Light the Candles has been one of the most popular items in the Kits Collection by Stampin’ Up! – and you can get it for 50% off during June!
Light the Candles Kit
The Light the Candles Kit is back in stock and just in time! Starting today and running until the end of June – Buy One, Get One Half Price on the Kits Collection by Stampin’ Up!The Kits Collection refers to a number of project based kits that are available while supplies last. Often kits will sell out, and then re-appear later on – as is the case with the Light the Candles Kit. That being said, there is no guarantee that they will always come back! The kits contain supplies to create the projects – but you can use your imagination and come up with your own variations! They will often – but not always – include ink spots and adhesive, too. You just need to read the description of the kit to know what’s included.
Who are these kits for?
Anyone who likes to craft! Seriously! It’s great for beginners because most of the supplies are prepped and ready to go. It’s great for experienced crafters because it’s a compact crafting set that you can take with you anywhere. It’s great for when you want to create, but don’t have the energy to come up with a design on your own. It’s great for when you want to come up with your own designs, because it gives you a “jumping off” point. It’s great for crafters with limited space for lots of supplies – it fits in one box!
Stampin’ Up!’s Light the Candles Kit Contents
The BOGO sale is perfect if you have a friend or family member that you’d like to craft with. You could each get whatever kit interested you and then enjoy each other’s company while you work on your own kits. This is a great sale as well to have some kits on hand for the upcoming summer holidays, when you hear the “I’m BOOOOOORED” call, or want some time out of the sun and away from screens for a little while.
The shortcut to all the Kits Collection in the YamStamps Online Stampin’ Up! Canada store is yamstamps.com/kits. When you shop the online store and add two kits to your shopping cart, the more expensive one is automatically calculated at a 50% discount. There’s no limit to how many kits you purchase! (well, other than your crafting budget limit!). Please note that Paper Pumpkin (another great kit offering from Stampin’ Up!) is NOT part of this promotion. Shortcut to shopping is yamstamps.com/shop otherwise. If you would like assistance placing your order, or would like to pay by etransfer, you can message me! Happy BOGO shopping!
The January-June 2022 Mini Catalogue will be retiring 30 June 2022 – and Stampin’ Up!’s Last Chance promotion lets you get some retiring product at a discount STARTING TOMORROW (1 June 2022). There are retiring products on sale for 10%, 30% and 50% off!
Remember that retiring products are available while supplies last or to the end of the catalogue sales period (30 June 2022) – whichever is first.
Shortcut to shopping is https://yamstamps.com/shop or you can message me for assistance placing your order or if you would like to pay by etransfer. SALE STARTS TOMORROW!
I did a film photography class years ago, and one of the things we did was to make sun prints like this when we were learning to develop our photos. I have no idea where those prints are now….but I don’t need to worry because Stampin’ Up! created this gorgeous paper. I know that many times they use actual art work to create the images for the sheets (painted canvas, acrylic pours etc) so I wouldn’t be surprised if that was the case here as well.
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I did an unboxing video where I was as surprised as anyone watching…
Please tell me I’m not the only one – you know when you have those moments that you walk into a room and can’t remember why you are there…and you only remember when you leave that room?! Anyway, I filmed an Unboxing Video when my first order from the 2022-2023 Stampin’ Up! Canada Annual Catalogue arrived. I knew I’d liked everything that I’d ordered, I just couldn’t remember what exactly that was, so I was as surprised and excited as everyone else!
Check out the video below. I posted it on the YamStamps Youtube Channel and Facebook Page as well. I was going to try going live, but it’s been a while since I did that, so I thought it would be safer to shoot a video. I’ll figure out the live stuff again later…
Unboxing Video
I have already used a bunch of items from this order – including the Masking Paper which I was most excited to try!
Don’t forget that during May, when you purchase a Demonstrator Starter kit, you get a bonus! As usual, you’ll get to select $165 worth of product for $135, get a free past Paper Pumpkin Kit and get all the basic business supplies you’ll need to get started. You pay no shipping, and Provincial Sales Tax only (if you’re in a province with blended tax, you pay NO tax at all!). Until 31 May 2022, you’ll also receive an In Colo(u)r Product Bundle worth $95! It includes 5 full sized ink pads; cardstock, Designer Series Paper and special In Colo(u)r Grid Paper! Check out the details on this page. If you want more specifics or have questions, feel free to contact me. I’m happy to chat by email or Zoom or phone – whatever preference you have, and would love to welcome you to my group of demonstrators known as the “Eh” Team!
