Carrie Stamps

Just B Happy

This is what I am telling my self this morning as I checked the SU! website only to find that my PRE ORDER (sneek peak items from the upcoming catalog) is still at SU!  Sad in my heart, I thought for sure it would be here today.  So, how do you "Just B Happy?"  STAMP, of course. 

When I saw the CPS #72, that was enough to spark some creativity and stamp out a card!  I just opened one of my drawers full of stamp sets and said, it has to be with a stamp set from this drawer.  And, here you go.  Just B, I have only used this set once since I got it.  It is so cute.  Speaking of cute, how about that Cutie Pie paper. I have not used that one in a while either. 

So, yes I feel better after stamping and will be content till my order does get here.  But you know what can really put you over the edge to happiness?  GLITTER!  I do not know if you can tell in this picture, so I took a close up; my B and flower are embossed with Iridescent Ice powder!

WOW!  Now, that will make a girl happy!

I hope you all had a fun Holiday Weekend.  We did, I got in one last mini camping trip, before the arrival of the new baby.  Thank goodness for our trailer and generator! It really is the way to camp - cabin on wheels!

Happy Stampin'

 

Leftovers

What do you do when you are on a roll stamping a project and one crutial supply is missing!!!  Oh, I can not find my slit punch this morning!  So, what did I do?  Thereaputic Stamping!  I pulled out some "leftover" supplies from a stamp camp and created a new card with the supplies. 

The orginal packet had Afternoon Tea DSP with it, but since it is no longer available I did not want to use it on this card.  I looked through my stamp sets and Fresh Cut stuck out to me for this card. 

Hope you all had a nice 4th of July Holiday and continue the fun throught this weekend.  I am going up near Idaho City today, where my husband and father in law have been camping and doing an Archery Shoot. The weather is supose to be a few degrees cooler so I think I can tough it out for the evening.

Happy Stamping!

 

Unfrogettable Stamp Set

One of my favorite stamp sets is Unfrogettable.  So I thought I would use it for one of my Club projects this month.  I had to share it cause I love how it turned out!  This was actually my second card.  I was all done with the first card and then my daughter woke up, I went in to get her up and when we snuggled she fell back to sleep, then this card came to me.Luckly, she stayed asleep and I got to make it before I "FROGGOT" IT! 

I also wanted to use my current In Colors, they are great, so I used Wild Wasabi, Groovy Guava and Purely Pomegranate.  The water is soft sky and blue bayou and dragonfly's wings are soft sky as well.  And as I always say, love is in the details, so I added crystal effects for the snail trail and white gel pen to accent the flowers.  I can not resist using the crystal effects with the snail almost every time I stamp him, how cute!  This is a Z-fold card.  See the side view:

 I use the saying " Have I toad you lately that I love you" on the inside of the card, and I punched it out with the Scallop circle punch.  The frog got some love too, wiggly eyes, which work perfect with this set!  The paper on the inside of the card is Groovy Guava Prints DSP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So as I am typing this I am thinking you probably want to see the card I did not go with, okay, here it is:

Not a bad card.  I like it, but I LOVE the second one!  This one is also a Z-fold, just turned a different direction. 

All the images in this post were colored with my In Color Markers, Blender pens inked with the In Color re-inkers.  I love them, it gives me so many more options with my In Colors. 

If you do not have this Unfrogettable set, and the two matching wheels (view them here)  you must get it before it retires August 10th!  Email me at carrierhoades@msn.com if you would like to purchase it before it is gone forever!

Happy Stampin'

 

Aloha and Happy Camper!

Aloha Ladies!

As of yesterday I have earned Stampin' Up!'s incentive trip to HAWAII!  It was a lot of hard work and there were a couple of times was not sure I was going to make it, but I kept plugging away till the very end!  I have to give a HUGE THANK YOU to all my wonderful customers, who keep comin' back for  more!  And to my downline who helped me get there as well, what a great group of ladies and FRIENDS!   So, I guess you could say I am one Happy Camper.  Okay, that was my lame segway to the card I want to share. How about a sympathy laugh?  Okay, no, here is the card...

This is one of the cards I designed for my last Card Maker's Club.  I so love this Happy Camper Set that is retiring! 

I wanted it to be some what 3D.  So it has a lot of cutting and dimensionals. Sometimes you just have to cut things out. 

The colors I used are: Close to Cocoa, Soft Sky, Blue Bayou and River Rock, what great In Colors! 

I also used the Define Your Life stamp set.  I have been having lots of fun with that set since I got it. 

This is a Z-fold card turned on it's side, you can see that here in the second photo.

 

 

It is super easy to make:

Take a piece of 4-1/4 x 11 cardstock, fold it in half.

Then fold the cover back and in half and crease with a bone folder.

