This is a card we’ll be doing in our Stampers Club (which I am contemplating renaming “Card Club”….anyway, I digress…). It’s a “sending love card” which could be used for Valentine’s Day or just to keep in touch with a friend.
Sending Love Card
I created this card with the Snailed It Bundle – which includes the Snailed It stamp set and the Snail Dies. I love the little envelope die! I used it to create three envelopes and then die cut a heart and the “letter” sized stitched rectangle to go inside. The stamp set has a cute cartoon feel to it – so I like that you can use some of the items to create a not over the top cutesy card.
For the club version of this sending love card, I focused on the die cuts, since I can include die cuts in the card kits. Stampin’ Up! regulations prohibit us from including any pre-stamped images in our kits, so for those club members who have the stamp set and bundle, (or non-club members who are seeing this card on the YamStamps site! LOL) my suggestion is to add the “hello” stamp to one of the little letters in the envelope, or to one of the strips of cardstock on the front of the card.
With the current stay at home regulations in Ontario, mailing cards is a great way to keep in touch while staying physically distanced – and you can get out for exercise by walking to the mailbox?! I will let you know that it seems that shipping may take a little longer than the usual due to the sheer volume of parcels in general that are being moved by the various companies – so you may want to keep that in mind. If you would like to use the Snailed It Bundle for your Valentine’s Day cards, you will likely want to place an order sooner rather than later. Plus if you order the bundle before the end of February, you’ll qualify for a Level One free Sale-a-Bration item since the bundle is just over the $60 product level! You can shop online from anywhere in Canada in the YamStamps Online Stampin’ Up! Canada store by clicking on this link or remembering the shortcut yamstamps.com/shop. The other option is to email me and I can place the order for you – you can either arrange to do a porch pickup in Burlington ON or I can have the order shipped directly to you in Canada. Trying to give you lots of options so that you can get fun new product to get crafty!
Seems like an appropriate type of card to make these days, doesn’t it? An “I Miss You Card” is one to send to someone who doesn’t live close by, or to someone you haven’t been able to meet up with because of current circumstances. This card also has a neat design feature that makes it easy to make easily customizable cards.
I Miss You Card
I made this card using products from the January-June 2021 Mini Catalogue (J-J Mini because too much typing) and Sale-a-Bration Catalogue. It’s a little hard to see in this photo, but the background cardstock is embossed using the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder from the Fine Art Suite in the J-J Mini. It gives the cardstock texture, without the mess of embossing paste (or the drying time). I cut a strip of the Flower & Field Designer Series Paper (Level 1 Sale-a-Bration option), tapped the top and bottom edges into my Versamark Ink Pad, then heat embossed with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. I wrapped some of the 3/8″ Fine Art Ribbon around the bottom edge of the paper; can you see the gold flecks in the ribbon? Love it!
So my card design hack? I heat embossed the sentiment on a piece of Vellum Cardstock, cut slightly larger than the Designer Series Paper (but narrower than the White Textured Cardstock). I then adhered it between the layers with the sentiment showing underneath. This is a great way to add whatever sentiment you might need for your card sending occasions without pulling a lot of focus from the other elements of the card. My other design hack on this card – no knot or bow on the ribbon so that it’s easy to send through the mail.
It’s easy to change up this I Miss You Card by changing the Designer Series Paper strip or the sentiment on the vellum…and if you need some more patterned paper options (including the one shown on this card), you may want to get in on my January-June 2021 Mini Catalogue Designer Series Paper Share. You’ll get 1/4 of each of the packs included, plus the 3 Sale-a-Bration papers! You can check out more details about the share here or contact me for payment links. Cost is $55CAD plus actual postage costs if shipping is required (otherwise porch pick up in Burlington ON).
In the meantime, we all continue to cope as best as we can with the current situation. I hope that you’re hanging in there and able to take a few moments for yourself. For me, current self care includes music and shows that don’t require too much of me and aren’t too stressful. For those who have met me before, you’ll realize that this has not really changed…LOL though perhaps the amount media being consumed is slightly higher than usual. Happily, I can also usually multitask and can craft or prep for Stampers Club while listening/watching, so it makes me feel slightly productive. Slightly. Thanks for stopping by the YamStamps Blog!
