Carrie Stamps

New WOW Embossing Powders

I can't believe this is my first time using WOW embossing powders! Now I know why the brand is named WOW. I tried really hard to capture the shine and WOW of these newly release embossing powders for you. But I have to say you are going to love these powders even more when they are in your hand!!! 

I have two powder collections to share with you today and it is all apart of the NEW release over at WOW. I get to celebrate along with their design team in a kick off HOP! To play along with the hop and enter to win a Gift Certificate to the Hop you are going to want to visit my YouTube channel and comment on today's video. As well as click over to my Instagram and hop and comment there as well. The more you hop and comment the more amazing inspiration you will find and more chances to enter the giveaway too! 

Now let's take a close up look at the Pastel Gemstones and Party Poppers Embossing Powder collections, just part of this amazing release. 

If you can not see the video up on this screen you can watch it on my YouTube channel. And be sure to click over there to leave your comment and hop along with us to enter the GIVEAWAY! 

Now let's take a close up look at these cards. 

This card uses the Pastel Gemstone embossing powder collection. There are 3 powders in this set; Rose Quartz, Lemon Amber and Blue Aventurine. Each of these pastel powders has gold flecks suspended in the colored powder. 

I also played with the Rock Rebel embossing powder around the edge of this mini slimline card. You can really see the shine of these powders when you hold the card in your hand and turn it in the light. They really are WOW! 

Here you can get a bit better glimpse of the shine on that heart. 

Now let's take a look at the Party Poppin' collection. 

These powders are so super cool! The Party Poppin' collection has 3 powders in it; Poppin' Pink, Poppin' Yellow, and Poppin' Blue. The colors are so bright and they have white and gold flecks suspended in them. 

For the background on this card I used a new stencil in this collection,  Sprinkled Hearts. I used the Wow Clear Embossing ink to stencil with and then embossed the hearts with Neutral Ultra Shimmer powder. A clear powder with amazing glitter in it. 

You can see why they are called WOW! 

Be sure to check out my YouTube video and Instagram for chances to win a gift certificate to their shop. You have to try these new powders!!! 

You can check out the WOW shop right here: 

US Shoppers

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Thank you so much for stopping by! See you again soon with more crafty ideas! 

 

What is a 4 Bar Card?

Hello my stamping friends, today I am sharing some 4 Bar cards. In Trinity Stamps latest release they have added a die set that is specifically for making 4 Bar cards, the 4 Bard Card and Envelope Builder die set.  They also have two new stamp sets from this release that fit perfectly on this card size, I'll be using both of these sets. 

So what is a 4 Bar card??? I like to think of it as a FUN SIZE card. It's simple, take a 5" x 7" piece of card stock and score it at 3-1/2". That is a 4 Bar card, also known as an RSVP card or Note card. 

See, they are fun sized!!! I will also be making envelopes for each of these cards in today's video. Check it out below. 

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

The first card features the Sunsational 4 x 3 stamp set, designed by Love Dani Studio. Her images are some of my favorite that Trinity Stamps carries. I love that the sentiment is built into the images. And they are always uplifting. 

My favorite thing is to color the letters in an ombre. Notice the two rectangle panels on this card? Both are cut using 4 Bar dies, one has a stitched edge and the other an embossed edge. I love that they have detail in the dies and not just a standard rectangle. Because we can all cut a plain rectangle on our paper cutters, right! 

Here is the card in the envelope. I made both of my envelopes today with a window in them. With this die set, the window is optional. It's a fun way to present a card that might go in with a gift and be hand delivered. 

This second card was designed using the Hugs & Kisses 3" x 4" stamp set, also designed by Love Dani Studio. This set coordinates with the 4 Bar Card & Envelope Builder die set. As that die set cuts out the word Hugs and the word Kisses, that you can paper piece over the stamped image. Of course you can use the die set with out the stamp set and vice versa. Even the hearts have a coordinating die for paper piecing, which I did with White Glitter Paper.

Looking at this picture I am sad to say that the shine on this card is not showing up as it does in real life. The word HUGS has been coated in Journey Glaze and the word kisses has been painted with metallic paint. Be sure to watch the video to get the full splendor of these elements on the card. 

And what do you think about those tiny black hearts I added to the corners?  They are the Black Licorice Jelly Drop Heart mix. Trinity Stamps has an AMAZING assortment of embellishments. And if you like a particular embellishment, chances are they have it in several other colors. I have linked all the colors of Jelly Drop Hearts for you below as well as all the colors of Rhinestones. I used the Amber Glow Rhinestones on the Sensational card above. 

And check out this card in the envelope! I added a scalloped rectangle to the window from the 4 Bar Card Die set  in black glitter paper!  

What a fun sized card to give. I always find that when I have a new size of card to play with it gives me a boost to my mojo! I hope you'll give the 4 Bar card a try and have just as much fun with it. 

Below are all the supplies I used to make today's cards. Please let me know if you have any questions or just leave me a comment, I love to chat with you. 

Thank you for stopping by and letting me share my creations with you, it is truly a joy to 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.

 

Trinity Stamps NEW RELEASE HOP!

Hello! I am super excited for this sweet release from Trinity Stamps! So many goodies to play with, but not an overwhelming amount either. And today the Design Team gets to show off this new release with a YouTube and Instagram Hop! And that means lots of inspiration and new ideas for you as well as a GIVEAWAY! 

You can start hoping along with us right here with my video. I have used the new Here Spore You stamp set to create a slimline slider card. 

Make sure you click over to YouTube to comment on this video to be entered into the GIVEAWAY, a $25 gift certificate to the Trinity Stamp Shop!

You can also enter our Instagram Giveaway by hoping along with us over there. 

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

In this set we have one sad mushroom and one happy mushroom. In this card my happy mushroom slides over to comfort the other mushroom. 

I have used several Trinity classics to create this scene. For the background I used the Puffy Clouds slimline stencil and Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide ink. Setting an outdoor scene is easy on a slimline card with The Great Outdoors die set. I used to for my grass, tree trunks and tree tops. To give my happy mushroom movement I used the Slimline Twist and Slide die set, a great set for interactive card, especially in a slimline size. I accented the scene with a few little bugs, from the Bunny Burrow stamp set. This was my first ever stamp set from Trinity Stamps and is still my fave! 

You can see how this slider comes together in the video above. 

And if you like the splatter on this card you should check out the Iridescent Acrylic Paints from Arteza. You can get more ideas on how to use these paints in this video.

Below you will find all the products from this release as well as the TS products I used to complete 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.

Scent with Love Cards

I have another FUN video for you today! These cards were made using the backgrounds I made last week with Arteza's Iridescent Acrylic Paints. In that video, I shared with your 10 ways to use these acrylic paints for card making. Not only I am using these super shiny backgrounds for my cards, I am bringing in the Black and White Glitter Card stock from Arteza for another shiny fun accent. 

First let's watch the video. 

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

If you are interested in the Iridescent Paints, Glitter card stock or any other of the amazing products at Arteza, you can shop for them right here:

Arteza Shop for US customers

Arteza Shop for EK customers 

Be sure to use my discount code at check out for 10% off your order: carrierhoades1 

Below are each of the cards I made using the Scent With Love and Scent With Love Add On Set from Lawn Fawn. 

CARD ONE

This A2 card started with a Sprayed background which was then layered up using the Lots of Hearts Background stencil. 

The first layer is with the Electric Plum Iridescent paint, the second layer is with the Pixie Dust Paste. 

I used black glitter card stock under my sentiment for an extra special touch. 

CARD TWO

The background on this card is the Fancy Black Iridescent Acrylic Paint stenciled onto black card stock. I LOVE IT!

I also used black and white glitter card stock on this card. The black glitter is on the right hand side of the card. I colored the white glitter paper with Copic Markers to be two toned. I love that the white glitter paper can be custom colored! 

CARD THREE

I hand painted this background with three different colors of the Iridescent Acrylic paint. I love doing this so much, I am sure it will make something like it again. 

The large heart on this card was die cut from white glitter paper. 

CARD FOUR

Here is another tone on tone background with the Pretty Pink Iridescent Acrylic paint, that looks white on white paper, until you turn it in the light and then you get a glimpse of the pink. 

I put black glitter card stock behind the heart cut out, it's the perfect back drop for this love struck skunk. 

CARD FIVE

This background was painted on white card stock to create a rainbow with several of the Iridescent Acrylic paints. 

All of the black hearts on this card are black glitter paper. The smaller hearts are covered with glaze to create a DIY embellishment. 

CARD SIX

This background was created on my gel press. I loved using this panel to make a slimline card. 

I used black glitter paper as the layer behind my card front and white glitter paper as the floor that my little scene is on. I love using glitter paper in place of traditional card stock to add a special element to a card. 

CARD SEVEN

Here's another card using a Gel Press background. This print was made on black paper, I just love how the Iridescent Acrylic paint look on black card stock. 

I also colored some white glitter card stock for this card, the strip across the bottom of this card was tinted using the Electric Plum Iridescent paint. 

CARD EIGHT

This card has a watercolored background that I made by watering down the Iridescent Acrylic paints. I also painted the wooden snowflakes with the same paints. And splattered the blue hill as well. 

I die cut the white snowflakes on this card from white glitter paper. 

I have to say, I am very impressed with the Glitter card stock by Arteza! It is heavy weight. The glitter does not rub off. I cuts easily.  And, it has great shine! 

Thank you so much for stopping by and letting me share these card with you. I wish the pictures could do this cards just a bit of justice as to the amount of shine and sparkle. But if you want to add these elements to your card making the Iridescent Acrylic Paints and Glitter Card Stock from Arteza are a good what to do just that. Remember, if you visit Arteza, use my discount code at check out for 10% off your purchase: carrierhoades1

Shopping from the UK? Shop this UK shop for Arteza right HERE.

Below you will find all the other supplies I used to make these 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.

 

Cereal Balm Card for Lawn Fawn Fans

Hello my stamping friends. I am thrilled that is time for another Lawn Fawn Fans hop!  Lawn Fawn Fans is a group of YouTubers that are friends of mine who all love Lawn Fawn. Welcome to our Winter Hop!

Each season we do a hop to share our love of all things Lawn Fawn. Each hop we have a sponsor of our video and this time we have TWO! 

THANK YOU to our Sponsors! 

Not 2 Shabby 

and 

Hobby Hoppers

Both of these companies are small businesses that carry Lawn Fawn (among other things) in their shop.

Not 2 Shabby is owned and operated by Jamie Peters, she also designs her own stamp sets. She is a gem and is so good at getting orders out lickity split! Jamie is generously giving a $25 US gift certificate to her shop for this hop. 

Hobby Hoppers is owned and operated by Trish who named her website Hobby Hoppers after the fact that she found herself hopping from hobby to hobby. Something I am sure we can all relate to!  Hobby Hoppers is based in Australia and ships to AU, USA and New Zealand.  Trish has generously given a $50 AU gift certificate to her shop for this hop. 

Be sure to check out  each of their shops. 

To enter our GIVEAWAYS be sure to hop along with us over on YouTube and leave comments as you watch the videos. 

You can start the hop right here on my video. I have made a Cerealsly cute card with a Lip Balm in it!!! 

You can click over to my YouTube channel to comment and enter our giveaway. 

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

I used the new Cerealsly Awesome stamp set from Lawn Fawn's latest release. I just love a tiny stamp set. AND, I happen to love cereal cards with a little cereal lip balm with it. Would you be surprised to know that this is not the first cereal with chapstick card I have made??? It's true and yes, a little weird.  BUT, so much fun!!! 

I used some fun products from My Favorite things to add this cereal inspired lip balm to my card. There are pouches, dies, and stamps. I have them linked for you below incase adding crazy flavored lip balm to your projects also makes you giddy! 

And when you open up this card you can still see the lip balm and the puns continue.

The base of the card measures 11" x 9-3/4", scored at 5-1/2". The red card front panel is 4" x 4". 

And the rip strip on the back allows you to rip open a spot on the card to retrieve the lip balm. 

The card front itself has Lots of Hearts stenciled on it with Pearl Paste. What a fun stencil set. And the pearl paste should come with a do not eat warning, it is soooo yummy looking!!! 

