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The Stamps of Life: Swirls4Background

4 Comments Posted by iheartart on April 9, 2013

Good Morning Blogosphere!

When I made this card, it took my back to my early days of stamping! I used to paper piece EVERYTHING and I loved anything birds and trees! My style has evolved, but it was super fun to break out some “old” moves.

This card uses The Stamps of Life brand new Swirls4Background stamp and the Trees2Build stamp set!

What are some of your “old” moves? I’d love to hear! Don’t forget to check out the gallery for more inspiration!

Thanks so much for visiting,

Materials: The Stamps of Life (Swirls4Background, Trees2Build), Basic Grey 6×6 paper (Hey Girl), Turquoise Adhesive Rhinestones, Fresh Ink (Ginger), Memento Ink (Rich Cocoa), Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L (3D Adhesive Squares, Mini-Dots Runner)

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Dreams Take Flight

5 Comments Posted by iheartart on November 21, 2008

Dreams Take Flight…

This card means a lot to me!
I feel like everything is coming full circle for me.
When I first moved to the desert, I felt so lonely and COMPLETELY out of place…
I was a new mom, without my husband most of the time, had very little friends and didn’t have many hobbies.
My friend introduced me to stamping!!!!
Which led to scrapbooking,
which led to cardmaking,
which led back to stamping
Since 2006, I have made many friends and have made strides in my stamping.
I feel like dreams really DO come true as cheesy as that sounds!
This card uses the dearly beloved Fairytale Limited Edition kit from
Odd Bird Planet!

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Combat Boot Challenge!!!

Leave a Comment Posted by iheartart on October 26, 2008

Marie the voice of, From Combat Boots to Rubberstamps,

has decided to provide the stamping world with another challenge!!!
Marie is one of the sweetest blogging friends I have! She always makes a point to respond personally to every comment you leave! She’s a sweetie

Here is this week’s Inspiration:

And here is my card for CBC01:

I was instantly drawn to the earthy colors and the little topiary plants on the steps. And, the design element that made my heart skip a beat were the pleats on the couch cover!!! My friend, Eve, makes beautifully pleated purses and I HEART anything pleated (except for my pants)!
The earth topiary stamp is from Odd Bird Planet. It was the reason why I even started looking at Odd Bird Planet Stamps!

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Combat Boot Challenge!!!

10 Comments Posted by iheartart on October 26, 2008

Marie the voice of, From Combat Boots to Rubberstamps,

Here is this week’s Inspiration:

And here is my card for CBC01:

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A Friend With Toile

Leave a Comment Posted by iheartart on October 2, 2008

A Friend With Toile

Doesn’t this card just make you want to sip on some simmered spiced cider?
(dig my alliteration?)
Or get out your favorite scarf?
I LOVE LOVE LOVE fall!!!!
My hubby and I will be celebrating 4 years of marriage come November
This card makes me think of him…
Dig the background? It’s my fave Unity background stamp! It’s ginormous!

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A Friend With Toile

6 Comments Posted by iheartart on October 2, 2008

A Friend With Toile

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Cafe Au Lait

Leave a Comment Posted by iheartart on September 6, 2008

Cafe Au Lait
This is for LSC184 and for the Unity Challenge Cards!
We were to incorporate a coffee image along with any shade of orange…
So, I picked up some scraps from a card I made a few days ago and had some paper piecing fun!!! I crafted with Noemi and Jessica Palicia today and had a blast!!!
I love having other ladies around to bounce ideas off of!
Sure beats cleaning…
Remember, if you post a link to a card that you’ve made for this challenge on this post or the previous post, I will randomly draw someone to receive some stamped images of various coffee sets that I have from me!

Materials List:
Stamps- Unity, SU (sentiment)
Paper- CTMH Taffy, tulip, and white daisy, Basic Grey dsp and vellum
Ink- Black Staz-on, BIC, Gelly roll glitter pen
Accessories- Amuse ribbon, machine stitching
Techniques- paper piecing, machine stitching

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Cafe Au Lait

Leave a Comment Posted by iheartart on September 6, 2008

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Cafe Au Lait

7 Comments Posted by iheartart on September 6, 2008

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Off in gnome-gnome land…

Leave a Comment Posted by iheartart on August 31, 2008

As a girl, my mom would always tell me that I was off
in la-la land…lol! She never quite related to a child’s imaginative and wandering mind, having been forced to grow up fast. To this day, she can not relate to my younger brother 8 years younger than me.
I would love to have this hang on the door of my future craft room!
OKAY, back to my faux framed goodness…
The second I ordered these odd-bird planet stamps I knew what I wanted to do with them!
I wanted to create a scene and faux frame it (my fave trick) and wanted it to have a homey shabby chic yet fun feel to it!
My inspiration for the frame is an actual white frame hanging in the family room.
A TON of work went into this, but I had so much fun doing it!

Materials List:
Stamps- odd bird planet, justjohanna, kelly’s gnome home, kelly’s gnome girl with apron, mushroom tree row, CTMH doodle alpha
Paper- The mushroom and large red flower is paper pieced with Basic Grey Infuse, The grass, rolling hills, and gnome girl’s apron is paper pieced with Basic Grey Pheobe, The clear buttons are backed with Basic Grey Pheobe as well. CTMH chocolate cs dry embossed using the faux frame technique and a scor-pal.
Ink- SU basic black, Copic markers, BIC markers
Accesories- The flower is a Basic Grey Rub-on on basic grey dsp, liquid glass (more apparent in the second pic), machine stitching, CTMH clear buttons and hinges, SU linen thread and jumbo eyelets, Gina K. Screw brads, Anna Griffin satin ribbon.
Techniques- Dry embossing, faux frame, paper piecing, alcohol markers, machine stitching, rub-ons

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