New Release Blog Hop at the Little Darlings Rubber Stamps

Hello dear friends!!

It's time for the NEW SPRING 2015 RELEASE from

featuring 16 new images from the most popular collections.



-SATURATED CANARY
-CANDIBEAN
-DOLLHOUSE

All of the team members are very excited about each of these new images and we know you will want them all!!!

We want to give you a chance to win several of these new stamps so let's get ready to HOP!

AND THAT IS NOT ALL!

You are invited to take part in the Blog Hop Party  filled with more prizes, prizes, prizes and even more chances to win some of our latest images by joining us on our Facebook page and on two of our favorite sponsor's FB sites, Kit and Clowder and Passionate Paper Creations!

First, let's begin with our SPRING 2015 BLOG HOP!

Each of our Design Team members will be sharing their inspiration with gorgeous projects that feature every one of these new images!

The first card I would like to share is featuring "Gwen" from the Dollhouse Collection, as well as Everyday Sentiments and the Dewdrop Circle Die:

The image is colored with Copics:

Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000 + RV21

Hair: E21, E23, E25, E29

Outfit: T6, E09, E07, R24

Here are more of the details:

The next card was made using the CandiBean "Penny's Birthday Surprise":

The image is colored with the following Copics:

Skin: E04, E11, E00, E000, E0000 + RV10

Hair: E79, E77, E74, E71

Crown: E18, E15, Y38, Y35, Y13

Outfit: R89, RV34, R81, RV10

            T6, T3, T1, T0

Balloons: BG75, BG72, G00, BG70
Bear: E87, E55, E53, E51

You can view more of the details here (I've also used the 'Everyday Sentiments', the Dewdrop Circle Die and the Lovely View Die)

Hopefully, you'll find both of the cards inspiring :)

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Now, what would a blog hop be without a fun game and some prizes? 

As part of our hop, we invite you to play our W O R D S C R A M B L E

As you hop, you will collect letters from each design team member's blog and unscramble them to form the names of TWO new stamps! The first correct winner will receive 2 stamps from each new collection!
But keep answering because 3 random winners will be chosen to win one stamp from the collection

Here is how you play:
1. Visit each design team member's blog (Blog roll below).
2. Leave a comment on each blog.
3. Each design team member will feature one or more letters on their blog post. Collect each letter (by writing them down on a piece of paper) and when you are finished...
4. Unscramble the letters to form the NAMES of TWO of our new images!
5. When you reach the end of the hop, you will be at Tammy Cunliffe's blog. There you will leave the names of the TWO new stamps which you unscrambled.

NOTE: You may want to make a list of the names of the stamps in the collections as you go along the Hop.

MY LETTER/S ARE - BY  

When you are finished hopping along with us, please JOIN US FOR AN ONLINE PARTY at:
Little Darlings Rubber Stamps Fan Group
Passionate Paper Creations and Friends Facebook Group
Kit and Clowder Facebook Group

Hundreds of dollars in prizes will be given away before it's all over on Sunday night! You could be one of the lucky winners!
ARE YOU READY TO GET THIS PARTY STARTED?!

LET'S HOP!

Alexandra Morein (you are here)

Alyce Keegan

Barbara Grbec Rebersek

Becky Hetherington

Fabi Ormerod

Fleur Pearson

Jennifer Dove

Rosemary Shaner Bridges

Tracy Payne

Ruby Montes

Stéphanie Beauchemin

Rhea Weigand

Linda Levoir

Tammy Louise (leave your answer on Tammy's blog)

Best of luck to you all!!!!!

Hugs,
Alexandra

Accordion Mini Album for La-La Land Crafts

Hello dear friends!

Today I'm here with a little accordion mini album made for a friend, who's daughter is turning 2 years old.
I used a Baby Luka stamp, but who said that colored in pinks he cannot be taken for a cute baby girl?!

The stamp is colored with the following markers:
Skin: E04, E11, E00, E000, E0000 + RV21
Hair: E15, E18
Bear: E77, E74, E71, E70
Outfit: R89, RV34, RV83, R81, RV10
             C5, C3, C1
             RV99, RV95, RV93, RV91

I used the following dies from La-La Land Crafts:
Rocking Horse
Diamonds Lattice Border
Large Lacy Border
Heart Fan
Small Lacy Border
Stitched Nested Circles
Stork

The album is solely for 4" X 6" photos (it holds 14 of them) and looks like this inside:

I also made a matching box:

Thanks for visiting me today!

Hugs,

Alexandra

CandiBean - Sunflower Daisy - LDRS DT Post

Hello lovely people!

I'm here today with a little tag made with one of the CandiBean stamps - Sunflower Daisy, available as a rubber stamp from the Little Darlings.

The image is colored with copics:
Skin: E04, E11, E0, E000 + RV21
Hair: E11, E13, E15, E18
Sunflower: E15, Y38, Y35, Y13
                   G99, G94, G24, YG00
                   T6, T3, T1, T0
Daisy's Dress: R89, RV34, R83, RV10

The flowers I used are from I Am Roses, the Dewdrop Circle die is from LDRS,  the envelope die is by WPlus9 Design Studio.

The envelope can be pulled out and holds a card with a sentiment stamped using the Vintage Affections: Enchanted Wishes:

That's all from me for today!


Hugs,
Alexandra

Little Cloudy for C.C.Designs

Hello guys!!!

