Carrie Stamps

Making Lemonade with Lemons and Leaves

Hello my stamping friends. Today I am sharing a card inspired by one of my viewers. Making a lemonade card using the Lemon and Leaves stencil set and the Summertime Sips die set, both by Trinity Stamps. I love a challenge and this one got the creative juices flowing for sure. 

Watch the card come together in this video and see how I used splattering to give these lemons some texture. 

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

I have to say I have the most fun when stenciling with the Lemons and Leaves stencil set. I really would like to make some limes and pink lemons next. But doing these with the splattered texture made me so happy.  The Summertime Sips die set to make a yummy summery lemonade to go on top is perfect for this season. Here in Idaho it as been 100+ most days and and icy drink is just the thing when it's that hot. 

What is your favorite summertime drink. Do you like smoothies? We are big smoothie drinkers in our house. The fave being a chocolate banana peanut butter smoothie.  I have also made several batches of sweet tea this summer, my hubbies fave. Have you tried the new infusible tea bags that you put into cold water??? They are great in lemonade too. My daughters favorite splurge drink is iced Chia Tea made with oat milk. I don't know about you, but now I am thirsty!  

It makes me think, how many of these drinks could I make as a shaker using the Summertime Sips die set?  I love al the fun dies in this set that add to the cup, the ice cubes, the straw, the different lid options and the WHIP CREAM.  I know this is not a normal topping for lemonade, but it is too cute not to put on all the drinks!  

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my creations! Below are all the supplies I used to make this 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.

Sending Happy Mail

Hi there, how are all my crafty friends? Today I am sharing a card I made using Heffy Doodle products. Heffy Doodle has fast become one of my faves. They have really cute stamps and some great dies. Among those great dies are several slimlines that I just adore. I am going to use three different slimline die sets on today's card. The star of which has to be the Little Town Border die.

I love simple die sets like this one that can be paired with images that I already have and bring them new life. The Little Town Border die set is one of those sets and makes a great backdrop for so many cute scenes.

For my scene I wanted to have a delivery truck rolling by delivering happy mail.

This speedy delivery truck is out working hard delivery packages and happy mail in this little town. And when you move the card the truck slides to the other side for a fun interactive element.

I started off this card creating the background, which is the pink cloudy sky. This panel was cut using the smallest stitched rectangle from the Stitched Slimline Trio die set.  I added the clouds to this white panel using Kitch Flamingo Distress Oxide ink and the Cloudy Skies Stencil. I cut my stencil apart so instead of inserting my smaller card into the stencil I can use the pieces on any size card. I only did one row of clouds and then I softened the white area under the clouds with the left over ink on my blending tool. I then added a bit of sparkle by splattering on some Perfect Pearls. I set that aside to dry and die cut a second rectangle with the same stitched die that I then die cut using the Little Town Border die from white card stock. To get the green grass covered up each house and tree using Heffy Tape. Then I added Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink to make the grass this minty shade of green. I splattered this with water and also Perfect Pearls. After removing the Heffy Tape I then colored in the houses and tree with E33 and E35 COPIC Markers.  Then it was time to die cut the opening for the slider, which I did using the largest die from the Straight Sliders Die set. I made sure to save the piece that die cuts out, to add back in, so when all finished the area behind the slider is not pink or white from the background, but green to match the grass.

The Little Town Border  die set comes with extra dies that cut out roof tops, pieces to go behind the houses for the lights and tree tops. I die cut the roof tops from dark brown card stock, the behind pieces from a light yellow card stock and the tree tops from a scrap piece of card stock that I ink blended with the Cracked Pistachio ink, so they would match the grass.  Then it was time to get my truck ready. This cute little truck is from the Home Sweet Home stamp set, which is a great stamp set for someone who is moving or just moved in. I used to make card for a new home owner that resembled the “Up” house, you can check that out right here if you like. I colored in this delivery truck to look like one that frequents my house that is also brown and yellow.  The tiny die cut hearts on the truck and above the houses are from the same die set that the postage looking panel is from; Slimline Mini Mail die set. I love the postage stamp feel of that die cut! And you can always use a tiny die cut heart! They were such a cute touch for this card.

I had some little clay elements that are envelopes that I thought would be fun to have behind the truck, like the blew out. Although, the thought of lost mail does make me very sad. And I have to say thank you to Amanda from Twiddler's Nook who sent me these clay element along with a some other fun things I won in a giveaway! 

