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Dry Embossing on Glossy Cardstock

 

 This technique is so simple, but very impressive, especially when using the 3D Dynamic Textured Embossing folders. These embossing folders are very thick and have deep and provide, thick, deep embossing. You do use them differently in your Big Shot. The folder with the cardstock in it, goes directly on to the Platform, and then acrylic embossing pad. You only use one pad, instead of two.

When you use the glossy cardstock, it is thicker and so is the embossing.

The folder used here is Petal Burst #141493

After I embossed the glossy cardstock, I used a sponge brayer and inked over the embossed cardstock. This accents the embossing even more.

All you need for this technique is glossy cardstock, a soft brayer, and ink.  Stampin’Up has twenty-five different embossing folders coming in June in the new 2018-2019 catalog. You do not have to wait that long to purchase these items because them can all be found in this present catalog.

Click on "Shop Now" and you can shop and have your materials within ten days

So You Think You Do Not Have a Creative Bone in your Body?

So Often I hear, "I do not have a creative bone in my body!"

This is something I hear very often when I speak to people about rubber stamping.  All of us have some type of creativity and we need to learn to express it.  In rubber stamping it is so easy to sabotage your own creativity.

Here are some tips to help you improve your confidence in your own creativity.

Don’t demand your stamping to be perfect.  Handmade is not meant to always to be perfect.  If you demand yourself to be perfect you will not enjoy the wonderful creative process.  Don’t be afraid.  Try new ways to use the products you have.  After all, a piece of cardstock the size of a card does not cost over five cents; so, if you ruin it, you are not out that much and you will have had the fun of trying something new.  Cards do not have to be perfect to be beautiful.

Do not compare your work with others.  You have your own style.  Creativity is not about competing and comparing.  It is enjoying the process of creating.  It is alright to use other’s projects for inspiration, but do not compare your project with others.

Do not rush.  Avoid leaving things until the last minute.  Rushing kills the fun and enjoyment of being creativity.  It often leads to big mistakes such as ink smudges where they should not be.  Make time for yourself to stamp.  You are entitled to the joy of creativity.

Fear.  Do not be afraid to give away a hand-made card.  It may not be perfect in your eyes, but it is a gift from the heart.  Also, don’t be afraid to try new techniques and products.  Frankly, it does not matter what others think as long as you enjoyed yourself.  You have nothing to fear, but, fear itself.  Play and enjoy your crafting experience.

Don’t be afraid to CASE.  CASE does mean Copy and Share Everything.  When you copy a project, it is a compliment to the person that made the card.  Casing helps you come up with ideas of your own.  Share your own ideas with others.

These five simple things can destroy your love of creating, so learn to relax and love your time to be creative.  Always take time to play with new products, ideas, and techniques.  Enjoy your creative time.

Mother's Day and a Touch of the Past

Hello Everyone, I want to wish all of you a Happy Mother's Day tomorrow.  I remember back years ago, on Mother's Day we all went to church as a family.  The people that had mothers alive wore a red flower and those whose mother was deceased wore a white flower.  You either wore a flower from your garden or purchased one.  Lot of carnations were sold that weekend and it was a big day for florist.

 

  Now, some got creative and made their own flower from "crepe paper".  Many of flower arrangements my mother and I use to make from "crepe paper".  Do any of your remember this product.  It was strong, in all colors, and was stretchy so you could shape it.

 

When I am stamping, I often think of my mother.  She would have had a blast with rubber stamps.  Any new craft idea that came around, she was into it and most often, had me into it up to my neck.  You name it, and we probably tried it.  Guess the apple does not fall to far from the tree.

 

 

 

Happy Mother's Day, Joyce

Advantages of hosting a Stampin'Up Party

Why Have a Stampin’Up Party?

·         A brand-new catalog will be offered in June packed with fantastic stamping and scrapbook supplies.   Everyone will be excited with all it has to offer.

·          You can get together with your friends to spend a couple hours of creative fun and you and your friends get to take home several great cards.  It is a fun way to spend some special time with your friends.

·         Your friends will love creating projects that they will be able to keep and use in the future.