I'm trying to catch up with all of my DT duties after the long vacation and today's post is dedicated to the "Little Cloudy" from C.C.Designs.

The image is colored with Copics:
Skin: E04, E11, E00, E000, E0000
Hair: E31, E35, E47, E49
Cloud: T3, T1, T0
Cloudy's Outfit: BG09, BG7, BG05, BG01, BG000
                           E25, Y28, Y26, Y23
                           G29, G07, G14, G12

Here are more of the details:
(I've used the Spellbinders Oval Bliss Die Set, dies from the Magnolia Doohickey club vol.4, dies from the La-La Land March Club Kit, Make a Card #3 die set by C.C.Designs

The sentiment is from the "Be Happy Sentiments" by AmyR available at the C.C.Designs Store.

All of the flowers are from I Am Roses.

I hope the "little Cloudy" made you smile. I wish you a happy and peaceful weekend.


Hugs,
Alexandra

Jeans and a Tee from the LDRS

Hello crafters!

This would be my second post for today, in which I wanted to share a DT card created for the Little Darlings Rubber Stamps, using the "Jeans and a Tee" by Saturated Canary:

The image is colored with Copics:

Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000 + RV21

Hair: N9, N7, N5, N3

Pants: T6, T4, T2, T0 

Shirt: R89, RV34, R83, RV10

          G99, G97, G24, YG11

Here are the details:

I've also used the 'Lovely View' die and a sentiment from the Vintage Affections "Everyday Sentiments" set.

The flowers are from I Am Roses:

Mixed Pink Green White Color Paper Roses

White & Pink Middle Paper Flowers

Pink Semi Open Rose Buds

Mini Pink Handmade Mulberry Paper Roses

Mixed Brown Mulberry Paper Roses 

White Puffy Paper Flowers 

Mixed Rainbow Pastel Mulberry Small Paper Flowers

Enjoy your weekend and have a nice time with your families and in your studios too :)

Challenges:

May Flowers @ Noor! Design UK

Hugs,

Alexandra

Scooter Marci from La-La Land Crafts

Hello all!

Friday means the end of another inspirational week at the La-La Land Crafts blog, which was "Fussy Cutting" this time.

I've created a card with the Scooter Marci and used the following dies from La-La Land Crafts:

Diamonds Lattice Border

Lattice Doily Border

Tall Birdhouses

Heart Doily

Whimsical Tree

Marci is colored with Copics:
Skin: E04, E11, E00, E000 + RV21
Hair: E13, E15, E18
Scooter: C6, C4, C2, C0
              BG78, BG09, BG07, BG01
Marci’s Outfit: B99, B26, B24, B21, B12, B000
                          E77, E74, E71, E70

Here are more of the details:

To have a look at the rest of the projects from the design team for the theme "Fussy Cutting", please visit La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Blog.

Thanks for watching and have a nice weekend!

Hugs,
Alexandra

LDRS Clear Stamps Release in the UK and Europe

Hello lovely people!

This post is mostly for those of you who live in UK and other countries of Europe. Little Darlings Rubber Stamps company is launching a clear stamps release they will be available for purchase in your countries.

This is one of the Saturated Canary stamps, "Tourist", which is part of the release:

Here is the official announcement with all the details:
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LDRS has a BRAND NEW CLEAR STAMP line which includes images from Saturated Canary, CandiBean and Vintage Affections Sentiment sets. For all of you stamping enthusiasts out there, these clear stamps STAMP PERFECTLY, PRECISELY AND BEAUTIFULLY! THE STAMPED LINES ARE CRISP AND CLEAR.

They are available at local retailers in the United Kingdom and Europe. Please contact our distributor for a stockist nearest you:

Personal Impressions - Customer Services:
Tel: 01787 375241
Email: customerservices@personalimpressions.com

You can see all of the stamps at our distributors website by following this link: http://bit.ly/1EW3Mvs

They also have a Stockist Locator on the left side of the website.--------------------------------------------------------------------------



Hugs,
Alexandra

May 'Anything Goes' Challenge @ I Am Roses

Hello all!

Today starts a new challenge over at I am roses challenge blog. The theme is 'Anything goes' (as usual), and all you have to do is to incorporate at least two 'I Am Roses' products in your project and link it to IAR challenge blog.
You can find the links to the I Am Roses products, which I used for my DT card, at the bottom of this post.

I colored a stamp from Magnolia, called Fashion Blog Tilda from the 'World Wide Web Collection'.

Tilda is colored with the following Copics:
Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000 + R20
Hair: E13, E25, E29
Outfit: V99, V95, V93, V91
            V09, V06, V04, V01
            BV08, BV04, BV02, BV00

Here are more of the details:

The tag on the top left hand side may be pulled out:

I hope you like this card and will join our challenge soon. Here is the rules' reminder:

Contest runs May 15th - June 8th (Ends 11:55pm PST)
Theme: "Anything Goes"
Minimum (2) I Am Roses Products
One project submission per participant
One winner will be chosen
Participants will upload their project to their blog or forum, Label it “IAR Challenge”
Participants will add a direct link to their project using the InLinkz tool provided. (*if you are unable to use the tool, leave a comment to this blog post and leave a direct link to your project)
Must Subscribe/or be a Follower of the IAR Challenge Blog
Winner will be announced alongside the next NEW monthly challenge on the 15th

Have a great weekend!

Hugs,

Alexandra

Links to the I Am Roses products: