The Sky's the Limit

It's release day at Inspired By Stamping!!!


The Sky's the Limit
Is the set being realeased this month!  The set contains 15 stamps; 7 Hot Air Balloons, 1 Cloud and 7 Sentiments!
(Below you can see an image of the entire set)

I created a quick and simple card to share with you today.  My goal for this card was to use all the hot air balloons in the set, so I created a fun background paper with them.

Here are two of the other cards I created with this new set:
   

Here's a look at the entire set:

The possibilites are endless with this fun set!  As you can see in one of my above photos, you could even use them to create your own flowers!!

Make sure to check out all the lovely creations:

Amber Goble
Deb Hickman
Debbie Marcinkiewicz
Gini Williams Cagle
Irit Shalom
Jennie Garcia
Kendra Sand <-------- You are here
Kassi Hulet
Kim Score
Lesley Croghan
Susie Moore


Joanna, is giving away some blog candy!!  Leave a comment on the Inspired By Stamping Blog for your chance to win this set!

Also, order this new stamp set or any other ones from the Inspired By Stamping store and enjoy FREE shipping today and tomorrow!  Just use BALLOONS as a code when you check out!

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Kendra

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Sneak Peek #2

Good morning stampers!! 

Ready for another Sneak Peek?

Start over at the Inspired By Stamping blog, where Joanna is sharing one of her lovely creations with her new stamp set!


The Sky's the Limit

Today I decided to use the stamps from the set to do a little paper piecing!  These hot air balloons are so fun to paper piece with!!

Make sure to check out all the lovely creations:

Amber Goble
Deb Hickman
Debbie Marcinkiewicz
Gini Williams Cagle
Irit Shalom
Jennie Garcia
Kendra Sand <---------- You are here
Kassi Hulet
Kim Score
Lesley Croghan
Susie Moore


Have a nice day! Make sure to check back again tomorrow as we will be revealing the entire set!

Kendra

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Challenges:
Mojo Monday: Sketch

Sneak Peek

Good morning stampers!! 

It's the second Thursday of the month, so that means over at Inspired By Stamping we are starting our Sneak Peek's until release day on Saturday of a new fun set!! Joanna has once again created another wonderful set!

This is our first month as a team showcasing the new stamp set, so it's pretty exciting! I just love this new stamp set!  It's called The Sky's the Limit!

 I decided for my first sneak peek, I would use the stamps to create a flower! Something different!

I created this card yesterday, I just love how it turned out!!  You can't really tell what the orginal stamp is from the set!! hehe  But I'm sure you'll be able to guess what they are from my fellow DT member blogs. 

I just love the font of the sentiments in this set!

Close-up of the fun flower I created!!

Make sure to check out all the lovely creations:

Amber Goble
Deb Hickman
Debbie Marcinkiewicz
Gini Williams Cagle
Irit Shalom
Jennie Garcia
Kendra Sand <---------- You are here
Kassi Hulet
Kim Score
Lesley Croghan
Susie Moore


Have a nice day! Make sure to check back again tomorrow!

Kendra

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Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday: Anything Goes
Cooking It Up With Katie: Anything Goes

Paper and Such

I am so excited to be joining another wonderful team, Paper and Such!  These ladies are so much fun and sweet!  They have some fun stamps and carry a lot of fun products I enjoy using!!

My term will begin in January!

Have a nice day!

Kendra

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Blue Deer

Here's a fun, quick card created using some Stampin' Up products.

My mom's favorite color is blue, so I'm thinking this card will be getting sent to her! 

Been a little quiet here on my end as far as entering challenges and things this past week, as I just got back from vacation yesterday!  I've been in Hawaii this past week!!  I will post a few pictures after I get them uploaded.  I was so excited to go to their botanical gardens and of course I had to check out their scrapbooking and stamping stores!!

Have a nice day!

Kendra

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SSD Sketch #105

Welcome, to the first sketch of the month with Skipping Stones Design.

As I mentioned yesterday I am guest designing for them this month! Yay!

Sketch:

My card:

 The star and the sentiment are from the set Christmas Swirls.

Join in, by creating a project with this sketch.  You have a chance at winning a stamp set of your choice!  Their stamps are so much fun to work with!

Have a wonderful day!

Kendra

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Christmas Bling with Sweet Stamps

Sweet Stamps Challenge:

Christmas Bling

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!! There's plenty of wonderful things to choose from!

Here's the card I created:

I created a fun gate-fold card for this challenge.  For the front sentiment I used "Look Like Christmas", which has to be one of my favorite holiday sentiments!  I guess I just love decorating for Christmas and love all the lights!  It is kind of hard to tell and I couldn't get the greatest picture, put the paper I used the sentiment on was first stamped with some VersaMark using the "Tiny Snowflake Background".  The tree on the front is a fun die! It's by Nellie's Multi Frame's and is called "Christmas Tree Multi Frame Dies'.  You get two trees, an ornament and star dies.

