Hey everyone! I’m up on the Trinity Stamps blog today sharing this great trio of appreciation cards with the recent new release. I love these amazing word art style stamps that Love Dani Studio designs for Trinity! They are so much fun and for the sentiment to #1 fill the card front and #2 be an amazing decorative focal point is just awesome!

I actually created the backgrounds for these cards a couple nights before when I was playing with the new stencils from the release – straight stripes and polka dots…I love them!!!

There was no way I could choose one of these to create with so I stamped out all 3 images from both stamp sets – Totally Amazing and So Appreciative and started coloring to coordinate with the backgrounds I created.

For this first card, I cut an orange panel and popped it up with foam tape, then also popped the striped panel up as well. I die cut the next-to-largest nested heart from iridescent vellum and popped the sentiment up on it. I hid liquid glue behind the image to adhere the heart to the card front. I popped up the word friend and thought the card looked a little plain so I went back and added some of the curled ribbon from the set. I added Stickles to these for a little shimmer on it.

For this card I made my cardbase black, cut a strip of orange cardstock to 4×5.5 and popped it up with foam tape. I then attached my stenciled panel and die cut the largest nested heart die from iridescent cardstock as well. The sentiment is popped up with foam tape and the glue holding the heart down is hidden behind it again. For finishing touches I added glossy accents to the words and scattered Nuvo Crystal drops about the design. The last thing I did was add a little Stickles to the hearts on the banner for some shimmer. Loving this bold color combo!

For this last card I decided to spritz the distress background with water and blot it dry to add a little texture. Then I popped the layers up with foam tape all the way down to the card base. The star strips are adhered directly to the card front but that’s it. For finishing touches I added Wink of Stella glitter brush pen to the stars and banner and then glued some unicorn tears rhinestone embellishments across the design.

These cards were really simple to put together but so much fun to do! The sentiments say it all while giving you an “image” to color and decorate at the same time. The sets are super versatile and have lots of different phrase combos to change the meaning or recipient too. Be sure to check them out at Trinity Stamps!

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Oh my goodness, I’ve been dying to share this card with you all since I made it. I’m so happy today is finally here. I hope you love it as much as I do. But first, I have to admit that when I was designing this card it was fully intended to have my adorable mice all over it, but when I looked to my right this fabulous unicorn was just staring at me and I knew what I had to do.

To create this card I started with the background and rainbows. I die cut a panel from the slimline card series stitched panels and windows set and blended distress oxide ink on it. I spritzed that with water and set it aside. I die cut the rainbow and a bundle of clouds from white cardstock and used copics to color them in. Then I adhered the pieces together and started deciding on a final layout.

The rainbows are popped up with foam tape along with some of the clouds while others are glued directly down. At this point I stamped my unicorn and sentiment from Let the Good Times Roll and colored it all with my copics. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. They are both popped up with foam squares as well.

I moved on to finishing touches which I think really make this card so perfect! I used Stickles to the bottom edges of the clouds and also the unicorn’s horn. Then I used Wink of Stella glitter brush pen to the unicorn’s hair, all the rainbows and the sentiment.

This card is literally nothing but happiness wrapped up in something adorable to look at! It’s got rainbows and unicorns and glitter and sparkle, what more could you ask for?!? I’m so happy with how this turned out and I hope you enjoy it too!

Also, don’t be surprised if I remake this exact card using the adorable mice that I love so much from Mouse House! You know it’s coming…

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Happy Easter everyone!!! I hope you’re having a fabulous day and are able to find a creative way to celebrate the occasion in lieu of crazy world events. The new Trinity Stamps release went live on Friday and I just had to share this extra card with you today featuring a few of those new products.

To make this fun card, I started by using the new slimline stripes stencil and my blending buddy brushes to blend light pink dye ink and then flip the stencil and do the same thing with a light peach ink. I love the faux plaid look this gives! Isn’t it so much fun?

Then I stamped, colored and die cut my Dir-tea Bunny but instead of holding that mug, I grabbed the carrot from the new Springtime Sentiments and stamped a bunch of those! Thank goodness for my Scan-n-cut! 😉 I also inked up a panel with green and die cut it with the Slimline Borders grass die.

