Loves Rubberstamps Tuesday Challenge: Water color Tag with a Touch of Metal!

Happy Tuesday Friends!  We have a new Loves Rubberstamps Challenge starting today and this week's theme is "A Touch of Metal"!!!

Here's a tag I made for some inspiration...

I felt like water coloring this weekend so I decided to make a fun tag which I plan to give with a Thank You present.  It was the perfect opportunity to take out my Koi Water Color set and my paint brushes.  The flower images I used are from an MFT set called Contemporary Roses and these are so perfect for water coloring! I decided to emboss my image and sentiment which gave a resist effect and then added some color on top as well as some Wink of Stella for lots of sparkle.  To finish my tag, I added a handmade bow, some sequins and then of course my "touch of metal" which is the butterfly! :)

Here are the additional supplies used on my card:

Contemporary Roses - My Favorite Things

Peacock Feathers -Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Versamark watermark Stamp Pad - Tsukineko

Mono Multi-Liquid Glue - Tombow

Let's Polka Mixed Sequins - Lawn Fawn

Wink of Stella 

Koi Water Color Set

Thanks so much for stopping by and makes sure to stop over at the Loves Rubberstamps Challenge blog get the details for this challenge and to see what the rest of the DT gals made!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Marcy

Loves Rubberstamps Saturday Inspiration: Vintage tags using distress inks

Hi Friends and Happy Saturday!!! I have something a little different from my usual card to share with you all today!

Here are some vintage tags I've made using my distress inks...

So when I first started making cards, my style was very much different from how I create today.  I would say it was more of a vintage grunge style.  I definitely couldn't do without my distress inks and I loved to layer and use flowers in everything I made.  Now with distress inks as popular as ever as well as stencils, pastes, sprays, water coloring, background stamps etc..., I've been having so much fun creating different backgrounds with all of my art media supplies! I also love layering whenever I have a chance which is perfect with these types of projects! 

Here are the supplies used:

Victorian Velvet - Tim Holtz distress ink

Spun Sugar - Tim Holtz distress ink

Vintage Photo - Tim Holtz distress ink

Dried Marigold - Tim Holtz distress ink

Black Soot - Tim Holtz distress ink

Butterfly punch - Martha Stewart 

Black Sparkling Embossing Powder - Ranger

Versamark Watermark Stamp Pad - Tsukineko

Black Tuxedo - Memento Ink

Multi- Medium Matte glue - Ranger

Multi Multi Liquid Glue - Tombow

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Hope this gives you some inspiration to get grungy with your inks!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Hugs,

Marcy

Loves Rubberstamps "Tuesday Challenge" featuring "Riley" Prima Doll tag

Hello and welcome to the Loves Rubberstamps Tuesday Challenge! Hope everyone is having a great week! I can't believe it is December already! Although my favorite holiday is Summer, my favorite holiday is Christmas! I just love the beautiful lights and festivities and just everything that comes with this beautiful celebration.  I feel like having some peppermint hot chocolate right now in fact! :)

Well let me get on to our challenge for the week which is the favorite "Anything Goes"!!!

Our wonderful sponsor for this week's challenge is Shape EZ!!!

  

Here is my project...

And yes I know, I decided to make yet another Prima Doll tag!!!  This time I used the adorable "Riley" Prima Doll!  This tag was so much fun because I decided to pretty much go all out with all the mixed media art material I own!  The tag itself is from the Prima Doll Tag Pad.  I coated it with some gesso and then dabbed on some medium sculpting paste on a fun stencil template by Crafter's workshop called "Mini Punchinella". I added a ton of fun embellishments including the Small Typo Bulbs, Typo Zipper Pulls and Natural Bark Butterflies all from Prima as well. I added a ton of flowers and then coated everything with more gesso.  Now here was the fun part...I used my Lindy Stamp Gang Starburst sprays to add some beautiful shimmery color to the background.  The gesso grabs all the color for such a pretty effect. The colors I used are "Golden Sleigh Bells", "Cotton Candy" and "Forget Me Not"...all are so pretty! I even used these on Riley's dress and pretty Wings!  "Riley" went last on the tag after coloring up her hair and skin with my Copic markers. I went over her shoes with my atyouspica glitter pen in "Midnight".  You can't really see the shimmer in the photos but guess there's plenty of that throughout the tag! :) I added some dainty lace to the bottom of her dress and some pearl flower trim to the middle.  I also added another pretty lace tied in a bow to the top of the tag.  This was tons of fun and I'm so excited with the way this came out!

Here are a few more photos...

I took these outside during the day to show how "sparkly" it came out! and to show more of the pretty colors!

Close up-Top

Close Up -Bottom

Other supplies used on my project:

Black Tuxedo-Memento Ink

Flowers-Wild Orchid Crafts/Recollections

Wooden flowers-Recollections

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!

Hope you all like my Prima doll canvas! Have a wonderful week and thanks so much for stopping by to visit! :)

Loves Rubberstamps "Sensational Sunday" Blog Hop featuring TGF's "Cuddle Anya"

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!

Happy Sunday All! Hope you've all be having a good weekend so far.  I was so looking forward to the weekend to relax and catch up on some things but my very busy week turned into a very busy weekend! So it started out a little stressful earlier this week when my goddaughter was checked into ER and diagnosed to have pneumonia! :(  Since I had been praying for her since this happened and thinking of her often, I decided to make her a cute "girly" card she could look at while she was in the hospital.  I was able to actually bring it to her this Saturday morning along with some gifts to enjoy. The good news is that she's on the road to recovery and doing so much better.  That along with my son, Noah's great soccer game with an awesome goal and getting together with my family to celebrate my mom's birthday made the weekend end on a better note!

