Carrie Stamps

Heffy Doodle and The Greeting Farm Collaboration Blog Hop

Hey there stamping friends! Welcome to a fun collaboration hop with Heffy Doodle and The Greeting Farm! 

Design Team members from both companies are sharing inspiration using products from both companies!

I LOVE a mash up, mixing and mashing products from different companies to make one project. And it allows me to try out products from other stamp companies that I may have yet to use. In this case The Greeting Farm. This was my first time playing with their products. I chose two stamp sets that both have fairies in them. I thought these two sets; Little Fairies and With Love stamp set. Another thing I love about The Greeting Farm is that they have digital images. I did get a digital stamp set from the shop, but did not end up using it on this card, it is the Fairyland Digi Set.

If you already follow me you know that I am on the design team for Heffy Doodle and already love their products. Here are the Heffy Doodle things I used to make today's card; Big Shadow Box die set, Let's Polka Stencil, Slimline Scenery Dies, Big Stitched Cloud dies, Flying High stamp set. 

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

If you can not see the video on this screen, you can also watch it over on my YouTube Channel. 

I started by using the Big Shadow Box Die set to make my card. I brought in the Slimline Scenery dies to die cut the "bridge" pieces that go inside the shadow box. This was the perfect setting for my sky fairies. For the background of my shadow box, I pulled out the Heffy Doodle stencil, Let's Polka and used Auqualicious link from Altenew.

The die cut cloud you see in the front of the box actually comes with the Big Shadow Box die set. I also stamped a couple clouds to fill in the scene, both are from the Flying High stamp set, as well as the sunshine image.  The rest of the stamped images are from The Greeting Farm stamp sets. 

These fairies are just so super sweet! I love their hair and sweet faces. The fairy with the blue hair has been suspended on a piece of window sheet. That makes her look like she is just flitting about like a fairy does. 

I used the little baby fairies from the With Love stamp set for the sides of the boxes. And since these fairies have yet to hear their wings they are hanging out on die cut clouds from the Big Stitched Clouds die set. 

Both of the sentiments on the sides of the card are also from the With Love stamp set. 

On the back of the card I added a large die cut hello from The Greeting Farm. Both companies have some great stand alone greeting dies. I also left a blank spot to add a personalized message when I give this card. 

Shadow Box cards are so much fun to make! And make for something cute that the recipient can display.

Now let's chat about this hop, two great things about a hop are lots of fun ideas from several designers and a GIVEAWAY!!! Here are all the Giveaway details.

To be entered to win the giveaway, all you need to do is comment at each stop along the Blog Hop!
The Greeting Farm will be giving away $35 and Heffy Doodle will be giving away £25 to their respective stores!  Be sure to comment before 11:59 PM EST on Jan 21st to be entered to win!

Each company will post their random winner on Jan 22nd at 10AM EST!  Make sure to check the Heffy Doodle Blog and The Greeting Farm Blog to see if you’re a winner!

Now let's hop along and see what the other designers have come up with, mashing up products from these two great shops.

You should have come from Amy Young's blog and the next stop is Cynthia Roybal.

Blog Hop Lineup:

Heffy Doodle Blog

Amy Young

Carrie Rhoades ----- YOU ARE HERE!!! 

Cynthia Roybal

Cassie Trask

Elisabete Balcavage

Amanda Stevens 

Rosemary Bridges

Tatiana Trafimovich

The Greeting Farm Blog

Thank you so much for stopping by. Below you will find the supplies 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.

 

Love Notes with the Glimmer Kit of the Month

Hello there my stamping friends. I am back with another Glimmer Hot Foiling video for you. Today I am sharing the Glimmer Club Kit of the Month from Spellbinders called; Love Enclosed. This set comes with 7 Hot Foil Plates, 6 Coordinating Dies and a roll of Red Hot Foil. I am going to show you a few different tips and techniques as I make 5 loves notes with this set. And I will throw in a few other club kits, as they coordinate so nicely together! 

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

Now let's take a look at each of the 5 note cards I made. 

Each of the love notes I made in this collection are sized 3" x 3". Knowing that helps you get a reference for the size of the heart in this set. Which, by the way, is the exact same heart as in the Clear Stamp of the Month and the Large Die of the Month. That means, they are easily mix and matchable! In fact, I used the clear stamp of the month, One Love, One Heart, to stamp behind my hot foiled sentiment. And, I used the Large Die of the Month to create the background for this card. So, this little card is the perfect example of how the kits can be mixed and matched and used together. 

For this beautiful baby card I used the all NEW club kit, the Embossing Folder of the Month, Spreading Love! This new addition to the Spellbinders family of club kits is my new FAVE! These folders are sized 8-1/2" x 5-1/2"! That gives you so many options for embossing papers of different and unique sizes and allows you to have the pattern go either vertically or horizontally on your A2 sized cards! 

For the heart on this card I did some layered foiling. the background of beautiful florals is my favorite foil, Opal. The sentiment was hot foiled over the top of this in Brass foil. I love this look! And here you can also see the die cut floral pieces that come in this months Glimmer Kit, gorgeous! 

What a fun sentiment, I love this heart! And for the background I used the intricate floral die from the Large Die of the Month as a stencil. I used Crimson Ink from Altenew and a blending brush, keeping the ink light at the top and adding more at the bottom to darken it up for an ombre effect. Quick and easy and pretty little Love Note. 

These next two love notes are both full panel shaker cards, a great option for making a small sized card with a shaker element. Make sure to watch the video to see how easy these cards are to make with a bit of packaging cellophane. This shaker contains micro beads, which make the best sound. It's like the paper version of a rain stick. The rest of this card is very simple with standard hot foiling, the heart in red and the sentiment in brass. And a bit of twine to top it off. 

My second full panel shaker card has a stamped background using small florals from the Clear Stamp of the Month; One Love, One Heart. These red confetti pieces are the perfect size and shape for a full panel shaker! A full panel shaker does not have as much room for shaker elements that are thick. The glimmer hot foil was added over the top of the shaker panel with foam squares. 

Also in this video I show you how you can use the Spellbinders Score Board to create custom envelopes for these love notes. Did you know that their score board comes with a attachment to create envelopes? It's pretty cool! 

Below you will find all the supplies I used to make today's cards and if you want to learn more about all the Club Kit offerings that Spellbinders has to offer, check them out right HERE.

 

 

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.

January 2022 Large Die of the Month

Hello my stamping friends. Today I am sharing the Large Die of the Month from Spellbinders. It is the Pocket Full of Love Die set, a set of 10 dies. If you are not familiar with the kits of the Month from Spellbinders, you can find out more about them right here.  Basically, Spellbinders has several different kinds of kits that you can sign up for and they will be delivered to your door each month. Like the Large Die of the Month. There is also a Small Die of the Month, Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month, Card Kit, Clear Stamp of the Month kit, and ALL NEW.... the Embossing Folder of the Month!  I'll show you a couple of these other kits in my video for the Large Die, as these kits often coordinate together!

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

Now that you have watched the video, here are pictures of the card up close for you to check out and a supply list of all the things I used as well. 

Look at the intricate design of these die cuts!  WOW! I am so in love with that pattern. 

I die cut the top layer of my pocket from some copper paper, I just love the contrast of it with the bold dark pink pocket. And this die set has additional dies that you can use to cut out portions of the focal flower. That means you are able to easily paper piece that focal flower with different colors, making it really stand out. 

This die set not only creates a beautiful pocket but carries over the fabulous design to the pull out piece as well. Being that this set has 10 dies and the pieces are separate there are many different configurations you can do with these pieces. I made my pocket on an A7 sized card (5" x 7").  The pocket with out the insert is 4" wide and 3-3/4" tall. 

AND, the insert is the perfect size to stick a gift card to! Super cool!!! I am thrilled, as usual, with this month's kit. There are so many fun things you can do with a pocket! 

 

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.

 

EASY Gift Card Holders with out DIES!

Hello there my stamping friends. Today I am going to share with you 5 Quick and Easy gift card holders that you can whip up that do not require a die! 

Each gift card holder is a little different and can be dressed up as much as you like with stamped images and embellishments. And you can make these gift card holders for any occasion, not just Christmas. 

Watch the video below to see how they are made and then below I have two pictures of each of the gift card holders with all of the measurements for you to refer back to when you are ready to make them. 

If you can not see the video on your screen, you can also watch it on my YouTube channel. 

Now let's take a look at each of the gift card holders up close, and I'll share all the measurements you need to recreate these. Make sure to watch the video on how to assemble each of the gift card holders. 

First up is the Tri-Fold Gift Card Holder with Belly Band.

MEASUREMENTS

Base: 4" x 8" Score at: 2" & 5-1/2"

Patterned Paper: 3-3/4" x 2-1/4", 3-3/4" x 1-1/4", 3-3/4" x 3-1/4"

Belly Band: 1" x 8" Score at 1-3/4" & 5-1/4"

 

TRI-FOLD with POP UP

MEASUREMENTS

Base: 4" x10" Score at: 1-1/2", 3-3/4", 5-3/4", 7-3/4"

Patterned Paper: 2" x 3-3/4" (2), 1" x 3-3/4", 3-3/4" x 2-1/4"

 

POCKET TAG

MEASUREMENTS

Base: 3-1/4" x 8-1/2" Score at: 3-1/2"

Tag: 4-3/4" x 2-3/4"

Patterned Paper: 3" x 3-1/4", 1-3/4" x 3", 3" x 4-3/4"

 

POP UP PRESENT

MEASUREMENTS

Base: 4" x 11" Score at: 2-1/4" x 7-1/2" on the long side and 1/2" on both sides of the shorter side

Insert: 2-3/4" x 5-1/8" Score at: 1/2"

Patterned Paper: 3" x 2-1/4", 2-3/4" x 3-1/4"

 

PULL APART PRESENT

MEASUREMENTS

Base: 5" x 4-3/4" Score at: 2-1/2" on the 5" side

Top: 5-1/4" x 3" Score at: 1-1/2" on the 3" side

Patterned Paper: 5" x 1-1/4", 4-1/2" x 2-1/4"

Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you have a very memorable Christmas and a New Year full of blessings. 

Below I have linked and listed for you all the things I used today (besides they Say What Holiday Critters which was a free with purchase set that has not yet been released for purchase)

 

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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.

 

Woven Snowflake Banner

Hello my crafty friends. I hope you are enjoying your holiday season. I have been decorating, shopping, wrapping. AND of course Making!  I just finished a project that I have been wanting to do for a while. A banner for my fireplace. One of my favorite things to make each year is a Woven Star ornament, which I have now started calling a Woven Snowflake. I make a version of it each year and this year I decided to take my love of this ornament and pair it with another love, banners. I made eight woven snowflakes, strung them together and created a banner. I am quite in love with it too! 

If you have never seen my Woven Star video, that started it all, you can watch that one HERE.

In today's video I will also show you how to make the Woven Snowflake (formerly known as Star) and also how to make this banner. 

If you can not see the video up on this screen, you can also view it on my YouTube channel. 

Let's take a closer look at this banner. 

I use the Jingle All the Way paper pack by Echo Park for this banner. I chose 4 patterns of paper and made two of each Snowflake out of the four designs.

It only takes 1 piece of 6x6 paper to make one of these snowflakes.

They are not that hard to make. But they are so beautiful. These snowflakes make a great ornament and topper for a gift or gift bag. Making one and adding something special to the center is a stunning ornament. You can see the ornaments I made last year in THIS VIDEO.

I have even used one of these snowflakes on a wreath I made as a gift one year. 

I have added a hanger to the top of these snowflakes making them easier to string on the twine and create this banner. 

You can see how you can easily customize these snowflakes to fit any decor by the paper you use and what you decide to add to the center of the snowflake. 

The doily shape I am using for today's snowflakes is a cut file I got from the Silhouette Design Store. It is designed by Lori Whitlock and is called Round Doily. I love using a digital cut file for this banner, it allowed me to make the doily as big as I wanted to accommodate the letter in the center. This doily is about 2-1/4" in diameter. Another great option for the center of these snowflakes is the Crochet Doily die set by Echo Park. The doilies in this die set are closer in size to the original doily that I used on my first snowflakes at approximately 1-3/4" around. I mention this because that is the most asked question that I get from my orginal video that first aired in 2015, "where I can I find the doilies that you used". The ones I used in 2015 has since retired. But the sky is the limit as to what you can add to the center of this snowflake. 

The letters I used for my banner are from the Classic Type Alphabet die set by Scrapbook.com. And the circle die cut between my letter and doily is from Trinity Stamps, I have to mention it because when you die cut these circles they leave a beveled edge, love that! 

Thank you so much for taking time to visit me today and let me share my banner with you. If you have any questions please feel free to ask by leaving it in the comments 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.

 

Large Die of the Month - 2 Ways

Happy December my friends. One of the things I love about a new month is the arrival of the Spellbinders kits of the Month. Today I am sharing the December 2021 Large Die of the Month. I'll share the die set and all it's pieces, a sort of review and then make two different cards using this die set. 

If you are not familiar with the Kit of the Month program from Spellbinders you should take a second to check it out. They have three different kit of the month that are die sets, a Glimmer Hot Foil kit of the month, Clear Stamp of the Month, Card Kit of the Month and bundles of the different kits you can get as well. They are priced right and come to you each month that you want to continue getting them. 

This month's kit, Stitched Layered Background, has 6 dies in it. They layer together for a stunning look and one of the layers you are able to stitch on, or if you are not into stitching it looks great just die cut. Take a look at the two cards I made with this set, one has stitching and the other does not. 

Here you can watch these cards come together and get a close up look at this die set. 

You can also watch this video over on my YouTube channel, if you can not see it up on this screen.

First let's look at the card I made without stitching. 

For this card I used all four of the largest dies to create this layered white panel. I die cut all the layers from White card stock for an elegant look and backed it with red for a pop of color. 

This elegant background paired beautifully with my Christmas Florals, a Glimmer Hot Foil set. 

For my second card I used the stitched panel to create the look of a Christmas sweater. 

First I stitched all the Red diamond shapes and thought I'd then layer the other die cuts over it like on the last card. BUT, the idea came to me to stitch in the open spaces connecting it all with green thread. Inspired by the Ugly (but not too ugly) Christmas sweater, I went for it. 

I always enjoy stitching these die cut panels that Spellbinders puts out. Did you see the ornament I made last year with a stitching die? If not here's a link to that video: https://youtu.be/1Ye8sXESUew

Thank you so much for stopping by! Please let me know if you have any questions about this die set or the club kits at Spellbinders. 

All the supplies I have used are listed and linked for you below. And you can see ALL the Club Kits available RIGHT HERE. 

 

 

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.

That is not what that die is for

When first saw the Bottle Gift Tag die set from Trinity Stamps I thought it was a door knob hanger die! So, when I got it I just had to see if it would work for a door knob hanger. I love having dies that I can use multiple ways. And this die does make great bottle tags for bottles of wine or champagne. 

I wanted to make a holiday door knob hanger. One that I could use to hang on the door of our Den, which has become the dedicated wrapping room each holiday season. The door knob hanger could indicate that wrapping is happening and not to enter. So here is what I made for this purpose. 

This Stuck Santa die set is one of my favorites this holiday season, So, I created a very snowy scene for Santa and added No Peeking to the top of the hanger using the Graham Cracker alphabet, which fit perfectly at the top. 

But what happens when no wrapping is happening in the Den?  This question gave me the idea to make this door knob hanger reversible like many I have seen in hotels. 

Side two, has a die cut snowman from the Slimline Series Snowman die set, also from Trinity Stamps. 

Isn't he so super cute?  Now let's take a look at how this reversible door knob hanger came together. 

Can't see the video on this screen? You can also watch it over on my YouTube channel. 

Did you see all the different ways I added texture to this hanger??? 

It was hard to capture in photos all the texture here. But I added Snowfall Grit paste to the snow on the top of the chimney and the snow the chimney is sitting in. 

To make sure Santa's boot stand out from the background I added some glaze to them, the shine sets them apart just enough from the night sky. 

For the white trimming on Santa's suit I added Cotton Tail flock from Pink & Main. Flock is so super easy to use. I added glue where I wanted flocking and then sprinkled the flock on over the glue. EASY!  And having the soft fuzziness on his suit really helps to bring Santa to life. 

I did cut a slit in the side of the circle at the top of the hanger making it easier to get on and off the door knob. 

Now let's take a look at the flip side. 

You can see the Snowfall Grit paste on the snow that he is sitting in much better in this picture. That paste really looks like snow, I am in love with it! 

His eyes, nose and buttons are covered with glaze. 

THE HAT!!! I am in love with it. I covered the hat itself with Grandpa's Slippers Flock, which is Black. And the hat band is covered with Sparkling Santa's Hat Flocking, which is red flock with red glitter in it!!! 

I am in love with this double sided door hanger! It is very sturdy with a layer of light weight chip board in the center, so I am planning on using this for several years to come. 

