Finishing Strong-Operation Write Home Blog Hop

Hello everyone.  Glad you could join the fun for OWH's final campaign. Operation Write Home, a charity that has supported heroes with handmade cards since 2007, will be closing later this year.  All cards need to be sent in by August 1st, so I am helping to get the word out.  If you have cards and have been meaning to send them to OWH, do so before the deadline.  They will not take any more cards after August 1, 2015.

Today I made a Any Hero card using Inspired Stamps: HLO Soldier boy and Psalm 91 Protection.  You can check out these stamps and many others at the Inspired Stamps Etsy Store. I used papers from Pink Paisley Pen Pal collection.  I liked all the patterns in red, white and blue.  I used OWH sketch #234.  OWH has lots of sketches to use for inspiration.
Thank you to Sandy and all the other OWH helpers and cardmakers for supporting our troops in this way, what an awesome way to tell our men and women in the armed services that we appreciate their hardwork and sacrifices for our country.  Thank you for stopping by today and be sure to thank the soldiers in your life for their service and lift up their families in prayer.

Inspired Stamps- DT Thursday

Happy Memorial Day (this weekend).
Today at Inspired Stamps, we are honoring our military with red, white and blue cards.  I also added HLO soldier boy.
How can we thank the many men and women that laid down their lives for our country, so that we can be safe and have our freedom?  We can honor their memories and lift up their families in prayer.  That God would provide for their needs and give them peace.
So please remember these brave men and women, this Memorial Day and always, they sacrificed everything for our freedom.
To all our soldiers still serving we pray for God's hedge of protection around you as well.  Thank you.

Thanks for stopping by.  If you are interested in these stamps or many others please head to the Inspired Stamps Online Store or visit the Inspired Stamps blog.

Inspired Stamps DT Thursday

Hello everyone.  Inspired Stamps is celebrating 30 days of Christmas in the month of September.  If you need some Christmas card inspiration make sure to visit the Inspired Stamps blog this whole month.  Today and every Thursday in September, the Inspired Stamps DT are creating Christmas cards using Christmas stamps or maybe stamp sets that are not Christmas sets in a Christmas way.  Today I used the Bind and Stitch set using the crossstitch lines to create my own Christmas tree and the star image from the Psalm 91 Protection set.  This is a flip interactive card so for the backside of the circle I used an image from the 1.5 inch circle Christmas set.
I used some Christmas patterned paper and red cardstock.  I punched some evergreen boughs and flowers for an accent on each corner.
I just love these interactive cards, but I have not mastered how to take a great picture of  each side of the card.  I will have to continue to work on that.
You can find the stamp sets I used today and many others in the Inspired Stamps Online store.  Please be sure to visit the other DT members blogs by clicking on the links in my sidebar to see their wonderful Christmas creations.

Inspired Stamps DT Thursday

 Hello Everyone and Happy Thursday.  We are having awesome weather for summer.  It is mostly sunny in the low 70s.  Today the Inspired Stamps DT could choose any of the stamps released in the past 3 months.  I chose Genesis 1:1 and paired it up with Hymn: Earth and Weather (the stars come from a set called Psalm 91: Protection).

I used water color paper (smooth side) and stamped all the stars with Squeezed Lemonade Distress ink, then I stamped the moon and the earth with Ranger Archival black ink (this is a nice ink to use with water coloring).  I then started layering the colors.  I added mustard  seed to the stars to give more depth of color.  I painted around the stars with tumbled glass, broken china and stormy sky.  I painted the earth with salty ocean and added black soot around the edges of piece and around the edges of scripture piece.  I popped up the scripture piece with foam adhesive.  I matted the piece on black cardstock and then on a white card base.
I added glitter pen to the stars, I like how the piece turned out.  Let me know what you think.
Attention:  Inspired Stamps is having a one week contest
Leave a comment stating what kind of fall or Christmas stamps you would like to have made into a stamp set and at least one commenter will be chosen to have their idea turned into a stamp set and they will receive two of this set (one for them and one for a friend).  So if you have any ideas, please leave a comment on the Inspired Stamps Blog or FB page by this time next week.  Only one comment per household will be considered be sure to comment before post next week to be eligible.  The winner will be announced on the Inspired Stamps blog so be sure to check back there.  Check out  the currently available stamps and sets at the Inspired Stamps Online Store.  Check out the Inspired Stamps Blog for more details and to see the other beautiful artwork by the talented DT.
 Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Operation Write Home Blog Hop and Inspired Stamps Sale

