I Am Roses March 2021 Challenge: ANYTHING GOES!

It's The 15th of the month, and we are back with a brand new I Am Roses ANYTHING GOES Challenge! Come play along for a chance at 1 of the 4 prizes up for grabs!

Today, I'm using a digital image from Love Cynthia. It's one of the images from the Christmas Tree Bundle (set of 3). I haven't played with my Love Cynthia digis in a while so I figured since she was already printed I would use her. Although she was originally intended for Christmas, I'm using her for a Birthday card.

 

 

The two sheets of decorative paper are from different paper pads, but the colors coordinated so I used them together. The sentiment is from Jaded Blossom. To finish it off, I added gorgeous flowers from I Am Roses, along with some red ribbon. These flowers really add a dramatic statement to any project! 

 

 
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Here is the breakdown:

WINNER (Chosen at Random) $50 Voucher

Top 3 (1st Place) $30 Voucher

Top 3 (2nd/3rd Place) $25 Voucher

Isn't it fantastic!! If that's not motivation to enter then we don't know what is! Can't wait to see your creations using I Am Roses Flowers! First, here are the Rules:

 

Here are the Details/Rules:

• Contest runs March 15th - April 8th (Ends 11:55pm PST)
• Theme: "Anything Goes"
• Minimum (3) I Am Roses Products
• One project submission per participant
• One winner will be chosen
• Participants will upload their project to their blog or forum, Label it “MARCH IAR Challenge”
• Participants will add a direct link to their project using the InLinkz tool provided. (*if you are unable to use the tool, leave a comment to this blog post and leave a direct link to your project)
• Must Subscribe/or be a Follower of the IAR Challenge Blog
• Winner will be announced alongside the next NEW monthly challenge on the 15th

Remember, you have until APRIL 8th to link up your project. Be sure to use a minimum of 3 I Am Roses products on your card to qualify for a prize. I can't wait to see what you make!

Hugs,

Rosie

I Am Roses + Xyron + Love Cynthia

Happy Thursday everyone! Can you believe we are at the end of April already?! I know for some the time is dragging, but I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum. I feel like it's flying by! It's my turn to post for I Am Roses today, and I decided to do a different color scheme than usual. My hubby LOVES blue so I decided to make this card for him using blue and green. There is no special occasion. I just wanted to give him a card to thank him for being the best hubby ever!

 

Copics:

Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11, E13

Hair: E42, E47, E49

Black: C3, C5, C6, C8, C10

Red: R24, R27, R29, R59

Blue: B02, B04, B05, B06

Green: YG23, YG25, YG67, G28

 

This adorable image from Love Cynthia is called HEART WORLD, and it's a FREEBIE!  I had these gorgeous blue sprays and flowers from I Am Roses and they fit the card perfectly! They really add a dramatic statement to any project! I used R43 white rose, blue cherry blossoms, small white and blue flowers, and tiny leaves. That blue spray though is my fave!

 

I recently received a goodie box from Xyron which included the Mega Runner, X150 Sticker Maker, along with refills. This Xyron Bundle is an awesome deal, and....the items are sparkly blue! I LOVE them! The adhesive on the Mega Runner is AMAZING and really sticky! I used it to put all my card layers together.

 

  

Remember, you have until MAY 8th to link up your project to the current I Am Roses Challenge. Be sure to use a minimum of 3 I Am Roses products on your card to qualify for a prize. I can't wait to see what you make! 

 

Hugs,

Rosie

I Am Roses MARCH Challenge: ANYTHING GOES

  

It's the 15th of the month so you know what that means....a new ANYTHING GOES Challenge! The rules are still the same, and we have 4 prizes up for grabs!

