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!!

Let It Snow with Loves Rubberstamps

Ready for another challenge at Loves Rubberstamps?!

I sure hope so, this week happens to be one of my favorites!

Week #30 - Let It Snow

Yes, call me crazy, but I love seeing snow covering the ground and in the trees!!  Just makes for a beautiful landscape this time of year in WI, instead of brown grass and empty flower beds!  Plus it really helps adding to all the Christmas spirit!

I recently got this adorable new stamp from Your Next Stamp called Holiday Joy Robin!

I had so much fun creating this card!  

The adorable little bird was so fun to color!  And I loved using the liquid applique to add snow to the branches!!

be sure to check out the Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog for more lovely inspiration and to join in the challenge!!

Kenny K happens to be this week's sponsor!!

You can find a bunch of lovely stamps and products in the Loves RubberStamps store!

Have a wonderful day!!

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Challenges:
Crafty Catz: Shaped Cards

Craft a Scene: Winter Scene

Robyn's Fetish: Christmas Cards
ABC Challenges: Let It Snow
Kaboodle Doodles: Use Red

Sparkle & Bling with SS

Hello crafty friends!

Make sure to join us on the Sweet Stamps blog, 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!!


This week's Sweet Stamps Challenge is:

Sparkle and Bling
(Make Your Card Sparkle!!)

That's not a problem!!  I love sparkle and bling!!

I used SweetStamps.com stamp Tiny Snowflake Background to create the snowflakes on the right side, using Montego Bay Shades Dye Ink!  

I then used the tiny snowflakes from the set Jada's Snowfight, stamped with VersaMark Ink and then used the Fine Detail Pearl Embossing Powder to add other hints of snowflakes to the background!

I LOVE this pearl embossing powder!!  I then added a silver rhinestone in the center of each of them for some added bling!!

I used a glue pen to add glue around the edge of this tag and then added some Angel Dust Glitter from Creative Inspirations!

These felt snowflakes were originally white.  I used Creative Inspirations Paint Sky Blue and Winter Frost to add shimmer to them!!

Also, if you look closely, I embossed the left side of the card with a Snowflake Embossing Folder from SS and then used the glue pen again and added Angel Dust Glitter to the snowflakes for added sparkle!!

Here's a close-up of one:

Love the added glitter!

SweetStamps.com Supplies Used:

Have a wonderful day!

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Challenges:
2 Sisters: Snowflakes
Pixie Dust Studio: Sparkle and Snowflakes
Stampin' For the Weekend: Let It Snow
Craft Us Crazy: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like WINTER
Lexi's Creations: Snow
Love to Create: Anything Goes

Cut Above the Rest

I have another set from Raisin Boat, that I found at the Milwaukee show, that I was so excited to finally find!!  I have always been looking for a nice lawn cutting set for cards for the business!!

"Lawn King" is the fun set I am talking about!!

I just love Raisin Boat's masculine line...makes creating those manly cards so easy!!

My dad's birthday was this past week and I created this card for him:

I just love how this card turned out!!

The "Happy birthday" is from the set "Little Phrases" from Inspired By Stamping!

Have a wonderful day!!

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Challenges:
Drunken Stampers: For the Boys
Totally Paper Crafts: For the Boys

Fall

These pictures were taken last month!

The little guy raked all the leaves in the front yard by himself, so him and his sister could play around in the leaf pile!

What a great time they had!

And I obviously had to take some pictures!!

Have a great weekend! We're decorating Christmas cookies today!!  

Thank You

Last weekend we had our Christmas business party!  

When I was at the stamp show in Milwaukee earlier this fall I found the "Don't Blow It" set from Raisin Boat!  A perfect stamp set to add to my collection for the business Christmas and Thank You cards!!

I made these Thank You cards for the guys!

I just love how they turned out!!

The Thank You sentiment is from Inspired By Stamping's set Butterfly Wings. 

A look at the entire set from Raisin Boat:

Have a wonderful day!!

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Raisin Boat: Thank You

Birthday Fun

I have some more fun Birthday cards to share with you this morning!

