Watermelon2stamp & Die Set from the Stamps of Life!

Hi everyone!  Is summer winding down where you live?  It is here! Only a couple more weeks until the summer is over, and school begins (insert me jumping for joy!)... I thought today I would share a few projects I made with the watermelon2stamp and die set that was released last month! It is part of the monthly stamp and die club, but you CAN order now! How fun is that!!!  This is one of my favourite stamp sets so far... I mean... who doesn't love watermelon?!?

Here is a collage for all of you who like to pin this to pinterest:

Here are the three cards I made so far with this set:

So head on over to the Stamps of Life store and get yours today... or better yet... sign up for their club and you will never miss another cute stamp & die set again :)!

Are you a PLANNER?

So have you jumped on board the "planner" trend recently?  This year creative planning has really taken off, and I am slowly getting use to it! I started my downloading planner sheets that I can print out when I need them! Now I am thinking I might need something more concreate as I REALLY like the whole idea of creative planning... especially since I don't have a huge chunk of time to be creative like I use to, and this combines me organizing my week AND creative time all in one! 

So I have been super excited EACH month to have the STAMPS OF LIFE release new planner stamps and dies! YIPPEE! Yes I was super excited!  This past month I received the highlighters4planner set, and LOVED it... I wanted to show how it works perfectly for cardmakers and planners (even scrapbookers!) this set is so versatile.... you will LOVE it!

Here is the card I made:

I love how this card turned out! I also used the die: HELLO!  I love the font on this die set!

Of course I did a "mock" planner page too, for you to see how to use the stamp in a planner:

Are you ready to see the stamp set:

So many possibilities for this stamp set! I LOVE it! You should see what other design team members have created! SO inspiring! Go take a look at the gallery HERE!

Kids Craftin' with the Stamps of life

Hi everyone! I was cruising through my blog and instagram and realized I didn't post about how to make your stamps into crafts for your kids! I am going to try and make this a monthly feature for my blog readers and hopefully some of you will be able to get some fun ideas to use your stamps in different ways and to fight that summer boredom!

We made this craft during our "pet" week in the daycare!  It uses one of my favourite stamp sets so far: cat2stamp ! I love to use Stephanie's designs, especially the bigger stamps to create fun projects for my kids in the daycare! This craft we did awhile back, but you will get the idea

First step is stamp the image on a white sheet of paper in the top left hand corner.

Next is to place it on your printer/copier and change the settings to increase it so it fits the page.  You may have to print a few times, changing the % increase in order to get the size that works!  I then take the larger image and photocopy it enough times for the kids in the daycare (be sure to use cardstock if you are going to paint on it!).

Next up, is to get the kids to paint them! We chose a brown colour to paint today!

Once it is dry, you can cut them out for the kids, or for the older kids, they can cut them out!

Finally you can add the details to the craft! You can choose whatever you what! For this craft, we used googly eyes, puffy paint, stickles, and white yarn! So fun!

So even the kids can have sun with the Stamps of Life!  Here is another craft we did with the whale2stamp set:

Same applied to this craft! But we added eyes and a cute smile!  They are so cute!!

Hope to bring you another Kids craft next month with the Stamps of Life!  Enjoy your crafting time!

Some sweet cute cards!

This past week was a busy one, with daycare in full swing with the busiest week of the year! It went by smoothly and without a hitch... thank goodness! The kids are starting to get into a summer routine, and I am able to sleep a tad longer without having to get up and make lunches! This past week was also the release of the NEW treats4cookie stamp set (from the stamps of life), which is the cutest little stamp set ever! Yep... a big fav of mine!  Here are some cards I made from this adorable set:

Super sweet & cute?!    Head on over to the Stamps of Life shop to see all the new releases! You will love them all! And don't forget to check out the gallery for many more ideas from our awesome design team!

Sharing some more SWEET popsicle cards today with the NEW DIES that were released to go with the favorites: pops2eat and patterns4pops by STAMPS OF LIFE!! You will love these dies!

HAPPY SUMMER! and new Popsicle Dies from the Stamps of Life!

Happy Summer everyone!  We are winding down here with school and only TWO more days left! hard to believe how fast June went!  Some crafty sharing today!  The Stamps of Life released NEW dies to go with one of my favourite sets (well two!)  POPS2EAT and PATTERNS4POPS!  Yes I LOVE these stamps and they are so much fun!!!  I am going to share a few of them over the next couple of days so enjoy a sweet treat!

Happy summer card I made using the new popsicle dies, patterns4pops & pops2eat!  I also used the Sizzix Stand Up Playful die and of course my favourite triplet die: Hello Sunshine!

How are you spending you summer vacation so far! I can't wait to get started on mine :)!

Patterns4whales! ... yes more cute whale stamps!!!

Yes! Another whale stamp to coordinate with whale2 stamp from the stamps of life!! I made a few cards with this stamp that I thought I would share today! 

 Who doesn't love a cute shaker card?? I love how this turned out!  Here is the inside of the card:

My next card was using the little whale stamp to point out a really special pink whale:

And finally a stand up card... that is for a whaley special birthday!

