I recently made a card for one of my demonstrators who is celebrating her 10th Stampin Up Anniversary. 10 years ago at Stampin Up's Leadership conference, they gave us all a free starter kit to give to one person who we thought would like to start a business. I chose Sue, a longtime customer. I have always been curious how many of those who were given a free kit are still a demonstrator 10 years later. Sue has done a great job running her business and it has been fun to watch it grow!
I made this card for her using items from the Art Gallery Suite, Tasteful Labels Dies and our pearl jewels.
Isn't this designer series paper beautiful! I love every piece in this pack.
I made a video to show how I put on the pearls. The Take Your Pick tool really helps pick up the pearls and to place them just where you want them.
The Card Base is 5 1/2 X 8 1/2"
Merry Merlot 5 3/8 X 4 1/8
Designer Series Paper 5 1/4 X 4
You could use this same layout and replace the number with a greeting.
I love love love our Berry Delightful Designer Series Paper that comes free with the Berry Blessings Stamp set right now with a $100 order. Every sheet is so pretty! I love the blueberry image so I designed this card.
I used my favorite dies, Tasteful Labels dies. They come in handy for so many cards!
In the video below I show you all the sheets of designer series paper that comes in this pack along with how to color your pearls.
As a demonstrator we get to pre order new items from the next catalog early. It is an awesome perk! Many Messages intrigued me as it was one jumbo stamp with many greetings and then one jumbo die that cut all the greetings out.
I decided to give it a try so I could honestly tell others if it is worth getting or not. I made this video to show you easy it is to put greetings on many cards. Check out the video to see the actual stamp and the large die.
I used Stampin' Ups Peony Garden Designer Series Paper to make the following quick cards.
Here are the cards I made.
You can begin ordering the Many Messages on January 4th.
I started using Lilypad Lake just recently and really love all the cards that you can make with it! I wanted to make a masculine card that used our Sail Away Trinkets. This is what I came up with.
I first put the designer series paper on the card, then taped the ribbon where the two pieces meet. I punched a crumb cake piece and a Night of Navy piece using the Everyday Label punch. To make the Crumb cake look like it is layered, I cut it in half, and taped it so it sticks out a little on the top and bottom.
Here is a video on how to make the card and tie on the trinket wheel.
I just assembled my Lilypad Lake and decided it would make a great anniversary card. Today my husband and I are celebrating 24 years of marriage! I love our Pretty Peacock 1/2" Scalloped Ribbon, so I decided to start with that for color inspiration.
When I stamped the 2 birds I noticed by having the one higher than the other that the water would cover the lily pads if I stamped the water where I wanted it to reach on the birds. I decided to mask them. The easiest way to do this is to stamp the lily pads on a post it at the top where it is sticky. I cut by hand out the lily pads, cutting into the bottom a little so it stamps just right over it. Simply place your cut out piece on top of the image, and stamp over it.
The ink will not go where you have the post it piece. Isn't that slick?
I keep the cut out post it note in my case so it is ready to go the next tie I want to make a card.
I used my Stampin Blends to color in the card. To make the flowers a little lighter, I used the color lifter. Tip: Use lightly and give it a minute and it shows up. If you put too much on, the colors can bleed.
For the greeting, I stamped Happy Anniversary from Itty Bitty Greetings. I used the Classic Label punch. On the video I show how to use the punch to trim it smaller. I then put a 1"X2" piece of Pretty Peacock card stock behind it to make it stand out a little more.
This Stamp set along with High Tide are going to be the stamp sets for my next round of Stamps in The Mail. If you would like to make 12 cards using this 2 sets let me know and I can get you signed up for SITM 44!
Have you seen our Incredible Like You card kit? I LOVE it! I don't know why I waited so long to make it! All you need is the Incredible Like you Stamp Set, Lovely Lipstick and Costal Cabana Stamp pads or similar colors. This is what comes with it:
It took me 45 minutes to make the 16 cards. It comes with coordinating envelopes.
I took a close up of each card.
Here is a video I made showing all that comes in the kit and give a few tips:
I won Wonderful Romance in November while I was at Stampin Up's On Stage event. When I got it I thought, "nice to win it because I didn't think I would buy it." Now I just love it! I have made a few different cards, and wanted to do a more simple card.
The technique I am doing I have seen called Triple Time Stamping, or Triple Layer.
Triple Layer Card Measurements:
Whisper White
5 1/4 X 4
4 1/4 X 3
3 1/4 X 2
Cut Old Olive
5 1/2 X 8 1/2
4 1/2 X 3 ¼
3 1/2 X 2 1/4
I stack the Whisper White pieces to stamp. (If you are worried about them moving, you can use a tiny bit of adhesive.) I stamped the greeting first and then the leaf in the center. I then added more leaves by first stamping off on a piece of scrap paper to make it lighter. (Don't worry when you are stamping if you see a little space with no ink between the layers. The Old Olive Card stock will be there so you will not see it.) I then took each layer off and added the Old Olive Card stock behind each piece. Wrap the Old Olive ribbon around the middle pieces and tie in a knot. Adhere pieces together.
I made a video showing how easy this is to make. You could use this card layout with many of your stamp sets.
I have really liked working with the Garden Impressions Suite. The Abstract Impressions stamp set, Springtime Impressions Thinlit dies and Garden Impressions Designer Series Paper Stack give you so many options. I wanted to design a card that used the Thinlit traditional way- to cut out, and then also to emboss with the embossing mat. This is what I came up with.
I folded the card in 1/2, and then folded the front flap back. I opened up the card and then use the butterfly thinlit and embossing mat to emboss the butterfly on the inside of the card.
I made a quick video to show how easy this is to do. The embossing mat is just $15 and it gives you many more options for embossing.
The Designer Series Paper Stack gives you so many great colors to work with. I have been using our new color Shaded Spruce quite a big. It is a great green! A tip for assembling: When attaching the Melon Mambo butterfly, I just put adhesive on the left side so I didn't tape the card shot. Don't forget to add 3 rhinestone jewels to the butterfly. It adds a little bling to the card.
When I saw our Lined Alphabet Bundle in the catalog, it went on my wish list. It is a bit spendy, but is pretty awesome! It is a great choice to get as a 1/2 price item if you host a larger workshop. I was a little nervous to use it, but the video is super helpful! We had my niece's birthday this past weekend, so I thought it would be a great time to try it out! I used her favorite colors.
I stamped it after I cut it out.
On Sunday there was a Stampin' Up Demonstrator event, so I made this gift for my friend Sue who was going with me. I used our wood stamp case to hold some gifts, and made a cover for it. I used the Varied Vases bundle for it along with Share What You Love Specialty designer series paper. I used the punch to cut out the vases, and then cut the flowers by hand. It is so easy to make a personalized gift with this bundle!
I can see using this bundle quite a bit! It would be fun to make some framed gifts with it.
Here is a video that Stampin Up made to show you how to use the Lined Alphabet Bundle.
When I saw the Love You To Pieces Stamp set and Puzzle Dies, I knew I wanted to get them right away. We love puzzles at our house. We often have one going on our table. For the card I designed, I used our new embossing mats. They allow you to use your thinlits to emboss images using the Big Shot. I own so many thinlits, so this gives me so many mote options!
For the card, I used the thinlit the traditional way to cut out the puzzle pieces using smoky slate card stock. I then got out my thicker silicone embossing mat and used the same puzzle to emboss on the Basic Gray card stock. The then adhered a few of the smoky slate pieces to the embossed puzzle.
I made a video to show how the embossing mats work. They are $15 and you get a base place and a thin and thicker silicone mat. The thicker mat gives a deeper impression. For very detailed thinlits, I like to use the thinner silicone mat.
Think of the fun cards you can make for kids where you put a message on the puzzle that they have to put together.
I love the Picture Perfect Party Suite. I have used the Picture Perfect Party designer series paper on many cards in the past couple months. There are so many fun designs! I decided to make a split panel card that shows two different sheets of the designs. There are so many great options! This paper stack coordinates with Picture Perfect Birthday stamp set.
I made a video to show how to make this card. It is a quick an easy card to make, but the video has some helpful tips.
The dimensions for the card:
Card base: 4 1/4" X 11" fold in 1/2 and then cut to 4 1/4" X 7 3/4" From the part you cut off cut it to 4 1/2 X 2 1/4.
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