Carrie Stamps: Blog Hop

Slimline Shaker with Balloon Animals

Hello there my stamping friends, welcome to my blog. Today I am hopping along with the design team from The Rabbit Hole Designs! I feel blessed to be asked to guest design with them for their August Release and the previous July Release as well. Getting to know MaryAnn, the owner of TRHD, has been a blessing in my life. Connecting with people in the paper crafting industry and making friends with people you might otherwise have never met is my favorite thing about working in the paper crafting industry. And I hope to get to know you better too. Us crazy for paper people need to stick together!

Now let's chat about the August release!!! The two stamp and coordinating die sets in this release are DARLING! And they are so much fun too. I love all the images. We have Balloon Animals #1 and Balloon Animals #2. And yes, you are going to want both!!! They coordinate together and both have some great, punny sentiments.

To see both stamp sets and the card I made you can check out this video.

If you cannot see the video up on this screen, you can also watch it right HERE.

There are so many ways you can stamp out these balloons, for this card I stamped the images on colored card stock with Versamark ink (which is a clear sticky ink) and then embossed them with clear powder.

To highlight my stamped images, I used Copic Markers to add a shadow and a white gel pen to add a highlight.

I love the images portrayed in these stamp sets, I had a hard time choosing. In the end I went with three that I thought would work well together on a slimline card; the snail, flower, and butterfly.

I wanted my card to have plenty of sparkle and shimmer. I added each stamped image to a piece of glittery craft foam to kick off the sparkle. The shaker puts the shimmer level at HIGH. If you are interested in the shaker bit and slimline shaker pocket I used you can find all the things linked for you below.

I had to include another balloon animal on the inside of the card and color it with Copic Markers. Want to know how I colored this, it's in the video and it's pretty easy to do.

Want to see more creations with these stamp and die sets? Below you will find all the stops on the hop!

The Rabbit Hole Designs

Carrie - YOU ARE HERE!!

Irene -Instagram Only

Deana - Instagram Only

And here are all the supplies I used to make today's shaker card.

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on August 05, 2024 at 08:01 AM in Blog Hop, Shaker Cards, slimline cards, VIDEOS | Permalink | Comments (3)

The Rabbit Hole Designs July Release Blog Hop

HELLO there my crafty friends! I am excited to be here sharing with you the latest release from The Rabbit Hole Designs.

The July Release features 3 stencils and a stamp and die set. And to give you lots of ideas and inspiration with this new release The Rabbit Hole Designs is hosting a blog and instagram hop. Read to the end of this post where you will find all the stops on the hop.

I love making my own backgrounds and playing around with techniques, so stenciling is very much my jam! I thought you'd like to see these stencils in action, the fun backgrounds I make and the cards created from those backgrounds. That is why I made a video! In this video I am sharing 3 Ways you can use Sprays with your stencils, maybe some you have yet to try even???

If you cannot see the video up on your screen, you can watch it right HERE.

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

The first stencil I played with is the Candy Twist Stencil. I love to create with anything sweets related.

I started by sprinting my stencil covered white card stock with Distress Oxide Sprays. My second step was to stencil over that with Sparkle Paste. It's a glittery delicious background!!!

Make sure to watch the video to get all the details and really see this background sparkle.

Next up is the Pinwheel Stencil.

This background is pretty easy and such a fun result. I did my ink blending first and with the stencil still in place I did a little spritzing with Distress Mica Spray stains. So the shapes have a splattering of shimmer on them.

This card is a full panel shaker, a quick way to turn a background into a special card.

This last stencil is the Paisley Bandana. This is a layering stencil and it's super cute!

The panels on this card may look they were stenciled with more than two layers, but they were not. The Paisley Bandana stencil is only two layers, but in my video I share how I got more color variation on this background.

The spray on this card is a light mist of Frozen Fog Distress Mica Spray Stain over the entire background, giving it another layer of interest. Did you notice the sentiments I used on all my cards, that is the new Sentimentally Speaking stamp set. This stamp set has a saying for any occasion in it. And the coordinating die set, cuts around each one! I love the font, it's classic with some flair and you can use it with so many different styles.

Be sure to watch the video to see these backgrounds and cards come to life.

Then you'll want to check out the other stops on this hop for more inspiration with these three NEW stencils and the Sentimentally Speaking Stamp Set.

HOP LINE UP:

The Rabbit Hole Designs Blog

Carrie - YOU ARE HERE

DON'T FORGET there is an instagram hop too! Start your instagram hop on my page and then search the hashtag #therabbitholedesigns to find all the other inspirational posts.

Below are the supplies I used to make today's cards.

Thank you so much for taking time to visit me today!

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.

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on July 01, 2024 at 07:59 AM in Blog Hop, VIDEOS | Permalink | Comments (3)

Favorite 2023 Club Kits Hop

Hello there, thank you for stopping by. Today, I am hopping along with Spellbinders and several of my fellow designers. We are creating with our favorites things from the 2023 Club Kits!

The club kits from Spellbinders are so well done, it was very hard for me to choose favorites. If you are new to the Spellbinders Club Kit program get all the details about it HERE.

I chose four different club kits for my card today; Large Die of the Month for July 2023 - Stocking Full of Joy, Clear Stamp of the Month for October 2023 - Festive Penguins, 3D Embossing Folder of the Month for July 2023 - Adorning the Tree, and Wax Seal of the Month for October 2023 - Merry Christmas To You. So, I guess that means October 2023 was my favorite month of kits! Let's take a look at the card I made.

I really wanted to use this image of the stacked up penguins and had yet to do so, and that is where this card began. If you'd like to see the first card I made with this darling penguin set you can catch that one HERE.

You can see the SHORT YouTube video I made of this card on my YouTube channel.

I also wanted to use one of the backgrounds I made for my video 13 MORE Ways to use 3D Embossing Folder. And that is where the background for this card came from. So if you like inky techniques and ideas for 3D Embossing folders make sure you check out that video, RIGHT HERE.

I was very excited that Spellbinders added a Wax Seal Kit of the Month, I have so much fun making these!!! So I knew I wanted to include one on my card today.

