Stamping at The Warren

Tuesday, 2 February 2016

New Baby Celebration Card using the Balloon Celebration Stamp Set & Punch Bundle from Stampin Up! UK

Good Day Peeps ... I hope you are having a Good One

Today I have a New Baby Card to share with you all. This could easily be adapted for a baby girl, and even a card for older children, teenagers and even adults, just by switching the inks and Designer Series Paper.

And I have come to really rather love this Super Bundle from Stampin Up!

The Stamp Set and Co-ordinating Balloon Punch, makes this a very versatile stamp set. and the effects you can create are never ending

I have gone with 3 colours in this card

Island Indigo; Tempting Turquoise & Night of Navy

If I were to select inks for girls, it would probably be, Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo & Rose Red

I have used some Lost L Lagoon Striped Ribbon, and the sentiment was stamped using Night of Navy Ink Pad, and punched out with the Washi Label Punch.

The Designer Series Paper is from the Have A C Cuppa Stack as the colours co-ordinate well with today's colour scheme

As you scroll down today's blog post, you will find :
icons of all the products used to create today's card - click on them to visit my online store;
A Video Tutorial
& a typed tutorial

Feel free to CASE any of my creative projects (Copy & Paste Everything)

Click on the icons below to view/order any of the products used in today's tutorial

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

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Tutorial

1. (Card Base)Trim a piece of Thicker Whisper Cardstock to 21 x 14.8 cms; Score the long side at 10.5 cms; Fold score lines and burnish with a bone folder

2. Trim your Night of Navy Mat layer to 14.4 x 10.1 cms; then trim a piece of regular Whisper White Cardstock to 14 x 9.7 cms.

3. With the cardstock in Landscape mode, randomly stamp the upper half of the panel using the two star stamps and a combination of all 3 ink pads

4. Trim a piece of striped paper from the Have A Cuppa Designer Series Paper Stack, measuring 5 x 13.6 cms; Randomly stamp the DSP using Nigh of Navy Ink Pad & a combination of the two teeny stars stamps; Adhere to the card front using Fast Fuse or Tombow Adhesive.

5. Cut a piece of Lost Lagoon Striped Ribbon to a little wider than the card front and run a strip of Tear & Tape Adhesive along one side; Attach across the centre of the card front and wrap the excess ribbon behind the panel; Mat onto the Night of Navy cardstock.

6. Stamp the sentiment onto a scrap of Whisper White Cardstock using the Night of Navy Ink Pad; Punch out using the Washi Label Punch; Attach the card front onto your Card Base.

7. Onto a scrap f Whisper White Cardstock take the least defined LARGE balloon stamp & ink it up with Tempting Turqoise ink and stamp onto the cardstock.; change the stamp to th LARGE very detailed dotty stamp, and over stamp the balloon using Island Indigo ink; Change the stamp for the LARGE balloon outline stamp, and over stamp your balloon with this, using the Night of Navy Ink Pad.

8. Punch out your stamped balloon using the co-ordinating punch, & also punch a LARGE balloon from Night of Navy Cardstock; Attach the balloons to the cardfront using a combination of Fast Fuse and Stampin Dimensionals (sticky fixers). and Ta Da!!

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Monday, 1 February 2016

How to Create Multiple Easy Cards Using the Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Paper Stampin Up UK

Today is all about making quick, simple and very pretty cards in bulk. Perhaps for a wedding or similar special occasion, or perhaps you are a new Stampin Up! Demonstrator and feel a little daunted about making multiples of the same card because you are attending one of the On Stage Live Events that brings together Demonstrators from all over the US, and a few visiting Demonstrators from Europe and beyond

Making Swaps is an essential for the valuable networking that takes place at these events, and helps you begin to feel that you have a very LARGE second Family

Although there are 3 events that take place each year, The Telford Event in April, is the only one I attend. So catching up with friends I have made throughout the year via social media or local training events. Unfortunately, my disabilities make it more than a little challenging to travel abroad. But that's OK, because the events are recorded, and I can sit at home and watch the event in my own time. It isn't the same as attending in person, but it is a good alternative.

If you think you would like to join in, then contact me to have a chat about the benefits of joining my Team as a Demonstrator.

You will find my contact details at the bottom of today's blog-post.

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As you scroll down today's blog post, you will find :
icons of all the products used to create today's card - click on them to visit my online store;
A Video Tutorial
& a typed tutorial

Feel free to CASE any of my creative projects (Copy & Paste Everything)

Click on the icons below to view/order any of the products used in today's tutorial

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

Watch the Video Below

Tutorial

The key with making cards in bulk, is to do one process at a time, e.g. all the scoring, all the cutting, all the stamping, making the toppers & finally the accessories

The instructions below, explains how to make two cards at a tine. Just multiply the proess by the amount of cards you need to make.

1. With the long side against the extension arm of your trimmer, Score the length of an A4 piece of Thicker Whisper White Cardstock at 10.5 cms; Rotate by 45 degrees & cut at 14.8 cms, and t and , trim the again at 14.8 cms, leaving you 2 scored A6 card bases; Fold & Burnish.

2. Select Two sheets of Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Papers & trim strips of DSP to 10.1 cms; rotate the papers by 45 degrees and trim the strips down to 10.0 cms.- this leaves you with panels to mount onto your card fronts. You can leave them as is, or you can add a co-ordinated strip by taking two pieces of the DSP and with the long side against the extension arm of your trimmer, trim off a section of the DSP at 2 cms - repeat with all the pieces of DSP. I find it easier to work on 4 card fronts at t a time.

2. Attach the wider piece of DSP to the card base, flip over the smaller strip to give you a strip of co-ordinating paper, and adhere this to the card front also. Repeat as you needs require.

3. Stamp your sentiments into Whisper White Cardstock using Basic Black ink pad and the Birthday Blooms Stamp Set; Punch out the sentiments using a combination of the Elegant Label Punch & the Large Oval Punch.Using co-ordinating Cardstock, punch out Scallop Ovals (I used Pool Party, Mint Macaron & Blushing Bride). Add your Labels (toppers) to the card front & finish with a Honeycomb Embellishment on each card.