Sheltering her Kitten

Hi and Welcome to another Fabulous Challenge week over at Loves Rubberstamps!  We are being sponsored by The Paper Shelter and I would like to thank them for giving the Design Team such awesome images!!! 

This weeks Challenge is to use ribbon!  So easy!  I ran my Ribbon Seam Binding through all my spellbinder holes and added a bow.  I wanted a more frosty feel so I added some glitter to my Card Candi dots.  I am having so much fun playing with these dots on my cards and projects! 

I cannot wait to see what you make for this Challenge!  We have had a lot of fun and exciting and very creative entrees.  Remember, this is a Random winner, so play along and have some fun with us! 

Have you seen all the Brand New Items Laura has added to the store?  She's a maniac!  Adding nearly every day and planning to add more later this week!!!  And the later this week stuff is making me very Happy!!!  lol.   So go take a look and be sure to click over a page or two as these sometimes skip pages when she is adding. 

TPS - Warm in the Winter
Echo Park
Card Candi - Holly Berries
Spellbinder
Circle
Copic List: B93, B95, B97, YG97, YG95, YG 93, R39, R37, R35E27, E25, E23, C1, C00, Y17, Y15, Y00, YR15, E35, E37, E30, E31, E21, E0000, E000, E00, E93.

Before I sign off here, I just wanted to remind you that there is a SALE going on....(smile). Not valid with preorders, but wait til you see what's in the store!!!! 

20% off Any Order

Just use the Coupon Code - NOVNEWS

in the shopping cart before checking out :)

This will be valid until 11:59 on Nov. 30th!

Thanks for Looking and for your Kind Comments!!!!

Holly

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The other side

It needed the other side, lol.  I was starting to put things away, when I thought about it and thought about it and decided rather than lose that paper or the ribbon or the thought process, I would just go ahead and do the flip side, lol.  So I flipped the sketch, printed out 3 more pictures, (with some help from my Hottie - lightening these dark pic's is very complicated!) and colored up my uninked Kraftin' Kimmie - Witchypoo! 

The first picture is my youngest son and his friend, both Ninja's.  The second picture is my Grandson who lives a few hours away, and my third picture is my son again with this years pumpkin.

Again, these items and more Halloween Fun for scrapping can be found at Loves Rubberstamps.

Paper - S.U.
Halloween Charms
WitchyPoo
Spider Die-Namic and Stamp Set.
Memento Ink

Okay now I am really done for the night, lol. 

Thanks for looking and for your kind comments. 

Holly

Halloween Scrapped!

Whoooo Hoooo, I did it.  I spent all day doing one scrap page! lol.   No just a few hours, but it was fun!!! 

I had to take the picture on my desk and not in my lightbox.  So forgive the weird lighting, lol. 

Tomorrow is the deadline to get this pattern in.  I really like it.  I am hoping I can do a reverse of it for the other side, lol.  We took a few pictures, but most of them came out very dark.  But these are the Two Ninja's, my youngest son and his bestie.  I have SO much Halloween Scrappy Stuff! lol.  I just love this Holly-Day and all the cute dies and stamps that come out.  I can't help myself. lol.  If you have Halloween Pic's to Scrap and you NEED any great Halloween Dies or Images, head on over to the Loves Rubberstamps Store!  Laura is still uploading the Cutest Halloween Stamps!  And she still has some adorable Dies!!!

I colored my Ghost up with C00 and C1, and I found some cute ribbon at my LSS.  I am so glad I buy a yard here and a yard there, you never know when something is just going to fit just right, lol. 

Paper - S.U.
Halloween Charms
Boo's Fun - Ghost Stamp
Spider Die-Namic and Stamp Set.
Memento Ink

Thanks for Looking and for your kind Comments!

Holly

Gobble!

Happy Sensational Sunday!  Did you know that if you head on over to the Loves Rubberstamps Blog and leave a Comment on the Sensational Sunday post you could win some blog candy?  Yeah, just for commenting!  Super easy.  Have you seen the newest, latest and greatest stamps and markers Laura has added to her store?  Go check them out while you are at it!

Today I have a new Pure Innocents stamp to show off just in time for Thanksgiving and I am keeping with the Gobble til you Wobble Challenge this week, lol.  But if it's too late for a Thanksgiving card and you want to play along, it can be any "Thank You" card.  So there is still a wee bit of time left to play in our Challenge. 

 

Isn't she the cutest thing?  I'm planning on using her for Christmas too, lol.  And for some scrap pages I have in my head that I might get to in the next couple years, lol.   I keep talking about these scrap pages, I may eventually talk myself into doing them, lol.  It's like all those diet books I have, I should be a thin woman just by association, right? lol.   And have years and years of scrapbook pages done just by talking about them, lol.

