Make a Wish with The Stamps of Life

Hello Crafty Friends!!

I have a fun Birthday card to share with you today using some awesome products from The Stamps of Life!!


I used the newly released happy4banners stamp set as well as the matching happy4banner Die!

I thought the banner was a good fit to go along with these fun candles, which are part of the candles4birthday stamp set!  The "Blow Out the Candles" and "Make a Wish" are also part of that set!

A simple yet perfect masculine birthday card, I think!!

Be sure to check out all the lovely products from the The Stamps of Life here!!

Have a lovely day!!

Pretty Ornament with Honey Bee Stamps

Hello Stamping Friends!


This is my second post of the day, so be sure to see my post below as well!!

It's my day once again to post on the Honey Bee Stamps Blog!!

I am excited to share this creative card with you!  I hope you enjoy!

I thought it would be fun to create me own stamped ornament using some of the tiny images in some of the Honey Bee sets!

I started by taking a thin piece of printer part and die cutting a circle from it.

I wanted to use the negative piece, which will turn into my ornament!  I used painters tape to hold the stencil I created in place.  I also decided I wanted to leave a section empty from a design, so I could add a sentiment to the ornament as well.

I then grabbed some awesome stamps!

I decided I wanted to use the pretty swirl from the Thanks stamp set!  I also decided to use the cute little heart from the Cherish stamp set to use between a few of the swirls, to add a little more interest!

 A this point I was already getting very excited!!

Here's a picture of my ornament all stamped up!!

As you can tell I decided to create the ornament elegant and stick with traditional Christmas colors!

Here is another look, but this time with the "celebrate" sentiment added as well as some gold stars!

Both the sentiment and star are part of the Life Right Now stamp set!!

I finished the ornament up by deciding to take a black marker and trace around my circle template.  I could have left it as is, but decided I wanted a definite edge to my ornament.

I also used my marker and a ruler to add "string" from the top of the ornament!

Now for my finished card:

Isn't it beautiful?!

I really love how it turned out!!  

Here's one more look:

Just image all the beautiful ornaments you could create!!
I'm so excited to create more cards like this in the future!!

"Bee" sure to check out all the lovely products Honey Bee Stamps has to offer!

Happy Stamping!!




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Snowflake Christmas Tree with IBS

Good Morning Stamping Friends!!

I am on the Inspired By Stamping Blog today!!

Today I am going to share a quick and easy tutorial with you.

I'm going to use some of my IBS stamps, to once again create my own Christmas tree.

This time it's going to be a snowflake tree!!

Start by collecting some supplies:

 Cardstock
Stamps 

Ink

Begin by creating your bottom layer of your tree.

 I decided to go with some pink snowflakes first!!

I just eyeballed it! So no real need for a ruler, unless you feel as though you really want one.

Then continue with the next layer.  I decided to switch to a different color as well as a different snowflake design!

 I also put these a little tighter together.
But then went loose again with the snowflakes for the next layer.

Continue on up the tree as you wish!

I finished the tree up by adding a trunk!

I thought the light-bulb end from the Festive Greetings stamp set would make the perfect trunk!!

Don't you think?!
It's so fun to find different uses for your stamps, then what they were intended for!!

Here's my finished card:

 I used the snowflake in the Christmas Wreath stamp set for the "star" at the top of the tree!!

Just think if all the fun Christmas trees you could create!!

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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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