Carrie Stamps

Special Delivery Congrats Card and Gift Card Holder

Good Morning and welcome back to my blog. Today I am sharing my creations for Episode 3 of my January Stamp Set of the Month series. In this episode I am making a Congrats card for a new mom with the Special Delivery stamp set by Lawn Fawn. And a matching gift card holder to go with the card. 

You can watch the Episode right here. 

If you can not see the video on this screen you can also view it right here. 

Now let's take a closer look at today's card. 

My idea was to have the birds holding a banner in their beaks. I love these chubby little birds thinking of new ideas for what they might be holding in their beaks is so much fun. I colored out my little birds with Copic Markers to look like canaries and just love them in bright yellow. 

For the banner I used the Olivers Stitched ABC's and Ballet Slippers card stock from Concord & 9th. 

What makes me so happy about this card are the little clay bow embellishments I used on the banner. They are just darling and were the inspiration for the color palette on this card. These little bows are from the Craft Supplies by CC Etsy shop. 

For the stamped part of my sentiment I used "special delivery" from the stamp set with the same name that the birds are from. For the "on your" I used a sentiment stamp from the Happy Village stamp set. 

The owls, small butterflies and hearts stamped on this card are from the Mom + Me stamp set by Lawn Fawn.  It was the perfect set to pair with the Special Delivery stamp set for this card! 

The size of this card base is 8-3/4" x 7-1/4", scored at 3-5/8", which gave me a bit of a border around the scalloped panel from the Scalloped Slimline with Hearts: Portrait die set. When die cut the scalloped panel is 8-1/2" x 3-1/2". This card will still fit into the business sized envelopes I found at the Dollar Tree. 

And here is the gift card holder made with the Magic Iris Birdhouse die set. 

This gift card holder is easily made by folding a piece of card stock in half and die cutting the birdhouse so the bottom cut line is just beyond the fold. When you run this through the die cutting machine you will have a birdhouse that opens at the bottom. Add a bit of double stick tape to the sides, but only near the top, to secure the pocket. Now you can add a gift card and decorate the gift card holder that can also but used as a tag on a gift. I thought pack of diaper with a gift card and this darling card would make a great gift for a new mom. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and letting me share my creations with you. 

If you missed the first two Episode with the Special Delivery Stamp Set you can catch them here: 

Episode One -  A Magic Iris Birdhouse on a slimline card and a Tweet Box. 

Episode Two - Robins Eating Worms Slimline shaker card and a Birdhouse Treat bag holder. 

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

My favorite place to shop for Copic Markers

My favorite Embellishment Shop

 

 

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.

 

 

Spellbinders January Club Kit Hop

Hello my stamping friends. Today I am hoping along with Spellbinders sharing inspiration with the January Club Kits. 

I will be featuring the Large Die of the Month, Slimline Kaleidoscope, and the Glimmer Hot Foil kit of the month, Calligraphy Hearts. 

So many of the kits work well together as well as on their own. These two kits are great to use together. 

Take a closer look at these two kits. 

On the left we have the Large Die of the Month, a slimline die with layering heart to fit in the openings. And foliage dies for accenting. 

On the right we have the Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month, with three different hearts you can hot foil and die cut out. There are also 5 sentiments that can be hot foiled as well. And again, foliage dies for accenting. 

You can see my video of the January Large Die of the Month kit HERE. 

And my video of the January Glimmer Hot Foil kit of the month HERE. 

Now let's take a look at the card I made just for today's hop, combining both of these kits. 

I started out this card by die cutting the slimline die from white card stock and three shades of pink card stock. 

Next I adhered a window sheet panel to the back of the white die cut. This allowed me to paper piece in the fall out pieces around the large hearts using the shades of pink card stock that I also cut with the slimline die. 

I love the ombre look this gives!  

Then I took the largest hearts that are fall out pieces from the white die cut and glimmer hot foiled them with the Calligraphy Hearts set. The heart glimmer plates are the same size as this die cut. So I just taped my plate to the die cut and made a hinge. I opened that up and add my foil. Closed the die back onto the die cut and taped it closed. Then I was able to hot foil this with perfect placement. I did all three of my hearts with the same hot foil plate for a consistent look. To hot foil the hearts for my shaker I used my favorite foil, Aura. This foil is gold with an iridescent finish. 

I used my die cut pink panels as a guide to add my foiled hearts to my card base, so they would be precisely placed when I added the front panel. And now the hearts show up in the window. 

This card is also a shaker card, although the shaker elements are hard to see in the photo because I used a clear glass glitter.  Because I paper pieces the hearts in and around the heart openings it was easy to create a shaker card and adhere this panel to my card base with foam adhesive. 

That way you have the shiny shaker elements but it does not take away from the glimmer hot foiled hearts. 

Lastly I added a hot foiled sentiment from the Calligraphy Hearts hot foil set. The finished size of this card is just a hair under 8-1/2" x 3-1/2". 

I love these two kits paired together. And that they are great as stand alone die sets. 

Want to see more of these kits?  I have added my videos for each of these kits for you to watch below. 

Here is the video for the Large Die of the Month, Slimline Kaleidoscope.

Here is the video for the Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month, Calligraphy Hearts. 

The inspiration does not stop there!  Now it is time to hop along and see what the other designers have created with this months kits. Next on the hop is Bibi Cameron. Bibi always creates several projects with several of the kits so you will want to check out her post for sure. 

