Rocks of Encouragement

Hello Stamping Friends!

Today I am sharing a little fun with Inspired By Stamping's products!

Recently my daughter has gotten into painting rocks and hiding them within the surrounding area that we live!  I didn't realize this was a big thing, until I recently found a painted rock while working!!  I picked it up and brought it home to show my kids and look into it!  

Well that is all it took for my kids!  Next thing I know, I'm buying more acrylic paints, paint markers, sealer and we're at the local beach occasionally picking rocks!!

I admit, I am not much of a painter!  So while spending time with the kids painting, I thought, I wonder if I can stamp on them? 

So I decided to give it a try!!

I start by finding a fairly flat and smooth rock and add some acrylic paint to the top.  I then find an encouraging sentiment to add once dried!

I cut a piece of acetate to just slightly bigger than my sentiment, as using a block doesn't really stamp well if the rock isn't very smooth and flat.  Using the acetate allows me to have more control when stamping and allows me to stamp the sentiment better!

Stamped:

I love the watercolor feel to the stamped sentiment!!  How appropriate when I used the sentiment from the Watercolor Sentiments stamp set!!

I ended up leaving the stamped sentiment as it was as I really liked the look. Sometimes I will use a paint marker to clean-up the sentiment so it looks more perfect, as you will see in the next rock.

I then added a border and some hearts around the sentiment! I unfortunately don't have a finished look! I feel bad!  My daughter grabbed this rock on Saturday along with a bunch of other ones as she thought she was doing me a favor!  Because we went to town to hide a bunch!  Didn't even see her hide it! Didn't know until I went to take pictures Sunday and was looking all over for it! LOL.  I confronted her and she was all excited that she hid it!  Should have left it at that!  As when I told her I didn't take a picture of it yet, some tears were shed.  I felt horrible!!

Here is one of the completed rocks:

For this one I stamped the 'Do What Makes You" sentiment from the Happy Stamp Set on my rock!!  And I die cut the 'happy' sentiment from the Happy Die Set from a piece of glittery sticker paper!  I adhered it to my rock and added Mod Podge over to keep it adhered to my rock!

I was told by my daughter that she didn't take this one because she secretly really wants to keep it!! LOL!

How fun!!!

Something a little different!!  So I thought I would share!!

It is so much fun to do, but very important to make sure paint and ink is dry before you seal!  I've been a little anxious to seal some of my rocks and have actually wrecked them and smeared the stamping! So be patient!

Have a lovely day!

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Happy Christmas Lights with IBS

Hello Stamping Friends!

We've been having a lot of cooler weather here!  So it has started to make me think about fall, as well as Christmas!!

So hard to believe that Christmas is a little less than 4 months away!

So with that being said, I decided to create two lovely Christmas cards, featuring products from Inspired By Stamping!!

I first decided I wanted to use the cute light bulbs from the Festive Greetings stamp set!

I love bright, fun Christmas cards!

 So I decided to use pink, turquoise and purple for one of my cards for the solid bulb color!  And decided to use traditional red and green solid bulb colors for the other!

Which is your favorite?!

I really like them both!  But am always drawn to the colorful versions, as I love color!  But also love the elegant style of traditional!!

Here is a look at the finished cards:

I just used black in to stamp the bulb outline, which I ended up stamping slightly off, as I really like the look it gives!  And plus it is nice to not have to be perfect all the time!!

I also used the Happy Die for both of my cards!  And the coordinating Happy stamp set to stamp the 'Holidays' sentiment on each of the cards!

It's so much fun to create your own backgrounds!!

I really like how both of these cards turned out!!

Be sure to check out all of Inspired By Stamping's products!

Have a lovely day!

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Happy Holidays

Hello Stamping Friends!

Can you believe tomorrow is the last day of the month!  Yikes!

I just couldn't let the end of July go by and not create a Christmas card!  With the recent release from Inspired By Stamping I really fell in love with the Happy stamp set!

Check out the entire set:

So many uses, in this one set!!  So awesome!!

I was so excited to use this stamp set to create an elegant holiday card:

I started by finding a piece of pattern paper that I wanted to use.

I then created my sentiment stripe, I stamped the 'happy' in green ink and then stamped the 'holidays' in red.  I added some twine around the left end a few times and adhered it to the pattern layer.

I finished off the card by adding the sparkly flower, with a button and twine in the center.  I also added some rhinestones to the top right corner.

I just love elegant Christmas cards!

Be sure to check out all of Inspired By Stamping's products!

Have a lovely day!

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IBS Release Happy

Hello Stamping Friends!

Welcome to the final day of Inspired by Stamping’s July 2017 Release!
What an ABSOLUTE AMAZING release it has been!!

I am so in love with all of the new stamps and dies!!

There are 3 new stamp sets and 2 new coordinating die cuts in the store, be sure to check them out!! You can visit us by clicking here!

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I am so excited to share with you this next card!

 I had so much fun creating it!!

I stamped the 'happy' sentiment from the new Happy Stamp Set multiple times on a piece of white cardstock, each time in another color ink.  Somewhat to resemble the rainbow!!

I then took some of my mists to splatter ink on the piece of cardstock!  I really like how it turned out!!  Make a mess, but was well worth it!!

I also stamped the 'birthday' sentiment from the set on a banner to add!

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Next up I used the 'you are my' sentiment from the Happy Stamp Set to create a banner for this super cute little project life page I created for my daughter's album!!

I then die cut the Happy Die from a piece of black paper to add to the bottom right of the layout!

Such a sweet photo of myself and my mini-me!!

I just love how these new stamp sets and dies are perfect to use for project life and/or scrapbook pages!!

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Be sure to check out all of Inspired By Stamping's products!

PRIZE:

To Celebrate this release, Inspired by Stamping is giving away a $25 gift card to three lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Inspired by Stamping Blog by Sunday July 16th at 11:59 pm EST for a chance to win. The winners will be announced on Monday July 17th. 

Thank you so much for stopping by! 
Your first stop is Joanna’s Blog! Below is a complete list of the amazing designers who are participating today:

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Here is the lineup of amazing designers joining us today:

Joanna

Kendra (You Are Here) 

Vicki
Lindsay
Henriette
Gloria
Berina
Swapna
Anita 

Have a lovely day!

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IBS Release Summer Bouquet

Hello Stamping Friends!

Welcome to day 2 of Inspired by Stamping’s July 2017 Release!
We are so happy you are here!!!

This week Inspired by Stamping is releasing 3 new stamp sets and 2 new coordinating die cuts to their store. All new products are already available in the store! You can visit us by clicking here!

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Today we are featuring the gorgeous new Summer Bouquet stamp set!!

I just LOVE IBS's floral stamp sets, each one of them is so amazing!!

I decided to use the floral image to make my own piece of background paper for this anniversary card I created for my parents:

I stamped it with VersaMark ink, so that I could then heat emboss with a beautiful Pearl Embossing Powder!! 

I just love how it turned out!!  Such an elegant card!! 

I also stamped the 'Anniversary' sentiment from the Happy Stamp Set, which we will be showcasing tomorrow!!  Along with the fun coordinating Happy Die, which I die cut using a piece of teal paper!

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Next up I used the floral stamp on the right side of my card using some purple ink:

I tend to always feel as though I need to color all my images in, but you can really create some pretty elegant cards by using colored ink and leaving them as is!!

I stamped the sweet 'Sending hugs & happy thoughts' sentiment from the Summer Bouquet stamp set as well!

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Be sure to check out all of Inspired By Stamping's products!

PRIZE:

To Celebrate this release, Inspired by Stamping is giving away a $25 gift card to three lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Inspired by Stamping Blog by Sunday July 16th at 11:59 pm EST for a chance to win. The winners will be announced on Monday July 17th. 

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Here is the lineup of amazing designers joining us today:

Joanna

Kendra (You Are Here) 

Vicki
Lindsay
Henriette
Gloria
Berina
Swapna
Anita 

Have a lovely day!

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