Carrie Stamps

Spellbinder Picot Petite Circles and Squares - 3 Fall Cards

Hello there my stamping friends! Today I am sharing two new die sets from the Spellbinders shop, the Picot Petite Circle and Squares.  They are part of the Amazing Paper Grace collection by Becca Feeken. Although my style and Becca Feeken's style differ these dies are great for any style. I am using them to dress up some bold fall cards. 

First let's take a look at each of these die sets. 

Both are a set of four. Here are the sizes of the dies. 

Largest Die = 4.9 inches

Medium Die = 3.9 inches

Small Die = 2.9 inches

Smallest, shape die = 2 inches

These dies nest together perfectly.  You can die cut one of the dies on it's own for a decorative edge on your shape, or you can nest them together to die cut a beautiful frame. They also layer together for and even more stunning look. 

Let's take a look at the three cards I made with these dies. You can see the making of these cards in THIS VIDEO. 

My first card uses the Medium circle, cut as a frame. 

I put this circle onto a card that is 4-1/4" x 8-1/2", scored at 4-1/4". I added some sprayed and splattered ink, using Blue Lagoon and Shimmer Gold Silks and Citrus Cooler Silk, all from the Spellbinders Shop. They all have a touch of shimmer to them and make for a quick and easy background. You can see me make this background in the video that showcases these dies.

The pumpkins I used for today's card are from the Martha's Pumpkins stamp and die set. I also used my favorite embellishment, Rainbow Drops, on all of these cards for some bling! Look how that Picot Petite Circle so beautifully frames the pumpkins. 

For card two I wanted to layer up the circles, they are so pretty this way.  I used the largest circle as a frame and the medium circle with out the center cut out. For my background I used the Oatmeal Cookie stamp pad and drug it across this card stock panel to create a woodgrain like look.  

I would love to know what you think of Blue and Orange with Kraft as a fall color combination. 

Card Three is a Slimline card! 

The white panel on the front of this card measures 9" x 3". I was able to fit 2 die cut squares on the front and left the center whole to add some pumpkins and a sentiment. 

 

What do you think about the addition of blue to a fall color scheme?  

You can see the making of all three card and these dies in action in the video below. 

If you are having trouble seeing the video on this screen, you can also watch it here. 

I would love to know which card is your favorite!  

All of the supplies I used are listed and linked for you below. 

 

Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

 

Dare 2B Artzy New Release Blog Hop

Welcome to Dare 2B Artzy's Blog Hop!!

We are excited to have you hop along with us and to share our new Stamps and Slimline Dies!! You all know how much I love Slimline cards!!! 

There are so many fun new products!  Be sure to check out all the lovely inspiration from our Artzy Designers!! You should have arrived here from the Dare 2B Artzy blog! If you get lost you can always go back to the Dare 2B Artzy Blog to start at the beginning.

Be sure to follow each blog on the hop and leave comments along the way for your chance at winning!  TWO winners will be chosen at random from comments left on the blogs, so the more you comment, the more chances you have to win!

Winners will receive a $15 Gift Certificate to the Dare 2B Artzy Store!

The hop ends on Saturday, September 20th at 7:00pm Central.  So only comments before then will count. 

We will post a winner Sunday night!!

I have two fun cards for today's hop and a VIDEO on the making of these cards so you can see these new products in action!

Now let's take a look at the new products I am featuring on my cards today. 

Just Chillin Stamp Set

Slimline Snowflake Border Die Set

Wavy Slimline Borders Die Set

My first card uses the Just Chillin' Stamp set and the Slimline Snowflake Border die set to create a fun winter/Christmas scene. 

I started this card with an ink blended background using Worn Lipstick and Spun Sugar distress oxide inks.  I misted the ink blended panel with water and splattered it with Metallic watercolor. This made for a gorgeous backdrop for the snowflake die cut to sit on. Isn't this snowflake border soooo fun!  The die cut sentiment is also from this die set and I love how it looks on this card in red. 

I colored in these darling images with my Copic Markers after stamping them onto White card stock with Totally Black ink. They are so much fun to color and cute as a button! 

I used the snowflake die and mittens dies to dress up the inside of this card. Brining joy your way is also from the Just Chillin stamp set, what fun sentiment for Christmas cards! 

Now let's take a look at my second card, made with the Just Chillin stamp set and the Wavy Borders Die set. 

The Wavy Borders Slimline Die set is so fun because it has this slider die in it!  So now, my polar bear and penguins are actually on the move!  

This card also has an ink blended background, using Seedless Preserves and Spun Sugar Distress Oxide inks this time. I thought purple would be a fun color combo for these critters. I love having the sled slide across the card. 

You can see the making of these cards in the video below. If you can not see the video on this screen you can also view it right here. 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!  

Your next stop in the hop is Kendra's blog!  

We hope you are inspired all along the way!  

Check out all D2BA's products here! Find all the supplies I used here. 

Use Code: FALLNEW10 for 10% off your order!! The code is good starting now and will expire  Sunday, Sept. 20th at Midnight CST.

Here is the entire blog hop list. Remember to comment along with way for more chances to win the $15 shopping spree.  Happy Hopping!

Hop Order:

Cindy - Dare 2B Artzy

 YOU ARE HERE --------------------> Carrie

Kendra

Jen

Melody

Tasha

Avra

Teri

Danielle

Helen

Tonya

 

Thank you so much for stopping by! I will be back again soon with more cute things to share with you! 

Not 2 Shabby Shape Card with a Digital Stamp

Hey there I am back with another card project!  Today I am playing with a Digital stamp set from the Not 2 Shabby shop, The Farmers Market. This set was hand drawn Jamie, the owner of Not 2 Shabby. This is a digital stamp set has 12 images that can be downloaded, printed, and colored by you. When you purchase this set, for just$ 5.99 will get 5 PNG files. One sheet of sentiments and images pre-sized, just print and color and all four images on separate PNG files so you can resize them as you wish. I used both the pre-sized images and the actual farm stand image I re-sized to make my shape card. 

This card is part of the Not 2 Shabby September Digital Challenge. Each month we have a new challenge for you to play along with, this month we are using a Digital Stamp + a Traditional Stamp. 

We invite you to join in the fun!  Grab a Not 2 Shabby Digital stamp and create a card using it along with any traditional stamp you want. Post it to Instagram and hashtag it #not2shabbydigichallenge so we can find each other. 

Now let's take a look at the card I created for this challenge! 

You can also view this card and the making of it in this YouTube video.

I enlarged the farm stand image to be as close to 4-1/4" wide as I could and printed it so it was at the very bottom of the page. This way I could score the card at the top of the stand and fold it in half to create a shape card. So the stand is the card, it is not mounted on to a card. I also omitted the word OPEN at the very top of the stand by covering it with a white square before printing it out. This allowed me to add an additional stamped image to the top of the stand to give it a custom name. I stamped "Scarecrow Kisses"  from the Happy Fall stamp set to the sign so that this is a specific Farmers Market stand, the Scarecrow Kisses Farmers Market!   Then I set to coloring in my images with Copic Markers. 

Here is what I used to color...

I printed my image out using my HP Envy 7645 Printer.

I used light weight, cheap, white card stock purchased at Walmart in a ream to print my image on. 

This has always worked for me with my Digital images and I am able to color them with no issue using my Copic Markers. 

I used two other images from the Happy Fall set, the Crow and the pumpkin. I added them to the front of the card for more depth and interest. 

Now on to the inside of the card. I had to line it because for one I used light weight card stock and two, the Copic coloring shows through to the inside. 

I cut two pieces of Oatmeal Cookie card stock to 4-7/8" x 3-7/8" so I would have two liners. 

The liner that is on the top half of the card I stamp tone on tone with a gingham background stamp so it was not just plain. I repeated that look of gingham with a stamped strip on the bottom that was the perfect spot to add another pumpkin a crow. 

I also used one of the sentiments from the Farmers Market digi stamp set for the inside, "Love you veggie much". SO cute!  

You can watch the making of this card in the video below. If you can not see the video below you can also view it here. 

We would love to have you play along with us!  Check out all the Digital stamps that Not 2 Shabby has to offer right HERE. You are going to love the price point! Then create a card with it and include any traditional stamps with it that you have. Share your creations with us on Instagram and hashtag it #not2shabbydigichallenge 

I cannot wait to see what you create!  

Below are all the things I used to create todays card. 

Farmers Market Digital Stamp Set by Not 2 Shabby

Happy Fall Stamp Set by Not 2 Shabby

My favorite place to shop for Copic Markers

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

Bunny Burrow Episode 3

Welcome back for Episode 3 of my Bunny Burrow series, which is part of my September Stamp Set of the Month series. This stamp set from Trinity Stamps has been so much fun to play with. I love all the critters and the burrow so much!  Each week I am bringing you a slimline cared because I have also fallen in love with the entire line of slimline dies that Trinity Stamps has to offer. The slimline set I chose to highlight this week is the Rainbow Builder Slimline die set. It has a magnificent rainbow to cover a slimline card!  

