Carrie Stamps

CHRISTMAS CARD MAKING - Magical Deer

Hello my crafty friends. I know you don't want me to say how many days there are until Christmas, so I wont. But my 14 year old daughter keeps telling me. Which is why I am feeling okay about starting my Christmas card when Pumpkin Spice season just started! Plus, Spellbinders asked me if I would like to create with the new Magical Deer die set. It is soooo pretty I decided, DEFINATELY!  

This die set makes a beautiful deer with a Nordic feel. And, as with all Spellbinders die sets, there is so much attention to detail in this set. 

Get a close up look at this die set, how to put this deer together, and see this card and tag be created in the video below. If you can not see the video on your screen, you can also view it right here. 

Here's a closer look at each of these projects. 

I really wanted to make a white deer. They are rare, but do exist. I have seen one once in captivity. But also, with paper and dies you get to choose how you make your deer. All the white accents on this deer; the horns, hooves, fur, etc. are die cut with white glitter paper for a bit of contrast and shimmer. 

I adore all things woodgrain, so I used the 3D embossing folder, Knock on Wood for my background. For the look of snow I splattered on top of this with Picket Fence Distress paint. 

To complete the card I added a hot foiled sentiment and some clay snowflakes. 

I did not want to stop there because I wanted to make my deer in another color combination. So, staying with the color combo on the card I set to making a coordinating tag. 

This deer is magical no matter what color you choose to create him in. I love the pops of red mirror paper with the browns. One of the things I love most about this deer are the closed eyes, it's just simple and gives him a majestic look. 

You can see I used the Knock on Wood 3D embossing folder in the background again, but with Sparkle Silk as the snow this time. 

I added the same hot foiled sentiment, but on Waterfall card stock. I love how the red foil looks on this colored card stock. 

Even though I am making pumpkin muffins at my house, the Christmas card season is underway! 

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

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing part of your day with me. See you soon with another paper crafting creation. 

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.

 

Shake Shake Shake

When I saw the new shaker mixes by Heffy Doodle I thought they were beautiful and I could not wait to put them in a shaker card. So, today I am sharing three cards I made with 3 of the new mixes. First let's take a close up look at the mixes I used. 

These mixes are a blend of different color of sequins. Also different sizes of sequins. The three mixes are; Pink Fizz, Pixie Hollow, and Unicorn Dreams. 

And here are the cards made with these mixes. The stamp set I chose for these cards is Koality Hugs. There are so many cute Koala bears in this set that it was easy to create three cards with this set. 

You can see these cards come together in the video below. If you can not see the video up on your screen, here is a link to the video on my YouTube channel.

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

Card One - Pink Fizz Sparkle Mix

The background for this card was stenciled with the Wonderful Window Masquerade stencil and Salt Water Taffy Distress Ink. There are sequins in this mix that are that color as well as some other shades of pink.

I was able to stamp and emboss my sentiment onto the window of this card because I used heat resistant window sheets.

Besides the adorable hugging koalas sitting on the branch I wanted another element to dress up the front of this card and so I pulled out my Forest Leaves die set and some glitter paper. Adding these to the corners of the card really helped to draw the eye into the center of the card.

CARD TWO

Such a sweet sleepy koala, love this image so much. I added a party hat to him, since he is like me ready to have fun but also ready to go to bed early. LOL. 

This back grounds was super easy to use with the help of the Vertical Vines stencil and some Distress Oxide spray! The fun thing about making a sprayed background with a stencil is that the spray collects on top of the stencil and you can press a piece of paper on to that and make a second background with our anymore work! I will use that second background on card three. 

The leaves on this card are die cut from glittery fun foam, designed by Spellbinders for die cutting! It's great and does not shed glitter! I've linked it for you below along with the other supplies I used. 

I just love the green and purple together on this card, all inspired by the Pixie Hollow sequin mix. 

CARD THREE

Here is the background made from pressing my paper on to the stencil after using Distress Spray on it. You can see it has white vines with green around them. This time I used patterned paper for the leaves around the frame of the card. This print is from the Wild Flowers paper pack. The enamel dots I used on the centers of the flowers are a matching pack to the Wild Flowers paper. The edition of the flowers to the base of the leaves is so fun, a great touch. 

