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

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

Three 4x6 Photos

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This is a layout I did with three 4x6 photos. I like to do new and fresh designs, but I almost always keep it "old school" with 4x6 photos. I love this layout because one would think you'd need to stick with patriotic colors when doing a page about Washington, DC. You never have to stick to any specific color scheme, you can do whatever your heart desires, but still keep it pretty!

For this page I used Bo Bunny papers, Acrylic paint spatters, ribbon, and SRM stickers. By putting stars, gold paint splatters and the Washington DC stickers from SRM I feel even though the colors are not the norm, you can still see the patriotic feel.

Thanks so much for dropping by!

Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby