Loves Rubberstamps "Sensational Sunday" Blog Hop: A Valentine Gift Bag!

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!

Hello Blogger friends!  I'm so excited to join in on the Loves Rubberstamps "Sensational Sunday" Blog Hop this week!!!

Here's my project to share for some Sunday inspiration...

This is a Valentine's gift bag I made using the Gift Bag Punch Board from We R Memory Keepers.  Laura has just stocked the store with all of these punch boards which are so popular right now in the crafting world!!! They are so versatile and easy to use.   I've been having so much fun with the 3 punch boards I currently have and can't wait to get the remaining 2!  The cute PI gal on my gift bag is called "Love You With All My Heart" by My Favorite Things.  She is so super cute!  I colored her up with my copic markers and paper pieced her outfit and heart she is carrying.  The paper collection I used is a fun one by Doodlebug Designs called "Sweetheart". I love this collection of pinks and kraft papers.  Behind this cute PI gal is a MFT doily die called Die-Namics Decorative Doily Duo.   I also used some scallop borders which are from a set called "Die-Namics Dotted Scallop Border Trio Die Set" also by MFT.  To finish off my project, I tied some pink polka dot ribbon around my gift bag and also added some cute small flower trim. 

Here are a few additional pics for you....

Close up shot

Side of bag

Back of bag

I didn't do any decorating on the side or the back of the bag for this project since I really liked the pink embossed card stock as is.  However, I just wanted to show you what the basic bag looks like using the punch board.  You can certainly decorate it more as desired and either add the holes or not on the top for ribbon threading if you prefer.  

Here are the additional supplies I used on my project:

Victorian Velvet -Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Mono Multi-Liquid Glue-Tombow

Black Tuxedo-Memento Ink

Hope you all like gift bag and thanks so much for stopping by! :)

In case you get lost:

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Blog 

Dangina

Joni

Nina

Laura

Indah

Nikki

Lydia

Larelle-Susanne

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Loves Rubberstamps "Sensational Sunday" Blog Hop featuring "Mimosa Hat" by Bildmalarma

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!
Hope everyone had a wonderful and special Christmas holiday! Didn't this special day just come and go way too fast?!! I just love Christmas...the lights, the decorations, the music, the festivities with the family, the hot chocolate...I wish it would last longer! I am still enjoying some time off from work though and hopefully will get to enjoy a small mini trip somewhere sometime soon! I am excited about the New Year 2014 to come and looking forward to good things happening! :) 

So on to my card for this hop and here it is...

Since I feel like I had been working on Christmas cards non-stop up until Christmas, it was nice to take a little break with a fun "Spring" card this week!  I've had this little cutie called "Mimosa Hat" from Bildmalarma for some time and was so excited to ink her up and color her up with my copics!  I also had the "Garden Bench" which was perfect for her to sit on!  The beautiful paper collection I used for my card is called "Farmhouse" by Crate Paper.  Such a gorgeous collection of bright papers! I also die cut some of the paper using the "Die-Namics Dizzy Doily Die" by MFT which is one of my favorites!

Here's a close-up of Mimosa...

And here are the additional supplies I used on my project:

Broken China-Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Mono Multi-Liquid Glue-Tombow

Black Tuxedo-Memento Ink

Stitched Circle Die-Lil' Inkers

Flowers-Wild Orchid Crafts

Teal Pearls/Ribbon-Michaels

Hope you all like my card and thanks so much for stopping by! Also, please don't forget that we have a special "Holiday Blitz" challenge at Loves Rubberstamps Challenges where we will be giving away TONS of prizes with multiple winners! The Holiday Blitz is your favorite.... ANYTHING GOES...theme AND it will last from now until December 30th so you have planty of time to get your entries in! We will have prize packages to give away from the following companies:

KENNY K STAMPS - 2 PRIZE PACKAGES
QKR STAMPEDE
AURORA WINGS
MILK 'N COFFEE STAMPS
CRAFTY SENTIMENTS DESIGNS
EUREKA STAMPS
C.C. DESIGNS
and... Loves Rubberstamps is giving away a $50.00 Gift Voucher!
You will DEFINITELY want to play along with us :) Remember you have until December 30th to get your entries in :)

Your next stop for the hop is Joni!

In case you get lost, here is the full line-up:

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog

Dangina

Athina

Shanna 

Marcy -- You are here!

Joni

Nina

Holly

Olivia

Ceal

Indah

Loves Rubberstamps "Sensational Sunday" Blog Hop featuring MFT's "Holiday Hugs Snowman" and "Die-Namics Spring Wreath Die Set"

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!

