Stamparatus Tip #1 | 2 Minute Tuesday Tip. This is a must-have tool for any paper crafter. You'll see why in this December series as I share some great tips

Eeek! I'm SO EXCITED to share this amazing die cutting tip with you, I can hardly stand it!! First I'll share my card for another Functional Friday installment. In case you missed this post, I'm featuring one die from Top Dog Dies each month, and each Friday I'm sharing a different way to use the die. My hope is that even if you don't own that exact die, the ideas will translate to similar dies you do own. This technique uses the tiny dies cuts as embellishments. Think of them like sequins or enamel dots. They make great filler, and in this case bridge the gap between the upper and lower sentiment. Let's take a look ... I cut the Heart Border Die from some matte gold cardstock. I dislike using tweezers for fear of bending or marking the paper, so I instead use the Silhouette Pick Me Up tool (note: the best tip ever is still to come, it's not this!) The Pick Me Up tool is wonderful for this type of job. The end has a sticky, gum-like substance that picks up the dies for you. While the tiny die is on the tool, I apply the adhesive and press it onto the card base. The white Heart Border Die is used as a base for stitching. It goes so quickly since the stitches are as large as can be. I think it would also be fun to spell out someone's name, make a design, or even just place random stitches across the strip. So many possibilities. In this example, the die is the same color as the background to make the stitched letters more readable, but if you're stitching designs you could also use a different colored die for greater contrast. OK, now for the BEST TIP EVER for DELICATE DIE CUTS. If you've heard the one about dryer sheets, you can move on. But if not, you've gotta see what I learned from my crafty friends Helen & Brenda (thanks guys!!) To start out with, it's crucial to use a Metal Adapter Plate with any intricate die, otherwise you run the risk of the cuts not being made. Here you can see the sandwich is the same as usual, except for the metal adapter plate being under the paper. I'm guessing you've run into this scene before. The die comes out of the machine with all the paper still stuck inside the die. Ugh. When I remove the paper from the die (usually pull it out with a piece of tape) it's all in one piece and I need to run my fingers up and down the strip 7-8 times before all the tiny hearts fall out. Not the worst thing in the world, but it still takes a minute or so, and that can add up if you're making more than one card. Here's where the dryer sheets come in. You want to layer 4 of them right on top of each other. These have already been used so you see the cuts on them. Yours, of course, will look like new dryer sheets. Now run the die (with the paper still in it) through the die cutter again, placing the stack of dryer sheets under the die and on top of the metal adapter plate. In other words, the dryer sheets will go where your paper normally goes. Then prepare to be amazed. Seriously. When you lift the die from the dryer sheets ... Did you just lose your mind?!? I know I did the first time! It is so satisfying to look at all those pieces trapped on the dryer sheet that don't need to be coaxed out of the die. I don't know how it does that, or who the mastermind is that figured this out, but it's a life-changer for anyone who uses delicate die cuts! If you're only using the strip part of the die, it's also nice that all the pieces are trapped on the dryer sheets, and not invading all the nooks and crannies of your work space. Clean-up is a breeze! Anyway, thanks so much for looking! I hope you get a chance to try this out soon if you haven't already. You may be monkey clapping in your craft space all weekend : ) -Kelly

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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!!!

When I first started stamping I could never get a clear image with brand new stamps. I used quality paper and quality ink. What was the problem? I was informed by a stamping friend “You need to condition your stamps before using them.” Huh? Brand spanking new photopolymer stamps and red rubber stamps have super clean stamping surfaces. Ink doesn’t want to stick to the surface of the stamp. There are several ways to condition your stamps to make sure you get the best image possible.

I have had many requests from readers for new Stampin' Up! color charts. Today is your lucky day! My assistant and fellow Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, Kris Kilcoyne (check out her

If you own a Scotch laminator, use this tip to help maximize your pouches.

