Nuts About You

Hello again friends! I'm back with the newest Kindred Stamps release! Today, I have 3 cards using "Nuts About You" which will be available on Friday, July 26th at 8am PST/11am EST.  This 3"x4" set features two adorable chipmunks, and some punny sentiments that make me happy!

I used Ink On 3's Fade-Out ink with my MISTI to stamp out two pairs of these little dudes. Then I colored them with Prismacolor Colored Pencils. I am absolutely smitten with how they turned out.

My first card features the sentiment "I'm nuts about you". I picked one of my little guys and built the card around him. First, I went ahead and heat embossed a strip of acorns on pink cardstock using Brutus Monroe Sand Castle powder. This was cut down to a thin strip and layered it onto a piece of Stampin Up Crumb Cake cardstock for my card base. On the base, I heat embossed a little "Aww" using a Lindy's Gang pink powder, below where I wanted to put my chipmunk.

 I used the new Kindred Stamps Sunshine Glitter Gloss on white cardstock over the Kindred Stamps Hearts and Dots Stencil to create a textured patterned paper. I cut out pieces of this using a set of The Stamps of Life heart dies after it had dried. I layered these around the card using foam tape and Therm O Web Ultra Bond glue. 

To finish this card up, I layered the base onto a bright yellow cardstock that matches that Sunshine Glitter Gloss to form my card, I really like using colored cardstock for cards, I feel like it's a nice change from the typical white. For my sentiment, I heat embossed "I'm nuts about you" in the same Sand Castle embossing powder on the same pink cardstock as I had done the acorns. I layered that onto a piece of the yellow cardstock after die cutting them both to create a little layered banner. Finally, I placed the chipmunk in the midst of it all for him to shine.

My next card didn't turn out exactly how I had hoped. I wanted to create an alcohol ink background and use Ink Lift to pull up acorns in the background. Unfortunately, I'm not an expert with alcohol inks and ended up layering it too thick for this to work well! So, instead, I cut my background down into three smaller squares. I layered these onto a piece of Echo Park's Fall paper pad. I arranged the squares over a strip of gold glitter cardstock so it just barely peeks through with a bit of shine. 

Next, I used Alcohol Lift-Ink to pull up acorns and then stamped them onto white cardstock. I created a little stack of them creating a background. These look faint in the photo, but in person, they look great! I put all of this onto another piece of the same Echo Park paper, I just flipped it over so the other side's pattern showed instead of the cool blue.

 I love the buildable sentiments in this set, they are fun, and a bit punny, which is completely my sense of humor! "Sorry for driving you nuts" was my pick for this card, I stamped it onto a banner from an old card kit. Last, I put my little guy on a piece of brown scrap and trimmed around him to create a border, I placed him off to the side a bit so you could still see the acorn stack. 

My last card, is my favorite! I wanted to work in the Christmas in July concept. I used both chipmunks for this card. I started by stamping a tree from an old Stampin' Up set in Catherine Pooler Sage ink on to a piece of patterned paper from Echo Park. I added a few rhinestones to the tree for decorations, some I left clear, some I colored using a blue Sharpie, I feel like they look like little crystal ornaments. I used a Uchida Snow Marker to create a thin layer of snow on the ground below the tree.

I placed a chipmunk on either side of the tree, added some adorable Santa hat stickers from Michael's, and then the Candy Cane die set from The Stamp Doctor to place a candy cane in each of their hands.

Next, I stamped the family sentiment onto a tag from an old card kit using Catherine Pooler Samba ink. I strung the tag onto a sliver ribbon, and added a few large glue dots to the back of the tag to hold it in place. I wanted to add "Merry Christmas" to the card so I used The Stamp Doctor's new Tiny Alphabet dies to cut the letters from a piece of glitter cardstock that I ink blended Samba onto and arranged them on the other side of the tree.

My final touch was a layer of Wink of Stella clear onto the snow to add a bit of sparkle to the card! The card turned out better than I had originally imagined it, which doesn't happen often for me.

Now, be sure to leave a comment including your email address, I'd love to know which card is your favorite! I will be drawing a name from everyone who comments, the winner will get a $10 Kindred Stamps store credit. Make sure you check our entire team's blogs because they each are going to give away $10 store credits too!

The entire Kindred Stamps July release will be available Friday, July 26th at 8am PST/11am EST. Be sure to subscribe to the Kindred Stamps blog to see a daily line up of sneak peeks from our amazing Design Team and see the full product release on Friday! Come join the Fan Club and release event to be part of the release fun, and you may just win some Kindred Stamps credit!!

Thank you so much for visiting me today, I will see you again soon!

~R. Winn

Kindred Stamp Limited Edition Part of a Pride Box

I've had such an amazing time playing with the newest Kindred Stamp Limited Edition Part of a Pride Box! This box is absolutely fantastic, and the price point is so low for so much. You get a fantastic 4"x8" stamp set, a 12 sheet paper pack, washi tape, a stunning Shaker pack, a 1.5 oz Glitter Gloss container, a 6"x6" stencil, a sticker sheet, and a cute button! Oh, and a digi! I'm OBSESSED!

Let's start with my use of the  Savannah Glitter Gloss! I used the Kindred Stamps Basket Weave Stencil and my Therm O Web Stencil Pal to create this stunning background. I liked the brown cardstock paired with the orange of the gloss. I used a Pretty Pink Posh Scalloped Frame Die to create a diagonal cut in the background. I layered this onto a white cardstock and stamped the "I'm Glad You're in My Pride" sentiment in Catherine Pooler Samba ink so it lined up with the cut in the background.

I colored my lion using my Chameleon Colored Pencils, which I'm honestly obsessed with! I layered this all onto another piece of brown cardstock for the card base. 

 My next card is about a strong female! I used the AMAZING stencil included in this box to create a grass and clouds background. I used Therm O Web Pixie Spray to make my stencil stick to the cardstock so I didn't have to move tape over and over again. I used multiple colors of Catherine Pooler inks for both the grass and sky.

Again, my lion is colored using Chameleon Colored Pencils. I used the build-able sentiment "You're a queen" and "Let out a roar!" I stamped them out in Stazon Pigment in Brown. To finish this card, I mounted it on orange cardstock, and added a few sequins from the Shaker Pack.

My last card features three best friends. They were colored in Chameleon Colored Pencils. This card was actually a fairly quick and simple one. I used a paper from the paper pack, added a few strips of the washi tape and lined up the best friends up on top of it all.

My sentiment is heat embossed using a brown embossing powder and placed on a die from The Stamp Doctor. I added the little grub that is included in the stamp set. I put them all on a light green cardstock.

I hope you have enjoyed my take on this box! Make sure you head over to Kindred Stamps and snag your own box before they're gone.

Thank you for visiting to!

~R. Winn