Carrie Stamps

Paper Piecing with Gel Press Prints

Hello there my stamping friends! You may have seen my recent post and video where I made several Gel Press backgrounds for some cards with the Painted Peony stamp set. Well, when I made a bunch of prints like that it adds to my beautiful stash of ever growing Gel Press prints.  So, I have a goal to use more of them. One of the ways I love to use my prints to to do paper piecing with them. And the new Slimline Center Burst die set by Trinity stamps is the perfect die for paper piecing. 

In the video below I not only show you the paper piecing and the making of this card but a quick demonstration on how to make a Gel Press print like the ones I used for the card. 

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

And here is the card I made doing paper piecing.

The background on this card was made using the Slimline Center Burst Die, cutting different Gel Press backgrounds and adhering them to an 8-1/2" x 3-1/2" panel. I love the variety of textures! It makes for a stunning background. This die makes for stunning backgrounds will all kinds of papers, printed papers, textured card stock, foiled papers, ink blended panels, alcohol backgrounds, and I am sure there are others. 

I also paper pieced the rainbow, sun and the "loved" part of the sentiment. 

The So Very Loved stamp set is just darling. I love how Love Dani designs her images for Trinity Stamps with sentiments and images together. And they are always inspirational! This time Trinity Stamps took it to another level! They created an amazing die set to coordinate that allows to you add layers of die cutting to bring visual interest to a stamped image, or even use on it's own! 

Below I have listed and linked all the things I used to make today's card. 

 

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

 

Crazy Cool Slimline Dies by iCrafter

Hello there, crafty friends! I am guest designing for iCrafter. I just had to try out their new Slimline Knit, Knots and Stitches die set!  I am newbie crocheter and the look of the knit die is so super cool to me. And I am a big time slimline card fanatic too, as you probably already know, so this die set had my name all over it. 

I challenged my self to use all three of the dies in this set on ONE slimline card. I knew I wanted to have the knitting die cuts be the focus of this card as they are are show stopper!  I also had to trying out the stitching die as I have done stitching on cards several times and a die that let's you stitch whatever you want seemed very exciting. I was not sure how I was going to incorporate the knots die, but it ended up being the perfect accent for the inside of my card. I am working on a goal to always add a little something cute to the inside of my cards, the fun should not end when you open the card!!! 

So, let's take a look at what I came up with in this video.

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

I decided to go with purple for this card because I wanted to do an ombre pattern with my knit die and I had the most card stock in purple to do this with. It took me a minute to figure out and get the hang of knitting these die cuts together, but by row two I had it down. You have to bend a loop to insert it into the other row of loops and then pull it through.  Once I had the feel of it I busted out my knit background pretty quick.  

Gluing this knit piece down to my card front might take a bit more practice.  You need to pull the knit piece out, or taught and then adhere it. In trying to do so with liquid glue on the back some of my pieces are a little wonky. BUT, it kinda gives it more of a hand made knit look that why. At least that's what comforts me!  

All in all I love the look of this piece and am looking forward to giving it another go. 

Next, I added a hand stitched sentiment using the Stitches die from this set.

I die cut a 4" strip of white card stock and used a fine liner pen to write out the word smile in cursive.  I used that as my guide to stitch the word on to the card stock. I use black embroidery thread, pulling a strand apart to be only 2 threads thick. I love how this element turned out. How cool is this die that you can custom stitch an element to coordinate with your card. 

My second sentiment is Hot Foiled. I like a lot of textures on one card and adding a bit of shine seemed like the perfect addition to this card. I used Black foil on purple card stock to bring out more of the purple and black color scheme of this card. 

And let's not forget about the knot die...

It was the perfect touch for the inside of the card. But does this also look like a row of donuts to anyone else, or is it just my sweet tooth talking??? 

I had so much fun making this card and am so happy to be sharing it with you. 

You can find out more about getting your own Slimline Knit, Knots and Stitches die set here.

Thank you for stopping by and Happy Stamping! 

3 Faves on the Gel Press

Hey there stamping friends. It is time for the last episode of my May Stamp Set of the Month series, featuring the Painted Peony stamp set by Concord & 9th. 

I love pairing florals with Gel Press Prints. There is something about adding soft pretty flowers to a bit grungy background that is so appealing to me. For my Gel Press prints I am sharing 3 of my favorite things to use on my Gel Press prints to create texture. 

Check out this weeks episode and see these prints and cards come together. 

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

If you missed an episode in this month series I have each of the episodes linked for you below: 

Episode One - Color Combinations for Painted Peony

Episode Two - Layered Background Stamps with Layered Painted Peony

Episode Three: Painted Peony Vintage Style

Be sure to leave a comment on each of the four episodes over on my YouTube channel to be entered into the GIVEAWAY!  Concord & 9th is sponsoring this months episode and giving one of you a $25 shopping spree to their shop! Everyone who comments on each episode will be entered. Winner will be announce on May 31st on my Community tab over on YouTube. 

Now let's take a closer look at the three cards I made in this episode. 

I am sure by this photo you can tell what one of my favorite things to use on the Gel Press is, Burlap. Pressing Burlap into the paint on a Gel Press gives you such amazing texture on your print. And I love how it looks with these orange peonies. 

This print is more subtle, but it uses one of my other favorites to create texture in the paint, a potato produce bag. It creates an irregular pattern as it is such a fine material that it moves a little in the paint. I picked up my textured paint with a book page for this card, and I love the results. For this card I used only the small flower from the Painted Peony stamp set and it is stunning in this light purple color!  I used the Rose Petal collection of inks from Altenew on these flowers. 

This last card uses one of my all time faves for creating texture, bubble wrap!!! It is so much fun to use and press down on, you have to give it a try. If you are not that familiar with Gel Press print making or want to learn more about it please check out my other Gel Press videos HERE. 

Thank you so much for stopping by!  I love sharing my cards with you! 

Below I have listed and linked all the things I used to make todays cards. 

 

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.

Mini Scenes and Rainbow Backgrounds

Hello my stamping friends! Today I am sharing some of my favorite things from Time for Tea. Time for Tea is a stamping company based in the UK, they have some very cute clear stamp and some great stand alone dies.  Today I will be creating some mini scenes that you can easily use on any size card. 

I have made three card to showcase my mini scene, a slimline, a mini slimline and a 4" x 4" square card. 

You can watch the making of these cards in this video. 

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

You can see each of the mini scene are in circles on each of the cards. The stamps that I used for the mini scenes are the All Occasions Critters and the Grateful for You Landscape clear stamp sets. 

Let's take a closer look at each of these three cards. 

Each of these cards also has a rainbow background, for the slimline card I did some ink blending with some die based inks from Altenew to create a rainbow panel that I then die cut using the Lots of Love Slimline die.

Each of my mini scenes was stamped with an image from the Grateful for You Landscape stamp set. The mountain image I used is about 5" long. I just used a portion of this stamp on my circle, the image is small enough for a mini scene. I thought it was a great backdrop for these critters, meeting ups for coffee and donuts, but outside as we are doing more of nowadays. The center circle holds the main sentiment and uses the Sun and clouds image, also from the same landscape set. 

The rainbow background on this card was made by first ink blending with the super soft ink blending brushes by Time for Tea a rainbow, then stamping on the A5 Woodgrain background stamp with black ink. Then I splattered on some shimmer. A great accent background for a rainy scene. The mini scene was done the same as in the slimline card, but on a slightly larger circle. This card is a mini slimline card, the finished card measures 6" x  3".   All my coloring was done with Copic Markers, I used the same colors through out all three cards. 

For my third mini scene I made a sky scene for this little one. The finished size of this square card is 4" x 4". You may have noticed that for each circle I added a shadow circle in a very light gray card stock, to give the scene a little something to make it pop. The rainbow background for this card was stamped using the Plaid Background stamp set. I inked up one end of this image with a dark pink ink. The other end a turquoise blue ink. Then I brayered on ink in the center of the stamp in yellow. This overlapped the pink and the turquoise ink and gave me orange and green. I was so happy with the results after stamping down this image. 

I love each of these cards and how cute the mini scenes look on a rainbow background. I'd love to know which is your fave!  

Thank you so much for stopping by and letting me share some of my favorite things from Time for Tea! 

