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Thanks (Simply Succulents / Paper Blooms DSP)

by Kylie January 10, 2021

written by Kylie

Hi everyone, today I am sharing one of my favourite card types to make. It is so easy to make but I think it looks so effective and it is a good way to show off all that gorgeous patterned paper we all have! All you need is an assortment of paper, craft punch and a stamp set with a nice sentiment. I’ve chosen the Sale-A-Bration paper called Paper Blooms Designer Series Paper, the Tailored Tag punch and the Simply Succulents stamp set.

Simply use the Tailored Tag punch and punch out lots of different pieces of patterned paper. Then position these punched out items on a second piece of cardstock. You can lay out the design before you stick it down, or just wing it as I do. Once all the pieces are stuck down, trim off the edges and cut the panel to the size you want. I decided to pop up this panel with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The sentiment was inked up with Versamark and then stamped on to a strip of Night of Navy cardstock. I heat embossed it with white embossing powder. The Banners Punch made it easy to add a banner end to this strip. The final touch was a few scattered pearls.

Here’s the card…

Isn’t the Paper Blooms Design Series Paper gorgeous? I love that the card design above lets you highlight snippets of this pretty paper. This is a Level 1 Sale-A-Bration option which you can choose for FREE with a qualifying order. Read all about Sale-A-Bration here.

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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.

January 10, 2021 0 comment

Oh Snap Technique

Hello Friend! (Oh Snap)

by Kylie December 30, 2020

written by Kylie

Hi everyone, another super cute stamp set from the upcoming January to June 2021 Mini Catalogue is the Oh Snap stamp set. It features a rather large crocodile and I think it is going to be a great set for making cards for children and adults alike. It has many versatile sentiments. The crocodile itself can be coloured with any colouring medium you prefer, or you can paper piece it as I’ve done below.

Paper piecing is such a fun and easy technique. All you need to do is pick a patterned paper you like and stamp the image directly on it. Fussy cut the image and you are done. For the crocodile, I wanted him to have white teeth so I stamped the image again on white cardstock. It really didn’t take too long to fussy cut around the teeth.

Here’s the card…

Isn’t it the cutest?! I think you are going to love it and I cannot wait to see how you use this image.

All of the new items featured above will be available from 5 January 2021. If you cannot wait, Demonstrators can actually obtain these products now. You can join here if this interests you.

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December 30, 2020 2 comments

Berry Blessings Floating & Fluttering Technique

You Always Have a Way of Making My Day (Floating & Fluttering / Berry Blessings)

by Kylie December 22, 2020

written by Kylie

Hi everyone, today I am sharing another card featuring the gorgeous Floating & Fluttering stamp set, coordinating Fluttering die set and the Sale-A-Bration stamp set Berry Blessings. (All products will be available from 5 January 2021.)

For this card, I used one of my favourite techniques – the floating die-cut technique. It looks so effective. All you need to do is stamp, colour and then die cut your images (in this case, the butterflies from the Floating & Fluttering stamp set). Then you pop each image up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. It looks so effective! You can create all kinds of different designs or framed pieces but for this card, I kept it super simple.

Here’s the card…

I really love how this card turned out and I’m going to make more with different sentiments to have in my stash. The Floating & Fluttering stamp set is so great! You’ll love it!

All of the new items featured above will be available from 5 January 2021. If you cannot wait, Demonstrators can actually obtain these products now. All the signing up details are here, if this interests you.

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December 22, 2020 2 comments

Berry Blessings Floating & Fluttering Technique

You Always Have a Way of Making My Day (Floating & Fluttering / Berry Blessings)

by Kylie December 16, 2020

written by Kylie

Hi everyone, are you in the mood for another sneak peek of products from the upcoming June to July Mini and Sale-A-Bration catalogues? Today’s card features the super cute Floating & Fluttering stamp set (which also has a coordinating die set) and the Sale-A-Bration stamp set Berry Blessings. They will be available come 5 January 2021.

The Floating & Fluttering stamp set does not come with any sentiments so you will need to choose one from a different stamp set. What I love about the Floating & Fluttering set is that you can use it with a variety of different techniques although for this card, I’ve kept it simple. The set does have stamps so you can add different spots and colouring to your butterflies but I simply used the rock and roll technique. For this technique, ink your stamp completely with your lightest colour. Take a second, darker colour and just slightly roll the stamp onto the ink pad where you would like a touch of colour. It’s imperfect but is still so fun!

Here’s the card…

I love this card and I can assure you the Floating & Fluttering stamp set is going to get a lot of use from me! I love it!

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December 16, 2020 2 comments

Blog Hop Challenge Sketch Stampers Anonymous Technique Whale Done

Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop #24: Sketch Challenge

by Kylie November 14, 2020

written by Kylie

Hi everyone and welcome to Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop day! Thanks so much for hopping with us this month. The theme for our November Blog Hop is a Sketch Challenge.

Here is the challenge…

I love a good sketch challenge and when I saw this sketch I thought it would be fun to create a shaker card. Of course, this meant I had to use the Whale of a Time suite because…well, I love everything about it! As well as adding sequins to my shaker, I also cut out some of the smaller images from the Whale of a Time paper and added these too, to add a little more interest.

For those of you who also follow me on Facebook, you may have noticed I had a *teeny tiny* issue while making this card. I added all the foam adhesive strips to my cardstock BEFORE adding the window sheet. Oh boy! Fortunately, I was able to remove the adhesive from the circle area without destroying the cardstock. Phew!

Here’s my card…

Here’s a close up of the shaker section…

It was such a fun card to make! Okay, let’s go see what everyone else has been making.

Let’s continue on the hop…

You might have come here from Nikki Stalker’s blog. Next up, please hop along to Marelle Taylor’s blog. Here’s a list of all the participants:

Nikki Stalker

Kylie Page | Stampers Workshop (You Are Here)

Thanks for hopping along with us. I hope you will join us by playing along with this challenge.

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November 14, 2020 12 comments

Celebrate Sunflowers Ornate Thanks Technique Thank you

Thanks Ever So Much (Ornate Thanks)

by Kylie November 8, 2020

written by Kylie

Hi everyone, the Tailored Tag punched backgrounds are making a return to the blog today. I have been crafting up a storm creating cards with beautiful backgrounds made with the wonderful Tailored Tag punch. I have made a LOT of cards! It’s so easy and I love watching the cards come together. I am sharing another two cards made with this same technique. If you need to see the process, I do have a video which you can see here. It is a very easy technique and I know once you start making cards like this you will make a LOT of them too.

The first card features papers and stamps from the Ornate Garden suite. The second card features papers and stamps from the Flowers for Every Season suite. (Products are available separately and are shown below).

Here’s the first card…

Here’s the second card…

Aren’t they beautiful?! They really are an awesome card to make. If you have a large stash of patterned paper, now is the time to dig into it and turn it into beautiful cards.

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Supplies Used:

Supplies for the first card…

Supplies for the second card…

November 8, 2020 0 comment

Seaside Notions Technique

Happy Birthday (Seaside Notions / Forever Greenery DSP / Tailored Tag Punch)

by Kylie October 18, 2020

written by Kylie

Hi everyone, earlier this week I shared a card and technique video using the Tailored Tag punch. It was actually inspired by the card I made for my Mum for her birthday at the start of this month.

For Mum’s card, I used papers from the Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper pack. These papers are so beautiful (and they are currently on Sale!). I used the Tailored Tag Punch to punch out lots of pieces which I then pieced together on a panel of Whisper White Cardstock. I added a few gold leaf embellishments from the Forever Gold Laser-Cut Specialty Paper. I also trimmed off a strip of gold from this paper to add to the card. The card needed a bit more of a break between the paper, gold embellishments and the sentiment so I added a couple of leaves (from the Forever Flourishing dies) which I die cut from Vellum. The sentiment comes from the Seaside Notions stamp set. It’s such a great font, isn’t it?!

