Autumn Spice Gate Fold Card
Today I wanted to share with you another card we made on our technique night. For this card, we used the Gate Fold style. This style can be implemented in a various designs but the most common is the version we used below where you take a standard sized card but score your paper to…
Thanks Joy Fold Card
Tonight was another fun technique night with my meetup group and we spent the night creating three different “fancy fold” cards. Specifically, we made a Joy Fold card, a Gate Fold card, and an Easel card. Here is the first card we created – This is a Joy Fold card. That means, instead of the…
Making stamping and crafting your business
Hi all! I received some fun news yesterday that I just had to share with someone who would understand my excitement; and so I hope you all don’t mind me sharing with you. So, some quick background on me. I joined Stampin’ Up! three years ago because I loved crafting, teaching others, and I liked…
A Rough Type Index Card
If you’ve ever visited splitcoaststampers.com, you’ve probably noticed their extensive gallery showcasing thousands of cards made by talented stampers, all organized by stamp set. Well, the card shown when you are looking at the list of stamp set names is called the index card and it is made to show every single stamp in the…
World Card Making Day Projects–Part 2
Like I mentioned earlier this week, at my World Card Making Day event, I brought supplies for everyone to make cards based on two different layouts. I shared the first layout in a previous post and so I thought I would share the second layout today. So, here is the card that I made as…
World Card Making Day fun
I meant to get this post up sooner but my camera suddenly did not want to talk to my computer and so the photos were in limbo for a while. Thankfully, after much massaging, sweet talking, and cajoling, my camera finally decided to let me pull off the pictures. Did you do something fun…
Celebrate World Cardmaking Day – join me in crafting for a cause
Did you realize that tomorrow is World Cardmaking Day? That’s right, there is a holiday to celebrate creating and sharing handmade cards! Many folks will be celebrating this occasion with stamping and crafting events, and I’m no exception. If you are in the San Francisco Bay area, join me as I celebrate World Cardmaking Day…
Tons of Tools Card and Embellished Envelope
Sunday was this month’s Technique Night with my meetup group and by request, I did a night that was focused on going over many of the tools you might encounter on your crafting journey including: The BigShot Aqua and Blender pens for water coloring Crimpers Bone Folders Paper Piercing tools Heat and Dry Embossing the…
One thing I forgot about hotels is that they charge an arm and a leg for internet access. So watch for new blog posts when I’m back in the land of free internet this Sunday. I have more samples to share and just need to get them uploaded. I also will be updating the Stamping…
Experimenting with the Stampin’ Up! Letterpress Dies
As I mentioned last week, I received the new Letterpress Dies and made my first card using the method recommended on the packaging. However, I’m not always good with rules and recommendations and so I had to start experimenting myself with how these dies worked with different inks, paper, and BigShot “sandwich” combinations. I wanted…
Sponging up a No Layer Card
Each week, the Late Night Stampers group has some kind of challenge. This week was particularly intriguing to me as the challenge was to create a single/no layer card. When I first read this, I thought, “won’t these cards be boring?” Well, boy was I wrong! Folks came up with all kinds of cool ways…