For this episode I really wanted to do something different with my critters. I decided to color them in rainbow colors. So I have my pink bunny, which is just adorable!  The fox was easy in orange. For the yellow and green I did not have a critter I wanted those colors so I colored my burrow with a yellow door and of course green for the burrow itself. The Raccoon in blue was cuter than I thought it would be and I love it so much. But doesn't that hedgehog look like he was meant to be purple??? The exact Copic Markers that I used can see found in the video for this Episode. 

The die cut rainbow in the background is the inspiration for this entire card. The Rainbow Builder Slimline die set makes me so happy!  I love that it covers an entire slimline card!  But you can also use pieces of it as well. All the clouds on this card are also from the Rainbow Builder die set. I love that I can use the clouds on their own with out the rainbow.  The tree and grass are from the Great Outdoors Borders and Builders Slimline die set. Like I said, Trinity has some amazing slimline die sets!!! 

For the inside of this card I pulled out the Mouse House and Frappy Camper Perking Spot stamp sets for an additional scene. I love that a slimline card gives you that extra space on the inside so that you can continue the fun on into the card. 

The outside and inside sentiments (besides Perk Up) are from the Happy Senti Mini stamp set.  The Perk Up sentiment is from the Frappy Camper set.  I only glued this grassy border down by putting glue on the very bottom edge that way I can tuck a gift card into the grass for a coffee treat. 

This month I am challenging myself to create something cute to go with each of my cards. So this week I played around with all my left over die cut rainbow pieces. Because when you cut with the large rainbow die you will get seven rainbow pieces. You have to die cut the entire die from each of the colors you want in your rainbow. Or from white card stock and then color each white piece the color you want for your rainbow. I chose to do colored card stock. In my video I will show you what I did to use my left over rainbow pieces, so I did not waste any of them. But now on to the cute thing I made. 

You can see this rainbow starts with purple. That is my tip, put the rest of your rainbows together, starting with a different color but still going in rainbow order. You might have noticed that in each episode I am using my fuse tool to create my cute thing. This time I wanted to make a shaped shaker tag with one of my left over rainbows. The shaker elements arePuddle Jumping Raindrop Confetti, from Trinity Stamps. Trinity also has the most amazing embellishments and super fun things for my shaker cards!  

Fusing this shaped tag was much trickier than doing something with straight edges. I have 5 tips for fusing in this weeks episode, sharing what I learn with you as I learn it. 

Be sure to watch the making of this card and tag in the video below so you can see the Rainbow Builder die set in action as well as my tips for Fusing. If you do not see the video below you can also watch it here. 

Be sure to click over to my YouTube channel to watch this so that you can leave a comment to be entered to win one of the projects I made in this video! 

If you missed Episode 1 or 2 I have them linked for you right here. 

Episode One - Bunny Burrow Slimline and Shaker Book Mark

Episode Two - Slimline Z-fold card and gift box 

All the supplies I used to make todays card are listed and linked for you below. 

My favorite place to shop for Copic Markers

 

 

Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

 

 

Pumpkin Kisses and Harvest Wishes Blog Hop

Welcome to the Sending you Pumpkin Kisses & Harvest Wishes Blog Hop with Not 2 Shabby & Kat Scrappiness! I am thrilled you could join us on this blog & Instagram hop celebration! Kat Scrappiness has some of the best stamps, dies, and embellishments around and Not 2 Shabby is now carrying their products! I am so happy to have been invited to celebrate this and showcase great products from both companies!  

Hop along and see what all the excitement is about and some AMAZING creations using the same stamp set and a variety of dies from Kat Scrappiness. For this hop, we are showcasing the Double Stitched Nesting,  Wonky Stitched Nesting and Tri-Frame slimline dies from Kat Scrappiness and the "Happy Fall" Stamp set from Not 2 Shabby.

 I personally am showing off the Tri-Frame Slimline Dies in today's project which I am super happy about because you all know I love shaker cards!  And the Happy Fall stamp set is perfect for a Fall themed shaker card, so let's get to shakin'!

And what would a Blog & Instagram Hop be with out GIVEAWAYS!  Just leave a comment on each stop of the hop for a chance to win one of 4 $15 gift certificates to the Not 2 Shabby Shop. The giveaway ends on September 15th. All the links for this hop are found below. 

Now let's take a look at the card I made for this hop. It's a double shaker on a slimline card. The Tri-Frame Slimline die set cuts the frames for me so, it was easy to make a shaker on a slimline sized card. 

There are 3 frames in this die set and they measure: 

Large: 8-1/4" x 3-1/4"

Medium: 7-1/2" x 2-1/2"

Small: 6-5/8" x 1-7/8"

For my card I used the Large and the Small frames. 

The outer frame of my shaker has chunky glitter only. The inner frame has the Hot Cocoa Sequin Mix by Kat Scrappiness plus a bit of that same chunky glitter.

The background of my shaker was ink blended using Speckled Egg Distress Oxide ink and a stencil for a bit of detail. 

I used several of the images from the Happy Fall Stamp set by Not 2 Shabby for this card. They are so much fun to color. My favorite has to be the crows. 

 

I colored in these images using my Copic Markers, I had fun picking out fall colors for this card. The pop of blue was just the thing this card needed, and that is why I picked the Speckled Egg ink for the background, to match my colored images. 

You can watch the coloring and making of this card in the video below. If you are not able to see the video below you can also view it right here. 

 

To participate in the hop giveaway, simply leave a comment on each blog post, follow each designer on Instagram, comment and tag your friends. The more you comment the more chances of winning. Here are all the blogs and instagram pages on this hop: 

Kat Scrappiness Blog and Instagram

Ana Stacksofcards Blog and Instagram

Cathy Arenzana Blog and Instagram

Jackie Pasko Blog and Instagram

YOU ARE HERE -----> Carrie Rhoades Blog and Instagram

Meghan Kennihan's Blog and Instagram

Maria Russell's Blog and Instagram

Kathy Schweinfurth's Blog and Instagram

Jo Thompson's Blog and Instagram

Priscilla Joseph's Blog and Instagram

Not 2 Shabby Blog and Instagram

You can get Bonus entries for following Not 2 Shabby and Kat Scrappiness on their social media sites, also linked for you below.

 

Not 2 Shabby Facebook Page

Not 2 Shabby Card Group 

Not 2 Shabby YouTube 

Not 2 Shabby Instagram

Kat Scrappiness Insiders group 

Kat Scrappiness Facebook Page

Kat Scrappiness YouTube

Kat Scrappiness Instagram

The winners will be announced on the Not 2 Shabby and Kat Scrappiness blog on September 18th. You will need to contact them to claim your prize. You can subscribe their blogs for a notification email on any new blog posts. You will have 7 days to claim your prize. Good Luck!  Thank you for hopping with us and supporting our small businesses!

Below I have listed and linked all the things I used to make today's card. 

Tri-Frame slimline dies

 Happy Fall Stamp set from Not 2 Shabby

Hot Cocoa Sequin Mix by Kat Scrappiness

 

 

My favorite place to shop for COPIC Markers --------[ScrapbookPal]

Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

 

Bunny Burrow Episode 2

Welcome back to another Episode of my Bunny Burrow Stamp set of the month series. In this episode I am creating a Slimline Z-Fold card!  AND, I am collaborating with my friend Cassie Trask.  Cassie and I both had the idea to use the Bunny Burrow and Mouse House stamp sets together on one card. So I asked her if she's like to collaborate with me. That means you are getting two videos, double the ideas and double the fun today! 

You can watch Episode Two below and see how I made a Z-fold Slimline card. If you can not see the video below you an also view it right here. 

 

You can see what Cassie made with these two stamp sets in this video RIGHT HERE. 

 

Now let's take a closer look at these projects. 

Here is a look at the Slimline Z-fold card when closed. You can see I have the Bunny Burrow and Mouse house on the front. But there is more to this little critter village. When you pull the left side of the card there is more....

You can see the scene has extended, doubled!  

I also used the camper from the Frappie Camper Perking Spot stamp set. I LOVED creating a little village and making this card into a Z-fold card gave me all the space I needed to add all these fun things. 

Here are the measurements to make this Z-fold card. 

Card Front: 8-3/4" x 3-3/4"

Z-Fold Panel: 9-1/4" x 3-3/4", scored at 4-3/8" and 8-3/4" 

Adhere the small flap to the back of the card front on the left end to create the Z-fold. You can see this being made in the video above. 

Now let's take a look at the cute box and tag I made to go with this card. Each week I am challenging myself to create a cute thing to go with my card. This week I used the Gable Favor box . 

