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!

Twins

 Recently, a friend of mine had twins!

They are so adorable!

She had a boy and a girl!  How exciting!

This was the fun and simple card I created for her:

I used the fun Oh, Baby! set from Inspired By Stamping!

I've never did a card using the clothesline look, so that is what I decided to do for this card!

Being that she had twins, I had to do a little masking with the sentiments!  I first stamped the "bundle"  then used the "s" from "cute as a button" at the end and lastly stamped the "of joy"!  

What a great extended use of the stamp set!

A look at the entire Oh, Baby! set:

Have a wonderful day!

IBSIC #43

Inspired By Stamping Inspiration Challenge #43

I am so excited to share my card with you today, I just love how it turned out!!

Recently, I became an Auntie!!

So I was inspired by this week's photo to create a baby card, here is what I came up with:

I decided to go with a shaped card and thought I would try the work "BABY"! 

Such a fun design!!

I used the Inspired By Stamping set Oh, Baby!

I thought it would be fun to add pink rhinestones in the center of the stamped flowers from the set!

I'm sure I will be making more like this!!

This week's Inspirational Photo:

Just love these lovely colors, makes me think of spring!

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

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A look at the entire Oh, Baby! set:

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Have a wonderful day!!

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Challenges:
Celebrate the Occasion: Baby Card

IBS Dec. Blog Hop

**  I have two other posts today as well, please be sure to check them out below **

Welcome to the Inspired By Stamping December Blog Hop!

If you came here from Irit Shalom's Designs your on the right track! If not, be sure to start at the beginning on Joanna's Inspired By Stamping Blog!  There is a lot of beautiful projects being shared today!

We are showcasing some of IBS's stamp sets! There are so many lovely sets to choose from!  

Today I am showcasing Winter Wonderland, Elegant Christmas Sentiments and Oh, Baby!

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I'm so excited to share this card with you, I just love how it turned out.

Pretty simple, yet such a fun card!

I've created this fun suspension card using the Winter Wonderland and Elegant Christmas Sentiments!

Did you know that Joanna has taken the time to create SVG's for almost all the Inspired By Stamping sets?

VERY exciting!!

Under the explanation of the stamp set you will find a "Download Now" button!

I cut this snowflake SVG from the Winter Wonderland file twice and the use the matching stamp to stamp it once in green and once in red. Above is the green version and when you spin the snowflake around you will see the red one!

Close-up of the snowflake:

So fun to embellish with rhinestones!!

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I have another adorable card to share with you!!

For this card I used the Oh, Baby! set!

It is so much fun to create baby cards!  Such a special time in life, to welcome a little one!

My best friend just welcomed a little boy into their beautiful family.

She just loves getting cards from me, so I made sure to put a lot of time and love into this one!

Close-up:

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Here's a look at the entire stamp sets I used:

Winter Wonderland

Elegant Christmas Sentiments

Oh, Baby!

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Now hop on over to the talented Liz (Card Creations by Liz) to see her lovely projects!

Here's a list of the entire hop:

Joanna

Colleen

Deb

Irit

Kendra (You are Here!)

Liz

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Be sure to leave some love along the way!  

Joanna, is offering a $25 gift certificate to IBS for one lucky person! 

Also, receive free shipping! Use coupon code "freeshipping"!

(For EST time it will be 4am Tuesday 11th of Dec. to 4am Wednesday 12th of Dec.)

Also, one last note...just a friendly reminder that IBS is currently have a DESIGN TEAM CALL!! :)  You can find all the details here!

Have a wonderful day!!

Pink Camo

My brother-in-law and girlfriend are expecting a baby girl next month! I am so excited to be an aunt!

Anyway, they have decided to go with a pink camo theme since my BIL is a big hunter!

So this is the baby card I created for them:

I think it turned out soooo cute!

I fell in love with the CRINKLE RIBBON from 3 Girl Jam!  It is so fun to work with!  CI Shimmer and Ribbon...such fun products to work with!! ;)

When creating this card I probably could have gotten away using the Sterling Crinkle Ribbon from the Celebration Bundle......

but I wanted to change it to pink, to make the card even more girly!

So I had some fun with CI's paints!!

I used a paint brush to add  a little water and paint into a zip-lock bag!  I used Blush!

 I then "crinkled" the bag up multiple times until I felt as though the paint had covered all of the beautiful ribbon!

If you open and find you need more paint, just simply add a little more.  

I at first used TuTu Pink, but the pink took too light for what I wanted, so I then used the Blush.  But I was thinking how fun it would be to create some multi-colored Crinkled Ribbon with our paints!

Here's a look at the original Sterling Crinkle Ribbon and my newly dyed Shimmery Blush Pink Crinkle Ribbon!

I thought it turned out pretty cool!!

Lastly, two close-up pictures of my card:

Just love how the Crinkle Ribbon shimmers!

For the three pieces of "lace" I cut with one of my border punches, I used Tutu Pink, just love the shimmer!

Such a fun girly card!

Have a great day!

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Challenges:
Dream Valley Challenges: Anything Goes

Penny Black and More: Any Die Will Do
Robyn's Fetish: Anything Goes

Little Claire's: New Arrivals

One Stop Craft: Anything Goes

Sweet Stamping: Anything Goes

Totally Paper Crafts: Cute & Girly

Creative Stamp Friends: Your Fav. Colors

Crafty Cardmakers: More Than One Die/Punch

The Pink Elephant: Punches/Dies

July IBS Recap

Good morning !! 

So what do you think about the Inspired By Stamping release yesterday??!!

Pretty exciting!  

Joanna's stamps always amaze me!

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Today I am featuring the Fancy Alphabet, which is such a great set to create your own sentiments!

I also find that it is PERFECT to use to create titles for your scrapbook pages!!

The corner stamp I used is from the set All Year Wishes II.

The title I created with the new Fancy Alphabet set:

The stars next to the title are from the set Oh, Baby!

I also used the new Yummy Food Labels set to create the Pasta tag!

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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:

Joanna; Inspired By Stamping
Colleen Dietrich
Deb Hickman
Debbie Marcinkiewicz
Irit Shalom
Kendra Sand (me)
Kim Score
Tammy Hobbs



Using the code "freeshipping" you are able to get FREE shipping in the IBS store today and tomorrow!!


Have a wonderful day!

IBSIC #16

Can you believe it is week #16 at Inspired By Stamping Inspiration Challenge's!

Each and every Thursday Joanna has either a wonderful sketch or beautiful picture to find inspiration from!

This week happens to be another sketch!

This is the baby card I created for a friend:

I used the new Oh, Baby! set!  Such a great set for those baby cards!!

I also used some lovely flowers from the IBS store!

A close-up:

I add some pearls to the beautiful baby carriage.

Here is the sketch:

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

Have a wonderful day!!