Carrie Stamps

Introducing Pixi Dust Designs

Have you heard of Pixi Dust Designs?  They are a new paper crafting company and I have fallen in love with so many of their dies!  So when Sandra asked me if I wanted to participate in their first hop I jumped at the chance. I chose the Kisses Box and Gift Card Holder die set to feature in my video. I used to make something similar years ago using a paper cutter and scorer. But with this new die set so much of the work is done for me and it has so many fun little details you can add on. That gave me more time to be creative. So I made a Double KISSES HOLDER!  

Check out the video and hop below. 

If you can not see the video up on your screen you can also catch it right HERE.

Be sure to click over to YOUTUBE if you want to comment on the video to enter into the GIVEAWAY. Which is a $20 gift card to the Pixi Dust Designs shop. 

Here are links to the other designers participating in this hop, be sure to comment on their videos as well because each channel is giving away a gift card to a commenter on their video!!! 

Pixi Dust Designs

Linh

Jen S

Sara Lihz

Carrie Rhoades --- THAT'S ME! 

I also thought you'd like to see close up pictures of my project. 

this is the front side, you can see how the bottom holder has kisses in it and the top holds a gift card. 

This is the back size of the holder, in this box I put a lip balm, Hershey's flavor!!! And in the gift card holder I added a piece of card stock so that a personalized note coulee be added. To dress up my box I used the Kisses Mini Stamp Set. You can find these cute stamps and the dies in the Pixi Dust Designs Shop.

I addes a strip of card stock between the holders as a strap to give it a bit of a purse feel. I think that little strip of card stock really makes the whole project come together. 

Thank you so much for stopping by! 

 

 

March Stamp Set of the Month Series

My March Stamp Set of the Month Series is HERE! 

This month I am featuring the Wheelie Great Day Stamp set from Lawn Fawn. 

It's a darling new stamp set with Ferris Wheel image and little critters to ride in it. 

This week I am pairing it with the Furever Friends stamp set, which was a free with purchase stamp set from Lawn Fawn. 

This card is a full panel shaker with my scene overlaying it. This allows the shaker elements to be hidden away. It's pretty cool. You can see this card come together in the video below.  If you can not see this video on your screen, you can also watch it HERE.

If you like this card and video be sure to stay tuned to my YouTube channel for two more episodes featuring the Wheely Great Day Stamp Set. I'll be back next Thursday, March 16th with Episode 2!  

If you LOVE shaker cards like I do be sure to visit my group, Shaker Card Addicts on Facebook! 

The supplies I used to make this card are listed for you below. Please let me know if you have any questions. 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and Happy Stamping!

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.

March Club Kits From Spellbinders - A mash up!

The March Club Kits from Spellbinders are HERE!  

It's no secret that I love how well all the club kits work together! And this month is no exception. For this card I used the Large Die of the Month, 3D Embossing Folder of the Month and the Clear Stamp and Die of the month. If you are not familiar with the Spellbinders Club Kits, you can check them out HERE.

I think it is so cool that the Large Die of the Month has a fun fold die in it to make a "stair step" style card that I can used with so many of the things in my stash! 

Check out the video below to see how this card comes together and get a close up look at each of the club kits I used to create it. If you can not see the video up on your screen, you can also watch it here. 

There are so many fun ways you could dress up this tree, seasonal trees would be so much fun. And this tree also looks great on a traditional card. Spellbinders always makes sure their dies have versatility! 

Can you spot the 3D Embossing on this card? That is the Spring Burst 3D Folder, which just means that is gives a very deep and detailed impression/ it's gorgeous! How about the stamping?  Okay, in this picture you can only see a stamped sentiment, but on the back of the card I used one of the very cool stamps, that is a layering set! See it in the video right here.

Thank you so much for stopping by. You can see each of the club kits for March 2023 below. If you want more details on how the Club Kits work you can find that on the Spellbinders site, HERE.

 

Thank you so much for stopping by, please let me know if you have any questions. And have a great day! 

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.

 

Make A Faux Box for a Chocolate Bunny for your card

Hello there my crafty friends. Today I am playing with new products from the March 2023 release at Trinity Stamps. 

I used a bunch of these new products to create todays card. And of course I have a video tutorial for you so you can recreate this look if you like. 

You can check out the all the new products Trinity Stamps has to offer HERE, and they are pictured at the end of this post, just scroll down. 

And now let's take a look at the card I made featuring the Chocolate Bunny die set. 

I wanted to make a little box for this delicious Chocolate Bunny that might look like something you'd buy to add to an Easter basket. 

You can see the 3D box a little better in this picture. It is about 1/4" thick. And the egg shaped opening has a window sheet covering it for an even more realistic feel. 

