Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Happy New Year! NEW stamp releases NEXT WEEK!!

Happy New Year Friends!
We thank you all for your support in 2013 and have so much exciting to share with you in 2014, starting next week with a brand new year kickoff of NEW STAMP RELEASES!!  Have a very blessed end of 2013 and wonderful start of 2014!
Blessings,
Antoinette and the Inspired Stamps team!
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Thursday, December 19, 2013

Last DT artwork of 2013!!

Hello friends!
It's the Design Team's last artwork assignment for 2013!  They have done such a beautiful job!!
Thanks to Belinda, Chere, Deneen, Gaby, Jamie, Kary, and Patty!  We are looking forward to an AMAZING 2014!!
Here's Kary's full card:
Jamie's Card:
Deneen's Card:
Chere's Cards and Wreaths:

 Have a very blessed Christmas and we will have more artwork for you soon!
Blessings,
Antoinette and the DT
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Friday, December 13, 2013

BEAUTIFUL Chrsitmas cards!

Hello friends!
Today the Design Team has some beautiful cards to share with you using Inspired Stamps!!  Above, Deneen starts us off with her GORGEOUS coloring of His Little Ones: Angel!
Here's her full card:
Kary used the SNOWMEN stamp set(running low of these in the online store so grab one while you can!)  :
Chere:
Jamie:
BEAUTIFUL  job ladies!  One more week then our DT will take a 2 week break to spend with their families over Christmas!
Blessings,
Antoinette
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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Cards!

Hello friends!
We are expecting a winter storm over the next couple of days and then again on Sunday so I am busy working on Christmas Cards (nothing makes me want to sit by the fire with a cup of cocoa and work on Christmas cards while listening to my favorite Christmas music more than SNOW!!)

Today Kary is sharing one of our newest stamp sets:  His Little Ones:  Sincerely Girl along with a 2x2 set 1 John 3:1:
So Gorgeous!

Chere has used His Little Ones: Girl with heart stamp set and Proverbs 3:5 single scripture stamp set in her lovely card:

And Deneen has shared this beautiful creation using Inspired Stamps VINTAGE CHRISTMAS (we are very low ins stock on this set as well as the NATIVITY set!):
So beautiful!

Blessings,
Antoinette
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Making ELEGANT yet simple Christmas cards in Sets

How to make your own Christmas Cards in sets

Hello Friends!   HERE IS ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR POSTS I wanted to repost for you!
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Today I want to show you the Christmas Card Sets I am making this year  for my friends and family (well over 100, and that's all I'm gonna say LOL).  I need SIMPLE, but ELEGANT designs and I don't want them all exactly alike, since we all know we look at everyone's cards when we go to family's and friend's houses and want to feel our card was hand made just for us!  SO here is how I made mine.  FEEL FREE TO COPY THESE TO MAKE YOUR OWN or something similar, just dont' submit them to contests or for publication please.  As always you are free to make and sell sets with our stamps, and I am honored when you use my designs to do that (although this is so simple, I would be surprised if someone else hadn't thought this design up in some form LOL).

Here is what you need:
*4x5.5 card bases
*I used GLITTER TAPE in 3 different colors, but you could just use pretty ribbon or even make paper strips to look like the ribbon behind the verses.
*I used colored card stock that came close to matching my glitter tape riboons to mat my embossed white pieces with Cuttlebug Snowflake design.
     *colored cardstock mats are 5.25x 3.75
     *embossed white snowflake paper is 5.5x3.5
*I used the Spellbinder die cut for the lacy pattern I stamped the verses on and the insert ornament inside:      2012 Heirloom ornaments and  Floral ovals

 I also used the following Inspired Stamps:
 Christmas Poinsettia  this $13.99 stamp set that you can find  HERE
   Matthew 1:21 this $3.99 single Scripture stamp you can find HERE
John 1:14this $3.99 single Scripture stamp you can find HERE
Made By... this $3.99 stamp you can find HERE
WHAT THE CARDS LOOK LIKE:

I leave that white side on the left blank, but for family cards I attach a photo of our family by the tree there!




Here's how to make them:
I STRONGLY encourage the assembly line method when making a LOT of cards.  I cut all my papers out and stack them.  So I have a stack of the colored mats, in each of their colors, I have a stack of all the papers I've cut with the Spellbinders, all the papers I have cut and embossed,  I cut all of the GLITTER TAPE in their strips and put them in a basket, by color, I tie all the ribbons ahead of time and put them in a basket.  THEN I go through and STAMP everything that needs to be stamped (inside and out).

Once you've got all your materials ready, you can go and do each card one at a time OR assemble them in sets:  so you may put all the embossed pieces on their mats first.  Then adhere all those to the white card bases.  Then do all the glitter tape ribbons onto the embossed.  Then put all the stamped verses.  Then adhere all the bows (with pop dots).  Then add all the jeweled embellishments (optional).

Tune in tomorrow for a Design Team Thursday showcase of Inspired Stamps artwork!
Blessings,
Antoinette

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Cyber Monday Sale: Free Shipping + 50% off!!!

Last Big sale of the season...Free Shipping is only for continental US orders BUT...the 50% off coupon is for everyone (and there is no stamp minimum...buy 1 or 101 stamps, your highest priced stamp will still be 50% off!!!!  HURRY...only good through 11:59 MONDAY!  Happy Shopping!
(all orders placed Sunday and Monday will ship out TUESDAY!)