Dawn Mercedes and Dorcas Take Over!!!

 

"Feathered Friends"

One fun thing about crafting and blogging...is finding crafty friends!

And just the right stamp sentiment for your cards...

A button can be a great embellishment for your Lovebug Creations Ribbon!

This ribbon is called Caddy Blue and you can buy it in the

Island Breeze collection. Why not bring a little of the tropics into your

craft room during these long winter months!

Thanks for stopping by!

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up!

 

 

YUMMY Treats

Hey crafters and ribbon lovers! Today is my day to take over the Lovebug Creations blog and show you the fabulous Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbons. Now, lately it's been all about love so I'm going to show you this super quick treat holder I made using the Dark Chocolate Rumple Ribbon in The Yummy Collection.

Head on over to Crafty Card Angel for more details on this project!

 

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

Good morning everyone! This is Zeni taking over the Lovebug Creations blog and I wanted to share these quick easy treats I made for valentine's day. I used the valentine's collections red hot lover and yummy rumple ribbon and embellished with a cute heart bling.

 

Head on over to my blog to see additional details! Have a beautiful day!

~Zeni

 

 

 

 

 

Angela's 30th B-Day Blog Hop

Welcome to Angela's 30th B-Day Blog Hop.  If you hopped over from Jennyfer you're on the right path, but if you just stumbled upon this and want to begin at the start spot of our blog hostess and birthday gal, then hop over to Angela
Happy Birthday, Angela, - a sweet cyber friend!  I spy blog candy along the way too!!

The Sizzix Big Kick came out to make one of my all time favorites for this hop - the paper doll complete with Sizzix faces.  Since Angela's birthday is a wintry time, I chose some winter clothing for the dolls - and I also dusted off my crimper to give a bit of dimension to the clothing and used Glossy Accent for each doll's hair.  Each sweet friend was topped off with a bow made from our LoveBug Rumple Ribbon. Both triple-stamped doll cards show different shades of red. The other items I used are all SU products - cardstock, stamps, and ink. The center panel is Kraft paper.  The glitz is Stickles - love those!   Hope your birthday is super, Angela!!!

I am entering these dolls in the All That Stickles Challenge - using Christmas Red Stickles

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

For our next hop site go to Lisa W

Love Is In The Air PPbN DT Blog Hop

Welcome to Paper Piecings By Nikki's February Blog Hop themed as "Love is in the Air"! The Design Team members have outdone themselves with all things "Love".  We hope you will hop along with us and be inspired to create your own "love" filled projects.

Nikki has created her very own love creation - a FREE file for everyone who hops along with us today.  You can get this file at the Paper Piecings By Nikki Store.  Isn't this soooo loveeee; this Valentine bear and heart train can be used for so many different projects and the best part about it - it's FREE at Nikki's Online Store

If you arrived from Amanda then you are in the right place.  If you stumbled across this BH and want to begin at the start spot you can go to Nikki's Blog

Mama LoveBug is up first with a Valentine Gift Bag.  I recently learned how to make a gift bag from scratch, so to speak, using scrapbook paper 12 x 12 - this requires 2 sheets.  After making this, I am pleased to say the technique works and, even though I have a ton of gift bags, I'll not be buying any more!!  I have control over the size, color, embellies, ribbon, etc which as a crafter, I like (don't you??)  I used my Sizzix Big Kick to make a few of the embellies and several PPbN patterns, Happy Ice Cream Cone and Love Makes You Real Cutting File.  I topped off the bag with a handle and a bow for the top embellie made from LoveBug Creations Rumple Ribbon.

 

Hi everyone!!!

 

I made a couple different projects....

I used the free file "Love is in the Air" for both as well as the "Turtle 2" file which can be found in the 50 cent section of the store!!!

 

I wanted to try something I haven't which is the "Sour Cream Containers" Oh my...so simple and fun to make! If you haven't you must!! I also created a card to go along with the treat holders and added some Lovebug Creations On the Edge Rumple Ribbon & Jaded Blossom "Simple Saying's Valentine Edition" Stamps!!

