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July Free Online Workshop – You’re Sublime

Stampin' Up! UK You're Sublime lost lagoon cute easy card

Welcome to my Free Online Workshop for July 2015

This month I’m keeping things simple – life is insane right now, my wedding is now 3 weeks away! I am so not ready yet (so much left to do, STILL trying to find the time to make the orders of service and sort the seating plan!) But I didn’t want to miss a month of Online Workshops for you…

I chose to use the You’re Sublime stamp set this month. I love the images here, they are super cute (totally the word of this workshop – watch the video to understand what I mean!), and I think you can make a heap of different cards for all occasions with these.

Stampin' Up! UK You're Sublime online workshop

In order to keep things super simple we are making 3 cards this month, rather than boxes or bags, and there are 3 super simple cards to make along with me. Saying that there are 3 pretty distinct card making looks here. I am totally in love with the ‘follow your heart’ card – those polka dots just kill me!

Follow Your Heart

This card uses a Lost Lagoon card base with a Whisper White card layer. There are only 3 colour here; Lost Lagoon, Calypso Coral and Smoky Slate, and they are added to the Whisper White layer using Sponge Daubers to stamp the colour on! What a great technique. The super sweet caravan is fussy cut, and coloured in the same colours with my Blender Pens (yes, I LOVE them!!!)

Stampin' Up! UK You're Sublime lost lagoon cute easy card

 

Have a Snappy Day

This is a super super simple card. Once again using those great Sponge Daubers, but this time to colour a larger area – I’ll let you watch the workshop to see what I mean

Loads of Thanks

When looking for ideas for using this stamp set, I stumbled upon this set of cards on Pinterest, and was totally inspired.

I recently received the Pretty Petals Designer Series Paper stack, and I will admit I was scared – black with flowers! frightening! But as soon as I started to use it I fell in love! The patterns are small and dainty, but really sweet, they are the perfect size for card making – and its a 6 x 6 pad – awesome!

Stampin' Up! UK You're Sublime free class online

I have a great workshop for you next month – seeing as I’m away on honeymoon, I thought a Wedding theme may be appropriate! That workshop will go live on the 12th August 2015

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Technique Tuesday|Layered Alphabet

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I have a slightly different Technique Tuesday for you this week. I have been loving the Layered Letters Alphabet, I’ve used it for all sorts the projects this month – Catalogue bookmarks, my swatch book, and now my customer Thank You cards for July!

If you have placed an order this month, this card will be coming to you in the post at the end of the month! If you haven’t ordered yet…. you better get ordering to get one!

Stampin' Up! UK Layered Letters Alphabet

Aren’t they cute! Check out the video for some great tips about using this stamp set!

Top tips:

– Stamp your layering pieces first! get those rectangles and ovals onto your card – using different colours for each one looks awesome!

-Lay your letters out onto a clear block, to check your spelling! (particularly important if your dyslexic like me!)

-Position your letters onto the layering spots, stamp side down, and pick them all up in one go with a large clear block – this way you can stamp them together like one big stamp!

Do you have any alphabet stamp tips? Let me know in the comments section below!

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Male Birthday Card

Stampin' Up! UK Male cards

I know I’m not the only one who’s heart sinks when it comes to Male Birthday cards. They are tricky, particularly when – like me – you’re drawn to flowers and pink!

So, last month it was James’ oldest brothers Birthday. I try really hard not to make themey cards – John likes running, but that doesn’t mean he must have a running themed birthday card, does it?!

Stampin' Up! UK Male cards

This is where Stampin’ Up! outdo themselves, Guy Greetings. What a fantastic guy themed stamp set! I’ve paired it here with Gorgeous Grunge for a really cool grungy look.

Stampin' Up! UK Guy Greetings Male Birthday

I actually got a ‘ooh, that’s cool!’ for this card! I know, I was surprised too! Most of my family are totally not bothered by a handmade anything, none of them understand the effort and thought, and very few actually appreciate what I have done – This does not stop me!

So, the card – a Cucumber Crush card base, layered with a piece of Typeset Designer Series paper and a matt of Very Vanilla – stamped with Gorgeous Grunge in Cucumber Crush and Sahara Sand. Cool, huh?

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Cardmaking 101 – Types of Ink

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There are so many different inks out there! Dye, water based dye, pigment, craft, alcohol, ones that smooth out, ones that are best for blending, ones that react with water, the list goes on and on and on!

As a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, I only use Stampin’ Up! inks these days, but I have used others in the past, and do still reach for them on occasion. But I truly believe for a great all round ink, that’s great for beginner stampers, you cannot beat Stampin’ Up! inks!

Ok, so; there are several different inks in the catalogue. I’ll start with our Classic Inks. Available in Stampin’ pads, as refils, or in Stampin’ Write Markers, the classic ink is a great all round ink. It stamps wonderfully, often a little darker and splotchy at first but it smooths as it dries leaving a perfect crisp image every time! And if you think that is all Stampin’ Up! ink is good for, you are about to learn something! I use our Classic ink for water-colouring, adding some ink onto a clear acrylic block and adding water before using a paintbrush to colour my image. It’s also reactive to water, meaning that you can splatter water onto a project (before it’s completely dry works best) to bleach away some of the colour. It blends beautifully with sponge daubers or a blending tool. And it comes in 46 different colours!

Currently we don’t have a black Classic Ink (I am assured it will return, but it needed re-formulating to make it even better!), but we do have two great black options!

Memento Tuxedo Black is my go-to black ink, and I am so pleased Stampin’ Up! have continued to carry it. I have loved this ink for years! I can guarantee a clean crisp true black image with this ink, and it is safe to use with your Alcohol markers too. The Other option for Black ink is Stazon. Stazon is an alcohol based ink, great for stamping on slick surfaces like Window Sheets or tiles, but its also waterproof, and so great for stamping your images before you watercolour. One thing to be aware of with Stazon though is that it will stain your stamps, special Stazon cleaner is recommended, and I prefer to avoid using it at all with my photopolymer stamps (but sometimes it can’t be avoided!). Stazon is also available as a white ink, which comes with its refill as it is known to  dry out quickly.

White ink is also available as a pigment ink; Craft Stanpin’ Ink, is a permanent pigment ink. This is a great white ink, but it takes a while to dry. You can speed up the drying process with your heat tool, you add embossing powder to set it. Craft ink looks awesome on dark card stocks such as Night of Navy or Basic Black.

The final ink I’m going to talk about in Versamark. I love this ink! Versamark is my first choice for stamping and heat embossing, it is a clear sticky ink that holds your embossing powered to the card stock while you heat set it. It is the best! Versamark is also great for creating a tone-on-tone stamped look, or watermark effects.

What’s you favourite ink?

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Tag a Bag

I haven’t featured these kits for a while on the blog, although I use them all the time! I was so excited to see a brand new Tag a Bag Accessory kit in the new Annual Catalogue.  This time featuring Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry, Garden Green and Night of Navy. The kits are designed to help you add the finishing touch to gifts and treats but I use them all over!

The kit includes 10 large tag bases, and 10 tag building layers, over 18m of linen thread! doilies, Dimensionals, 10 gorgeous gold paperclips and 5 adhesive strips in Calypso Coral.

I have to say I use these adhesive strips all over! they make great labels, and my embossing powder containers are marked up with a piece with the colour of embossing power on the strip!

I will be using this kit on some projects really soon, but I wanted to give you a look at what you get for just £7.25! first!

What’s you go to item in the new catalogue?

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You’re Toadally Awesome!

Stampin' Up! UK You're Sublime Cucumber Crush card

We are now less than a month til the Wedding and things are crazy busy, saying that I am still making time for all of you, and have another Free Online Workshop coming next Wednesday! I have mentioned before that I work ahead of time, well at the moment I think I’m a month ahead, we are away for 3 weeks on honeymoon in August and I don’t want to abandon you guys. I will be contactable by email while I’m away, and I’m sure I’ll be sharing some pictures of sandy beaches and blue skies on Facebook!

So, this month’s free online workshop uses one of my favourite stamp sets from the new Annual Catalogue – You’re Sublime! It’s just too cute!

Stampin' Up! UK You're Sublime Cucumber Crush card

This card has a card base of Cucumber Crush, with a matt of Cherry on Top Designer Series Paper (remember me saying how much I love this paper, yep, still using it!), and a piece of that lovely Cucumber Crush Dotted Lace Trim – Yum!

The frog is stamped in Stazon ink onto a 2″ circle of Whisper White. I did actually watercolour this with Cucumber Crush ink, yes, onto Whisper White! I know, I know! cool huh!