Need a guide for card sizes? Me too. Most of the cards I make are A2. But, I have a stash of envelopes that are for various card sizes. So, here's a chart that I created with the measurements for the most commonly used card sizes. A1 3 ½ × 4 ⅞ 3.5” × 4.875” A2 4 ¼ × 5 ½ 4.25” × 5.5” A6 4 ½ × 6 ¼ 4.5” × 6.25” A7 5” × 7” Biz 3 ½ × 2 3.5” × 2 Square 5 ½ × 5 ½ 5.5” × 5.5” ETA: I figured it would be nice to have measurements for the corresponding layers. Here you go: Card Size Card Measurements Layers Measurements A1 3 ½ × 4 ⅞ 3.5” × 4.875” 3 ¼ × 4 ⅝ 3.25” × 4.625” A2 4 ¼ × 5 ½ 4.25” × 5.5” 4 × 5 ¼ 4” × 5.25” A6 4 ½ × 6 ¼ 4.5” × 6.25” 4 ¼ × 6 4.25” × 6” A7 5” × 7” 4 ¾ × 6 ¾ 4.75” × 6.75” Biz 3 ½ × 2 3.5” × 2 3 ¼ × 1 ¾ 3.25” × 1.75” Square 5 ½ × 5 ½ 5.5” × 5.5” 5 ¼ × 5 ¼ 5.25” × 5.25”

Carly Tee Minner has a new video tutorial today packed with information about Tonic Nuvo Drops and 3 of her favorite ways to use them! Hi Everyone! Carly here and I have a confession, I love Nuvo D…

Yesterday I experimented with eliminating border folder lines using my Big Shot. I thought that the same thing could be done using the Cuttlebug. Here's what worked for me and my machine. Keep in mind that machines can vary and some rollers are "tighter" than others, so if a "sandwich" is not rolling through easily, don't force it. You don't want to end up with a broken Cuttlebug. Just try a thinner sandwich. The usual combo for using embossing folders is: plate A, plate B, cardstock inside the embossing folder, plate B. Since I'm using craft sticks which are fairly thick, I eliminated one of the B plates. Here's how I set things up. I didn't use the bottom B plate. I put the folder and cardstock directly on top of plate A. I placed the craft stick on top of the border and topped that off with plate B. Here's a closer look at how I placed the craft sticks. They're covering the design, but are well inside the edges of the folders. That's the important part. No pressure on the edges means no folder lines. I also want to point out how the two standard sizes of craft sticks work quite nicely with the sizes of these new embossing borders. This shows how it turned out. Well, at least how it turned out after three passes. As I've said before, it's best to start thin, so since I didn't get a good impression the first time, I added a Cuttlebug packaging shim (It was handy. Go figure. LOL!). I ended up adding a second shim to get the result that is pictured above--a nice crisp emboss with no lines. By the way, I tried using plate A with plate C (Plate C is thicker than plate B and I thought it might eliminate having to use the shims.), but this combo was too thick to put through easily. So, I offer this up as an option for Cuttlebug users who are noticing those bothersome border folder lines and don't want to have to cover them, cut them off, or hide them with a score line. Just eliminate them from the start. :-) Addendum (since there seems to be renewed interest in this post): You might be interested in peeking at a post that I made more recently which recaps many of the items that I've used for both eliminating folder lines and for selective embossing: About all of this Cuttling. Just FYI. :-)

I came up with 22 uses for upcycling old pill bottles. How many can you come up with?

T he last 2 days have been such a whirlwind! I don't want to ramble, so forgive me if I do. I mentioned last week that some exciting thing...

One of my favorite parts about cardmaking is photography! I am an amateur photographer (my hubby and his Dad are both very good at this and they always give me tips) and I love to creatively style my projects when I take photos for my blog. While there's still a lot for me to learn (I

Please be nice! My last post featured a card using the Decorative Label Punch with a layer. I promised you all that I would put together a little tutorial to show how I created the back layer for the Decorative...

Looking for measurements for Stampin' Up! CURRENT DIES? If yes, you've come to the right place. Please note, the measurements are the die cut size (not the actually size of the die). Scroll down to see what's listed IF you're looking for RETIRED DIES, you can find them HERE. NOTE: The original content on this page was lost last year Current Status: Most (but not all) current older dies - should be listed below. Current but NEW Dies - I have not been able to keep up with the amount of dies Stampin' Up! releases with each catalog. Though many...

FREE for you to use on your ATCs. Just print them out, cut and paste them to the back of your card.

Hello folks! I spent a good part of the afternoon making beautiful bakers twine with plain cotton thread (#10 crochet cotton) and my ProMarkers. Check it out, it looks like the real deal, no? I fou…

I have been working on this batch of cards the last two nights. I just finished them up and am so pleased with how they turned out. I was just winging it as far as layouts/sketches.. just cut, layer and see what I liked. The paper in the pad I used, which is from Lawn Fawn called Let's Polka, is such a fun colorful pad and the patterns go so good together. A little tip.. when I was making the larger 3" wide banners, I cut a black layer 3 1/8 wider and laid them together like in the picture below: I then cut up the banner like you would usually do to make a banner. and then slid the pattern piece up a little after cutting and it fits nicely on the black layer. I typed up in Word the saying "BEST MOM EVER" and printed off a bunch. I punched them out and layered them onto the MFT Pinked Edge Circle dies. This is the paper pad that I used. It is by Lawn Fawn and called Let's Polka. I had used some of the pad on the last batch of cards and then used up the rest of the entire pad on this batch of cards. thanks for looking ~ have a great airborne day! God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

Making bows can be a fiddly business. We loop, and tie, and pull on skinny little pieces of ribbon and hope when we’re done that we end up with something kind of straight and pretty looking. It can leave even crafty folk feeling rather fumble fingered. Wouldn’t it be nice if we had a little...

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Hello to you all, Sonja here ;) glad I made my second tutorial ,it`s just a beautiful card that I just needed for someone I love. It`s a...

Good morning! I can't believe it is Monday and today is my first day back at work! I always have such mixed feelings.....sadness that summer is ending, but excited to see my teacher peeps and to start a new year with new students! Today is the Crafty Secret's New Product Blog Hop! And believe me, there are tons of new products! I have made quite a few samples over the last couple of weeks that I will be showing soon! I have this card to share with you today using a new small set called, Floral Vines. When I first saw this image, stained glass instantly came to mind. So I set out to achieve that particular look. I have a step by step tutorial showing you how this card was created. It is hard to see in the photo, but the base of the card (transparency) was embossed using a Papertrey Ink impression's template. I hope you can see the dimensional stained glass effect! It is so difficult to capture on camera! Here are the directions on how to create your own Stained Glass card! Be sure to check the other DT gals' Fabulous creations!!! And welcome our newest DT member, Mary Hamer! Welcome aboard Mary! *Vicki Chrisman Team Leader · Pam Hooten · Heidi Blankenship · Marisa Grosson · Linda Duke · Michele Kovack < ------ Me! : ) · Melissa Phillips · Flo from France · Julie Campbell · Mary Hamer · Heartwarming Vintage Blog · Crafty Secrets website Have a great Monday!!!!

Learn how to Emboss Toilet paper!! You will not believe how incredibly gorgeous this technique is! Perfect for Cards, Junk Journals and other Paper Crafting projects. By Rebecca Parsons

Then perhaps it’s time for you to ponder the concertina card. An absolutely fabulous display card with a concertina or fan-folded feature, these may look complex at first glance, but they are easily constructed out of a few pieces of folded card and can be decorated for just about any occasion. Keep your concertina makes simple with just a few strategically placed folds – or try being more adventurous and give a centre stepper concertina card a go. I promise, this will really wow the recipient!

Hey it's Nikki here for The Paper Nest Dolls. As part of our term we were asked to complete a tutorial. This made me a little nervous because I have never done ANYTHING like this before, so please be gentle. As most of you are aware, I am a member of YouTube but have absolutely NO CLUE how to do videos so my tutorial is going to be a blog tutorial. I chose to do a tutorial on how to make envelopes, something I do a lot for my cards because 1: it is really hard to find envelopes that fit my big cards that I like and 2: I can coordinate them with the cards I make, either with paper or embellishments. Supplies Needed 8.5X11 or 12X12 piece of card stock Ruler Pencil Scissors (sharp and small) Scor Pad (I use Martha Stewart here) Bone Double-sided tape (I use Scor tape, because it is strong) or you can purchase envelope glue. Picture 1a Step 1: You start out by measuring the paper. I do like to use a medium weight card stock, it just holds up better with the folding, ect. This particular example I am making a card that is 5X5" square. For this a 8.5X8.5" piece of card stock is a good size as it gives a little bit of room for embellishments. See 1a. Typical Measurements 5x5" - 8.5X8.5" card stock 5.5X5.5" - 8.75X8.75" card stock 6X6" - 9X9" card stock Martha Stewart Envelope Attachment Picture 1a - 1 Picture 2a. Step 2: Although I am not a huge fan of the Martha Stewart Scor board, I DO LIKE the fact it has an envelope attachment that can help with the scoring of the card. I would scor all four corners at the 3.25" mark. Please see 1a -1. You WILL have overlapping and that IS what you want. Next see 2a. Picture 3a. Step 3: Cut all the overlapping corners as shown in picture 3a. Picture 4a Step 4: Use the bone to get a nice tight fold on all four corners. See 4a. Picture 5a Step 5: Tape the edges of the card with the double sided tape. You want to be as close to the edge as you can WITHOUT going over so you don't tape the inside of the card shut. See 5a. Voila! You have your envelope! You can make the decision as to how you would like to decorate the envelope, I am a minimalist type of girl so I do not do too much decorating. If you choose to use a paper that coordinates with the card you are doing, just keep in mind to go with a lighter colour so you can address it and it can be seen (if you are mailing). Or you can make a label with a shaped spellbinder if you would like, just make sure it is STRONGLY attached to the envelope..... hope you enjoyed this tutorial.... xo

