Paper Blossoms

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Hydrangeas

Hello! It's been a bit quiet here but not because I haven't been crafting, just busy working on some custom projects and fun June Inspired By Stamping release creations. I realized I never shared the card I made for my mom for Mother's Day. She loves hydrangeas so I went with a pretty jar full of them :) I am also linking up to the Simon Says Stamp challenge which is to use a favorite ink pad. One of my most used and favorites is Memento ink in Tuxedo Black and Rich Cocoa especially since I love to color with Copics. My hydrangeas are stamped with Tuxedo Black. Hope you are having a good week!

Supplies:

*Graceful Hydrangea
*Mason Jar Summer Add On
*Background Basics III
*Fancy Labels die 2
*Creative Tags

Sunday, May 12, 2013

CAS Butterfly

Happy Monday! Well, almost for me, about half an hour till midnight :) I played along over on Splitcoast Stampers CAS challenge which was to not use any sentiments on your card. I like that. Sometimes it's just nice to have the card do all the talking. I pulled out the newly released Inspired By Stamping Fancy Labels 2 stamp set and die and heat embossed it with gold. For my script I used Background Basics III. It's hard to see but I did add some dry embossing as well, it's a rose pattern but it kind of got lost in the photo. Hope you have a wonderful week!

Supplies:

*Fancy Labels 2 stamp set
*Fancy Labels 2 die
*Background Basics III

To All Women...Happy Mother's Day

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To all you women out there I wanted to wish you a Happy Mother's day. For some we have children, for some you are wonderful aunties and close friends to those with children and to others the deep desire to be a mother is not yet fulfilled in tangible children in your arms but in your heart you are still very much a mom.

The gracious care that God has given to us as women for others is not only evident or to be praised for those of us with children in our care, but for all who serve others with a mother's heart and love. I want to celebrate each of you, no matter your child status.

I know first hand the pain of waiting to have children to mother and your arms stay empty. I have lost 2 babies through miscarriage and waited 7 long years to hold my first child. God has been exceedingly kind in granting me my 3 blessings, two through adoption and one through birth. I feel humbled and ever so thankful to have my desire of being a mother fulfilled in this way. I especially wanted to reach out to anyone who is in the painful place of waiting...or whose hope is now past. You are valuable and you still are a mom through the love you show others, of this I am sure.

I hope you all have a wonderfully blessed day and will feel how loved you are.

Friday, May 10, 2013

IBS Full Reveal!

Mason Jar Summer Add On

Big Hope

Background Basics III

Release Details you want to know:

*FREE SHIPPING on all orders over $25 available for 48 hours from May 10th at 7pm to May 12th 7pm Brisbane time only. Enter the code: MayRelease

*All 7 stamp sets plus the new die will be offered as a bundle for a 10% discount.

*May 11th will start the new color challenge hop. The colors are yellow, green and white. May 12th will be featuring what the next blog hop will be which begins May 20th. Visit Joanna's blog for more details.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Mother's Day Sale!

Tomorrow is the full Inspired By Stamping release and this weekend is Mother's Day, so it's the perfect time to go pick out some new gorgeous stamps! You won't be disappointed :)

Cherish

Along with all the fabulous new stamps IBS is releasing a brand new die and coordinating stamp sets. The set I get to show you today is called Small Fancy Labels 2 and it comes with lots of sentiments as well as a gorgeous frame that has stitching, flowers and butterflies. I wanted to make a layout using the photo of me and my kiddos on my birthday.

I die cut the new Fancy Labels 2 to mat my title and stamped a second frame that I cut in half to flank my photo. The border under the picture was made by cutting the smallest Fancy Labels 2 and I cut those in half to create the pretty border. I also used the new Basic Backgrounds II for the script paper. Tomorrow is release day when all the new goodies are available and you'll see all the sets in full!

***TIP***

Did you know all the stamp sets have FREE Silhouette cut files for you on the IBS store? Find them with the coordinating stamp set.

Contest Time!

Hop on over to Joanna's blog each day of the release and leave a comment for a chance to win a $25 gift card to the IBS store!

Release Details you want to know:

*FREE SHIPPING on all orders over $20 available for 48 hours from May 10th at 7pm to May 12th 7pm Brisbane time only. Enter the code: MayRelease

*All 7 stamp sets plus the new die will be offered as a bundle for a 10% discount.

Be sure to visit the rest of the DT!

Pam

Cindy

Deb

Vicki

Tina

Supplies:

*Fancy Labels 2 die (available May 10th)

*Small Fancy Labels 2 (available May 10th)

*Background Basics II (available May 10th)

*Flowers Bloom

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

A little French goodness

Today I have a couple more sets to show you! One is another new background set called Basic Backgrounds III. With this set I can now have any color polkadot paper I want! I love reverse polka dots and Joanna did an absolute amazing job designing this one as it is easy and flawlessly lines up!! The other fun set is called French Notes. I paired up my first card with a previous set called French Boutique, thought it was fitting ;) I first stamped my polka dots on the card base and then layered the script backgrounder on top. Then to get my mulitcolored image I inked up the stamp with Tombow markers. The frame is the lovely new Fancy Layers 2 die.

For my next card I thought a gradient effect would be fun, so I inked up the polka dot strip in various red and pinks. I added another great French sentiment and colored up the gorgeous rose from the Flowers Bloom set and colored it with Copics. The matted frame is the new Fancy Labels 2.

***TIP***

Did you know all the stamp sets have FREE Silhouette cut files for you on the IBS store? Find them with the coordinating stamp set.

Contest Time!

Hop on over to Joanna's blog each day of the release and leave a comment for a chance to win a $25 gift card to the IBS store!

Release Details you want to know:

*FREE SHIPPING on all orders over $20 available for 48 hours from May 10th at 7pm to May 12th 7pm Brisbane time only.

*All 7 stamp sets plus the new die will be offered as a bundle for a 10% discount.

The rest of the DT:

Deb

Supplies:

*French Notes (available May 10th)

*Background Basics III (available May 10th)

*Fancy Labels 2 (available May 10th)

*French Boutique

*Flowers Bloom

*Princess Crochet Trim

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Hope is....

I so enjoyed making today's share featuring 2 new Inspired By Stamping sets and several previously released sets. The new sets being debuted are a fabulous sentiment set called Big Hope and a beautiful background set, Background Basics II.

I love this saying and right away knew I wanted to make a wall hanging using it. For my frame I used the Single Fancy Frame and trimmed it out. I also added detail pieces for the banner from Whimsical Banners, the toppers for the banners and the partial circle from French Boutique and the dots around the flowers and branch from Creative Tags.

The lovely Chevron background is from the new Background Basics II set. Honestly I've resisted Chevrons, but these are perfect! They are more delicate and I love the beautiful pattern they stamp.

**Tip**

Did you know that all the stamp sets have FREE Silhouette cut files for you on the IBS store? Find them with the coordinating stamp set.

Contest Time!

Hop on over to Joanna's blog each day of the release and leave a comment for a chance to win a $25 gift card to the IBS store!

Release Details you want to know:

*FREE SHIPPING on all orders over $20 available for 48 hours from May 10th at 7pm to May 12th 7pm Brisbane time only. Enter the code: MayRelease

*All 7 stamp sets plus the new die will be offered as a bundle for a 10% discount.

Here is the rest of the talented DT:

Deb

Supplies:

*Big Hope (available May 10th)

*Background Basics II (available May 10th)

*Whimsical Banners

*French Boutique

*Creative Tags

*Princess Crochet Trim

*IBS Flowers

*Inspired By Stamping Store

Monday, May 6, 2013

Mason Jar Summer add on

Welcome to this months Inspired By Stamping release! So many lovely new products this month starting off with another fabulous Mason Jar add on! I just love this set. Not only is there a new jar shape to play with but lots of lucious fruit to fill it with! I wanted to fill my jar with strawberries. One of the great features of this set is that all the stems and leaves for the fruit are separate so it's easy to get the multi-color stamping. I thought adding some Glossy Accents to make my strawberries a bit shiny would be a fun touch...but be warned, it may totally change your ink color! My strawberries started out a nice deep red and kind of turned an orangey color. I decided to leave them, but if you didn't know Glossy Accents could do that now you too! I also used the Washi Tape set and Creative Tags.

To show off the adorable fruit I decided to make a CAS card set all packaged up for a future gift. I stamped the apple, orange and pear from the set (and aren't those patterns fabulous?!) and added a strip of pattern from Background Basics II, another new set this month, to the bottom of each. The sentiments came from the previously released sets Big Wishes II and Big Notes III. The lovely label on the box is from a brand new die coming out this month as well called Fancy Labels 2 and it's coordinating stamp set. The sentiment comes from Spring Blossoms.

**TIP**

Did you know all the stamp sets have FREE Silhouette cut files for you on the IBS store? Find them with the coordinating stamp set.