Carrie Stamps

Halloween Pumpkin House

Hello my stamping friends. I am back, sharing another Pumpkin House creation with you. I just had to make a halloween Pumpkin House before I complete move on to making Christmas cards. And as a little treat for you, I have made a short video sharing the making of this card. It is a different format of video than I normally do. It is quick and set to music, so be sure to let me know what you think. 

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

Now let's take a look at this card, with some cute little Trick or Treaters, from the Lawn Fawn Costume Party stamp set. 

This card was inspired by Episode #84 of Craft Roulette. If you are not familiar with Craft Roulette, it is a LIVE card making game show on YouTube. It airs every Friday night at 5:30pm MST. The host, Mary Gunn Funn has a guest crafter join her each week. They spin the wheel which selects 4 card making parameters. Mary and her guest then set to creating a card using those parameters. The parameters for Episode #84 are; Slimline Landscape Card, Orange background, Jar or Glass, 3 Layers

For my background I used two colors of Distress Oxide ink, Rusty Hinge and Spiced Marmalade.  After ink blending them I spritz the paper with with water for a splattered look. Then I spritz on some Jack O Lantern Distress Mica Spray. After that was all dry I added a layer of stars with the Fair Dust Stencil Paste and the Starry Night Stencil. 

Here you can see all the glass I used on my card, in the form of windows, which is vellum. And the same for the lanterns. My grass layer is Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink. I was die cut using the Slimline Grassy Hillside Borders die set. 

And here are my trick or treaters, from the Costume Party Stamp set. I just love this set and how darling these kiddo's are all dressed up. Finished out my card perfectly. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and letting me share this card with you and I encourage you to check out Craft Roulette this Friday night at 5:30pm MST for some serious stamping fun! And then you too can play along with the challenge! 

Here are all the supplies I used to make today's card. NOTE: the Distress Mica Spray Stains I used are a limited time offering from Tim Holtz, so they may not be available at this time. Check Ranger for availability. 

 

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Santa's Workshop Reveal Wheel Card

Hey there stamping friends! This month has been a roller coaster for me!  I am late in bringing you the December stamp set of the month series because my computer crashed.  I am now back in business, Santa came early and brought me a new computer!  

So, this video was in the works when all that happened and I do state that I will be bringing you new ideas with the stamp set of the month each week. Clearly that did not happen, but I will be back next week with another idea with this stamp set. 

I guess this is a good time to announce the December stamp set of the month, HoHo Holidays by Lawn Fawn.  You probably know by now that Lawn Fawn is my spirit animal!  I love everything they put out. And, this Santa themed set is no exception. And I love that there are so many other Lawn Fawn sets and products that I can pair with it. 

Today I am pairing the Build-a-House die set with it. I told you I was not done with this die set!  I am turning the house into Santa's workshop with the toys rotating in the window with the help of the Reveal Wheel. Let's take a look. 

If you have not seen a Reveal Wheel card before it consists of a window in the card and a rotating element that changes the picture in that window. In this case the window shows the different toys being made in Santa's workshop. 

The addition of the Holiday Helpers stamp set made this card possible. That is where all the toy images came from as well as the elf on the front of this card. 

I'd love for you to watch the video so I can show you how I added the brick texture to the house with a tool you probably have at home. 

Check out the video here and if you have not yet done so I'd love for you to subscribe to my channel. Now that I have a new computer I will be back at making a couple video's a week. 

 

Below you will find all the products I used to make this card.

Affiliate links have been used at not cost to you, thank you for your support. 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and letting me share my creations with you!

Build-a-House Episode 5

I am so glad there are 5 Tuesdays in October so that I could bring you another episode of my Die set of the Month series featuring Lawn Fawn's Build-a-House die set. I have more ideas that weeks, that is how much I love the Build-a-House die set!

For this episode I wanted to make a gingerbread house with the use of the Sweet Christmas stamp set by Lawn Fawn.

This gingerbread house is like the gingerbread people just bought their dream house!

The second project in this episode is the Build-a-Gingerbread House shaker ornament!  It's filled with Diamond Dust Glitter, it looks like sugar. You have to check out the video to see it in action!

I have been anxious to make a Christmas card with a pink sky and I love how it looks on this card!

This card has a good deal of shimmer with the use of glitter paper and the Wink of Stella pen to bring all the candy some yumminess!

You can see the the Diamond Dust glitter in the windows in this picture if you look closely. And I decorated the back too, but you have to check that out in the video, not sure why I did not take a picture of that.

The video is here, be sure to click over and watch it on YouTube because I will be giving away this card over there.

All the supplies I used are listed and linked for you below. Affiliate links have been used. That means that you help support my blog and YouTube channel when you click and shop these links, at not cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!

 

Thank you for taking time out of your day to stop and check out my creations, it means a lot to me! I'd love to hear from you, feel free to leave a comment below.

Build-a-House Episode 4

Today's episode was inspired by toilet paper! When I saw the toilet paper stamp from the Costume Party stamp set that I used in episode 2 the idea came to me to build an outhouse with my Build-a-House die set! Because we all need cards themed around toilet paper and outhouses, right!!! I thought of it an fun way to bring humor into handmade cards.

