Stamps only card......and blog hop winners!

Hi everyone!! I am excited to share with you my first project for Queen of my Craftroom's design team!! This week Michelle's challenge is to make a stamped card without using a Cricut. I have made a birthday card for one of my 4 nieces who all have birthday's in February!

Items used:

• DCWV card base
• Small scalloped punch
• Peachy Keen stamps 
• Pink by design happy birthday stamp
• Memento ink
• pop-dots 
• white gel pen

How to:

• This card was so simple to make, and I just love how it turned out! I started by punching the 4 scalloped circles and adding the faces with my Peachy Keen stamps! 
• I then added the white stitching to the edges, then attached them to the card base with a pop-dot. 
• Last, I added a happy Birthday sentiment to the inside of the card. 

Now for the winners from the blog hop!! I used random.org to pick the winners!! Congratulations ladies! Please email me at samanthascricutcreations@live.com with Blog hop winner as the subject and include your full name and mailing address so I can get your goodies out to you!

1. K & Company - Josie0602 Comment # 85
2. K & Company - TeresaK Comment # 38
3. Cartridge  - Pixichick Comment #86
4. PBD stamp set - Dawn, RI Comment #2
5. Freeze Frame - Jenn Comment # 10

Live, Love, Grow

He everyone! Sorry for the lack of posts this past week. I have been very busy with work and Etsy orders! Plus getting ready to go on vacation! By the time this post goes live, we will already be on vacation! We are driving to my In-Laws house on CO (about an 11 hour drive) to drop off our son and then my husband and I are flying to Florida to get onto a cruise to the Caribbean!

Today's card is for my in-laws as today is their wedding anniversary!

Items used:

• DCWV card base
• Memento Ink
• Pop Dots
• Black, green and yellow card stock
• ATG
• Bloom Cricut Cartridge
• PBD sentiment stamp

How to:

• I started by cutting the "live, love, grow" tag at 1.5 inches from the Bloom cartridge 
• I inked the front of a embossed DCWV card base to make the embossing pop out 
• I attached the tag to the card using 2 pop dots
• Then came the sentiment stamp on the inside of the card

Robot card

Hi everyone! Hope this Monday is treating you well! This past weeks Chemo Angel card was really fun for me to make. I just got in a Robot's party cartridge and am going to have fun making stuff with it! I decided to make a quick card to send to my patient. :)

Items used:

• DCWV card base 
• Robots party cricut cartridge 
• 3D Foam adhesive 
• Zig glue 
• cuttlebug and embossing folder
• dark blue and light blue cardstock
• PBD stamps
• Memento Ink 

How to:

• I cut out the robot and layers at 3.5 inches. 
• Before attaching the layers to the base of the robot, I put the body layer through my cuttlebug in a dot folder.
• I then attached each layer with zig glue. 
• I attached the robot to the card base using the 3D foam squares. 
• Once everything was attached, I added the sentiment stamps to the front and inside of the card using Memento ink.

With God all things are possible

My card this week for my Chemo Angel patient was very simple. In the information provided to me by the angel program, his parents expressed how much their faith was important to them. This past weekend, I picked up the "Faith" stamp set from Pink by Design and knew right away that I could make some wonderful cards for him with it!

Items used:

• DCWV card base
• Twine
• Yellow card stock
• Square punch
• Memento ink in Bahama blue and tuxedo black
• Buttons from Doodlebug Design (Sea breeze and Christmas)
• Tim Holtz Distressing Ink 
• Pink by Design Faith and Believe in Yourself sets 
• 3D foam squares

I started by selecting a DCWV card base from my pre-printed stash. I then used my square punch and some yellow cardstock to punch the yellow square. I then inked the square with my Tim Holtz distressing ink and stamped it with the PBD sentiment stamp from the Faith set. I attached the sentiment to the card base with a 3D Foam square.

I used the twine to give the buttons a "sewn on" look, but really just tied the twine in the back, and attached the buttons with 3D foam squares.  Once the front of the card was finished, I inked the edges of the card, and stamped the sentiment on the inside of the card from the Believe in yourself set.

**Check back later today for more information on how to be entered to win the cricut cartridge!**

Thank You Card

First off, THANK YOU and WELCOME to all my new followers! I have reached my goal with your help to reach 100+ followers. Tomorrow's post will have the details on how to make sure you are entered into the drawing for the Hoot n' Holler cartridge! This is one of my favorites and I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do!

Now for the card. Since my birthday is tomorrow, I needed to get started on some Thank You cards to send out to some friends and family that have sent me gifts! I also found a challenge on Creative Cutter Room's blog for "Thank You" cards!

Items used:

• Embossed DCWV card base
• Memento Ink 
• buttons
• pop dots
• Pink by design sentiment stamp
• Tim Holtz distressing ink (Walnut Stain)

This card was so easy! I pulled out my DCWV card bases that are already embossed, and picked a cute one! I then took a memento dew drop in Grape Jelly and rubbed it all over the front of the card base to draw your attention to the embossing! I then added the sentiment stamp using Memento Lilas Posies. I also distressed the edges of my card base with my Tim Holtz distressing ink! I then used pop dots to attach the 4 buttons to the front of the card!

