Happy Birthday, Dawn Mercedes ♥

Happy Birthday, Dawn Mercedes

 

Today is a special day for one of our Lovebugs! Dawn Mercedes has been a part of LBC since the beginning of the Creative Team and we are THRILLED to be celebrating her birthday (again!)

 

So here are a few cards from us to her!! You can click on the designers name to be taken to their blog!! But make sure to swing by Dawn Mercedes' Blog and leave her love there too!!!

 

Mama Lovebug

 

Kimi

 

Connie

 

Stephanie

 

 

 

Tanya H

 

 

Hope your birthday is extra special Dawn Mercedes ♥

 

 

 

The Best Layout w/ Stephanie ♥

 

Hey Lovebug friends! Stephanie here today. I hope this post finds you all well & enjoying the last Tuesday of July!!
I have a layout to share today that was inspired by this layout on Pinterest:

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I  have used Dahlia from the Southern Sass collection for the bow tied around my picture. I also used 4 Beautiful Blooms-2 white (one small & one medium sized), a medium sized one in Kisses, and a medium sized one in Envious. 

I just adore these clay flowers! I know I have said it before but I will say it again-they are so versatile & fun to add to any project!!

You can read more about my layout on my blog.

Thanks for letting me share with you!

Stay crafty, friends!

  

 

 

Down By The Seashore Blog Hop

Welcome to the Down by the Seashore Blog Hop

 

Sit back and enjoy the view as we whisk you away to the sea with amazing projects full of bathing beauties, salty air, sandy toes, and crashing waves.

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

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

Sponsor: ScrappyKDesigns 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ScrappyKDesigns

She will be giving away 2 sets of yummy flat back flair buttons of the winner's choice. YAY!

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 at be sure to like her on facebook!!

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

Winner will be announced on Wednesday at Connie Can Crop.

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

Pam aka Mama LoveBug here with two seashore fun projects I made for two terrific gals who recently went on a romp through the sand and had fun in the sun.  These tag greeting cards in a handmade box have magnets on the back so they can be placed on a mirror or other surface as a remembrance of a fun day.  

 Ingredients for Turtle Girl

*LoveBug Creations Rumple Ribbon - Southern Sass collection - peach blossom store details

*Cameo print-and-cut of turtle and surf board - colored and gel-pen accented

*Flip flop stamp and handmade flower

*Sentiment stamp - Wishing you oceans of joy

Ingredients for Beach Babe

*LoveBug Creations Beautiful Bloom - pink  store details

There are 18 blooms in this collection. The colors are Hugs, Kisses, White, Crushed, Envious & Jaded! 3 Blooms of each color in 3 different sizes! Beautiful Blooms are made of clay, hand dyed and have a glossy finish to the top side of them! The bottom is not glossy to make adhering these to your projects easy! 

*Digi stamp of little beach babe (Roxie) from Little Miss Muffet - colored and paper pieced with pink accessories

*Ticket die with stamped embellies of beach items plus hand made flower and stamped whale

*Sentiment stamp - Wishing you oceans of joy

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

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

2. Janet - http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/

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

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

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

6. Melissa - http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com

7. Sarah - www.sarahbiswabic.blogspot.com

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

9. Angela - www.crazy3monkeys.blogspot.com

10. Madge-  www.thescrappinlounge.com

Remember no matter how you bunch your blooms, rumple your ribbon, and piece your paper, have fun with it..........cyber seashore fun.........Mama LoveBug

Thanks so much for joining us!

Next up is JESSICA

Happy Almost Birthday to Melissa!!

Welcome to the first day of our new CT presentations!  I am so excited to craft with the lovely ladies whose names and blog links are found on the right side of our blog - give them a shout-out!!

Happy Birthday to our daughter, Melissa - she'll be celebrating her big event on June 10!  Mama LoveBug here to share my birthday greetings with you.  Birthdays are so much fun to craft and share.  I really enjoy creating something that I hope will stand the test of time and be appreciated as a sincere expression of love!

Ok, so you know I love, love, love paper dolls and I bought a set of stamps, Janie's Paper Dolls from Paper Wishes, that has multiple girls of varying sizes.  I stamped this one three times - one for body, one for hair, and one for dress.  I then fussy cut and pieced together this gal as my focal point. Before I adhered her to the card I adhered this lovely to a piece of cardboard and cut the whole thing out again - I do this to make a sturdier doll that won't fall off or come apart.

I next used LoveBug Creations Mama's Mesh (pinky/purple HERE) and an LBC large hot pink Beautiful Bloom HERE.  The hand-dyed mesh gives such wonderful texture and the bloom is so light-weight but dynamic in it's presence plus the blooms come in different sizes to accommodate your crafting needs!

The coordinating card base was from Stampin UP as well as the next dry embossed mat with xoxox.  I had a new script stamp that fit well as the next layer.  My birthday sentiment was from my stamp stash.  I finshed this off with a bit of gel-pen accenting.

Remember no matter how you bunch your blooms, rumple your ribbon, and piece your paper, have fun with it...............cyber happy crafting............Mama LoveBug

Stephanie's Sweet Thanks & Katie's Good-bye ♥

Hey Lovebug friends! Stephanie here on this fabulous Wednesday.

