Inspired Stamps New Release Week: HLO Part Two!!

Good Thursday, bloggers! I am finally back with some cards to share with you today! They're the newest set of His Little Ones characters! Aren't they adorable??! Miss Antoinette, the owner and operator of Inspired Stamps, created a whole new set of HLOs and half debuted last month, and the other half debuts today!  They couldn't be any more adorable!! Be sure to drop by the Inspired Stamps blog to see all the other new HLOs and the creations the rest of the design team made!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!

Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby

Challenges Entered:

• Simon Says Stamp & Show: Letter "S" Challenge: Stars.

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.

Ginger Snap Scraps: Father's Day

My project for today for the Ginger Snap Scraps Design Team was to make Father's Day cards. I made mine a bit preppy, with a touch of distress, and a lot of Tim Holtz goodness. Hope you like it and if you haven't made a card for your dad yet, I hope it gave you a little inspiration. This one is going to be sent to my father in law as he's a teacher at a college and carries a briefcase and wears a tie every day. Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out the blog to see the other design team member's gorgeous works! To visit the Ginger Snap Scrap's store, please click the banner below. There's always a sale going on and this week it's 30% off all Greeting Farm Stamps that are now carried in the shop!!


Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby
Supplies Used:

Copic X-Press Blending Paper

Copics

Tim Holtz College Embossing Folder

Distress Inks

Bazzill Walnut Cream

Bazzill Kraft

Tim Holtz

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Inspired Stamps: Father's Day

Good Thursday, bloggers! This week the Inspired Stamps design team was asked to make Father's Day cards. I chose to use their Men of Favor stamp set for my stamp and some beautiful wood and woodgrain textures for the accent pieces. Since the wood frame I had was oval, I placed the Happy Father's Day sentiment curved on my stamp block. Because Inspired Stamps are made out of the highest quality photopolymer, it's quite easy to do this! They'll stick where you place them on your acrylic block to insure perfect stamping! Since the scripture fit perfectly as is, I didn't have to manipulate that stamp at all.

The second picture is the woodgrain paper after I had distressed it with copious amounts of distress stains, inks, and mists. I really really like how it turned out and hope it gave my card a masculine feel. Plus I got a new camera and wanted to take an artsy picture. ;)


To celebrate Memorial Day, Inspired Stamps is having a Memorial Day Sale!! 25% off your entire order, May 24-31st!



Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! Be sure to head over to the Inspired Stamp's blog and see some beautiful inspiration from the other members of the design team!

Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby

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Sweet Stamp Shop: Sentimental Birds

I made this card using Sentimental Birds from Sweet Stamp Shop. When I saw SSS was teaming up with CAS-ual Fridays I was beyond excited that I could enter this card into both challenges! Yay! CAS-ual Fridays' challenge was to make a CAS card that featured soft pastels with black: The Bold & The Beautiful! So I decided to make my bold with black embossing powder and my beautiful by painting with mists and white washing with Tim Holtz Distress stain in Picket Fences. Once the paint dried I adhered black and white washi tape to the edges to make a frame. Then I stamped a sentiment to the flag and affixed it to the cardstock with a black brad.





Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!

Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby

ETA: Yay! This card won the grand prize over at Sweet Stamp Shop!!

Lawnscaping Challenge, Getting Texty!

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The new challenge with Lawnscaping is to make a project using text. I chose to spell out "thankful" with Sally's ABCs, use the "thank you" stamp from sophie's sentiments, and spell out "give thanks" with
smitty's ABCs in Tim Holtz's Vintage Photo to create the background layer of text for this card on Kraft cardstock.

After I stamped out all the text, I stamped and cut out six leaves from the harvest season set on scratch paper and used them as masks. I adhered the leaf masks down with removable adhesive and sprayed with Mr. Huey's mist in cream and Tattered Angel's Glimmer Mist in gold. I let it dry completely and removed the masks. I then stamped the areas that were under the masks with the same leaf stamp in Versamark ink. Sprinkled clear embossing powder on them and heat embossed.

Now that the background is complete I stamped out the cornucopia from the same Harvest Season stamp set and colored it in with Copic markers, cut it out and set it aside. I cut out a piece of textured cream cardstock and ran Tim Holtz's Distress Stain in Antique Linen over it. While it was still wet I took my foam tool and ran Vintage Photo Distress Ink over it ever so slightly, then spritzed it once with Sand Glimmer Mist. I blotted off the excess with a paper towel and dried it with my heat tool. Once dry I stamped it with the same leaf stamp as before with Vintage Photo, but stamped it off on a scrap piece of paper twice before stamping it on my cardstock. Lastly I edged it with the same Vintage Photo Distress ink and adhered it to another piece of cardstock from My Mind's Eye. Now it is perfectly distressed for that organic autumn feel. I adhered the cornucopia with foam adhesives and stamped the "Happy Thanksgiving" stamp on a piece of canvass tape with brown Stayzon ink and stuck it down. Glued it to the texty background and it's all finished.

Thanks so much for stopping by and happy first day of Autumn!

Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby