Valentine Love Bug Themed Mini Blog Hop - FREEBIES & Inspiration

Yay!  Today’s the day for our mini blog hop! 

Its time for another one of our fun blog hops and this time round our theme is L♥VE.

There are four of us in today’s blog hop, Debbie from Paper Pulse and I who have created some .studio and SVG  fun cutting designs (and I also included PNG files which are suitable for digital scrapbooking templates) and then we are fortunate enough to have two talented crafters, Helen from Pinky Paper Craft and my sister Nina from Notes by Nina who’ve helped us showcase our designs by making them into some beautiful things!

Here’s the design I whipped up for you - a sweet little lady/love bug!

I’ve used scraps of paper I had hanging about so unfortunately I can't identify this Designer Paper, however both stamps sets used are Studio G. 

Isn’t this bug just the most cutest?

I embossed its wings with clear embossing powder which created a “shellac”, and the little legs are long enough that if you wanted you could possibly get this sweet little critter to stand up.  I think it would be delightful to stick it on top of someone’s computer monitor or on a patio sliding glass window using a glue dot.

This design is for your own personal use.  If you would like to sell items made with my design you need to ask me permission by emailing me at lalalime(at)hotmail{dot}com

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Next, you must hop hop HOP on over to Debbie’s blog to see her sweet design.  I believe she has 2 for you today - both fabulous!  I chose to make the following card using Debbie’s Scalloped Lace Heart Edge Card cut:

 

I am always so impressed with the intricate, exotic cuts Debbie creates and this one is take-your-breath-away gorgeous.  Her cut includes the little heart pocket on the front.  I don’t show it in these photos but I lined the inside of the card (writing area) with a patterned rose print paper on the right hand side, for 1 inch which complements the color of the front through the lattice pattern.

Designer Paper  by my dear friend Kristin Cronin Barrow from her BOHO Chic collection.  This paper is a “gloss” design on very thick paper which made it ideal for this sort of a project. 

• So now hop on over to Debbie’s over at Paper Pulse to pick up this delightful design! 
• Then, hop over to Helen’s at Pinky Paper Craft to see how she used our designs -
• And finally HOP over to Nina’s at Notes by Nina to see what she cooked up! 

NOTE: some of us ladies are on different time zones so if one of our blogs is not “live” when you are here, PLEASE check back in a day.  Its so hard to co-ordinate!  Thanks for your patience.

And since its a L♥VE theme won’t you take a moment out of your super busy day to leave each of my talented friends (and sis-tur) some comment love to make their day?

♥♥♥

Love  bears  all   things,

Believes  all  things,

Hopes  all  things,

Endures  all  things.

1 Corinthians 13:7

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