My Paperie Dreams: January 2013

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Loves Rubberstamps Challenge using Kenny K's Milkshake

Hello and welcome to Loves Rubberstamps Tuesday Challenge!!! I hope everyone is having a great week! This week's challenge is called "Have a Heart" and we were asked to use a heart somewhere on our project. This was a perfect challenge to get in another Valentine's Day card. This one is going to my hubby!:)

Our wonderful sponsor for the week is the fabulous Kenny K!

Here is my card...

This Kenny K image is called "Milkshake". So super adorable and I had so much fun coloring up this fun image with my copics! The paper collection I used is by Bo Bunny called Love Letters. This paper has a lot of beautiful designs which can be used for other non-Valentine's events as well. I edged all of the papers with my Tim Holtz distress ink in Frayed Burlap. The cute red roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts and I sprayed these up with Tattered Angels Iridescent Gold, my favorite top coat. I glued the roses down using Best Glue Ever. I had no problem adding hearts for this challenge! In fact, I loved adding several including the red heart trim from The Piece by Piece, the pink heart rhinestones by Recollections and the small silver heart from my stash which says Love. I also added the ticket stub with the phrase "Hey Stranger" which I stamped with my favorite Memento ink in Black Tuxedo. I thought this was cute on the card as well. This ticket stamp comes from a Whimsy stamp collection called The Fun Life Tickets. I am on a roll with these adorable tickets. I think I have used them on almost all of my projects this last month! I absolutely love them!!!

Please check out the Loves Rubberstamps store to see supplies used on my card. Also, check out the Loves Rubberstamps Challenge blog to see what other projects the rest of the Design Team made. If you want to join this fun challenge, I'll post the details below and you could have a chance to win some great prizes form the store. I would love to see some Valentine's projects from you all! :)

Hope you all like my card for the week! Have a fantastic rest of the week and thanks so much for stopping by!

This week's challenge is:

HAVE A HEART

Simply have a heart somewhere on your project!

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 LRSBC37. 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, February 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 ourWinner'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

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

We also have a very special GUEST SPONSOR this week!

The winner will also win 5 Free Digi Stamps of their choice from KennyK

Digi and rubber stamps from KennyK are a fun and edgy way to add the perfect dose of attitude and style to all of your creations!

The creator, the artist, the man: KennyK is a NYC-born professional illustrator who has brought his funky-but-slick, urban-influenced look to the cardmaking and papercrafts world. His signature style can be seen throughout his various collections of sexy pinup babes, sweet 'n sassy girls, cool rockin' dudes, kid’s stuff, retro characters and more at KennyKDownloads.com.

Guest Designer Information:
If you would like your chance of being our MARCH GUEST DESIGNER just put GDT behind your name, or leave a comment stating you are interested!
Guest Designers receive a 20% discount on most all items listed in our store during their term. We will also provide a link to your blog for 1 year!! Only rule is to use current images from stamp companies we carry in the store for your challenge projects and to have fun! We will contact the winner the week of the February 19th with the announcement of the MARCH'S GUEST DESIGNER February 25th.

** Be sure to ENTER our - Weekly Blog Candy Giveaway! Just leave us a comment on our Sensational Sunday Inspirations post and you are entered! **

WINNER OF THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE WILL BE ANNOUNCED WITH THE NEW CHALLENGE ON FEBRUARY 4th.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Loves Rubberstamps "Sensational Sunday Inspirations" using Kenny K's Hot Weave

Hello and Happy Sunday! Hope everyone is having a great weekend! After a few days of rain and gloom, the sun finally peeked out so that was really nice to have some good weather. It was perfect for some birthday and family events we had as well. I did have some time to get some crafting done as well!

And here is one of my projects just in time for Loves Rubberstamps Sensational Sunday Inspirations!!!

Here it is...