 

Hey Cowboy!

This weeks Chemo Angle card was just so fun to make! I was trying to come up with a fun card for this week, and am really happy with how it turned out! I got my inspiration when I was cleaning up my messy craft area and was putting some paper stacks away. I started flipping through some patterned paper and when I came across the western themed paper the ideas just started popping up in my head of what I could make! I hope you enjoy!

Items used:

• DCWV patterned paper from All About Boys Stack used for card base
• Paper doll dress up cricut cartridge
• Tan, brown, red, black, blue and light yellow cardstock (from stash)
• Twine
• 2 inch square punch
• Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress Ink
• Peachy Keen 3/4 inch Wide Eyes Kids Face stamp set
• Pink By Design Sentiment from "Spring has Sprung" set 
• Memento Ink
• ATG adhesive
• 3D foam square adhesive
• White gel pen

Like I said before, my inspiration came from the DCWV cardstock that I used for the card base. The base is a 12 x 6 piece of paper scored at the 6 inch mark to make it a 6 x 6 folded card. I cut out the "cowboy" and all layers at 5 inches and attached them all with my ATG gun. I added some accents to the clothing layers and hat by using my white gel pen to trace the detail cuts on each layer. I added some twine as a "rope" for my cowboy! I also stamped the face onto the cowboy using a 3/4 inch face stamp from Peachy Keen Stamps Wide eye kids face stamp set and memento ink. I used the 3D foam squares to attach the cowboy to the cardbase. I then used my square punch and some blue cardstock to make a tag to hand write "Hey Cowboy!" before attaching it, I inked the edges with my distressing ink, and attached it with a 3D foam square as well.

On the inside of the card, it is stamped with a sentiment stamp from the Spring has Sprung stamp set by Pink by Design!

Hey Cupcake!

My card last week for my card angel patient was such a fun card to make. I have been in the mood for some cupcakes, so before making some to eat I figured I would put one on a card!

 (Sorry for the weird crop on the second picture...I had already written in the card when I took the picture, and edited it out.)

Items used:

• DCWV card base in black
• White cardstock to stamp cupcake stamps on
• Markers
• 3D foam squares
• ribbon 
• stamps
• memonto ink
• gel pen 

I started by stamping the cupcake stamps on my white cardstock. I wanted just an outline of the top part because I wanted to add the face. To do this, I just inked the edges of one of the cupcake tops from my "Cupcake" stamp set from PBD. After stamping the edges on the paper, I added the face stamp from a Peachy Keen Stamp set.  Once the cupcake stamps were done, I hand cut along the lines to cut them out. I then colored them in with my markers. I added some blush chalk to the face to give it a little color.

Before attaching the cupcake to the front of the card, I attached the ribbon around the card base. I then used the 3D foam squares to attach both the top and bottom of the cupcake. I then added the sentiments to the outside as well as the inside of the card.

Football card

The second card that I have made for my Chemo Angel patient is a football card. One of the things I was told about him is that he LOVES football.

Items used:

• DCWV card base
• ribbon
• brown card stock
• PBD stamps (sentiments and football)
• 3D foam squares 
• ATG adhesive
• Memento ink 

 I started by stamping the footballs onto the brown cardstock and hand cutting them out. After stamping and cutting enough footballs out, I pulled out some ribbon to add to the card, and attached that with my ATG gun, I used the 3D foam squares to attached the footballs to the front of the card. I then added the sentiments to the front and inside of the card using memento black ink.

Buzzin' by with a birthday hi!

This past week was my babysitters sons birthday, so I needed something for a boy turning 7. When I make cards for people, I usually start with a theme that goes with something they like or that make me thing of them. Since I havn't known Landon for that long, I just wanted something boyish. I got my inspiration for this card from the stamp sentiment "Buzzin' by with a birthday hi!" from the "Oh Boy" stamp set by Pink by Design.

Items used:

• DCWV textured card base in blue 
• PBD stamp sentiments 
• Yellow and black card stock
• "Just Because" Cards cricut cartridge
• Striped ribbon from American Crafts Elements 
• Adhesive
• Black and White gel pens 
• Action Wobble 
• Corner punch

I started by cutting the bee out at 4 inches. I only cut the Shadow layer and layer 2 for this bee from the cartridge. After attaching the black stripes, I added eyes with my white gel pen and black dots on the wings and body with my black get pen.

I punched the corners of the card, and then added the ribbon to the bottom portion of the card. I then attached the Bee to the card with a action wobble and stamped the sentiment to the front of the card. I then stamped the inside of the card with a birthday sentiment from the "Birthday Birthday" set from PBD.

On the back of the card, I stamped it with my new custom made stamp! I am really loving having this stamp to use. If you are in the market for a custom stamp, I would recommend checking out The Rubber Press on Etsy! Ann was really easy to work with and her turn around time was amazing! I order my stamp on a Monday and had the stamp by Saturday - and that included it coming from Canada!!