So here it all is:

Make sure you check out all the stops on our hop today (we're the end of the Valentine train) - and go to Paper Piecings By Nikki Online Store to get your freebie. Once you get the freebie and create your project, make sure you enter it in the Facebook Fan Page Challenge PPbN FB Fan Page

Well, there you have it - hope you were inspired by what you've seen to join in the fun challenge.  Remember no matter how you piece your paper or rumple your ribbon, have fun with it..........cyberValentine's greetings........the LoveBugs

Don't be afraid to play with your Rumple Ribbon!

 

Hello, Rumple Ribbon fans!

I'm so excited to be a part of the Lovebug Creations Creative Team, playing with Rumple Ribbons. Truth be told, ribbon hasn't always been a part of my card repertoire. But when Kimi (Princess Lovebug!) introduced me to Rumple Ribbons, all that changed.

 

Now, I'm old school. I am still adapting to this younger rumple world where it's okay to wear your jammies out of the house. That means, I usually like my ribbons flat and neat on my cards. And you know, with Rumple Ribbons that's okay!

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Rumple Ribbons are 100% Rayon,

so just be sure to adjust your iron temperature accordingly before you lightly iron. When the ribbons are ironed, I think it brings out their color and the shine and just gives a nice, finished look to my cards, like this one I made using Panther Pink Rumple Ribbon.

 

u can find out more about how I made this card and adapted it for the Rumple Ribbon by visiting my CardMonkey blog.

Don't be afraid to play with your Rumple Ribbons -- iron 'em, glue 'em, stack 'em, sew 'em! If these pretty ribbons inspire your creativity, show us!

Fondly,

Ellen "CardMonkey" Jarvis

Glamorous Side of Scrapping Birthday Blog Hop

Welcome to the Glamorous Side of Scrapping Birthday Blog Hop.  If you hopped over from Jamie you're on the correct path, but if you stumbled upon this posting and want to join in the fun, start with our blog hostess Ashley - she has some prizes for hoppers so make sure you follow her instructions!

Happy Birthday to you, Ashley!!  Before I show you my paper piecing project I want to relay something about our blog hostess - Ashley introduced me to the joy of making triple-stamped cards and on one of her blog postings, she said she adored mermaids; with that in mind I created a mermaid card in honor of her using a Toodle Mermaid digi.  I'm entering her in the All That Stickles Challenge

I cut K and Co shell paper for the base layer of the card plus the technique of the triple stamp mats and SU products for stamped layering pieces.  The fun began when I used my colored pens, gel-pen, and Stickles for the fishy gal; I think her scales really stand out with the Stickles.  She was fussy cut after the coloring process. The sentiment was from my stamp stash and I finished off the card with LoveBug Creations Rumple Ribbon.

Now on with my project - we were asked to create something with a paper piecing technique so I took a Paper Piecings by Nikki pattern - Kitty in the Hat and printed her out three times to make a double-sided stand up card.  The first two printings (one was a reverse) were for the actual card and the third (I printed in sepia) was to cut out elements of the pattern so I could take some coordinating paper for my theme, lay down and trace these elements, fussy cut them, and adhere these to my pattern.

This is the finished card - after cutting the kitty and piecing the new elements to it, I dolled up kitty with some bling and LoveBug Creations Rumple Ribbon; this double bow was made with Sparky Diamonds and Black Corset from the Red Hot Lover collection. I also used a gel pen to highlight kitty's features.

 Before the piecing

 My sepia pattern and tracing.

 A close-up of Kitty in a Cat

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

Now let's see what's piecing with Connie

Winner Winner

 

Good Morning Everyone!!!

 

Just wanted to pop over and say THANK YOU to everyone who hopped along with the "Let It Snow" Hop this weekend!

 

We have a winner chosen by random.org and it is....

                                                            AJ Scrapbooking & Cards

Thank you so much for your kinds words! We will be contacting you about your prize!!!

                                                                          Bug hugs,
                                                                                Kimi & Mama