Carrie Stamps: January 2015

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January 2015

January 30, 2015

Stacked with Love Lumberjack

This is one of two cards we are making at my Stacked with Love Valentine Class on 2/9/15.

Each of the 6 projects we are making uses the Stacked with Love Designer Paper.

So, everyone attending gets their own pack of the paper to use at the class and take the rest home with them!

We will be playing with the Blendabilities Markers to color in my Lumberjack from the Wood You Be Mine stamp set. I call him "my Lumberjack" cause he has stolen my heart. But that's nothing my Sgt. Major, combat boot wearing husband needs to know!

If you would like to join us and make some fun Valentine projects, I would love to have you! We are also making 3 Tiny Treat Boxes, a Pirate Mini Treat Bag and a Sheltering Tree card. Here is your invitation, feel free to invite at friend to join you.

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Posted by Carrie Rhoades on January 30, 2015 at 07:37 AM in Classes, valentines | Permalink | Comments (0)

January 29, 2015

Sheltering Valentine Tree

Today I am sharing one of the cards we are making at my upcoming Stacked With Love Valentine Class.

Each project we are going to make uses the Stacked with Love Designer Paper and a different stamp set from the Occasions Catalog.

This card uses a new stamp set that is a HUGE HIT, Sheltering Tree.

The petals on the tree stand out so well because they are embossed with Blushing Bride embossing powder. It's so soft and pretty looking.

If you are in the Boise, Meridian, Eagle, Star area of Idaho I invite you to join us for this class, below is your invitation.

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Posted by Carrie Rhoades on January 29, 2015 at 05:20 AM in Classes, valentines | Permalink | Comments (0)

January 28, 2015

Hey Valentine, Arrgghh you gonna be mine???

Stampin' Royalty Challenge #264 = LOVE/VALENTINES

My project for today's challenge uses the Hey, Valentine Stamp set on page 8 of the Occasions Catalog. It's the perfect set for kiddos to make valentines. Or for you to make a valentine for kids!

This project is one that we will be making in my upcoming Stacked With Love Valentine Class. I put the pirate on the Mini Treat bag because it is so hard to give a valentine to a kiddo with out candy in it!

Of course this Mini Treat bag has to have chocolate gold coins in it!

I colored my pirate with Blendabilities markers. The shaded look you can achieve is so easy with these markers, but I like them because they are just so much fun!

Here are all the fun things I used to make this little pirate treat bag:

Be sure to check out what my fellow Stampin' Goddesses have created for the LOVE/VALENTINES challenge. And please play along with us!

Want to join me at my Stacked with Love Valentine Class? Here is your invite.

Check out this week's AMAZING deals!

Don't miss out on your free gift from Stampin' Up! when you place a $50 product order! View our entire Sale-A-Bration collection here.

Visit my online store when you are ready to shop.

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Posted by Carrie Rhoades on January 28, 2015 at 07:21 AM in valentines | Permalink | Comments (0)

January 27, 2015

Stacked with Love Valentine Class

Today I am showcasing the Tiny Treat Boxes, found on page 5 of the Occasions Catalog. They are so darn cute at 2" x 2" x 2".

I dressed mine up with the Stacked with Love Designer Paper and the You Plus Me Stamp set.

I *LOVE* the Stacked with love DSP, mostly becasue one side is just BLACK AND WHITE!!! Here's a close of of the entire stack of paper.

The bow is really what makes this little box so dang cute. I used the new Bow Builder punch to create this double bow.

To make a single bow you punch out the pieces twice. So to make the double bow, you have to punch out the pieces 4 times.

The jumbo looking polka dots on the box were made with a sponge dauber and White StazOn ink.

This cute box is just one of the projects we are making at my upcoming class.

YOU'RE INVITED!!!

To my Stacked with Love Valentine class on Monday, February 9th at 6:30pm.

If you are in the Boise/Eagle/Meridian area of Idaho I would love to have you join me for an evening of Valentine stampin' fun!

We will be making 6 projects all with a Valentine theme, 2 Cards, 1 Mini Treat Bag, and 3 Tiny Treat Boxes!

Included in your registration you will recieve the Stacked With Love Designer Paper Stack to use in the class. You take the left over paper home, which there with be a lot of!

Registration is just $18!!!! You can register now using the PayPal link below. RSVP by 2/1/15.

