May 27, 2008 | rubber stamping
Can you tell that this is one of my favourite colour combinations?? I will miss these colours when they retire with this current Stampin' Up! catalogue!! Blue Bayou is the card base, and the main panel is soft sky. The card is stamped with the canvas background in blue bayou; the leaves are in soft sky are from the stamp set Wonderful You (p 91 Stampin' Up! Spring -Summer Collection). A strip of naturals ivory is the background for the strip; a flower and ivory half pearl from the Pretties kit add an elegant touch.
Stampin' Up!'s retired list will be posted on June 15th. Be sure to be on my newsletter list to get details on my retired list contest (oh, and to get a copy of the list when it comes out!).
May 25, 2008 | scrapbooking
This is a scrapbook page created at last year's Stampin' Up! Convention. My friend (and "upline") Sue and I attended together – we celebrated 5 years as Stampin' Up! demonstrators. This page was a little curled at the bottom from being propped up in my stamping/scrapping room… The word friends is stamped with the jumbo outline alphabet (page 155 in the Spring – Summer Collection), and then coloured in with a versamarker! Loved this effect. The flowers are from Build A Flower Accents and Elements (p 177) – which come in those fantastic, "alterable" hinged tins. There are build-a-brads (p 189) in the centre of the 2 larger flowers. Must use those build-a-brads more, and stop hoarding them!! A fringe of wild wasabi acts as grass. I'm looking forward to seeing what we'll be doing for "make and takes" at this year's convention, celebrating 20 years of Stampin' Up!
I'm looking at starting a scrapbooking club in the next little while – are you interested?? If you're in the area of Hamilton, Burlington or Oakville, contact me for more information! It will run like my current Stampers Club. Space is limited.
May 22, 2008 | Uncategorized
One of my favourite things about Stampin’ Up! is how all the colours coordinate – no searching or guessing required! To help you coordinate your Designer Series Paper and cardstock for cards or scrapbook pages, I’m posting the colour matches for Stampin’ Up!’s Designer Series Papers. All the DSP are 12″ x 12″, 100-lb, 12 sheets per package (2 each of 6 designs). They’re featured on pages 168 – 170 in the Spring-Summer Collection
Azure: Brilliant Blue, Very Vanilla
Bali Breeze: Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Rose Red, Taken with Teal
Berry Bliss: Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink, Purely Pomegranate
Cutie Pie: Bashful Blue, Basic Black, Certainly Celery, Rose Red, So Saffron
East Coast Prep: More Mustard, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Wild Wasabi
Fall Flowers: Old Olive, Really Rust, Soft Sky, Sahara Sand
Flowers for You: Certainly Celery, Lovely Lilac, Regal Rose, Tempting Turquoise
Ginger Blossom: Cameo Coral, Groovy Guava, Ruby Red, River Rock
Jersey Shore: Bashful Blue, Brilliant Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Wild Wasabi
Le Jardin: Always Artichoke, Bashful Blue, River Rock, So Saffron, Very Vanilla
Notebook: Kraft, Soft Sky, Very Vanilla
Olive Press: Old Olive, Very Vanilla
Porcelain Prints: Blue Bayou, River Rock, Wild Wasabi
Spring Break: Blue Bayou, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Sky
Spring Fling: Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Sage Shadow, So Saffron
Spring Silhouettes: Certainly Celery, Soft Sky, Very Vanilla, Wild Wasabi
Western Sky: Blue Bayou, River Rock, Ruby Red, Soft Sky
I’m working on a video tutorial for May that will feature a project using the designer series papers, so be sure to sign up for the blog feed or bookmark www.yamstamps.com !
May 12, 2008 | Uncategorized
This was the "card" I received along with my Mother’s Day planter (bottom half of a pop bottle decorated with tissue paper & glue!). How’s that for an endorsement??!!! (note the comment "terrific at Stampinup") LOL.
Will be posting some more samples shortly, but in the meantime, you can admire this one 😉
May 8, 2008 | rubber stamping
Still time to create this masterpiece for your mother! This is a spinner card that we’ve created at recent classes. It uses the Big Deal alphabet (p. 155) and the Three For You punch kit (p181). The flower punch out is secured to the centre of the "o" with an ice circle brad. This card started as a 6-3/4" x 6-3/4" piece of cardstock & fits into one of Stampin’ Up!’s small open end envelopes.
Unfortunately I can’t give this one to my mother….since she was at a class where we did this card!! So I’ll have to create another one for her…
May 2, 2008 | Announcements
Another May Special 
Spend $40 on Stampin’ Up! products and get 25 % off any On Board items from the Spring-Summer Collection!
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Description |
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25% off retail + 7% price adjustment |
| 109181 |
On Board Blossoms & Basics |
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$13.22 |
| 109179 |
On Board Ginormous Pieces |
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$13.22 |
| 107925 |
On Board Bitty Book |
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$9.03 |
| 108495 |
On Board 5" x 5" Art Journal |
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$6.24 |
| 107065 |
On Board Art Journal (5-3/4" x 8-3/4") |
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$8.33 |
| 107307 |
On Board Accents |
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$11.82 |
| 109182 |
On Board Lots of Letters |
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$11.82 |
| 109180 |
On Board Simon Upper |
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$11.82 |
| 107306 |
On Board Simon Lower |
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$11.82 |
| 109192 |
On Board Clipboard (13" x 7-1/2") |
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$13.91 |
| 109190 |
On Board Clipboard (9" x 9") |
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$6.94 |
| 109191 |
On Board Clipboard (4-1/2" x 9") |
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$5.75 |
| 110713 |
On Board Book Basics Large |
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$6.94 |
| 110712 |
On Board Book Basics Small |
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$5.23 |
Contact me to take advantage of this special – and look for some great chipboard ideas & projects here at www.yamstamps.com!
May 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
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May Special!
Cutting Combo Pack Special Offer
Buy a Cutting Mat (p 184) and get a Hobby Blade with 5 refill blades (p 184)for FREE! These cutting partners will make fine detail cutting, windows and pop ups so much easier!
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May 1, 2008 | Announcements
Stampin’ Up! just announced a bonus for new demonstrators during the month of May! All those who sign up during May will receive 20% off their starter kit, PLUS their choice of hodgepodge hardware from the Spring-Summer collection!! (that would be pewter, antique brass or aged copper). See the promotion details here. If this interests you, please contact me to chat about what’s involved in being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator!
There are still other great specials in May, stay tuned for more information!
Apr 30, 2008 | rubber stamping
Another recent class sample (note to self: do photos BEFORE class next time! LOL – this one was loved during class, so is not in quite pristine condition from being picked up & examined a number of times…but that’s what the class samples are for!! I tried photo shopping the image but I’ve still got to work on my skills there…anyway)
This uses the the daisy dash jumbo wheel (p 51, Stampin’ Up! spring-summer collection), with ballet blue ink, in combination with the coordinating stamp set, Enjoy Every Moment (also on p 51). The card is ballet blue; green galore, pretty in pink & whisper white. I stamped the word & circles in wild wasabi, which coordinates with the green galore (in my opinion, at least! LOL) and the small flower is again in ballet blue. Gold brads finish off the card.
Stampin’ Up!’s Free Wheelin’ Promotion ends today, but have no fear, there’s some more great promotions for May!!! Stay tuned right here – www.yamstamps.com – for more information tomorrow! (Can you believe it’s going to be MAY already?!)
Apr 28, 2008 | 3D samples, Tutorial, TV/Video/Web/Tech
TADA! The promised video is here….this is as good as it gets at this point in time… I’m going to have to work on the lighting and the audio for future videos, though – because the camera is behind me, my voice didn’t pick up very well. (hard to believe, I know); I tried brightening the video and think perhaps I overdid it…ah well, it’s a learning curve. Hopefully this will inspire you to try this project – just in time for Mother’s Day!
This coordinates with the Wonderful You watercolour card from my last post… Ingredients are all Stampin’ Up – Very Vanilla cardstock (8.5 x 11), Stems & Silhouettes jumbo wheel with Pretty in Pink jumbo cartridge, rose wide grosgrain ribbon, pewter hodgepodge; for tag – Wonderful You stamp set, Mellow Moss ink, Going Grey ink; small & large tag punches; vanilla & regal rose cardstock.
Here’s the photo of the project, because it doesn’t get shown off as well as it should… (click if you need to see a larger version)
And…here’s the video. Feel free to leave (gentle!) feedback here on the blog.
Can you tell that this is one of my favourite colour combinations?? I will miss these colours when they retire with this current Stampin' Up! catalogue!! Blue Bayou is the card base, and the main panel is soft sky. The card is stamped with the canvas background in blue bayou; the leaves are in soft sky are from the stamp set Wonderful You (p 91 Stampin' Up! Spring -Summer Collection). A strip of naturals ivory is the background for the strip; a flower and ivory half pearl from the Pretties kit add an elegant touch.
