World Cardmaking Day with OWH: Come see what we're GIVING AWAY!!

   A photo for the awesome OWH elves to take to the OWH blog!

Hello Friends and welcome to a VERY MERRY post!!

As many of you know, I have been a proud Army wife for 22 years!  When my husband was deployed for a year in Iraq last year, he would talk about these great home-made cards they got there.  It wasn't until after he was home that I ran across the Operation Write Home blog and BOY was I excited!!  There are several AMAZING women whom you can actually mail cards FOR soldiers AND  for SOLDIERS to mail HOME to a loved one (as they say, there are no Hallmark stores during their deployment overseas!!).  Then, Jan Hunnicutt was on our Inspired Stamps first Design Team--she's very active with OWH, and encouraged me to get involved!  This is such and ENCOURAGEMENT to our troops AND their families so I encourage each of you to get involved!

OWH is having a BLOGHOP today, October 1st, using CHRISTMAS CARDS as their theme:  Here's my project, a Gatefold Card:

It opens up like a gate and you see this:

I put the place to write out a personal greeting on the back of the card:

All of the stamp sets used are made in the USA and can be found on the online Inspired Stamps store:

www.inspiredstamps.com (you can click on the link to see the store)

In honor of the OWH World Cardmaking DAY, Inspired Stamps is having 2 specials:

1.  LEAVE A COMMENT ON THIS POST before Oct 3rd (Eastern Time)
to be entered to win a stampset of your choice ! We'll have 3 winners! Announced here Monday!!

2.  ORDER SPECIAL OCT 1 and OCT 2 ONLY:

Get a His Little One Military Character Stampset FREE with your product order of $25 or more!

  Just leave a message when you order telling us which one you'd like OR email us at inspiredstamps@gmail.com within two hours after you place your order.
  Otherwise we'll pick one for you! (offer ends 11:59pm ET OCT 2 or while supplies of each last!)

Shop at:  www.InspiredStamps.com

Here are the 2x3 His Little One Stamp Sets you can choose from:

His Little One:  Soldier Boy

                                                         His Little One: Soldier with Helmet

                                                              His Little One:  Sailor

                                                       His Little One:  Soldier with Flag

Thanks so much for visiting the Inspired Stamps blog today! 

Now it's time to head over to see the other blogs (it will be live Oct 1 at 3am!)...

Until next time, Be the Blessing! ~Antoinette

Lots of Christmas Cards from the Inspired Stamps Design Team!!

Christmas is COMING and what better way to get ready than with some GORGEOUS Christmas Inspired Stamps projects?!?   Above are two of the tags that Deneen made which has inspired us to set up a Christmas Tag Bloghop coming in November...Get your Inspired Stamps now and get busy, there's going to be a Month Long Challenge for Christmas Artwork here on the blog in NOVEMBER that will have several BIG PRIZE giveaways!! (hint hint)

Here are the Design Team's MERRY Artwork to give you some more ideas!  Starting off with 2 more of Deneen's Christmas Tags  using the 1.5 inch Christmas Circle Stamp set:

Chere used the Whimsical Tree Set and a colorless blender pen for the coloring of her trees:

Belinda's lovely card looks like it's sitting in a Christmas Tree:

Kim's artsy style gave her card such a wonderful feel:

Jamie did such a FABULOUS job with the Nativity Set:

Amber used the ME AND MY HOUSE set to make this LOVELY card:

Kary used the same stampset along with the 1inch SNOWMEN to create this STUNNING scene on her card:

Jenn reminds us that a verse and some beautifully embossed white paper can be JUST PERFECT:

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!  If you plan to be entered in our Inspired Stamps September Operation Write Home Challenge, you need to get your entries in before midnight Friday!!  Click HERE to see the challenge or click on the tab above this post!

Be sure to come back SATURDAY as the Inspired Stamps Blog is participating in the Operation Write Home Christmas Blog Hop!!  There WILL be GIVEAWAYS for those who comment...Until then...

