Hello friends!
Tonight we are combining our NEW STAMP RELEASE with our DT THURSDAY AND CARING CARDS posts since we were able to get these brand new stamps stocked up in our etsy shop today!!
We have 2 brand new, never before seen stamp sets I'm excited to share with you!
First up is a new 3x4" set that holds 12 approximately 1 inch sentiment circles (hence the name!):
This stamp set is in the etsy shop and sells for $6.49.
Also brand new never before seen is a new 2x2" Single Scripture Stamp ($3.99):
What a precious promise! Here is a set of cards I made just adjusting colors and placement of 2x2 Scriptures form the Inspired Stamps store and the New Stamp sets for this week's 52 Weeks of CARING CARDS:
(I made all of them with 1.5" strips and 2.5x2.5" squares of patterned BoBunny papers (shown above)
And today's brand new 2x2 Scripture stamp:
I am loving both of these and know you will too!
You can find all our stamps at: www.etsy.com/shop/GodblessyourART
and free shipping always on orders over $25 going to the US (coupon code: 25freeshipping)
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Next up...
our super talented Design Team has used Inspired Stamps to make these amazing Scripture focused cards!
Chere
Jamie
Kary
Shanta
and Deneen's card and inside of her card!
Be sure to go visit their blogs to see all the details in these beautiful creations! Their blogs can be found on the left hand side of our blog!
Thanks so much for stopping by! We will be back soon with more great artwork and inspiration to share!
Have you been to the GodblessyourART blog yet? We are daily going through Psalm 119 in our BEGINNING BIBLE ART JOURNALING posts...come check it out HERE
Have a very blessed weekend and happy Spring,
Antoinette and the Inspired Stamps Design Team www.etsy.com/shop/GodblessyourART (etsy store...come see all of our stamps!)
Hello friends! Just 2 days until the Operation Write Home blog hop and we are getting ready!! Today is Day 15 of our 31 Days of Stamping Mixed media and I wanted to share a simple MASKING technique with you using our newest couple in the Inspired Stamps online store: His Little Ones: Bride and His Little Ones: Groom (Kary did the artwork above showing the finished product!):
First you stamp your bride (because she will be in front of his hand...whatever you want to appear IN FRONT is stamped first):
Then on blue sticky back paper (post it note with STICKY side where the groom will be) I stamp her again.
I only need to trim on the left side since his arm will come behind this side of her. Make sure to trim right up to the black lines.
Place the trimmed sticky note EXACTLY upon the original stamped paper (right on top of her on the white paper).
Then ink up your stamp on a clear block and stamp him where you want him to stand next to her. See how his arm and part of his head stamps onto the blue sticky backed paper?
Ta Da! He looks like he's behind her. If you don't line it up perfectly, you'll see some 'white' between his arm and her veil. I usually just add some black line. Here's Kary's card and the rest of the DT for this week:
Kary:
Deneen's card using HLO: Summer Girl and Solid Alphabet LOWER cased stamps:
Jenn using HLO: Thankful boy, Background stamps, and Psalm 139:23:
Chere made this waterfall card using HLO: praying boy, James 1:2, and Prayer
Patty made her look a little rustic with less ink on her eyes using HLO:girl praying
MONDAY I have a great 2 minute tutorial for you using pan pastels and versamark that you'll not want to miss! Saturday is our bloghop with OWH and Sunday is another day with Gratitude Art!!
Hello friends and welcome to our 3rd month of Gratitude Challenges! How are you doing? If you haven't joined us, make MARCH a month of gratitude to start! You can see all of our posts on the 52 Weeks of Gratitude by clicking HERE!
The 20% off your TOTAL PURCHASE OF PRODUCTS ends Monday at midnight! Head over to www.inspiredstamps.com:
Here are March's Focus Scripture (remember, you can do whatever you like for our challenge; you are not required to use our stamps or these verses to participate!):
March 3: James 1:2
March 10: Psalm 103:1
March 17: Romans 8:28
March 24: 1 Thess 5:18
March 31: Isaiah 30:15
Here is this week's verse:
This is a great verse, that continues on in James chapter 1. As a child of God you WILL have various trials in this life. It's guaranteed! But it's not the trials that separate us from the world, but rather how we understand them and respond to them. God is sovereign, meaning He is completely in control. Nothing can happen to you or me without His allowing it or purposing it. That's huge! That means whatever comes into our life as a trial, God will use to make us more like Christ. And we are to respond accordingly. Get our eyes off the trial, and onto the loving God who allowed that trial in your life at that very moment. How do you respond when a trial comes? It is to be with joy, why? We are to KNOW that the testing of our faith produces endurance! That is a good thing! Continue reading this verse on your own in your Bible to see what result endurance has. It's one to remember and memorize and submit yourself to obediently during a trial.
Belinda made us this beautiful card for today:
A great way to encourage someone during a trial is to remind them what God says. Beautiful!
I have decided to do 5x7 Canvas art this month to mix it up a bit! Remember you can do whatever YOU like, from making a list of what you are grateful for to a scrapbook layout, a card, a canvas, whatever! Try something new, if you dare!
Here is the canvas I made:
I drew her in a sketch with pencil, then painted, then glued paper, chalked yellow to highlight words, then added charcoal pencil to outline her (I love this look, but it you don't like the smoky look you could use a marker or more acrylic paint). I used Inspired Stamps: JAMES 1:2 and ART JOURNAL WORDS AND FACES (word JOY)
Here is a close up of her face:
I wanted her hands raised, her face peaceful and raised as she takes all the various trials that come at her, and responds with joy. Joy not because of the trial (trials are painful, uncomfortable, and sometimes even scary), but because she knows that through this trial, her trusted God and Heavenly Father is making her more like her Savior, Jesus Christ. He's always the source of our joy! She will remind me when I'm in a trial to respond like this...fully surrendered to what He is doing!
I am hanging her by this great hanger I found at a local scrapbook store about 3 years ago! It has a place for a word, so I stamped my verse and cut out the word 'various trials'. It's the problem. The solution hangs below it: JOY!
Here is this piece hanging on my wall:
Be sure to leave a comment below and let us know how you are doing with your Scripture ART or if you are new to this and planning to join us this month! We are so blessed by your comments and emails and artwork!
Time to announce our FEBRUARY SCRIPTURE CHALLENGE WINNERS who each were randomly selected to win a $10 store credit!
Carole Robbe Bisson
Pauline G
and
Sue D
Congratulations, ladies! We are LOVING getting to see your beautiful artwork each week!! In order to claim your store credit, we need you to EMAIL us at inspiredstamps@gmail.com by next Saturday and tell us the EMAIL ADDRESS you are REGISTERED under in our online store. Your credit will be in on Sunday morning next week and ready to use whenever you like!
This month our prize is a gift prize:
You will get this Spellbinders Shapeabilities set sent to you along with our MORE PERFECT SENTIMENTS set that has many phrases that will fit in that Spellbinders die cut set! How can you enter to win? Simply either upload your GRATITUDE ARTWORK here any Sunday in March OR anytime on our Facebook Page! We will draw our winner after the end of the month!
Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by today!
We have our MARCH NEW RELEASE ON FRIDAY and you are going to LOVE THEM!!
Blessings,
Antoinette and the Sunday Scripture Design Team www.inspiredstamps.com
ENTER YOUR GRATITUDE ARTWORK BY LINKING US TO YOUR POST or PHOTO OF YOUR GRATITUDE ARTWORK below:
