January, 2014 | Nikki Stalker Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator

Mimosa Bare Feet

Cards

Welcome to the Loves Rubberstamps weekly Sensational Sunday Blog Hop! The Design Team has created some gorgeous projects for your Inspiration this week as always. 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!

You may have arrived from Indah’s blog but if not you can start here and work your way around by following the Hop List included in each of our posts.

Now for my creation for this week.

Bildmalarna Stamps – Mimosa Bare Feet
Bildmalarna Stamps – Garden Bench
La La Land Crafts – Heart Banner Die
Copic Card – X-Press It Blending Card
Ink – Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Copic Makers
DSP – My Minds Eye

My images have been masked and stamped onto X-Press It Blending card using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and then coloured with my Copic Markers.

The colours I’ve used are: Skin – E11, E00, E000, R20; Hair – E55, E53, E50; Dress – R85, R83, R81; Heart & Ribbons – BG13, BG11, BG10; Garden Bench – E77, E74, E71

Here’s a close up of the image.

Isn’t she cute!

Here’s a photo of the inside.

Supplies:
Stamps: Mimosa Bare Feet & Garden Bench (Bildmalarna), Sentiment (LOTV)
Card: X-Press It Blending Card, Naturals White & Pink Pirouette (Stampin’ Up), Adorbs ‘”Be” Thrive Paper (My Mind’s Eye)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Soft Sky (Stampin’ Up)
Accessories: Heart Banner Die (La La Land Crafts), Copic Markers, 1 3/4” Circle Punch & Ovals Framelits Collection (Stampin’ Up), XXL Square Frames Frilly #8 (Go Kreate), Lace, Sponge.

I hope you’ve enjoyed my creations.

Your next stop for the hop is Lydia.

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!

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

Laura – Loves Rubberstamps Blog

Nikki – You are here.

Lydia

Larelle-Susanne

I’m entering my card into the following challenges.

Sister Act Card Challenge – #40 Anything Goes

Crafty Girlz Challenges – Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments Challenge – Any Sentiment

Moving Along With The Times – Girly Cards

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper – Anything Goes using Patterned Paper

Grumpy Fae

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Cards

We have a new challenge for you today over at Inkspirational Challenges and this time it’s a…….

You can take anything you like from the photo to create with. For example you might think Fantasy, Birds, Trees, Night Sky, etc. Just so long as your creation reflects something in the photo.

For my card today I’ve chosen a Fantasy theme and used a cute image from Aurora Wings called Grumpy Fae.

My image has been printed onto Cryogen White cardstock and coloured with Copic Markers.

The colours I’ve used are: Skin- E11, E00, E000, R20; Dress & Shoes – YR68, YR65, YR61; Wings – Y26, Y23, Y21, Y0000; Leaves & Grass – YG95, YG93, YG91; Berries – BG13, BG11, BG10; Mushrooms & Acorn – E74, E71, E70; Stones – C6, C4, C2, C00.

Here’s a closer look at the image.

Isn’t she adorable!!!

For the inside of my card I’ve used some more of the dsps to tie it all together.

Supplies:
Stamps: Grumpy Fae (Aurora Wings), Sentiment (LOTV)
Card: Naturals White (Stampin’ Up), Cryogen White, Blank Canvas 6 x 6 DSP (First Edition)
Ink: Soft Sky (Stampin’ Up), Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Around the Page Punch Set – Cherish (Martha Stewart), Ovals Framelits (Stampin’ Up), Soft Sky Seam Binding (Stampin’ Up), Pearls (Stampin’ Up), Flowers (WOC)

I hope you like my card. I’d love for you to leave me a comment and let me know.

Don’t forget to stop by Inkspirational, if you haven’t already, and see what the rest of the DT came up with for this challenge.

I’m entering my card in the following challenges:

Emerald Faeries Challenge Blog – Things with Wings

Faye with Flowers

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Cards

It’s the 15th of the month and that means a new challenge over at ABC Challenges.

Our challenge for you today is ‘D is for Dazzle’ so we want to see lots of Bling and/or Sparkle.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Pink Gem Designs.

I’ve used the gorgeous Faye with Flowers image from Pink Gem Designs for my card today.

I’ve printed my image onto Cryogen White cardstock and coloured with Copic Markers.

The colours I’ve used are as follows:

Skin – E11, E00, E000; R20; Hair – E30, E31, E33, E37;Clothes – BG10, BG11, BG13; Flowers & Hearts – YR61, YR65, YR68; Stems – YG91, YG93, YG95, Wings – C00, C2.

Here’s a close up of the image.

Here’s another view hopefully showing a little more of the sparkle.

The DSP has lots of sparkle in it and I’ve also added sparkle to the wings and also to the die.

Supplies:
Stamps: Faye with Flowers (Pink Gem Designs), Sentiment from Lilli of the Valley
Card: Naturals Ivory(Stampin’ Up), Peach Parfait (retired Stampin’ Up), Cryogen White cardstock, DSP – Blank Canvas 6 x 6 – First Edition.
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Martha Steward Around the Page Punch – French Scroll, Joy Crafts Dies – 6002/0303, La La Land Die – Heart Banner, 1 3/4” Circle Punch (SU), Nestabilities – Circles (Spellbinders) Copic Markers, Dazzling Details (SU).

If you haven’t already stopped by ABC Challenges and checked out what the rest of the DT have created then please do so now and don’t forget to leave me a comment as I’d love to hear what you think of my creation.

I’m entering this card into the following challenges:

Card Mania Challenges – Anything Goes
Creative Creations Challenges – Anything Goes
Digi Sketch Challenge – Say it with Flowers
Fashionable Stamping Challenges – Hearts & Flowers