Happy New Year everyone – 2018 is here!! There is no better way to kick off the year, than with a Blog Hop. The 2018 Just Add Ink Blog Hop theme is Just Add Something New. So th…
Here are a few more versions of the Vertical Stretch fun-fold cards that I shared last week in my Facebook Live Online Paper Crafting Class but this time using the Myths & Magic designer paper
Dear Crafters, Today’s card uses a few different stamp sets; Marbled, Lots of Lavender & Ribbon of Courage. Lots of Lavender is available in the Sale-a-bration brochure, which you can sel…
This is the card I started to make when I was testing colors, which resulted in yesterday's card. I've seen some other really intriguing color combinations on Pinterest, too! Think "purple mountains majesty." There are lots more looks that I want to try! The Pool Party textured cardstock is retired. It would be wonderful if that textured cardstock was brought back. It sure adds a nice, subtle bit of texture without using an embossing folder. Measurements Image panel: Very Vanilla 3-3/16" x 4-1/4" Mat: Kraft (retired, can sun Crumb Cake) 3-3/8" x 4-7/16" Background: Pool Party 2-3/4" x 3-1/2" Card base: Very Vanilla 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" scored & folded at 4-1/4" Product List Waterfront Photopolymer Stamp Set Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad Always Artichoke Classic Stampin' Pad Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad
Get ready for the release of the 2018 Stampin' UP! Occasions catalog, and check out page 48 where you will find this amazing new stamp set called Waterfront! (available beginning Jan. 3, 2018) For my first 'playdate' with this new set, I decided to try out a mountain scene and a beach scene. I used the same 3 formats for both styles, and just used different stamp images and colors. Print a copy of the Occasions catalog wish list! Download 2018 Stampin Up Occasions Catalog wishlit from Patty Bennett Above: Delightful Daisy designer paper backgrounds on Whisper White
This was one of the Sale-a-Bration sets that I thought I wouldn't want or need, until I took a closer look at the sentiments. There are greetings that cover love, friendship, thanks, and sympathy....quite a spectrum. So, I went ahead and chose it for my free SAB item. It wasn't even in the house 24 hours when I needed to make a sympathy card. (Gosh, there have been a lot of those recently.) I found that when using the DistINKtive stamps, I get a much better image if I ink the stamp using a sponge dauber, rather than pressing the stamp on the ink pad. Because they are so finely detailed, the ink tends to get in the grooves and mess up the details. A light inking with a sponge dauber works quite well for me! For good measure, I huff on the stamp before pressing it on the cardstock. The soon-to-be-available Rectangle Stitched Framelits were used here, but I shortened both the image and the greeting panels. How, you ask? Easy! After cutting the image and the greeting (with both of them placed close to one side of the Framelit), I popped them out and then moved the Framelit over to cut off the part I didn't want. You can feel when the "teeth" fit into the previously cut stitches, so it lines up perfectly. Feed the cardstock through the Big Shot with the part you want cut off going in first. You only need the make sure the first part goes through (don't crank it all the way through!), then back it out. Here's another tip: Cut a mask by stamping on a sticky note and trimming just inside the edges of the image. Make sure some of the masked image is showing when you stamp the next layer because the stamp won't reach right up to the mask, leaving a gap as shown between the two larger lilies. I did better when I stamped the smaller lily. As pretty as this card turned out, I sure hope it's a long time before I need to make another one. Product List Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad Big Shot Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Lace Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Mini Stampin' Dimensionals
December 28, 2017 I finally got my submission done for the Creating Pretty Card #78. Thanks to some inspiration from my friend! Here is the sketch Monika gave us to inspire our creativity: I used a…
Today I am sharing a fun fold card we made at my July FMN class featuring the Tropical Chic stamp set and coordinating Tropical thinlit dies that you can currently purchase as a bundle and save 10%.
