Around The World Blog Hop

 Thank you for joining us on the adventure of a lifetime! Pack your bags! Get those passports ready!

We are about to embark on a trip Around the World!

You should have arrived from SARAH

If you would like to start at the beginning of our tour,

 Connie Can Crop is the first stop on the Around the World blog hop.

This is a one day blog hop and we appreciate your leaving a comment for all of these talented crafters who are here sharing their ideas and creations. We hope that we can inspire you with culture and creations from around the globe.

We have a fantastic sponsor this month, ConnieCanCrop!

She will be giving one lucky winner a $10 gift certificate to spend in one of her online stores!

CTMH Shop

or

Ebay Shop

Etsy Shop

 What do you need to do to win? Easy... become a follower of each of the fabulous blogs in this hop and leave each of them a comment letting them know what you like best about their projects.

You will have until 12:00 am Monday to finish this hop and leave your comments.

Winners will be announced on Wednesday at Connie Can Crop.

Be sure to follow everyone and leave your blog love along the way!

Your destinations await you! Bon Voyage!

Bonjour To You
Did you know that France is the Number 1 travel destination in Europe?  A list of fun French facts can be found at FACTS if you have a mind to broaden your literacy on this country.

Three of my friends and I have always wanted to make a fantasy trip to France to see French fashions.  
Wouldn't that be cool to soak in the sights, taste the cuisine, and shop til we drop??

Just for fun I made each fantasy - adventurer a keepsake of our dream.  Each will receive a bookmark when we next "do lunch" so here's what I designed.  The four bookmarks have some common elements and some that are different.

France #1

France #2

 France #3

France #4

I used Graphics 45 paper, Dylusions Couture Stamp for the dress forms and hats, Julie Nutting's armoire tags, flowers, straws, twine, LoveBug Creations Simply Sheer, some "French sayings" for sentiments, jewels, and the iconic Eiffel Tower stamp.  Dream away, my friends; perhaps next year!!

Actually, we are all going on a week-long research trip in August to Washington, DC, so our bags will be packed and we'll be enjoying fellowship while traveling in our own USA.

Up next is Haidee

Here is our complete line up in case you get lost along the way:

1. Connie (Greece)- http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com
2. Madge (Ireland)- www.thescrappinlounge.com

3. Theresa (Mexico)- http://scrapsbygracie.blogspot.com
4. Sandy (Africa)- http://www.scrapbookblessingsclub.com
5.  Ashley W (Iraq) ~ http://marinewifesscrappinlife.blogspot.com
6. Sarah (England) - www.sarahbiswabic.blogspot.com

7. Pam (France) - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/
8.Haidee (Spain)-http://created2bunique.blogspot.com
9. Alicia (Jamaica) - http://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com/
10. La-Vie (Bahamas) - http://cestla-viedesigns.blogspot.com/
11. Jessica (USA)- www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com
12. Angela (USA)- www.crazy3monkeys.blogspot.com
13. Shawnee (France)- http://sunshinythought.com
14. Lyne (Germany)- http://lynnseverydayideas.blogspot.com

Beautiful Bookmarks w/ Tanya Hahn ♥

Good Morning! Tanya H. from Crafting on Caffeine here and today is my Day!

 I'm so happy to show you these bookmarkers. My Daughter flipped when I made them!

I first cut out 2 flowers with the Flower Die from Jaded Blossom Spring Die Set, One Cardstock and one Lovebug Creations Mama's Mesh. then I hot-glued them together. Next I took a circle and hot glued them together with the Hugh paperclip in between and pressed together to secure. 

I then made a bow with Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon and spread it out and hot glued that on as well.

Hope you enjoyed all 3 and maybe you will try to make yourself one. 

Thanks for stoping by and Taking a Look! And be sure to play along with us at the Lovebug Lounge on Facebook Monthly challenges!!

 

 

Summer Reading with Dawn Mercedes ♥

This is Dawn Mercedes, from Sunnyside Up.

I have an "easy as pie" and "cute as a dumpling craft" for you 

summer readers!  

A Rumple Ribbon Bookmark!

Simply take two pieces of  rumple ribbon from Lovebug Creations and one piece of elastic cording.

They need to be 4-5 inches long.