Good morning, Friends! Today, I have the great pleasure of getting to introduce the Quick Stitch: Sewing Staples Kit, designed by Erin Linco...

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I was planning to write this post since forever, when I had an opportunity to try the Catherine Pooler Ink Pads according to the Winter Trio Hop which was a really great hop between three amazing brands, but I wanted to test them longer. I am not going to lie, I never understood the hype around these ink pads, but when I received them in November, I fell in love with them, and I needed to order some colors immediately! I can tell you, I was the happiest girl ever when they sent me the new Date Night Ink Pad Collection! Why? Read the details below. THIS POST FEATURES • Party Collection : Date Night Ink Pad Bundle 8 Colors [ CTH ] • Party Collection: Refills Bundle 38 Colors [ CTH ] • CP Minis - Life of the Party [ CTH | SBC ] • Cocktail Party Stamp Set [ CTH | SBC ] • Alpine Village Stamp Set [ CTH | SBC ] • For the additional supplies visit the thumbnails below this post or click here for the visual supply list. Do you enjoy this post? I really appreciate if you pin this photo to your Pinterest. When I received the new Date Night Ink Pad Collection, I thought it’s a perfect time to swatch them, and write a post about them. You need to know, I am writing this post, because I am really obsessed with Catherine Pooler Ink Pads. I received the Date Night Ink Pad Collection as a gift, but no one asked me to create this post. Now Catherine Pooler INKS have their FREE own swatch printable, what I will use in the future too because it's very cute and useful (you can find it here). But when I created this post, for the swatching I have used the editable ink swatch template from Jennifer McGuire, edited with the names of inkpads then printed out to heavy weight cardstock. In the end I swatched my inkpads with the Color Swatches for Ink Pads Stamp set. Now let’s jump to the mentioned tips. PERFECT FOR STAMPING Okay, everybody knows that, the inkpads are for stamping, so why I am wasting your time here with this tip? Of course, the inkpads are for stamping, but I want to mention, that these inkpads have really high quality, smooth foam pads and they are super juicy. You barely have to touch the inkpads with your stamps which means, one or maximally two taps with Catherine Pooler Ink Pads are enough to cover your image perfectly and you are ready to stamp. It transfers perfectly and the result is a beautifully smooth finish. You don’t need to repeat the stamping process for the same image, because the stamping result will be solid and smooth from one stamping which is priceless and time saving as well. I am in love with the beautiful Cummerbund color I have used on this card. For me this is the perfect light turquoise color, and I can’t get enough of it! For more details of this card visit my Instagram post here. USE THEM AS WATERCOLORS The Catherine Pooler Ink Pads are a perfect choice for your favorite water coloring techniques like various watercolor washes as well as wet-on-wet or wet-on-dry techniques. I am planning to order in the future their re-inkers and use them as watercolors too. I have created this simple and easy card with the new Date Night Ink Pad Collection where I have used them as watercolors. In the background you can see watercolor stripes from three shades only. I have used Cummerbund, Pucker Up and Chiffon colors. I painted with Cummerbund first and after a quick heat set continued with the other colors too. I just overlapped the colors and the result is this bright rainbow striped background. THEY ARE GOOD FOR STAMP LAYERING If you check the full inkpad collection, you will notice that, the colors are coordinated perfectly. You will find many inkpads in matching tones and saturations. After the stamping you will need to wait a few seconds until it dries. The totally dried image will be as light as the lid, but I will talk about this later in this post. IT’S A COLORFUL WATERMAKR INK If you have clear embossing powder in your stash, then I suggest you to try your Catherine Pooler Ink Pads as a colorful watermark ink. These inkpads do not dry immediately, so you will have a few seconds to add embossing powder to the top of it. Then just continue your heat embossing process. It’s so cool especially for the sentiments! 💙 YOU CAN USE THEM FOR INKBLENDING When the background was dry on my previous card, I made an ink blending with the Catching Rays Ink Pad behind the sentiment, to pop it out more. So YASSS! The Catherine Pooler Ink Pads are perfect for smooth ink blending too and it looks really nice, when you are combining two techniques on one card. OTHER FANCY TECHNIQUES Beside the above-mentioned techniques, you can use these inkpads for many trendy cardmaking techniques like the Stamp Kissing, Ink splattering, distressing with water and many more. You can mix the colors with white watercolor to make it more pastel for water coloring, or mix it with white gouache to have opaque colorful splatter in any color. This is another example above. Here I have created the background with Flirty Fuchsia and Aquatini from the Life of The Party Mini Set. (For the houses I have used the same set.) Then splattered with various watercolor mixes. The result is a bright and smooth blend with cool splatters. Read more about this winter card here. THERE ARE NO MORE COLOR TRANSFER PROBLEMS The stampers biggest nightmare is to stamp after a vibrant dark color a lighter one to get the wanted light shade. Or drop the acrylic block to the finished stamping LOL Unfortunately the Catherine Pooler Ink Pads will not levitate your stamping blocks, but you can feel totally safe, stamping