So, let's take a look at what kind of cards a person makes with an outhouse. Yes, I did say cards with an "S" because I made 2! Two different outhouse cards.

I mean who doesn't need a laugh when they are sick?  I know this card would make me laugh!  Plus, there is a cute little emoji face when you open the door of the outhouse.

I used a lot of Lawn Fawn stamps and die sets for today's cards. This emoji character is a whip cream stamp from the Thanks a Latte stamp set. It's a versatile stamp!

The sentiment was one I thought up for this card and so I typed it up and printed it out on to card stock. But if someone wants to make this a stamp I wouldn't mind that at all.  And I am sure you can think of all kinds of sentiments that would work on this card.

I use the Simply Sentiments stamp set to finish off the inside of the card.

When I told my Mom that I wanted to make this card she said, Do you have a Santa stamp?  She gave me the idea for this next card. I researched it and there is merchandise out there with this phrase on it. So it is not an original idea. But so much fun for this card!

It's a winter scene of the last card. The stamped images are from the Ho-Ho-Holidays stamp set. Such a cute stamp set!

I hope I made you smile today!  It was a hoot making funny cards.

You can watch the making of these cards, and see how I turned the Build-a-House into an outhouse in this video.

Be sure to click over to YouTube and leave a comment on this video, letting me know which card is your favorite. You will then be entered to WIN one of the cards I make in this video. I will be giving away both cards, so there will be two winners this week!

Speaking of WINNERS!  The winner of last week's card is Candice Cubito!  Congrats, I will be in touch to get your address to send out your card!

You will find all the supplies I used to make today's cards listed and linked for you below. Affiliate links have been used. I do get a small percentage of the sale when you use and shop my links, at no cost to you!  Thank you so much for your continued support.

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by! See you again soon!

Build-a-Treat House

I am back with Part 2 of Episode 2 featuring my die set of the month, Build-a-House! 

In part 2 I am making treat houses!  They are SO cute!  And easy to make!

Here you can see the card from part 1 of Episode 2, if you missed that you can find it here. And next to it the treat house, built with the Build-A-House die set and the Halloween Add On die set.  It's a box that holds 2 fun size candy bars, KitKat's in this case. I found some that have glow in the dark wrappers! 

I knew I wanted to make a few different color houses. I decorated them all the same, using the Tiny Halloween stamp and die set and the Costume Party Stamp and die set.

Two things I love to do to give these houses a halloween feel is to 1. add a dusting of black ink to the edges of the die cut pieces and 2. glue the die cut pieces to the house so that they are slightly crooked.

Now let's talk about the box that holds the treat.

The paper for the box measures 2-3/4" x 4".

Score the paper at 5/8" on both sides and at 1-1/2" on both ends.

Then you snip the small score lines on both sides to create flaps to glue the box together and sandwich it in between two die cut houses. This box fits two fun size KitKat bars exactly.  And the house then can stand up for a cute decoration too. There is room behind these houses for a bigger box if you want to put something different in these boxes. I think fun size Hershey bars would fit too.

I did not want to put too much work in to the back of the house, but you could add to it  as much as you like.

But it is the perfect place to add a sentiment and a hand written message if you like.

I used black glitter paper to accent my houses with dies from the Halloween Build-a-House add on die set. And I put the bat on the end of a strip of clear window sheet. So it looks like it is flying over the house.

For more fun I glued on the door so that it opens and stamped BOO from Tiny Halloween and put a bowl of candy from the Costume Party stamp set inside.

You can see the making of the Build-a-Treat Houses in this YouTube video.

Be sure to tune into my YouTube channel for more ideas with the Build-a-House die set. I will be bringing you a new episode every Tuesday in the month of October with this die set.

You can find all the products I used to make these houses listed and linked for you in the comments below. When you click and shop my links I do get a small percentage of the sale at NO cost to you. I appreciate your support so that I can continue to bring you fun new ideas on my blog and YouTube channel.

 

Build-a-House Episode 2

Hey there stamping friends!  Fall is underway and cooler temps are being enjoyed here in Idaho. And talk of costumes, pumpkin cookies, and parties being heard in my house. So, I was in the mood for a Trick-or-Treat card with the Build-a-House die set by Lawn Fawn.

In this episode I am making my first ever Reveal Wheel Card!  And I LOVE it!  Interactive, Shape and Shaker cards make me happy! So, let's take a look at this card and you tell me if it takes you back to your days of trick or treating.

In this scene I envisioned a typical American neighborhood with kids trick-or-treating. The mummy has his pumpkin bucket to fill with treats. And the dinosaur is thrilled that she got a FULL SIZED candy bar!  And you know this house has to be a good one to trick-or treat at, they have decked their house out for Halloween. They even have a fancy changing scene in the upstairs window. 

With a turn of the wheel the picture in the window changes.

This face is one that you can use on the pumpkin, instead of the one I used.  I love that the Costume Party stamp set gives you two faces to make you own Jack-O-Lantern.

