It is very simple and easy to do!

 

 

Copics used:

Skin:  E000, E00, E11, E13

Hair: E33, E35, E37, E49

Dress/Tights:  E40, E41, E43 G24, G94, G99, R24, R27, R89, RV99

Shoes:  E43, E44, E47, E49

Supplies used:

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink 

Copics 

Tim Holtz Brushed Corduroy Ink.

Saturated Canary - Thank you

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Brushed Corduroy

Spellbinders - Large Ovals

Simple Stories - Handmade Holiday

Trim

EK Success Edge Punch



Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Come on over to Loves Rubberstamps and share your creations with us!  Remember, anything goes!

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 LRSBC77 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 11th 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 77- will be announced before the posting of Challenge 78. ** 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

Live the life…. 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!

Well, this project took a totally different turn than expected.  It started out as a card and ended up wrapping a big chocolate bar that I got for free.  Trying to stock up for Christmas now, so the bank is not broke later.  Guess this one won't make it to Christmas  I stamped the cute little Tiddy Inks, Stylish Friends image in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.  She is colored with copics    After I colored her, I masked the image and  used a Stampabilities Tapestry Pattern stamp with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Antique Linen to add a fancy background to the image.  The image was then cut out with MFT Round Banner Dies.  The paper is by Cosmo Cricket and I have added some ribbon, and Wild Orchid flowers to adorn the image.

Here is a peak at that chocolate bar on the inside. I used a Lacy Circle Spellbinder die and stamped the sentiment, Sweet November Stamps, A Little Bit of Magic.

Here is a little closer look at the image.  I was so intimidated by this one before I started to color, but I am pleased with the turnout.  I like the challenge of a fun image!

Copics used:

Hat/Dress:  BV0000, BV20, BV23, BV25, BV29, RV91, RV93, RV95, RV99

Skin:  E000, E00, E11, E35

Hair:  E34, E35, E37, E49

So here is the remainder of the hop!  

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog

Holly

Athina (you are here)

Shanna 

Marcy

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