Thank you for stopping by and letting me share my creations with you. I have all the supplies I used listed 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.

Trying Iron On Ink with Artesprix

Hello there! Today's post is totally different! I got to be a crafty scientist and create with Iron On Ink by Artesprix. They specialize in Sublimation products for crafting. Sublimation is basically ink that you can iron on to a hard surface. There is a science behind it all and I show you how to do it with a home iron in today's video.  I will be ironing my stamped images on to hard surfaces like wood, plastic and metal. All of these blank pieces are from Artesprix and have a polyester coating on them that allows them to take the sublimation ink. Look how gorgeous they came out using a sublimation ink pad and markers. 

Now let's watch how to use this iron on ink in the video below. 

If you can not see the video here, you can also watch it over on my YouTube channel. 

Now let's take a look at each of the projects I made. 

This is a wooden travel tag. The Poinsettia stamp is from Trinity Stamps and it is the image I used on all of the makes. To get this image in such bright colors onto this wooden tag I stamped it with sublimation ink on to a piece of printer paper. Then I used the Bright set of sublimation markers to color in the image. I use Pink, Red and Orange for the flower petals, to give them a bit of variation. The sentiment is from the Artesprix stamp set, it stamped with word backwards so that when you transfer the image to the blank it read correctly. Once all your stamping and inking is done on the printer paper you tape your blank to this with heat tape, sandwich it in-between the specialty heat paper and iron it. Artesprix does have a very nice silicone mat to use to protect your surface from a very hot home iron. After 3 minutes under a home iron your image will have transferred to the blank. 

Here is another I created on the wood tag. 

I dressed both of my tags up with my own ribbon at the top, turning them into some fun gift tags, but these travel tags do come with a rubber attacher that works great for adding this to luggage. 

Here is another blank surface that Artesprix sells, the keychain. I completely covered the surface of this keychain, coloring around the poinsettia with a light blue marker. I love the look and I added a couple beaded charms to it for fun.  The hardware for this key chain comes with it but is not attached making it easier for you to transfer your image. And the hardware snaps in place very easily. 

Last but not least I made a metal bookmark, also available at the Artesprix shop. This is metal and again, coated with a polyester coating, which is key to the sublimation process working. I share how I was able to get my hand written sentiment on the tag in the video, although I do not love how my handwriting turned out, it was sure fun seeing if I could do it. Which brings me to another idea for you. You can draw and transfer your own art work to any of these blanks! 

I had so much fun doing this, I hope you will check out the video and see how cool using iron on ink is. If you have any questions be sure to leave it in the comment box below, I'd love to help you get started doing Sublimation.

Check out Artesprix right HERE.

You can find the Poinsettia stamp I used at Trinity Stamps.

 

It's a Lawn Fawn Christmas Episode 5

Hello again my crafty friends. Today I am sharing the final episode in my "It's a Lawn Fawn Christmas" series. For this episode I am playing with the Magic Iris again, and the Camera Add on. And creating a picture perfect Christmas scene. To go with my card, a coordinating flocked ornament. 

Watch these projects come together in this video.

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

This card has so many fun elements on it, but the magic iris has to be the coolest. 

I love that is opens as a camera would and reveals another part of the scene. A yummy Christmas village of gingerbread! 

The thing I had the most fun with on this card is making the background with the Snowflake Background stencil set and the White Stencil Paste. That white is so white and not a spec of red showed through. I LOVE it! 

One of my favorite things to do on a card is to make custom sentiments. With the help of Oliver's Stitched ABCs and the Yeti or Not stamp set I was able to create the " SMILE it's Christmas" sentiment that I wanted for this card. 

This card is 6"x 6" and is such a fun size for Christmas and with this coordinating ornament, you have gift too. 

What I love about this project was adding the flocking. The flock is Cotton Tail with glitter in it! All I did to apply the flock is dab on some glue with a paint brush and then sprinkled the flock on. Just treat it like glitter and the result is so very beautiful and Christmasy! 

To dress up all the cute stamped images I added some glaze all over and sprinkled on some chunky glitter. I loved this so much I went back to the card and added the same thing to the letters in SMILE. 

Thank you so much for stopping by! I had a blast making these and hope that you found a bit of inspiration here today. 

Below are all the supplies I used to make these two projects. Please let me know if you have any questions. 

 

 

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.

It's A Lawn Fawn Christmas Episode Four

I am back with my 4th Episode in the "It's a Lawn Fawn Christmas" series!  Today's card was inspired by two of my favorite cards from last year!  One had a woodland kitchen of mice, the other has removable snow globe shaker ornaments. SO, I am making an amazing holiday kitchen for my mice, but this time in a slimline shadow box card. AND, to decorate the out side of that shadow box, I have two removable snow globe shaker ornaments! 

Here you can see all the fun the mice are having in the kitchen, baking up all kinds of holiday treats. 

You can watch this card come together in this video. 

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

You can see here that I really went to town, stamping, coloring and die cutting out images for this card. I really wanted to dress up the frame of this card with al kinds of goodies. 

And on the inside I love to have a lot to look at inside my shadow box cards. And these mice have been busy this season with gingerbread houses, cookies, cakes, and lots more. They are hoping to sell enough of their homemade goods so they can open up their own shop, Very Mice Treats! 

I could not let the fun end there. So I created two mini snow globe shaker ornaments that attach to the sides of the shadow box with hidden magnets from Inky Stamper .

This Snow Globe Scenes stamp set is such a fun one. It has scenes you can put in these globes or you can create your own like I have done here. I loved having little scenes that go with my card in these ornaments. They very easily can be removed and because the magnet is hidden, you can not see a magnet either on the card or on the ornament. 

If you missed an episode in this "It's a Lawn Fawn Christmas" series I have listed and linked the first three episodes for you below. 

