It’s time to set sail for the Sunday Swap Share! Today’s swap card features the nautical Sailing Home Bundle – and it’s perfect for a summer Sunday.
Sailing Home Bundle Card by Karina Chin
Sailboats are perfect for a summer card, I think! This set is great for masculine cards and for grad cards as well. The discounted bundle includes the Sailing Home red rubber cling stamp set and the Smooth Sailing Dies. On this card there are strips of the Come Sail Away Designer Series Paper and a bow from the Night of Navy/Sahara Sand Baker’s Twine. I love that stitched label – it’s only available in the Smooth Sailing Dies! If you’re keen to set sail right away, don’t forget there’s the option to get the whole suite of coordinating products in theCome Sail Away Suite Bundle. (click on the link to see everything included in it!)
SET SAIL TO SAVE!
Don’t miss out! If you purchase this bundle in the next few days (by July 31), you’ll also receive a $6 coupon code for use in August as part of the Bonus Days Promotion!
In the meantime, I hope you are beating the heat! I took a bit of time off yesterday to enjoy the pool….
from YamStamps Instagram Stories
Please notice how my pedicure coordinates with the pool liner!
I’m not totally slacking, though – preparing for the upcoming Monthly Card Class – Wednesday, August 7th at 1pm or 7pm in Burlington – please message me if you would like to join us! This is the fun kind of summer school! Check out the YamStamps Events Page for other upcoming classes – including the Christmas in August class! Hope to see you in class soon!
Are you looking for card ideas for friends? I spent last weekend avoiding the heat outside by staying inside my air conditioned home and clearing out my craft room (which was a bit of hot work because I hadn’t done that in a while…). Anyway – I came across this card that I created for a demonstrator swap but I don’t think that I’ve shared this yet?! So yay for clearing out craft rooms and discovering buried treasure.
For this card, rather than doing my typical “add the sentiment and put it on a coordinating cardstock layer”, I varied it a bit. I cut the background label layer from the cardfront itself, and then used Stampin’ Dimensionals to make it stand out a little bit. By adding the Pearlized Doily underneath that layer, it made it stand out a bit more. And yes, there’s a bit of fussy cutting on this card – but you can get a LOT of the birds out of the Designer Series Paper so it’s worth it.
When you’re looking for card ideas for friends, especially for good friends, you’re willing to spend a bit more time creating it, and this is an example of a card that’s a bit more work, but worth it.
If you’re looking for more card ideas, don’t forget to be subscribed to the YamStamps email newsletters. All the paper crafting project ideas that you will receive in your inbox are exclusive to the newsletter – you won’t see them on social media or the YamStamps blog (unless I’m highlighting something from there!). You can sign up here or by filling in your information in the sign up box at the top right of the blog. Click here for more information on the newsletter or message me! The first newsletter of each month is the multiple projects newsletter, and the following weeks feature individual projects or paper crafting information and news updates, plus exclusive special editions like the Twelve Weeks of Christmas project ideas. You’ll get plenty of card ideas for friends and family delivered directly to you!
Hi! Remember me? Thought I’d pop in here to share this die cut floral frame cardwith you while I come up for air. I’m in the midst of whining about the heat and humidity (I know, a few months and I’ll be whining about the cold and snow), and trying to get my stamping area into some semblance of semi-organization so that I can function more efficiently. I would do before and after pics of the overhaul, but the before pics would be too frightening, but maybe a few after pics might make it through at some point. Maybe.
In the meantime, I was able to locate enough supplies amidst the chaos to create this card and share it with class attendees this month!
Path of Petals Bundle Card
This die cut floral frame card features the Path of Petals Bundle – which includes the Path of Petals photopolymer (clear) stamp set and the Petal Labels Dies. If you wanted to go all out, you could get the Pressed Petals Suite Bundle which includes all the coordinating accessories and Designer Series Paper as well! (click the link to see everything that’s included).
The Mint Macaron cardstock was die cut, and then a piece of Vellum Cardstock was adhered behind the cardfront. The smaller floral frame was then adhered in place on the vellum. If you wish, you could also put a piece of Whisper White cardstock inside the card. Oh and a Thrifty Thursday tip– the smaller frame was die cut from remnant that was removed after the large frame was cut from the cardfront.