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on January 27, 2015 at 07:32 AM in Classes, valentines | Permalink | Comments (0)

January 26, 2015

Lumberjack Mini Treat Bag

Today I am sharing a project I designed for SSINKspirations. Our theme today at SSINK is "MASCULINE Monday". My current favorite masculine stamp set is the Wood You Be Mine in the Occasions Catalog. I've got a little crush on that Lumberjack!

For this project I have taken the Mini Treat Bag and turned it into a pocket card for my Lumberjack Valentine!

If you are a paper crafter I am hoping you can relate with me on a little issue I have, which happened to me when I made this card. I finished this project and then I had to overwhelming desire to run out showing the first and every person I run into my creation. Saying, "LOOK, LOOK WHAT I MADE!!!" So, confession is done and now you know I love this card!

LOOK, LOOK WHAT I MADE.....

I used the new Adventure Bound DSP stack on this card. It is is a stack of paper with 48 sheets all 4-1/2" x 6-1/2". Thre are 12 double-sided designs and you get 4 of each. One side had a realistic image like the wooden planks I used here and the other has a patten like the plaid image I used on the outside of my pocket card.

I embossed the saying with Early Espresso powder so that it raised up and gives some added texture to the card.

Here are all the cool things I used to make this card:

NOTE!!!!! The SKIN TONE BLENDABILITIES are on SALE - TODAY ONLY for $17.21

To see our entire collection of products check out our Annual Catalog, Occasions Catalog and our Sale-A-Bration collection (an exclusive collection of products you get to choose from when you order $50 in product!)

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Visit the SSINKspirations blog to see what my fellow design team members made for our Masculine Monday post.

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on January 26, 2015 at 04:00 AM in valentines | Permalink | Comments (1)

January 23, 2015

Filled with Love Leftovers

Did you happen to see this months Paper Pumpkin Kit? Here is my blog post with all the details, incase you missed it.

I like to get the most out of my kits and if 24 valentine treat bags is not enough then check out this card I made using the negative pieces. The negative pieces are the scraps of card stock you have left over once you have punched out the die cut pieces you need to make the orginal projects. In this case it was a sheet of hearts and tags.

I cut a row of three hearts off of the sheet of 12 for this card. It is exactly 5-1/2" long, like they knew we could use it to make a card out of later!

I put a piece of Blushing Bride card stock behind it and stamped 3 of the images from the Filled with Love stamp set that comes in the January '15 Paper Pumpkin kit. The middle heart I embossed with Gold Powder.

I also used a strip of the left over sheet of tags for my arrow.

Then I flagged the big end, cut the strip to the desired length and added a heart for my arrow tip.

BTW, don't you love that new embossed heart background. I thought I loved it until I ran this paper through my big shot and got to see it in real life and now.... I absolutely adore it and can't get over how cute it is! LOVE??? yes indeed, I do love that embosing folder. Another love on this card is that baker's twine; Blushing Bride with a touch of metallic gold! I'm really going to try and not hoard it!

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Posted by Carrie Rhoades on January 23, 2015 at 03:05 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

January 21, 2015

Bouquet Bigz Color Challenge

Hi Stampin' Friends! Today is Stampin' Royalty Challenge Day. Challenge #263 is a color challenge!

For last week's picture challenge I made a flower with our new Bouquet Bigz Die and put that on one of our Chevron Gift Bags. Since these Chevron Gift Bags are very similar in style to the bags made with our new Mini Treat Bag Thinlits I wanted to make a another flower and put it on the Mini Treat Bag and give you a side by side comparison.

Here is the project I made for this week's color challenge, a flower on a Mini Treat Bag.

I LOVE this new Bouquet Bigz Die and making flowers with it! I made this flower the same way I made the one on my Berry Cute Basket, so it is smaller than the one on the Chevron Gift bag.

Here is your side by side comparison of the two bags.

Chevron Bag = 5" x 8-1/4"

Mini Treat Bag = 3-11/16 x 5-1/4"

I also wanted to point out that I used the Build a Bouquet Stamp set on my flower. It is designed to work with our Build a Bouquet Kit as well as the Bouquet Bigz Die. It adds the detail to your petals and leaves. And this set can be used alone with out flowers to stamp on.

I used the smaller flower image to stamp on each of my petals with Rich Razzleberry ink. And the leaf vien images to stamp on the die cut leaves with Old Olive ink.

The Bouquet Bigz Die and the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits are a perfect match. I want to make more and more of them!

Here are all the cool things I used to make this bag:

Check out what my fellow design team members created with these colors and play along with us!

Even my daughter played along. Here is the card she made. Pretty Good! With only a little help from Mom.

