Red Rubber Designs Blog Hop - Hey Life

 

It is time for another RRD Blog Hop.  For the month of May each designer is using the bicycle lady from the Hey Life stamp set.  I also used the Ancient Map Background stamp for my background, which was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Amberley Grace patterned cardstock.  I made the words "go girl" from the Distressed Typewriter Bet stamp set.  The bicycle lady and the sayings are stamped in Beaux Arts Blue Palette ink. 

 

This card uses a spinner die from Paper Trey Ink which allows the bicycle lady to spin and move across the card.  The base card is Premium White cardstock and the solid blue cardstock is from the Amberley Grace cardstock collection.  I used a Crop-a-dile to attach the eyelets from the Amberely Grace hardware collection.  Then I added a small ribbon to the back of the saying and popped it up with foam tape.  The edges of the card and saying are sponged with Beaux Arts Ink.

 Blog Hop Prize Details:

The Bicycle Lady needs a name - and we need your help to find it! Each blog on the hop (except the Red Rubber Designs Blog) has one of the letters of the Bicycle Lady's name somewhere in their blog hop post. Once you find all seven letters (that's a hint!) put them together to form her name. You may have to rearrange them a little bit!

Note: The letter you need from each blog will be obvious if you read carefully.... it looks just a little different from the rest of the letters!

Once you figure it out, email the name to contest@RedRubberDesigns.com and be sure to put your name and email address in the email with the Bicycle Lady's name. Every correct answer will be entered into a drawing for the featured stamp set - "Hey Life" - and one winner will be chosen at random. Good luck!

Contest ends Sunday, May 6th at Midnight (US-CT).

Red Rubber Designs is releasing EIGHT more stamp sets for May's First Thursday!  Here is one of them --

United We Stand

My blog post next week will  use this stamp set.   Be sure to come back to see it. 

Want to see more of the new RRD stamp releases?  Go to the next blog on the hop!  

The blog hop starts at the Red Rubber Design blog and then goes to each blog of the Design Team members.  Here is the order:

Red Rubber Designs

Sarah

Paula-Kay (you are here)

Louise

KC

Kate

Diana

Debra

Please visit each blog and leave a comment.

A Red Rubber Design prize package will be awarded to one lucky person.

Challenges entered:

Southern Girls Challenge #43 - Get Your Girly On

Make it Monday #87 - Anything Goes 

Paper Playtime - Anything Goes

Grand Opening Blog Hop - Red Rubber Designs

"Life of the Party" is the RRD stamp chosen for the Grand Opening Blog Hop.  It seemed like a good celebration stamp for our DT team to use.  How fun to see all the different ways the team used this one stamp.  Be sure to go to all the DT blogs on the hop and return to the RRD blog for a chance to win a prize.  Details are below.

Now to tell you about my card.  The image is stamped on Copic XPress Blending Card.  I colored the Life of the Party image with Copic markers (BG23, BG15, BG49, YG01, YG03, E000, E00, E01, R81, W1, W4) and Spica Pens (Lemon and Turquoise).  I inked the edges of the image with Burnt Umber Palette ink and placed it on a brown cardstock mat. Then I put it over a Lattice Triangles Nestabilites cut from brown cardstock.   The background printed paper is from the RRD Rustic Chic 8x8 paper pack.  Below the image I have two aqua ribbons to match the paper, 3 pearlized jewels and a another piece of the Rustic Chic paper that I ran through the Corru-Gator Paper Crimper.

The blog hop starts at the Red Rubber Design blog and then goes to each blog of the Design Team members.  Here is the order:

Red Rubber Designs

Sarah

Paula-Kay (you are here)

Louise

KC

Kate

Diana

Debra

Please visit each blog and leave a comment.

Blog Hop Prize Details:

A Red Rubber Design prize package will be awarded to one lucky person.

To qualify:  Leave a comment at all the DT blog stops on the hop.  To complete the hop - come back to the RRD blog Sunday, April 15th for a special prize post and leave a comment that you completed the hop.

Comment Deadline:  Sunday, April 15th at Midnight (Central Time)

Winner Announcement:  All Qualifying anmes will be entered into a random drawing.  The winner will be announced on the RRD blog Monday, April 16th. 

Good luck and happy hopping!

Teddy Bear Day

Happy Teddy Bear Day today on September 9th.  What a fun day to celebrate!  Debra Miller and I decided to do a blog hop and invite others to join us with their teddy bear cards.  Hopefully you will make a card and link it so we can have lots of teddy bears to view.

I'm sending bear hugs to you with these sweet little brown bears.

My card is made with TAC's Bountiful Bears and Beary Much stamp sets.  The cardstocks used are Toodle Loo SWIC and Caboodle cardstock A.  I colored the bears with Copics R20, R22, R27, B12, B16, B18, Y15, E31, E33, E35, E37, W1, W5.

The image is mounted on a Spellbinders Labels 5 Nestie, and I added some sticker jewels.  The hat and flower wreath are popped up to give dimension. 

Now it is your turn.  Link your card below and hop with us to see all the bears.  You have until 6 PM on September 11th to join the blog hop.

Deck the Halls Blog Hop

The Angel Company Christmas Deck the Halls Blog Hop is today.  I've chosen several cards made at my Angel Hostess Club this month and a project to show you. 

With His Glory is colored with Copic markers.

Poinsettia is a beautiful stamp set that I decided to layer with stamped cardstock rather than coloring it for this card. 

Pop dots are placed between the layers for dimensional effect.

Gold glass mini beads were placed in the center of the flower.  I used monochromatic red Bazzill cardstock for the flower layers.

This card is stamped with Joyful Ornaments, solid color stamps with stickles glue added for the glistening effect.

I've loved making a number of these ornaments out of punched circles then then scored in a triangle.  However, this time I used a Sizzix die that punched and scored them for me.  Then I added a 4" coaster box that fits the ornament exactly.  What a nice Christmas gift this makes for a special friend.  The paper is TAC's Reese SWIC.

I put another Poinsettia stamped and layered on top the box.