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Today I used one of the layouts from page 22 of the Stampin’ Up! 2024 Annual Catalogue! Here are the 3 cards that I created live – you can see the full video below. Watch this video rep…
This Paper Cutting Guide will Change your Life! If you watch any of my paper crafting videos, make sure you watch this one! It's a game changer!
Today I have 8 different ways to use the Meandering Meadows Collection in your card making. This is a NEW Stampin' Up! online exclusive!
Welcome to Make It Monday. Today I am going to show how to create two different cards using one layout and the Stampin’ Up! Spotlight On Nature stamp set. The cards I created are both monochromatic meaning, in a single color or in varying tones of a single color. Purple and teal were the chosen ... Read More about Spotlight On Nature 3-Panel Cards
Learn how to create an easy quilters star with ANY patterned paper you have on hand. It’s a fun paper piecing technique and a great way to use up scraps! Quilters Star Design First let’s talk about how to create the quilters star design. Start with a 3 x 3 inch piece of white cardstock. ... Read more
Do you love a simple card layout that can be used to create multiple card styles? If so, you're going to love todays post!
This pretty Sympathy Card was made using products from the Nature’s Sweetness Suite of products. The Designer Series Paper is gorgeous. It’s a Book Binding Fun Fold which is so easy to make.
Hi all! I’ll jump right to my video this week showing a paper saving trick and a layout that I really love: VIEW/PRINT RECIPE PDF WITH MEASUREMENTS HERE Here is the link I mentioned for my …
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One of my favourite sources of inspiration are card sketches. They are a fabulous starting point for a card, especially when I feel I’ve lost my crafting mojo. As I often like to revisit favourite …
I had a few customers and team members tell me that they often get frustrated understanding measurements for their card making so I decided to try and help. measurements and increments of measurements can be tricky to grasp more so when we work in inches. I will say right away I have a Youtube video linked just below where I visually go through this...so if like me you need to see to understand then click the link and watch. So we basically use either CMS or inches to measure when we are working in paper crafting. CMS are units and each of these is split into ten smaller units called Millimetres. We have 100 centimetres in one meter. Inches are more complicated.... So we have a length called a foot here instead of meters. Each foot is made of 12 inches and each inch is divided into 16 parts. Now mathematically these inch measurements fall into fractions and here is where some people get confused. If you look at the photo above for example where we would think we have 4 lots of 16 it becomes re named to quarter 1/4. And where we see 2 lots of 8 it also becomes a quarter 1/4. So it helps to learn basic fractions first and get them in your head right to understand your measurements. I also advise sticking to one set of measurements and those being the ones you are used to. I can tell you that 1 inch is roughly equivalent to 2.5 CMS .... but past full inches it becomes tricky so here is a link to a measurement converter for you to use. Book mark it and keep it safe use the arrows to change what unit you wish converting and hey presto MEASUREMENT CONVERTER I hope some of this helps again I do have a visual explanation on my YouTube so grab a brew, get comfy and enjoy the video. Happy stamping xxx Amanda Product List Simply Scored £28.00 Simply Scored™ Metric Scoring Plate £11.25 Stampin' Trimmer £28.00
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For this weeks memory keeping Monday post I've got a fun from sketch to layout to share with you. I took one of the sketches from page 22...
