The next edition of the YamStamps Newsletter goes out on Tuesday (4 July) to my subscribers. Each weekly edition contains some sort of paper crafting inspiration, information and ideas – but the first newsletter of each month is a little more jam packed – I usually have at least 3 different projects there, including one that focuses on a technique. This month, there’s an easy and effective card, a cool technique and a fancy fold card. Click here to subscribe or use the box at the top of the blog page.
If you’re a new subscriber, you’ll get a free video tutorial for a fancy fold card. If you’re an existing subscriber, you’ll have already received the tutorial when you first signed up (but you can always contact me if you can’t remember where to access it).
The YamStamps Sketch System is perfect for quick and easy cardmaking!
The YamStamps Sketch System for quick and easy cardmaking – I’ll show you the concept while I share this card that features some gorgeous new Designer Series Paper! The patterned paper in question is the highlight of this card – it’s the Hello, Irresistible 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. It is, literally, irresistible – I had to buy it during the Demonstrator PreOrder period last month!!
Here’s the card:
The Hello, Irresistible DSP patterns are based on resist techniques, with gorgeous washes and bold images – and you want to make sure it’s seen! The paper is not in any catalogue, so if you’d like to take another look at it – check out the YamStamps Online Stampin’ Up! Canada store for this and other Online Exclusive Products! I added a bit of bling to the cardfront with the Iridescent Pastel Gems.
I realize that I often have “go to” designs for my quick and easy cardmaking – it makes it fast for me to come up with variations on a theme by switching out the paper and products used. I started the YamStamps Sketch System Subscription program a couple of months ago to help subscribers kick start their creativity, and they are loving how it truly does make for quick and easy cardmaking! (I also love how it helps me while I’m coming up with the sketches and samples!) It definitely helps overcome “Crafter’s Block” when you can’t come up with an eye catching card design, no matter how hard you try. (Sometimes the harder you try, the worse it gets…).
For example…the Hello, Irresistible card could have been one of the weekly samples to go along with a Sketch System sketch – though in truth, I came up with the sketch after making this card! LOL. This design is a little straightforward – the designs in the Sketch System are a little more involved.
Dimensions: Cardbase: 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ scored and folded at 4-1/4″ Large Rectangle: 5-1/4″ x 4″ Medium Rectangle: 5″ x 3-3/4″ Strip: 1/2″ x 4″ Small Rectangle: 1″ x 3″
This is similar to the Week One Email for each sketch in the subscription series. You get the sketch, the measurements, and the first sample. For the next three weeks, you get a different sample showing a variation on that month’s sketch. The last week also brings a summary email – showing the sketch and all four samples. One sample is always a winter holiday themed one – so you’ll have plenty of holiday card ideas when you need them! Quick and easy cardmaking – all year round!
After four weeks, you’ll get a new sketch and a new series of samples – and so on, and so on!
Supply lists for each sample are also provided for your reference, though not all items may be available for purchase at the time you receive the email. The beauty of the Sketch System is that it’s a blueprint for the card, and you substitute in whatever supplies you have on hand, and customize it for your card giving needs!!
Try it out – make a card using this sketch! When you post it online, use the hashtag #yamstampssketchsystem so I can find it – I’ll make it worth your while 😉
What subscribers have to say:
Kathy says “I really enjoy receiving the weekly ideas for a monthly pattern. Great idea. Thanks.”
Merle says “I was able to create a whole bunch of birthday cards really quickly – it made it so easy!”
Visit go.yamstampsmore.com/sketchsystem for more information – and get started! You get your first sketch emailed to you as soon as you sign up!
Sign up for the YamStamps Newsletter to get paper crafting tutorials, ideas and information – free! New subscribers get a video tutorial for a fun fancy fold card (existing subscribers – link was sent in the 14 February newsletter – since it may not be the same new subscriber tutorial since you joined me and I don’t want you to miss out!).
The project tutorials that are shared in the emails are exclusively for subscribers – you won’t see them anywhere else in the YamStamps online world!
The next edition goes out TOMORROW (Tuesday 7 March) so don’t miss out!
I know I’m not the only one that this happens to – I need a card, or I feel like crafting, but when I sit down to come up with a card, nothing seems to work. It’s like crafter’s block – writer’s block for the paper crafter!
My motto is “Crafting Doesn’t Have to be Difficult to be Impressive” – and it’s a big part of the reason I started the YamStamps Sketch System! This program will help you come up with multiple number of cards for a fraction of the effort – but the beauty is that the cards will all look different – and I’ll show you how!
How the YamStamps Sketch System works: It’s a subscription based monthly program – so at the beginning of the month, you’ll get a card design sketch with dimensions, and a sample of a card made using that sketch, with a list of supplies. The next week, you’ll get a different sample, using the same sketch. After four weeks, you’ll get a summary email, and we’ll start the process again with a brand new sketch!
Cost: Just $9.99CAD per month. When you sign up, you’ll enter your payment option, and you’ll be automatically charged each month you’re subscribed. Stay for a month or two, or stay for a year or longer! You’ll keep getting new sketches and new ideas while you’re subscribed.
Did you know that each week I send out an e-newsletter with paper crafting information and inspiration? The first Tuesday of each month is the big multiproject newsletter – so the August one will be sent out around 1pm Eastern time this Tuesday! You’ll get step by step project tutorials exclusive to the newsletter, plus the latest information from the YamStamps / Stampin’ Up! Canada world – but only if you’re signed up. Click here, on the image above, or use the sign up box at the top right of the page! New subscribers also receive access to an exclusive paper crafting video tutorial. See you in your inbox!
Coming this Wednesday – the Annual Twelve Weeks of Christmas Project Tutorial Emails!
It’s coming! The Twelve Weeks of Christmas!
Each year as a seasonal perk, I send out a holiday tutorial each week leading up to December 25th. These emails are exclusive projects that I don’t share anywhere else, but only go to my email subscribers. If you’re on my mailing list, in addition to the regular weekly emails with ideas, information & inspiration, you’ll also get a total of twelve holiday projects – covering cards to gifts to packaging. You must be on my list before September 29th to get all of the projects! Sign up in the box at the top right of the YamStamps blog, or click here for more information and to sign up.