Episode One

Episode Two

Episode Three

Below you will find all the supplies I used to make today's card and ornaments. If you have any questions about these projects please let me know in the comments below. And I just love hearing from 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.

Slimline Snow Globe Shadow Box Card

Hey there I am back with Part Three of my Slimline Snow Globe series. In this video I am sharing how to make the Slimline Snow Globe card from Scrappy Tails into a Shadow Box Card!  If you missed Part One and Two on making a Spinner and a Shaker out of this die set you can watch them here; Part One and Part Two.

For this shadow box card I used the Christmas Tree Spinner Add On Die set. But this card does not spin, having the other layers of the shadow box would get in the way of the tree spinning, but you could have it dangle like I did with the snowman in my shaker card. I did some very simple paper piecing on this tree and I think it really stands out with the white ornaments. 

You can watch this card being made in the video below. 

If you can not see the video on this screen, you can watch it right HERE.

For the other layers of this shadow box I have a layer of Christmas presents in front of the tree, and in front of the presents I have one of the deer. 

I also used some strips of window sheet to attach a couple snowflakes so they appear to be suspended in the air at the top of the card, in front of the Christmas tree. 

And of course I added plenty of embellishment to the outside of the card too, with more die cuts, a sentiment, bling and glitter too. 

If you are wondering about where you right on this card, the back of the card has a nice spot for your heartfelt wishes. And you are able to press this card flat to mail. If you are like me and like a lot of layers and bling then you might want to consider mailing it in a bubble mailer or, included it in a package. Of course, hand delivery is also a great option. 

Below I have all the supplies I used to make today's card. If you have any questions please let me know in the comments below. 

Thank you for taking time to visit me today! 

 

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Galaxy Technique for Fireworks

Hello there my stamping friends. Today is a NEW RELEASE day over at Trinity Stamps!  You can check out the entire new release right here. 

To celebrate the new release, the Design Team is bringing you some inspiration with the new products. I am featuring the Happy Dance Stamp and coordinating die set. And I am bringing in a new stencil set, City Lights as well as the new 9x4 Mixed Media paper!  I just had to play with this new paper, so I pulled out my inks, embossing powder, watercolors, sprays and stencil to make a fun background for this card. Check it out! 

I wanted to use the Galaxy background technique for this night sky full of fireworks as a backdrop for my happy dancers. They are ready to ring in a new year for sure! I think it is fun to send out a New Year's card, especially if the holidays got too busy and you did not get Christmas cards out. That has even happened to me, no shame in it. Sometimes life is like that. So why not a New Years card? 

You can see how I created this background in the video below. 

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

Remember today's post is part of hop. You are going to want to join the fun and enter to win a Trinity Stamps gift certificate too. 

You can start the hop on YouTube with my video, right here. You find a link to the next stop on the hop there. 

There is also a hop on Instagram, so even more chances to win!  You can find me on Instagram (HERE) and join the fun there too.

The image of the Congo line is the main image in the Happy Dance stamp set. This image and stamp set are great for so many occasions besides just New Years. They could be Rockin' Around a Christmas tree! Celebrating a birthday or wedding too! I love the retro feel of this image. And it comes with the Happy New Year sentiment as well as another that says This calls for a Happy Dance. 

 I inked up my image with two different colors before embossing it with clear powder for a fun look that coordinates with the fireworks on this card. The fireworks are from the City Light stencil set, which also has city scapes you can stencil as well. 

Be sure to check out the entire release HERE, there are so many new die sets to love as well as a new line of sentiments that are MUST HAVES! 

Thank you so much for stopping by, be sure to join the hop for inspiration with this new release.

 

 

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.

 

Can I Hot Foil On That?

I did a little experimenting in this video, trying out Hot Foiling on new surfaces! In this video I try out; cellophane, a new white card stock, heat proof acetate, patterned paper, colored card stock, and already foiled card stock. Along the way you get some tips and tricks for Hot Foiling. 

And in all that experimenting I ended up with 3 Christmas cards using the Glimmer Kit of the Month from Spellbinders for November 2021. 

First let's look at the 3 cards and then at the video. 

They are so shiny!  All three of the cards I made are 5x7 sized. I love this size for Christmas, it seems more special and elegant. 

Here you can watch these cards come together and find out if I can hot foil on that!

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

For the first card I jumped right in to see if I could Hot Foil on cellophane. This is the type of clear plastic material that is wrapped around a lot of the stamping supplies that you and I purchase. I have seen this done a couple times and even so I was skeptical. So, I had to try it out for myself! 

BUT, my skepticism was not necessary, it WORKS! Yes, I can and YOU can hot foil on cellophane! And, it's gorgeous, specially with the Gold foil, which came with the Glimmer Kit of the month. This month's kit has three wavy borders that hot foil and two dies that cut them out. I used the dies to cut colored card stock strips to go behind the hot foiled panel. And that hot foiled cellophane, became the cover for my full panel shaker card. You have to check out the video to see it in action. 

I also tried out a new Super Smooth White card stock by WOW in this video. Not all white card stocks are great for foiling. So when the lovely people at WOW asked me if I would like to try their Super Smooth Card stock for hot foiling I jumped at the chance. One of the things that gives great results when hot foiling on white card stock is a very smooth surface and this card stock has that for sure. And as you can see by the hot foiled Merry Christmas sentiment, it hot foiled beautifully! I will be using this card stock more for foiling for sure! 

On my second card I tried out some heat proof acetate. 

Heat proof acetate works for embossing on, it withstands the heat of an embossing gun. But would it hold up on the hot foil machine just laying there for about one minute? YES, yes it did. And I LOVE the results, which you can see on this card. I hot foiled " Merry Christmas" in green foil on the acetate. 