Happy New Year! I’ve been enjoying some time off work and enjoying spending some time with my son who is home from university (at least for a little while longer). I thought this stand up triangle card would be a fun one to share on the blog to help celebrate a new year.
Stand Up Triangle Card
This is a card we did in December’s Stampers Club – as I’ve mentioned, we are currently meeting online rather than in person, so our projects are usually more focused on die cuts and punch outs rather than stamping itself because of the fact club members don’t all have the same stamps or inks at home (and my brain can only manage so much LOL). I precut supplies for the projects, and then we work on finishing them together online (or some of us finish them and others watch and then complete them in their own time later, using the video that is stored on the membership site). The videos also tend to be a good guide for members who want to recreate the projects later with different supplies.
The stand up triangle card is actually easier to create than it looks! It’s three squares combined so that they can be assembled to stand up but also ships flat in a regular medium Stampin’ Up! envelope. The only trick is getting the card to stay together. My sample used magnets to hold the flaps together – which worked for the sample but I think it also depends on how strong the magnets are – I think if you have weaker magnets you either need a bigger piece of them (I still have to check that theory though). We used cut up pieces of promotional magnets but I believe not all promotional magnets are created equal…
I was also proud of this card because it features Mango Melody, which is not a frequently used colour in my repertoire for paper crafts. I picked it from the Artistry Blooms Designer Series Paper sheet that I used as the accent piece. I die cut some stars and the swirly star piece from the Stitched Stars dies which I think make this a great card for a celebration.
I was so happy to connect with some friends and family over the last month, though it was definitely different than in previous years. I hope that you were able to do the same! Thank you for stopping by and connecting with me here. I look forward to bringing you more creative ideas and inspiration over the year (and years to come!).
I hope that you had a good Christmas! I am so grateful that I am able to spend time with my son and my mother (yay for being under the same roof!). I was actually on call for Christmas Day and Boxing Day but thankfully it was quiet (health care professionals will understand why I didn’t actually say that word while I was still on call though…no need to jinx it LOL). I’m now enjoying some days off and obviously needed it since I feel like I’m a bit “checked out” at present. HOWEVER. I will endeavour to post here more in the next while. Today’s share is an ornamental die cut card that you can create with the supplies that you have in your craft room.
Ornamental Die Cut Card
I combined a couple of die cuts to create the focal image on this card. I used the Envelopes Dies, which are retiring from the August-December Mini Catalogue and are on sale as part of the Year End Closeout. after die cutting the centre design (don’t you love it?!) I then die cut again with the Stitched Nested Labels die that fit around the graphic. Once I had that focal piece, I then just added it on top of a portion of Designer Series Paper backed with coordinating cardstock. We made this card as part of December Stampers Club, so each member received a packet with precut card supplies – so thankfully the Whisper White and Snowflake Splendour Designer Series Paper selling out did not affect our crafting efforts (since I had the supplies ahead of time – phew). Yes, unfortunately at this time, they’re sold out, so if you’re wanting to recreate this card and don’t have those exact supplies on hand, use a different tone of cardstock and different Designer Series Paper – it’s not too difficult to swap out as you need, really!
If you are looking for a way to keep busy and creative in 2021, please consider joining us in Stampers Club!Our next session takes place on January 18th. If you’re in Canada and can join us online, we’d love to have you! One of the things that club members have mentioned lately about our online sessions – is that they join us live for the companionship and to see how to do things/ask questions – but often will make their cards later on. I record our online session and then post it in our membership site, where current club members can access the video and follow along while they make their cards using their kit supplies, and can pause the video and rewatch portions as needed. Please contact me to join us, or if you have questions/want more information. Our club kits include die cuts and precut materials, and members can add sentiment stamps or additional accents with whatever supplies they have on hand. This ornamental die cut card is an example of the projects that we are making – something with interest but that isn’t totally dependent on stamped images, since each member has a different stash of crafting supplies in their own home.