If you have never made a slider before it is easier than it seems. To get the truck to move along the track you put a penny behind the track a strip of foam tape on the penny and stick the truck (or sliding image) to the foam tape. To make my truck a bit sturdier I added two additional die cuts to the back of it, but this is not necessary. It is also helpful to use an anti-static powder on the track incase your foam tape has any residual stickiness on the edges. And the sliding panel needs to be attached to the card with foam tape, giving the space needed for the penny to slide. Take care when applying the foam tape, so that it doe not get too close to the penny and stop it from sliding.

I added a cute little sentiment from the Whatcha Sayin’ stamp and die set. I love talk bubbles and this was the perfect sentiment for my card.

To finish off this card I mounted it to a dark pink card base that is 8-1/2″ x 7″, scored at 3″.

Take a look at this card in action. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Below I have listed and linked all the supplies used to make this card. 

 

Find the clay envelopes at the Twiddler's Nook Etsy shop, as well as much much more. 

 

 

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.

Trim The Tree Collection

Hello there! Today I am sharing a new collection from Spellbinders, it is the Trim The Tree collection. 

There are three products that make up this collection. 

Layered Christmas Tree Stencil

Oh Christmas Tree Die Set

Shining Christmas Tree Glimmer Set

All three of the products work and coordinate with each other. In this video I am going to show you all of these projects up close and show you different ways to pair them together. Then I will be creating 6 cards! Watch the video right here. 

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

Now let's take a close up look at each of the cards I made with this collection. 

This card uses all three of the products in this collection. I used the stencil to ink blend a tree that I then die cut out with the coordinating dies to make the top of the focal point tree. I also used the stencils to make a snowy background that I also added splatter too with Sparkle Silk and Cool Pool Silk. The Merry Christmas sentiment is hot foiled using the Shining Christmas Tree Glimmer set from this collection. 

The panel for this shaker card is left over from the previous card. I added a lot of splatter to this panel using Silk and Rustic Forest Distress Oxide ink.  the star is die cut out and it is embossed with a detail die that comes in the Oh Christmas Tree die set, it only embosses and does not die cut, it is a very cool touch to this set.  The round accent embellishments on this card are die cut circles that come in the same die set that you can use to decorate one of the die cut trees. I loved them die cut from holographic paper and used as an embellishment like I did here. Again, the hot foiled sentiments are a perfect touch to this card. All the hot foiling I did on today's card is done using Prism foil. It is silver with an iridescent finish. 

I wanted to show this tree on several card sizes, so you could get the feel of the actual size of the tree. Here I made a mini slimline card. The tree was stenciled with Rustic Forest Distress Oxide ink and then I used Nuvo Glacier Paste in Sea Sprite to add the second layer of stenciling. I love how this turned out!  I used the same glacier paste for the stenciled background of falling snow. 

This tree is all stenciled. The first layer is Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink, the second layer is Rustic Wilderness, the third is Metallix Gel in Pearl White (which seems to have been retired). The finished size of this card is 4-1/4" x 4-1/4". I use the Forevergreen Embossing folder for the background, it was the perfect match for this collection! The star is die cut from holographic paper and the sentiment is hot foiled with Prism foil. 

This slimline card uses the stencil to create a background of trees and snow.  The focal image tree is also stenciled, I added a second die cut tree behind it for a bit of shadow and to help it stand out. This tree is also hot foiled for added detail and shine. 

I love that I can hot foil amazing details on to these trees! 

This card is extra special because that gorgeous tree is a removable ornament. It attaches to the card with the help of Paper Crafting magnets that are super strong and thin. 

I made sure to make the card so that when the ornament is removed the card is still pretty. This super fun idea was inspired by Chelsea Comer of Inky Stamper, which is where the Paper Crafting magnets I used on this card are from. 

This super sparkly ornament was made with the Oh Christmas Tree die set. The base tree is cut from light green glitter paper and the top detailed tree is cut from silver holographic paper. The touches of Prism hot foil really add to the amazing shine of this piece. 

I had so much fun playing with this collection. There are so many possibilities when it comes to mixing and matching the different sets in the Trim The Tree collection I just had to make so many things! 

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

Paper Crafting Magnets by Inky Stamper

 

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.