Hi Stampers, Happy Thursday friends ! Yesterday in The Glitter Pit we made this card using the Heartfelt Blooms stamp set (w)#147197 (c)#147202 and the Springtime Foil designer paper #147193 wh
Hello and welcome to Amethystarcrafting. My name is Jane Allmark and I'm a UK Independent Stampin Up Demonstrator. Waterfront stamp set. is a great value stamp set at £15 and can be used to create many landscape backgrounds. These beautiful cards have been created using Brusho crystal colours. Brusho are little pots of crystal pigmented ink which you just shake and spritz to create a myriad of colour combinations. Place the stamp on an acrylic block and shake Prussian Blue and Mossy Green over the stamp. Being photopolymer the crystals stick to the block easily. Spritz lightly with water and wipe excess away from the block leaving the water on the stamp. Stamp on cardstock. Spritz again lightly and using second piece of cardstock to stamp a second image. Warning. the photopolymer stamp will stain but does not effect the stamp. Repeat with the tree image and other image to create your scene. Stamp sentiment at bottom of card. I chose the birthday sentiment from Beautiful Day. This idea was CASE'd from Lydia Fielder of Understand Blue a fellow American Stampin Up Demonstrator. So thank you very much for this great idea. Don't forget we are still in Sale-a-bration and for every £45 spent throughout the catalogue you can choose a FREE product, SALE-A-BRATION.
Today's blog entry is showcasing the Myths and Magic bundle. I will admit to not liking this set much when I first saw it in the catalogue, but now I love it. Below are a list of products I used to make this set. I am running this class next Sunday for anyone who would love to have a go. Hop over to my Facebook Page HERE Thanks for looking Product List Magical Day Clear-Mount Bundle [145985] $80.00 Myths & Magic Specialty Designer Series Paper [145600] $21.00 Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] $14.00 Dapper Denim A4 Cardstock [141419] $14.00 Fresh Fig A4 Cardstock [144248] $14.00 Basic Gray A4 Card Stock [121689] $14.00 Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] $14.00 Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291] $14.00 Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.75 Stampin' Blends Markers Collection [147475] $209.25 Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00 Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $50.00 Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper [135315] $8.75 Fresh Fig A4 Cardstock [144248] $14.00 Powder Pink A4 Cardstock [144251] $14.00
Many of you saw the card that I posted yesterday on my blog using the gorgeous Stampin' Up!® Logo Paper..... If you missed it you can check it out HERE. I decided to take the colours that are used in
More days to get the Share What You Love bundles! Today I am sharing the cards I demonstrated in Tuesday’s Facebook Live. I love this suite -and think you will, too! For this first card, I d…
Hi everyone, sharing the card I made for our Stamparoos Stampin' Up! Group Swap that was held last night. We had to make our card or project using something new out of the new catalogue. As my preorder arrived last week, I was a bit spoilt for choice. I changed my mind several times. This is the card that I decided to use as my swap. I have used a new In-colour, Grapefruit Grove along with patterned paper from the Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper. The stamp set is "Love What You Do". These products are part of the Share What You Love Suite that is available from 1 May 2018. I reckon that the person who gets to name all the Stampin' Up! ink colours has the best job in the world. I love all the names that they come up with. Thank you for visiting. Carolyn Share:facebook - twitter - pinterest Group Swap
I am in love with this bundle called Petal Palette from the Occasions catalog! It is so pretty and so versatile! I've made several completely different cards with it. And when you order the set before March 31, you will receive a FREE item from the Sale-a-Bration catalog! Thanks for stopping by. Please leave me a comment if you have a second. I love reading them!
Buenos días!! Hoy os presento uno de mis inventos. Sabéis lo que me gusta disfrutar con el Scrap y hacer cosas diferentes. Últimamente había visto muchísimos delantales por la red y me dieron muchas ganas de hacer uno. Casi todos los que veía eran tarjetas tradicionales (en cuanto a apertura se refiere) así que pensé hacer una tarjeta caballete. La idea inicial era ésa, pero como he estado tan ocupada y he tenido tantos días para pensarlo, al final, decidí que también se convirtiera en un porta post-it y así tenerla en la cocina para tomar notas. He añadido una cinta para poder poner un lápiz pequeño que he forrado con washi tape. Por suerte, ya la he terminado porque si pienso en ella un día más la convierto en nave espacial jajaja He disfrutado muchísimo haciéndola y esta semana la voy a repetir en color rojo para una amiga. Ya os enseñaré cómo queda. ¡¡Espero que os guste!!
