Carrie Stamps

Cinch and Go Poinsettias

Today I am sharing a fun new die set by Spellbinders, the Cinch and Go Poinsettia die set, designed by Becca Feeken. I love poinsettias for the holidays and have wanted a good poinsettia die set for a while now. And this die set definitely delivers! 

It not only die cuts but embosses texture into the petals of each flower! 

The largest flower was done by die  cutting one of each flower from the die set and layering them up. The leaves are just the largest flower die cut from Olive Green card stock. It is helpful to have a tool to shape the petals. The center flower here was shaped by using a crease tool.  The smaller flowers were made die cutting two of the smallest flower from the set and layering them up. But the petals were shaped using a large stylus tool. I demonstrate how in the video below. 

The wreath I attached the poinsettias to is from FSJ, Spruced Up 3D Wreaths. They are about 3-1/2" in diameter. The come green, but I frosted mine with the addition of some white acrylic paint. 

This mini wreath would be a great topper for a gift that could then be used as an ornament or decor piece. 

This second project features poinsettias in non-traditional colors. 

I attached these to the top of a store bought gift box, found at Walmart. To adhere my flowers to the box I first tied on my Oatmeal Cookie Satin ribbon. Then adhered a large die cut circle to the ribbon. 

I then adhered my flowers to the circle instead of to the box. Now the entire ribbon/flower piece can be removed and the box in tact. 

To add interest to these flowers I sponged some Oatmeal Cookie ink to each of the petals, giving them a more vintage feel.  I finished off the box with a simple tag stamped with 'tis the season, from the Snowmen Days stamp set by FSJ. 

Below I have a video on the making of the poinsettia flowers, included a few not shown here! 

 

Below I have linked all the products I used to create the poinsettias as well as the projects in this blog post. affiliate links are used, at no cost to you. 

Thank you so much for visiting my blog! Please let me know if you have any questions. 

It's Cold Outside Christmas Card

Time to share the Christmas card I made on Monday night with the It's Cold Outside Stamp Set of the Month. 

It is very similar to yesterday's Fall themed card. I also made this background on my Gel Press with the Buffalo Check Stencil. I love the matte look of the acrylic paint on my card stock and it has a bit of texture that you can not get with ink. 

 

I added some snowflake elements to this card by stamping a snowflake background on the green circle using the Cold Snap stamp by Spellbinders. 

The black snowflake element is 3 die cut snowflakes from the Snow Flowers die set by FSJ. I just glued the three snowflake together to make it a thicker element. Once in place on the card I covered it with Journey Glaze. 

On the LIVE demonstration (see video below) I said that this month I would be making a card and matching tag each week with this Stamp Set of the Month. So, here is the matching tag for this card. 

It's very similar to the card. Take a close look at the sentiment. I added a shadow to the stamped image with a light gray colored pencil. Giving it a shadow and a bit of a vintage feel. 

This tag was die cut from the Special Day Tag Die set. After die cutting the tag, I added a hole in the top of the tag for my twine and a hole in each of the scallops at the bottom. 

What a cute set, I so enjoyed making a tag to match my card. Below you will find all the things I used to make these projects as well as the video to the Live demonstration of this card and the fall card.  You will want to see how I made the background for these on a Gel Press.

See the making of my first two card using the November Stamp Set of the Month, It's Cold Outside, here: 

NOTE: When you purchase the Stamp Set of the Month at my On-Line store then I will send you an exclusive card kit to make your first card with your new set on me!  Just email me your order number and the address that you want me to send the kit and tutorial to. (email: carrie@carriestamps.com)

Thank you for taking the time to stop and visit my blog. I am here to chat if you have any questions and of course I'd love to hear your comments too. 

Christmas Candy Canes in Rose Gold

I love a good challenge! When my friend Lael said she'd like to see a Christmas card with rose gold, I took that challenge! 

I thought my new Christmas Candy Cane stamp and die set from Spellbinders would look great in rose gold. So I stamp both of the candy cane images in Clear Pigment ink and embossed them with Rose Gold Embossing powder. 

I used a surprising product to color in the lines of the candy canes to add more rose gold to them and to splatter the background. It's Peaches and Cream Silk. 

Isn't it the perfect match to the Rose Gold embossing powder. You can see how I made this on the video below. 

 

Here are all the fun things I used to make this card:  

Thank you for taking the time to stop and visit my blog, I hope that you're leaving inspired and that you will come back again soon.  And join me tomorrow night at 8pm MST on my facebook page for a LIVE video demonstration of my November stamp set of the month. 

Charming Cottage Candy Cane Box

I am excited to announce that Spellbinder and FSJ have joined forces! Now when you shop for FSJ products you will also be able to shop for Spellbinder products!  This is a great new partnership and I am happy to be a part of it and now share with you even more cool products that I love. 

 

And I am starting with my favorite Spellbinders die set, Charming Cottage. This is a set of 15 dies that includes the die to cut this gable style box that is very easy to put together.  You can see all the dies and a more traditional use for the box. 

For my box I used Cozy Prints paper from FSJ. Their printed paper is very sturdy and will hold up to die cutting, even with dies that make a crease. And this box is fairly sturdy. 

I love that several of the dies in this set also emboss details into the pieces!  My favorite die in this set has to be the little bow.  There are so many things you can put this bow on. 

You can watch the making of this box on the video below. 

I filled my box with old fashion looking Peppermint Twists by See's Candy, you can find them HERE. 

  

Thank you so much for stopping by, I love crafting and sharing my creations with you brings me joy!

Merry Everything Shaker Card

Today I am having a Christmas Card class in the studio and we are making some fun retro inspired cards. I thought I'd share one of them with you today. 

For this shaker card I die cut the three snowflakes using my Silhouette Cameo electronic die cutting machine. 

I then stamped the Flannel Life image over the top of this in Cool Pool ink. I wanted the snowflakes to stand out a little bit more, so I sponge around them with the same ink.  When I did this I put the paper on my envelope, so now it has snowflakes sponged on it. 

The elements in my shaker card are called Holiday Elements from FSJ. They have a very retro Christmas feel. 

My favorite part of this card is the deer. I stamp the deer image from the Merry Everything stamp set on the back of a piece of corrugated stock. Then I cut it out and flipped it over. Now I just have the silhouette of a deer.  I sponged the edges with Oatmeal Cookie ink to give it some depth. 

Isn't his bow precious!  That is from the Charming Cottage Box Die set by Becca Feeken. I am seriously in love with this die set, look at all the fun things included. 

Stay tuned for cute things with this die set! I'll be using it lots more! 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you will stamp with me soon, my November virtual class will be open for enrollment next week! 

Classic Frosty Card

This week I got to get together with some of my favorite crafty friends here in Idaho. We stamped and snacked and visited. I provided one of the make and take projects for the evening. It features a snowman die set (The Snowman Builder Die set) I fell in love with from Spellbinders. 

He's so cute right!  I love that these dies also emboss texture into the card stock. 

As you can see, you have a lot of options when building a snowman with this die set. I chose just do make a snowman face. 

I used a fine point maker to hand draw on his mouth. I used a white colored pencil to make the white in his eye and I used a blush colored pencil to color a cheek. 

Here's a fun thing I did on this card, the white die cut oval is die cut from the card base, which made a hole in the card. But my black card base covers this. It also creates a black oval on the inside of the card. 

So I added a stamped sentiment and a heart in that oval. 

That makes a fun element on the inside of the card and it saves you on card stock. 

Both of the sentiments on this card are from the Snowmen Days stamp set from FSJ. 

Thanks to every one reading this for stopping by and visiting my blog, you are a blessing to me!