Inspired Stamps: DT Choice!

This week the design team was able to work with the stamps and themes of our choice. So I used my always favorite Butterflies and Blooms set and the new Thinking of You set's bold faced font sentiment. I used a couple of die cuts I had left over that I cut out and layered the butterflies on top of and a punched strip of scrap paper. For the butterflies I used Copics and little self stick bits of bling. Hope you like it and enjoy the last few weeks of the official summer! :)

Supply List:

Butterflies & Blooms	Thinking of You	*Copic Sketch Marker B12 ICE BLUE	*Copic Sketch Marker V06 LAVENDER Purple	*Copic Sketch MARKER Y11 PALE YELLOW	*Copic Sketch Marker Y06 YELLOW	*Copic Sketch Marker Y08 ACID YELLOW Bright Bold
*Copic Sketch Marker Y32 CASHMERE Cream Yellow Gold Soft	*Copic Sketch Marker YR02 LIGHT ORANGE Light Pale Pastel Apricot	*Copic Sketch Marker YR04 CHROME ORANGE	*Copic Sketch Marker YR07 CADMIUM ORANGE Bright Bold	*Lawn Fawn COLLECTION KIT 12 x 12 Bright Side Paper Pack	*Silhouette CAMEO Digital Cutting Machine	Scallop Punch
Rhinestones	*Ranger Inkssentials INK BLENDING TOOL Applicator Foam IBT23616

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Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today! Make sure to stop by the Inspired Stamps Blog and see all the beautiful creations the rest of the design team has waiting for you! And don't forget about the discount code that is good till the 10th!

Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby

Ginger Snap Scraps DT: Bring on the Bling!

So as you can see, I used a lot of bling. Because this week is Bling It On with the Ginger Snap Scrap's Design Team! I made a shaker card for my dear friend I've known since I was 14, Joy. She loves the color yellow, so I tried to incorporate as much as I could into the color palette. All you need to make a shaker card is a Nestablities die from Spellbinders and a manual die cutting machine like Cuttlebug. To make the shaker recessed into the card you can use foam or scrap cardboard like I did. There's heaps of videos out there on YouTube if you'd like to give it a whirl. All the items I used are listed below in the thumbnails. The beads for the shaker material are from my local craft store. The Unicorn, star stamps, and banner's sentiment is from the Lawn Fawn Critters Ever After stamp set and I wrote the happy birthday bit below.



Hope you like it and thanks so much for taking the time to stop by my blog today!

Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby

Copic X-Press Blending Paper	Copics	Lawn Fawn Critters Ever After	Bazzill Ocean Breeze	Bazzill Kraft	Lawn Fawn 6x6 Paper Pad	Spellbinders Nestabilities
Stickles	Studio Calico

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Update:
It made it to Alabama without getting unched and Joy loved it! She Instagramed it on Facebook. :)


Entered into Simon Says Stamp and Show: Anything Goes Challenge!

CAS Lawn Fawn Card

I'm trying to hone my CAS card skills, so that's what I made this week for some challenges. I was inspired by the CAS-ual Friday challenge, but was too late to enter it. However I just love the teal and orange together, plus I got to use my new May Art's chevron ribbon!

I first stamped the butterfly directly onto the Kraft base. Then I Copic colored the butterfly from Lawn Fawn in orange hues on white cardstock and fussy cut it. I adhered it onto the stamp I had already stamped on the Kraft with Glossy Accents only in the center of the butterfly. Measured out how much room I'd need with the ribbon strip before laying it down and stamped the sentiment first. Then the most taxing part of this card was to get those loops just right. It's a lot harder than it looks and has me thinking I need some proper ribbon glue if I ever do this again!! Those little buggers did not want to stay at first! To finish off the card I added two Doodlebug orange gems and cropped the top right corner. Oh and I also went back to the butterfly and curled up the edges of it to give it a lil dimension, this is why I only put adhesive in the center. I tell ya, CAS cards are no joke! When you can't hide your flaws behind heavy embellishments it can be hard, but I'm really pleased with how this turned out! :)

Thanks so much for dropping by!

Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby

Entered into the following challenges:
Ribbon Carousel challenge: RCC49
Whoopsiedaisy Challenges
Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge: Anything Goes
Paper Sundaes Challenge: Anything Goes
Challenge #1 at Just keep on creating