For assembly, I trimmed the background down to 4×5.25 and popped it up with foam tape on a white card base. Then I trimmed the grass panel down to 3.5 and popped it up as well. I used a combo of foam tape and liquid glue to adhere my bunny and then just liquid glue for all those carrots!

I finished things off with some crystallized unicorn tears embellishments scattered about and glossy accents on that cute bunny nose! I die cut the straight banner from the Slimline Scalloped Card Panels and Banners set and stamped my sentiment, popping it up with foam tape as well.

This was such a fun card to put together! And just knowing that you can have that little bunny hold all the things just opens up a whole new world for me! ❤ I can’t wait to try other things too!

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Hey there! The spring release for Trinity Stamps went live yesterday. After you’re done here, be sure to head to Instagram and comment on the hop for a chance to win a Trinity Stamps gift certificate! Today though, I wanted to share an up close look at one of the new stand-alone die sets called You’re #1. It’s a super fun shape card with lots of possibilities!

I shared a sneak peek of this earlier in the week that was actually the reverse of the card on the right. When you have a die like this it’s hard to throw that good paper away so I’ve been making two cards each time.

For this card, I die cut the base from a heavy white cardstock and used my bone folder to reinforce the crease line. I found that if you skip this step it likes to try and fold on the stitching line instead. Easy fix. Then I die cut the pieces from red glitter, black and white cardstocks. Then I simply used liquid glue to adhere all the pieces in place on the card front.

I can’t wait to make these in some specific colors for sports lovers in my life! Watch out football season!!! 😉

For this next version, I took out the bow and that little line die cut. This is supposed to be like tying a bow on your finger so you don’t forget something. I pulled out some softer colored cardstock and fun plaid patterned paper for a more girly looking card. Once it was all glued down, I finished it off with some Crafty Love clay heart embellishments and it’s ready for a message to be written on the inside.

I’m totally in love with how this one turned out. In my head it reads “Don’t forget! You’re the best!” Wouldn’t this be great to send to a friend who needs a little encouragement or maybe a thank you?

Depending on the colors of paper and the sentiment you choose there are so many possibilities with this die set.

Another quick reminder that the Instagram hop is still going on so head over there and start hopping for more amazing inspiration and comment for a chance to win.

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Hello everyone!!! I am soooo beyond excited to share that Trinity Stamps has a new release live today! We’re doing a hop over on Instagram so be sure to jump over there and hop along. There is tons of inspiration and, of course, prizes to be won! You can start at the Trinity Stamps Instagram page here.

Below are the projects I’m sharing, with a bit more explanation in case you have questions. ❤

For this first card, I literally took all of the new magical creatures sets, stamped the images and colored the with my copics. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and moved on to my sentiment. For that, I blended some random distress oxide inks on a panel, spritzed it with water and die cut the word BELIEVE with the new Marshmallow Alphabet dies. (This font is absolute heaven and I can’t wait to put it on everything!) I die cut a white panel with the new Slimline Wonky Stitched panel and adhered it to a card.

After that, I arranged everything how I wanted it and glued it down. I drew some little flying trails off the bugs and black glaze pen to the creature eyes and this card is finished. Soooo much fun!!! I can’t wait to mail it off! ❤

For my second card today, I used the new Layered Lakeside Mountain stencil to create my background. This was so much fun to put together! I used a corner rounder on opposite corners of the background panel and a kraft cardbase and popped the panel up with foam tape.

After that was done, I stamped, colored and die cut the images from the new Rare Treasure set and popped them up with foam squares. I stamped my sentiment at the top leaving space for the larger word that is die cut and popped it up with foam squares.

For finishing touches I added black glaze pen to the eyes, glossy accents to the cool dragon egg and sentiment, and Stickles to the treasure and dragonflies.

I hope you enjoyed today’s projects and don’t forget to head over to Instagram to hop along and see what else the design team has in store for you! You can get your new goodies at Trinity Stamps starting today too!

