Just popping in to wish you a Merry Christmas, and happy first day of Hanukkah. I hope you are able to spend the day in a way that is meaningful for you!
Sharing this beautiful, simple card from Cheryl – thank you Cheryl!! I love this sentiment and thought it would be appropriate to share today.
I love the look of embossing foil cardstock!
We are spending the day quietly today and will be getting together with extended family (part 1) tomorrow! (the other side’s extended family get together isn’t until January – we are spreading out the holiday joy).
PS If you want to learn more about using your embossing folders, come back tomorrow to check out my Boxing Day Special!
Here’s a beautiful Frozen Edges Snowflake Card to celebrate winter!
Winter is in the air, and what better way to celebrate the season than with a handcrafted snowflake card? This Frozen Edges Snowflake Card features embossing and die cutting, and is perfect for sending warm winter wishes or simply adding a touch of frosty magic to someone’s day.
Whenever the winter seasonal mini catalogue comes out, I have to control myself and not get all the snowflake things. There are certain images or themes that I am always drawn to, and snowflakes are my go-to images for the winter season. I love that you can use them for a holiday card, or an in season card for birthdays or thinking of you! Or if you’re like me, and totally did NOT plan on sending out holiday cards and then got caught short when Canada Post was ordered back to work…..New Years / Winter cards….or perhaps “I know it’s supposed to be spring so why is there still snow” cards…(depending on when I get around to mailing them).
Frozen Edges Snowflake Card
This Frozen Edges Snowflake Card has a few more steps than some of my cards, but really, it’s quite easy to recreate. The Frozen Edges dies are on the Last Chance List right now, so you’ll want to grab them before they’re gone! The Frozen Edges stamp set is already sold out, but you could substitute another snow-themed stamp set for the sentiment and extra images.
Variations on the Frozen Edges Snowflake Card: change out the colour of the cardstock, or try using vellum for the snowflakes. Stampin’ Up! doesn’t carry vellum at this point in time, but I still have some in my crafting stash – check out this version with vellum….
Frozen Edges Snowflake Card – Vellum Version
Use the Frozen Edges dies to make warm greeting cards!
Come back on Boxing Day to check out my Boxing Day Special, especially if you love Embossing!
Sharing this plaid Christmas tree card tutorial to spread some joy!
Well, hello there! I’m still here! Sorry for the bit of radio silence there. Anyway, I’m here with a holiday card to share with you – and you can download the tutorial for this plaid Christmas tree card too!
You may remember that I love projects that are easy to make but that are still impressive. The thing that I love about this card is that the paper makes it easy! I have a free download of this Plaid Christmas tree card tutorial for you! I used the new two toned cardstock from Stampin’ Up! – in festive colours, of course. These are from the Snow Day 12″ x 12″ Two-Tone Cardstock package. Each cardstock has a side that is a lighter tone and the other side is the darker tone of the same colour. Makes crafting easy peasy, and especially when there’s coordinating products. The Snow Day cardstock has colours that coordinate with the Snowy Scenes Designer Series Paper and Sticker Sheet.
Hope you enjoy the plaid Christmas tree card tutorial!
Free Shipping! Dec 9-11
Stampin’ Up! Canada is having a FREE SHIPPING promotion December 9-11 (THREE DAYS!). Pay no shipping fees on product orders of $100CAD! Shortcut to shopping is yamstamps.com/shop. If you have a smaller order, and can do a porch pickup in Burlington ON, message me and I will group together orders so that everyone can benefit from free shipping!
If you need any supplies from the plaid Christmas tree card tutorial, you could shop Dec 9-11 and save some money on shipping!
Please reach out if you have any questions or need assistance placing an order! Happy shopping! Happy free shipping Monday December 9 to Wednesday December 11!
Sharing a fun and easy technique for World Card Making Day!
This ticks all the boxes – quick, easy and impressive! Check out this easy technique for World Card Making Day (which is today, Saturday October 5th!).
To celebrate World Card Making Day, I created a quick video showing the process of how to create the inked embossed background, and some tips to get good ink coverage. You can also download a written tutorial for the entire card here:
This is not a new technique, and I’ve used it before, but it’s so effective and I like to pull it out every once in a while. It’s good to revisit favourite styles, layouts and designs, and often you’re able to tweak things to make them even better!
