My scrapbooking products have arrived and I did an unboxing video and showed off a lot of the new Two-Toned cardstock as well as the Autumn to Remember scrapbooking kit. I hope this is helpful to those of you who want to know more about this whole new area of paper crafting supplies!
You can view and order from the scrapbooking products HERE
To download the Scrapbooking Brochure PDF to see all of the products arranged by Suite scroll down to the very bottom HERE and click digital catalogs.
I'm always on the lookout for fun things to teach my stampers and I came across this fun way to use DSP to make a little folded pouch for your card. I have no idea what the name of this fold is called and where I saw it on Karen Titus' website she didn't have a name for it either so if you know please leave a comment so I can update.
My stampers made this at my last class pairing up the Wildflower Designs stamp set and Wildly Flowering DSP. Now if you have 6x6 DSP this card will be even quicker to make if you don't have to cut down a 12x12 piece.
This is the card front with the pouch opened and a pretty allium stamped on the inside. You can change the inside up however you'd like and make it as elaborate or as simple as you want.
Check out this super quick video on my YouTube channel showing how to create this fun fold.
We used some other supplies on this card to pull it all together. The Dashing Designs embossing folder give a nice texture to the Moody Mauve card front. The inside die cut circle is made with the Spotlight on Nature dies and fits perfectly in this space.
The embellishments used on this card are a few Adhesive-Backed Textured Dots and some retired In Color ribbon.
All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.
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Stamps: Wildly Flowering
Ink: Early Espresso, Moody Mauve, Mossy Meadow
Paper: Moody Mauve, Early Espresso, Basic White, Wildly Flowering DSP
Accessories: Spotlight on Nature dies, Dashing Designs embossing folder, Adhesive-Backed Textured Dots
I wanted to do a Facebook live the other night and open up my pre pre-order for everyone to watch along but Facebook has restricted my business page for some reason and won't let me start a live. So instead I just recorded the unboxing for you to watch!
This is only the first set of new products I'll be getting so check back in a week or two after I get my regular demonstrator preorder!
Thanks for watching! Leave a comment if you liked what you saw so far and let me know if you have any questions!
My card today is a really fun card that my stampers made at class this week. I'm always on the lookout for fun folds or fancy folds that are not overly complicated. When you're in a class setting with multiple people working on the same project you've got to balance time, supplies, reproducibility and cuteness (of course!). This one hits all the marks. It's called the Pop & Flip card but there might be other names for it as well.
We used the great Regency Park DSP and the Playing in the Rain turtle to bring this one together. See how the circle folds in when you open the card! It's so cute!
I've made a quick video showing how to put this card together including all the measurements for the pop & flip mechanism which is really easy! Watch the video and see for yourself.
Some quick measurements if you want to make the card along with the video:
Card base: standard A2 (8.5" x 5.5") folded in the center
DSP: 4" x 5.25"
Insert: 3" x 5.25"
Pop & Flip Piece 1: 3" x 4" - score at 1", 2" and 3"
Pop & Flip Piece 2: 3/4" x 2.25" - score at 1"
Turtle Circle - scrap piece of basic white about 3" x 3" & Stylish Shape circle die (2nd largest)
I hope you have fun learning how to make this card! My stampers certainly did!
If you'd like to purchase supplies to make this card visit my ONLINE STORE.
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Stamps: Playing in the Rain
Ink: Memento Black
Blends: Shaded Spruce light & dark, Daffodil Delight light & dark, Petal Pink light & dark
Paper: Night of Navy, Basic White, Regency Park DSP
Accessories: Stylish Shapes dies, Tear & Tape adhesive, Adhesive-backed Milky Dots, Night of Navy Bordered ribbon
Today's card is another one that we made at my last class. This is a really easy fun fold that looks way harder than it is! My stampers had a good time learning how to make this card and I did a video for them to refer to for measurements and I hope you enjoy it too bloopers and all! See the YouTube link below and stamp along with me!
I used the Country Bouquet bundle and Country Floral Lane DSP. I'm going to list the measurements for the paper and the scores and then all of the supplies at the end like usual. The measurements are also listed in the video. To see details on how to put the card together definitely check out the video.
I taught my stampers how to make this adorable fun fold pop-up card the other day at class. The mini gift bag is the perfect size to hold a gift card so it is great design for this time of year. Think of all the teacher gifts you need to have ready to go in just a few weeks! I've created a step by step video showing how to make the mini gift bag and how to get it to pop up inside your card.
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| front of card |
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Check out the video to see how to make your own mini gift bag pop-up card! The measurements and step by step instructions are also below.
For the mini gift bag you'll need:
1 piece of Designer Series Paper cut 4" x 9.5"
Tear and Tape
paper snips
Simply Scored or scoring tool
2 - 5" length of coordinating ribbon
a finished coordinating card
Instructions:
Add Tear & Tape to the small flaps at the bottom of the bag on the outside pattern***DO NOT PEEL OFF BACKING PAPER YET!!****
Add Tear & Tape to the small flap on the side of the bag on the outside pattern
Fold bag lining up the gusseted ends. Peel off the backing paper and adhere the flaps to complete the gusset
Once your card is made, center the mini gift bag along the center fold and peel off ONE backing of the Tear Tape, press down to secure. Peel off the second backing of Tear Tape and close card to adhere the last flap.
I hope you have fun making this card on your own!
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Stamps: Christmas Season, Sweet Candy Canes
Paper: Garden Green, Basic White, Peaceful Prints DSP (retired, SAB) **in the video I use Sweetest Christmas DSP**
Ink: Garden Green, Real Red
Accessories: Candy Canes dies, dimensionals, ribbon, Seasonal Adhesive backed sequins, tear & tape, Simply Scored/scoring tool
My card today is one we made at my last Quick & Easy Cards class. The point of this class is to stamp cards that don't use a ton of supplies and still make some cute projects. New stampers can be overwhelmed with tons of tools and dies and having a more basic card is a great way to teach them without it becoming overwhelming. My veteran stampers love this class as well because they 1) get more stamping and social time with friends and 2) end up with 3 fun cards without a huge time investment! Win win for stampers at every level!
I've made a quick video showing how I put this one together.
Also, 2 of the 3 colors used on this card are getting ready to retire; Just Jade and Magenta Madness are in the retiring set of In Colors so if you like this combo don't wait to order the inks and papers.
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Stamps: Forever Fern, Biggest Wish
Ink: Just Jade, Night of Navy, Magenta Madness
Paper: Crumb Cake, Basic White, Just Jade
Accessories: dimensionals, Magenta Madness twill ribbon
Do you need some quick but cute thank you cards and you need to do a bunch of them? This is a great card design to make multiples of and to mix and match DSP strips.
I made this video a while ago and kind of forgot about it so it references the Friendly Hello DSP from Sale-a-Bration which is no longer available but the it's the perfect design to just swap in whatever DSP you want to use.
It's so easy it doesn't really need a video but it's a good visual for new stampers or for new demos looking for a great project to do in a class. It took 5 minutes to put together and could have gone faster if I wasn't blathering or messing up my ribbon lol!
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Stamps: Hand-Penned Petals
Ink: Petal Pink, Memento black
Paper: Petal Pink, Basic White, Friendly Hello DSP (SAB retired)
Accessories: dimensionals, Brushed Brass Butterflies, 1/8" cotton ribbon combo pack
I love it when Designer Series Paper does all the work for a card! The New Horizons DSP is so beautiful you really don't need to do a lot to show it off. I designed today's card to show off this paper as well as have a little bit of an art piece as the finished product. While all cards should be displayed and shown off, I think this fun fold triptych style card can stand on it's own as a beautiful water colored scene.
I've done a video showing how this card gets put together so you can see how easy this it is. My local stampers who made this in my last class thought it looked hard at first but all agreed that it was far easier than they thought it would be.
Another great thing about this card style is that you use almost the full 6x6 DSP sheet so you don't have to cut off any of the scene!
Paper Measurements:
Card Base: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (normal A2 size card base)
DSP: 6 x 5 3/8" (see the video about trimming the DSP from the top or bottom to get the right size)
Card Base Scoring:
Score at 2", 3 1/8", 5 3/8", and 6 1/2"
Stamp your DSP before cutting. It will give you a better result with the scene flowing from one panel to the next.
Cut DSP starting with the left hand side of the panel (see the video for this visual as well):
Cut at: 1 7/8", 2 1/8" and 1 7/8"*
* you will have a very narrow strip as waste after trimming the 3rd panel
Add your DSP panels to the card base, die cut the fence pieces and add them to the center panel making sure that they don't over hang the edge of the closed card by too much or it won't fit into an envelope. Also be sure to not put adhesive/glue on the whole fence, just the part that is touching the panel. Add your sentiment and some enamel pebbles to finish off the card.
I hope you find time to make one of these yourself and that the instructions and video are helpful to your creating!
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Stamps: On the Horizon
Ink: Memento Black
Paper: Evening Evergreen, New Horizons DSP, Basic White
Accessories: Horizon dies, Enamel Pebbles, Simply Scored
My stampers made this Tab Closure card last week at class and it's such a classy looking Christmas card! I had fun designing this one and then doing a video to show how to put it together.
Look at how it opens!
Check out the video to see how easy this card is to make! I've listed the relevant cutting and scoring information below as well.
The card base is 7 1/2" x 5 1/2" and is scored at 4 1/4"
The tabs are scored at 1 1/4"
Once you've got the tabs attached you can go ahead and add whatever elements and embellishments you want. Check out the video for a start to finish look at putting this card together.
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Stamps: Christmas Season
Ink: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler, Evening Evergreen
Paper: Evening Evergreen, Basic White, Painted Christmas DSP
Accessories: Seasonal Labels dies, dimensionals, gilded gems, linen thread, velcro dots
The holidays are fast approaching as is the time for having your gift giving plans in place. I usually have 6-10 people that I end up getting gift cards for but I always want to present the gift cards in something better than that little sleeve that comes with it. Most of the time a hand stamped card is perfect and other times you want something just a little more substantial. Today's tutorial and video give you just the thing to make a gift card a bit more of a 'wow' gift.
Using a mini Paper Pumpkin box you can create this easy gift card holder! You can find the mini Paper Pumpkin boxes in the annual catalog on page 137. You get 10 boxes for $7.50 which I think is a bargain.
All the credit for the inside of the box scoring measurements goes to Ruth's Stamping Spot. When I decided to do a project like this I knew that someone much smarter than me had already figured out the scoring and I was right so I used Ruth's scoring measurement and expanded the project to include the belly band and other embellishments using the Gingerbread & Peppermint Suite.
Cardstock -
Box Insert - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Belly Band - 11" x 1 3/4"
Long Sides - 5 3/8" x 3/4"
Plus various pieces for die cutting and stamping to decorate the box
Designer Series Paper -
Inside - 5 1/2" x 1 3/4"
Box Top - 5 1/4" x 3 1/2"
Short Sides - 3 1/2" x 3/4"
Ribbon -
12" inches
Watching the video will help show how the scoring and small cut for the gift card are done but here are the measurements. Use a gift card to pencil in a mark where you want the slit to be cut.
Box Insert Scoring - score on the 8 1/2" side at 3 1/4" , 4 1/4" and 5 1/4"
Belly Band Scoring - score on the 11" side at 2 5/8", 3 3/4", 7 5/8" and 8 3/4"
Leave a comment and let me know what you think or if you have any questions!
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Stamps: Frosted Gingerbread
Ink: Real Red, Old Olive
Paper: Real Red, Old Olive, Basic White, Gingerbread & Peppermint 6x6 DSP
Accessories: Mini Paper Pumpkin box, scoreboard, Gingerbread dies, Stitched So Sweetly dies, dimensionals, Elegant Faceted gems, tear tape, Real Red mini ruffled ribbon
There are a lot of fun perks about being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator but one of my favorites is teaching cool little tricks and tips to other stampers who get just as excited as I do. I had a class this week for my local stampers (if you're in the Richmond, VA area and would like to get on my email list just leave a comment or send me an email!) and we made this adorable Christmas card using the Knit Together bundle. Not only did they get hands on time with this fun stamp and die set but I was able to (re)teach them how to make a fork bow. A 'what' you ask? Yup, it's a bow made with a fork. I promise it's super easy and super cute. Check it out on the card we made!
And now here's a quick video showing How to Make a Fork Bow. If this is a new tip for you I bet a fork will find it's way into your stamping supplies!
The card is a fun one to put together and the Knit Sweater dies offer endless mix and match opportunities for patterns and colors. The card we made in class starts with a Smoky Slate base. Then we stamped a layer of Cherry Cobbler (a must have color for fall and Christmas card making!) with Cherry Cobbler ink and the Knit Together background stamp. I mounted the stamp on the Stamp-a-ratus for even inking and stamping.
After the stamping we used the Knit Sweater dies to cut the pattern in the Cherry Cobbler layer. We added a layer of Basic White behind the die cut layer so the patterns would pop. To add even more fun details we cut a piece of Evening Evergreen with the tree die and a piece of Smoky Slate with the deer die and then added the shapes back into the negative space on the Cherry Cobbler piece. If you don't like messing with glue you can use some of our adhesive sheets and the cardstock to make little stickers for ease of application. It's a great product to use for fine detailed die cuts that are hard to apply adhesive to.
