Inspired Stamps Design Team: Autumn.

Good Thursday, bloggers! For this card I used a few stamp sets, the Thinking of You set for the flower, the Thank You set for the sentiment, and the Background set for the texture on the tag. I made this card as a thank you card for the upcoming fall harvest and Thanksgiving. 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 various Autumn cards this week. Also, be sure to leave comments on as many of my fellow DT gals' blogs as the Inspired Stamps owner will be picking one comment from our blogs for a $10 gift card! :)

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!

Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby

Challenges Entered:

• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Stamping All Stars

Inspired Stamps Design Team: Scripture.

Good Thursday, bloggers! For this card I used one of the older but awesome stamp sets, Psalm 91 Protection. I made this card to add to my Any Hero card stack for when I send off my annual parcel to Operation Write Home. However, this would be a great stamp to use for a card to send to anyone who needs extra encouragement to know that they're being watched over and protected. 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 various Scripture Stamps this week!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!

Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby

Challenges Entered:

• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Make The Cut

Inspired Stamps DT: Flowers & Scripture

Happy May, bloggers! Today I have this card I made to share with you that I used the stamp set Friendship Flowers. I've been on a tag love and vintage kick these past two weeks, and this stamp set is perfect for it. They remind me a lot of the art deco era, especially the solid stamps on the set. I layered it with natural twine and Tim Holtz Tissue Tape. Be sure to drop by the Inspired Stamps blog to see all the other 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 Challenge: Happy Mail.

Inspired Stamps: Happy Birthday Card Trio

Happy Thursday, Bloggers! Today the Inspired Stamps design team made trios of cards for birthdays. I made my cards using the following Inspired Stamps stamp sets: Friendship's Flowers, Thinking of You, Perfect Sentiments, and Butterflies and Blooms for the butterfly. Be sure to check the blog to see all the other ways my fellow design team members made trios of birthday cards.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!

Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby


 Challenges Entered:

• Ribbon Carousel's Showers and Flowers. 
• Simon Says Stamp & Show's Color Challenge. 
• Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog Anything goes. 

Inspired Stamps: Strength

This week the design team is creating projects with scripture. My card was made using the Inspired Stamps stamp set, Strength, Distress Inks, red cardstock, Kraft paper, Studio Calico Mr. Huey's stencil with chevrons, and some Mister Huey's white and shimmer mists. A very CAS card with a strong inspiring message.



Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!

I also wanted to apologize for the quality of the photo this week, my light box's light went out, so I had to do this one rouge against the wall in poor lighting. I ordered a new light and next week we'll be back in business!

Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby

Inspired Stamps: Christmas!

Good Tuesday, bloggers! Did you know it's just a little under four months till Christmas? Crazy, right? I've decided to make a bunch of different Christmas cards this year to keep things festive. Well that and I'm a full time wife and college student who doesn't have a lot of down time. I also happen to make a lot of design team Christmas cards. Which is fine by me, I love Christmas cards! I figure at the end of November I'll have more than enough cards to send off to loved ones for Christmas. Kind of cool to have a bunch of different handmade cards to send off. We usually tuck a picture inside, too.

For this card I embossed the snowflakes from the Let it Snow stamp set from Inspired stamps in clear embossing powder on white paper. Then I went over the snow flakes with different blue distress inks for an ombre look. Then I free hand cut two snow hills and embossed the sentiment in blue on one of the hills. Lastly I Copic colored the snowman and made him a pouf ball out of Divine Twine Christmas twine for the top of his hat. I really like how it turned out and will have a hard time deciding which home he'll go to this Christmas ....but I still have time to figure that out! :)  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!





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Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!

Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby

• Entered into Simon Says Stamp and Show's Summer Distress Ink Challenge. I know it's a winter card, but I did use the Salty Ocean ink from the Summer release!

Inspired Stamps: Christmas in July part two!

This week the Inspired Stamps Design Team made Christmas cards. I could hardly wait to ink up my Winter Ruth stamp set! Fun Gaby fact: Winter Ruth was the first stamp set I ever purchased from Inspired Stamps. :) I heart her so much so, that when I thought I had lost my original set, I purchased another. Well, wouldn't you know ...I found it the day before the new one came in the mail. lol So I might have a giveaway in September when it cools off a tad. :) Her interchangeable hands are so awesome! I even made a Valentine's day card earlier this year. Just an adorable set!

