A Happy Birthday Rainbow Style and Final hours....

Good Morning everyone....

(Yay! Woohoo This card was The Winner over at The Ribbon Reel on 11/12/12...Thank You so much ladies)

*Edit to note....my apologies as this post was to go live at midnight and I didn't catch it due to all that is going on with our friend Hurricane Sandy I guess when I updated my post yesterday I must not have hit the correct button to update it*

I hope this find everyone doing well! To those who have been affected by the storm I hope you are safe from harms way and have not suffered much damage. We are counting our blessings in our house.

When I created this card, It was inspired by a knitted scarf I saw in a window of a shop when visiting a historic town I took my in-laws to while they were here for a visit. I was fascinated by the rows of colors knitted together. 

A colorful and happy Happy Birthday Card!

I have to admit, I love buttons on cards and what is more fun then a rainbow of them! 

Lots of various colorful buttons were used along a doily to add to this cheerful card. A beautiful pink bow was tied and added to the top of the tag and placed on top of a flower. (Just happened to be sitting on my desk, so I thought let's just use you why don't we):-)

I am heading over to Pixie's to add this as I used snippets to create! Always digging in my scrap box first! :-)

**Edit to add- personally joining this on the Ribbon Reel Challenge  - Over The Rainbow

Thanks for popping in with me! 

Blessings!

~Tammy~

Inspired By Stamping - Day one of June peeks!

Hello crafty friends,

Today is the first day to the June Inspired By Stamping countdown festivities.  We are kicking off the countdown with sneaks at some of the sets being released on Friday.  

So let's get to some projects shall we!

This card uses 6 new stamps from this wonderful set called Cross Stitch which was inspired and co-designed by our lovely design team member Deb Hickman. I love the homespun feel to it! I stamped the small cross stitched hearts twice at the top portion of my card leaving the center open for the  cross stitched sentiment With Love.  The cross stitched bluebird you see in the center was fussy cut and applied with foam adhesive to give dimension. 

The focal cross stitched heart coordinates nicely with the Spellbinders standard heart dies.  I created a hand-cut sentiment banner for the Happy Birthday greeting (which are two separate stamps in this set) 

Below shows you the inside of my card stamped with a greeting from a set called Birthday Greetings.  It's a set that will be incredibly useful for stamping the inside of all those birthday cards you create!

Up next is a coordinating card and home decor frame using Elegant Flowers. This set focuses on gorgeous floral images.

I took an already beautiful frame and dressed it up a bit. I created a background paper starting with kraft cardstock stamping the rose image in red ink. I added s strip of burlap to the center. A die-cut of cream cardstock was used to serve as a mat for the rose images and sentiment (which you will see more from this set tomorrow from other Inspired By Stamping design team members)

The rose was stamped and fussy cut and mounted with foam tape for dimension. 

This card as well as the frame uses a technique I like to use a lot called repeat stamping. This allows you to create your own designer paper. I simply took the rose and rotated my stamp as I stamped my cardstock. As with the frame, a single rose was stamped and fussy cut and mounted with foam adhesive for added dimension. The Happy Anniversary sentiment is from Cross Stitch.

My final sneak I have for you today is a card using some background patterns called Background Basics

I created a banner across the top using the images from Background Basics.  The possibilities are endless with this set. 

The focal sentiment is from a previously released set called Small Fancy Label 4. The flowers can also be found in the IBS store. 

I hope you have enjoyed todays projects, and please pop over to see what the other talented Inspired By Stamping Design Team gals have created for your viewing pleasure. 

Deb Hickman

Irit Shalom

Joanna Munster

Kendra Sand

Joanna will be giving away blog candy to one lucky customer. They will receive their choice of 1 6 x8, 1 4 x 6 and the Vintage Sayings stamp sets.  Be sure to leave a comment each day to increase your chances. Also note on Friday and Saturday ONLY, Shipping is on Inspired By Stamping. Enter code: freeshipping

**I am personally entering my Wishing you the Best banner card at The Ribbon Reel - Use a die-cut, ribbon plus the colors 

(CORAL, BRIGHT/CHARTREUSE GREEN & BLUE) **

as well as the Pink Elephant - Use Vibrant Colors

**I would like to enter my frame project at Our Creative Corner - Embellished Frame

Thanks so much for sharing a bit of your day with me.

~Tammy~