Stampin’ Up!’s new Paper Trimmer is available for customer orders today! It has a cutting blade and a scoring blade – and its size can accommodate 12″ x 12″ sheets. I’ve had mine for a few weeks now (demonstrators were able to order this in October) and I am quite liking it!
Next Up….while supplies last (no firm end date) – the Christmastime is Here suite! First of all – do you instantly start singing the song in your head?! I do….
If you guessed the bracelet, you’d be correct. Even though it’s gold tone and I’m more of a silver tone girl, I love that it coordinates with a lot of the bangle bracelets that I already have (it’s Alex & Ani style)
By the way – you may notice that the large rose die fits the Designer Series Paper – so if you don’t feel like doing two step stamping? Just die cut the paper that’s already done!
You can click on the links to see the specific items or use the shortcut yamstamps.com/shop to get to the YamStamps Online Stampin’ Up! Canada store. You can also message me if you need assistance placing an order or have any questions.
Here’s a beautiful and easy Christmas Card for you! We made this as part of the October Christmas Card Class. Participants received a full package of Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels along with all their other class supplies. We used some rhinestones for our projects and then they took the rest home. Or they chose not to put them on their projects and reserved the right to do so later! LOL
I love the Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalogue. It’s featured on this quick card, which is blinged up a little to give it a little more glamour. (More glamour optional, of course).
According to the paper description, the green colour used is Mossy Meadow, so I used Mossy Meadow Cardstock and Mossy Meadow Ink to coordinate. I also used Very Vanilla Cardstock for the main card and sentiment. I like using Vanilla or White as the cardbase because it’s light enough to write on for the inside of the card, and it’s pretty neutral. I tend to use Whisper White more often than not, so have to “remind” myself to use Very Vanilla too! It’s appropriate for this card, I thought, since the Mossy Meadow has more warm/yellow tones. (Plus Very Vanilla is one of the colours also used in these patterns!)
The sentiment is from Itty Bitty Christmas – not all the images are itty bitty…and then it’s die cut with the Layering Ovals Dies. Frugal Friday Fanatics will probably realize that the backing oval of Mellow Moss is cut from the centre of the backing cardstock. If I was totally clever, I would have cut that belt strip from the centre of the backing cardstock, but I know my limits…so cut that from a scrap of Mellow Moss Cardstock instead.
I actually went a little overboard with the rhinestone accents and ended up removing some…and when I posted this picture I realized I hadn’t managed to scrape the glue dot off along with one of the rhinestones. Can you find the spot I missed? (Well at least the one spot I can see right now, who knows, there may be more). I’ll be sure to remove it before I put the card in a matching Very Vanilla envelope….otherwise the recipient won’t be able to get it out!
If you’d like to join me – there’s ONE more Christmas Card Class coming up – November 27th, in Burlington ON. See the YamStamps Events Page for details, and contact me to register. Otherwise, if you’re on the YamStamps Mailing List, you’ll be receiving the next installment of the Twelve Weeks of Christmas project emails next Wednesday – starting on 3D projects/gifts and packaging! Of course, I will also still be sharing other beautiful and easy Christmas Cards here on the YamStamps blog – because we’ve got a bit more time before Christmas arrives!
Yes, you CAN heat emboss with the regular Stampin’ Up! inks – but it is easier if your ink pad is well inked, and you need to work fairly quickly to get the powder to adhere to the wet ink. I did a Facebook Live showing this technique in the YamStamps Facebook Group. Join our group and then check out the video here.
I have to admit that Terracotta Tile has surprised me – I use this colour more than I expected! Out of the 2019-2021 In Colours, it was the one that I figured I would use the least – because the blues are definitely my favourite tones….but hey, it’s always good to go outside your comfort zone I guess?!
If you’d like to try out different stamp sets, tools and techniques, consider coming to a class with me! We make four different card projects and use a variety of colours (well at least I try to design them that way LOL) and tools to make them. It’s a great way to “try before you buy” or simply just try! Check out the YamStamps Events Page for upcoming classes in the Burlington ON area. If you can’t make an event, consider getting a group together and I will travel to you! (well, within reasonable driving distance in the southern Ontario area….message me if you’re not sure about what my mileage limits are – because I’m not sure either! haha). If you can’t make a class in person, I do have a couple of online classes (see YamStampsMore for more information), and of course you can always check out the YamStamps site, Facebook Page, Instagram and YouTube (working on that one a bit more soon) accounts for project inspiration and tutorials – like this Cheater Mosaic Card!
