Paper Piecings By Nikki DT Offering - It's Monday -Holiday Card

Hello Monday………..time for a holiday card! Mama LoveBug is having a lot of fun with the Paper Piecings By Nikki as DT member, Pam.

Today I want to show you a holiday card I made using the doggy house from the collection called 

Doggy Christmas, which you can find at Paper Piecings By Nikki at http://www.paperpiecingsbynikki.com/

By the way in this collection you’ll find a doggy, doggy house, doggy tree, and a wreath so there’s lots to play with and Nikki is having a sale………..so check out this site, as her piecings are “cuter than cartridges”!  Here’s my project:

I took the pattern using the doggy house. Again I used Kraft paper as the base layer and some red cardstock that I embossed for the next layer.  I ran the doggy house image through my Big Kick using a Spellbinders cut, found a sweet sentiment embellie and Christmas cupcake from a set from Wal-Mart.  Next I added some embellies like the twisted ribbon, and sparkling jewels.  I finished off the doggy lights with some Stickles and two side ribbons.


I'm entering this card in Nikki's Challenge located at http://paperpiecingsbynikki.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-challenge-week-1.html - why not make up a card and enter too.  Be sure to read all the requirements!

Again, you can use your imagination and create a unique (one-of-a-kind) card to give to a family member or friend.

Remember no matter how you piece your paper, have fun with it………cyber hugs from Mama LoveBug……….

Paper Piecings By Nikki DT Offering - Holday Card

Mama LoveBug is having a lot of fun with the Paper Piecings By Nikki as DT member, Pam.

Today I want to show you a holiday card I made using the doggy from the collection called 

Doggy Christmas, which you can find at Paper Piecings By Nikki at http://www.paperpiecingsbynikki.com/

By the way in this collection you’ll find a doggy, doggy house, doggy tree, and a wreath so there’s lots to play with and Nikki is having a sale………..so check out this site as her piecings are “cuter than cartridges”!  Here’s my project:

I took the pattern and made a few additions to the doggy so he appears as a reindeer.  At least that’s what I was going for.  Again I used Kraft paper as the base layer and some red cardstock that I embossed for the next layer.  I ran the doggy image through my Big Shot using a Spellbinders cut, found a sweet sentiment and punched that out with my SU punch.  Next I added some embellies like the ribbon, big gumdrops, ribbon, candy cane and “antlers”, and some twine.  I finished off the doggie’s ears with swirls of Stickles. 

Again, you can use your imagination and create a unique (one-of-a-kind) card to give to a family member or friend.

Remember no matter how you piece your paper, have fun with it………cyberhugs from Mama LoveBug……….

Paper Piecings By Nikki DT Offering - Tag It and Bag It!

Being on The Paper Piecings by Nikki Design Team, DT member Pam (Mama LoveBug) wanted to show off the versatility of Nikki’s paper patterns from her store, located at http://www.paperpiecingsbynikki.com/

You can find many neat patterns there for all occasions; she even has some darling freebies which in my opinion is extremely generous of her!  Since this is the holiday season, my focus in this post is to use two of her patterns to make some Christmas tags – a Snowman and a Christmas Gingerbread Man Ornament. 

As you can guess by now, I like………no love, Kraft paper so I made a Cricut cut tag using the Lacy Labels from plain and patterned Kraft cardstock to create the foundation of the tag and then added a label, a darling paper pattern, some twine and some ribbon, attached a handmade snowflake using a Sizzix die and glitz...... and oila…

two Christmas tags.  The possibilities are endless in using these patterns on other types of projects.

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

Paper Piecings By Nikki DT Offering - This Spud's for You!

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Mama LoveBug is a  Paper Piecings by Nikki Design Team Member!


In honor of my first posting I will show you my Spud Pals Tags.  If you saw the vintage Christmas cards I made for the PPBN Hop you'll recognize the Spud Pals.  For this posting I made tags using the wonderful paper patterns found at 

http://www.paperpiecingsbynikki.com/  


Look for the Spud Pals.  They are too cute cut out using Spellbinder's Classic Oval and mounted on paper cut by my Cricut from the Lacy Labels Cart.  I used plain and patterned Kraft paper (my new favorite).  Then I ran a sentiment "Merry Christmas," punched a Stampin Up label, punched a hole in the top and threaded some red and white ribbon through to make the tie for the tag.