All the images in the window are from the Tiny Halloween stamp set, except for the face above.  It's made to fit in the window, but can be used for so much more.  I used the little cat on the front steps of my house, he's adorable!

I did not stop there. I had to add a panel on the inside of this card because the front of the card is heavy with lots of layers.

I had to put this cutie on my card, isn't he adorable.  The sayings on this card are a mix of the Costume Party stamp set and Tiny Halloween.

You can see the making of this card in this video:

Be sure to click over and watch this on YouTube for a chance to win this card!  All you have to do is LIKE and leave a COMMENT there to be entered!

AND the WINNER of last week's card is..... Hope Jones! Congrats Hope!  I'll be in touch to get your card sent out to you right away.

All the products I have used have been listed and linked for you below. Thank you for your support, when you click and shop my links it helps to support my blog and YouTube channel, at no cost to you.

 

Thank you so much for stopping by, tune in tomorrow for the second part of Episode 2, the Trick or Treat Box!

 

Build-a-House Episode 1

Hello! Happy October! Happy World Card making week! 

I am kicking off a brand new Stamp Set of the Month series today!  And to shake things up a bit I am actually doing a DIE SET of the month for October!  And that die set is..... Build-a-House by Lawn Fawn.

This is a versatile die set because you can make so many different houses with this die set for so many occasions. Lawn Fawn has two sets of stamp and die sets that you can pair with this house to make a Halloween scene or a Christmas scene.  Today I am going to be showing you the Halloween Add on and the Tiny Halloween stamp set to turn this house die set into a Haunted House card and Sucker Holder. And throughout this month I will be showing you lots of ideas with this die set. As always there is a video for you to watch the making of these projects. If you click over to my YouTube channel to watch is make sure to give it a thumbs up and leave a comment to have a chance to WIN todays card and sucker holder!

Let's take a look at the haunted house projects. 

I started by ink blending a background with Distress Oxide inks; Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn and Black Soot. I LOVE a green sky for a halloween card!  For the grass I used Black Soot. It's super fun to switch the night sky and grass colors up. And I love how bright the moon is!  I just  a circle to mask off the moon before doing any ink blending. For a finishing touch to the ink blending I added a dusting of the black soot around the moon mask. This really gives the moon some dimension. Both the background and the grassy die cut were splattered with water from a distress sprayer for that amazing oxidized splatter looks. The background also got a splatter of Sparkle Silk for added shine.

All the elements for the die cut house are from the Build-a-House die set and the Halloween Add on die set. I LOVE all the possibilities when combining these two die sets and using different colors of card stock and ink.

The cute little stamped elements peeking out of the windows are all stamps from the Tiny Halloween stamp set. As well as the bats flying over the moon and the spooktacular sentiment.

The adorable ghosts are also from the Build-a-House Halloween add on die set. I love that there are two different sized ghosts. Die cutting them in this Pretty Amethyst color really gives them the feel that they are translucent and adds to the Halloween color scheme of this card.

I took advantage of the fact that I could have the front door open on my card and stamped "EEK" repeatedly on the inside of the door.

Now let's take a look at the coordinating treat holder.

I die cut two houses for this holder but only decorated the front.  You could go all out and make the back of the house decorated too.

I made the front window an actual window so you could see in and get a peek at the treat inside, which is a Caramel Apple pop.

I used a different set of eyes in the doors window than I did for the house, because there are three sets of eyes in the Tiny Halloween stamp set, so why not!

And on the inside of this door I added the word "boo".

There is a middle piece between the front and back houses that hold the sucker in place. It measures 1-7/8" x 3", scored at 1-7/8" & 2-1/4".  Punch a hole in the center scored area for the stick of the sucker to go through.

The shorted end gets glued to the back of the front house piece. So that it does not cover up the open window.  And the larger side gets glued to the back of the back house panel, giving it more strength since there is nothing else glued to it. Easy as that.

I finished it off with a bat flying over the house, attached to a small strip of window sheet.  To keep the houses closed at the top a used a small piece of thin Velcro.

And how about a bit off gingham ribbon around the sucker stick to top off the cuteness factor.

Now it is time to take a look at the video. DISCLAIMER: The first half of this video was originally recorded on my Facebook page as a LIVE demonstration. You will notice that the video goes in and out of focus as Facebook buffers my live video. Sorry for this quality issue. It is not how I normally do my videos. But I love sharing my creations LIVE with my facebook friends.

Be sure to click over to my YouTube channel to watch this video so that you can give it a thumbs up and comment, then you will be entered to win todays card and sucker holder too! The winner will be announced on next Tuesday's video!

Thank you so much for stopping by, see you again soon for another stamping creation!  All the supplies I used to make these projects are listed and linked for you below. I do make a small commission when you shop my affiliate links, at no cost to you. This allows me to keep bringing you fun projects like this. Thank you so much for your support, it mean a lot to me!!!

 

 

 

Tune in next week for Episode 2, a Reveal Wheel creation with the Build-a-House die set!