Carrie Stamps

Hello Foxy!

Hi Stampin' Friends and Happy Valentines Day!  

Wow, have I been busy with paper crafting for Valentines Day!  Today, I want to show you two Valentines Projects.  The first is the Valentine Card I made for my husband using the new single stamp image, Hello Foxy! 

 

Hello, Foxy Clear-Mount Stamp Set 132677 Price: $7.95

 

Isn't that fox just the cutest!  I LOVE it!  I embossed the image on Crumb Cake card stock with Whisper White embossing powder and then colored in the polkadotted parts with Real Red ink and an Aquapainter. I love how it turned out.  

Next I wanted to share with you the Owl Cello Bag Topper I made.  Do you remember the Owl Lollipop Topper I made for my Hearts a Flutter Owl Tutorial?  

Hearts a Flutter Owl Tutorial

 

Well, I used that owl and made a few little  tweeks...

I used the new 7/8" Scalloped Circle Punch for his eyes and used different patterns of the More Amore DSP.  And put it on a  1" x 8" Cello Bag filled with Valentine M-n-M's.  

You can get the Hearts a Flutter Owl Tutorial HERE! 

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VALENTINES!

Welcome Stampin' Friends!  

It's been all valentines at my house.  We are making about 80 valentines at my house this year!  

Hannah and I are making cards for her Preschool class at Challenger. 

Here is what our little card looks like: 

Of course hers are cuter! 

We made 17 of those, and then we are making 65 for our Home School Co-Op.  Hannah has helped a little with these but Samantha has been my big helper!

Were making these cute little banners to go across the top of the bag.  A chocolate heart is in the bag! The girls had to have these, becuase they have kitties and puppies on them.  I was happy because I got to use my Every Little Bit stamp set.  

Every Little Bit - Clear-Mount Stamp 120558 Price: $27.95

 

And two new stamp sets from the Spring Catalog, That's the Ticket and Ciao, Baby!

Ciao, Baby! Clear-Mount Stamp Set 129648

Price: $13.95

 

That's The Ticket Clear-Mount Stamp Set 128075 Price: $16.95

 

We have been busy, but having fun!  

My Hearts a Flutter Tutorial is now Available! 

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 Pick a free item from the Sale-A-Bration catalog for every $50 you order! 

I *heart* banners

Hi Stampin' Friends!

I would like to take this opprotunity to say... I have a banner problem.  I love them.  Love to make them, hang them and make more of them.  This will be the third banner I have made this year for VALENTINES!!! It's true, first there was the Sweet Love Burlap Banner then there was the Valentine Countdown Banner and now the Sealed with Love Banner!  

This banenr was made with the Simply Sent Kit called Sealed with Love from the Holiday Catalog.  Most items in the Holiday catalog are retired, but this kit is available until 2/14!!! 

Sealed With Love Simply Sent 126923 Price: $7.95

 

It's a really pretty kit and the banner... beautiful! 

I made this banner at my friend Britiney's house, who is also a demonstrator.  She was having a class for her customers to come and make it.  I loved it so much I decided to go and play too.  Or, maybe I went just to hang out and stamp with Britiney!  I also wanted to give credit to the orginal creater of this banner, Robin Merriman, who was so gracious to let us make her banner.  It was tons of fun.  I love a night out to stamp and make something special.  

If you have quesitons about how to make this banner leave me a comment or email me: carrierhoades@msn.com

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Owl Valentine Bag

Hi Stampin' Friends! 

Valentine's Day is REALLY sneaking up on me this year! Today my girls and I will work on busting out 90 valentines!  We love LOTS of people!!!  

But first I had to make my youngest a bag to collect all of her valentines in! I asked her if it was okay if this year I made a bag for her.  I had this great idea and just had to make it.  Some of you may know that she, Hannah, LOVES owls!  So, I make a lot of owl projects. Most recently I created a an owl valentine card in my Hearts A Flutter Owl Tutorial.  Well, for this bag I used the pattern for the card to create my owls on the branch...

Aren't they sweet!  Here is the original card where the owl came from...

The tutorial is available HERE. 

Hope you are having fun creating for Valentine's Day!  

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My homemade valentines

Welcome Stampin' Friends and Happy Valentines Day!!! 

I have a bunch of fun Valentine's Day craftin' to share with you today!!!  

If you have ever read my blog before you might know that I am can not go very long with out making a flowered headband!!!  This one is very simple...

1.  Tear a length of Twitterpated Designer Fabric (#125412) fabric, 27" or longer if desired.  

2.  On the cut edge, do a running stitch. 

3.  You will not need to pull the thread very tight at all, only slightly. 

4.  Hot glue the fabric to a felt circle, staring on the outside of the circle working your way to the middle, going round and round till you get the end of the fabric and the center of the felt circle.

5.  Add a felt heart and button with hot glue as well. 

My girls love these and have worn them several times, when you have girls, you can wear a pink head band almost everyday! 

I spent some quality time in my stamp room, I needed some serious stampin' therapy, and made some valentine cards for my girls!!!  Here is the card I made for Hannah.  She is my youngest and has a thing for owls (see her Owl Birthday Party HERE and the Stuffed Owls that started it all). 

It just came to me, to make a owl sitting in a tree and the saying would be "Owl always love you".  The tree is hand drawn, stamped with the Woodgrain Background stamp (#117100 ) and sponged. 

I dressed up my owl (#118074) with theDotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch (#119275).  I printed my saying on theCurly Label Punch (#119851). 

My second valentine card I made for my seven year old daughter, Samantha.  When ever she makes me a card, she wants to put a little of everything on her card, so I took that as my inspiration.  I wanted it to be very girly, frilly and pretty. 

It's so pretty, I love it.  Felt, buttons, scrunchie flowers, baker's twine, rhinestones, pearls, crocheted flowers, designer paper, ruffled ribbon and a heart!  MERCY! 

And we can not forget my hubby!!! 

Crumb Cake and Real Red, perfect Valentines color combo!  And it works great for a masculine Valentine card.    I was able to cut some light weight chipboard I saved with my Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Sizzlits Dies (#115951).  I had a fun time playing with my new Heart Framelits (#125599), Edgelits (#125595) and Adorning Accentes Embossing Folders (#125601)!!! 

This next card was inspired by a Pinterest find and is a card that I demonstrated at the Stampadelicious group meeting last month. I love the ribbon behind the heart, which I die cut using the Hearts Collection Framelits (#125599). 

Last but not least is a simple felt banner, again inspired by a Pinterest find. 

The letters were die cut with the Serif Essentials Alphabet die.  I then stitched the letters to the heart right down the middle and then stitched the next heart, creating a chain. I call it my "heartfelt banner".

Thanks for sharing a bit of my Valentines Day with me!!!  And, just in case you missed my FREE VALENTINES GIFT for my blog readers, check it out before today is over!

 

Valentine Subway Art

Welcome Stampin' Friends!

The challenge this week at Stampin' Royalty is ...

VALENTINE'S DAY - It's all about LOVE!

There was one thing I wanted to share when I got this theme for this week!  And that is the Valentine Subway Art I made using My Digital Studio(#118108 - click here to find out more about a free trail)!  My first try with making subway art using My Digital Studio was on my 2012 calendar, I made a little piece on my July page.  I loved it!!!  So, I thought I would take it a step further and make a piece I could print and frame!  

It is really easy to make, it just takes some time.  I used a combination of Stamp Brush sets and text with fun fonts I downloaded for free from the internet.  If you have never done this, just google "free fonts" and you will be busy for hours!  The colors I used are; Melon Mambo, Pink Passion, Rose Red, Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink and Chocolate Chip.  I had a blast making it and plan to make several more for different holidays and family birthdays!  Here's an upclose look...

Would you like to have your own Valentines Subway Art?  Just click the link below and it is yours FOR FREE!  My valentine gift to all my blog followers! 

 

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There is more Valentine/Love fun to be seen, click over to Stampin' Royalty and see what the other Stampin' Goddessess have created for this challenge.  And why don't you play along with us!  You can get all the details at Stampin' Royalty. 

Just a little Valentine

Welcome Stampin' Friends

Today I am off for a day with the girls!  This weekend, the mom's from the Homeschool Co-Op I am a part of, are having a retreat.  I am going up for the day today.  I thougth it would be fun to do a little crafting.  So, I planned a valentine card for us to make.  

I have several of these love notes from a couple of years ago and thought they would be perfect for a little valentine card.  This card was inspired by I card I saw last year by Heather Summers. 

The mini envelope is made with the Petal Card Double Punch (#119273).

The envelope is filled with love from the I {HEART} Hearts (#118653) stamp set and coordinating punch, Heart to Heart (#119881). 

Of course all valentine cards need a hug and a kiss!  I added the "xo" to the card in pretty in pink card stock to give it a dry embossed look. The letters are from the Billboard Sizzlit Decorative Strip Die (#114510). 

The DSP, Twitterpated (#125406), is from the new Occasions Mini Catalog.  It's a very fun and versitle paper, love the variety of colors! 

Just so you know, Valentines Day is less than a month away, time to get your craft on!