This is the front of the box, you can see how this Gable box coordinates with the card. But there are a few differences. I die cut the window pane from red card stock. And I colored in the stones around the door instead of using the die to cut them out. And do you see the tag on this box?  It's another project made using my Fuse Tool.  I don't know what it is about the shiny plastic over the tag with glitter in it that makes me feel like this tag is so elevated. But I LOVE it! 

 

This is the back side of the box. Another scene from the card, I love the worm on top of the stump.  Isn't the Mouse House just the cutest!? 

I also decorated the sides of the box with a little something so the scene continues all the way around the box. 

I think this box would be a fun little something to give with a treat in it to a new neighbor. A welcome to the neighborhood gift. 

I hope you have enjoyed the projects today. I did so much coloring for these projects and just enjoyed myself. You can see all the supplies I used to make these below. 

 

 

 

Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

 

 

YouTube Mystery Swap 4 - Lawn Fawn Fall Interactive Cards

Hello there my stamping friends. I am sharing one of my favorite things today. Its another Mystery Swap Challenge with my friend Jen Hartsgrove. I just love doing these swaps with Jen. It's a fun way to connect with a friend that lives across the country!  This month our challenge is to make an Autumn themed Interactive card. So, as always Jen sent me a Mystery package of things to use for this challenge and I sent her one too. I will make a card with the things she sent to me and I will also make a card with the things I sent to her. And of course Jen will do the same. You can see the opening of my Mystery package and the making of my cards below and then click over and see what Jen made with the same things! 

If you can not see the video above you can also find it right here.

You can watch Jen's video right HERE. 

Now let's take a closer look at the cards. First up is the Lift the Flap card I made using the things that Jen sent to me. 

I love the new Slimline Lift the Flap die set from Lawn Fawn, so I was thrilled this was the die cut that Jen sent to me. I was also in love with the papers she sent. I love plaids so much and this fall one is perfect for an Autumn picnic, right??? I have been wanting to play with the Crazy Antics stamp set for a while and thought this would be a perfect time to do so. In fact I ended up using it on both of today's cards. 

Let's look closer at what's under each of these flaps. 

See the tree, I die cut that using the Shadow Box Park Add on Die Set and woodgrain paper that Jen sent in the Mystery package. I am so in love with all the images in this set, especially the ants. However, they are not as cute when they are actually in your house!  

Here are the little mice having a picnic, oblivious to the ant situation. These teeny tiny ants have dies to cut them out! It's these little details that make me so happy. 

And off the ants go with the good stuff.  I had so much fun making the three mini scenes for this lift the flap card. 

Now let's take a look at the card I made using the Mystery items that I sent to Jen. 

I sent Jen these wooden hoops and sequins, with the thought in mind that they could be used to make a shaker. I decided to use both sizes and make a double shaker and use the same stamp set, Crazy Antics, for another picnic scene.

Again, the ants have taken over! I love the ant peeking out of the picnic basket!  And the smaller shaker is a look into the ants den! They tiny die cut ants were the perfect shaker element! 

If you did not watch the video already of the making of these cards you will want to do so to see how these shaker hoops came together. 

Below I have listed and linked all the things I used to make these cards ( that I could find on the www). 

 

*My favorite place to shop for COPIC Markers --------[ScrapbookPal]

Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

 

 

Spellbinder Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month - September 2020

I am so excited about the September Glimmer Hot Foil kit of the month!  It is a fun and versatile kit featuring RAINBOWS! Glimmer Hot Foiling rainbows is the just the perfect match! Take a look at all the plate and the two dies that come in this set. 

There are nine Glimmer Hot Foil plates and two dies in this months set and it comes with a roll of Rainbow Foil, what else??? 

You can see this kit in action in the video below. If you can not see the video you can also view it right here. 

Now let's take a closer look at each of the five cards I made. 

CARD ONE

For this card I used the Rainbow Foil on white card stock. The bows of the rainbow are die cut from the die in this set and inlaid back into the outline that the die creates.  The sentiment is also from this kit and is perfect in the rainbow foil.  I used an embossing folder for the background and splattered it with Sparkle Silk for that "just rained" look that happens when you see a rainbow.  I paired rainbow drops with several of my cards as the perfect embellishment. 

CARD TWO

I used several of the different rainbow plates to hot foil this rainbow with Rainbow foil on the outline and an array of foils for the bows. Each bow of the rainbow was added separately. To repeat the look of rainbow on this card I created a background panel with 1" strips of paper, adhering them to a piece of copy paper that is 5" x 3-3/4".  Putting these on to a thin sheet of paper allowed me to emboss the panel with my Cloudy embossing folder. 

CARD THREE

Of course I had to make a shaker card! This time I foiled light colored card stock with darker foil for an amazing look that I love. And perfect for a focal image on this shaker card! 

CARD FOUR

For this card I pulled out my favorite foil, OPAL and used it on all four of the bows of this rainbow. I used the cloud die to create a background. And Prism foil for my two sentiments. 

CARD FIVE

And I had to make a slimline card. For this one I used the left over die cuts from Card Three. No foiling on the rainbows themselves, but I did foil the sentiment. Clean and simple and so cute. 

I'd love to know which of the cards is your favorite!  Leave me a comment and let me know, I enjoying hearing from you. If you have any questions about Glimmer Hot Foiling feel free to ask as well. 

Below I have listed and linked all the supplies I used to make these cards. 

 

Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

Thank you so much for stopping by! 

 

Bunny Burrow Episode One

Hello and welcome to my September Stamp Set of the Month series, Episode One!  This month I am featuring the Trinity Stamps set, Bunny Burrow. 

I love critters!  And this set has that burrow house, it's too darn cute. 

This month I am challenging myself to make a card and a cute thing to go with it in each of the Episodes. So stay tuned, every Tuesday, this month for new ideas with this set. You can see this Episode on my YouTube Channel right here. 

Let's start with the card I made. I made a slimline card, of course, I love them so much. And Trinity Stamps has an amazing line of slimline die sets! That being said, I am sure you can guess that there will be a lot of Slimline cards this month. 

For most of my Stamp Set of the Month series I like to start out by "getting to know" the stamp set. Using all the images, creating a basic card with them. And from there I start playing around with different ideas. It's kinda like a first date. And after this first date, I know it is true LOVE!  I am giddy over this stamp set. I had so much fun coloring in these images with my Copic Markers and creating this slimline scene. The worm has to be my favorite image in this stamp set. He reminds me of the worm, Lowly in the Busy Town books. If only he had a hat and a shoe!  

I used two of the slimline dies sets from Trinity Stamps to create this card, Scalloped and Scenic Borders. I love the scalloped edged panels!!!!! 

For my coordinating project I made a book mark. I used the smaller of the scalloped rectangles as the base. This is the base for my shaker book mark. 

This is a shaker bookmark. I used my Fuse Tool to encase my book mark in plastic. I LOVE how it turned out. This was my first project using the Fuse Tool and I might have to fuse all the things now!  

You can see I colored the worm green for this project, isn't he so cute! All the critters are just darling in this stamp set. 

You can see the making of these projects in the video below. If you can not see the video below you can also view it HERE.

 

I have listed and linked all the supplies I used to make these projects for you below. 

My Favorite place to buy Copic Markers

 

 

 

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Spellbinders Have Your Cake Large Die Set of the Month

I am excited that I get to decorate cake in today's post!  I have always said my creativity does not translate into frosting, but I can decorate a die cut paper cake and Spellbinders has made it very easy with the Large Die Kit of the Month for September!  

I used this die set to make a card and a gift tag. I have them pictured for you an a video so you can see this die set in action. 

First lets take a look at all the dies in this set. 

This die set is called Have Your Cake and it is a set of 25 dies. It die cuts a slice of cake and has 3 different sentiment options that fit in the open spaces of the cake slice.  There are dies to cut frosting, whip cream, fruits, and a candle. 

For my card I wanted to make a slimline card that I could put three different slices of cake on and use each of the sentiment options. 

This card measures 9" x 8", scored at 4".  These three cake slices just fit on it! A finished and put together cake slice measures: 2-7/8" x 3-1/2". 

I love that there are 3 options for sentiments in this die set. And the little die cut fruits are just too cute! 

I feel like my card is a scene at a bakery window, where you can buy cake by the slice. Which flavor would you choose? I know CHOCOLATE is missing, that is a card for another day. 

It is such a fun die set, I really wanted to make a rainbow cake. I thought a it would be fun to make it a shaker, on a coordinating gift tag. 

To create a shaker out of this die, I die cut the front of the cake slice piece 5 extra times, cut out the center lines, creating a frame out of each.  I then glued them together making a thick frame.  This gave me the space I needed for my shaker elements to move around so I adhered it behind the front panel that is attached to a window sheet. You can see the making of this in the video below and how it all came together. 

The sentiment on this card is from the Sprinkles stamp set. This stamp set is made to coordinate with the Large Die of the month, with two more sentiment options that you can stamp on the cake and a background stamp of sprinkles. AND, this stamp set is a FREE Gift!  