What you can not see in the picture, is we stamped "Happy Birthday" on the bottom of the Whisper White Panel.  I thought it would be a fun masculine Bday card.

I thought it turned out cute and wanted to share it with you all. 

I am getting ready to go on my last camping trip of the summer, some what reluctantly as I am almost 8 months pregnant and anything over 72 degrees is just plain HOT!  But it will only be for 2 days.  I think I can suffer for 2 days, in the camper with the generator running the airconditioning while I stamp!  RIGHT!!!  Oh, mercy, say a prayer for me! 

Happy Stampin'

 

ABC Book Done!

Last week was CRAZY busy!  Looking back I am surprised at all I got done and came out mostly sane!  One of those things was finishing the ABC book for my daughter's 3 1/2 birthday that was on Saturday.  I finished it the morning of her party! 

So I wanted to share just one more page with you.  I  was very pleased with how all the pages turned out.

Here is page V.  "V" is for valentine.  My daughter is making a Valentine card for Grandma and Papa here. 

I covered the Chipboard V with Real Red Prints DSP (hostess stack) and then covered that with versamark and then with Iridescent Ice embossing powder and embossed it. 

The Chipboard Heart was inked with Real Red Craft ink, embossed with heat and stick powder and then Chunky Red Glitter stuck to that and heat set. 

I love how the page coordinates so well with her shirt.  I come up with my best color combos using the colors in the picture.

So, at the party I had her open the scrapbook last thinking it would not be the Coolest thing at a 3 1/2 party, but one of the girls there saw it and said, OH, a scrapbook of her very own.  You can tell her mom is a scrapbooker.  We opened it up and I held it on my lap and the kids gathered around to see it as I flipped the pages.  And, Samantha and I have really enjoyed looking at it and talking about the pictures.  And, it will be the gift that keeps on giving, as she gets older she will like it for different reasons.  So, I know you are probably done seeing pictures of these pages. Well, I am done now and will have some fun things to share!  Hope you all are enjoying your summer, I am INSIDE, as pregnancy and summer do not mix! 

Happy Stampin'

RETIRED LIST/ HUGE SALE!

Have you seen the Retired List?!  How exciting!  And, I am offering a HUGE SALE on Retiring Stamp sets!

Order 3 Retiring Stamp Sets, Get 1 FREE!

THEN

Order 2 Retiring Stamp Sets, Get 1 FREE! 

This is a VERY LIMITED TIME OFFER!  You must email me no later than 6/17 (11:59pm) to take advantage of this HUGE SALE!  I am very close to earning Hawaii and so I am offering this limited time special to those who would like to help me get there and get some stamps they really want!

SO.... EMAIL ME AT: carrierhoades@msn.com

Happy Stampin'

Don't have a Spring/ Summer Idea Book and Catalog?  View it HERE!

 

 

Fresh Cut Crab

Good Morning Bloggin' Friends! I am getting ready to leave for the Big Stamp Camp in a few, but could not leave you with nothing fun for today!  So, here is one of the cards I made to show for my demonstration today, something fun you can do with those left over petals from the Fresh Cut notes. 

Do you see the crab's claws hangin' there?  Those are two petals from the Fresh Cut Notes!  I know, who thinks of these things, not me, I saw this idea on a card made by another stamper and thought it was cute.  So, here is my card, using the petals as claws! 

I was hoping it would be a little bit of a masculine card, but not sure.  Depends on the guy I guess. 

Well, I hope you all have a great Saturday, I know I will! 

AND, TOMORROW... THE RETIRED LIST!!!

Check back for that as well as my awesome special!

Happy Stampin'

 

Fresh Cut Alternatives

HI and Happy FRIDAY!  I wanted to make a few more samples with my Fresh Cut notes for my demonstration on Saturday, but I have lent my Fresh Cuts Set to be used at the stamp camp, and it is already packed and not in my posession.  So, I had to use different stamps!  I love it when I have to challenge my self, it is always a happy and surprising result.  Here are the 4 Fresh Cut notes I made using Alternative Stamp Sets!

For this one I used the Baroque Background and the Always Stamp Set. 

The colors are Groovy Guava and River Rock.

I LOVE how you can use the 5 Petal punch perfectly behind the laser cut flower in the card!

You can see my use of the Pretties Kit!  Yes, I am still trying to use that up.  My display board it TOTALLY full and still had several beads and half pearls left!  So they will be given away as a prize at the stamp camp!

We are using the Simply Delight Simply Sent Kit for our stamp camp, so I thought it would be fun to use that set on a Fresh Cut note as well.  I love how it turned out.

The colors here are River Rock, Basic Black and Whisper White.  Classic and Elegant!

I love the cute little white flowers on a strawberry plant and that is what inspired me to make this card.  The DSP is from the Prints pack, that you can get when you place at $150 order FOR FREE, or as a Hostess.  I used the Real Red and Wild Wasabi papers.

