Apr 22, 2018 | cards, Events, Retired List, Stampin' Up!
This is a fun butterfly card made easy by using Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper and die cuts – but if you want some of these products, you’ll have to move fast as they are on the Retiring List and fluttering away! Stampin’ Up! retiring stamp sets are available until May 25th – guaranteed, but after that, and all other retiring Stampin’ Up! products are only while supplies last.
It’s not a colour combination that I would have though of, but I took it from the Desginer Series Paper…. The Painted With Love Specialty Designer Series Paper has been one of my favourites, and it will be retiring at the end of the month. It’s used on the solid butterfly behind the detailed die cut black butterfly. One of the Stampers Club members used the side of the DSP that featured some metallic gold splashes and it was really striking. The solid butterfly die cut is from the Bold Butterfly Framelits, and the detailed butterfly die cut is from the Butterflies Thinlits dies. Both of these die sets are retiring, and (I just checked) only the Bold Butterfly framelits are still available. The Peekaboo Peach Cardstock featured in the foreground of the card is retiring, as it’s a 2016-2018 In Colour – making room for new in colours. It’s embossed with the (already sold out) retiring Fluttering Embossing Folder. The Rich Razzleberry cardstock is still available, since it’s not a retiring/revamped colour, and the sentiment is from the Bunch of Blossoms stamp set, which is NOT retiring so no worries about that availability! The slot on the front of the card (the butterfly pops through it) is created by punching the Classic Label Punch twice in a row to make a longer slot that will comfortably fit the butterfly. It’s also NOT retiring so will be available into next year. A fellow demonstrator, Ronda, shared the construction of this card – it’s fun and different. There are two Very Vanilla solid die cut butterflies underneath the solid butterfly of DSP. Each vanilla butterfly is folded in half, and one half is attached to the inside of the card, while the other half is attached to the back of the DSP butterfly which helps the DSP butterfly fold upwards as well as anchoring it to the inside of the card. See the detail of the butterfly card in the photo below:
For my butterfly card, the detailed die cut black butterfly is adhered on top of the DSP, but if you don’t have that detailed die cut, you could easily just leave the plain DSP butterfly exposed, or you could stamp the butterfly body from Watercolour Wings onto the die cut butterfly to give it more definition.
While I’m sad that the butterflies are fluttering away, I can’t wait to get my hands on more new product from the next Annual Catalogue! If you are in Canada and don’t already have a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, please complete this form before April 29th and I will see about getting you your own hard copy! If you are local to Burlington ON, please mark SATURDAY, JUNE 2nd 9am til noon on your calendar – that will be my New Catalogue Open House and Retired Product sale! Please RSVP to ensure I have a copy of the catalogue waiting for you!
Apr 19, 2018 | cards, Events, Stampin' Up!
Thanks for following along on the North American Events Council Blog Hop. Thanks for visiting the YamStamps Blog! I’m Linda, here in Burlington, Ontario Canada. This week, we’re sharing some more samples from the Share What You Love Product Suite! The Events Council members were the lucky ones who got to play with these products that will be available in special bundles only available for purchase next month, ahead of their individual item appearances in the new Annual Catalogue!
These are some of the cards I created as part of the display for Stampin’ Up!’s On Stage event in London Ontario. The first image shows four cards created on the same basic design premise – a half sheet card (5.5″ x 8.5″ folded in half), with a 5″ x 3.75″ piece of the Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper, matted onto a 5.25″ X 4″ piece of Rich Razzleberry cardstock. Each card also used the Rich Razzleberry Velvet Ribbon and tags from the Share What You Love Embellishment Kit. The Artisan Pearls are on most of the cards, and I used the Silver Self Adhesive Flower (from the Embellishment kit) on a card too.