You can get this stamp set for FREE with a VIP Value Club Kit. There are three VIP Value Club Kits; The Works, Kit and Caboodle, and Glimmer Groupie. These are collections of various Club Kits, grouped together for added value and savings. If you are already a VIP Value Club Kit member this stamp set will come with your kit. If you subscribe or upgrade to one of these VIP Value Club Kits then you will get this stamp set with your order. Take a closer look a these bundles kits. 

These are some great combos and great savings!  Let me know if you have any questions about the different kits. 

Now let's take a look at the video of these projects so you can see how this die set works. 

If you can not see the video below you can also find it here. 

Thank you so much for watching. If you have yet to do so you can subscribe to my YouTube channel right here. I have a few new videos for you each week. 

All the products I used to make todays projects are listed and linked for you below, as well as the Club Kits that Spellbinders has to offer. 

 

Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

 

 

 

Not 2 Shabby Digi Stamp and No Line Coloring

I am so excited about today's card and video because I did a lot of things just outside my comfort zone for my second #not2shabbydigichallenge

Every month I host a challenge for the Not 2 Shabby Digi Design team. For August that challenge is to create a project using a digital stamp that has food in it and use a stencil.  We would LOVE for you to play along with us. Just grab the digital stamp of your choice from the Not 2 Shabby Shop and create a project that also uses a stencil.  When you post your project make sure to use the hashtag #not2shabbydigichallenge. I will then be able to find your project and share it here on my blog. 

I already made a card for this challenge, you can check it out here if you missed it. 

Today's card was inspired by Bitty Penny, who created a card for this challenge that was done with no line coloring on a digital image. I have yet to try this and used her hack to do so. You can see her video right here. 

The image that I chose is brand new in the Not 2 Shabby shop, it is the Pupuccino Digital Stamp.

I wanted to color this image to look like my doggie, Toby. And no line coloring seemed like the perfect way to go. You can see Toby in the picture below. 

While I was making this card my daughter, Hannah staged this photo for me!  I had to include it!  

Another way I went out my comfort zone on this card was to make a one layer card and use masking. I masked the dog and stamped the table cloth with the Flannel Life background stamp and then sponged the background using the Splashes stencil around the dog. 

When making the card front I had a long panel and had to cut it down to 8-3/4" x 4" for my card base.  This left me with a scrap of the gingham stamped piece that I saved to make a pocket on the inside of my card. Perfect for a gift card. 

The sentiment for this card is also a digital image, one I created myself. I have it for you to print and use below. If you can not open the attachment below here is a link to the document so you can have your own Doggone Birthday sentiment. 

 

You can see all my no line coloring and masking in the video below. 

If you are new to my YouTube channel I'd love for you to click over and subscribe. I have new videos a few times a week. If you click the bell next to the subscribe button YouTube will let you know when I post a new video. 

Also, I'd love to have you play along with our challenge. You can check out the Not 2 Shabby Shop, the digital images available there as well as tons of great stamping supplies from all the companies you love.  If you do play along with our challenge post your card using the hashtag #not2shabbydigichallenge so that I can find your card to post on my blog  on the 14th of September. Remember, just use a digital stamp with food in it from the Not 2 Shabby Shop and a stencil to create your project for this challenge. 

You can see all the supplies I used to make this card below. 

Puppuccino Digital Stamp can be found HERE. 

Pup in a Cup Stamp set can be found HERE.

My Favorite Place to Shop for Copic Markers

 

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Hello, I am back with Episode Four of my stamp set of the month series for August. This month I have shared cards made using the Honey Bee Stamp set, Way to Goat. In this Episode I am making A9 cards, cards that measure 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" when shut. You make one by folding an 8-1/2" x 11" piece of card stock in half. I wanted to do this large sized cards because I wanted to make a card with the barn from the die set, Barn Scene Builder on it. The barn itself is 5-1/2" x 5-1/4", so this A9 sized card allows me to put the barn on the card and have room left for a scene as well. 

I made two cards for this episode, Fall on the Farm and Halloween on the Farm. 

First let's take a look at Fall on the farm. 

I had so much fun playing with fall colors for this card. I love the golden grass colored hill and how it contrasts so well with the blue sky. 

The background was an easy ink blending job with just Speckled Egg Distress Oxide ink. 

I colored images from the Way to Goat Stamp set as well as the Warm Wishes stamp set with Copic Markers. 

I used Brushed Gold card stock for accents on this card and it is such a stunning look. I love that I was even able to make white highlights on it with my white Gelly Roll pen. 

For the sentiment on this card I used the Grateful stamp set and coordinating die set. I love the large brush lettered sentiment mixed with the smaller type font. 

The door opens to reveal a duck and the top window opens to as well, where all the fall apples are being stored. 

Now let's take a look at the Halloween on the farm. 

You can see the layouts of these cards are basically the same. I used Twisted Citron for the Halloween sky. I love a good green sky for a Halloween card with a giant moon.  

Besides the Way to Goat and Warm Wishes stamp set I used two Lawn Fawn stamp sets to add to this scene. I used Happy Harvest for additional pumpkins and the crows. I also used Tiny Halloween for the bats, the spider and images inside my little windows. 

I love having these little interactive windows on my card! 

These giant cards were so much fun to make and fill up with images to create these scenes.  I love the goat walking on the fence and all the fun halloween colors. 

You can watch the making of these cards in the video below, Episode 4. Be sure to click over and watch this on YouTube and leave a comment there for a chance to win one of the cards I made in this video! 

 

 

Did you miss any of the Episodes?  If so you can find each one linked for you below. 

Missed an episode in this series? You can find them all right here:

Episode One: https://youtu.be/nXrdJeQHLQE

Episode Two: https://youtu.be/axzh75Wmi9Y

Episode Three: https://youtu.be/Nnukxg3Vz5w

BONUS video made by me for Scrapbook Pal: https://youtu.be/zWnEBNVql1Q

Below I have listed and linked all the things I used to make today's cards. Including some envelopes that fit A9 sized cards. 

 

 

My favorite place

to shop for Copic Markers

- Scrapbook Pal

 

 

 

 

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Thank you so much for stopping by!  I will be back on Monday for my Recap post and reveal the September stamp set of the month. 

Hello and welcome to another Spellbinders Blog Hop. We are sharing inspiration today for the August club kits. 

I am featuring the Large Die of the month, 3D Still Life Easel and Canvas, for my two projects. If you want to see this die set in action, the making of the Easel and Canvas watch this video where I show you how to put it all together step by step, as well as share some ideas with this die set. If you are new to the Spellbinders Club Kits you can see all of them here.

Also, along with this hop there are GIVEAWAYS. Here's how you can win. Leave a comment on the blogs as you hop a long, the more you comment the more chances you have at winning at $25 shopping spree to the Spellbinders shop. Also, make sure you leave a comment on the Spellbinders Blog for a chance to win a $50 shopping spree!  Winners will be announced on August 30th!  

Right after making my first easel with this set I knew I wanted to make some Christmas ornaments with it. 

I stared out by making two easels, one in gray the other in Kraft card stock. 

I went through all my Christmas stamp sets and pulled out some I thought would make a fun watercolor looking art piece on this mini canvas. 

I die cut the two canvas pieces from watercolor paper. Then I taped one to my glass mat and spritzed it lightly with water. Then I inked up the largest Poinsettia from the Poinsettia Bust stamp set with Rouge and then just the edges with Velvet ink. Before stamping that down I spritzed it lightly with water. 

I repeated this with the smaller poinsettia and some greenery.  Then I watercolored around the images with Aqualicious ink. 

To finish off the canvas I splattered on some Gold Silk while it was still a bit wet. I set that aside to dry and worked on the second canvas.  Once dry I stamped 
"Joy to the World" in Jet Black ink from the Holiday Joy stamp set. 

For this canvas I first painted the damp watercolor paper with Aqualicious ink. Then I inked up with wise men image with Almond Butter ink and stamped it on the wet paper. The tree image was inked up with Milk Chocolate ink.  Next I added the sentiment with Teal Cave ink, so I knew where would be the best space to add the star. Which I stamped in Hazelnut Ink. 

I finished off this canvas with a splattering of Gold Silk as well. 

After the watercoloring was dry I folded in all the edges to give them that authentic boxy canvas look. 

Then I heated up my Glimmer Hot Foil machine and gave each of these an additional sentiment  that was hot foiled for the addition of shine to bring out the shine of the gold accent piece on the easel.  The glimmer hot foil sets I used are linked for you below. 

I glued the canvases to the easel, so they would be permanently attached. I added some gift twine transforming this easel into an ornament. The gift twine is white with a gold thread running through it. Perfect for both of my ornaments. 

I think these will be so much fun to give to my crafty friends. 

