I’m absolutely thrilled to share my latest card projects featuring the October release from Scrappy Boy Stamps! Each project highlights just how versatile these products can be when paired with older release dies and new goodies.
Unique Creations: Stretching My Crafting Stash
Creating unique projects is my passion, and I love pairing unlikely sets together to come up with alternative ways to use my supplies. This approach not only stimulates my creativity but helps others stretch their stash too! Here’s a closer look at some of the projects I’ve crafted in preparation for this month’s release!
SCRAPPY BOY Supplies Used:
CHRISTMAS CAROL Stamps & Outline Dies
Scrappy Boy Stamps card-making die A2 NESTED STITCHED RECTANGLES
Background 6×6 Patterned Paper Pack
SCRAPPY BOY Supplies Used:
CUTE KIDS – I LOVE SPORTS stamps & coordinating outline dies
YARN BALL MINI ALBUM CARD DIE
STITCHED RECTANGLES A2 NESTING DIES
6×6 COORDINATING PAPER PACK
SCRAPPY BOY Supplies Used:
MOUSE PIZZA DIE SET
MAGIC MIRROR MINI ALBUM CARD DIE
6X6 Paper Pack – miscellaneous from prior release
SCRAPPY BOY Supplies Used:
BUTT-CRACKER SUITE stamps and coordinating outline dies
A2 DOME MINI ALBUM & CARD DIE
WREATH ADD-ON ENVELOPE POP-UP DIE
Sentiment from NICE LIST Stamps.
INK ON 3 -NO LINE WATERCOLORING INK
This month, I’ve utilized a no line coloring technique on the Butt Cracker Suite images, transforming them into adorable figures lounging in inner tubes! Who knew a ballerina tutu could double as a swimming tube? And one of the images was a perfect fit to create a Santa in a peppermint-colored inner tube, making it ideal for a holiday ornament—especially fun for those crafty friends celebrating the holidays in warmer climates! 😂🌴
Together, let’s get creative and explore new crafting possibilities with our supplies! Follow along for more inspiration! Follow me @stampedbykelly on Social Media. Ask me questions and let’s inspire each other together!
Belly Badges from set fit perfectly to bottom of all standard size Hershey’s Kisses.
The Build a Caring Bear set will certainly be a great addition to any paper crafter’s stash. This is a versatile set that is great for cards, planners, scrapbook pages and even party decor and favors!!!
The belly badge goes in the middle of the bear’s tummy, but these badges are also the perfect size to adorn the bottom of a Hershey’s Kiss!
If you’re looking for a fun and unique way to personalize your treats inside your treat bags, look no further than the soon to be restocked BUILD A CARING BEAR set from Stamp Anniething. These fun images can be stamped in all black, stamped with your favorite color and are the perfect size to decorate the bottom of a Hershey’s Kiss, and with a wide variety of themed emblems in the set, you can customize each treat to fit your holiday, event or celebration.
Circle size stamps can be easily fussy cut out or use a small circle die or punch
Build a Caring Bear belly badge stamps have a variety of different emblems to match the themes of your party or event. Here are just a few ideas:
Sunshine – Get Well, Be Happy, Don’t worry
Heart – Love, wedding (emboss in gold or silver), Anniversary, Valentines
Once you’ve chosen your badges, it’s as simple as attaching them to the bottom of each Hershey’s Kiss using a dab of frosting or melted chocolate. You can also adhere using double-sided tear/paper tape. Not only do these badges add a colorful and fun touch to your treat bags, but they also make each treat feel more personalized and thoughtful.
So the next time you’re planning a party or event, consider adding Build a Caring Bear belly badges to your list of decorations. With their colorful designs and customizable options, they’re sure to be a hit with guests of all ages! Happy Crafting!
Today is National Mermaid Day and it’s the perfect excuse to break out your crafting stash and get creative. Whether you’re a seasoned crafter or a beginner, there are plenty of ways to celebrate this mystical day with some mermaid-themed cards.
Box card featuring Stamp Anniething
There are so many fun and creative ways to celebrate National Mermaid Day with your crafting stash. Whether you choose to create something practical like one of the cards I have posted, a mermaid tail blanket or something decorative like wall art, the possibilities are endless. So grab your crafting supplies, set your imagination free, and celebrate one of the most enchanted and captivating creatures of the sea!
Check your stamps for grilling meat on a stick!!!! Celebrate EVERYTHING!!!!
Observed each year on March 28th, National Something on a Stick Day is a food holiday that lets you use your creative talents. Once you get started, the possibilities are endless. Foods that come on a stick are fun and easy to eat.
Check your stash for lollipops – Yum! Yay for food on a stick!
From cool summer treats like the Popsicle to frozen food staples like the corn dog, food on a stick is one of the world’s great inventions. Fresh fruit kabobs and skewers of grilled veggies and meat are both summer favorites.
Street fairs and food trucks have created a variety of recipes made to go on a stick that takes us from breakfast to after-party hunger with flavor combinations that sometimes make us wonder why we haven’t tried that before! Whether it is fresh and healthy or breaded and deep-fried, menu choices are broad and plentiful for National Something on a Stick Day.
Pull out your food stamps and celebrate National Food-On-A-Stick Day doing something creative.
Card features Build A Caring Bear Limited Edition Set by Stamp Anniething
The art of gift-giving isn’t just about what’s inside the box. Adding a personal touch to your greeting card can make all the difference, especially when it’s for someone very special. That’s why I’m excited to share with you this really cute new set from Stamp Anniething that can be customized for any occasion and recipient.
Image is DISTORTED on purpose to prevent theft
I created a birthday card using the Build A Caring Bear set, as well as patterned paper from the SUMMER TROPICS pack as a background. So, let’s dive in and see how to make this versatile square card.
The first thing you’ll need is a 5 1/4 in square card base. This size will provide enough space to showcase your creativity while still being efficient enough to mail. Next, you’re going to create your characters using the Build A Caring Bear set. The great thing about this set is that you can mix and match the different elements like faces, arms and belly tag to create your unique bear. I decided to go with a Happy Cupcake Bear because I wanted to create a festive and colorful birthday card.
Once I BUILT my bear, I started creating a fun birthday scene. To do this, I downloaded a free digital image that coordinated with the image on my bear’s belly. It’s easy to do and it provides a great way to add a personal touch to your card. I went with a cupcake!
I wanted to create texture on the card, so I used patterned paper from the SUMMER TROPICS pack to make the background. The bright colors and versatile patterns are perfect for a celebration and it compliments the bear image well. I cut a total of four (4) two-and-a-quarter inch squares and a 2 1/2 inch square in white and a 2 3/4 inch square in black to frame and then place in center on the diagonal using double-sided foam tape. I had a small square scrap I added from the Pets Grab & Go Box (no longer available), that I added to the center of the square.
6×6 paper pack – 24 pages
Finally, I added a sentiment to the top right of the card, wishing the recipient a BEARY sweet birthday. It’s simple, but heartfelt, and it ties everything together nicely. Added some Enamel Dots from Stamp Anniething to repeat the pops of color in a triangular pattern, to draw your rye from the sentiment to the cherry on the cupcake and back to the sentiment again.
Build A Caring Bear Birthday Card
In conclusion, with little effort, anyone can make a sweet, personalized birthday card using the Build A Caring Bear set and Summer Tropics patterned paper. You can change the occasion, color scheme or even switch out the face, belly badge and arm positions to create a unique design tailored to whomever you’re giving it to. It’s a thoughtful gesture that shows you care, and the recipient will surely appreciate the time and effort put into it. Happy creating!
Happy Easter card featuring Stamp Anniething classic: For Peeps Sake
Dusting off old stamp sets always brings about a wave of creativity and nostalgia. With Easter fast approaching, I decided to take out an older stamp set from Stamp Anniething called “For Peeps Sake”. This set was released before the immensely popular Chibi line but still has the same cute and fun aesthetic that Stamp Anniething is known for.
I started by stamping the bunny in the grass, bunny holding Easter egg and basket, carrot, egg, flowerpot and chick from the set onto white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I then colored them in with Copic markers, sticking to a soft pastel color palette to keep with the Easter theme. I also used a white gel pen to add some highlights and details to the images. I fussy cut the images and also removed the flowerpot from the flowers do I could embellish the sentiment a bit by popping flowers and sentiment up with double-sided foam tape.
For Peeps Sake by Stamp Anniething
For the background, I wanted to create a simple and whimsical scene. I used Distress Oxide inks in shades of blue and green to blend a sky and grass background, respectively. I also added some clouds using the clouds builder stencil by incorporating some white pigment ink. I used the grass builder stencil and ink blended in green on the bottom half of the card front. The background panel was cut from specialty paper called GEMINIO PAPER, a glossy paper that is not quite Yupo, but close. It stands up to dome fun ink and watercolor techniques and doesn’t warp or pill.
To finish off the card, I stamped a sentiment from the set onto a strip of extra ink-blended Geminino paper and this will be adhered to the top left hand corner over a banner I made using the carrot stamp and coloring up with my Copics for added interest.
Overall, I had a blast dusting off this old Stamp Anniething set and using it to create a fun Easter card. It just goes to show that sometimes, it’s worth looking back and giving some love to the stamp sets we may have overlooked from the past. Now go find a TREASURE from your stash and share what you make! Happy Crafting!
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I am following up after my LIVE held on Tuesday, 3/14, International Pi Day, where I started to share how to get creative and make something fun and unique to honor the day! And what better and CALORIE FREE way to celebrate Pi Day, than by creating a pie shaker element using the Circle Shaker Basics 1 set from Stamp Anniething?
A pre-recorded video will be shared on the Stamp Anniething Stampers Facebook page shortly which will provide additional details and elaborate more on how to create this shaker element and two 5.5 inch square cards. My initial LIVE was cut short due to a family emergency and appreciate everyone’s concern. We are all good now!
Card using Pie Shaker Element
To get started, you’ll need the Circle Shaker Basics 1 set, some cardstock in your desired color, chipboard, acetate sheet, shaker bits and liquid adhesive. Begin by die-cutting 5 circles using the circle “frame” die from the set – one from cardstock and the others from chipboard. Make sure when gluing together, they match up in size.
Shaker Basics 1 from Stamp Anniething 5 chipboard & 1 card-stock – image shows which dies to use to cut. Keep negative pieces for a future project. Cut acetate sheet with the single die at the top. Later, we will use this to seal your pie and create barrier to hold shaker bits in.
Next, layer of each die-cut with the liquid adhesive and use brayer or your fingers to make sure the layers are stacked evenly and ensure there is no air or separation between layers to prevent your shaker bits from escaping.
Running brayer over each layer helps create a strong seal, keeping shaker fill where it belongs.
Now, add the shaker bits-on top of the cardstock circle in the well you created, as desired – you can add whatever you want to create interest (sequins, clay shaker bits, etc). I used jelly dots. You can use one color or simply mix a variety of colors for a more random look, as I have done here. Once you’re happy with how the shaker filling are arranged, carefully glue the cardstock circle onto the top on the acetate circle to seal.
See the depth created by layering chipboard versus using foam tape.To create wavy pie crust edge, trace circle onto coordinating card stock. Then cut with scissors a curvy edge about 1/2 inch wider than the initial line drawn. Ink blend edges to look like it browned in oven and finish with white gel pen for added interest.This photo shows the different pieces that will be glued together to create pieFill well with shaker bits after gluing down to free-handed circle you traced and fussy cut to create the wavy outside of the pie crust edge. This seals one side of your pie element. Place something heavy to ensure good adhesion.
Finally, you can add some touches to make it look like a pie – for example, you can cut small strips of card stock in 1/4 in strips either with decorative scissors or your paper trimmer. Consider ink blending the edges to create a visual effect of being browned in the oven. Other options for a decorative edge could be to use the edger dies from Stamp Anniething to make it look more like rippled pastry to form the lattice crust.
Edger dies/see smaller scalloped aboveInk blend your strips and glue down in s lattice design snd then cut off any edges that hang over.Layer strips and glue down to single frame to create pie top.
And voila – you now have a pie shaker element that you can use to decorate cards, scrapbook pages, or even as a fun little trinket to give away as a gift, attached to a tag, memordex card or mini recipe album! The possibilities are endless, and the best part is that you can customize it to fit your personal style and preference.
