I love this effect! For this card, we tapped the Balmy Blue ink pad onto the inner surface of the Country Floral Dynamic Embossing Folder. (A Sale-a-Bration Level 1 reward – you can select it for free with a $60CAD product order!). Tap onto the side with the Stampin’ Up! logo. Once there’s an even coating of ink, place your cardstock inside and run it through the Big Shot – don’t forget the special sandwich for these extra thick folders – Regular Platform, folder with cardstock inside, top Plastic Cutting Plate only.
Clean up for this inked embossing folder technique is also super easy – I just run the folder under the tap and pat dry with a paper towel. Stampin’ Up!’s inks are dye based so they’re water soluble.
The sentiment is from Flourishing Phrases (available in red rubber clear mount or red rubber wood mount), and it’s punched out with the new Story Label punch which is available for purchase during March as part of the Sale-a-Bration Coordination product suite. We used a sponge dauber to add a bit of Balmy Blue ink around the edges of the label. I am using up some of the Organdy Ribbon I had from my earlier Sale-a-Bration order – because if you blinked….it’s gone again! I think everybody who had been waiting on it jumped in to order and it’s unavailable once again in North America (this time gone for good).
However – there are LOTS of new regular catalogue items available to select for free as well as the original offerings (other than the ribbons, obviously…). You can go to the YamStamps Online Stampin’ Up! Canada store and check out the Sale-a-Bration options currently available. Remember that we are now into the “March 31 or while supplies last” phase of Sale-a-Bration. I shared a strategy for planning out your Sale-a-Bration redemptions on the YamStamps Facebook page a while back. Stampin’ Up! manufactures their own stamps in the US, so they are better able to quickly deal with varying levels of demand for stamp sets, but the accessories and tools tend to be sourced from outside the US and so are often affected by shipping times.
In the meantime, we will continue to Sale-a-Brate until the end of March! Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions, or need assistance placing your order. Comments are working again, too, so feel free to leave a comment for me!
Stampin’ Up!’s Designer Series Papers are great for scrapbooking – but they’re also great for cards! Check out this easy patterned paper card design – by Rose Marie Coleman, today’s Sunday Swap Share.
This card uses the Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper (Level 1 Sale-a-Bration reward – free with $60CAD product order) for the main visual elements. I love how rounding only a couple of the corners of the paper give it a different effect. There’s a corner rounder on the Detailed Trio Punch, or you can use Stampin’ Up!’s Envelope Punch Board to round corners – it’s built in to the board!
Corner Rounder Punch portion is at the top of the board, above the “button”
The card sentiment is from the Butterfly Gala Stamp Set, which is available for purchase. The Butterfly Duet punch unfortunately is still unorderable at this time (which also means that the Butterfly Gala Bundle is also unorderable), so we will continue to wait patiently until they let us know it’s available again! You’ll notice that you won’t need it for this card anyway!
The accents on this card are the Gingham Gala Adhesive Back Sequins, which are getting low in inventory, so I’d suggest if you need to get them, you order them soon!!
This easy patterned paper card design is clean and simple, and you could easily change out the Desginer Series Paper and sentiment and have a whole different look! These are the kinds of cards that make my crafting so much easier, especially when I need an impressive card in a hurry!
If you need to build up your stash of patterned paper, I’ve put out a LAST CALL for my Occasions Catalogue Designer Series Paper Share. If you’d like to purchase a share, which includes a 6″ x 12″ of each of the sheets from each 12″ x 12″ package, and full 6″ x 6″ sheets from the two 6″ x 6″ packages in the catalogue (NOT including the Specialty Papers), please contact me by March 10th, or click below to order and pay via PayPal. The shares also include the Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper as well!!
As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to send me a message or – leave me a comment below – BECAUSE COMMENTS ARE WORKING AGAIN! YAY!!!
On this Manic Monday I thought I’d highlight a few crafting tips that I shared in the recent Live session I did on the YamStamps Facebook Page. The shortened video version is below, but thought I’d highlight a few things if you like to read vs watch…
full video below….
Distinktive Stamps are more photorealistic and have multiple depths on the same stamp. Crafting Tips for good distinktive images: To get a clear image of all the different depths, it helps if your ink pad is not too juicy – you can rub the surface of the ink pad with the back of a spoon or your bone folder to push excess ink into the pad vs having it on the surface to get better definition in your stamped image. The stamp set used in the video is Forever Lovely; another distinktive stamp set example is Baby Bear.
Crafting Tips with the Small Grid Paper: Positioning multiple step stamps and coordinating framelits. In the video, I use the Stamparatus to stamp the images – because once they’re in the right place on the plates, you don’t have to think about it again! My tip – stamp onto the Small Grid Paper so you can see where your image will end up. Position your card stock and mark where the corners of the cardstock are on the grid paper so you know where to place it for future reference.
You can also position the framelit over the stamped image and mark where the side edges of the framelit are on the grid paper so you have it for reference. You can use the grid paper when stamping with the stamparatus, then remove it and place it onto your Big Shot plastic cutting plate as a reference for placement of the framelit – just be sure to remove it before you cut!!
That way, your reference sheet will be intact and ready for future use.
Last tip you might have picked up in the video – put your Big Shot Die Brush and foam pad into a small shallow box to catch all the bits (and store everything together! I used an old cardboard box (it actually held my carvable stamp set, remember that one?), but you could also use one of the full wide stamp cases.
