Oct 1, 2016 | cards, specials, Stampin' Up!, Tutorial
To celebrate the art and craft of handmade cards, Stampin’ Up! Canada is offering up some deals! The In Colour cardstocks and papers, Envelope Punch Board, Designer Tin of Cards kit and Fast Fuse adhesive are all discounted until October 5th.
In addition, there is a Designer Series Paper promotion until the end of the month!
Pretty self explanatory, right? This special does NOT include Specialty Designer Series Paper or stacks, but everything else is fair game. This cannot be included in a Starter Kit selection. Please let me know if you have any questions or need assistance placing an order. I will be sure to feature some projects and ways to use the Designer Series Paper in your crafting in the next few weeks.
Last but not least….
Here’s a downloadable card making tutorial for the Embellished Ornament Card above as a thank you for visiting. Happy Cardmaking Day!
Sep 29, 2016 | cards, Christmas, Stampin' Up!
This fun card was one of the ones we made in the September Christmas Card Class! Attendees received the Baker’s Twine Trio pack as part of their class, and we used some of the twine on the cards in class, and the rest (there was a LOT lol) went home with them for other projects.
Cookie Cutter Christmas is a photopolymer stamp set that’s available on its own, or as part of a discounted bundle with the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch. There’s also a coordinating Halloween set available – Cookie Cutter Halloween – available in wood mount or clear mount.
There’s still time to register for the October Christmas Class which will feature some non-traditional colours – the product included with the class fee will be the Fancy Frost Sequins and a share of a Glitter Ribbon Combo Pack. Please register by October 12th for the class on October 26. As always, we use a portion of the product in class, and then the class attendees take the rest home. See all the upcoming events on the YamStamps Events Page and register before the deadline! Please contact me if you have any questions. Hope to see you in class soon!
Sep 22, 2016 | cards, Stampin' Up!
Happy First Day of Autumn – though around here it was pretty warm…I hear that’s going to change this weekend though?! These fun samples are made with the Stampin’ Up! set Totally Trees and while great for this season, can be adapted for any of the four seasons you wish! I though this was a great image to share today.
Stampin’ Up!’s Special Offers have finished for now – but don’t forget that the Clearance Rack is still up and items are available while supplies last. In the meantime, I’m off to finalize designs and prep for September’s Christmas Card Class. If you would like to join me for the October Class – please be sure to register & pay before October 12th. The October Christmas Class will include a package of Fancy Frost Sequins and a share of a Glitter Ribbon ComboPack. We’ll make seasonal cards with these non-traditionally coloured glitzy items! As always at classes where product is included, I’ll prep all the projects and product required and have it ready for you at class – use it to make the class projects, and take the remainder home with you! Upcoming events and classes can be found on the YamStamps Event Page. Don’t forget that if you can’t make a class date, get a group of friends together and I will bring the class to you! (well, within reasonable driving distance of Burlington ON!) Hope to see you in class soon!
Sep 14, 2016 | Announcements, cards, Christmas, specials, Stampin' Up!
Stampin’ Up! has updated the Clearance Rack – up to 60% off selected retired items, while supplies last! Click here or on the image to see the items in the YamStamps Stampin’ Up! Canada Online Store. Lots of great goodies on sale – grab them while you can!
Here’s a card I made last year – and some of the items used on this card are part of the Clearance Rack sale! The Tree Punch, the Merry Moments Designer Series Paper and Bitty Banners Framelits Dies used on this Christmas Card below can be found at discounted prices.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or need help placing an order. Happy Shopping!
Sep 7, 2016 | Big Shot, cards, Stampin' Up!
Sympathy cards are often needed, but tend to be a card that can be difficult to create when you need one – because you likely don’t feel like crafting at that time! It’s great to be able to copy something or have some cards on hand at that time – less thinking involved. This card is based on one that I received a while back as part of a demonstrator swap, and I apologize because I don’t have the original creator’s name anymore. I took the design and adjusted it to what I had on hand.
