New Stamps Friday afternoon! SPRING CARDS

Hello friends!
Friday afternoon we will have BRAND NEW SCRIPTURE stamps coming up on the etsy shop!!  Now, the Design Team has made some AMAZING CREATIONS all centered around spring!

Deneen used the FLOWER VALUE PACK to create this lovely card!

Belinda made this beautiful card using the HYMN GIRLS: FEBRUARY:

Chere made a card using THINKING OF YOU Inspired Stamps stamp set:

Kary made the wonderful card above using BE STILL SILHOUETTES and THANK YOU (garden builder set) from  Inspired Stamps
Patty created the sunny card below using a stamp from our TAGS set:

And last but not least is this very creative card Shanta created using our HYMN: BIRDS and TREES stamp set:

Thank you so much for stopping by today!
Head over and see our etsy shop for these and many more clear stamps!

Blessings,

Antoinette and the Inspired Stamps Design Team

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New Stamps FRIDAY + today: FLOWERS FLOWERS FLOWERS!!

Hello friends!
Friday noon we will have brand new, never before seen stamps in the etsy shop!  Be sure to pop by and see them!
Today it's all about flowers, flowers, flowers!
Deneen starts us off with her beautiful card using our FLOWER VALUE SET :

Kary is up next with this fabulous accordion card using a number of Inspired Stamps:

Shanta created this lovely card:

Love the way Patty layered stamped flowers from the FLOWER VALUE SET to make this:

Jamie used the flower from our HYMN: MUSHROOMS AND LEAVES set for this great card:

Belinda made a flip card:

And Chere created this card using a number of our Inspired Stamps:

Thanks so much to our wonderful Design Team!!  These are some of my favorite cards and aren't we all so happy to see some flowers now that spring has officially arrived here in the US?

Have a blessed day and be sure to come back around noon Friday for our new release post!

Blessings,
Antoinette and the uber talented DT
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New Stamps FRIDAY in the Etsy shop!! + Thinking of You cards from the DT now!

Hello friends!
NEW STAMP RELEASE FRIDAY at NOON in the etsy shop:
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Today we have some wonderful DT creations focused on THINKING OF YOU using Inspired Stamps from the etsy shop!

Kary's up first using the HYMN GIRL: SITTING WITH SIGN stamp:

Chere made this interactive card using FLOWERS VALUE SET and CARD MINISTRY BASIC SET :

Deneen used Inspired Stamps THINKING OF YOU stamps:

 Jamie used our 2x2 THINKING ABOUT YOU set and a stamp from our HYMNS: MUSHROOMS AND LEAVES set

 Patty used the Inspired Stamps Flower Value Set

 And Shanta used the 1" Circle Sentiments stamp for her card:

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit us today!
Blessings,
Antoinette and the Inspired Stamps Design Team
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New Stamps FRIDAY +Scripture Cards + Masking

Hello friends!
I hope this finds you well!  We have some Design Team gals who have been sick and also taking care of sick kiddos this week so I am going to join the rest of the Design Team gals with SCRIPTURE CARDS today so they can rest and recuperate!  Feel better ladies!!

First up, is our Design Team gals who have made beautiful cards for you today, with their focus being SCRIPTURE:
Kary starts us off with this beautiful card using John 10:17-18 and one of our 2x2" stamps: SHEEP LAYING:

Chere shares a comforting card using Inspired Stamps: COMFORT:

Shanta has this great 2x2 Inspired Stamps: ISAIAH 40:31 focused card:

And Jamie's card is next where she did some background stamping with the FLOWER VALUE SET

stamp set in addition to her verse stamp that is also on that same stamp set!

And Jamie's card inspired me (and many of you!) last week when she posted this card:

Using the HYMN GIRLS: BANNER stamp set:

I created a couple of cards in black and white today (I am a huge colorer, so this showed GREAT RESTRAINT on my part lol), and I used the masking technique on both of them.  Masking just allows you to stamp what comes in FRONT first, then  you protect what you've stamped with a piece of paper or sticky note, while you then stamp what comes BEHIND your first image.  So in Jamie's example above, she stamped the JOY banner, masked it, then stamped the HYMN GIRL.

Here's my black and white sample (I used LOVE since Valentine's Day is coming up soon):

First I stamped the banner 'line' that she will hold.  Then the hearts, then the letters from the stamp set.  You can have them touch the line or use a thin black pen to extend the line if you want them hanging lower than the stamp line allows (like I did).

I held the stamp of the HYMN GIRL over to see what would be impacted by stamping her over this banner.  Just the 'o' and 'v' hearts would be impacted, so I stamped the heart onto sticky notes (make sure you stamp on the paper where you know some of the sticky part is located on the opposite side so they will be sticky and stay in place when you cut them out and place them!)

Then you stamp on top of this:

 This is what it looks like (notice I got a black line on the paper too...I'll deal with that with the sticky sparkles I put on later!)

 When you remove the sticky note hearts, you can now see she looks like she stands BEHIND the banner:

 And here is the finished card:

Scripture inside:

Here's another one I made in black-n-white, where I masked the HYMN GIRLS: SITTING WITH SIGN after I stamped her, then stamped the mushroom from the HYMN: MUSHROOMS AND LEAVES stamp set so she could appear to be sitting on the mushroom. I used a verse for her sign from the THINKING OF YOU stamp set:

I hope you enjoyed today's cards!

FRIDAY is NEW STAMP RELEASE FRIDAY at the esty shop so be sure to come see what's new on Friday:  www.etsy.com/shop/GodblessyourART
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 or message me on etsy with what stamps you wish to purchase and I'll let you know what shipping will cost!)

Blessings,
Antoinette and the Inspired Stamps Design Team

character Inspired Stamps in a scene cards

Hello friends!
Today a few of the DT have some beautiful character stamps in a scene cards to share.  Deneen will be showing you how to make her TENT CARD in Friday afternoon's 12 WEEKS OF CHRISTMAS TUTORIAL post.  Here's a few angles of her card, but you are really going to want to see all that she has put together tomorrow:

Chere also created a lovely card for you:

Shanta is the final DT member who has a card to share today and it's lovely too!!

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Thanks so much for your support of Inspired Stamps!
Blessings,
Antoinette

FALL CARDS using Inspired Stamps

Hello friends,
Fall is definitely in the air and in our crafting today!  The wonderful ladies that make up our Design team have made some wonderful cards to share with you today! 

Up first, Kary actually made 2 for us in the fall theme!  First up, using our brand new and super popular HYMN GIRLS: SITTING WITH SIGN:

Doesn't HYMN GIRLS: OCTOBER look like it's windy with all those airplanes?? 

Up next is Belinda with this beautiful rustic card using HYMN GIRLS: JANUARY along with our FALL GRATITUDE  pumpkins!

Deneen made this lovely card using PERFECT SENTIMENTS and LEAVES

Shanta has this great shaped card and used Inspired Stamps using the LEAVES set:

Jamie made this clever card using inks with our LEAVES set and PERFECT SENTIMENTS:

Chere made this clever pop up card using FLOWER VALUE SET and PERFECT SENTIMENTS:

LOVE the clever inside!!
Friday Kary will continue with week 11 in our 12 Weeks of Christmas Card Tutorials!!  Can't wait to see what she has planned!!
Blessings and thank you for stopping by today!
Antoinette and the DT

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