Here’s the card…

This is such a simple card to make! Pick out a few papers you like, punch the shapes out and then piece them together leaving a small gap. I do hope you’ll give it a try!

On Sale!

You can save 15% on the Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper as well as other selected Designer Series Paper during the month of October 2020.

Win Me!

All orders over $50 during the month of October 2020 go into a draw to win The Gang’s All Meer stamp set.

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October 18, 2020 0 comment

Blog Hop Celebrate Sunflowers Designer Series Paper Technique

Kylie’s Demonstrator Support Program Blog Hop October 2020

by Kylie October 13, 2020

written by Kylie

Hi everyone and welcome to the first blog hop for Kylie’s Demonstrator Support Program for the new Stampin’ Up! year. I so enjoyed hopping with everyone over the past 12 months that I signed up to do it again this new year. The blog hops happen on a monthly basis and it is a fun activity which allows you to express your creativity and see how others express theirs. I love hopping to each of the blogs and leaving a comment.

Thank you for hopping onto my blog. Maybe you are starting here or you have come from another blog – either way you can find the link list at the bottom of this post so that you can see every blog post and idea shared today.

The card I am sharing today is a Thank You card you might receive from me when you order through my online store. It is made with the same technique I shared yesterday (there’s also a video if you’d like to see it in a little more detail). It’s a super simple card but looks so very pretty.

Pick some Designer Series Paper you like (and, yay, selected papers are on sale this month) and punch out lots of shapes with the Tailored Tag punch. I used papers from the Flowers for Every Season 6×6 Designer Series Paper pack. Adhere the punched pieces on to a separate cardstock panel, trim the excess and add to your card base. You can step up the card at this point by adding an extra mat layer, or you can keep it simple as I have done here. To finish the card I added the sentiment (which was from the Celebrate Sunflowers stamp set), some ribbon and Rhinestones.

Tip: If you don’t have coordinating ribbon, you can dye white ribbon with your Stampin’ Blends markers as I did for this card.

Here’s the card…

Here are all of the participants…

Thanks for hopping with us. Don’t you agree everyone is so creative and talented. It’s always so inspiring seeing all the gorgeous cards and projects!

On Sale!

You can save 15% on selected Designer Series Paper during the month of October 2020.

Win Me!

All orders over $50 during the month of October 2020 go into a draw to win The Gang’s All Meer stamp set.

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October 13, 2020 22 comments

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.

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October 3, 2020 0 comment

Birthdays Itty Bitty Greetings Prized Peony Technique

Happy Birthday (Prized Peony / Itty Bitty Greetings)

by Kylie September 8, 2020

written by Kylie

Hi everyone, if you are like me, you LOVE the beautiful ribbons and twines which are available. If you are also like me, you might not use them very often. I tend to tie the odd bow on my card but that’s about it. I was sitting at my craft table last night looking at the gorgeous ribbons and saw the 1/2″ (1.3cm) Purple Posy Ribbon from the Playing with Patterns Ribbon Combo Pack. I thought how pretty it is and then realised I had never used it! That had to change immediately. Before I knew it I was weaving the ribbon and created this beautiful background panel. It looked so lovely.

I paired the ribbon background with the gorgeous peony from the Prized Peony stamp set and a sentiment from the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set. I love this stamp set! Don’t get me wrong, I love both of the stamp sets! I love the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set has basic sayings. It’s a staple in my collection.

The peony was coloured with the Purple Posy and Mint Macaron Stampin’ Blends Markers and finished with a coat of Wink of Stella. I added a simple embossed sentiment and some Pearls to finish the card. As the ribbon background is quite busy, I didn’t want to add too much more.