Here is the breakdown:
WINNER (Chosen at Random) $50 Voucher
Top 3 (1st Place) $30 Voucher
Top 3 (2nd/3rd Place) $25 Voucher

Isn't that fantastic! If that's not motivation to enter then we don't know what is! Can't wait to see your creations using I Am Roses Flowers! First, here are the Rules:

Here are the Details/Rules

• Contest runs MARCH 15th - APRIL 8th (Ends 11:55pm PST)
• Theme: "Anything Goes"
• Minimum (2) I Am Roses Products
• One project submission per participant
• One winner will be chosen
• Participants will upload their project to their blog or forum, Label it “MAR IAR Challenge”
• Participants will add a direct link to their project using the InLinkz tool provided. (*if you are unable to use the tool, leave a comment to this blog post and leave a direct link to your project)
• Must Subscribe/or be a Follower of the IAR Challenge Blog
• Winner will be announced alongside the next NEW monthly challenge on the 15th

Today's card features some adorable fairies from LOVE CYNTHIA. This set is called Fairy Dust. I LOVE her stamps and feel they work perfectly with the gorgeous flowers from I Am Roses. The decorative paper is from Doodlebug Designs So Punny 6x6 Paper Pad.

 Copics:
Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11, E15
Purple Hair: Black, V17, V15
Teal Hair: Black, BG18, BG11
Green: YG23, YG25, YG67, G28
Yellow: Y02, Y15, Y21, YR23
Wings: BG10
Stardust Stickles

These are the gorgeous I Am Roses flowers on my card. Check out these beautiful mixed three-tone roses...LOVE them!!

R77-3T(A) Mixed Three-Tone Rose
S3-703 Mixed Orange, Pink, Aqua Cherry Blossom
S4-01 Mixed Pink, White, Cream Paper Flowers
S10-450 Small Aqua Blue Flowers
S10-401 Small Yellow Flowers
ZQL0-403 Big Pink Edge on Soft Green Roses Leaves
 ZQL(0M)-3 Medium Pink Edge on Soft Green Roses Leaves

 Don't forget, you have until APRIL 8th to link up your project, but remember you must use at least 2 items from I Am Roses.

I've entered this into Simon Says Stamps Monday Challenge this week which is: EASTER/SPRING Inspiration!

Hugs,
Rosie

Love Cynthia Stamps: I'm Always Here For You

Happy Saturday everyone! I've fallen in LOVE with these awesome stamps from Love Cynthia! She is an Artist who lives in France, and she creates adorable characters that are perfect for planner pages, cards, scrapbook layouts....pretty much anything and everything crafty!

 

She is currently running a contest for the month of October with various themes each week. At the end of the month she will pick 2 winners to receive 50 EUROS shop credits!! How awesome is that?! The theme for the 4th and final week is "OH, THANK YOU". This round is all about gratitude, so we needed to create a thank you card for someone.

 

I decided to make an Easel Card so I would have room for a larger sentiment. This card features a stamp set called I'm Always Here For You! I decided to make a card featuring me and my best friend. She and I have been friends since high school. After graduating we both went separate ways, and at one point lost touch, but then about 7 or 8 years ago we found each other again. It really was like no time had passed. About 5 years ago, I moved to the same state as her, and we now live about 50 minutes from each other. Not close enough if you ask me!!

Copics:

GIRL 1 (on left):

Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11, E15

Brown Hair: E42, E47, E49

Red Collar: R24, R27, R37

Plaid Dress: R27, R39, BG13, BG18

GIRL 2 (on right):

Skin: E11, E13, E15, E18

Orange Heart/Pocket: YR02, YR04, YR09, E19

Plaid Dress: YR04, E19, BG13, BG18

 

The sentiment underneath the girls is from the same set. The papers are from my stash. The gorgeous paper flowers are from I Am Roses. I used a larger sentiment from Penny Black for the bottom panel.

Be sure to head over to the Love Cynthia Facebook Group and play along if you own some of the stamps. She also shares FREEBIES in the group! Definitely check out the Love Cynthia Store and add some of these adorable sets to your collection. You will LOVE them!

 

Hugs,

Rosie

Love Cynthia Stamps: Happy Holidays!

Happy Sunday everyone! I've fallen in LOVE with these awesome stamps from Love Cynthia! She is an Artist who lives in France, and she creates adorable characters that are perfect for planner pages, cards, scrapbook layouts....pretty much anything and everything crafty!