Swapping is a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator sport I think!! It happens at Stampin’ Up! events or often when demonstrators get together. There are organized swaps where you sign up and do an assigned number of cards, or non-organized – you just show up to the event with a number of cards or cardfronts and trade with others for whatever they’ve brought. It’s a good way to get creative ideas, like in this case. I’m getting a little low on swap samples, so I’m looking forward to the next Stampin’ Up! event, which is happening early November in Ottawa ON (amongst other locations). A number of demonstrators in my group will be attending, and since we tend to be scattered all over the province (and country), it will be a good chance to meet up in person! (If you want to join us, contact me for more information).
Anyway, I digress – back to the card! The textured background is the Seaside Embossing Folder, one of the new ones in the Annual Catalogue. It’s a wider folder so the lines can be either vertical or horizontal. The flower from Flower Shop (wood or clear mount) is embossed in white on vellum, punched out with the coordinating Pansy Punch, and Blushing Bride is daubed on the back of the vellum to add a subtle colour. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes (available in wood or clear mount), one of my most used sets. The flower is adhered onto the cardfront with a glue dot hidden behind the centre of the flower, which also holds the gold metallic thread loops in place.
If you need to build up your card stash, consider either attending one of my classes in Burlington, or get a group of friends together and host one at your place – I will come to you! (well, within driving distance of Burlington ON….unless I happen to be travelling and visiting in your neck of the woods – you never know! LOL). I’ve updated the YamStamps Events page and events until the end of the year are posted. Keep checking, though, because you never know if more classes will be added!
Aug 30, 2016 | Announcements, cards, contest
I love clean and simple cards, even though their “WOW” factor is sometimes more subtle than over the top cards. The only thing is – there’s nowhere to hide…LOL so if you mess up somewhere along the way, it can be hard to work with it! Thankfully this card is made easier by a bunch of factors. The first – the stamp set, Stampin’ Up!’s Penned and Painted – can be a bit forgiving, because it’s “artistic”, so if the lines aren’t perfectly lined up, you can get away with it. There’s actually 8 different stamps used to produce this multilayer, multicolour image. The second – the MISTI. You may have heard of this tool. It’s not sold by Stampin’ Up!, but it’s a handy tool for stamping with clear mount or photopolymer stamps, especially if you’re mass producing. You can see the introductory video here. I got to meet Iliana, the creator of the MISTI, while I was at my friend Lydia’s retreat in Texas last month. At the end of the retreat, I won a MISTI to “Pay Forward”. SO – I have a MISTI, signed by Iliana, to share with some lucky person!!
HOW TO WIN:
- Be located in Canada. I know that up until recently, the MISTI wasn’t available from Canadian vendors (it is now), so I would like to help spread the MISTI love here in the north. Plus I can’t bear the thought of shipping outside Canada….
- Be subscribed to the YamStamps newsletter. You can sign up through the box at the top right on the YamStamps blog, or click here.
- (Last one) Leave a comment below, and let me know what you’d like to learn more about in the rubber stamping/paper crafting world. (please be patient, your comment will not appear right away).
I will randomly draw one name on Monday, September 5th (Labour Day) and the winner will be notified/identified in the YamStamps Email Newsletter that comes out on Tuesday, September 6th at 1pm Eastern.
This is Jaydyn (aka My Sweet Petunia!) and Iliana while we were in Texas. Jaydyn was my good luck charm 😉 I think – she helped draw names for the prizes and I won a couple!! (good thing she’s not drawing the names in this contest?! LOL).
Oh, and if you’re wondering, the card above is one of my “thank you” cards that I’m in the midst of catching up on!!! I let the threatened postal action affect my production….so now I’m behind, and I’m also realizing that even if there is job action, it apparently won’t be a full on strike, but a slow down, so I’m going full speed ahead to get them out!
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