 

Sunshine and Rainbows

Hey there my stamping friends. Today I got to do a LIVE demonstration on the Trinity Stamps Instagram. 

I shared a 5" x 7" card featuring Sunshine and Rainbows. If you missed that video you can watch it right HERE. 

While you are there be sure to follow Trinity Stamps, I will be doing LIVE demonstrations there every other week. 

The card I made features the new stamp designed by Love Dani Studios for the latest Trinity Stamps release, Sending Sunshine. 

This card all started with the Sending Sunshine image. When I read it I want to add on the words "and Rainbows". So, I decided to create a card with a rainbow on it.  And since I am a matchy matchy girl I decided to have my rainbow match the colors I chose for the background and the image. 

For the background I used Distress Oxide ink in Fossilized Amber and Abandoned Coral. I added some clouds with the same colors of ink using the Puffy Clouds stencil.  And a bit of splatter to give it some dimension. There are actually 3 layers of splatter, the first is with water, the second with white acrylic paint and the third with gold metallic watercolor. This gives the background a sense of depth and I just love splatter! 

I used COPIC Markers to color in my image. The letters are so much fun to color in with more than one color.

Here are the colors I used on the letters, top to bottom: Y15, Y17, YR04, R22, R21

For the mail box I used cool grays; C8, C6, C4, C2 and for the stand I used E33 and E35. 

The rainbow die cut I used is from the Rainbow Funshine die set. The die cuts out all 6 bows of the rainbow at once. I then colored in the bows of the rainbow with the same COPIC Markers that I used to color in my image. I thought it was so fun to do a rainbow in non-traditional colors.  I am very happy with how this whole card came together.  The fun little details are the gold sunshine with the fun smiley face. And the gold glitter hearts make me smile. And last but not least the rhinestones are just gorgeous. I linked all the new rhinestones from Trinity Stamps for you below, they are just so very yummy, take a look at all the colors to choose from. But really, why choose, I didn't! hehehehe. 

Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by and visit me! 

 

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.

 

 

Finding your lost Mojo with a challenge

Have you had one of those days where you can not find you mojo. Card making is not happening. Crafting is a no go. But you have time and new things, only you don't know what to make?!? 

That's when I like to turn to a challenge. Like the one I am playing along with today from Not 2 Shabby. You can find these kinds of challenges all over the World Wide Web. The fun thing about them is it gets you thinking of how you can incorporate that challenge into what you have. And that can be just the thing to spark the old mojo!  Here is the challenge board for the N2S July challenge .

You can be inspired by the colors, the images, the flowers, the shapes, the suit with the boutonniere (WEDDING!), and so much more. 

Another thing that can spark creativity is collaborating with a friend. AND, of course I am doing that too for today's challenge. I collaborated with my friend, Jenn Hartsgrove of Katahdin Krafts to up the challenge a bit. We decided together that along with Not 2 Shabby challenge we would also use the Waffle Cone Ice Cream Digital stamp from N2S and make a slimline card. This really gets the wheels turning. And I am always super excited to see what Jenn will come up with, how similar and how different will our cards be!!! 

I hope you are excited to see what we both did with this challenge. AND just maybe we can help you be inspired and fuel your mojo enough that you will want to play along with us and the Not 2 Shabby July Challenge. Get all the details about playing along right HERE.

Now let's take a look at my card making video and what I made for this challenge.

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

Now you can watch Jenn's video and see her creation with this challenge in this video HERE.

Now let's take a closer look at today's card. 

For the used of the ice cream cone I print and cut out 3. I colored them (with COPIC Markers) to go with the colors of the inspiration challenge board. I love the look of blending the blue and purple together. I think this ice cream must be Blueberry and Huckleberry. I then attached them to a sheet of Faux Embossed Watercolor Paper.  I cut off the excess cones and reused them to fill in the entire background for a more full look.  I added the sentiment and some gems to dress up the card. 

I am in loved with the striped edge of the paper. That look is created with the new Slimline Striped Frame Panel die by Trinity Stamps. 

Today is National Ice cream Day, so if you are still up reading this, you have my permission to have a bowl of ice cream before bed, or hit a drive through!!! 

If you are interested in shopping at the Not 2 Shabby store be sure to use my discount code N2S10 at check out for 10% off your purchase. 

Thank you so much for stopping by! I will be back again soon for more stamping inspiration for you. And if you are inspired to play along with this challenge, get all the details right HERE. 

