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Happy Birthday, Connie!

09 Sunday Mar 2014

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We’re celebrating another birthday on the Lovebug Creations Creative Team!

ScarletCalliope Happy Day Connie 1

Happy Birthday, Connie!

Please join me in wishing her a wonderful day full of creativity and awesome surprises!  Leave her a comment to make her feel extra special!

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I created a card for the birthday girl inspired by vintage sewing notions. This greeting features one of the newer colors from Lovebug Creations, “Crushed” and I just adore this beautiful, warm Rumple Ribbon. It’s perfect for Spring, Summer and Fall.

I created the “Happy Day” sentiment using the Chip Art tools from Melody Ross. I was going for a leather bracelet look here, but it was a little more challenging than I was expecting. I guess I’m an optimist!

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The ribbon matched perfectly with this pad of “DIY SHOP” scrapbook paper that I have from Crate Paper.

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I added in a bit of White Mama’s Mesh to give it some additional texture. The white Rumple Ribbon is also from Lovebug Creations.

I love to use pattern in my designs but sometimes too much pattern is too much for the eye to handle. To solve this dilemma I like to separate patterns with a solid to give the eye a break and allow it to process the next print. Here I’ve separated the measuring tape paper from the floral background with a coral-colored paper. Although both papers came from the same coordinated paper stack, it might look messy and disorganized to leave them sitting next to each other.

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The Washi Tape was a present from my friend, Cynthia Flores, for a Valentine Swap that we were in and it worked perfectly here to match the base paper.

Connie, I’m sending you a wish for a wonderful month of celebrating and hope you have a creative and beautiful day!

Thank you so much for stopping by!  Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

xo,

Christine Barker

PS:  Want to see some more Birthday Card ideas?  Check out these cuties from the Lovebug Creations Creative Team:

Katie Hand

Stephanie Eaken

Stacey Hillesheim

Pam Lash

Kimi Cremar

 

 

 

Wearable Art: Winter Swan Top Hat

19 Tuesday Nov 2013

Posted by in Art and Crafting, Christmas and Holidays, DIY & Crafting, Lovebug Creations

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ScarletCalliope Swan Hat 2 copy

My projects just aren’t complete without some 

LoveBug Creations ribbon!

In a sudden burst of inspiration over the weekend I decorated a top hat with some vintage and vintage-looking trims that I had around my craftroom. With the swans as my muses (is that even correct, for the plural of muse?), I pulled out doilies, flowers, eyelet lace, mica, a glittered snowflake, vintage velvet leaves, some petite spun cotton mushrooms and an angel broach and got to work. With visions of Eiko Ishioka’s Swan Hat costume design work in “Mirror, Mirror” on my mind, I created a quick winter white top hat with lighthearted and whimsical details. (I’ll be the first to admit that this is nowhere near the avant-garde style of Eiko, but I just adore her work!)

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I used two colors of Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon to add the finishing touches to this Winter Swan Top Hat. The lighter color is Buttercream, from the “I Do” collection and the darker color is Mae from the “Family Ties collection“.  I love how the ribbon gives the hat a little bit of an ethereal feel, giving the scene some sparkle and shine!

Thanks for stopping by!

xo,
Christine Barker
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Blog Hop: Happy Birthday, Mama Lovebug!

23 Wednesday Oct 2013

Posted by in Art and Crafting, Blog Hop, Cardmaking, Christmas and Holidays, DIY & Crafting, Lovebug Creations, Papercrafting, Rubber Stamp, Rubber Stamp, Scrapbooking, Uncategorized

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Today is a SUPER SPECIAL DAY!!!
Thanks (again!) Connie!!! NOW LADIES... DO NOT POST THIS ANYWHERE YET!!!! THIS WILL BE USED FOR THE TOP OF YOUR BLOG POST AND POSTING ON FB ON OCT 23!!! NOT A MINUTE BEFORE!!!!!!!!
Welcome to Mama LoveBug’s
Surprise Birthday Blog Hop!
 
The LoveBug Creations Creative Team has put together some beautiful birthday cards and this awesome blog hop to honor our very own Mama and we’re so happy you’re joining us on this very exciting day!
If you’ve been following the hop, you probably just visited the super talented Dawn Rene. If you need to start at the beginning be sure to head over to LoveBug Creations where the celebration begins!
As part of our super Birthday Celebration LoveBug Creations is having a Birthday SALE!!
Get 10% off Wednesday only
Use code MAMABUG
Yes, you read that right! The 10% off your entire order offer is only valid on Wednesday, October 23, 2013! *
ScarletCalliope Mama Birthday Card 1
Ready to see my card? Who doesn’t love cupcakes? I drew this dreamy cupcake for Mama Lovebug because she is so sweet!  She’s always been one of my greatest cheerleaders and I’m so happy to be able to make something cute for her special day. I colored the doodles with watercolor paint, and added some iridescent glitter and pink rhinestones.
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I used two colors of Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon for this cute card. One of my favorite ribbon colors is Princess Party Pink.  The other ribbon I used is Simply White, which is always great for making the other colors really stand out.
ScarletCalliope Mama Birthday Card 2
I used a Teresa Collins eBosser embossing folder called Décor Circles on the pink background paper. The folders are so convenient because they are 8×10 size so I can have embossed paper ready to go for the next project.
Thanks for celebrating with us and Mama LoveBug today!!
{  SPECIAL BONUS  }
Would you like a digi stamp of this Cupcake Doodle? Just leave Mama Lovebug a birthday wish in the comments AND sign up to follow this blog via email or BlogLovin’ and I’ll send you a digital copy of my doodle to use for your personal projects! {Let me know what your email addy is!}
Happy Birthday, Mama Lovebug!!!
xo,
Christine Barker
Up next is my uber creative sister-in-crafting, Stacey!  Visit her blog to keep the party going!
Here is our entire line up in case you get lost along the way:
Kimi – http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/
Stephanie – http://stephanie-eaken.blogspot.com/
Zeni – http://www.scrappyzeni.com/
Tanya- http://scrappinkymomma.blogspot.com/
Dawn Mercedes – http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/
Dawn Rene – http://designsbydawnrene.com/
Christine – https://scarletcalliope.wordpress.com/     <–  You are here
Stacey – http://staceyscreativecorner.blogspot.com/     <–  Go here next!
Connie – http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com/
Kathy- http://kathyand3kids.blogspot.com/
Katie – http://www.craftykhandy.blogspot.com/
Dorcas- http://www.craftycardangel.com/
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