I'm so in love with the Magical Day stamps and the Myths and Magic Suite! The Magical Day stamps include mermaids, dragons, unicorns, a wizard and a knight. Just what you need to make your own castle scene. So how did I do it? I started with the castle wall. Easy peasy with the Brick Wall Embossing Folder; I pounced some Smoky Slate ink directly from the ink pad to the raised side of the folder, placed the Smoky Slate cardstock inside and gave it a trip through the Big Shot. It looks so real! But wait! That window! I knew the retired label punch would be perfect, but it was too long. So I just snipped along one of the "seams" in the brick wall, punched the window, and carefully glued the wall back together. Each image was stamped in Tuxedo Black ink on Whisper White cardstock and colored with Stampin' Blends. The coordinating Magical Mates Framelits dies make cutting them out super simple! And look at that pretty grass and vine to Rapunzel's window--that's the Myths and Magic Glimmer Paper cut with the framelits. The sentiment is an "original" . I took the "Wishing You a Lovely Day" from Lovely Wishes, and masked the "lovely". Then I carefully masked everything but the "N" in "wishing" and stamped it to make "AN"--whew! Good thing these are photopolymer stamps that I can see through! "EPIC" is made using individual letters from the Labeler Alphabet--with this set you can make ANY word! My nephew is a total Disney fanatic and loved to play with Legos when he was little. I thought this would be a perfect card to celebrate his birthday. Are you sold yet on Magical Day? I'll have more samples soon; I can't stop playing with it! Product List Magical Day Wood-Mount Stamp Set [145854] $30.00 Magical Day Clear-Mount Stamp Set [145857] $22.00 Magical Day Wood-Mount Bundle [145984] $53.00 Magical Day Clear-Mount Bundle [145985] $45.75 Lovely Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set [145924] $17.00 Labeler Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp Set [141936] $17.00 Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179] $6.50 Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00 Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131202] $8.00 Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.00 Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045] $8.00 Myths & Magic Glimmer Paper 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) [145601] $15.00 Magical Mates Framelits Dies [145660] $29.00 Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [138288] $8.50 Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705] $35.00 Big Shot [143263] $110.00 Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144040] $9.00 Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144600] $9.00 Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144603] $9.00 Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [145058] $9.00 Pink Pirouette Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144604] $9.00
Welcome back to Monday Montage!!! We are back with another fabulous hop! Make sure you click on the links below so you don't miss any of the creations...you are sure to love them all! I hope you have all had an amazing weekend! It was another busy one for us, but still a fun one! I had my monthly stamp class on Friday and Sunday and decided to be brave and use the awesome new Brusho Crystal Colour. I was a bit hesitant to use it at first given the fact that I made a HUGE mess the first time I used it, but decided to just go for it! My stampers LOVED it!! It was so much fun seeing how different everyone's was and how much fun they all had using it. I'm so happy I decided to use it :-) Paired up with the Epic Celebrations stamp set from the Sale-a-Bration catalog, it makes for an... EPIC card! Thank you to the amazing Allison Okamitsu of Nice People STAMP for the inspiration for these cards! Supplies Used: Paper ~ Whisper White, Basic Black, Lemon Lime Twist, Night of Navy, Watercolor Paper Ink ~ Memento, VersaMark, Stampin' Blends, Lemon Lime Twist Stamp Set ~ Epic Celebrations Other Supplies ~ White and Silver Embossing Powder, Mini Treat Bags Thinlits, 2" Circle Punch, Starbust Punch, Brusho Crystal Color I LOVE how both of these turned out. The colors you get from the Brusho are so COOL! Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you have an amazing day! Next stop on the hop is Cathy...I can't wait to see what she has for us this week! Or if you want to hop backwards, you can hop on back to the amazing Amy...I just love her style! Thanks for hopping along with us today! Happy Stamping!
How much fun are these adorable cards and hand sanitizer gift featuring the Stampin' Up! Beach Happy stamp set!? I created all of these projects at an all day demonstrator crafting event in San Antonio last month. The day before our Stampin' Up! OnStage event, I attended another event hosted by Erica Cerwin. It was so much fun and these are just 4 of the projects we created that day!! The Beach Happy stamp set is RETIRING!! Don't miss it - order yours here! Each of these Beach Happy projects features some designer paper from the Brights 6x6
January card classes featuring easy and simple card design ideas and card layouts. If you love card making do join us in person or follow me online.
Recently I held a holiday make n’take fest for my team featuring 16 projects for them to make with new catalog products. Over the coming days I will be showcasing quick one card videos featuring some of those projects. The next event the magical Spring & SAB launch party will also feature 16 make n’takes […]
Today I am sharing a fun watercolor card we made at my February 2018 FMN card class featuring the awesome Waterfront stamp set. This set is ideal for trying out new coloring techniques. You can easily create tranquil sceneries, whether it’s lakes lined with trees, tropical islands, or snow-covered forests.
I’m still making birthday cards! March is my busiest month for birthdays! I’m not a fan of real frogs (brings back memories of summers camping on Cape Cod when the boys would throw fr…
Today I am sharing another great card we made at the April 2015 FMN class. This wonderful card was inspired by LeeAnn Greff. This card features such a fun and simple fold technique. Here’s how to create this fold: Start with a 5 ½” x 8 ½” piece of Cardstock. Score at 4 ¼” Place […]
Thank you for joining us today for our International Stampin’ Up!® Blog hop. When Kylie Bertucci contacted me asking if I’d like to participate in a hop showcasing items from the new a…
Download Humming Along Supplies: Stamps: Humming Along (148758) Stamp Pads: Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad (132708); Night of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad (147110) Paper: Shimmery White (101910); Night of Navy (100867); Calypso Coral (122925); Happiness Blooms Designer Series Paper (148795)...
This week the Paper Craft Crew has a fun tic-tac-toe card map challenge for us to try! I decided on the middle row: oval - elements of springtime - clean & simple. This decision was easy for me because right...
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...
Happy Saturday to you! I was inspired to make this card from this week's MOJO Monday sketch: Here is the sketch: I took a little bit of creative liberty, but that's what sketches are all about! In case you're curious, here is the inside message: Also linking this to Word Art Wednesday's weekly challenge. Supplies: Stamps and dies: My Favorite Things Papers, embossing folder and inks: Stampin' Up! Thanks for clicking by, and have a creative day! Denise
May 25, 2016 Here’s a fun card using the new Swirly Bird/Swirly Scirbbles Bundle along with all five new IN COLORS for 2016-2018. I just loved how they all came together on this card! I am sh…
Good Friday, my peeps! Well. It’s hard to believe but…the day has finally arrived. In some ways it seems like yesterday that I was sitting in the ER with hives. And in others, it feel…
Welcome to our International Project Highlights using current Stampin’ Up!® Products. We have all created this gallery of projects for you to be inspired by! We would love it if you could visit every one of our blogs and see a close up of our projects. You can see the gallery below and this will […]
Love, love, love the May 2016 Paper Pumpkin Many Manly Occasions Kit! You just can not have too many masculine card ideas and this kit is just perfect to meet your needs. There are so many great word choices i the stamp set. I made one of each of the two card designs as instructed. […]
Hello my name is Jaimie and I am such a sucker for a cute sentiment. Honestly, because of this, it was only a matter of time before I bought the Bird Banter Stamp Set. I started my card with Pool