Campfire Inspired Birthday Cards

Hello my stamping friends! I am back with an all new Stamp Set of the Month series!!! After taking a month off for summer, I am happy to be back doing my favorite videos for you all!  This month I am featuring the S'more the Merrier stamp set by Lawn Fawn. I love all things camping. I may have mentioned that before. We are a camping family and when I say camping I mean RVing. But we love to go to the mountains and enjoy the trees, creeks, rivers, lakes, wildlife and  also sleep in a bed and have a bathroom. It's the best of both worlds really. 

Also, this stamp set is themed around S'mores, which is another family favorite as my hubby has been building a fire pit in our backyard. It is a bit of a second seating area with a lot of stone work. He's worked sooo hard on it. I'll share pics of that soon, it is not quite done just yet. So, we love to sit out back and make s'mores whenever the mood strikes us. And when the temps are under 100!  It's been a hot summer here in Idaho. 

With all the being said, you can see where the inspiration to make campfire themed cards comes from. So, let's jump right into the video and take a look at these two cards being made. 

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

Now let's take a look at each of these cards. 

For the cards this week I was trying to stay away from making a scene, you all know how much I love to make a scene!  hehehehe. Most of the cards I make using Lawn Fawn end up being a scene building card. I thought I'd try to focus on the Giant Happy Birthday to you die cut and just add a few things from the S'more the Merrier stamp set for a bit of accent to bring in the fire and s'more element. 

I also wanted the Giant Happy Birthday to You die cut to have a glow from the fire and so I die cut it from an ink blended panel. 

Now, let's chat about the plaid background. The Plaid Stencil set from Lawn Fawn is so much fun! For this background I used four inks from Altenew; Hazelnut, Autumn Blaze, Crimson and Jet Black. I felt the Jet Black gave it a bit of a Halloween feel, so to soften that look I added white stitched lines over the black with a White Gelly Roll pen. I love the look so much with the plaid, I am sure I'll do that again. 

Now let's take a look at the second card. 

For this card I wanted to take another shot at the plaid background. So I used a different ink, in place of the Jet Black, and that is Milk Chocolate. Perfect for a S'mores themed card! And this time I used white paper, where the first background was done on Kraft paper. 

For my Giant Happy Birthday To You, I colored the top of the letters to look like dripping chocolate. The bottom of the sentiment I colored to look like coated marshmallow. My hubby can roast the perfect marshmallow. They are so puffy and so golden brown and the inside is just melty. Those perfectly toasted mallows are what inspired my coloring. 

Then there is the Smiley S'more, what a fun die! I really want to make more of the fun little S'more guy. He would make a super cute tag! 

I added a few stamped images form the S'more the Merrier stamp set around him as well as a custom sentiment, "& Many S'more". The "Many" is from the Happy Harvest stamp set. 

And now for the part where you get to play along! 

----------> Have you played with the S'more the Merrier stamp set? Do you have a card made with it that you would like to share and have featured on an upcoming video? If so, leave me a comment below and I will get back to you with a link that you can use to send me your card. I will be sharing them on my GIVEAWAY video on 8/2/21! 

I have more ideas with the S'more the Merrier set and can not wait to share them with you. Tune in next Tuesday at 8pm MST for Episode 2, over on my YouTube channel!

All the supplies I used are listed and liked 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.

 

Adding the WOW factor to Quick and Easy Cards

Hello my stamping friends! Today I am pulling some of my new Heffy Doodle things to make some quick and easy birthday cards. But I like my quick and easy cards to have a bit of a WOW to them. So, I am going to share with you the things I did to keep these cards quick and easy and yet give them an element that makes them special at the same time. 

Watch these cards 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. 

You can also see this video up on the Heffy Doodle YouTube channel as well. 

Now let's look at each of these cards, similar but with slight changes. 

This card came together quickly and is easy to reproduce. To make this quick and easy card special I started with an element with a lot of visual interest, the stenciled background. The slight rainbow of the whimsical font is fun to look at. Then by cutting this background out with a rounded rectangle it adds to the interest of that piece. 

Layering up the Pebble Sentiments with a scalloped layer is another element that takes these solid sentiments up a notch. 

But to really dress up a quick and easy card the element of BLING always gives you the most bang for your buck!  I used three different shades of glitter paper to mat my stenciled background on. And to finish it off I added a few gems stones. I love the bright cheery feel of this card! 