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ISS Winter Ruth	Stickles	Ink Blending Tool	Distress Inks	Copics	Copic X-Press Blending Paper	Bazzill Kraft
*s5-019 Spellbinders Nestabilities LABELS 8 Eight	*Cuttlebug A2 Embossing Folder SWISS DOTS Provo Craft 37-1604

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Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!

Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby

Entered in the Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Anything Goes!

Made Especially For You, Distress Ink!

This week's challenge at Made Especially For You is to make a card using Distress Inks. I chose to use my Yoshimi stamp from Sister Stamps. I die cut a piece of white card stock and stamped Yoshimi in the center and Copic colored her. Then I used a Momento ink finger tool to blend in Tumbled Glass and Festive Berries Tim Holtz Distress inks. Then I ran picket fences white distress stain over it and then ran more Festive Berries over the edges of the die cut with my Tim Holtz foam tool. I also inked all the other paper pieces with Festive Berries, too! A lot of distressing, but with a minimal look ...just how I wanted it! :)

This week's challenge is sponsored by Whoopsi Daisy!

Be sure to drop by Made Especially For You to play along and link up your challenge entries!!

Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby

Karber Digi Design Team Card of The Week: Easter Jenny!

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This week I used Easter Jenny which also is on sale this week! Definitely go take advantage of the sale! Just about every Karber character has their own Easter image. Super cute!

I used my Spellbinders Wonky Frames die to cut and emboss this card. These are great to use with digis as you cut them after you've printed them, so there's no guessing if the image will be centered, which just makes things sooo much easier! I Copic colored Jenny and also made the grass with short strokes of the marker. Then I edged the grassy part with Peeled Paint Distress Ink and the sky portion with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. Then tied a piece of linen thread into a bow through a Pebbles flower button. I needed an easy card to make this week as I'm struggling with allergies. So glad I thought to use the Spellbinders dies with my Karber digi, made things go a lot quicker than fussing with paper piecing and cutting everything by hand!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby

Inspired Stamps, Easter.

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Happy Thursday, fellow bloggers! This week the Inspired Stamps DT made Easter cards or Scripture cards. For my card this week I used His Cross for the Scripture and Fruitful Flourishes for the swirly embellishments. First I stamped out the Scripture and flourishes. Then I cut and embossed the cardstock using a Nestabilities die and my Cuttle bug. I edged all the papers with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo and my foam tool and adhered them to the white card base, with the die cut being adhered with thin foam adhesives. Lastly I added some self stick pearls.

I also wanted to share with you the Christian Art Journaling blog the owner of Inspired Stamps, Antoinette is doing for the entire month of March. Even if you're not a fan of journaling, it's a great blog to learn new and innovative techniques you can use with a bevy of different paper craft projects.



Thank you so much for stopping by!


Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby

Happy Valentines Day!

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Well the day we've been crafting for since January first has finally come! If we haven't started already, we move on to St. Patrick's Day cards and Easter cards after that! Just thought I'd share one last Valentine's day project with you all. It's something that would work with any holiday really, just by changing out the stamps and colors. I did this early this morning because I forgot to buy paper to wrap my husband's present. Luckily I keep the paper bags my Studio Calico kits come in and a light flickered in my head, up-cycle! I've seen it done before, so I'm not going to act as if I am the first ever to come up with the idea. But, I really like how it turned out and love that I could up-cycle the bags. These bags are awesome. I actually usually save them for rolling out sticky doughs. The inside of the bags are coated in a slick material that the dough doesn't stick to. However the coating served a purpose for today's project as it helped stop the red Distress Ink and Copic marker from bleeding. Had I used a plain old paper bag I think I would have had some problems. Granted the Copics did bleed a little, but it wasn't too bad. :)

The picture above is truer to the actual colors. The hearts are hot pink, not red. But I suck at photography. So here's what it looked like all wrapped up, but the colors are a bit off. I tried to fuss with it, but my editing skills also suck. ;)

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I hope everyone has a wonderful day, regardless of gifts, treats, or flowers. Sprinkle love on everyone who makes you smile today, even a furry friend.

Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby