A simple thanks

I thought I would share a favorite set today of mine from Inspired Stamps. I love this flower because it is so simple and so much fun to color. The possibilities with it are endless. I used it here...and here...and here...and that is just the beginning with this Flowers set. I also used the cute little thanks from More Perfect Sentiments.

What is your favorite stamp set of the moment?

How about a little more Christmas?

I have been scrapbooking and making cards forever and I almost always make my Christmas cards each year. One thing I have never made is a photo card for the Christmas season. I thought that the new 1.5" inch Christmas Circles would be perfect for a photo card to send out this year! I was right. This card will be easy to duplicate and cute enough to save.  

Here is a close up of the circle and the details around it. I kept it simple. Added a faux ribbon and popped the image up.

I hope you enjoy this quick card.

What abour you - Have you started on your Christmas cards? Do you send out photo cards or do you hand make your cards?

Circling around Christmas

Here is a little peek of what is coming your way via Inspired Stamps.  Have you started thinking about Christmas yet? The shopping the card making the hustle and bustle. I thought I would make some fun cards that you can produce fairly quickly whether you have 5, 55, or 105 cards to make. This is also a GREAT way to use up those little bits and pieces of that pattern paper you love so much.

This stamp set 1.5 inch Circle Christmas is just so sweet and very versatile. It makes great cards. It would also be great on a scrapbook page or on the back of your envelope as a seal.

Here are some close ups of each card. I stamped each stamp in a cranberry and an olive ink and then I just cut part of one out and layered it on the other. You could also use markers but I like the added dimension fancy cutting brings to the table. 

I also added a little texture to the card base just to make it pop a little.

I also used the cardstock to make a mock ribbon. I scored it and sanded it down. If you don't have white core cardstock you can use some white ink or a white gel pen for this effect.

I threaded each button.

Over all I just wanted to keep things quick and simple.

I also distressed the pattern paper with white ink.

The card base is standard 4 1/4" x 5 1/5" the top piece of paper is 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" and the bottom is 2" x 3 1/2". The mock ribbon is 1/2"

Merry Christmas Card making! If you start now you can really enjoy the season and remember the reason for the season instead of getting caught up in the hustle and bustle.

Make sure you keep your eye out this week over at the Inspired Stamps Blog for the rest of the countdown and the big release!

Sweet little girls

These little ones are just so incredibly sweet and i just love to work with them.  I have had this paper laying around forever and decided it would make a cute little pair of pj's I decided to paper piece His Little One: girl praying I colored her hair and like the way it turned out. I have been working the hair lately. :) Added a little faux stitching along the side of the card.

here is the over all card. Do you see those little flowers in the middle of the banners? Those little flowers are cut out and popped up and they are from Comfort I just took the little flower pot and cut out one of the main flowers. Love the way it turned out.

I also added a little bling to the middle of the flowers. Here you can also see the lovely scripture used as well - John 14:6 

I also added some bling to the bottom right corner.

another view of some of the layering

one final look at those cute flowers and those eyes...don't they just melt your heart?

I hope you can find some time to stamp this week. Tune in next week for some really exciting stuff happening with Inspired Stamps and if you have been wanting to try out for a Design Team - Click on the link in the upper right hand corner or visit this post. You will really have a great time working with Antoinette and her team...we rock!

In the near future I might be working on a scrapbook page with my little sweets as I had a really adorable idea. Hopefully I can find some scrapping time in the near future.

Flower power

This past weekend we went to visit my dear grandmother. She is 91 and doesn't feel a day over 60. She always brings a smile to my face she is never afraid to try new things. We took over some sushi and flowers. She liked the sushi and loved the flowers. We also got to see her beautiful flower garden. All of these flowers inspired me to make a simple card to have on hand when a friend needs a little pick me up.

I grabbed a few sets from Inspired Stamps - Flowers (one of my favorites) Comfort and picked out some pretty pinks and some green and got busy coloring and cutting. I adore this quick and easy way that everything just seems to come together. After I colored and cut I popped up the stem and tied a ribbon on it for the leaves. I also popped the flower up and added some stickles to the middle.

Did you notice the long stem? The stem in the flower set is not quite that long so I stamped it twice and that is where the ribbon is tied. Simple solution. I love to keep things simple when I can. :)

I normally make the inside of the card similar to the front but this card just called for a clean simple sentiment also from the Comfort set

I hope you are inspired to make a card, pick some flowers or visit a loved one.

Need more inspiration? Make sure you visit the Store other Inspired Stamps Design Team members (they are located along the right sidebar), the Facebook page, or the Blog. All of those will be sure to Inspire.

Hugs and Blessings

Winner!!

So we have a winner but before I let you know who it is I wanted to share this cute little card celebrating  the fun giveaway first! I used some left over paper that I had from a scrapbook kit.  The very best part of this card though are these versatile stamps from Inspired Stamps I used  the flower pot from Comfort and the little YAY You from 1" Circle Sentiments

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

20

Timestamp: 2011-07-24 22:23:12 UTC

so who is random number 20????  - *Alison*

WOW.. this is stunning... I love the colors you used.. and the whole design of your creation.. Making a bookmark to match is such a wonderful idea.. super creative.. thanks so much for the chance to win.. HUGs

So Alison email me your email and your snail mail at paisleyscraps@gmail.com and the rest of don't forget to visit the Inspired Stamps Facebook Page and Blog

A little love

So do you ever just have one of those days, or weeks, or even months where nothing is going right and you just wonder how much more you can handle? Well I made this for just such a time. I know that I have a lot to handle right now but some of my friends have even more going on. I know that if I were to receive a nice little note in the mail it would make my whole day and so I want to make someones day.

I decided I wanted to use the cute little girl from Inspired Stamps - His Little Ones: Patriotic girl with heart only I didn't need her to be patriotic only loving. awww...I {heart} Inspired Stamps. So I gave her a little chipboard heart and covered it with paper. As I was doing this I was trying to decide what else this adorable little one could hold! I wanted to do a sentiment on the front and was trying to decide what I wanted to do with it and decided to do a double banner er or a banner of sorts. I {heart} banners and I am super glad they are all the rage right now because you can just never seem to go wrong with one. So here is my "loved" banner. ;) nice little word play there. I used the "You are Loved" sentiment from More Perfect Sentiments 

You can see some of the layers here at this angle. I decided to color with my Copics I {heart} Copics. I cut her out for added oomph and popped her up to give a little added dimension. Adding the three little red pearls added just a little something extra.

Question: What do you think of her hair? I am pretty confident with my coloring skills as I have established many times I love love love to color with all mediums. What I have noticed though with my Copics is I am not so confident with hair and I need to practice practice practice.

Well I hope you enjoyed my little pick me up...my little love. Also we learned a lot about me in this post ;)

• I {heart} Inspired Stamps
• I {heart} Banners
• I {heart} Copics

I also {heart} free stuff and comments so don't forget to go to this post because today is the last day to enter to win a FREE Inspired Stamp set of your choice (minus the colorable alphabet) you can also increase your chances to win by visiting the Inspired Stamps blog as well as the other DT members Belinda, Deneen, Jan, Jenn, Lynn, Melissa, Shana, and Sylvia. Don't forget to also like the Inspired Stamps Facebook Page  and visit the store to start dreaming of what stamp you would pick out if you are the lucky winner!

Supplies

Stamps - (Inspired Stamps) His Little Ones- Patriotic girl with heart, More Perfect Sentiments

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Markers - (Copics) R35, R39, YG95, YG99, B21, E50, R20, Y21, Y23, E31, E 57, E55

Cardstock -(Close to my Heart) Colonial White, Cocoa

Pattern Paper - Echo Park For the Record Line

Other: Heart Chipboard, Queen & Co Classy Red Pearls, Pop Dots

Leave your mark and win FREE stamps

My daughter is going on a missions trip tomorrow. She loves it, the working with kids, the volunteering, the hard work, the fellowship.  She is such an inspiration to me in embracing faith and walking the talk. She has been wanting a new Bible and I thought it would be the perfect time to gift her with the one she has been wanting. When I was younger my mom crochet me a cross for my Bible and I have always cherished it. I wanted to do make something special for her but I do not crochet...but I do love paper so I got down to business making her something to cherish and use while she is gone.

I decided to use the scripture stamp from Inspired Stamps - John 14:6

I made a card to go with it and wanted to make the bold words stand out even more so I stamped them onto some celery cardstock and put it over the white cardstock. I pieced the whole card together and added some bling and there I had it a quick simple card that goes along with the book marker.

 Here they are side by side.

On the book mark I also used the Flowers set and added a button for the center

Since my Scripture was a little to wide for my book mark die I decided to cut the words apart and put them back together again. I do this a lot in scrapbooking just to give my design a little something extra. I like the way it turned out here as well.

Now about the free stamps. How would you like to win your very own stamp set from Inspired Stamps?  It has never been easier to win a contest all you need to do is leave a little love...leave a comment...in other words leave your mark by midnight on Friday July 26th and then I will pick a winner announce it on my blog next week. Now what stamp sets will you win???? That is the best part YOU get to pick - you can choose any stamp set except the colorable alphabet from Inspired Stamps.

One last thing...visit the other DT blogs for more chances to win. You will find a link to their blogs on the right. Good luck...and don't forget to leave some love

Prayer changes things

How would you like this darling little one to be praying for you? Isn't she so cute. She reminds me of little kids saying "Now I lay me down to sleep..."

You can find her as well as the sentiment over at Inspired Stamps

I inked her up with my tuxedo black in and then colored her with my Copics. BG72, BG78, E50, R20, G21, G24, E 31, E55, E57

I used the rest of my Personal Scrapper kit featuring the adorable For the Record line from Echo Park along with some random dictionary pages that came with my kit.

I also broke out my nesties. Cute little labels oh and then I added buttons with my beloved waxy flax. Mix all of these cute things together and you have a great card to send to a friend to let them know that they are being prayed for.

Supplies used:

Stamps - Inspired Stamps - 1" circle sentiments, His Little Ones:  girl praying.

Cardstock - Whisper White SU, Light teal cardstock from my stash, Echo Park For the Record line

Embellishments - buttons, waxy flax

Other - pop dots, nesties,ticket die from PTI

Happy Independence Day!

More beautiful stamps from Inspired Stamps His Little Ones: Patriotic girl with heart and a nice sentiment from More Perfect Sentiments the paper is some stuff I have had for a few years from Scenic Route. She is paper pieced and colored with my lovely Copics. Don't forget to check out some other great projects from the Inspired Stamps Design Team over at the IS Blog.

Have a Happy 4th of July weekend! I will see you next week sometime.