Producing cards en masse – easier when you get into a flow! Here are my tips…
We had a busy few months around our household with a number of family celebrations and a few concerts to attend…so being efficient with my card making was key!
I bulk produced thank you cards – a great way to help keep a wedding couple’s costs down (because weddings are not cheap overall!). I’ll share a few of my lessons learned – but first, the card…
Monochormatic theme – I love using single coloured designs. For this card, keeping everything white but adding the texture makes it more interesting, and the pink foil thank you really stands out!
The pink hot foil thank you is from the Classic Greetings Hot Foil Dies that work with the Hot Foil System and Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine. The Embossing Folder is the retired Joined Together 3D Embossing Folder – it was part of the Kintsugi Inspirations Suite. I typically will part with retired products, but sometimes there are ones that I hang onto, and this is one of them.
Hot Foil is my latest obsession and I am finding that I like to use it on a lot of my projects – it adds shine and looks so professional! That being said….I might rethink it for a large card production situation, though I made it work. The reason? It’s a time limiting step. I had to plug in the platform, wait for it to heat, then wait for the die to heat before I could actually hot foil anything. It definitely controlled the speed at which I could work. I am, however, a multi-tasker, so I made that personality trait work for me! While the platform heated, I would dry emboss the background pieces or die cut the sentiments that I’d alreaady foiled.
My workflow: I cut the cardstock first – so all the cardbases and the 5-1/4″ x 4″ layer for the embossing. I used up ALL my scraps of Basic White Cardstock for the sentiment! I cut the foil as well. I like to use my Paper Trimmer to cut the foil – it’s neater and keeps the edges straight. I honestly didn’t realize how much that mattered to me until I tried cutting a few by hand and ended up with diagonal ends! I cut a number of pieces of foil so that everything was ready to go. Then I settled in with a show playing in the background (I am currently working my way through the original Scrubs series) and got going. I started hot foiling sentiments right away, and then I would work on the other tasks – scoring the cardbases, dry embossing, die cutting or assembling. Once you get into a rhythm, it’s actually quite a peaceful way to spend some time!
One hint – if you’re die cutting these hot foiled sentiments, I learned that I didn’t have to fret too much if I got a bit of foil outside of the main sentiment area. The dies are perfectly coordinating and usually trimmed off the areas where I accidentally overfoiled!
October 21-23 FLASH SALE!
Stampin’ Up! currently has a FLASH SALE on select dies and die cutting tools, and the dies that I used for this card are part of that sale! Save 15% while supplies last. You can click here to shop in the YamStamps Online Stampin’ Up! Canada store, or the shortcut address (it may take a bit of time to redirect, but it saves some typing….) yamstamps.com/su
Thursday, September 18 ONLY – save 15% on Stampin’ Up! Canada stamps and stamp tools!
Time to shop and SAVE! Grab stamps and stamp tools at 15% off for 24 hours Thursday September 18 while supplies last! Offer excludes Last Chance items and bundles (already discounted),
Sale starts at midnight Mountain Time (which is 2am Eastern) Sept 18th and runs until 1159 pm Mountain time (which is 159AM September 19 Eastern). Shop online at yamstamps.com/shop or message me if you need assistance placing your order!
Stampin’ Up! has released the retiring lists for April 2024!
Happy first day of spring! So of course, around here it’s cold and snowy/rainy….because last week it was in the double digits for temperature… Anyway – here are the Retiring Lists for April 2024 – separate lists for the Annual Catalogue and the January-April 2024 Mini Catalogue. There is a “last chance” sale happening IN APRIL for the Mini Catalogue- starting on the 9th. Strategy: mark your list with the items you want to grab before they retire…. if they are going on sale – shop on 9 April. If they aren’t, shop now in the YamStamps Online Stampin’ Up! Canada store – https://yamstamps.com/shop is the shortcut! All items are available while supplies last! Also: PDF versions tend to have super small print…
New Online Class Coming – Tri-Fold Triple Threat! Pre-Launch Sale on Now!
My next online class launches this Thursday, 14 March at 7pm Eastern and the Pre-Launch Sale is on now!
Tri-Fold Triple Threatfeatures four projects (plus a bonus tutorial) that focus on cards that have three sections and are 1) Impressive to Receive 2) Quick and Easy to Make and 3) Don’t Require Fancy Tools! (That’s a paper crafting Triple Threat in my books!). You will require a Paper Trimmer and Scoring Tool, which I consider to be a basic Paper Crafting Tool.
Pre-recorded and edited step by step videos mean that you can get crafting faster. Lifetime access means you can watch/pause/rewatch as needed, as many times as you’d like. Pre-launch pricing means that you will save $10CAD and pay just $20CAD for lifetime access if you register before 7pm Eastern on Thursday 14 March. After the class launches, you’ll still be able to register for class, but you’ll pay full price of $30CAD for lifetime access. This class is available internationally, since there is no physical product included. If you are located outside of Canada, you will be charged in CAD and your card company will convert the cost for you.
This class is hosted on my Online Classes site, so you don’t need to have a Facebook Account to access it. You’ll be taken to the registration page after you complete your payment. I’ll send out a reminder and link once the class opens on Thursday, so you’ll be first to access it!
Happy Christmas Eve! I always enjoy a bit of quiet time before Christmas Day, just looking at the tree….usually because I’m sitting on the ground after finishing up my wrapping!! In any case, I’ve set up a post in the schedule so I can take some time off, and I’m hoping everything works correctly….
I’m giving you early access to my Boxing Day Special!From now until 27 December 2023, you can get a “Fantastic” Exclusive Bundle at 50% off regular price! I’ve created the special bundle of the Fantastic Florals Online Class and the Fantastic Fancy Folds Class – EACH is regularly $30CAD but for Boxing Day, you’ll get them BOTH for $30CAD! Of course, like my other classes, it’s lifetime access (or reasonable facsimile….in any case, more than enough time to go through the classes more than a few times!).
Selected retiring product from the September-December Mini Catalogue will be on sale!
As suggested by the name, the September-December Mini Catalogue will be ending soon….and Stampin’ Up! has released the list of retiring products, plus a sale on selected retiring products starting at 12am Mountain Time, Tuesday 21 November!
There is also a list of products that will be carried over and still available for purchase. Some of the items will be available as an online product (so not appearing in a printed publication) while others may return in a future Annual Catalogue or Mini Catalogue.
Once Tuesday comes, you can shop in the YamStamps Online Stampin’ Up! Canada store – shortcut is YamStamps.com/shop or you can message me if you’d like to pay by etransfer or need assistance placing your order. If you’re messaging me, you don’t have to wait until Tuesday – message me as soon as possible so that I can get your order ready and submitted as soon as I’m able! The sale starts at 12am Mountain Time (2am Eastern), and I’ll do my best to submit as soon as possible. As always with “while supplies last” items, there’s the chance that things may sell out – so don’t hesitate!