The second card started out a a throwaway. I am sure this has happened to you too. You start a card and one element does not come out how you hoped, but you know if you redo it you will like it better. This stenciled background was just that thing. I did not like how the orange stenciled section turned out, it seems a bit muddy, like there was residual ink left on my blending brush. So I started over and did the previous card I showed you. When that was all done I picked up this discarded background and thought it actually did not look that bad. I don't like to waste things like this and I had already glued it to the glitter paper so I decided a second card using this base was the thing to do. I wanted it to be the same card, with a few changes. 

The first changes is that I stamped the Pebble Sentiments in darker colors of ink than I used for the stenciling. In the first card the words Happy  Birthday are very light, using a darker ink really made them pop. 

Second, I mounted these to die cut scallop layers cut from glitter paper. I loved how it all turned out. And the yellow Happy Birthday is easy to read so I did not add the Wavy Banner sentiment like I did on the first card. 

So happy to have two more fun and cheery cards in my stash. 

Now on to thank you cards!  You can never have too many thank you's on hand either. What other cards do you like to have on hand and ready to go? Let me know in the comments below. 

Thank you so much for stopping by! 

All the things I used are 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.

Adding Rose Gold 3 Ways

Hello my stamping friends! For today's creations I am playing with the July 2021 Glimmer Kit of the Month from Spellbinders. This month's kit is a set of nesting plates that make a frame of dots on a rectangular card stock panel. This kit also comes with a roll of Rose Gold foil. That Rose Gold foil inspired me to create and once I started I kept adding more rose gold!  So, in this video you will get all the details on the Mini Slimline Nested Glimmer Dots plate of the month set and you will see 3 ways to add Rose Gold to your projects! 

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

Let's take a close up look at the July Glimmer Kit of the Month. 

The contents of the Mini Slimline Nesting Glimmer Dots kit are: 

*7 Hot Foil Plates - Nesting Rectangles that hot foil a frame of dots

(Largest Plate = 5-7/8" x 2-7/8")

(Smallest Plate = 3-3/4" x 3/4")

*1 Roll of Foil - Rose Gold

This month's kit perfectly coordinates with the Large Die of the Month for July, the Mini Envelope and Nested Card Creator set. I used this die set as well as the Clear Stamp of the month on my projects today. 

Let's take a close up look at what I made and how I added Rose Gold. 

First I used the Rose Gold foil on both my card and book mark, hot foiling a dotted frame on each. I love the touch of subtle elegance this brings to a card. If you have never seen hot foiling be sure to watch the video of these projects being made. 

The flowers on this card are stamped with the largest flower from this months Clear Stamp of the Month set. I added Rose Gold to these flowers with Metallic Watercolors from Altenew.  The shine on these flowers when you turn the in the light is amazing! 

The third touch of Rose Gold is in the sentiment. Which I embossed with Rose Gold embossing powder. It has a slightly different tint but a lovely shine and still coordinated very nicely with my card. 

I had so much fun playing with this month's kits I had to keep on creating! I thought the smaller rectangles that I had die cut and hot foiled would make the perfect sized book mark to go with my card. 

And to put it all in I used the Large Die of the Month to make an envelope, which is thicker, almost like and envelope box. It will fit my card that has a lot of dimension on it as well as my book mark and a gift card for sure. I am so excited to have this die for my THICK cards, I love a lot of dimension on my cards. 

Below I have listed all the supplies used to make these projects as well as all the Club Kit offerings by Spellbinders. 

 

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.

Large Die of the Month for July 2021

Hello my stamping friends today I am spotlighting the July 2021 Large Die of the Month kit from Spellbinders. This months die set has 16 pieces in it!  It die cuts a Mini Slimline Envelope box. It has 7 nesting dies with decorative edges for making Mini Slimline cards. There is a Happy Birthday sentiment and 5 dies that cut florals, most of which cut more than one floral!  It's pretty awesome and I am in love with this months kit! 

And as a bonus, this die set coordinates with the Glimmer Kit of the Month for July as well!  If you are into Hot Foiling stay tuned I will be sharing that kit tomorrow!  It makes dotted frames on slimline panels!!! Fun! 

Let's take a look at this entire kit, sizes,  and how to put it together in this video, as well as a complete card with matching envelope. 

