Apr 25, 2018 | cards, Retired List, Stampin' Up!
This is a quick ombré thank you card – and it’s easy to recreate! The graded shading (ombré) look is created by using a sponge brayer. For this card, the quick part is that the background patterned paper is the Stampin’ Up! Petal Passion Designer Series Paper (“DSP”) – which is a set of black and white patterned papers. I brayered two retiring colours onto this paper – Wisteria Wonder and Pink Pirouette. I started with just the Wisteria Wonder, inking up my brayer by rolling it on the ink pad repeatedly in one direction – roll across the ink pad, lift, then roll again across the ink pad, continuing in the same direction. Inking by rolling back & forth will give you a hard line of colour on your brayer, which will transfer to your project. Then I rolled the brayer on the paper. For this, you can roll back & forth, but you’ll want to change directions when you’re off the paper itself. So, working on scrap paper, start off the paper, roll across right off the other side, then come back across the paper off onto your scrap paper again before changing directions. Hmm. Maybe I’ll post a quick video on the YamStamps Facebook page later today LOL!! Anyway, I rolled the Wisteria Wonder starting at the top of my DSP, continuing down. The colour naturally fades out, and then I reinked my brayer and did the same thing again, starting at the top. When I finished, I wanted the difference in shading to stand out a bit more, so I added some Pirouette Pink, brayering from the bottom upwards. I used a new brayer roller for this to make the colour lighter and more pure (otherwise it would still look mostly purple).
The sentiment from Petal Palette (available in Clear Mount or Wood Mount) is stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, and I just used the Circle Punches – 1-3/4″, 2″ and 2-1/4″ – because sometimes I don’t feel like hauling out my Big Shot and dies. (Shocking, I know, but true). (OK well, slight exaggeration, since my Big Shot is always out anyway…haha!) Thought I’d add a bit more “wow” by adding some Rhinestone Basic Jewels. Might have gone a bit overboard….I blame the grey, wet day today – I needed some flash to compensate for the dull weather! So – tada – my quick ombré thank you card. Honestly, I think it took more time to write this blog post than it did to actually make this card! I’m still doing a bit of catch up on Thank You cards – so I think this might be my Thank You for March orders….if you ordered from me during March, you’ll have to find out if this is the design I end up using or not!!
If you want to recreate this quick ombré thank you card yourself, you’ll want to place your order for supplies sooner rather than later, since some of the items are on the retiring list. While retiring stamp sets have guaranteed availability until May 25th, individual ink pads and refills are only guaranteed until May 7th. Ink Pad Collections and everything else are “while supplies last” only. You can shop online 24/7 in the YamStamps Stampin’ Up! Canada store, which is the recommended way to go during the Retiring LIst season – you can enter it when you’re ready and you’ll know right away if everything you want is still available or not. If you live in Quebec or would like assistance placing your order, you can always email me directly. I’ll do my best to help you as quickly as I can – though extra steps always mean a bit of time, and a bigger risk that items will be sold out if you’re waiting until the last minute to grab retiring product.
Last reminders – if you’d like a copy of the upcoming Stampin’ Up! Canada Annual Catalogue, please complete this form and I’ll be in touch to organize getting you one. Tomorrow brings the last North American Events Council Member Blog Hop, sharing our class project ideas using the upcoming Share What You Love Product suite, so please come back to the YamStamps Blog to check it out!
Apr 22, 2018 | cards, Events, Retired List, Stampin' Up!
This is a fun butterfly card made easy by using Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper and die cuts – but if you want some of these products, you’ll have to move fast as they are on the Retiring List and fluttering away! Stampin’ Up! retiring stamp sets are available until May 25th – guaranteed, but after that, and all other retiring Stampin’ Up! products are only while supplies last.
It’s not a colour combination that I would have though of, but I took it from the Desginer Series Paper…. The Painted With Love Specialty Designer Series Paper has been one of my favourites, and it will be retiring at the end of the month. It’s used on the solid butterfly behind the detailed die cut black butterfly. One of the Stampers Club members used the side of the DSP that featured some metallic gold splashes and it was really striking. The solid butterfly die cut is from the Bold Butterfly Framelits, and the detailed butterfly die cut is from the Butterflies Thinlits dies. Both of these die sets are retiring, and (I just checked) only the Bold Butterfly framelits are still available. The Peekaboo Peach Cardstock featured in the foreground of the card is retiring, as it’s a 2016-2018 In Colour – making room for new in colours. It’s embossed with the (already sold out) retiring Fluttering Embossing Folder. The Rich Razzleberry cardstock is still available, since it’s not a retiring/revamped colour, and the sentiment is from the Bunch of Blossoms stamp set, which is NOT retiring so no worries about that availability! The slot on the front of the card (the butterfly pops through it) is created by punching the Classic Label Punch twice in a row to make a longer slot that will comfortably fit the butterfly. It’s also NOT retiring so will be available into next year. A fellow demonstrator, Ronda, shared the construction of this card – it’s fun and different. There are two Very Vanilla solid die cut butterflies underneath the solid butterfly of DSP. Each vanilla butterfly is folded in half, and one half is attached to the inside of the card, while the other half is attached to the back of the DSP butterfly which helps the DSP butterfly fold upwards as well as anchoring it to the inside of the card. See the detail of the butterfly card in the photo below:
For my butterfly card, the detailed die cut black butterfly is adhered on top of the DSP, but if you don’t have that detailed die cut, you could easily just leave the plain DSP butterfly exposed, or you could stamp the butterfly body from Watercolour Wings onto the die cut butterfly to give it more definition.
While I’m sad that the butterflies are fluttering away, I can’t wait to get my hands on more new product from the next Annual Catalogue! If you are in Canada and don’t already have a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, please complete this form before April 29th and I will see about getting you your own hard copy! If you are local to Burlington ON, please mark SATURDAY, JUNE 2nd 9am til noon on your calendar – that will be my New Catalogue Open House and Retired Product sale! Please RSVP to ensure I have a copy of the catalogue waiting for you!
Apr 19, 2018 | cards, Events, Stampin' Up!
Thanks for following along on the North American Events Council Blog Hop. Thanks for visiting the YamStamps Blog! I’m Linda, here in Burlington, Ontario Canada. This week, we’re sharing some more samples from the Share What You Love Product Suite! The Events Council members were the lucky ones who got to play with these products that will be available in special bundles only available for purchase next month, ahead of their individual item appearances in the new Annual Catalogue!
These are some of the cards I created as part of the display for Stampin’ Up!’s On Stage event in London Ontario. The first image shows four cards created on the same basic design premise – a half sheet card (5.5″ x 8.5″ folded in half), with a 5″ x 3.75″ piece of the Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper, matted onto a 5.25″ X 4″ piece of Rich Razzleberry cardstock. Each card also used the Rich Razzleberry Velvet Ribbon and tags from the Share What You Love Embellishment Kit. The Artisan Pearls are on most of the cards, and I used the Silver Self Adhesive Flower (from the Embellishment kit) on a card too.
These next samples are clean and simple cards, using Stampin’ Up!’s Notecards. I used the Stampin’ Blends markers on the flowers on the left card, and featured the Make A Difference stamp set on the right card. It has an alphabet in both script and block capital styles. My hint that I shared at On Stage – to get the individual letter images close together, I used the Stamparatus, and placed every other letter on one plate, and the remaining letters on the other plate. Since the notecard is a personalized one, I figured I would make a bunch up in bulk, which means that the Stamparatus is perfect for that. For a “one off” card, I might be brave and just wing it – stamping one letter at a time tends to work best (rather than spelling out entire words on a block). I did that for the scrapbook page that I shared last week.
We have one more North American Blog Hop event scheduled for next week featuring this product suite – so hope you’ll be coming back to join us!
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Apr 17, 2018 | cards, Retired List, Stampin' Up!
I love this simple and elegant dragonfly card – but one of the products we used for it is retiring…..do you know which item? It’s the beautiful ombré paper – from the Colo(u)r Theory Designer Series Paper stack. Thankfully we will have the dragonflies for at least another year! The sentiment from the Dragonfly Dreams set is stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink onto the paper. The small linked dragonflies are from the Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits and die cut from the Basic Black cardstock which also backs the Designer Series Paper. This card is trimmed a little narrower than usual, only because I liked having a thinner card and thinner borders on either side of the main image area. Don’t forget that while retiring stamp sets are guaranteed until May 25th, all tools, accessories and papers are available while supplies last.
This was a featured card this month in both the Monthly Card Class and Stampers Club. Stampers Club happens the third Monday of each month, and it still happened yesterday, even with the school snow day! I was hoping that the snow would have melted by Club time, but no such luck, so I spent some time chipping away at the lovely ridge of icy snow that was at the bottom of my driveway after the road was cleared. I keep hearing that the weather is going to improve, and that the weekend is going to be nice….but then I also saw periods of snow flurries today while I was out and about. Let’s hope we get real dragonflies in the neighbourhood in the near future, not just a dragonfly card!