So here's the tag/card I made which I also wanted to share for my Sunday inspiration...

As I mentioned, I wanted to make something really "girly"just because my goddaughter is such a "girly" girl! :)  With her being sick, I thought of comfort and this image of The Greeting Farm's  Cuddle Anya was so perfect for this occasion!!!  Isn't she so adorable with her little bear hat and little teddy bear?!!!  I stamped cute Anya with my favorite Memento ink in Black Tuxedo and then colored her up with my copic sketch markers.  The base of my card is actually a page from a flower chipboard album which I've taken apart.  I wanted to make this so that she can also hang the card in her room when she gets home.  The paper collection I used is called "Childish" by Fancy Pants.  So perfect for my little girl theme and such fun papers. Behind her peeking out are some layered doilies from the MFT Die-Namics set call Doily Duo Die set.  I edged all of my papers using Tim Holtz distress ink in Victorian Velvet. I added some flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and some pink acrylic small teddy bears.  The beautiful pink sequins trim around the flower card is from my stash.  I love how shiny and pretty it is!  For the top, I added a large eyelet and tied a bow through that using some soft pink sheer ribbon also from my stash.  Finally, I added a heart charm to the top hooked onto the bow using a garment pin. 

I'm entering this into the TGF-FFF Challenge-Tags

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

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Loves Rubberstamps Tuesday Challenge featuring Prima's Doll with Ruffle Dress

Happy Tuesday Blogger Friends!  Hope you're all having a fabulous start to your week!  It's time for another Loves Rubberstamps Tuesday Challenge and this week is the favorite "Anything Goes"!!!

Our fabulous sponsor for this week's challenge is  Shape EZ!!!

 

Here is my project...

Okay so Laura just got these Prima Doll stamps in the store recently and I was sooooo excited to finally create using one!!! I decided to make a tag and I started out using the Mixed Media Doll Tag Pad which is the perfect size for these beautiful doll stamps. I edged my tag using Black Soot Tim Holtz Distress Ink.  To add to the background, I took some pretty Prima Marketing paper in the Annalee  collection called "Poetry" and distressed the edges using my Tim Holtz distress tool. I decided to add a little bit of mixed media art in there so I added some gesso to the edges. I also added some medium sculpting paste over my Crafter's Workshop chicken wire stencil and then sprayed over it using my Tattered Angels glimmer mist in "Cherub Pink".  Not sure if you can see it too well but I thought it gave a pretty cool effect!  Now for the doll herself, I used Prima's Doll with Ruffle Dress and she was so much fun to work with.  I first stamped her using my Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and then colored up her hair and skin using my Copic sketch markers. I paper pieced her cute dress and headband  with the same designer papers using the back side which was a little darker than the front.  I added some white flower pearl trim to the middle of her dress and then some Maya Road pink flower trim to her top ruffle.  I also added one piece of the flower trim to her headband which I thought looked really cute.  The "Wish" sentiment is also from a Prima Stamp set.  The beautiful flowers and butterfly are a combination of Prima and Kaiser Craft.  For the top, I added an extra large eyelet and ran some rose toned fibers to accent my tag. To finish it off, I added a cute butterfly charm attached to the top using a vintage garment pin. I'm excited with the way my tag came out and really love these dolls!

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'd love to see your awesome projects!

Hope you all like my very first Prima Doll tag! I'm now hooked and can't wait to make more!!!  Have a wonderful week and thanks so much for stopping by to visit! :)

This week's challenge is everyone's favorite:

                      ANYTHING GOES!

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 LRSBC64. 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, August 12th 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 win 2 free Files of their choice from Shape EZ by TLC!

Loves Rubberstamps Tuesday Challenge featuring The Greeting Farm "Beatrice Blush"

Hello and welcome to Loves Rubberstamps Tuesday Challenge!!! Hope you are all enjoying your week!  With the 4th of July holiday coming up, the  theme for this week is a "Red, White and Blue"!!!

Our wonderful sponsor is Sweet N' Sassy!!!

 

Here is my project to share....

This is a tag I made using the darling "Blush Beatrice " from The Greeting Farm!  I'm using this tag for my friend's daughter's birthday to add to her gift.  She really likes my cards using TGF images so I thought this would be fun to make for her.   I've used this cute image a handful of times but decided to go a little different with her this time making her hair blue.  I really love how it came out!:)   I paper pieced her bow and part of her outfit with some designer paper.  I also added some Ranger stickles in "Fruit Punch" to the bottom of her top and to her socks to give her some sparkle.  The tag itself is actually part of a small flower mini album which I picked up at Michael's for $1 a while ago.  The paper collection I used is called "Liberty" by Bo Bunny.   I edged all the papers with Tim Holz distress ink in "Broken China".  Behind Beatrice is a doily which I sprayed up with my Lindy Stamp Gang Starburst Spray in "Forget Me Nots". I then used a Ranger acrylic paint dauber in "Cough Syrup" red and added that to the background of the doily.  I also like the way that came out!  The roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the bling is from Recollections.  I also added some crinkled seam binding in bright blue to the top of my tag to match the colors.

Other items used:

copic sketch markers

Black Tuxedo-Memento Ink

Ultra Smooth Premium White Card Stock-Crafter's Companion

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. 

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

I'm entering this card into the TGF Garden Variety Tuesday Challenge-Anything Goes.
and TGF FFF-Red +White+Blue+Ribbon

This week's challenge is:

                   RED, WHITE & BLUE

We want to see you create a project with this color scheme! 
 
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 LRSBC58. 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, July 1st 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 win 3 Free Digi Stamps of their choice from Sweet 'N Sassy!