Slip knot them around a colored, plastic coated paperclip.

(The plastic coating is easy on your book pages.)

Tug on that knot!

Then I used a Advanced Strength Glue Dot®

to secure a rhinestone. The bling adds a bit of pizzaz as well as keeps your  knot in place.

Rumple Ribbon colors used:

Sunset, Lemonade, Blue Bells, Ocean View

Next, slip it into your summer reading delight!

Now, I'm done with this book...Book three in the series. 

Book four is waiting for me at the library as I type this!!

(Squeal!)

What is on your summer reading list this season??

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  

 

Stephanie's Kisses & Katie's Hugs LBC Take-Over ♥

Happy Wednesday Lovebug friends!
Today I am sharing a project I made for my daughter's sweet friend. I found this charm on sale and it happened to be her initial, so I bought it, knowing I could come up with something for her. I made her this bookmark:

 I started with 3 colors of rumple ribbon: Purple People Eater from the Fright Night collection, Green Goddess (which is now retired), and Kisses from the Loves Me...Love Me Knot collection and braided them together. The charm is tied on the end.
I thought this would be awesome to give her for her birthday along with a gift certificate to the bookstore.
You can read more about this project on my blog.
Have a wonderful day!

Katie
How about some sheer ribbon in Hugs to keep with the vintage feel??
I needed something light weight and still keep with the tea dye feel I wanted to use and Hugs was the perfect choice!

 

 

May Your Glass Always Be Half Full!

Good Morning, Crafties!  

It's Mama LoveBug here to wish you a warm winter greeting in the days ahead.  Christmas is in my rear view mirror and the New Year is approaching next week.  I wanted to share a bookmark design I used for some gifts for my colleagues at the Local History and Genealogy Center in Bryan, OH.

The image and sentiment are part of a Julie Nutting stamp set.  The paper is Kathy Davis creations.  I started with a bookmark cut out of the KD paper and used a gel pen to highlight the image, the sentiment, and a circle from the paper.  I cut a 3-D flower from the same paper with my Cameo; I added a swatch of LoveBug Creations Mama's Mesh for dimension and texture under the tagged sentiment.

Mama's Mesh comes in a variety of fun colors to peak your crafty imagination along with our Rumple Ribbon and Simply Sheer hand-dyed ribbons which you can view HERE

Remember, no matter how you rumple your ribbon and piece your paper, have fun with it........cyberhugs........Mama LoveBug

Gotcha - Tanya - Surprise ♥

Welcome Every Buggie and Surprise to Tanya!!

Tomorrow is the birthday of our CT Tanya, who told us she did not want any fuss made for this occasion.  Well, we told her “sure, no fuss”!!  Wrong………how could we not do something to surprise her on her big day, but we thought it would be an even bigger surprise to design some projects just for her and post them the day before………..hope we really “got her” and she enjoys our craftiness.

Tanya is the guru of so many papercrafting things, but the one that really stands out to me (Mama LoveBug) is her flower making – stellar and stunning!  If you have ever seen her work, I know you’d agree………AND not only is she a gifted crafter but a super-duper friend and a truly wonderful person........so here’s to Tanya………may you have a dynamite birthday tomorrow……….we love ya!!

Made by Mama Lovebug

Made by Kimi

 

Now Tanya... This card is NOT your only gift. Remember 2 years ago I posted that video of the album I made for you...

WELL...

Since you never got it I figured I'd do things differently this year!
I made you something (and this card matches along with it!)

BUT...

I am NOT posting it until I know you have it in your hot lil hands...

and I REALLY want to post it...

So keep your eye out for your package and let me know when it's there so I can!!! ♥

 

We hope you have an extra special birthday because you are extra special to us!!!

Love you bunches, Chicky!!! ♥

 

Now head on over and see what CT Member Zeni has made for Tanya!!

I've seen it already...

and I'm SUPER jealous!! ♥

Dawn Rene, Stacey, & Dorcas....WOWZAA!!!! ♥

Oh it's finally that day again...

Wednesday!!!

Half way thru the week...

and almost Saturday....

And you know what Saturday is, Right???

If not here's a hint.....

Some hint, eh????

Hope to see you there!!!

 

Now on to our fabulous Wed Inspiration!!!!!