Here is the stamp set you can get over at the Stamps of Life Store:

Whale2stamp is just too cute!!!

I know, I know! I LOVE this stamp... it is so super cute that I just can't get enough of it!  Here are a couple more cards I created with this stamp this month from the Stamps of Life!

My first card is the Get Whale soon card!! LOVE that I can cut my own waves out with the dies!

My second card is a flip it card! I really like the flip its! So easy and so cute!!!

A close up:

And on the FLIP side:

You can get your stamps and dies at the Stamps of Life Store and don't forget to check out the gallery.. so many endless ideas!!!!

whale2stamp with The Stamps of Life

Are you as excited as me for the first of the month? I know I am! I love all the reveals I have to share with you this month!  The Stamps of Life Revealed a new stamp and die set today (part of the stamp club and die club!)... and yes I was lucky enough to play with this "whaley" cute stamp! (hehehe!) I will be sharing my cards over the next couple of weeks so stay tuned for lots of whaley cute cards!

Here is one of my fav's from this collection that I created:

Yep... super cute! I love that little Whale!!!

 Of course I used a super cute flip-it card... and on the backside of the "flip" I stamped another wahle and die cut the word HI!....

Here is the stamps set:

So make sure you rush on over to the Stamps of Life store and order the whaley cute stamp set! I will be back to share more soon!

Are you a planner.... with the Stamps of Life!

Another Reveal, I am super excited about sharing!  First off... did you jump on the "crafty" planner trend?  I LOVED this idea because with my crafty time cut back, this was a chance for me to get crafty and organized in my hectic life all at the same time!  I really did "squeal with delight" when Stephanie Barnard from the Stamps of Life announced that she was doing PLANNER stamps... thats right.... PLANNER stamps... so super exciting!  I really just started "crafty planning" when she announced it... and yes I am very much a beginner in this crafty planner world of ours... 

For the reveal I sent in a "mock" page... but something that I would typically do in my planner! I didn't buy a planner outright, because I wasn't sure it was something I would keep up with, and wanted to see what I liked in the meantime. So I downloaded and printed the RAINBOW PLANNER on a Bowl full of Lemons (yes I love this site!).  I typically use a two page spread calendar to keep up to date of what is going on, but I like to do a day-to-day page too! I love that its big 8 1/2 X 11, because it gives me plenty of space to "create"  on!  Here is my page I created using the plannerstamps4KJ stamps set!

You might think it's a lot of work, but really it didn't take me too long to make at all! I always start by adding the stamps... AND YES THERE IS A LOT ON THIS STAMP SET!!

 I keep my inks on hand and stamp away in the colours I want to use for this page!  Once the stamping is done from this set... I add any additional writing in fun, bright colours of course!

Yep I like to stamp! For this planner it gives me a time schedule for the day, so I like to fill it up as much as possible!  Next up I keep "extras" of stamps/dies that might not have worked on my cards/projects for my planner! This way, I can still use them! here I used the crazy4daisies extras that I had!

Finally I picked a few other stamp sets that "worked" for my planner... including:  spinner2stamp, tictactoe2play, postage2stamp, and camera2stamp... and all of them can be found at the Stamps Of Life store!

I then added some washi tape and other fun things to finish it up:

So exciting to be crafty and organized all in one, don't you think!?

A new month and a REVEAL!

It is the start of a new month, and it has been a busy start! Friday was track and field day at my kids school, and it was nice to be able to go and watch most of the events! They both did great.  It was Josh's first year participating, and as nervous as he was, he did great.  Jordan of course rocked it!  Some pictures to follow at the end of the post! But for now I want to reveal some cards that I have created for the STAMPS OF LIFE!  I can't say enough about this awesome company! I love all their stamps and dies! This month, I got to play with the cutest stamp/die set ever... I mean who doesn't love cute little piggies?  This stamp set is called piggybank2stamp and I LOVE it! So many possibilities!   It was so much fun seeing two of my cards on the website! ekkk!

 Here are some close-ups of these two that I created (I made even more cards that I will reveal later too!)  My photos are not the best this month... so I apologize, I did them super quick as I had to quickly create after my mom passed away, so they are not the best photos, but you will get the idea!

For this card I made my own card pattern on the front and then on the inside and used the Sizzix Scallop and circle dies to create a window.

Inside the card I added another Scalloped die and stamped three hearts. Of course I added the cute little piggy using The Stamps of Life pink felt!

The next card I am going to reveal is a stand up card!

These cards are so easy to make and I love that by using the dies you can flip the piggies so they are facing each other! I made a girl and boy piggy... so cute, right?

I have made THREE more cards, but I don't want to ruin all the fun!  Did you know Stephanie Bernard makes SUPER fun videos too that you can watch to get even more ideas for all her stamps and die sets:  PIGGYBANK2STAMP VIDEO

Now for some photo of my kiddos!

 Josh sprinting in the 100m

And Jordan attempting high jump: