The Stamps of Life and Cardmaker Magazine 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.

I created a Happy Birthday card using the Label6Stamps, the Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK-Card, Square Flip-Its #2, the Sizzix Framelits Die Set 7PK - Labels, Fancy #6 dies, and Stephanie Barnard & ColorBox ink pad in Blueberry. 

The inside sentiment is from the moreladybugs2love stamp set.

Hop List

CardMaker: http://www.cardmakermagazine.com/blog/?p=10147

Tiffany Johnson: http://iheartartblog.com/?p=12967

Emily Niehaus: http://emmielouwho.blogspot.com/2014/07/cards-blog-hop_16.html

Theresa Momber: http://craftingtheweb.blogspot.com/2014/07/cardmaker-and-stamps-of-life-blog-hop.html

Joana Studer: http://joanastamps.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-stamps-of-life-and-cardmaker.html

Frances Byrne: http://stampowl.blogspot.com/2014/07/cardmaker-stamps-of-life-blog-hop.html

Jeanne Jachna: http://akeptlife.blogspot.com/2014/07/cardmaker-stamps-of-life-blog-hop.html

Vanessa Buzard: http://vanessaspapercreations.blogspot.com/2014/07/cardmaker-blog-hop.html

Kristine Reynolds: http://stampingandscrapingincalifornia.blogspot.com/2014/07/tsol-hops-with-cardmaker.html

Penny Ward: http://www.pennywardink.com/2014/07/cardmaker-stamps-of-life-blog-

Tanya Adams: http://studio5380.com/2014/07/tsol-card-maker-blog-hop.html

Anna Wight: http://sweetmissdaisy.typepad.com/sassy_sweet_notes/the-stamps-of-life/

Noelle McAdams: http://noelle-paperandice.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-stamps-of-life-blog-hop.html

Jeanne Streiff: http://inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/?p=20136

Mae Nazareth: http://www.inkdpaperbymae.blogspot.com/

Kim Pargeter: http://stampinriley.blogspot.com/2014/07/cardmaker-magazine-and-stamps-of-life.html

Judy Rozema: http://jarfullofjoy.blogspot.com/2014/07/cardmaker-hop.html

Piali Biswas: http://touchofcreation.blogspot.com/2014/07/cardmaker-stamps-of-life-blog-hop.html

The Stamps of Life blog: http://stephaniebarnard.blogspot.com/

Good luck! Thanks for stopping by!

The {Stamps} of Life and Clearsnap Blog Hop!

Sorry this post is up late! 

The Stamps of Life and Clearsnap are having a blog hop featuring The Stamps of Life stamps and Clearsnap inks and other fun products. Be sure you comment on all the stops along the hop because prizes will be randomly chosen among the comments!

The Stamps of Life will be giving away a prize to 3 lucky people – one stamp set (of the winner’s choice) per winner.

Clearsnap will be giving away an assortment of Stephanie Barnard Colorbox Premium Dye inks.

I just love the Flip-it dies and how awesome they are. They create such a unique card and are so fun to make, not to mention quick and easy!

And the inside:

And can I talk for a minute about how awesome these ink pads are? They aren't textured, so you don't end up with a weave pattern on your stamped images. They are super-inky, so getting maximum coverage is very easy. And the colors are so rich and beautiful!
This card used the following products:

A Little Bit Country by Kristin Cronin-Barrow

Sizzix Movers & Shapers L Die - Card, Fancy Frame Flip-its
Chevron Die Set
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 6PK w/stamps Labels, Fancy #2 (inside sentiment)
Messages4friends stamp (outside stamp)
Stephanie Barnard Clearsnap inks: Strawberry & Blueberry
Gemstones by The Paper Studio
Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro Perma-Tac

Thanks for dropping by! Now head on to your next stop: Tami Sanders!

Here's the whole hop list:

Clearsnap - http://clearsnap.blogspot.com

The Stamps of Life - http://stephaniebarnard.blogspot.com/

Jeanne Streiff - http://inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/?p=17629

Sabrina Alery - http://sabrinaalery.blogspot.com/

Judy Rozema - http://jarfullofjoy.blogspot.com/

Megan Aaron - http://thoughtsoftraveling.blogspot.com/

Deb Felts - http://withastampandasong.blogspot.com/

Diana Gonzalez - http://www.arteypoemas.com/

Vicki Garrett – http://summerthymestudio.blogspot.com/

Denise Hahn - http://inmyblueroom.blogspot.com/

Kim Pargeter - http://stampinriley.blogspot.com/

Suzanne Austin - http://whatsinalousyananut.blogspot.com/

Joana Studer - http://joanastamps.blogspot.com/

Tami Sanders - http://tamisanders.com/

Emily Niehaus - http://emmielouwho.blogspot.com/

Jennifer Priest - http://hydrangeahippo.com

Kim Howard - http://basementstamper.blogspot.com/

Meet the Teacher Gift

Hard to believe my firstborn child is starting kinder on Tuesday! We had Meet the Teacher today and I made this little gift for her to give her kindergarten teacher.