This card is for a friend of mine at work. This friend loves blue so I made sure to add a ton of it! The adorable image I used is from Kenny K called Hot Weave. Kenny K has tons of fun images and I thought this one was perfect! I stamped her image using my memento ink in Black Tuxedo and then colored her up with my copics (mostly in blues!). The paper collection I used is one of my favorite, Prima's Fairy Flora. This paper is so soft and pretty and comes in different colorful backgrounds so it can be used for many projects. I distressed all of the papers using my Tim Holtz distress tool and then used my Tim Holtz distress ink in Broken China to edge the papers. All of my blue flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and I sprayed them with Tattered Angels Iridescent Gold. These flowers were all glued down using Best Glue Ever by ScraPerfect. The sentiment is from the Whimsy Stamps The Fun Life Tickets. I thought it was perfect for my friend's birthday and this card. The pretty blue trim is from Sahafuha on Etsy and the bling is from Recollections.

Please be sure to check out the Loves Rubberstamps store to find Kenny K stamps and other supplies used on this project. Also check out the Loves Rubberstamps blog to see what the rest of the design team made and to also have a chance to win some vouchers from the store (See details below) .

Hope you all like my card and I hope my friend likes it too! Thanks for stopping by and have a great week ahead! :)

Remember... EVERY SUNDAY... you will have the chance to win a gift voucher to the Loves Rubberstamps Store.... just for leaving a comment on the post! Winner will be chose with random.org and will be announced on the following Sunday's post!

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Saturday, January 26, 2013

SSS Card using artist Sherri Baldy's Rose and the Titantic

Hello Blogger Friends and Happy Saturday! I wanted to quickly share a card I made for Scrapbook Stamp Society using an image by artist Sherri Baldy called Rose and the Titanic. This sweet Rose was super fun to color up. The papers I used are from Prima called Reflections. I also used some Bazzil cardstock in lilac for the sentiment and to cover the base of the card. The sentiment is from a fun Whimsy stamp collection called The Fun Life Tickets. This is going as a birthday card so I thought the sentiment was perfect. The flowers are a combo from Wild Orchid Crafts and I am Roses. I sprayed them up with Tattered Angels Iridescent Gold to give them some shimmer. I also add the small bouquet of tiny roses to further embellish the ticket. I like the way that came out! The ribbon is from my stash at home and the pink pearl bling is from Recollections. Hope you all like my card and hope you're all having a great weekend! After the few days of rain here, the sun has finally decided to come out so I'm thrilled! :)

Copic Colors used:
Skin: E000,E00, E21, R20, YG95
Hair: E79, E25, E31, E53
Clothes: V22, V12, RV00, V25, V93

Please check out the Scrapbook Stamp Society Blog to see what other projects the Design Team has made. Also check out the Scrapbook Stamp Society store for tons of fun images to use for your crafting projects!

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Loves Rubberstamps challenge using Cocoa's Latte

Hello and Happy Tuesday! Hope your week has started out well and if you are lucky to have had the Martin Luther King Holiday, that you were able to enjoy your extra long weekend. I was not feeling very well Monday but it worked out to have this extra day to rest and get ready for my hectic week. I did have a chance to get working on some projects and that included my project for the Loves Rubberstamps Tuesday challenge!

Our wonderful sponsor for this week is Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps!

Our challenge this week was to look at the website: www.kirklands.com and to be inspired by a product there.

Here was my inspiration:

Not sure if you can see it too well but It is a set of canvas art showing two cute baristas serving some hot java!

Here is my card...

The Design Team was fortunate to get some Sweet 'N Sassy digi images and I thought this cute image called "Cocoa's Latte" was perfect for it! You might remember this sweet mouse who I also used in one of my Christmas projects some weeks back. This mouse is just so super adorable and I had so much fun coloring him up with my copic markers. I paper pieced the latte cup using a new paper collection in the store called Cashmere Dame by Glitz. I also used these papers in the background. I love Glitz and this collection is so pretty. I edged all of the papers with my Tim Holtz distress ink in Frayed Burlap. The flowers I used are from Wild Orchid Crafts and I sprayed these up with Tattered Angels Iridescent Gold. I glued the flowers down using Best Glue Ever. The sentiment is from a Fiskars stamp set I have at home and I thought it would be cute to stamp right on the image. I used my Memento ink in Black Tuxedo to do so. I'm really happy with the way it came out!

