Alternative to Watercolors

Good Morning Stamping Friends!!

I am on the Inspired By Stamping Blog today, featuring a twist to use something other than watercolors!

So recently I was just "thinking" (yes, I know, sometimes bad!) while the kids were doing some painting on canvas's!  They have a ton of acrylic paints that they have gotten at Hobby Lobby that they absolutely love using.  

I thought, it would be cool if I could think of a way to use them on a card sometime.  So I decided to give it a try!

So I collected, in my case, two different acrylic paints I wanted to use, a paint brush, plate, stamps and water!

Acrylic paint can be very think and bright, so I used the water to thin it down to get more of a watercolor effect.  

Shown in the picture above are the acrylic paints I used on the left and right and in the center is one of them watered down.  

You do have to play with the paint and water a little to find a consistency you like.

Here are a few examples:

I decided I liked that black stamped and embossed image best.

So I created this fun and simple Sympathy card:

The elegant "With Sympathy" sentiment is part of the All Year Wishes II stamp set!

Sympathy cards are no fun to create.  But I do like how this one turned out.  Nice and simple.

The beautiful floral image I used is part of the Friends Forever stamp set!

So if you don't have watercolors around the house to watercolor with, try out some acrylic paints!!

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Be sure to check out the Inspired By Stamping Blog for more wonderful inspiration!!

Check out the Inspired By Stamping Store to see all the lovely stamp sets!

So many beautiful sets to choose from!!

Have a lovely day!

Happy Stamping!

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All Year Wishes II

Friends Forever

Lilacs with IBS

Happy Sunday Stamping Friends!!

I have a birthday card to share with you today using some Inspired By Stamping products!!

I absolutely love the Spring Lilacs set from IBS!!

Our neighbor has a few really big lilac bushes growing in her yard, by our property line!  I just love the smell of them when they are blooming!!

 Close-up of the beautiful lilac:

Love it!!

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Be sure to check out the Inspired By Stamping Blog for more wonderful inspiration!!

Check out the Inspired By Stamping Store to see all the lovely stamp sets!

So many beautiful sets to choose from!!

Have a lovely day!

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Spring Lilacs

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Pretty Butterfly with IBS

Happy Sunday Stamping Friends!!

I have an awesome card to share with you today using some Inspired By Stamping products!!

It's one of those cards that after you are done creating, you just want to do the HAPPY DANCE!!

Here it is:

 The butterfly shaped card was purchased and in my stash for awhile now!  I finally decided to use it!!

 I just LOVE how it turned out!!!

Be sure to check out the Inspired By Stamping Store to see all the lovely stamp sets!

So many beautiful sets to choose from!!

There are also some lovely sets on clearance, which can be found here.

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Be sure to check out the Inspired By Stamping Blog for more wonderful inspiration!!

Have a lovely day!

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Challenges:

Allsorts: The Colour Purple

Crafty Catz: For a Special Lady

Simply Create Too: Anything Goes

Sister Act Challenge: Anything Goes

Stepelsonnen Challenge: Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes, Optional Twist: Birthday

Amusing: Anything Goes

Come and Get It: Layer It Up

The Corrosive Challenge: Things with Wings

IBSIC #86

Happy Friday Sweet Stamping Friends!!

I am on the Inspired By Stamping Blog today sharing a fun Birthday card based on this month's new Color Inspirational photo and sketch!

Here are the colors to find inspiration from:

And the sketch:


This is the card I created:

 I started off by using a few of the dies from the Fancy Labels 3 Die set to create my main focal point of this card.

For the circle die cut, I then added the fun polka dot circle frame from the Cute Circles set, along with the "Happy Birthday" from the All Year Wishes II set.

The blue stamped die cut was stamped with the awesome design from the Fancy Labels III set.

Close-up:

The little "to you" banner was created once again with one of the dies from the Fancy Labels 3 Die and then I used the "to" from the Little Phrases II and the "you" from the Little Phrases set!

How fun!!

I just LOVE the Fancy Labels 3 Die along with the stamps that match!!

So many fun dies and stamps used in this Birthday card!!

Join in, we would love to see what you create!!

Best part?...You have a chance at winning some amazing goodies of your own!!

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Be sure to check out the Inspired By Stamping Blog for more wonderful inspiration!!

