Vintage

Not my usual style but I wanted to try my hand at vintage for the challenge over at 

The Card Concept

To make my card I created a background by sponging Vintage Photo distress oxide ink on a piece of bristol paper, then randomly stamped the floral image from the set Parisian Postcard by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps in the same ink color. 

I stamped the Eiffel Tower in versa mark ink and embossed it with Brutus Monroe Gilded embossing powder.  The next step was to spritz it with water to get the ink to react. To finish the card I stamped the two butterflies in Broken China distress oxide and the greeting from the Mason Jar Bouquet also by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.

Stamp -A- Faire 2014: Antique Embossing

This one is for Melissa's challenge of Antique Embossing

This was another technique that I had never tried but is easy. To get this antique look all you do is emboss your die cut with gold embossing powder and then distress it with distress inks. I used walnut   to distress mine. I also embossed a side panel and left it so you can see the difference between the two

As much as I would love to do all these challenges I am headed to bed with only completing four but four is better than none.

Supply list:

Cardstock: Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink)

Design paper: Bo Bunny

Die: Butterfly (Papertrey Ink)

Gold embossing powder

Walnut distress ink

SNSS Release Hop Day 2 ~ Typewriter Background

Blog Hop Day 2: Typewriter Text Background

• Includes 1 background stamp
• Measures approximately 3.75" x 3.75"
• Designed by Korin Sutherland
• Stamp - $11

Here is my sample

Check out some of the fabulous samples made by our talented DT in the thumbnails below.

Be sure to leave a comment of each of the blogs along your journey because we're giving away (4) $15 store credits (1 winner will be chosen from each of the 4 blog hops).

The deadline to comment for a chance to win is midnight EST Friday, December 13th.  The list of winners will be announced on our website homepage by Monday, December 16th.

Thanks so much for joining us!  Enjoy the hop!

Vintage

 

It's Tuesday and time for another Loves Rubberstamps Challenge, this week's challenge is: 

 

Shabby Chic or Vintage

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 LRSBC79. 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, November 25th 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 our Winner'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

Supplies:

Digital Image: Paper Shelter Vintage Seamstress

Design paper: Echo Park

Distress ink: Brushed Corduroy 

Loves Rubberstamps #19 ~ Photo Inspiration

 

The challenge this week at Loves Rubberstamps is a Pinterest photo inspiration.

Make a card/project that uses this photograph as your inspiration. 

 

As you can see I took my inspiration from her vintage clothes. The stamp I used a Pure Innocence from MFT but you can find it and many more at Loves Rubberstamps

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 the post on the Loves Rubberstamps challenge blog. If you upload to online galleries, please also use the tag or keyword LRSBC19. 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, October 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 our Winner's Badge on their blog! 

We will have two different possibilities for a gift voucher prize 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

If the winner uses a stamp from a company that we carry - their winning creation will be displayed in our Gallery of Champions along with a link to their blog, with the winner's permission. 

The Design Team members will also each choose their favorite card from this challenge and the winner's will be able to proudly display a special blog badge on their blog. The Design Team favorite's from Challenge 18 - will be announced before the posting of Challenge 20. These winner's will receive a coupon code for FREE SHIPPING of any size order to the Loves Rubberstamps Store!

WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED WITH THE NEW CHALLENGE ON TUESDAY October 2nd!

Grunge Borders Miracle

 

I am a huge fan of Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and I am so excited to tell you that I am a fulltime Sweet 'n Sassy Design Diva again. I am still on the Digi DT and I do sponsorshipfor them as well, see how much of a fan I am ..haha

For my card I used two different Sweet 'n Sassy sets, Grunge Borders and Everyday Miracles. Grunge Borders is a new release and boy is it versatile. On my card I added Grunge Borders as a background stamp and embossed the panel to give my card a vintage look. For the release hop I shared a card using Grunge Borders to make faux washi tape. It has four different borders that will cover your card either direction.
 Next I used Everyday Miracles for the sentiment and the butterfly. This is one of my favorite butterfly images to color. To finish off my card I added some lace and ribbon. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed Saturday!

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Christmas In July Blog Hop

I have multiple posts today so please scroll down for the Loves Rubberstamps and the Meljen's posts

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is celebrating Christmas in July!  

For my card I used three different Sweet 'n Sassy sets. I stamped my card base using a background stamp and sponged around the edges. Next I stamped my panel using a Christmas set and a non Christmas set. after stamping my panel I misted it with water and crumpled it to give it a more distressed and vintage look.  I stamped and cut out the postage stamp to  give it more of a real postcard look.  My image was colored using Copic markers and a Spica glitter pen for the candle holder. I finished it off by adding a button and twine.

Card Details:

Cardstock:  Vintage Cream 

Stamps:  Light Of Christmas Background, Christmas Light and Vintage Postcard

Other: Copic Markers, Spica gold glitter pen, button, twine

Lots of great things are happening at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps during these pre-holiday festivities!  ALL Christmas clear stamps are 20% off through Wednesday, July 25.  Three new holiday sets are in stock early, for a fun pre-release, and they you can get them before they are released in September and October... if you buy them now, you can take advantage of the sale price!

Every order of $25 in Christmas clear stamps will receive Gingerbread Man, a darling new 2" x 2" mini clear set.  And as always, all clear stamp orders of $50 or more get this month's free w/ stamp set, Christmas Candle (while supplies last).

Ready to see what the Design Divas and a few special friends have been up to with their Christmas stamps?  Take a look (and be sure to read on, for information about how you can join in on this hop  and win some prizes):

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps blog  

Kim Singdahlsen

Bridget Finlay

Jennifer Ingle

Taylor Usry

Monika Davis

Cathy McCauley

Mary Faus

                        Ceal Pritchett <-- you are here

Giovana Smith

Lee Murphy

Jennie Harper

Kim Schofield

Julie Ranae
Jessica Fick

Korin Sutherland 

And what's the best part about Christmas in July?  We want YOU to play along with us!  Just link up your Christmas project using Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps below and join in our Customer blog hop.  You have until Sunday, July 22 at 11:59 PM EST to play along.  One randomly selected participant will receive their choice of one Christmas clear stamp set!

Sketches By Carly #53 ~ Week 2

 

It's the second week of Sketches By Carly so it's time for Team B's inspiration which is me. Our sponsor this week is Sweet 'n Sassy stamps. You will want to play along for a chance to win three digis of your choice. 

here is the current sketch

 

As you can see I twisted the sketch a little, we would love to see your take on it, just link your creation using the above sketch to the Sketches By Carly challenge blog and you may even be in the top three and receive our badge as well.