Hope you're all having a great weekend and enjoying the Christmas holiday festivities! It was a busy one for us with 2 of my kids being in the local Christmas parade.  Boy was that hectic running around and trying to get to where we needed to be in the midst of all the crazy traffic and closed streets!!! However, once we got seated and actually had a chance to enjoy the parade, it was fun as usual. After, we enjoyed some more family fun at our local community center and then Sat. evening, we headed over to watch the boat parade of lights which is always so pretty! Definitely a weekend of "Christmas spirit"! :)  As for Christmas shopping, I am way behind!  Hopefully I can get to the mall soon or maybe this holiday season, I'll make good friends with Amazon! :)  Anyways, on to my inspiration... I still had to catch up on a few teacher cards so I made some this weekend to share!

Here's my 1st Card...

This card features MFT's PI "Holiday Hugs Snowman".  Now this is the older version of the newer snowman with hanging ornaments but I still love this cute guy!  After coloring him up with my Copics, I used my Tim Holtz distress ink in "Broken China" to make him more "frosty"! :)  The papers I used are from My Mind's Eye called "Be Merry".  Really fun papers! The sentiment "Holiday Hugs" also comes from the same fun stamp set.  I added some Christmas Recollection flowers I had in my stash as well as some red rhinestones.  The pretty white trim peaking out is also from my stash.

Here is my 2nd card...

Now this one is pretty "CAS" for me! I had so much fun trying out this "Die-Namics Spring Wreath Die Set" by MFT.  Along with the wreath, there are stand alone leaves which I layered on.  Then I added the pretty bow which also comes in the set and some red rhinestones.  Voila!!! A cute little Christmas wreath!  So much fun!!!  The papers and the sentiment are from Recollections.   Simple card but I thought it definitely turned out really pretty!  Both of these cards are going to my son, Ethan's, Preschool teachers. I hope that they like them!!!

Here are the additional supplies I used on my project:

Pumice Stone-Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Mono Multi-Liquid Glue-Tombow

Black Tuxedo-Memento Ink

And here's one more set of  "Marcy CAS" style holiday cards which went to some of my co-workers this last week!:)  I used The Greeting Farm's "Holiday Anya 3". I'm so happy that they were enjoyed by the recipients.  I also had so much fun playing with my new envelope punch board and using up my tons of 12x12 Christmas pads!  I just love love this new toy!  Instead of using adhesive to seal the backs, I used some washi tape which turned out looking pretty cute! :)

Here they are...

Hope you all like my Christmas cards and thanks so much for stopping by! :)

Your next stop is Joni!

In case you get lost:

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog

Dangina

Athina

Shanna 

Marcy -- You are here!

Joni

Nina
Laura

Loves Rubberstamps "Sensational Sunday" Blog Hop featuring TGF' "Beanie Anya" Rosette ornament

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!

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend and staying warm wherever you are!  It's been colder than usual here in Southern Cali and although this is nothing compared to some of you folks in freezing weather, it's pretty cold for me! :)  However, I do love being inside during this weather sitting by the fireplace and drinking some hot cocoa or a sweet latte while I watch a movie or catch up on some TV shows! :)  This weekend we're also finally getting up our Christmas Tree and some decorations.  My son, Ryan also had a school band Holiday performance so I'm definitely feeling the spirit of Christmas! :) I also did a lot of catching up with my Christmas cards this weekend...mainly because we have our Holiday celebration at work which is usually when we pass out holiday cards and gifts.  I also finally had a chance to try making this fun rosette ornament which was inspired by Bona who is Livelovescrap on YouTube...Check out her awesome tutorial here! Be prepared because these are definitely addicting!

And here's my rosette ornament for your  Sunday inspiration...

So this rosette ornament is going on my own tree!  The ornament itself was so fun and easy to make!  I used a fun Recollections edge punch along the outside and  also some chunky glitter I had in my stash. The image I used is  cute "Beanie Anya" by The Greeting Farm.  I colored up her hair, skin and shoes with my Copics and then paper pieced her outfit.  The fun papers came from some new paper pads I picked up at Michael's during their 70% sale on holiday papers. Wow, what a bargain!  I actually combined some paper collections which are "Noel" by Pink Paislee and "Believe" by Heidi Swapp.  I really never like to combine collections but these had a lot of matching papers which worked out well.  I fussy cut some of the ornaments and the doily which I stamped "Have yourself a Merry Christmas" from a Recollections Christmas stamp set.  I also pulled out my holiday flowers and decided to use my last white Petaloo poinsettia on this as well as some flowers from the Petaloo Spring darjeeling collection which I thought were pretty cool since they look frosted!  The ribbon I added on the top to hang my ornament is from my stash.

Here are the additional supplies I used on my project:

Pumice Stone-Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Mono Multi-Liquid Glue-Tombow

Black Tuxedo-Memento Ink

I'm entering this into the TGF Farm Fresh Friday Challenge-"All That Sparkles"!

Hope you all like my ornament and thanks so much for stopping by! :)

Your next stop is Joni!

In case you get lost:

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog

Dangina

Athina

Shanna 

Marcy -- You are here!

Joni

Nina
Laura