Check out the Inspired By Stamping Store to see all their lovely products!

Have a lovely day!

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All Year Wishes II

Cute Circles

Fancy Labels III

Little Phrases

Little Phrases II

Fancy Labels 3 Die

IBS With Sympathy

Today I have a card to share with you using some lovely Inspired By Stamping products.

Unfortunately, I needed to make a Sympathy card for today's post.  By far my least favorite cards to create. 

I used the Flowers Bloom set for the rose stamps to create my own patterned paper!  The lovely rose label is from the set as well.  Which goes so nicely with IBS's Fancy Labels 1 Die, which I LOVE!!

The "With Sympathy" sentiment is from the All Year Wishes II set.

I also used some lovely Scallop Crochet Trim and Colonial Rose Satin Ribbon! And beautiful flowers!

Have a wonderful day!!

IBS & Addicted to Stamps

Inspired By Stamping is sponsoring the challenge over at Addicted to Stamps!!

They have kindly asked us to join in!  

This week's challenge is STAMPS! 

Show off your favorite stamps!!

Here is the card I created:

I just love Inspired By Stamping's All Year Wishes II set!!  So many beautiful sentiments in one set!  The lovely accent swirl under the sentiment is from the Beautiful Ovals set!

I also used some beautiful Victorian Rose Satin Ribbon and Flowers!

A close-up:

Join in the challenge at Addicted to Stamps for your chance at winning an Inspired By Stamping $20 Gift Certificate!

Have a wonderful day!

With Sympathy

Recently, I needed to create two sympathy cards. :(  

Don't care for creating these type of cards.

But I quickly made these two:

The beautiful sentiment is from Inspired By Stamping's set All Year Wishes II.  I just LOVE this set! And the beautiful silhouette of  flowers is from Sweet Stamps. The stamp is called Queen Anne's Wildflowers, which was released last month. 

For this card I used the new Graceful Hydrangea stamp from Inspired By Stamping!!  Love this floral stamp!!  And again the sentiment is from the All Year Wishes II set.

Have a sweet day!

IBSIC #22

 Inspired By Stamping Inspiration Challenge #22

Time for another beautiful sketch!

I just love the sketches that Joanna creates for us to find inspiration from!

My mom's birthday was at the beginning of this month, so I used today's sketch to create a fun card for her!

I used the All Year Wishes II for the sentiment on the front!

I just love the font used for this set!  So elegant and pretty!  Also love the flowers from IBS!!

I also used the wonderful Birthday Greetings set for the inside sentiment, but completely forgot to take a picture! (so sorry)  But I wanted to mention the set, because it is so amazing!  I love all the great birthday sentiments for the inside of cards!!

Here is the sketch:

Join in, we'd love to see what you create!!

Have a wonderful day!!

IBSIC Sketch #20

 Inspired By Stamping Inspiration Challenge #20

Time for another wonderful sketch to find inspiration from!

I just love Joanna's sketches!

For this card I used the new Delicate Doilies II!  

I just love this set!

I used one of the border stamps to create the teal borders on each side of the pretty DP!

The sentiment is from the set All Year Wishes II!

Here is the sketch:

Join in, we'd love to see what you create!!

Have a wonderful day!!

July IBS Recap

Good morning !! 

So what do you think about the Inspired By Stamping release yesterday??!!

Pretty exciting!  

Joanna's stamps always amaze me!

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Today I am featuring the Fancy Alphabet, which is such a great set to create your own sentiments!

I also find that it is PERFECT to use to create titles for your scrapbook pages!!

The corner stamp I used is from the set All Year Wishes II.

The title I created with the new Fancy Alphabet set:

The stars next to the title are from the set Oh, Baby!

I also used the new Yummy Food Labels set to create the Pasta tag!

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Make sure to check out each of the DT blogs, there is such lovely inspiration from all these lovely ladies using the new sets:

Joanna; Inspired By Stamping
Colleen Dietrich
Deb Hickman
Debbie Marcinkiewicz
Irit Shalom
Kendra Sand (me)
Kim Score
Tammy Hobbs



Using the code "freeshipping" you are able to get FREE shipping in the IBS store today and tomorrow!!


Have a wonderful day!