Inspired Stamps Christmas in July Blog Hop And Giveaway!!

Good Thursday, bloggers! For this stop on the hop you should have come to me from the lovely Jamie, and your next stop will be with the equally as lovely, Patty! 

For my trio of Christmas cards, I used one of my very favorite stamp sets, Winter Ruth for the sentiment I used the Perfect Sentiments stamp set. I had so much fun coloring these and embellishing them with wooden stars, ribbon, and sequins. Hope you like it, and be sure to drop by the Inspired Stamps blog to get started on the hop if you haven't done so already

*Giveaway!*

Inspired Stamps is giving away a HLO:Christmas Boy or HLO: Christmas Girl set to a commenter on EACH of our blogs!   Please make sure to leave a comment and follow my blog to enter!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!

Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby

Inspired Stamps: DT's Choice!

Good Thursday my fellow bloggers! Well we all know Gaby loves some butterflies and whenever she gets to use the Inspired Stamps Butterflies and Blooms stamp set it makes her very happy! OK, enough third person! I also used the sentiment from the newest release called Home. I thought it would be a cute card to welcome a new neighbor to the neighborhood. I live in a military town that is extremely transient, so I like to have a few cards like this on hand. Hope you like my card this week! Make sure to head on over to the Inspired Stamps Blog to see all the beautiful cards the other members of the design team have created for you!

Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby

Inspired Stamps Home	Butterflies & Blooms	Spellbinders Nestabilities	Bazzill Kraft	Copic X-Press Blending Paper	Copics	Crate Paper Pretty Party
Bazzill Walnut Cream	Doodlebug Twine

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*Entered into Simon Says Stamp and Show: Anything Goes Challenge!
*Entered into Challenge # 170 - Something with wings!
*Entered into Just Keep On Creating: Anything goes and travel stories challenge!
*Entered into Craft your passion challenges: Challenge 114 ~ ANYTHING GOES !

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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Made Especially For You, use 3 buttons challenge

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Hi bloggers! First off I wanted to thank each and every one of you for your part in the blog hop we had over the weekend! It was a complete success and we couldn't have done it without you all!!

The winner for the digi stamp I used on my card for the hop is:

ALYCE!!!Alyce please e-mail me at gabylowe at gmail dot com

OK, so this week's challenge over at Made Especially For You is to make a card featuring three buttons. I hope you'll join us this week and I can't wait to see what you make!!

The challenge is sponsored by:

The prize is this adorable sentiment stamp set!!

Thanks again for making the hop such a success and be sure to check Made Especially For You's blog's main page tomorrow and see if you won one of the amazing prizes!!

Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby

Shimelle Laine Sketch featuring my niece, Savannah.

What really intrigued me about this sketch was the circle element. I had hoards of pink buttons just waiting to be used on pages for Savannah. I also love to buy die cut cardstock that has boarders ...of course I never know what to do with them. I really liked Shimelle's idea of breaking them up and making boxes. So here's what I came up with.

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I sewed each. and. every. one. of those buttons! Worth it I think. I love how it frame's Savannah's new born picture.

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There's a small boarder sticker from Studio Calico on the bottom. Layered on top is a tag I cut down that I got from a Studio Calico kit that's by Amy Tangerine. I stamped Savannah's birth date on a Jenni Bowin Ticket with a Smash date stamp. Everything's edges are inked in Tim Holtz's new winter ink stamp pad release in the color of Iced Spruce. I love it so much that I've been cheating on Vintage Photo with it lately. Shhh! Don't tell!

Thanks so much for having a looksie at my blog.

Inky and glitter fingers for all!
-Gaby