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Thursday, November 21, 2019

Stampers Club November - Believe

This Santa sure does look jolly, doesn't he?  I had fun making this card and thought it would be a good image to use for our technique this month - Stampin' Blends!  Hope y'all like it!















Base card: Cherry Cobbler, 8 1/2 x 5 ½ scored at 4 ¼ 
Strips: 2 x 5 1/2 Wrapped in Plaid DSP and Shaded Spruce


Stamps:  Holly Jolly Christmas (HC)
Dies:  Jolly Seasons and Ornate Frames (HC)


  • With black pigment ink stamp Santa and "Believe" on Whisper White and heat emboss with clear powder. Die cut Santa with matching die.
  • Using a frame from Ornate Frames cut out "Believe" and also from Gold Foil sheet. Cut the frame cut from the gold foil down the center of the long side. Adhere to the back of "Believe" so that a gold border is created. 
  • Put the two 2 inch strips of paper together and cut a banner. (With a pair of scissors cut from one corner to the center of the strip and then repeat on the opposite corner.  Offset the solid strip. Trim to fit card.
  • Color Santa with Stampin' Blends.
  • Layer all as in sample.
  • Gold dots on sentiment are punched from a scrap of the gold foil with an old fashioned standard sized hole punch.


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Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Timeless Treasure #3 - Full Wide Cases

Still talking about storage!  And one of my favorite go to items is a SU! item!  I am a super huge fan of the Full Wide stamp cases (127551) found in the "Stampin' Accessories" section of the annual catalog.  What do I use these for, you ask?  All kinds of stuff! They were originally designed by SU! to store wood-mounted stamps. Now they are used by many for so much more.  I use them to store bling, my "chopped paper," projects, oh what the heck - check out the photos!

  

I like to keep my bling close at hand so the bling cases sit on my desk. I store smaller projects in some of the cases, like the one for my Breast Cancer cards (I also keep my breast cancer postage stamps in the case with the cards.) And all the little stamp sets from my Paper Pumpkin subscriptions I keep in these boxes. (I have an Excel spreadsheet with all the sentiments so I know right where to find them!)




I save retired DSP for use in my Stamp-a-Stack classes. I have a number of customers who have no desire to purchase anything or stamp on their own - using retired DSP is perfect for these events. I know exactly which box to grab when designing a card. 





Kylie Bertucci is a fellow SU! demonstrator in Australia and is the creator of #loveitchopit - a concept which I am working to adapt into my own process.  The above collections of DSP are in the current catalog (except the retired Painted Seasons) and I've "chopped" all the paper from the entire 12 x 12 package to fit in the cases.  You can get the .pdf case inserts from her website for free. (See link in right sidebar.)  I'll post something about Kylie's #loveitchopit when I've mastered it!





And if you have access to a drill and a hardware store you can make this cute case as a gift. You can store your class kit in here to take with you to your classes or just to store some of your favorite toys. Add some DSP and a tag to personalize. This was a gift from my up-line Sara Cimbaro.