Carrie Stamps

Four Birthday Headbands

Welcome Stampin' Friends!

A few weeks before Christmas one of my daughter, Samantha's, friends had a birthday party.  We of course made her a set of headbands, but it has taken me until now to post them. 

My daughter's and I had a lot of fun rummaging through my stores of fabric and headbands and planning our creations out.  We ended up organizing all my fabric by color, BONUS!  Anyhow, she loved them so much I made her one of them as a little extra suprise for Christmas and one for Hannah too! 

This pink and white headband was made with the Circles Die #2 (#114526).  Cut four of each of the 3 largest circles.  Fold the circles in to fourths.  Starting with the largest circles hot glue the points onto a felt circle.  After glueing all four, do the same with the next size glueing them right on top, creating a second layer.  Repeat this with the smallest size of circles.  Finally, glue a button or, in this case a brad to the center.

 

The purple and black headband was also made with the Circle Die #2.  Die cut the circle(s) of your choice.  Do a running stitch around the edge.  Pull your thread when you get the end, cinching your circle closed.  Press it flat, tie off your thread. Hot glue or stitch a button to the center. A very easy, quick and fun one! 

Another purple one, but this one is more flouncy and little girl pretty.  Yet again, I used CIRCLE DIE #2, do you have it, if not, get it! Die cut lots of circles of the same size, I used the largest one for this head band.  I think I did around 12 circles.  Fold your circle in half and then in half again.  With needle and thread start threading your folded circles on,  through the point.  When all your circles are on the thread, then pull them tight, stich back through the first circle, pulling tight again.  Tie off your thread and your flower is done! 

Last but not least, I had to make one with my favorite flower, from the Flower Folds die (#115970)!  Love the bright colors and the sparly green headband!

That's all the headband fun for today.  I am sure to make more soon! 

Scalloped Square Tote!

Welcome Stampin' Friends! 

I have been meaning to share with you one of my most favorite things I have made and use all the time!  After making several Rag Quilt Purses I got the idea to make this...

This Tote is made with the Scallop Square Die(#115950), Candy Cane Christmas fabric (#121715), Big Shot Adhesive Roll (#122194) and stiff felt to help it stand up. This one I made for my friend Britiney, I die cut the "B" with the Serif Essentials Alphabet (#113464) and adhered it with the Big Shot Adhesive (#122194). I stitched the flower on by hand, which is retired but we sell all white ones (Fleurettes II #115604).

Scallop Square Clear Bigz Die (#115950)

What do I do with this tote.  I take it everywhere I go to stamp, use it every time I stamp. I keep all the essentials in it..

My Mulitpurpose Liquid glue(#110755), this stampin' girls best friend!!!  I also keep my Paper Snips (#103579) and Bone Folder (#103579) in there.  This is the one I use for my self, made with the Springtime Vintage Fabric (#121817).  I did not personalize mine, but I think I need to!!!  

These are pretty easy to make and lots of fun.  You really need to use stiff felt or pelon for it to be sturdy enough to hold these things.  I love it and when I shared it with my group of fellow demonstrators they loved it too and now several of us tote them to our meetings.  

I was not sure if I should do a tutorial on this or not, what do you think?  Should I do a tutorial?  Leave a comment and let me know. 

Denim Flower

Welcome Stampin' Friends!!!!

I have the CUTEST denim flower to show you today!!!!  It is not too late to make this creation for the 4th!!!

Isn't that so fun!!!  Perfect accessory for this time of year!  And, you don't have to bye any fabric!  Just pull out a pair of old jeans!!!  

Want to know how to make it?!!  Can you tell I like exclamation points?!?  I get excited about my creations. Anyhow, follow these step by step instructions to make your own Denim Flower.

1) Using Circle Die #2 (#114526), die cut 2 of each circle out of denim. 

2)Match up your circles, stack the two matching circles so that they are lined up and then snip the edges with your Craft Scissors (#108360), all the way around the circle about 1/4" apart and as deep as you like.  Repeat this step with each size of circle, cutting two at a time saves time.  

3) Time to hot glue the circles together.  Layering them from largest to smallest. 

4) As you lay the circle on top of the glue, if you press it down firmly it will help the edges to curl up. 

5) Now the fun part, fluff and rough up the edges with your fingers. 

6) Add a button (#119747) or brad  to the center and then you have a cute denim flower that you can use on a card, as a pin, on a clip or head band. 

Now, take this idea and run with it.  Here I used a larger circle die, 3" Circle (#122125), in addition to Circle Die #2 to make a bigger flower to go on a head band for my daughter.  She loves it and has been wearing it everyday! 

To order the products use to make this project click the badge below.

Thanks for visiting!