Feb 9, 2017 | cards, Occasions, Sale-A-Bration, Seasonal Catalogue, Stampin' Up!, TV/Video/Web/Tech
Have you seen Stampin’ Up!’s Falling In Love Designer Series Paper? This is a gorgeous set of papers, double sided, with lots of bokeh effects and images. It’s hard to pick which side to use! (Good thing there’s duplicates!). They make a great background for a simple card.
This is a version of the card that I showed on Cogeco’s Halton Insider the other day. I realize that you have to be within the Cogeco Halton viewing area to catch the show (6pm, repeated the next day at 630). I am working on a way to get the recordings into a format I can share! The other night I actually did a facebook live video on the YamStamps page where I showed my TV screen!! (The recording is posted if you wanted to check it out). Much like at Christmas time, we recorded 5 segments in a row, featuring different projects, that will be aired during the shows this week.
Essentially, you heat emboss the graphic and word of your choice from the Love Sparkles set (available in clear or wood mount) with Gold Embossing Powder. I did an extra thin border for the matting piece in Soft Sky (rather than using a traditional 1/4″ larger piece of cardstock, I did 1/8″ larger), and then wrapped it with some of the gorgeous Metallic Woven Ribbon in Gold. You can get the ribbon for free with a $60 product order until the end of March for Sale-a-Bration! (Download the Sale-a-Bration catalogue here and the upcoming new releases here!). This makes a clean, simple and elegant card – perfect for Valentine’s Day, wedding, anniversary or “just because” kind of card!
I am putting the finishing touches on the Clever Cards Online Class and it will be open for registration in the next couple of days. It’s a great class (if I say so myself LOL) that will break down the construction of a few “fancy folds” type cards that you will be able to decorate for the occasions when you want to give a card that will really WOW the recipient! I’ll post the official release here on the YamStamps Blog so please be sure to come back to the site!
Jan 28, 2017 | cards, Sale-A-Bration, Stampin' Up!
Happy Lunar New Year! Here’s a quick card to celebrate the Year of the Rooster – I used the Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-Bration set, Hey Chick, which you can get free with a $60 product order, and I added on the calligraphy from the Artistically Asian set (wood or clear mount) that apparently means “friend”. I also used the Stitched Shapes Framelits which are back in stock and available to order! Some basic colouring with the Stampin’ Write markers and it’s ready to mail!
I had great plans that have gone seriously awry the last couple of days 🙁 – I was set to do a big final push on the Online Class but instead have been trying to nurse myself back to some semblance of health. You know you’ve been pushing it a bit too much when your body pushes back. Nothing like a little enforced rest. Anyway. Starting to feel human again, so hopefully back at it shortly, with the launch not too delayed as a result. Fingers crossed!
Jan 4, 2017 | Announcements, Sale-A-Bration, specials, Stampin' Up!
It’s that most wonderful time of the year…..Stampin’ Up! Canada’s Sale-a-Bration!
What is Sale-a-Bration? It’s a time when you can earn FREE product from Stampin’ Up! Here are the details:
CUSTOMERS: For each $60 in merchandise ordered in a single transaction, earn 1 free Sale-a-Bration product of your choice!
HOSTS: Earn more with sales at your in home party:
NEW DEMONSTRATORS: Get an extra TWO stamp sets for free with your Starter Kit!
Don’t forget that the OCCASIONS Catalogue is also here – there’s TONS of new, exciting product to be had – including Watercolour Pencils in Stampin’ Up! colours (this one had all the demonstrators squealing at our last Stampin’ Up! demonstrator only event in November!!)
DOWNLOAD THE CATALOGUES (click on the image)
If you’d like a hardcopy, please complete this form and I will follow up with you! (Canadian residents only due to Stampin’ Up! regulations).
Please let me know if you have any questions. It’s time to Sale-a-Brate!
Feb 29, 2016 | Business Opportunity, Sale-A-Bration, specials, Stampin' Up!
Happy Leap Day! I’m actually amazed at how many Leap Day Birthday People I know….or maybe that it’s a big deal when they actually get their actual day on which to celebrate?! I chose a rabbit image, because they kind of leap…and I didn’t have any frog samples right now. Sorry. Sample uses the Friends & Flowers Stamp set which is available in clear or wood mount. I love the bow paper clip used as an accent, too!
So on this bonus day this year, what are you planning on doing? Perhaps you’d like to “leap” into a new venture? The Stampin’ Up! starter kit is a great deal, made even greater during the Sale-a-Bration season! You can select $195 product for just $125, plus you receive ALL business supplies you need to get started! If you need ideas on what to get for your $195 in product choices – here’s a flyer showing some options.
I’d love for you to join the “Eh” Team (my group of demonstrators). Buying the Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit is a fantastic way to turn something you love into something that can be self supporting (and then some!). More information is here, or at my Information Evening Wednesday, March 9th at 730. Please RSVP for the Information Evening. There’s no cost to this event, and it’s no commitment (other than your RSVP), but it’s a great way to get your questions answered. If you can’t make it that evening, please contact me and we can set up another time to chat. Take the Leap! We’ll be there to catch you!
Feb 25, 2016 | cards, Paper Pumpkin, Sale-A-Bration, Stampin' Up!
So I have committed myself to sending forty cards over forty days….because I realize that I have limitations! LOL. Some in the Stampin’ Up! world are mailing out birthday cards to any and all takers…and I know that’s just beyond me. So forty cards and forty days….ish….it is! Thankfully, I have a Paper Pumpkin subscription to help me out! Each month, I get a fun kit full items to help me create a project quickly and easily (and who doesn’t want that?!). Even better – it’s ON SALE right now! You can get a three month subscription for $69, plus you’ll qualify for one free Sale-a-Bration item! This month’s kit includes a birthday stamp (among others), so I decided to use it to help me get a few bithday cards out and in the mail. I did choose to modify this design slightly – by adding some of the glitter tape that you can select as your free Sale-a-Bration item! This is one of the new limited time offerings for the last part of Sale-a-Bration – there’s gold, white and silver. LOVE the bling without the mess or fuss. On the card above, I snipped the ends of the gold washi tape to match the banner that is pre-cut in the kit. I stamped “happy birthday” with the Blackberry Bliss Stampin’ Spot (mini travel ink pad), added the adhesive die cuts and now it’s ready to send! It _may_ even get to the recipient on the intended day!! (This is shocking, in my world….sad but true).
Speaking of washi tape, did you see the photo I shared on Instagram and Facebook? This idea was shared by one of the artists at Stampin’ Up! and I LOVED it – so had to copy it.
I think I like this even better than my previous washi tape storage (which was to tie them on a ribbon).
If you would like to join the handmade card revolution, come to March’s Monthly Card Making Class! It’s a great way to get some new ideas and have some creative time. See the YamStamps Events page for other classes and events, or contact me if you have any questions!
Feb 14, 2016 | 3D samples, Big Shot, Sale-A-Bration, Seasonal Catalogue, Stampin' Up!
I hope you’re able to spend some time with people you love and/or doing something you love! Here in Burlington, we’re focusing on staying warm….because it’s COLD outside this weekend! So cold that my running friends and I deferred our usual early Saturday AM run (ummmm -23C not counting windchill? no thank you!) and are planning on running tomorrow, when temperatures are due to be a balmy -8C.
This is a fun box created using the Baker’s Box Thinlits Dies (one of the Weekly Deals), Rose Garden Thinlits, Love Blossom Designer Series Paper and What I Love Stamp Set – which is a Sale-a-Bration item that can be selected for FREE with each $60 merchandise order.
Tomorrow is the last day for guaranteed supply of the limited time Sale-a-Bration items featured on the last few pages of the Sale-a-Bration catalogue – so if you really wanted some of that fantastic Perfectly Artistic Watercolour/Marble Designer Series Paper, the Hello stamp set, or the Sky is the Limit biplane stamp set, get your order in now! If supply allows, there MAY be the opportunity to pick up these items after today, but no guarantee. Place your order online in the YamStamps Online Stampin’ Up! Canada store, or contact me if you need assistance placing your order. Happy Shopping!
