Inspired by Challenge - Wellies

 Hello!  I hope you are doing well.  I am sharing a card I created for the Inspired By Challenge this week!  The theme is wellies!  I tell you what a challenge this card was, not because of the stamping and coloring but because I could not find my stamp!  

I knew that I had this cute stamp from Newton's Nook but searched my craft room high and low looking for it!  Has that ever happened to you?   As it turns out, I had stuck the stamp and some other Newton Nook stamps and stencils inside a drawer that I had scraps in.   Oh my!!  I looked everywhere and finally decided to open every drawer and search every nook and cranny for this set.   As it turns out, I also found this cute stencil also from Newton's Nook! It's called the Bokeh Hearts Stencil.   I love it!  

This was the first time as well that I colored a siamese cat!  I used my E70, E71, E74 and E77 to color up the cat and added pink details to the ear and nose with R32 and R30! 

I hope you get a chance to play along!  Check out the Inspired By Challenge here! 

Inspired By Challenge - Rainbow Pops

 Hello!  I am sharing a card made for this week's Inspired by Challenge! I love rainbows and anything rainbow, the bright and cheery colors make me smile.   This week's inspiration photo and theme is Rainbow Pops.   I used the All Aglow stencil and Takes the Cake stamp set along with the Takes the Cake banner die.  

This is such a fun stencil set that is super easy to ink up with Distress Oxides inks and creates such a cute birthday card.   I have made several version of these!  I stamped the sentiment and used the banner die from the Takes the Cake set from The Greetery.  

Come play along with the Inspired by Challenge!  Check out the post further here! 

Inspired By Challenge - Umbrellas

 Hello! I am sharing a card for the Inspired By Challenge.  This week's theme is Umbrella's.  I had such a cute card in mind and it turned out exactly how I envisioned!  I love it!  I used Whimsy Stamps Dragon Water Fun stamp set along with a Rain Drops background stamp.  

I colored the images with Copic markers.  Check out my Pinterest page as I have many Copic boards.   I then used Distress Inks: Prized Ribbon, Black Soot, Broken China, Tumbled Glass, and Lost Shadow.  I then stamped with the Rain Drops background stamp with White Pigment ink.  I also stamped the dragon on the right as well.   

I added some Crystal Glaze for a puddle under the one dragon and added some ombre jewels to finish it off!  

Come play along with the challenge!!  Link up here! 

Inspired By Challenge - Baskets

 Hello! I am sharing a card I made with some of my new The Greetery products and the Inspired By Challenge.  This week's theme is baskets.  I attended Stamp Joy last year and Betsy from The Greetery had a class and shared this basket die and it's now released!   She shared the real basket that inspired this die.  Her products are so cool.  I recently ordered the BotaniCuts Lilac die and it is so pretty!  I created this card.  

I used the following from The Greetery: 

Nordic Frames die 

BotaniCuts Lilac die 

Seagrass Basket die 

Little Labels Stamp & Cut Combo 

I hope you get a chance to play along with this weeks Inspired By Challenge! 

Inspired By Challenge - Daisy

 Hello! Popping in to share my card for the Inspired by Challenge this week - the theme this week is Daisy!   Such a happy challenge for the first week of Spring!  I used Taylored Expressions products for today's card. 

Join the challenge by playing along with the inspiration photo, the sketch or both!   Link your creations up here! 

Taylored Expressions products:  

Knock on Wood Background stamp 

Simple Strips - Birthday 

Simple Strips die 

Daisy Dreams stamp 

Get the Word Out  Hello stamp and die 

A2 Thin Frame Cutting Plate die 

Luck - Inspired By Challenge

 Hello!  I am sharing a card I made for my sister's birthday this month!   She loves vintage so I think she will love this card.  Since her birthday is the day after St Patrick's Day, I always try to incorporate into her birthday cards a little 4 leaf clover!  Everyone can use some additional LUCK on their birthday, especially if they get some lottery scratch offs! :-) 

I used stamps and dies from The Greetery!   I added some ribbon and Tim Holtz bling to the bow! 

Check out the challenge and come play along!  

Happy Mail - The Greetery

Hello!  I am sharing a card I made for this weeks Inspired By Challenge! 

I used some products from The Greetery!  Here is what I used: 

Pen Pal Die 

Scripted Sentiments stamp set

Stitched Scallops Notecard die 

Aida Cloth Texture Plate 

Curio Spring Findings die 

Rose Tapestry Stencil 

Check out the challenge and come play along!  

 

Inspired By Challenge - Quilt

 Hello! I am sharing another card for the Inspired By Challenge with the theme of Quilts!  I used my new Taylored Expressions Pieced Patterns card kit to create this card!  

Join in the challenge with the theme or the sketch! I hope that you find some time to play along with the Inspired By Challenge!   You can check out the challenge here! 

Inspired By Pink Hot Chocolate!

 The Inspired By Challenge team is pairing up with the Coffee Loving Papercrafters this week featuring the Sweet Valentine Wishes printables in Laurel's Etsy shop! 

I created a card and tag to add to a bag filled with hot chocolate bombs!   These projects were so easy to create with the printables Sweet Valentine Wishes!  I actually had another tag but it must have looked very yummy as my pup decided to snag it before I could get a photograph!  Needless to say, he thoroughly enjoyed it! 

I used a tag die that I had in my stash and created this tag adding some details with other die cuts from my stash.  The mug, sentiment and background paper is all from the Sweet Valentine Wishes printable! 

Here is a card I created with some of the other images from the collection.  The panel, sentiment and background images are from the collection.  I just added the heart strip die cut and some die to add more details to the card.   

I hope that you get a chance to play along with us this week and check out Laurel's Etsy shop and the Coffee Loving Papercrafters Facebook page! 

Inspired By Challenge

 

Hello!  There is a new Inspired by Challenge this week!  I pulled out an older My Favorite Things stamp set inspired by the photo this week!  These bears are so cute!!  

I hope that you find some time to play along with the Inspired By Challenge!   You can check out the challenge here! 

Whimsy Stamps - XOXO

Hello!  I am popping in to share a Valentine's card using Whimsy Stamps Monster Moods stamp set along with the FaDoodle Hearts stamp set.   I started by ink blending a slimline panel with pink, orange and yellow inks.  I then die cut the panel with the Slimline Card Builder die.  I then stamped several of the heart images with Versafine Onyx Black ink.   

I die cut a second panel with the Revealers 2 Die set.  I stamped the images from Monster Moods stamp set.  I colored my images with Copic markers.  I die cut the images out with the matching Monster Moods die set.   The sentiment is from the FaDoodles Heart stamps set.  I stamped and embossed these with white embossing powder on black cardstock.   I am playing along with this week's Inspired By Challenge with the inspiration photo and card sketch!   Check out more about the weekly challenge here! 

I then splattered the inked panel with white and black paint.  Once I assembled the card, I added some crystal jewels to finish it off!   

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Inspired By Challenge - Mittens

 Hello!  I am sharing a card that I created for the Inspired By Challenge - IB271.   You can join this weekly challenge by using the weekly inspiration photo or sketch!  I looked through my stamping supplies because I knew I had an older mitten set that was perfect and I found it!  As I was going through my older stamp and dies, I realized that my craft room is a little like my closet.  I have some really comfortable items that are old and familiar and some that were a passing fad.  

I decided to pull out some other things that I had not used in quite a while....patterned paper, my sewing machine and off white cardstock!  I combined it with a newer product from The Greetery called Embroidered Blooms die.   The other products are older and likely not available anymore but they came in handy for this challenge!  

Mittens and sentiment are from MFT Cozy Mittens stamp and coordinating die

Background stamp is La-La Land Crafts Sweater Weather

Basic Grey paper pad - Persimmon

My small sewing machine that I use for papercrafts or cards only 

and finally, 

Embroidered Blooms Die from The Greetry

I hope that you find some time to play along with the Inspired By Challenge!   You can check out the challenge here! 

Whimsy Stamps - Gnome One Like You

 Hello!  I am sharing a card designed with Whimsy Stamps products!   Now that the holidays are over, I am full on into Valentines Day cards!  I love creating cards for the various holidays.   I made this slimline card today using: 

Gnome One Like You stamp set 

Connected Hearts Frame die 

Slimline Hearts Background die 

Simple Sentiment Strips stamp 

Simple Sentiment Strips die set 

I ink blended with several pink and red dye inks onto a panel.  I die cut a separate panel with the Slimline Hearts Background die.   I then mounted this onto a card base.  I die cut aqua and white cardstock with the Connected Heart Frames die.   I layered the white interior of the heart frame with the aqua frame and adhered directly to the card panel.   

For my card design, I used the Inspired By Challenge sketch for the foundation of my card. You can find out more about the challenge here!   You can use the photo or the sketch for your inspiration.   

I stamped the Gnome from Gnome One Like You stamp set and colored with my Copic markers.  I trimmed the image with my Scan and Cut.   I added details to the image with a white gel pen and clear sparkle pen.  

    

What are your favorite holidays to create cards for?   Do you send out handmade Valentine's cards? I would love to know.  

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