SUPPLIES (note: Time for Tea products are not currently being sold in the US): 

All Occasions Critters Clear Stamp Set

All Occasions Critters Die Set

Grateful for You Landscape Stamp Set

Lots of Love Slimline Die set

A5 Woodgrain Stamp Set

Plaid Background Stamp Set

SPOTLIGHT: Slimline Hemstitch Dies by Spellbinders

Today I am sharing a fun new slimline die set by Spellbinders!  It's the Slimline Hemstitch die set. It has 6 dies in it. Three of these dies cut rectangles that nest with each other. The other three cut a hemstitch into each of the three rectangles. 

I love to have fun details on my slimline dies and the hemstitch is very unique, I love that you can put colored card stock behind it and it will show through the hem stitch. In my video I give you a close up look at this die set and make 2 cards using the set. 

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

Here are the sizes of each of the dies in the Slimline Hemstitch die set: 

Large Rectangle Rim: 8.50 x 3.50 in./21.60 x 8.90 cm

Large Hemstitch Insert: 8.10 x 3.05 in./20.60 x 7.80 cm

Medium Rectangle Rim: 7.50 x 2.50 in./19.10 x 6.40 cm

Medium Hemstitch Insert: 7.10 x 2.05 in./18.00 x 5.20 cm

Small Rectangle Rim: 6.50 x 1.50 in./16.50 x 3.80 cm

Small Hemstitch Insert: 6.10 x 1.05 in./15.50 x 2.70 cm

Now let's look at the two cards I made with these cool dies. 

Here you can see the hemstitch showing through the die cuts and how cool it looks, I love that detail. 

Here is a close up look at the first card I made, which uses the largest and the smallest rectangles from this die set. The stamp set I used it Hello Sunflower, a new clear stamp set by Spellbinders. 

The second card is a shaker card, I had to make one, because these dies are so great for making frames. 

To make the frame for the shaker I used the medium die and medium hemstitch die. Then I die cut the center of this die with the small rectangle die. Resulting in a perfect shaker frame!  The window sheet behind the frame covers up the the hemstitch detail, so when I add the foam tape to the back the holes are not sticky.  Then I added my shaker elements a mix of sequins from Hero Arts and some gold seed beads from Craft Supplies by CC. To finish off the shaker I added a second window sheet to seal up my shaker and then was able to easily add that to my card. My card base is the large hemstitch rectangle stamped the the largest sunflower. I am LOVING this background. I adhered this background to a dark brown slimline card base (8-1/2" x 7", scored at 3-1/2").  I love how the dark brown card stock look showing throw the stitch for this panel! 

I think it would also look really cool to stitch on these panels. I have yet to try it, but I hope to do that soon. 

Thank you for stopping by and spending a bit of your day with me!  

Below I have all the things I used listed and linked for you. 

 

Find the seed beads I used HERE Plus lots more embellishments and crafty goodness!

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.

5 Ways to use Brick Slimline Die

Today I am using a new slimline die from Scrappy Tails, the Slimline Brick Background die. And I am sharing 5 ways to use it. And I will be making 4 cards using the backgrounds I created. 

See it all come together in this video. 

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

Here are the 5 Ways I used the Slimline Brick Background Die

1. Inlay - inlay die cut bricks into the die cut from a different color of card stock. I used a Gel Press Print for my bricks. Patterned paper would also be good for this. 
2. Overlay - Overlay the die cut background on top of a print. Again, I used a Gel Press Print. 
3. Emboss it - Use a silicone mat and embossing plate from Spellbinders to press the die into your paper so it does not cut but dry embosses the bricks into the paper. 
4. Stencil it - use the die cut background piece as a stencil. I stenciled modeling paste over a Gel Press Print and used for ink blending too! 
5. Ink it up - I ink blended a panel of white card stock and die cut the Brick background from that. I adhered the die cut over a piece of card stock to create a background. 

Take a look at each of the cards I made using background from these techniques. 

For all the cards I used the Oopsy Daisy Stamp set. 

I decided to color these daisies like Gerber Daisies. I love the bright fun colors so much! 

The background for this card uses the Inlay technique. The gray bricks you see were die cut from a Gel Press Print, which is a technique of brayering paint onto a gelly plate and picking the paint up with paper after creating texture in the paint. You can see Gel Press print making in action in these videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD-_6hyHsiqD_gItqSHDlQvv8rRRn5hRH on my YouTube channel. 

This card uses the Ink it up and use it as a stencil technique. I did ink blending while using the brick background as a stencil. I used Black Soot, Hickory Smoke and Old Paint Distress Oxide inks. 

I use the same layout for each card and made them all Birthday cards to build up my stash. Using the same layout is a time saver when making multiple cards. 

I also used the die cut as a stencil for this card. I stenciled modeling paste onto a Gel Press print. I love the look and all the texture in this background. The flowers really pop.

For my final card I use the embossed background, this one has such a crisp and clean feel to it. I used colored card stock for embossing this die, a very light gray. And again, I love the look of this background and that I can get a completely different look with my die by embossing it. 

I have left over background, 4 to be exact that I can use another day for more card making fun. You'll have to watch the video to see how I made all eight of the backgrounds using just these five techniques. 

Thank you so much for letting me share my creations with you, making my own backgrounds is one of my most favorite things. Below I have listed and linked all the supplies I used to make these cards. 

Slimline Brick Background die

Oopsy Daisy Stamp and 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.

Coming back from and UGLY card

Hello my stamping friends, you are my people, you share the same struggles and joys when it comes to card making. And today I need my people!  I made an ugly card!  And I left it in the video!  Because I know you understand. And, I get beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but my eyes could not see the beauty in this card. Be sure to watch today's video and see what I did to turn this card around. How I saved it and reused parts destined for the trash. And ended up with a smile on my face too. 

This is episode 3 of my May Stamp Set of the Month series, Painted Peonies. I'd love to know what you think of my vintage inspired card and your tales of cards gone wrong too! 

 

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

Concord & 9th is sponsoring this months series and giving away a $25 shopping spree to their shop to one of you!  All you need to do is leave a comment on each video in this series to enter. Check out the description box of today's episode for all the details. 

Now let's take a closer look at the vintage inspired card I made. 

This is the card and tag I ended up with, made from the ugly card. The ugly version is in the video. The one thing going wrong in the ugly card was that the background was too busy for the large flower arrangement I was going for. To combat that I use vellum over my hand stamped background, which is a lot less busy than the first background. Also, my sentiment was too small on the first card, it did not stand out much. So I aded a Hot Foiled sentiment to this card for a sentiment that can grab your attention.  

To give my projects a vintage feel I added touches of gold. These flower stamps are layering stamps, meaning you use 2 or 3 stamps, stamping them on top of each other in different colors to get more detail and dimension. I used a golden yellow and a light golden brown for my first two layers on these flowers. For the third layer I embossed with gold. I thought that was a very fun vintage touch. 

This coordinating tag actually used the background from the UGLY card and it works here because it is a small piece. My card today is a 5" x 7" card and it was just too big and too much for my card background. 

I love that I was able to use the elements I did not love together and make something I am happy with. I hope you are inspired to do the same thing. Thanks you so much for watching and letting me share my cards with you. 

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

 

 

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

 

 

Heffy Doodle and Gerda Steiner Designs Collaboration Blog Hop

Hello there my stamping friends! Today I get to do something really fun. A mash up blog hop!

 The designers from Heffy Doodle (that's me) and from Gerda Steiner Designs are teaming up. We are all creating using products from both companies on one card!  I love a mash up and have come up with a cute slimline card, if I don't say so myself. I will be using Heffy Doddle dies and Gerda Steiner images for my Mice Tea Party Slimline Card. 

Since this is a Blog Hop not only to you get to see a bunch more fun mash up projects but there is a GIVEAWAY!  Heffy Doodle is giving away a £25 shopping spree and Gerda Steiner is giving away a $35 shopping spree to their respective shops! To be entered to win the giveaway, all you need to do is comment at each stop along the Blog Hop!  Be sure to comment before 11:59 PM on May 21st to be entered to win!  Each company will post their random winner on May 22nd at 10AM EST!  Make sure to check the Heffy Doodle Blog and Gerda Steiner Designs Blog to see if you’re a winner!

You can see the products I used and my card come together in this video. 

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

Now let's take a close up look at my slimline Mice Tea Party card. 

The images I used from Gerda Steiner are the Positivi-Tea Clear Stamp set and a few digital images to go with. The digital stamp are; Mouse with Drink (seen on the left side of my card), Sweet Tooth Mouse (seen on the right side of my card), and Mouse in Cup (used on the inside of the card). I love that the little mouse I fell in love with from the Positive-Tea stamp set has friends that I can download and use with him. I had so much fun coloring out this scene with these darling tea drinking mice!  The fun border around this card was made using the Sweet Scalloped Slimline Die set from Heffy Doodle, I nested two scalloped frames together to make this fun frame. 

