This soft pink cherry blossoms card will hopefully distract you from the weather outside – because it’s been pretty dreary and grey lately in my neighbourhood! It could be used for a wedding, anniversary, engagement or Valentine’s Day, or swap out the sentiment and make it a birthday card or “just because” card.
Forever Blossoms Card
This card features the Forever Blossoms stamp set from the Jan-June Mini Catalogue (click on the link to see all the catalogue items in the online Stampin’ Up! Canada YamStamps store). The embossing folder used on the Petal Pink Cardstock layer is the Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder. I stamped the cherry blossoms image onto a piece of Vellum Cardstock, and then adhered it onto a layer of Very Vanilla Cardstock so the image showed up a bit more. I added some Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the flowers for some “bling” but also to hide the glue dots that I used to hold the vellum in place! There’s also some SNAIL adhesive on the vellum, hiding behind the sentiment.
I have to admit – this is the first time that I purchased an entire suite bundle from a catalogue. When I saw the Parisian Blossoms Suite I knew I had to have everything in it….
Parisian Blossoms Suite Bundle
I mean, seriously. What is NOT to love about this suite?! The cherry blossoms card only uses a tiny portion of the product in it. I am talking myself into cutting up the Designer Series Paper rather than just hoarding it too! This is one of the suite of products that has me looking to get into scrapbooking a bit more. I am keeping my goals really low and low key, like a layout a month. Seriously. Since I haven’t done much personal memory keeping at all of late, I’m not going to put too much pressure on myself! If you’re a YamStamps Newsletter subscriber, you’ll have seen my layout in last week’s big monthly projects newsletter. I can only go up from there….LOL.
If you are looking to get some “me” time or “friends” time into your schedule, why not join a cardmaking class? The Monthly Card Classes are (generally) the first Wednesday of each month here in Burlington ON. Grab a friend and come to class, or come on your own and meet some new friends who like to try something crafty too! Afternoon session is 1pm, evening session is 7pm. You can see upcoming dates on the YamStamps Events Page. If that day or those times don’t work for you – contact me about a private card class! My place or yours!
Sale-a-Bration is Stampin’ Up!’s way of welcoming the new year. For each $60 CAD in product that you order, you can earn a free product of your choice from the Sale-a-Bration Catalogue. There is no limit to how many SAB items you can earn! For hosts, there’s a special host only Sale-a-Bration set available and for new demonstrators, there’s an extra stamp set of your choice plus a paper sampler and mini paper cutter included in your starter kit!
This card was created using the exclusiveSale-a-Bration host stamp set called Little Ladybug. This set can be yours for free! If your class/party product total sales are $375 or more, you’ll get the set for free. You can have your party in person or online, share a catalogue with your friends and collect orders, or restock your craft room…LOL.
New demonstrators always get a great deal with their Starter Kits. You select $165 worth of product and pay only $135 plus Provincial Sales Tax. If you’re in a province that has a blended tax (like Ontario, with the HST), you pay NO tax. There’s no shipping charges! During Sale-a-Bration, you get to select an additional stamp set of your choice, plus you’ll receive this cute mini paper cutter AND a 6″ x 6″ sampler of the Designer Series Papers from the Mini Catalogue. Talk about a fantastic way to start off your own paper crafting business! You can find my new demonstrator FAQ page here (shortcut is yamstamps.com/join)
What to do next?
Well – you can register to join the January Monthly Card Class because we’ll be sure to use some new product to create our projects! Wednesday, January 8th at 1pm or 7pm.
You can RSVP to attend my free Information Evening, Wednesday, January 22 at 7pm to get your questions answered about the starter kit and becoming a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator with my group.
You can contact me to set a date to have a card making party with your friends! (oh, and by the way, these options are not mutually exclusive – you can take advantage of all 3!) Please contact me sooner rather than later to book a card making class with your friends to get first pick of available dates.
It’s time to Sale-a-Brate, so check out the YamStamps Events Page for other upcoming events! If you’re not local to Burlington ON, there are online options for most everything – so contact me to find out more.
I hope that you had a wonderful holiday season, and from me and mine to you and yours – have a happy, healthy and creative new year.
Here’s a card I hadn’t yet shared here – a new year card, using a stamp set originally created for the Stampin’ Up! Japanese market – but available here in North America until the end of January.
I apologize – I know I have been a little quiet here on the YamStamps Site, but I have been doing _some_ posting on the YamStamps Facebook Page and Instagram. I’ve been focusing on family, including taking care of my son after his wisdom teeth extraction! I have had a bit of time to do some crafting, so I’m looking forward to sharing the results here and on social media in the next while. I’ve also been doing some class preparations because next week is the first Monthly Card Class of 2020! See the YamStamps Events Page for other upcoming dates.
Thank you for being a YamStamps reader – and see you in the next decade!
The bulbs were made glittery by an application of Shimmery Crystal Effects. It was a quick application, if you can’t tell LOL!! I figure the recipient should be distracted by the shiny objects and will overlook the not totally perfect application….and as I always say – if the person who receives a handmade card criticizes it, THEY DON’T DESERVE THAT CARD! (joking). (not really).
In the meantime, I’m already looking ahead to next year – as I’ve got my new January-June Mini Catalogues and Sale-a-Bration Catalogues on order! I’m anxiously awaiting their arrival. I’ve used the Stampin’ Up! mailing system to send a bunch out to those who have placed orders with me in the last year and will follow up with those on my list to be sure that they arrive safely in the next while!
If you are signed up for the YamStamps Paper Crafting Newsletters, you’ll be receiving the FINAL week of the Twelve Weeks of Christmas Projects next week. Can you believe it?? In the meantime, I will be *cough* finishing up my own holiday cards with the hope that they will get into the mail system by Valentine’s Day…..so while I go to work on that, please continue to enjoy this sparkly Christmas Lights Card…because it may be the only way I manage to spread a little paper crafting holiday joy at the rate I’m going!!
And when I say Winter Evergreen Card, I also mean that the card design is evergreen!
his card features the Winter Woods stamp set, one of my favourites. I love the tree images in it – and the evergreen tree is beautiful. For this card, I added a touch of the Shimmery Crystal Effects onto the foreground tree to make it look like it was covered in ice – much like many of the trees in our neighbourhood after the recent ice/sleet storm! Pretty to look at – especially from the warmth and safety inside the house! (I was fortunate not to lose power, unlike some of my poor friends).
And if you’re wondering about the evergreen comment, well, you can’t keep a good card design down….
haha! This was my papercrafting version of the ten year challenge that people were doing on social media. The idea was to post a pic of yourself from 2009 beside a pic of yourself in 2019. My selfie game is not so strong, but I have TONS of pictures of cards – so that’s what I did. And I’d like to say that I did the card design on purpose….but that would take a lot of planning on my part, so no. I did remember this design and liked it, but honestly didn’t remember that it had been 10 years since I used it LOL!! I did share this on the YamStamps Facebook Page and Instagram, so it will live on in social media infamy.
If you’d like to build up a stash of cards that you can copy 10 years from now, like this Winter Evergreen Card…be sure to register for an upcoming card making class! I’m actually done my scheduled classes for the month, but the first card class of 2020 will be on Wednesday, January 8th – see the YamStamps Events Page for more dates and information, and then contact me to sign up!
Given the weather outside, it seems appropriate to share this shimmery icicles card! The Burlington Santa Claus Parade had to be cancelled due to the freezing rain storm, so I spent time inside doing some photo editing and a bit of paper crafting. While I was sad about the cancellation, I was glad not to be outside in the awful weather!
This card was from the November Christmas Card Class, where we used Shimmery Crystal Effects on each of the projects.
I still love that Woodland Embossing Folder! It’s great for adding texture and interest to the background of a card. The design of the card itself is quite clean and simple otherwise. Layering Ovals for the sentiment, which is from the Merry Christmas to All stamp set.
We added Shimmery Crystal Effects around the backing oval of Merry Merlot Cardstock, and then drew icicles from the bottom portion of the frame. Easy peasy! You do need to allow a fair bit of time for drying – otherwise the card will be glued to the inside of the envelope!! The Shimmery Crystal Effects is fairly thick and you can layer it up and get a 3D effect.
This would be a fun card to make for your friends – and you can easily mass produce it by using the Stamparatus for the sentiment, and then just “assembly line” the rest of the card production.
I can’t believe we’re in December. All of the Christmas Card Classes are done for the year, but there’s still the Monthly Card Classes and Stampers Club on the calendar. I’ll be adding some new classes for the new year, and don’t forget that the Holiday Punch Art Online Class is still open for enrollment until end of day December 2!
The shimmery icicles card is the preferred way to view ice for me right now – and from the inside of my warm home. I am debating on how safe it is for me to navigate the green bin and blue bin to the curb tonight….or if I wait until tomorrow when it may be better?! Stay safe everyone!