a lighter color after a vibrant ink color. Just make sure to clean your stamp before the next color. I am cleaning mine with stamp shammy, then I am stamping a few times on a scratch paper before inking it again. FREE COLOR WHEEL I was super excited when I saw, that they created a new Color Wheel for their inkpads, which you can download FOR FREE! Version 1 | Updated version 2 with the new ink colors. I always wanted to have a color wheel and now I have more, because it totally coordinates with the inkpads I love, and I don’t need to think about what colors to choose. Be sure to follow their blogpost to learn how useful it is for creating your own color combos. And they have a color theory to the post with video tutorial too. IT HAS WIDE RANGE OF COLORS They separate their inkpads in two categories, by the colors. In the Party Collection you will find fully saturated colors, which means they are happy, bright and vibrant colors. In the shop you can see them in rainbow order which is really inspirational. In the Spa Collection you will find low saturated, soothing colors, kind of muted and greyed down colors which are really trendy now and, on the cards, they just look amazing. INNOVATIVE DESIGN Last but not the least, let me talk about their inkpad design. First of all, I really love that they are white, and on the top of the lids you can see the inkpad color. In 2021 Catherine Pooler Designs Updated their Ink Pad Labels. They did this because they wanted to have a more accurate representation of their ink colors. This means, that the top of the inkpad, will match with your stamped image once it has dried. Soo fantastic right? They made it available for their existing customers for an affordable price, if they want to fresh up their already owned inkpad lids. If you don’t own Catherine Pooler Ink Pads yet, then you will receive automatically the upgraded inkpad lid. VIDEO TUTORIAL ** Update 1/9/22: I have swatched all my Catherine Pooler Inkpads with some really useful stuff what they released in a video tutorial. Watch the video here or below. Thank you so much for joining me today, I hope you found this post useful. I really like the Catherine Pooler Ink Pads, they are amazing! Please let me know in your comment what are you thinking about this brand. If you want to read more about their ink pads, feel free to check their All About Inks post. See you next time, Mona. USED SUPPLIES Using affiliate links does not mean additional costs for you. I really appreciate your support. I am using only products I LOVE. 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Napkin Fold cards definitely have the WOW factor! They are made from a single sheet of cardstock that folds inward to form a kind of pouch that would be perfect for hiding a gift card or some money. You can decorate the card with co-ordinating pieces of patterned paper and an embellished belly band to hold everything together. Fold Template 1. Start with a sheet of cardstock measuring 11" x 11". Score at 23/4" and again at 81/4". Turn the cardstock 90 degrees and score again at 23/4" and 81/4". 2. Fold and crease along each score line. Your cardstock should look like the photo below. 3. Find the centre point of the cardstock by measuring 51/2" from each edge toward the middle. Mark the centre with a small dot. 4. Fold each corner into the centre. Notice how my score lines line up as I fold. 5. Open the cardstock out again. It should look like the picture below. 6. Now it's time to fold it up. Start by pushing in on one side. Hold down the large triangle with your fingers, then bring the corners of the cardstock back into the centre. Do this on all four sides. (I practiced this step with printer paper a few times before I got the hang of it.) 7. Now take one corner and fold it backward, lining up all the edges and points. Crease well, and repeat for the remaining three points. 8. You've now finished creating the base card. All that's left is the decorating... the fun part! 9. To decorate, you'll need three sheets of co-ordinating patterned paper. One that measures 5" x 5" and two that measure 43/4" x 43/4". 10. Start with the paper measuring 5" x 5". Use your trimmer or a craft knife to cut from one corner to the other so you end up with two large triangles. 11. Cut both triangles in half again so you end up with four smaller triangles. Set them aside. 12. Cut the two 43/4" x 43/4" pieces of patterned paper in the same way so you end up with four triangles from each sheet of paper. Now cut each of these small triangles once more so you have eight tiny triangles from each sheet of paper. 13. You should now have four large triangles and sixteen small triangles. 14. These triangles will fit perfectly inside each of the creases you made on your card, with a little border around the edges. If desired, ink the edges of your patterned paper and cardstock before you adhere them together. 15. Cut a 51/4" x 51/4" piece of neutral cardstock for the centre of the card. This is where you will add your handwritten message so make sure the cardstock you use isn't too textured or dark in colour. Add a stamped image and sentiment then adhere to the centre panel of the card with double sided tape. 16. Create a belly band from 12" strips of cardstock and patterned paper. You can make the band as wide as you like. I cut a 2" strip of vanilla cardstock, a 1" strip of red cardstock and a 3/4" strip of patterned paper for my band. 17. Fold the band around your card to get the correct measurement. Overlap and secure the ends at the front of the card. 18. Embellish a little disc or tag to cover the join and add some extra strength to the band. 19. Fold your card and slip the band over to keep everything together. Done!