If you get lost on the hop here is the entire line up. 

 

Spellbinders Blog
Tina Smith
Becky Roberts
Desiree Kuemmerle
Carrie Rhoades ---------- You Are HERE
Bibi Cameron
Laurie Willison
Jill Hilliard
Marie Heiderscheit
Jennifer Snyder
Jean Manis
Henriëtte van Mierlo
Annie Williams
Yasmin Diaz
Brenda Noelke
Betty Wright
Melody Rupple
Jenny Colacicco
Dilay Nacar
Hussena Calcuttawala
Mindy Eggen
Virginia Lu
Emily Leiphart

As a part of this hop Spellbinders is giving away THREE $50 shopping sprees to the Spellbinders shop. All you need to do to enter is hop along and leave comments as you go. Be sure to stop at the Spellbinders Blog post and leave a comment there, as the winners will have to have commented there to win.

Giveaway closes on Sunday, January 17th, 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced on the Spellbinders blog hop post the following Tuesday. 

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

 

 

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.

 

Special Delivery Episode 2

In this Episode of my January Stamp Set of the Month series I am turning the birds from the Special Delivery Stamp Set into robins. 

These robins are searching for worms to feed their baby birds after the rain. 

You can watch the episode right here.

I did make custom sentiments for these projects. You can download my printable WORMderful Sentiments right here. 

This card is a shaker card with a rainbow backdrop, because this scene is after the rain. And that is what my shaker element are in this card, raindrops. 

The Slimline Rainbow die set is from Trinity Stamps. I love the large size of this rainbow and that is stretches from small to large over the length of a slimline card. 

This card also has several lift the flaps, two in the tree and two bushes. Behind the bushes are a couple bugs hiding out from the rain storm. And in the tree are the baby birds. 

I was able to make the bird carry the worm easily in it's beak just by using the die that comes in the Special Delivery stamp set, to cut an opening around the beak. I love that there is a die for this and I do not have to use a blade to do it. 

Now let's take a look at the little treat holder I made to go with this card. 

Last week I made a box with the Birdhouse die set, but I wanted to create somethings without sides that could go around a small cellophane bag. 

This is just two bird houses attached at the bottom with an accordion folded piece. 

This connector measures 1-1/4" x 2-1/4", scored at 1/4", 3/8" and 1" on the long side. 

I folded this accordion style and used it to attache two identical birdhouses. I put my cellophane bag of gummy worms in-between, attaching the bag to the back birdhouse with glue dots. 

I closed the birdhouses together and punched a hole for my tag, which is one of the sentiments available on my free printable.

Then I added some more little robins to finish it off. 

All the supplies I used to make these projects are listed and linked 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.

Sprinkled with Love Slimline Shaker Card

Today is release day at the Not 2 Shabby Shop. I am excited for this Valentines Day release because there are so many cute things!  To kick off release day I am sharing a card with my favorite stamp set from the release. It is the Sprinkled with Love stamp set. I love images of food! Especially sweets!  So, this stamp set is right up my alley. There are two other stamp sets in this release that are also darling; Bouquet of Happiness and Happy Together. This release also launches the very first Not 2 Shabby exclusive paper packs!  They are darling papers, great for Valentines Day and beyond. You are also going to love the new ephemera pack and sticker packs!  If you do love it all you can get the entire release as a bundle for a 15% discount, plus free shipping! 

Now let's take a look at the Sprinkled with Love set in action. 

If you can not see the video on this screen, you can also view it here. 

I colored in each of my cookies using my Zig Clean Color Real Brush makers. Trying to match them to the colors in my clay heart sprinkles.  I have all the the markers I used shown in the video, if you are interested in the exact color combinations. I find coloring with these markers to be a very quick and easy way to color my stamped images in. But there are two crucial things you need to be successful with this coloring method. The first is Bristol Smooth paper, it has a very smooth surface which helps these water based markers to glide across the paper. I have not liked the results I get with other papers and the Zig Markers. Second is you need an ink that will not bleed, I use Versafine Onyx Black ink. I have all of these things listed and linked for you below. 

I used the slimline scalloped frame from Trinity Stamps to create the outside of my shaker, I thought this might look like the outside of a box of cookies with a window to see in. This die cut is 8-1/2" x 3-1/2". I added a window sheet to the back of the die set and put my cookies all in a row behind the window, so they appear to be in the box as well.  

Behind the cookies is a sheet of printed paper from the Winter Hues Slimline paper pack from Trinity Stamps. I love the light pink and light blue together. 

The shaker elements I used are clay hearts from the Craft Supplies by CC Etsy shop, one of my favorite places to get shaker elements. 

My card has two sentiments. One I stamped right on the window sheet with White StazOn ink. The sentiment reads, " You Make Life Sweet". White Staz On ink is permanent and so perfect for stamping on a window sheet. But you do want to be sure to clean/ scrub your stamp immediately after stamping. And, if you mess up on stamping your image, a little rubbing alcohol will take it off.  This sentiment is from the Sweet Senti-mini stamp set from Trinity Stamps. 

The second sentiment is from the Sprinkled with Love stamp set and says just that. I embossed it on a little tag and tied it around the card, giving it more of that "box of cookies" feel.  

If you would like to see creations with another of the stamp sets from this release you can watch my Bouquet of Happiness video right here. 

