Little Darlings Challenges

Challenge 18 - Pearls

2012-02-22T00:01:00.001-05:00

Little Darlings Challenge 18

Thank you for joining our last challenge 'Favorite Embellishment'.
I also want to thank everyone once again for joining our Blog Hop! We really enjoyed all of the comments on the projects and our new 'Cutie Pies'.

1^st place chosen by DT - 106. Natalie Z
The 1st place prize is a $15 merchandise voucher to Little Darlings Rubber Stamps plus the Little Darlings Challenge Winner Badge.

Here is her gorgeous 1st place card

2^nd place chosen by DT - 133. Karina
wins 1 free Little Darlings stamp of her choice plus a Little Darlings Top 3 badge

3^rd place chosen at random - 1. Carol
wins a random Little Darlings stamp and Little Darlings Top 3 badge

Congratulations Ladies!
Please send me an email at StampinMindy (AT) Yahoo.com and feel free to grab your badges from our sidebar.

Now on to our next challenge, which is 'Pearls'.

Remember you don't have to use Little Darlings images, but if you do and you're the 1st place winner, you will win a $25 merchandise gift voucher to the
Little Darlings Rubber Stamp Store. If you win 1st place with any other stamp, you will win a $15 merchandise gift voucher to Little Darlings Rubber Stamps.

Feast your eyes on some gorgeous creations by our amazing designers!

Angela

Janiel

Mindy

Sara

Alberto

You have until March 13th to enter our challenge.

Cutie Pie Blog Hop Winner!

2012-02-15T13:43:00.001-05:00

Hello everyone!

Thank you all so much for such lovely compliments on the new Cutie Pie Stamps which are available at wwwLittleDarlingsRubberStamps.com.

The Blog Hop was amazing! Our Designers and Guest Designers really went above and beyond with their creations. Thank you all so much for the inspiration!

Now for the winner of our Blog Hop Candy...

Comment # 30 Stacey G

Congratulations!

Please email me your mailing address at StampinMindy AT Yahoo .com so we can get your goodies out to you.

We still have our Challenge running for another week.

You can enter your Favorite Embellishments projects here!

Let's have another look of our fabulous designers creations!

We hope you will join us for our

'Favorite Embellishments Theme'.

Little Darlings' Cutie Pie Blog Hop and Challenge 17!

2012-02-08T00:01:00.002-05:00

Hello crafty friends!

Today we are having a blog hop to showcase a new line from Little Darlings Rubber Stamps called...

'Cutie Pies'.

We have a wonderful line up of Guest Designers to go along with our super talented Design Team.

Not only are you going to be knocked off your feet by all of the inspiration, but you are going to just love these new images.

They are on sale as of today at
Little Darlings Rubber Stamps.

What would a blog hop be without a little CANDY!

Little Darlings - ‘Up, Up and Away’ stamp

3 – 6x6 paper pads

3 – KaiserCraft flower packs

To enter our candy please do the following:

-become a follower of this blog (if you aren't already)

-post our candy photo on your side bar

- leave us a comment on this post and tell us what you think of our 'Cutie Pies'!

You have until February 15th to leave a comment to enter the candy!

Now to get hopping!

Here's our blog hop order in case you loose your way.

Little Darlings Challenge Blog (You are here)

I hope you enjoy the hop!

Little Darlings Challenge 17

Thank you for joining our last challenge 'Polka Dots'.
There's so many beautiful entries, but there can only be one 1st place project.

1^st place chosen by DT - 87. Jill
The 1st place prize is a $15 merchandise voucher to Little Darlings Rubber Stamps plus the Little Darlings Challenge Winner Badge.

Here is her gorgeous 1st place card

2^nd place chosen by DT - 78. Renkata
wins 1 free Little Darlings stamp of her choice plus a Little Darlings Top 3 badge

3^rd place chosen at random - 53. Pat W.
wins a random Little Darlings stamp and Little Darlings Top 3 badge

Congratulations Ladies!
Please send me an email at StampinMindy (AT) Yahoo.com and feel free to grab your badges from our sidebar.

Now on to our next challenge, which is 'Favorite Embellishments'.

Remember you don't have to use Little Darlings images, but if you do and you're the 1st place winner, you will win a $25 merchandise gift voucher to the
Little Darlings Rubber Stamp Store. If you win 1st place with any other stamp, you will win a $15 merchandise gift voucher to Little Darlings Rubber Stamps.

You've already seen our Designer samples above and should be sufficiently inspired. So get movin' to your craft room and get creative!!!

You have until February 21st to enter our challenge.
Good Luck!

Challenge 16 - Polka Dots

2012-01-25T00:01:00.007-05:00

Little Darlings Challenge 16

Thank you for joining our last challenge 'Favorite Color'. Such gorgeous entries. It makes it very difficult to choose the 1st and 2nd place winners! We have to choose and here's our design teams favorites...

1^st place chosen by DT - #11 Shelby
The 1st place prize is a $15 merchandise voucher to Love To Stamp plus the Little Darlings Challenge Winner Badge. Yay Shelby!!!

Here is her BEAUTIFUL 1st place card

2^nd place chosen by DT - #36 Lena Katrine
wins 1 free Little Darling stamp of her choice plus a Little Darlings Top 3 badge

3^rd place chosen at random - #27 - Pinky
wins a random Little Darlings Stamp and Little Darlings Top 3 badge

Congratulations Ladies!
Please send me an email at StampinMindy (AT) Yahoo.com and feel free to grab your badges from our sidebar.

Now on to our next challenge, which is 'Polka Dots'.

Remember you don't have to use Little Darlings images, but if you do and you're the 1st place winner, you will win a $25 merchandise gift voucher to the Love to Stamp store. If you win 1st place with any other stamp, you will win a $15 merchandise gift voucher to Love to Stamp.

Here's our Design Team's creations.

Sara

Angela

Alberto

Janiel

Ruby

Challenge 15 - Favorite Color.

2012-01-11T00:01:00.006-05:00

Little Darlings Challenge 15

Thank you for joining our last challenge 'Cold'. You all did a fabulous job.
As you all know we are now having a 'Top 3'. The 1st and 2nd place winners are chosen by our fabulous designers and our third place winner is chosen at random.

Now for our winners of the 'Snow' Challenge.

1^st place - #58. Renkata
The 1st place prize is a $15 merchandise voucher to Love To Stamp plus the Little Darlings Challenge Winner Badge. But, since Renkata used a Little Darlings stamp as the main image on her project, her prize is increased to a $25 merchandise gift voucher. Yay Renkata!!!

Here is her BEAUTIFUL 1st place card

2^nd place - #55. Tracy MacDonald
wins 1 free Little Darling stamp of her choice plus a Little Darlings Top 3 badge

3^rd place - #22. Sara I.
wins a random Little Darlings Stamp and Little Darlings Top 3 badge

Congratulations Ladies!
Please send me an email at StampinMindy (AT) Yahoo.com.

Now on to our next challenge, which is 'Favorite Color'.

Here's our Design Team's creations.

Angela

Mindy

Challenge 14 - Cold

2011-12-28T00:01:00.010-05:00

Little Darlings Challenge 14

Thank you for joining our last challenge 'Christmas'. We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and look forward to a crafty 2012 with you all!
Our lucky winner chosen at random is.....

#32 Lori

Congratulations!
Please send me an email at StampinMindy (AT) Yahoo.com.

We are going to start 2012 a little different with our challenges.
We are now going to have a 'Top 3'!!!
Here's how it will work.

1^st place (chosen by the DT) - $15 merchandise voucher to LTS (Love To Stamp) plus the LD Challenge Winner Badge (this prize will be increased to $25 if you win with a LD stamp)

2^nd place (chosen by the DT) – 1 free LD stamp of their choice plus a LD Top 3 badge

3^rd place (chosen by random.org) - A Random LD Stamp and LD Top 3 badge

Now on to our next challenge, which is 'Cold'.

Here's our Design Team's creations.

Alberto - GDT

Janiel

Myrna

Sara

Angela

Mindy

Ruby

Challenge 13 - Christmas

2011-12-14T01:16:00.004-05:00

Little Darlings Challenge 13

Thank you for joining our last challenge 'Thank You'. There were some gorgeous entries.
Our lucky winner chosen at random is.....

7. ***Céline***

Congratulations!
Please send me an email at StampinMindy (AT) Yahoo.com.

Now for our next challenge, which is 'Christmas'.

Remember you don't have to use Little Darlings images, but if you do, you could win a $20 merchandise gift voucher to the Love to Stamp store. If you use any other stamp you could win a $10 merchandise gift voucher to Love to Stamp.

Here's our Design Team's creations.

Alberto - GDT

Myrna

Ruby

Little Darlings Winter Release Available NOW!

2011-11-28T00:01:00.001-05:00

We have 3 new Winter images being released today.

Please visit the Love to Stamp Store Blog to see samples from our talented designers and guest designers.

Please scroll down for our 'Thank You' Challenge,

Thanks!

Challenge 12 - Thank You

2011-11-23T00:01:00.002-05:00

Little Darlings Challenge 12

Thank you for joining our last challenge, 'Silver Bells'. All of the entries were amazing.
Our lucky winner is.....

#1 An

Congratulations!
Please send me an email at StampinMindy (AT) Yahoo.com.

Now for our next challenge, which is 'Thank You'.

Here's our Design Team's creations.

First up we have a spectacular card from the mega talented Alberto!!! He is spending a couple months with us as a Guest Designer. I (Angie) have been following his work for quite some time now. I was so thrilled when he accepted my invitation to work with us for a while. He is super sweet and I just know that you will enjoy viewing his designs.

Alberto

Angie

Louise

Myrna

Ruby

Challenge 11 - Silver Bells

2011-11-09T00:01:00.000-05:00

Little Darlings Challenge 11

Thank you for joining our last challenge, 'Not Square'. All of you made some gorgeous creations. The lucky winner is..

#12 Ira

Congratulations!
Please send me an email at StampinMindy (AT) Yahoo.com.

Now for our next challenge, which is 'Silver Bells'.

Here's our Design Team's creations.

Angela

Myrna

Ruby

Challenge 10 - Not Square.

2011-10-26T00:01:00.009-04:00

Little Darlings Challenge 10

Thank you for joining for our Scor-Pal challenge and hop. The lucky winner is..

#14 Tracy H

Congratulations!
Please send me an email at StampinMindy (AT) Yahoo.com.

Now for our next challenge, which is 'Not Square'.

Here's Marianne, our October Guest Designer's project.

Here's our Design Team's creations.

Angela

Myrna

Ruby

Challenge 9 - Use a Scor-Pal or Scor-Buddy.

2011-10-13T00:01:00.002-04:00

Little Darlings Challenge 9

Thank you for joining for our Fall or Halloween Challenge. The lucky winner is..

#129 - Kate

Congratulations!
Please send me an email at StampinMindy (AT) Yahoo.com.

Now for our next challenge, which is to use a Scor-pal or Scor-Buddy.

Our Guest Designer for October is Marianne.

Here's her gorgeous project she created using her Scor-pal.

Here's our lovely Design Team's creations.

Angela

Myrna

Ruby

Blog Hop!

2011-10-12T00:01:00.001-04:00

Our Little Darlings Challenge will be posted on Thursday.

We have a Blog Hop with Scor-Pal today at 7am EST.

Please visit the Love to Stamp Store Blog for details and for your chance to win the entire Fall/Halloween Collection!

See you tomorrow!

Challenge 8 Fall or Halloween

2011-09-28T00:01:00.001-04:00

Little Darlings Challenge 8

Thank you for joining is our Brown and Red Challenge. The lucky winner is..

#16 Carol of Carol's World

Congratulations!
Please send me an email at StampinMindy (AT) Yahoo.com.

Now for our next challenge which is Fall or Halloween.

Our Guest Designer for October is Marianne.

Congratulations!

Please email me at StampinMindy (AT) yahoo.com so we can get you all set up for next month!

Here's our lovely Design Team's creations using Fall or Halloween.

Angela

Myrna

Challenge 7 - Brown and Red

2011-09-14T00:01:00.002-04:00

Little Darlings Challenge 7

Thank you all so much for joining us in our Pleats or Ruffles Challenge. The lucky winner is...

#16 - Shelby

Congratulations! Please send me an email at StampinMindy (AT) Yahoo.com.

Now for our next challenge which is Brown and Red.

We are looking for a Guest Designer for the Month of October.

If you are interested please add GDT after your name. As a Guest Designer you will get to choose 2 Little Darlings Stamps and participate in both challenges in October!

We have some sad news. Lena and Barbara have both stepped down from the design team.

We will miss you both! Thank you for all you did during your time as a Little Darlings Design Team Member. We will all see you both out in blogland!

Here's our lovely Design Team's creations using Brown and Red.

Angela

Sara

Challenge 6 - Ruffles or Pleats

2011-08-24T00:01:00.003-04:00

Little Darlings Challenge 6

Thank you all so much for participating in our School Days Challenge. The winner is...

#37 Zulma

Congratulations! Please send me an email at StampinMindy (AT) Yahoo.com.

Now for our next challenge which is Pleats or Ruffles.

Here's our guest designer, Tammy Louise card. This is her last card for the month. Thank you for joining us! We enjoyed having you.

Guest Designer Tammy

Now feast your eyes on some amazing creations from our fabulous Design Team!

Mindy

Challenge 5 - School Days!

2011-08-10T00:01:00.003-04:00

Little Darlings Challenge 5

Thank you all so much for participating in our Girly Challenge. All of the entries were so lovely! Our random winner from the last challenge is...

#39 - Shari

Congratulations! Please send me an email at StampinMindy (AT) Yahoo.com.

Now for our next challenge which is School Days. Perfect for our new stamps!

We have 2 new additions to our Little Darlings Design Team!

Welcome
Louise Fraenell & Sara Winter.

Thank you so much ladies for joining us. We are so excited and lucky to have you both.

We also have Tammy Louise joining us this month. She will be our guest designer for both challenges this month. From now on we will have a new Guest Designer each month.

Our next Guest Designer Call will be on August 24th so mark your calendar!

Guest Designer Tammy

Tammy embossed the globe like a real globe, very clever! Here's a better photo.

Challenge 4 - Girly

2011-07-27T00:01:00.003-04:00

Little Darlings Challenge 4

Thank you all so much for participating in our last challenge, Buttons and Brads. All of the entries were beautiful! Our random winner from the last challenge is...

#31 - Carly Baker

Congratulations! Please send me an email at StampinMindy (AT) Yahoo.com

Our Guest Designer for the month of August is ...

Tammy Louise

Tammy's card is absolutely gorgeous! Thank you so much Tammy for applying.
Please email me at StampinMindy(AT)yahoo.com and we will get you all set up!

Now for our next challenge which is Girly.

We hope you will join us! You will have until August 9th to get your entry in.

Don't forget to visit us for the rest of the week on the Love to Stamp Blog for the
Back to School Sneak Peeks!

Now some inspiration from the fabulous design team.

Challenge 3 - Buttons and Brads or Eyelets

2011-07-13T00:01:00.005-04:00

Little Darlings Challenge 3

Thank you all so much for participating in our last challenge, Favorite Color Combo. All of the entries were amazing! Our random winner from the last challenge is...

#42 - Bettina

Congratulations! Please send me an email at StampinMindy (AT) Yahoo.com

Now for our next challenge which is Buttons and Brads or Eyelets.

Remember you don't have to use Little Darlings images. But if you do, and your project is selected as the winning project, you will win the entire next Little Darlings release!!! If you use any other stamp and win, you will win a $10 merchandise gift voucher. The winner will be selected by Random.org.

Want to be our next guest designer???

If you would like to be a Little Darlings Guest Designer, please place GDT after your name when linking your project below. The GDT will be selected by the DT. You will recieve 2 LD stamps to use for the August LD Challenges (and anywhere else that you like).

We hope you will join us! You will have until July 26th to get your entry in.

Now some inspiration from the fabulous design team.

Challenge 2 - Favorite Color Combo

2011-06-22T00:01:00.007-04:00

Little Darlings Challenge 2

Thank you so much for participating in or first challenge. All of the creations were gorgeous!!

The random winner of our Summer challenge is..

#2 Mary Lou

Can you please email me at StampinMindy (AT) yahoo.com you have won yourself a $10 voucher to the Love to Stamp Store!

On to our 2nd challenge! Our theme is to use your favorite color combo!

Remember you can use ANY STAMP to enter our challenges!

If you use a Little Darlings Stamp you will win a $20 voucher to the Love to Stamp Store.

If you are using another stamp and you win, you will win a $10 voucher.

Here's some inspiration from the amazing Design Team!

Barbara

We hope you will join us.

You will have until July 12th to enter!

Challenge 1 - Summer Theme

2011-06-08T00:01:00.003-04:00

Little Darlings Challenge 1

Welcome to our first challenge. Our theme is Summer. We want to see any Summer project. You can use ANY STAMP. So get out all those papers and embellishments that remind YOU of Summer! The winner of this challenge will be chosen randomly. If you win and use a Little Darlings Stamp you will win a $20 voucher to the Love to Stamp Store! If you use any other stamp you will win a $10 voucher to the Love to Stamp Store!

Before we get to the amazing creations by the Little Darlings Design team, we have some prizes to give away from the Little Darlings Grand Opening Contest. Thank you so much to those who participated!

1^st prize - $50 store voucher, plus 2 LD stamps of your choice WINNER - Kim G

2^nd prize - $25 store voucher, plus 1 LD stamp of your choice WINNER - Robin B.

3^rd prize - $15 store voucher, plus 1 LD stamp of your choice WINNER - Maz

Congratulations Ladies! Please Email me at StampinMindy (AT) Yahoo.com

Now here's some inspiration from the Design Team.

Thanks so much for visiting. We hope you will play along. Please upload your creations by Tuesday June 21st.

Little Darlings Blog Hop and Contest!

2011-05-27T00:01:00.000-04:00

Welcome to our very first 'Little Darlings' blog hop!

We have lots of stuff going on today! We have some amazing Special Guest Designers along with our fabulous Design Team showing off 'Little Darlings' stamps. Make sure you visit all of these talented ladies. I promise you will not be disappointed!

Here's our Blog Hop Order, just in case you lose your way.

Little Darlings Challenge Blog

Mindy

Ruby

Angela

Suzanne

Lena

Dena

Myrna

Barbara

Sandie

Janiel

Magali

Angie

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BLOG CANDY

We have some awesome CANDY!

You can find all these fun products in the Love to Stamp Store.

All you need to do to enter is:

1. Leave a Comment on THIS post

2. Become a Follower on the Love to Stamp Store Blog AND Little Darlings Challenge Blog

3. Link back to this CANDY using either this banner or the Store Blinkie

Basic Grey ‘Life of the Party’ 6x6 paper pad
Basic Grey ‘Marjolaine’ 6x6 paper pad
Melissa Frances ‘Attic Treasures’ 6x6 paper pad
Webster’s Pages ‘Spring Market, Yacht Club & Country Estate’ 6x6 paper pad
Webster’s Pages ‘Bloomer’ ribbon – coordinates with the ‘Spring Market, Yacht Club & Country Estate’ collection
Webster’s Pages ‘Pinwheels Florettes’ – coordinates with the ‘Spring Market, Yacht Club & Country Estate’ collection
Marianne Design Creatables ‘Corners 1’ die
Zva Creative mini roses – blue and lime
Plus 2 Little Darlings images of their choice

We will choose one random commenter to win the loot on May 25th!

Wait there's MORE!

CONTEST TIME

We will be having a Contest for the next 2 weeks. The contest will be be to make any project using 'Little Darlings' stamps. Easy enough, right? Plus where there's a contest, there are prizes!!

1^st prize - $50 store voucher, plus 2 LD stamps of your choice

2^nd prize - $25 store voucher, plus 1 LD stamp of your choice

3^rd prize - $15 store voucher, plus 1 LD stamp of your choice

How's that for motivation! The first and second place winners will be hand selected by our Design Team and the 3rd place winner will be chosen randomly. You will have until 12:00 a.m. GMT -5 (EST) on June 8th to enter.

Be sure to leave a DIRECT LINK to your project and your NAME/EMAIL ADDRESS in the inLinkz collection at the bottom of this post.

If you haven't ordered your 'Little Darlings' stamps now is the time to do so. You don't want to miss out on this contest!!!

Please ONLY use inlinks for the Contest. To enter the CANDY leave a comment!

Little Darlings Blog Candy WINNER!!

2011-05-26T20:05:00.000-04:00

Hello everyone!

Wasn't the Blog Hop just fantastic! The Designers and Guest Designers really did an amazing job. Thank you to all that participated and for the lovely comments that you gave.

Now for the winner of the amazing CANDY!!!

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

Timestamp: 2011-05-26 23:53:39 UTC

Comment number 15 is Robyn

Congratulations!

Robyn, can you please email me at StampinMindy (AT) yahoo.com. Please include your mailing address and the 2 Little Darlings Stamps of your choice!

Thanks again everyone.

Please don't forget about our Little Darlings Contest.

We have lot's more to give away so ink up those Little Darlings!!

Get to know Janiel!

2011-05-17T04:00:00.000-04:00

Hello....... My name is Janiel. I live in the land of sunshine. The Arizona desert in the USA. I have been married for 30 plus years now and have 3 grown sons. The youngest (23) is back home living with us again. So the nest is not empty anymore..I love to have him home with us!

I have been a crafty person my whole life and enjoy so many different types of crafty things. I just don't have time to get it all done. My favorite things in crafting is card making and quilting. I find time each day to do both of these things. It is like an addiction!!! LOL... just can't get enough of either!!

I started a blog in April 2009 it share my little cards and scrapbooking layouts. I found that there was a whole world out there that loved to do the same things as I. I have made so many friends all over the world!! It has been a big growing experience for me! I have found that my coloring really has grown since I first started this in 2009. I don't feel that my style has not changed. But what is my style??? I really don't know. But I am so big on details. All of the little things. I love to stuff my cards full of the little detail things!! Okay I have to say that I would have a hard time making my kind of cards without my favorite tool.. THE SEWING MACHINE! It is not very often that I don't sew on my cards. I love to sew all of the layer together and the look that it gives the card. But then I would have withdrawals if I couldn't sew something each and everyday. LOL...

My stamping goal. hummmmmmmmm I would have to say that I want and need to improve on my coloring skills. I just started to use copic markers on all of the image this past December. I have a lot to learn and would love to master this. Something else that I would love to learn is how to paint with distressed inks sometime in the near future.

Happy crafting, Janiel

Get to know Barbara!

2011-05-16T22:00:00.000-04:00

Barbara

Design Team Member

A big “Howdy” from Texas! I’m thrilled to be here and to share my creations and ideas with everyone! I've been into arts and crafts sense I could run with scissors and my main hobby is scrapbooking. However, I've been making cards for over nine years and my hobby room is overflowing. (Don’t worry, I’m sure I can fit more!) I discovered Copic markers a year ago and was thrilled at being able to combine two more enjoyable interests of mine - coloring and stamping.

Random facts about me: I also love to draw, read, take naps and play with toys – I’m just a kid at heart. I'm a night owl and make most of my cards after everyone goes to bed. As for the rest of the day, like most of us, I'm a headless chicken. Owls and chickens – ‘who’ knew they’d go so well together!

I live by the motto “A stamp a day keeps the stress away” and I look
forward to creating along side this amazing team! Ya’ll come back now!"

Barbara's 'Little Darling' Creation

Featuring 'Up, Up and Away'

Get to know Myrna!

2011-05-16T04:00:00.002-04:00

Myrna Irwin

Design Team Member

Hello, my name is Myrna Irwin. My husband and I of 34 years live in Southeastern Iowa. We both grew up in South Dakota I still miss the Western side of the state with Mt. Rushmore, Badlands, etc. In a heartbeat I would move to the mountains. We love hiking and I love taking pictures. We have one son who is majoring in Park Management. When Randy retires we'd love to go to whatever park he is at and volunteer there.

I started stamping in 1994. I quickly became immersed in scrapbooking as photography is my number one love. At the end of 2009 I was introduced to Magnolia and hAnglar stamps and of course Copics and quickly became addicted to them all.

I make cards as I did scrapbooking, my image is my main point. Right now I'm just using my Copics. I did try watercoloring it is something I'd like to try again.

I love using the Nestabilities I believe they add so much to a card. So, I guess I couldn't live without my Nestablilities and Big Shot.

My goals are to step outside my box more often and try new ideas and techniques. Also I'd like to get more proficient with my Copics.

I would like to thank Angie for giving me this opportunity to spread my wings and step outside my box. Looking forward to working with all the super talented ladies in this group.

Myrna Irwin's 'Little Darling' creation

Featuring 'Soooo Big'

Get to know Lena Katrine!

2011-05-15T10:00:00.000-04:00

Lena Katrine

Design Team Member

Name:
Lena Katrine Øien

Where you are from/grew up:
I'm a 35 years old girl who live in Osen, Norway, together with my 'hubby' for 15 years, our 2 children Angela aged 12 and Leander soon to be 10, and our lovely cat (the queen of the house) aged 13.

What's your stamping style:
I've been stamping and making cards for almost 5 years now, but it's still hard to describe my own style But I'm very fond of sweet images, layers of beautiful papers and lots of georgeous details on my creations

What's your favorite technique:
My all time favourite technique must be colouring images!!! I colour my images with Distress Ink, Promarkers or Prismacolors, but my favorite colouring technique at the moment is definitly Prismacolors. I love how I can go from real soft pastels to bold and bright colours with them, and that they are so easy to use/control.

Favorite tool you cannot craft without:
I'm totally addicted to my Cuttlebug and dies!!! I love the range of dies on the market, and all the possebilities they give when I'm creating.

Do you have a stamping goal:
My main goal with my crafting, is continuing having fun and enjoying my hobby. When my little dream about having my own craft room is coming true (Yey!) finally, I think I'm gonna enjoy it even more

Thank you so much Angie, for giving me this opportunity! I'm so looking forward to be working with this cute range of images, and to start this journey with this incredably talented team of ladies Lena Katrine's 'Little Darlings' Creation

Featuring 'Sailboat of Dreams'

Get to know Ruby!

2011-05-14T16:00:00.000-04:00

Ruby Montes

Design Team Member

Hello there Ruby here!!

I'm a mommie to 3 girls and 1 boy.Married to my High School sweetheart, Richard and we all reside in Chicago.

I LOVE anything related to crafting.
I started with scrapbooking over 9yrs ago and when i was invited to the Magnolia yahoo group is when i learned how to do cards.I've been doing cards for 3 yrs or so.

Now i can't seem to stop and loving every minute of it.
My favorite technique is stamping and colouring so I can't live without my copics I would say i haven't really thought of my style but I definately LOVE to create scenes with lots of layers.

My favorite pastime and what truly makes me happy is to spend as much time with my family outdoors.My family is my world that keeps me going everyday.

My goal is to strive to improve my colouring skills.To learn new techniques and mainly step out of my comfort zone.

I want to thank Angie for thinking of me on a special journey she's about to seize.I am very humbled and happy to be creating with such wonderful talented ladies. THANK YOU ♥

Ruby Montes' 'Little Darlings' Creation

Featuring 'Up, Up and Away'

Get to know Angela Wood!

2011-05-13T22:00:00.002-04:00

Angela Wood

Design Team Member

Hi there! My name is Angela Wood. I have lived in Connecticut most of my life. I have been married to my wonderful husband Brian since 1993 and we have 2 children, Elena (age 13) and Christina (soon to be 9). We have 2 cats and a dog (mini Australian Shephard). I work 2 days a week at the school in the "afterschool program" but am primarily a stay at home mom. Before discovering rubber stamping, I used to tole paint and cross stitch but have dropped all that when I discovered rubber stamping about 2 years ago. I love to color using Copics but am experimenting with Prisma pencils and Distress inks. My favorite tools are my Cricut machine and my Grand Calibur die cutting machine. My goal is to color using many different mediums (ie. pencils and watercolors) and improve on my copic coloring.

I am thrilled to get to work with so many talented designers and I look forward to getting to know you all better. Thank you, Angie, for asking me to be part of your new adventure.

Angela Wood's 'Little Darling' Creation

Featuring 'Going for a Ride'

Get to know Mindy!

2011-05-13T13:36:00.002-04:00

Mindy Baxter

Design Team Leader

Hello everyone! I'm Mindy also known as StampinMindy. I live in Southern California, where I grew up. I'm 29 years old and have 3 beautiful kids. My job is a stay at home mom, which is a job 24/7! When I'm not stamping I'm either cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, being a taxi, sometimes simultaneously.

I have been stamping for about 4 1/2 years. I've really come out of my shell in the last year! My favorite tools are my Copic Markers. I've only been using them for about a year and a half. I just love them. Coloring is my favorite part of card making. In the last 6 months masking has been my most used and favorite technique.

I am honored to be on the 'Little Darlings' design team, let alone be the design team leader with so many extremely talented designers!! I am so thrilled Angie asked me. She's been a very good friend of mine over the last year and I'm so happy to join her on this exciting journey!

Mindy Baxter's 'Little Darlings' Creation

'Soooo Big'

Get to know Angie Hunt!

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Angie Hunt

Love to Stamp Owner

I'm commonly known as Angela Hunt, but about a year and a half ago, I became 'ScrapGirl' and I've never looked back! I've lived in Michigan, USA all my life, but would move to a warmer climate if I could convince my parents to do the same. I'm married 11 years now to the most supportive and encouraging guy and we have a 7 year old son and a 9 year old Pembroke Welsh Corgi.

When in my studio, my favorite things to color with are watercolors and Copic markers. I usually gravitate towards darker, more muted colors and deep shadows. I love things to look very rich in color. Besides my paint brush and Copics, my favorite crafting tool would have to be the Big Shot.

With the opening of my 'Love To Stamp' store, the launch of my 'Little Darlings' rubber stamp line, and the start of this challenge blog, I am so thrilled to be seeing so many of my crafting dreams come true. Some of the most amazing crafters have joined this Design Team and I admire each and every one of their talents. Thank you ladies! You're all awesome!!! I want to extend a special "Thank you" to my most wonderful friend, Mindy Baxter. Mindy, without all of your help and creative ideas, this adventure would be a lot less fun, a lot more work for me, and probably not as successful as I hope it's going to be. Thank you so much sweetie

Angie's 'Little Darling' Creation

Featuring 'Going for a Ride'

Blog Hop News!

2011-05-09T00:01:00.001-04:00

What's Goin' On?

With the release of the all new Little Darlings rubber stamp line, the Design Team is going to put on a show for you!

The big day will be Wednesday, May 18th!

All of the DT ladies and some awesome GDT ladies will be showing the Little Darlings collection in the first ever
Little Darlings Blog Hop
May 18th!

It will be a feast for the eyes!

On that day, we'll also give you the details about a contest and some FABULOUS prizes!!!

One more thing!

The Love To Stamp Grand Opening is May 16th. Be sure to stop by the store early so you can take advantage of some special things that will be going on!!!

2011-04-29T21:12:00.002-04:00

Hello Everyone and Welcome to Little Darlings Challenges!

We're so excited to bring a new line of 'Darling' rubber stamps to life! The fantastic Design Team will be starting their sneak peeks on May 2nd so be sure to check out their blog sites. We also have some Guest Designers that will be showing off their talents with some more sneak peeks. Below is a list of the Designers and Guest Designers to make it easy for you.

Design Team

Angie Hunt (Owner)

Angela Wood
Barbara
Janiel Corley

Lena Katrine

Mindy Baxter

Myrna Irwin

Ruby Montes

Special Guests

Annika Ryan , Dena Concienne, Magali Araldo, Suzanne Dean, Zoe Mitc, Sandie Dunne,

You can also catch their sneak peeks on the Love To Stamp Store Blog along with info about what's new at the store.

Our first challenge will be on June 8th, 2011!
We can't wait to see you there!!!