Now it is time to hop along and see what the other designers have created with Spellbinder Club Kits. I know you will find lots of different ideas as there are so many Club Kits that Spellbinders offers. Enjoy and comment along the way for a chance to win at $25 shopping spree to the Spellbinders shop. 

 

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Nichol Spohr
Tina Smith
Carrie Rhoades
Bibi Cameron
Jenny Colacicco
Laurie Willison
Joy Baldwin
Michelle Short
Jean Manis
Hussena Calcuttawala
Jill Hilliard
Virginia Lu
Ilina Crouse
Varada Sharma
Henriëtte van Mierlo

Below I have listed and linked all the things I used to make my ornaments incase you'd like to check them out. 

 

Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

Thank you so much for stopping by and letting me share my Christmas creations with you. Don't forget to comment below, let me know which of these ornaments is your favorite and you'll be entered to win at $25 shopping spree to Spellbinders.  I'll be back again soon with more creative ideas for you. 

I am so in love with entire Christmas release over at Spellbinders. They have some AMAMZING new things in dies and glimmer hot foil plates!  Today I am sharing one of my absolute faves!  The Snowflake Sparkle Background Glimmer Hot Foil plate. This plate hot foils an entire A2 sized card front of SNOWFLAKES, leaving an opening in the center for you to add something cute. So many possibilities with this plate. 

I wanted to make old fashioned, traditional cards right way, so that is what I am bringing you today. 

Isn't that snowflake backgrounds so beautiful, I wish you could hold these cards in your hand and turn them in the light to see all the shine of the foil! 

On both of today's cards I also used the Christmas Essential Glimmer Circles on the inside of the circle opening left by the Snowflake background plate. I love the plate with the cross stitch x's. 

The Red and Green foils I used here are both from the Shimmering Holiday Variety Pack, the 4 foils in this pack all have a special effect. Check them out right here. Like a pattern in the foil that creates a variance. 

Isn't this background the perfect spot for a die cut element. I used the Die D-Lite Reindeer set to make this guy. 

For my next card I pulled out my Tux die set for a cute Penguin to be focus of this card. 

I LOVE the snowflake background foiled in black on white!!! 

The sentiments on these cards are from the Holiday Sentiments Series 2 Glimmer Plate Set. I love layering up all the foiling in different configurations. 

I know I will be using this snowflake glimmer plate again and again. It made fast work of these cards and they turned out beautiful!  I'd love to know which is your favorite of these cards. 

Below are all the supplies I used to make these cards, linked so you can easily check them out if you are interested. 

 

Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to visit my blog!  I hope you are inspired to play with the amazing new Christmas Glimmer offerings at Spellbinders. 

 

Hey there stamping friends!  I love being able to get multiple uses from my stamp sets, like using my Christmas stamp sets for other occasions. For today’s card I challenged myself to use the Christmoose stamp set  from Dare 2B Artzy to make a fall card. I love the moose in the puffy vest and thought it would be perfect for my autumn challenge.

I knew the key to getting that fall look would be in how I colored in this image. So I took my inspiration from the Autumn Leaves Paper Pack. In this pack one side of the paper is plaid and the other is leaves.

Here you can see all the Copic Markers I used to color my cute moose in fall fashion, to coordinate with the paper.

I added some gel pen high lights to finish off this moose and set to putting my slimline card together.

This slimline card measures 9″ x 8″, scored at 4″, because that best fits the business size envelopes that I have on hand. That means that I cut my plaid paper to 8-3/4″ x 3-3/4″, so it would have a nice border of the card base around it.

To add to my large background I cut leaves from the other side of this paper and added them to enhance the feel of autumn on this card. And, did you know that there are dies that cut out these leaves?!? It’s true, D2BA is cool like that. The Fall Leaves die set not only cuts out the leaves on this paper but there are also THREE stamp sets that you can get to go with this die set! One die set, three stamp sets and printed paper, these are the things that get me excited. The three stamp sets all have a different style of art to make leafy cards with a different feel. There is the Many Thanks stamp set, Give Thanks stamp set, and the Tangle Leaves stamp set. I think these leaves just make the background on this card.

Now my moose needed a place to hang out, so I die cut a circle, stamped it with an image from the Wishing Happiness stamp set for some added interest. I popped up my moose and sentiment with foam squares to this circle. But I still needed something to help ground this circle to the card. In comes the burlap ribbon, hiding away in my stash. One 4 inch piece was the perfect thing to ground my circle to my card and add some fun fall texture to this card. Also in my stash I found some gems that ended up being the perfect details finish off this card.

But we can not forget about the inside of the card! It’s such a big space, there is plenty of room for dressing it up and a hand written message.

I decided to waste not want not and use one of the leaves on the edge of the printed paper to put on the edge of my card. One little fun something on the inside sure makes the card feel complete. I had so much fun playing with this paper and creating a fall scene for my moose!  

I thought you might like to see a Christmas card I made with this set last year. 

Below I have listed and linked all the supplies I used to make my fall card. 

 

ffiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I love sharing my creations with you!  And, I would love to chat with you! Tell me what you think of today's card?  Do you have stamp sets you have used for other occasions than what they are intended for?  Leave a comment below so we can connect. 

 

 

 

 

Happy Tuesday my stamping friends. I am here to share with you 2 Slimline cards with the August stamp set of the month, Way To Goat by HoneyBee Stamps. 

You all know I am in love with slimline cards. And I thought it would be fun to stack up some goats for a tall slimline card. Goats doing goat yoga!!! And I thought it would also be fun to challenge myself to make a card that does not use the goats at all.

You can watch Episode 3 right HERE. 

Now let's take a look at these fun cards.

The size of slimline cards I make is 9" x 8", scored at 4".  This is what fits in the business sized envelopes that I purchased. Plus, I love having all the space to fill up. I don't know how, but I always seem to easily fill up my slimline and sometimes fun out of room! 

I used all five of the goats from the stamp set for this card. Don't they look so cute doing goat yoga!?!  

I colored in all the images using Copic Marker. I really wanted to color each goat differently. I am in love with the spotted goat at the top. 

The background for this card uses stencils and Distress Oxide ink. It really sets the scene for some morning yoga. 

For card two I chose to use the pig image fro the Way to Goat set and not use any goats. 

Since there is only one pig stamp in this set I used my Gel Press to get a reverse image of this pig. Now I have pigs facing both directions. 

You can see me do this in the video below. 

For this card made custom sentiment. I brainstormed and researched and typed up a bunch of Punny Piggy Sentiments. They are all sized to be die cut using sentiment banners. I have them below for you to use with your piggy stamp sets. Just print them out and die cut or paper cut them to fit your cards. There are two pages. If you are having trouble printing what is below here is a link to the PDF. 

Below is Episode 3 where you can watch the making of this card. 

 

If you are unable to see the video above you can view it on my YouTube channel. 

If you missed the other episodes in this series, they are linked for you below.

Episode One - Lift the Flap Slimline Barn Card

Episode Two - Interactive Barn Shaped Cards

BONUS VIDEO - Way To Goat card I made for Scrapbook Pal

All the supplies I used to make these cards are listed and linked for you below. 

My favorite place to shop for Copic Markers

 

 

 

 

Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

By now you probably know that I love Glimmer Hot Foil.  So when Yana Smakula released her Christmas collection I was so excited to get my hands on it and play. Yana is the queen of the Glimmer Hot Foil system so I knew her line would be amazing. 

For today's cards I am using 3 products from her new line; Glimmer Winter Village, Yana's Christmas Sentiments, the Glimmer Gift Border. I also used another plate from her line that is on one of my faves, Polka Dot Strip. 

I love playing with color for Christmas cards. Changing up one color like using pink instead of red gives a different feel to these cards. I think they have a bit of a retro look to them. 

This first card uses both of the village scene plates and the snow plate to create mini scenes for each scene on the ends of this slimline card. 

The snow plate is unique in that it fits around each of the village dies . See the wonky edges, one side of this plate fits perfectly around the lodge looking building and the other side of the snow plate fits around the smaller village buildings. Genius!  

I used Magenta foil on Bubble Gum card stock and Viridian Green on Lemongrass card stock. I die cut these images with a circle die and backed them with a darker card stock, Sweet Berry and Kiwi Slice. 

For the sentiment I hot foiled Happy Holidays from Yana's Christmas sentiments, in Polished Brass foil onto Brushed Gold card stock. I am LOVING this look!  The All is Calm, All is Bright is also from Yana's Christmas Sentiments and I used the same Polished Brass foil to foil this part of the sentiment on Whip Cream card stock. I backed the brushed gold circle in Mirror Gold card stock for an eye catching focal point to this card. 

The village pieces are glued down to 9" x 4" panel that I hot foiled with the Polka Dot Strip plate and Opal foil. I popped up the sentiment circle in the center. To finish it off I tied on some Gift Wrap twine. 

For this card I used the new Glimmer Gift Border plate to hot foil a long border down the side of my slimline card front (8-3/4" x 3-3/4") in Polished Brass foil. 