The fun new dies I used are in the Occasions Catalog, you can view all of the Occasions Catalog Products Here:

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Posted by Carrie Rhoades on January 21, 2015 at 06:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

January 20, 2015

DIY Project Life Cards

Hey There! Today I am sharing 6 Project Life cards I made using the new You Brighten My Day stamp set from our Sale-A-Bration collection.

These one of a kind cards are a gift to my customers who place an order at my upcoming Project Life Class. Have you seen the Project Life by Stampin' Up collection? If not you can view it here.

I picked a color palette; Basic Black, Soft Sky, Crumb Cake and Whisper White.

Then I picked a stamp set, You Brighten My Day, which happens to be a set you can get for FREE. Right now during our Sale-A-Bration Sale, when you order $50 you get to pick a free gift from our exclusive Sale-A-Bration collection.

I picked this set because I thought all the images could easily be used for memory keeping. I love the little house especially. Another great thing about this set is that most of the images fit in a punch! That mean, less cutting!

I had fun with the backgrounds using stencils, embossing folders, markers and splatter.

Three of the cards I left room to add journaling and three are ready to be tucked in a pocket as is. The cards measure 4" x 3". Now I am going to go put them in a cute little package. I can't wait to give these cuties away!

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Posted by Carrie Rhoades on January 20, 2015 at 07:42 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

January 19, 2015

January Paper Pumpkin

Ready for some Valentine Fun!?! This month's Paper Pumpkin kit is just that!

Here is what I found when I opened my kit on Saturday, you know the second I got the box in my hand from the mail box.

My favorites of the kit, the Blushing Bride and Gold Twine, the 8 piece stamp set and the Large Gold clips! There are 24 bags in this kit, pleanty to go around!

Here are three of the bags I made up, with candy I had on hand. I think I need to go get some Valentine M-n-M's!

The tags and hearts in this kit are gold foiled, see....

They are so shinny and pretty!

Here is Stampin' Up!'s video for the Filled with Love Paper Pumpkin Kit.

I did two things different from the directions and video. I really like my things to be STUCK down, so I stapled the tag to the bag so it will stay shut. Then I added my heart piece by sticking it to the tag with a dimensional.

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Posted by Carrie Rhoades on January 19, 2015 at 09:11 AM in valentines | Permalink | Comments (0)

January 18, 2015

Berry Cute Basket

Let me introduce you to the new Berry Basket Bigz Die.

I makes the cutest little basket. Perfect for filling with something special for Easter, Baby Showers, Bridal Showers, Birthdays, Teachers, Valentines Day, etc.

Here is my first Berry Basket.

You can stamp your bakset, emboss it, stencil and customize it exactly how you like.

I accented mine with flowers made with the new Bouquet Bigz Die. For the large flower on my Basket I used five of petal #4 in Calypso Coral and four of petal #4 in Crisp Cantaloupe card stock. For the very center I used 4 "spokes" pieces in Blushing Bride card stock.

For the printed paper flower I used the only whole flower on the die and cut out five of them in Typeset Designer Paper.

I wadded them up several times and flattened them out again slightly. Then I folded four of the flowers in half and then in half again, creating a triangle like shape. Then I hot glued them to the flat flower, points in the center. I topped it with a button and a bow of Crisp Cantaloupe Thick Baker's Twine.

The gold flower was made using two of the "spokes" pieces cut from Gold Glimmer paper. I off set them and glued them together in the center. I added a small Calypso Coral button and some Calypso Coral Baker's Twine.

The I die cut one leaf in Sahara Sand card stock and brushed it across the top of my Gold Encore pad, dipped it in gold embossing powder.

So pretty! I know I will get some good use of of these two dies!

Here are all the cool things I used to make this project.

Here's a video Stampin' Up! made on how to make the Berry Baket.

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Posted by Carrie Rhoades on January 18, 2015 at 03:02 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

January 16, 2015

Project Life Class

You are invited to my Project Life Class #1.

Saturday, January 24th at 10am

Here is your invitation. Invite a friend to join you and come learn about this fun and easy way to preserve your life's memories.

Make sure you get prints of your holiday photos and bring them with you.

RSVP: [email protected] by 1/19/15

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on January 16, 2015 at 08:06 AM in Classes | Permalink | Comments (0)

January 15, 2015

NEW Chalkboard Paper!

Today I have an amazing new product to share with you!

Chalkboard Paper! This black 6" x 12" paper is havey wieght and has a smooth side that appears exactly like a chalkboard. You get 10 sheets for $7.95, awesome!

And to make this paper even more amazing we have 3 ColorBox Chalk Ink Pads; Aquamarine, Rose Coral, and Yellow Citrus to got with it!

So, if you like the Chalkboard look you are going to love these new products!

Here is a card I made with the paper and the Aquamarine and Rose Coral ink. You can also use our White Craft Ink on the back of the the Chalkboard paper (the more textured side).

I love how the ink looks so soft just like a chalkboard. It's one of those things you just have to touch.

This card is CCwC#7 (Catalog Case with Carrie), which is to say that I copied a card on page 13 of the Sale-A-Bration catalog. Of course I put my touch on the card. I just want you to know, as a stamper and as a demonstrator you do not have to dream up all these ideas on your own, and our catalogs are a great place for inspiration!

I used some of our new Sale-A-Bration products as well. Remember, Sale-A-Bration products are exclusive new products that you get to choose from as a free gift from Stampin' Up! for ordering $50 in product. Choose one gift for every $50 that you order.

Here are all the other fun things I used to create this card:

Be sure to check out the NEW Occasions Catalog for all of our new offerings.

Please visit my online store when you are ready to shop.

Get your REWARDS CARD here, so you can be rewarded when shopping with me!

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on January 15, 2015 at 05:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

January 14, 2015

Bouquet Bigz Yellow Flower

I'm back again today with my Stampin' Royalty Challenge Project.

Challenge #262 is a picture challenge.

My creation.

I just HAD to make a big yellow flower! And my new Bouquet Bigz Die was sitting there, new and barely used, one thing led to another...

You might need a little tutorial on how I made this flower. There are so many options with this new die! Four different sized petals so you can make many different sized flowers. This one here is about 4" in diameter.

Here is how I made my big yellow flower:

1. Die cut 10 of petal #3 and 8 of petal #4. Use your bone folder to curl the petals. This helps break down the fibers in the paper making them easier to manipulate, gives them a more natural shape and even gives each petal some texture.

2. Hot glue 5 of the large petals so that the two flaps just barely overlap. Glue the other 5 large petals so that the flaps overlap a bit more, making the petals stand up a little more. Hot glue all 8 of the small petals so that they over lap like the last five petals.

3. Hot glue the 5 petals together that overlap a little, creating a 5 point flower. Hot glue the 5 petals together that overlap a little more, creating a second 5 point flower. Hot glue 4 of the small petals together, creating a 4 point flower. Repeat with the remaing four, creating a second 4 point flower.

4. Layers your flowers starting with the first 5 point flower you made, glueing the second 5 point flower to the top of it, off setting the petals so they don't exactly line up with the flower on the bottom. Then hot glue one of the 4 point flowers to the top of this, taking care not to line up the petals again. Repeat, adding the last 4 point flower.

5. Die cut 3 yellow "spokes" pieces and 9 white "spokes" pieces from the Bouquet Bigs Die.

6. Bend and fold these pieces so that the "spokes" are standing up.

7. Hot glue the 3 yellow pieces in the center of your flower and the 9 white pieces all around the yellow pieces, encircling it.

Now you are ready to use your fun big flower!

Here are the fun things I used to make my project:

Whisper white cs

I also used two items from our Sale-A-Bration Catalog, items you can pick as a FREE gift from Stampin' Up! when you place a $50 product order!

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Check out what my fellow Goddesses created for this picture challenge and play along with us!

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on January 14, 2015 at 12:11 PM in Challenges, tutorial | Permalink | Comments (0)

Project Life for Holiday Memory Keeping

Today at SSINKspirations our theme is Project Life.

I started as Project Life Memory Keeper less than a year ago. But I fell in love fast. I am not the kind to do a picture a day, maybe someday. What I do love, is how easy it is to put a spread together. I can get right to creating just by laying out the pictures I have selected and the cards from the kit I have already purchased. In this case the kit is the Seasonal Snapshot kit. So, here is my two page spread for Christmas Morning 2015. Not even a month has gone by and I've got Christmas pages done, it's practically a miracle!

Here is a clos up of page 1....

I added a little bit of Old Olive, Real Red and Silver Glimmer Paper to go with my kit. I also used the coordinating Project Life stamp set Holiday Cheer and some matching ink to stamp the images. I love Baker's Twine so I added a bit of that too. Other than that all the items I used are from the Seasonal Snapshot
Card Collection and Accessory Pack.

It is a great pack with cards to use for fall, halloween, thanksgiving, christmas and winter!