These next samples are clean and simple cards, using Stampin’ Up!’s Notecards. I used the Stampin’ Blends markers on the flowers on the left card, and featured the Make A Difference stamp set on the right card. It has an alphabet in both script and block capital styles. My hint that I shared at On Stage – to get the individual letter images close together, I used the Stamparatus, and placed every other letter on one plate, and the remaining letters on the other plate. Since the notecard is a personalized one, I figured I would make a bunch up in bulk, which means that the Stamparatus is perfect for that. For a “one off” card, I might be brave and just wing it – stamping one letter at a time tends to work best (rather than spelling out entire words on a block). I did that for the scrapbook page that I shared last week.
We have one more North American Blog Hop event scheduled for next week featuring this product suite – so hope you’ll be coming back to join us!
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Apr 17, 2018 | cards, Retired List, Stampin' Up!
I love this simple and elegant dragonfly card – but one of the products we used for it is retiring…..do you know which item? It’s the beautiful ombré paper – from the Colo(u)r Theory Designer Series Paper stack. Thankfully we will have the dragonflies for at least another year! The sentiment from the Dragonfly Dreams set is stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink onto the paper. The small linked dragonflies are from the Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits and die cut from the Basic Black cardstock which also backs the Designer Series Paper. This card is trimmed a little narrower than usual, only because I liked having a thinner card and thinner borders on either side of the main image area. Don’t forget that while retiring stamp sets are guaranteed until May 25th, all tools, accessories and papers are available while supplies last.
This was a featured card this month in both the Monthly Card Class and Stampers Club. Stampers Club happens the third Monday of each month, and it still happened yesterday, even with the school snow day! I was hoping that the snow would have melted by Club time, but no such luck, so I spent some time chipping away at the lovely ridge of icy snow that was at the bottom of my driveway after the road was cleared. I keep hearing that the weather is going to improve, and that the weekend is going to be nice….but then I also saw periods of snow flurries today while I was out and about. Let’s hope we get real dragonflies in the neighbourhood in the near future, not just a dragonfly card!
We are always welcoming new members to the Stampers Club here in Burlington ON. Members join for a 6 month period, during which time they attend a special Club Card Class. There is no class fee for this class, but each member placing a minimum $33 product order at each class. Once during their 6 month cycle, each member will receive the host benefits from the orders placed that month – a minimum of $20 free product of their choice! Plus there’s the camaraderie of seeing other crafters on a regular basis. The next Club session will be the FOURTH Monday of May, due to the Victoria Day holiday. Contact me if you’d like to join us! Look forward to seeing you at club soon, or check the YamStamps Events page for upcoming classes and special events, like the Annual New Catalogue Open House and Retired Product Sale!.
Apr 14, 2018 | 3D samples, Business Opportunity, event, Events, Stampin' Up!
Sharing a bit more from Stampin’ Up!’s On Stage event in London Ontario last weekend. It was so much fun! This was my final official event as a member of the Events Council, and what a way to go out! I heard so many people say that they thought this was one of the best events they’d attended! (Though in all honesty, it kind of feels that way every time we go to an event run by Stampin’ Up! haha). The photo above is the gifts that I managed to get together for members of my demonstrator group, known as the “Eh” Team. They are boxed note pads, decorated with products from the Share What You Love suite. Demonstrators are able to order these products now (well, not the note pads…I already had those), and ordering will be available to everyone come May – with exclusive bundles at that time before they are available as part of the new Annual Catalogue! I think my favourite thing in this suite is the Share What You Love Designer Series Paper – it’s extra thick, and you get twice as much as in a regular package – plus it’s got a Pearlized coating on most of the sheets – you can kind of see the sheen on the flower images on a couple of the boxes above.
Here’s Leanne & I at the 80’s themed Centre Stage Event….my big hair did not keep its vertical height, sadly….This leaders’ event was the night before the On Stage Event, and it was a lovely dinner and information session, with great giveaways as well! (oh, and that’s a genuine LLBean sweater from the appropriate decade….).
What’s an 80’s party without jelly bracelets (and bright coloured pin?!) Thanks to Donna Griffiths who spread joy to the Events Council members across North America with these fun gifts! Thanks also to Stampin’ Up! for the gorgeous lanyard they gave to Council members (you can kind of see mine in the photo below). I love that even though we were spread out over North America, it was still a feeling of a shared event. I am thankful that I was able to serve with these special ladies!
