Happy Birthday @ Inspired stamps

Beautiful mornings all :)
I am popping in today for

Inspired Stamps 

This week we were asked to play with Birthday cards in a set of three.

I don't think anyone can have too many of these in their stash.

Now I just feel in love with the Spring Sketches set when I received it and could not wait to ink it up, so it seemed perfect for this occasion!

I played with three different color combos, 

Firstly Red

Secondly green

And lastly a gorgeous mustard color that would go perfectly for the guys.

Again this week I have gone C&S (for a change) and I really am finding I am enjoying the challenge of making C&S cards more with each one.

Don't fear though :)
I still love my layered lovelies and when I do get the time to sit down and craft them, I fall into an abyss of pleasure going through all my stashed goodies lol 

As always the team have some stunning inspirations to share with you over on the

 Inspired Stamps Blog

So be sure to drop by with your peepers!

Thank you for stopping into see me today and sharing my Inspired Stamps creation with you!
I look forward to sharing another with you next Thursday :) 

Happy Crafting till then! 

Recipe -

Stamp(s) - Inspired Stamps - Spring Sketches

Paper(s) -   White/ red / green/ mustard cardstock
Tools - Spellbinders - Assorted leaves

Embellishment(s) -Stampin up inks, bling, ribbon, spellbinders precious metals. 

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Alphabet @ Inspired Stamps

Welcome back to another Thursday with

Inspired Stamps 

This week we are showcasing Alphabet stamps!

And I used the April New Release ... 

Typewritter Text : Uppercase

The moment Mr Postman delivered me this stamp set to play with I had ideas running wild through my head!  I had a feeling this stamp would look gorgeous made into toy building blocks for a baby card and I really do love this card.  I added some faux stitching with light blue gel pen around the edges, some ribbon and a felt embellishment and wella!

We all have at least one alphabet stamp in our stash that we could all use more,

so for some more great ideas on using them,

check out what the girls have done with theirs over on the

 Inspired Stamps Blog

Thank you for stopping into see me today and sharing my Inspired Stamps creation with you!
I look forward to sharing another with you next Thursday :) 

Happy Crafting till then! 

Recipe -

Stamp(s) - Inspired Stamps - Typewritter Text : Uppercase

Paper(s) -   White Carstock & Kraft
Tools - Spellbinders - Small and Large Squares

Embellishment(s) -Ribbon, TH Distress Ink (Tea Stain), Felt Embellishment, gel Pen.

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Mother's Day @ Inspired Stamps

Mornings all :)

Wow! The weeks are just flying by! Where does time go?

Here we again on Thursday and I have another

Inspired Stamps 

card to share with you all :)

This week we were asked to make a Mother's Day card!
So I decided to make one for my M-I-L.

I just love the Friendship's Flowers stamps from Inspired Stamps and sadly as we will not be seeing my Mother In Law on Mother's Day this year, this sentiment goes perfectly for the occasion!  She adores red and white so I am sure she is going to love this :)

Lined up on the

 Inspired Stamps Blog 
you will see some La La Licious creations from the Inspired Stamps Team, 
so please do pop on over for a visit! 

Thank you for stopping into see me today and sharing my Inspired Stamps creation with you!
I look forward to sharing another with you next Thursday :) 

Happy Crafting till then! 

Recipe -

Stamp(s) - Inspired Stamps - Friendship's Flowers

Paper(s) -   White and Red Cardstock.
Tools - Dry Embossing, Spellbinders Nestabilities Fancy Tags 2

Embellishment(s) -Ribbon, TH Distress Ink (Tea Stain), DMC Embroidery Thread, Stampin Up Cabin Log Mist.

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Untie the ribbons

Mornings :) 

I found myself playing in the craftroom last night so I thought I would pop in and share what Mojo and I managed to make. 

This fortnight the JustRite Friday challenge is a sketch.  

The instant I saw the sketch, Mojo stirred and I just had to play along, and so we did! 

 This is the sketch we had to work with. 

I don't know what it is that grabbed me about this sketch, but the 'just had to' moment got stuck on me. I was worried it was a little 'C&S' so I added bling highlights to the embossed damask background, used glitter paper for the flower and I adore this sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace October kit.

I do love how beautiful this turned out, and as the challenge has only just opened, I think there may be a high chance of another play with this yet :) 

Thank you for taking the time to drop in to see me today :) 

Recipe -

Stamp(s)- Sentiment - Amazing Paper Grace October Kit

Paper(s) - White / Black / Kraft cardstock

Tools - Damask Embossing Folder, Spellbinders - Labels Twenty-Five, Twenty-Eight & Jewel Flowers and Flourishes.

 Embellishment(s) – TH Tea Stain Distress inks, Ribbon from stash, Stampin Up Brad

  
Challenges this creation is entering with the help of the Feline Playful Girls:

JustRite Friday Challenge - Sketch Fri F/N

Stampin' Royalty - Ribbon and Pearls Wed C3

The Artist Stamper - Texture OTD

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New Release & WIN @ Inspired Stamps

Mornings :)

I am really excited to share my Inspired Stamps card with you all this week!

Why ??? 

 Cause it is 

NEW RELEASE TIME!

 and WOW! Do we have some great new stamps in the store today!

I was given the new Type Writer Font in both Caps and small font to play with and ideas just overflowed with what to do with them! 

I have been itching to make a Menu board for the family and the Type Writer font stamps were just what I needed to get the job done!

This Menu Board has taken pride and place on the buffet in the kitchen.  Not only am I so much more organised, but the whole family is no longer constantly nagging me all afternoon on what is for tea!  Seriously! I should have made one of these years ago!

We have a great range of NEW STAMPS and ...
If you pop on over to the 
 Inspired Stamps Blog 
LEAVE US A COMMENT there ... 
 and you have a chance to win one of the new sets!

So ...

 What you waiting for ??? 
Pop on over to the

 Inspired Stamps Blog 

Thank you for stopping into see me today and sharing my Inspired Stamps creation with you!
I look forward to sharing another with you next Thursday :) 

Happy Crafting till then! 

Recipe -

Stamp(s) - Inspired Stamps - April Release - Type Writter Font

Paper(s) -   kaisercraft, Cardstock
Tools - Spellbinders

Embellishment(s) -Flowers from stash

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Coloring @ Inspired Stamps

Good mornings all :) 

Being Thursday means it is time for an

Inspired Stamps 
 card :)

This week we were asked to focus on our favourite coloring medium ... 
Being honest, coloring is not one of my favorite things to do so ... 
I thought I would take the challenge and use color to focus and highlight one of my favorite silhouettes stamps from Inspired Stamps - Be Still Silhouettes

To create the spotlighted circle, I used watercolor ink and droplets of water to give the ink texture.

The girls have all been coloring up a storm this week!
So be sure to pop on over to the

 Inspired Stamps Blog 

Thank you for stopping into see me today and sharing my Inspired Stamps creation with you!
I look forward to sharing another with you next Thursday :) 

Happy Crafting till then! 

Recipe -

Stamp(s) - Inspired Stamps - Be Still Silhouettes

Paper(s) -   White Cardstock.
Tools - Staz On - Black, Stampin Up Bashful Blue ink

Embellishment(s) -Ribbon, Bling, butterfly sticker.

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Spring @ Inspired Stamps

Mornings dear friends :)
Today, the Inspired Stamps girls and I are
crafting my second favorite season ...

Spring!

I really do love this season for the opportunity of playing with pastel colors and today the mood took me to gorgeous purples and the scripture from the Inspired Stamps, Be Still Silhouettes.

 I am utterly in love with the Stampin Up Square Lattice embossing folder at the moment (craze I am going through lol) and today I have mixed it up with a Spellbinder die from the Amazing Paper Grace kit club.  A few little butterflies from the Ek Sucess Butterfly border punch, a touch of ribbon, flower and some pearls all finished off with a light ink distress. 

I have been very fortunate to have a peak preview at what the girls have made for this week and there is some yummy samples over on the Inspired Stamps Blog, so be sure to head on over and have a looksie too! 

 Inspired Stamps Blog

Thank you for stopping into see me today and sharing my Inspired Stamps creation with you!
I look forward to sharing another with you next Thursday :) 

Happy Crafting till then! 

Recipe -

Stamp(s) - Inspired Stamps - Be Still Silhouettes

Paper(s) -   Kraft Cardstock, White Cardstock
Tools - Amazing Paer Grace Dies, Stampin Up Sqaure Lattice Embossing Folder, EK Sucess Butterfly Border Punch. 

Embellishment(s) -Distress inks, Purple Ink, Kindy Glitz, Bling from stash, Feather, Flower from Stash

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Shine your light - Play Time :)

Peek-a-boo people :) 

Popping in quickly to share a card that I had been itching to

 make all week but only tonight got the time to sit and play! 

To help inspire me a little more with the 'Try' the C&S look,

 I am playing along with the adorable color combo theme this week at 

Less is More!

It is a delicious combo that I just could not pass up lol and I think this would have to be my favourite C&S card by far yet!  And Ssshhhh I am really getting a fondness for this style sssshhhh

So here we go .... 

 

 This is the Inspiration pic and colors I played along with. 

Just delicious hey?  See why I just had to play along :)

 

 A side view. 

 Close up of the focal point and sentiment.

 

My camera doesn't do the butterfly justice :( 

 It is coated with clear kindy glitz and just shines and sparkles beautifully. 

I really do love the simple elegance of this card and so happy with myself that I still managed to combine all the things I love with the pearls, ribbon, bling and a little touch of distressing on the butterfly and yet still managed to make it C&S with lots of 'white space'.  

Anyways my good folks, it is way past this Cinderella's bed time as she has to work in the morning so I am going to love and leave you till laters :) 

Thanks for calling past to see me :)

Till next time ....

Recipe -
Image / Sentiment - Amazing Paper Grace - Just Rite Stamps

Paper(s) -  Kraft,.White Cardstock, Bella Pink Glitz
Tool(s)- Spellbinders Large Squares, Spellbinders Small Squares, Spellbinders Les Papillions Butterflies

Embellishment(s) -  TH Tea Dye Distress Ink, Sepia Archival Ink, Ribbon (stash), Stampin Up Antique Brad, Flourish with a bling (Rose pink flourish), Embroidery thread, Clear Kindy Glitz, Kaisercraft white pearls. 

Challenges this creation is entering with the help of the Feline Playful Girls:

Less is More - Week 109 Color Combo Sat E1/- C5

Flutterby Wednesday's - #230 Open Challenge Wed 

Addicted To Stamps and More - Clean and simple Wed C5

Word Art Wednesday - Encouraging Sentiment Wed  

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Scripture @ Inspired Stamps

 Mornings all :)

Wow! The weeks are just flying by! Where does time go?

Here we again on Thursday and I have another

Inspired Stamps 

card to share with you all :)

This week it was free play! Love those! And I thought I would do exactly that ... play!  I have had the adorable Love Is set from Inspired Stamps sitting on the side of my desk itching to be played with since forever.  The verse in this set is just amazing and it is one of my favourites and I really do just adore the last verse of this, so ... today was a play with some masking!

 Love never fails ... I don't know what it is about this line, but my heart just stops, reflects and feels soothed. Again, I am playing around with my style :$  One of my new years resolution was to attempt more C&S cards and really try this style out, I still love the shabby / grunge look and the loads of embellishments though and it always find a way or part way in somehow lol.     

All the girls on the team are sharing creations today so please do drop by

 Inspired Stamps Blog 
and share some love with them!

Thank you for stopping into see me today and sharing my Inspired Stamps creation with you!
I look forward to sharing another with you next Thursday :) 

Happy Crafting till then! 

Recipe -

Stamp(s) - Inspired Stamps - Love Is 

Paper(s) -   White & kraft Cardstock,
Tools - Dry Embossing, Die cuts.

Embellishment(s) -Twine, Flourish with a Bling pearl flourish, Prima flower.

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Easter Card Set @ Inspired Stamps

Mornings dear friends :)

Inspired Stamps 

Is really on the ball this week and the girls and I are hopping to inspire you all to get ready for the next celebration of the season ...

Easter!

I must admit, this is one season that usually gets neglected and overlooked in my house and this year Easter is even earlier than normal being the last weekend in March.  So what better theme than to focus our attention on some Easter sets and that is actaully what we are doing this week!

I think that one of the reasons I can easily overlook this season is as I don't have many Easter stamps :( But alas I let my mind wonder to the season of spring and it didn't take long for an idea to pop into my mind using the Flower Buds stamps from Inspired Stamps.  These adorable little flowers remind me of violets and just sing spring to me!
 

 The set together .

Close up of card 1

 Close up of Card 2

Close up of Card 3

 All together again :)

Have you noticed a habbit of late?  I am really trying my hand at C&S!  I do love the look of C&S but in my own cards and attempts at C&S I have never felt like I have ever done the card enough justice nor have I ever been entirly happy with the end result.  One of my new years resolution was to attempt this style more often and as I do more and more of them, I think I am beginning to get better at them.  Mind you ... For a card with such minamal compaired to my normal over embellished ones, C&S seems to take me twice as long as I constantly question myself and every step! lol

This was a really fun set to put together though!  To use the one image in 3 very different ways was challenging and rather rewarding when I was finished.  I am still amazed at the variety of looks and styles you can achieve this way.  The flowers have all been stamped and white embossed and then colored with water color pencils.  For card 2, I stamped and colored an extra flower and toiled it up to make the flower deminsional.  I do love them all, though card 1 with the 3 flowers along the bottom is really hitting a soft spot with me :$

As always, the Inspired Stamps girls have some inspiration to share with you too! 

So please do drop by the blog and see them!

You won't be disapointed with sets they have to show you.

 Inspired Stamps Blog

Thank you for stopping into see me today and sharing my Inspired Stamps creation with you!
I look forward to sharing another with you next Thursday :) 

Happy Crafting till then! 

Recipe -

Stamp(s) - Inspired Stamps - Flower Buds

Paper(s) -   Kraft Cardstock, Scraps Cardstock
Tools - Spellbinders Scallop Squares & Large Squares

Embellishment(s) -Distress inks, Water color pencils, white embossing powder, ribbon, bling.

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