Carrie Stamps

Favorite 2023 Club Kits Hop

Hello there, thank you for stopping by. Today, I am hopping along with Spellbinders and several of my fellow designers. We are creating with our favorites things from the 2023 Club Kits!  

The club kits from Spellbinders are so well done, it was very hard for me to choose favorites. If you are new to the Spellbinders Club Kit program get all the details about it HERE.

I chose four different club kits for my card today; Large Die of the Month for July 2023 - Stocking Full of Joy, Clear Stamp of the Month for October 2023 - Festive Penguins, 3D Embossing Folder of the Month for July 2023 - Adorning the Tree, and Wax Seal of the Month for October 2023 - Merry Christmas To You. So, I guess that means October 2023 was my favorite month of kits! Let's take a look at the card I made. 

I really wanted to use this image of the stacked up penguins and had yet to do so, and that is where this card began. If you'd like to see the first card I made with this darling penguin set you can catch that one HERE.

You can see the SHORT YouTube video I made of this card on my YouTube channel. 

I also wanted to use one of the backgrounds I made for my video 13 MORE Ways to use 3D Embossing Folder.  And that is where the background for this card came from. So if you like inky techniques and ideas for 3D Embossing folders make sure you check out that video, RIGHT HERE.

I was very excited that Spellbinders added a Wax Seal Kit of the Month, I have so much fun making these!!!  So I knew I wanted to include one on my card today. 

But one of my most FAVORITE kits is the Stocking Full of Joy Large Die of the Month. I have TWO video's featuring this die set. I have made two other cards and a tag. Watch those videos here; July 2023 Club Kits Video and Light Up Shaker Card with Stocking Full of Joy.

The greenery and candy cans on this card are from the Stocking Full of Joy die set. I LOVE how those candy canes turned out. I die cut the candy canes from white card stock, colored them with Copic Markers, added white gel pen touches and then covered them with Glaze. The red and pink candy cane I actually colored on the backside of the candy cane, so I had one facing the opposite direction. 

And now it is time to enjoy this hop. I personally can not WAIT to see what my fellow designers have created, there is a lot of talent in this group! 

If you are following the hop in order you should have arrived here from Teri Duncan's Blog.

And your NEXT STOP in this hop is at Jill Hillard's Blog. 

And here is the entire list of blog's on this hop, just incase you need it. 

Spellbinders Blog
Sara Lihz Staroska
Jackie Pasko
Michelle Woerner
Lin Brandyberry
Alanna Moses
Joy Baldwin
Rebecca Keppel
Teri Duncan
Carrie Rhoades - YOU ARE HERE!!! 
Jill Hilliard
Pam Sparks
Rachel Alvarado
Erin Thompson
Cassie Trask
Deborah Jenkins
Laurie Willison
Melody Rupple
Lauren Taylor
Ilina Crouse
Vera Yates

To make this hop even MORE FUN, there is a GIVEAWAY! 

To celebrate year's Club Kits, we are giving away a $25 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments on our blog. Giveaway closes on Sunday, December 10^th, 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced in this blog hop post the following Wednesday. The winner is responsible for shipping costs, duties, and taxes. Please note, store credit (gift certificate) cannot be applied to Club Subscriptions. Store credit can be applied to shop past Club products, Club extras and regular releases.

All the supplies I used are linked for you below. AND, you can see all the past Club Kits that are available for purchase RIGHT HERE. 

 

Release Day HOP

It's RELEASE DAY at Trinity Stamps! 

See all the fun stamps, dies, stencils and more in this release right HERE.

In celebration of this release the design team has a YouTube and Instagram Hop for you!

You can start the hop right here, with my video. If you can not see the video on your screen you can also watch it on YouTube, HERE.

Here is the entire hop line up so you can check out each video in the hop: 

Carrie Rhoades - YOU ARE HERE

Lauren Taylor

Ricky Burton

Sara Lihz Staraska

Cassie Trask

Emelie Genberg

Shanna Slater

Kelly Taylor

Theary Chea

Here is a close up look at the card I made with a shaker window and the new Frost Bite Cafe stamp set. 

These penguins are so super cute, visiting the Frost Bite Cafe. 