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

SUPPLIES: 

Sprinkled With Love Stamp Set

N2S Valentine Release Box

 

    

Craft Supplies By CC Etsy Shop - Shaker Elements

 

 

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.

Lawn Fawn Special Delivery + Birdhouse Die 2 ways

Hello there and welcome to my first Stamp Set of the Month episode for 2021!  

This months stamp set is by Lawn Fawn, no surprise there, is the Special Delivery stamp set!  

Each Tuesday this month I will be bringing you new ideas with this set. In this episode I am brining in the new Magic Iris Birdhouse die set and showing you two ways to use that with the Special Delivery stamp set. 

Take a look at Episode 1 right here. 

If you can not see the video on this screen, you can also view it right here.

For the first project I showed you how to hid a Magic Iris on a slimline card. 

When you pull down on the tab the birdhouse opens up. 

You can see this little birdie has a lot of Valentine admirers! I think we should all flood each other's mail boxes with Valentines this year! Because it is up to use to make 2021 all that we want it to be! And I want it to be a year of happiness. And a box full of handmade cards would make me so happy! 

I love the background on this card, made using the new stencil set from Lawn Fawn, Conversation Hearts, and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink. 

To go with my card I made a little treat box using the same Birdhouse die set. This is a great die set, because you can use all the dies in the birdhouse set without ever having the Magic Iris. This little project is one of those ideas....

This little treat box, or as I like to call it... TWEET BOX, is so easy to make! 

You just die cut two bird houses and hook them together with a middle piece that you cut and score yourself. 

The middle piece starts out with a piece of card stock that is 1-1/4" x 6-3/4". 

Score on the long side at 1/4" and 1".

Score on the short side at 2-1/4" and 4-1/2". 

Cut on the short line to make 3 tabs on each side of this strip.  

Add adhesive to each of these tabs and secure it to one of the bird houses. Lining up the middle section of this strip with the bottom of the birdhouse. 

Repeat with the sides, lining up the edge of the strip with the edge of the birdhouse. 

Finish by adding on the second birdhouse. 

So quick and easy to make and so darn cute!  I could make a bunch of these! 

Inside I added a mini Stroopwafel  and a bag of Chocolate Mint tea!  So, it is not too tiny of a box.

Thank you so much for stopping by and letting me share my creation with you. 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.

Calligraphy Hearts Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month

Welcome back. Today I am sharing the Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month for January from Spellbinders. 

I had so much fun playing with this kit and making some Valentine Treat boxes. Take a look at these projects being made in this video: 

This kit has plates to hot foil with and dies to cut those shapes out and well as stand alone dies to make the flowers and leaves. This kit comes with a roll of red foil, which I did not end up using for these projects. 

If you can not see the video above you can also view it here and see this new Glimmer Hot Foil set in action. 

For my hot foiling, I used Aura foil. It's one of my faves. It is a gold foil, with an iridescent finish. 

On this box I used the Polka Dot Wall Stencil and Deco Foil Metallix Gel in White Pearl for the background. 

This box has a slightly different background using the Heart Wall stencil and Stickles Glitter Gel. I love the look of this gel, it has large and small pieces of glitter in it. 

The hearts, sentiments and flowers from this Glimmer Hot Foil kit of the month were so much fun to create with. It really is the perfect Valentines set. 

I love that it has 3 different hearts to choose from that you can hot foil and each one is so pretty. This Glimmer Hot foil set coordinates with many of the other club kit for January 2021. I will link them all below for you so you can check them out if you like. 

I used two of the sentiments from this set on each box. I love that I could have a greeting like, Happy Valentines Day and a tag that says I adore you from the same set. The XOXOXOXO from this set would make for a cute tag also. 

But the fact that there are stand alone dies of flowers and leaves is what makes this set great. It gives me that added detail to finish off my projects. So, it's another great Glimmer Hot Foil set from Spellbinders for January 2021!  Love it! 

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

 

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.

 

Slimline Valentines Kitchen

I think I am finally getting in the Valentine's groove. Do you make Valentine's cards to send out?  I think this holiday shouldn't be reserved just for couples. But should be for everyone. I enjoy sending out cards to my friends, sisters, and loved ones. 

Today's card features a stamp set that was part of the Warm and Cozy collection from Trinity Stamps that came out just before the holidays. I did not get a chance to play with it then and I loved it so much that I decided to make a Valentine's themed kitchen with it. The Cottage Kitchen set really is a versatile set that can be used year round. 

Here you can watch my card being made. 

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

Let's start by talking about the background of this card. It all started with the Slimline Room Builder die set. This is such a fun die set! The main die cuts a panel that is a room! It has a wooden floor, paneling on the wall and space to add windows above that. It also has dies that cut moulding and base boards for that added detail. It has several window options as well as a die to make curtains. It does not end there, you can add plants to your room as well with this die set. 

I die cut my room from white card stock and used distress oxide ink in Hickory Smoke to make my wooden floor gray. 

Fro my wall paper I used Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink to put down a light layer of pink on the wall. Then I used a Polka Dot stencil to add dots over the top of my pink wall. Then I die cut my window opening and added a window frame, a curtain rod and curtains. And the moulding and base board finished off the scene.

Then I set to stamping and Copic Coloring all my images. That is my favorite part. I love adding in all my images to bring a scene to life. 

