12 Weeks of Christmas Tutorials: Week 1: the PERFECT gift to give your papercrafting friends!!

Hello friends and welcome to our annual 12 Weeks of Christmas Tutorials!!  This year we will be including our His Little Ones characters in each of our 12 weeks, as they are some of our most popular stamps and we love how much you love them because we love them too!!

GIVEAWAYS will be WEEKLY!!  We will be posting a new week's tutorial sometime each weekend (between Friday-Sunday) and we will start each week off with the WINNER from last week's tutorial's comment that is randomly drawn each week!  We rely on your recommending Inspired Stamps to your friends for this, so thanks to all in advanced who let your crafting friends know about us and our 12 Week's of Christmas Tutorials!!

THIS WEEK's GIVEAWAY will be THIS WEEK's TUTORIAL finished product along with the HLO: Thankful Boy stamp set!!  All you have to do is leave us a comment on this post OR on our FB post tonight that sends you here!  Here we go:

THE PERFECT GIFT you can give your papercrafting friends is your own handmade embellishment set!!
Here is the finished product:

In order to make this you will need:
*a piece of transparency or acetate slightly smaller than your resealable bag
*resealable bag (I get mine from clearbags, but a sandwich bag would work well too!)
*foam pieces for the backing
*assorted stamps (colored and cut out; matted if desired), buttons, and sparkles

Here's how easy this is (and honestly it's one of my FAVORITE gifts to receive from my crafty friends!!):
1.  color and cut out your stamped images (we use all Inspired Stamps images...no surprise there!)
2.  adhere foam backing to each piece
3. cut your acetate/transparency piece to fit into your bag (trust me, test it out first...I've learned not to put the items on a piece until I've done this)
4.  layout your items in a visually pleasing manner and add the foamed pieces to the acetate/transparency:

5.  I seal the bag and then add a tag from the TAGS Inspired Stamps set to personalize it and make sure the friend knows I made this for them:

I like to make mine seasonal and coordinated.  For example, I knew I would be giving this away to someone in early October (maybe YOU...remember to leave us a comment!  We'll pick the winner next week when we put up week 2's tutorial) so I made this set so a fall card or scrapbook page could be made using these embellishments.  Here are some other ideas:  BIRTHDAY themed, SYMPATHY themed, THANK YOU themed, CHRISTMAS or EASTER themed...etc.  If they are a BEST friend, why not make them a bunch of these?  OR...give them a blank calendar and make 12, one for every month?  I would LOVE that!!  Wouldn't you?

Thanks so much for stopping by today and visiting us!

We love making clear stamps for you to enjoy AND sharing fun and very doable Christmas Tutorials!

I'd love to see what you make if you are inspired to go make some of these of your own!   Post your photo on our Facebook wall or you can email us at inspiredstamps@gmail.com

Blessings,

Antoinette

www.inspiredstamps.com

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For God so loved the world...layered card

Hello friends!
I made this layered and embossed card today and wanted to share it with you.  I used an embossing folder for the lighter papers and some sequin stickers I had in my scrap bin.  Here is a photo of it in its entirety followed by the LORD'S PRAYER & JOHN 3:16  stamp set I used to create it:

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Thanks so much for stopping by today!
See you Thursday for the Design Team Thursday's post of artwork (you won't want to miss this week's!)
Blessings,
Antoinette

www.inspiredstamps.com

Leave a comment to win one of our NEW STAMP SETS, now in the online store!

 

Hello friends!

I am so excited to get to share with you the BRAND NEW MARCH CLEAR STAMP RELEASE!  All the stamps you are about to see are just now in the online store: www.inspiredstamps.com

Let's start with the set inspired by our two winners who suggested this set at our last Inspired Stampers Favorite Verse's call out:  Mandee and Carol L.!  Ladies your FREE stamp sets are on the way to you!
Here is artwork KARY has created using this set followed by the stamp set:

Gorgeous, Kary!  And here is the Stamp Set she used (along with His Little Ones: Praying Girl):

The LORD'S PRAYER AND JOHN 3:16  is a 4x6 set that sells for $13.99

Next up is a set that we have recreated:  NAMES OF JESUS, and Jenn created a great group of cards to showcase this background stamp:

The NAMES OF JESUS stamp is one stamp that is 4x6 in size:

The NAMES OF JESUS stamp is 4x6 in size and sells for $13.99 in the Inspired Stamps online store!

Gaby is showcasing our next set, SPRING SKETCHES:

Here is what the set, SPRING SKETCHES contains:

SPRING SKETCHES comes on a 4x6 carrier sheet and sells for $13.99 in the online store!

Our final new release is showcased by Deneen, and is our ELEGANT EASTER set.  Deneen made a card using this set on the inside and outside, plus a great tag to attach to flowers or other small gifts at Easter:

Here is the stamp set:

ELEGANT EASTER comes on a 4x6 sheet and sells for $13.99 in the Inspired Stamps Online Store!

Thanks to the AMAZING DESIGN TEAM for all their hard work!  We will be giving one of these sets away to a commenter who shares with us which of these new stamp sets is your FAVORITE!  We'll announce the winner here in Sunday's Gratitude post, so be sure to leave us a comment and come back and see if you win!

Have a great day!
Blessings,
Antoinette and the Design Team
www.inspiredstamps.com