Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Day 14 of our 31 Days of Stamping Mixed Media: Tutorial with DeNetra!!


Hello friends!
Today DeNetra has a tutorial for you for our Stamping Mixed Media in May!  Click HERE to go see her tutorial!

Thursday we have AMAZING card creations to share from the DT!!  Then Friday I have the first in a series of TWO MINUTE TUTORIALS showing different techniques for you to try!! 

SATURDAY is the OWH bloghop!! CANT WAIT!!

Have a blessed day!
Antoinette

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

SALE on MILITARY/INDEPENDENCE DAY stamp sets THIS WEEKEND ONLY!

Hello friends!
Just a quick reminder about our participation in the Operation Write Home blog hop coming this SATURDAY!  If you have a blog and would like to participate, go to www.operationwritehome.org/bloghop ASAP to sign up for this great cause!

We will have GIVEAWAYS and a sale on all of our Military/Independence Day stamp sets this weekend only you won't want to miss too!!  Be sure to be here on Saturday or Sunday to see all the great blogs participating as well as the sales, giveaways, and inspiration to make your own cards for the soldiers!

Wednesday DeNetra has a tutorial for us, Thursday is Design Team Thursday, and Friday I have an Art Journaling video and spread to share with you!

See you then!
Blessings,
Antoinette

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Operation Write Home blog hop coming SATURDAY!!

Hello friends!
I just wanted to share this bloghop with you that Inspired Stamps will be participating in this year (our 3rd year in a row!!).  This Memorial Day weekend be sure to come by and join the hop and see SO MUCH great inspiration from so many company and personal blogs...and lots of chances to win products!!  We will have a huge giveaway here on the Inspired Stamps blog!

They are in need of THANK YOU CARDS to soldiers, so we will be making lots of those to send off to OWH so our soldiers know we love and appreciate them and their sacrifice!  I hope you will join us and make cards yourself to bless those who serve us so selflessly!  As an Army wife myself, with 23 years of deployments and separations from my husband, I know these cards mean so much to so many and thank you in advanced for your participation!

There will be a link here on Saturday, but if you want to send cards please go to the operation write home blog and see their requirements (for example, you cannot use glitter) to make sure your cards get to the soldiers more quickly!

Thanks so much to all our armed forces and their families!  And a big thank you to those at OWH who work so hard to keep them encouraged!

Blessings,
Antoinette and the entire Inspired Stamps team!
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Week 20 of our Gratitude Art with Belinda!

Hello friends!
Belinda is back again today with her gratitude art with this beautiful card she made with this week's focus verse Mark 10:27!  She also used our LABELMAKER VERSES set stamped throughout it!  Here is her full card this week:

Be sure to leave us a link in the comments section below so we can come see YOUR gratitude art this week!

WEDNESDAY we will have another great tutorial from DeNetra and then I will be sharing some great techniques in Art Journaling from Friday through the next week (working on some video tutorials too!)

Have a blessed day!
Antoinette
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Saturday, May 18, 2013

Day 13: Belinda's Mixed Media tutorial!

Hello friends!

Today we have Belinda's mixed media tutorial that you can find over on her blog by clicking HERE.  I'm going to have to find some of the great material she used...so clever!

Come back tomorrow for our Gratitude Art post!!
DeNetra will have a mixed media tutorial for you on Wednesday and then we'll start some fun Art Journaling technique posts on FRIDAY (where we will catch up since we are a few days behind in our 31 Days of May Stamping Mixed Media)!!

Blessings,
Antoinette
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Friday, May 17, 2013

Day 12: Stamping Mixed Media: part 2 (layered canvas)

Hello friends!  Be sure to click on the 31 Days of Stamping Mixed Media link to the right of the blog to see part 1 of this post.  Here is where we left off; now the base is dry:

 Next, I stamped the verse I wanted from Inspired Stamps:  LABELMAKER VERSES:
 I tore out the first 3 words individually and left the last 3 as a set:  inking the edges:
 I wanted to tone down some of the areas so I applied gesso with a paper towel:
 I used a stamp from Inspired Stamps: BACKGROUND STAMPS and inked up a small section of it to stamp onto the canvas.  Clear stamps are great to use for this technique!
You can also apply paint to the clear stamp and press it to the canvas as shown in the next 2 photos:


 Just rinse off your stamp with clean water after using and your stamp will be fine!  Next I took HLO: praying boy and inked him up, matted him with black paper, and used foam to give him dimension:
 I used Momento black ink on the edges (you can use black paint, if you prefer):
 I stamped another stamp (the distressed song 'Holy Holy Holy' from BACKGROUND STAMPS) inked and matted it and then put the character with his mat on top before putting some white paint onto a toothbrush and flicking white splatters onto the entire canvas:
 I love charcoal pencils and used them on several places in this canvas; a stump will then blend it out:
 I added some metal, pearl brads, a flower, and bow to the canvas for this finished view:









I stamped the word PRAISE from the Labelmaker Verses in white ink at the bottom and added a metal arrow and more pearl spots to it.

I wish you could see this in person; I really really love the way it turned out and as good as photos are, they just don't capture the deep tones in this piece!

How is YOUR stamping mixed media coming?  Saturday Belinda has a post for us; Sunday is our Gratitude Art day; Monday DeNetra is back with a tutorial and then I'll be back on Tuesday for some Art Journaling fun!

Have a blessed day and thank you so much for stopping by and for any comments you leave!  We love to hear from you!
~Antoinette

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Day 11 Stamping Mixed Media: Design Team LAYERED CARDS!



Hello friends!
Today the Design Team is showing you how to do layers on cards!  Remember, mixed media is simply using more than one type of media.  Above, for example, Kary has used Copic markers, paper, tape,a button, twine, Inspired Stamps:  HLO: girl with star and TIME sets... and more to create her beautiful card!  Card makers ARE mixed media artists!!  Let's see some more of these LAYERED CARDS:
Kary's full card:

Deneen's card below with Inspired Stamps:  Labelmaker Verses and Tags:

 Patty's card below with a verse from Inspired Stamps:  LOVELY LACE:
 Chere's card below from Inspired Stamps:  SING FOR JOY:
Beautiful Job ladies!  
Be sure to come back by Friday evening for part 2 of our Day 10 Stamping Mixed Media Canvas! 
Have a blessed day!
~Antoinette and the Thursday Design Team