I found the jar at Dollar Tree a while back and bought quite a few of them to have on hand for projects such as this one. The tag is made with digital papers from You Are... by Meghan Mullens. The font is DJB It's Full of Dots Straight Up. I cut out the tag using a scalloped Spellbinders Nestibilities die. The ribbon is some I've had in my stash forever. It was a quick and easy gift!

Fishing Game!

I had to share this cute fishing game I made a couple of weeks ago using Boardwalk Blues by Mari Koegelenberg and Karen Lewis.

I grabbed Lori Whitlock's 5x7 shadow box from the Silhouette store. I only added a patterned paper from the kit to the frame of the box, and left the rest of the box frame white. I just opted to sponge the edges with blue ink and then stamp them with the wave stamp from The {Stamps} of Life. The outside of the box measures 6" x 8" (the opening is 5x7), so I created a canvas in Photoshop that was 6"x8" and then created the bottom of the fishing pond using a paper from the kit. I printed that out and cut it with my paper cutter. I had the Silhouette Cameo cut out the fish. I reversed the image on half of the fish (flip horizontally) and then glued them together. As I glued them together I added tiny metal washers to their bodies to make it possible for a magnet to pick them up.

I used long lollipop sticks for the poles and tied Caribbean twine by The Twinery around them. I attached magnets to the other end of the twine. I assembled the box (super-easy once you watch Lori's video on how to do it), and voila! We have a super-cute fishing game that my kids love playing with!

Mojo Monday card sketch (On a Friday!)

Mojo Monday has this awesome sketch this week, and I thought I would play along. Consider this your sneak peek for some Sugarplum Paperie goodies coming to the Sweet Shoppe on Saturday, 5/12/2012!

Kitschy Kitchen papers
Natural Beauty mini kit
Bleached Cardboard papers
all by Sugarplum Paperie

coming to SSD 5/12/2012!

Recollections rhinestone stickers
Sentiments4Circles by The {Stamps} of Life
ribbon by My Arts
Sizzix & Cuttlebug embossing folders
Paper Studio gemstones

Thanks for looking!

Thank You Card

Just thought I'd share a quick card I made using Meghan Mullens Tree Hugger kit. This color palette is one of my most favorites ever - there's just something so happy about blues, yellows, and bright greens all together!

The Thank You stamp is by The {Stamps} of life. The button and ric rac have been in my stash of stuff forever. The twine is by The Twinery. I used Close to My Heart ink in ocean for the sentiment.

The {Stamps} of Life and Clearsnap Blog Hop!

Happy FRIDAY!!! 

The Stamps of Life and Clearsnap are having a blog hop featuring The Stamps of Life stamps and Clearsnap inks and other fun products. Be sure you comment on all the stops along the hop because prizes will be randomly chosen among the comments!



The Stamps of Life will be giving away a prize to 3 lucky people – one stamp set (of the winner’s choice) per winner.

Clearsnap will be giving away an assortment of Stephanie Barnard Colorbox Premium Dye inks.

Here's the card I created.

I used the happy2becircles stamp set by The {Stamps} of Life in conjunction with the Stephanie Barnard ColorBox premium dye inkpad in Blueberry. I used the Stephanie Barnard ColorBox premium dye inkpad in Bubblegum to ink the edges of the scalloped circle. The paper and other card elements are from the gorgeous digital scrapbook kit "Berry Sweet," by Mari Koegelenberg. It will make its debut in the Sweet Shoppe on Saturday! I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut the scallops, scalloped circle, and flower sticker element.

Here's the entire blog hop list - make sure you hit all of the stops and leave comments!

Clearsnap – http://clearsnap.blogspot.com

The Stamps of Life http://stephaniebarnard.blogspot.com/
Jeanne Streiff - http://inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/category/inks/clearsnap/
Sabrina Alery – http://sabrinaalery.blogspot.com

Deb Felts - http://withastampandasong.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Stamps%20of%20Life
Steph Ackerman - http://stephaniescraps.blogspot.com
Lydia Fiedler - http://www.understandblue.blogspot.com/
Mary Dawn Quirindongo - http://mypinkmexico.blogspot.com/
Kim Howard - http://basementstamper.blogspot.com/
Daniela Dobson - http://danieladobson.blogspot.com/
Tami Mayberry –  http://tamimayberry.blogspot.com/search/label/clearsnap
Jennifer Priest http://hydrangeahippo.com
Laura Williams –  http://www.lauralooloo.blogspot.com/
Kim Pargeter – http://stampinriley.blogspot.com/
Vicki Garrett – http://summerthymestudio.blogspot.com/ < -- You should have come from here!
Joana Studer- http://joanastamps.blogspot.com/ < -- You are here!
Emily Niehaus - http://emmielouwho.blogspot.com/ < -- Go here next, but leave me a comment first!
Beverly Sizemore - http://bevscreativepath.blogspot.com/

Thanks for hopping with us!