Stampin’ Up! has released the retiring lists for April 2024!
Happy first day of spring! So of course, around here it’s cold and snowy/rainy….because last week it was in the double digits for temperature… Anyway – here are the Retiring Lists for April 2024 – separate lists for the Annual Catalogue and the January-April 2024 Mini Catalogue. There is a “last chance” sale happening IN APRIL for the Mini Catalogue- starting on the 9th. Strategy: mark your list with the items you want to grab before they retire…. if they are going on sale – shop on 9 April. If they aren’t, shop now in the YamStamps Online Stampin’ Up! Canada store – https://yamstamps.com/shop is the shortcut! All items are available while supplies last! Also: PDF versions tend to have super small print…
New Online Class Coming – Tri-Fold Triple Threat! Pre-Launch Sale on Now!
My next online class launches this Thursday, 14 March at 7pm Eastern and the Pre-Launch Sale is on now!
Tri-Fold Triple Threatfeatures four projects (plus a bonus tutorial) that focus on cards that have three sections and are 1) Impressive to Receive 2) Quick and Easy to Make and 3) Don’t Require Fancy Tools! (That’s a paper crafting Triple Threat in my books!). You will require a Paper Trimmer and Scoring Tool, which I consider to be a basic Paper Crafting Tool.
Pre-recorded and edited step by step videos mean that you can get crafting faster. Lifetime access means you can watch/pause/rewatch as needed, as many times as you’d like. Pre-launch pricing means that you will save $10CAD and pay just $20CAD for lifetime access if you register before 7pm Eastern on Thursday 14 March. After the class launches, you’ll still be able to register for class, but you’ll pay full price of $30CAD for lifetime access. This class is available internationally, since there is no physical product included. If you are located outside of Canada, you will be charged in CAD and your card company will convert the cost for you.
This class is hosted on my Online Classes site, so you don’t need to have a Facebook Account to access it. You’ll be taken to the registration page after you complete your payment. I’ll send out a reminder and link once the class opens on Thursday, so you’ll be first to access it!
If you follow YamStamps on Facebook, you’ll know that I love sharing “Days” on the page – like today, which is Mario Day! MAR-1-0 – get it? Someone very clever (presuming someone at Nintendo) came up with that one! It inspired me to create a quick and easy Mario themed card!
I cut the Azure Afternoon Cardstock to resemble overalls, added a Poppy Parade inner card and used the cut outs from a number 8 from the Alphabet A La Mode Dies for the overall buttons. I found a free font on the web that resembled the Mario lettering and used that to create a sentiment that I stuck on the inside of the card – and it’s a SUPER card for a Nintendo lover!
I thought the overalls theme would be the easiest to use for a card – and going with this, you could also easily make a matching Luigi card by using a green inner card rather than a red one!
Did you play a lot of Mario games in the past – or are you still playing them? I played more when my son was younger since we would play together….and I do remember playing Super Mario Universe on my own after he’d gone to bed because I really wanted to beat certain levels. (I can be a little goal oriented that way I guess!!). We also played Mario Kart and Mario Party with a group, which was fun (though our family can get a little competitive at times!!). Must be a genetic thing.
Check out the quick Mario Day card video I did of the card making process – I shared it pretty much everywhere….YouTube, Tik Tok, Instagram and Facebook….and now here on YamStamps.com as well! I like being able to create quick videos and then find some appropriate and fun music to use with them….though a bunch of my TikToks are now quiet (they even removed MY voice in some of the voice overs) because they’ve stopped allowing Universal Music for Tik Toks (and apparently I used a bunch of their songs). I might get around to picking new music for them at some point (or maybe the music will be allowed again at some point in the future??). Anyway, for now, at least, the Mario Day video has sound!!
Save this so you can remember to make a Mario themed card for the game lover in your life!
Check out this Super Simple Fancy Fold Card! (Does it still count as a fancy fold when it’s this easy?)
You may know that I love quick and easy crafting. This super simple fancy fold card is definitely in that category – to the point where I almost wondered if I could call it a fancy fold?! I decided that I could, since anything other than a standard “cut the cardstock and fold it in half” seems fancy to me.
It’s a simple extra fold with a “closure” card.
I love that we can still order the Winter Meadow Designer Series Paper – because it’s definitely still winter here. (Now we even have snow and sub-zero temperatures to boot, not like that freaky warm weather last week!!). This was one of my favourite papers from the September-December Mini Catalogue, so I’m happy that it’s still available! I featured it on this card, using two sides of the same piece which makes it even easier to create!!
It’s a standard sized card to start – so cut to 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, but there’s an extra score line at 1″ – so scored at 1″, then 5-1/4″. The 1″ score line is folded, and then stuck in place, leaving a shorter front portion of the card that meets up. Add a die cut shape and sentiment to the flap (making sure to ONLY stick it to the flap) and then you have a closure piece! Tada! A super simple fancy fold card! The sentiment is from Timeless Arrangements, and my go to dies for sentiments for card fronts are the Stylish Shapes Dies – so I used the squares for this card. I used Blueberry Bushel ink, Blueberry Bushel cardstock for the backing square, and Very Vanilla Cardstock for the base.
We made this super simple fancy fold card during Monthly Card Club, and my prototype was actually in Basic White Cardstock, which worked, but the more I looked at it, I felt like the Vanilla cardstock was a better match – a little “softer” look. What do you think?? Here’s the Basic White version:
The white version is definitely brighter, and I do think either one works…but went with the Vanilla version for club. I tend to use white a lot for my cards, so it’s good to force myself to remember that there’s other options for cardbases!!
If you’re interested in joining Monthly Card Club, it’s open to anyone in Canada! We meet virtually by Zoom the third Monday of each month. Participants place a minimum order, and once during their 6 month membership will receive the Stampin’ Rewards generated by club members’ orders. New members can start their 6 month membership at any time! Please contact me if you’re interested in joining us starting in March.
Let’s Sale-a-Brate Valentine’s Day with this clean and simple card!
I love easy crafting, and I also love clean and simple cards, so I am ready to Sale-a-Brate Valentine’s Day with this card that ticks all of those boxes!
The Sale-a-Brating part comes from the background – Most Adored Designer Series Paper – which is one of the Level 1 choices. You can select it as your free product with a $60CAD product order. IT’S SHINY!! I love shiny things 🙂 I also love the gradient on it – more hearts at one end than the other.
I used the Bee Builder punch to quickly punch out some hearts – the large one is Cherry Cobbler Cardstock, and the smaller one is from a different sheet of the Most Adored DSP.
A sweet and simple way to sale-a-brate Valentine’s Day!
In any case, you have a couple of weeks left to Sale-a-Brate! The Bee Builder punch is from the January-April Mini Catalogue, so is available until the end of April/while supplies last, but the Most Adored Designer Series Paper is only around until the end of February (when Sale-a-Bration ends) or while supplies last!! Shortcut to shopping in Canada is YamStamps.com/shop or you can message me if you’d like to pay by etransfer or would like assistance placing your order.