I hope you liked the Unboxing Video peek into my first catalogue order. What other types of videos do you want to see? Let me know – you can message me or leave a comment below.
Check out this Slimline Birthday Card with a fun die cut background!
Stampin’ Up! makes it easy to make and send slimline cards – with appropriately sized dies and envelopes!
Slimline Birthday Card
We made this fun slimline birthday card in Stampers Club this month. It features new In Colours and a fun die from the January-June 2022 Mini Catalogue. The cardbase is Tahitian Tide, and the accent die cut is Starry Sky. I used the Slim Card Dies to die cut the Starry Sky cardstock – but not before I added strips of Adhesive Sheets to the back of the cardstock. For this sample (which was my prototype) I just added smaller strips of the sheet at the borders of the die – so you may be able to see that the centre details aren’t totally adhered to the card. When I prepped for club, I put the adhesive all over the back of the cardstock so everything could be totally flat and stuck down. Some of the die cut shapes were added back in place as a design element – Stampin’ Dimensionals help them stand out. This card fits in the Slimline Envelopes from Stampin’ Up! so you don’t have to worry about how to send them!
I decided to make a slimline birthday card, so I made a tag from the Tailor Made Tags. I die cut the reinforcement from one of the shaped discard pieces so that it had adhesive on the back already – which made it easy to adhere in place on the tag. The sentiment is from the Biggest Wish stamp set. I love layering the two fonts on top of each other! I try to stamp the script word in the darker ink (in this case, Starry Sky) so it stands out against the bolder, larger font (stamped in Tahitian Tide).
A tip if you’re planning on recreating the slimline birthday card…I removed adhesive from one portion of the die cut first – along the top edge. I placed the die cut where I wanted it before removing the rest of the liner strips and adhering the rest of the die cut. Since this creates a rather fine/lacy die cut, you just have to watch that it doesn’t get stuck to itself when you’re peeling off the liner.
If you need a regular crafty “fix”, consider joining the Stampers Club! We are meeting virtually each month right now and participants receive their package of supplies for the cards before club so we can craft together. If members can’t make it to the “live” Zoom class, they have access to the recording after the fact in our private membership area, so they can craft at their leisure. See more information here on the YamStamps Event Page, and then contact me to join us! New members can start each month. Our next Club meeting is Monday 13 June at 6:30pm Eastern. Open to anyone across Canada since we are meeting virtually right now!
I love clean and simple type cards and this layered monochromatic card fits the bill!
One Colour Card with Dimension
Easy and effective paper crafting is my motto – and this card fits the bill. This layered monochromatic card is not difficult to make, and by using Stampin’ Dimensionals to lift the die cuts on the cardfront, it creates a really stunning effect I think!
This card features the Floral Squares Dies – which are sadly already sold out, but I couldn’t resist sharing this design with you. If you missed out on these dies, try it with dies that you have in your craft room (I’m sure you have some….). Stampin’ Up! has a number of ways to help you “elevate” your paper crafting: Stampin’ Dimensionals, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, (both available in the Black Stampin’ Dimensionals Combo Pack for your darker coloured projects), Foam Adhesive Sheets(great for putting on cardstock before you die cut) and Foam Strips – great for shaker cards or along thin edges like the frames of these die cuts. Any of these items can help you to create your own layered monochromatic card easily!
My go to product to pop up anything on my projects tends to be the Stampin’ Dimensionals. Using Foam Adhesive Sheets is fantastic when I know I’m going to want to pop up a die cut…but I don’t always know this when I’m designing on the fly! My thrifty tip for Dimensionals – after using up all the hexagons from the sheet, there’s a frame around the outside that’s left over – use your scissors to snip that up for more Dimensionals – though they’re not as pretty, they’re still functional! (Besides, who is going to see the underside of those popped up images?!).
Tomorrow is the day for the next YamStamps newsletter – subscribers will get to see what exclusive project I have in store for them when it goes out around 1pm Eastern. Are you signed up? Use the box here on the YamStamps site or click here to register – you’ll get access to an exclusive video tutorial as well!