If you would like to get started with Project Life or see what it is all about I am offering a Project Life beginners class on Saturday January 24th. If you are in the Eagle, Idaho area and are interested in attending send me an email at ca[email protected] and I will send you an invitiation.

Thanks for clicking over to see my creations!

Here are all the fun things I used to create my pages:

Big shot Project life dies

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Posted by Carrie Rhoades on January 14, 2015 at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

January 13, 2015

Simply Wonderful Thank You

Today I am showcasing two of our wonderful Sale-A-Bration Products. These products are part of the collection of products that you can choose from as a free gift from Stampin' Up! when you place a $50 product order, join my team or have a party with me.

First is the Simply Wonderful Stamp set, I used the Thanks So Very Much image on my card.

And the second is on of FAVES, the Irresistibly Yours Specialty Designer Paper. It is a white paper with a glossy white pattern embossed on it, which resists color. This makes it a completely customizable paper and SO MUCH FUN!

You can sprtiz it with ink, brayer it with ink, color it with Blendabilities Markers and stencil it!

For my sample I spritzed mine. In my spritzer I added rubbing alcohol, filling my bottle to about 3/4. Then I added about 15 drops of Coastal Cabana ink.

This card is a mini card, 3"x3". And it is CCwC#6 (Catalog CASE with Carrie). My inspiration came from the card on page 14 of the Sale-A-Bration Catalog. In that sample they colored the DSP with a Blendabilities Marker. Check it out to see the difference.

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Posted by Carrie Rhoades on January 13, 2015 at 09:16 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

January 12, 2015

Blackberry Bliss Lotus Blossom

The Lotus Blossom image in Blackberry Bliss ink has to be my favorite!

I created this card for Carrie's Stamp Crew, my team of demonstrators. We had our monthly "meeting" on Saturday and this is one of the cards that we made together.

And this card is CCwC#5 (Catalog CASE with Carrie). The card I copied is found in the Sale-A-Bration Catalog, on page 7. Of course I made a few changes, that's the fun part, putting your own touches on a card you CASE (copy and share everything).

I used the Moonlight Designer Paper Stack here, which is on SALE right now. But only till the end of TODAY (1/12/15)!

Remember right now when you place a $50 order you can choose an item from the Sale-A-Bration Catalog as a FREE gift from Stampin' Up!

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Everytime you place an order with me and it is $50 or more record it on my Reward Form. When you fill it up you can redeem it for a $36.95 stamp set (or another $36.95 catalog item). Print the form below to get started.

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Posted by Carrie Rhoades on January 12, 2015 at 07:46 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

January 11, 2015

Extra Mini Treat Bag

Have you seen the new Mini Treat Bag Dies??? I freaked out with excitment when I saw them in the new Occasions Catalog. I have made a few bags already and it just makes my heart happy! But we love to have more than one way to use these dies and as your Stampin' Up! demonstrator it is my job to think of these crazy new ways to use your dies.

SO... Today I am going to show you how to use your Mini Treat Bag Dies to make an EXTRA Mini Treat Bag!

Here is the Extra Mini Treat Bag in action. I made these cuties for my downline. They came over yesterday for some stampin' fun and these were their party favors.

I inserted a 2" x 8-1/2" strip of card stock to be the backing for my pencils, which I stamped up to make cute with the SAB set Simply Wonderful.

Here's how you make the EXTRA Mini Treat Bag.

1. Die cut two of the smaller piece of the bag.

2. Score the bottom of both at 4-3/4".

3. On one of the bag pieces cut off the scored section. On the other cut off only the corner. *I like to cut my corners at an angle for easier assembly.

4. Adhere the two bag pieces together, gluing the flap of one to the side of the other and then gluing the other side flap to the side of the bag. Now only the bottom is open.

5. Glue the bottom flap of the bag up to finish it off.

Then you just use the other dies in the set to make your bag cute! I used my Melon Mambo and Coastal Cabana Blendabilities Markers to color some of my bag to give it a pop of color. And I added some Silver Glimmer punched stars. The ribbon is one of our Sale-A-Bration give aways. You can get 3 spools of ribbon and a package of matching buttons for free with a $50 product order!

Fill your bags with any fun little things, pixie sticks, candy sticks, gum, smarties are just a few other things I can think of.

Heres a video of how to assemble the Mini Treat Bag, this will help you in making the EXTRA Mini Treat Bag, if you have never put the Mini Treat Bag together.

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on January 11, 2015 at 04:51 PM in tutorial | Permalink | Comments (0)

January 09, 2015

A Happy Thing

Just the name of this stamp set make me LOVE it.

