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Still thinking about purchasing the NEW Pop Up Dies?
The new Big Shot Pop Up Dies are a great way to add a whole new dimension to your card making. Just think of all the great birthday cards you can send out and surprise your friends and family with a cake popping up! Stampin' Saturday participants created wonderful cakes to share with friends and family on birthdays and wedding days.
Here is a video to show you how it works and to help with your inspiration. Be creative and decorate it – add embellishments to your cake or turn it into something other than a cake! I've seen a boat, a bunny, a castle… If you come up with something novel, please share it!!
Contact me for more information on this die or any other of the Big Shot products!
Look at this beauty!!! (Say it with an Australian accent and I'd sound like the Crocodile Hunter?!). I was privileged to have a small role in the creation of these special wedding invitations.
This is a DVD tin embossed with silver embossing powder so it looks like the metal itself is embossed! Using images from the Stampin' Up set To Have and To Hold, plus some custom stamps, this is a definite keepsake.
Oh, and yes, there was a DVD inside, plus all the info for the guests. I think the bride (along with family & friends) did a WONDERFUL job!
Thought I'd share this swap card created by my friend Sue. She uses the Stampin' Up! set Trendy Trees (on my wish list…) and the Good Morning Sunshine Designer Series Paper. I love the combination of Kiwi Kiss and Pacific Point with the Chocolate Chip!!! Lots of details on the card – the distressing on the circles (cut with the lovely new Circle Scissor Plus), the popped up trees, the faux stitching around the image and the Pacific Point corduroy button. All adds up to a "wow" card! It was great to get this in the card swap as I don't have this set…yet…lol
Happy Earth Day and Happy Professional Administrator's Day…
Another quick card from the mini Stamp a Stack from Stampin' Saturday. We used the image from Pun Fun (attendees got to choose which one worked for them) and then coloured in with stampin' write markers. I just used a bit of real red on the heart and some sahara sand for shadow. It's hard to see in the photo, but the larger white cardstock was run through the Big Shot with a Texturz plate. This example uses the mini dots but we also found that the larger dots were fun and tended to be even more noticeable. A length of real red ribbon around the bottom and then onto a Summer Sun card for contrast!
Thanks for looking. I'll be updating my classes and events page in the next bit so be sure to check back and see what's on!
Another Stampin' Saturday card – from the "mini stamp a stack". We used the polished stone technique to create the pattern on the glossy cardstock. Stamps are from the Bitty Birthday and Outlined for Fun sets. We used stampin' write markers to colour the images as well.
Polished stone requires glossy cardstock and rubbing alcohol (isopropyl alcohol), cotton pads (makeup removal pads), ink pad reinkers and a well ventilated room. I also like to use rubber gloves to keep my hand from getting too inky. Wet a cotton pad with rubbing alcohol, and add drops of reinker to the pad, placed fairly close together. Dab the cotton pad repeatedly over the glossy cardstock to get the effect. If you rework an area while it's still wet, you tend to get a more muted effect, if you let an area dry before going over it again, you get more distinct "spots". Once it's dry you can stamp on top of it!
A reminder that the three payment option for the demonstrator starter kit ends this month – if you'd like more information, please contact me or RSVP to attend my information evening next Wednesday!
So I was doing really well on trying to post on the blog everyday….and then yesterday happened. The technogork that I am…I thought I had the post scheduled and I obviously messed up because nothing happened!!!!
So here it is anyway…
A quick and simple card that still wows! This is the Urban Garden designer series paper. We backed it with baja breeze cardstock and stamped the images from Great Friend (in the Occasions mini) in baja breeze. I liked it as it was…but then we added a little dazzling diamonds glitter with 2 way glue just to add a bit of bling. (Can't go wrong with glitter, I think…)
Easy to create, and a nice "break" for the brain after creating 3D projects!!
A reminder that I have a "For the Girls" all occasions class occuring on the first Wednesday of May, 7pm here in Burlington. Cards for females….and then in June…"For the Boys" all occasions class featuring cards for males! Contact me to register! Class fee is $15 and includes all supplies required for the projects, plus envelopes!
THANK YOU to all who made it to Stampin' Saturday!! I hope you had as much fun as I did… A HUGE thanks to Alison, a member of my demonstrator team who graciously helped out (and brought her Big Shot too!). She's guiding people through the 3D pop up cake card here. Two Big Shots definitely made all the projects go a bit more quickly.
I did remember my camera, though remembering to stop and take photos is still something I need to work on (can you tell I started as a card maker vs a scrapbooker?! lol). This is a candid shot of some of the attendees hard at work. I think the rest were at other stations, shopping the garage sale table or eating….
Oh – and for those attendees who might have heard me muttering "I thought I had more stuff for the garage sale table"….I found the other box of stamp sets when I arrived home. DOH. Oh well, more for the next rubber garage sale.
So thank you again. I am putting my feet up and will take/edit/post photos of the projects tomorrow.
Can't wait – been doing final prep this evening. We'll be doing a polished stone card, a card using the Sizzix texture plate, a quick and elegant card using designer series paper, plus two 3D projects – the Sizzix pop up cake card and a Top Note box. If you can't tell, I like my Big Shot….lol.
My camera is on my list of things to remember so I'll be able to post pictures from the event (as long as I remember to take the pictures….). Looking forward to seeing stamping friends (old and new) tomorrow!!
Today is the last day to register for Stampin' Saturday! This Saturday at Tansley United Church, 2111 Walkers Line, Burlington ON (in the loft – accessible by stairs or elevator) we'll be stampin' up a storm from 12 to 3 pm – a mini stamp a stack (6 cards total) plus 2 different 3D items, snacks, door prizes and the rubber garage sale!
$35 covers all supplies and fun – Contact me or click on the paypal link below to register before it's too late. See you Saturday!
