Today I’m sharing a fun Valentine’s Day project. I purchased a mailbox at Target and decorated it using some fun die cuts. Of course this mailbox can be used for Valentine’s Day, but it can also be used year-round. I’m going to use it for decoration in my craft room.
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To see how I decorated this mailbox, watch my video here:
The Stamps of Life September 2020 card kit was released on September 15 and I’m excited to share with you the 9 cards and 1 tag that I made with this kit. This kit corresponds to the monthly stamp and die set called PolarBear2Stamp as well as the add-on set, Extras4PolarBear. Here’s a picture of everything that is included in the September Card Kit Club.
The September card kit is called the “Party On” collection. The color pallet for this month is Spearmint, Green Apple, Kiwi, Strawberry, Cranberry, Storm, Cloud, Gingersnap, and Powdered Sugar. This kit comes with 12 cardstock sheets — one in each color plus four Powdered Sugar cardstock sheets.
The petite paper pad is the Party On Collection and comes with 24 double-sided sheets of patterned paper. It also includes two sheets of the polar bear die cuts and accessories (winter hat, present, scarf) which match the monthly stamp set, PolarBear2Stamp, and the add-on set, Extras4PolarBear. The images can be die cut with the shadow dies from the die sets. In total, there are four polar bear die cuts, 4 scarves, 4 presents, and 2 winter hats that can be used on your cards.
The card kit also comes with a Party On word die, a scallop border die with shadow, epoxy dots, chipboard pieces (2 banners and several presents), two ribbon, a sentiment stamp set, two sheets of glitter alphabet stickers, idea card, and a set of envelopes.
As a special bonus, The Stamps of Life is including TWO FREE dies this month! Ken is including two freebie die sets in every card kit through December 2020. My two freebies were the Wreath2Stamp dies ($16.41 value) and the Beautiful Card Kit Die ($10.95 value).
More information on The Stamps of Life clubs can be found here.
The Stamps of Life August 2020 card kit was released on August 15 and I’m excited to share with you the 10 cards that I made with this kit. This kit corresponds to the monthly stamp and die set called Birds2Stamp as well as the add-on set, MoreBirds2Stamp. Here’s a picture of everything that is included in the August Card Kit Club.
The August card kit is called the “Fabulous” collection. The color pallet for this month is Strawberry, Tangerine, Cantaloupe, Banana, Green Apple, Mint Chip, Ocean, Grape, and Powdered Sugar. This kit comes with 12 cardstock sheets — one in each color plus four Powdered Sugar cardstock sheets. (Note: My kit came with the Sunshine cardstock instead of Banana and the Cherry cardstock instead of Cantaloupe. Both colors match very closely, but I wanted to point this out because when I make my cards, I refer to the cardstock by the names of the colors I received in my kit.)
The petite paper pad is the Fabulous Collection and comes with 24 double-sided sheets of patterned paper. It also includes four sheets of birds in various colors that match the monthly stamp set, Birds2Stamp, and the add-on set, MoreBirds2Stamp. The birds can be die cut with the corresponding shadow dies from the corresponding die sets.
The card kit also comes with a Fabulous word die, a die to make a flower, epoxy dots, palm tree puffy stickers, two ribbon, a sentiment stamp set, paperclips with bows attached, idea card, and a set of envelopes.
As a special bonus, The Stamps of Life is including THREE FREE dies this month! There is a Happy Birthday word die which is a freebie from Stephanie and there are two large die sets which are freebies from Ken. Ken is including two freebie die sets in every card kit through December 2020. My two freebies were the BananaSplit2Stamp dies ($16.41 value) and the Flower with Stem Dies ($12.88 value).
More information on The Stamps of Life clubs can be found here.
Watch a Video Tutorial of all 10 Cards here.
Card 1
My first card was inspired by Mojo Monday Sketch 543.
My third card was also inspired by the MFT 235 Sketch, however, I modified it slightly by moving the sentiment toward the bottom of the card, using a heart instead of a circle, and using a larger piece of paper underneath the heart.
My fourth card was inspired by the Sweet Sunday 268 Sketch.
Supplies
Cardstock Powdered Sugar, Strawberry, Sunshine, Green Apple (I used Sunshine cardstock because that’s what came in my kit,although it should’ve been Banana.)
My fifth card was inspired by Sweet Sunday Sketch 286, but I modified it slightly so that my card is in the landscape direction.
Supplies
Cardstock Powdered Sugar, Cherry, Ocean, Strawberry, Sunshine, Licorice (I used Sunshine and Cherry cardstock because that’s what came in my kit,although it should’ve been Banana and Cantaloupe.)
Cardstock Powdered Sugar, Sunshine, Chocolate, Green Apple, Grape (I used Sunshine cardstock because that’s what came in my kit,although it should’ve been Banana.)
Cardstock Powdered Sugar, Ocean, Strawberry, Sunshine (I used Sunshine cardstock because that’s what came in my kit,although it should’ve been Banana.)
Cardstock Mint Chip, Ocean, Cherry, Sunshine (I used Sunshine and Cherry cardstock because that’s what came in my kit, although it should’ve been Banana and Cantaloupe.)
Today I’m sharing a card I made using the Puppy Love die set from The Stamps of Life. This die set includes the dies to make this adorable puppy and includes additional dies for a shirt, overalls, and two buttons. Using patterned paper or colored cardstock, you can die cut the outfit in any color or pattern you’d like to dress the puppy however you choose.
