stamping

Newest Stamps from The Stamps of Life

July 9, 2012 By JulieK

Ok, I KNOW that I’ve mentioned my LOVE of these stamps before… HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE… I met Stephanie Barnard at CKC Manchester this spring, and she has to be one of the nicest people I met that day!! And… (Cool) SHE left a comment on my blog last week!! How fantastic must it be to be a part of her design team? I hope she has an open call sometime soon, I’d love to apply… Anyway, the stamps give a fabulous impression on the first outing (no having to use the “eraser trick” on these beautiful stamps!!). I joined the club, so every month a new fabulous stamp arrives at my doorstep!! And last week the new one came! Check out this cute card I made (’cause it was so cute, I had to make a card the same day it arrived!!) The stamp set is called crayons2stamp and is really versatile…

The inside color, the crayon outline, the word crayon and the “hi” are all separate stamps, there’s also a ton of sentiments included and a heart and 2 flowers… It’s a fabulous set that I’m sure I’ll show you more projects with soon!

And, you all know how much I adore the little turtle stamp from last month… Well, I couldn’t resist using him again… Aren’t they so cute? Those are perfect pearls “bubbles” added :)

Don’t forget, if you like the cards, feel free to pin them to Pinterest, all you have to do is click the little “Pin it” button under the images. Thanks so much for visiting today!

Quick and Easy Summer Post It Note Holder

July 2, 2012 By JulieK

I’m so happy to have a tutorial featured over at http://chicnsavvyreviews.net I’ll be a contributing blogger there (about twice a month to start), and will let you know whenever a new post is live! Please check out her site, she posts lots of giveaways and reviews!!

If you click HERE you will see a complete step-by-step tutorial on how I made this adorable Post It Note holder, with personalized post it notes inside… It’s literally a 15 minute project, which included me stopping to take photos! I used the turtles2love stamp set from The Stamps of Life, I cannot recommend these stamps enough!! They stamp beautifully every time, and look at that turtle!! Isn’t it just the cutest?? I joined the monthly club when I discovered them at CKC Manchester, and honestly, they have very quickly become my go-to stamps!

Here’s the front… It’s about 3 1/2 inches high, and 3 1/4 inches wide. The patterned papers are scraps of last year’s Little Yellow Bicycle Sweet Summertime paper line.

Here’s a shot of the inside where I stamped the smaller turtle from the set every 10 notes or so, and also stamped the cute “back” in blue ink to make him even cuter!

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More Handmade Cards

June 25, 2012 By JulieK

I know I’ve mentioned my obsession with stamps… I’ll freely admit that I am mostly a stamp hoarder… I buy them because they are so cute, but until recently, I didn’t use them too much!! Well, enter the monthly Card Club that I co-teach at Late Night Croppers and you have the perfect “excuse” to actually USE the stamps that I ~~hoard~~ buy!

Here are the 3 cards that I made for last month’s card club…

This first one uses two different stamp sets from The Stamps of Life

This adorable Popsicle stamp is also from The Stamps of Life

This last one uses a Technique Tuesday stamp

End of school kids’ gifts

June 20, 2012 By JulieK

Well, we all know that I have a “problem” and simply LOVE to make things!! Well, when I saw this idea on Pinterest I knew I was going to have to make something similar!! She offers a printable to use as a tag, but I couldn’t possibly use it :) Especially when last month’s stamp set from my “Stamps of Life” club membership featured ADORABLE Popsicles!! Here’s the stamp set (I am not an affiliate, just a club member, and I LOVE the stamps!!) So, I was able to find the swirly straws, and used the small single serving Kool Aid, and then stamped the tags (“only” 50 of them, for both kids’ classes!!) Here’s the tags I made…

The image is stamped in 3 parts… First I had the outline and the words stamped in black, then the sticks in brown and finally the super fun red “Popsicle!” I punched a hole in the corner, and tied them to the clear treat bags with red and white twine. Here’s one all done…

I think they came out super cute! Don’t forget to click on the Pin it button if you want to share this on Pinterest! You can follow me using the Pinterest button in the top menu too!

Made for Monday… Handmade Cards

May 21, 2012 By JulieK

I don’t know about you, but I still LOVE to get snail mail (especially when it’s NOT bills!!) A thoughtful card can totally make my entire week. But, as much as I love getting a handwritten note or card, I am not good about putting those beautiful thoughtful cards in the mail to other people to make their day a little sunnier… I teach a monthly card class, and have lots of beautiful cards to choose from, but don’t send them often enough. I’m going to try to send a card a week to someone I know… Want to join me? Doesn’t have to be handmade, just send a little card or handwritten note to someone once a week… Here’s a few cards I’ve made recently that will hopefully have new new homes in the upcoming weeks…

This first one is one of my favorite cards I’ve made… That’s part of the reason I still have it :) I don’t want to send it away!! The flowers are stamped directly on a book page (I love the Used Book Superstore… But, you do have to be slightly careful about the page you use, just make sure there isn’t anything inapporpriate :) and then I colored the flowers with colored pencil. The snippets of patterned papaer are scraps of Fancy Pants papers that I had used on another project, and the Thank You stamp is Technique Tuesday (as was the flower and stem).

Oh, Happy Everything!! The word stamps are very old Stampin’ Up set that I’ve used so many times… I don’t remember who made the dandelion stamp, but I LOVE it. Along the bottom of the paper I used a strip of paper and folded it for the pleat.

Oh, this little chickie stamp jumped into my hand one day at the store and just wouldn’t let me put it down… The stamp is Jillibean Soup… He’s stamped on the background first, then onto the scraps of patterned paper and layered… I think it’s just so cute!

Speaking of cute! Look at that little birdie! Love this new stamp set by Stamps of Life, I just joined their monthly stamp club, and LOVE the stamps… Inside this card it says “It’s your birthday.” Love that you can make a super cute card with just a couple little pieces of patterned paper!