Carrie Stamps

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. 

 

 

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.

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.

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. 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

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 

 

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.

 

 

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! 

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.

 

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!
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.

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. 

 

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.

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. 

 

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.

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. 

 

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.

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. 

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.

Using Stamps to make Home Decor

Hello again my crafty friends. Today I am not making a card! Instead I am using stamps to make a home decor piece. When I saw the Porte-Hello stamp set from Trinity Stamps I knew I wanted to make something for my daughter's room. She love mushroom things and this image fits her style. That is where the idea for this project came from. 

I used a couple things from the thrift store to create this wall hanging. The first is the sheet music that I stamped my image on. I saw it and bought it, not knowing exactly what I would use it for and a few years later, I am using it for this project. I have also used a few sheets of this when making Gel Press Prints. 

The second thrift store find I used is the embroidery hoop. They are pretty easy to find when thrifting and are great to use for other things besides cross stitch. 

You can see this project come together in the video below. 

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

To color in this image I used colored pencils, it was the perfect medium for coloring on top of this thin sheet music. 

A bit of ink blending and splattering was the perfect touch to give this piece a vintage feel. 

To embellish this I used a couple different clay elements from Trinity Stamps, a sunflower and some bees. I have both of these as well as all the things I used listed and linked for you below. 

 

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.

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!

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!

Lyndsey Turner

Amanda Stevens

Jayne Vaughan

Tallie Clewley

Silvia Galloni

Amanda Fitterer

Time for Tea Blog

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.

The GOAT Box Card

You've heard that GOAT stands for GREATEST OF ALL TIME, right. Well,I think this die set, the Wide Box Die Set by Trinity Stamps is one of those die sets! I use it a lot and love to create a 3D scene in this box that folds flat and can be sent in a business sized envelope. For today's card I am bringing out one of the newest stamp sets from Trinity Stamps, I Goat You, Babe. These goats are so darn cute! 

You can see this card come together in the video below. 

 

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

A hand stamped card is always special, but there is something about a 3D scene that makes it seem a bit more special. That is what I love about creating cards using the Wide Box die set. 

The goats and clothes on the link are all from the I Goat You, Babe stamp set. I just love these goats, they are so darn cute! 

I also have to point out the rainbow in the back of the card, I made this using the Slimline Rainbow Builder die set, another of my favorite things from Trinity Stamps. 

I love the Simply Sentimental You for a fun sentiment on the front flap of this card, it fit perfectly. 

To see how this card goes together be sure to watch the video.

Below I have listed and linked all the supplies I used to make this card. If you have any questions be sure to let me know. 

 

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.

The Highlander Cow moves to the Country

Howdy Y'all!  Today's share is a couple of cards that took on a country vibe and I just went with it!  

I am using the Highland Honeys stamp set from Heffy Doodle, a family owned stamp company from Scotland. The Highland Cow (furry cows) are from there. But when I started coloring this little guy he clearly wanted to see what the wild Wild West was all about. I did not mean to make a couple of country themed cards but that's the direction it started to take and I just went for it. 

Below you can watch these cards come together. I did some masking to make the scenes, no line coloring for a more story book look and a bit of fun with distress products for the backgrounds. 

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

And if you want to see the second card come together, check out my Reels on Instagram.

Here's a close up look at each of these cards. 

Both of these cards use the Woodgrain Texture Die for the background. This die leaves behind stitched lines of woodgrain. I LOVE IT. 

For this background I accented the stitched lines using a Distress Crayon, Crooked Broomstick. I love how the Mica in this crayon subtly highlights the stitched lines. 

For the images I did some no line coloring with my Copic Markers. I thought a softer more storybook feel would be a great look for these cards. 

The background of this card started out with Vellum. I used 3 different colors of Distress Oxide ink and just drug the pad across the back of the vellum to get a faux wood grain look. I backed it onto a piece of Kraft cardstock. And here you can see I dress up the corners with EYELETS. I have not used eyelets on a card for at least 100 years!!! I even love the one that got smashed, gives it more of that rustic look. 

I am pretty sure this Highland Cow is LOVING the country and all the field of grain.  I live in Idaho and just around the corner from where I live is a little farm that has three of these cows and that might be what inspired these cards. As I so love seeing them when I drive by. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and letting me share these cards with you! Below you will find the supplies I used linked for your convenience. 

 

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.

Bon Bon Box Stamp Set 3 Ways

Hey there stamping friends, today I am back with another of the new stamp sets from the Sweet Shop release from Trinity Stamps. This is the Bon Bon Box stamp set. It is a sweet little stamp set with a box of chocolates. The coordinating stamp and dies make this set a lot of fun to play with. You decide wether you want to color in the chocolates, stamp the chocolates or paper piece the chocolates. Or a combination of these things. 

I decided to make 3 card, one with each of these options. 

Watch them come together in this video. 

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

Here are some close up pictures of each of the cards. 

CARD ONE

This card is a 4 Bar card, which is a 5" x 3-1/2" card, also called an RSVP card. If you want to see more 4 Bar cards, watch my "What is a 4 Bar Card?" video.

As I mentioned above you can add color to these chocolates in a number of ways, one of them is to use the small stamps in the set to stamp each of the chocolates. The stamp will only cover the chocolate or bon bon and not the paper wrapper around the bon bon. 

Then I used the coordinating stamps that create sprinkles or drizzle on top of the chocolates. I stamped in the images in Versamark ink and embossed them with white powder. The rest of the box I colored in with Copic Markers. 

CARD TWO

For this box of chocolates I used the coordinating dies to cut out the bon bon shapes. This is my favorite way to add color to the bon bons, as it gives them a bit more dimension. I also added glaze over the top of them and a sprinkle of chunky glitter. I just love how it turned out. 

This card is a mini slimline size, 3" x 6". So you can see how this box of chocolates fits on different size cards. 

CARD THREE

For this last card I colored in the chocolates with my Copic Markers. This gives you the most ability to add shadows and highlights. I also did a bit of stamping on top of the coloring. 

I loved adding the glaze to the chocolates so much that I added it to these as well. 

All the supplies I used to make these cards are listed for you below.  Please let me know if you have any questions or your thoughts on today's cards in the comments below, I love to chat with you. 

 

Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.

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

 

New WOW Embossing Powders

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

You can see why they are called WOW! 

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

You can check out the WOW shop right here: 

US Shoppers

UK Shoppers

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

 

What is a 4 Bar Card?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.