Saluting You By Dawn Mercedes

This is Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up, saluting you on another 

gloriously, sunny, and happy day!

Here is another great way to use Rumple Ribbon....

Simply Blue, Crazy Coral, and Simply White.

Glue Dots ® XL dot and Mini dots make this a breeze!

It's a shabby chic patriotic card

...and now all you need is a hot dog and some fireworks.

Doesn't that XL Glue Dot ® make a fantastic rossette?

Be sure to play in the May Flower Challenge 

on the Lovebug Lounge  FB page.

March on over to the Lovebug Creations store and stock up on festive

colors for the summer months. 

Dawn Mercedes' Gorgeous Ode to America ♥

It's Friday, Every-buggy!!! YAY for the weekend!!! And spring... Although here in

 Ohio we are still waiting to see some signs of the new season (it's snowing...again!)

 

Want to win a $10 gift certificate to our store? Enter our monthly challenge right here! The challenge this month is anything spring related with any LBC product on it!!!

 

Mark your calendars!!!!

March 29: Co-Hop with the lovely ladies from Fleurette Bloom!!!!

March 30: Our next NEW RELEASE BLOG HOP!!!

It's going to be one PRETTY fun weekend!!!

Lots of inspiration and blog candy!!!

Hope to see you then!!!

 

Now on to....

Dawn Mercedes

 

Just showing some pride for America using

the fantastic products from Lovebug Creations!

I used Simply Blue from the Star Spangled collection of Rumple Ribbon.

And...Simply Red Mama's Mesh.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up

 

 

 

Celebrate Freedom Blog Hop

Welcome to the Celebrate Freedom Blog Hop!  Hopefully you've hopped over from SANDY but if not, and you want to start the celebration with the blog hostess, zip over to LISA

The theme of this hop is to celebrate our wonderful USA and the freedoms that we hold precious!  Amazing crafties are sharing their designs and thoughts with you today.  Lisa has rounded up some wonderful sponsors for this hop and if you'd like to be "in the running" for prizes, please like and comment on each of the parade stops. Also you must stop by each one of the sponsors' fan pages on facebook and like their pages and leave them a comment saying you are stopping by from the Celebrate Freedom Blog Hop.Easy peasy!!  Here's the sponsor list:

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/

$20.00 Gift Certificate from Little Scraps of Heaven

http://www.littlescrapsofheavendesigns.com/

$20.00 Gift Certificate from MB's Treasurista

http://mbtreasurista.com/

$10.00 Gift Certificate from Designs on Cloud 9

http://designsoncloud9.com/

Stamp Set of winners choice from Paper Sweeties

http://www.papersweeties.com/

Large custom handmade keychain the winners choice 

of style and color from Chelle's Custom Designs

https://www.facebook.com/ChellesCustomDesigns

$15.00 Gift Certificate from The Paper Parade

http://www.thepaperparade.com/

$20.00 Gift Certificate from Scrappy Dew

http://www.scrappydew.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/

Patriotic Expression Cozy from Kathy's Cozies

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kathys-Cozies/131156133592420

Wow, what a line-up of great prizes!  And speaking of line-ups – here’s a list of the blog spots so you won’t get lost:

1. Lisa Pontious ~ http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/
2. Ashley - http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com/
3. Sandy- http://scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com/
4. Pam - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/
5. Haidee-http://created2bunique.blogspot.com/
6. Melisa ~ http://melisascraftycreations.blogspot.com/
7. Angela - http://angelascraftyspot.blogspot.com/
8. Kathy - http://kathyand3kids.blogspot.com/
9. Tabetha - http://tabethascreations.blogspot.com/
10. Sarah - www.sarahbiswabic.blogspot.com
11. Lori - http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/
12. Carolyn - http://grandmacarol46580.blogspot.com/

I have an eclectic, whimsical style and as for cards I tend to enjoy crafting triple-stamped cards. I found that using that design lends itself to experimentation with stamps, different sprays and mists.  I recently discovered Mr. Huey sprays and used several with a circular mask to create this card.  The centerpiece of the card is actually a sticker I had in my stash.  


First I'll give you the dimensions and some info on how to use this technique to make a card of your own:

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)

For me it was very helpful to have this dimension guide - no guess work!!


After cutting the card stock and mats, I lightly adhered them together and placed the mask on top.  I sprayed some Mr Huey in Ocean and Peppermint and then adhered our LoveBug Creations Rumple Ribbon (the Old Glory Collection found HERE) AND some LBC Mama's Mesh on the mats. I cut these strips to lay between the top two layers and fashioned two bows for the top and bottom of the center panel.  Here's my Celebrate Freedom project:

You too can use your crafty mojo to design something to Celebrate Freedom!!

Remember, no matter how you piece your paper and rumple your ribbon, have fun with it..........cyber Celebration of our Freedom..........Mama LoveBug

Now let's move the parade to see what's happening with HAIDEE

Ellen's Special Delivery ♥

Heading into the patriotic summer holidays of Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day, I asked Kimi of Lovebug Creations to please develop some Rumple Ribbons in red, white and blue. She responded in spades!!

She made two sets of R-W-B ... one that is called the Old Glory collection, and the other is the Star Spangled collection, both of which are now available in the online store.

Old Glory has more vintage, subdued colors of Betsy Ross Blue, Washington White and Revere's Ride Red. In the Star Spangled collection, you'll find parts of the "Simply" colors -- Simply Red, Simply White, Simply Blue.  (Simply Black and Simply Grey are also now available.)  

This card mixes up the collections; I used Simply Red and Betsy Ross Blue -- and they're perfect matches for my die cut tags on this card. Hop on over to my blog for more details on how I made this card!