I then used some Distress Ink (Mowed Lawn and Picked Raspberry) to watercolor in a few of the presents. 

Another circle sentiment for the focal point of this card, using Merry Christmas from all of us, a combination of 3 plates from Yana's Christmas Sentiments. The plate for "from" has tabs that fit into notches on the "all of us" plate. Which makes it really easy to hot foil them together, but you also have the option to foil them separately. 

I added some more twine and embellishments from the All the Things pack. 

I am in love with making Slimline cards right now and have a goal to send out all Slimline cards for Christmas this year, or mostly all.  

You can watch the making of these cards and see Yana's collection in action right here. 

 

If you do not see the video above you can also view it right here. 

Below I have listed and linked all the things used to make today's cards. 

 

 

Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

Thank you so much for stopping by. I love sharing my creations with you. I will be back again very soon with another creation for fall this time!  

Hello!  Today I am hopping along with some talented designers showcasing new products from Not 2 Shabby's fall release. I am featuring the stamp set, You, Me and Pumpkin Spice. This is a YouTube hop with giveaways to the Not 2 Shabby shop, so make sure you click over and check out my video and leave a comment on each video in the hop to be entered to win. To find all the videos you just search the hashtag #N2SFALLRELEASE on YouTube. 

You can watch my video right here. 

Here are the two cards I made in today's video. I challenged myself to see if I could use all the stamps in the You, Me and Pumpkin Spice stamp set. And I did!  

This first card features the little squirrels from the set. I colored them in with Copic Markers. 

And did some ink blending over stamped images from the featured stamp set with Wild Honey and Barn Door Distress Oxide inks. 

The touch of burlap really adds to the fall feel of this card and I love different textures on my creations. 

For the second card I used the girl image as the focal point. 

I think she is so cute in her leggings and slouchy sweater. 

I thought the colors for this card were so fun for fall. 

I love the yellow ombre background on this card with simple clear embossing on each panel and a bit of Warm Sunshine shimmer spray over the top. 

Watch the making of these cards in the video below and make sure to click over and comment on each video in the hop for a chance to win one of three gift certificates to the Not 2 Shabby shop. 

If you can not see video above you can find it here.

All the Supplies I used to make these cards are linked for you below. 

My Favorite Place to shop for Copic Markers

You Me and Pumpkin Spice Stamp Set

 

 

Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

Thank you so much for stopping by and hopping along with this YouTube hop. I hope you find inspiration along the way. See you again very soon with more crafty ideas! 

 

Hey there my stamping friends!  I am so excited today to be sharing my first Halloween creation for this year! I love the fun color combinations and fun images there are to play with this time of year!  And for some reason I love spider webs and spider images. BUT NOT THE REAL THING!!! So, I was thrilled to be creating with the Spider Web corner die set that Spellbinders just released!  It's a two piece die set with a great price point!  And I can mix it with all my other Halloween products, love that! 

I decided to make a shaker card with this frame set and a coordinating tag that is a shaker too. Take a look at these awesome die set!  You can also see these projects being made in this video. 

This die set links together to make the coolest frame!  

I adhered my die cut frame and connecter pieces to a sheet of vellum with an oval die cut from the center to make the frame for the front of this shaker card. 

To make my pumpkin glow I inked it up with a rich yellow, Summer Day ink and then inked only the edges with a Rock and Roll technique, with Tangerine Fusion ink.  This pumpkin is from the Hey Boo stamp set. Had to have this set because of the cute cat and spider in it, so, I will be using this set again soon! 

Behind my shaker is an ink blended and splattered background. It's perfect for my halloween shaker elements. Which are seasonal confetti I found at the Dollar Tree. But to make it even more special I added some Silver Shavings Glass Glitter to the mix!!! 

Now let's take a look at the tag. 

I used just the connector piece to make little halloween wrapped candies. 

The shaker tag was made using the Special Day Tag die set. I use this die set a lot. It has a lot of great dies, I love this tag because I can make a frame and create a shaker tag. 

On both of these shakers I hot foiled a sentiment because I got the new Spooky Greetings set for just this thing, adding glimmer hot foil sentiments to my Halloween projects!  
So, what do you think of using this piece to make candies??? 

You can see the making of these projects in the video below. 

 

If you can not see the above video on this scene, here is a link to view it on YouTube. 

Below I have listed and linked all the things I used to make these projects. 

 

 

Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I love creating for Halloween and sharing it with you! 

 

Hello!  It's Tuesday and time for Episode 2 of my Way To Goat stamp set of the month series! 

In this Episode I am making shape cards with the Barn Scene Builder die set, that are also interactive. 

Both of these cards have interactive elements and fun going on on the outside as well as the inside of the card. 

This barn shaped card has a door that you can open to get a peak at the inside of the card. 

To see the entire scene open the card all the way. 

I love the pig and little chick in the hay loft that. 

For this card I colored in my images with colored pencils. I use the Professional Colored Pencils by Arteza. I love these pencils because they are such a great quality for such a great price! 

For the second card I use the same pencils but did no line coloring. 

This shape card has a sliding barn door. And two shaker windows. 

You slide the barn door open to see the shaker window, which has hay and baby chicks jumping around. The smaller top window is the second shaker window. 

This card also opens for more fun animals from this set. 

These barn shaped cards measure 5" x 5". I chose to hinge two die cut barns together of the left side to make these shape cards. The hinge is 2" x 1/2" score at 1/4". 

You can see the making of these cards in Episode 2 below.

 

If you can not see the video on this screen you can watch it on my YouTube channel right HERE. 

If you did not catch Episode One, a Slimline Lift the Flap card you can catch that one right HERE. 

Be sure to click over to my YouTube channel and leave a comment on the video for a chance to win one of the cards from this video! 

All the supplies used to make todays cards are listed and linked for you below. 

My favorite place to shop for Copic Markers

 

 

Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

Thank you so much for stopping by for Episode 2, I will be back next Tuesday for more ideas with this stamps set! 

Way To Goat Episode Four

Hello, I am back with Episode Four of my stamp set of the month series for August. This month I have shared cards made using the Honey Bee Stamp set, Way to Goat. In this Episode I am making A9 cards, cards that measure 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" when shut. You make one by folding an 8-1/2" x 11" piece of card stock in half. I wanted to do this large sized cards because I wanted to make a card with the barn from the die set, Barn Scene Builder on it. The barn itself is 5-1/2" x 5-1/4", so this A9 sized card allows me to put the barn on the card and have room left for a scene as well. 

I made two cards for this episode, Fall on the Farm and Halloween on the Farm. 

First let's take a look at Fall on the farm. 

I had so much fun playing with fall colors for this card. I love the golden grass colored hill and how it contrasts so well with the blue sky. 

The background was an easy ink blending job with just Speckled Egg Distress Oxide ink. 

I colored images from the Way to Goat Stamp set as well as the Warm Wishes stamp set with Copic Markers. 

I used Brushed Gold card stock for accents on this card and it is such a stunning look. I love that I was even able to make white highlights on it with my white Gelly Roll pen. 

For the sentiment on this card I used the Grateful stamp set and coordinating die set. I love the large brush lettered sentiment mixed with the smaller type font. 

The door opens to reveal a duck and the top window opens to as well, where all the fall apples are being stored. 

Now let's take a look at the Halloween on the farm. 

You can see the layouts of these cards are basically the same. I used Twisted Citron for the Halloween sky. I love a good green sky for a Halloween card with a giant moon.  

Besides the Way to Goat and Warm Wishes stamp set I used two Lawn Fawn stamp sets to add to this scene. I used Happy Harvest for additional pumpkins and the crows. I also used Tiny Halloween for the bats, the spider and images inside my little windows. 

I love having these little interactive windows on my card! 

These giant cards were so much fun to make and fill up with images to create these scenes.  I love the goat walking on the fence and all the fun halloween colors. 

You can watch the making of these cards in the video below, Episode 4. Be sure to click over and watch this on YouTube and leave a comment there for a chance to win one of the cards I made in this video! 

 

 

Did you miss any of the Episodes?  If so you can find each one linked for you below. 

Missed an episode in this series? You can find them all right here:

Episode One: https://youtu.be/nXrdJeQHLQE

Episode Two: https://youtu.be/axzh75Wmi9Y

Episode Three: https://youtu.be/Nnukxg3Vz5w

BONUS video made by me for Scrapbook Pal: https://youtu.be/zWnEBNVql1Q

Below I have listed and linked all the things I used to make today's cards. Including some envelopes that fit A9 sized cards. 

 

 

My favorite place

to shop for Copic Markers

- Scrapbook Pal

 

 

 

 

Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

Thank you so much for stopping by!  I will be back on Monday for my Recap post and reveal the September stamp set of the month. 

Spellbinders August Club Kit Hop

Hello and welcome to another Spellbinders Blog Hop. We are sharing inspiration today for the August club kits. 