So in this blurry time between Christmas and New Year (I am pretty sure that I’m not the only who feels that way), I hope that you are able to find some time to recharge your batteries and maybe even get some crafting done. Thank you for stopping by the site and being part of the YamStamps community!
I created this card before hearing the news that Whisper White cardstock/products are discontinued due to the closing of the factory producing it….but I am sharing this all white card in celebration of the product. (Plus at time of writing, Whisper White cardstock is still showing in the YamStamps Online Stampin’ Up! Canada store…)
All White Card
I love the elegance of monochromatic themes – and an all white card is definitely elegant. When making a one colour card, though, I do find it important to use texture or something to help it stand out a bit more. The Evergreen Forest 3D Embossing Folder gives a lot of detail to the cardstock, so I thought it was great to use as a backdrop. To keep things super simple, I added the Silver 3/8″ Metallic Edge Ribbon and the sentiment from Butterfly Wishes in Smoky Slate Ink on a Layering Ovals Die Cut. I think maybe next time I might add either a heat embossed silver edge or a Silver Foil Oval behind the sentiment to give it more definition.
You could use this card design with any single colour you like – though if you’re using a darker cardstock you may want to heat emboss your sentiment so it stands out, and add a lighter coloured cardstock insert inside the card so your message will be readable.
This is one of December’s Stampers Club cards – though really I should maybe start calling it “Card Club” because in the day and age right now of virtual gatherings, we tend to focus more on card making techniques and die cuts, which I can send out to everyone in their class packets (Stampin’ Up! regulations prohibit us from sending out pre-stamped images). It’s fun to see each other on our Zoom get togethers as we make the cards together (or watch everyone else make them and make them in our own time later on LOL). I record our Zooms and then upload them to our club website so that members can access them after the fact. If you’re interested in joining us, you can start at any time for a six month period. Since our meetings are online, you can join from anywhere in Canada. You can contact me for more information on how to join us.
In the meantime, maybe I’ll create another all white card with Whisper White Cardstock until Stampin’ Up!’s replacement is available – it will be called Basic White. Looking forward to seeing what it’s like!
I love how easy this Poinsettia Card was to make – using Stampin’ Up!’s Plush Poinsettia Specialty Paper from the August-December 2020 Mini Catalogue.
Poinsettia Card
I coloured the plush portions of the vellum using a sponge dauber, and then adhered it onto a Gold Foil sheet and added the sentiment from Itty Bitty Christmas die cut with a Stitched Rectangle die. When I was colouring, I tried to stay mostly on the plush portions but didn’t get too fussed if it was off a little bit – I figure it’s more artistic that way LOL.
Poinsettia Card
If you’ve been loving the products from the August-December Mini Catalogue, you’ll also maybe realize that they will be leaving us soon! Stampin’ Up! has let us know which products will make another appearance – either in the next Annual Catalogue OR the next “holiday” Mini Catalogue – which will actually be July– December (an extra month vs this year!). You can download the spreadsheet here for the returning products. NOTE that on the returning products spreadsheet there are tabs indicating which catalogue they will be appearing in.
In terms of items that are retiring – Stampin’ Up! has announced a Year End Sale on selected retiring August-December Mini Catalogue products. REMEMBER that “Bundles” typically “retire”, though the individual elements may return in a future catalogue – just not as part of the discounted bundle. Selected retiring products are on sale from December 8 – January 4 – and all items are WHILE SUPPLIES LAST. Here’s a spreadsheet of retiring items; here’s a pdf version if you prefer.
Your best bet is to place your order online at YamStamps.com/shop – it can be delivered directly to you in Canada – or if you need assistance placing an order or prefer me to place the order for you, I’d recommend contacting me ASAP – if you can send me a message by 8pm on Monday December 7th, I’ll do my best to get things organized so that I can place the orders early on the 8th for best possibility of getting things before they’re gone.