Dawn Rene

Dawn Rene here with you to share a bookmark I made for my daughter's 12th birthday.

I used Lovebug Creations' Sunflower for the ruffle on the dress and for the bling on the top of the book marker. I also added some Rosebud to the top as well. I paper pierced the dress and colored the skin and hair with Copic markers!

I

Supplies

Ribbon: Lovebug Creations' Sunflower, Rosebud

Papers: Graphic45 - Bohemian Bazaar, CTMH Cream Cardstock

Stamps: Prima Julie Nutting Doll Stamp

Inks: Copic Markers, Memento Rich Cocoa Ink

Embellishments: Gina's Designs - Cardstock Doily Set Intricates, Eyelets, Fiber

 

Stacey

Hi crafty friends!

Stacey from Stacey's Creative Corner

here to show you my project for this week.

I am back with one last little Halloween project :) 

I used some of that awesome Halloween Grunge Rumple Ribbon 

on my project. I absolutely adore this ribbon!!

Don't forget about the monthly challenge going on over at the

Lovebug Lounge FB group!

You can read more about my project on my blog

Stacey's Creative Corner

I hope you have a fabulous crafty day and a very happy & safe Halloween!

 

Dorcas

Hi friends. I used Mama's Mesh to decorate these coffee cup gift card holders. I love how Mama's Mesh embellishes this project. Be sure to head to my blog for full details.

 

A Walk On The Wild Side Blog Hop

Welcome to A Walk On The Wild Side Blog Hop.  If you trekked over from ASHLEY, you're good to go, but if you stumbled through the jungle and found this hop, why not journey over to the beginning with our blog hostess, LISA - she made this darling suburban safari button!!

BLOG CANDY ALERT

The following is a list of all the sites that have been so generous and are sponsoring this blog hop. .....please become a fan (if you're not already) at each crafty spot and leave a "jungle" love note; also go to each sponsor's link and tell them you stopped by from A Walk On The Wild Side Blog Hop

Royal Prize Pack from Theresa TheScrapbooking Queen

http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/

$15.00 Gift Certificate from KaDoodle Bug Designs

http://www.kadoodlebugdesigns.com/

$10.00 Gift Certificate from Treasure Box Designs

http://treasureboxdesigns.com/

Stamp Set of winners choice from Paper Sweeties

http://www.papersweeties.com/

$15.00 Gift Certificate from Too Cute by Jessica
http://www.toocutebyjessica.com/

A gift valued at $10.00 from Lettering Delights

http://www.letteringdelights.com/

As you read this, I'm not home. I'm attending a genealogy conference this week in Ft Wayne, Indiana and I know it's going to be fun crazy!!

I love to read and I belong to a reading group through our local library.  I also have a Cameo, which I'm learning how to design and cut with, so for this hop I decided to make two bookmarks for the Walk On The Wild Side theme.  I checked out the print and cuts at the Cameo store and found this zebra - now I have lots of zebra images, but this is the first one I've seen with both a front and back zebra.  So I elongated both sides to make the images an appropriate length and width for a bookmark.

 I cut out each zebra side twice with mirror image to make a front and back for each bookmark.

Recipe:
*Print and Cut Zebra Front and Back from the Cameo Store
*Gel pens for highlighting and glitz
*Computer generated sentiments - Wild Thang Reading Zone, Do Not Disturb and I'm Behind In My Reading
*LoveBug Creations Fun Footz - Wild Thang Collection HERE

Here's the safari line-up:

1. Lisa Pontious ~ http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/

2. Ashley - http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com

3. Pam - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/ HERE

4. Haidee-http://created2bunique.blogspot.com/ NEXT

5. Sandy- http://scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com/

6. Lucy ~ http://love2createitall.com/

7. Linda - http://www.lindascreativity.blogspot.com/

8. Connie- http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com/

9. Kathy - http://kathyand3kids.blogspot.com/

10. Sarah - www.sarahbiswabic.blogspot.com

11. Christine http://hotberrydesigns.blogspot.com/

12. Lori - http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

13. Tricia~http://lshdesigns.blogspot.com/

Remember no matter how you rumple your ribbon and piece your paper, have fun with it............cybersafari............Mama LoveBug

The next spot on this safari is HAIDEE

Fun In The Sun Blog Hop

Welcome to the Fun In The Sun Blog Hop. If you strolled on the beach from LORI you are on the right path, but if you want to start at the beginning of the beach spots, surf over to our blog hostess, MIRANDA

Scrapping for Less is sponsoring a wonderful prize. A prize of your choosing. Scrapping for Less is a Facebook Scrapbook retail store where Teresa Russell sells scrapbook supplies...hot, trendy, current, and brand new to the market supplies at less than retail costs. It is basically a retail/pre-order group where you commit to ordering what is offered up for sale and then invoices are sent just a couple days before the stated order date. There are also typically current "items in stock" available for purchase also. Scrapping for Less is offering a $20 credit to the winner of the hop. You must comment on each stop in order to be eligible to win the credit. More info on this is at Miranda's beach front!

Fun In The Sun resonated the idea of outdoors, family/friends, reading, and food.  I don't live near a beach, but that doesn't mean I couldn't arrange a set-up for an outdoor barbeque with reading pals!  With that idea I designed several projects - one for my reading friends and one for a table decor.

Book Mark for Reading Pals - I love to read and do a lot of this each day - out on our covered front porch I can enjoy my past time no matter what the weather is like - sunny or rainy - it doesn't matter - time to curl up with a good book that will engage and entertain..........so here's a fun bookmark I made.

Recipe
*Specialty cardstock from our local craft store
*Kraft cardstock for the bookmark base
*SVG Cutting Files Kawaii Summer Clothing flip flops - the top one is adhered right onto the cardstock and the bottom is adhered on a dimensional to give texture; gel pens for accent - HERE
*Computer-generated sentiment - Do Not Disturb - WCPL Reading Zone (Williams County Public Library)
*LoveBug Creations Rumple Ribbon for a finishing touch bow - HERE

Table Decor for a Fun In The Sun Barbeque - I love whimsical projects so this little gal caught my eye and I knew I had to use her somehow in this hop. She's definitely a conversation piece.

Recipe
*Digital image from Paper Shelter - printed, fussy cut, gel-pens for accent, as well as Stickles - HERE
*She was cut out twice - one regular image and the other a horizontal reverse; I fussy cut these and then adhered each side to sturdy Kraft cardstock, which had to be fussy cut as well - that makes 4 cuttings to be adhered together to make a double-sided stand-up card or table favor.  Of course the fun comes with the gel pens and the Stickles!
*LoveBug Creations Fun Footz chevron bow for her hair - HERE

Line-up on the Beach:
Miranda - www.nanasscrapspot.com

Lori - http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

Pam - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/ HERE

Sheree - http://bootsandblingtime.blogspot.com/  NEXT

Sarah - www.sarahbiswabic.blogspot.com

Shelley- http://shelley-scrapbookingforfun.blogspot.com/

Lucy ~ http://love2createitall.com/

Sandy- http://scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com/

Connie - http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com/

Lisa ~ http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/

Teresa-http://freshandrenewed.blogspot.com/

Shawnee ~ http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com/

Jessica- http://craftinandstampin.blogspot.com/

Inga- http://mommahobbit.blogspot.ca/

Ashley - http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com/

Angela - http://crazy3monkeys.blogspot.com/

Daphne - http://craftyscrapsofstuff.blogspot.com/

Remember no matter how you piece your paper and rumple your ribbon, have fun with it..........cybersunning.........Mama LoveBug

The next beach chair belongs to SHEREE

Stephanie's Sweet Bookmark ♥

Hey LBC friends!
It's Sunday again (my how time flies, especially at this time of year)! That means it's my turn (Stephanie) to share my latest Lovebug Creation's project with you! Yippee!
This week I am thinking all about end of the school year gifts-for teachers, specials, & yes, for my kids too! They both had amazing years & I like to give them a little reward at the end of each year. So I made a bookmark with the intention of giving it to my daughter. (We try to do lots of reading over the summer!) I love the way it turned out & think I'll make more for teachers, the school librarian & maybe others!

I used Sunset, Green Goddess, and Pink Clouds rumple ribbons on this bookmark. To read more about this project, you can check out my blog here.
Have a great day y'all!