But one of my most FAVORITE kits is the Stocking Full of Joy Large Die of the Month. I have TWO video's featuring this die set. I have made two other cards and a tag. Watch those videos here; July 2023 Club Kits Video and Light Up Shaker Card with Stocking Full of Joy.

The greenery and candy cans on this card are from the Stocking Full of Joy die set. I LOVE how those candy canes turned out. I die cut the candy canes from white card stock, colored them with Copic Markers, added white gel pen touches and then covered them with Glaze. The red and pink candy cane I actually colored on the backside of the candy cane, so I had one facing the opposite direction.

And now it is time to enjoy this hop. I personally can not WAIT to see what my fellow designers have created, there is a lot of talent in this group!

If you are following the hop in order you should have arrived here from Teri Duncan's Blog.

And your NEXT STOP in this hop is at Jill Hillard's Blog.

And here is the entire list of blog's on this hop, just incase you need it.

Spellbinders Blog
Jackie Pasko
Michelle Woerner
Lin Brandyberry
Alanna Moses
Rebecca Keppel
Teri Duncan
Carrie Rhoades---YOU ARE HERE
Jill Hilliard
Pam Sparks
Rachel Alvarado
Erin Thompson
Cassie Trask
Deborah Jenkins
Melody Rupple
Lauren Taylor
Ilina Crouse
Vera Yates

To make this hop even MORE FUN, there is a GIVEAWAY!

To celebrate year's Club Kits, we are giving away a $25 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments on our blog. Giveaway closes on Sunday, December 10^th, 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced in this blog hop post the following Wednesday. The winner is responsible for shipping costs, duties, and taxes. Please note, store credit (gift certificate) cannot be applied to Club Subscriptions. Store credit can be applied to shop past Club products, Club extras and regular releases.

All the supplies I used are linked for you below. AND, you can see all the past Club Kits that are available for purchase RIGHT HERE.

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on December 08, 2023 at 09:00 AM in Blog Hop, christmas, Die Cutting, Spellbinders | Permalink | Comments (17)

Christmas in July with Trinity Stamps

Hey there friends. Today I am hoping along with Trinity Stamps for their Christmas in July celebration.

I pulled out a die set from Trinity that I had yet to use, the Seasonal Mini Cup Decor die set. It's a die set to decorate a mini paper coffee cup with plastic lids.

I am sharing 3 ways to use this die set, it's very versatile and can be used in so many ways besides on a 4 oz paper cup.

You can see these projects come together in this video.

If you can not see the video up on your screen you can also watch it HERE.

Before we move on with the hop, let's take a close up look at each of the projects I made.

First up is the Mini Coffee Cup. These cups are 4 oz. and an inexpensive purchase on Amazon.

This die set has all the pieces shown to create these decorated mini cups. The die set also has dies to make a santa cup, penguin, snowflakes, ornaments and more. I decided to focus on the snowman, cause I love them! I want to have several of these on hand to give out during the holiday season. I think I would like to put hot cocoa bombs in these.

These dies are so versatile, so I used them to make a few other fun things for the holidays.

Next up is a Wine Bottle Tag or, it can also be a Door Knob hanger.

For this Wine Bottle Tag I pulled out the die set, Bottle Gift Tag Die Set.

To make the face a little bigger I thought it would be fun to use Rhinestones in Gloss Black. I love the dimension it adds and gives more of a look of coal.

I also made this tag even more special by using glitter paper for the tag itself and the hat and buttons.

Lastly, is the full panel shaker with melty snowman.

This one might be my favorite. First of all I LOVE a shaker card. Second, the melty snowman makes me SMILE!

For this full panel shaker card I used the A2 Full Panel Layer Shaker Card Pockets. I love this set of pockets because it allows me to make a full panel shaker that mounts to an A2 sized card with a border all the way around the pocket. I love this look. But, Trinity also has FULL A2 sized pockets too, as well as Slimline, Slimline Layer, Mini Slimline Layer, and 3 sizes of circles!

I also has the PERFECT shaker bits to add to this card, called Summer Snowman. It is a mix of clay bits and sequins that are snowman parts and snowflakes. SO FUN!

My sentiment is from the Simply Sentimental You stamp and die set. I thought it was fun for a melting snowman to say Missing You.

I hope you are inspired to play with your Christmas products and get a jumpstart on things like gifts, tags and cards.

Here is a link to all the supplies I used to make today's projects.

The mini coffee cups I used from Amazon are right HERE.

Remember this is part of a hop, 2 hops actually.

We have a hop on Instagram, you can start that on my page, HERE.

And we have our YouTube hop. Below is a full list of the videos on the hop.

Carrie Rhoades - THAT'S ME!

Ricky Bromero

Be sure to comment along the way on the hops to enter our GIVEAWAYS, details for each giveaway are outlined for you on Instagram and YouTube.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Enjoy the hop!

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on July 25, 2023 at 09:14 AM in Blog Hop, christmas, Die Cutting, Shaker Cards, Trinity Stamps, VIDEOS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Light Up Shaker Card - Spellbinders July Club Kit Blog Hop

Hello there! I have been having so much fun with Christmas in July, especially with the club kits from Spellbinders.

And today we are celebrating these fun Christmas themed kits with a hop and giveaway! All the hop details are below.

For this hop I really wanted to make a shaker card with the stocking from the Large Die of the Month, Stocking Full of Joy. The only issue I had is that the die that cuts out the stocking, also cuts out the hanger for stocking, separately, which means I can not get an opening on my card that is just stocking shaped. So, I came up with a little work around. And was able to make a shaker card.

If you are a fan of shaker cards be sure to check out the Shaker Card Addicts Facebook Group.

You can see this work around in the video below. If you can not see the video on your screen, you can also watch it HERE.

The idea to make this card a light up came from using the new World's Best Foam Tape from Pear Blossom Press. It is designed to work with the EZ Lights that are also from Pear Blossom Press, so I set out to incorporate lights into this shaker card. I am so glad that I did, I love the light up holly garland!!!

If you have never used EZ Lights, the name does not lie, they are indeed the easiest light to add to cards! And I show you how in the video.

The background on this card was created with the 3D Embossing Folder of the Month, Adorning the Trees. I used Distress Oxide Sprays on the Folder its self for this look. You can see how and 12 other ideas with 3D Embossing Folder in THIS VIDEO.

For my sentiment I used the Glimmer Kit of the Month, Glimmering Christmas Flora and white foil on red card stock. I love that this set has dies to cut them out and how it cuts them out so closely.

SUPPLIES:

See all the supplies I used to make todays card right HERE.

Want to see more ideas using the July 2023 Club Kits, check out the video below. Or watch it HERE if you can not see it on your screen.

For even more ideas with the July Club Kits you have got to check out this hop! The Spellbinders designers are so very creative and you are going to love all the creations we have to share with you today. Next stop on the hop is the amazing Mindy Eggen. The entire hop list is below for your reference and so you dont miss a stop.

Giveaway Details:To celebrate this release, we are giving away a $25 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments on our blog. Giveaway closes on Sunday, July 23^rd, 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced in a blog hop post the following Wednesday on the Spellbinders blog.

The winner is responsible for shipping costs, duties, and taxes.

Please note, store credit (gift certificate) cannot be applied to Club Subscriptions. Store credit can be applied to shop past Club products, Club extras and regular releases.

FULL HOP LINE UP:

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

Mindy Eggen

Vera Yates

R ebecca Keppel

Thank you for hopping along with us! Looking forward to chatting with you in the comments below.

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on July 21, 2023 at 09:00 AM in Blog Hop, christmas, Light Up Cards, Shaker Cards, Spellbinders, VIDEOS | Permalink | Comments (24)

Introducing Pixi Dust Designs

Have you heard of Pixi Dust Designs? They are a new paper crafting company and I have fallen in love with so many of their dies! So when Sandra asked me if I wanted to participate in their first hop I jumped at the chance. I chose the Kisses Box and Gift Card Holder die set to feature in my video. I used to make something similar years ago using a paper cutter and scorer. But with this new die set so much of the work is done for me and it has so many fun little details you can add on. That gave me more time to be creative. So I made a Double KISSES HOLDER!

Check out the video and hop below.

If you can not see the video up on your screen you can also catch it right HERE.

Be sure to click over to YOUTUBE if you want to comment on the video to enter into the GIVEAWAY. Which is a $20 gift card to the Pixi Dust Designs shop.

Here are links to the other designers participating in this hop, be sure to comment on their videos as well because each channel is giving away a gift card to a commenter on their video!!!

Carrie Rhoades --- THAT'S ME!

I also thought you'd like to see close up pictures of my project.

this is the front side, you can see how the bottom holder has kisses in it and the top holds a gift card.

This is the back size of the holder, in this box I put a lip balm, Hershey's flavor!!! And in the gift card holder I added a piece of card stock so that a personalized note coulee be added. To dress up my box I used the Kisses Mini Stamp Set. You can find these cute stamps and the dies in the Pixi Dust Designs Shop.

I addes a strip of card stock between the holders as a strap to give it a bit of a purse feel. I think that little strip of card stock really makes the whole project come together.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on April 24, 2023 at 12:00 PM in Blog Hop, Die Cutting, Flavored Lip Balm Creations, VIDEOS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Make A Faux Box for a Chocolate Bunny for your card

Hello there my crafty friends. Today I am playing with new products from the March 2023 release at Trinity Stamps.

I used a bunch of these new products to create todays card. And of course I have a video tutorial for you so you can recreate this look if you like.

You can check out the all the new products Trinity Stamps has to offer HERE, and they are pictured at the end of this post, just scroll down.

And now let's take a look at the card I made featuring the Chocolate Bunny die set.

I wanted to make a little box for this delicious Chocolate Bunny that might look like something you'd buy to add to an Easter basket.

You can see the 3D box a little better in this picture. It is about 1/4" thick. And the egg shaped opening has a window sheet covering it for an even more realistic feel.

Be sure to watch the video below for how to make this box, but I have the measurements for you right here:

4-1/2" x 3-1/2" Score at 1/2" and 1/4" on all four sides.

You'll need to cut away the corners, add your insert (chocolate bunny panel), fold on the scored lines, add adhesive to the outer most flap and stick down to your card. Watch it come together in the video below, if you can not see the video on your screen, you can watch it right here.

This video is part of a hop, which means more inspiration by the Trinity Stamps design team and a GIVEAWAY. So be sure to click over to view this on YouTube, so you can comment and hop along to be entered into the giveaway.

We also have a hop going on over on Instagram, you can start that hop on my Instagram page HERE.

Below you will find all the new products from the March 2023 Release at Trinity Stamps.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

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.

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on March 02, 2023 at 08:25 AM in Blog Hop, easter, Trinity Stamps, VIDEOS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Lawn Fawn Fans Valentines Hop

What a great hop I have for you today. It is the Lawn Fawn Fans Valentines YouTube Hop, we usually do a winter hop but this go around decided to focus that on Valentines. Each creations in this hop is so very cute, I know you are going to love this one.

For my Valentine card I used the new So Dam Much set along with images from the Wood You Be Mine stamp set. I had been wanting to pair that with the Wood Slice Die set from Sizzix and finally got to do that for this card.

Do you catch the Tiny Gift Box in this picture? I altered the Skunk Add-On die set to create a BEAVER! You can see both of these projects come together in the video below. If you can not see the video up on your screen, click to watch it HERE.

I love all things woodland, so I have created a few other scene like this one for these beavers, you can see that video HERE.

I find there are a lot of die sets from Lawn Fawn that I pull out repeatedly for creating scene. On this card I used the Ocean Borders, Mushroom Hill, and Stitched Mountain borders. And with the Shadow Box Mountain Add-On die set I was able to create this mountain pond scene. It's where two beavers decided to build their houses, met and fell in love.

Can we talk about the Wood Slice die set, it is AMAZING!!!! Easy to use and comes with the entire alphabet so you can create whatever saying you want on your wood slice. Plus there is also a circle slice in the set. I just had to pair it with the beavers as soon as I saw it!!!

