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Birthday: Happy Birthday, Stephanie!

15 Tuesday Apr 2014

Posted by kryztyne2012 in Art and Crafting, Cardmaking, DIY & Crafting, Lovebug Creations, Papercrafting, Rubber Stamp, Rubber Stamp, Textiles

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Happy Birthday, Stephanie!

We’re celebrating a birthday with Stephanie, one of the Lovebug Creations Creative Team members, today. Here’s a card I made for her using some gorgeous Lovebug Creations products.

 

ScarletCalliope Stephanie Birthday 2014 1

 

I used some of the newest Rumple Ribbon to make a pretty bow, this color is Garden Green from the Gardens of Tara collection. Sitting atop the bow is a Beautiful Bloom from the Love in Bloom collection.

 

ScarletCalliope Stephanie Birthday 2014 2

I also used some White Mama’s Mesh to give a little texture on top of the yellow heart paper.

 

Stephanie, from the bottom of my creative heart I wish you a wonderful day full of sweet surprises and a year that brings your heart joy and love. Enjoy today and celebrate all month long! And to my visitors, Thank You for stopping by to see my blog post. I hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Please leave a Happy Birthday message for Stephanie in the comments!

xo,

Christine Barker

Want to see the cards that the other

Lovebug Creations Creative Team

Members made?

 

Kimi Cremar & Mama Lovebug

Dorcas Troche

Katie Hand

Tanya Stillwell

Stacey Hillesheim

Connie Wallenbrock

Dawn Barrett

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Happy Birthday, Connie!

09 Sunday Mar 2014

Posted by kryztyne2012 in Art and Crafting, Cardmaking, DIY & Crafting, Lovebug Creations, Mixed Media, Papercrafting, Scrapbooking, Sewing

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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!

ScarletCalliope Happy Day Connie 2

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!

ScarletCalliope Happy Day Connie 3

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

ScarletCalliope Happy Day Connie 4

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.

ScarletCalliope Happy Day Connie 5

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

 

 

 

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Card Making: Happy Birthday, Stephanie!

16 Tuesday Apr 2013

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Birthday cake and candle 2

Happy Birthday, Stephanie!

Stephanie

Today is my friend Stephanie’s birthday so I made her a Birthday Girl card!

Scarlet Calliope Card for Stephanie 2013I used “Sugar Chic” from Heidi Swapp and let me tell you I am in love with the colors and the patterns in this stack!  I used a gorgeous ribbon from Lovebug Creations, this one is called “Purple-Dise”.

Before I start creating any of my projects, I always go online to see what other people have been doing and get some quick inspiration. I discovered that there are cute paper bows available from Heidi Swapp, but my local craft store only carried the paper stack and no embellishments, so I had to improvise. I sketched out a template to make a Paper Bow and you are welcome to use it and share it! (As long as you don’t sell it!) Template is at the bottom and here’s the tutorial!

How to Make Paper Bows

1. Print out the template. You may want to make the bow larger or smaller using your scanner or printer settings, depending on your project. The template will make a bow that is approximately 3″ wide x 1.5″ tall. You can either cut your scrapbook paper down to 8.5×11 and send it thru your printer, or print the template onto plain white copy paper. If you print directly to your scrapbook paper, print the template on the blank side so that you don’t waste any cute paper with the frame and title printed on it. If you want to get fancy, cut the bikini top shape out of one paper, and cut the remaining pieces out of a contrasting paper.

2. Cut out the pieces that look like a bikini top, two triangles and the small rectangle. (The doodle on the bottom is so that you can see what it looks like when it’s complete.) If your paper is single sided, you’ll want to cut 2 pieces of bikini shaped paper at the same time, and layer them wrong side to wrong side. If your paper is double sided, you can skip that last part.

3. Add a dot of glue (hot glue works really well for this!) or a glue dot on one end of the bikini and bend it gently towards the middle, but don’t allow it to fold, you want it to stay puffy. Bring the other side of the bikini in to the middle and give it a small dot of glue. If you use liquid glue, use a clamp, paperclip or clothespin to hold the bow in place while the glue dries. Or, use a small snippet of blue painters tape.

4. Bend the small rectangle around the middle of the bikini and secure it with a drop of glue on the back side.

5. Now add the tails to both sides using a drop of glue. They can flare out to the side or hang down, it’s up to you! Allow to dry.

Scarlet Calliope Card bow detail

Isn’t that Cute?

Scarlet Calliope Paper Bow Template 2

Shopping List:

  • Ribbon: Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon, “Purple-dise”
  • Cricut: “Storybook” cartridge
  • Paper: Heidi Swapp “Sugar Chic”

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the template and the tutorial.

xo,

Christine Barker

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Crafting: Feelin’ Sneaky?

21 Thursday Feb 2013

Posted by kryztyne2012 in Art and Crafting, DIY & Crafting, Lovebug Creations, Uncategorized

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blog hop, craft, dawn carlyle, dawn mercedes, diy, dorcas troche, ellen cardmonkey jarvis, handmade, kimi cremar, LOveBug Creations, martha pineda, pamela lash, rumpled ribbons, scarlet calliope, sneak peek, stephanie eaken, tanya stilwell, zeni pradel

Ballet slipper for Lovebug Creations by Tanya Stilwell
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Best Things Card for Lovebug Creations by Ellen Cardmonkey Jarvis
I’m participating in my very first ever Lovebug Creations Creative Team Sneak Peek this week and I realized that I forgot to let everyone know about it. I’m so sorry! Eek!
Hugs and Kisses for Lovebug Creations by Kimi Cremar
I don’t want you to miss out on a chance to win the prize!
Cross Card for Lovebug Creations by Zeni Pradel
All you have to do is visit each of the Lovebug Creations Creative Team’s blogs this week to check out their Sneak Peek projects featuring Lovebug Creations Rumpled Ribbons and leave a comment for a chance to win 2 colors of the dreamy Rumple Ribbons!
Oh Darling for Lovebug Creations by Pamela Lash
These beautiful photos are only sneak peeks of the sneak peeks, so you’ll want to click through and check out all of the gorgeous projects that the Lovebug Creations team has been making to inspire you!
Friendship Card for Lovebug Creations by Dawn Rene Carlyle
And, this is an extra special week because this Saturday and Sunday we’re having a Blog HOP so don’t forget to come back to check out the projects we’ve been working on!
My Girl Mini Album for Lovebug Creations by Stephanie Eaken
Be sure to check out and comment on everyone’s blogs to have a chance to win some gorgeous Lovebug Creations Rumpled Ribbon!
Go Green Tag for Lovebug Creations by Dawn Barrett
Sunday, February 17:
Stephanie Eaken
Monday, February 18:
Dawn Carlyle
Pamela Lash
Tuesday, February 19:
Zeni Pradel
Tanya Stilwell
Wednesday, February 20:
Dorcas Troche
Dawn Mercedes
Thursday, February 21:
Ellen (CardMonkey) Jarvis
Kimi Cremar
Friday, February 22:
Christine Barker
Martha Pineda
Hello Spring for Lovebug Creations by Dorcas Troche

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Crafting: This makes me happy!

01 Friday Feb 2013

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art, craft, crafter, dawn mercedes, dawn rene, dorcas troche, ellen jarvis, LOveBug Creations, martha pineda, paper crafting, projects, ribbons, Rumple Ribbon, rumple ribbons creative team, scrapbook, stephanie eaken, tanya stilwell, zeni pradel

I’ve been teasing my Facebook friends all this week by telling them that I had something really exciting going on, but I couldn’t let them in on the secret, yet. Well, today is the day and I can finally share my amazing news!  I am thrilled to be joining LoveBug Creations as a member of the very first ever Rumple Ribbon Creative Team!

I came across Lovebug Creations and owner Kimi Cremar and her mom, Pamela Lash, and their gorgeous Rumple Ribbons on Facebook and fell in love! Rumple Ribbons are individually hand dyed and bursting with color. They’re incredibly versatile and sold in different color collections so that you can mix and match to create the perfect accent for all of your creative projects. Please visit and like the LoveBug Creations Facebook page and then check out all of the dreamy colors in the LoveBug Creations shop.

Made by Kimi Cremar
Made by Kimi Cremar
Made by Tanya Stilwell
Made by Tanya Stilwell
Made by Tanya Stilwell
Made by Tanya Stilwell
Made by Ramona Downing
Made by Ramona Downing

I’m really excited and looking forward to creating some super cute projects with these dreamy ribbons and I can’t wait to start sharing them with you.  I’m so happy to be joining all of these talented ladies on the Rumple Ribbons Creative Team for some creative fun! Please visit their blogs and check out their amazing creativity!

Congratulations, ladies!

Stephanie Eaken

Ellen Jarvis

Dawn Mercedes

Martha Pineda

Zeni Pradel

Dawn Rene

Tanya Stilwell

Dorcas Troche

Are you feeling lucky? To celebrate my exciting news, I’m going to be giving away a sweet gift to a lucky winner! It’s easy:

1. Just sign up to follow my blog and leave a comment letting me know that you did.

2. Tell me which of the LoveBug Creations Rumple Ribbon collections is your favorite.

You’ll be entered to win a gift, handmade by me and featuring some gorgeous LoveBug Creations Rumpled Ribbon! The winner will be announced on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 so be sure to check back to see if you’ve won! Good Luck!

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