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Today is a start of a new month of Viva La Verve sketches and Julee is kickin' it with a pastel trio and sketch challenge. If you're new to Viva La Verve or just getting back into the sketches you'll notice it's changed a wee bit. The challenge has moved to it's own blog! Twice a month there is a twist added to the challenge like this week is color. Get all the details about the challenge and prized on the Viva La Verve Challenge blog! Here's my card sample for the sketch. I started with a paper pad from Authentique called Delightful and found the sweet blue and green from the challenge. Then I used the graph stamp from Making a Statement around the middle of my background paper (notice the pink?) inking in Crumb Cake ink. I wanted some subtle direction on the right side of the card so I used the chevron stamp from Borderline in Crumb Cake to make that happen. I added my mixed media touch with white gesso around the outside and then... I added pink (Painterly Pink to be exact) because the mood was swinging with pastels. The focal cluster is made up of Flag It Die Set pennants stamped with the chevron stamp, the Banner Bundle Die (largest one) and a DIY circle ring of three (I used two circle dies faced cutting edge down to center then taped them together.) Gesso and pink paint smudged around the borders and then a perfect (fork technique) bow from Moss Green ribbon. Oh, and I used the paper piercing kit and piercing tool around the circle and bottom layer. I hope you are having a great week... regardless of the weather or schedule you might have, I will wish you find something to enjoy, to relax about or laugh over. See you next week! Details: Stamps: Making a Statement and Borderline (Verve Stamps) Paper: Delightful (Authentique), Kraft (Neenah) Ink: Crumb Cake (Stampin' Up) Accessories: Flag It Die Set and Banner Bundle Die Set (A Cut Above, Verve), paper piercer kit and piercer tool (Stampin' Up), Moss Green ribbon (Summer Sailing Ribbon Collection, Verve), acrylic paint (Painterly Pink, Claudine Hellmuth), white gesso
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I thought I would share the card I made this weekend for the newest CR84FN color challenge. I love these soft pastel colors and I wanted to use more pattern paper! I wanted to also use my new Paper Smooches sentiment stamp set here. I am in LOVE with this set!! You will be seeing more of this for sure! Please don't peek too close as I did a bit of sewing on this to shabby it up a little. I say this as I had a very brief inservice during my Stamping Away weekend on how to sew using an ancient sewing machine I picked up for cheap. So this was my first attempt on a card! Yay! Thanks Jen and Eva for being patient with me and showing me a few things! Here's this week's inspiration photo and color scheme from CR84FN! Thanks for stopping by today! {friend} Stamps: Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches) Ink: True Black, Chamomile Tea Dye Paper: Lost and Found DP (MME), Aqua Mist (PTI), old sheet music Misc: Flowers (Recollections), Doilies (Wilton), Ivory Satin Ribbon (Dollar Tree), Sewing Machine, Sizzix Leaf/Branch Die, Pearls (Kaisercraft)
I came across this awesome graphic on Pinterest and I thought I would post it here for you .. I thought you might be looking for some new and exciting ways to fold and create cards like I am! I was thinking what I will do is start creating a card with one of each of these designs as soon as I am done stamping all my Stampin' Up! Convention swap cards... so watch for samples on my blog using these great fold ideas in the coming weeks! Which one will YOU try? Shop Online Anytime and Earn
Although today’s post is “Part 2” of yesterday’s sympathy card, it could very well have been part 1. And it can also serve many purposes by simply changing the sentiment. I love the simplicity […]
Grâce au forum de la StampinClass (crée par Val’ pour les membres de sa lignée dont je fais partie), nous pouvons échanger entre démonstratrices Stampin’Up!® des trucs et astuces, des t…
Card tutorials, craft tips, and Stampin' Up products
Hello everyone, Vicki here. I couldn’t resist playing with these beautiful Webster’s Pages papers for the card I created for this blog post. With Mother’s Day just around the corner, I decided to create a card to give my sister for Mother’s Day. I LOVE … Continue reading →
I made this card for 3 challenge's and it was actually inspired by an artikel in the new Do Craft Creativity magazine. O how I love that magazine. The challenge's my card fit in are; City Crafter Challenge blog, making a Thank You card, CAS-ual Fridays, Tag it And Clean and Simple Stamping, Sketch Have you seen that little wooden heart? I bought yesterday a whole bunch of them and I'm so happy with it. They are so lovely tiny. This one i let it sparkle with glossy accents and sparklings. Thanks for your visit and al the lovey comments on my other cards. The sun is already shinning here, but al that lovely comments let it sparkle.
