Today on my blog I’m sharing a card that I made with the newly released stamp set called BearGang2Stamp from The Stamps of Life. This stamp set consists of seven stamps. The largest stamp is the five bears pictured here. The other stamps are sentiments such as Happy Birthday, Happy Retirement, Hello, Congratulations, and From the Gang.
The Stamps of Life August 2020 card kit was released on August 15 and I’m excited to share with you the 10 cards that I made with this kit. This kit corresponds to the monthly stamp and die set called Birds2Stamp as well as the add-on set, MoreBirds2Stamp. Here’s a picture of everything that is included in the August Card Kit Club.
The August card kit is called the “Fabulous” collection. The color pallet for this month is Strawberry, Tangerine, Cantaloupe, Banana, Green Apple, Mint Chip, Ocean, Grape, and Powdered Sugar. This kit comes with 12 cardstock sheets — one in each color plus four Powdered Sugar cardstock sheets. (Note: My kit came with the Sunshine cardstock instead of Banana and the Cherry cardstock instead of Cantaloupe. Both colors match very closely, but I wanted to point this out because when I make my cards, I refer to the cardstock by the names of the colors I received in my kit.)
The petite paper pad is the Fabulous Collection and comes with 24 double-sided sheets of patterned paper. It also includes four sheets of birds in various colors that match the monthly stamp set, Birds2Stamp, and the add-on set, MoreBirds2Stamp. The birds can be die cut with the corresponding shadow dies from the corresponding die sets.
The card kit also comes with a Fabulous word die, a die to make a flower, epoxy dots, palm tree puffy stickers, two ribbon, a sentiment stamp set, paperclips with bows attached, idea card, and a set of envelopes.
As a special bonus, The Stamps of Life is including THREE FREE dies this month! There is a Happy Birthday word die which is a freebie from Stephanie and there are two large die sets which are freebies from Ken. Ken is including two freebie die sets in every card kit through December 2020. My two freebies were the BananaSplit2Stamp dies ($16.41 value) and the Flower with Stem Dies ($12.88 value).
More information on The Stamps of Life clubs can be found here.
Watch a Video Tutorial of all 10 Cards here.
Card 1
My first card was inspired by Mojo Monday Sketch 543.
My third card was also inspired by the MFT 235 Sketch, however, I modified it slightly by moving the sentiment toward the bottom of the card, using a heart instead of a circle, and using a larger piece of paper underneath the heart.
My fourth card was inspired by the Sweet Sunday 268 Sketch.
Supplies
Cardstock Powdered Sugar, Strawberry, Sunshine, Green Apple (I used Sunshine cardstock because that’s what came in my kit,although it should’ve been Banana.)
My fifth card was inspired by Sweet Sunday Sketch 286, but I modified it slightly so that my card is in the landscape direction.
Supplies
Cardstock Powdered Sugar, Cherry, Ocean, Strawberry, Sunshine, Licorice (I used Sunshine and Cherry cardstock because that’s what came in my kit,although it should’ve been Banana and Cantaloupe.)
Cardstock Powdered Sugar, Sunshine, Chocolate, Green Apple, Grape (I used Sunshine cardstock because that’s what came in my kit,although it should’ve been Banana.)
Cardstock Powdered Sugar, Ocean, Strawberry, Sunshine (I used Sunshine cardstock because that’s what came in my kit,although it should’ve been Banana.)
Cardstock Mint Chip, Ocean, Cherry, Sunshine (I used Sunshine and Cherry cardstock because that’s what came in my kit, although it should’ve been Banana and Cantaloupe.)
The Stamps of Life May 2020 card kit was released on May 15 and I’m excited to share with you the 10 cards that I made with this kit. This kit corresponds to the monthly stamp and die set called tortie2stamp. There are so many fun products in the May card kit.
The color pallet for this month is banana, green apple, blue jay, spearmint, ocean, gingersnap, cherry, blueberry, and powdered sugar. This kit comes with 12 cardstock sheets — one in each color plus four powdered sugar cardstock sheets. The petite paper pad is the Special Friend Collection and comes with 24 double sided sheets of patterned paper. It also includes two sheets of turtles in various sizes that match the monthly stamp set, tortie2stamp, which can be die cut with the corresponding shadow dies from the tortie2stamp die set and the moretorties2stamp die set. There are a total of 16 turtles that can be die cut. This makes for a lot of quick and easy cards!
The card kit also comes with a flower die set, a sentiment stamp set, a “Special Friend” word die, epoxy dots, 9 chipboard sentiment pieces, flower puffy stickers, two ribbon (green apple and blueberry), idea card, a large storage envelope to put everything in, and a set of envelopes.
As a special bonus, starting this month, The Stamps of Life is including TWO FREE die sets in every card kit through December 2020. Let me just say that these are not small dies…Nope! They are large die sets! The two free items in my kit are the apple dies ($16.41 value) that match the apple2stamp set and the circle stitched only dies ($18.99 value). That a $35 value in FREE gifts! Every card kit club member may receive different freebies.
More information on The Stamps of Life clubs can be found here.
UPDATE TO CARD 10: The small “You Rock” word die is not available in the guitar die set. It came with my design team shipment, but The Stamps of Life decided to not include it in the final packaging. Another option is the large “You Rock” word die. Here’s a link – https://thestampsoflife.com/you-rock-dies.html
Supplies
Cardstock– Blue Jay, Banana, Powdered Sugar, Spearmint
Hello! Today I am sharing a sympathy card. I ink-blended the background with Cantaloupe, Lemonade, Sunshine, Banana, Tangerine, Midnight, and Blueberry inks. I stamped the lighthouse from the Lighthouse2Stamp set and colored it with my Copic markers. The stamped image doesn’t have stripes, but I added stripes to mine. The sentiment is from the Sorry4YourLoss set. To see a tutorial of how I made this card, watch my YouTube video here.
Supplies:
Inks – Cantaloupe, Lemonade, Sunshine, Banana, Midnight, and Blueberry
The Stamps of Life April 2020 card kit was released on April 15 and I’m excited to share with you the 10 cards that I made with this kit. This kit corresponds to the monthly stamp and die set called mushrooms2stamp. There are so many fun products in the April card kit. The color pallet for this month is banana, sky, lemonade, artichoke, kiwi, cranberry, strawberry, gingersnap, and powdered sugar. This kit comes with 12 cardstock sheets — one in each color plus four powdered sugar cardstock sheets. The petite paper pad is the Enjoy Collection and comes with 24 double sided sheets of patterned paper. It also includes two sheets of mushrooms in various sizes that match the monthly stamp set which can be die cut with the corresponding shadow die from the mushrooms2stamp die set. There are also two sheets of gnomes that can be die cut with the gnomes2stamp die set. There are a total of 30 mushrooms and 16 gnomes that can be die cut. This makes for a lot of quick and easy cards! The card kit also comes with mushroom puffy stickers, epoxy dots, a sentiment stamp set, two ribbon (white and a green/white gingham), a word die set with the word “Enjoy,” a tag die set, and chipboard pieces that include sentiments, flowers, and banners. This month, there is a free gift included in the card kit which are two drop-in dies for the tag die. One of the drop-in dies has the words “For You.” The other drop-in die has beautiful background of flowers.
More information on The Stamps of Life clubs can be found here.
The Stamps of Life March 2020 card kit was released on March 15 and I’m excited to share with you the 10 cards that I made with this kit. This kit corresponds to the monthly stamp and die set called pinatas2stamp.
There are so many fun products in the March card kit.
The color pallet for this month is cranberry, kiwi, green apple, lemonade, banana, sky, midnight, gingersnap, and powdered sugar. All of these colors will make for some great masculine cards! The kit comes with 12 cardstock sheets — one in each color plus four powdered sugar cardstock sheets.
The petite paper pad is the Surprise Collection and comes with 24 double sided sheets of patterned paper. It also includes pinata images that match the monthly stamp set which can be die cut with the corresponding shadow die from the pinanta2stamp die set. There are a total of eight pinatas that can be die cut. This makes for some quick and easy cards!
The kit also comes with chipboard cactuses, colorful buttons, two ribbon (banana and cranberry), star stickers, a sentiment stamp set, and two dies — a large leaf die and a word die set that can say “Happy Birthday” or “Happy Day.” Just for being in the card kit club, The Stamps of Life also included a free gift — a ribbon in the midnight color.
More information on The Stamps of Life clubs can be found here.
The Stamps of Life February 2020 card kit was released on February 15 and I’m excited to share with you the cards I made using this kit. I never know how many cards I’m going to make with each card kit release and this month I made 12 cards! This card kit corresponds with the monthly stamp and die set – sloths2stamp.
There are so many fun products included in the February card kit.
The color pallet for this month is cantaloupe, chocolate, spearmint, kiwi, ocean, bubblegum, tangerine, gingersnap, and powdered sugar. The kit comes with 12 cardstock sheets — one in each color plus four powdered sugar cardstock sheets.