I am featuring the Large Die of the month, 3D Still Life Easel and Canvas, for my two projects. If you want to see this die set in action, the making of the Easel and Canvas watch this video where I show you how to put it all together step by step, as well as share some ideas with this die set. If you are new to the Spellbinders Club Kits you can see all of them here.

Also, along with this hop there are GIVEAWAYS. Here's how you can win. Leave a comment on the blogs as you hop a long, the more you comment the more chances you have at winning at $25 shopping spree to the Spellbinders shop. Also, make sure you leave a comment on the Spellbinders Blog for a chance to win a $50 shopping spree!  Winners will be announced on August 30th!  

Right after making my first easel with this set I knew I wanted to make some Christmas ornaments with it. 

I stared out by making two easels, one in gray the other in Kraft card stock. 

I went through all my Christmas stamp sets and pulled out some I thought would make a fun watercolor looking art piece on this mini canvas. 

I die cut the two canvas pieces from watercolor paper. Then I taped one to my glass mat and spritzed it lightly with water. Then I inked up the largest Poinsettia from the Poinsettia Bust stamp set with Rouge and then just the edges with Velvet ink. Before stamping that down I spritzed it lightly with water. 

I repeated this with the smaller poinsettia and some greenery.  Then I watercolored around the images with Aqualicious ink. 

To finish off the canvas I splattered on some Gold Silk while it was still a bit wet. I set that aside to dry and worked on the second canvas.  Once dry I stamped 
"Joy to the World" in Jet Black ink from the Holiday Joy stamp set. 

For this canvas I first painted the damp watercolor paper with Aqualicious ink. Then I inked up with wise men image with Almond Butter ink and stamped it on the wet paper. The tree image was inked up with Milk Chocolate ink.  Next I added the sentiment with Teal Cave ink, so I knew where would be the best space to add the star. Which I stamped in Hazelnut Ink. 

I finished off this canvas with a splattering of Gold Silk as well. 

After the watercoloring was dry I folded in all the edges to give them that authentic boxy canvas look. 

Then I heated up my Glimmer Hot Foil machine and gave each of these an additional sentiment  that was hot foiled for the addition of shine to bring out the shine of the gold accent piece on the easel.  The glimmer hot foil sets I used are linked for you below. 

I glued the canvases to the easel, so they would be permanently attached. I added some gift twine transforming this easel into an ornament. The gift twine is white with a gold thread running through it. Perfect for both of my ornaments. 

I think these will be so much fun to give to my crafty friends. 

Now it is time to hop along and see what the other designers have created with Spellbinder Club Kits. I know you will find lots of different ideas as there are so many Club Kits that Spellbinders offers. Enjoy and comment along the way for a chance to win at $25 shopping spree to the Spellbinders shop. 

 

Spellbinders Blog
Nichol Spohr
Tina Smith
Carrie Rhoades
Bibi Cameron
Jenny Colacicco
Laurie Willison
Joy Baldwin
Michelle Short
Jean Manis
Hussena Calcuttawala
Jill Hilliard
Virginia Lu
Ilina Crouse
Varada Sharma
Henriëtte van Mierlo

Below I have listed and linked all the things I used to make my ornaments incase you'd like to check them out. 

 

Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

Thank you so much for stopping by and letting me share my Christmas creations with you. Don't forget to comment below, let me know which of these ornaments is your favorite and you'll be entered to win at $25 shopping spree to Spellbinders.  I'll be back again soon with more creative ideas for you. 

Glimmer Snowflake Sparkle Background

I am so in love with entire Christmas release over at Spellbinders. They have some AMAMZING new things in dies and glimmer hot foil plates!  Today I am sharing one of my absolute faves!  The Snowflake Sparkle Background Glimmer Hot Foil plate. This plate hot foils an entire A2 sized card front of SNOWFLAKES, leaving an opening in the center for you to add something cute. So many possibilities with this plate. 

I wanted to make old fashioned, traditional cards right way, so that is what I am bringing you today. 

Isn't that snowflake backgrounds so beautiful, I wish you could hold these cards in your hand and turn them in the light to see all the shine of the foil! 

On both of today's cards I also used the Christmas Essential Glimmer Circles on the inside of the circle opening left by the Snowflake background plate. I love the plate with the cross stitch x's. 

The Red and Green foils I used here are both from the Shimmering Holiday Variety Pack, the 4 foils in this pack all have a special effect. Check them out right here. Like a pattern in the foil that creates a variance. 

Isn't this background the perfect spot for a die cut element. I used the Die D-Lite Reindeer set to make this guy. 

For my next card I pulled out my Tux die set for a cute Penguin to be focus of this card. 

I LOVE the snowflake background foiled in black on white!!! 

The sentiments on these cards are from the Holiday Sentiments Series 2 Glimmer Plate Set. I love layering up all the foiling in different configurations. 

I know I will be using this snowflake glimmer plate again and again. It made fast work of these cards and they turned out beautiful!  I'd love to know which is your favorite of these cards. 

Below are all the supplies I used to make these cards, linked so you can easily check them out if you are interested. 

 

Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to visit my blog!  I hope you are inspired to play with the amazing new Christmas Glimmer offerings at Spellbinders. 

 

Fall Christmoose Slimline Card

Hey there stamping friends!  I love being able to get multiple uses from my stamp sets, like using my Christmas stamp sets for other occasions. For today’s card I challenged myself to use the Christmoose stamp set  from Dare 2B Artzy to make a fall card. I love the moose in the puffy vest and thought it would be perfect for my autumn challenge.

I knew the key to getting that fall look would be in how I colored in this image. So I took my inspiration from the Autumn Leaves Paper Pack. In this pack one side of the paper is plaid and the other is leaves.

Here you can see all the Copic Markers I used to color my cute moose in fall fashion, to coordinate with the paper.

I added some gel pen high lights to finish off this moose and set to putting my slimline card together.

This slimline card measures 9″ x 8″, scored at 4″, because that best fits the business size envelopes that I have on hand. That means that I cut my plaid paper to 8-3/4″ x 3-3/4″, so it would have a nice border of the card base around it.

To add to my large background I cut leaves from the other side of this paper and added them to enhance the feel of autumn on this card. And, did you know that there are dies that cut out these leaves?!? It’s true, D2BA is cool like that. The Fall Leaves die set not only cuts out the leaves on this paper but there are also THREE stamp sets that you can get to go with this die set! One die set, three stamp sets and printed paper, these are the things that get me excited. The three stamp sets all have a different style of art to make leafy cards with a different feel. There is the Many Thanks stamp set, Give Thanks stamp set, and the Tangle Leaves stamp set. I think these leaves just make the background on this card.

Now my moose needed a place to hang out, so I die cut a circle, stamped it with an image from the Wishing Happiness stamp set for some added interest. I popped up my moose and sentiment with foam squares to this circle. But I still needed something to help ground this circle to the card. In comes the burlap ribbon, hiding away in my stash. One 4 inch piece was the perfect thing to ground my circle to my card and add some fun fall texture to this card. Also in my stash I found some gems that ended up being the perfect details finish off this card.

But we can not forget about the inside of the card! It’s such a big space, there is plenty of room for dressing it up and a hand written message.

I decided to waste not want not and use one of the leaves on the edge of the printed paper to put on the edge of my card. One little fun something on the inside sure makes the card feel complete. I had so much fun playing with this paper and creating a fall scene for my moose!  

I thought you might like to see a Christmas card I made with this set last year. 

Below I have listed and linked all the supplies I used to make my fall card. 

 

ffiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I love sharing my creations with you!  And, I would love to chat with you! Tell me what you think of today's card?  Do you have stamp sets you have used for other occasions than what they are intended for?  Leave a comment below so we can connect. 

 

 

 

 

Way to Goat Episode 3

Happy Tuesday my stamping friends. I am here to share with you 2 Slimline cards with the August stamp set of the month, Way To Goat by HoneyBee Stamps. 

You all know I am in love with slimline cards. And I thought it would be fun to stack up some goats for a tall slimline card. Goats doing goat yoga!!! And I thought it would also be fun to challenge myself to make a card that does not use the goats at all.

You can watch Episode 3 right HERE. 

Now let's take a look at these fun cards.

The size of slimline cards I make is 9" x 8", scored at 4".  This is what fits in the business sized envelopes that I purchased. Plus, I love having all the space to fill up. I don't know how, but I always seem to easily fill up my slimline and sometimes fun out of room! 

I used all five of the goats from the stamp set for this card. Don't they look so cute doing goat yoga!?!  

I colored in all the images using Copic Marker. I really wanted to color each goat differently. I am in love with the spotted goat at the top. 

The background for this card uses stencils and Distress Oxide ink. It really sets the scene for some morning yoga. 

For card two I chose to use the pig image fro the Way to Goat set and not use any goats. 

