New Release & WIN @ Inspired Stamps

Mornings :)

I am really excited to share my Inspired Stamps card with you all this week!

Why ??? 

 Cause it is 

NEW RELEASE TIME!

 and WOW! Do we have some great new stamps in the store today!

I was given the new Type Writer Font in both Caps and small font to play with and ideas just overflowed with what to do with them! 

I have been itching to make a Menu board for the family and the Type Writer font stamps were just what I needed to get the job done!

This Menu Board has taken pride and place on the buffet in the kitchen.  Not only am I so much more organised, but the whole family is no longer constantly nagging me all afternoon on what is for tea!  Seriously! I should have made one of these years ago!

We have a great range of NEW STAMPS and ...
If you pop on over to the 
 Inspired Stamps Blog 
LEAVE US A COMMENT there ... 
 and you have a chance to win one of the new sets!

So ...

 What you waiting for ??? 
Pop on over to the

 Inspired Stamps Blog 

Thank you for stopping into see me today and sharing my Inspired Stamps creation with you!
I look forward to sharing another with you next Thursday :) 

Happy Crafting till then! 

Recipe -

Stamp(s) - Inspired Stamps - April Release - Type Writter Font

Paper(s) -   kaisercraft, Cardstock
Tools - Spellbinders

Embellishment(s) -Flowers from stash

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Free your imagination & Sparkle Challenge @ Visible Image

Mornings people :)

Being a Saturday I am sailing in with some

Visible Image! 

goodness to share with you all!

Have you checked out the THREE NEW STAMP sets 
that were released this week at Visible Image ? 
 
Today I am getting inky again with just one of them ... 
Free Your Imagination!

I truly {heart} this set!
I don't know if it is the grunge, the splatters, the birds, or even the quill with this set; but something just draws me to it and I KNOW I am going to get inky & messy & have some wickedly good fun!   

 And with the 'SPARKLE CHALLENGE' running this month at Visible Image; inky sparkles were running through my head for this card ;)

Oh the fun you can have with rubber stamps and ink!

Here is a run down of all the ones I got inky with - 

Sentiment Circle - Splattered bird and sentiment from Free Your Imagination Set

The grunge around the edges of the sentiment - Are tree edges from the largest tree in the Tree Trio Set

Polk Dot Designer Paper - That is handmade with the Grunge Poka Dot Background

The brown strip of  DP - Made with the gorgeous Grunge Flourish

Corners - made using Wrought Iron Corner Flourish

Close up of the circle sentiment. 

Wrought Iron Corner close up. - It is a great stamp to 'bling' up!

Close up of the lush bow, handmade posh pins & DP made with the Grunge Poka Dot Background.

Side view of the textures goings on.

I forget how much fun it can be to get the rubber stamps out and have inky fun!  I loved just cruising along & playing while making this.  I used the embossing resist technique for the Polka Dot Grunge Background & the Grunge flourish piece - two great pieces of paper just randomly created that soon one thing just lead to another thing & it turned into a card.  I don't think my imagination can much free-er than that! 

I have recently rediscovered my stashed box of feathers & could not resist adding the red polka dot ones, the lace from my stash was originally white & given new life with the help of my Spectrum Noir pens & the bling ... I am still trying to clear out the mass of sparkles in that box!  I swear it is never ending!  

All the delicious stamps I have used today can all be found at the 

Visible Image shop!

You can get your Visible Image stamps from {here}

Check out some of the amazing creations the DT have made on the blog {here}

Or come along and chat with us on Facebook {here}

And I still have to brag about them a little more!

They are so AFFORDABLE and the postage rate is only ... 

you seriously ready for this ???

A FLAT £2.00 on ALL orders! 

How many times do you go shopping online and end up paying more in shipping than you originally spent on your purchase(s)?  That won't happen at happen at Visible Image!

Don't have the spare cash right now ? 

Well that is ok too :) 

Why not play along with this month's

Sparkle Challenge!  

you can find it {here}

And you could possible win yourself some 

Visible Image stamps

by winning the £10 gift voucher prize 

(unlike some other shopping places I know,

 this will actually get you at LEAST TWO gorgeous stamps!) 

