Inspired Stamps: Sneak Peek #2 + Giveaway

Hello Friends,
I am SO THANKFUL today for the release of 2 of my favorite stamps:  Thankful Boy (a $4.99 His Little One!) and Fall Gratitude, with some beautiful ivy and pumpkin stamps that can be used separately or stamped in the ivy!!  Above is His Little Ones: Thankful Boy who will be in the Inspired Stamps online store FRIDAY as well as all the new sets.  Here is Fall Gratitude, another new stamp set you'll see there Friday:

And here are the Design Team's work with these 2 stampsets.  Check out Jamie's precious card...isn't he just so handsome in his suit?

And Amber did such a great job below with her version of the HLO: Thankful Boy and Fall Gratitude set:

Tomorrow you'll get to meet our darling little His Little Ones:  Thankful Girl, so be sure to come back!

Don't forget to enter the GIVEAWAYS by following us on the blog and leaving us a comment here!  Send your friends, too, and when they mention you sent them, if they win--you'll win too!!  Comment on all of the Sneak Peek's this week for the most chances to win.  You can CLICK HERE to get back to the first sneak peek and all the info on the prizes!!


Be the Blessing!
~Antoinette
www.inspiredstamps.com

New Release: Sneak Peek #1 and GIVEAWAY ANNOUNCED!

Hello friends and WELCOME to Sepetember Sneak Peek here at Inspired Stamps!
There is some joyful music making here today filled with notes, Bible Verse Stamps, and a very precious little character that can be stamped as a choir boy OR an angel!!  Here's what these 2 stamp sets look like in full:

Sing for Joy (above) fits on a 4x6 carrier sheet as will be available for purchase for $13.99 on FRIDAY in the Inspired Stamps ONLINE store...

                           Choir/Angel fits on a 3x4 carrier sheet and will be available for $7.99 in the 

Inspired Stamps online store FRIDAY

Chere's angel sits on top of this post so beautifully, let's see her entire card:

So Precious!
Now let's see what Belinda has come up with for us using the same stamp sets:

How Sweet they are with their halos hanging on the sides of their heads!!
Tomorrow I have some FALL fun and a brand new His Little One you will just love!!

But before I go....as with all New Releases, there are PRIZES:


GRAND PRIZE:
*You can win the BIG PRIZE which includes the new Choir/Angel set you see above plus 3 Copic markers and the Copic Coloring Guide Book!!

  

 PLUS 3 more winners:  3 Sets of the New His Little Ones (Thankful Boy and Thankful Girl) will be given away too!! (you'll see them this week!)
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 How to enter:
1.  Leave a comment under this post (and every post this sneak peek week to increase your chances of your post being drawn!) 1 comment per post please! You have through Sunday, noon, to post!!
2.  Follow our blog if you aren't already (optional, but we'd love it if you did!) 
3.  Tell your friends to come comment here too and let us know you sent them (if they win, you'll win automatically too!!)
4.  LIKE us on Facebook (just click the facebook badge to the right to go there) and comment there to let us know you liked us! (optional, we know some of our friends don't have facebook accounts, so it's not mandatory!)


THATS IT!!  
Thanks so much for stopping by and be sure to visit us tomorrow!
Be the Blessing,
~Antoinette 
www.inspiredstamps.com  (shop the store!  All new releases will be ready to purchase at NOON Friday...we try to ship same day as you order!)

14 New stamps hitting the Inspired Stamps store Friday PLUS 2 winners announced...

Hello friends!
Sneak Peek week begins MONDAY (Sept 12th) with your first look at some new stamps coming into the  Inspired Stamps online store at noon this FRIDAY!!  I am so excited to get to share the DT artwork with them...you're going to just love them!!

I want to thank each of  you who took the time to go show some love on the new DT's websites!  I was going to just choose 2 winners, but....decided to choose a winner from each of the new DT's blogs instead (what fun is 2, when 8 is SOOOO much more fun??)

So look through and see if your comment was chosen, then you have ONLY UNTIL FRIDAY (September 16th) 11:59pm to email me your mailing address AND your choice of His Little One stamp set from the online store (yes the newest His Little Ones (Thankful Boy and Thankful Girl) are in the mix for one you can choose (hint hint)...CONGRATULATIONS TO...

Carol said...

Kary-wonderful card and I love your color choices with the pastel colors. I looked at your other creations on your blog and they are great. I look forward to seeing more!

September 10, 2011 1:46 AM

Debi said...

cute little book Kim x Congrats on your DT place :-) Debi x

September 8, 2011 9:28 PM

Cathy said...(Amber's blog)

congratulations. I love the card. the little girl is so cute and I absolutely love the sentiment. crossing my fingers, would really love to add these stamps to my tiny collection:)

September 9, 2011 9:16 PM

 

Ann said...(Belinda's blog)

What a cute card!!!!

September 9, 2011 7:45 AM 

Sue D said... (Deneen's blog)

Thanks for showing two different color combos. September 8, 2011 11:29 PM

Sara Mac said...(Chere's blog)

YAY!!! How exciting! I haven't had time for checking out blogs in a long time, but I'm so glad I took time to look at my blog updates this morning. I'm so thrilled for you. Can't wait to see all your creations with their stamps:)

September 9, 2011 8:43 AM 

Hannah Lewis said...(Jenn's blog)

I like the little boy with the plaid paper. It makes the card very different and neat. You don't see a whole lot of cards that would be good for boys.

September 11, 2011 3:22 PM 

What a great project, so very cute!