{VIDEO TIP} Got warped Sizzix cutting pads? Discover this simple fix to get more life and less frustration from your cutting pads. Once you learn this tip, you won't go back to the way you were doing it before!

Here is the template for the panty card I created for my VSN challenge I hosted on SCS today. This template will get you both the panty card and the bra card I did. Click on the template below which should bring it up as full size, save it to your computer and then you will be able to print it off. Recipe: Stamps: Verse - Rubbernecker Paper: Blush Blossom - SU; Retro DP - DCWV Other: Chocolate Chip SU Ink; Pink Chalk

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Welcome to the PDF download (via Google Drive) for my version of the inner part of the Colour Wheel in the 2024-2025 Stampin Up Catalogue. I'm so pleased to say that Stampin Up have given permission for me to share this. Instructions: Download the PDF from Google Drive and save to your computer Print off or copy the page from the catalogue that you will attach the inner circle to. This is page 132 of the catalogue. I would suggest that you download the digital version of the catalogue to print from however a photocopy may be fine to use too. Use Basic White Thick cardstock for this and the inner circle so that they are sturdy. Print the PDF at 120%, as this should fit the page in your catalogue correctly. You may want to play with this scaling a little to suit however this worked just fine for me on my HP printer. Cut out the circle and then use a scapel to cut away the black areas to create windows for you to see through. Use a split pin to join through the centre of both the larger and smaller circle. This is what your printed wheel should look like - you can keep it as an A4 like I have or have it cut into a circle like the one that was gifted to Demonstrators - the choice is all yours! The link is HERE I'm really hoping this actually works and that you will enjoy using this until such time as an official one is available for purchase. Please take the time to go back to my first YouTube video explaining colour theory to fully understand how to use this great tool. If you have any questions or need help with yours, please send me an email using the contact form on my blog. Whilst you are here, please leave some love on my blog and be sure to pop back again soon to see what else I've been up to. Happy Stamping, Rachael xx