Introducing... A Happy Thing

This is one of our Sale-A-Bration stamp sets. That means you can get this set for free with a $50 product order! Make sure you view the entire Sale-A-Bration offerings so you can pick from all the SAB products and get what you want for FREE!

I love the name of this set because stamping is MY happy thing! The joy that putting some ink on a piece of rubber and pressing it on to paper brings to me is my happy thing. It makes me so happy I just cant help but share it and that is why I am a demonstrator for Stampin' Up! So, let me share with you the little gift card I made with this set.

This card is 3" x 3". A perfect little card to give with a special something for a friend. What makes this card special is the coloring. Because of Blendabilities I love to color again! I say again because the last time was when I was using a color book and crayolas.

The set of Blenders (as I lovingly call them) I used for the bird are the NEW Bermuda Bay set. BEAUTIFUL color! I also used this set of blenders for the background, hand drawing the stripes. With 3 markers for each color it is easy to make this watercolored looking background. I started with the darkest color and drew a line, then the medium color then the light color, overlapping them as I went. Last, I went over the top or darkest color with the lightest color so that each stripe has the lightest color on the edge.

One thing you HAVE to know about coloring with the Blendibilities Markers is that you need a special pad to stamp your images in first. You do not want that black stamped image to bleed, so make sure you use the Memento Black stamp pad. I used as my go to black pad now besides using it for my blenders. I love it because it does not stain my rubber!

To make this card even more special I made a designer envelope to go with it!

I used the Flower Pot Designer Paper and my Envelope Punch Board to make the envelope. I love the color contrast of the Bermuda Bay and the Crushed Curry. It really brings out the yellow beak of my bird.

This is just one of the cards that I am making with my downline (Carrie's Stamp Crew) tomorrow at our monthly meeting. At this meeting we are making a mini card for each of the Sale-A-Bration stamp sets. Can't wait to have them over for some stamping fun tomorrow!

Here are all the cool things I used to make this card:

*** NOTE: Envelope Punch Board is on SALE this week for $14.95!

You can view the NEW Occasions Catalog and Sale-A-Bration Catalogs Here:

Have a Party with me during SALE-A-BRATION and get an extra $25 in hostesss dollars! Contact me and we can pick a date for some stamping fun!

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Posted by Carrie Rhoades on January 09, 2015 at 12:23 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

January 07, 2015

Occasions Catalog Blog Hop

HI Stampin' Friends!

Today I am participating in my first every Blog Hop with the fun design team at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration!

2015 SSINK Blog Hop Badge

The theme of this blog hop is the just released Occasions Catalog.

I have choosen to focus on the stamp set Sheltering Tree! It's an all season set!

Here is a close up of each season stamped with the Sheltering Tree Set.

WINTER:

SPRING:

SUMMER:

FALL:

Here are all the super cool things I used to make these cards.

As you hop along, please be sure to comment and show some love on every blog! We are always excited to hear from our followers! You should have just left stop number 10 on the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Blog Hop, Melissa's blog. If so, you are in the right spot. If a link doesn't work or you get off track, you will find the full blog hop lineup below. Click "next" below to start the blog hop over or start the blog hop if you are visiting here first.

Blog Hop Participant List:

Cynthia at Ink-A-Doodle Creations
Donna at Organized Chaos
Jennifer C. at Happy 2 Scrap 4 Life
Kathy at Katrina P's Creative Corner
Jennifer G. at Jenny G Paper Crafts
Diana at Stampin Fun with Diana
Kim at Stamping with Kim
Heidi at Stuck on Stampin'
Darcy at Dj's Stampin Place
Melissa at Stamp Doc
Carrie at Carrie Stamps

You can shop for any of the items used here and more on my online store:

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on January 07, 2015 at 10:00 PM in Blog Hop | Permalink | Comments (11)

Celebrate Today gift set

Hi Stampin' Friends!

Today is Stampin' Royalty Challenge Day!

Challenge #261 is BIRTHDAY.

This challenge came at the perfect time for me to use my new Occasions Catalog stamp set, Celebreate Today.

I made a card and matching treat bag, because it is so fun to give a little something with a birthday card!

One cool thing about this stamp set being photopolymer is that you can bend the string image. That means you can have a straight string on your balloon or you can have a curvy one. I choose curvy, just layed in on the block with a few curves, inked it and stamped it.

And just because I happen to have a pre-cut Mini Treat Bag (from the BRAND NEW Mini Treat Bag Thinlits Dies!) on my desk I decided to make a matching goodie bag!