Mar 3, 2015 | specials, Stampin' Up!
This week, Stampin’ Up! Canada’s Weekly Deals are focused on packaging – from gift boxes to bags, there’s lots of deals for you to share some goodies with someone special! They can be decorated with stamps or embellishments and filled with sweet treats. Click on the image or here to see the items in the YamStamps Online Stampin’ Up! Canada store.
Happy Shopping – and look for the March Newsletter in your inbox this afternoon!
Mar 2, 2015 | Announcements, Sale-A-Bration, Stampin' Up!
We are into the final stretch of Stampin’ Up!’s Sale-a-Bration – one month left to get freebies when you order your paper crafting supplies! Stampin’ Up! has introduced NEW items that will be available for March only – so if you’re keen on them, you’d better get moving! Check out the new items here. I will be using some of these items this month in the Blendabilities Class and Stampers Club so if you’re registered for one of those events, you’ll get to see them in person!
I apologize for the quiet period on the blog here – I’ve been battling a stubborn cold and it’s left me with little energy reserves – however I think it’s finally on its way out the door (fingers crossed) and I’m looking forward to getting back to my old self again. In the meantime, I have finished up work on this month’s papercrafting projects newsletter so that is set to go out tomorrow at 1pm – watch your inbox for it (or sign up if you haven’t already!!).
Thanks for your patience, and onward and upward!
Feb 24, 2015 | specials, Stampin' Up!
No, not a reference to that 50 Shades movie….a reference to all the ribbon and twine in the offering this week for Stampin’ Up!’s Weekly Deals! Click on the link beside each item to see it in the YamStamps Online Stampin’ Up! Canada store – or click here to see all the specials at once. This week, I’ve got my eye on a few things – I don’t think you can EVER go wrong by having a stash of white ribbon of some sort, and I also love the colour blue… so may have to grab both of those this week!
By the way, please leave me some feedback – either by email or in the comments below – to let me know which format you prefer for the Weekly Deals – the individual items like today, or the “at a glance” posts like last week.
Feb 22, 2015 | cards, Occasions, Seasonal Catalogue, Stampin' Up!
This is a super quick and easy card to make! The stand up card is made the same way as the Valentine’s Card I did on Morning Live, and is based on the basics of card cutting and folding in the video I shared here. Using Stampin’ Up!’s Sheltering Tree set from the Occasions catalogue, it’s easy to create this card that reminds us that spring is on its way….sometime… This is 2 step stamping at it’s best – stamp the trunk in a brown tone of your choice, stamp the leaves in the colour of your choice, add a bit of ground and you’re done. The gradation of colour in the leaves is done by the stamp itself so it’s easy to look totally artistic!
If you’d like other ways to look totally artistic, don’t forget that TODAY is the last day to register for the upcoming Blendabilities class on March 12th. Space is limited, and payment due at time of registration. Don’t miss out! These are fun tools to use in your paper crafting and I’ll show you some tips and tricks to make your colouring look totally professional. And you know me – it’s going to be easy, because I’m a bit of a lazy crafter that way!!
Feb 19, 2015 | cards, Occasions, Seasonal Catalogue, Stampin' Up!
I just love the Butterfly Thinlits Dies in the Stampin’ Up! Canada Occasions Catalogue. They have been so popular that they went on backorder for a while! So easy to create a beautiful accent for your card or scrapbook page.
For this simple card, the Lullaby Designer Series Paper (have I mentioned how much I love this DSP that could be used for babies but is definitely all purpose?!) forms a backdrop and colour point. The butterfly is cut from Blushing Bride cardstock, with some additional Blushing Bride sponged at the edges to give a bit more contrast. The greeting from Butterfly Basics is stamped in Baked Brown Sugar and Hello Honey cardstock adds the matting.
To make it easier to remove your die cuts from the framelit there are a few things we’ve tried. (I will post a quick video comparing the two techniques to the YamStamps YouTube channel in the next day or so.) In the meantime… You can add a layer of wax paper between your cardstock and the framelit and your die cut is easily removed. The technique we tried at club was to cut the cardstock with the framelit, then to run the framelit (with the die cut image still stuck inside) through the Big Shot again, on top of a layer of folded dryer sheets. When you pull the folded dryer sheets away, the die cut image sticks to the dryer sheet, so you just peel it off and then you can re-use the dryer sheets (once you’ve picked off all the little bits left behind). The one thing about this technique, though, is that all the little guide holes that are in the framelit (designed so you can poke your paper piercer through to help remove the die cut) will get embossed into the die cut piece. On this card, I used the wax paper technique so you don’t see any guide holes.
Send a butterfly to a friend through the mail….since if you’re living in Southern Ontario these days, that’s the only way you’ll see one for the next few months!
