A Little Wild - Stamp Review Crew

Honey Bear Card using A Little Wild stamp set - Charlet Mallett, Stampin’ Up!

Hello again. Welcome to the A Little Wild edition of Stamp Review Crew. Remember this cute stamp set? It’s a darling stamp set great for making spinner cards, gift tags and treats. The set has images for the front and back sides of each animal. I chose to focus on the the cute front side of the bear.

For this hop I decided to create a bright card that would work for any general occasion. I’ve pulled many stamps together to create a little picnic scene. I’ve used Stampin’ Blends to bring these little stamped images to life.

This bear is also darling stamped for a party favor. I used it last year to make some darling baby bear party favors for a cousins baby shower.

Baby Bear party favors - Charlet Mallett, Stampin’ Up!

Baby Bear party favors - Charlet Mallett, Stampin’ Up!

Next up on this hop is Lou. She is always inspiring and I cannot wait to see her take on this set. Thanks in advance for taking the time to comment. I love to hear from you!

What is the Stamp Review Crew? We are an international group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators created projects for a blog hop on the first and third Monday of each month. For each hop we chose a single stamp set to feature. There is a blog with all of the previous hops archived. It’s a great reference if you are looking for ideas using a certain stamp set. Click here to see all of the hops!

Gift tag using A Little Wild - Charlet Mallett, Stampin’ Up!

Hey You! One more Valentine ...

While there is still two weeks until V-Day I’m close to wrapping up my Valentine crafting. I need to pop some cards in the mail and help Nic finish up his Valentine’s for school.

I’m playing along with the Daily Marker 30 day coloring challenge. The Hey You stamp set is perfect for coloring, so I stamped a few images and set to coloring and playing around with Stampin’ Blends. I cut out the critters and created a quick card. #thedailymarker30day DAY 2

Meant to Be - TGIF Challenges Color Challenge - TGIFC197

I’m all about the heart stamps lately. It’s so fun to repeat them and create your own color background patterns. The striped heart image used on this card comes from the Meant to Be stamp set. I’ve inked it up using this fantastic color combo from this weeks TGIF challenge. #tgifc197 . You could create a similar background using ANY heart image. I whipped up something similar on this card I posted yesterday.

Because of the time of year I opted to create a Valentine card. This card is nice because it could work as a Valentine card or just a great card for that special friend. The hearts are perfectly aligned using the Stamparatus. The trick here is to clean your stamp well between each inking so your inks don’t get muddy.

I haven’t had much opportunity to play around with the InColor emboss powders. Embossing on dark cardstock is a great way to use these powders and get strong vibrant colors.

See more inspiration for this color challenge in the TGIF challenges blog and play along with us! Thanks for visiting.

Meant to Be - Repeating Heart card. Charlet Mallett, Stampin’ Up!

Like this card? Are you interested in making it? I would LOVE to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. If you live in the United States you can order your paper crafting supplies from my online store. THANK YOU! A full list of supplies for this card can be found below.

Product List

Meant To Be Cling Stamp Set

[148626]

$24.00

Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies

[148551]

$35.00

Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper

[149622]

$0.00

Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad

[147097]

$7.50

Pineapple Punch Classic Stampin' Pad

[147141]

$7.50

Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad

[147143]

$7.50

Berry Burst 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[144243]

$8.50

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.75

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[121045]

$8.50

Gray Granite 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146983]

$8.50

Twine Baker's Whisper White

[124262]

$3.00

Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[143706]

$10.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.00

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.00

In Color 2018–2020 Stampin' Emboss Powder

[146955]

$25.00

Heat Tool

[129053]

$30.00

Stamparatus

[146276]

$49.00

A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop - Alternates for Be Mine Valentine

Valentine’s day is such a fun holiday for paper crafters. We love to make handmade Valentines. The January Paper Pumpkin kit is darling for creating special  little treats. The kit, as sold, includes supplies to make & decorate 24 treat boxes. This kit coordinates with the Animal Expedition suite from the Stampin’ Up! annual catalog. Once I made the treats I needed I’ve used my extra supplies to make a few more alternate projects.

The stamp set from the kit is adorable and I used it exclusively to create this fun chameleon card.

The repeating heart background was created using the Stamparatus. The chameleon is colored using Stampin’ Blends. I tried to color the chameleon to blend a bit with the hearts behind it. I think this card turned out pretty FLY.

This second card is for my Grandma LaRue. When we were little (and even as adults) she would send us a dollar every year in our handmade valentine. I posted a little bit about this back in 2009, you can read that here. I thought I’d send her a Valentine this year with a dollar. Just for fun. She will get a kick out of this now that she’s no longer able to send out cards as easily.  Tip: I snipped the kangaroo pouch with a hobby blade so the dollar bill could easily side in and out. I have a little video showing this closer on my instagram.

This last project is a slight adaptation on the pillow box. I’ve snipped off the top to create more of a little open container to fill with candy. You could cute the box in half to create two pouches or just cut off the top to create the pouch. The little bird image comes from the stamp set included in the kit.

What is Paper Pumpkin? Paper Pumpkin is a monthly subscription craft kit full of goodness from Stampin' Up! Every kit includes a stamp set, supplies, ink and projects instructions. 

What is this hop all about? The designers participating in this hop take the monthly kit and put their own spin on the projects providing alternate ideas for you and various ways on how to use the kit supplies.

Are you a Paper Pumpkin subscriber? If not you can sign up here. Monthly kits at 19.95 USD (includes shipping). 

I hope you have enjoyed these projects. See more alternate ideas along this hop from the designers in this talented crew. Bree is up next. See the full link up below.  Thanks so much for visiting!