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World Card Making Day

Happy Birthday (So Much Love / Itty Bitty Greetings / Pattern Play)

by Kylie October 3, 2020

written by Kylie

Happy World Cardmaking Day!

Hi everyone, as World Cardmaking Day continues I have another card to share with you. This is another of my favourite style of cards to make, especially when you have a pretty flower stamp as you do in the So Much Love stamp set.

I cut a panel of Whisper White cardstock and stamped the flower on this panel. I then used my Paper Trimmer to cut away part of the panel and fussy cut around the leaves. If you are worried about this step, you could always fussy cut out the entire stamped image and just adhere it to the card at the end. The flower was coloured with Stampin’ Blends. I used the dot stamp which comes in the So Much Love set to add a little texture around the flower. The sentiment comes from the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set. This is another set which I consider to be a staple in my stash. It has a variety of sentiments and can be used with any other stamp set (especially those which do not come with sentiments).

The striped border was created with the Pattern Play stamp set and I used the Stamparatus to line up the lines. You could always use Patterned Paper if you prefer.

Here’s the card…

It really is a pretty card! You could change up the colour and sentiment and use it for almost any occasion.

Thanks so much for spending part of World Cardmaking Day with me! I hope you’ve been inspired by some of my cards. Enjoy the rest of the day!

Don’t forget all orders over $50 during the month of October 2020 go into a draw to win The Gang’s All Meer stamp set.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a great day!

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Supplies Used:

Listed below are the supplies used to create the above project. If the stamp set, die set, etc, also comes a part of a bundle or suite, I link to all so that you have choices. I also link refills and basic supplies like adhesives which correspond with items used to make my projects. These links take you to my online store.

October 3, 2020 0 comment

Itty Bitty Birthdays Love of Leaves World Card Making Day

Happy Birthday (Love of Leaves / Itty Bitty Birthdays)

by Kylie October 3, 2020

written by Kylie

Happy World Cardmaking Day!

Hi everyone, are you enjoying World Cardmaking Day? I hope so! I’m sharing another card to celebrate today. This one is actually pretty simple, despite what the long list of supplies might indicate. All you need are some scraps of cardstock to die cut some leaves from the Stitched Leaves die set. To add a little more interest, I then sponged ink around the edges of the die-cut shapes. You can skip this step if you like.

I also used the stitched border die from the Stitched Leaves die set to create a panel across the card. It’s hard to see in the photograph but it adds a nice bit of texture. The Love of Leaves stamp set has some lovely sentiments. As I need to make some birthday cards, I used a stamp from the Itty Bitty Birthdays stamp set. This is a great set to have in your stash as you can use it with any stamp set, especially those which do not have any sentiments with them.

I added a bit more interest to the card by adding some wooden leaves from the In Good Taste Embellishments pack, and some sequins from the Artistry Blooms Adhesive-Backed Sequins pack.

Here’s the card…

I love the richness of the colours on this card! You could also die cut up a heap of leaves and easily make quite a few of these cards in a sitting!

Don’t forget all orders over $50 during the month of October 2020 go into a draw to win The Gang’s All Meer stamp set.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a great day!

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October 3, 2020 0 comment

Technique Whale Done World Card Making Day

It’s World Cardmaking Day! Shaker card with the Whale of a Time Suite

by Kylie October 3, 2020

written by Kylie

Happy World Cardmaking Day!

Hi Everyone, isn’t it great to have a day which celebrates us and the hobby we love! I am planning to spend the day creating and I hope you are all able to take some time in your day to create too.

I’m starting out World Cardmaking Day by sharing a card which gave me some trouble. I’m a firm believer in sharing the troubles I have with crafting, as well as the successes. I decided to make a shaker card! I love shaker cards and they really are quite simple to make. There are a couple of tips I have which will make things easier.

To start, make sure you are happy with your colour of cardstock combinations. I planned to use Pool Party for the top layer and the base but I used Whisper White cardstock in the middle. It just lacked impact. Unfortunately, I had already stuck it all together so had to work out how to “fix” it. I used my Light Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends Marker and coloured in the white cardstock. It still looked a little bland (and now I had the added issue of the ink bleeding on to my base). I next grabbed the Light Night of Navy Stampin’ Blends Marker and coloured around this border again. Well, if you look closely…and not even that closely, you can see that it too has bled. Oh well!

The next tip I have is to do with die-cutting and embossing your top layer. Make sure you die cut the layer first and then run the panel through with the Seabed 3D Embossing Folder. If you do it in the other order you will flatten all that gorgeous embossing.

Before you add the sequins into the well you’ve created with the Foam Adhesive Strips, use an Embossing Buddy (or similar) to remove any stickiness. You want your sequins to move around the well freely.

For the next tip, I recommend you stand over or at least lean all the way over your card while you position your top panel on your card base. Otherwise, you might find the panel is not centred on your card. If you aren’t going for a centred look, it doesn’t matter – but if you are, you can see the whole card much better if you aren’t on an angle.

Also for the seaweed, ink up the stamp in Granny Apple Green first and then use your Sponge Dauber to add just a touch of Pretty Peacock ink along the edges before you stamp. It really takes the image to the next level.

Finally, I love to create banners with my sentiment strips. We have an awesome Triple Banner Punch but I confess I tend to use the Tailored Tag Punch to create banners more often than not these days.

Here’s the card…

Here’s a closeup…

Despite all the issues I had with the construction of this card, I love it! I hope that the recipient will be so taken with the shaker part that they won’t notice all the little hiccups!

Don’t forget all orders over $50 during the month of October 2020 go into a draw to win The Gang’s All Meer stamp set.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a great day!

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October 3, 2020 0 comment

Free As A Bird World Card Making Day

Hello (Free As a Bird) and the Stampin’ Up! World Card Making Day Challenge

by Kylie October 8, 2019

written by Kylie

Hi everyone, on World Card Making Day this past Saturday (05 October), Stampin’ Up! set a challenge for all the Demonstrators to actually SEND the cards we make. You can see all the cards people are making and sending if you search #worldcardsendingweek. They also arranged for people to sign up to send to and receive a card from other Demonstrators. I signed up to participate. Today I am sharing two examples of the one card design that I am sending to my fellow Demonstrators.

To create my cards I have used the lovely Free As A Bird stamp set. I have really been enjoying colouring in the birds in this set. I started out with the card design below.

Here’s the Card…

So then I thought I’d love to make a few more cards like this. I stamped, coloured and die cut out multiples of the birds and then I went to my paper bin to grab cardstock to make the card bases. Lo and behold – I’m OUT of Rococo Rose cardstock. Noooooo!!! Needless to say, I have now ordered some replacement cardstock.

Well, necessity is the mother of invention or in this case, flexibility so I grabbed a coloured cardstock which I thought would compliment my coloured panel. I’m so happy with how the Garden Green cardstock looks as the background. I love this green too. Okay, let’s be real, I love pretty much ALL of the colours offered by Stampin’ Up! 🙂

Here’s the Card...

Do you know what else might have looked really good? I think a really soft line of Pool Party around the image! It would have been a little more fiddly but I could have also masked the entire image and then sponged a very LIGHT layer of Pacific Point. Think I’ll have to add both of these to my to-try list.

I really hope the recipients love the card. I’ve mailed them out today because there’s no point making cards if you don’t send (or give them in person) to people. I think a handmade card can really brighten up someone’s day. It certainly brightens my day whenever I receive one.

I’d like to challenge you all to make a card AND send out a card this week. If you do, please let me know as I’ll notify Stampin’ Up! Together we will definitely reach their goal of sending 50,000 cards this week!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a great day!

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Supplies Used:

Listed below are the supplies used to create the above project. If the stamp set also comes a part of a bundle, I link to all.

October 8, 2019 0 comment

Promotions Sale World Card Making Day

Last day of the World Card Making Day Promotion

by Kylie October 7, 2018

written by Kylie

Hi everyone, just a quick reminder the World Cardmaking Day promotion ends tonight. If you love a bargain, check out the sale now on in my online store.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a great day!

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Supplies Used:

Listed below are the supplies used to create the above project. If the stamp set comes in different types (such as clear mount and wood mount) or as a bundle, I link to all.

October 7, 2018 0 comment

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Birthdays Painted Glass World Card Making Day

World Card Making Day 2018 (Painted Glass)

by Kylie October 6, 2018

written by Kylie

Hi everyone, I hope you are all enjoying World Card Making Day! I actually created a card today! YAY! This card is heavily inspired by one of the cards in the Annual Catalogue (page 164) and features the really lovely Painted Glass Bundle and the coordinating Graceful Glass vellum.

Here’s the card…

It’s quite different from my usual style but it was so fun to experiment. I love the Painted Glass line!

One tip I have is that I colour on the back side of the vellum with my Stampin’ Blends so you couldn’t tell if I ‘went over the lines’. The black line of the printed disguises it.

Another tip is to use the fine-tip glue pen to adhere the vellum to the cardstock. I have found that if you apply a small amount and then smooth it out with your finger you don’t really see the adhesive. Love this!

World Card Making Day Promotion

Don’t forget, Stampin’ Up! has a great promotion for World Card Making Day. Selected items are on sale in my online store until October 7, 2018.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a great day!

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Supplies Used:

Listed below are the supplies used to create the above project. If the stamp set comes in different types (such as clear mount and wood mount) or as a bundle, I link to all.

October 6, 2018 0 comment

Promotions Sale Specials World Card Making Day

World Card Making Day Promotion – October 1 – 7, 2018

by Kylie October 2, 2018

written by Kylie

Hi everyone, in honour of World Cardmaking Day on October 6, Stampin’ Up! has a great promotion for some of our fabulous products, and some of our great staples too. These items are on sale in my online store until October 7, 2018.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a great day!

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Supplies Used:

Listed below are the supplies used to create the above project. If the stamp set comes in different types (such as clear mount and wood mount) or as a bundle, I link to all.

October 2, 2018 0 comment

Holiday Catalogue Painted Harvest World Card Making Day

Thoughts for You (Painted Harvest)

by Kylie October 7, 2017

written by Kylie

Happy World Card Making Day! Don’t you just love that we have a day especially for us! A time to celebrate our hobby for it really is an amazing one. We get to be creative, no matter our skill level (or rather, our perception of our artistic abilities), and we get to share something we have made with our own hands (and made with love), with those around us. I love it!

Today, I have another of my Painted Harvest cards to share. I thought I should share a card which was created with a more traditional sunflower colour combination. I didn’t quite get there but since I’ve used shades of orange, I am getting closer!

You’ll notice the card background is quite busy and bold so I needed to find a way to make the centre sunflower pop up against it. The stitched square (from the Stitched Shapes Framelits set) was the perfect way to put some separation between the background and the flower. I then used Stampin’ Dimensionals (either size will do) to pop up the flower. It is a busy card but I think this helps pull it together. You could also place a sheet of vellum over the background to really soften it if you still think the background is too much.

Here’s the card…

What are you all doing for World Card Making Day? I am experimenting with the new Stampin’ Blends (currently only available to Demonstrators until October 15, 2017 so if you want to be one of the first to use these fabulous new markers, please consider joining my team). I hope to start sharing some projects using the markers soon. Unfortunately, no general release date has been announced as yet but hopefully, it won’t be too long!

And with that, I am off to create! 🙂 Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope you all have a fabulous World Card Making Day!

Oh wait, don’t forget the fabulous World Card Making Day specials which are still available until October 10, 2017 as well as the Designer Series Paper special which is running until the end of the month.

Have a great day and thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!

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Supplies Used:

Listed below are the supplies used to create the above project. If the stamp set comes in different types (such as clear mount or wood mount) or as a bundle, I link to them both.

October 7, 2017 0 comment

Specials World Card Making Day

Celebrate World Cardmaking Day

by Kylie October 1, 2017

written by Kylie

Hi! So many good things are happening this month and I cannot wait to share it all with you! It’s a long post but worth the read!

World Card Making Day

World Cardmaking Day is coming up soon (October 7, 2017) and Stampin’ Up! has decided to kick off the celebrations early! To start with, from October 1 to 10, Stampin’ Up! is offering 15% off selected essential card making supplies! Yay!

You can download your own copy of the specials here.

Please note, the specials are for the stamp sets ONLY and not the bundles. Please consider whether you would like the bundle as this offers an even greater saving!

One of the BEST specials this month is that of the Fast Fuse! Buy any Fast Fuse Adhesive or Fast Fuse Refills and get TWO Refills FREE! I LOVE this adhesive and will definitely be taking advantage of this special. This adhesive is recommended by Stampin’ Up! for use on cardstock and paper, large embellishments, ribbon, and 3D objects and accents.

IMPORTANT: The free refills, should automatically be added to your order once you’ve added the Fast Fuse to your order (item 129026). The price listed will show $0.00 for the two free refills.

Designer Series Paper SALE

Buy 3, Get 1 FREE

If you love using beautiful pattern paper in your crafting, you are going to LOVE the Designer Series Paper Sale which runs for the entire month of October. There’s no limit to how many free packets of paper you can earn, so now is the PERFECT time to stock up on your favourites. (And many of the papers coordinate with the World Card Making Day stamp sets! So good!)

Here are the paper packets which are part of the promotion. You can download a copy of the list here.

Of course, we are heading into peak Christmas card creation time. If you use patterned paper on your cards, then this is definitely the time to stock up on all you’ll need to get you through the holiday season.

Stampin’ Blends

Possibly the most exciting news is that coming SOON is a brand new product – Stampin’ Blends! If you love colouring, and you are a fan of alcohol markers, this may be of interest to you. Stampin’ Blends are artist-quality alcohol markers in 12 exclusive Stampin’ Up! colours. As a demonstrator, I will be able to order them from October 1. I cannot wait to try them out. (And don’t forget, if you would like to have access to products early too, then please consider joining my team)!

So much awesomeness coming our way this month! I hope you take advantage of some of the fantastic specials. Don’t we all love a great bargain!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Happy Stamping!

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Supplies Used:

Listed below are the supplies used to create the above project. If the stamp set comes in different types (such as clear mount or wood mount), I link to them both. At the end, I have also linked to other ‘staple’ items you might need to finish the project (such as adhesive and a paper trimmer).

October 1, 2017 0 comment