Finished pie element
So why not get your creative juices flowing and make your own pie shaker element to not just celebrate International Pi Day, but stretch your current die stash and use your supplies in a new, unique and fun ways!?!
Example of 5.5 inch square card paired up with a chibi
Happy crafting!
Final Card Project using pie element without chibi
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Featuring Images and Stair Builder Die from June 2022 Stamp Release
A2 Card Base cut 4 1/4 x 11, scored at 5 1/2
Copic Blends:
Skin – E04, E11, E21, E00, E000 and R20 for cheeks
Lady’s Attire – Y28, Y23, YR24, Y21
Men’s Attire – T9, T7, T4 and 0
Stairs – suspended moon rock ink refill or comparable gray color and black (sparingly) by dropping about 3-5 drops and tgen using a skewer to swirl the ink to create a marbled look to ink. i took the stair die cut and dipped into the shaving cream, which picked up the pigment and transferred to paper. i wiped off the shaving cream and let pieve dry.
Blonde Hair – E44, E39, Y21 and E59
Brunette Hair – E89, E59, E34 and E57
Prismacolor pencils used to create deeper shadows, as well as white gelpen highlights.
I embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder and popped up with foam tape.
This slimline card was extremely fun to make because Kawaii Cuties from Stamp Anniething has so many images included in each set, slimline cards are how you can have enough real estate to hold ALL THIS CUTENESS!!!!!
I find myself wanting to be late sending all my birthday cards this year, because I am absolutely in love with this sentiment! How cute is the sentiment, “sorry, I’m Choco-late!”
To make this slimline card, I used one of StampAnniething’s slimeline dies. This one is a stitched scallop die. Next, I used a combination of distressed inks from my stash to ink blend the background. I used spun sugar, squeezed lemonade, carved pumpkin, and at the very top I used a little bit of barn door to deepen the pink. I flicked some fresh, clean water onto the panel, as it will cause the distressed ink to react, and leave a bleached effect. I then mounted the ink panel onto a piece of card stock in a darker teal, giving approximately a quarter inch larger than the cut panel. The teal piece measures 3.5 x 8.5.
The first quarter release from Kawai Cuties by StampAnniething has some amazing sets. They are very versatile and you can mix and match on all different projects. This particular card uses the stamp set and coordinating dies from: Life is What You Bake It and I Will Never Dessert You.
I used COPIC markers to color my images. The following combinations were used:
I heat embossed the sentiment using Silver embossing powder on the same colored card stock I matted my base with to keep everything coordinated. To finish off the card, I created a white card-base to adhere my finished panel to. Finished card size is folded, 3.5 x 8.5. The card-base was made with white 110 pound card-stock cut 7 x 8.5, scored at 3.5.
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I used Scrappy Boy Stamps’ set called Practically Perfect (pictured here) to make this slimline style card.
I used a letter-size (8.5 x 11) sheet of Banana Cream card stock from FSJ/Spellbinders to create my card base. You can modify the size to your preference. I then cut a card front that was a quarter of an inch on all sides smaller than the base in Hammermill 100 lb white card stock. I used 2 StampAnniething stencils and dye-based ink to ink blend my background, which included a citycape with the tops of the city buildings being the bottom third of the card.
On the top half, I made a night sky. I used a circle die to create a mask and then placed the sun ray stencil over top of the mask to ink blend to create additional interest. I removed my circle mask, which left clean paper. I used a light yellow to ink blend the circle to create the glowing moon.
I used 2 characters ftom the set: The Chimney Sweep and the girl with the open umbrella. I stamped both images on a piece of Hammermill White 100 lb card stock. I used my Copic 100 marker to color in the girl with the umbrella, as I wanted to make her look like she was in the shadows. You can use a black Sharpie, too. Color in everything to create a silouette.
Next, I colored up the Chimney Sweep.
Skin- E04,E11, E21, E00, R20 and E000
Hair – E89, E59,E34 and E57
Clothes & Hat – B000,B21, B23 & B26 (dirty them up using various T-family markers)
I used the T-family to create soot on his face.
I used some scrap black card stock and stamped the sentiment using Versamark ink and Brutus Monroe Alabaster White embossing powder to heat emboss the sentiment.
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