This is a card using Stampin' Up!'s heat & stick powder and cosmo fine glitter. Heat & Stick powder is an adhesive embossing powder that's great for adding glitter or beads to a project with precision.
We stamped the butterfly from Sweet Shapes (p. 117 Spring-Summer Collection) with versamark, then coated the image with heat & stick powder. Remove the excess, heat until the powder melts, then coat with cosmo glitter. Shake off the excess, then one more shot of heat to the image to help it "set". THEN use the 1-1/4" square punch – that's the secret to a centred image!
I liked the effect so much, but the card needed more "bling" so we did the same to some antique brads! Using the tweezers from the tool kit (very important to prevent burns!) – we tapped the brad heads into the versamark pad, then coated with heat & stick powder, heated & coated with glitter! I think they make a great accent to the strip of elegant eggplant that we ran through the crimper. This is a long card that fits into Stampin' Up!'s small open end envelopes. I really like this card shape!
And hey – welcome to those visiting via the Canadian Scrapbookers Blog Carnival!
Stampin' Up!'s new catalogue is out on August 11th this year….so for those of us who can't wait…here's a sneak peek! For the month of June, you can purchase the new Fresh Cuts stamp set ($25.95), and add in the coordinating laser cut notes for $5.95! (Or purchase just the notes for $10.75). The stamp set is die cut, which means all you have to do is pop out the rubber and stick it onto the wood block! (Of course, my customers know that I will mount their stamp sets for them at no cost, because I would rather have them ready for you to use right away – so I guess this will make my job easier?! LOL.)
We'll be using the notes & stamp set in this Wednesday's card class in Burlington, so be sure to RSVP by Monday to save your spot! See you soon!
(Oh, and apologies to those of you on feed – the feed was faulty but I did adjust it the other day…which then resulted in a bunch of posts coming to you at once!! Things should be back to normal now….fingers crossed!!).
The May video tutorial is here (just under the wire!). This one features my version of a double pocket card. I had promised the video so that club members (OK and anyone who watches!) could get a handle on how we did this. I think that the sound and lighting are better on this month, and I've learned how to do the "speed up" effect… feel free to leave feedback or ask questions! Photo is of the version that I think will become the "Thank you teacher" gift at the end of the school year! One tag can easily be converted to a gift card holder by using the slot punch, and the thank you note can be written on the other tag!
Even with my editing, the video is almost 5 minutes long, so grab a cuppa while you watch (or better yet, grab some designer series paper, jumbo eyelets and your crop-a-dile and play along!!) Enjoy 🙂
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!).
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.
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
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 !
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 😉
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…
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!