I love that with one stamp set I could use different Koalas on each card and a different sentiment. A stamp set with versatility like that is my favorite! 

So, which one is your fave? Each card was designed around the sequin mix, which was a lot of fun to do. And now it is time to send these cards out and let them bring some happiness to someone else. 

Below you will find the supplies used to make these cards. Let me know if you have any questions!

 

 

Thanks 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.

 

 

 

STAMPtember Party!

WHO'S READY FOR STAMPtember?!?

I know I am! I could not be more happy to be a part of this year's STAMPtember Celebration with Simon Says Stamp. They sent me one of their exclusive new STAMPtember stamps sets to play with and share with you. I can say, I had so much fun with it and it is going to work great with so many of the things I already have in my stash! 

The stamp set is Circle Sayings. It is a sentiment set and each of the 6 sentiments in the set is a circular design. That inspired me to use the theme of circles to create backgrounds for my cards on my Gel Press using found objects that are circular. 

Check out the stamp set, see the backgrounds come to life and get turned into cards in the video below. 

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

What do you think of all those crazy gel press prints? If you are new to making Gel Press prints just remember sometimes a crazy looking background is perfection once you die cut it or add a layer to it and give it some love with stamped images. 

Check out MORE of this EPIC STAMPtember party over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog. And be sure to use the code below when shopping to get an amazing deal, a FREE stamp set! But hurry, this free stamp set offer ends on 9/4! 

Shop STAMPtember HERE!

Now, let's take a close up look at each of the cards I made with the Circle Sayings stamp set. 

Here you can see the lovely hand written style of the sentiments, perfect for a hand made card. 

Each of the sentiments has the solid line going partially around the sentiment for a fun look. Another thing that makes this set so affordable is that you do not have to buy a coordinating die set to go with it. Just pull out your circle dies or punches to do the job. 

You might be like me and have some circular dies that have decorative edges and those dies are going to go with this new stamp set too. You can see here I have used a die set from my stash to layer under my sentiment for a nice POP.  

The circular object used to make the background on this card is splatter! Splatter drops are mostly circular, right?  And this has to be my most favorite of the TONS of backgrounds that I made. Be sure to watch the video to see them all being created. 

On this next card I used three different prints! 

I love that the Circle Sayings stamp set has holiday images, sometimes you don't want to buy an entire Happy Thanksgiving stamp set. Sometimes you just need the sentiment and you can use that to add to a card made with things you already own, like this one. 

This background is the result of a few layers on the gel press and involves the use of a stencil to pick up died paint. Which happens to be my Favorite technique on the Gel Press.  Again, you can see it all in the video. 

Even a simple circle layer behind these sentiments elevates them. 

Speaking of elevating things, try doing a gel press print on a book page fore a fun and unique look that takes your background up a notch! 

For the last card I had to do it, I had to make a shaker. Shaker cards are my jam. And these circles are perfect for it!

A little shaker window is such a fun touch to a handmade card. This one was simple to make with the help of Circle Shaker Pouches by My Favorite Things. The Circle Sayings at approximately 2" in diameter fit in them perfectly! 

My favorite circular object to use on my Gel Press for YEARS has been bubble wrap, so I had to use it for these cards, and see how delish it is!!! 

There are 3 more sentiments in this set that I have yet to make cards with, so stay tuned for that. I will be back with that video in about a week. 

Below you will find the supplies I used to make todays cards. 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and letting me share in the excitement of STAMPtember with you! 

 

 

 

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.

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! 

 

 

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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JUNE Club Kits from Spellbinders

Today I am sharing the gorgeous fun products I got from Spellbinders club kit program for the month of June. 

Spellbinders has 8 kits that you can subscribe to! Each month you get a new kit of the month in the mail. And I can say, after receiving several club kits a month for over 2 years, they are always amazing! I get 4 club kits each month; Large Die of the Month, Glimmer Kit of the Month, Clear Stamp and Die of the Month, Embossing Folder of the Month. Another thing that makes me so happy about these club kits is that most months all these products coordinate together!!!!!  My two card creations today are showing you how nicely these products work together. 

