Polka Dots Please with IBS

Good Morning Stamping Friends!!

If you missed out on release week, be sure to check out Inspired By Stamping's new stamps!!
They are amazing!!

I am featured in today's Inspired By Stamping newsletter!

I created this super fun, simple masculine Birthday card:

I love the lines I stamped using the Background Basics Lines!!

I thought it would be fun to add some polka dots as well, but didn't have a stamp I could use.

So why not create my own!!

So I am going to share how I created them!

Collect Your Supplies:

Stamps
Ink
Ruler
Cardstock
Pencil with good new eraser

I started by using my ruler to stamp the lines straight.

I then also used my ruler again to help my "polka dots" straight along the lines.

Dab the eraser top on the ink pad and then on your cardstock as you wish!

Super fun and EASY!!

You can create any kind of designs if you wish!

And to be clear, this is an "odd" shaped card!  I didn't want it to be your traditional rectangle.  So I cut the edges on a slant.

Close up of the lines, "polka dots" and sentiment:

The sentiment is part of the Big Wishes II set!!

So next time you need some polka dots and don't have a stamp....grab your pencil!

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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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Background Basics Lines


Big Wishes II

IBS March Release Paris Love

Good Morning Stamping Friends!!

It's the last day of releases at Inspired By Stamping!!!!
What an amazing release this month!

Such AWESOME STAMPS!!

Today we are sharing inspiration with the new PARIS LOVE stamp set!
What a beautiful set!!  A must have in my opinion!

 Love the images and the sentiment!!

Also being release today is the free stamp for March and April...
FRIENDS!

Love this set as well!!

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Now for my project.....

 I created this card for my hubby....

Simple, yet so much meaning!

LOVE how it turned out!!

Close-up:

I used my Copics to color in the image, except for the umbrella, which I paper pieced! 

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Now, I have a SUPER fun card using the new FRIENDS set!!

Aren't the colors totally fun?!

I just LOVE how this card turned out!!

Besides the awesome new FRIENDS set, I also used the Diamonds stamp set, to add the polka dots on the white piece of cardstock! 

The lines in the upper left and bottom right were created with one of the stamps from the Background Basics Lines stamp set!!

Sure to put a smile on a Friends face!!

Such a fun stamp set, with so many possibilities!! 

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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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CAS Birthday Cards with IBS

Good Morning Stamping Friends!!

I am on the Inspired By Stamping Blog today, we are featuring CAS Birthday Cards!!

I tend to like a lot of layers, but think CAS cards are also beautiful!  I do find them to be a challenge for me once in awhile, but really enjoy creating them, especially when they turn out perfect!!

I decided to create a masculine and feminine CAS Birthday card...

I really like how both of these turned out.

The rounded top corners I think really helps finishing off them both.

For my masculine card I started by the yellow and lime green lines, which are part of the Background Basics Lines set.

I then stamped the sentiment.

The "Happy" is part of the Flower of the Month: Pansy set and the "Birthday" is part of the Flower of the Month: Sweet Pea,  I really like how the two of them look together.  

For this card, I started by using one of the Fancy Labels 2 Dies to cut out the fun shape from my top layer.  I stamped the 4 line trio from the Background Basics Lines set just in the middle of where I used the die cut, to match the lines from the frame below.  I also added the fun little stars on the top layer just to the left of my die cut shaped opening, which are part of the Create A Cupcake set.  The larger star to the top right is from the Diamonds set.

I then stamped the fun frame from the Fancy Labels 2 stamp set on the back layer!! As well as adding the sentiment in the middle of the frame, which is part of the Mason Jar Add On II set!

Super fun cards, using some amazing stamp sets!  And such fun colors!!

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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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Challenges

Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes:

Crafting from the Heart: Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion: Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers: Stripes

The Crazy Challenge: Happy Birthday

Red Rubber Inspirationals: For the Boys (Green Card)

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Background Basics Lines


Create A Cupcake


Diamonds


Fancy Labels 2


Flower of the Month: Pansy


Flower of the Month: Sweet Pea


Mason Jar Add On II 


Fancy Labels 2 Dies