Be sure to watch the video below for how to make this box, but I have the measurements for you right here: 

4-1/2" x 3-1/2" Score at 1/2" and 1/4" on all four sides. 

You'll need to cut away the corners, add your insert (chocolate bunny panel), fold on the scored lines, add adhesive to the outer most flap and stick down to your card.  Watch it come together in the video below, if you can not see the video on your screen, you can watch it right here. 

This video is part of a hop, which means more inspiration by the Trinity Stamps design team and a GIVEAWAY. So be sure to click over to view this on YouTube, so you can comment and hop along to be entered into the giveaway. 

We also have a hop going on over on Instagram, you can start that hop on my Instagram page HERE.

Below you will find all the new products from the March 2023 Release at Trinity Stamps. 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by! 

 

 

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 Fans Valentines Hop

What a great hop I have for you today. It is the Lawn Fawn Fans Valentines YouTube Hop, we usually do a winter hop but this go around decided to focus that on Valentines. Each creations in this hop is so very cute, I know you are going to love this one. 

For my Valentine card I used the new So Dam Much set along with images from the Wood You Be Mine stamp set. I had been wanting to pair that with the Wood Slice Die set from Sizzix and finally got to do that for this card. 

Do you catch the Tiny Gift Box in this picture? I altered the Skunk Add-On die set to create a BEAVER!  You can see both of these projects come together in the video below. If you can not see the video up on your screen, click to watch it HERE.

I love all things woodland, so I have created a few other scene like this one for these beavers, you can see that video HERE.

I find there are a lot of die sets from Lawn Fawn that I pull out repeatedly for creating scene. On this card I used the Ocean Borders, Mushroom Hill, and Stitched Mountain borders. And with the Shadow Box Mountain Add-On die set I was able to create this mountain pond scene. It's where two beavers decided to build their houses, met and fell in love. 

Can we talk about the Wood Slice die set, it is AMAZING!!!! Easy to use and comes with the entire alphabet so you can create whatever saying you want on your wood slice. Plus there is also a circle slice in the set. I just had to pair it with the beavers as soon as I saw it!!! 

Speaking of EASY. Turning the Skunk into a Beaver is as easy as 1,2, 3.  One, use brown cardstock. Two, add teeth. Three, turn the tail upside down and drawn crisscrossing lines. What do you think?  

If you like these projects I have another video featuring the Wood You Be Mine set, making gift box with matching note cards. Watch that HERE.

As I mentioned, this is all part of the Lawn Fawn Fans YouTube hop. The Lawn Fawn Fans are crafty friends of mine who also love Lawn Fawn. We come together seasonally to share some of our favorite products with you. AND, we like to do a GIVEAWAY TOO. To enter the drawing jump over to YouTube, watch and comment on each video in the hop. It's that easy. For this hop we are giving away a $25 gift card to the Lawn Fawn shop!  I will announce the winner on 2/19 on the community tab of my YouTube channel.  Happy Hopping and Good Luck! 

 

To make sure you do not miss a stop on the hop I have them all listed and linked for you below. 

Carrie Rhoades - that's me!

Candice Richardson

Peter van Elburg Boddendijk

Lauren Taylor

Ashley Young

Steph Williams

Marla Harris

Jarle Franceus

I know you are going to LOVE each and every creation you see on this hop, what a talented group of makers! 

Below you will find all the supplies I used to make my projects today. 

 

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 and sharing a bit of your day with me. 

 

 

Shamrock Shakers

It's NEW RELEASE DAY at Trinity Stamps and I am thrilled to celebrating with them in both the Instagram Hop and YouTube Hop. 

You can check out the entire NEW RELEASE right HERE.

There is one new product that I just had to play with first and that is the Clover Stencil. It is an add on to the Checkered Stencil from the January release. That means you can use the two together. But what I love so much is that you can use the Clover stencil on it's own too. So I used these stencils in both of my cards for the hop. Both cards are also shakers, I used the Stitched Shamrock die to make my shakers and am showing two different ways to do that too in my video. 

I loved using the traditional green for St. Patrick's Day along with pink for these cards. And did you notice the sentiments on these cards? If you are familiar with Trinity Stamps you probably know about their line of Simply Sentimental sets. These sentiments are from the NEW Simply Sentimental Lucky stamp and die sets. You can see these cards come together in the video below. If for some reason you are not able to see the video up on your screen, you can check it out right here. 

Here are few close up pictures of each card. 

For this card I layered the clover stencil over the checkered stencil pattern. I love the layered look in shades of green. 

This shaker sits on top of the background. I filled it with Clover Cluster Confetti, a great embellishment from this release! The sentiment is stamped and embossed with gold, a great way to tie in the feel of St. Patrick's day, add something gold! 