Speaking of EASY. Turning the Skunk into a Beaver is as easy as 1,2, 3. One, use brown cardstock. Two, add teeth. Three, turn the tail upside down and drawn crisscrossing lines. What do you think?

If you like these projects I have another video featuring the Wood You Be Mine set, making gift box with matching note cards. Watch that HERE.

As I mentioned, this is all part of the Lawn Fawn Fans YouTube hop. The Lawn Fawn Fans are crafty friends of mine who also love Lawn Fawn. We come together seasonally to share some of our favorite products with you. AND, we like to do a GIVEAWAY TOO. To enter the drawing jump over to YouTube, watch and comment on each video in the hop. It's that easy. For this hop we are giving away a $25 gift card to the Lawn Fawn shop! I will announce the winner on 2/19 on the community tab of my YouTube channel. Happy Hopping and Good Luck!

To make sure you do not miss a stop on the hop I have them all listed and linked for you below.

Carrie Rhoades - that's me!

Candice Richardson

Peter van Elburg Boddendijk

I know you are going to LOVE each and every creation you see on this hop, what a talented group of makers!

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

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.

Thank you for stopping by and sharing a bit of your day with me.

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on February 11, 2023 at 08:55 AM in Blog Hop, Lawn Fawn, VIDEOS | Permalink | Comments (1)

Reverse Stamping with the Gel Press

Hello my stamping friends. Today is RELEASE day over at Trinity Stamps and I am helping to celebrate these fun new products with a hop on YouTube and Instagram!

Check out the entire NEW Release right HERE.

The stamp set from this release that I chose to feature today, because it is so SOUPer cute, is the So RAMENtic set.

I think this cup of noodles is so fun! And to reverse the images I used my Gel Press, you can see how in the video below. If you can not see the video on your screen, you can watch it HERE.

Have you tried reverse stamping on the Gel Press before? Let me know in the comments below and tell me how it went for you.

Did you see that today's video is part of a HOP and there is a GIVEAWAY! It's all over on YouTube so be sure to click over and leave a comment on this video to be entered. You could win a $25 gift card to the Trinity Stamp shop.

This stamp set has so many PUNNY sentiments in it and I used two of them on the outside of my cups. I also added my own customized sentiment. On the outside of the card I used the Simply Sentimental YOU stamp set to stamp out "you are my". And on the inside...

I used the Graham Cracker Alphabet to add "Cup Of Noodles". That just makes me smile.

You can also see this card on Instagram as part of the Instagram hop for this release. We have a second GIVEAWAY going on with that hop! Here's a link to my Instagram page so you can check that out too. Good luck on winning one of the two $25 shopping sprees!

Below you can see the entire new release of products!

Thank you for taking time to visit me today, see you again soon with more stamping creations!

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on January 03, 2023 at 06:59 AM in Blog Hop, Trinity Stamps, valentines, VIDEOS | Permalink | Comments (0)

A Little Grunge for Halloween

Hello there my stamping friends. Today I am sharing two Halloween cards made with a bit of grunge to give them a bit of a spooky feel. The other exciting thing about today's cards is that they are made using products from the just release Autumn Gathering collection from Trinity Stamps.

They have so many fun new products for Halloween, Fall and everyday that you are going to love! I have it all linked for you at the end of this post. But first take a look at my creations!

My touch of grunginess on each card is in the backgrounds. I LOVE creating backgrounds and new stencils made it so much fun. Watch the video below to see how I grunged up these backgrounds and put them together with new stamps and dies.

If you can not see the video on your screen, you can check it out right HERE on my YouTube channel.

If you would like more details on the HOP that this video is apart of and how you can enter to win our GIVEAWAY you want to click over to my YouTube channel and read the video description, it's an easy way to get some FREE product from Trinity Stamps.

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

First of all I have to tell you how much fun it was making this background with the new Retro Diamond Stencil set and coordinating die, Argyle Stitch Background. Layers of splatter and strategic shadow blending turned this background in to something that just made me giddy!

Tell me how darling that happy Dino is with that punny sentiment!!! I just love it!!! It's all from the Spookysaurus stamp set. Which BTW, is a 4" x 3" set, and that makes me happy because it is super affordable while still be totally darling! Super affordable means more money to buy more new crafty things, right!

Now let's chat about that vintage moon! I love vintage things and so the face of this moon makes my inner 50's housewife smile! If you love it too, it comes in a Hot Foil set and in a stencil set!!!

Now let's check out another card with that grungy feel.

If you love PUNNiness this stamp set, Punny Mummy, is one you're going to love. The sayings are so fun in this set with two mummy stamps that I had to use three of them on my card. Now let's get a little closer look at the background.

This background is from another new stencil set, Color Swatch Stencils. Not only can you use this stencil set as a swatching tool, but it can make for some fun backgrounds too!

The splatter layers on this card are just delish! There is shimmer and metallic going on right there! Let me know in the comments if you like to splatter your cards.

Now the moment you have all been waiting for... a look at the entire new release!

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.

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on August 30, 2022 at 07:00 AM in Blog Hop, Halloween, Trinity Stamps, VIDEOS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Hive Five Hop with Lawn Fawn Fans

Hello my stamping friends. Today is a fun day because a few designers from the Lawn Fawn Fans team have come together for a mini YouTube hop sharing idea with the recently released Hive Five Kit. Lawn Fawn released this kit at the end of June and it was available while supplies last. It has since sold out. So that means many a stamper was able to get this fun kit. So, the team at Lawn Fawn Fans wanted to give you some fun ideas using this kit.

Here's a look at the kit contents.

These are exclusive products to the kit and can not, at this time, be purchased separately.

Take a look at the card I made using this kit in the video below. I had so much fun making this card and can not wait to GIVE it away to one of you! Watch the video for all the details. If you can not see the video up on your screen you can watch it on my YouTube channel.

To win the card I made in this video be sure to click over to YouTube and leave a comment on the video!

Now let's take a close up look at this card.

I used the stencil in the kit to make my rainbow honeycomb background. I just LOVE how that turned out.

All the stamped images on this card are from the HIVE FIVE stamp set. These bees are so super cute!

And because I am so PUNNY, I used my Oliver's Stitched ABC's to make a custom sentiment.