 

She is currently running a contest for the month of October with various themes each week. At the end of the month she will pick 2 winners to receive 50 EUROS shop credits!! How awesome is that?! The theme for the 3rd Week is "COLOR IT". This challenge is about sharing how you color your Love Cynthia Stamps.

 

Since it is a coloring challenge I decided to color all of the images on the Happy Holidays stamp set. And to top it all off, I included a quick tutorial on how I color hair using one of my fave Copic Combos. I stamped all the images on Copic Xpress It Blending Card and of course used my Copic Markers.

 

 Copics:

Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11, E15

Brown Hair: E43, E77, E49

Black Hair: C3, C7, Black

Red: R24, R27, R29, R39

Green: YG23, YG25, YG17, YG67, G28

White: C1, C2, C3, Colorless Blender

  Brown: E13, E23, E25, E29

Black: C6, C7, C9

Snowman Arms & Antlers: E42. E43, E44

Plaid Scarf: R24, R39, YG23, G28

 

I used some papers in my stash. The snowy hillside was made using the Lawn Fawn Landscape Stitched Hillside Backdrop Die. The tree die is from Marianne Creatables.

And here is a quick tutorial on how I did the hair on one of the Happy Girls. I first lay down my darkest color. In this case E49. You have to practice those flicks ladies to get the thin line. You use the very tip and hold your pen up high almost like you are flicking only air.
Next I come in with my medium color (E77) and expand the flicks towards the center.

Finally, I come in with my lightest color (E43) and flick again towards the center. I do not come in and just color in the white areas in a circular motion. I keep with the flicks so I don't lose the contrast. If you go too heavy with the light color and lose the darker flicks then just come back in with E77 and add a few more flicks to get some of the contrast back.

Be sure to head over to the Love Cynthia Facebook Group and play along if you own some of the stamps. She also shares FREEBIES in the group! Definitely check out the Love Cynthia Store and add some of these adorable sets to your collection. You will LOVE them! 

 

Hugs,
Rosie

Love Cynthia Stamps: Coffee Addict

Happy Saturday everyone! I've fallen in LOVE with these awesome stamps from Love Cynthia! She is an Artist who lives in France, and she creates adorable characters that are perfect for planner pages, cards, scrapbook layouts....pretty much anything and everything crafty!

She is currently running a contest for the month of October with various themes each week. At the end of the month she will pick 2 winners to receive 50 EUROS shop credits!! How awesome is that?! The theme for the 2nd Week is "THINK PINK". For this round you can create anything using Love Cynthia stamps, but add a touch of pink!

 

I decided to make an Easel Card because I wanted to fit as many of the characters and elements from one of my fave sets called COFFEE ADDICT onto the card.....mission accomplished!!

 

 Copics:

Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11, E15

Brown Hair: E42, E47, E49

Black Hair: C3, C7, C9, Black

White: C1, C2, C3, Colorless Blender

Teal: BG11, BG13, BG15, BG18

Pink: R81, R83, R85, R37

Plaid: R81, R37, BG13, BG18

Bunny: C3, C5, R20

Bear: E42, E43, E44

Gold Sharpie Marker

 

I used some digital papers I found on Etsy called Coffee and Donut Lover. I thought it fit the happy girls perfectly! The coffee mug clip art is also part of the paper file.

Be sure to head over to the Love Cynthia Facebook Group and play along if you own some of the stamps. She also shares FREEBIES in the group! Definitely check out the Love Cynthia Store and add some of these adorable sets to your collection. You will LOVE them!

Hugs,

Rosie

Love Cynthia Stamps: Make It Happen

Happy Saturday everyone! I've fallen in LOVE with these awesome stamps from Love Cynthia! She is an Artist who lives in France, and she creates adorable characters that are perfect for planner pages, cards, scrapbook layouts....pretty much anything and everything crafty!

She is currently running a contest for the month of October with various themes each week. At the end of the month she will pick 2 winners to receive 50 EUROS shop credits!! How awesome is that?! The theme for the first week is called "I'm A Happy Girl" and the goal is to pick one of her stamps that best represents you. 

