Inspired by Stamping

Vintage Frames & Colleen Dietrich!

The lovely Colleen Dietrich has made another card today featuring the Vintage Frames Stamp Set! Click Here to hop on over to see all her gorgeous details!

IBSIC #30 ~ Sketch Challenge

Hello sweet crafty friends and welcome to a new week over at IBSI Challenge! We have a new sketch for you to try! Please hop on over to see the amazing design team and our guest designer too!

Our sketches are just to inspire you. Please feel free to switch up the sketch as I have done below.

Here is my card…

I switched up my sketch a little bit and placed my sentiment inside my circle. I used the Birthday Wishes and Graceful Hydrangea stamp set.

I used some IBS Seam Binding Ribbon and Scallop Border Crochet Trim. To create some shabby ribbon, I gently distressed the edges with some distress ink and then set the ink with my heat gun.

Here is a close up of the NEW Graceful Hydrangea stamp set Free with any $50 purchase from the Inspired by Stamping Store!

I added three IBS flowers along the circle die and some IBS leaves.

We hope you join us this week over at IBSIC! We look forward to seeing all your gorgeous creations with this week’s sketch!

A little something…

Hello friends! It’s been a great day in the craft room today. With the kiddos back to school, it is amazing how much you can get done without being interrupted. ;)

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I made some rolled flowers using pink paper that I crumbled and distressed. Click Here to watch how I make these flowers. Two things that are different then the video, I used a scalloped punch and didn’t roll the edges of the flowers down. But it is still the same technique.  I then added some old SU! glitter gold brads to the center. I snipped off the ends so that they would fit perfectly inside.

I stamped my birthday sentiment from the Birthday Greetings stamp set and then cut it out with a die.

Here is a close up of my butterfly from the Butterfly Wings stamp set. I cut it out and then added glitter to the wings.

I will be back tomorrow for the Whoo Hoo Wednesday tutorial.

Have a great day friends! Thank you for stopping by!

CAS Birthday Card

Happy Friday Blog Friends! It is sooo quiet here today as my three little ones are at their grandparents for a couple of days. I have enjoyed my time alone reading, meditating and sleeping. Hehe! It has been wonderful. I look forward to having them home tomorrow though. They are my heart and soul and I love them so dearly.

I have been busy behind the scenes getting ready for our October release in 10 days! I’ve been packaging new goodies, taking photos and getting the website ready! It’s all about Christmas this month! And we are ALL excited to share with you what’s going on here at Inspired by Stamping!

I took a little break today and created this CAS card…

I have lots of little scraps laying around and used them here with my card. For a little extra, I stitched along each piece of cardstock. To cover the uneven edges of  my cardstock, I used some Vintage Crochet Trim.

I adhered 3 IBS flowers to the corner and attached a tag from Fancy Tags Stamp Set. I then stamped “Happy Birthday” from the free Vintage Frames stamp set.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

Graceful Hydrangea Card by Kendra Sand

Hello sweet friends! Hop over to Kendra’s blog today! She is featuring the NEW Graceful Hydrangea stamp set! You can receive this stamp free with any $50 purchase this month at the Inspired by Stamping Store!

IBSIC #29 - Photo Inspiration

Hello friends! Its time for a new IBSIC challenge this week! And we have a great fall inspiration photo this week! We hope you join us!

Here is the photo inspiration...

And here is my card today!

I used the Big Treasures and Fancy Tags stamp sets for my card. So what do you think about the label die? I have some things that I am working on behind the scenes and would love some imput!

 

 I layered my sentiment with a Spellbinders Die and embossed the label too. I love the effect! 

I stitched around the edges and then added some Vintage Crochet Trim from the IBS store. I made a double bow with two colors of seam binding ribbon today. I just LOVE the bow maker that my FIL made me. The perfect bow everytime! 

Thank you for stopping by today! Please hop over to visit the IBSI challenge to see some more fabulous creations from the DT and our special guest designer!

 

Sneak Peek of the New Vintage Frames Stamp Set

Hello blog friends! Today, I have one more sneak peek of the new Vintage Frames 4x4 Stamp Set that will be available on October 1st at the Inspired by Stamping Store!

Before we get to the peeks, there are only 2 more days left before the Super September Sale at Inspired by Stamping ends! Stock up on all your favorite stamps, ribbons, tapes and embellishments. Sale ends September 30th at midnight!

Here is the new Shabby Vintage Frames Stamp Set! This set will come with two vintage frames. Each frame will fit in a Spellbinders rectangle die perfectly for easy cutting. This set also has three new lovely sentiments that will fit inside each frame.

Here is a close up of the frame! I stamped it in brown Memento ink. I then cut it using a Spellbinder rectangle die. To follow the curve of the top of the frame, I used a corner punch to round the top corners before distressing the edges.

I added the Scallop Border Crochet Trim and Cream Crochet Lace for some shabbiness. I then made a bow using some Pink Satin ribbon and added an Off White Flower from IBS.

I went all out again with shabbiness on my second card too using the NEW Vintage Frames stamp set! I stamped my frame in Light Pink ink and used Distress ink for my sentiment.

I again cut the frame using a Spellbinder Die and distressed the edges the same as the first card.

Lots of Inspired by Stamping flowers were used for my bouquet and some new White Seam Binding ribbon that will be available in a few weeks! I also used some gorgeous Vintage Crochet Trim along the border.

I hope you enjoyed today’s sneak peeks and Thursday’s too. If you missed Thursday’s, Please Click here!

Exciting news! We hit over 500 new followers over at Pinterest this week! Whoo Hoo! I will be back tomorrow with my top 10 pins of the week! I got heaps of feedback that you would like to see this every Sunday!

Sneak Peek & IBSIC #28 Cards

Are you ready for a new IBSIC sketch this week? The ladies and our talented guest designer have created some gorgeous cards. Here is the sketch…

This week we have a masculine sketch for you to try. Please don’t feel that you have to create the dreaded man card this week. This sketch is just to get you creativity a flowin!

Before we get to my cards…over the next few days I will be sharing with you a couple sneak peeks for next month. We will be releasing two new 4x4 stamp sets on October 1st. I just can’t wait to share with you all the details but I have to keep it a secret until the 1st! I will just say, it will be a huge month for IBS as we celebrate our 1 year anniversary!!!

Inspired by this weeks masculine sketch, I created this card featuring browns, greens and creams throughout. I showed my card to my hubby today and all I got was a hmmp. I guess that means in guy terms, good???

Happy Birthday sentiment is a sneaky peek from the NEW Graceful Hydrangea. I also added these two images from the Ahoy, Matey! stamp set.

Here you can see the sentiment was cut out using a Spellbinder Label 22 die.

My second card features the NEW Graceful Hydrangea stamp set again in all its beauty. Both the hydrangea and sentiment will be available on Oct 1st.

Here is a close up of the sentiment stamped in brown ink.

And a close up of the hydrangea colored using Copic Markers.

I hope you join us this week over at IBSIC! We look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations!

Stay tune for tomorrow! I have an exciting announcement to make! Hehe! I am full of announcements over the next few days! So exciting! I am bouncing off the walls!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Hello friends! Today’s card is super special one for me as I am sending it to my Mom for her birthday next week. I used the IBSIC fall colors inspiration photo for my colors and went all out with shabbiness!

This card features all of my favorite things. The doily, stitching, rhinestones and shabby ribbon. I also used some IBS daisies and colored them with Copic markers and also distressed the edges

I made my own tag and used the Fancy Sentiment stamp set with the Fancy Labels 3 set too.

I hope you enjoyed today’s card!

Happy Birthday Mom! I hope you have a beautiful day!

Challenges:

Addicted to Stamps - Fall Colors

 

 

IBSIC #27 ~ A New Photo Inspiration Challenge

Hello blog friends! I hope this week has been a beautiful one for you! Today, was the first time I was able to sit in the craft room this week. It is such a happy place. I could stay there all day.

My three beautiful kiddos have two days left of school before they are on school holidays for 2 weeks. I think I am ready. LOL! It is Spring here in Australia so I am sure we will be jumping in the pool and having a couple of beach days too. And fingers cross there will be a couple of sleep-in mornings.

This week over at the Inspired by Stamping Inspiration Challenge we have a gorgeous inspiration photo for you to try! Please use the colors,  RED, ORANGE and CREAM as your main colors! Also don’t forget to head on over to see some amazing creations from our guest designer and design team. Click Here to View!

 

I grabbed the new Fancy Sentiments and Fancy Labels 3 Stamp Sets for my fall birthday card.

Here is a close up photo. I also layered my ribbon using White Seam Binding Ribbon and some Red Satin Ribbon, which is also a little sneaky peek.

Some new IBS flowers in the corner with a double bow were added to the corner of my card.

At first, I wasn’t sure I liked this card so I made this little tag below also.

I used the NEW Halloween Tags stamp set and a Oval die to cut the image out.

A 2 Tone Red Flower, a double bow, crochet fabric tape and some New Orange Satin ribbon was added for my glam.

I hope you have time this week to make a creation for the Inspired by Stamping Challenge. We love seeing your gorgeous artwork! Thank you for joining us!

ONLY 10 more days for the Inspired by Stamping September Sale. After Sept 30 prices will return to normal!