Today's Create With Stamping Friends Saturday Hop theme is a neutral palette; whites, grays, ivorys, browns or black. I chose browns for this card - Basic Beige and Early Espresso. The floral image was stamped in Early Espresso on Basic Beige cardstock and "colored" with Clear Wink of Stella. The W.O.S. picked up the ink from the stamped image like using a Water Painter, adding subtle shimmer, as well. I love the circle dies in the Spotlight on Nature bundle! I think they're going to be used a lot in the near future. That's all for today - see you next Saturday! Up next is Libby Fens at Libby Stamps. Or click the "back" button to go back to Lori at Loritamarie Crafts. Stampin' Up! products used: Stamps: Spotlight on Nature Paper: Basic Beige, Early Espresso Ink: Early Espresso, Clear Wink of Stella Accessories: Spotlight on Nature Dies, Basics 3D Embossing Folders, Neutrals Adhesive-backed Sequins
On a grey day - a cheerful card to lift my mood..... This stamped panel was another of the "bits" I had lying around, so being in my messing about mood, I decided to do something with it. Again, not a good day for photography! The stamps are one of my favourite sets from EI. The main panel : stamped in black stazon, coloured with various distress inks and then triple embossed. I went for a (bold for me) straight stamping onto card for the background again with distress inks. There was a reason why I when for a simple, clean card today, and that was to practice for a forthcoming venture by my cuttling mate Chrissie, who along with her friend Mandi are setting up a NEW weekly challenge blog called "Less is more". This is a technique which I like and so I hope to join in with their first challenge on Saturday 5th February. If you also like this style of artwork, why not pop over to their new blog and join in - you will be find some very interesting and talented crafters at work, and Chrissie and Mandi would be real chuffed to see you. To everyone who has left comment over the last week, you have cheered up me no end! Thank you soooo much, I really do appreciate your support. Today has been a much more positive day, although my desk has yet to be glued! I have even had a thought or two outside the box - it must be your encouragement!
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Quick and easy fun fold card to make using little supplies! Easy to follow diagonal fold card instructions, design with any card making products.
These elegant Sympathy Cards were created using the Nature's Sweetness Specialty Designer Series Paper & the Heartfelt Hexagon stamp set.
This is a super cool card with a pop up surprise when you open the card. Let's learn together how to make it.
Be creatively inspired! Today's paper crafting projects were designed by the talented members of my Stampin' Pretty Pals Virtual Stamping Community. Links to blogs or Pinterest have been provided (when available) for more details. Lynn Kolcun | More Details Beth McCullough | More Details Lisa
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For this week's Global Design Project we get to CASE (copy and selectively edit) Kayla Renee's stunning design. See how our designers "cased" her card, then you design one, and
Hello everyone, and welcome to a brand new challenge on the Chocolate Baroque Challenge Blog. Thank you for your support throughout the month, we really appreciate your visits to the blog, and your wonderful comments, which we always enjoy reading. We will be announcing the winner of Challenge Twenty Two next week, so if you entered the challenge last month, please be sure to check the announcement to see if you are the winner of our prize. As a reminder to those of you who have visited our blog before, and for anyone who is new to the blog, our challenges are monthly, based on an inspirational photo and a colour swatch. A new challenge is launched on the third Wednesday of every month. You can use any medium to create your project; inks, paints, pens, pencils, etc., as long as you stick to the colour from the colour swatch in your project. We are offering a monthly prize of £15 to spend on Chocolate Baroque stamps to one lucky winner, who will be selected by Random.org from all of the entrants who have used Chocolate Baroque stamps currently available from the website. We welcome entries incorporating other stamps and images, but they will not be eligible for the prize. All entrants will have the chance to be selected as one of our Top Three, and can then display our 'I made the Top Three at Chocolate Baroque' badge on their blog. We have a lovely colour palette for you to play with this month, and some gorgeous inspiration from the Design Team, which we will be sharing with you