CardMaker Blog Hop

Welcome to the CardMaker and The Stamps of Life Blog Hop!

 

 

The CardMaker Designers and The Stamps of Life Designers will be teaming up to show you some wonderful projects featuring stamps from The Stamps of Life.
 

Make sure and comment on each of the blogs in the hop! One winner will be randomly chosen to win 3 stamp sets of their choice ($12.95 value or less)! The winner will be chosen July 31^st and announced on The Stamps of Life Blog on August 1^st.

 

Here is the card I created to share with you today: it's a shaker card. :)

Inside:

 

TSOL Supplies used:
*Sizzix framelits lables Regal die set
*Sizzix Triplits Butterfly dies
*Notebook Edge and Hello dies
*Sea2flower stamp set

Next stop:  Kristine!

Hop List:

CardMaker Magazine

Tiffany Johnson

Emily Niehaus

Theresa Momber

Joana Studer

Frances Byrne

Jeanne Jachna

Vanessa Buzard **you are here**

Kristine Reynolds

Penny Ward

Tanya Adams

Anna Wight

Noelle McAdams

Jeanne Streiff

Mae Nazareth

Kim Pargeter

Judy Rozema

Piali Biswas

The Stamps of Life blog

 

THANKS FOR JOINING US!  :)

Oh snap!

I just loooove this stamp set from The Stamps of Life, Turtles2love. I made these cards yesterday.  For this card I used alcohol ink to create the "water" as well as the turtle.  I used die cut pieces out of the framelit flip it square die set to get the squares.  The whole card is sprayed with a blue t.a. mist.

 I added dimensional glaze and glitter to the turtle shell.  :)

Inside:

another using the turtles2love set; plus, thinking of you stamp from the sea2flower set, which did you know?  those two stamp sets "go together", check it out by clicking on the sea2flower link.  The dot background I created using one of the stamps from the backgrounds2build stamp set. Square was cut from one of the pieces from the framelit flip it square card die set.  The circle from the framelit flip it circle #2 set. I also used dimensional glaze on the shell again. 

Inside:

 

TFL!!

crazy4challenges 246

A hidden panel card created using a flipit card die!  I love it!  Here's Stephanie's video on how to create one.

 

I also discovered this challenge over at Crazy 4 challenges while visiting blogs, so thought I'd play along, too. 

 

 

 TSOL supplies used:
*balloons2cutstamp and die set
*spinner2stamps
*trianglealpha4banners
*fancy edge flip it dies (for 2 panels)
*framelit square framelits die set






 

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TSOL flip it card.  I love them :)  This is the square framelit flip it die. 

 

 I saw another DT card sample making a banner in the card, so this wasn't my idea, but I love it!  Just a little extra fun to the card.

 

All stamps used are by TSOL:  thinking of you is from sea2flower; heart and swirl from stamp2build; and banner stamps (with die!) is Trianglealpha4banners.

TFL!  Happy Friday!  :)

gate fold butterfly card

FIRST:  new products just released at The Stamps of Life!  A basket die, mini envelope die, flowers with leaves.... so much fun!  Check them out! 

 

Sharing a quick card I created recently.  Yep, I said quick!  The die cut sets from The Stamps of Life really do make creating a card like this quick- and easy!  This is the TSOL regal stand up card made into a gatefold card.  Here's Stephanie's video on how to make it.

 

 

 

I also used the Butterfly triplits dies and the sizzix framelits regal die set.  for my friend stamp is from TSOL sea2flower set.

TFL!  Happy Monday!

I'm flippin' out!

I am flippin' out- only a month and a few days of summer vacation is left!  I created this fun flip flop window card using TSOL flipflops2stamp and matching die set. 

 

 I cut the "I'm flippin' out" saying words apart and placed them in a line to fit into my flip flop cut out window.  In case you gasped in horror that I cut stamps apart (hee hee), you can also get the same results just by masking off the words while you ink and stamp; just be sure you have the words you already stamped cleaned off really well before you move on to the next word.  :)

 

TFL!

sweet sketch wednesday

Fresh Brewed Designs in sponsoring Sweet Sketch Wednesday this week, and I thought I'd join in....

Here's the sketch:

 

and here's my card:

 

I used the Beach Bums rubber stamp by FBD, along with stamps and dies from TSOL:  flipflops2stamp.

 

Thanks bunches

I have another strawberry card for you.  I used several The Stamps of Life stamps on this card:  strawberres2stamp; pb&j2enjoy; and crazy4daisies.  The chalkboard label I bought last Christmastime in the dollar section at Target.  I embossed  the saying in white EP which smells like baby powder.  I've had the EP for like 13+ years!  omg!  scented EP was really popular then.  I can't believe it still smells so good. :) 

inside.....

Happy Friday!!  :)

gate fold card made easy!

It's no secret, I'm sure, I'm a The Stamps of Life fan these days. I joined the die hard club a few months back and have been enjoying using the stamps and dies.  I recently bought one of the framelit stand up card die sets which is awesome all on it's own (scroll down a couple or go to the TSOL website), but Stephanie posted a video recently showing how you can create a gate fold card using one of the stand up die sets.  It's so easy. I love it!  Here's my first one....

 

front closed (as much as I could get it to be.....).  This is using the regal stand up die card set which includes the happy birthday and shadow dies...

 

 inside flap.....

 

 The sentiment is TSOL spinner2stamp.  The rest is designer paper from Michael's.

 

TFL!

berry lucky

Strawberries2stamp by TSOL.  I actually used my gelatos on watercolor paper by wetting the gelato stick and applying color straight to the stamps.  It looks better IRL. I used Tim Holtz Wild Honey distress ink for the berries and then coverd them with dimensional glaze.  I hand cut out the strawberries and stems; however, I used the dies for the leaves as well as the TSOL mini flower; the label is from the TSOL fancy edge framelit card die set.  The You are a sweetie stamp is from TSOL pb&j2enjoy stamp set. 

 

Here's a quick and easy card using the small strawberry stamp from the TSOL strawberries2stamp set.  The candle is from spinner2stamp.

 

 

TFL!  :)

stand up!

I couldn't help myself, I *had* to buy a Framelit Stand-up card die from the Stamps of Life.  This one is called Regal and it comes with 22 dies in total. 

 

I *heart* it.  It's so cute and easy!  I created this card for my MIL.  She'll be needing lots of cards and love sent her way as she battles some health issues.  I'm sending this card out today using a photo of my ds kissing her on the cheek last visit with her.  He loooves his Grandma!

 

Here is the card front, closed. All cut out shapes are from the die set.  The shape that the photo is matted on, cuts out a cool cheveron pattern, but I kept the pieces in and used tape on the back to make sure they didn't fall out.  The Love word and shadow is also part of it....

Ta-da!  It opens and slides to a stand up position, locking in place with a little cut tab.  The border along the bottom edge is also part of the set, but the buttons are TSOL mini button dies.

 

TFL!

berry fun new stamps and dies! :)

July's The Stamps of Life stamp (and die) set is Strawberries2stamp.  So cute!  In between 4th of July activities yesterday, I played with mine and made 3 cards:

 

I used one of the panel dies from the framelit flip it circle die #2 for the scalloped edge designer paper.  I used the dies for the strawberries.  The little white flower is perfect for strawberries and that is also TSOL, mini flowers. The berry saying is from the strawberries2stamp stamp set.  :) 

 Quick and easy cards! 

 I Loooove the strawberry leaf dies.  They emboss leaf veins.  I used textured cardstock as well and crumpled my leaves, too.  :)

 

 The strawberry set could easily be a new fave, but I'm still lovin' the hot4balloons set, so I put them together!  :)  The strawberries2stamp set comes with three different sized strawberries. I used the smallest for this balloon.  :) 

 

TFL!  :)  Hope you all had a happy and safe 4th of July!