It make a Valentine's kitchen I stuck to red, pink, gray and brown for my color scheme. Much like I did with my Mini Slimline Gnome Valentine Card. 

I think this card would be great to give to a friend with a homemade sweet treat. 

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

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.

 

I will see you all again very soon with another crafty creation. Thank you so much for stopping by! 

Spellbinders Large Die of the Month Jan 2021

IT'S SLIMLINE! 

I am so excited that the Large Die of the Month for January 2021 from Spellbinders is a Slimline die set. If you have followed me for any length of time then you already know that the slimline card size is my current favorite thing. The slimline sized card fits into a business envelope and is about 8-1/2" x 3-1/2".

This new die set has a cover plate die that is heart themed. And it has a set of 3 layering heart dies that go with this cover plate. As well as some accent dies of foliage. 

Here you can see this die set in action. NOTE - the music at the end of the video get loud, due to my editing error, so sorry. 

If you can not see the video on this screen you can also view it right here. 

Let's look at each of these cards so you can see all the amazing details. 

This is such a beautiful cover plate!  I love all the little hearts surrounding the 3 larger hearts. Before I die cut this panel I swiped a piece of white card stock with a gold stamp pad. After die cutting this panel is just a hair under the standard 8-1/2" x 3-1/2" of a slimline card front panel. 

You can see the hearts on this card each have 3 layers. I started with a light pink card for the bottom heart. I layered that with a dark pink heart for the middle layer. And on top for the most detailed of the three heart dies I used gold mirror card stock. I love this look, the kaleidoscope look!  

Around the center heart you an see the foliage die cuts that come in this set. They are designed to fit around the outside of the heart. But are versatile enough to use on any card. 

For the second card I used the same white card stock brushed with gold ink for the panel I die cut the heart cover plate with.  I then mounted this to a piece of brushed gold cardstock. I die cut only the most detailed of the hearts for the centers from gold foil card stock. I used the foliage dies to adorn the center of each heart. 

For both cards I hot foiled a sentiment for another added touch of gold. If you are interested in learning more about Hot Foiling, you can check out these videos I have done on the Glimmer Hot Foil system and see my cute creations. 

Below I have listed and linked all the things 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.

So glad you stopped by and let me share my creations with you! 

Botanical Turnabout with Concord & 9th

Hey there my stamping friends. Today is my last post as a December designer for Concord & 9th. What a fun month it as been. I have been waiting for this one!  I finally am sharing with you the Botanical Turnabout stamp and die set! 

It's gorgeous, it is one of the easiest turnabouts and it is versatile!  A must have in my opinion. 

Check out this stamp and die set in action in this video. 

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

Today's blog post is also part of a hop with the other 4 guest designers at C9 this month. 

Be sure to scroll to the end to hop to the next Designers blog for more ideas with this stamp set. 

Now let's take a closer look at these two cards. 

For this card I used four amazing colors from the Concord & 9th collection;  Sea Glass, Oceanside, Peacock and Dove.  This turnabout is an easy one to use because there are not a lot of precision points that need to be lined up. 

The die set that coordinates with this stamp set is pretty cool with this diamond shape that cuts out a thin diamond outline and a solid diamond shape as well. I die cut this die once from Peacock card stock and once from Vellum paper to create the diamond on this card. 

For the die cut sentiment I used Mushroom card stock. I love this dark gray!  

Now let's take a look at the 6" x 6" card that I made with this stamp set. 

For this card I used Ballet Slippers, Honey Suckle, Parsley and Wheat ink.  I love the spring like feel of these colors together. 

I also love that this background looks so good on a large 6" x 6" card and on an A2 size card. 

I had so much fun playing with this turnabout, I made several other backgrounds while I had it out and now I have a few on hand for the next time I want to make a card. You can see these background and the color combinations I used in the video. 

Now take a look at what Sara Sherlock made with this turnabout set. 

And here is entire line up for this hop incase you missed a stop. 

Sue Plote

Becky Roberts

Wanda Guess

Carrie Rhoades----- That's me! 

Sara Sherlock

Below I have listed and linked all the things 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.

 

Cameo Silhouette Hacks for Card Making

Today I am sharing some hacks for using the Cameo Silhouette for card making with digital stamps. 

Several of you have commented, letting me know that you have not used your Silhouette in a while. An electronic cutter, like the Silhouette can be a great tool for card making. In this video I am going to show you the following hacks..

Sizing of digital images to perfectly fit your card

Print and cut card front panels with digital images on them

How to make masks of your digital images

Creating custom sentiments to print and cut

Create custom sentiments that are white with a black background

Create a die cut background around a digital image

Plus, I am sharing 3 totally cute cards using the Snow Happy Digital stamp from the Not 2 Shabby Shop. 

 

 

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

Have you tried digital stamps?  If not let me tell you what I love about them. 

1. You can purchase a digital stamp from the comfort of home and play with it that same day. 
2. You can make the images any size you like. 
3. They are very reasonably priced.

Now let's take a closer look at each of these cards. 

On this card I used my Silhouette to size the digital stamp to fill my card front. I also created a mask so that I could ink blend a night sky behind him.  And I created my own sentiment that is black on white with a die cut look. 

I print and cut my image so that it was on a 4" x 5-1/4" panel.  I like to use a light weight card stock that I get by the ream at Walmart. I use a HP 7645 printer to print out my images and then I am able to Copic color with out any problems. 

For this next card I used my Silhouette to create a snowy backdrop for my snowman image. 

You can see the snow falling and snowflakes are cut from the paper around the snowman. This is very easy to do on the Silhouette and you can see me do it in the video above. 

I also made another custom sentiment for this card. This time in a rectangular shape. 

After coloring in my snowman and splattering it with Perfect Pearls, I popped up the panel on to a piece of light blue card stock. I love the shadows this gives the background. 

I just couldn't stop with two cards, so I made this third one with a distinct Valentine's look. I colored in the background around the snowman with my B01 Copic Marker. I created the Happy Valentine's Day sentiment using the Oatmeal Raisin Cookie font that I purchase and downloaded from the Silhouette Design store. And this is the font I used on all the sentiments I made. I did make three others that I used on the insides of these cards.

And after coloring in the image I splattered the entire image with white acrylic paint for a snowy look. 

I am so in love with this Snow Happy digital stamp. You can easily use this digital image with out the Cameo Silhouette electronic cutter. But I hope these card making hacks have inspired you to dust off your Silhouette and use it for card making, there are so many possibilities. 

If you have any questions about the techniques I used or using the Cameo Silhouette, feel free to leave that question below. I am more than happy to try and help! 

Below I have linked all the supplies I used to make today's cards. 

 

My favorite place to shop for Copic Markers - Scrapbook Pal

Snow Happy Digital Stamp

 

 

 

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 for stopping by! I will be back again soon with more stamping and die cutting projects just for you! 

Weekender Handbag - Designer Edition

Welcome back to another Concord & 9th feature. Today I am share two Weekender Handbags I made, inspired by photos of designer handbags that my friend sent me. 

I have made a video for you, so you can see exactly how these handbags go together. 

If you can not see the video on this screen, you can also view it right here. 

And if you missed my first video on the Weekender Handbag die set you can watch that video right here. 

Today's blog post is part of a blog hop with the other designers at Concord & 9th. 

I am loving creating with the talented ladies this month, a couple who are my friends!  So be sure to read to the end and hop along to see what each of them have made with the Weekender Handbag die set. 

Now here are some close up pictures of each of the hand bags I made. 

First up is the pink and brown and gold purse. I am IN LOVE with this color combination.  Which was inspired by a photo of a designer purse a friend sent me. 

The tag I used on this purse is a die from the Everyday Purse die set, if you like this Weekender Handbag die set, you will also love the Everyday Purse. I have several videos on that die set as well. I have listed them for you here, if you want to check them out. 

Everyday Purse Stamp and Die Set Bundle Episode 1

Everyday Purse Leather Clutch

Everyday Purse Altered

Everyday Purse Cards

I stamped this purse the the Weekender Handbag stamp set and gold ink for this fun designer look. And I added an accessory with the sunglasses die cut from the Bright Eyes die set. 

The brown purse is very similar, with gold stamping, but this time on the main body of the purse using the clover like image. The XO is stamped onto the Wheat card stock with Wheat ink. 

This Weekender Handbag has a fairly large capacity.  The inside of the purse is about 4" long, 2" wide and 3" tall. I love that you can fit a decent amount of things in this purse, making it perfect for giving a small gift. Great for Valentines, a birthday, Mother's Day or any occasion that you want. 

Now it is time to jump over and see what the other designers have made with this amazing die set. Next on the hop is Sara Sherlock from Much Love Sara. Sara always makes such beautiful things, I know you will be glad you hopped over to her blog. 

If you missed a stop on the hop you can find all of the blogs listed for you below. 

Sue Plote

Becky Roberts

Wanda Guess

Carrie Rhoades - - - that's me! 

Sara Sherlock

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

 

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.

 I hope you will stop back by soon, I will be back on Friday with another post for Concord & 9th, featuring the new Botanical Turnabout stamp set! 

Mini Slimline Card for Valentines

Hey there my stamping friends. I hope you had a fabulous Christmas and continue to enjoy this holiday season. 

Today I am sharing a MINI Slimline card using the Made with Love stamp set by Trinity Stamps. I thought this set that came out in the fall of 2020 would also make for a great Valentine's Card. 

You can see the making of this card in the video below. 

What a stamp to color and fun card size to play with. 

A mini Slimline card is made with a 6" x 6" piece of card stock folded in half at 3". It is such a fun size for Valentines day. 

I used Copic Markers to color in the cute little knitting gnome and her puppy. I stuck to pink, red, gray and black to give this image a valentine feel. I also wanted the hair and the clothing on my gnome to stand out from each other, so I used Warm Gray markers on her hair and Cool Gray markers on her clothing. I used the same warm gray markers for the puppy. Don't you just love how he is wearing his hat like her!  

I also have to tell you about this background, as I am in love with it. It started with a light layer of Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink on to a 3-3/4" x 5-3/4" piece of white card stock. Then I used one of the stencils from the Slimline Lots of Dots set to add another layer of the Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink.  

My sentiment came from the Happy Senti-mini stamp and die set. I die cut the two happy dies from the die set in pink and black. Then layered these two pieces together. I used this piece to decide where to put the stamped sentiment. Once the image was stamped in black I was ready to adhere my die cut pieces and add this to my card base. 

