Inspired Stamps - Love

Hello Friends! It's another Thursday project with Inspired Stamps.  This week, we are all making a set of cards with the theme "Love".  I made a set of 4 cards, using the 1" circle stamp from the Stamp Set Lovely Lace.

For the first focal image, I stamped directly onto white cardstock using a pink grapefruit ink, and for the second image, I stamped with Versamark and embossed with white embossing powder. Then the image was punched out with a scalloped circle punch and sponged over with blue ink.

Here are the cards:

Please click over to the Inspired Stamps blog to see more inspiration from the Design Team.  While you are there, check out the Sunday Scripture Challenge - you are welcome to participate along.

Thank you for visiting me.  Have a wonderful day!
Kary

Inspired Stamps - Gift Box

Welcome to Inspired Stamps inspiration post. This week, the DT's assignment is Anything But A Card! I was inspired to make a little gift box for cards, using the stamp sets "Lovely Lace" and "Esther's Bouquet".

The gift box measures 5"width x 4.5" height x 2" depth.  I started with a 8" x 11.5" light yellow cardstock and randomly stamped the Lovely Lace doily with Memento Desert Sand, and the circle sentiment (in the middle of the doily) with Memento Potter's Clay.  Esther was stamped on a white cardstock and coloured with Copic Markers to match the yellow cardstock and the stamped doily.  The markers I used are Skin - E50, E51, E53, R20; Hair - E21, E23, E25, Y11; Eyes - G99, YG67, YG03, YG01, Colourless Blender & Copic Opaque White; Bow - Y06, Y21, YR23; Dress & Socks - Y21, Y06, YR23, Button - YR09, YR02, Flowers - R01, R02, R14.

If you are interested, the box was made according to the following dimensions:

After scoring and cutting out the triangle as shown above (blue lines), I used Fiskars Apron Lace border punch along the top edges of the box.  Then it was time to assemble the box.  For the handle, I cut a piece of kraft cardstock measuring 2" x 11" and punched the edges using the Apron Lace punch.  The ruffles were made from Seam binding by sewing a running stitch along the middle of the seam binding and pulling one end of the string to make the ruffles.  I secured it to the handle and along the bottom of the box using 1/4" Scor-tape. The handle was attached to the box with 2 large brads.  On top of each of the brads, I affixed a daisy flower and a felt rolled flower.

Thinking the box needed a little something, I added a strip of blings.  On the 1/8" Scor-tape, I placed the i-rock crystals on one side of the tape and then adhered it to the box.

To prevent anything sticking to the exposed adhesive in between the crystals, I scooped some clear glitter on the strip and tapped off the excess.  Lastly, I adhered Esther with pop dots onto the front of the box.

I was surprised that the box didn't take longer than an hour to put together, and I was quite pleased with it.  Now I have a little gift box of cards to give away ;)

Wow, this was a long post!  Be sure to check the Inspired Stamps Blog to see the rest of Design Team's awesome project this week.

Thank you for visiting me.
Have a lovely day!
Kary

Products used : Inspired Stamps sets Lovely Lace & Esther's Bouquet, Light Yellow Cardstock, Neenah Solar White & Desert Storm cardstocks, Memento Rich Cocoa, Desert Sand & Potter's Clay, Copic Markers, MFT Rolled Scalloped Flower die, Yellow felt, Scor-tape (1/4" and 1/8"), i-rock crystals, Hug Snug Seam Binding - Chalk White

So Very Blessed

It's all about Spring for today's Inspired Stamps project.  I think of Spring as sunny days, flowers blooming, fresh colours and a new beginning.  There's such cheerfulness that this season brings.

When I set out to make this card, I had two stamp sets in mind that I wanted to use - i.e. the 1.5" Circle Greetings set as the focal image and the lace doily from Lovely Lace.  After stamping and cutting out the Circle Greeting and Lace Doily,  a shaped card came to mind.  I added two smaller die-cuts (cut from blue and orange patterned papers using Spellbinders dies) to layer the Circle Greeting and a large doily (green cardstock using Cheery Lynn Designs-English Tea Party Doily) just behind the stamped Doily.  Then I adhered two shaped die-cuts (using Spellbinders Big Scalloped Circle die) together to make the card base and adhere it to the back of the card front.

Here's another look at the card:

I hope you like the idea.  For more inspiration, please visit the rest of the Design Team's blogs and the Inspired Stamps' blog.

Thanks for visiting me today.  Have a blessed day!

Kary