I used so many fun new things from this release on this card. 

The background is the Retro Snowflake Wrap 6" x 6" stamp, isn't that such a fun image. 

That gorgeous snowflake window was made with the Snowflake Trio Die set. It is the largest of the of the three at about 2-1/2". 

Freezin' Season is die cut using the Mini Winter Sentiment die set, I love the look of these die cut sentiments. 

And how about those hot foiled snowflakes, Frosty Foiled Flakes, I love them just for the name. 

You can see all these things and the rest of the release right HERE. 

Happy Release Day, there are so many good things in this release! Be sure to check it out.

Thank you so much for stopping by! 

STAMPtember & Trinity Stamps

I am excited to be sharing with you the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember set from Trinity Stamps releasing tonight! 

It is the Sledding Gnomes stamp set. These sets sell out FAST, so be sure to grab your early. 

You can see this set in action in this video. 

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

I had so much fun playing with this set and pairing it with coordinating products from the Holiday Release at Trinity Stamps. 

I made the card first, it is a Slimline Full Panel shaker, made using the slimline pockets from Trinity Stamps. I also used the North Pole Gnomes stamp set to add a couple extra reindeer to this card. You can see that set as well as the entire Holiday Release at Trinity Stamps right HERE. 

The snowflakes in the background of this card are Hot Foiled, it is a new 14 pieces hot foiling snowflake set, with dies to cut out each of the snowflakes as well. 

It's the Frosty Foiled Flakes set, cute name! 

And, I could not have made this scene with out the Embossed Edge Hills & Slopes die set. It has the perfect die to create a slope to sled down! 

I used another of the Shaker Pouches from Trinity Stamps to make this full panel circle shaker tag. It is large, 4-1/4"! Big enough that you could make it a circle shape card.  And big enough for my sledding gnomes. The background of this tag features the Pine Forest Background stamp. It a great whimsical background. You can find this stamp set and much more holiday fun HERE, in the new Holiday Release at Trinity Stamps .

And get your Sledding Gnomes Stamp set before they sell out right HERE.

Let me know if you get this set and if I should share more ideas with it! 

Thank you for stopping by and Happy Stamping!

 

Christmas in July with Trinity Stamps

Hey there friends. Today I am hoping along with Trinity Stamps for their Christmas in July celebration. 

I pulled out a die set from Trinity that I had yet to use, the Seasonal Mini Cup Decor die set. It's a die set to decorate a mini paper coffee cup with plastic lids.

I am sharing 3 ways to use this die set, it's very versatile and can be used in so many ways besides on a 4 oz paper cup. 

You can see these projects come together in this video. 

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

Before we move on with the hop, let's take a close up look at each of the projects I made. 

First up is the Mini Coffee Cup. These cups are 4 oz. and an inexpensive purchase on Amazon.

This die set has all the pieces shown to create these decorated mini cups. The die set also has dies to make a santa cup, penguin, snowflakes, ornaments and more. I decided to focus on the snowman, cause I love them! I want to have several of these on hand to give out during the holiday season. I think I would like to put hot cocoa bombs in these. 

These dies are so versatile, so I used them to make a few other fun things for the holidays. 

Next up is a Wine Bottle Tag or, it can also be a Door Knob hanger. 

For this Wine Bottle Tag I pulled out the die set, Bottle Gift Tag Die Set. 

To make the face a little bigger I thought it would be fun to use Rhinestones in Gloss Black. I love the dimension it adds and gives more of a look of coal. 

I also made this tag even more special by using glitter paper for the tag itself and the hat and buttons. 

Lastly, is the full panel shaker with melty snowman. 

This one might be my favorite. First of all I LOVE a shaker card. Second, the melty snowman makes me SMILE! 

For this full panel shaker card I used the A2 Full Panel Layer Shaker Card Pockets. I love this set of pockets because it allows me to make a full panel shaker that mounts to an A2 sized card with a border all the way around the pocket. I love this look. But, Trinity also has FULL A2 sized pockets too, as well as Slimline, Slimline Layer, Mini Slimline Layer, and 3 sizes of circles! 

I also has the PERFECT shaker bits to add to this card, called Summer Snowman. It is a mix of clay bits and sequins that are snowman parts and snowflakes. SO FUN! 

My sentiment is from the Simply Sentimental You stamp and die set. I thought it was fun for a melting snowman to say Missing You. 

I hope you are inspired to play with your Christmas products and get a jumpstart on things like gifts, tags and cards. 

Here is a link to all the supplies I used to make today's projects. 

The mini coffee cups I used from Amazon are right HERE.

Remember this is part of a hop, 2 hops actually. 

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

And we have our YouTube hop. Below is a full list of the videos on the hop. 

Cassie Trask

Theary Chea

Emelie Genberg

Lauren Taylor

Shanna Slater

Carrie Rhoades - THAT'S ME! 

Ricky Bromero

Be sure to comment along the way on the hops to enter our GIVEAWAYS, details for each giveaway are outlined for you on Instagram and YouTube. 

Thank you so much for stopping by! Enjoy the hop! 

 

Light Up Shaker Card - Spellbinders July Club Kit Blog Hop

Hello there!  I have been having so much fun with Christmas in July, especially with the club kits from Spellbinders.

And today we are celebrating these fun Christmas themed kits with a hop and giveaway!  All the hop details are below. 

For this hop I really wanted to make a shaker card with the stocking from the Large Die of the Month, Stocking Full of Joy. The only issue I had is that the die that cuts out the stocking, also cuts out the hanger for stocking, separately, which means I can not get an opening on my card that is just stocking shaped. So, I came up with a little work around. And was able to make a shaker card. 

If you are a fan of shaker cards be sure to check out the Shaker Card Addicts Facebook Group. 

You can see this work around in the video below.  If you can not see the video on your screen, you can also watch it HERE.

The idea to make this card a light up came from using the new World's Best Foam Tape from Pear Blossom Press. It is designed to work with the EZ Lights that are also from Pear Blossom Press, so I set out to incorporate lights into this shaker card. I am so glad that I did, I love the light up holly garland!!! 

If you have never used EZ Lights, the name does not lie, they are indeed the easiest light to add to cards!  And I show you how in the video. 

The background on this card was created with the 3D Embossing Folder of the Month, Adorning the Trees. I used Distress Oxide Sprays on the Folder its self for this look. You can see how and 12 other ideas with 3D Embossing Folder in THIS VIDEO.

For my sentiment I used the Glimmer Kit of the Month, Glimmering Christmas Flora and white foil on red card stock. I love that this set has dies to cut them out and how it cuts them out so closely. 

SUPPLIES: 

See all the supplies I used to make todays card right HERE.

Want to see more ideas using the July 2023 Club Kits, check out the video below. Or watch it HERE if you can not see it on your screen. 

 

For even more ideas with the July Club Kits you have got to check out this hop! The Spellbinders designers are so very creative and you are going to love all the creations we have to share with you today. Next stop on the hop is the amazing Mindy Eggen. The entire hop list is below for your reference and so you dont miss a stop. 

Giveaway Details:
To celebrate this release, we are giving away a $25 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments on our blog. Giveaway closes on Sunday, July 23^rd, 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced in a blog hop post the following Wednesday on the Spellbinders blog.

The winner is responsible for shipping costs, duties, and taxes.

Please note, store credit (gift certificate) cannot be applied to Club Subscriptions. Store credit can be applied to shop past Club products, Club extras and regular releases.

FULL HOP LINE UP:

Spellbinders Blog

Sandi MacIver

Sara Lihz Staroska

Jean Manis

Joy Wilson

Jennifer Kotas

Tanya Boser

Linh Van

Deepa Robbins

Heejung Hunsberger

Michelle Short

Allison Frazier

Lin Brandyberry

Sheri Humes-Gilson

Deborah Jenkins

Lisa Tilson

Alanna Moses

Jill Hilliard

Teri Duncan

Ilina Crouse

Pam Sparks

Carrie Rhoades ------------ YOU ARE HERE

Mindy Eggen

Vera Yates

Rebecca Keppel

 

Thank you for hopping along with us! Looking forward to chatting with you in the comments below. 

 

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! 

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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.