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

Isn't that die set so super cool!  It's really like 3 die sets in one!  

Now I want to share some close up pics of the card I made. 

Do you notice the white embossed stamping in the background? That is with the Clear Stamp Set of the Month, Sending Floral Wishes. It is gorgeous!

I used FIVE of the layering dies on this card and a bunch of foam squares to give this card a lot of dimension. That is because this envelope is a thick envelope that almost creates a box for your card. So make that baby with lots of popped up layers!  The nesting layer dies in this set all have decorative edges, the alternate between a dot and dash pattern to a scalloped pattern. I have to say, the scalloped on these die cuts are special, they have some line detailing that is so dainty and pretty!  I love that Spellbinders is always putting details like that in their dies! 

That detailing on the scallops shows up so nicely on the gold layer. The smallest layering die in this set can be used with the Happy Birthday Die to make a rectangular sentiment that fits on the smallest scalloped rectangle perfectly! 

And what do you think about the florals? There are only 3 flower dies, but each of those dies cuts out 3-4 pieces, making for a lot of choices when layering up your flowers. There are also two leaf dies that cut a total of 4 leaves. 

I would love to know what you think of this month's Large Die of the Month!  I am in love with the envelope box with the decorative edges!  Make sure to check out the video to see this card and envelope come together. 

I will be back again tomorrow with the Glimmer Kit of the Month for July, see you then! 

Below are all the supplies for this 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.

Hot Foiling & EZ-Lights!

Hello my Stamping Friends! Welcome to the Scrappy Tails and Pear Blossom Press Collab Hop! Today, we’re sharing lots of whimsical cards that will really brighten your day. They feature dreamy new stamps and dies from Scrappy Tails, and with a little help from Pear Blossom Press, they all light up!  Be sure to hop along with us for lots of inspiration; our designers have come up with some stunning cards...

I am making a slimline night time scene with hot foiled stars that light up!  I am in love with the Fairy Botanicals stamp set that I am using today. The large toad stool images make me so happy! I have made a video showing you how to put this card together. Since hot foiling plates are new to the Scrappy Tails shop, then it might be new to you too. So, I will show you how to do that in this video as well as how EASY it is to use the EZ-Lights from Pear Blossom Press. Take a look...

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

Now it is time to hop along and see what the next designer did with this product mash up. Tanna LoHouse has a video showing you her card as well, watch it right here. 

GIVEAWAY!!! 

We’d love to see what you would create with these lovely new products, so we’re giving some away! Scrappy Tails and Pear Blossom Press are each giving away a $25 store credit! Comment on this post by July 9, 2021 to be entered to win. Winners will be announced on July 12th. 

Now let's take a closer look at the card I made. First let's take a look at the card with out the lights on. 

Look at the super pretty hot foiled stars in the night sky. To do this I used the new Fairy Dust Star Swirl plate and Aura foil. I did this over an ink blended background on Heffy Doodle White Cardstock (the best card stock for hot foiling in my opinion). This card stock is so smooth, it is also a great card stock to use when coloring with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. Which is what I used to color in my images. 

The other products I used to set the scene for this card are the Slimline Every Day Borders 2, to make my grassy hills and mushroom tops. 

The stones on this card were die cut using a new slimline cover plate die; Slimline Cobblestone Background Die. I used one of the largest stone to stamp the word push on. Under this stone is the EZ-Lights switch and when pushed the stars light up. 

The EZ-Lights have 3 lights on the end, so I pierced a hole in three of the open stars on my hot foiled background and lined up the EZ-Light with that hole. All you need to secure these into place is tape. Then insert the battery in to the EZ-Light base, tape that into place and you are good to go! 

To mount your card front to a card base you will need thick foam tape or double up your foam tape to allow enough room for the battery and switch pack of the EZ-Lights. They really are that EZ to use. If you like the EZ-Lights you will also like the Halo Lights, which are new and AMAZING too! 

I saved a few pieces to add to the inside of my card. 

You just have to add a little something on the inside of your card when the outside is that awesome (if I don't say so myself!) hehehe. 

Make sure you hop along and get more inspiration from the other designers on this hop and leave comments as you go for a chance to win either a gift certificate to Scrappy Tails or to Pear Blossom Press! If you missed a stop along the hop you can find all of the stops right here: 

Scrappy Tails

Carol Hintermeier

    Jackie Pasko

Rachel Winn

Teresa Plunkett

Natasha Davies

Carrie Rhoades ---YOU ARE HERE! 

