IB200 - It's All About You!

Happy Thursday, everyone! It's the last Inspired By of the year, and we've got a fun challenge for you!  We want to celebrate YOU!  

We're being inspired this week by all the 2021 winners at Inspired By!  If you hop on over to the IB blog, you'll see a link to all the winners' posts!  Choose one that inspires you and make a card to share with us!  There are also PRIZES!! Woohoo!  But first, let me show you my card:

I was inspired by this card by my sweet friend Bonnie:

I really liked how she "framed" that little bunny with that fun die.  I changed the orientation of mine to fit this lovely vintage Santa image from Simple Stories.  I created a double frame with some Cherry Cobbler cardstock and square dies, and added some vintage glitter to Santa's tree:

Then some stamping and an embossed mat:

I created some holly leaves from Granny Apple Green cardstock and Garden Green and Old Olive inks, embellishing them with some Real Red rhinestones:

And stamped a vintage sentiment and tree on the inside:

In hindsight, I wish I had kept the background plain like Bonnie did hers, but I was enamored with all the papers from my Simple Vintage Christmas paper from Simple Stories and I went a bit overboard!  I am also going to enter this at Sparkles Monthly Challenge, because they're looking for vintage Christmas!

Oh, and I promised a prize (US participants, only...sorry!), and here it is:

You can find more details on the blog...be sure to check it out!  And thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.  But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6:19-21

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Vintage Christmas (unknown maker)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals White (ret), Granny Apple Green, Mossy Meadow, Simple Vintage Christmas DSP (Simple Stories)
Ink	Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Old Olive, Sahara Sand
Accessories	Dimensinals, Red Rhinestones, Antique Silver Glitter (Martha Stewart)
Tools	Big Shot, Nature's Thoughts Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Layering Squares Dies (ret), Holiday Greenery Dies (Tim Holtz), Aquapainter, Garden Green Marker

IB138 Punny Statements

 Happy Thursday, everyone!  We have a cute challenge today at Inspired By:

Isn't that fun?  And here's the optional sketch, which I didn't use this week:

I do have a couple of sets with punny sentiments, and I actually made two cards!  Let me show you the one that I liked the most!! It uses a really old SU set with vintage images called Puns from the Past:

I used the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches:

I wanted a vintage feel to my card as well, so I stamped the sewing machine in Soft Suede and the matching sentiment in Bumblebee, mounting it on an Crumb Cake mat embossed with the retired Quilt Top EF:

The cute little patterned papers from an old My Mind's Eye pad were punched out with a 1 3/8" circle punch, then mounted on a stitched scallop die from the new Little Treat Box die...just love that thing:

And since I've used at least three patterned papers, I am also entering this in the Sparkles Monthly challenge!

And here's the other card I made that didn't make the cut, LOL!  It uses an equally-as-old Crafty Secrets stamp set featuring coffee and tea themes!

It's cute, but it just wasn't "speaking" to me like I wanted!!

So, what punny sentiment will you find to use on a card today?  They always bring a smile to a recipient's face, so get stamping and show us what you create!  Check out all the DT's creations at the Inspired By blog to get some more inspiration!  Thanks for popping in today!

Cassidy got a new bike for her birthday!!

Dana told me they had a difficult time finding one in the stores or online; this was the last one in stock at one store!  I thought that was odd, but then I watched a PBS blurb about a local bike shop; first they were so slow due to Covid that they thought they would have to close altogether.  Then suddenly there was a high demand for bikes as people were doing more outside activities!  So that caused a bike shortage, and to make it worse, the factories were not producing bicycles or even parts to repair old bikes, so the bike shop owner found himself scrambling to get inventory to meet his demand!  So the struggle Dana had to find a bike was understandable! Of course, it couldn't be pink or purple either! I think this is a terrific color myself!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Puns from the Past (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Stella & Rose:Mabel DSP (My Mind's Eye)
Ink	Bumblebee, Soft Suede
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Little Treat Box Dies, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Quilt Top EF (ret)