What have you got to loose ? 

You do not have to use a Visible Image stamp to play along 

(though we do love when you share them with us & you will get an extra entry into the draw if you do!)

And ... 

 You can enter as many times as you like! 

(The more you enter, the better your chances!)

Thank you for calling past and sharing some love with me today :)
I hope I can return the {love} by calling past your challenge entry!
*hint hint again lol* Can't blame a girl for trying!

Till then, I'll see you next Saturday with another Visible Image creation!

Recipe -
Image / Sentiment - Visible Image - Free Your Imagination, Tree Trio Set, Grunge Flourish, Grunge Poka Dot Background & Wrought Iron Corner,

Paper(s) -  Cardstock - cream and black, Designer Papers - handmade
Tools / techniques- Emboss resist

Embellishment(s) -  TH distress inks, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Versamark, Rangers - Fine embossing powder black, Spectrum Noir pens.
 Stash - lace, ribbon, feathers, bling handmade posh pins.

Challenges this creation is entering with the help of the Feline Playful Girls:

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes Tues E1/ GDT
Clear It Out - Red (feathers, bling and pins) Mon 
Loves Rubberstamps Challenge - Anything Goes Mon E1/- GDT
Crafts and Me Challenges - Red Wed
Crafty Creations - No Flowers Wed
Ruby Rainbows - Birds Wed C10

New Release @ Visible Image

Good mornings!

Do you know what today is ??? 

This is no ordinary Saturday!

Today is the launch day for the new releases at

Visible Image!

 Hot off the press and now available in the shop is THREE amazing new sets!

Free Your Imagination - Check it out in the shop {here}

Immortal Love - Check it out in the shop {here}

Beauty Is Art - Check it out in the shop {here}

I had to put my hand up to play with the gorgeous Free Your Imagination set! 

This set just gets my creative juices ouzing 

& my imagination running wild with ideas.

The first thing I thought of when I saw this set was a wonderful set of stationary!   And this set is PERFECT for the GUYS too!   Being they are so often 'neglected' in our crafts, today I am taking one for the boys!

 The front - Love the feather in this set! 

There is actually 2! One large & a smaller one.

 The inside - Don't know what my camera was doing at this time :$

There is a paper pad with the smaller feather stamped & a pocket for some envelopes. 

 A peak at the envelopes, 

again carrying through the smallest feather & the ink splatter. 

 Close up of the front cover - 

So adore the paint inky splatted bird, it is just magnificent! 

 And a close up along the bottom of the feather & 

the sentiment that comes with the Free Your Imagination Set.

 And the front again. 

 As I wanted something masculine I used only Kraft Cardstock for this & really grunged it up with TH Distress inks and Stampin Up log cabin mist.  For texture I embossed the various stamps with clear embossing powder & antique sand.  From the scraps I made a 'close catch' for the file & used some brads that I covered in some more antique sand embossing powder. The stamps really say a lot in this piece & hold some impact & as I wanted to keep it masculine, I went with the bare minimum on embellishments.  

This is only one idea on how to use this set! 

The Visible Image Dream Team have put together a great variety 

of samples of all THREE of the New Releases so pop on over to the 

Visible Image Blog 

and be sure to check out the spectacular arrangements on show!

All the new releases are now available for purchase from the 

Visible Image shop  

& you can find them all listed in the New Products page right HERE.     

You can get your Visible Image stamps from {here}

Check out some of the amazing creations the DT have made on the blog {here}

Or come along and chat with us on Facebook {here}

Don't forget the 1st of the month saw the beginning of this months new challenge

Visible Image 

We wanna see you Sparkle Challenge! 

We would love if you played along with us & 

there is a fabulous gift voucher to spend at the Visible Image shop up for grabs!   

 

Thanks for calling past to see me today :)
Don't you forget now to hop on over to the Visible Image blog & see the other new release sets & creations from the team! 

I'll be back next Saturday to share with you another creation with Visible Image :)

Recipe -
Image / Sentiment - Uknown

Paper(s) -  Kraft cardstock

Embellishment(s) -  TH distress inks, Stampin Up Mists, Clear embossing powder, antique sand embossing powder, Rangers archival ink sepia, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Stash - Brads, paper pad, envelopes.