Since there is only one pig stamp in this set I used my Gel Press to get a reverse image of this pig. Now I have pigs facing both directions. 

You can see me do this in the video below. 

For this card made custom sentiment. I brainstormed and researched and typed up a bunch of Punny Piggy Sentiments. They are all sized to be die cut using sentiment banners. I have them below for you to use with your piggy stamp sets. Just print them out and die cut or paper cut them to fit your cards. There are two pages. If you are having trouble printing what is below here is a link to the PDF. 

Below is Episode 3 where you can watch the making of this card. 

 

If you are unable to see the video above you can view it on my YouTube channel. 

If you missed the other episodes in this series, they are linked for you below.

Episode One - Lift the Flap Slimline Barn Card

Episode Two - Interactive Barn Shaped Cards

BONUS VIDEO - Way To Goat card I made for Scrapbook Pal

All the supplies I used to make these cards are listed and linked for you below. 

My favorite place to shop for Copic Markers

 

 

 

 

Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

Yana's Glimmering Christmas Collection

By now you probably know that I love Glimmer Hot Foil.  So when Yana Smakula released her Christmas collection I was so excited to get my hands on it and play. Yana is the queen of the Glimmer Hot Foil system so I knew her line would be amazing. 

For today's cards I am using 3 products from her new line; Glimmer Winter Village, Yana's Christmas Sentiments, the Glimmer Gift Border. I also used another plate from her line that is on one of my faves, Polka Dot Strip. 

I love playing with color for Christmas cards. Changing up one color like using pink instead of red gives a different feel to these cards. I think they have a bit of a retro look to them. 

This first card uses both of the village scene plates and the snow plate to create mini scenes for each scene on the ends of this slimline card. 

The snow plate is unique in that it fits around each of the village dies . See the wonky edges, one side of this plate fits perfectly around the lodge looking building and the other side of the snow plate fits around the smaller village buildings. Genius!  

I used Magenta foil on Bubble Gum card stock and Viridian Green on Lemongrass card stock. I die cut these images with a circle die and backed them with a darker card stock, Sweet Berry and Kiwi Slice. 

For the sentiment I hot foiled Happy Holidays from Yana's Christmas sentiments, in Polished Brass foil onto Brushed Gold card stock. I am LOVING this look!  The All is Calm, All is Bright is also from Yana's Christmas Sentiments and I used the same Polished Brass foil to foil this part of the sentiment on Whip Cream card stock. I backed the brushed gold circle in Mirror Gold card stock for an eye catching focal point to this card. 

The village pieces are glued down to 9" x 4" panel that I hot foiled with the Polka Dot Strip plate and Opal foil. I popped up the sentiment circle in the center. To finish it off I tied on some Gift Wrap twine. 

For this card I used the new Glimmer Gift Border plate to hot foil a long border down the side of my slimline card front (8-3/4" x 3-3/4") in Polished Brass foil. 

I then used some Distress Ink (Mowed Lawn and Picked Raspberry) to watercolor in a few of the presents. 

Another circle sentiment for the focal point of this card, using Merry Christmas from all of us, a combination of 3 plates from Yana's Christmas Sentiments. The plate for "from" has tabs that fit into notches on the "all of us" plate. Which makes it really easy to hot foil them together, but you also have the option to foil them separately. 

I added some more twine and embellishments from the All the Things pack. 

I am in love with making Slimline cards right now and have a goal to send out all Slimline cards for Christmas this year, or mostly all.  

You can watch the making of these cards and see Yana's collection in action right here. 

 

If you do not see the video above you can also view it right here. 

Below I have listed and linked all the things used to make today's cards. 

 

 

Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

Thank you so much for stopping by. I love sharing my creations with you. I will be back again very soon with another creation for fall this time!  

Not 2 Shabby Fall Inspiration Hop

Hello!  Today I am hopping along with some talented designers showcasing new products from Not 2 Shabby's fall release. I am featuring the stamp set, You, Me and Pumpkin Spice. This is a YouTube hop with giveaways to the Not 2 Shabby shop, so make sure you click over and check out my video and leave a comment on each video in the hop to be entered to win. To find all the videos you just search the hashtag #N2SFALLRELEASE on YouTube. 

You can watch my video right here. 

Here are the two cards I made in today's video. I challenged myself to see if I could use all the stamps in the You, Me and Pumpkin Spice stamp set. And I did!  

This first card features the little squirrels from the set. I colored them in with Copic Markers. 

And did some ink blending over stamped images from the featured stamp set with Wild Honey and Barn Door Distress Oxide inks. 

The touch of burlap really adds to the fall feel of this card and I love different textures on my creations. 

For the second card I used the girl image as the focal point. 

I think she is so cute in her leggings and slouchy sweater. 

I thought the colors for this card were so fun for fall. 

I love the yellow ombre background on this card with simple clear embossing on each panel and a bit of Warm Sunshine shimmer spray over the top. 

Watch the making of these cards in the video below and make sure to click over and comment on each video in the hop for a chance to win one of three gift certificates to the Not 2 Shabby shop. 

If you can not see video above you can find it here.

All the Supplies I used to make these cards are linked for you below. 

My Favorite Place to shop for Copic Markers

You Me and Pumpkin Spice Stamp Set

 

 

Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

Thank you so much for stopping by and hopping along with this YouTube hop. I hope you find inspiration along the way. See you again very soon with more crafty ideas! 

 

Spellbinders Spider Web Corners Shakers

Hey there my stamping friends!  I am so excited today to be sharing my first Halloween creation for this year! I love the fun color combinations and fun images there are to play with this time of year!  And for some reason I love spider webs and spider images. BUT NOT THE REAL THING!!! So, I was thrilled to be creating with the Spider Web corner die set that Spellbinders just released!  It's a two piece die set with a great price point!  And I can mix it with all my other Halloween products, love that! 

I decided to make a shaker card with this frame set and a coordinating tag that is a shaker too. Take a look at these awesome die set!  You can also see these projects being made in this video. 

This die set links together to make the coolest frame!  

I adhered my die cut frame and connecter pieces to a sheet of vellum with an oval die cut from the center to make the frame for the front of this shaker card. 

To make my pumpkin glow I inked it up with a rich yellow, Summer Day ink and then inked only the edges with a Rock and Roll technique, with Tangerine Fusion ink.  This pumpkin is from the Hey Boo stamp set. Had to have this set because of the cute cat and spider in it, so, I will be using this set again soon! 

Behind my shaker is an ink blended and splattered background. It's perfect for my halloween shaker elements. Which are seasonal confetti I found at the Dollar Tree. But to make it even more special I added some Silver Shavings Glass Glitter to the mix!!! 

Now let's take a look at the tag. 

I used just the connector piece to make little halloween wrapped candies. 

The shaker tag was made using the Special Day Tag die set. I use this die set a lot. It has a lot of great dies, I love this tag because I can make a frame and create a shaker tag. 

On both of these shakers I hot foiled a sentiment because I got the new Spooky Greetings set for just this thing, adding glimmer hot foil sentiments to my Halloween projects!  
So, what do you think of using this piece to make candies??? 

You can see the making of these projects in the video below. 

 

If you can not see the above video on this scene, here is a link to view it on YouTube. 

Below I have listed and linked all the things I used to make these projects. 

 

 

Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I love creating for Halloween and sharing it with you! 

 

Way To Goat Episode Two

Hello!  It's Tuesday and time for Episode 2 of my Way To Goat stamp set of the month series! 

In this Episode I am making shape cards with the Barn Scene Builder die set, that are also interactive. 

Both of these cards have interactive elements and fun going on on the outside as well as the inside of the card. 

This barn shaped card has a door that you can open to get a peak at the inside of the card. 

To see the entire scene open the card all the way. 

I love the pig and little chick in the hay loft that. 

For this card I colored in my images with colored pencils. I use the Professional Colored Pencils by Arteza. I love these pencils because they are such a great quality for such a great price! 

For the second card I use the same pencils but did no line coloring. 

This shape card has a sliding barn door. And two shaker windows. 

You slide the barn door open to see the shaker window, which has hay and baby chicks jumping around. The smaller top window is the second shaker window. 

This card also opens for more fun animals from this set. 

These barn shaped cards measure 5" x 5". I chose to hinge two die cut barns together of the left side to make these shape cards. The hinge is 2" x 1/2" score at 1/4". 

You can see the making of these cards in Episode 2 below.

 

If you can not see the video on this screen you can watch it on my YouTube channel right HERE. 

If you did not catch Episode One, a Slimline Lift the Flap card you can catch that one right HERE. 

Be sure to click over to my YouTube channel and leave a comment on the video for a chance to win one of the cards from this video! 

All the supplies used to make todays cards are listed and linked for you below. 

My favorite place to shop for Copic Markers

 

 

Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

Thank you so much for stopping by for Episode 2, I will be back next Tuesday for more ideas with this stamps set!