Be the Blessing!
~Antoinette
www.inspiredstamps.com (We ship same day that most orders are placed!! US shipping is $4.95 or FREE shipping over $50 !  Canada is $4.95 for 1st class shipping on most orders and International is $13.95 for priority shipping on as much as you can fit in a box!!)

Operation Write Home: Christmas Card for a Soldier

Hello Friends!
Today I got to design a card for the Operation Write Home blog's Midweek Throwdown!  The assignment was to create a card for a soldier and I used Bo Bunny papers with Inspired Stamps stamped images!  Here is my card I submitted:

The inside and back of the card (you can click on the photos to see them closer up!):

The stamps I used can all be found here:  www.inspiredstamps.com

Be sure to head over to the OWH blog   then, remember we have a OWH challenge 'missing you' and 'love you' cards for soldiers to send to their loved ones!!  Click on our link at the top of this page to link your own photo of your card...but HURRY!  You only have until 11:59 on September 30th to enter to win one of two prizes:  YOUR CHOICE OF FREE STAMPSET!

Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting today!  Be sure to come visit us Thursday as our Design Team shares some more wonderful Christmas Card inspiration!!

Be the Blessing!
~Antoinette
www.inspiredstamps.com (shipping the same day as most orders are placed!)

Inspired Stamps: More Christmas cards...

Hello Friends!
Today I have a couple more cards for you that I am actually teaching tonight!  These are all Gatefold cards and they are super easy to make, but provide a nice 'wow' factor when opening them!  The base of the cards are 51/2 by 8 and are scored at 2" and 6" to make the perfect 'gate' in the middle.

Here is what the card looks like closed and the other card I have to share today (all stamps are from the Inspired Stamps Online Store you can go to HERE), and the paper is from My Mind's Eye; cardstock is CTMH:

Be sure to stop by tomorrow for some more Christmas Card fun.  Then Wednesday I'm Guest Designing for the Operation Write Home's Wednesday Throwdown with a military Christmas Card, and Thursday the Inspired Stamps Design Team is sharing their Merry & Bright Christmas creations with us here!!

Have a blessed day!
~Antoinette
www.inspiredstamps.com  (shipping same day as most orders are placed!)

A simple Gatefold Inspired Stamps Christmas Card...

Hello friends!
This week is a very MERRY week here at Inspired Stamps!!  Today I have a simple Gatefold Card to share using the newly released NATIVITY set from the online Inspired Stamps Store:

I used just the verse and the phrase (plus one of the stars from the Blessed Little Christmas set):

These are easy and fun to make, and the first time I got one in the mail I was pretty surprised at how all the pieces move!

Be sure to get your Operation Write Home 'missing you' and 'love you' card(s) made and linked to the September OWH Challenge link above by Thursday night!!  2 winners will get a stampset of their choice from the Inspired Stamps online store FREE!!

Until next time,
Be the Blessing!
~Antoinette
www.inspiredstamps.com  (shipping the same day as you order on most orders!!)

Fall Cards: Inspired Stamps Design Team Thursday!

Hello friends!
The Design Team has OUTDONE themselves for this weeks' Fall Card assignment!  I love to put 'teasers' at the top of my posts to give you a little taste of the cards that are coming, and I had about 8 photos I wanted to place there this week (lol)!!  Above you'll see Jamie's closeup and Deneen's closeup of the cards they made below!
Leave a comment and share what you love about these cards:
Jamie made these two cards:

Deneen's card had a close up above of the Inspired Stamps FLOWERS:

Amber used some popdots to add dimension to her GORGEOUS card:

 Belinda created this beautiful flower filled card:

Chere made a fabulous fall set of cards using the Whimsical Tree set:

Kim's color choices really say fall is here!

Kary's coloring is so beautiful in her card...I love the winding vines around the Scripture:

Be sure to leave the ladies a kind comment below!

WINNERS of the Sneak Peek Week drawing here and on Facebook have until FRIDAY 11:59pm to email me your mailing addresses:  All prizes will be mailed out first thing Saturday morning!

