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

Journey - Loves Rubberstamps Weekly Challenge!

Hello Friends!

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

This week it is everyone's favorite...... Anything Goes!

Our sponsor this week is The Cutting Cafe

This weekend, I sat down to make my card for today's challenge.  I had actually been planning something else all along, but switched gears at the last second.  It has been crazy busy here as we are prepping for a garage sale this coming weekend.  We are cleaning out much of our house and getting rid of it so we have less to move next year.  Boy, it this project ever a chore.  Wow, I am not sure what I got myself into.  

Anyhow, you are here to see the project right?  Well, I hope you enjoy it.  Sunday morning my brother and his family were baptized.  I am so proud of them for making a decision to walk with the Lord.  So this is the reason my card changed at the last minute.   I used lots of distress inks, background stamps to make this fun little card.  I think distress inks is one of my favorite techniques.  I just go to another world and have fun!  I hope you en joy it!

Supplies Used:

Tim Holtz - Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy

Rusty Hinge

Walnut Stain

Mustard Seed

Peeled Paint

Amy R - Be Happy Sentiments

Graphic 45 - Houndstooth background

Inkadinkado  background stamp

Stamper's Anonymous stamp

Twine,

Ribbon,

Charm

Ranger Archival Black & Coffee 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 LRSBC68. 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, September 9nd, 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 68 - will be announced before the posting of Challenge 70. ** 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 your  creations!

Blessings until next time...

Athina

{PIN}spirational Challenge #52

Hello Friends!

I am back with another {PIN}spirational Challenge!  In case you don't know what the {PIN}spirational Challenge is all about, well let me share with you.  Each week you are given a picture for inspiration.  All you have to do is create based on that picture.  So here is this weeks picture:

Our Sponsors:

Di's Digi Downloads 

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What a fun image we had to play with this week!  And to make it better, Bugaboo Stamps generously provided some cute images for us to play with.  I choose the FU Umbrella, printed on cryogen paper and colored with copics.  I used some additional stickles on the image to add some fun.  I used Cosmo Cricket and Basic Grey for the background of the card.  The image is cut out with Spellbinders Large Oval Dies and the Scalloped Oval.  To finish it off, I used ribbon, button, twine and pearls.

Copics used:

Umbrella:  YR20, YR21, YR23, YR24

I did not record the flower colors. (sorry)

The inside papers match the outside.  The sentiment is by Inkadinkadoo.  It is one of my favorites and perfect for the image.

Be sure to come over to {PIN}spirational Challenge and play along with us!  This week Di's Digi Downloads is generously giving away a $10 voucher and Bugaboo Stamps is giving away 7 digis to the winner!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Avenue 613 - Anything Goes Spring Fever

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Robyns Fetish -Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - Think Spring

Dilly Beans - Spring (10)

QKR Stampede  - April Showers

2 Sisters Challenge - Anything Goes

Catch The Bug - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by.  Don't for get to scroll for the other two posts for today.

Blessings until next time....

Athina

Love is All You Need!

Hello Friends!

I seen this image and had to have it!  It is Stampavie Sarah Kay's Sweet Romance.  Aren't they adorable?  I searched for quite some time to find the right papers for this sweet image.  What I found was that I have much more vibrant and dark toned colors.  Hmmm... More of a reason to buy paper, right?  I need some lighter colors for my collection!  I ended up finding this light toned paper by MME. I colored the image to match the paper.

I found the Love stamp in my drawer that has never been inked.  I could not have stumbled across a better stamp for this banner on the card.  The stamp does not have a manufacturer, but it did have a Hobby Lobby price tag still attached.  I used distress ink on the banner and then stamped some background text on it.  You can't really see it in the pictures.  I also added some lace, as this is a wedding card.

Copics used:

Skin:  E000, E00, E11 E13

Dress/Shoes:  BV0000, BV000, BV20, BV23, BV25

Girl Hat:  E50, E51, E53

Boy Hat/Shoes/Pants/Vest:  E40, E41, E43, E44

Shirt/Bow:  YR0000, YR01, YR82

For the inside, I used all matching papers with the front.  The scalloped circle is by spellbinders. The inside circle was white paper that I inked up and added additional font to the background.  The sentiment is by Magnolia.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

Fussy and Fancy- Anything Goes

S tampin for the Weekend- Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps- Make your Mark

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

I think this image has quickly made it into my favorites pile.  I hope you enjoyed your visit today!  Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings until next time....

Athina