Today on my blog I’m sharing a shaker card that I made using the Paw Print Fold-it die set from The Stamps of Life. This die set makes an A2 size card shaped like a paw print. As you can see from the picture below, the die comes with a set of layering “dot” dies. If you drop-in the dots to the outer paw print die, you can add some fun dot prints to the card. In my video tutorial below, I will show you how to make this shaker card as well as show you what the different dies look like when cut with cardstock.
To see how I made this card, watch my tutorial here:
The Stamps of Life March 2021 card kit was released on March 15 and this kit is all about flowers! This kit corresponds to the monthly stamp and die set called Flowers2Layer as well as the add-on set, Extras4flowers2Layer. Here’s a picture of everything that is included in the March Card Kit.
The March card kit is called the “Sweet Moments” collection. The color pallet for this month is Cherry, Seaglass, Ocean, Poppy, Bubblegum, Lemonade, Marigold, Kiwi, and Powdered Sugar. This kit comes with 12 cardstock sheets — one in each color plus four Powdered Sugar cardstock sheets. (Note: This month’s kit came with Bubblegum cardstock instead of Green Apple which I assume is due to a supply shortage in cardstock.)
The paper pad is the Sweet Moments Collection and comes with 24 double-sided sheets of patterned paper. It also includes two sheets of flowers which can be die cut using the shadow dies from the Flowers3Layer set.
The card kit also comes with a Sweet Moments word die, epoxy dots, two ribbon, a sentiment stamp set with two small flowers and matching dies, flower stickers, large flat back fabric buttons, idea card, a set of envelopes, and a large storage envelope to put everything in.
More information on The Stamps of Life clubs can be found here.
Today I’m sharing 12 cards I made using the Recollections Memory Explosion Box Collection. This collection is sold at Michaels craft stores. It caught my eye because of all of the pretty pastel colors and foil throughout the paper pad. There were so many pieces to this collection, but I purchased the 6 x 6 foil paper, chipboard frame stickers, birthday die cuts, and washi tape. With these items, I made 12 birthday cards and used up all of the ephemera. Some of the cards can be used for congratulations cards as well. With the chipboard frames, I made some shaker cards. All supplies are listed below.
I have a video on my YouTube channel showing my design process of all of the cards. I also listed each card below along with measurements.
Enjoy!
Card 1
White A2 Card Base – 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ Purple Cardstock – 5 3/8″ x 4 1/8″
White Cardstock – 5 1/8″ x 3 7/8″ Orange Flower Pattern Paper – 5″ x 3 3/4″
White Cardstock – 4 1/8″ x 2 7/8″ Purple Stripe Pattern Paper – 4″ x 2 3/4″
Rainbow Pattern Paper – 2 1/2″ x 2″
Card 2
Card Sketch OWH 14 White A2 Card Base 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ Purple Cardstock – 5 3/8″ x 4 1/8″ Yellow Pattern Paper – 5 1/4″ x 4″
Purple Cardstock – 5 1/4″ x 2 3/8″ Polka Dot Pattern Paper – 5 1/4″ x 2 1/4″
White A2 Card Base – 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ Green Cardstock – 5 1/4″ x 4″ Orange Flower Pattern Paper – 5″ x 2 1/4″ Pink Pattern Paper – 5″ x 2 1/4″
Card 4
Yellow A2 Card Base 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ Purple Pattern Paper – Stitched Rectangle Die – 4″ x 5 1/4″ White Stripe Pattern Paper – Stitched Rectangle Die – 3 5/8″ x 4 7/8″
Card5
White A2 Card Base – 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ Blue Cardstock – 5 3/8″ x 4 1/8″ Pink Pattern Paper – 5 1/4″ x 4″ Balloon String – Diecut from a die in The Stamps of Life 5 x7 Box Card Die Set
Card6
White A2 Card Base – 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ Blue Floral Pattern Paper – 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ 2 Pieces of Pattern Paper – 3 1/4″ x 4″ Balloon String – Diecut from a die in The Stamps of Life 5 x7 Box Card Die Set
Card 7
OWH 37 Card Sketch (my own measurements) White A2 Card Base 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ Blue Cardstock – 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ White Confetti Pattern Paper – 4″ x 5 1/4″ Vertical Strip of Pattern Paper – 2″ x 4 3/4″ Horizontal Strip of Blue Pattern Paper – 3 1/2″ x 1 3/4″
Card 8
White A2 Card Base – 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ Scalloped Rectangle Dies Yellow Pattern Paper (for shaker) – 2 1/2″ x 2″ Acetate Double Sided Adhesive Foam
Card 9
White A2 Card Base – 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ Purple Flower Pattern Paper – 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ Polka Dot Pattern Paper – 4 1/8″ x 3 3/4″ Pink Pattern Paper (for shaker) – 2″ x 2 1/2″ Acetate Double Sided Adhesive Foam
Card 10
Paper Play 13 Card Sketch
White A2 Card Base – 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ Blue Pattern Paper – 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ Three Strips of Pattern Paper – 4 1/8″ x 1″
Foil Paper – 3 1/8″ x 3 5/8″ Best Yay Ever Pattern Paper – 3″ x 3 1/2″
Card 11
White A2 Card Base – 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ Pink Cardstock – 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ White/Pink Flower Pattern Paper – Cut paper 2″ from each side. You will have three strips of paper. Take the two end pieces with the flowers on them and cut 1/2″ from each side of the two strips. These two strips will be 2″ x 5″. Next, cut each strip at 2 1/2″ along the 5″ side. This will give you 4 rectangles that are each 2 1/2″ x 2″. Adhere each rectangle to the four corners of the pink cardstock, leaving about 1/8″ on the top and side edges.
White Pattern Paper – 2 1/2″ x 5 1/4″ (approximately)
Card12
White A2 Card Base – 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4“ Pink Floral Pattern Paper – 5 3/8″ x 4 1/8″ Purple Pattern Paper – 5 3/8″ x 1 7/8″ Foil Paper – 2 3/8″ x 4 Best Yay Ever Pattern Paper – 3″ x 3 1/2″ White Polka Dot Pattern Paper (inside of shaker) – 2″ x 2 1/2″
The Stamps of Life January 2021 card kit was released on January 15 and this kit is AMAZING! First of all, this is the first time EVER that The Stamps of Life has included a 6″ x 9″ paper pad! Woo Hoo! This larger paper pad is perfect for making slimline cards.
This kit corresponds to the monthly stamp and die set called FishTank2stamp as well as the add-on set, MoreFishTank2Stamp. Here’s a picture of everything that is included in the January Card Kit.
The January card kit is called the “Loving Life” collection. The color pallet for this month is Poppy, Blueberry, Sky, Blue Jay, Grape, Sunshine, Kiwi, Cloud, and Powdered Sugar. This kit comes with 12 cardstock sheets — one in each color plus four Powdered Sugar cardstock sheets.
The 6″ x 9″ paper pad is the Loving LifeCollection and comes with 24 double-sided sheets of patterned paper. It also includes four sheets of fish tanks and fish, all of which can be die cut using the shadow dies from the FishTank2Stamp dies and MoreFishTank2Stamp dies. In total, there are 28 fish, 8 starfish, 8 seaweed, 6 turtles, and 10 fish tanks for a total of 60 die cut pieces. I love how these die cuts can be used to make quick and easy cards.
The card kit also comes with a Loving Life word die, white epoxy dots, two ribbon, a sentiment stamp set with two additional fish stamps and matching dies, yellow bow embellishments, fish puffy stickers, idea card, a set of envelopes, and a large storage envelope to put everything in. In addition, The Stamps of Life included a freebie this month which is a large Stamps of Life tote bag.
More information on The Stamps of Life clubs can be found here.
OWH Card Sketch 26 (I used the layout with my own measurements)
A2 Card Base – 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ – White
Blue Jay Layer – 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″
Loving Life Pattern Paper – 5″ x 3 3/4″
Gray Starfish Paper – 5 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ The Stamps of Life Cardstock: Blue Jay, Cloud, Poppy
The Stamps of Life Pattern Paper: Loving Life
Gray Ribbon
Loving Life Word Die Art Glitter Glue
Card 6
Mojo Monday Card Sketch 533 (I modified it to make a landscape card and adjusted some measurements.)
A2 Card Base – 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ – White
Kiwi Layer – 5 3/8″ x 4 1/8″
Purple Starfish Paper – 5 1/4″ x 4″
Powdered Sugar Layer – 2 1/8″ x 3 5/8″
Green Starfish Paper – 2″ x 3 1/2″
Powdered Sugar Layer – 5 1/4″ x 1 1/4″
Polka Dot Paper – 5 1/4″ x 1 1/8″
Today on my blog I’m sharing a shaker card that I made using the Bubblegum Machine fold-it die set from The Stamps of Life. This die set makes a 5 x 7 card shaped like a bubblegum machine. There is also a die included that allows you to turn it into a shaker card. If you don’t want to make it a shaker card, you can make it a flat card. For my card, I chose to make a shaker card and include REAL candy pieces. I die cut a circle in the middle of the shaker and covered it with a stitched circle on the back side. I added a stamp and a pull tab which shows the recipient that he/she can pull open the tab to get the candy pieces out! How fun is that?!
To see how I made this card, watch my tutorial here:
Today on my blog I’m sharing a shaker card that I made using the Fish Bowl fold-it die set from The Stamps of Life. This die set makes an A2 size card shaped like a fish bowl. You can make it a flat card, but I chose to make into a shaker card. I also used some coordinating sets, FishTank2Stamp, MoreFishTank2Stamp, and Fish2Stamp.
To see how I made this card, watch my tutorial here:
The Stamps of Life Inks: Forever Black, Gingersnap, Chocolate, Cloud, Pool, Ocean, Seaglass. (Pool, Ocean, and Seaglass were used for the ocean background)
Today on my blog I’m sharing a slimline shaker card that I made using some fun products from The Stamps of Life. For this card, I used the FingerPrints2Stamp set and the Triple Circle Slimline Drop-in die set.
The Triple Circle Slimline Drop-in die set works with the Rounded Slimline Card die set and the Slimline Card die set to cut the background out of the paper to put on the front of a slimline card. Using this drop-in makes it easy to turn a regular card into a shaker card.
I also used the Fingerprint2stamp set. This is such a fun set. It includes stamps of various images — fish, dog, cat, bear, football, elephant, and more. Just put your fingerprint in an ink pad and then put your finger to the paper to fill in the inside of the stamp…so fun!
To see how I made this card, watch my tutorial here:
Today on my blog I’m sharing a snowglobe shaker card that I made with the Snowglobe2Stamp, Extras4Snowglobe, and the add-on snowglobe shaker die set from The Stamps of Life. I also used the Candy2Share stamp set for the peppermint candies.
I got to play with the 108 set of Arteza Colored Pencils. In my video, I will give you my first impressions of the Arteza colored pencils and make a shaker card. I will also use the Arteza Holographic Glitter and Foam Mounting Tape. The stamps that I colored came from the Mermaid2Stamp, Shells2Stamp, and Dolphins2Stamp sets from The Stamps of Life.
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The Stamps of Life July 2020 card kit was released on July 15 and I’m excited to share with you the 12 cards that I made with this kit. This kit corresponds to the monthly stamp and die set called Floaties2Stamp. There are so many fun products in the July card kit.
The July card kit is called the “What a Day” kit and is perfect for summer cards! The color pallet for this month is Guava, Cherry, Kiwi, Mint Chip, Blue Jay, Sky, Blueberry, Sunshine, 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 What a Day Collection and comes with 24 double sided sheets of patterned paper. It also includes two sheets of floaties in various sizes that match the monthly stamp set, Floaties2Stamp, which can be die cut with the corresponding shadow dies from the Floaties2Stamp die set.
The card kit also comes with a loopy border die, a sentiment stamp set, a “What a Day” word die, epoxy dots, flower and flip flop puffy stickers, starfish embellishments, two ribbon (Guava and Blue Jay), idea card, a large storage envelope to put everything in, and a set of envelopes.
As a special bonus, The Stamps of Life is including TWO FREE die sets in every card kit through December 2020. My two freebies were the sailboat dies ($16.41 value) and the notebook edge and hello dies ($12.88 value). That is a $29.29 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.