Shortcut to shopping is yamstamps.com/shop ! This sale starts Wednesday, October 23rd in the wee hours (12 am Mountain time) and ends at 11:50 pm Mountain Time – which is actually 1:50 AM October 24th Eastern time – but don’t delay and miss out on the deals! Quebec customers and those wanting assistance placing their orders, please contact me!
In the meantime – happy shopping – and happier shopping on Wednesday!
A cute Halloween card to showcase as today’s Sunday Swap Share.
Isn’t it fun? Created by Rose Marie Coleman, this Halloween card showcases the Harvest Hellos Bundle, which includes Harvest Hellos stamp set and the coordinating Apple Builder Punch, which obviously can double as a Pumpkin Builder Punch! Remember that the bundle is discounted so you save a little money on the coordinating products too!
It’s a bit of a fun fold card as well – easily created by cutting the cardstock to 4.25″ x 11″, folding in half and then cutting off a portion of the front of the card. The Monster Bash Designer Series Paper adds even more interest! This cute card would be great to give to your favourite trick or treater!
If you’re looking for seasonal inspiration outside of Halloween, don’t forget that YamStamps Newsletter Subscribers are currently enjoying the Twelve Weeks of Christmas series. This extra newsletter is my way of thanking subscribers – each week brings a different holiday project. We’re showcasing card ideas right now, but will move on to gifts and packaging inspiration in the next few weeks. You can subscribe to the YamStamps Newsletter here, or go here for more information. If you’d like in person inspiration, check out the YamStamps Events page if you’re local to Burlington Ontario. Come to a class, or get a group of friends together and I will bring the class to you! Contact me if you’d like more information or want to see what dates I have available.
Stampin’ Up! is an international company, with divisions outside North America in Europe and the South Pacific. Stampin’ Up! is also in Japan – and that’s where this stamp set started! The New Year Celebration stamp set is now available in North America for a limited time – until January 31, 2020.
I love the images and the calligraphy in this one, and being of Japanese heritage, wanted to get this stamp set for sure! Sadly, my fluency in Japanese is almost non-existent…though my son is taking it as his university elective!! (I think that it’s a crazy amount of work, but he’s enjoying it).
Even though it’s a new year set, the images can be used at other times of the year, and quite honestly, unless the recipient can read the Japanese characters, you could use those as well!
Here’s the image only/non-new year card. I used the Golden Glitz Delicata Metallic Ink Pad for the background and bow – but the photo doesn’t show how glitzy it actually is!
Here’s the new year version (well, for those who only read English….LOL). I used Sahara Sand as the colour for the other images on the card, including the faint flower images on the cardbase itself.
New Year used to be the bigger celebration (as opposed to Christmas) during the holiday season in Japan – not sure if that’s still the case, but it’s also a good reason to still send holiday cards….especially if you miss the Christmas mailing deadline! (…um….that’s typically me….)
HINT if you’re stamping these two images together. I stamped the mountain outline first – because the background “sun” image is a bit more flexible. If you stamp the mountain first, you can adjust the sun so it (roughly) fits around the mountain outline. My first attempt had the sun overlapping the mountain and that wasn’t quite the look I was going for. Also – the Stamparatus is great for 2 step stamping, and also made it easy for me to stamp the sun a couple of times with the Golden Glitz ink to make it really glitzy.
My next HINT – if you’re not sure which way the characters are supposed to go, look at the stamp case LOL. Even though I can’t read kanji, I can often tell which way they are supposed to go because of the brush strokes, so it bothers me if I can see that it’s upside down. True confession, I actually stamped it upside down the first time and had to check because I thought it looked weird.
If you’re interested in getting this stamp set, remember it’s only available until January 31, 2020. You can grab it through the YamStamps Online Store (shortcut: yamstamps.com/shop) or contact me for assistance placing an order.