When the deer and trees were finished being added back in the sentiment from Sweet Little Stockings was stamped in Evening Evergreen on Basic White then cut out and backed with a Smoky Slate circle. It's then popped on dimensionals and then we added our sweet little Evening Evergreen fork bow as the final touch.
I hope you have fun making your own fork bows now that you know how easy it is!
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Stamps: Knit Together, Sweet Little Stockings
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Evening Evergreen
Paper: Smoky Slate, Cherry Cobbler, Basic White, Evening Evergreen
Accessories: Knit Sweater dies, circle punches, Evening Evergreen open weave ribbon, dimensionals, fork(!)
I'm back with another video today. This time I'm using the Christmas Season bundle to make a non-Christmas card. It's nice to see some ways to use a Christmas set in other ways to get a bit more use out of. Check out the video below to see how to put this one together.
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Stamps: Christmas Season, Biggest Wish
Ink: Soft Suede, Blackberry Bliss, Soft Succulent
Paper: Soft Succulent, Very Vanilla, Cork Specialty paper, Harvest Meadow DSP
Accessories: Seasonal Labels dies, scalloped lace trim, dimensionals, adhesive pearls
I'm deep in my seasonal stamping lately with making fall cards. There are some colors that really only make it onto my cards during certain seasons so I'm working a lot with fall colors and themes. I needed some thank you cards and wanted to use the Gorgeous Leaves bundle so I got to work.
And I made another video! I'm getting better with the video editing too (I think!). Let me know what you think if you check it out.
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Stamps: Gorgeous Leaves, Inspired Thoughts
Ink: Bumblebee, Pumpkin Pie, Misty Moonlight
Paper: Cinnamon Cider, Basic White, Misty Moonlight, Beauty of the Earth DSP
Accessories: Tasteful Textile embossing folder, Stitched Shapes dies (retired), dimensionals, twill ribbon (retired)
Happy Monday stampers! My card today is one that my local stampers made in my last class and uses items from the Harvest Meadow suite. It has a subtle fall feel that I just love.
I ended up having some supplies leftover and decided it might be a good time for a new video. It's been about a year since I made a video and back then I only made two! So after some re-learning of the video software I now have 3 videos...maybe with more use it will get faster?! There isn't any complicated technique to show or anything like that, it's just me chatting while putting a card together so I hope you're not disappointed! Maybe the colors or layout will inspire you in your own stamping!
And the video:
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Stamps: Nature's Harvest
Ink: Early Espresso
Blends: Calypso Coral light & dark, Soft Suede light & dark, Soft Succulent light & dark, Daffodil Delight light & dark
Paper: Soft Succulent, Misty Moonlight, Harvest Meadow DSP, Cork Specialty paper, Basic White
Accessories: Seasonal Labels dies, dimensionals, Elegant Faceted Gems
I was inspired by the Paper Players challenge to cut into some of my new Christmas DSP, Heartwarming Hugs. I thought this was a fun layout for using multiple patterns and would create a nice background for a cute Christmas tree. It's also a super easy design to make multiples with and I've shown in the video how to cut the DSP so the angles match up perfectly and you get parts to make 3 cards.
The card base is Mossy Meadow and then the pieces of the 3 Heartwarming Hugs patterns. The scalloped rectangle is from Stitched So Sweetly dies.
The Tree Angle set has a nice mix of different styles of Christmas trees. This one was the right size and shape for this layout which I flipped. I stamped the tree trunk in Soft Suede and the tree is Pear Pizzazz cardstock with Mossy Meadow ink. Once it was cut out with the coordinating Stitched Triangle dies I popped it up on dimensionals.
The star is made with the Stitched Stars dies and Brushed Metallic cardstock. I'm not sure if the one I used here is bronze or gold. Anyone know how to tell? They both look gold to me!
The sentiment from Itty Bitty Christmas is stamped in Real Red onto a narrow piece of Whisper White. I trimmed the ends at an angle and then backed it with a slightly larger piece of of the gold/bronze?? Brushed Metallic cardstock and angled those ends too.
For the finishing touch I added a Real Red sheer ribbon flag behind the rectangle panel before popping it up on dimensionals.
I hope you find the video helpful! It wasn't quite as long of a process as my first one so hopefully I'll have more in the future to share.
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Stamps: Tree Angle, Itty Bitty Christmas
Ink: Mossy Meadow, Real Red
Paper: Mossy Meadow, Heartwarming Hugs DSP, Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Brushed Metallic cardstock
Accessories: Stitched So Sweetly dies, Stitched Triangle dies, Stitched Stars dies, dimensionals, Real Red Sheer ribbon, dimensionals