If you have yet to hop along with the video hop I have links to each video for you below. 

Carrie Rhoades - that's me!

Peter van Elburg Boddendijk

Lauren Taylor

Ashley Young

Steph Williams

Jennifer Hartsgrove

Marla Harris

Candice Richardson

Be sure to like, comment and subscribe to these talented designers as you hop along. 

Below I have the supplies I used to make my card listed and linked for you. 

 

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 The Greeting Farm Collaboration Blog Hop

Hey there stamping friends! Welcome to a fun collaboration hop with Heffy Doodle and The Greeting Farm! 

Design Team members from both companies are sharing inspiration using products from both companies!

I LOVE a mash up, mixing and mashing products from different companies to make one project. And it allows me to try out products from other stamp companies that I may have yet to use. In this case The Greeting Farm. This was my first time playing with their products. I chose two stamp sets that both have fairies in them. I thought these two sets; Little Fairies and With Love stamp set. Another thing I love about The Greeting Farm is that they have digital images. I did get a digital stamp set from the shop, but did not end up using it on this card, it is the Fairyland Digi Set.

If you already follow me you know that I am on the design team for Heffy Doodle and already love their products. Here are the Heffy Doodle things I used to make today's card; Big Shadow Box die set, Let's Polka Stencil, Slimline Scenery Dies, Big Stitched Cloud dies, Flying High stamp set. 

You can see the making of this card in the video below.

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

I started by using the Big Shadow Box Die set to make my card. I brought in the Slimline Scenery dies to die cut the "bridge" pieces that go inside the shadow box. This was the perfect setting for my sky fairies. For the background of my shadow box, I pulled out the Heffy Doodle stencil, Let's Polka and used Auqualicious link from Altenew.

The die cut cloud you see in the front of the box actually comes with the Big Shadow Box die set. I also stamped a couple clouds to fill in the scene, both are from the Flying High stamp set, as well as the sunshine image.  The rest of the stamped images are from The Greeting Farm stamp sets. 

These fairies are just so super sweet! I love their hair and sweet faces. The fairy with the blue hair has been suspended on a piece of window sheet. That makes her look like she is just flitting about like a fairy does. 

I used the little baby fairies from the With Love stamp set for the sides of the boxes. And since these fairies have yet to hear their wings they are hanging out on die cut clouds from the Big Stitched Clouds die set. 

Both of the sentiments on the sides of the card are also from the With Love stamp set. 

On the back of the card I added a large die cut hello from The Greeting Farm. Both companies have some great stand alone greeting dies. I also left a blank spot to add a personalized message when I give this card. 

Shadow Box cards are so much fun to make! And make for something cute that the recipient can display.

Now let's chat about this hop, two great things about a hop are lots of fun ideas from several designers and a GIVEAWAY!!! Here are all the Giveaway details.

To be entered to win the giveaway, all you need to do is comment at each stop along the Blog Hop!
The Greeting Farm will be giving away $35 and Heffy Doodle will be giving away £25 to their respective stores!  Be sure to comment before 11:59 PM EST on Jan 21st to be entered to win!

Each company will post their random winner on Jan 22nd at 10AM EST!  Make sure to check the Heffy Doodle Blog and The Greeting Farm Blog to see if you’re a winner!

Now let's hop along and see what the other designers have come up with, mashing up products from these two great shops.

You should have come from Amy Young's blog and the next stop is Cynthia Roybal.

Blog Hop Lineup:

Heffy Doodle Blog

Amy Young

Carrie Rhoades ----- YOU ARE HERE!!! 

Cynthia Roybal

Cassie Trask

Elisabete Balcavage

Amanda Stevens 

Rosemary Bridges

Tatiana Trafimovich

The Greeting Farm Blog

Thank you so much for stopping by. Below you will find the supplies 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.

 

Love Notes with the Glimmer Kit of the Month

Hello there my stamping friends. I am back with another Glimmer Hot Foiling video for you. Today I am sharing the Glimmer Club Kit of the Month from Spellbinders called; Love Enclosed. This set comes with 7 Hot Foil Plates, 6 Coordinating Dies and a roll of Red Hot Foil. I am going to show you a few different tips and techniques as I make 5 loves notes with this set. And I will throw in a few other club kits, as they coordinate so nicely together! 