After I stamped the strawberry I covered it with Versamark ink and embossed it with Irridescent Ice Embossing Powder to give it some sparkle, it looks sugary! 

I used the Rhinestone Brads from the Pretties Kit, in each corner.  But, I removed the stone from the brad.  Just spread out the arms of the brad, pry back the metal holders with your craft and rubber scissors and out comes the stone!  How fun, another way to use those Rhinestones!  Makes them more versatile!

Last one. Since I have been making samples for the Pretties Display board I have been wanting to string some beads on a card.  FINALLY, I did just that.  And, it is so cute!  

I strung them on some clear elastic that I use to make bracelets. 

The colors used here are Chocolate Chip and Groovy Guava.  The stamp is Tres Chic Background.

Now, go have some fun with those Fresh Cut Notes, and now, don't you need more notes to play with your other favorite stamp sets! 

I can totally help you out there!  Email me if you do not yet have the Fresh Cut Notes or need more!  carrierhoades@msn.com

I will be working away tomorrow at our Stampadelicious Stamp Camp tomorrow, how can I call what I do work with a straight face!  I love my job, it really is the funnest way to make money - STAMPIN'!   I will try to take some fun pictures and share with you.

Be sure to check back on Sunday for the RETIRED LIST and my SPECAIL!!! 

Happy Stampin'

Pretties Scroll

I can't remember where, but I saw a card someone had made using the Hat Pins from the Pretties Kit to make a scroll.  I thought that was clever.  So, when making all my samples for the Pretties Display board, I was coming to the end of the box and there were a few hat pins with out ends for the points.  Then it came back to me, that scroll card.  I decided to try it out and here is my card:

I just love this card.  The soft sky and river rock are so elegant together. 

From the Pretties Kit I used, a large clear Rhinestone, it wraps around my ribbon.  As well as, two hat pins, two small pearl beads and one large half pearl. 

Once I ran out of flowers in the Pretties Kit I had to strech my imagination a little more to use up the other pieces. And, in doing so am having so much fun and really love the Pretties Kit.  I love texture, dimension and embellishments on my paper crafting projects and the Pretties Kits offers all of that! 

Also, I  have to say, I really love the sentiment I used from the All Holiday Stamp set.  It is so fun to color with markers.  What a great stamp! 

Now, for my favorite part!  The Chipboard accent!  It is from the Ginormous Pieces.  I inked it on the Versamark pad, embossed it with heat and stick powder then poured Cosmo Glitter on top (the light blue glitter), then heat set it. 

It is so sparkly!  Don't you love it. Well, I do, I adore glitter! 

Well, that is all for now.  I so need to make a scrapbook page for the ABC book today!  But then there are the dishes and laundry callin' me.  Hmm. Dishes and then a scrapbook page, right? 

Thanks for stoppin' by!

Happy Stampin'

Folded Carousel Card

After planning all my projects for my Crazy for Carousel Notes Class, I got this idea.  To fold the Carousel Note in half and mount it on the front of my card. 

The Chocolate Poly-Twill goes around the note to keep it closed on the card front.

I really love Groovy Guava and Chocolate Chip together so, that was an easy pick with the Afternoon Tea DSP. 

The heart (Always Stamp Set)  is colored with markers, I made my own set of In-Color Markers out of Blender pens and reinkers.  I love them. 

The flower from the Pretties Kit is sponged with Chocolate Chip Ink.  The hat pin is also from the Pretties Kit and it pierces the heart like Cupid's arrow.  I know, isn't that clever? That was my genious for the day!

In the center of each scallop I stamped one of the small round stamps from the Always set.  They fit perectly, got to love that! 

So, here is yet another idea with the awesome Carousel Notes!  Don't miss out on getting a set of your own, or a few, the are available until the end of this month!!! Email me to order yours before it is too late. carrierhoades@msn.com

Also, watch for the release of my Crazy for Carousel Notes DVD!!!  I just need to do the editing, this being my first time I am going to enlist help, so be patient, it is coming! It will be full of ideas and projects you can do with the Carousel notes!

And, of course, I am working on the ABC book.  I had to share the page I made today. 

The pictures were taken in November at the Children's Museum in Portland, OR.  How perfect for my ABC album. And, the ABC images stamp set just so happens to have a xylophone stamp! NICE! 

The only thing I had to decide on was the colors for the layout.  I ended up having to trim the pictures down.  The color on the walls on either side of the xylophone were this weird Magenta/ Purple color with a touch of gold trim, close to a More Mustard.  I was trying to work those colors in, but was not loving it.  So, I trimmed the pictures and the Pink popped, from there it was easy, what goes great with pink - BROWN of course!!! 

So, the book is slowly but surely coming together and it is looking good for it to be done for her birthday party!

Thanks for taking a peak at my creations!

Happy Stampin'