Hi friends! Welcome to the October Sneak Peeks for Inspired By Stamping! This month IBS is introducing 5 new Christmas stamp sets, 3 Christmas ribbons, 3 Christmas glitter tapes and 2 poinsettia flowers! This month is extra special. It's their anniversary, and they're giving away lots of goodies!
During the month of October, (3) $100 gift certificates to the store will be given away, and there are different ways to win:
For every $50 purchase in October, you receive a FREE stamp set! Check
HERE for all the details.
Blog candy is up for grabs, too.
Head over to Joanna's blog both today and tomorrow and leave some love for chance to win a $30 gift card to the IBS. There will be two winners, one on each day.
There's FREE shipping at IBS on
Friday and Saturday only, with a $25 minimum purchase. No code necessary. ;)
I've got a parade of Christmas projects to show you today, all using new goodies from
Inspired By Stamping's October release. Grab your favorite beverage, sit back and enjoy the show!
Up first, a clean and simple card using traditional holiday colors of red and green.
The wreath is made with a Memory Box die, and those little ornaments are from IBS's new set,
Holiday Ornaments.
I used a sentiment from
Festive Frames and some scrumptious new
satin ribbon in a rich burgundy tone, also from IBS.
Do you like pastels for Christmas? Pink and sage make a beautiful combo in lieu of the classic red and green. I stamped my own fancy pink patterned paper using
Vintage Background, and fashioned a window from more Memory Box dies.
These dangling decorations come from the set,
Holiday Ornaments. I topped each with a small silver half pearl. The trimmed sentiment is from
Festive Frames.
The new
green seam binding is soft and holds shape beautifully. It matches my sage ink and cardstock really well, too.
One of my husband's hobbies is wine-making. He's got a nice little set-up in our cellar, and usually makes around 25 bottles of a particular variety. He's made a chardonnay, a pinot grigio, a Valpolicella, and more over the years. We've never gotten around to developing an official label for "Dietrich Cellars" wines, but I made something extra-special for one lucky recipient:
Sitting atop a stack of four die cuts are a sentiment and flourish from the new IBS set,
Festive Frames. The dainty
poinsettia is also new to the store this month.
Taking my cue from the icy blue chevron stripe and warm red snowflake papers, I played with a fun label from the set,
December 25th Labels.
I stamped it three separate times on a scrap of white cardstock, using blue ink, black ink, and red ink. I trimmed portions of each and reassembled together, using foam dimensional stickers for a little lift. The
white seam binding is a dream to work with, and topped the label in such a pleasing way.
My final project, and one of my favorites, is a faux vintage postcard in a real, honest-to-goodness vintage frame. This frame belonged to my beloved grandmother. I have not had it on display in recent years, but it proved the perfect size for this Romantic Rectangle-die cut.
I mounted the rectangular die cut to a piece of black cardstock, then lightly adhered them to the glass front of the frame. This
white poinsettia received a little shabbying using light brown ink, and I glued it on top of a burgundy satin double-loop bow.
The die cut was pure cream cardstock before I stamped and distressed it. I paired the
Vintage Postcard stamp set with the new
Christmas Postcard Add-On and
Holiday Expressions sets on here, and did plenty of ink distressing. It looks kind of old, doesn't it?
Here is today’s amazing design team featuring their gorgeous projects and cards! Please leave them some blog love.
Don’t forget to leave a comment at Joanna's blog for a chance to win some blog candy!
Thanks for hanging in there for such a long post! You're the best!
Wreath card:
Dimensions: 4.25" x 5.5"
Stamps:
Festive Frames, Holiday Ornaments - Inspired By Stamping
Paper: white - PTI; Basic Black, Old Olive - SU
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black - Tsukineko; Riding Hood Red - SU
Fibers:
Scarlet ribbon - IBS
Other: pearls - Queen & Co.; Big Shot; Wreath die - Memory Box; Labels Fifteen die - Spellbinders; Starry Night embossing folder - Sizzix
Window card:
Dimensions: 4.25" x 5.5"
Stamps:
Holiday Ornaments,
Vintage Background,
Festive Frames - Inspired By Stamping
Paper: white - PTI; Sage Shadow - SU
Ink: Sage Shadow, Pretty In Pink - SU; Versafine Onyx Black - Tsukineko
Fibers:
Sage Seam Binding - IBS; white cotton thread - SU; lace
Other: button; silver half pearls - Recollections; Big Shot; Window and Shutter dies - Memory Box; pearls - Queen & Co.
Wine bottle:
Stamps:
Festive Frames - Inspired By Stamping
Paper: Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Riding Hood Red, green pattern - SU
Ink: Riding Hood Red - SU; Versafine Onyx Black - Tsukineko
Fibers: red velvet ribbon (repurposed)
Other:
Poinsettia - IBS; White Opal Liquid Pearls - Ranger; Fancy Tags, Labels Four, Labels Thirteen, Scalloped Circle dies - Spellbinders
Blue & Red card:
Dimensions: 4.25" x 5.5"
Stamps:
December 25th Labels - Inspired By Stamping
Paper: Soft Sky, Whisper White - SU; patterns - Be Merry - My Mind's Eye
Ink: Soft Sky, Riding Hood Red - SU; Versafine Onyx Black - Tsukineko
Fibers:
White seam binding - Inspired By Stamping
Other: pearls; Big Shot: Labels 25 die - Spellbinders
Framed Postcard:
Dimensions: 5.25" x 7.25"
Stamps:
Vintage Postcards,
Christmas Postcard Add On, Holiday Expressions - Inspired By Stamping
Paper: Very Vanilla, Basic Black - SU
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Soft Suede, Not Quite Navy, Crumb Cake - SU; Versafine Onyx Black - Tsukineko
Fibers:
Scarlet Satin Ribbon - IBS
Other: vintage metal picture frame; Poinsettia flower - Inspired By Stamping; Big Shot; Romantic Rectangles die - Spellbinders