This Spud's For You!! Santa, Mrs. Claus, Reindeer, and Elf (there's also Mr and Mrs Spud Pals Too) 

No matter how you piece your paper, have fun with it.  Hopefully you will see a style of paper piecing that defines your talents.


Cyberhugs............Mama LoveBug!

The Newest Lovebug!!!!

We would like to formally introduce our newest lovebug. Born 11/29/11 @ 9:54 am. She weighed in at 6lbs 1.4 oz and is 19" long! Without further ado please meet our dear Danika Sue!

                                          Close up of the adorable lil lady in her ladybug hat

                                                         Full view of her ladybug outfit!

                                                        One of my favorite pictures!
So while this isn't exactly a "crafty" post we couldn't help but share the cuteness! :)

Paper Hoarders DT Offering - Christmas Cards

If you wish to attend the Christmas Paper Piecing Blog Hop, please scroll down to the next posting......

The Paper Hoarder Design Team was asked to make up some samples of darling Christmas cards to get all the members in a holiday crafting spirit.  Others who participated have much to see and swoon over on our PH guru's blog, so head over to see what Tanya has to offer there at http://www.scrappinkymomma.blogspot.com/

Mama LoveBug has never used Kraft paper before - I know - other PH members are rolling their eyes, but I haven't, so I found this wonderful pack of Christmas Kraft Cardstock at Hobby Lobby and fell in love with it.  So much so, that I made three cards for this posting.  I used my Merry Christmas embossing folder, digi stamps from La La Land (they are to die for), my watercolor pencils and the Mango Skin Copic markers plus some glitter pens for the images, and my Sizzix ornament die as well.  Lots of love went into this recipe so here's my Christmas Card Sweeties!

The nature of crafting posts is to entertain, inform, and inspire others to get their mojo working for the good of our crafting community.  I hope I've done some of that so you will put your time and talent to good works during the holiday season...............Cyberhugs from Mama Lovebug!

Christmas Paper Piecing Blog Hop

Welcome to the Christmas Paper Piecing Blog Hop! 
Nikki of Paper Piecings By Nikki is hosting this blog hop and has a line up of very talented designers for this two day hop.


The blog spot line up is as follows:

Nikki http://www.paperpiecingsbynikki.blogspot.com/

Liz: http://tryin2craft.blogspot.com

Doris -  http://mybugandmecreate.blogspot.com

Janet- http://createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/

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

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

Patti:  http://www.pattilynncreations.blogspot.com

Mindy - http://papercreationsbymindyblog.blogspot.com/

Amy Jo - http://lv2scrapandfibrofacts.blogspot.com

Mandy- http://lovestoscrap11.blogspot.com/

Nikki wanted us to show off some of her paper piecings for this event so I purchased the Spud Pals aka Potato Head Family and turned them into Christmas cards.

The Potato Heads are of particular importance to me as I had a Mr. Potato Head game (the first one) when I was a child and I think of it as a classic - so easily recognizable.  These little characters just fill me with nostalgia for games of entertainment that are not tied to electricity like so much of today's children’s amusements.  This was a game that the whole family could play together without the TV blaring or the hum of a computer in the background.  It's old-fashioned fun and the papers I used are rather vintage Christmas paper for the Spud Pals - Santa, Mrs. Claus, Elf, and Reindeer.

Versatility is the spice of life........Of course, paper piecing can also mean taking a stamped or digi image and doing a bit of fussy cutting, so here are several examples using a PK stamped little boy, a GFS Santa girl digi, and the traditional stamped Santa Hat and Candy Cane from Loralie Designs Art Stamps.  Also with the Cricut one can do paper piecing using a tag and a Sizzix paper doll body and clothes to create a project for a Christmas package.

Again combining the Cricut and the Sizzix Paper Dolls one can design clothes with all kinds of colors for some really unique cards.  This one is my most favorite card - The Perfect Pair. 

No matter how you piece your paper, have fun with it.  Hopefully you will see a style of paper piecing that defines your talents.

But wait.......there's more - Candy! Candy! What do you need to do for some sweet blog candy by Nikki?

You need

* to leave a comment on everyone’s blog,

* to follow each blog, and
* to "Like" the Paper Piecings by Nikki page (check out the details there as well).

Thanks for stopping by..........Cyberhugs from Mama LoveBug

Your next stop is Linda:  http://www.lindascreativity.blogspot.com