Inspired Stamps: New Release!!

Good Thursday, bloggers! I'm back after a bit of a break due to a full schedule at school, to bring you some of the new releases!. This card has two new stamp sets on it, His Little Ones Drummer Boy and Winter Sketches. I also used an older stamp set, the Background Stamps. Hope you like it, and be sure to drop by the Inspired Stamps blog to see all the other different styles the DT created with all the new releases. The new releases will be available in the online store tomorrow!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!

Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby

Challenges Entered:

• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Keep It Clean and Simple

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: Christmas in July!

Good Thursday, bloggers! For this card I used the Christmas Poinsettia for the flower and the Perfect Sentiments stamp set for sentiment. I made this card to look somewhat rustic and then I added some sequins for embellishment to add some pop and a bit of modernness. Hope you like it, and be sure to drop by the Inspired Stamps blog to see all the other different styles the DT created with scripture this week!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!

Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby

Challenges Entered:

• Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenges: It's good to be green!

Welcome Winter Blog Hop!

Welcome to my stop on the Welcome Winter Blog Hop!  You should have come to by way of the lovely Haidee.  Be sure to stop by Ashley's blog to learn about all the prizes that will be given away from our sponsors!!

For my card I chose to do a shaped window shaker card for the winter animals to sit in using a Nestabilities die set. It's super easy to make and has a great "wow factor" for the recipient.  There's heaps of videos to watch on YouTube if you'd like to give this technique a whirl.  The only items I left out of my supply list was some recycled foam I had from some packaging, and some clear plastic packaging from a SD card I purchased earlier.  It is imperative to have the sheet of foam because you'll need to be able to cut a hole through it with the Nestabilities die in order to have a raised area for the shaker's contents.  Equally important, you'll also need the clear plastic sheet to enclose the shaker's contents.

Your next stop on the hop is with the lovely Tabetha

 

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Thank you so much for stopping by blog today, if it isn't too much of a bother I'd LOVE for you to follow my blog!  I have many giveaways and fun projects that I would love to share with you!  :) 

Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby 

Challenges Entered:
 

 Simon Says Stamp Challenges' Simon Says ......Merry Christmas!

Lawnscaping: Make it Shine!

Alright everyone, last Lawnscaping challenge of the year! This should be the last Christmas card I make of the year too, but don't quote me on that!  The challenge is shine, this is when you pull out anything that glimmers, sparkles, or shines ....then you toss them all together ...kidding, sort of!  I wanted to make ornaments, so I used the gnome and added a Santa hat for an instant transformation into Mr. Claus.  Then I used the gingerbread guy (my favorite cookie, btw!) and colored them up with Copics and highlighted accents with stickles.  Set them aside to dry, and adhered them with glossy accents the next morning to fragment charms.  Then I heat embossed pine sprigs with a bunch of different embossing powders that I mixed together before applying.  Then, I distressed/resisted the embossed cardstock with distress ink, glimmer mist, and gold acrylic paint (watered down) over and over again till I got the right look.   I strung the "ornaments" up with my ever trusty burlap twine and attached it to a Kraft card base.  Then I made a flag for my beautiful Merry Christmas sentiment, and distressed it a wee bit more.  The final touch was adding the Tim Holtz tinsle I've had for two months that I couldn't quite figure out what to do with.  I think it added a great final touch of shine to my super shiny card!  I wish I were a better photographer, because half of the shine wouldn't pick up in the photos.  Hrrrmm, maybe that's a good thing?  ha!

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

Challenges Entered:

•  Simon Says Stamp and Show's Gift-spiration challenge.
•  Lawnscaping's Make It Shine Challenge.
•  Simon Says Stamp Challenges' Simon Says ......Merry Christmas!
•  Ribbon Carousel's RCC75 - Holiday Spirit