Mar 27, 2019 | Business Opportunity, Designer Series Paper, Sale-A-Bration 2019, Technique, Uncategorized |
Earlier this week on a Facebook Live, I highlighted maximizing your Designer Series Paper. Twelve cards can be made from one 12″ x 12″ sheet of Designer Series Paper (DSP). The only scrap for the trash left after making the cuts is a 1/2″ x 1-1/2″ inch piece. The Designer Series Paper in the sample cards is Painted Seasons. This Designer Series Paper is a FREE Sale-a-Bration selection and is only available until March 31 (just a few more days!). The twelve cards and cutting guide are shown below.
Cutting Guide:
Tips for cutting:
- Use the photo as your guide and cut the vertical lines first. In the photo, the pink arrows designate the vertical cut lines.
- Cut the first vertical line at a width of 4″.
- The next vertical cut is 3″ in width.
- The final vertical cut is 3-1/2″ in width.
- After completing these cuts, you will have a 4″ x 12″ strip, a 3″ x 12″ strip, a 3-1/2″ x 12″ strip and a 1-1/2″ x 12″ strip.
- Refer to the photo and cut the strips to the appropriate sizes for the cards.
Click on this link: How to Maximize your Designer Series Paper to watch cutting of the 12″ x 12″ designer series paper.
It’s time to stop hoarding your Designer Series Paper so start cutting and maximizing your Designer Series Paper!
A tutorial for each of the cards is under the Tutorial tab at the top of the blog.
REMINDER:
Sale-A-Bration ends on Sunday, March 31. There are some great product selections including the Painted Seasons Designer Series Paper. To view the available selections, click here. You can follow this link to Shop Now.
If you would like to receive ongoing savings on your purchases, join my Playtime with Paper team. During Sale-a-bration, you can select $175 of product for only $99. Or if you would like the Craft & Carry Tote, the registration free is $129 and you still select $175 worth of product. This is an additional $50 of product! Best of all, you receive free shipping on your registration order. To register and start saving on your future purchase, click here and select which option you prefer. Contact me with your questions. Don’t forget this offer ends on March 31 so act now!
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Feb 11, 2019 | Sale-A-Bration 2019, Simple Stamping, Watercolor Pencils |
Today’s card is quick and easy using the So Hoppy Together Cling Stamp Set from the Sale-a-Bration brochure. Our grandson, Alex, recently earned honors at school so we are giving him a small gift as a reward for his hard work. Naturally, the gift needs a card! Often I like to use the Whisper White Narrow Note Cards with coordinating envelopes to accompany gifts. The narrow cards are the perfect size for simple stamping and come in a package of 20 cards with matching envelopes. Plus, there is enough room inside the card for writing a short note. The So Hoppy Together Cling Stamp is very cute and the frog on the unicycle is perfect for the narrow card. The “You Can Do Anything” sentiment in the stamp set is perfect for the congratulatory card for Alex’s achievements.
Card Directions:
- Stamp the image from So Hoppy Together Cling Stamp set onto Whisper White Narrow Note Card using Stazon Jet Black Ink.
- Randomly stamp the sentiment around the card using the Stazon Jet Black ink.
- Color the stamped image using Watercolor Pencils and Blender Pens. Use the Old Olive watercolor pencil and the blender pen to lighten areas on the frog. Color unicycle using the Black and Grey watercolor pencil. Real Red and Daffodil Delight watercolor pencil colors complete the unicycle.
As said, this is definitely quick and easy! By placing a $50 order, you can receive the So Hoppy Together Cling Stamp Set for FREE. The full list of materials for this card is under Project Materials at the end of the post. By ordering all of the items, you can select the So Hoppy stamp set as your Sale-a-bration item.
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Feb 8, 2019 | Cards, Sale-A-Bration 2019, Textured Impressions Embossing Folders |
Valentine’s Day is approaching so this elegant Valentine card featuring Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheet makes a lovely card for giving to a special person. I am loving the products in the Sale-a-Bration brochure and the Grapefruit Grove and Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheets are no exception. Remember, you can receive them for FREE with a $50 order. Once I saw the Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheets, I knew including them in the card design was a necessity. The Lace Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder adds elegance to the Lovely Lipstick Foil. And WOW – what a dramatic change! You will see more projects from me using this embossing folder! Elements from both the Forever Lovely and Meant to Be Bundles complete the card. Details for creating the card are below the photo of the card.
Card Directions:
- Start with Lovely Lipstick cardstock: 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″. Score at 4-1/4″ and fold on score line to create card.
- Cut a piece of Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheet to 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8″. Use Lace Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (TIEF) to add texture to the Lovely Lipstick Foil piece.
- Use Lovely Lipstick Classic Stampin’ Pad to stamp the large flower from the Forever Lovely Stamp Set onto a 2″ x 2″ piece of Whisper White cardstock. Along the edge of this same cardstock, stamp two leaves from the stamp set using Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin’ Pad. Cut the flower and leaves using the coordinating dies from the Lovely Flowers Edgelits Dies.
- On a scrap of Soft Sea Foam cardstock, cut one of the open leaf dies. Cut the small flowers with the die from a scrap of Lovely Lipstick cardstock.
- Use the Be Mine Stitched Framelits Dies to cut a valentine heart from a piece of 2-3/4″ x 3-1/2″ Whisper White cardstock.
- Stamp the Happy Valentine’s Day sentiment inside the heart using Lovely Lipstick Classic Stampin’ Pad. The sentiment is in the Meant to Be stamp set.
Card Assembly:
- Attach the embossed Lovely Lipstick to the card base using snail adhesive.
- Refer to photo on layering placement of flowers and leaves. Attach the large flower with a mini-dimensional and use mini-glue dots for other flowers and leaves.
- Center heart onto the Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheet and attach using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Embellish small flower centers using small Pearl Basic Jewels.
- Tie a small bow using Whisper White Baker’s Twine and adhere to heart above sentiment.
Even if you do not have the foil sheets, this card can easily be replicated using cardstock. The must have item is the Lace Dynamic TIEF which will add the elegance. Project Materials are listed at the bottom of this post. You can order directly by clicking on the item in the list.
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Feb 4, 2019 | Acetate Boxes, Boxes, Occasions Catalog 2019, Quick & Easy, Sale-A-Bration 2019, Uncategorized |
After making numerous cards with a butterfly theme, it became necessary to create packaging for a set of the butterfly cards. The Acetate Card Boxes in the 2018-2019 Annual Catalog are perfect for packing the cards. Instead of putting the cards in just a clear acetate box, decorate the box to add extra flair. For consistency, I chose to use the butterfly theme for decorating the box. It’s an easy project and now the cards are neatly packaged to present as a gift or to sell at a craft fair. Best of all, the Butterfly Botanical Designer Series Paper and the Butterfly Elements are in the Sale-a-Bration brochure and each are FREE with qualifying purchases. Continue reading below for the steps to recreate this box to package your butterfly cards.
Decorating the Acetate Card Box
- Assemble the acetate card box.
- Use a 5-3/8″ x 5-5/8″ piece of Balmy Blue cardstock. On the 5-3/8″ side, score at 1/2″ and 4-7/8″. Add texture to the center area between the score lines using the Layering Leaves Dynamic Texture Embossing Folder. Fold score lines and insert the cardstock into the box.
- Cut a 2″ x 5-3/4″ strip of Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper (DSP). Attach to the center of the acetate box using Tear & Tape Adhesive.
- Stamp the “Just for You” sentiment from the Meant to Be Stamp set in Tuxedo Memento Black Ink onto a 3-1/2″ x 2-3/4″ piece of Whisper White cardstock. Cut using the large circle framelit dies from the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies. Attach to the box using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Embellish around the sentiment using the Butterfly Elements and adding a coordinating bow.
The Organdy Ribbon Combo Pack in the Sale-a-Bration brochure is currently sold out and will be available in early March while reorder supplies last. The 1/8″ Grapefruit Grove Grain Ribbon is a good substitute to use for making a coordinating bow.
Now when you want to package a set of your card creations, you can easily decorate an acrylic box to coordinate with your cards.
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Jan 21, 2019 | Cards, Floral, Sale-A-Bration 2019, Simple Stamping |
For a recent team meeting, I made a swap card featuring the Sale-a-Bration Lasting Lily stamp set. It is a simple card that is perfect for all levels of card makers. The Lasting Lily stamp set is FREE with a $100 purchase (before taxes/shipping). The set contains 16 photopolymer stamps. The beauty of the lilies are the Distinktive style stamp. This means the stamp is designed to lay down the ink in a way to obtain varying depths of color. Don’t you love the definition in the flowers? This is all done with the Distinktive stamp and does not require multiple step stamping. In addition, there are some wonderful sentiments with the set.
A couple of tips when using the Distinktive style of stamp:
- To obtain a clear stamped impression, do not use a “juicy” ink pad since it will overfill the impressions. To solve the problem of a juicy pad, use the back of a spoon to push the ink to one end of the stamp pad. This will create a drier area to use for stamping. How can you tell if your ink pad is too juicy? Ink the stamp and look for ink bubbles or blotches. If there are bubbles or blotches your pad has too much ink. After stamping the flowers, use the back of the spoon to move the ink back into the stamp pad. By pushing the ink to one side of the pad, you will not be wasting the ink in your pad.
- You do not want to overfill your stamp and loose the distinktive impression. To avoid this, try not to press the stamp into the ink pad. Be sure to tap, tap, tap the stamp onto the ink pad. Just by employing this method, I found that the perfect amount of ink was picked up by the stamp creating the desired stamped image.
- To achieve even pressure, use a Stampin’ pierce mat with the photopolymer stamps.
Card Directions:
- Card Base: Thick Whisper White Cardstock: 4-1/4″ x 11″, score at 5-1/2″ to create a top fold card.
- Cut Highland Heather Gingham Gala Designer Series Paper (DSP) 5-1/4″ x 4″ and attach to Whisper White card base using Snail Adhesive.
- For the 3rd layer, cut Highland Heather Cardstock: 4-3/4″ x 3-1/2″ and emboss using the Subtle Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.
- Stamp the lilies using Highland Heather Classic Ink Pad onto a piece of 4-1/4″ x 3″ Whisper White cardstock. For the stems, use Pear Pizzazz Classic Ink Pad.
- To attach the flower layer to the embossed Highland Heather layer, use Snail Adhesive. Finish by attaching to card front with stampin’ dimensionals.
- Add the desired sentiment to the card. For this card, the sentiment is from the Home to Roost Sale-a-Bration stamp set. Punch using the 1-1/4″ circle punch and attach to card front using adhesive.
- To complete the card, add a bow and rhinestone basic jewels. The ribbon is another Sale-a-Bration item (Organdy Ribbon Combo Pack). Note: You can also dye a white ribbon using the Highland Heather ink refill or your ink pad.
The full list of materials for this card is under Project Materials at the end of the post. To order your stamping supplies for this project, click on the product links or shop for items through my online store. And once you reach an order total of $100, you can select the Lasting Lily stamp set for FREE! Remember, shopping is available 24-7!
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