Another product that I used from Heffy Doodle is the Broad Strokes Stencil for my background. I used Coral Berry ink from Altenew and stenciled on to pink paper. I think it is such a fun backdrop for my thirsty mice. I think these mice are darling, to color them up I used Warm Gray Copic Markers; W4, W2, W0. With a touch of R20 for their cheeks and ears. 

To give the effect of sugar in the bowl I used some Diamond Stickles. It turned out so cute and ties into the glitter sentiment, which sounds like you are giving someone a BIG kiss. This die cut sentiment is also from the Sweet Scalloped Slimline Die set that made the border/frame on this card. It's one of several new slimline die sets from Heffy Doodle. The banner to stamp my sentiment on is a die in the Mini Essentials Heffy Doodle die set, it fit my sentiment perfectly! 

I used a polkadot patterned paper from my stash to make an envelope using the new Slimline Envelope die from Heffy Doodle. 

I also added another digital stamp on the inside to finish off this card, Mouse in Cup. Isn't he so cute! I hope you like today's card, it was so much fun to make. 

Now it is time to hop along and see what the other designers have created. Next up on the hop is Jeannie Lieu, from Inside Out Jeans, she makes some really cute cards! 

The entire blog hop list is below incase you missed a stop. 

Heffy Doodle Blog

Cassie Trask

Cathy Chapdelaine

Jenn Bena

Karen McKibbin

Leica Palma

Noga Shefer

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

Jeannie Lieu

Gerda Steiner Designs Blog

Thank you so much for hoping along with us today. Be sure to leave a comment as you go to be entered into the GIVEAWAYS! Winners will be announced on the Heffy Doodle and Gerda Steiner Designs Blog on May 22nd. 

Below I have listed and linked all the supplies I used to make today's card. 

 

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

 

Making Rainbows with Distress Oxide Sprays

Hello there stamping friends. Today I am making rainbows with Distress Oxide Sprays! I am using just 3 sprays to make all 4 of today's cards. I am also excited to be playing with two new stamp sets from Spellbinders that are part of the Delightful Darlings collection. These four stamp sets were designed by Mayline Jung. They are whimsical and just fun!  You can coordinate all four of the stamp sets together too.  I am using the Darling Bouquet and Darling Hugs sets on today's cards. 

To best get an idea of these cards and how I made the backgrounds watch the video below. 

 

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

 

For the first card I did a lot of layering to get the final background, but it all started with just spraying on ink. 

For all of today's cards I used only  3 Distress Oxide colors; Worn Lipstick, Mustard Seed and Salty Ocean. For this card I sprayed the Worn Lipstick at the top fo the panel, Mustard Seed in the middle and Salty Ocean at the bottom. Where the colors over lapped it blended and gave me the orange and green that you see in the background. It is very easy and I could have stopped there. But I decided to spritz this background with water to get some splatter on top. The I splattered on a bit of each color by removing the nozzle from the sprayer and tapping of any excess ink on the the end of sprayer.  The final layer of this background are stamped flowers in coordinating ink. And to finish it off I splattered on some Sparkle Silk. I popped up my images and added a vellum banner under the sentiment. 

For card two I sprayed on all three inks again. Once they were dry I then used my Heart Wall stencil and added some Glitz Glitter Gel over the top. This background fit a 5" x 7" card. I added my stamped images and a few stamped hearts to complete this card, keeping it simple to let that glittered background shine. 

Card three also uses the Heart Wall stencil. This time I sprayed my paper that was underneath the stencil.  

You can see that a lot of ink bled out from under the stencil.  That is because I picked up the excess ink that collected on top of the stencil with another piece of card stock that will be the background for the fourth card. To help define these "bleeding hearts". I repositioned the stencil back over the background once dry and used a black liner pen to outline the hearts. Then I splattered it as well with each of the Distress Oxide sprays, using the end of the sprayer to do so and it played into that grungy look.  This card is a Mini Slimline card and measures 6" x 3". 

Don't you think these girl stamp are just darling?  I am really enjoyed coloring them up to all be different. 