Thanks for stopping by!
Be the Blessing,
~Antoinette
www.inspiredstamps.com (Order from our online store:  Shipping same day as most orders are placed!)

Inspired Stamps Winners announced...

Hello friends!
A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who has been stopping by to see us, commenting, following, 'Like'-ing us on Facebook, and ordering products from the online Inspired Stamps store!!  This has been a FABULOUS New Release and we are so thankful for all of your support!!

There are 4 winners we are announcing today from Sneak Peek week (we just hit 200 Likes on our Facebook page and gave away 5 His Little Ones stamp sets there!!)
First of all there are 3 people who have won the set of 2 His Little Ones...

His Little Ones:  Thankful Boy is shown in the upper left;  His Little Ones:  Thankful Girl is shown in the right!
And the winners are, with their winning comments:

1.  Anita Randall said... Day 4 Sneak Peek

Very cute cards using the Nativity Set. Love all the new stamps.

2.  Myamical said...Day 3 Sneak Peek

Wow, she looks so adorable.

September 15, 2011 10:21 AM

3.  AmberSkye said...Day 5 Sneak Peek

Love the font!

And the BIG COPIC GIVEAWAY PLUS Choirboy/Angel Set goes to...

Patti J said... Day 4 Sneak Peek

OMG - this is SO sweet! Love it!!! The set is wonderful, and your project is amazing - thanks for sharing!!!

WINNERS:  You have until Friday, September 23rd NOON to email me your mailing addresses!  If I don't hear from you by then, I'm picking new winners so these new stampsets will have a new home to be loved in!!

Congratulations and don't forget we have a tab at the top where you can enter our Operation Write Home Missing You or Loving You card contest!!  Contest ends the end of September!! Until next time, Be the Blessing! ~Antoinette www.inspiredstamps.com  (We are currently shipping out the same day as most orders are placed!)

New Stamps in the online store: Plus several more shared in this LAST Sneak Peek!!

Hello friends!
All 14 of the new Inspired Stamps are now available for purchase in the online store:  www.inspiredstamps.com

Today I want to share with you the stamps that were not 'sneak peeks' but will count in this final Sneak Peek today.  I found this great new tray from Ranger Ink at my scrapbook store yesterday and KNEW I wanted to use it for my living room wall!  I used 2 of the new His Little Ones (Thankful Boy and Thankful Girl) and colored them with Copic markers to match the background Bo Bunny Paper.  I used the verse from the new Fall Gratitude set for the bottom center framed area.  AND...I used a brand new stamp set that is PERFECT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ART JOURNAL or just love to use framed words in your cards or on your pages.  Here is the new stampset called Labelmaker Alphabet, also now in the store:

I made it so you can fit a variety of lengths in the 'labeled' boxes.  They cut out well too!  Here's what I did for the shadowbox you see above:

 I stamped the words, then stamped the box that fit it best over it.  Then I cut the words out and glued them to the top of the characters:

I honestly have to say this is my favorite alphabet set I've ever used!!  I hope you will let me know how you like it!

We have 6 new $3.99 2x2 Single Scripture Stamps:

 

 

 

And last, but certainly not least is a set that everyone who uses cards to encourage others needs;

Card Ministry Basic Set

I already love this set!  Here are some of the great things you can do with it.  You can use the black solid circle to make the colored backgrounds match your card.  Then the smaller sentiments stamp right into the center.  Also the flower pot/flowers and stems (located at the bottom of the set) create a wide variety of options for you to decorate with.  Here's my playing with this set on some scratch paper to give you ideas:

Ok...that's a lot of info!!  But I was too excited to leave anything out!

Don't forget to enter the Big Giveaway!!  You have through NOON Sunday to comment on each Sneak Peek (including this one!) to increase your chances to win!  Go HERE for all the information!!

Thanks so much for all your support!

Blessings,

~Antoinette

www.inspiredstamps.com