Also on this card I did some hot foiling on colored card stock. I have done this before, but have recently been asked about it, so I wanted to feature it on this video. YES, you can hot foil on colored card stock. The car stock I used is 85lb. It was the card stock that Spellbinder use to carry before they switched up their cardstock and the brand is Fun Stampers Journey. I used red foil on this red paper for a gorgeous tone on tone hot foiled look. Not all card stocks are the same, so play with what you have on hand and in the future I will try out other brands of colored card stock too. 

Next up, I tried Hot Foiling on patterned paper. 

The center, red panel, on this card is patterned paper. It is from the Christmas Traditions Paper pad (I used other prints from this pad for the first two cards). It is on the light weight side as far a patterned paper goes, which made me wonder how it would hold up to the rigors of hot foiling. As you can see, it held up just fine!  I picked a pattern of paper that was tone on tone and less busy and it ended up being a beautiful layer for this card. 

Another thing I shared in this video is hot foiling a piece of cardstock that has already been hot foiled. First I hot foiled the green pattern on this paper, then I hot foiled the gold border under that. You can do this and it will not effect the previously hot foiled element. 

So, all in all, my experimenting was a great success!  And it was tons of fun, I set out to make one card and just kept going. I love it when the mojo flows and you have to try this and that! And then hours go by and your family is eating cereal again for dinner. Just kidding, mostly. 

Thank you so much for stopping by! Please let me know if you have any hot foiling questions. All the supplies I used to make today's cards 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.

Lawn Fawn Christmas Episode 3

Good Morning my stamping friends! Today I am sharing my card for the "It's a Lawn Fawn Christmas" series. This is episode 3! This card is a North Pole inspired scene and it is a shaker, cause they are my fave card to make! 

This scene speaks Christmas to me. 

The Ho-Ho-Holidays is one of my favorite Christmas stamp sets, I just love a cute Santa. I also brought in the Holiday Helpers stamp set as well as the Holiday Village set.  It's Christmas Eve and Santa is getting ready for his big night. Ms. Claus knows the only thing Santa eats on this day is milk and cookies, but she knows how to take care of her man, she's snuck in some flax and chia seeds in those cookies. And a little collagen protein powder in the milk goes undetected too!  The little elf is rounding up Rudolph with his favorite treat. Now it's time to load up the sleigh. 

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

If you can not see the video up on this screen, you can also watch it on my YouTube channel. 

The elements I used for the shaker are micobeads, like these I found on Amazon.

I LOVE the sound they make inside the card. And they look so wintery like icy snow. 

You can see the shaker element better in this picture, aren't they so pretty. And you can get a good look at the images here as well. I used COPIC Markers to color all my images, you can see how in the video, I keep my coloring pretty simple.  But I love coloring and enjoy it so much.

How about the polka dot apron? I would totally wear that! 

Two very awesome die sets helped to bring this card to life. In the background I used the new Stitched Snowflake backdrop die. I can not even tell you how much I love having stitched snowflake cut into my paper, it makes me giddy! And my shaker frame is from the Forest Backdrop die set. Which has cute trees in the front. You can't see them too much, because Santa has so many things to put in the sleigh this year, but I did cut the top layer of the trees from light green glitter paper. 

This card just makes me happy! Thank you so much for letting me share it with you! All the supplies I used are listed 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.

Lawn Fawn Christmas Episode 2

YAY! It is time for Episode Two of my "It's a Lawn Fawn Christmas" series. This week I am featuring the Eat, Sleep, and Be Merry stamp set from Stamptember. This set was designed by Lawn Fawn for Simon Says Stamp for their big annual event in September. Meaning that is is a limited time offer and when they are gone they are gone. So, that being said, this set did sell out FAST. So fast, I was not able to get the coordinating die set, only the stamp set. So, today I am going to show you how I used my Silhouette Cameo and the PixScan mat to cut out stamped images when I don't have a die set. That also means that you are not able to purchase the stamp set I am using today at Simon Says Stamp. I bet a lot of you reading this might already have this stamp set!  

First let's take a peek at the projects I made.

These projects came together pretty easily with the help of the All Spruced Up Slimline stamp from Trinity Stamps and the Outside In Stitched Snowflake Die by Lawn Fawn. 

I think you'll enjoy seeing them come together in this video.

If you can not see the video up on this screen, you can also watch it over on my YouTube channel. 

This card started with the All Spruced Up Slimline frame stamp. This stamp made for the perfect scene for these Christmas Sloths. Behind them is a nigh sky created with Black Soot Distress Oxide ink and a lot of snowy splatter. 

I used COPIC Markers to color in my images. I found these images be very easy to color. Using a white gel pen for highlights after coloring helps bring the images to life. 

I just love this sloth in the stocking so much!  I used him again on my tag. 

If you look closely at this card you can not only see splatters of snow but some patches of 3D snow, which was done using Stencil Paste in Pearl. It makes great snow. AND I am giving a jar of it away this week! To enter the giveaway you just need to leave a comment on the video for this post over on YouTube. 

Now let's take a look at the coordinating tag. 

 

This snowflake die is soooooo super cute, I mean, just DARLING. I thought it would make a great gift tag that doubles as an ornament. 

This is a shaker tag filled with white sand. It makes for the perfect snow. I found it at the craft store where they were selling items to make fairy houses. 

Thank you so much for stopping by, I will be back again next week with another episode in the "It's a Lawn Fawn Christmas" series. Watch for it on Tuesday. 

And if you missed episode one, using Tiny Winter People in a Magic Iris card, you can watch it right here. 

Below are the supplies I used to make today's 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.

 

 

Playing with Distress Christmas

Hello there my stamping friends! Today I am pulling out my Distress Christmas products to make this card. 