Above – a picture of the “Eh” Team members who were able to attend the On Stage Event in London – Anne, Leanne, me, Arlene and Gail. So much fun….all of these ladies also helped behind the scenes. HUGE thanks to Anne, Arlene, and Gail whose hard work above and beyond allowed the SU staffers to get sleep the night before the event. I presented during the event (check the YamStamps Instagram feed for my Britney mic photo!) and apparently stayed within my time limit, mic issues not withstanding (I managed to dislodge the Britney mic and had to adjust it before continuing…oops).
Thanks to Leanne for grabbing this photo during my presentation. I will say that presenting at the events has been a good growth experience, and lots of fun in the end. A little stressful initially, I won’t lie…but the room is full of supportive friends, and I got in all the required information…I think….haha!! One of the things I mentioned during my presentation – how much I love being a demonstrator, mostly for the inspiring and creative people that have been brought into my life because of it – and you see a few of them in photos in this post and elsewhere on the YamStamps Blog.
One final picture of everyone behind the scenes after loading one of the pallets. (I stole this picture from our fearless leader, Gennie…) – left to right – me, Kim, Gennie, Carrie, Valerie, Monica, Kathy (designer of that gorgeous Designer Series Paper!), Greg, Josh, Brett and Mike. The SU Staffers get sent out to all the events to help in front and behind the scenes – then go back to their “day jobs” in Marketing, Design, Transportation, IT, Demo Support, HR…you get the idea (I know I’ve also missed some of the departments…LOL). Such a great crowd to work with. Seriously. I would do this again in a heartbeat. The next On Stage Event is going to be a big one – Orlando, Florida in November, celebrating 30 years of Stampin’ Up! Can’t wait! If you’re interested in attending this event, contact me for more information about joining my team of demonstrators!
Apr 12, 2018 | scrapbooking, Stampin' Up!
Hi! Welcome to the YamStamps blog – if you’re following the North American Events Council Blog Hop, you’ll have arrived from Sherry’s blog. Thanks for visiting! I’m Linda Yamamoto, and I’m sharing my Events Council Scrapbook Page today, using the Share What You Love Product Suite, which we each presented at an On Stage Local last weekend. I was in London, Ontario, where we awoke on Friday to snow….much like a lot of southern Ontario, actually. A bit of a rude awakening! However, we kept warm inside the Convention Centre as we worked to get the room ready for the event, and further warmed by seeing friends during the event!!
My scrapbook page is very simple – much like most of my paper crafting actually! (I’m not a huge scrapbooker, but I have my moments…) I featured some of the gorgeous Share What You Love Designer Series Paper – you can see a bit of that pearlized finish on the flower strip. The pearlized finish is also on the doily behind the sentiment “Love What You Do” from the stamp set of the same name, and it’s stamped in Mint Macaron, which is making a triumphant return to the Stampin’ Up! Colour Family as part of the Colour Revamp. I also used Crumb Cake cardstock, and embossed it with the Lovely Floral Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder – you can see some of the embossed features peeking out from behind the top picture. The bottom Crumb Cake is stamped with flowers from the Love What You Do set, and the banner is stamped with the Make a Difference Stamp set, which is an alphabet set with both script and printed letters. I added a few of the Silver Paper Clips that will be part of the Share What You Love Embellishment kit, and I figured I’d better quit while I was ahead before I messed everything up…LOL!! These items are available for demonstrator preorder now, and will be available to everyone in May, ahead of their appearance in the new Annual catalogue in June. There will be some specially priced bundles available during the preorder time, so be sure to check those out!
I have had such a great time being part of Stampin’ Up!’s North American Events Council, and am truly sad that our time as official council members is over….but even though we are not officially a council anymore, we are still a group of friends, and that’s worth everything! Amazing to think that most of us met in person for the first time at November’s On Stage event in Salt Lake City!
Go Back to see Sherry…. You’ll be visiting Bonnie next…
