Jun 30, 2017 | Announcements, specials, Stampin' Up!
Stampin’ Up! Canada is offering some specials to kick off summer! First things first – this special is ONLY GOOD TODAY, June 30th – new subscribers can get 75% off their first Paper Pumpkin kit! Paper Pumpkin is a monthly paper crafting kit that comes to your door! Each month brings the orange box with complete supplies and instructions to make a project. They’re perfect for taking to the cottage, on trips, or for the budding crafter in your life – and it’s a great time to try it out! Click on the image or HERE to start your month to month subscription and get your first kit for $7! Get more information on Paper Pumpkin here.
Next up….
Starting tomorrow – after celebrating Canada Day, you can celebrate Christmas?! Stampin’ Up! is offering a FREE essentials kit with your Starter Kit purchase! You’ll get 2 clear blocks (size D), Grid Paper, Paper Snips, SNAIL adhesive and a Bone Folder – PLUS a brand new Christmas stamp set called Carols of Christmas!
This is on top of the $165 in product that you get to choose, plus the basic business supplies (catalogues, order forms etc) that will let you run your business as you wish. The starter kit costs only $135 – no shipping, and if you’re in a province that has a blended tax rate, no taxes! Join my group of demonstrators and grab your starter kit here – or check out more information about being part of my demonstrator group here.
LAST but not least – you’ll get a bonus just for placing a qualifying order!
Shop in July, get a bonus to shop in August! For each $60 in product (before shipping/taxes), you’ll get a $6 coupon to spend in August! Pretty self explanatory I think….you can click on the image or here to shop 24/7 in the YamStamps Online Stampin’ Up! Canada store and have it shipped to your home! If you are in Quebec or would like more assistance in placing your order, you can pick out your items and then contact me with your order – I will place it for you and have it shipped to you.
REMEMBER – THE PAPER PUMPKIN SPECIAL IS ON TODAY – FRIDAY, JUNE 30TH. THE BONUS DAYS AND CHRISTMAS IN JULY START TOMORROW!
As always, please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Jun 27, 2017 | cards, Stampin' Up!
You will likely have figured out that I love quick and easy cards. This quick colourful card is no exception! It uses Stampin’ Up!’s Crafting Forever set (available in wood mount or clear mount), and is an example of how you can use line art images without having to colour them.
Often when I see images that are outlines, I want to colour them – but that can be time consuming and fussy. While I do like colouring….sometimes I just need to get the project done, but I don’t want to have a boring card. This colour block technique is a perfect way to add colour without the time! For this quick colourful card, you only need ONE ink colour (another bonus). I used Stampin’ Up!’s Basic Black. It’s an archival ink, so you can colour the images with water based markers, aquapainters or blender pens, but in this case, I left it plain. The colour is added by using different background cardstocks. For this card, I used a selection of the 2016-2018 In Colours – a limited time colour selection that is rotated every 2 years. The colours on the card were Emerald Envy, Peekaboo Peach, Flirty Flamingo and Dapper Denim.
I did share this card at Stampin’ Up!’s On Stage event – I actually stamped on stage in front of stampers! Thankfully, this card is fairly straight forward and I don’t think I messed up too badly in front of a large, live audience. One more thing you can add to this quick colourful card – a bit of bling! I shared how you can add a bit of bling in the centre to hide if your cutting is not exactly perfect….which is usually the scenario for me!
If you need more “real life” tips for your cardmaking, you can always come to one of my card classes if you’re local to Burlington ON – or contact me to set up a private card class and I’ll come to you! (Well….within reasonable driving limits!). I recently updated the YamStamps Events page with dates for CHRISTMAS CARD CLASSES! Just hosted one this past week, and have now got one scheduled each month up to and including November! Every month’s class will feature a different crafting product, which you can have included in your class fee if you choose (there’s two price tiers). We will use that particular product on the 4 cards we create each month – and yes, each month will have different holiday cards, so if you attend every class from now on, you’ll end up with 20 different handcrafted by you cards in time to mail to friends and family! See the Events Page and contact me to register. If you’re not in the mindset for Christmas cards, you can always come to the “regular” Monthly Card Class to make a variety of cards for a variety of occasions – I’ve got you covered!! Hope to see you in class soon.
Jun 20, 2017 | Big Shot, cards, Stampin' Up!