I want to share with you some more "thank you" notes that I recently made.  

I am the worst at getting them out to people! These are for friends & they are just a few weeks late!!

For the first card, I used the beautiful Rosebud rumple ribbon from the "Spring Rainbow" collection. On my second card, I used a sheer ribbon in Crushed  from the "Loves Me...Love Me Knot" collection! I made a flower with the ribbon & adorned it with a Beautiful Bloom in the center.

You can read more about these cards on my blog .

Thanks for letting me share with you all today!    

Katie

It is with a very heavy heart I make my final post for Love Bug Creations.  I have so appreciated being a part of this creative team.  I have learned so much from each and every fellow member.  Kim and Pam run this company like true professionals - and that is a lovely gift in the craft world.  I am so grateful for all they have done to promote me and my brand.

I wish I had the time to give them and their amazing product the attention it deserves but I am not going to pursue another term.  I will miss you all!!!

OK - enough sniffling... on to the post...  I am giving you a twofer this week.  Same great stamp from  Paper Trey Ink, but one card with Simply Black Rumple Ribbon and the other with Mama's Mesh.  I really like how the mesh repeats that 'giraffe feel'

 

Dawn Mercedes Gorgeous Spring Card ♥

 Hi crafters!

This is Dawn, of Sunnyside Up, just checking in on this fantastic Friday!

By now, spring has even popped up here in Michigan and I thought I'd show you a frilly 

card that will get you lots of admiration b/c of the embellishments!

I folded a long, tall envie into a gate fold.

The edge with Buttercup rumple ribbon from the Southern Sass Collection by Lovebug Creations.  Then, I bedecked the top flap using Spring Lilac and Blue Bells from the Gardens of Tara Collection.

I used Glue Dots  ® to adhere these Beautiful Blooms to my flap.

A Repositional Glue Dot keeps my flap shut!

I love these flowers.  They are lightweight and colorful.

What colors would YOU like to see in the LBC store?

I created this simple card.  

Well..honestly...I cut down a pre fab card to fit inside my envie. 

After I added a lilac insert and the watercoloring/sequins...who would think this was 

ever store bought!

Show your gratitude with a whole lot of flare and style...

For more colors, please sashay on over to the Lovebug Creations store! 

Thanks so much for dropping by today!!

Or, should I say, "Merci!!"

 

Dawn Mercedes Cupcakes & a Birthday Surprise for Kristi ♥

Hi!  Dawn Mercedes bringing YOU a fabulous platter of cupcakes...

wait, I guess you will need to make these for yourself.

Roll over to my blog, Sunnyside Up,  to find out how to make this darling cupcake display stand

that is embellished with the fantastically fun Rumple Ribbons from Lovebug Creations!

These colors are Panther Pink and  Crazy Coral from the Pink Lemonade Collection!

What is even better...I used Removable Glue Dots ®.

This way, I can change out the ribbons as the celebrations and seasons change!

B/c as we all know...cupcakes are good 365 days of the year.

You might as well have a sweet display stand for them too!

 

 

Happy Birthday, Kristi

 You are so sweet and we wanted to acknowledge your special day! We hope you have a fabulous birthday filled with all things crafty ♥

Mama Lovebug

 

Kimi

Tanya

 

Dawn Mercedes Makes a Long Day a Happy Day ♥

Any friend is going to get a pick me up when you send a card 

with a flourish of Rumple Ribbon from Lovebug Creations on it! 

Here is a large tag card. I coupled Sunset Rumple Ribbon with some retired Fun Footz from the Wild Thang collection.  You never know what is around the corner in the Lovebug Creations store. 

(Check out these Beautiful Blooms!)

I tied the ribbons together with blue hemp...what a fun color added to this golden card!

Thanks for visiting us today! 

For more inspiration, feel free to saunter over to my blog,

Sunnyside Up!

 

 

Stephanie's Special Day ♥

Happy Birthday Stephanie!!!!

Hard to believe this is the 2nd Birthday LBC is celebrating with you!! YAY!!!

We hope you have a lovely birthday!!!

The girls made you some special surprises to help make your day even better ♥

Mama Lovebug

Kimi

Christine

Connie

Dawn Mercedes

Dorcas

Katie

Stacey

Tanya

And because it's Wednesday it's Stephanie's Day to post...

I couldn't tell her not to...

so...

here's her adorable project for today!!!

Stephanie

Hey y'all! Hope you are having a good week!

My kids are on Spring Break this week so we are trying to stay busy.

I do have a quick project to share with you today. This week I made a layout using Lovebug Creations' rumple ribbon & Beautiful Blooms:

The blue ribbon is from the Gardens of Tara collection, in the color "Blue Bells". I also used 4 Beautiful Blooms here in white, Hugs, Jaded & Crushed. LOVE them!!

You can read more about this layout on my blog. 

Thanks for letting me share! 

Thank you for joining us for Stephanie's Special Day!!!

Click on the names of the designers above to visit their blogs!!

And make sure to leave the Birthday Gal lots of love ♥