I love to travel and one of my favorite cities to go on adventures in is New York City! There is so much to see and do there, and of course, the food is AMAZING! When I was little and my dad was in the Army, we would get stationed in Germany a lot. New York is where we always flew out of on our travels overseas so we would always get there a couple days early and do some sightseeing before the plane ride.

I used the girl from the Make It Happen Stamp Set to best represent me in the first challenge of the month. I also used elements from the Don't Quit Your Daydream to created the Polaroid scene. I stamped the Statue of Liberty with Versamark Ink, rubbed green chalk over the image and cut her out. The rest of the scene was stamped and colored with Copics. I used blue chalk to make the sky.

Copics:

Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11, E13

Hair: E42, E47, E49

Red: R24, R27, R29, R39

Black: C3, C5, C7, C9

Polaroid Scene: C3, C5, BG72, B97

Taxi Cab: YR21, YR23, C5, C7, C9, R27, Silver Paint Pen

I used some digital papers I found on Etsy called New York City Themed Paper and New York. The sentiments on the Polaroid frame are from 2 older Love Cynthia stamp sets.

Be sure to head over to the Love Cynthia Facebook Group and play along if you own some of the stamps. She also shares FREEBIES in the group! Definitely check out the Love Cynthia Store and add some of these adorable sets to your collection. You will LOVE them!

Hugs,

Rosie

I Am Roses July Challenge: ANYTHING GOES!

   

It's a new year so we changed up the monthly challenge. The rules are still the same, BUT instead of 1 Prize, we will have 4 Prizes up for grabs!!

Here is the breakdown:
WINNER (Chosen at Random) $50 Voucher

Top 3 (1st Place) $30 Voucher
Top 3 (2nd/3rd Place) $25 Voucher

Isn't that fantastic! If that's not motivation to enter then we don't know what is! Can't wait to see your creations using I Am Roses Flowers! First, here are the Rules:

Here are the Details/Rules

• Contest runs JULY 15th - AUGUST 8th (Ends 11:55pm PST)
• Theme: "Anything Goes"
• Minimum (2) I Am Roses Products
• One project submission per participant
• One winner will be chosen
• Participants will upload their project to their blog or forum, Label it “JUL IAR Challenge”
• Participants will add a direct link to their project using the InLinkz tool provided. (*if you are unable to use the tool, leave a comment to this blog post and leave a direct link to your project)
• Must Subscribe/or be a Follower of the IAR Challenge Blog
• Winner will be announced alongside the next NEW monthly challenge on the 15th  

 Today, I paired my I Am Roses flowers with this fabulous girl from Love Cynthia called Dream Big. I just recently came across these stamps and I love every single one of them!! My collection is growing faster than I can create with them. I know once you take a look, you are going to fall in love with them too! I colored the image with Copic Markers and added Shabby Pink Frantage Embossing Enamel around the edge.

 

 Copics:

Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11, E04

Hair: E35, E77, E49

Teal: BG32, BG34, BG72, BG75, BG78

Shoes: C3, C7, C9

Bags: R02, YR61, Gold Gel Pen

Coffee Cup: E42, E44, N2

Dog: E41, E42, E43, C3, C5, C7, R20

Ground: W1, W3

 

I decided to make an Easel Card to showcase these gorgeous I Am Roses flowers:

R43-426 Mixed Rainbow Pastel Paper Roses

S3-166 Mint Green Cherry Blossoms

S10-427 Small All Mixed Paper Flowers

L 0-4 Tiny Pink and Green Leaves

 

 

The decorative papers and "life is beautiful" sentiment is from a 12x12 paper pad called Recollections C'est La Vie (from Michaels). The ribbon and pearls are from Walmart.

 

 

Now, don't forget to come play along with us on the IAR Challenge Blog using flowers from the IAR STORE. You have until AUGUST 8th to link up your project, but remember you must use at least 2 items from I Am Roses. I can't wait to see what you make!

 

Hugs,

Rosie