From The Heart Stamps - Thursday Inspiration Post

Good Morning all! Today is Inspiration post day at From the Heart Stamps and I was inspired to create a card using Faith's adorable digi called Sea Turtle Beach. I think I have summer, ocean and the sand on my mind!  I embossed the back kraft paper with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and colored the image with copics. I attached some seashells, wrapped twine, and added wispy paper for texture. 

Materials used:

From the Heart Stamps Digi Image -Sea Turtle Beach.

MFT Pierced Rectangle Die

Copics

Have a great day!

Thank You Teacher Card - CCM

Good Morning! Just popping in to upload this card I made using the MFT Teachers Sentiments.  The image is from Chi Chi Memories blog and is FREE this month.  Super cute right?!

I airbrushed the background around her and I used white ink on black paper for a "chalkboard" kind of look.  That white pigment ink is not easy to work with! I ended up using clear embossing powder to heat seal it! 

Challenges Entering:

Chi Chi Memories - January Challenge (Feb. 15)

MAke It Monday - Challenge 175 (Jan. 27)

Oozak - Challenge 30 Anything Goes/Love (Feb. 3)

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - January 22

Happy Wednesday everyone! Today's verse over at Word Art Wednesday is from James.

I hope you will play along with us - it is very simple "anything goes"... just create an uplifting and positive card and post it at Word Art Wednesday challenges.  You can use this week's verse below, but it is not required.  The challenge this week is sponsored in part by Paper Temptress, an awesome store for Cardstock & Papers.  They sell Cryogen, which is what I used on today's card for the scripture.  You should definitely check it out.  

Paper Temptress is a lovely scrapbooking and

crafting store filled with high-quality papers

and embellishments.  All sorts of sweetness!

One lucky person will receive a $25 Gift Certificate

to go shopping at the wonderful Paper Temptress

Karen M. (Papercraft Memories) created the beautiful graphic for today's verse:  

Here is my card:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Handmade Harbour - SMILE Challenge

Double Embossing...

Love, love, love this double embossed CAS card.  The retro camera is another goodie from Handmade Harbour. Hope you join us this week for the challenge! 

Materials

Image - Handmade Harbour camera

Sentiment - Darice embossing folder

Dots - Sizzix embossing folder

Coloring - copics

Loves Rubber Stamps - Challenge 87 "Aurora Wings"

Good Morning crafty friends~ 

Today is a new Challenge at Loves Rubber Stamps....Challenge 87 is going to be lots of fun and get your gears going - because it is "CASE" Challenge.  Even more fun Aurora Wings is donating the prize to the lucky challenge winner.

Now if you are like me you are thinking "What is CASE?".  My lovely Design Team members enlightened me that CASE is Copy And Steal Everything! You choose another designer's card then try to copy it, changing a few things to make it yours.  When CASE'ing it is best to also post a photo of the card you CASE'd and a link to their blog so they get proper credit.  

So I decided to CASE my lovely Design Team member Holly.  If you've been following along on Holly's blog, you know that she listed her "favorite cards of 2013".  The favorite of October 2013 was this little beauty.

By Holly Flores, October 2013

What is not to love about this card! I love the cheerful colors and the clean layout, so I decided go give it a go.  I wish I had some tiny silver dots, beacuse I think they add a lot to the project, but I dont so I used "diamond" dots.  

Here is my project below:  

Aurora Wings Digi - "Grumpy Fairy"

MFT Dienamics - Pierced Rectangle Stax

Bazzill Cardstock

Best Glue Ever

Best Cleaner Ever

Copics
Stash ric-rac and bling

Whoops, I see I forgot to add glitter to the wings before photographing! What kind of fairy doesn't have glitter wings?  

To win some Aurora Wings images of your own, just join in on the fun and enter our CASE Challenge!

Sensational Sunday Blog Hop - Nuts for You

Hello Crafty 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!

For my inspiration project today I was so excited I got to use my new cling stamp from Some Odd Girl. She is called "Nutsy Kaylee" and you can find her at Loves Rubber Stamps. I am definitely in the Valentine spirit so I went for this cute character.  I also got to practice my Air Brush, which I just set up today.  Very fun, but messy!  

Materials Used

Some Odd Girl - "Nutsy Kaylee"

Lawn Fawn - "Say Cheese"

Best Cleaner Ever

Best Glue Ever

Copics

Memento Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black

Now Visit each of the Design Team Ladies to see their amazing projects...leave comments along the way for more chances to be our blog candy winner! 

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Blog

Dangina

Joni

Nina

Laura  - [You Are Here]

Indah

Nikki

Lydia 

Larelle-Susanne

Thanks for joining us in our Loves Rubber Stamps Sensational Sunday Blog Hop and please head over to your next stop - Indah Permatasari!  

And thank you for leaving comments.....I so enjoy reading all them. 

From The Heart Stamps - Free Digital Stamp

Good Morning Crafty people!  Want some adorable free digi stamps?  Now is the perfect time to get started with the From The Heart Stamps progressive Monthly Challenge, because Faith is offering January's digi for free.  If you play along this month  using the free digi image, then you will be emailed February's digi image free...and so on each month.

For a fun, creative start in 2014, there is a digital freebie that is available to everyone. Get started in the SOTM challenge this month! The freebie available to everyone is the kitten and heart (no backgrounds) from the “Caught Your Heart” set below.  To download for free please visit This link.  

IMPORTANT! Please respect Faith's work and follow her Terms of Use. This image is not to be shared with others, even if you received it for free. Please simply direct your friends to This link.  Thank you.

EVERYONE that plays wins!!

1. Make a project using this image (additional images are okay) and enter it to the linkj above by using . Please link to the specific blog post or gallery photo (link the permalink).
2. Remember: Your blog post or gallery description must link back to From The Heart Stamps or this blog. (see rules)
3. DEADLINE is Friday, January 31st, at 11:59pm CST.

Here is my card using the Stamp of the Month:

Digi Image - "Caught Your Heart "

Spellbinders Nestabilities Oval Dies

Design Paper - Crate Paper "Fourteen"

Copics

I used a fun technique for the fur, I wet a towel with Copic Colorless Blender and patted it lightly on the kitty when he was dry.  Here is a close up:

Thanks for peeking and if hope you join in on this fun challenge.