Inspired Stamps DT Choice

 Hello everyone it is Thursday and that means more projects showcasing Inspired Stamps images.  This week was a DT choice.  I chose to make a more masculine card to honor Pastors, since October is Pastor Appreciation Month.  I know there is a flower on the card, but it is not very frilly, so I think it works.  I think my Pastor and his wife would appreciate receiving this card.  I hope it inspires you to pull out your supplies and make a special card for your Pastor this month and let him know you appreciate all his hard work.
  



DT choice:  Using Names of Jesus and Christmas verses stamp sets from Inspired Stamps.



Here is the inside of my card: I used John 3:16 from the Christmas verses stamp set.

Card Details:

Stamps:  Christmas verses, Names of Jesus Inspired Stamps

Ink:  Firebrick red, Black soot, Vintage Photo, Old Paper, Distressed Inks; rich cocoa, Memento; watermark, Versamark

Paper: kraft, mellow moss, SU!; burgandy, white, The Paper Company

Tools: bracket border, Fiskars; accordian flower and embossed leaf, Sizzix, scalloped circle punch, Fiskars, Sizzix embossing folder

Techniques:  stamped background image with Versamark and heat embossed with clear embossing powder and then inked with Firebrick red and Black soot Distress inks. 

Embellishments:  burgandy cotton twill, JoAnn's

Please be sure to check out these stamps and many more at http://www.inspiredstamps.com/ and please check out my other DT members and their wonderful creations this week.  Please leave me a comment, I love to hear from each one of you.  I have changed my comment settings so it should be much easier.  Please let me know what you think of my project or if you have other ideas as to how to honor your Pastor this month.



Inspired Stamps Fall Cards

Hello Everyone!  Happy Thursday.  Fall is in the air and that is what this weeks Inspired Stamps Blog post is all about.  Each DT member has created their own Fall themed card using different Inspired Stamps stamps. 
I chose to stamp it 3 ways. I love the colors of Fall, so I chose to use rust, mustard and olive to depict the leaves changing color.  I could not decide how I wanted to display my focal image (Whimsical Trees), so I tried several techniques.  The top card was made using glossy white cardstock and embossing the trees with clear embossing powder and then inking over the image with really rust, old olive and more mustard inks (resist embossing).  I used the ticket Sizzix die for large and small tickets.  The sentiment is from the Perfect Sentiments set. 

 The second card was made with watercolor paper  and watercolor crayons (same colors as listed above) to create the background.  I then heat embossed the trees with brown embossing powder.  I used the smaller trees in the Whimsical Trees set to stamp on the twill ribbon and colored with SU! markers in old olive and more mustard.

The scripture was and individual scripture verse, Inspired Stamps.

The third card was stamped in black onyx Versafine and colored with Prisma pencils.  It is very bright and cheery.  For the last two cards I used different Spellbinders dies to cut out focal image and matte as well as scallops.  It was a lot of fun to stamp it 3 ways and to get very different looking and feeling cards.  Please leave me a comment, I love to hear from you all. Also please use the links on the left hand side to visit my DT members blogs and look at their beautiful fall creations.  Have a Blessed day and thanks for stopping by and looking.  Please feel free to use the link to the Inspired Stamps store to see these stamps and many more, including last weeks new September releases.