Just Because with IBS

Happy Wednesday my Lovely Friends!

This have been so crazy here!  Trying to finish up all of our decorating!  Errands, shopping, playing...so much to do...always so little time!

I am posting on the Inspired By Stamping Blog today!

I am in love with the new Just Because Sentiments set!

Recently I visited one of my friends and I know one of her major downfalls is my deluxe chocolate brownie cookies!!  So I had to make her some, and what better way to give them to her, than with a pretty topper!  

I just love how it turned out!

I love the large "Just Because" sentiment and all the fun little sentiments that can be used along with it or even separately! 

A look at the entire Just Because Sentiments set:

Have a lovely day!!

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Challenges:
Crafty Creations: Anything BUT Christmas
Sisterhood of Crafters: Homemade
The Stamping Chef: Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew: Sweet Treats
Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes

Flurry of Snowflakes

Happy Wednesday Stamping Friends!

I'm posting on the Joy's Life DT Blog today!!

This week it is all about Christmas Cards!!
Not a problem, since I am still creating cards to hand/send out!

I got out my Joy's Life Stamp set Oh, Christmas Puns and my Snowflake Trio Die Set from Top Dog Dies to create this beauty:

I just love the white, blue and silver!

Check out the fun sentiment from Joy's Life Stamps:

I stamped most of the sentiment with a dark blue, but masked the "Flurry" so I could stamp that with VersaMark Ink and then emboss with Silver Embossing Powder!

Perfect with the die cut snowflakes from Top Dog Dies!! 

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A look at the stamp set used:

Oh, Christmas Puns

Check out all of Joy's Life Stamps here!

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Top Dog Dies Used:

Snowflake Trio Die Set

Check out the Top Dog Dies Blog for some more wonderful inspiration!!

And be sure to check out the Top Dog Dies site to see all their amazing dies!!

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Have a wonderful day!!

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Challenges:

Loves Rubber Stamps: Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes and Optional CAS

Red and Green with SS

Happy Tuesday Stamping Friends!

There's another wonderful challenge on the Sweet Stamps Blog for you to join in! 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!!

SweetStamps.com has so many wonderful stamps and other great products to choose from!!

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This week's Sweet Stamps Challenge is:

Red and Green 

Once again I am so super excited to share my card with you!!

I used the lovely new Cardinal Pair and Warm Wishes Duo!

I just love the cardinal stamp and sentiment!!

As well as the Center Step card design!

I just love it occasionally in winter when you see a cardinal outside with the white snow, they stand out so beautifully!  

Such a lovely image!!

I also really like the Flourishes stamp set!

I enjoy adding rhinestones along the swirls!!

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SweetStamps.com Supplies Used:

Cardinal Pair & Warm Wishes DUO 3059J	Flourishes Clear Stamp Set	Elegant Leaves SweetCuts Die	Center Step Card Die
XL Stackers OVAL Dies	Duchess Rose Shade Dye Ink	Forest Shades dye ink	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
Father Christmas 6x6	Snowflake Accents	White EP	Pearl
CIP Fairy Dust	3/8" Super Sticky Tape 55 yards	2" Super Sticky Tape 55 yards	Stickles Glitter Glue CRYSTAL
Lippy Red Rhinestones

InLinkz.com

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Looking ahead, next week's challenge is:
#147 Simple Christmas

And you can find our current Monthly Technique Challenge
"Microbeaded" here!

Have a wonderful day!

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Challenges:
SweetStamps.com: Red and Green
Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes

Let It Snow with TDD

Happy Monday Crafty Friends!

Today I am sharing a sweet layout of my kids from earlier this year, playing in the snow!

I used some of my lovely Top Dog Dies!!

I also have a little tutorial/tip to share with you!

I am in love with my new Top Dog Dies and each time I use them I try to look at them in different ways!

Meaning I try to get different looks out of the same die.

If you have followed some of my previous posts, you will notice many times I don't use the entire Madison Border Die; it's beautiful using just the bottom potion as if it was a hand border punch.  Last week I used one of the snowflakes from the Snowflake Trio Die Set to create a poinsettia!

So this week....I took a look at the Nameplates Die.

What a fun die!  You get two lovely labels/shapes in one die!!!

But if you decide, like me, to alter them you get even more!!

I decided to work with the top one!

As you can see in the above picture, I cut the shape out 3 times.

I then lined up the straight edge, to cut off the rounded portion, to create a different look.

Check out the different looks:

The top one is the original and then two extra ones I came up with.  The bottom one could also be cut in half and used as a banner if you like!

I decided to use the bottom one for my winter layout:

One of our favorite parts about winter here in Wisconsin, is being able to play in the snow!!

I just love how my altered cuts look on this layout!  I believe if I would have used the original shape, it just would not have looked right with 3.

The last few weeks I have found myself using the Snowflake Trio Die Set a lot!!

As I mentioned before, I also like to just use portions of the Madison Border Die:

Hope you liked my little tutorial/tip today!

So be sure to look at your dies in different ways!  It's always nice to get more uses out of them!!

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Dies used:

Nameplates Die


Snowflake Trio Die Set

Madison Border Die





Check out the Top Dog Dies Blog for some more wonderful inspiration!!

And be sure to check out the Top Dog Dies site to see all their amazing dies!!

Happy Monday!!

IBS and HOC Blog Hop

Today Inspired By Stamping and House of Cards teamed up to have a blog hop! 

If you've come here from Irit's beautiful blog, then you are in the right place!  If you have just stumbled here and would like to participate, please hop over to the House of Cards Challenge Blog to get started! 

 We've got some fabulous sponsors that are providing prizes, so make sure to leave comments at each stop for a chance to win!

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Here'a look at the card I created:

I just love how it turned out!! 

This is the lovely photo we were to find inspiration from:

Close-up of the sentiment, which is from the Winter Wonderland set!  

One of my absolute favorite sets from Inspired By Stamping!!  The stamped snowflake is also from the Winter Wonderland set!  I stamped them with VersaMark ink and embossed with pearl embossing powder!  Then added a pearl to each one!  Such a pretty touch!  

The snowflakes are from Top Dog Dies! Along with the border on the top of the card!

A look at the entire Winter Wonderland set:

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!

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Thanks for stopping by!  

Please join in the fun of our hop and make your way over to Calypso's wonderful blog!

Have a wonderful day!