The last card uses that extra background I created when making card 3, picking up the excess ink off the top of the stencil. This card is a slimline card and so I had extra room at the top to add my sentiment and  heart talk bubble I found in my scraps. This background might be my favorite, especially because it was an unplanned background. 

I'd love to know which of these four cards or backgrounds is your fave! I always have so much fun when I make my own backgrounds and topping them with these darling stamps was delightful!  hehehe. 

If you are interested in the supplies I used they are all listed and linked for you below. 

 

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

 

May Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month

Today I am sharing 3 ways to use the Glimmer Hot Foil kit of the month for May from Spellbinders.  If you are not familiar with the Kit of the Month program from Spellbinders you can get all the details on all the kits right here. I love getting the Glimmer Kit of the Month, as I get a surprise Hot Foiling plate set and a roll of foil each month!!! This month there is a plate that hot foils a background of circles. And there is a die that cuts out circles to fit inside the hot foiling. That alone is so much fun , but there are also sentiments in this set and banner dies to cut them out as well.  That is why this set is call the Spot On Background and Sentiments kit. The foil this month is Polished Brass and it is FABULOUS!  I will be using it on all three of my cards today. You can also see these cards come together in this video.

The first card I am sharing is a Mini Slimline Card (6" x 6", scored at 3"). I am using the background plate to hot foil the circles diagonally across the card front panel. 

This plate set comes with a die that cuts out circles that fit inside these hot foiled circles. I chose to use pink card stock and gold glitter paper for my circles and place them randomly on this card. It creates a fun whimsical look. 

The stamp sentiment is from the Clear Stamp of the Month set and says Hello Sweet Friend. I hot foiled an additional sentiment from the Glimmer Kit. 

It says, You Are One In A Million. 

Here you can see all the plates and dies that come in this set. 

The two rows on the left are Hot Foil Plates, the Large background plate of circles and the 9 sentiment plates. On the right we have dies; on that cuts out 6 circles and two that cut sentiment banners that fit the sentiments in this set. And here you can also see the Polished Brass foil that comes with this kit. 

Now let's take a look at the second way I used this set on a Slimline card (8-1/2" x 7", scored at 3-1/2"). 

For this card I hot foiled the circles twice on this 8-1/4" x 3-1/4" navy card stock panel.  Then I die cut some circles from the same navy card stock and adhered them down for a tone on tone look. I placed the circles in a linear pattern this time for a more elegant look. 

The Happy Birthday sentiment is from the Clear Stamp of the Month. I added to that, This Card is Full of Paper Hugs, hot foiled for an added touch of elegance. 

For my final card I did not use the die cut circles at all, but decided to add some doodling, since I enjoyed it so much when making these cards.

After hot foiling the circles in the Polished Brass Foil, I used a metallic gel pen to add a cross hatch pattern to each circle. 

For the glimmer hot foiled sentiment I lined up the three plates to make a long sentiment that says, Hope This Card Finds You Well.  I love all the hot foil sentiments in this set! And they do pair really well with the sentiments in the Clear Set of the Month. I Hug You with my Heart Everyday, what a perfect sentiment to send to someone who you can not see in person very often!  With that sentiment I had to embellish this card with some hearts. 

Those are the three cards I made with this set, if you want a couple BONUS ideas with this set be sure to check out this video where I make these three cards. You can see Glimmer Hot Foiling in action and get my tips and tricks too.  

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

I hope you have enjoyed see these cards using the May Glimmer Kit of the Month. If you have any questions about Hot Foiling please let me know. I'd love to hear from you. 

Below I have listed and linked all the club kits as well as the supplies I used to make these cards. 

 

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Painted Peonies and Background stamps

Hey there stamping friends. Today on the YouTube channel you will find Episode 2 of my May Stamp Set of the Month series. This month I am featuring the Painted Peony stamp set by Concord & 9th.  This is a beautiful layering stamp set, with stunning florals. I fell in love with this floral set and am excited to play with it and create different ideas with this set for you. If you missed the first episode you can view it here.

In this episode I am pairing layering background stamps with the Painted Peonies. I love background stamps and Concord & 9th have some of my faves!  Turnabout stamps allow you to stamp one background in multiple colors and I will be using another background stamp that layers!  

Take a look at today's cards. Both cards measure 5" x 5". I love a fun and different size for my cards!  