September 9, 2011 5:53 AM

and last, but not least, winning a 2nd His Little One in this drawing is...

Carol said... (Jamie's blog)

What a cute chipboard project with the stamps! I really like the ribbon at the binding. Very cute and congrats on being chosen for the DT.  Another giveaway announced on Monday as we start Sneak Peek week!! Until later...Be the Blessing! ~Antoinette www.inspiredstamps.com    ...have you entered the Operation Write Home card contest?  Go to the OWH Challenge tab at the top of our blog!!  You have through September to get them in!!

New Inspired Stamps Design Team INTRODUCED (2 giveaways!)

Hello Friends!
I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO  excited to get to finally introduce you to the 8 wonderful designers who will be creating beautiful creations with Inspired Stamps through January JUST FOR YOU!!

Each of them has Inspired Stamps artwork that will be posted on their blogs by Thursday 8am ET...be sure to go see each designers blog!  Please be sure to visit their websites and leave them some love in the form of a comment to welcome them!!

There are 3 names you probably know and love already as they have been on our Design Team all summer long and will be rejoining us for the Fall DT!!  Here are the beautiful faces and the blog links of:

                                   Belinda Kersey ( USA)

                                                                                  http://www.queenbeesmusings.blogspot.com/

 Deneen Treble (Canada)

http://www.apathofpaper.blogspot.com

 Jenn Smith of (USA)

http://stampinstampede.blogspot.com/

And a big hearty welcome to the 5 NEW Artists
joining the Inspired Stamps Team:

Amber (USA)

http://pixiperfectcreations.blogspot.com/

Chere Mosley (USA)

http://www.inklinedtocreate.blogspot.com  

 

Jamie Moore (USA)

http://craftygirl21.blogspot.com

 

 Kary Lim (Malaysia)

http://karyg.blogspot.com

Kim Beldowski (USA)

http://www.agypsyangel.blogspot.com  

WELCOME INSPIRED STAMPS FALL DESIGN TEAM!!

In honor of the new design team I am going to go to each of their blogs this weekend and see the love you have shown them through a kind comment on their Inspired Stamps artwork post for Thursday (after 8am ET).  Two random comment-givers will be receiving a FREE His Little One stamp set of their choice as my THANK YOU for your kindness!! I'll announce the winners Sunday!!

Until then,
Be the blessing!
~Antoinette
www.inspiredstamps.com

Missing You Card with unique fold...

Hello friends!
For those of you in the US, we just came off of a long holiday weekend and I didn't get any time in my studio this weekend!  I was so happy to get there today to work on some of the Operation Write Home cards I'm making for the US troops to send home to their loved ones!  Don't forget to submit your missing you and love you cards on our challenge page, you can find under the title to this blog! 

Here is a set using some fabulous autumn colors and an Inspired Stamps His Little Ones: Soldier Boy ready to give his loved one a sunflower from our Flowers and Flower Buds sets!! 

The soldier boy with his flower is a flap on the front of the card that opens to this...

The verse is off of the Inspired Stamps Proverbs 31 Woman set and the Missing You is off our Perfect Sentiments set (you can see all the stamps HERE) 
The Paper is a Mat Pack I got at JoAnns and Missing You is on self-adhesive cork board (a favorite embellishment of mine!!  Colored with Copics!
Here is the inside of the card where the soldier can write a handwritten message to his wife:

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit!! 

Can you believe that next week is already SNEAK PEEK WEEK for our SEPTEMBER 16th New Releases?  I'm so excited to get to share with you all the fun sets (14 in all!!) coming out!! 

Until tomorrow...Be the blessing!
~Antoinette
www.inspiredstamps.com

Check out the new OWH Challenge Page on the blog!

Hello friends!
I just wanted to encourage you to go to the OWH CHALLENGE page (in the yellow bar under the blog heading) and ENTER our SEPTEMBER-LONG challenge for Operation Write Home!!  We will be giving away prizes and you can make cards and send them off to a wonderful OWH sender that lives near you...she'll get your card(s) to a soldier to write home to their loved ones!!  Head over to the challenge page now by clicking HERE or by clicking on the title in the yellow bar under our blog heading!

Thanks so much and I cannot WAIT to see what you come up with!
Be the Blessing!
~Antoinette
www.inspiredstamps.com

Inspired Stamps Summer Design Team's Last posting...

Hello friends!
Today is the last weekly posting for six of the Inspired Stamps Summer Design Team and I just wanted to give a BIG THANK YOU to all the girls on the Summer DT, as it was our very first DT ever!!  I learned so much from each of the ladies and I know you all have enjoyed their weekly posting!!  Above is Sylvia's post and I thought it was so appropriate for our celebration of the completion of the SUMMER DT term!!  So even though we wont be seeing these ladies posting every week, they will be popping in from time to time with guest DT posts.  So it is not a goodbye, but rather a see you soon!!
So a HUGE hug and THANK YOU TO  Sylvia, lynn, Jan, Shana, Amy and Melissa!!  We will see you all very very soon!!  Those with artwork this week, sharing their FAVORITE STAMPS from Inspired Stamps are...
lynn

Melissa

Amy

Belinda

 Jenn

 Deneen

 Next week I will be introducing our FALL DT of 8 FABULOUS stamping artists!!

Friday (tomorrow) is a very special challenge I cant wait to share with YOU!!

Thanks again to the wonderful Summer DT and I look forward to welcoming the new Fall DT with you all next week!
Much love and blessings,
~Antoinette
www.inspiredstamps.com