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Ink Splatter Two Ways

Stampin' Up! UK Ink Splatter Gorgeous Grunge Watercolour Thank you

Slightly different style of video for you today. I am going to try some different videos over the next few weeks, thinking of trying some ‘craft along’ type videos. I wanted to show you the two ways I most commonly make ink splatters. I love this look, although I don’t share it very often, I do use both of these methods to create this effect

Stampin' Up! UK Ink Splatter Gorgeous Grunge Watercolour Thank you

As you will see in the video I wasn’t really sure where I was going with this card. I had pulled this stamp, as well as as Cucumber Crush and Watermelon Wonder inks, the card base and a Whisper White matt.

There are two different types of ink splatter here (well, its almost three, but I want you to ignore the large Cucumber Crush Splat for the moment).

The Watermelon Wonder ink splatters are watered down ink, splattered onto the card stock with a paint brush, whilst the Cucumber Crush ones are a stamp! Can you tell the difference? because I can’t! How cool is that!

What do you think? Which is your favourite ink splat method?

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Perpetual Birthday Card!

Stampin' Up! UK Perpetual Birthday Calendar Pootles

I’m currently preparing for my Perpetual Birthday Calendar Kit Class at the weekend. (I’m sure to repeat this one, just let me know if you’d be interested!) and so the stamps have been out on my table, and I just had to use them on a card! My wonderful Upline Pootles regularly uses this stamp sets on cards, so I think I was channelling my inner Pootler with this one! I’ve even used Glimmer paper!

As you probably know by now I’m in the final few weeks before my Wedding! (almost sorted!) and so am also making heaps of cards as Thank you’s for various people. I will share some of these while I’m on my honeymoon, but I though I would share this one a little earlier (I know James doesn’t read the blog so I know he’s not going to see this!)

Stampin' Up! UK Perpetual Birthday Calendar Pootles

I bought I’m a special gift to open on the day, and needed a card to go with it. This is perfect!

I don’t usually do loads of layers, but like I said, channelling my inner Pootler here – the card base is a piece of Real Red card stock cut to 4 x 8″ and scored at 4″ to make a 4×4 card base. The layers are then Very Vanilla (3 3/4 x 3 3/4″), Gold Glimmer Paper (3 x 3″), Real Red (2 3/4 x 2 3/4″), and Very Vanilla (2 1/2 x 2 1/2″).

The stamping is also in Real Red using that cute scattered heart stamp from the Perpetual Birthday Calender stamp set.

What do you think?

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Card Storage Box

Stampin' Up! UK card storage box cherry on top DSP

There are a stack of these floating around on Pinterest, but I just had to put my own spin on it. The Classic Card Box. I wanted a box specifically to hold cards and envelopes while they wait to go to customers. Did you know that I always send a ‘Thank You’ card when you place an order in my store? If you have ordered and haven’t received a card it may be that you have selected ‘No Contact’ drop me an email if you think I’ve missed you.

Stampin' Up! UK card storage box video tutorial

The first box uses Lost Lagoon card stock, and a piece of that lovely Neutrals Designer Series Paper Stack. Whereas the video version is in Bermuda Bay with a piece of Cherry on Top Designer Series Paper. I grabbed the Cherry on Top DSP during demonstrator Pre-Order, purely because it was available to me! Demonstrators get the chance to order from a sample of product before the big launch! and I have to say, looking at the pictures in the Catalogue, I’m not sure that I would have ordered if it hadn’t been in that pre-order selection. And I would have missed out! Because it is fabulous! Featuring Bermuda Bay, Cucumber Crush, Crushed Curry, Pool Party, Tip Top Taupe and Watermelon Wonder, and a collection of birthday themed papers with some great patterns; it would look fab as part of a Project Life album! I might even have to order a second pad!

Measurements:

Card stock – 12 x 8″ (30.5 x 20.5 cm)

Score on the long side at – 4 1/2, 5 3/4, 10 1/4, and 11 1/2″ (11.5, 14.5, 26, and 29 cm)

Score on the short side at – 1 1/4″ (3 cm) turn the card stock around and score in the wide section nearest the skinny flap at 1 1/2″ (4 cm)

Designer Series Paper – 4 1/4 x 5″ (11 X 12.5 cm)

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Watercolour Wishes!

Stampin' Up! UK watercolour card kit

Hello!

Popping in again to let you know something really cool!

The Watercolour Wishes Card Kit is now available in my Online Store!

This awesome card kit contains a delightful exclusive stamp set, as well as the components to make 20 unique cards (with envelopes!) – die cut pieces, pre-watercoloured card bases, stickers, Stampin’ Spots in Night of Navy and Watermelon Wonder, Washi tape, sequins, wooden elements, and so much more!

Stampin' Up! Watercolor wishes watercolour card kit

grab yours today!

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