Carrie Stamps

Seriously, I love this set!

I have been stamping a lot lately, preparing for DEMO DAY, a stamping extravaganza that my stamping group is putting on in Nampa, Idaho.  I am demonstrating rub ons at the event.  I have not wanted to post the stuff I am making until the group sees it first.  But I could  not resist posting this sample! 

I love the SERIOUSLY SASSY set!  And I can so hear my friend Britiney say, Seriously, You Rock!  So, this card makes me smile, maybe I will send it to her one day.  Now, let me tell you about all the COOL stuff I used on this card.  The first thing that stand out is the "u".  It is one of our new Sticky Cut Letters.  They are letter made out of Sticky Strip.  THEY ROCK!  I stuck the u on the Spring Break DSP and then covered it with Silver Chunky Glitter.  Easy as can be, once you get the backing pealed off the letter that is! 

I used a flower from the Pretties Kit and added a Build a Brad to the center. I used another design from the Spring Break DSP for the back ground of the build a brad, and then put the bubble on.  NOW, here is the Rub On part.  On the bubble I rubbed on a flower image from the Eastern Elegance Rub Ons.  You can see it better here in the close up.  Or double click on either of the pictures to see them close up. 

The next fun thing I added to this card was staples.  Yeah, I know you've seen staples before, but these have BEADS added to them.  I got the idea from a card made by "abmurray".  This is how I did it.  Staple your card where you want the staples to go, then pry them off, add your beads, put the staples back and bend the ends back down.  I used my craft hammer to gently flatten the ends of the staples. 

Lastly I embossed the word ROCK with silver powder on the Spring Break DSP using my Rough Edges Alphabet.  I love they way this card came together and am having so much fun playing with this set.   I encourage you all to try out Stampin' Up!'s new Sticky Cut letters, try them with the Fine Cosmo Glitter, Chunky Glitter and Bead Duos!  Seriously, they ROCK! 

Happy Stampin'

Carrie

One of a Kind A La Card

Well, since I am home withe the sniffles today I thought I would post a card! 

This is the card that I demonstrated at my Party last night.  The layout for this card came from The Stampin' Success magazine that I get every month from Stampin' Up!  This magazine has dozens of idea for demonstrators each month.  I love it.  Each month they have a card they call A La Card.  It is a easy and duplicatable layout.  So I took that layout and the color scheme they used to create this card with my new One of A Kind stamp set. 

This set is a fun set and Stampin' Up! has given up many coordinating accessories to go with it, such as; Berry Bliss Designer Paper, Boho Flower Punch,and Urban West Rub Ons  to name a few.  Check out pages 12-13 in the Spring/ Summer Collection to see our Boho West collection in full!   I had to add some of my new Fine Cosmo glitter, that is an accessory that coordinates with all your stamp sets!

I encourage you to pull out your stamp sets and see what fun cards you can make with this layout.  Put your own twist on it and see what you come up with.  I would love to see your creations!  Email me pictures of your cards and I will choose one to be my guest blogger!  Which means, I will feature your card here on my blog!  I look forward to seeing all your fun creations!

Happy Stampin'

Carrie 

FReaKiNG ouT oVeR GLiTTeR!

I am FReaKiNG ouT over this new CHUNKY GLITTER!  I love it!!!  It comes in a pack of 4 with Black, White, Silver and Red Chunky Glitter.  It is so fun.  I know some people, okay I really only know one person (Pate) who does not like glitter, but I am sure there are others out there.  If that is you, you may like this new Chunky Glitter a little better, because it is not a messy.  Okay, some still gets in places that you do not want it to, but it is bigger so the clean up is much easier.  If you are a glitter lover, like me, this is another fun product to add to your paper crafting collection. 

On this card I added a strip of the Black Chunky Glitter with a strip of sticky strip!  I have also used it with Stampin' Up!'s new Tombow Liquid glue which is a whole other post, and it works awesome!  I have yet to try it with the new Sticky Cut letters, I have them and will soon be making a creation with those!  So, watch for that as well. 

Speaking of CHUNKY GLITTER, I just got my sneak peak copy of the Occasions Mini Catalog and I have to tell you one thing that is in there, MORE CHUNKY GLITTER!  Certainly Celery, Iris, Light Blue and Light Pink are the colors!  I can not wait to get my hands on that! You will have a chance to order from it MARCH 1st. 

Now, more about this card, I have to tell you about the other fun stuff I used here.  First, the stamp set! It is called Seriously Sassy, you have to check it out!  It is so fun and would really appeal to teen and young at heart stampers!  I stamped my image with Basic Black Craft Ink and then embossed it with clear powder.  Then to make it thicker and more shinny, I immediately added more powder over the top while it was still hot, tapped off the excess and embossed it again.  It still needed something to make it pop, so I got out the old blender pen and bleach!  You dip your old dried out blender pen in the bleach and color!  I love the look, it's unevenness adds to the funkiness of this card. 

The Designer Series Background Paper I used is called Bali Breeze, it is a very versatile background paper, and two sided!  One thing that I think is great is that two sides are solid colors, so you do not have to have the card stock to match to  make something with it.

Next, FLOWER FUSION!  They are Felt Flowers in Stampin' Up!'s exclusive colors!  They are a great accent or focal image for cards and other projects as well. 

Lastly I added Fire Rhinestone Brads to each corner and a Ice Rhinestone Brad to the center of my flowers.  You gotta have bling! 

I have fun playing with my new stamps and accessories, I hope you enjoy this card as well and make some FuNKy creations of your own!

Happy Stampin'

Carrie

Elephant Valentine

I had to share this Elephant card I made with the Happy Heart Day set for a swap.  I think this set is so cute, great for fun Valentines, for big and little kids! 

This cute set just so happens to be part of a GREAT SPECIAL from Stampin' Up! this month.  What is better than FREE stuff.  Check it out and email me your order, in time to make your own CUTE valentine projects!

This is a pocket card, a 11"x 4-1/4" piece of Going Gray card stock folded in half, then 1" of the top flap was folded back.  I added a Certainly Celery Prints DSP to this 1" piece for contrast and corner rounded both corners.  I did the same to the back of the pocket, using a different pattern of the Celery Prints DSP.  The pocket was then secured with White Eyelets.

Here is a list of the supplies used to create this card. Click on any item to see it in the Spring/ Summer Collection.                                   

Stamps: Happy Heart Day

Ink: Rose Red, Wild Wasabi, Basic Black, Going Gray

Paper: Going Gray, Whisper White, Wild Wasabi, Rose Red, Regal Rose and Certainly Celery Card Stock.  Prints Designer Paper in Rose Red and Certainly Celery

Accessories: Small Corner Rounder (to make scalloped border), Small Tag Punch, Wild Wasabi Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Blender Pen, White Eyelets, Crop-a-Dile, Dimensional, Crystal Effects and Snail Adhesive.  (Small wiggly eyes - non SU!)

If you have any questions about how I created this card feel free to leave a comment to this post.  Or email me at: [email protected]

A Pink and Brown Valentine

Anyone out there who knows me knows that I love PINK AND BROWN!  This stamp was a natural for that color combination!  A brown mouse and a pink heart!  And isn't he so cute! The Pink is Pixie Pink and the Brown in Close to Cocoa.

I made this card for a WOW swap that I participate in with other SU demonstrators. 

I made the large scallop circle around the mouse using the slit punch and coluzzle.  You first have to cut out a dough nut shape so that you can slip your slit punch in and punch scallops around the outer edge of the dough nut.  Once you layer your focal image over the top, you can not tell it was a dough nut.  I punched out a 1/8" circle on each scallop to tie in with the polka dot theme. 

The smaller scallops are made with the Scallop Circle Punch, the layers are made with the 1-3/8" and 1-1/4" circle punches.  I punched a 1/16" circle out of each scallop to match the jumbo scallop.  Both small flowers are popped using a dimensional. 

Love is in the details and I always add LOVE to my cards!  I added DAZZLING DIAMONDS to the heart and flowers with 2 way glue.  The ribbon is CHOCOLATE TAFFETA (love it)!  In the center of the small flower on the heart is a CLEAR RHINESTONE BRAD from the PRETTIES KIT!  Lastly I punched the corners of the Cocoa DSP with the TICKET CORNER PUNCH.

If you like card making you would love to attend my CARD MAKER'S Club.  The first one is THURSDAY, FEB. 28th at my house!  We will be making 5 cards using Sale-A-Bration sets and the latest accessories!  So, if you like new ideas and would like to build up your card collection, so that you always have a card on hand to sell, you will love this event!  Email me if you are interested in Registering, the cost is only $20!

Happy Stampin'

Carrie

Enjoy a Set Sampler

WOW, it has been forever since I posted!  Life caught up with me this holiday season.  But I have been STAMPIN'!  I have been playing with my new "Enjoy Every Moment" Set! I love it so much because it is the set SU! gave us at Regional Conference.  They also showed us several ideas with the set.  So, I took those ideas and put my twist on them to come up with the first four cards. The last one is my own creation. They are fun and fairly simple to create. 

Sometimes it is hard for me to keep it simple.  I wanted so bad to add more to this card, but it is okay to have a simple card that is clean and crisp.  I love using my markers to get new images and sayings out of my stamps.  Here I omitted the "EN" to get the word "Joy".  You could even use this set for Christmas cards!

This was a fun card, I used my "Three for you Punch Box"  for the cute little flowers.  They go perfect with this set. I used three of the In Colors: Wild Wasabi, Soft Sky, and Blue Bayou.  And since we have all three colors in stitched ribbon, I had to use all three. The brads and stem are Certainly Celery.

This card is my favorite!  I love the colors together.  And I used a build a brad in the center of the flower.  The fit just right on this flower and the small flower in the build a brad is also from this stamp set.  I love how the Purely Pomegranate, Pretty in Pink and Close to Cocoa go together.  And the Designer Prints Paper is so fun in Close to Cocoa!

 

This last card I made for a swap that I am in.  It is hard to see in this photo, but if you double click on it you can see better the glitter on the Guava flower and the word enjoy. I used Iridescent Ice embossing powder!  Since we do not carry the "In Colors" in craft ink it may seem impossible to emboss with these colors, but it is not!  Here is the trick:  Ink your stamp with Versamark ink and then with the Classic Ink Color of your choice, in this case Groovy Guava.  Then stamp it and pour on your embossing powder and emboss as normal!  I love doing this with my "In Colors".  The last little detail I added is some crystal effects to the center of the flowers on the Ginger Blossom DSP and the small flower on the focal image. 

Try out these fun and quick cards with your own stamps sets.  And if you have not had a chance to check out the Spring/ Summer Collection Catalog, you can do so on line.  If you would like your own copy please contact me!

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