Challenges this creation is entering with the help of the Feline Playful Girls:
Do You Stack Up - Brads Thurs E1/3
Shelly's Images - Roll Em (5-Distressing, 9-No DP, 0- Kraft) Thurs E1/5
Always Something Creative - Anything But A Card ODC JFF
The Artistic Stamper - Anything Goes Nov E1/-
Anything But A Card - Anything but a card ODC E1/-
Desert Island Crafters - 3 from the list (brown / sepia, not a card, sentiment) ODC E1/-
House that Stamps Built - Anything But A card  Wed Entry 2 

October New Release @ Inspired Stamps

Gooood Mornings folks :) 

I have something very exciting to share with you all today! 

I have been very lucky to have been playing with ONE of the EIGHT

Yes EIGHT!

October New Releases at 

Inspired Stamps 

I would love you all to give a very warm welcome 

to a new Inspired Stamps character ... 

Elizabeth's Ornaments!  

Isn't she just GORGEOUS!  

She also comes with the Merry Christmas sentiment I have used and several others! 

Today I have colored Elizabeth up with Spectrum Noir pens and matched up her with one of my new paper pads from Miss Caroline's the Dilly Dally collection. I the cut her out and popped her up on some pop dots, added some liquid pearls dots here and there to mimic the snow falling on and around her.  I pulled the flower, pearls and twine from my stash and cut a few snowflakes to finish the card off.

Now this is only ONE of the EIGHT new releases to be hitting the
Inspired Stamps Store! 
To stay up to date with all the new happenings, pop on over to the 

 Inspired Stamps Blog 

And take in the delectable new releases the girls are sharing with you!

Thank you for stopping into see me today and sharing my Inspired Stamps creation with you!
I look forward to see you again next time :) 

Happy Crafting till then! 

Recipe -

Stamp(s) - Inspired Stamps - October 2012 New Release - Elizabeth's Ornaments

Paper(s) -   Base - Kraft cardstock, Miss Caroline - Dilly Dally Collection
Tools - Die-namics - Let it snowflake  

Embellishment(s) -Tim Holtz distress inks, pop dots, Liquid pearls Stash - Twine, flower, pearls, snowflakes.

Challenges this creation is entering with the help of the Feline Playful Girls:
Catered Crop - Circles Sun
Pile It On - Holidays Sun
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - No Rules Sun
Rogue Redheads Designs - Go Dotty Sat E2/3
Christmas Stampin All Year Long - Traditional Colors Fri 
Totally Papercrafts - Christmas Fri
Sparkles Christmas Challenge - Traditional Christmas Monthly

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New Release @ The Crafty Pad

Mornings beautiful peoples :)

I am sailing in this morning to showcase to you ...
Crafty Pad Designs ... 
October New Releases! 
And your chance to win these!

Christmas is right around the corner and our lovely boss lady has been busy on the drawing board to help us all cater for the season with THREE gorgeous new images!

First up is Christmas Pine Cones & Holly {here}
Oh la la ! I {love} this image!
And instantly am thinking about Christmas just looking at it!

Next up we have the Christmas Tree Trio! {here}

Loving this fun and hip image too! 

This would be a great image to paper pierce!

And last but not least,

We have the Christmas Baubles! - In 3 color sets!

Gold & Silver Baubles {here}

Green and Red Baubles {here}

And Teal & Purple Baubles {here}

All gorgeous don't you agree?

So which one captured my heart for the release ?
I fell in love with all of them! but the Gold & Silver Christmas Baubles really took my breath away and inspired me to try my hand at altering / decorating a candle so here we go!

 I have tried this in the past and it was an epic fail!  My printer seemed to be too heavy handed and would constantly rip my tissue paper.  I recently brought some crepe paper for another project and a little light bulb went off in my head to try using this instead as it seemed 'less delicate' so ... I did and it worked!  Dear hubby looked at me like I was a looney jumping all over my craft room all ecstatic but hey ho :)

I bling-ed the design up a little by adding some tiny pearls around the snowflake / star border and down the bauble chain.  A touch of gold ribbon wrapped around the base and wella!  I now have a gorgeous candle ready for the Christmas table that is just going to look delightful!

