Masculine Sympathy with IBS

Good Morning Stamping Friends!!

I am on the Inspired By Stamping Blog today, we are featuring Masculine Sympathy cards!

Like many, my least favorite type of card to create is Sympathy cards.
For me masculine ones are even harder, as it is so easy to just pick up a beautiful flower stamp set for a lady's sympathy card.

I didn't want to use flowers for a masculine one, so I decided to take out the fun Masculine Tags II set and use the fishing stamp!

I think it is a beautiful, peaceful image to use for a man's sympathy card.

The sentiment is part of the Flowers Bloom set.

Simple, yet a lot of love and meaning put into 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!

Happy Stamping!

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Flowers Bloom


Masculine Tags II

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

Grace's Special Delivery Boy Blog Hop

Hello, friends!  

Today some of the Inspired By Stamping design team members are sharing some very special cards for our teammate, Grace!  

Grace just recently had an adorable little baby boy and we decided to hop and celebrate with her!  

If you arrived here from Jo's blog, you're on the right track!  If you haven't and would like to hop with us, please start at the Inspired By Stamping blog and start from there!

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Here is the sweet card I created with Grace in mind:

I just love making baby cards!  Such an exciting celebration!!

The beautiful baby carriage is from the Oh, Baby! set!!

I used the Fancy Labels Die 2 for behind the baby carriage!

The tiny banner is part of the Fancy Labels 3 Die set!

I just LOVE that die set!

The "Congrats" from the Cute Circles set fits perfectly on the die cut!

 The large "Welcome little angel!" is part of the Big Notes III set!

So fun!!

CONGRATS GRACE!!

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Your next hop stop is Kylie's blog!  

Thanks for taking some time to hop with us -- please leave some love for Grace on her blog, In Her Shoes, as well!  

Happy hopping, friends!

IBS September Release Happy Fall

Good morning!!

This is my second post for the day, if you're looking for the 3 Girl JAM Celebration Blog Hop, click here!

I hope you've enjoyed Inspired By Stamping's September release previews the last few days!

Today we begin to share inspiration with you, using these new sets!

I have really enjoyed using all of these new amazing stamps!!

Today we are showcasing the new Happy Fall set!!

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The Happy Fall set is such a wonderful set for all those fall projects!

I decided to create an altered jar, filled with some candies!!

Such a nice little gift!  Would be a fun little gift to give someone for no reason!! :)

I added some IBS Medium Fall Leaves under my flower!

I just love the label in this set! Works so nicely with the Fancy Labels 2 Die!!

Along with all the fun leaves!

Great for making some of your own fall paper!!

I also used some lovely Princess Crochet Trim!  It added such a nice final touch!!

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

Calypso Bastian
Colleen Dietrich

Joanna Munster - Owner

Kendra Sand - Myself

Leah Cornelius
Rebecca Deeprose
Rose Miller

Shea Marshall
Tina Hale
Vicki Dutcher

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Be sure to leave a comment on today's Inspired By Stamping Blog post for your chance at winning today's featured stamp set!!

Be sure to check out the Inspired By Stamping Store, there are so many wonderful stamps to choose from!  As well as IBS dies, ribbon, crochet trim and flowers!

Have a lovely day!

IBS June Release Day 3

Good morning!! 

Another day of inspiration using Inspired By Stamping's new June release stamps!!

Today we are showcasing the new French Country Backgrounds and Big Notes in French II sets!!

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You can never have enough "Thank You" cards, so I decided to us the "Merci Beaucoup" sentiment from the new Big Notes in French II set!

I also used the Fancy Labels 2 Die, which I love! Along with one of the lovely labels from the Fancy Labels 2 set!

The accent used in the two right corners is from the Fancy Labels 3 set!

Notice the stamped pattern paper?!  One of my favorite new background stamps, which is in the new French Country Backgrounds set!

Close-up:

I also used some lovely Vintage Crochet Trim!

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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:

Calypso Bastian

Colleen Dietrich

Deb Hickman

Gloria Stengel

Grace Tolman
Irit Shalom

Joanna Munster - Owner

Kendra Sand - Myself

Leah Cornelius
Shani Thomas

Tina Hale

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Be sure to leave a comment on today's Inspired By Stamping Blog post for your chance at winning today's featured stamps!!

Be sure to check out the Inspired By Stamping Store, there are so many wonderful stamps to choose from!  As well as ribbon, crochet trim and flowers!

Have a lovely day!

3GJ + IBS Sweet Birthday Card

Good morning!

I have a fun birthday card to share with you today!!

It's my day to post on the 3 Girl JAM Blog and I decided to use my favorite Crinkle Ribbon color....
Witch's Brew!!

Which is part of the Spooky Bundle.

I have used so much of this beautiful purple crinkle ribbon over the last few months!

I used my new Inspired By Stamping set Fancy Labels 2 and Fancy Label Die 2 and then used the beautiful Witch's Brew crinkle ribbon to create a frame around the die.

I love how it looks!

I love the purple and turquoise colors used for this card! 

I also decided to create a double bow with the Witch's Brew ribbon, along with adding a button and some twine. 

The sentiment is from the Inspired By Stamping set Graceful Hydrangea!

How fun!!

Have a wonderful day!!

IBS Backgrounds and French Notes

Good morning!! 

I have some more lovely "eye candy" to share with you today using some of Inspired By Stamping's May release stamps!!

I have really enjoyed working with this month's release!

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Today we are showcasing projects using the new Basic Backgrounds III and French Notes!

Like the background stamps we showcased yesterday, this set is also amazing!

I decided to create a layout using some beautiful pictures of my little girl!

The chevron black and white strips are from the new Background Basics II set!

Check out the fun "Oh la la" sentiment from the new French Notes stamp set!

I thought the sentiment was perfect with these pictures!

I love the new die that will be releasing as well!!  

Fancy Label Die 2

I also used one of the new frames, from the set Fancy Labels 2!

(LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!)

My favorite background stamp from the Background Basics III is the polka dot one!! Love it!
(Although the other two backgrounds are AMAZING as well!!)

I thought it would be fun to add gems on some of the polka dots!

I also used the Delicate Doilies II set to create this fun flower:

And to also just create some nice elements in the top right corner!

What a fun layout!

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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:

Cindy Blancett

Colleen Dietrich

Calypso Bastian

Deb Hickman

Grace Tolman

IritShalom

Joanna Munster - Owner

Kendra Sand - Myself

Leah Cornelius

Shani Thomas

Shea Marshall
Tina Hale

Vicki Dutcher

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Be sure to leave a comment on today's Inspired By Stamping Blog post for your chance at winning a $25 Gift Certificate to the Inspired By Stamping store!!  There are so many lovely products to choose from!!

Have a lovely day!