I recently created a card very similar to the ones below and had some family that really enjoyed them!  

I was asked by my cousin's wife to create this one for her to give her niece:

The "Happy Birthday" is from the Big Wishes set from Inspired By Stamping!  Perfect fit for this card!!

I just love the inside sentiment I used:

Another lovely set from Inspired By Stamping!  I just love all the birthday sentiments in the set Birthday Greetings!!

And then one of my cousin's turns 16 today, so I created this card for her:

So fun and simple to create!!

Have a wonderful day!

Loves Rubberstamps

For the next few week's I have the honor of being a Guest Designer at Loves Rubberstamps!! 

Each Tuesday they have a fun challenge to find inspiration from!

I'm so excited to being joining their talented designers and other guest designers!!

Week #29 - Anything Goes

I decided to use the challenge, to create another Christmas card!

I just love this adorable Snow Friends stamp from Great Impressions!

I also decided to go with non-traditional Christmas colors!!  

Just look at these cute snowmen!! 

(I'm a sucker for snowmen stamps!!)

Used some of my Winter Frost CI Paint to add shimmer to my punched snowflake!!

You can find a bunch of lovely stamps and products in the Loves RubberStamps store!

Have a wonderful day!!

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Challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges: Create a Card the Features a Snowman

My Time to Craft: Snowmen
Sweet Stampin': Snowflakes and Ribbon

QKR Stampede: It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

Raise the Bar: Bundle Up
Great Impressions: Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion: Snow
Incy Wincy Designs: Non-Traditional X-Mas Colors
Lexi's Creations: Christmas
Tammy's Scrapin Corner: Anything Christmas
Crafty Sentiments: Snowmen/Ladies
Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes

Winter Greenery with SS

Hello crafty friends!

Make sure to join us on the Sweet Stamps blog, 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!!


This week's Sweet Stamps Challenge is:

Winter Greenery

For my card today I decided to us the Winter Tree!

I made a shaker card!  First time I finally made one and I love how it turned out!!

I used Diamonds and Pearls Embossing Powder in the inside of the shaker to make it look like snow!

SweetStamps.com Supplies Used:

Just a reminder that there is still time to enter our monthly technique challenge which happens to be SUSPENSION cards!  They are so fun to make!!  Find info on the SS Blog here.

Have a wonderful day!

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Challenges:
2 Sisters: Christmas Sparkle
My Sheri Crafts: Tis The Season
QKR Stampede: It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas
ABC Challenge: Holiday Cards with Bling
Lollipop Crafts: Happy Holidays
My Craft Spot: Merry Christmas
Stamp and Create: Sparkly Christmas/Winter
There's Magic In the Air: Sparkle

Quick Layouts

Wow, can you believe it is December already?

Although I am done working for the season, it has been so crazy around our house!

The kids and I were sick for awhile with the flu and then just getting ready for the holidays!

I've actually gotten a little behind on their scrapbooks!

Hopefully after the holidays I can quickly create a bunch!

Here's two I created the other day:

A trip to the local amusement park this summer!!

 And another of my two little peanuts snuggling together.

Actually kind of a cute story...we put the kids to bed one night and I went downstairs to do some crafting while my husband watched some tv.  I went back upstairs and did my nightly check on them to only find my daughter's bed empty!!  Couldn't find her!  Went to check on the little guy and she was cuddled up in bed with him!! :)  So I obviously had to capture the moment and scrap it!! :)

Have a wonderful day!

Grinch Game

Hello Crafty Friends!

The Grinch is loose!  

Help become and Honorary Deputy Patrol Officer to catch the mean old Grinch!

The more people that play the more prizes there will be!!

Join in!  Check out all the Grinch Game details on the Creative Vision Blog!!

Simple X-Mas Card

I just love how simple this card is!

When I got together with some girlfriend's scrapping my one sweet friend had this great tree and snow image that she let me barrow! Sure makes an elegant card!

I'm getting so excited for the holidays!!  Can't wait!

Have a wonderful day!