How do you prefer to get your crafting tips & tricks? Video? Written format? Let me know so I can be sure to have you covered for future tutorials – leave me a comment below or message me!
Swap Share Sunday is here again – how did that happen so quickly? It’s a Sweet Celebration Card today, created by Dana Hancock. So many things happening today – Oscars, National Cupcake Day….and the end of Reading Week so that means a road trip to take my son back to school. A busy day, with crazy windy weather too! Glad you could stop in to check out the card.
I did mention that it’s National Cupcake Day, which is another occasion for a sweet celebration card! I shared a couple of different Cupcake cards on the YamStamps Facebook Page and Instagram feed – did you see them? The one card featured some products that will be coming out on March 1st. Stampin’ Up! is introducing a few products that you will be able to purchase in March that coordinate with Sale-a-Bration products! There are 4 different sets of framelits – coordinating with the Hello Cupcake, So Hoppy Together, Lovely Lily and the second release Painted Season sets. There’s also a punch, and a new sentiment set that goes with images from the various sets but could also stand alone or be used with different images. I’ll be sharing more details on March 1st, when these items are available to order, so please come back to the YamStamps blog to find out more!
In the meantime, I’m off to check out the Oscars fashions and cross my fingers that the power doesn’t go out with the wind! I’ll be coming up with some designs for the March Monthly Card Class coming up on Wednesday March 6 – will you be joining us? Check out the YamStamps Events Page for all the upcoming events, and RSVP to make sure you’ve got a seat in class!
I love coordinating crafting products, and Stampin’ Up! has a whole bunch of them. I used some to create this die cut edge card which is made easier by using a Stamparatus!
I actually found it a bit tricky to take a photo of this card as I had to have it lying flat so that you could see the alignment of the image and the edge! Hope you get the idea.
I love how the flower framelit coordinates with the flower stamp, but the accent stamp is left to peek out.
I am planning on doing a Facebook Live to show how I created this die cut edge card, but essentially I used the Stamparatus and the Stamparatus grid sheets. I figured out where the image would end up on the inside edge of the card by marking where the edge of my cardstock was on a grid sheet, and then stamping onto the GRID sheet rather than the cardstock to create a reference guide. I left this grid sheet in the Stamparatus so I knew where to place the cardstock (especially because I chose not to place the cardstock in the corner of the Stamparatus). I stamped a second grid sheet the same way, marking the edge of the cardstock, but then I also placed the framelit over the stamped image in the correct alignment and marked the edges of the framelit. The framelit extends JUST beyond where the side edges of the cardstock are.
Once I stamped the back inside edge of the card, I then prepped to die cut the front edge of the card. You’ll want the Magnetic Platform for the Big Shot to make it even easier. Once the Cutting Plate was on the Platform, I placed the second grid sheet on it, then aligned the front edge of the cardstock with the marks on it. I then placed the framelit onto the cardstock, lining up the edges of the framelit with the marks on the grid sheet. You can use a bit of washi tape or adhesive tape to hold the framelit in place securely, then remove the grid sheet so you can use it again (otherwise it would be cut and all your reference marks would be gone!). Place the top Plastic Cutting Plate in place, and die cut.
Seriously. Just be sure to “like” and “follow” the YamStamps Facebook Page so you’ll be notified of the Live video for this die cut edge card, because I’m starting to confuse myself. LOL.
In any case, I promise, once it was set up it was pretty straight forward…LOL.
If all goes according to plan, I’ll share the die cut edge card “how to” on Thursday. If you aren’t able to make it to the “live”, the recording will be available after the fact on the YamStamps Facebook page. If you have any questions in the meantime, feel free to contact me! Stampers Club Members made this card in February – why not join us starting in March and see what we get up to next month?! Check out the YamStamps Events Page for other upcoming dates!
It’s Sunday Swap Share time! Today’s card, Make a Wish, is a beautifully clean and simple one created by Lorraine Pye.
The sentiment is from the Occasions Catalogue – Life Is Grand stamp set, and the butterfly and the “splats” are from the Beauty Abounds stamp set. I love how just adding a layer of solid colour behind the main stamped portion adds drama to the card.
Stampin’ Up!’s Occasions Catalogue is in effect until June 3rd, while the Sale-a-bration Catalogue and event runs until March 31st. I know it can get a bit confusing with all the catalogues at the beginning of the new year!
Also – sad news, the Lovely Lipstick and Grapefruit Grove Foil Sheets have SOLD OUT so they are no longer available as a Level 1 Sale-a-Bration item. Other items are still available though, and fingers crossed that the Organdy Ribbon combo pack looks like it might be available as an option around the beginning of March.
Stampin’ Up! manufactures their rubber stamps on site in Utah, so have more immediate access and control over supply and availability. The accessories are usually sourced from overseas and elsewhere, so even with forecasting, sometimes products are much more popular than anticipated and supplies are exhausted before expected. We are usually then in a backorder situation, or in some cases, Stampin’ Up! makes items unorderable until the stock can be replenished. Currently unavailable to order: the cake builder punch, the butterfly duet punch and the Organdy Ribbon combo pack. This also affects the bundles that include those punches. Once stock is replenished, we will be notified and those items will be available once again to order. I’ll keep you posted!