If you’ve attended a card making class with me, you’ll know that one of of my favourite thrifty techniques is to die cut or punch from the mat layer of a card. This thrifty die cut birthday card is an example of that technique! The words are cut with the Happy Birthday Thinlits die – and they come out as a single piece which makes it easy to adhere in place. I used the Multipurpose Adhesive Sheet to make it even easier! I cut my Tranquil Tide cardstock to 4.25″ x 11″, and placed it onto the adhesive sheet. I replaced the top liner sheet and then trimmed the adhesive sheet/liner so it lined up with the edges of my cardstock. I then cut the cardstock (with the adhesive and back liner in place) to 5.25″ x 4″ (reserving the left over for other projects or smaller die cut pieces). The words were die cut from the centre of this piece of cardstock. Since the Designer Series Paper goes on top of the cardstock, noone knows about the gaping hole!
The Designer Series Paper showcased on this card is Delightful Daisy. I love the watercolour / wash type effect on this paper – it gives more interest when you’re using it as a backdrop for projects. It’s adhered onto the (front side of the) Tranquil Tide cardstock with SNAIL, but then I just peeled off the backing from the adhesive on the backside of the cardstock and adhered it onto my Whisper White card. I peeled the backing from the back of the die cut words and adhered them in place on the cardfront. No fuss, no muss, and no waiting for liquid adhesives to dry (I’m usually an impatient crafter).
I was really happy to see the return of adhesive sheets in the latest Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue. They make this thrifty die cut birthday card easy peasy! Another way to use the adhesive sheets is to take a die cut piece and place it onto the adhesive to transfer the adhesive to the back of the die cut shape. (I’m getting ready to re-shoot my Subscriber bonus video and use that technique in the project I share).
Stampers Club members got to make this card as part of the club class this month. I like this card so much, it may appear in a future Monthly Card Class as well! If you are local to Burlington, please consider joining me for a class! No experience is needed, and your class fee covers all supplies required for the projects. This Saturday, June 25th (which by no coincidence is 6 months until Christmas), I’ll be having a Christmas Card Class! We’ll make 4 different holiday cards. I’ll be having holiday card classes each month leading up to December, so the more classes you attend, the more cards you’ll have ready to mail out before the postage deadline! Please contact me to register and make arrangements to pay the $20 class fee for the Christmas Card Class by this Thursday. Check out the YamStamps Events page for upcoming dates. See you soon!
Jun 12, 2017 | cards
I love the combination of gold and navy, and this masculine card idea shows how classic this colour combo is! The pens are from Stampin’ Up!’s Crafting Forever stamp set (available as wood mount or clear mount), and they’re embossed in gold on Night of Navy Cardstock, with a Gold Foil Sheet layer behind to show it off. I don’t often do dark cardbases, but I wanted to keep this design clean and classic. If you do a dark cardbase, you can adhere a piece of paper or Whisper White cardstock inside so that your sentiment can be easily read – or use the White Stampin’ Chalk Marker.
If you check out the images in the stamp set, you’ll notice that the stamp with the pens actually has 3 pens, all facing the same direction. I decided to do a little “surgery” on my stamp, and actually cut the pens apart! (I have the clear mount version of the set). I did a single cut line between each pen, and then snipped off the corners (I often find if I have right angle corners on the image, I end up getting ink on them and messing up my stamped image). By doing this, I can re-align the images so they appear as their original version, should I desire. For this masculine card idea, I used two of the images and placed them facing in opposite directions on my clear block. I then stamped three times in Versamark, and heat embossed with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. That was it! OK maybe not quite, I forgot to mention I used the Embossing Buddy on the Night of Navy cardstock before stamping to limit my stray embossing powder. Using the Embossing Buddy leaves a slight layer of magic dust that seems to reduce static (plus absorb any oils from my skin) so that the embossing powder sticks to the stamped image and nowhere else.
This would be a great graduation card or Father’s Day card, and while I did call this a masculine card idea, it’s not just for men – it would be suitable for any time you don’t want a frilly, flowery card. The YamStamps June Paper Crafting Projects Newsletter has other project ideas, including a fun gift card holder that is great for Father’s Day or someone who likes DIY. The big newsletter comes out the first Tuesday of each month. All new subscribers receive the current month’s Project Newsletter so you don’t miss out on the most recent version (i.e. if you subscribe today, you’ll still be able to check out that project I mentioned!). Plus you’ll receive a weekly update featuring different projects and updates, so you will constantly get new ideas in your inbox as well! Please let me know if you have any questions – otherwise I’ll “see” you online or in your inbox!
Jun 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Join me on June 25th at 1pm to get a jump on your holiday cards! After all, it will be SIX months until Christmas!
Two options – Class Fee Only – $20 includes all supplies required to make 4 different Christmas Cards OR Class and Product – $30 includes all supplies to make 4 different Christmas cards, plus a package of the Be Merry Designer Series Paper (pictured above) – you’ll use a portion during the class and take the rest of the package home to use on other paper crafting projects.
Class and Product Registration Deadline: June 12
Class Only Registration Deadline: June 21
Contact me to register!
Payment due at time of registration please & thank you.
