The Mama Mia Blog Hop

Welcome to the Mama Mia Blog Hop

We are here to honor and cherish our Moms this weekend the best way we crafters know how, with a blog hop showcasing some amazing projects either for a special mom or about a special mom in our lives.. We hope that our projects will show Moms everywhere just how special they are to us all.

You should have hopped over from Alicia

If you are just joining us and wish to start at the beginning,

Connie Can Crop is the first stop on this Blog Hop.

This is a one day blog hop and we appreciate you leaving a comment for all of these talented friends who are here sharing their ideas and creations. 

We have an awesome sponsor and giveaway for this hop!

Please be sure to visit their Blog
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Pink & Main has graciously donated this adorable Super Mom-themed Stamp Set.

So 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. Then stop by our sponsor's page and be sure to like her on facebook!! 

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

Winners will be announced on Wednesday at Connie Can Crop.

Be sure to follow everyone and leave a comment  along the way!

Being the mother of four daughters, I have always tried to pass the love around, trying never to favor one versus the other.  I'm very proud of all my girls, two of whom are super mothers in their own right!
My Mama Mia will be 92 in another month and she is the very best mom in the world!! My favorite memories revolve around food as she is an outstanding cook; my particular favorite is her homemade spaghetti and meatballs - world class!! Since I'm an only child, I always have her undivided and unconditional love as she has mine!

My first project is a Mother's Day card for my own Mama Mia using one of my favorite styles -

Triple Stamping!

Everything's Coming Up Roses For You, Mama Mia!

Recipe

LoveBug Creations Rumple Ribbon Southern Sass Collection - Buttercup HERE

Pink by Design sentiment: A mother holds her child's hand for a while but their heart, forever (love this)

Heartfelt Creations rose and floral stamps

Janie's adorable little girl stamp from Paper Wishes

Stampin Up cardstock, dimensionals, and ink

Colored pencils and gel pen for accenting

Pink pearls (the long piece at the bottom was just a scrap left over from cutting the mats)

For those of you who want to create a triple-stamped card, here are the dimensions I used:

Dimensions for the stamped layers - 1 each

2" x 3-1/4"

3" x 4-1/4"

4" x 5-1/4"

Dimensions for the cardstock mat layers - 1 each

2-1/4" x 3-1/2"

3-1/4" x 4-1/2"

5-1/2" x 8-1/2" (fold and score at 4-1/2" for card base to get a great crease).......and have lots of fun stamping and decorating

Next, I thought I'd try something new (for me) - quadruple stamping and here's my first attempt:

Quadruple the Love - For My Daughters

I was looking for a tutorial on this and
found one at Krafting Kreations HERE

Recipe

LoveBug Creations Rumple Ribbon Sunset from the Island Breeze Collection HERE

Stampin Up floral flourish stamp, cardstock, and ink

Pink pearls and gel pen for accent

Pink by Design sentiment - A mother understands what a child does not say

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

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

2. Cardmonkey- http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com

3. Alicia- http://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com

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

5. Sarah - www.sarahbiswabic.blogspot.com  NEXT

6. Gina - http://californiascrappin-gcinderella21.blogspot.com/

7. Elizabeth - www.ejoym.blogspot.com

8. Melanie - http://afternoonscrapper.blogspot.com/

9. Angela - www.crazy3monkeys.blogspot.com

10. Esther - http://forthejoyofcreating.blogspot.com

11. Jessica -  www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com

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

13. Diane - http://thehappyscrapbooker.blogspot.com/

Remember no matter how you bunch your blooms, rumple your ribbon, and piece your paper, have fun with it.................Happy Mother's Day.........Mama LoveBug

Please join Sarah and see what she's created!!

Spring Celebrations New Release and Blog Hop

***IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE FLEURETTE BLOOM/LOVEBUG CREATIONS BLOG HOP CLICK HERE!!!!!

 

Welcome to LoveBug Creations Spring Celebrations 

New Release and Blog Hop!!

Spring is a time for Easter and Mother's Day events but it also signals weddings, graduations, family reunions, and more.  LoveBug Creations has some new awesome products to unveil today for your spring celebrations.

  So do you want to add something special to your handmade projects?? If so, consider these new springtime collections for your crafting arsenal of rumple ribbon delights:

Peach Blossom, Buttercup, Dahlia

Garden Green, Spring Lilac, Blue Bells

And for something different, we are releasing the beautiful Mama's Roses.  

Each rose is hand-formed and hand-dyed; each has dimensions of  2"x 2" and can be used as is or inked, painted, stickled, and more - your imagination can provide lots of possibilities for these beauties - and they are feather-light so you can create lots of projects from layouts to cards to tags to mixed media creations to 3-D creations and more and not feel there's an anchor on your project, weighing it down!