Tanna LoHouse

Ilina Crouse

Pear Blossom Press (Su-Queen Teo)

Thank you so much for stopping by!  Below I have listed and linked all the supplies I used to make today's card. 

Fairy Botanicals Stamp and Die Set

Hot Foil Fairy Dust Star Swirl Plate

Slimline Cobblestone Background Die

Slimline Everyday Borders II Dies

 

EZ-Lights 5 Pack

Halo Lights

Essential Gel Pens

Collapsible Marker Bag

 

 

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.

Card Maker's Summit

Join me for the Card Maker Success Summit! 

July 15 - 18, 2021

Hosted by Stamp Me Some Love

I am very excited to announce that I am a presenter at this event along with 25 other fabulous maker's.  This is a four day event full of classes on card making by maker's that you probably already know and love. That is 25 card making classes and a ton of fun!  I hope you will join me. 

Did I mention the cost of this event???

NO? Well that is the really big deal of this event... it is FREE!  You can sign up for this event, take all 25 classes at NO COST!  

To join the fun use this link right HERE.

You will have 24 hours to watch each day's classes. 

If you want more time to enjoy the classes you are able to purchase a VIP All Access Pass. With this AAP you will have unlimited viewing of the classes and get BONUS content. 

Get more information about the All Access Pass HERE

My class goes live on Thursday, July 15th at 11am MST. And I will be available on Facebook for live chat after the class!  

My class is about making interactive cards for Christmas. With ideas that you can translate over to any theme of card making. And I have a free digital download for everyone who takes my class! 

If you'd like to see all the supplies I am using to make these cards, and make along with me here is a link to the supplies. 

Remember this is a FREE event with giveaways, freebies and lots of fun! 

You can join us right HERE.

Looking forward to seeing you at the Summit!  

Hacks for making Multiple Cards

Hello there stamping friends today I am going to share with you a few hacks to making multiple cards at once. This is also part of a YouTube hop with Not 2 Shabby. We are celebrating their new box of the month - Insect Cuties. 

When I get a new kit or box of the month, it inspires me to play. I want to make a bunch of things and try out all the stuff in that box. So I thought I would make a bunch of cards so I could play with all the images in the two stamp sets in this box. Doing this I thought you might like a to know a few of the things I do to streamline this and make it a little easier. 

As this is a video hop, let's start with the video, where you are going to hear all of my hacks for making multiple cards. 

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

This hop does offer a GIVEAWAY!  A $25 shopping spree to the Not 2 Shabby shop. To enter hop along with us over on YouTube using the hashtag #N2SInsectCuties to find all of the videos. Comment as you hop along. And be sure to enter the Rafflecopter here:https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/eeeaf7f37/?

The hop ends on July 8th, watch the N2S Instagram, blog and YouTube page for winner announcement. 

Now let's take a look at all five of the slimline cards I made. 

When making multiple cards I like to find an element that I can repeat on all of the cards. For me it was the use of this plaid die by Pink & Main.

I also like to repeat the same design elements with a few subtle changes, as you will see in the following cards. Don't you just love the darling critters in these new stamp sets. These little snails hugging is so darling. 

For all of the cards I used the Faux Embossed Slimline Rainbow paper pad. It has a pattern on it that appears to be embossed!  It's super cool and you can see it much better on my last card. I die cut the patterned paper on the first four cards, I like how the embossed detail on the paper gives it some variation. 

You can see on each card I used vellum to add my sentiment, which is from the Big & Bold Sentiments from Trinity Stamps. 

I also used the Clay elements and gem stones from the July box to embellish each of my cards. Even though I have several different color schemes going on I was able to find flowers from the embellishment mix to match, as well as the gems. Both have a rainbow of colors to match whatever color scheme you choose. 

For my final card I used the patterned paper behind my black plaid die cut. I added three bees from one of the stamp sets in the box, Buzy Bees as well as a sentiment from that set. This card is definitely my favorite. But the other are so darling and really helped me build up my birthday card stash. And with a few simple hacks these cards were quick to make. 

You can check out the box of the month from Not 2 Shabby right here. 

The rest of the supplies I used are linked for you below. 

 

 

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