Trinity Stamps has two Mini Slimline die sets, one makes an envelope for this size card and has several other dies for making these fun sized cards. The other die cuts a card front panel for this size card with 3 windows in it.  These die sets are now on my wish list for sure! 

You can check out all the things I used to make this card 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.

 

Hot Cocoa Bar sign and tour

Hello there my stamping friends. 

Today I am sharing how I made this sign for my Hot Cocoa Bar and giving you a tour of it as well!  

On my sign I am using an image I downloaded from the Silhouette Design Store, Hot Cocoa by Jillibean Soup.

That is the image on the base of my sign, which I made to look like it was on a chalkboard, using Print and Cut in my Cameo Silhouette studio. If you do not have a Silhouette you could easily find  a hot cocoa printable. Etsy is another good option for things like this. 

To dress up my sign I used the Holiday Latte digital stamp from the Not 2 Shabby Shop. 

I wanted the cups to have a Santa and Elf feel to them. I colored them using Copic Markers. 

To take these cute cups of cocoa up a notch I added a cute little critter from the Peek a Boo Holiday Tag Toppers die set by Avery Elle. 

They add the touch of cutesy, that I love. But a sign like this would be equally as cute with out the critters. 

I added a bit of holly and a bow to finish it off and added it to my Hot Cocoa Bar. 

If you'd like to learn more about using the Cameo Silhouette for paper crafting you might like this video too. I use the same Holiday Latte digital stamp to show you how to Print and Cut your digital images and how to make a shape card. 

Watch it right here: https://youtu.be/TINfqd91Xk0

I also made some shaker tags with the Peek a Boo Holiday Tag Topper set. 

You can catch that video right here: https://youtu.be/kbcIymzKyF8 if you missed it. 

If you watched the tour of my hot cocoa bar you might have seen the snowglobe I made. 

You can watch how I made it right here: https://youtu.be/jbZ33m0caiM

I would love to know, do you have a Hot Cocoa bar, or have you done one?  Tell me about it, I am in love with them right now and would so enjoy hearing about yours. 

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

Shop the Not 2 Shabby Shop for the Holiday Latte digital stamp set and more! Use code N2S10 at check out for 10% off! 

 

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.

 

 

Lovely Letters Concord & 9th Feature Friday

Today I get to share with you three brand new alphabet stamp sets by Concord & 9th. 

Lovely Letters Uppercase

Lovely Letters Lowercase

Little Letters

The Lovely Letters Upper and Lower Case sets are unique in that they are designed to link together when stamped. I found them easier to link together than I thought they would be. I did not even use my MISTI for the stamping of these letters. Just and old fashioned acrylic block.  I thought it would be fun to make a Valentine's card with the Bright Eyes die set too. 

The design of these letters is such that you do not have to stamp them with perfection to get good results. But how fun to create a card with a completely customized sentiment like this. I used all three of the new alphabet stamp sets on this card. I really love adding the hashtag at the bottom. With that set, Little Letters, there are doubles of popular letters so you can spell out a word and stamp it at one time. 

 

Did you catch my slimline card last week that I made with these glasses?  I put hearts on the lenses, but they were die cut. So I thought I would stamp on the window sheet that I put behind these glasses with White Staz On ink. The heart is from the Lovely Letters Uppercase stamp set. And check out that tag that I stamped "eyes" on, the came from the Weekender Handbag die set. It's the piece that makes the bag closure and fits the letters from the Little Letters stamp set perfectly. 

For my second card I used the Lovely Letters Lowercase set to stamp hello in the upper left corner of my background. I just love that this stamp set has several double letter images in the set for easily stamping words like Hello!   I also used the Little Letters stamp set to add the bright eyes hashtag to the bottom right of my background. Both were stamped in black ink and embossed with clear embossing powder, so they would stand out more.

I used the glasses to make a shaker element for the front of this card. I die cut black fun foam with the outline die of the glasses to give it space for the shaker elements. I love how the tiny star elements look inside.  

To see how I made this background you can check out this video on the Rainbow Turnabout stamp set and see more cards I made with these backgrounds. 
 

I know these alphabet die sets are going to be a great addition to my crafting. I love the look and they are easy to stamp together. 

Now it is time to hop along and see what the other designers have made with these alphabets for Feature Friday. 

Next up on the hop is Sara Sherlock, check out her beautiful creations right here. 

Here is the entire line up of C9 designers for this month, incase you missed one along the way. 

Sue Plote

Becky Roberts

Wanda Guess

Carrie Rhoades ----- that's me

Sara Sherlock

Below you will find all the products I used to make today's card listed and linked for you. 

 

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.

Weekender Handbag + Bright Eyes

Hello my stamping friends, today is an exciting day!  I am sharing with you my first creation with the Weekender Handbag from Concord & 9th, designed by my friend Becky Roberts from Inking Idaho. I fell in love with the first purse die set Becky designed, the Everyday Purse. So much so that I did and entire YouTube series on it. You can see those videos right here. 

What is even more fun is that all of us that are designing for Concord & 9th this month thought we would come together and link our projects in a hop. Giving you lots of inspiration with this new die set! You can find the complete hop list at the end of this post.

I thought it would be easiest for you to see this purse go together in a video, so you can watch the making of the Weekender Handbag in the video below as well as see the Bright Eyes die set in action. 

 

If you can not see the video below you can also view it right here. If you have not yet subscribed to my YouTube channel you can find it right here. 

Now let's take a closer look at the Weekender Handbag Bundle and what I made with it. 

To customize this handbag I used the Gingham background stamp, inked it up with Sorbet ink and stamped that onto my already die cut handbag panels. I love the tone on tone look with this pattern. Next I stamped the XO from the coordinating stamp set over this with Mushroom ink. 

This die set has amazing embellishments included that you can use to make this purse personalized and have a bit of bling. I just love the little heart locket and coordinating key!  

And speaking of embellishing, how about accessorizing you purse?!? With a pair of matching sunglasses!  Take a look at the die set that made these glasses, Bright Eyes !

Not only did I make a pair of glasses for my purse but I made a card with this die set as well. 

And it was so much fun to make all these glasses in rainbow on a slimline card. 

For the fun background on this 8-1/2" x 3-1/2" panel I used the ink cube direct to paper in rainbow order; Honey Suckle, Butter Cup, Parsley, Aqua Sky , and Eggplant.  These are the same colors of card stock I used for the glasses themselves. 

For fun I aded a die cut heart to each lease of each pair of glasses, which is a die from the Weekender Handbag die set. I added a bit of Shimmer to the glasses with a black wink of Stella. Pretty gorgeous I think! 

How about some more inspiration now? Below are four other creative maker with ideas for you with these fun new die sets. Next up on the hop is Sara Sherlock. You are going to love her soft and pretty style, Sara pays close attention to detail and always makes amazing creations. 

Here is the entire hop list incase you get off track along the way. 

Sue Plote

Becky Roberts

Wanda Guess

Carrie Rhoades ----- You Are Here

Sara Sherlock

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 so enjoyed sharing this new die set with you and I will be back to do it again soon! 

 

 

Layered Hot Foiling with Glimmer Mix & Match

Hello there, Today I am sharing the Glimmer Hot Foil kit of the month by Spellbinders.  With this kit I am going to show you how to do some Layered Hot Foiling!

This new Glimmer Hot Foil plate set has interchangeable pieces to create different looks. In this video I will show you all the combinations.

You can see the plate set in action in the video below. 

If you can not see the video on this screen you can also watch it here: 

For the layering I glimmer hot foiled two different backgrounds, Dotted Background and Polka Dot using Opal Foil. These are my favorite plates and my favorite color of foil!  

Then I used a darker or contrasting foil to foil over the top for a layered look. 

For the first set of cards I use white card stock and a for my second layer of foiling I used Polished Brass foil. I love the elegant look! 

 

For the tops of these ovals there are two choices; Happy Birthday and A Big Thank You. These can be interchanged with 3 different foliages pieces that complete the oval.  I mounted my backgrounds on to precut card bases from Spellbinders. These are new and make card making so fast and easy. So I made 4 more cards. 

Here are the second set of cards in this pretty pool color with the Opal foil in the background and Teal foil for the top layer. 

I love the Magenta foil over this light pink card stock. I am planning on putting all of these note cards together as a gift. It's a great Christmas gift that I will be using as one of our family Christmas game night prizes. 

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

Also did you know that when you join the Glimmer Hot Foil kit of the month, you get 10% off a Glimmer Hot Foil system when you purchase it at the time you subscribe. Such a cool deal!  

 

 

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.

 

 

Weekender Handbag is HERE!

I am very excited about the new release at Concord & 9th!  My friend Becky Roberts has designed another die set that creates an adorable purse!  It is the Weekender Handbag. This die set makes it easy for you to make a paper purse that will fit a small gift. I am in love with it, bigger than the Everyday Purse. 

Take a look at the fun new purse. 

I love all the little add ons that make this purse a designer handbag!  

The last purse die set that Concord & 9th released sold out fast so if you are interested in this one, you might want to act fast. You can shop the new release and get the die set here. 

You can see the difference between the two purses here. The Weekender Handbag is much bigger than the Everyday purse. But both are sooo cute! 

There is also a cool sunglasses die set that pairs nicely with this handbag die set!  It is the Bright Eyes die set. I am giddy over this set!  

The entire new release is now LIVE and is sure to go fast, so shop early to ensure you get the things you like. 

You can shop the release right here. 

I will be back very soon with some ideas for you with these fun new die sets! 

Winter Burrow POP UP Slimline Box Card

Welcome back to my blog. It's time for Episode 2 of my Winter Burrow Stamp Set of the Month series. In this episode I am making a Pop Up Slimline Box Card. It was easy, because I used a new die set in the Slimline Series by Trinity Stamps. 

I can't wait to show you this card!  It is a Christmas card for a sweetheart. You can watch the making of it in the video below. 

If you can not see the video on this screen, you can also view it right here.

I loved making this card into a 3D scene with this pop up box card and it is slimline, so much fun! 

I stuck with traditional colors for this card and love them with the black and white!  

The checked paper is from the Black and White Slimline paper pack by Trinity Stamps, love this print!  Simple prints like this one, or dots or stripes are my most favorite. 

Here you can better see the bridges that the images are adhered to, that make them appear 3D. You can add as many bridges to this card as you like. I think 2 or 3 is perfect. 

Let me tell you how I made this background for this card. I started with Black Soot Distress Oxide ink, once that covered my background panel I spritzed it with water for a splatter look. Then I used one of the Snow Fall stencils over that with white ink.  Next I used the second Snow Fall stencil and added Glitz Glitter Gel over that. This resulted in a background with a lot of depth. I LOVE it! 

For my sentiments I used a smile Merry Christmas stamp from the stamp set, A Sentiment for Almost Everything. It is adhered to the back fo the burrow and tree, so it is suspended in air. 

To finish off the sentiment I used the Sweet Senti-Mini stamp set to make the word Sweetheart. Make sure you watch the video to see what I added to the back of this card. 

I had so much fun making this card, it is the first pop up box card I have ever made, I guess having a die made me want to give it a go, not to mention that it is slimline size!  When this card is folded flat it measures 8-1/2" x 3-3/4", fits perfect in the business size envelopes I bought at the Dollar Tree. 

You will find all the supplies I used to make today's card listed and linked for you below. 

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.

Spellbinders Large Die of the Month December 2020

I am excited to be sharing this card with you today. It has two interactive elements on it. I used the December Large Die of the Month kit by Spellbinders - Look Behind the Curtain for this card and made a shaker window as a surprise when you pull the curtains back. 

Spellbinders has monthly kits for everyone, Large Die of the Month is just one of them.  You can check out all their club kits here. 

In this video I am going to show you the die, what it die cuts and how to use the pieces. Then I will make the shaker card to go with it! 

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

I really love all the embossed detail on these curtains that come from a die!  If you love this die set you will also love the Small Die of the Month, which is a Window die set.  

You can also use these curtain dies to make a theatre looking curtain, which would pair nicely with the Clear Stamp of the Month kit that is ballerinas this month! 

I also love that you can decorate your curtains and room around your curtains as you like. I chose colors I like for my curtains and added some Christmas decorations to it. 

First let's take a look at the card with the curtains closed, look at the amazing texture! 

Now here's a look at the card with the curtains open. 

It looks like it is a white Christmas!!!  I love these little snowmen from the Snowmen Days stamp set. 

You can see in the window I have some clay shaker elements and some tiny clear beads, the perfect snowy shaker elements. 

Below I have listed and linked all the things I used to make today's card.  To see this card being made you can watch this video. 

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 for letting me share this card with you. I love shaker cards and I love getting the Large Die of the Month in the mail! 

 

 

Lawn Fawn Fans Winter Hop + GIVEAWAY!

I am so happy to be back with another Lawn Fawn Fans hop!  I love this group of creators and can not wait for you to see what we have in store for you this time on our Winter themed hop!  

Our Sponsor this month is Scrapbook.com!  They have EVERYTHING under the sun at their shop and also, amazing deals.  They are generously giving away a $50 shopping spree to their store to one lucky commenter on this hop! THANK YOU SCRAPBOOK.COM!!! 

There are 12 stops on this hop and each stop is a video on YouTube, so make sure to click over and watch this video on YouTube, so you can comment there and be entered into the drawing. 

My creation for the Winter hop is a holiday baking scene, these mice have taken over the woodland kitchen to create some yummy holiday treats!  There are lift the flaps in this card and of course a shaker!  

If you can not see the video on this screen, you can also watch it here. 

Next up on the hop is a video by Mona Toth, she is extremely talented, I know you are going to love what she made for the hop! Watch her video right HERE. 

Now let's get a good look at this woodland kitchen...

I knew I wanted to use the stamp set, A Creature is Stirring,  for this card and the oven from Sprinkled with Joy. I also knew I wasn't excited about thinking up how to create a kitchen counter top. So I thought let's take the kitchen to the mice instead.  And a Woodland kitchen was born. 

The woodland scene it self was created on the largest rectangle die cut from the Large Slimline with Sliders die set from Lawn Fawn, which is 8-1/2" x 3-1/2". I mounted that onto some Red and White Striped Paper, it is digital paper that I bought from Etsy, and printed out. I have the shop linked below for you. So, my finished card is 9" x 8", scored at 4". This size slimline card fits into the business sized envelopes that I bought at the Dollar Tree. 

I used the Lift the Flap Tree Backdrop to add a tree to each end of the scene.  Inside each tree I added a cute thing. The tree on the left is a mice who snuck off to eat a candy cane. 

On the right the mice are using the tree for storage and in this pantry of convenience you will find the vanilla frosting. 

Also, the oven door opens to reveal a fun shaker surprise! 

I love this part of the card so much, first of all, a red oven!  Second, a shaker of gingerbread men, peppermint candies, sprinkles and seed beads!  And it is just so much fun to have a little mini shaker right on your card. 

And on the inside...

Another little flap to lift with a mouse eating a cookie. What a fun card to make!  I still want to add more cookies to it, but I had to stop. I hope you have enjoyed this card too. Below I have all the stops for this hop, so you don't miss a video. 

Carrie Rhoades - THAT'S ME! 

Mona Toth

Cassie Trask

Laura Volpes

Ashley Young

Nancy van Oosten

Steph Williams

Lauren Taylor

Lorene Caido

Jennifer Hartsgrove

Marla Harris

Neha Tulsyan

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

Red and White Stripped Digital Paper from the Periwinkle Pixel Shop on Etsy

Gingerbread Cookie Sprinkles by Kat Scrappiness

Tulip Seed Beads by Craft Supplies by CC Etsy Shop

My favorite place to shop for Copic Marker - 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 hope you enjoy the hop!  I will be back again soon with more creative ideas for you!