I love these papers by Authentique, the patterns and colors are so great for so many different styles and designs.  This weeks sketch was a bit hard for me to wrap my head around.  But as I worked on one thing and then the other, it came together very easily.  I love using dies and having them in my stash.  You never know when you are going to need just the perfect die, lol.  I am so excited that not only is Laura getting more and more dies listed in the store, she also is planning on getting EVEN MORE!!!  Whooo Hooo.  I colored up my PI with my Copic Markers.

As I was making this card, I was wondering how other people make their cards.  Do you already have it all in your head and then go for it?  I usually have to find a good sketch or have some idea of a pattern I am going to use in my mind.  Then I pick the stamp I want to use.  I usually have a "few" of them in the must use pile, lol.  Then I pick out my paper by the stamp or the Challenge, and then I just start coloring and go from there.  Sometimes it's quite a bit different than whta I had in mind, lol.  But the card kinda just designs itself.   

I used the following on this card:
MFT PI turkey time
Authentique Thankful collection
MFT Bon appetit die-namic
MFT Scallop Die-namic
MFT Rounded banner stax
MFT Die-namic sentiment strips
Circle Dies
Black Memento
Tim Holtz ink sponged.

Thanks for Looking and for your kind Comments!  Don't forget to check out what my fellow Design Team Members have made over on the Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog and don't forget to comment, you could win! 

Holly

My Cute Pumpkin Guy

Happy Friday Holly-Day!

This is my Friday Inspirational Blog post for Loves Rubberstamps.  I am using the cute Luka with a Pumpkin, and OMGosh how much fun it is to paper piece his little hat and pumpkin!  I doubled my Pumpkin fun with a CC Cutters pumpkin and kinda outlined it with a Copic pen to make it blend well.  Hidden behind those is a Fishtail Banner that matches the same first layer paper.  I also used some Card Candi called Metalique Copper and yes, I know, I have been using this Card Candi quite a bit but I LOVE IT!  I sponged around my out of the box Luka with Memento Cantaloupe ink. 

This little guy reminds me of my youngest son.  Big Cheeks, Happy, and always Styling!  lol.   When he is not playing video games and when I can get him to leave his shoes on, lol.  Does anyone else have a 9 year old who won't leave his shoes on?  Even in class, the teachers always complain every year that he won't leave his shoes on, lol.   He steps on the backs of them to crush them down so they resemble some kind of seriously worn out slip-ons.  So much for the million dollar shoes huh?  Yes, he wanted the spring loaded, make him jump higher and run faster shoes and within two days, they looked like the seriously worn out slip-ons we replaced them with, lol.  He is a funny guy.

It's amazing how time is flying by this fall.  Seems like it's hard to get used to it being November and Thanksgiving is NEXT week!!!  And I won't even mention the "C" word, lol. 

I am continuing our Challenge Theme this week - Thanksgiving/Fall inspired projects. 
I am also using the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 171 - I love these sketches!

Recap:
Luka with Pumpkin - La La Land
Pumpkin Die - CC Cutters
Fishtail Flag Die- MFT
Metaliqu Copper - Card Candi
Cantaloupe Ink - Memento Ink
6x6 Designer Paper - Ready Set Go


Thanks so much for Looking and for your wonderful Comments!

Holly

Hmmmm, I wonder what's in here?

Rudy the Envelope Gift Card Holder
Hello All! 

Welcome to to the weekly reminder post of the current Challenge going on right now over at All the Scraps, Anything but a Card!  I got really lucky, my S.U. demonstrator had one of these fabulous envelope gift card holders for our monthly project.  Talk about timing!  lol.  I knew my little Rudy would work perfectly on this.  You start with a "Medium" envelope ( 5-3/4 X 4-3/8), fold the outside edges in towards the center and crease with your bone folder.  Snip off the outside of the top portion (where the gumminess is).   Add some ribbon and adhere it to the front of the folded up envelope so that it rest and come around just right under the flap (top gummy portion).  The base that the envelope will adhere to is 4-3/4 X 3-1/4.  The smaller base is 3-1/4 X 2-1/4 and the top portion of that adheres to the top folded over, (so that it will open.)  I hope between the pictures and the description, this makes sense! lol.  Next you can added designer paper and anything else you want, just remember that the ribbon is going to go over the image.  I had this major brain storm that Rudy would be scratching his head and wondering, "hmmm, I wonder what's in here?" 

I used some Martha Stewart snowflake punches in the corners with some bling in the center, I used Echo Park - Winter Park 6X6 paper, some S.U. ribbon and colored Rudy up with my Copic Markers: YG95, YG93, BG10, E43, E42, E41, E00, E000, E000, E21, E93, R59,  R39, R37. 

I hope you have a fabulous day and I cannot wait to see your uploads to the this challenge.  Remember, I totally have to case something from someone Else's 3D project the next time we have this challenge, so don't let me down, lol. 

Thanks for Looking and for your kind Comments.

Holly