over the coming weeks. Here is the colour swatch for the new challenge: The challenge will close at 12.00 p.m. on Tuesday 14th June 2016, and the winner will be announced on Wednesday 22nd June 2016. Here are some projects for your inspiration from the Design Team: Asha's funky floral card would brighten up anyone's day: Magda has created a bold tag, using a stencil, and added an inspirational quote: Claire has created a CAS card using a Zentangle style butterfly: I have made a set of notelets with Brusho backgrounds, and white embossing: Thank you so much girls for your inspiration using the new challenge colours. We hope that they will have you reaching for your own crafty stash to create something yourselves, and join in with the challenge. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our challenge blog team. You can get in touch by sending a private message. Details are at the end of this blog post below the comments section. We hope that you enjoy the new challenge, and look forward to seeihng your projects, Judith xx An InLinkz Link-up
Making decisions can sometimes be a daunting task, especially when faced with important choices that could significantly impact our lives. While there are various techniques to aid in decision making, one unique approach is using the Tarot, a powerful tool for gaining insight and guidance. In this blog post, we will explore the Decision Making Tarot Spread, a 7-card layout designed to provide clarity and assist in evaluating options. Let's dive in and discover how to use this spread effectively
Hello! Today, I am excited to participate in Bruno and Kylie’s Demonstrator Training Program Blog hop! Our theme today is Customer and Team Thank you cards. I love to make hand stamped Thank you cards! There is no better way to express my gratitude than with something made from my heart. I am truly […]
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So today I have been making things using brand new product from the brand new catalogue that launches on 3rd June. I've made this water...
Question from Yesterday: DonnaK asked where I buy Twinkling H2Os. I bought mine at Marco's Paper, a brick and mortar store in the Dayton area. But you can find them at the big craft stores (Michael's, Hobby Lobby, JoAnn's) and buy with a coupon! Now on to today's post, which hopefully Blogger will post in a timely fashion.... Today's Tip is one of those that, on the one hand, seems like a no-brainer, but, on the other hand, makes life so much easier! After getting sick of doing the same math over and over, I made a simple, handwritten index card, which I posted on my bulletin board right over my workspace, with a list of dimensions for cutting stamped panels to matte evenly on a standard 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" card. It lists the sizes for cutting panels in quarter-inch increments. (Those of you who live in countries where "standard" is different can easily adapt this idea for yourselves.) I typed it up for those of you using American measures. Hopefully, you can save it and print it for your own use. If I cut a 4 1/4" x 3" stamped, panel, for instance, all I have to do is move up a quarter inch to get the measurements for a 1/8" matte all the way around the stamped panel. For a thinner 1/16" matte (as on yesterday's card), it's easy enough to just add 1/8" to the dimensions of the stamped panel. I hope this makes sense. And here is a happy CAS card that utilized this little chart. Design Discussion: Please note how I rooted the flowers in the open space provided by the sentiment. I just love the way that looks!!!! Supplies stamps: Shady Tree Studio ink: Memento paper: PTI white, SU brilliant blue accessories: dimensionals. Personal News: My son Jack, who has high-functioning autism, was released from private occupational therapy Wednesday! After four years, he's finally functionally appropriate for fine motor and hand-eye coordination! YIPPYYYYY! He continues to receive OT through our school district, but this is a wonderful milestone for him to meet...and one less regular therapy session to cart him to! His developmental pediatrician saw Jack yesterday and is blown away by his progress. Jack truly has blossomed in the past six months. He's even one of the best readers in his regular 2nd grade class! Needless to say, we're on Cloud 9 around here right now, and I just had to share!!!
Today I am sharing the three It’s A Science cards that make up this week’s Cards By Mail card class. This is my weekly class kit that you can get for free when you place a $50+ (before shipping & taxes) order in my online store this week (Aug 12 – 18). To get the ... Read More about It’s A Science Cards By Mail Free Class
