Lovebug Creations Spring Release Hop!!

Welcome to LoveBug Creations Spring Celebrations 

New Release and Blog Hop!!

If you have floated over from Tanya's Blog then you are on the right path, but if you stumbled upon our hop and want to start with our blog hostesses, then click over to

LOVEBUG CREATIONS

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:

 

 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!

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

How fun was all that new stuff! Now onto my project!!!

I cut out this cute bunny treat holder from the Silhouette Store, sorry my side view pic did not turn out, but I used some plastic bags filled with goodies and staples to inside and the top flaps over and I sealed with atg!

For this cutie I used:

BLUE BELLS Rumple Ribbon from Lovebug Creations

Lawn Fawn Lets Polka Paper Pad

Lawn Fawn Twine

Sequins

Chalk

Black Pen

 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/

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

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!

The next blog spot on this spring tour is Christine!!

For your Birthday Tag card!

Hello Crafty Friends! 

Today is my day to post over at Lovebug Creations.

I wanted to try working with a tag today, I have tried before and was not happy with how they turned out!

Today I was happy with it, I decided to add it to a card and give it that way instead of tying it to gift :)

For this project I used:

Lovebug Creations

Hugs Sheer Ribbon

Lawn Fawn

Lets Polka Paper Pad

Simple Stories

Vintage Bliss Paper Pad

Peachy Keen Stamps

April 2012 SOTM

Martha Stewart 

Butterfly Punch

Pearls

Embossing powder

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristi♥

Thank You Card with Mason Jar

Hello Crafty Friends!

Today is my day to post over at Lovebug Creations!

Today I used there awesome Rumple Ribbon!

to create the look of an old ball jar I stamped image on vellum and water colored on back side!

Sentiment and heart are stamped on front, it did take awhile to dry so be sure to set aside and wait, if you think its dry..wait a bit longer..trust me! ;)

For today's Project I used:

Lovebug Creations:

Pink Cloud Rumple Ribbon

Lawn Fawn:

Hello Sunshine Stamp Set

Echo Park:

Splendid Sunshine Paper Pad

Hero Arts:

Tide Pool Ink

Pale Tomato Ink

Thanks for looking! 

Kristi♥

Fly Away with Me!

Hello Crafty Friends!

I am loving the New Lawn Fawn Stamps and Paper!

You must go check out those adorable paper pads!

Here is my project for today!

...isn't that bee just the cutest!? 

I stamped the bee on Paper from the Lets Polka Paper pad, and again on vellum. I cut the wings of of the paper bee, then layered he vellum on top!

Products used in today's project:

Lawn Fawn:

Hello Sunshine Stamp Set

Let's Polka 6x6 Paper Pad

Hero Arts:

Shadow Ink Tide Pool

Tim Holtz Distress Ink:

Weathered Wood 

Tsukineko Memento Luxe Ink:

Love Letter

Flannel Gray

May Arts:

SM10 Natural Jute wine

Sequins

Pearls

Clear embossing powder

Thanks for looking! 

Have a great day!

Kristi♥

You Brighten My Day!

Hello Crafty Friends! Today is my day to post over at Lovebug Creations!

I am obsessed with jars, canning jars in particular, whenever I am at a yard sale or second hand sore I gravitate to them and usually purchase. So it was a given that I had to have this stamp set from 

Lawn Fawn!

The more and more I work with the Memento Luxe Inks, the more I LOVE them!

they stay wet for awhile so you are able to emboss it, which is awesome! On this card I stamped sentiment in Gray Flannel and embossed with clear embossing powder!

 For today's project I used the following products:

Lovebug Creations Simply Grey Rumple Ribbon

Lawn Fawn Summertime Charm 

Lawn Fawn 6x6 Paper Pad

Memento Luxe Ink:

Gray Flannel

Danube Blue

Dandelion

 Pebbles 6x6 paper pad Take Note

Peachy Keen Stamps PK-486

Distress Marker Worn Lipstick
Sequins

Clear Embossing Powder

Have a great day!
Kristi♥

Happy Bird-Day! Winner announced!

Hello Crafty Friends!

First off I would like to announce the winner of the Memento Luxe Ink....

Congrats too....

MelissaFebruary 28, 2014 at 10:36 AM

Your card is super cute and I would love to try this ink never heard of this one! Goin over to like your page!

Congrats Melissa!!

Now onto my project, today is my day to create for Lovebug Creations!

I have been wanting to try something new and just recently bought some Tim Holtz Distress Markers and also got some Memento Luxe Inks, I have to say they are a MUST the Memento Luxe ink colors are so great, fun, vibrant! The color of the stamp pad is the color that stamps, no color changes there!!

So today, I tried out some watercoloring with both TH Distress Markers and ML inks! So fun, I can see its going to take some practice, but I am hooked! It was so fun!

A QUICK TIP: There is a product called WINK OF STELLA glitter pen, there are different colors but I have been wanting the clear (its a pen that brushes glitter on to a project) I discovered today that you can get a similar effect by using Marshmallow (or any white or light colored mist) and a water brush! Just dad some GM on work surface and place on areas you want with water brush, I used it on my cupcake! Hard to see in pic but it looks awesome!!

The cupcake was colored with the Memento Luxe inks, as well as the splatters and sentiment.

The Bird was colored with Tim Holtz Distress Markers.

To create this card I used:

Lovebug Creations Caddy Blue Rumple Ribbon 

Peachy Keen Stamps:

PK142

PKSC-04

PKSC-06

Memento Luxe Ink:

Gray Flannel

Rosebud

Teal Zeal

Lilac Posie

Tuxedo Black

Distress Markers:

Tumbled Glass

Wild Honey

Sequins

Thanks for looking!