Check out my video below where I show you the dies and make a card!
The Stamps of Life May 2020 card kit was released on May 15 and I’m excited to share with you the 10 cards that I made with this kit. This kit corresponds to the monthly stamp and die set called tortie2stamp. There are so many fun products in the May card kit.
The color pallet for this month is banana, green apple, blue jay, spearmint, ocean, gingersnap, cherry, blueberry, and powdered sugar. This kit comes with 12 cardstock sheets — one in each color plus four powdered sugar cardstock sheets. The petite paper pad is the Special Friend Collection and comes with 24 double sided sheets of patterned paper. It also includes two sheets of turtles in various sizes that match the monthly stamp set, tortie2stamp, which can be die cut with the corresponding shadow dies from the tortie2stamp die set and the moretorties2stamp die set. There are a total of 16 turtles that can be die cut. This makes for a lot of quick and easy cards!
The card kit also comes with a flower die set, a sentiment stamp set, a “Special Friend” word die, epoxy dots, 9 chipboard sentiment pieces, flower puffy stickers, two ribbon (green apple and blueberry), idea card, a large storage envelope to put everything in, and a set of envelopes.
As a special bonus, starting this month, The Stamps of Life is including TWO FREE die sets in every card kit through December 2020. Let me just say that these are not small dies…Nope! They are large die sets! The two free items in my kit are the apple dies ($16.41 value) that match the apple2stamp set and the circle stitched only dies ($18.99 value). That a $35 value in FREE gifts! Every card kit club member may receive different freebies.
More information on The Stamps of Life clubs can be found here.
UPDATE TO CARD 10: The small “You Rock” word die is not available in the guitar die set. It came with my design team shipment, but The Stamps of Life decided to not include it in the final packaging. Another option is the large “You Rock” word die. Here’s a link – https://thestampsoflife.com/you-rock-dies.html
Supplies
Cardstock– Blue Jay, Banana, Powdered Sugar, Spearmint
Today on my blog I am sharing some cards that I made using the guitar dies from The Stamps of Life. These dies go along with the stamp set, Guitars2Play, which was previously released. The stamps did not have dies, so now they do! For my cards, I did some paper piecing to create the guitars.
For my first card, I also used some circle dies to create a record as a die cut image on the card. I just love how it turned out with the two guitar die cuts added to the card.
For my second card, I created a shaker card using the guitar dies and the dotted star dies.
UPDATE: The small “You Rock” word die used on these cards is not available in the guitar die set. It came with my design team shipment, but The Stamps of Life decided to not include it in the final packaging. Another option is the large “You Rock” word die. Here’s a link – https://thestampsoflife.com/you-rock-dies.html
Today on my blog I am sharing a box die from The Stamps of Life. It’s called the Scallop Mermaid Box. It can be used for just about any occasion — a favor box for a wedding or baby shower, just to say “thank you,” or to give someone a gift “just because” you are thinking about them. The box measures 1 3/4 inches x 3 1/2 inches and can fit candy, gum, Chapstick, money, or a small trinket.
The die set comes with the large die to make the box. It also comes with layering pieces for the top and sides of the box. It comes with a beautiful scallop background as well as a background full of hearts. You can use the dies in the set to make a beautiful box or incorporate your own stamps/dies to make it any theme of your choosing.
To see how to put this box together, watch my YouTube tutorial here —
Hello! Today I want to share three quick and easy Valentine’s Day cards. I don’t know about you, but I don’t have a lot of time to color stamped images for cards. Two of these cards have no coloring at all! They simply use die cuts, inks, and stamps that do not have to be colored in! Watch my video tutorial to see how I made the cards.
I’m so excited to share with you my latest 10 Cards 1 Kit project using The Stamps of Life January 2020 card kit. This kit is so much fun! It corresponds with the monthly stamp and die set – birdhouses2stamp.
The color pallet for this month is cherry, chocolate, kiwi, banana, lemonade, ocean, strawberry, gingersnap, and a brand new color — vanilla! The vanilla cardstock replaces the powdered sugar cardstock that has been in the card kits previously. There are even vanilla envelopes!
The kit comes with a petite paper pad — the Dream Collection. I absolutely love The Stamps of Life paper pads because four of the sheets in this month’s paper pad include birdhouse diecuts that can be die cut with the corresponding shadow die from the birdhouses2stamp die set. There are a total of 38 birdhouse diecuts and 20 bird diecuts from this paper pad! This means super easy and quick cards!
The kit also comes with two dies — a cloud die and a word die. The cloud die comes with a shadow layer as well as a top layer that is stitched with raindrops which add texture when die cut. The word die, Dream, comes with a shadow layer and word.
In addition, the kit comes with buttons in chocolate, kiwi, and strawberry. The buttons are not ordinary buttons though. Instead, they have sticky flat backs that can adhere directly onto the front of a card. There are also some beautiful rhinestone flower embellishments, cherry ribbon, and kiwi polka dot ribbon.
Lastly, the kit comes with a sheet of chipboard pieces which include birdhouses, hearts, flowers, and sentiments. More information on The Stamps of Life clubs can be found here.
Below are the 10 cards I made with this card kit. To see a video tutorial, click the video below: