IBS Sneak Peeks for Sept.

Good morning !! 

Tomorrow is the September release day at Inspired By Stamping!!
Are you ready?!

I'm excited to share a few of the things I have created with the new stamps along with some other wonderful new goodies being offered by IBS!!

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First up, is two altered suckers!

I picked up these fun suckers for the kids and added a little personal touch to them!

 I used the new Halloween Tags set to create the fun sentiments in the center!

 

I stamped the cute little witch hat from the set and then fussy-cut it out and added it to the tag!

I wrapped some some new orange ribbon around the plastic stick of the right sucker!

Such a fun and easy altered project!!

These suckers are called "Dizzy Suckers" as they actually spin!! 

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Next up is another fun Halloween projects!!  

I sure have been having a blast creating adorable treat packages!!

I used the new Halloween Faces for this package!

 Aren't they adorable!!??!!

There are so many different faces you can create!

A side view:

The little pumpkin is popped up using a spring, so it actually wobbles!! :)

I also used some new black ribbon on this package!

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Lastly, I have a little change....sharing with you a Christmas card!

I just love the new Elegant Christmas Sentiments set!!

The font of the sentiments are so elegant!!

Side view:

I stamped a bunch of different snowflakes to create my own paper.  Some from the new Elegant Christmas Sentiments set and some are from the Winter Wonderland set!

Amazing stamps!!

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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:

Deb H.
Joanna
Kendra (me)
Tammy

Did you check out Colleen, Irit, Kim, Joanna's blogs yesterday?!  To see all their wonderful inspiration!  If not, make sure to check their blogs out as well!!

Tomorrow we will be sharing pictures of the entire stamp sets being released!!  So be sure to check back!!

Want a chance at winning a free stamp set, a set of flowers and some ribbon/crochet trim??  Be sure to leave some love on all of the DT blogs and Joanna's!

Joanna will be choosing one person who commented on yesterday's sneak peek posts and one from today's sneak peek posts!  So leave some love!!

Have you have a chance to check out the September Super Sale??



How exciting!!

There is so many lovely stamps, flowers, ribbon/crochet to choose from!!

Have a nice day!

For The Guys with SS

This week's Sweet Stamps Challenge is a:

For the Guys


I have had my eye on this adorable Fishing Bear for the longest time and finally gave in and got it!!

My Grandpa loves fishing and his birthday was recently, so I thought this image would be perfect for his card!

I decided to paper piece the image!

SweetStamps.com Supplies Used:

Make sure to join us on the Sweet Stamps blog, we'd love to see what you create! You have a chance at winning $20 to purchase some "sweet" things of your own!!

Make sure to check out the Sweet Stamps Blog to see all the wonderful inspiration from the DT!!

Have a wonderful day!

Amazing

I have a card to share with you today that I created for my mom!

It's Grandparent's Day, so I thought it would be sweet to create a card for her along with getting her a little gift!  Since we all know moms/grandmas are so sweet and do so much for us!!

This was my first time creating with Washi Tape!  I love the new Pink & Blue Floral Washi Tape from Inspired By Stamping!!  I really liked using it to create this card!  Washi tape is perfect for creating those CAS cards!!

The sentiment is from the Little Phrases set and the label is from the Fancy Labels 18 set!

IBS Products used:

Have a wonderful day!

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Challenges:
Catered Crop: Anything Pink
Dream Valley Challenges: Something Old (Pearls), Something New (Stamps and Washi Tape)
Stampalot Challenge: Photo Inspiration

Sweet Stampin': White on White

Motorcycle Card

One of the ladies my mom works with has fallen in love with my cards and has been ordering some from me lately!

Recently she asked me to create a wedding card with a motorcycle on it, if possible.  Never had a wedding card request like this, but was inspired to make one she really liked.

This is what I came up with:

I just LOVE the checkered banner from Inspired By Stamping's new set Mason Jars!!  When I got this set I knew I had to use it for a card like this sometime!!  Being a lover of car racing, this banner will come in handy for a lot of cards!!

The sentiment is from a set from My Thoughts Exactly called More Mini Thoughts!

So the kids and I went to drop of the card and I got the story why she wanted a motorcycle on it, which then made it more clear!  The couple are huge Harley fans and they are actually getting married at a Harley dealership in the area this weekend!  

So the card is perfect and most importantly she loved it!!

Have a wonderful day!!

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Yummy Candy Box

I'm so excited to share the sweet candy container I made!

I recently purchased the "Cracker -Treat Box" from the Cutting Cafe.  I just love this file, will be using it a lot!  

It creates this adorable package to add some yummy goodies inside:

I bought some Dove Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter candies....YUMMY!  I think I ate just about half the bag!  Will have to purchase some more to make more projects!! :)

The adorable ghost and sentiment are from this month's release at My Thoughts Exactly!
The set is called Fright Night Friends!

Alyssa has also released some FREE SVG's for this set! 

I used some Creative Inspirations in Fairy Dust to add shimmer to the ghost!

And Mango to the scallop edges:

This month's challenge at MTE is: 

Treat Bags/Boxes

Join in, using some MTE stamps for your chance at joining us next month as our Guest Designer!

Have a wonderful day!

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Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp: Put A Stamp On It
Bearly-Mine: Anything But a Card

Inky Impressions: Anything Goes
My Mum's Craft Shop: Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes

Acetate with SS

Hello crafty friends!

Make sure to join us on the Sweet Stamps blog, we'd love to see what you create with our challenge in mind! You have a chance at winning $20 to purchase some "sweet" things of your own!!

This week's Sweet Stamps Challenge is a:

Acetate

It's been a long time since I used Acetate to create a card!

I just love the Fanciful Butterflies!  A set of four wonderful butterflies!  I used Staz-On ink to stamp three of them on the acetate card base!

Close-up:

Inside sentiment:

A fun and simple card!!

SweetStamps.com Supplies Used:

Have a wonderful day!

Halloween Treat Bag

Yesterday, I shared some cool treat bags I created with the kids:

I wanted to share a tutorial on how I dyed the middle one orange.

My little guy really likes the ghost from the My Thoughts Exactly set Fright Night Friends, which is why I stamped the ghost on this one.  

Anyway, the lovely owner of MTE sent me these little bags to alter for our current challenge this month. I admit at first I was a little overwhelmed, as I wasn't sure what to do with them, but once I started stamping on them the ideas started flying!

I obviously thought right away, how can I use my Creative Inspirations Paint to add some lovely shimmer to them!! 

I decided to use Mango to dye one of them a shimmer orange!

My jar of Mango didn't have much paint left in it, so I just added some water right into the jar and used a paint brush to stir it up

I then poured the contents of the jar into a zip-lock bag, as well as the fabric bag.

I then scrunched/smashed (not sure what are the right words to use) the zip-lock bag trying to make sure the paint covered the entire treat bag. 

I took the treat bag out, when I thought it was completely covered:

I was already very happy with the results, just look at the shimmer!!

I needed to leave the bag sit for a day to dry.

Then I altered it using stamps!

I used Memento Black ink to stamp the images, but found that it doesn't completely stamp that well on the fabric.  So I then used  my black Zig Pigment marker to go over the lines and make them darker!

Close-up of the shimmery treat bag:

Lastly, and most important.....finish by adding some treats!! :)

In the case of the bat treat bag, I stamped my images on the bag, but instead of going over with my Zig marker, I instead used a tiny paint brush and CI Paint Coal to make the sentiment and bats look better.  And shimmer!! :)

You can see in the above picture that the bat and the "a" in Happy have had shimmer already added to them! 

What a fun project this was!!

These amazing cotton drawstring bags are from State Line Bag Co. !

Have a wonderful day!!

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Challenges:

Totally Stampalicious: Anything But A Card

Stamps &  Fun = CREATIVITY: Anything But A Card

Alota Rubber Stamps: Halloween

Unique Crafters Challenge: Anything Goes

Anything But A Card Challenge: Anything Goes

MTE September Release

It's release time at My Thoughts Exactly!!

I'm so excited to share with you the new stamps being released this month!!  Both sets have to do with Halloween!!

You should have arrived her from Becki's blog, if not be sure to start at the beginning on the MTE Blog as you don't want to miss out on any of the fun!!

I have been having a good time with the kids creating Halloween cards and projects!

State Line Bag Co. is sponsoring this months challenge (THANKS!), so a few of us received some of their wonderful cotton draw string bags!  LOVE them!!

Other then loving how I dyed the orange bag, I really love how this one turned out using the stamps:

I used the new Halloween Subway Art set and Fright Night Friends to create this treat bag!

A close-up:

Just love how this one turned out!!

Bats...

For this treat bag I used the Fright Night Friends set!

Used some of my shimmer paints:

I'll be sharing how I dyed the orange one tomorrow with a simple little tutorial!

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These cotton treat bags were created with this month's MTE challenge in mind!

The challenge this month is:

Treat bags/boxes! 

Create a treat bag or box of any kind.

You need to use at least one MTE stamp and enter by Sunday, September 23rd at 11:59 pm Pacific.

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

Prize:

* Every participant receives a 10% off coupon to the MTE store!

* One random entry will receive a $10.00 gift code to the MTE store!

* One judged entry will receive a bundle of MTE stamps as well as a guest designer position for October!!

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Are you ready for a look at the two new SPOOKY sets?!?!

Fright Night Friends

Also there are some FREE SVG's to go along with this set!!!

 Halloween Subway Art

Aren't they fun?!?!!!  I'm in love with them!!

Two favorite stamp sets from last year are returning as well:

Fright Night Phrases

Ghostly Greetings

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More hop information

Prize information:

We will be giving away a pack of 25 cotton bags from State Line Bag Co.

and 3 $10.00 gift codes to the MTE store!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Your next stop is Tracy!!  Enjoy!

Looking to order some of these fun cotton bags, be sure to check State Line Bag Co. out on Facebook.  Or in either of their Etsy shops:

Small Quantities

Large Quantities

Have a wonderful day!

You Rule

Can you believe it's the last day of August?!

With that brings the school year!  I can't believe my little guy will be starting 4K on Tuesday!  This is a first for me, so I obviously am excited for him yet sad as it means my baby is growing!

I wanted to create his teacher a little card and right away knew the perfect set!

The Paper and Such set Bitty Love is perfect for creating teacher cards/gifts!

I stamped the image on the front of this little notecard I created and then again on yellow cardstock so that I could pop up the ruler!

And then finished by adding some Baker's Twine and gems!

Have a wonderful weekend!!

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Challenges:

Paper Pretties: Black, White + One Other

Stampin' Royalty: Back to School

Ribbon Carousel: Back to School

IBSIC #24

 Inspired By Stamping Inspiration Challenge #24

Time for another wonderful sketch!

I have a pretty thank you card to share with you today that I created for one of the ladies that works for me! It was her last day of work this past Monday for the season, so I always like to take them to lunch and give them a little thank you card!

I used the beautiful Butterfly Wings for the Thank You sentiment!

I also used some of the new Scallop Crochet Trim and some lovely flowers!

Here is the sketch:

Love shaped cards!!

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

Inspired By Stamping Products I Used:

Have a wonderful day!!

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Challenge:
Perfect Sentiments Challenge: Must have Sentiment on Front - Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesday: Anything Goes
Use It Tuesday: Use That Ribbon (Yellow Polka Dot Ribbon is Hoarded!)

Fav. Technique

This week's Sweet Stamps Challenge is a:

Favorite Technique 

I found it kind of hard to decide what my favorite technique was!  As I like so many different ones!

So I decided to think of what has been my favorite technique seen I began my journey with SweetStamps.com, it then became very clear to me!!

I just love Parchment Crafting!  I was first introduced to this technique when I started on this design team, and love it!

I especially LOVE using some of Sweet Stamps butterflies to parchment craft!

For this card I used the Flowery Butterfly!

I just love how it turned out!  I stamped the butterfly first on one of the sheets of paper from one of my favorite Authentique paper pads Uncommon!  Cut it out, then stamped the butterfly on vellum and embossed with white embossing powder!  I then cut out a few of the sections of the butterfly so you could see the underneath paper even more!

Just love that result!!

I also love this Wonderful Day sentiment from SS!!

SweetStamps.com Supplies Used:

Make sure to join us on the Sweet Stamps blog, we'd love to see what you create! You have a chance at winning $20 to purchase some "sweet" things of your own!!

Next week's challenge is Acetate!!

Have a wonderful day!

The Farm

Here's a digital layout I created for my little guy's album!

In August of '09 we took him to "The Farm" which is in Door County and he just loved the animals!

Especially the little goats!

Have a nice day!

Kendra