And if that isn't enough... We've got 4 NEW Mama's Mesh Colors: Kraft, Ivory, Light Blue & Light Pink!!!

Also Mama's Mesh is now being offered to buy by the yard as opposed to in collections! Awesome!

So settle back as we take you on a tour of spring celebrations and invite you to visit our LBC ONLINE STORE

Mama LoveBug is up first to share several wedding tags (The Tag, The New Greeting Card); yesterday I shared several wedding tags in our co-hop with Fleurette Bloom so I was in the mood to continue with that theme for our spring celebrations. Couldn't you see these framed as a lovely treasure for a wedding gift or using the smaller tag below, placing it on a wedding plate or on an easel next to the guest book.......the possibilities are endless!

Recipe
LoveBug Creations new pink and green Rumple Ribbon (ink distressed)
LoveBug Creations Mama's Rose (white rose inked with pink distressed ink) for the shabby chic look
Prima Marketing Mixed Media Julie Nutting Doll Stamp (stamped, paper pieced, and colored)
Kathy Davis patterned paper
Tanya Stilwell tattered leaves
My Creative Time Doily die and Fiskar sentiments

Recipe
LoveBug Creations Rumple Ribbon - new green color (ink distressed)
LoveBug Creations Mama's Rose (pink rose streaked with pink stickles with a base stem of a David Tutera decorative straw that I inked)
 My Creative Time Dies
Several different patterned papers and Fiskar sentiments


Hi Every-Buggy!!!
Weren't Mama's tags amazing??? Love them!! And they are even prettier in person!!!
So on to my "Celebrations"
I chose Spring in general for my 1st project! I'm hoping this will convince Mother Nature to send some warmer temps our way!! (yes it snowed again today!)

Full Project

 

Close Up of Vase

Close up of Peach Blossom Rumple Ribbon Flower

 

Products used:

Lovebug Creations: All 6 New Rumple Ribbons plus White Beautiful Blooms

Lawn Fawn Papers: Hello Sunshine & Let's Polka

Vase from Silhouette Store: Jamie Lane Designs

Jaded Blossom: Smell The Flowers Sentiment Stamps and Mini Tag Dies

Paper Straws

Greenery from dollar store

 

And for my second project I made a card for the most important woman in my life:

Mama Lovebug!!

I know Mother's Day is a ways away (May 11...It's also my son's 7th birthday!) but I figured Mother's Day is a fabulous Spring Holiday and this way I'm ahead of the game for once :)

Products used:

Lovebug Creations: Ivory Mama's Mesh & Mama's Roses in White

Jaded Blossom: Mother's Day Sentiment Set

Pearls

Cuttlebug

Silhouette shapes

CS from Recollections

 

 

How about some delicious LBC Blog Candy!
LoveBug Creations is offering a $10 gift certificate to our online store and several other items as well.

What do you have to do to be a possible winner?

1.  Become a follower of each crafter (if you're not already)

2. Leave a love note at each blog spot with your contact info

3. For one extra chance to win like our Facebook Page and leave a comment at

LoveBug Creations

4. Check back on Wednesday for the announcement of the winners

The full spring line up is:

1. Kimi & Pamela: http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/  HERE

2. Stephanie: http://www.stephanie-eaken.blogspot.com/  NEXT

3. Dawn Mercedes: http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/

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

5.  Katie: http://www.craftykhandy.blogspot.com/

6. Tanya: http://scrappinkymomma.blogspot.com/

7.  Kristi: http://littlepapersprinkles.blogspot.com/

8.  Christine: http://scarletcalliope.wordpress.com/

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

10. Stacey: http://staceyscreativecorner.blogspot.com/

We hope you enjoyed your visit and wish you happy spring celebrations!  Remember no matter how you bundle your blooms, rumple your ribbon, and piece your paper, have fun with it..........cyberspring.......Kimi and Mama!!

The next blog spot on this spring tour is the talented Stephanie

Mother's Day Blog Hop

Welcome to the Mother's Day Blog Hop.  If you've stopped over from Vicki  you are on the right path but if you stumbled along this and want to begin at the hostess spot, go to Miranda


We're  so happy you could join us today to honor Mothers, Daughters, Aunts or  any other woman who has been a great influence in our lives!  In  addition to seeing a lot of awesome projects, there is some blog candy available too.  Miranda will be giving away a Michael’s gift card.  To be  eligible for the blog candy, you are required to visit each stop in the  hop and leave a comment!  The winner will be announced Wednesday, May 15th on Miranda's  blog! 


Hurray for Mother's Day - it's a chance to show how much you care for your mother and use a little crafty-mojo to achieve your design. My mother is almost 91 so I'm blessed to still have her in my life.  She is everything a mother should be and always has been...........so here's a triple-stamped card I made for her with a sentiment that is sooooooo true, some Kraft, DCWV, and SU whisper white paper plus flowers from my stamp stash.  I added a two-toned bow which matches the stamped flowers - this is made from LoveBug Creations Rumple Ribbon.

Here are the triple-stamp dimensions for you:
Dimensions for the stamped layers - 1 each
2" x 3-1/4"
3" x 4-1/4"
4" x 5-1/4"
Dimensions for the cardstock mat layers - 1 each
2-1/4" x 3-1/2"
3-1/4" x 4-1/2"
5-1/2" x 8-1/2" (fold for card base to get a great crease).......and have lots of fun stamping and decorating

Two of our daughters are mothers so I also made a double-sided stand-up card to commemorate our relationship - Sherri Baldy has a terrific Bestie digi for this occasion.  I printed this out 2x - once in reverse horizontal; fussy cut; colored; blinged a bit with Stickles and gems, and topped the card off with some LoveBug Creations Rumple Ribbon.  Since I am the pearl-lover in our LoveBug family, I had to use one to represent me......pearl girl mama!

I have to confess that until my daughter and I started to make our hand-dyed rumple ribbon, I never really utilized ribbon very much, but now, I find I'm using rumple ribbon on everything.  It just gives my projects an extra-special zing, and now that we are selling Mama's Mesh, I'm going crazy with all the possibilities of creating things with that as well. I bet you know what I mean - whatever special product you grab, time after time, it just makes you smile!!

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

And now I'll send you on to see what's happening with talented Sandy

A Mother's Heart Is A Patchwork of Love Blog Hop - Day 2

Welcome back to the second and final day of A Mother's Heart Is A Patchwork of Love Blog Hop.

Happy Mother's Day!!!.........to my mom, my daughters who are moms, and all our LoveBug Creations fans who fit this patchwork of love criterion!!


For today I made a Mother's Day card using the patchwork technique of punching out squares of K and Company paper, adhering them on a piece of white cardstock, then running this through my Sizzix Big Kick using a fancy fan die.  This became the insert for my pocket card.  I used a Loralie Design Art Stamp for the insert - embossed in gold and then the skirt and flowers from the same stamp set which were also embossed in gold and finished it up with a Pink By Design sentiment.  To finish off the card I used my corner comper and my crimper.

Here is the finished card, the insert, and the base.

The line up of crafters for this hop is:

Lisa - http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/   HOSTESS

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

Nicolette- http://beyondscrapin.blogspot.com/

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

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

Jessi - http://mylifeinartscrafts.blogspot.com/   NEXT

Scrappin' Madge- http://www.scrappinmadge.blogspot.com/

Esther - http://forthejoyofcreating.blogspot.com/

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

Cely - http://hawaiipaperparty.blogspot.com/

Jamie - http://www.jamielindstromdesigns.com/

Tahi - http://tahisscrapcorner.blogspot.com/

Dena - http://missdjones.blogspot.com/

Anita - http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/

Our hostess, Lisa, has rounded up some amazing sponsors and gifts to be won; for more details, check her blog.

Please be sure to leave some love at each blog stop in order to be in the running for treats from:

Pink By Design http://www.pinkbydesignstore.com/

Designs on Cloud 9 http://www.designsoncloud9.com/

Cardz TV Stamps http://www.cardztvstamps.blogspot.com/

Getting Cricky With K Andrew http://www.gettingcricky.com/

Paper Piecings By Nikki http://www.paperpiecingsbynikki.com/

The Scrapbooking Queens Royal Castle Shoppe http://www.thescrapbookingqueen-royalshoppe.blogspot.com/

SVG Atticts http://www.svgattic.com/

Scrapping Bug Designs http://www.scrappingbugdesigns.com/

Bear Hugs Designs http://artandscraps.com/

Thank you for stopping by.  
You're next stop is 

Jessi - http://mylifeinartscrafts.blogspot.com/

A Mother's Heart Is A Patchwork of Love Blog Hop - Day 1

Welcome to A Mother's Heart Is A Patchwork of Love Blog Hop (2 Days With New Projects Each Day)

Pam aka Mama LoveBug from LoveBug Creations welcomes you to our site on this tribute to Mother's Day. Our projects today and tomorrow will showcase different "crafty" ways to demonstrate a Mother's Love and to that end we welcome you to be our guest at each blog spot.
Our hostess, Lisa, has rounded up some amazing sponsors and gifts to be won; for more details, check her blog.
Please be sure to leave some love at each blog stop in order to be in the running for treats from:

Pink By Design http://www.pinkbydesignstore.com/

Designs on Cloud 9 http://www.designsoncloud9.com/

Cardz TV Stamps http://www.cardztvstamps.blogspot.com/

Getting Cricky With K Andrew http://www.gettingcricky.com/

Paper Piecings By Nikki http://www.paperpiecingsbynikki.com/

The Scrapbooking Queens Royal Castle Shoppe http://www.thescrapbookingqueen-royalshoppe.blogspot.com/

SVG Atticts http://www.svgattic.com/

Scrapping Bug Designs http://www.scrappingbugdesigns.com/

Bear Hugs Designs http://artandscraps.com/

The line up of amazing crafters is as follows:

Lisa - http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/   HOSTESS

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

Nicolette- http://beyondscrapin.blogspot.com/

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

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

Jessi - http://mylifeinartscrafts.blogspot.com/   NEXT

Scrappin' Madge- http://www.scrappinmadge.blogspot.com/

Esther - http://forthejoyofcreating.blogspot.com/

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

Cely - http://hawaiipaperparty.blogspot.com/

Jamie - http://www.jamielindstromdesigns.com/

Tahi - http://tahisscrapcorner.blogspot.com/

Dena - http://missdjones.blogspot.com/

Anita - http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/

For my project I wanted to highlight two aspects of the patchwork of love I have for my mother, Phyllis, who will be 90 years old next month and is affectionately known in our house as GG (great-grandma)!  Wow, what a milestone for her!!

#1 - Whenever mom came to visit us, we’d present her with all kinds of mending projects as she loved to sew, and quite frankly, if they stop making safety pins, I’m in big trouble…………Mom’s love was in every stitch………so here’s to the element of            

SEWING!!

Recipe -

*Loralie Designs Art Stamp that I stamped, embossed, and colored

*Sewing stamps which I embossed and fussy cut

*Mambo cardstock that I fashioned into a pocket card for base and insert

*Pink By Design sentiments and Spellbinder label die for the center of the base
*Crimper and corner rounder

*Lots of love

#2 - Whenever my mom came to visit us, she would literally take over the kitchen.  My husband and our girls looked forward to all her homemade treats and dynamite full-course meals.  Before I retired two years ago, I was a teacher who lived 25 miles away from my school, so I spent a lot of time in the car.  By the time I got home, one of the last things I took any joy from was preparing dinner, but I did it – not with a great deal of relish, BUT when mom was there, I’d find the table set and a gem-of-a-meal prepared for us………Mom’s love was in every bite…….so here’s to the element of COOKING and BAKING!!

Recipe -

*La-La Land Marci baker digi which I printed off and colored, then fussy cut

*Pink By Design sentiment

*Mambo cardstock that I fashioned into a pocket card for base and insert - the spatula, spoon, and banner were cut from this Mambo cardstock
*Crimper and corner rounder

*Lots of love

My mom is my best supporter, cheerleader, confessor, and sympathizer.  She is the essence of A Mother's Heart Is A Patchwork of Love...........

Thanks for stopping by and remember, no matter how you piece your paper, have fun with it.  Come back tomorrow for a new project! Don't forget to drop me some love and become a follower if you're not!  Next stop on the hop is Jessi - http://mylifeinartscrafts.blogspot.com/ 

Paper Hoarders DT Offering - Mother's Day

Welcome to a Paper Hoarder's DT Day!  Our marvelous PH guru- Tanya - has pictures of the DT offerings on her blog at http://scrappinkymomma.blogspot.com/ so please check them out and drop a love note for each designer!

For my (Kimi) project I wanted to make something springy as a gift for my mom for Mother's Day! I found a cool tutorial on the DCWV YouTube page for a fun wreath and ran with it. I changed a few things and I love how it turned out! Hope Mama LoveBug Loves it as much!

Here's a picture of it hanging..well as best as I could! Just moved and I don't have a wreath hanger thing on my front door yet! So I hung it on the outside of my craft closet! :)

Photo of it laying down!

Close up of the flowers!

I have 4 children so I made I flower for each one! My oldest daughter is the purple, my two middle children are boy & girl and only 14 months apart and then the little purple for my baby girl! Each flower is as different as each of the kiddos! I figured it was a great way to incorporate them into this project!! :) Now keep scrolling down to check out Mama's awesome project!!! :)

This offering was set to be either spring or Mother's Day - our choice, so Mama LoveBug decided to get in the Mother's Day spirit with a pocket card for her daughters who are mothers - Melissa and Kimberly.

I took a darling La-La Land Marci digi and colored her using my watercolor pencils and gel pens.  I used Stickles for highlights and added some gems, Pink By Design sentiment, and SU butterfly punch for embellies.  The old crimper came out as well as the corner chomper to give a softer appearance.  The cardstock was K and Company double-sided paper.  Hope you visit the other DT offerings today and are inspired to try your hand at designing a sweet card for any Mother in your life.  Come back tomorrow for a Patchwork of Love Blog Hop which will feature a 2-day Mother's Celebration.