We are always welcoming new members to the Stampers Club here in Burlington ON. Members join for a 6 month period, during which time they attend a special Club Card Class. There is no class fee for this class, but each member placing a minimum $33 product order at each class. Once during their 6 month cycle, each member will receive the host benefits from the orders placed that month – a minimum of $20 free product of their choice! Plus there’s the camaraderie of seeing other crafters on a regular basis. The next Club session will be the FOURTH Monday of May, due to the Victoria Day holiday. Contact me if you’d like to join us! Look forward to seeing you at club soon, or check the YamStamps Events page for upcoming classes and special events, like the Annual New Catalogue Open House and Retired Product Sale!.
Apr 3, 2018 | cards, Stampin' Up!
This quick and easy floral card is great to make in bulk and have on hand “just because”. I’m going to be using this as a customer thank you card I think! It features the Stampin’ Up! set Garden in Bloom, which is one of my “go to” sets when I need to make something pretty and quick. It’s got great watercolour-ish images, coordinating line art and sentiments that can cover a variety of occasions. My fingers are crossed that this set is NOT on the retiring list which will be made public April 9th. Each year, Stampin’ Up! retires some catalogue product in order to make room for new items. While I’m often sad to see items leave, at the same time, I’m excited to see what will be coming up next!
This card is created with Marina Mist and Pear Pizzazz as the main colours. The ribbon is actually the Lemon Lime Twist 3/8″ Mini Striped Ribbon, which I first discovered when I was given the Tutti Frutti suite to present at the last Stampin’ Up! On Stage Demonstrator Event in November. It is close enough to the Pear Pizzazz (and I think there might be a hnt of it in the strips, anyway), that it can pass.
I’ve been busy behind the scenes getting ready for the next On Stage Demonstrator Event! We are lucky to have an On Stage Local Event being held in London, ON this weekend, so I’m looking forward to seeing friends there. As part of the Events Council, I’ve been privy to a look behind the scenes at all the preparation that goes into these huge company wide events. The amount of preparation and rehearsal is incredible! I also present a suite of products at the event, which means I get to play with new stuff!! I will get to share what I’ve created after the event is over, so come back to visit the YamStamps blog and you’ll see what I have been up to! The other bonus about going to this demonstrator-only event – we get a peek at the NEW catalogue!!
If you’d like to get a copy of the new catalogue when it’s released – you can complete this form to get on my mailing list. OR….if you purchase a Demonstrator Starter kit, you’ll be able to check out the new catalogue online in a week’s time!! You can get more information about the starter kit here.
One last note – the YamStamps Monthly Projects newsletter goes out today at 1pm Eastern to subscribers! The name of the winner of my Birthday Celebration will be in there, too! Subscribe here to get weekly updates, information and inspiration! See you in your inbox later today…
Mar 29, 2018 | cards, Sale-A-Bration, Stampin' Up!
This Lots of Lavender Card is easy to recreate – but you’ll have to grab the stamp set before March 31st! Lots of Lavender is one of the Stampin’ Up! Canada Sale-a-Bration choices with each $60 in product order before the end of March. It’s two step stamping, which means that the outline is one stamp and the coloured portions are another. Technically is this 3 or 4 step stamping?? I placed the leaves on the same block, but did the flowers, ribbon and stems individually. I love how the colour isn’t perfectly lined up with the outlines – it makes it more artistic…and quite frankly, easier to stamp!!
The background is embossed with one of the Petal Pair Embossing Folders – and these two folders are now available as a Sale-a-Bration choice! When Sale-a-Bration is over, they will continue to be available for purchase, as they are featured in the “Occasions” Catalogue.
There are just 3 days left to take advantage of the great offers during Sale-a-Bration – free product with your purchase, and free stamp sets with a Demonstrator Starter Kit purchase. PLUS – become a demonstrator and get a sneak peek at the new Annual Catalogue in APRIL! Don’t forget my special offers for the end of Sale-a-Bration and my birthday week: Place an online order and use Host Code CS2YEX9S to receive a tutorial bundle via email at the end of the month. Everyone placing orders by March 31st will receive a little extra “biing” from me (under separate cover), PLUS be entered into a draw for a Big Shot or a set of Stampin’ Write Markers! If you purchase a starter kit through me, you’ll get two entries into the draw! If you want more information about becoming a demonstrator in my group, click here. If you have any questions, or need assistance placing an order, please feel free to contact me! Happy End of Sale-a-Bration!