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

Now let's take a look at each of the 5 note cards I made. 

Each of the love notes I made in this collection are sized 3" x 3". Knowing that helps you get a reference for the size of the heart in this set. Which, by the way, is the exact same heart as in the Clear Stamp of the Month and the Large Die of the Month. That means, they are easily mix and matchable! In fact, I used the clear stamp of the month, One Love, One Heart, to stamp behind my hot foiled sentiment. And, I used the Large Die of the Month to create the background for this card. So, this little card is the perfect example of how the kits can be mixed and matched and used together. 

For this beautiful baby card I used the all NEW club kit, the Embossing Folder of the Month, Spreading Love! This new addition to the Spellbinders family of club kits is my new FAVE! These folders are sized 8-1/2" x 5-1/2"! That gives you so many options for embossing papers of different and unique sizes and allows you to have the pattern go either vertically or horizontally on your A2 sized cards! 

For the heart on this card I did some layered foiling. the background of beautiful florals is my favorite foil, Opal. The sentiment was hot foiled over the top of this in Brass foil. I love this look! And here you can also see the die cut floral pieces that come in this months Glimmer Kit, gorgeous! 

What a fun sentiment, I love this heart! And for the background I used the intricate floral die from the Large Die of the Month as a stencil. I used Crimson Ink from Altenew and a blending brush, keeping the ink light at the top and adding more at the bottom to darken it up for an ombre effect. Quick and easy and pretty little Love Note. 

These next two love notes are both full panel shaker cards, a great option for making a small sized card with a shaker element. Make sure to watch the video to see how easy these cards are to make with a bit of packaging cellophane. This shaker contains micro beads, which make the best sound. It's like the paper version of a rain stick. The rest of this card is very simple with standard hot foiling, the heart in red and the sentiment in brass. And a bit of twine to top it off. 

My second full panel shaker card has a stamped background using small florals from the Clear Stamp of the Month; One Love, One Heart. These red confetti pieces are the perfect size and shape for a full panel shaker! A full panel shaker does not have as much room for shaker elements that are thick. The glimmer hot foil was added over the top of the shaker panel with foam squares. 

Also in this video I show you how you can use the Spellbinders Score Board to create custom envelopes for these love notes. Did you know that their score board comes with a attachment to create envelopes? It's pretty cool! 

Below you will find all the supplies I used to make today's cards and if you want to learn more about all the Club Kit offerings that Spellbinders has to offer, check them out right HERE.

 

 

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.

January 2022 Large Die of the Month

Hello my stamping friends. Today I am sharing the Large Die of the Month from Spellbinders. It is the Pocket Full of Love Die set, a set of 10 dies. If you are not familiar with the kits of the Month from Spellbinders, you can find out more about them right here.  Basically, Spellbinders has several different kinds of kits that you can sign up for and they will be delivered to your door each month. Like the Large Die of the Month. There is also a Small Die of the Month, Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month, Card Kit, Clear Stamp of the Month kit, and ALL NEW.... the Embossing Folder of the Month!  I'll show you a couple of these other kits in my video for the Large Die, as these kits often coordinate together!

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

Now that you have watched the video, here are pictures of the card up close for you to check out and a supply list of all the things I used as well. 

Look at the intricate design of these die cuts!  WOW! I am so in love with that pattern. 

I die cut the top layer of my pocket from some copper paper, I just love the contrast of it with the bold dark pink pocket. And this die set has additional dies that you can use to cut out portions of the focal flower. That means you are able to easily paper piece that focal flower with different colors, making it really stand out. 

This die set not only creates a beautiful pocket but carries over the fabulous design to the pull out piece as well. Being that this set has 10 dies and the pieces are separate there are many different configurations you can do with these pieces. I made my pocket on an A7 sized card (5" x 7").  The pocket with out the insert is 4" wide and 3-3/4" tall. 

AND, the insert is the perfect size to stick a gift card to! Super cool!!! I am thrilled, as usual, with this month's kit. There are so many fun things you can do with a pocket! 

 

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.