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!

Blue, Cream, and a Little Bling!

I've been crafting like crazy lately - so much so that I haven't managed to make the time to update the blog! Today I want to share with you a sweet little card that ended up absolutely NOTHING like I had planned in my head - I actually started out using kraft as the base for this card!



The patterned paper is from the Winterland digital scrapbook kit by Nikki Epperson. I used my Nestabilities labels die for the sentiment paper and the border, as well as the butterfly, which is from Butterflies Set 1 by The Cutting Files. Since I was only using one butterfly, I didn't bother dragging out my Cricut and fighting with my Sure Cuts A Lot software - I just clipped the digital paper to the butterfly template, printed it out, and cut it by hand. If I were making a hundred butterflies (or even just 10), I'd definitely make the machine do it for me! After I cut the butterfly, I added some crystal glitter by PK Glitz to the edges and center of the butterfly to give it a little bling factor.

The base paper is from a pearl paper pack by The Paper Studio. I embossed it using a Cuttlebug folder. I added blue ribbon and the little silver charm from my stash of random stuff. The flowers and center are by Prima Marketing.

The sentiment is from the Friends4Ever set by The {Stamps} of Life. I originally stamped it with light blue ink, but couldn't get a good photo of the sentiment so I restamped it using grey and I like how it turned out.

Check back on Thursday when I show off some of the stuff I made for the new releases this week at The Digi Chick. There are SO MANY awesome products coming out and I've had a blast playing with them!

More TSOL Projects & Cards!

Here are a couple more projects and a card I created with this month's special release stamps from The {Stamps} of Life!

First is this Christmas card in non-traditional colors. I have this thing for pink and green on Christmas cards. I used the candy canes from the Christmas2Build stamps to make a heart. I added some crystal PK Glitz glitter on the alternating stripes. The mats are cut from a Nestabilities label die. The paper comes from Libby Weifenbach & Tracey Howard's digital kitFra Gee Lay.

Next is a simple sour cream treat container I made as part of a set of six for a tutorial I wrote over on Penny Springmann's Blog. The stamps are from the Monogram2Build and Alpha4Monogram. The circle is either a Nestabilities scalloped circle or else a 1.5" scalloped circle punch, I can't remember now which one I used! Isn't this paper GORGEOUS? I love it. It comes from Penny Springmann and Amanda Heimann's collab kit, Autumn Rhapsody.

Finally I have a simple initial tin that also uses the Monogram2Build and Alpha4Monogram stamps. I stamped using Color Box pigment ink in scarlet, then dumped red embossing powder on top and heat set the whole thing. I love these little boxes, and was thrilled to find a set at Michaels in their Sold-As-Is section marked 75% off, from $19.99 to $5! There was only one tin missing from the whole set so of course I snatched them up! They're perfect for holding a few chocolates or other small treat.

That's it for now! Stay tuned, as I'll have some more before the end of the month!