Christmas Stair / Step Cards @ Inspired Stamps

Good Morning beautiful people!

I'm back once again to share with you a creation made using

Inspired Stamps 

Today the girls were asked to make a Christmas Stair / Step Card!  And until today, I have never made one of these!  I just love the Inspired Stamps - Nativity Set so I could not resist playing with it. 

Considering this is my first step card, I am impressed, it finished way better than what I had in my head!  I was trying to achieve a straw like background and I think I have managed it with the ribbon I used over the DP.  It is not only eye catching in real life but also feels wonderful under your fingers and unexpectedly it gives a great texture to the card.  I have not had a lot of time to 'shop' lately so everything is pulled together from my stash once again, though my stash could use a good shopping through as it is over flowing.

As always please call past the Inspired Stamps Blog 

and check out the amazing creations the other girls have made.

Their Christmas creations are sure to inspire you to Jingle all the way to your craft room!

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

Happy Crafting till then! 

Recipe -

Stamp(s) - Inspired Stamps - Nativity Set

Paper(s) -  Kaisercraft C/Stock - Mocha, DP @ Kaisercraft - Glee

Embellishment(s) - Ribbons & Lace from stash, Posh Pins handmade, Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Snowflake Die @ Die-namics, Pearls @ Kaisercraft.

Challenges this creation is entering with the help of the Feline Playful Girls:
Love to Create - Anything Goes Mon E1/3
Word Art Wednesday - Inspirational / Uplifting Quote Wed E1/2
Crafty Calendar - Browns and Creams  E1/1 Monthly
Penny Black and More - Christmas Monthly E1/3
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Shaped Cards @ Inspired Stamps

Good Morning beautiful people!

I am back once again to share with you a creation made using

Inspired Stamps 

For today's post we were asked to make an Inspired Stamps shaped card!

I don't make enough shaped cards so I had great fun making this one and was in need of a Thank You card so I reached for the Inspired Stamps - Thank You stamp set and matched it up with a Maple Leaf shape.

I would have loved to have shared more photos with you today but we are still waiting for our internet to be connected and hubby has sternly told me if I go over on my mobile cap, the difference will be coming out of my crafty budget! so forgive me for the limited number of photos today :) 

The leafI cut on the Cameo along with the flower and the tag.  I jazzed up the flower with a pretty jewel and layered it on some orange lace.  I cut the backing leaves for the flower from the Spellbinders Assorted Leaves dies, ribbon I snagged from my stash and everything got a good does of distressing as always lol

We are all shaping up today so check out the
 Inspired Stamps Blog 

and see what the other girls have been up to!
I am sure you will not be disappointed with what they have to share with you!

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

Happy Crafting till then! 

Recipe -

Stamp(s) - Inspired Stamps - Thank You stamp set

Paper(s) - Cardstock

Embellishment(s) - Ribbon from stash, Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Handmade pins, Cameo Cut Leaf base, Spellbinders Assorted leaves, Bling and lace from stash.

Challenges this creation is entering with the help of the Feline Playful Girls:
Bearly-Mine Challenges - Fall colors Tues E1/2
Paperminutes - Autumn Tues
Papertake Weekly - Autumn Colors Tues
Ribbon Carousel - Fall into Fall Tues
The Cutie Pie Challenge - Shaped Cards Mon
Addicted to Stamps - Autumn Colors Sun
One Stitch At a Time - Autumn Sun E1
Stampin Sisters in Christ - Harvest / Fall Card Sun
Crazy for Challenges - Anything goes with a Fall Twist Sat
Sweet Stampin - Simply Sentiment as focal point Sat E1/2
Clearly iStamp - Leaves E1/1 Fri
C.R.A.F.T. - Autumn Thurs E1/5
Word Art Wednesday - Uplifting / encouraging sentiment Wed E1/2
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#179 Paper Piecing @ The Crafty Pad

Good Morning Crafty Folks! 

It is time for a new challenge at ....

The Crafty Pad! 

***EDIT*** please note Mr Blogger has been naughty and has posted this post 12 hours before the challenge has gone live at The Crafty Pad - So sorry :$ 

So without further ado, lets gets to this weeks fun challenge

picked by our lovely Ms Ali!

