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Double Pocket Card Video Tutorial

May 30, 2008 | rubber stamping, Tutorial, TV/Video/Web/Tech

The May video tutorial is here (just under the wire!). This one features my version of a double pocket card. I had promised the video so that club members (OK and anyone who watches!) could get a handle on how we did this. I think that the sound and lighting are better on this month, and I've learned how to do the "speed up" effect… feel free to leave feedback or ask questions! Photo is of the version that I think will become the "Thank you teacher" gift at the end of the school year! One tag can easily be converted to a gift card holder by using the slot punch, and the thank you note can be written on the other tag!

Even with my editing, the video is almost 5 minutes long, so grab a cuppa while you watch (or better yet, grab some designer series paper, jumbo eyelets and your crop-a-dile and play along!!) Enjoy 🙂

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In Colour card

May 27, 2008 | rubber stamping

Can you tell that this is one of my favourite colour combinations?? I will miss these colours when they retire with this current Stampin' Up! catalogue!! Blue Bayou is the card base, and the main panel is soft sky. The card is stamped with the canvas background in blue bayou; the leaves are in soft sky are from the stamp set Wonderful You (p 91 Stampin' Up! Spring -Summer Collection). A strip of naturals ivory is the background for the strip; a flower and ivory half pearl from the Pretties kit add an elegant touch.

Stampin' Up!'s retired list will be posted on June 15th. Be sure to be on my newsletter list to get details on my retired list contest (oh, and to get a copy of the list when it comes out!).

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Simple Scrapbook Page

May 25, 2008 | scrapbooking

This is a scrapbook page created at last year's Stampin' Up! Convention. My friend (and "upline") Sue and I attended together – we celebrated 5 years as Stampin' Up! demonstrators. This page was a little curled at the bottom from being propped up in my stamping/scrapping room… The word friends is stamped with the jumbo outline alphabet (page 155 in the Spring – Summer Collection), and then coloured in with a versamarker! Loved this effect. The flowers are from Build A Flower Accents and Elements (p 177) – which come in those fantastic, "alterable" hinged tins. There are build-a-brads (p 189) in the centre of the 2 larger flowers. Must use those build-a-brads more, and stop hoarding them!! A fringe of wild wasabi acts as grass. I'm looking forward to seeing what we'll be doing for "make and takes" at this year's convention, celebrating 20 years of Stampin' Up!

I'm looking at starting a scrapbooking club in the next little while – are you interested?? If you're in the area of Hamilton, Burlington or Oakville, contact me for more information! It will run like my current Stampers Club. Space is limited.

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Designer Series Paper Colour Matches

May 22, 2008 | Uncategorized

One of my favourite things about Stampin’ Up! is how all the colours coordinate – no searching or guessing required!  To help you coordinate your Designer Series Paper and cardstock for cards or scrapbook pages, I’m posting the colour matches for Stampin’ Up!’s Designer Series Papers. All the DSP are 12″ x 12″, 100-lb, 12 sheets per package (2 each of 6 designs). They’re featured on pages 168 – 170 in the Spring-Summer Collection

Azure: Brilliant Blue, Very Vanilla

Bali Breeze: Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Rose Red, Taken with Teal

Berry Bliss: Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink, Purely Pomegranate

Cutie Pie: Bashful Blue, Basic Black, Certainly Celery, Rose Red, So Saffron

East Coast Prep: More Mustard, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Wild Wasabi

Fall Flowers: Old Olive, Really Rust, Soft Sky, Sahara Sand

Flowers for You: Certainly Celery, Lovely Lilac, Regal Rose, Tempting Turquoise

Ginger Blossom: Cameo Coral, Groovy Guava, Ruby Red, River Rock

Jersey Shore: Bashful Blue, Brilliant Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Wild Wasabi

Le Jardin: Always Artichoke, Bashful Blue, River Rock, So Saffron, Very Vanilla

Notebook: Kraft, Soft Sky, Very Vanilla

Olive Press: Old Olive, Very Vanilla

Porcelain Prints: Blue Bayou, River Rock, Wild Wasabi

Spring Break: Blue Bayou, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Sky

Spring Fling: Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Sage Shadow, So Saffron

Spring Silhouettes: Certainly Celery, Soft Sky, Very Vanilla, Wild Wasabi

Western Sky: Blue Bayou, River Rock, Ruby Red, Soft Sky

I’m working on a video tutorial for May that will feature a project using the designer series papers, so be sure to sign up for the blog feed or bookmark www.yamstamps.com !

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Mother’s Day

May 12, 2008 | Uncategorized

This was the "card" I received along with my Mother’s Day planter (bottom half of a pop bottle decorated with tissue paper & glue!). How’s that for an endorsement??!!! (note the comment "terrific at Stampinup") LOL.