Tuesday 31 July 2018

Stamper's Tips Library - An ongoing series of videos sharing quick tips to make your crafting easier

Hello and welcome to the Stamper's Tips Library. An ongoing series of videos showing you some quick tips I have learned in my journey in stamping and crafting. I hope you enjoy and please look at subscribing to my YouTube channel so you don't miss anything.

Here is the first 3 videos in the series to get you started.  So whether you are just starting out stamping or are a seasoned stamper I hope there will be something that you will find useful.  When I started I wish there had been a library to dip into as I learned along the way with many mistakes and errors so all of these tips have come about through my own experiences. The tips are by no means revolutionary or new but by having them in a library format might just help improve your stamping experience.

1. The three second rule



2. Inking Up Images - Ink to stamp or stamp to ink?




3. How to avoid a halo around your stamped image.


This library is going to be an ongoing work in progress, as I think of tips and add to the library over the coming weeks and months.

Enjoy and I hope you find some of them useful.

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Monday 30 July 2018

Stampin Up Love You To Pieces - One Piece At A Time


LOVE YOU TO PIECES BUNDLE saves 10% by buying the bundle

This is such a great bundle as you can make your own jigsaw puzzles. This would a lovely ideas to make a bespoke puzzle for party favours, childrens parties, weddings, special birthdays and so many more.

This card uses a few of the puzzle pieces to create a One Piece At a Time card.  This sentiment is one I will use a lot as there are so many people who need a little lift and are maybe going through a tough time.

Theres a video to accompany this card so take a look here



I will posting some more ideas using this stamp set over the coming week so check back and take a look. Thanks for stopping by


Friday 27 July 2018

Stampin Up Wonderful Moments & Beautiful You (Part 2) scroll borders

So here is part 2 of a series of 2 videos showing how you can create some lovely borders and frames using the WONDERFUL MOMENTS stamp set and the BEAUTIFUL DAY stamp set

Use the little scroll stamp from Wonderful Moments to create lovely borders and frames for your projects.

Watch the videos here. Part 2 and Part 1/




Part1


More scrolls and how to start


Tuesday 24 July 2018

Stampin Up Wonderful Moments - scroll stamp ideas (part 1)

Using every stamp within a stamp set to maximise the use from a set ensures to get great value for money from each stamp set you buy,

WONDERFUL MOMENTS is such a set.

Create a fun birthday card with lots of colourful balloons

This set is just gorgeous for weddings, expectant mums, parties, birthdays, thank you cards and all from this one set. It really is a must have set.  If your just starting out then think of buying this set as it really has something for every occasion.

Watch the video to see how I made this project.


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Sunday 22 July 2018

Stampin Up Wonderful Moments - Using those stamps that sometime get overlooked

We all buy stamp sets because the focal image has attracted us and we then must buy that set.  However how often do we just use those focal images and forget about all the other little stamps that might be in a set.

I like to get maximum usage from a stamp set, so when I buy it I want to get the maximum usage from that set and so I look for as many ways to use every single one of the stamps.

Wonderful Moments is an example of a fantastic stamp set chosen for the images of the bride, an expecting mother and a girl who can hold balloons, presents and flowers.  There is a little scroll stamp which when stamped together makes a fantastic border.  Fussy cut it out and you have a beautiful scrolled frame. Build it up by stamping one, two or more scrolls together to make layered borders.  Take the little flower, or the balloons or presents and of the sentiments to create a beautiful card.  Happy Birthday and Thanks So Much are go to sentiments to use again and again in a pretty font.

Have a look at the video for some inspiration and buy this stamp set now HERE There are 20 different images in this set for £24









Take a look at some of the other ideas using this stamp set


Friday 20 July 2018

Stampin Up Wonderful Moments using Watercolour Pencils

WONDERFUL MOMENTS STAMP SET is just a fabulous set as there are three lovely images and lots of sentiments to be able to create a card for any occasion. Wedding, Birthday, Anniversary, Valentine, the list goes on.

This projects using the bridal image coloured so it is a soft purple/pink colour with a wash round the background.  This would make a lovely prom card for all the students end of term proms and of course can be coloured in whatever tones you want.

The watercolour pencils are available from August and at the moment will be limited for that month only, although we all hope they may be continued in a future catalogue a they are so gorgeous.

Heres a video showing you how to create this lovely card.










Wednesday 18 July 2018

Stampin Up Wonderful Moments - How to create a summertime girl

When the Beautiful You stamp set arrived I changed one of the images into  bikini clad girl (video below) so when I received the Wonderful Moments stamp set I knew that the pregnant lady I would use, but not often so I decided to make her into a summertime girl.

Products used
Wonderful Moments
Stamparatus

Watercolour pencils - new colours arriving August 2018 limited time only for the month of August so check back then and order yours.  They are gorgeous and have such vibrant colours.
Cherry Cobbler, Flirty Flamingo, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Granny Apple Green, Garden Green, Coastal Cabana, Balmy Blue, Night of Navy and Gorgeous Grape and at £11.75 they are great value and will last forever.

Get the original Watercolour pencils which include black, grey and white HERE

Stampin Write Marker Basic Black


Watch the video below to see how you can get more out of your stamp set Wonderful Moments and create this lovely summertime girl.






 If you want to see the Beautiful You original video where I show you have to create a bikini clad lady from one of the image then check it out below and look at buying the stamp set now HERE



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Friday 6 July 2018

Stampin Up Varied Vases and Bee Thankful - a perfect leaf match

Sometimes when you play around with different stamp sets you make a discovery and the leaf stamps from the Varied Vases fit perfectly with the original leaves on the Bee Thankful set perfectly.

Add as many or as few as you wish . Have a look at the video below to see exactly how I made this card.




Products used

Colour with whatever medium you wish.  For the thanks I used Stampin Blends.

The inks I used were Flirty Flamingo and Lemon/Lime Twist. again choose whatever inks you would like HERE

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Thursday 5 July 2018

Stampin Up Dandelion Wishes 3 cards in 5 minutes? Easy with the Stamparatus

This video shows you how to make 3 cards in 5 minutes using 3 different colouring mediums for the background.
Watercolour Pencils
Stampin Blends
Stampin Write Markers

So whether you enjoy colouring with pencils and adding water with our Aquapainter, using alchohol markers or water based markers Stampin Up has something for everyone.







The Stamparatus is the best positioning tool on the market. There are a lot out there but this one is unique as has 4 stamp positioning surfaces and a unique hinge step stamping

A big thank you to everyone who has recently subscribed to my blog and YouTube channel, if you haven't yet then please do as I post regularly with lots of fun ideas and techniques using the latest Stampin Up products.  I hope to give you all inspiration for your projects.