I added a sub sentiment, embossing it in white on the grassy border.

And because my card has "heart" in the sentiment I added some Jelly Hearts from Trinity Stamps all over the card in every rainbow color. I'll have those linked for you below so you can check them out.

I did not forget about the inside of the card, I love that slimline cards leave you enough room for something cute and a personalized greeting as well.

Now that you have seen my creation, here are the other three stops on the hop for you to check out too.

Steph Williams

Lauren Taylor

Neha Tulysan

And below you will find all the supplies I used to make this card, minus the Hive Five Kit, as it was a limited edition item that was available while supplies last.

Check out my favorite crafty finds on Amazon, like the blending brushed I used in this video.

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.

Thank you so much for stopping by and letting me share my creation with you, it means so much to me!

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on July 31, 2022 at 10:40 AM in Blog Hop, Lawn Fawn, VIDEOS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Heffy Doodle and Trinity Stamps Collaboration Hop

Hello there! I am thrilled today to be participating in the Heffy Doodle and Trinity Stamps HOP! I am on the design team for both companies and just love their products! So making something that mashes up products from both makes me giddy!!!

Design Team members from both companies are sharing inspiration using products from both companies, and that means a lot of cute inspiration for you!

For this card I used the Udderly Fabulous stamp set from Heffy Doodle and the Island Cocktail set from Trinity Stamps. I also broke out a bunch of dies from both companies to make this strawberry milk themed shaker card.

My youngest daughter is very much into the strawberry cow trend, and anything strawberry for that matter. Here is a picture of her strawberry cow with my card.

So that is where the inspiration for this card came from. You can see this card come together in the video below. If you can not see the video on your screen you can watch it on my YouTube channel.

This card is a shaker. The shaker bits are clay strawberries from Trinity Stamps. The shaker bit are actually hidden behind the grass until you shake up the card. I chose my color palette for this card from all things strawberry cow. Google that and see all the cuteness that pops up!

To frame my shaker card I used a slimline envelope die set from TS, which is currently on sale in there shop and is linked for you below. I love a scallop frame and so it is one of my favorite dies from Trinity. Other dies I used from TS are the grassy hill, its from the Slimline Scenic Borders die set.

The puffy clouds are a nice little die set from Heffy Doodle that have four different sized clouds with stitched edges. I also used the Leafy Laurel die for my white flowers. The yellow centers are from the Summer Holiday Enamel Dots also from HD. You can see how nicely the products from both of the companies go together. I love a good mash up!

Now let's chat about the Blog Hop details and GIVEAWAY!!!

To be entered to win the giveaway, all you need to do is comment at each stop along the Blog Hop!
Trinity Stamps will be giving away $30 and Heffy Doodle will be giving away £25 to their respective stores! Be sure to comment before 11:59 PM EST on July 22nd to be entered to win!

Each company will post their random winner on July 23rd at 10AM EST! Make sure to check the Heffy Doodle Blog and Trinity Stamps Blog to see if you’re a winner!

Now it is time to hop along, next stop on the hop is the Trinity Stamps blog.

Here is the entire hop line up incase you missed a stop.

Carrie Rhoades ---- YOU ARE HERE

Trinity Stamps Blog

Below are all the supplies I used to make today's card.

Be sure to check us out on Instagram too, you can find me @carrierhoades or look for Heffy Doodle and Trinity Stamps; @heffydoodle @trinitystampsllc.

Thank you so much for stopping by, enjoy the hop!

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on July 19, 2022 at 08:11 AM in Blog Hop, Heffy Doodle, Trinity Stamps | Permalink | Comments (14)

July Club Kit Hop with Spellbinders

Hey there my stamping friends. Today I am featuring four of the July 2022 club kits by Spellbinders in a HOP!

There are several designers participating in this hop to bring you a lot of inspiration using the July Club Kits that Spellbinders has to offer. All stops on the hop are listed below. Be sure to visit and comment on the Spellbinders blog post for this hop to be entered to win a $25 shopping spree to the shop!

The Club kit I am focusing on today is the Have A Chill Summer Clear Stamp Monthly Kit. It has a solid popsicle image in the set. And I am going to show you 3 fun ways you can ink up this popsicle. I am also incorporating 3 other money club kits for July; the Embossing Folder, Large Die of the Month and the Glimmer Kit.

Here is a look at the three cards I am going to show you how to create today. Below you can see how I inked up each popsicle and how I put these cards together in this video. If you can not see the video on your screen, you can also view it on my YouTube channel.

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

I just love the little strawberry in this set! And I love strawberry popsicles too! I made these popsicles ombre by inking them up with three different ink pads.

They got a bit of sparkly splatter after that.

I think LIME popsicles are my FAVE, so I had to make a card featuring them. I did the KISSING technique for these yummy popsicles. You ink the solid popsicle with a light color of ink and then ink the lime stamp with a darker color of ink and stamp it right on to the popsicle stamp. Then you can stamp this down on to your paper. What a fun technique!

The background on this card was made using the Embossing Folder for July, Geometric Stripes, it's a very versatile pattern and I love it with this card.

Make sure to watch the video to see how I got the shine on my popsicles.

Last but not least I had to make a popsicle food truck. I just love the July Large die of the Month, what a fun idea to make different food trucks! And this popsicle works great on top!

This grape popsicle got its cool color with the help of sprays! I love the flecks of grape goodness it adds! And in the background of this card I used the Glimmer Kit of the Month to add those amazing stripes.

I hope you enjoyed these cards and a few fun ideas for inking up your solid stamps! Be sure to watch the video to see all the techniques in action.

And now it is time to hop along with us and see more inspiration with the July Club Kits.

Next up in the HOP is Iliana Crouse, who's creations are always FABULOUS!

If you missed a stop along the way, here is the entire hop line up. Enjoy the hop and soak up all the gorgeous creations ahead!

Spellbinders Blog
Tina Smith
Kristie Marcotte
Bibi Cameron
Sandi MacIver
Jennifer Kotas
Yasmin Diaz
Jean Manis
Kelly Taylor
Rebecca Keppel
Tanya Boser
Jill Hilliard
Carrie Rhoades - YOU ARE HERE!
Ilina Crouse
Kathy Clement
Linh Van
Deborah Jenkins
Alanna Moses

Giveaway:To celebrate this release, we are giving away a $25 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments on our blog. Giveaway closes on Sunday, July 17^th, 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced in this blog hop post the following Wednesday. The winner is responsible for shipping costs, duties, and taxes.

Please note, store credit (gift certificate) cannot be applied to Club Subscriptions. Store credit can be applied to shop past Club products, Club extras and regular releases.

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Posted by Carrie Rhoades on July 15, 2022 at 08:59 AM in Blog Hop, Spellbinders, VIDEOS | Permalink | Comments (27)

Sweet Summer Celebration Hop

Welcome to Trinity Stamps Sweet Summer Celebration Release! Thank you for visiting my blog! You are invited to hop around to all of the blogs, leave a comment and be entered into a drawing to win one of TWO $50.00 USD gift certificates to the Trinity Store.

Trinity Stamps has some AMAZING new products to share and awesome inspiration from our Design Team and Special Guests. The Blog Hop ends June 15, 2022 @ 11:59 PM PDT. Winners will be announced on the Trinity Stamps Blog. The release is live, so happy shopping! If you'd like to view the entire release you can check out this video. SHOP the release HERE.

Here’s how to participate: Leave a comment on this page as well as all of the stops listed on the linkup below. The hop is open to all, giveaway accounts do not qualify. By entering, entrants confirm they are 13+ years of age and agree to this site’s terms of use.

Today I am sharing the new Cupcake Card Die set!

I am so very happy with this new shape card die set! A die that makes a cupcake shaped card is so my jam!!!

My cupcake card is my favorite flavor, chocolate cake with chocolate frosting! You can check out the video below to see how I made my frosting using my Gel Press.

If you can not see the video on your screen you can also watch it on my YouTube channel.

I love all the texture on this card. I added some Diamond Stickles to the die cut word Wish. It makes me so happy that this die set comes with this beautiful scripty sentiment and shadow layer too!

Even more texture and dose of realism are the sprinkles. In this new release Trinity has a TON of new embellishments. And entire rainbow of clay sprinkles to top your cupcakes, ice cream cones, popsicles and more! Not to mention fill all your yummy shaker cards too!

Did you notice that the frosting and the cupcake wrapper have embossed detailing in them? How fabulous that the die adds this for you!

I am totally in love with this new die set and can not wait to make more cupcakes in so many more delicious flavors!

You can find this new Cupcake Card Die set and the rest of the new release right HERE!

Now it's time to hop along and see more of the AMAZING new products Trinity release in celebration of their 4th Birthday!

Trinity Stamps

Emelie Genberg

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

Lisa Mears

Christine Burillo-Kirch

Thank you so much for stopping by and letting me share my favorite new card die with you! Enjoy the hop and good luck in the giveaway!

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on June 07, 2022 at 07:00 AM in Blog Hop, Die Cutting, Trinity Stamps, VIDEOS | Permalink | Comments (47)

Spellbinders May Club Kits Hop

Hello sweet friends! Today I am hoping along with some of my fellow Spellbinders designers, celebrating the May Club Kits!

Every month Spellbinders goes out of their way to make sure the club kits are amazing. And this month is no exception. The attention to detail in the kits is outstanding and gives the maker so many options when creating.

One of my favorite things about the club kits is that they can easily be used together and are fabulous enough to stand on their own.

For my project today I am going to be using 4 of the club kits; Large Die of the Month, Glimmer Kit of the Month, Embossing Folder of the Month, and the Clear Stamp and Die of the Month.

All of these kits have something to do with stitching, but then again, you can use them without stitching!

This card has so many fun things on it. Gel Press Print, stitching, hot foiling...

You can see it come together in this video.

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

I think my favorite part of this card is the background. I used the Faux Stitched Embossing folder to embossed a Gel Press print. I was then able use a sanding block to sand off the top layer of paint. I LOVE the how it turned out.

The THANK YOU on this card is from the Large Die of the Month. There are several words that you can put with the large and stitchable "you". If you are feeling like stitching, this die cut also looks great with out.

The sub sentiment that I hot foiled on my card, celebreate you today, is from the Glimmer Kit of the Month. This month's glimmer kit, Stitched Glimmer Butterflies, is the most versatile kit! There are two different butterflies you can make in this kit. I used the half butterfly, there is also a full butterfly. And you have so many options for dressing up their wings. You can hot foil the wings, stitch the wings, add a layer to the wings, make a window in the wings. I made a window into my wings. And in this months kit there are 4 sentiments that you can hot foil. One of which says, You give me butterflies!

I used the clear stamp of the month on the back of the card. There is a sentiment in that stamp set that says Stitched with Love, I thought it was a fun addition to the back of the card.

Now it is time to hop along!

Giveaway:To celebrate this release, we are giving away a $25 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments on the Spellbinders blog. Giveaway closes on Sunday, May 15^th, 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced on the Spellbinders blog hop post the following Wednesday. The winner is responsible for shipping costs, duties, and taxes.

Here is the entire blog hop line up:

Spellbinders Blog
Bibi Cameron
Becca Feeken
Sandi MacIver
Yasmin Diaz
Kelly Taylor
Jennifer Kotas
Jean Manis
Jill Hilliard
Virginia Lu
Carrie Rhoades - YOU ARE HERE!
Sandra Nagel
Alanna Moses
Ilina Crouse
Linh Van
Hussena Calcuttawala
Rosemary Dennis
Birgit Norton
Michelle Short
Melody Rupple

Thank you for stopping by and letting me share my creation with you! Below you will find the supplies I used 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.

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on May 12, 2022 at 09:00 AM in Blog Hop, Die Cutting, Gel Press, Spellbinders, VIDEOS | Permalink | Comments (36)

Happily Ever After Release by Trinity Stamps

Hey there! Did you see the new Happily Ever After Release by Trinity Stamps. It is a great collection of stamps and dies for this season. If you have weddings or anniversaries to make cards for, you are going to love the new Wedded Couple Die and the Happily Ever After stamp and die set! We also have a new GNOME to love in this collection! If you want to see all these cute things as well as the rest of the collection you can see it all in my review video below.

