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

Pepper with Gift

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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.

I’ve used this cute Belles ‘n Whistles stamp called Pepper with Gift by Elisabeth Bell for my card today. This has been teamed with some lovely papers from Carta Bella called Prairie Flowers from their Giddy Up Collection. My image has been cut out using the Classic & Scallop Oval Nestabilities. I’ve also used the Heart Banner die from La La Land Crafts. A few pearls and some stitching on the paper finishes my card.

My image was stamped onto X-Press It Blending Card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured with Copic Markers.

The colours I’ve used are: Skin – E21, E00, E000, E0000, R20; Hair – E47, E44, E42, E40; Clothes – R85, R83, R81, R0000, BG13, BG11, BG10, BG0000.

Here’s another photo.

Here’s a close up of the image.

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

Blankina

I’m entering my card into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz – #224 Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge – #50 Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Challenges – #14 Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey – Anything Goes

Fan-Tastic Tuesday Challenges – #28 Anything Goes

Through the Craftroom Door – Anything Goes

Some news….

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2 weeks ago I made the decision to step down from the Inkspirational Design Team effective today.

Prior to this I had submitted a card in the DT Call for The Paper Shelter which was closing on the 20th March.

Last Saturday I received the exciting news that I was one of the people chosen to join the team.

I’m so excited and can’t wait to participate in my first challenge on the 9th April.

I will be part of Shirely’s A-Team which is wonderful as Shirley has recently joined my ABC Challenges Design Team too.

Well that’s my news for now. I’ll be back Sunday evening with my Loves Rubberstamps Blog Hop.

Design Team

Dress Up Marci

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It’s time for a new challenge at Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog and this week we’d like you to use….

‘Ugly Papers’ on your creations.

(These are the papers that come in your paper packs that are not your typical taste or style or that you don’t really like so they sit there and pile up!)

Our sponsor for this challenge is….

Eureka Stamps

My papers were actually scavenged from a friend. I just couldn’t find any that I didn’t really like or thought were hard to use in my stash.

Here’s what I came up with.

I have stamped my image, Dress Up Marci from La-La Land Crafts, onto X-Press It Blending Card, using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and coloured with my Copic Markers. All my colours have been taken from the ‘ugly papers’. I’ve cut out my image with an oval die and it’s mounted to my card using dimensionals. A ribbon bow and I’m done. I decided not to add a sentiment as the paper has the ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ words at the top of the card which I thought were sufficient.

Here’s a closer look at the image.

The colours I’ve used are:

Skin – E21, E00, E000, E0000, R20; Lips – R22

Hair – E44, E42, E40

Dress – BV04, BV02, BV01, BV0000

Hat – B04, B02, B01, B0000

Pearls, Dress Ruffle & Flower Centre – Y23, Y21, Y0000

Hat Trim – YG03, YG01, YG00, YG0000

Shoes & Flower – RV25, RV23, RV21, RV0000.

If you haven’t already stopped by the Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog then pop over now and check out what the rest of the DT have created for this week’s challenge.