Hope you all like my card for the week! Have a fantastic rest of the week and thanks so much for stopping by!

This week's challenge is:

Kirklands Inspiration

Visit the Kirklands Website and choose a product to use as inspiration for your project. Let us know which one you chose!

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 LRSBC36. 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, January 28th so all entries need to be in before then.

Prize Information:

The winner will also win 3 Free Digi Stamps of their choice from Sweet 'N Sassy!

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 36 - will be announced before the posting of Challenge 38. These winner's will receive a coupon code for FREE SHIPPING of any size order to the Loves Rubberstamps Store!

Guest Designer Information:
If you would like your chance of being our MARCH GUEST DESIGNER just put GDT behind your name, or leave a comment stating you are interested!
Guest Designers receive a 20% discount on most all items listed in our store during their term. We will also provide a link to your blog for 1 year!! Only rule is to use current images from stamp companies we carry in the store for your challenge projects and to have fun! We will contact the winner the week of the February 19th with the announcement of the MARCH'S GUEST DESIGNER February 25th.

** Be sure to ENTER our - Weekly Blog Candy Giveaway! Just leave us a comment on our Sensational Sunday Inspirations post and you are entered! **

WINNER OF THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE WILL BE ANNOUNCED WITH THE NEW CHALLENGE ON TUESDAY JANUARY 28th.

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Loves Rubberstamps "Sensational Sunday Inspirations" using Tilda with Dove tag

Hello and Happy Sunday! Hope everyone is having a great weekend! I'm so happy that this weekend is a long one for me due to the Martin Luther King holiday on Monday. So that means more time for everything including crafting!!! :)

Today's project was one I put together pretty fast and I'm really happy with the way it came out. Thank goodness my mojo was working! LOL

Here it is...

I decided to make a tag with today's project and I felt like making something "Multi Media Art" like so I whipped out some of my favorite Tattered Angels sprays, glams and glazes as well as some distress inks to play with! Before, I get into that, the star of my tag is the cute Tilda With Dove by Magnolia. I'm so excited that we are carrying more and more of these cute Tilda stamps at the store. I stamped her image using my memento ink in Black Tuxedo and then colored her up with my copics. She is so adorable! So the tag is made using one of those older Tattered Angels Chip Tiles. I don't even think they carry them anymore since they focus more on their colors mediums now. But I absolutely love these tiles and hoarded a lot of them when they went on sale. :) They have different designs and I believe the one I used is from the "Nature" Collection. I covered up my tile in several of my favorite Tatttered Angels sprays, glams and glazes. I wont go into all of those because I used so many! LOL I then used my Tim Holtz distress ink in Frayed Burlap to edge the tile and also to further define some of the embossed sections which made it pop out more. I punch a hole with a large eyelet on top and added some pretty brown ribbon from my stash and voila, a cute tag!:) I laid cute Tilda on some green burlap trim which is from Karla S001 on Etsy. The cute brown butterfly is also from her store. I added some Wild Orchid Crafts roses and cherry blossoms in some matching tan colors and then some Candy Dots in Coffee Bean to further embellish. These flowers and dots were all glued down using Best Glue Ever by ScraPerfect. Finally I decided to add a bird charm hanging down on the ribbon to match the cute bird Tilda is holding. The charm was actually silver but I used my Tim Holtz alcohol inks to make him bronze! Gotta love being able to alter things so easy these days! :)

Please be sure to check out the Loves Rubberstamps store to find supplies used on this project. Also check out the Loves Rubberstamps blog to see what the rest of the design team made and to also have a chance to win some vouchers from the store (See details below) .

Hope you all like my Tilda tag! Thanks for stopping by and have a great week ahead! :)