Hello everyone, make sure to stop by the Operation Write Home (OWH) bloghophttp://operationwritehome.org/memorial-day-bloghop-2014/ today, Saturday, May 24.  Also be sure to check out the "slashed" prices in the Inspired Stamps Online Store this weekend.
I am a DT member for Inspired Stamps and here is my red, white and blue military creation to go with the hop.

I used the HLO Soldier Boy and the Psalm 91 Protection set from Inspired Stamps, which included the scripture I chose and more.  It also contains the three sizes of stars.  I faux stitched the edge and used many sizes of circles for this patriotic card.

Have fun checking out the great cards, promotions, sales, and prizes offered during this hop.

Inspired Stamps-DT Thursday

 Hello again, it is Thursday and we are doing patriotic/military projects.  I decided to do a little of both with this cute HLO soldier boy and some stars with texture added from a Spellbinder embossing folder and of course the red, white and blue color scheme.  I stamped the sentiment from the Psalm 91 Protection.  I added some red glitter to the edges of the star for some added bling.  I colored the soldier boy with Copic markers and used a mask to then ink around the image with faded jeans distress inks.  Please be sure to check out these images and many others in the Inspired Stamps online store and check out the Inspired Stamps blog for more amazing projects by the other DT members.  Have a great day and say a prayer for those in our military who are serving to protect our freedoms here in the U.S.A.  Thank you for stopping by and leave me a comment I would love to hear from you.

Inspired Stamps- Red, White and Blue

Hello everyone, happy Thursday to you all.  I am glad to back among the Internet this week.  Last week I had to go to McDonald's to use the WiFi to post (Thanks McDonald's for supplying the WiFi).  My kids didn't mind since they got milkshakes out of the deal.

Today at Inspired Stamps we were asked to create Red, White and Blue projects.  If you visited last week you know that was my color scheme for the military card, so this week I went with a different HLO (Thankful Girl) and gave her a patriotic look.  I used stars from Psalm 91 Protection set to use for her purse and headband.  I also used the star with United States of America from Psalm 91 Protection set.  I used some long forgotten Daisy D paper for the bunting.

The bunting was harder than I anticipated, but it could be that I have not crafted in a while and was out of practice.  My fingers just did not seem to work correctly. The scoring and folding the paper was fine, but to get in to stay in a semi-circle, not so easy.  Oh well, I hope you like it.  I think HLO Thankful Girl looks sweet dressed patriotically.
Have a great day and please check out the other DT members creations and give them some love by telling them what you think of their projects.  Thanks for stopping by.

Inspired Stamps- Honor our Military

Hope you had a great Memorial Day Weekend.  We want to continue to honor our Military men and Women with today's post.  Thank you so much for your service to our country to protect our freedoms.  We send up a prayer of protection for each and every one of you and your families here at home. May the Lord guard and protect you and give you peace.

I used two stamp sets for my card today.  I used HLO Soldier Boy and  Psalm 91 Protection, Inspired Stamps.  I colored the Soldier Boy with Copic markers and fussy cut him and adhered him to card.

I cut large star with Sizzix die (boy it has been a while since I have used this die :)) I stamped Psalm 91:11 in center in blue ink, Memento.  To the red cardbase, I used the three stars in this set and Versamark ink to make a background on the upper half of the base. I used a piece of white  Recollections tape that I inked with the same Memento blue ink and adheared to card.  Just a clean and simple card to honor our military.  Operation Write Home (OWH) is always looking for card donations to send to our military so they can write home to loved ones.  The cards need to be CAS, no glitter or raised embellishments.  Inspired Stamps supports OWH.  Check out Antoinette's blog for more information.

Have a great day and thank you for stopping by to visit.