The kits this month inspired me to create some Gate Fold cards in some large sizes. I have a 6" x 6" gate fold and a 5" x 7" gate fold card. 

Below you can see these cards come together and get a close up look at the club kits I used. If you can not see the video up on your screen, you can watch it on my YouTube channel. 

Let's take a close up look at each card. 

This 6" x 6" Gate Fold card opens in the center and the flaps go up and down. The Large Die of the month is made for the focal piece to be used twice and mirror itself. Which made it perfect for adding to a gate fold. 

The peach layer of this card measures 5-3/4" x 11-1/2", score the long size at 2-7/8" and 8-5/8".  I then mounted this onto a white piece of card stock that is 6" x 6". 

All the die cuts you see on this card are from the Large Die of the Month, Paisley Dreams.  This set has dies that can be used to paper piece on top of this focal image so this element can have several different colors. 

Look closely at the background on this card, I was able to stamp on to the die cut pieces using the Clear Stamp of the Month, Happy Moments. I used another stamp from this set on the inside of the card. 

The Clear Stamp of the Month kit can be purchased with or without the coordinating die set. And this set is a great stand alone stamp set and does not have to be used with the Large Die of the month set. But how cool that it does coordinate! 

My second large gate fold card is 5" x 7". To create this take a 7" x 10" piece of card stock. Score it at 2-1/2" and 7-1/2". 

I then added panels to each of the flaps. These panels measure 2-1/4" x 6-3/4". Do you love the embossing on these panels??? That is from the June Embossing Kit, Botanical Diamond. Each month the embossing folder that you receive is 8-1/2" x 5-1/2", which means I was able to embossing both of these panels at the same time, yay! 

The show stopper on this card though has to be the belly band! First, let's go over the measurements. The top layer of the belly band is 1-3/4" x 11". After hot foiling it I layered it on a white piece of light weight card stock that is 2" x 11". The belly band gets wrapped around the card and the ends adhered. Then the band is able to slide on and off the card. 

The Glimmer Kit, Paisley Glimmer, has a super cool paisley plate that is a long strip of double rows of paisleys. I used Aura foil to foil my belly band with it. This glimmer set also comes with 3 sentiments. I used Forever Friend on my card hot foiled with Aura foil on peach card stock and die cut out with the coordinating dies. Which is another great thing about the hot foil kit of the month, almost every month the set include coordinating dies. AND a roll of foil too. This month the included foil is RAINBOW!!! 

Speaking of coordinating dies, this set has two dies to cut out the foiled paisley. Which I used to add a few paisleys to the inside of this card. 

Be sure  to check out all the club kit offerings in the supply list below. 

 

Thank you for visiting 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.

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 

Amanda Wilcox 

Katie Brooks

Cassie Trask

Jenny Hall

Jennifer McGuire

Brenda Noelke

Kelly Fusco

Carol Hintermeier

Shanna Slater

Jeannie Lieu

Natasha Davies

Larissa Heskett

Ilina Crouse 

Joy Baldwin

Tanya Boser 

Amanda Stevens

Silvia Galloni

Sandy Allnock

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! 

Let's Make some Wedding Cards

Hey there stamping friends. Today I am making 3 wedding cards using all new products and a few older ones from Trinity Stamps. I am loving the Happily Ever After release. They have several products perfect for wedding or anniversary cards. What I love so much about them is that you can add just one of them to your stash and create beautiful wedding cards at a low price point. Watch these cards come together and let me know which product you think is most versatile! 

In the video below you can see me create each of these three cards. If you can not see the video on this screen, you can also watch it HERE, on my YouTube channel. 

Below you can find close up pictures of each of the three cards I created  in this video. 

This card features the Happily Ever After stamp set. I love how great this image look in just black and white! 

The background was embossed with images from the Summer Blooms stamp set, one of my favorite floral stamp sets! 

You can not go wrong with a classic black and white card! But why not make it with some special elements. I die cut the Wedded Couple for this card from some black glitter card stock. 