You can easily change the sentiment on this die cut floral frame card to suit whatever card sending occasion you have, and it truly is quite easy to create. The die does all the intricate cutting for you!
If you’re looking for an easy way to spend some creative time, consider joining in at one of my Monthly Card Classes or becoming a member of the Stampers Club! I precut and prep four projects that you create in class – you just show up and follow the instructions! (Or modify them as you wish…LOL). You can always check out the upcoming classes on the YamStamps Events Page – or register for my email newsletters to get exclusive project tutorials and reminders of specials and upcoming events!
In the meantime, I’m back to trying to get organized. One of these days I’ll get the job finished – if I stop getting distracted by all the shiny objects I find!
Wow – it is really feeling like summer around here now – school is out, the temperature is up…and it’s Canada Day – happy long weekend to you! (and yay – it’s actually a real long weekend since July 1 is a Monday this year). Though I have heard my son mumbling some complaints that he is being cheated out of a day off since Mondays are his usual day off from his summer job…
Anyway – thought I’d share this easy and fun card featuring MUSKOKA chairs…because this is Canada, eh? They are not Adirondack chairs, though apparently there is some structural way you can tell the difference, but I can’t quite get the energy up to google that right now. So Muskoka chairs they are.
I love that most of Stampin’ Up!’s Designer Series Papers are two sided – often one side has more of a graphic design element that often ties in to a suite of products, and the other is more of a background type pattern or wash. This is the case with the sheet used for this card – so it makes it easy to use the paper outside of the coordinating suite of products.
If you’re interested in getting your hands on a variety of the Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Papers, consider joining my paper share!
Finally! The YamStamps 2019-2020 Annual Catalogue Designer Series Paper Share
For $55CAD you’ll receive sixty 6″ x 12″ sheets of Designer Series Paper (one of each of the double sided designs from each paper package) plus as a bonus right now, you’ll also receive three 6″ x 12″ sheets from the Nobel Peacock Specialty Designer Series Paper (one each of the three different single sided designs).
Each share consists of one 6″ x 12″ sheet of each of the double sided designs from these Designer Series Papers:
The 12″ x 12″ papers NOT included in this share are the Pressed Petals Designer Series Paper (there’s one sheet in particular that does not lend itself to being cut in half…) and the Noble Peacock Foil Sheets. The 6″ x 6″ papers are NOT included in this share either.
Payment is due at the time of your confirmation of participation. First share will be ready for pick up mid July in Burlington ON. If you’re not local to Burlington, but are located within Canada, I can mail your papers to you (exact shipping costs will apply – regular mail or Xpresspost – your choice). CONTACT ME to reserve your spot in the Designer Series Paper Share! You have until July 31st to let me know if you’d like to get in on this offer! In the meantime – Happy Long Weekend!
Stampin’ Up! Retiring Product News! While the full retiring list won’t be released for a few days yet, we do know of a few items that will be retiring – notably the Big Shot Die Cutting Machine and the Stampin’ Trimmer!
What to know:
Stampin’ Up! will still continue to offer dies and embossing folders, and moving forward these items will be made by a different supplier, so you will notice some difference in them. Exciting – the dies will have an inner edge or lip so that they will line up right against the stamped image – making them easier to align perfectly, rather than having to judge the amount of space you’re leaving around the stamped image. In the meantime, carry over dies and embossing folders may be the “old style” when ordered, until current stock is depleted.
Stampin’ Up!’s Trimmer and all associated tools will be retiring – which means the replacement blades and mats. There is currently a 3 item limit on replacement blades, but after April 15th, it will move up to a 6 item limit. This means that you can stock up on the blades and they should last you a long time still.
While neither of these items will be in the 2019-2020 Annual Catalogue, Stampin’ Up! is moving forward with coming up with new offerings in these categories (and will let us know when they’re ready to be released!).
I know that this Stampin’ Up! Retiring Product News may be a bit of a surprise – I personally LOVE my Big Shot – but I know that Stampin’ Up! is working toward offering their own product that will fill the paper crafter’s needs, and I’m looking forward to see what they will be offering.
In the meantime, as always – if you have any questions, you can either leave a comment below or message me. If you need to grab these items (or associated accessories) – please visit yamstamps.com/shop (or click on the images above to see them in the YamStamps Online Stampin’ Up! Canada Store).