·         You, as hostess, earn free merchandise.  You can even choose exclusive hostess only sets or other items that are on your wish list, free with your hostess credits.

·         Come June, we have a wonderful new catalog which is full of fun and exciting new items to enhance your stamping.  Your wish list will be long, so why not host a workshop and get some of these items free?

·         Your friends may have so much fun that they will want to start a club so you can stamp together each month and take turns being hostess.

·         Book your party for June or July now since hostess party spots are limited.

 

I hold hostess parties in my workshop so the hostess does not have to clean and all of the other work with having friends get together.  All the hostess needs to do is invite their friends.  When orders are in, I separate and bag them so the hostess only needs to give the to those that order the items. 

Contact me now and let’s set a day or evening for your party.  Your friends will have a wonderful time.  Email me at stampwithjoycepacer@gmail.com.

Make your own colored Glitter paper

If you love sparkle and shimmer on your cards, you really need to try making your own colored glitter paper.

All you need is Dazzling Diamond glitter paper and Brusho Crystals and I used alcohol instead of water so it would dry faster.

I used a strip on Glimmer Paper about three inches wide and colored the complete strip so I had it ready to use.

1.  Sprinkle two or three colors of Brusho Crystals over the glitter paper.  Leave some white showing so we get a variation of colors and the two colors can inter-mix.

2.  When you have the crystals on the paper as you wish, mist with alcohol and let the colors run together.  If you find a spot you want more color, you can sprinkle more crystals on the paper and mist some more.

3.  Set this aside and let it dry well before cutting.

Here is another card where I used another section of the colored glimmer paper.  You can see how no sections is the same.

These cute figures are cut from the designer paper, Myths & Magic Specialty Designer paper that is in the Mini catalog.  I really hate seeing this Cute bundle, Magical Day discontinued.  If they have not sold out, you can still order it until the end of May.

If you do not have the Brusho Crystals, you can order them a the Dazzling Diamond Glitter paper by clicking on Shop Now.

Happy Stamping, Joyce

As a reminder, all materials used on this blog is from Stampin'Up.

Card Tutorial for Men's Cards

True Gentleman Suite

(2018 Occasions Catalog)

 

When I first saw the True Gentleman Suite in the 2018 Occasions Catalog, I must admit I wasn’t sure I would ever use it.  But I saw the cutest card that I just had to try.  A few weeks later I went to a local demo meeting where several people had used the same suite in a card swap, and I saw that this is actually very flexible!

This is the card I had so much fun making:  

 

The idea to make this card came from Rhonda Fawcett (www.stampinfantastic.co.nz).  I used most of her basic idea to create this sweet little bald guy, but changed the card itself substantially.

 

Stamp Set

Ÿ Truly Tailored (2018 Occasions)

 

Paper

Ÿ Blushing Bride card stock

Ÿ Night of Navy card stock

Ÿ Tranquil Tide card stock

Ÿ Whisper White card stock

Ÿ True Gentleman DSP (2018 Occasions)

 

Ink

Ÿ Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

Ÿ Night of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad

 

Accessories & Tools

Ÿ Big Shot Die Cutting Machine

Ÿ Basket Weave Embossing Folder (2018 SAB; returning in 2018-19 AC)

Ÿ Blossom Builder Punch (ears)

Ÿ Tailored Tag Punch (2018 Occasions)

Ÿ 1-1/2” Circle Punch

ŸAdhesives:

w SNAIL Adhesive

Ÿ Stampin’ Dimensionals

w Multipurpose Liquid Glue

 

The mustache came from the top of the stamp that says, “Wishing you a Dapper Day.”  The bow tie and glasses were fussy cut from the True Gentleman DSP.

 

 

Cards 2, 3 and 4 all came from my local demo group “gentleman” card swap.

 

ŸStamp Set

ŸGuy Greetings

 

Paper

ŸChocolate Chip card stock

ŸVery Vanilla card stock

ŸTrue Gentleman DSP

 

Ink

ŸNight of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad

 

Accessories and Tools

ŸGold Library Clip

Ÿ3/8 Night of Navy Corduroy Ribbon

ŸAdhesives: SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals

 

 

Card 3 adds a little glitz (Silver Foil and Rhinestone Jewels) to the gentlemanly card – and it still looks manly!!!  What I really like about this card is the inside.  A unique use of the Tailored Tag Punch to add a little interest.

 

 

All materials are from the True Gentleman Suite.

 

 

 

Card 4 adds a little fun with unique fold.  All materials are from the True Gentleman Suite.

 

 

The card is scored at the center both horizontally and vertically, and then cut diagonally from the upper left corner to the lower right corner.  When closed, the belly band keeps everything in place.

If you do not have this great bundle, you can click on Shop Now and order yours today.  Get it now while you still get the discount on the punch and stamp set.  Come June 1, the bundle price is not available.

 

I hope you enjoy these cards made from the True Gentleman Suite.  Hopefully, they will inspire you to come up with more great ideas!

Hate Making Bows? Make your own bow maker.

Craft Bonus -- Make Your Own FREE Bowmaker!!!

 We all love to embellish our cards with bows, right? Of course, every time I mention in a class that we're going to make a bow, everyone around the table rolls their eyes and there's a huge SIGH circling the table.  As a result, I've started pre-making bows for everyone.

 However, there's a great way to make your bows simply and perfectly every time!

 You may have seen ads selling bow making tools.  Below are a few examples of what I've seen online.  Some are fairly cheap; some more expensive.  (I even have a few of them myself -- two of them were purchased from local Stampin' Up! demonstrators whose husbands make them.)

 

 

Well, guess what?!  With two items that you probably already have around your house you can make your own bow making tool for free!

 

Here's what mine looks like:

 Ok . . . it's not fancy looking like the others, but it works like a charm!

 

Ingredients:

 

* Styrofoam Packing Block (mine is 3" deep x 2-1/4" tall x 7-1/2" long

* 1 Bamboo Skewer (cut in half)

 With both of the wooden tools I have, the dowels have a tendency to loosen and fall out while I'm using them.  Very annoying!!!  (Especially when I'm making 100 bows for a stamp camp!)  

 Here's the magic of this free homemade tool . . . .

      1. I can position the skewers wherever I want them to make the size bow I want.  

      2. When I push them all the way to the bottom, they do not move while I'm using the tool. 

      3. When I want to make another size bow, I can simply move the skewers to another position. 

      4. If I want to use wider ribbon, I can use thicker skewers for a sturdier tool.

 

So far I've been able to reuse the holes I've already made, and because the skewers are pushed all the way to the bottom, they don't shift on the second . . . or third . . . or fourth reuse.  But if they do, there's lots more room on the surface to make new holes . . . or I can rotate the block and use another side . . . so I can continue using this piece of Styrofoam for a long time!  When it gets to the point that there are too many holes and it's no longer useful, I'll just search my stash for another suitable piece of styrofoam (no, I never toss the styrofoam packing from items I purchase.

Best reason to make this tool?  IT'S FREE!!!!!

 If you don't know how to use the bow making tool, there are several tutorials on YouTube.  I've watched many of the videos and found the two below to be the simplest explanations and easiest for me to understand (one is a side view; the other is a top view).

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2Y1NUFXTh8

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUvgL3HPNCY

 

Hope you found this helpful.

Last Chance!

 

LAST CHANCE FOR RETIRING PRODUCTS

 

WOW!  Have you seen the list?  The occasions catalog has two pages of products and the annual catalog list has nine pages worth of products that are retiring.

 

Retiring Bundles!

The first thing I want to point out on both lists are theretiring bundles.  Yes, all bundles are retiring but not all are leaving for good.  Whenever you purchase a bundle, Stampin’ Up! offers a 10% discount.  However, with each new catalog, past bundles do not carry over. So, if there is a bundle you have had your eye on, now is the time to purchase it.

 

Retiring Stamps!

As I look over the list and mark up my catalog of items retiring, a deep sigh leaves my body. It’s to be expected to be a little disappointed that some favorites don’t make the cut.  However, on the bright side, eliminating some of the past stampsets only means one thing --new stamps to fall in love with.

 

Everything Else That’s Retiring!

As you are aware, the In Colors from 2016-2018 are also retiring and any item that includes one of those colors retires as well.  And, Stampin’ Up! recently announced a color revamp.  What does this mean?  Grab the colors you love now. Remember it is while supplies last.

 

In addition to the many colors retiring, there are pages of accessories leaving as well.  Stock up on your favorites and get excited for what is coming!

 

There is a lot on the list.  All Designer Series Paper will retire as well as coordinating card stock packs.  If you like 12×12 card stock that is in the current catalog, stock up on them as well.  With the release of the new annual catalog, 12 x 12 card stock will be sold by color families only.

 

Don’t delay in looking at the last chance products and contact your demonstrator with your order today!

Bundle Up and Save Money

Petal Palette Bundle

 

I really love the Petal Palette Bundle. I have always loved the look of the stamped image being cut out and used with dimensionals, but I don’t like to do fussy cutting. I don’t have time for it, especially when I have to do a lot of the same card.

With this bundle, you have several greetings, a couple of background stamps and then some stamps that you can cut out with the thinlits. There are other dies to use for your design, too.

 

The sample image that are in the online store are gorgeous. The images look good whether you want to use the watercolor effect or use the Stampin’ Blends or regular markers. I have already made several different cards with this stamp set and thinlits.

Here is a couple of the cards I made with Rich Razzleberry and Pool Party. I also used some Wink of Stella on the flowers.

Supplies Used:

• Petal Palette Clear-Mount Bundle – 145974
• Petal Palette Wood-Mount Bundle – 145973
• Best Birds Photopolymer Stamp Set -- 141525
• Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock -- 115316
• Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock 100730
• Old Olive Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack – 144597
• Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack –144602
• Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad – 132708
• Lots of Labels Framelits Dies – 138281
• Petal Pair Textured Impressions Embossing Folders – 1456564
• Mini Stampin' Dimensionals–144108
• Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush -- 141897

This beautiful bundle will be available as a bundle until the end of May.  In the new catalog, you have to purchase the set and framelits separately and no longer getting the 10% discount.  So, click on "Shop Now" and go to my Stampin'Up on line store and purchase your bundle now and save yourself some money.

Do you get the most out of your embossing folders?

 

There are numerous ways to use embossing folders to create beautiful backgrounds

 3 most popular ways are;

1.     Emboss/De boss

2.     Letter Press using Ink and variations 

3.     Partial embossing

Embossing folders are the easiest to use and gives a wow effect to backgrounds. Which comes to the first way to use them

1. Embossing/De Bossing this is the simplest you start by placing you paper inside the folder and sandwiching and running it through your big shot. Depending on the look you are going for one side is your embossed and the reverse is de bossed side.  The side with the logo is the embossed or raised look and no logo of course would be the debossed side.
2. The next one I found that had a cool effect was using ink and the folder like a letter press. You start by deciding which side of the folder that you want to use either the raised side or the impressed side. Once you have chosen your side apply ink to the folder either by direct from the ink pad, using a sponge or, a brayer, then carefully placing your cardstock in to the folder trying not to smudge the ink, and run it through the big shot. Wait a few seconds after running it through to open and remove your cardstock.  This is adds a cool effect to your backgrounds. 
3. A variation of this you can take your stamps and stamp on the inside of the folder and then place your cardstock inside and run it through your big shot.
4. Another variation using versa mark ink you can double emboss. Take your versa mark ink pad apply it to the inside of the folder place your cardstock carefully inside and run it through the big shot, once its has gone through open the folder and place embossing powder over the area and heat set.   This gives a shinny and a raised look at the same time.
5. Partial embossing, this is where you can use a hole-punch, or a die cut piece of cardstock over the outside of your folder, then place your cardstock to be embossed inside the folder and then run it through the big shot.   This leaves a void in your embossed paper where the cardstock was on the outside of the folder.

All of these techniques for using embossing folders are fun to use and gives a special "Zing" to your work.  Give them a try.

Stampin'Up has a wide variety of embossing folders and different types.  They are a must have in the stamping world needed to enhance your card making.  Click on "Shop Now" and go to my on-line Stampin'Up store and check them out.  You can order yours while you are in the store and start creating beautiful background for your card making.