The fancy background on this card was done with the Foiling Floral Hot Foil plate and Prism Foil, GORGEOUS! The Mr. & Mrs. die set is a fun set that you could also use for teacher cards, adding the name of a teacher using just the Mr. or Mrs. and then last name of the teacher. Plus with the way this die set is made you can configure them how ever it best suits your card. 

I couldn't resist making a shaker card using the Wedded Couple die. 

I used the Script Wedding Day die set for my sentiment. The entire die set will spell out Best Wishes on your Wedding Day. And each word is separate. So, you can use Best Wishes all by its self. 

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

You can find the Silver Thread and Micro Beads in my Amazon shop: https://amzn.to/3szJ9s7

 

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.

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. 

 

 

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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. 

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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.

Heffy Doodle Blog

Claudia Mauri

Amanda Fitterer

Tatiana Trafimovich

Lauren Taylor

Zsofia Molnar

Ali Farmer

Amanda Stevens

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. 

 

 

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Light Up Shaker Card

Hello there my stamping friends! Over the last 2 weeks I have been sharing the Enchanted Woods release from Trinity Stamps over on my YouTube channel. If you have missed any of the videos check out my Trinity Stamps Playlist. 

Today I am sharing a few more of the products from this fun new release. I'll be making a shaker card using the Floral Mini Slimline Die. And a super cute stamp set; Tiny Fairy Silhouette's. But I am not stopping with a shaker card, I added another interactive element to this card, it also lights up! 

To make this card light up, I used the One Light from Pear Blossom Press. It is the newest in their line of user friendly light products for paper crafting. The One Light has got to be the easiest light I have ever used to make a card! 

You can see this card come together in this video. If you can not see the video up on your screen, you can also view it right here. 

So, what do you think of the One Light??? Pretty easy! And there are so many different ways you can used this fun little light. I think it would be lots of fun to add to a scrapbook page too. 

Here's another look at the card. 

Let's chat about the shaker on this card. I knew the background could not be too busy and with this intricate floral die cut as my background and then filled with shaker bits, it had the potential to be very busy looking. Here's how I kept the background from distracting from the focal images on this card. I die cut the Floral Mini Slimline cover die from gold mirror card stock. After adding a window sheet to the back of that and foam tape around the edges I used Diamond Dust to fill. Diamond Dust is clear, cut glass pieces. It's gorgeous. And being that it is clear, it will not only look like fairy dust, but not be too much of a distraction in the background. I could have backed my shaker with white card stock and the pattern in the floral panel would have really stuck out. Instead I chose brushed gold card stock. This is very similar in color to the gold mirror card stock I used on the front of the card, but still with a bit of contrast. This made for a very cool shaker that was not to overwhelming for the fairies on the front. 

For my Tiny Fairy Silhouettes I stamped and embossed each using specialty embossing powders from WOW. 

These solid images are perfect for using your unique embossing powders with. I used the Party Popper collection of powders. Each powder has larger flecks of white and gold embossing powder suspended in the color powder. When this melts you have an awesome speckled image.  

The One Light fit perfectly behind this 1-3/4" circle. I love that I was able to add a light up element to my shaker card because this light has so few parts and is small. I used a paper piercer to poke holes in the center of the sparkles. This creates a concentrated spot fo the light to shine through. 

If you'd like to see more Light Up cards here are my other videos. 

Below I have listed and linked all the supplies I used to make today's card. 

Pear Blossom Press Supplies: 

One Light Two Pack

One Light Five Pack

Narrow Foam Tape

Wide Foam Tape

Interactive Label Stamp set - MFT 

Diamond Dust found in my Amazon Storefront 

 

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COOL new stamps for WINDOW CARDS!

Super excited today to share my favorite stamps sets from the Enchanted Wood release with you today. It's the Oh Happy Day and Thinking Tree stamp sets that I am talking about. Both of these stamp sets have some large and very woodland images great for scene building. But when I first saw them and the unique dies that cut them out I immediately knew I wanted to make window cards with them. 

Both of these cards use window sheets so when you open them up you get a little surprise of elements that appear suspended or just the fun of being able to see a bit of what is going on on the inside of the card on the outside. 

Watch them come together in this video. 

If you can not see the video up on your screen, you an also watch it over on my YouTube channel, right HERE. 

The first card with the Oh Happy Day stamp set is an A2 sized card and the window sheet panel is a trim-fold. 

The frog appears to be sitting on the stump, but when you open up the card you can see that he is on a different layer of window sheet. 

Then the layer with the stump opens up as well to reveal the background of the card. 

And you can see there are a few fun elements on this panel as well. I love that little snail peaking out from behind the flower! 

For my second card I made an A7 sized card ( 5" x 7"). 

The focal image in this stamp set is much bigger and even works on a slimline sized card. Watch my video to learn how you can customize this image to work on different sized cards. 

This window card only has one window panel, a simpler look that is easily regrettable with images you might already own. 

On the inside you get a full look at the gnome and that darling earth worm. 

I just love the images in these stamp sets, they were a delight to color up and the turn into cards. 

If you want to see the entire Enchanted Woods release, check out my REVIEW video. 

Below you will find all the supplies I used to make todays card. 

 

Thank you for spending some time with me today! I will be back with more ideas and videos with the Enchanted Woods release for you soon! 

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Slimline Floral Swag Die

Today I am sharing one of the new Slimline dies from the latest Trinity Stamps release in a 5 minute card making video. 

The die is a beautiful Floral Swag. It's dainty and so pretty. I added over the top of a gel press print in white. 

Watch the video below to see it come together. 

If you can not see the video up on your screen, you can also catch it over on my YouTube channel right HERE.

When you have such a beautiful die like this it is easy to make a card. This die steals the scene! All I needed was a sentiment and of course some gems to finish it off. You can find all of the gems I used at the Trinity Stamps shop, under embellishments.

Below I have the video where I share and review the entire Enchanted Wood release, incase you missed it. 

You can also watch it on my YouTube channel if you cannot see it on this screen.

Below I have linked all the new products for you to check out. 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by, tomorrow I will be sharing two cards made with window sheets and my FAVORITE stamp set from this 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.

 

Enchanted Woods Release is HERE

Hello there my stamping friends. Today is RELEASE day over at Trinity Stamps! 

This is the Enchanted Woods Release!

You are going to love all the fun things Trinity Stamps has in this new offering! 

I have two videos to share with you today. First up is the Trinity Stamps Design Team inspirational hop. 

For my project I am using several new products to make a slimline card that has a woodland feel and it's for Mom! 

This video is part of a hop, which means a GIVEAWAY! So be sure to click over to this video on my YouTube channel to comment and hop along, so you can be entered into the giveaway! 

We also have a giveaway happening over on Instagram. Visit the Instagram hop here.

And I also have a video of the ENTIRE release for you. In this video I am sharing each product in depth. You see all the things stamped, die cut, stenciled and even hot foiled. And I have a card created with each of the products to share with you as well. Check it out here. 

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

Below you will find all the products from this release! Check them out and let me know which one is your favorite! 

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by! Let me know if you have any questions about this new release! And stay tuned to my YouTube channel this next few days for videos on the cards I shared in the release video!
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5 minute card videos

Have you seen the newest videos on my YouTube channel?  5 Minute Card Videos. Along with my other full length videos I will be sharing shorter videos of one card being made. A quick and easy watch that is fun and inspirational.  You might even learn a few tips and trick along the way. 

My latest 5 minute card video features the Gel Press and stamps and dies from Trinity Stamps.  I made two bright and cheery Slimline Easter cards with a shaker element.

You can watch it right here. 

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

And here's a close up look at these cards, you can see the shaker window and the fun gel press backgrounds I made. 

The background on these cards was the most fun to make. I stamped over my gel press backgrounds with slimline stamp sets from Trinity Stamps, aren't they so cute! 

If you love these cards, you should see the set I made last easter with these same two sets. Watch the video right here. 

I love that both the Slimline Chicks and the Slimline Bunnies stamp sets come with coordinating stamps to complete your card! 

If you like these 5 Minute card videos you should check the other two I already have on my channel. 

Inky, Fuzzy and a Lift The Flap

4 Bar Full Panel Shaker Card

And if you are interested in the supplies I used to make todays cards they are all listed for you below. 

 

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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

Lauren Taylor

Ashley Young

Steph Williams

Jen Hartsgrove

Marla Harris

Candice Richardson

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. 

 

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Hot Foiling on Colored Card Stock

Hey there stamping friends. Today I have some great ideas for you! If you have ever tried to hot foil on colored card stock you may have run into some issues. Today's video is going to give you several things to try to get good results with colored card stock. And I am showcasing the Glimmer Kit of the Month from Spellbinders! It's a perfect set to use with colored card stock. 

In this video not only can you see the making of this card, but you are going to get so many helpful things to try when hot foiling, so that you can have gorgeous results. I love hot foiling on colored card stock because it gives me so many different looks with just one roll of foil. What's my favorite foil color you ask??? I love the Aura foil because it has an iridescent finish to it. And it looks great on all colors of card stock as you will see in my video today. 

If you can not see the video on this screen, you can click over to watch it on my YouTube channel, right here. 

Here is my list of things to try when coloring on colored card stock. Take these ideas and give them a try with the colored card stock you have on hand. You may not need to do all of these. The key is to practice, find what works for you. Don't give up on colored card stock. These tips are further explained and shown in action in the video above. 

The reason why I love this months kit for foiling on colored card stock is because the die set cuts the images out right on the line. So, there is no border left behind. It's perfect for this rainbow of flowers, and there's no colored edge showing, just the Aura foil! 

To fit all my flowers on this card I made an A7 sized card, 5" x 7". I love this size card, it is so much fun to give a bigger sized card. I remember my sister asking me a while back why I only made small cards (A2 sized). Since then I haven tried to make different sized cards, maybe that is part of the reason I love A7's and Slimlines. 

If you have any questions about hot foiling on colored card stock please don't hesitate to ask by leaving it in the comment box below. I love hearing from you. 

Below I have listed and linked all the things I used to make this card, as well as all the club kit offerings that Spellbinders has. 

 

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9 Tips & Trick for Quick & Easy Card Making

Hello there my crafty friends. Today I want to share a few of my tips and tricks with you when it comes to making quick and easy cards. And I am going to use those tips to make 4 Mini Slimline Cards. 

In the video below you can see all 9 of my Tips and Trick and see these cards come together. 

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

Now let me show you each of the four cards I made in today's video. 

All of my cards use Mini Slimline Cover Plate dies from Trinity Stamps. This one is the Geometric Cut Out Panel die. A beautiful pattern that needs no more to make for a stunning card. Especially when it is cut from a Gel Press print, giving it some amazing detail. 

One of the tips and tricks I love for quick and easy card making is having amazing sentiment stamp sets. My favorite right now is the collection of Simply Sentimental stamp sets from Trinity Stamps. Sentiment stamp sets aren't always the sets we get the most excited about purchasing. But they are the sets that I will use the most out of my collection. I can use them with any of the stamp sets I already own, giving them new life just by changing out the sentiment. 

Check out the Celtic Twist Cover Plate die I used on this card, it's so pretty. I love that Trinity Stamps has so many mini slimline products. I cut this panel from another Gel Press print that was made with Iridescent Paint.

Each of these cards uses a different set from the Simply Sentimental collection of stamp set, I have all of the linked for you below. 

If you love this cover plate die, Mini Slimline Star Trio Panel, you should know it is also available in the full slimline size. AND, it is a die that helped design for Trinity Stamps! 

I think the stitching around the border off the panel and each star is fabulous, but, did you know there is also stitching around each of the stars that this die cuts out! Super Cool! 

The Disco Ball die is soooo much fun, but here I show that you can dress it up just a little bit and it still just as fun. 

You can see that these cards are simple yet have details that really make them stand out. 

If you'd like to learn more about making Gel Press Prints for card making, I have several videos on this topic. You can watch them here.

Below I have listed and linked the supplies I used to make these cards. 

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