She would love to see

#179 Paper Piecing


I have loads of photos today so I will not bore you with a long worded post lol  

I used the adorable Butterfly and Verse Set available from the The Crafty Pad Designs Store. 

The verse alone is magical and when mixed with the butterflies turned into embellishments it is just LUSH! 

I was in the mood for something really pretty so I made a handbag card and there is even a little gift inside especially for a very dear crafty friends birthday coming up soon! 

Paper pieced butterfly embellishment made from the butterflies in the Butterfly and Verse Set

 

 

The clasp is left over from a alteration I made to a tea chest.

 Yes that is 34 panels of hand stitching!   Gee do I obsess much???

Another little butterfly embellishment!

A little gift to sit inside - A selection of handmade pins and some blanks so they can make their own too. 

My daughter calls this a wedding cake, it looks adorable and good enough to eat lol ! 

The gift sits nicely inside ontop of the verse and is easily removed.

And lastly the set together.

I raided lots of bits from my stash for this, the bag clasp was left over from an altered tea chest, the lace on the front of the bag was an off-cut left over, along with the trim used on the pin holder.  The flowers are Kaiser and they were also left over from another project.  To make the butterflies more wispy and magical they are sitting on some wood fibers and there is a lots of pearls and some homemade posh pins used for the butterfly antenna's. 

We have a fabulous sponsor prize for you all to play along for this week! 

Mei Flower 

 has kindly given us 

a £20 voucher to spend in their store

to one lucky random winner! 

The Team B girls have some gorgeous projects to share with you this week so be sure to pop over to The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog and check out there inspirations!
***EDIT*** please note Mr Blogger has been naughty and has posted this post 12 hours before the challenge has gone live at The Crafty Pad - So sorry :$  

Thanks for dropping in to see me :) 

Look forward to seeing you at The Crafty Pad Challenge!

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

Digital Tuesday Challenge - Inside Out Tues

Oldie But Goodie - Flower Power Tues

Paperminutes - Shabby Chic / Vintage Tues

Shopping Our Stash - Extra Folds / Pleats Tues C13
Crafts and Me - Stitching Wed  
Word Art Wednesday - Uplifting Quote (inside the bag) Wed E2/2

Southern Girls - Pearls Thurs E1/1 AUS
My Heart Pieces Digital Stamp Challenge - For someone Special  Thurs E1/3

Dream Valley Challenges - Anything But Square Sun E1/3
Sweet 'n' Sassy Digi Challenge - Fun Fold Card Sat 

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Flowers for Friday

A Friday night with the kids sleeping so really just me home I decided to go and play with some flowers and have some fun.  I found this flowerpot while browsing through the www. and thought it looked adorable so ... as it goes I had to make one too lol.

I had a read through the tutorial and whipped a mock one up and played around with it.  I liked the idea, I just didn’t like the finished size or the versatility of it so ... as it goes I played some more and wallah!

To me this card is just too pretty to be laying down and not seen so I backed the back of the pot with an additional piece of card, folded it again and added a simple stand hold so now it can be up and displayed.  I also found I needed some extra height to firmly mount my flowers onto. 

I edged the edges with pink ink to make the pot more defined and I used a digi swirl image accented with pink and turquoise jewels as my design on the pot.  The image is a free image I have saved in my stash but I have no idea who it belongs to (if you do recognise the image can you please let me know so I can give credit to where credit is due, thanks).

What do I love

I love the flower border with the jewel flowers.

The image – the jewels just set the piece.

The fact it can now stand and be displayed!

Challenges this card is entering

* ABC Challenge – F is for Flowers - I got flowers (Fortnightly Wednesday’s)

 My Grafico – #70 Anything goes (Wednesday’s)

 Charisma Cardz - #41 More than one fold – I have 3 (Thursdays)

* Design Dollies - Pink, Turquoise & White – I have Pink ribbon, edging, flower and jewels, Turquoise flower and jewels & White card and flower centre of focal flower.

Stamps R Us – All Nature – It’s a flower pot with flowers that’s nature. (Mondays)

Fair winds and following seas.

~♥~The Navy Wife ~♥~