I’m a few months into a new position at work – learning all the ins and outs of a new job is very time consuming (not to mention the brain workout!). I finally got around to editing the video for this technique (and now am wondering what took me so long because it actually wasn’t too hard LOL). You can find it on YamStamps Social Media (Tik Tok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook) – but I’ll post it here as well/
Here’s the video of this easy technique for World Card Making Day:
I hope that you can grab a few moments to make a quick card on this World Card Making Day….and make sure to send it to someone special as well!
If you follow the YamStamps Facebook Page (first of all, thank you) you’ll know that pretty much every Sunday I share a swap card that I’ve received from another demonstrator – usually from the demonstrator-only swaps that I take part in. Today, I’m sharing MY holiday swap card that I created for the September-December 2024 Mini Catalogue Swap. I post detailed product lists for the swap cards on the YamStamps.com/sunday-swaps page, but I’m going to share my card here as well.
I have a tendency to create clean and simple designs, so this holiday card is a “typical” one for me. I like to think that it highlights some of the great products from the Sept-Dec 24 Mini Catalogue that way…. I used the Decorative Trees Bundle that includes the stamp set and coordinating dies. I loved the swirly tree die cut so used that as my main image. I knew as soon as I saw it, though, that I would have to do some prep ahead of time!! I used the Pretty Peacock Glimmer Paper from the Three Color Glimmer Specialty Paper pack, but I added Adhesive Sheets to the back before die cutting them, to make it easier to add them to my finished project – just peel the liner and stick in place!
The patterned paper is actually both sides of the same sheet from the Season of Elegance Specialty Designer Series Paper. I felt like the gold would be a little too overpowering for the simple font – plus the ink didn’t show up as well on the gold portions of the paper, so I flipped it over and use the opposite side which still has the same base tones in it. You can find a linked list for all the products I used for this holiday card on the YamStamps Sunday Swap Share Page.
If you have any crafting questions, or need assistance placing an order in Canada, I’m happy to help – just reach out! Thanks for stopping in!
I think Stampin’ Up! Canada’s Friends for Life bundle is one of my favourites right now. I used it along with the Country Woods Designer Series Paper to create this Friends For Life Card – and it’s easy to re-create! I’ll share a couple of tips that might make this card a bit easier as well.
First off, the Country Woods Paper has some gorgeous wood grain / painted wood grain images including this multicoloured/striped one. That makes for an easy background for my Friends For Life Card! I used Early Espresso Cardstock for the backdrop, but before I stuck everything down, I cut the backing die for the word “friend” from the centre of that cardstock. I love that thrifty trick. The hole was then covered by the patterned paper and noone’s the wiser. I chose to die cut the detailed text and the heart from another sheet of the paper that had the lighter blue toned “paint”.
The trickiest part about this Friends for Life card is not losing the dot for the “i” when you pop everything out of the die!! If I am sending out die cut pieces like this to my Card Club Members, I fold some Press ‘n Seal in half around the pieces to encase everything safely. The other thing that the Press ‘n Seal can do is to hold the die cut in the original shape. Sometimes when I pull a thinner die cut word out of the die, it will stretch/spread, so I have to smush it back into the original orientation to fit onto the background. I hold the die horizontally, close to my work surface (covered in a bit of Press n’ Seal), use the brush tip for my Take Your Pick tool, and run it over the die to push out the die cut shape and drop it directly onto the Press ‘n Seal (or with as little handling as possible) to keep it in the original ratio/shape.
One other thing to make it easier with thinner or more detailed die cuts – I often will use an Adhesive Sheet on the backside of the paper – so that I just have to peel off the liner and it’s ready to attach. The other option is to use Multipurpose Liquid Glue – small dots, and it’s good to let it dry just a bit so that it doesn’t “smoosh” out everywhere.
To tie everything together and add a finishing touch to my Friends for Life Card, I took the brush end of my Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Marker (part of the Neutrals Stampin’ Write Markers set) and ran it around the edge of the heart so that it matched the word “friend” and the general design of the card. Put everything onto a Crumb Cake Card and it’s done!
Starting today and running until the end of July, it’s Stampin’ Up!’s BONUS DAYS! For each $60CAD in product that you order, you’ll earn a $6CAD coupon that you can spend in August! Product total must be before shipping/taxes and after any discounts or codes are applied. It’s a great way to get an extra reward for making sure you’ve got crafty supplies on hand! Shortcut to shop in Canada is YamStamps.com/shop or you can message me with your order if you’d like to pay by etransfer or if you need assistance placing your order. Happy Shopping, and Happy Bonus Days!!