The petite paper pad is the Best Wishes Collection. Two of the sheets in the paper pad include the sloth images that match the monthly stamp set. These sloth images can be die cut with the corresponding shadow dies from the sloths2stamp die set. There are a total of 8 sloths, 8 branches, and several leaves that can all be die cut from this paper pad! This means super easy and quick cards!
The kit also comes with two dies — a Best Wishes word die that comes two dies — a shadow layer and the word die. The kit also comes a December swirl die.
In addition, the kit comes with flower and leaf puffy stickers that match the flowers and leaves in the pattern paper pad. There are also epoxy hearts, felt balloons, and a sentiment stamp set. Ribbon in kiwi gingham and gingersnap are also included in this kit.
More information on The Stamps of Life clubs can be found here.
I am so happy to share the October 2019 release of The Stamps of Life card kit and stamp called Pinecones2Stamp. The card kit comes with a 6 x 6 paper pad, large storage envelope, sentiment stamp set, chipboard snowflakes, twine, brown and white gingham ribbon, gray ribbon, flower ribbon embellishments, “Just Because” word die with shadow, bling in holiday colors, and 11 solid color 8 1/2 x 11 card stock sheets.
The video below shows the unboxing of the card kit as well as the stamp and die set. There is also a tutorial of how I made the eight cards shown. The card kit is available through The Stamps of Life website if you join their card kit club before November 15, 2019 (while supplies last). After that time, if there are any available, they usually put them up for purchase on their website several months afterwards. The pinecone2stamp stamps and dies are currently available.
I am so excited to share the September 2019 release of The Stamps of Life card kit and stamp called Reindeer2Stamp. The card kit comes with a holiday-themed 6 x 6 paper pad, large storage envelope, sentiment stamp set, chipboard Christmas trees, white twine, mint chip ribbon, strawberry ribbon, felt flower embellishments, Joyful word die with shadow, blue bling, and 11 solid color 8 1/2 x 11 card stock sheets.
The video below shows the unboxing of the card kit as well as the stamp and die set. There is also a tutorial of how I made the seven cards shown. The card kit is available through The Stamps of Life website if you join their card kit club before October 15, 2019 (while supplies last). After that time, if there are any available, they usually put them up for purchase on their website several months afterwards. The reindeer2stamp stamps and dies are currently available.
Here is the third card that I made for the Stamps of Life Fan Club Facebook group weekly challenge “ice cream.” For this card, I wanted to use a stamp set that wouldn’t normally be used for an ice cream card. This time, I used the Elves2Stamp stamp. I stamped the image on Crafter’s Companion Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth cardstock and colored with my alcohol markers and then die cut it with the matching Elves2Stamp die.
The miniature ice cream cones are from the IceCream2Stamp and were stamped onto the same cardstock and colored with Spectrum Sparkle markers. To get the double scoop of ice cream on the cones in the elf’s hand, I stamped the cone image a few times and fussy cut only the ice cream portion of the stamp two times and then layered the ice cream scoops on top of each other. Since the elf’s hands can open, I placed two ice cream cones in his hands.
The card base was die cut with the Sizzix Framelits Flip-Its by Stephanie Barnard (660714) using Banana cardstock. The patterned paper is from the Hello Friend Collection. The sentiment “for someone sweet” is also from the same patterned paper pad. The blue polka dot paper in the center was cut with a stitched rectangle die.
The Happy Birthday sentiment in the inside of the card is a stamp from the Foxes2Stamp stamp set. The “Calories don’t count on holidays” is from a stamp set from the BananaSplit2Stamp stamp set.
The Stamps of Life August 2020 card kit was released on August 15 and I’m excited to share with you the 10 cards that I made with this kit. This kit corresponds to the monthly stamp and die set called 
The August card kit is called the “Fabulous” collection. The color pallet for this month is Strawberry, Tangerine, Cantaloupe, Banana, Green Apple, Mint Chip, Ocean, Grape, and Powdered Sugar. This kit comes with 12 cardstock sheets — one in each color plus four Powdered Sugar cardstock sheets. (Note: My kit came with the Sunshine cardstock instead of Banana and the Cherry cardstock instead of Cantaloupe. Both colors match very closely, but I wanted to point this out because when I make my cards, I refer to the cardstock by the names of the colors I received in my kit.)
The petite paper pad is the Fabulous Collection and comes with 24 double-sided sheets of patterned paper. It also includes four sheets of birds in various colors that match the monthly stamp set, 