I took this one up a notch on the background for sure. First I stenciled on the Checkered Background. Then in the open spaces I added the clovers with the new Clover Add-On Stencil. Lastly, I had to incorporate the hearts add-on stencil too, using a darker ink so they stood out over the checkers. 

This shaker is inlaid, it's right in the card front. I also use the Clover Cluster Confetti plus some pink seed beads. This time I used the dies from the Simply Sentimental Lucky for the main part of the sentiment and stamped the sub sentiment right on the card front. 

If you are curious about the inks I used to stencil my backgrounds onto colored card stock here they are. 

Background One:

Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Ink

Lucky Clover Distress Oxide Ink

on light green card stock

Background Two: 

Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide Ink

Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Ink

Lucky Clover Distress Oxide Ink 

on light pink cardstock

If you like these cards you might like to see more of this release and hop along with us over on YouTube and Instagram too. 

Start the YouTube hop with my video. AND, visit my Instagram page to hop along with us there.  You'll want to make sure and like, comment and follow along the way at both hops to be entered to win one of two $25 shopping spree at Trinity Stamps. 

Below you will find all the NEWLY Release Products from Trinity Stamps for February 2023. And I will be sharing more creations with these items in the coming weeks so stayed tuned here and to my YouTube channel. 

 

 

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.

 

Wood You Be Mine - episode one

GUESS WHAT!?!

STAMP SET OF THE MONTH IS BACK!

If you are new to my blog or YouTube channel you might not know about Stamp Set of the Month.  It is a monthly series I do on my YouTube Channel. Each month I pick a stamp set that I love and share new ideas with it in weekly episodes on YouTube. I have taken a very long break from doing this and have missed it so it was time to bring it back!  This week is EPISODE ONE! Each Thursday night at 7pm MST, you will find a new episode! To kick things off I am featuring the Wood You Be Mine stamp set from Lawn Fawn. 

You can watch the Episode right here https://youtu.be/iaiIFMcPqDc

With this set I am making a Gift Box and three note card to fit inside. 

This is little box is made using the Gift Box die set from Lawn Fawn, I love all the die pieces it has with it to dress it up. And it perfectly fits cards that are 4 Bar size; 3-1/2" x 5". 

I made 3 of these cards using images from my stamp set of the month, Wood You Be Mine. 

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

I love trying to use al of the images in a set when I make a project like this and there are some super cute images in this set. 

Below you will find all the supplies I used to make this project. 

And stay tuned, next Thursday night I will be back with more ideas for you with this stamp set on my YouTube channel at 7pm MST.

Craft Roulette Creation

I had so much fun on Friday night as the guest Designer on Craft Roulette! If you are not familiar with Craft Roulette it is a LIVE crafting game show on YouTube. Mary Gunn is the creator and host of the show and her son Stephen is the producer and puts on a very professional show. Each week they go live and spin the WHEEL!  The wheel is what determines what we are going to create.

There are four catagories, or parameters  the the wheel spins for; Project, Colors, Element and Random. For my episode, #145, these were the parameters... 

PROJECT: Diagonal Cut

COLORS: White Background

ELEMENT: Light (s)

RANDOM: Off to the side

You can see there is a lot of room for interpretation. For example you could make a light up card or use an element that portrays light, like the sun or a car with headlights. 

Once the parameters are defined we chat about ideas and then we gather our supplies and start making LIVE. The views chat along with us and create too if they like, because you can submit a card and it will be shared on next weeks show! I am telling you it is a blast!  You can watch my episode right here. 

Let's take a look at the card I made. 

For my white background I used an embossing folder to give it some interest and texture. I also splattered it with Sparkle Silk. 

I used two diagonal cuts on my card layers and I have to say they really add a nice visual element to the card. 

LIGHTS!  I was thrilled that the wheel gave me LIGHTS because I am a huge fan of EZ-Lights. And so I used them to light up the house as you can see the in the picture below. 

Lastly, "Off to the Side", I put my scene down in the lower right corner. Which happens to be one of my favorite card lay outs. 

To activate the lights you just press on the mail box. 

When you watch the episode it is kind of like a behind the scenes. You'll get to see me take stuff apart and start over all those fun parts you don't always see on my edited YouTube videos. 

AND, you can play along. TODAY is the deadline to submit your card to be featured on Friday's show. Just go to www.craftroulette.live to play along. It is super easy.  Speaking of next week, my friend Chelsea Comer of Inky Stamper will be the guest designer on episode 146. To be sure that you don't miss out on the fun you can find Craft Roulette on YouTube and subscribe to their channel. It really is like hanging out with your crafty friend for a night. 

Below are the supplies I used to make this card. Except the Embossing Folder, it was the Embossing Folder of the Month from Spellbinders for December 2022. It may be on the shelves for purchase soon, but if you want to check out the Embossing Folder of the Month club, I have a link for it below. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and Happy Stamping!

 

Reverse Stamping with the Gel Press

Hello my stamping friends. Today is RELEASE day over at Trinity Stamps and I am helping to celebrate these fun new products with a hop on YouTube and Instagram! 

Check out the entire NEW Release right HERE.

The stamp set from this release that I chose to feature today, because it is so SOUPer cute, is the So RAMENtic set.

I think this cup of noodles is so fun! And to reverse the images I used my Gel Press, you can see how in the video below. If you can not see the video on your screen, you can watch it HERE. 

Have you tried reverse stamping on the Gel Press before? Let me know in the comments below and tell me how it went for you. 

Did you see that today's video is part of a HOP and there is a GIVEAWAY!  It's all over on YouTube so be sure to click over and leave a comment on this video to be entered. You could win a $25 gift card to the Trinity Stamp shop. 

This stamp set has so many PUNNY sentiments in it and I used two of them on the outside of my cups. I also added my own customized sentiment. On the outside of the card I used the Simply Sentimental YOU stamp set to stamp out "you are my". And on the inside...

I used the Graham Cracker Alphabet to add "Cup Of Noodles". That just makes me smile. 

You can also see this card on Instagram as part of the Instagram hop for this release. We have a second GIVEAWAY going on with that hop! Here's a link to my Instagram page so you can check that out too. Good luck on winning one of the two $25 shopping sprees! 

Below you can see the entire new release of products!

 

Thank you for taking time to visit me today, see you again soon with more stamping creations!

24 Advent Projects and BIG GIVEAWAY!

Hey there! Wow do I have a great big fun post for you! First of all this is your one stop look at all 24 of the products and cards I made using the Crafty Advent Calendar from Spellbinders for 2022. Second, I have a video compiling all 24 of the short videos where I show how I created each card. THIRD, I have a BIG GIVEAWAY. That giveaway is worth checking out, it takes place over on my YouTube channel, you can enter by commenting on my compilation video. 

Let's start off with the video, as this shows you the reveal of all 24 advent products and what I made with them. If you can not see the video up on your screen you can watch it here.

Be sure to click over to this video on YouTube and leave a comment there to enter my BIG GIVEAWAY, enter HERE. 

SO WHAT IS THE BIG GIVEAWAY?!?

I am giving away all 24 products from the Crafty Advent Calendar and the 24 cards I made with those products! You don't want to miss it! 

Now take a look at each project I made using the Crafty Advent Calendar, you will also see the product from the Advent Calendar in the picture too. 

DAY ONE

DAY TWO

DAY THREE

DAY FOUR

DAY FIVE

DAY SIX

DAY SEVEN

DAY EIGHT

DAY NINE

DAY TEN

DAY ELEVEN

DAY TWELVE

DAY THIRTEEN

DAY FOURTEEN

DAY FIFTEEN

DAY SIXTEEN

DAY SEVENTEEN

DAY EIGHTEEN

DAY NINETEEN

DAY TWENTY

DAY TWENTY ONE

DAY TWENTY TWO

DAY TWENTY THREE

DAY TWENTY FOUR

PHEW, that is a lot of cards and a LOT of FUN! Note that the 2022 Crafty Advent Calendar has SOLD OUT. Keep your fingers crossed with me that Spellbinders will bring out a 2023 version next year! 

Below is a supply list of products I used, besides the Crafty Advent Calendar, to create these cards. If I missed something or you have any questions please let me know in the comments. 

 

Thank you for such a wonderful year. I appreciate your support by clicking my links, watching my videos, commenting, following me. It is such a great community and because of you I get to do what I love for my job. 

Happy Stamping and Happy 2023! See you soon with more crafty fun! 

 

Mass Produce Christmas Cards - Die Cutting Edition

I could not complete my Christmas Card making for this year with out using Chilly & Freezy! It is the Diecember FREE die set, designed by Tim Hotlz for Simon Says Stamp. I believe it has now sold out. Which means many of you reading this have this darling die set! 

I used this set to mass produce some Christmas Cards. 

Watch the video below for how I did it. If you can not see the video up on this screen you can watch it HERE.

Want to watch my other Mass Producing Christmas Card videos, here's the links: 

MASS PRODUCING CHRISTMAS CARDS - Hot Foiling Edition

MASS PRODUCING CHRISTMAS CARDS -  Stamping Edition

I'd love to know if you have sent out your Christmas cards yet?  I am hoping to get mine out this week. 

One of the things that made this card quick to make is the fact that I started with Gel Press prints I had already made. I love pulling things out of my stash that I have already made, it is not only a time saver, but it jump starts my creativity. 

If you want to learn more about Gel Press print making and using them to make cards check out my Gel Press play list of videos right HERE.

Just a reminder that Chilly and Freezy have sold out, but you could use this card idea with other snowmen that you might have or other die cuts for the season.

I love the Element Stencils for Christmas. The addition of a stenciled sentiment in Winter White Glacier Paste really took this card up a notch!  

Below are the supplies used to make this card. Thank you so much for stopping by. I'll be back again very soon with more stamping inspiration for you. If you want MORE card making fun before the, check out the SHORTS (quick videos) on my YouTube channel, where I have been posting a card making video each day in December, my channel is HERE.

 

 

 

Hidden Gift Card Pocket in a Z-fold Slimline

Christmas is full of surprises, so why not make a card that surprises the recipient with a gift card. The Slimline Z-fold card is perfect for that. 

See it come together in this video. If you can not see the video below on your screen, you can watch it HERE. 

If you want to recreate this card I have the measurements for the Z-fold right here: 

*Card Front Base: 8-1/4" x 3-1/4"

*Z-fold Card Front Panel: 8-1/2" x 3-1/4", scored at 4-1/8" and 8-1/4"

*Red Card Base: 8-1/2" x 7", scored at 3-1/2"

Here are some close up pictures of the card.

The gnome front and center is from the Deck the Farm stamp set, new for this holiday season at Trinity Stamps. If you like holiday gnomes they have a bunch and I used a few more of them in this card. And I have them pictured and linked for you below. 

Now let's see this card unfolded. 

Right behind the tractor driving gnome, tucked in the snow, is the hidden gift card. The little gnomie birds are from the Holiday Tweets set. I thought they were the perfect addition to this card. The gnome with the lantern is from the Let You Light Shine stamp set. 

This card also opens like a traditional card. 

Had to add another gnome friend inside from the Comfort and Joy set. 

I hope you have yourself a Merry Little Christmas! Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon with more crafty inspiration! 

SUPPLIES

 

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.

A week of the Crafty Advent Calendar

Have you seen the Crafty Advent Calendar from Spellbinders? I was lucky enough to get one to share with you and I thought I'd share the first seven days of cute things with you. If you like to see each project come together, I have a short video for each that I will link under the picture. 

NOTE: The Crafty Advent Calendar is sold out for 2022. It was a popular item and I so hope they bring it back for next year!  

DAY ONE

Behind door one in the advent calendar was a cute little mail box die set. I die cut three, since it is such an easy die to layer up. I added it to a mini slimline card. I love the added detail of that little envelope! 

WATCH the short video of this card being made right HERE.

Here's the other fun things I used to make this card. 

*Gold Puffy Alphabet Stickers from the Winter Wonderland Collection at Spellbinders

*Winder Wonderland Paper Pad at Spellbinders

*Cinnamon Red Hots - Jelly Drop Heart Embellishments from Trinity Stamps

*Mirror Red Cardstock from Spellbinders

DAY TWO

A darling little floral stamp set is what I found behind door 2!  These stamps are designed to be stamped next to each other, allowing you to create a floral arrangement of your choosing. Once I stamped mine I cut it out and added to this mini slimline card. The sentiment is also from this stamp set. 

WATCH the short video of this card coming together HERE.

Here are the other supplies I used to make this card. 

*Sweet Dreams Dye Ink Pad Bundle by Altenew

*Green Fields Dye Ink Pad Bundle by Altenew

*Gold Puffy Alphabet Stickers from Spellbinders

*Seashore Confetti Embellishment Mix by Trinity Stamps

DAY THREE

This little border die set for Day 3 is so versatile and can coordinate with so many things I already have. I wanted to really show it off on this little note card though. So, I die cut it from a rainbow of card stock and made it the star of the show with added glitter in the form of Diamond Stickles. 

See this card come to life in this short video, right HERE. 

Here are the supplies I used to make this card. 

*Diamond Stickles Glitter Glue by Ranger Ink

*Black Embossing Powder by Spellbinders

*Poppy Field Cardstock by Spellbinders

*Persimmon Cardstock by Spellbinders

*Beeswax Cardstock by Spellbinders

*Rainforest Cardstock by Spellbinders 

*Raindrop Cardstock by Spellbinders

*Lilac Blossom Cardstock by Spellbinders

DAY FOUR

I love this Happy Birthday die set from Day 4, It'll be a go to die set for me now. I die cut it from some Gold Mirror stock so it would really shine. This was a quick and easy card with this use of some patterned paper from my stash! 

See this car come together right HERE.

Other supplies I used to make this card. 

*Diamond Stickles Glitter Glue by Ranger Ink

*Gold Star Holographic Confetti Mix by Trinity Stamps

*Gold Mirror Cardstock by Spellbinders

DAY FIVE

I have to say I was super excited to see a mini embossing folder behind door five! I used it to make this red and white background for a Christmas card. I love this image of holly from the Halftone Holiday Stamp Set by Simon Hurley. I thought it would be a fun way to dress up this background. Of course I added a bit of sparkle, first with Sparkle Silk splattered on the backgrounds. Then I added a few Transparent Sparkle Enamel Dots to the background. And to make the berries frosted a touch of Diamond Stickles. 

See how I made this card in this short video, right HERE.

Here are the supplies I used to make this card. 

*Halftone Holiday Stamp and Die set by Simon Hurley for Spellbinders

*Sparkle Silk by Spellbinders

*Transparent Sparkle Enamel Dots by Trinity Stamps

*Diamond Stickles Glitter Glue by Ranger Ink

*Pine Needles Distress Ink by Tim Holtz

*Lumberjack Plaid Distress Ink by Tim Holtz

DAY SIX

How about something darling for day six! A little gnome die set. And you can make hit fit any occasion, I happen to be on a Christmas kick at the moment and decided to make a Happy Christmas card. This card has so much shine it does not know what to do with itself!  I did use a retired foil and cut set from Spellbinders on this card, called Ornament. The trees are from this set, they originally were pine branches. And the sentiment is from that set, which I hot foiled with red foil. The background is a Snow Flurries Distress Mica Spray Stain and Sparkle Silk. If you are not familiar with Distress Mica Spray Stains, they are seasonal and so if you can not find them online at this time they be back around next holiday season at all retailers that carry Tim Holtz Distress products. I have linked what I could find that is available right now, even if it is not the same color that I used. 

You can see all the sparkle and shine in the making of this card in this short video right HERE.

Additional supplies used in the making of this card are right here. 

*Glitter Paper - Black & White 12x12 pad by Arteza

*Twinkling Jewel Glitter Paper 6x6 pack by Memory Box

*Red Glimmer Hot Foil Roll by Spellbinders

*Glimmer Hot Foil System by Spellbinders 

*Sparkle Silk by Spellbinders

*Distress Mica Stain Seasonal Collection 2022 by Tim Holtz

DAY SEVEN

A mini stencil set for day seven was a nice surprise! I used it to make a Boken style snowy background. And then topped it off with a stitched snowflake!  If you are wondering about that red and white background paper I bought digital paper off Etsy so that I could print red and white stripped paper whenever I needed a piece, cause I love it so much! 

Watch this short video to see this card come together right HERE.

Supplies I used to complete this card: 

*Sparkling Madala Die by Spellbinders

*DMC Tapestry Needles Sz 22 at Spellbinders

*DMC Color Essentials Floss Bundle - Warm - 10pk at Spellbinders

*Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide Ink Pad - Tim Holtz

*Speckled Egg Distress Oxide Ink Pad - Tim Holtz

*Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide Ink Pad - Tim Holtz

*Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Ink Pad - Tim Holtz

*Yeti Pigment Ink Pad by Lawn Fawn

*Lobster Dye Ink Pad by Lawn Fawn

*Sparkle Silk by Spellbinders

*Vanilla Sugar Snowflake Sprinkle Embellishments

*Christmas Time Sentiments stamp set by Spellbinders

If you'd like to see more of the Crafty Advent Calendar take a look at Day 8 in this short video right HERE. 

Thanks for stopping by today. I am sharing short videos each day for the Crafty Advent Calendar on my YouTube channel, which you can find HERE.

I'll be back again soon with more crafty creation for you. 

 

LARGE Die of the Month - December 2022

Hey there. Let's take a close up look at Blooming Heart, the Large Die of the Month for December 2022 from Spellbinders. Beware - it's drop dead gorgeous! 

This die set has two floral dies that when die cut and placed side by side create a heart! 
I love it so much I had to make two cards. See every piece of this set and these cards come together in the video below. If you can not see the video up on your screen, you can also catch it on my YouTube channel. 

Here's a close up look at each card for you. 

Spellbinders has floral layering dies down. They have detail, whimsy and variety. I chose two shades of red and a pink for my flowers. The leaves are die cut from light green card stock. I added shading with some Copic Markers. You would not believe how easy these are to put together, and yet it has so much detail. 

What do you think about hat woodgrain background? It was done with a 3D embossing folder, Knock On Wood. I have all the things I used for these cards pictured and linked for you below, as well as all the club kits that Spellbinders has to offer. 

I did a little embossing with the dies for this card. The leaves pressed into the paper are so very cool! And to make the florals a little more special, I die cut them from some Gel Press Prints I made. 

I also love the background for this card, made using the largest heart from the Clear Stamp of the Month. 

That is also where I got the little sentiment for the front of this card. 

If you want to check out all the club kit offerings that Spellbinders has to offer you can view them right HERE.

And you happen to LOVE all the kits you can now get them all in a nice bundle! 

Here are all the supplies as well as all of the club kits for December pictured and linked for you.

 

Thank you for stopping by! 

 

Mass Producing Christmas Cards - Stamping Edition

It's been a long time since I did a card that was ALL stamping! But I did and it is one of my favorite Christmas cards this year! This is the Stamping Edition of my Mass Produce Christmas Cards series!  If you missed the Hot Foil Edition you can find it HERE.

I just HAD to use this Jolly Santa image. I bought the stamp set last year and had yet to use it. I love this image so much and am so glad I pulled it out for these cards this year! I LOVE a vintage or retro Santa and this one makes me smile so much! 

See these cards come together in the video below. 

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

It may seem like a lot to do coloring for a card that you are mass producing. But this image is very simple to color for a couple of reasons. 

It's an easy image to color because you only need a few colors and it has the shading built in to the image. That makes for fast coloring no matter what medium you choose to color with. 

Another fun fact about this card, there is NO die cutting on it. JUST stamping. I love the stamped background on this card, made using the Solid Holly backgrounds stamp by Impression Obsession. The smaller stamped images really add to the card and give it more of the vintage Christmas feel. But all the white on this card keeps it modern too. 

Thank you for letting me share my cards with you. I hope you are inspired to stamp some cards too. 

Here are all the supplies I used to make these cards. 

 

MASS Produce Christmas Cards - Hot Foil Edition

It's not TOO late! You can still get your Christmas cards handmade in time to get them sent out in time and I am here to help you with that. I have a little series for you on MASS producing your Christmas Cards. In the first edition I am focusing on Hot Foiling.  Hot Foiling can seem to take a lot of time but when you have an image that becomes the central focus of your card, it makes the rest of the card fast and easy. 

Here is the card I mass produced using the Ornamental Trio Cut and Foil plate set from Trinity Stamps and Polished Brass Hot Foil. 

Another way I made these cards quickly is that I used an element I had already made, an ink smooshed background. You can see me make it in this video. I die cut this background to fill in the ornaments. You can do this too and even use gold paper, background paper, glitter paper, really whatever you have in your stash. 

See these cards come together and gather some tips and tricks in this video. If you can not see the video on your screen, you can watch it RIGHT HERE.

If you like this video be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel for my upcoming videos in this series. 

Below you will find the supplies I used to make these cards. 

Thank you for stopping by and Happy Stamping!

SCENTED Felt Ornaments

Bringing out some DARLING dies from Trinity Stamps today to make some Christmas ornaments. If you have not die cut felt before it is amazing. I Love to make felt ornaments with dies. This year I got the idea to make those ornaments SCENTED! 

I made two different hand stitched ornaments and they have two different scents. 

See how they got their scent and came together in this video. 

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

First up is the festive mug. 

I used the Santa Mug Die set for this ornament.  I am in LOVE with this die set, you can see my gift card holder made with this same die set right here. 

The added candy cane is from the Sweet Holiday Wishes Die set. 

All the bling used is from the Trinity Stamps Shop: 

Bubble Mint Clay Elements

Ruby Radiance Rhinestones

And can you find the touch of Rock Candy Glitter on there? 

This mug of cheer has a coffee scent. And it is simple to do. Add drops of your choice of essential oils to a scrap of wool felt. Tuck this inside when you are stuffing the ornament! 

Next let's look at the Happy Snowman ornament. 

OH my WORD! I love this little guy. Actually he is not that little I made him using the Slimline Happy Snowman Die set. Top hat to snow bottom he is almost 7-1/2" long. 

How about those rosy cheeks?  I added a touch of Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide ink to create this look. 

I love having another way to use my stand alone dies to make something fun for the Christmas tree!  This one smells like Wintergreen. YUM! 

All the supplies I used are 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.

 

 

 

 

 

The Sentiment is the STAR!

Hey there stamping friends. I decided to play along with the Lawn Fawnatics challenge... Make the Sentiment the Star! 

It's all about creating a project where the sentiment is the main focus. For my sentiment I chose the Giant Let It Snow Die cut. 

You can see the two projects I made in the video below.  If you can not see the video on your screen, you can watch it here. 

Now let's take a look at the card. 

I had so much fun making the snowy background for this card, using Distress Oxide Ink, Water, Distress Mica Spray and Acrylic Paint!  

To help my sentiment be the STAR of the show I die cut it from white glitter paper and topped it off with some glaze. 

I also dressed it up with some ear muff and mittens. These are from the Woodland Critter Huggers Winter Add On die set. The mittens look like they are just waiting for snow to fall to the ground. 

Next up is the Woven Star/Snowflake Ornament. I have been making this ornament for years. Every year I try to make a new version of it. Last year I made several and strung them into a banner. 

This year I went BIGGER! And added new elements too. 

Usually this ornament is made with 6" strips of patterned paper. This year I used 8" strips and I LOVE the larger size so much. 

The added elements are the mittens that I added to each point of this snowflake. These are very easy to make and I show you how in the video. You are going to be diving into your hoarded stash of patterned paper when you see how easy these are to make and creating a bunch of them! You can also watch the original tutorial on how to make these right HERE.

Here are the fun things I did to make this sentiment the star of my star ornament... 

First I die cut the sentiment from a piece of card stock that I used to pick up excess Mica Spray from the card above. Then I added a bit of glitter paper "snow" to the bottom.  The penguin as the O is my favorite part!  He's so cute! 

Just loving how these turned out and that a challenge like this gives me so much added mojo!

Below are all the supplies I used to make these projects. 

Thanks for stopping by and letting me share my creations with you. I hope you leave feeling inspired to create and that I'll see you back here again soon for more creative inspiration. 

 

Tiered Tray all lit up

Hello there my crafty friends. Today I am sharing two new dies set and a new stamp set from the Spellbinders shop. This new line was designed by my friend Becky Roberts. This is her second collection for Spellbinders and it is ever fun!  It is a Tiered Tray line. Dies that cut pieces to build your own Tiered Tray. An additional die set that cuts all the cute decor pieces to add to the tray. And a stamp set with fun sentiments to go with as well as a couple images to stamp on your decor pieces. I had so much fun playing with this new collection!  On my card I added a light up element and a third tier to my tray! 

In the video below I will show you all the products in this line, how to put them together and make this card. If you can not see the video on your screen, you can also watch it right here. 

To light up my little house on this card I used the One Light from Pear Blossom Press. It is literally the easiest way to add a light to this little house! 

There are 19 dies in the Tiered Tray Decor die set, so many cute things I had pieces that I could not fit on my three tiers!  

So I added some to the inside of my card as well. 

I love that the Tiered Tray Sentiment set has sayings that go with the theme of the dies, and even have images like the "Home Sweet Home" that stamp perfectly on the die cut stack of books! 

You can check out all the products I used to make todays card below. I have also included other stamps and dies designed by Becky that have pieces that will fit in this Tiered Tray die set. 

 

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

Thank you for stopping by and letting me share my creation with you. Have a blessed day. 

 

3 cards with 1 pass of this NEW die!

A new release always makes for a good day!  Today I get to celebrate and help kick off the Sparkle Season Holiday Release with Trinity Stamps. You may already know I am a huge fan of the Trinity Stamps line and am blessed to be a part of their design team. So to help kick off this new release I am sharing a fabulous new die, the Large Ornament Shaker Die. 

As a HUGE fan of Shaker cards I knew I had to play with this die set right away. And I found that with just one pass of this die I could actually get enough pieces to make three cards, and so that is what I did! 

You can see these three cards come together and the ink backgrounds I created for them in this video. If you can not see the video below you can also watch it HERE. 

Here is your close up look at each of these cards. 

This ornament is just over 3 inches and makes a great focal image for an A2 sized card (5-1/2" x 4-1/4"). 

This style of shaker card is called Inlaid. The shaker window is below the surface of the card front.  The red ornament frame on this card the cut from the largest die in the Large Ornament Shaker die set. This set also has a topper for the ornament, a dainty little bow, as well as pine branches. 

I filled this shaker with a clay embellishment mix, Deck the Halls. It has little trees, leaves of holly and red berries. To this mix I added a little bit of red beads that are super tiny. I have had these beads in my stash since before I can remember. 

Did you notice my sentiment? It is from the new Simply Sentimental Holiday stamp and die set. If you are not familiar, Trinity Stamps has an entire line of Simply Sentimental sentiment stamp sets. Each set focuses on one word, like HOLIDAYS, in this case. There is a stamp and die of this word in several different fonts. And you can mix and match the different Simply Sentimental sets together. The Simply Sentimental Happy is a perfect match for the Holidays set!

The frame of this shaker was die cut from the background panel on the first card. It is a thin frame and Trinity Stamps now makes foam tape that is this exact width of this frame and they curve around the frame like a dream! 

I filled up this shaker with some Glistening Snow Confetti pieces for a shiny contrast to the green. 

The element of shine also shows up in the background of this card which I made using different green Distress Mica Sprays. I just sprayed and splattered my paper with 3 different greens, super easy and a so pretty! 

For this last card I had a circle left from cutting out my ornament and used that along with the pine branches to create a wreath. 

And here you can use the use of the Simply Sentimental Holiday and Simply Sentimental Happy together on this card, as well as the previous card. I love that the fonts are the same in each stamp. 

And yes, this is another inky background, I love the red ink smooshed background with white splatter on top. You can see all these backgrounds being made in the video for these cards. 

Below I have listed all the new products from the Sparkle Season Holiday Release. 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a great week. 

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.