Selected Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Papers are on sale for 15% off until August 2nd! These two sided patterned papers make your paper crafting so much easier – with coordinating patterns and colours. The colours used are listed on the backing cardstock sheet so it’s easy to pick out the colours to use in your projects.
If you are close to Burlington ON and have a smaller order, you can email me before 6pm and I will include it in a group order so that everyone involved qualifies for free shipping. I’ll contact you when the order arrives and you can do a porch pickup in Burlington.
This simple thanks card is made a little less simple looking by adding a fancy fold and belly band – but I promise it’s easy! (Truly, do you expect anything else if you have been here before? haha!). This fun pattern was recently shared by Arlene Luscombe, an “Eh” Team member (my demonstrator group) in a recent online group get together.
Simple Thanks Card
This easy fancy fold is created by folding the edges of the front and back of the card to create extra “layers”. The Basic White Cardstock was cut to 5.5″ x 11″, scored at 1.75″, 5.5″ and 9.75″ then the centre score line was folded in the opposite direction of the two end score lines. A single sheet of 6″ x 6″ 2021-2023 In Color Designer Series Paper makes the coordination of the designs (and colour) simple. One design was used on the cardfront and back flap, and the flip side was used on the centre flap. Since the sheet was Fresh Freesia, that was the cardstock & ink used on the label and the belly band. The sentiment is from the Hand-Penned Petals stamp set on the Tasteful Labels Dies.
simple thanks card – fancy fold close up
My “lazy crafter” (trademark pending LOL) technique for the belly band – the band is 11″ long and the join is in the front, underneath the label. I usually place the end of the cardstock strip centred on the front of the card and then just fold the band around the card, making sure the flaps are aligned, and then adhere them together, using the label to hide the seam. I don’t fold the band too tightly around the card so that it’s not too difficult to remove. I typically find if I try to score the folds into the belly band, I mess it up somehow and it doesn’t fit properly!
We did this simple thank you card in Stampers Club last month, and I’m busy finishing prep for the June card packages so that they’re set for pickup/mailing! If you’d like to join us in club, send me a message! New members can start at any month for their 6 month membership – but it’s easiest if I have a week or two notice so that I can get your class items prepped for you! We meet the third Monday of each month, so now’s the time to join us for June!
Happy June! This month to me is about endings and new beginnings – like the end of school and the beginning of summer…and the end of the January-June 2021 Mini Catalogue and the beginning of the Retiring Products Sale!
If you are diligent, you probably already figured out which products are retiring by going through the 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue! HOWEVER – some of the items are on sale this month, so bet you didn’t figure that part out! Take a look and make sure you grab what you like – as always, retiring products are “While Supplies Last”. Shortcut to shop in the online YamStamps Stampin’ Up! Canada store is yamstamps.com/shop or you can message me for assistance placing an order or if you’d like to pay by etransfer.
The spreadsheet is sortable. The pdf version is good if you are able to enlarge the image on your screen, because the print tends to be verrrrrrry small. Extra Stampin’ Rewards still apply until June 14th, so if you’ve got a large shopping list, you may be able to cash in on that! Happy browsing, and please contact me if you have any questions!
This layered die cut card is a great way to add a bit of dimension to your cards – and of course, because it’s here on the YamStamps blog, you know it’s an easy method! Featuring some products from the 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue.
Layered Die Cut Card
So – I liked the Hand Penned suite products, but in all honesty – I was resisting, and they actually weren’t on my “have to buy” list…until one of my Demonstrator team members, Arlene, shared some beautiful projects she’d made with it during one of our online team get togethers. I pretty much had it on my next order going in LOL!! (so for those of you who say that -I- enabled you in your crafty purchases, know that I am not immune!)
For this card, I added some adhesive sheets to the back of some Copper Foil Sheet strips before die cutting with the outline die from the Penned Flower Dies. I also die cut the same die from the centre of the backing piece of Evening Evergreen cardstock. (One of my favourite thrifty card making tricks!) The hole in the cardstock was covered by the piece of Hand Penned Designer Series Paper, and then I added additional strips of the other new 2021-2023 In Colo(u)r cardstocks.
close up detail layered die cut card
Having the adhesive on the back of the Copper Foil Sheet made it easy for me to adhere it onto the Evening Evergreen die cut – but I slightly offset the die cuts so it showed off the bottom layer and gave a bit more dimensional effect. I suppose I could have put some adhesive sheet on the back of the cardstock layer as well, but I didn’t…so I just used small dots of Multipurpose Liquid Glue on the back of the die cut. One tip I picked up recently was to let the liquid adhesive dry just a bit before setting the layer down so it doesn’t “ooze” out all over the place. Handy tip for a messy crafter like myself!
If you’re in Canada, I hope that you enjoyed your first long weekend of the summer(ish) season! We had our barbeque dinner on our back deck – after clearing so much pollen from our table and chairs – crazy! I saw a comment somewhere about people having to say “Pollen, not the plague!” whenever they sneeze or cough these days. True!!
Check out this free digital download from Stampin’ Up! Released earlier this week, the United Through Creativity download features sentiments in multiple languages and images that celebrate the various markets in which Stampin’ Up! is currently operating.
You can download this pdf file for free here – shortcut is yamstamps.com/diversity as it was released in honour of World Diversity Day. I think this is a great file to have for cardmaking and for scrapbooking! When you create something with it, Stampin’ Up! is encouraging us to share our results and use the hashtags #UnitedThroughCreativity and #DiversityDay If you also tag me (@yamstamps on all social media platforms), I’ll look for your projects and share them as well!