I really like it because I love being able to BLING it up!  I used some Silver rhinestones on the tree to act as ornaments or lights.  The red garland is actually white thread that I covered with Creative Inspiration Paints "Rustic Red" to make red and to add shimmer to.  I used CI Paint "Gold" on the star on top of the tree.


I used "Merry Christmas Script" for the inside sentiment. And also stamped the outlined ornament from the "Ornament Silhouette and Outline Duo" set.

I then used CI Paints "Rustic Red" and "Silver Frost" to add shimmer to the ornament!

Lastly, I finished off the card, by adding "Lippy Red" and "Mint Green" rhinestones!

Have a wonderful day!

Kendra

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Challenges:

Skipping Stones Design

I'm so excited!  I am guest designing for Skipping Stones Design this month!  I was able to choose 3 of my favorite stamp sets to work with!  Let me just say, I am having a blast!  Plus I am just excited, as this is the first time I am being a Guest Designer!

Today I am being introduced on their website and then I will be creating a card with a sketch from them each Tuesday!

I decided to create a center step card to begin with!  I used stamp sets Always Here and Timeless Textures.

Side view of the card:

I just love how it turned out!!

A view of one of the side panels:

I just love the butterfly along with the background stamp I used.

Have a nice day!

Kendra

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Cute Snowman

Good morning!!  I have a fun card to share with you this morning using a Unity Stamp I picked up at the last stamp expo I went to.  I told myself I wasn't going to buy any more winter stamps this year, but I fell for this adorable snowman!!

I started by choosing my papers I wanted to use for this card and then colored in the image.  I just love these colors together! Such a fun holiday card!

Close-up:

Close-up of the adorable snowman!!

I used CI Paint Turquoise on the his scarf and hat and on the teal paper around the image.  I used Winter Frost for the snow!

I wanted to share something fun I have enjoyed doing lately....

Creating my own stick pins!  It's soooo easy!  And a lot of fun to add CI Paints to them so they shimmer!!

First, I start by using a punch or die cutting machine to cut out how many shapes I need, in this case I used a snowflake punch to punch out 4 snowflakes.

I then used Green Olive CI Paint to add shimmer to the paper.

Quickly add hot glue from your glue gun, put a pin in it, then quickly press the other snowflake on top!

So fun, quick and easy!!

 Put a pop-dot where you would like them to stick out...

 And look at that...

How FUN!!  So shimmery!  I also used some CI Clear Jewels!

Now you can make stick pins to match your project perfectly!  As sometimes I have a hard time finding the exact ones I want. 

Have a nice day!

Kendra

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CI Paints Inspired By: Felt

This week's challenge at Creative Inspirations Paint is:

Inspired By: Felt

I used CI Paint "Sky Blue" on the stamped snowflakes and a felt snowflake on the front!

Sorry for the short post, I currently am gone on vacation to Hawaii!! So I am quickly posting this before I leave on my laptop as my regular computer is in getting fixed!

Have a great day!


Kendra

Creative Vision Blog Hop

Welcome to another Creative Vision Design Team Themed Blog Hop.

The hop today is VERY special because it is the team's final hop. PLUS we have a guest designer on the company blog PLUS Laura Lou Who goes LIVE with THING 1 and Whoville ACTION NEWS! Yes the GRINCH GAME begins TODAY!!

The theme for our blog hop is GIFTS, how perfect with Christmas right around the corner!

I've enjoyed making these adorable mini hand sanitizer gifts this season.  So I decided to use the adorable snowman and sentiment from the set "Let It Snow" set.

 Side View:

 They are SO easy to create and so fun!  A perfect little gift to give.

I just LOVE this adorable snowman!  I was so excited to find the circle bling to go around them!  They were the perfect size!

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you've enjoyed what I have created!

Your next stop is Stephanie's blog!

Here's the complete listing:
Laura Lou Who - http://www.creativeclearstamps.blogspot.com/
Kendra - http://www.luv2scrapnmakecards.blogspot.com/ <----You are Here
Stephanie - http://blog.artycarty.com/
Christy- http://www.mycreativejourneys.blogspot.com/
Mary - http://mbryt1.blogspot.com/
Allison - http://www.allisonsstampincreations.blogspot.com/
Lauren - http://lem-photography.blogspot.com/
Chelsea - http://scraptasticvoyage.blogspot.com/

Happy Hopping!!

Have a wonderful day!

Kendra

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Ornaments

I have found this year I have been addicted to ornament stamps as well as the snowman and snowflakes!

This card was created using Stampin' Up products.

 So simple, yet so elegant.

This one was created using Hero Art products.

I created this one when I was at the Mall of American in September with my girlfriends!  We had some fun classes this year.

Tomorrow my cousin is getting married in Hawaii, so excited!!

Have a nice day!

Kendra

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