If you can not see the video up on this screen, you can see it on my YouTube channel too, right HERE.

To celebrate this new release the Design Team at Trinity Stamps is putting on a HOP for you to get fresh ideas and have a chance to win a gift card to the Trinity Stamps shop. There are two places to hop along with one, which means two ways to win one of two gift cards! The first is our video hop.

To enter the giveaway, be sure to click over to see this video on my YouTube channel, so you can comment, see the details and hop along to the next video. Start the hop HERE.

The second place to hop along with us is over on Instagram.

Be sure to find this post on my IG. Leave a comment and hop along for lots of amazing creations with this new release.

The hop ends 5/12/22 @ 11:59 PM PDT. Winners will be announced on the Trinity Stamps Blog.

AND, the release is live, so happy shopping! Below you will find all the products from this new release.

I hope you enjoy the videos and find some stamping inspiration along the way.

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.

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on May 06, 2022 at 09:57 AM in Blog Hop, Trinity Stamps, VIDEOS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Heffy Doodle New Release Inspiration Blog Hop

Welcome to the Heffy Doodle New Release Inspiration Blog Hop! We are so excited to share amazing cards from 8 Design Team members using the new release! For today's special Blog Hop, you can win a £50 voucher to the Heffy Doodle store! International entries welcome.

To be entered to win the giveaway, all you need to do is comment at each stop along the Blog Hop before May 4th, 2022 at 11:59 PM EST. The winner will be announced on the Heffy Doodle Blog on May 5th at 10:00 AM EST!

This new release has to be one of my most favorite! Such cute new image and fun new die sets! For my card I am using Farmyard Fun Stamps and the Stitched Birthday Trio A2 Frame die. I thought it would be fun to make a John Deere inspired shaker card.

The Stitched Birthday Trio die set really has so many options on which parts you are going to use and how and I just love that about this die set. I chose to use the frame and the negative pieces from die cutting the "happy bday to you". I put all the pieces together to make the front of my shaker card.

I filled my shaker with some red clay hearts for some nice contrast with the yellow and green. Knowing I was using these red hearts I made sure that my stamped images reflected this color for cohesiveness.

Isn't that tractor so cute! The heart detail in this set that you can add to the exhaust pipe makes me smile! And it was the the inspiration for putting hearts in this shaker card.

You can see this card come together in the video below. If you can not see the video up on your screen, you can watch it HERE.

Now it is time to HOP along with us! You should have come from Amanda Stevens blog and the next stop is the Heffy Doodle blog.

Here is the entire hop line up incase you missed a stop along the way.

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

Below I have listed and linked the supplies I used as well as all the products in the new release. All stamp sets have coordinating dies available, even if not shown in the list. Click on the stamp set and you will see the coordinating die set in the shop.

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.

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on April 27, 2022 at 07:00 AM in Blog Hop, Heffy Doodle, Shaker Cards, VIDEOS | Permalink | Comments (28)

SPRING Lawn Fawn Fans Hop

Welcome to the Spring Lawn Fawn Fans Hop!

This hop takes place over on YouTube with my fellow Lawn Fawn Fans. This seasons hop is being sponsored by Lawn Fawn. Thank you to Lawn Fawn for always bringing us darling, fun and useful product. As a sponsor Lawn Fawn has generously donated a $25 gift card to their shop that one of our hoppers will win! Watch the video for details on that and how to enter.

My hop projects feature one of my favorite die sets from this new release, Strawberry Patch.

I just LOVE the berries in different sizes and the leafy branch, which I used to create my background on my A7 card. You can see this card and shaker book mark come together in the video below. You can click over to my YouTube channel to watch and hop along as well.

I went for a bit of a farm stand feel for this card, easy to do with a dusting of Vintage Photo Distress ink. And of course a splatte

r of it as well. To go along with the farm stand feel I added a bit of jute twine to my fruit basket.

I loved the little clay strawberry embellishments around my sentiment so much I wanted to make a shaker. So, I thought, how about a book mark made using my Fuse tool to make it a shaker.

That gingham paper makes me so very happy, it's the perfect pairing with these die cut strawberries. If you are wondering about the little flower, I die cut that using the Magic Iris Birdhouse add on die set.

What new fruits do you think Lawn Fawn should come out with to put in this fruit basket? Cherries? Apples? Avacado? Kiwi? Watermelon? Those are ones I'd love, maybe even Bananas!

For now I am DELIGHTED with my Strawberry Patch die set.

Remember this post if for the Spring Lawn Fawns YouTube hop. You are going to want to hop along with us and leave comments on the videos to be entered to win the $25 gift card to the Lawn Fawn Shop! Below I have the entire hop list so you can make sure you do not miss a video. And you are going to LOVE what the other designers from this group have made!

Carrie Rhoades----- THAT'S ME!!!

Neha Tulysan

Peter van Elburg Boddendijk

Below I have listed and linked all the supplies I used to make todays card and book mark. Please let me know if you have any questions.

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.

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on March 19, 2022 at 11:02 AM in Blog Hop, Lawn Fawn, VIDEOS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Not 2 Shabby 10K Hop + GIVEAWAY

Hey there stamping friends. I am thrilled to help my friend Jamie Peters celebrate her YouTube channel, Not 2 Shabby, reached 10K subscribers. To celebrate 10 designers have come together for a YouTube hop! And there are 10 sponsor, each designer will be showcasing one of these sponsors. And each sponsor has a gift card to giveaway!!! Tons of fun right here today!

I will be showcasing Lawn Fawn and making some easter themed projects.

You can see it all in the video below.

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

Now let's take a look at the projects that I made using Lawn Fawn products for this hop.

The Build-a-Basket die set is the perfect Easter die set that you can use with any other easter stamps you might have. It is one of those timeless die sets that I will hold on to and use for years to come. With this die set I made a mini slimline card and a gift tag with a pull out piece.