The first background I used is the Polka Dot Turnabout Stamp set. I used 4 shades of yellow on this stamp to create the background. And even splattered it a bit with purple metallic watercolor. 

And here you can see the peony with all it's layers in purple. For today's cards I used ink from Altenew. I love that their ink comes in collections of four that layer good together. Perfect for layered stamping like this. I have all the inks I used linked for you below. 

The second background I used is the Gingham background stamp set. It has two pieces in it so you can layer the stitched criscross image over the top. 

I love gingham and plaid, so this stamp is definitely one of my faves!  Even thought peonies are not blue I thought this color of flower would look great with a yellow background. I love that with stamps you can make the impossible, beautiful.  

I just love stamping the three stamps in this set and see the layers come together to create this beautiful flower. 

You can see it come together in the video below. 

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

Concord & 9th is sponsoring this month's Stamp Set of the Month series and is generously gifting one of you a $25 shopping spree to their shop!  To enter all you have to do is leave a comment on each of the videos in this series on my YouTube channel.  If you missed episode one you can watch it right here. A new episode will come out every Tuesday in the month of May at 8pm MST, for a total of 4 episodes. 

Below I have listed and linked the supplies I used to make today's cards. 

 

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.

 

5 Ways to Alter Patterned Paper

Hey there stamping friends, today I'm sharing with you 5 techniques that you can use to alter patterned paper. And making 5 mini slimline cards. You can watch the video to see all of the techniques and see the cards come together. I am also sharing pictures of all the card in this post. 

Here are all five of the Mini Slimline cards I made, each of them with a different technique to alter patterned paper. 

For my cards I used products from the May Box of the Month from Not 2 Shabby. A lot of the contents of this kit have already sold out. Not only is the box of the month a great value, it is full of darling coordinating product too!  I have all the products still available linked for you below. 

Let's talk about each of the five techniques I used. 

1 - Splatter your Patterned Paper

I love splatter. So splattering all the things is normal for me and the reason why it is number one on my list of techniques today. I also feel that splattering has a bit of a spilt coffee look. I used two different brown water colors for the splattering on this card. 

All of the cards in today's post are Mini Slimline Cards. Which is a 6" x 6" pice of paper folded in half. These fit in a #6-3/4 envelope, the standard size envelope you can buy at the grocery store in the US. 

2 - Stencil over your Patterned Paper

When stenciling over patterned paper you want to carefully choose the pattern of the paper and the stencil that is going over the top. One stencil that I think would go with several patterned papers is a Polka dot stencil. For my background on this card I chose to use a striped paper and a wavy stencil. The medium I chose, Glitz Glitter Gel allowed for the strips to show through the stenciling but added a fun glittered pattern to the paper. 

You can also do this technique with ink over the stencil or any other paste or spread. 

3 Stamp on your Patterned Paper

I chose a polka dot pattern for this background and stamped on it with donuts, coffee cups and the word sweet. I loved customizing the paper, a perfect fit for the images and sentiment I chose. 

I could not stop there with this paper though. I added some splatter to this one as well. You could add splatter to any of the techniques that I am sharing today. 

4 Doodle on your Patterned Paper

This is a fun one. I chose this white paper with black polka dots to doodle on, with a black fine tip pen. I also practiced the doodling I wanted to do before committing it to the paper. I added in the small dots and flowers. And I even ended up doodling on the cup to add some hearts. I had the most fun making this background.

5 - Ink up your Patterned Paper

This paper with the tea cups on it was the perfect paper to add some Vintage Photo ink to. I started at the bottom and worked my way towards the top getting lighter as I went up. I then spritzed the paper with water to get some lighter splattered areas. Then I DOODLED on this paper TOO!  I add the strings with tea bags.  This played into the tag I added to the card, with a tea bag like look. 

Those are all five the techniques, all very easy to do on ANY patterned paper you might already have. It may even help you to use up paper that you might not love as much as others. I hope you'll give these techniques a try. 

Here is the video, I'd love for you to watch with me and see this cards come together. 

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

Below are the supplies used to make these cards. 

Yum Yum Digital Stamp set

Drink the Coffee Stamp Set

I Heart Coffee Stamp Set

Me Time Stamp Set

You can find a lot more at the Not 2 Shabby Shop: https://www.not2shabbyshop.com/?AffId=26 Use code N2S10 at check out for 10% off your order!

 

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.