Can you spot the 4 Distress products I used?  In the background I used Winterberry and Peppermint Stick Distress Mica Spray Stains. On the Window for my Cupcake Shop I added some Icicle paste for some icy crackle. And last but not least I added Snowfall paste along the outside of the window and top of the sign.  You can see how I did it in the video below. 

If you can not see the video up on this screen, you can also view it on my YouTube channel. 

I love all the different textures that adding shimmer, pastes and glitters gives to a project. Not to mention the tiny clay candy bits!!! 

Here is a great close up look at all the textures in this card as well as the fun holiday themed cupcakes from the Jolly Cupcake stamp set. I love the HoHoHo Cupcake shop. And now I need some cake! LOL. 

This card is not a shaker card, but could easily to made into one. I just loved the idea of a window display of cupcakes in a store front. 

Below I have listed the supplies I used to make this card. However, most of the Distress Christmas products have sold out, as I was a limited time offering. But don't let that stop you from using the sprays and pastes and glitters in your stash to make something similar. Just play and have fun!  

You can find the Jolly Cupcake Stamp and Die Set as well as the other products in the Christmas release at the Pawsome Stamps Shop.

 

 

Some 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.

 

 

Vintage Poinsettia Cards

You might look at this Large Poinsettia stamp from Trinity Stamps and think that would be fun to color, but what else could I do with it???

Today I am going to share with you 3 ways to use this beautiful Poinsettia that do not involve coloring at all. Each of these cards has a vintage vibe to it and are special cards that are made not just with paper but with love. 

It is best to see how these cards came together, check out this video to see my process: 

If you can not see the video up on this screen, you can also view the video over on my YouTube channel. 

Here's a look at each of the cards.

The moral of this card is a very famous proverb, Necessity is the mother of invention. When I masked off my watercolored Poinsettia I did not realize that the masking paper I used was actually sticker paper! That lead to my watercolored poinsettia being covered in glitter. I did not want to start over as I already had such a beautiful inky background. And in the end, I love how it turned out. 

As far as the watercolored Poinsettia goes, it is super easy. I used Distress ink cubes in Fired Brick and Rustic Wilderness to ink up the stamp. Then I spritzed the stamp with water several times and stamped it down on to my watercolor paper. The result is this beautiful flowy Christmas floral. Then I masked off the flower using the largest die in the coordinating die set and "masking paper".  With the flower covered I was then able to stamp the Encouragement Text background stamp around that. Which was inked up with Vintage Photo Distress ink and spritzed with water before stamping down. Then it was time for splattering. I splattered and ink smooshed Vintage Photo, Fired Brick and Rustic Wilderness. And after I added the die cut sentiment I splattered even more with some white acrylic paint. 

Each of my cards has a certain feel to it. The feel of the first card is Christmas Fruit Cake, the colors just remind me of that colorful creation. So, I call it with Poinsettia Fruit Cake card. This next card is the Poinsettia Christmas Fireplace card. Think of the soot around the fireplace, where bits of coal have fallen off Santa's boots, but not into your stocking. 

I just love how this card turned out. 

It all started with a ink smooshed background in Fired Brick. Then I stamped the poinsettia over the top with Vintage Photo ink, spritzing it with water before stamping it down. When that was dry I use a fine liner pen and sketched out the poinsettia. The point is to make it look very sketchy, not perfect. I also decided to make the entire image be just the poinsettia and not have green leaves. It was very easy to sketch the leaves to look like more petals of the flower. Then I masked off the image, with actually masking paper this time. I stamped the same background stamp with Black Soot Distress ink and water. Then I did a bit of water coloring with the same colors of ink. Adding red highlights to the petals and a black shadow around the flower. White splatter finished it off. 

I wanted to carry the glitter element over to this card as well, since it was an unexpected addition to the first card, why not challenge myself to add it to each card I was creating. 

So, I used Black Mica flakes in the corners, I was a bit nervous doing this as the card has so much work put into it at this point. BUT, it really adds a WOW factor to this card. 

This next card I call Poinsettia Christmas Postcard. 

For this card I wanted to utilize the 4 piece coordinating die set and make a layered poinsettia. To color this up I used Distress Mica Spray Stains. Now, I know these are sold out and if you did not get these you could use Distress Spray or Distress Oxide Spray for this technique. After spraying you could add shimmer to it with lots of other products. I will link one I love in the supplies below, Sparkle Silk. 

With my sprayed Peppermint Stick Panel and Tree Lot Panel I then stamped the poinsettia once on the green and twice on the red. I die cut them and layers them up with foam squares. For the center of the flower I used Flickering Candle. When you turn this piece in the light the shimmer is lovely. 

The background was stamped with the Encouragement Text background stamp in Pealed Paint Distress Oxide ink. Spritzing this with water before stamping it, really gave it a glow! I then splattered it with Broomstick Mica Spray. 

The glitter I used on the edges of this card is Tinsel Distress Glitter. And how about those Forest Fern Baubles, they are just the perfect embellishment for the card. All of the baubles I used are from Trinity Stamps and can be found in the supplies below. 

I'd love to know if you have a favorite. I think mine is the Poinsettia Fireplace card. I am so proud of myself for sketching that poinsettia and I just love the look. But truly I had so much fun playing and getting inky making these cards. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and I will see you soon with more creations. 

 

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.

 

It's a Lawn Fawn Christmas Episode One

Hello my stamping friends. This month, for my Stamp Set of the Month series, I am actually focusing on a stamp company instead of one stamp set.  Each week in November I will be bringing you a Christmas video featuring Lawn Fawn products. 

This week I am sharing a Magic Iris Snowglobe card and two Tiny Gift Boxes both featuring the Tiny Winter Friends stamp set. 

I love this stamp set, Tiny Winter friends even more than I thought I would!  

You can see this card and these Tiny Gift Box Ornaments come to life in the video below. 

If you can not see the video up on this screen, you can also watch it on my YouTube channel. 

Here is a close up look at the Magic Iris Snowglobe card. 

I brought in a few other stamp sets to go with my Tiny Winter Friends, like Tiny Christmas for the Santa and Winter village for the house. 

I colored up the girls to look like my girls inside the snow globe. 

Now let's check out the Tiny Gift Boxes that I added a mini scene of Tiny Friends to. 

Look how darling these little friends are on the front of this box!  I made these for my girls and they will hang in the tree for them to get a little gift in on Christmas. 

I made this darling girl to look like my daughter Hannah. That candy cane is the smallest candy cane in all the land, incase you were wondering!  And I love it!  You can see on the side of the box I added the initial "H" from Oliver's Stitched ABC's to personalize the box even more. 

I also added a bow to the top as well as twine so it can hang from the tree. And on the side, Merry Christmas from the Say What Holiday Critters stamp set that was a free gift with purchase from Lawn Fawn. 

I also love the idea of using these boxes as advent boxes on a tiny tree!  Add numbers to the side of them instead of initials!  

If you'd like a chance to win the Tiny Winter Friends stamp set, head over to my YouTube channel and leave a comment on this video. I will pick a winner at random and announce them on next week's episode. 

Below you will find all the products I used listed and linked for you. See you soon with more crafty inspiration! 

 

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.

Large Die of the Month Christmas Foliage

It's time to check out the Large Die of the Month for November 2021 from Spellbinders. Once I again, I am blown away by how gorgeous this die set is!  And the versatility. Several of the dies in this set can be used on any card, not just for Christmas. This die set is called Christmas Foliage Strips & Borders. There are 13 dies in this set, four of which are slimline border dies. 

First, let's take a look at the card and gift tag I made with this new die set. 

Look at the foliage, so very pretty. For these projects I went for a vintage Christmas vibe. You can see the backgrounds created and this die set in action in the video below. 

If you can not see the video up on this screen, you can also watch it over on my YouTube channel. 

I had so much fun making the backgrounds for these projects. First I did some ink blending with Distress Oxide ink; Black Soot for the bottom and Rustic Wilderness for the top. The next step was splatter. I used water, Distress Mica Sprays, and distress oxide ink. I just love how they turned out. 

But the star of this show is all the amazing die cuts. You can see all the foliage dies here, layered on top of the border die. To add a bit of interest to my die cut foliage I used a W4 or W6 marker to add shading and then spritzed the pieces with Distress Mica Spray stain. 

Once all the pieces were mounted to the card I added more splatter, this time with white acrylic paint for a snowy effect. 

Then it was time to embellish. I used some gold gems, glaze and Black Licorice Sparkle ribbon. 

After making this card I has several die cut foliage pieces left over and so I used them to make a gift tag. 

Do you see the sentiments I used on today's projects? They were stamped and embossed using the Clear Stamp of the Month for November, also from Spellbinders. I love that they coordinate the products in the different club kits to work together. This month's set is called Around the Holidays and now you can get a die set to coordinate with it! 

I used all the same techniques for this tag as I did on the card, but have to point out that lacy trim round the bottom of the tag. That is one of the slimline border dies from this months die set, but it can also be used on other sized cards/projects as well. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and letting me share these projects with you. 

All of the November Club kit offerings are listed and linked for you below as well as the supplies I used to make these projects. 

Please let me know if you have any questions, and I would love to hear from you, so feel free to comment below as well. 

 

 

 

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One Design Three Cards

Hello my stamping friends. Today I am creating with the November Stamp of the Month from Not 2 Shabby! It's the Cup of Cheer Stamp set. This set is available to purchase now or you can subscribe and get the Stamp of the Month set each month! And what is super cool is that now you can also get the coordinating die set with it if you like! 

Take a look at the three cards I made using this new stamp set. 

The images in this set are so darling with their cute little faces. Plus, I just love penguins! 

Watch the video to see this stamp set in action and these cards come together. 

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

For each of these cards I used small images in the stamp set to stamp and emboss a background. I love making my own backgrounds and embossing a repeating image with white embossing powder is a classic technique that can be used with so many stamp sets. I also used the same layout for each of these cards. Repeating the same layout and design elements really made it easy to create three cards. I only had to think of one idea and then repeat that with new colors and new stamped images. 

Here is a close up look at each of the cards. 

To color in this adorable cocoa drinking penguin, and all the images in today's cards, I used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. 

To get my images ready for coloring I stamped them with Versafine Onyx Black ink and embossed them with clear powder on Bristol Smooth Card Stock. Then I used two shades of each color to get some shading when I colored. I also go the lighter areas on my image with the used of the Blender Pen. These markers blend with each other beautifully. Watch the video to see them in action. 

Marshmallow stamps, so simple, so super cute!  Love them!  And this little cup with the smiley face is just darling. 

On this card especially you can see the splatter in the background that is real life is shimmery, as I used Perfect Pearls to make the splatter. 

All of today's cards are Mini Slimline size, 6" x 6", scored at 3". The card front panels were die cut using a Mini Slimline Rectangle die set from Trinity Stamps. 

I finished off these cards with some sequins, which came with my order. I little sampler of sequins that had great options to coordinate with these cards. 

These cards were simple to make and easy to replicate. But mostly, I had fun making them and that is what makes for a great card. 

You can find the Stamp of the Month for November, Cup Of Cheer right HERE.

If you like the Stamp of the Month from Not 2 Shabby you are going to LOVE the Box of the Month!  Arctic Winter is the cutest collection of winter critter stamps, paper packs, Ephemera and embellishments. 

Get all the details on the Arctic Winter Box right HERE.

If you have any questions about these new products from the Not 2 Shabby Shop please let me know. 

Thank you for stopping by and I'll see you all again soon with more crafty goodness.