This basket fits perfectly on a mini slimline card! I love that the basket can be the star of the show on this size card. If you are not familiar with a mini slimline card they are 3" x 6", super easy to make using a 6" x 6" piece of card stock and just fold it in half.

For my background I used Watercolor Wishes patterned paper. I added a bit of sparkle to the blue background using the Lots of Hearts stencil and Fairy Dust Stencil Paste. It makes for a nice subtle something in the background.

The sentiment on this card is from a Not 2 Shabby stamp set, Easter Wishes, I fit perfectly on the grass and is a great style for this card. I love it embossed with white, it gives it such a fun spring feel.

I played with different colors of card stock to create my two toned pieces. I love using a light and a dark card stock of the same color family for the eggs, basket and bunny.

Now let's take a look at the tag. I know it is a bit big for this stuffy peep bunny, but it is what I had. But this tag would fit nicely on a bigger stuffy, maybe one that would not fit in an easter basket. Or an a gift for a person that might not get an easter basket anymore. But wait, there is more to this tag, when you pull on on the eggs.....

This pull out is 1-7/8" x 1-3/4" and it just the right size for a little message or for your "To and From". Make sure to watch the video to see how this goes together.

If you'd like more inspiration with this die set be sure to check out this video, where I make a banner and place card with it.

If you are not familiar with Not 2 Shabby, they carry their own line of stamps, dies, paper, stencils and digitals stamps. AND, you can find products from your favorite stamp companies as well. I order my Lawn Fawn products from the Not 2 Shabby shop most of the time, it's because I love supporting not only one of my favorite product lines but also a small business run by a person I know. And Jamie is so great with customer service and getting orders out quickly.

If you want to shop the Not 2 Shabby shop you can use my discount code N2S10 to get 10% off your order at check out (some new or sale items may not apply).

If you'd like to hop along with us and enter the giveaway you will want to do that over on YouTube, as this is a video hop. Here are all the stops on the hop.

Hop Lineup:

Not 2 Shabby (N2S)

Carrie Rhodes (Lawn Fawn) - - - U R HERE

Crafty Mama Diaries (TGF)

Cassie Trask (Miss Ink)

Maria Russell (C.C. Designs)

Teresa Russell (MFT)

Crazy Paper Chick (Honey Bee Stamps)

Call Me Crafty Al (Kat Scrappiness)

Jackie's Craft Table (Pink & Main)

Lisa Mears (Trinity Stamps)

Enjoy the HOP and good luck with the GIVEAWAYS!

Below I have links to the products I used on these 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.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on February 26, 2022 at 11:59 AM in Blog Hop, Lawn Fawn, Not 2 Shabby, VIDEOS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Heffy Doodle + Time For Tea Collaboration Hop

WELCOME to the Heffy Doodle + Time for Tea Collaboration Blog Hop!

I am very excited about this month's collaboration hop with Heffy Doodle! This month we are collaboration with Time For Tea, another of my favorite stamping companies. They have a similar style to Heffy Doodle, so this is going to be a very fun mash up and hop.

Design Team members from both companies are sharing inspiration using products from both companies! You are going to love all the cute designs and inspiration!

Okay, let's take a look at the card I made for this collaboration, using stamps and dies from both companies.

It's a slimline shaker card, if you know me, then you are not surprised, as I LOVE slimline card and shakers are my favorite kind of card to make!

So much fun going on in this card, you can see it come together in the video below.

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

The die I used for the shaker window, Skies The Limit, is such a cool slimline die. I knew when I first saw it that I wanted to make a shaker card. But I also want to do and inlaid technique with this die, watch for that in a later post! For this card, I die cut the Skies the Limit die from white card stock and made an ink blended background to go behind it. I just love the look. For my shaker elements I used some raindrop shaped sequin like confetti from Trinity Stamps. When you have clouds, sun and rain, you are going to get a rainbow right! To help the rain confetti pieces move around a little better I added a little bit of micro beads. And I have to say my secret ingredient when making a shaker card has to be the foam tape from Heffy Doodle. It is nice and thick and does not have a sticky edge! In my humble opinion, it is the best!

The scene on this card is a combination of stamps and dies from Time for Tea and Heffy Doodle. Let's break it down.

The cafe and critters images are from a new stamp set from Time for Tea, Cafe Critters. I fell in love with it right away, seeing how critters and food are some of my favorite stamps to play with. I used a slimline border die set, Slimline Scenery, from Heffy Doodle to create the sidewalk. The trees are also from a Heffy Doodle die set, Forest Builder, I felt they really helped to set the scene and bring out some green from the rainbow background. I knew I wanted a sun in my scene so I searched through my Heffy Doodle stash and found the perfect little sun in the Flying High stamp set. I wanted to make this card a cheery get well card tell in a friend that when they are feeling better we could get together again, maybe for a coffee, like in the scene. The die cut get well sentiment is one of several die cut sentiments in the Heffy Doodle collection. There is even Get Well Sentiments to go with this die cut and I used one that says, "so sorry your under the weather" on the inside of this card.

I had so much fun making this card and love to combine new stamp with things I already have in my stash. I know you are going to love this hop and seeing the creations of the rest of the designers. Below you will find all the info on the GIVEAWAYS, be sure to comment and enter.

GIVEAWAY DETAILS:

To be entered to win the giveaway, all you need to do is comment at each stop along the Blog Hop!
Time for Tea will be giving away £25 and Heffy Doodle will be giving away £25 to their respective stores! Be sure to comment before 11:59 PM EST on Mar 2nd to be entered to win!

Each company will post their random winner on Mar 3rd at 10AM EST! Make sure to check the Heffy Doodle Blog and Time for Tea Blog to see if you’re a winner!

TIME TO HOP:

You should have come from Claudia Cubas blog and the next stop is Lyndsey Turner

Blog Hop Lineup:

Heffy Doodle Blog

Claudia Cubas

Carrie Rhoades - YOU ARE HERE!

Thank you so much for stopping by and hopping along with us.
Below I have listed and linked the supplies I have used.

SUPPLIES:

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.

Posted by Carrie Rhoades on February 26, 2022 at 07:00 AM in Blog Hop, Heffy Doodle, VIDEOS | Permalink | Comments (20)