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Hi there! Tomorrow is Trinity Stamps release day but I really wanted to get one more sneak peek in to get you extra excited!!! I am SO incredibly happy with how this card turned out and the design is so versatile. It can be done a million different ways for completely different looks on the same idea.

Check out that awesome stencil background! I love the pattern and the size will totally blow your mind tomorrow! So much versatility! I’m really excited about that!

And that die cut font…oh my goodness people, it’s just perfect! Did you even see those bunnies??? I’m in love! They literally make me giggle when I pull them out of the die cuts each time. And trust me…I’ve colored quite a few of these cuties! ❤ You’re going to love them too!

Sentiments are something I’m not good at but this new set is absolute perfection! Something for everything, I swear!

Look at that chubby little dust bunny. He’s my spirit animal, I swear. Espcecially with all this extra time at home these days. Haha!!!

Can you just picture changing out the stencil you use to stripes or something? And the sentiments are totally interchangeable too! And just imagine any of the critters in your stash. I just love this and can’t wait to manipulate it for a slimline too!

I hope you’ve enjoyed the sneaks this week and will join us for the Instagram hop tomorrow to see what everyone is sharing. I promise, it’s so amazing!

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Hey everyone! I’m over on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog today with a super fun sneak peek of coming attractions from Trinity Stamps! They’re doing sneaks all week long and the new release goes live Friday when we’re also doing an Instagram Hop! It’s going to be so much fun!

The stamp set you’re seeing here is called Dir-Tea Bunny. It’s totally adorable and so much fun to play with! See how the dies also cut his little hands out so he can hold that awesome mug! Which, by the way, may or may not be totally customizable! 😉 There are also some fun new stencils coming out, one of which is shown here too!

Oh yeah! I almost forgot sentiments…those are sooo much fun too! Be sure you join the Trinity Stamps Imagination, Inspiration and Conversation group on Facebook. It’s the best way to see some amazing projects from the design team and fellow crafters!

The Instagram hop starts Friday, April 10, on Instagram! Hop along for inspiration and leave comments for a chance to win!

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Hello everyone! This Friday, April 10, Trinity Stamps is releasing their Spring Release. It’s so amazing, there is something for everyone in it! I’m here today to show you a little sneak peek of what’s coming your way!

Who doesn’t love a shaped card??? Seriously, they are so fun to make and a blast to give. Sports lovers? We’ve got your covered this time and just in time for Father’s Day coming up and all those sports loving dads out there!

We will be having an Instagram hop on release day so be sure to join us for tons of inspiration and comment for chances to win! Stay tuned throughout this week for more sneaks from me and other design team members too!

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Happy Friday everyone!!! Today I’m sharing a fun shaker card set down in the depths of the sea! This was really fun to put together and is even more fun to play with now that it’s finished. I love shaker cards but they don’t always cross my mind to make.

I started my card by die cutting the largest panel from the Trinity Stamps Slimline Stitched Panels and Windows set twice, then cut the window from one of them. I took the solid panel and blended Distress Oxides on it to show through the windows. I used Blueprint Sketch and Peacock Feathers. Then I spritzed it with water and flicked InkOn3 liquid pixie dust for some shimmer.

Next I grabbed my stamp sets – Mermaid Wishes and Turtley Awesome – and inked them up. I colored them with my copics and die cut them with the coordinating dies. I took some of the scene building images like seashells, starfish, rocks and seaweed and glued them to the inked panel to show through the windows and set the rest of the images aside to build my shaker.

I glued acetate sheets to the inside of the window panel and lined it with doubled-up foam tape. Then I sprinkled some different embellishments into each scene area and closed it up. The embellishments I used were jellyfish jewels, glass slipper confetti and lovely heart itty bitty confetti. I thought it gave some shimmer and pops of color against the blue background.

Finally I added my final images to the front and stamped my sentiment as well. For finishing touches I added some glossy accents here and there and Stickles to the mermaid tail. The last thing I did was glue down some jellyfish jewels around the front of the card.

I think this card turned out so fun! Do you make shaker cards? Any tips or tricks to share? I’d love to hear. Leave me a comment if you have any.

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