Chevron Embossing Folder Winner!!

 

The winner chosen by Random.org is ...

comment number six, Barb!!

Barb, please e-mail me at gabylowe at gmail dot com with the address of where you'd like

 your prize sent. 

Thank you everyone for entering, please be sure to check back every so often as I try to have giveaways every couple of months.

Inky and glittery fingers for all
-Gaby

 *I did not count the comments from those who were not followers of my blog when counting comments.  Comments were counted in the order they were posted.  Please see random.org for more info.  

Inspired Stamps: Thinking Of you Trio of Cards

Happy Thursday, my blog friends! This week the design team was asked to make a trio of cards with a thinking of you theme. I was inspired by bricks when making these cards. I cut out strips of 6x6 paper from the latest Amy Tangerine paper pad at one inch wide and cut them at 1.5 inches. This will give you four "bricks" per one inch strip of paper. A whole piece will give you 24 "bricks", that's a lot of paper brick laying! I only cut about three strips from each of my four different patterned papers to make these three cards. Really simple and fun to make! I used the following Inspired Stamp sets: Thinking of You, Spring Sketches, and Butterflies and Blooms. I colored in the butterflies from Spring Sketches and the heart from Butterflies and Blooms with Copics, and made a butterfly contrail by drawing dots with a Memento ink Tuxedo Black marker and tracing over it in Copics. And as always (haha, srsly love this stuff), I added some burlap twine to the last card and two pearls.

Giveaway!

To be eligible for my giveaway, all you have to do is become a follower and comment here and let me know that you did! However, if you want more entries, complete any of these tasks and leave a comment here on this post letting me know which one you did. The more tasks you complete, the more comments you can post, and the more entries you get!

1) Follow my Blog - then leave a comment here.
2) *Like* my Facebook page (like button is above my profile picture on the right side of this blog or in the Facebook tab on the top) - then leave a comment here.
3) Tweet this giveaway and put an @GabLow at the end of your tweet - then leave a comment here.
4) On my Facebook page share the post I made about this giveaway - then leave a comment here.
5) *Like* Inspired Stamps on Facebook and let them know I sent you - then leave another comment here.
6) Pin it on Pinterest using my Pinit button below my card's photo - then leave a comment.
7) For an extra entry have your friend do at least two of the things above and then come back here and let me know their name and leave another comment!

I'll announce the winner on Saturday, March 30 by 10:00PM EST using random.org. It also happens to be National Take a Walk in the Park Day. So, I felt that would be fitting for this Spring inspired post. :) You have till then to enter. Please come back and check to see if you've won by April 5th. If it's not claimed by then, I will draw another winner.


Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!
 Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby

Challenge Entries: 

• Ribbon Carousel Blog's Spring is in the air challenge.
•  Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Anything goes

Inspired Stamps Design Team: Favorite Stamp to Color

Happy second day of Spring, everyone! Today I have a gift tag I made for my niece Savannah using Inspired Stamps' Esther's Bouquet stamp. Esther is my very favorite stamp to color, and I just think she's adorable and perfect for Spring. I made this layered tag with some washi tapes, peppermint twine, the Esther stamp, and Copic markers. Once you finish the coloring, it's really quick. Also, don't forget about my giveaway! You have till Saturday to enter!

To be eligible for my giveaway, all you have to do is become a follower and comment here and let me know that you did! However, if you want more entries, complete any of these tasks and leave a comment here on this post letting me know which one you did. The more tasks you complete, the more comments you can post, and the more entries you get!

1) Follow my Blog - then leave a comment here.
2) *Like* my Facebook page (like button is above my profile picture on the right side of this blog or in the Facebook tab on the top) - then leave a comment here.
3) Tweet this giveaway and put an @GabLow at the end of your tweet - then leave a comment here.
4) On my Facebook page share the post I made about this giveaway - then leave a comment here.
5) *Like* Inspired Stamps on Facebook and let them know I sent you - then leave another comment here.
6) Pin it on Pinterest using my Pinit button below my card's photo - then leave a comment.
7) For an extra entry have your friend do at least two of the things above and then come back here and let me know their name and leave another comment!

I'll announce the winner on Saturday, March 30 by 10:00PM EST using random.org. It also happens to be National Take a Walk in the Park Day. So, I felt that would be fitting for this Spring inspired post. :) You have till then to enter. Please come back and check to see if you've won by April 5th. If it's not claimed by then, I will draw another winner.


Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!
Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby

Challenge Entries: 

• Ribbon Carousel Blog's Spring is in the air challenge. 
• Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Spring/Easter.

 

Inspired Stamps: Spring Inspiration & Embossing Folder Giveaway!!

Happy Thursday, bloggers! I have a distressed shabby chic Spring card and a giveaway today for you! My card was made with Inspired Stamps' newest release Spring Sketches, an older favortie from last year's Spring release Butterflies and Blooms, and Lovely Lace. I used the Darice Chevron Embossing folder and distressed it with Tim Holtz distress stain in Picket Fence, an inking tool, and Hero Art's ink pad in wet cement. I stamped the Lovely Lace on a Kraft card stock and distressed it the same way and fussy cut it. I stamped the flower and leaves from the Spring Sketches stamp set, colored with Copics, and paper pieced it onto the doily. Then wrapped heaps of burlap twine from May Arts and tied a bow and added a flag with the pretty and bold Bloom sentiment from the Butterflies and Blooms set. I'm giving away the Chevron Embossing Folder from Darice because I accidentally ordered two. My mistake, your gain! :)

To be eligible for my giveaway, all you have to do is become a follower and comment here and let me know that you did! However, if you want more entries, complete any of these tasks and leave a comment here on this post letting me know which one you did. The more tasks you complete, the more comments you can post, and the more entries you get!

1) Follow my Blog - then leave a comment here.
2) *Like* my Facebook page (like button is above my profile picture on the right side of this blog or in the Facebook tab on the top) - then leave a comment here.
3) Tweet this giveaway and put an @GabLow at the end of your tweet - then leave a comment here.
4) On my Facebook page share the post I made about this giveaway - then leave a comment here.
5) *Like* Inspired Stamps on Facebook and let them know I sent you - then leave another comment here.
6) Pin it on Pinterest using my Pinit button below my card's photo - then leave a comment.
7) For an extra entry have your friend do at least two of the things above and then come back here and let me know their name and leave another comment!

I'll announce the winner in two weeks on Saturday, March 30 by 10:00PM EST using random.org. It also happens to be National Take a Walk in the Park Day. So, I felt that would be fitting for this Spring inspired post. :) You have till then to enter. Please come back and check to see if you've won by April 5th. If it's not claimed by then, I will draw another winner.


Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!
Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby

Challenge Entries: 

• Ribbon Carousel Blog's Spring is in the air challenge. 
• Simon Says Stamp and Show's shabby chic challenge.

Inspired Stamps: Spring 2013 New Release

Happy Friday, blog friends! I'm coming to you today to showcase one of the new Spring releases from Inspired Stamps called Spring Sketches! Be sure to check the blog to see all the other new releases my fellow design team members will be showcasing today. This stamp set as well as the other new releases will be live in the Inspired Stamps store today!

I made two cards, one using the Ecclesiastes 3:11 scripture included in this set and two of the flowers. For the pink rose, for purposes of symmetry, I layered it on top of the same flower stamp that the blue flower was from, but trimmed it down some. On the card with the butterfly, I chose to shadow stamp it to make it a frontal view of the whole butterfly instead of a side view. A great versatile stamp indeed! The side view is great too, especially if you don't have as much room in your card design! I love theses sketch stamps, they stamp beautifully and look almost as if you had drawn them yourself.

Here's the full stamp set, isn't it gorgeous?

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!
 Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby

Challenge Entries: 

• Ribbon Carousel Blog's Spring is in the air challenge.
• Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge Blog: By the numbers challenge. When crafting with my mom as a young girl in late the 80's (eeek), my mom always said embellishments needed to be in odd numbers or else hey didn't look as good.  I tend to agree, so for the jewels on my flower card I did groups of three, and for my butterfly card I used seven jewels semi-clustered in odd numbers .
• Simon Says Stamp And Show's A Bit of Green Challenge.

Inspired Stamps: Design Team Choice

Good Thursday, bloggers! Last Saturday I celebrated my 11th wedding anniversary, and this is the card I made for my husband. I made my card using the 2 Corinthians 13:4-8 $3.99 scripture stamp from Inspired Stamps. This beautiful scripture stamp is perfect for cards year round and I just adore it! The other supplies I used were Kraft cardstock, various scrap card stocks cut into triangles, Nestabilitie die, small heart punch, Copic makers in Brick Beige and Cool Shadow, white cardstock, and May Art's burlap twine.


Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!
Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby

Challenge Entries: 

• Ribbon Carousel Blog's Spring is in the air challenge. 
• Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge Blog: By the numbers challenge. I did everything in groups of four in this card and/or even numbers. Even the twine is doubled to have four ends and four loops.