Now ... I know I have taken your breaths away with my little candle lol
But !
You have just got to stop by
The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog
and see the amazing creations all the girls have put together!
Wowzers is all I can say!
(they are stunning and you don't want to miss out on seeing them!)

By dropping by the challenge blog you can also go into the draw to win these images!
All you have to do is leave a comment on the Crafty Pad Challenge New Release post and your name will go into the draw!
For a 2nd chance in the draw,
become a follower of
The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog
and leave us another comment telling us you are a follower :)
It is that super duper easy!

Commenting will close 12pm GBT on Monday the 15th of October
and the winner will be announced on Thursday the 18th of October.

Sunday was the start of a new challenge for the week too!
And we would love to see your VINTAGE creations so please do drop by, play along with us and link up your creations!

Thanks for calling in to see me today and I shall be dropping by a little later with another crafty creation to share with you :) 

Recipe -

Stamp(s) - The Crafty Pad - October New Release - Gold & Silver Christmas baubles

Embellishment(s) - Candle, stash - pearls & ribbon

Challenges this creation is entering with the help of the Feline Playful Girls:
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes Tues E1/1
Deep Ocean Challenge - Anything Goes Tues 
Party Time Tuesday - Anything but a card Tues E1/3
Sweet Stamps - Altered Item Tues C10 E1/1
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes Tues  E1/3
Anything But A Card - Shiny sparkle blingy Mon 
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September Sneak Peak Week @ Inspird Stamps

Terrific Tuesday folks!

It is an exciting day today with the start of the

Inspired Stamps

 SNEAK PEAK WEEK!

There is some gorgeous new stamps due to hit the store this week at noon on Friday and we are so excited that all orders that total $25.00 or more in product will receive a free $3.99 Scripture Stamp of their choice!  Pop on over to the Inspired Stamps Blog for all the dets!

That ‘s the news out of the way, so onto what I have been playing with this week!  The moment I picked up the September New Release packet I knew I wanted to play with the 1 Corinthians Scripture – Love Is.  Ideas flew into my mind instantly so Mr Mojo and I got down and crafty and had some fun !

 Another card I have fallen in love with (I so have to stop that habit lol)  All the pieces I pulled from my scraps baskets, the hearts are a punch that I coved with fluffy heat emboss white paint (another addiction of mine at the moment) & gave them a light distress with some TH inks.  The twine I twisted together some white and red to make the candy strip and brushed some mod pod over to help it keep its form and then threaded on some beads, again from my stash and for something a little different I did some two tone stitching in red and white around the edge.

This week the Inspired Stamps Blog 

is sharing all the sneak peeks that will be released on Friday so pop on over to see the amazingly adorable creations from the other girls too!

We would love if you called past and shared some love with us!

I'll be back next Tuesday to share another Inspired Stamps creation with you! 

Happy Crafting till then! 

Recipe -

Stamp(s) - Inspired Stamps - September 2012 New Release - 1 Corinthians Scripture – Love Is.

Paper(s) -  Scraps from the scrap basket

Embellishment(s) - Ribbon from stash, Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Beads from stash, Twine from stash, Heart Punch, Heat emboss fluffy white paint, Sewing threads @ DMC.

Challenges this creation is entering with the help of the Feline Playful Girls:

Craft Your Passion - Blast from the Past (April #104 Dots & Stripes - stripes on writing paper) Mon
Cupcake Craft Challenges - In stitches Mon
Love to Create - Ribbon or Twine Mon E1/3
The Crazy Challenge - Seeing Spots Mon E1/4
Come and get It Challenges - Tic Tac Toe (twine, free, buttons)Tues
Joanna Sheen Challenge - Going Dotty Tues
Card Makin Mamas - Hearts Fri E1/2
Just Add Ink - Polka Dots Fri
Word Art Wednesday - Uplifting / Inspiring Quote Wed  E1/2
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