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Video & Free PDF: How to cut & score A4 cardstock to make cards

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One thing new cardmakers always ask about it, is how to make base cards from an A4 sheet of cardstock.

It’s one thing to know that you can make 2 cards from one A4 sheet – but it’s a whole other issue trying to work out where to cut!

I’ve made a video to answer all your questions.

Although it is designed for beginning cardmakers who are using A4 sized cardstock (metric measurements), it is also great for those wanting to cut their cardstock more economically.  No waste! 

Learn how and where to cut, the benefits of scoring a crease before folding cardstock, and an alternative method that – seriously – could transform your cardmaking for the better. It did for me! 

And as a bonus for my blog readers, here is a handy downloadable one-page summary (in A4 size of course).

I hope it comes in handy for you.

Happy stamping, 

Simone Bartrum, Stampin' Up! demonstrator Australia, Victoria
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Free Shipping – This Wednesday only

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It’s coming for ONE. DAY. ONLY.

Free Shipping* on
Wednesday 11th December
12.01am – 11.59pm

(Yep, that’s this Wednesday)

Alarm Set? Check
Wish list updated? Check
Ready to save some money? Absolutely check!

But whatever you do… don’t forget. Or you’ll be kicking yourself on Thursday!

Come back on Wednesday and click the blue button below…

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* Minimum order AUD $45

This is a fabulous time to stock up on those crafty essentials that you might be running low on, like:

  • Adhesives
  • White cardstock
  • Ink refill
  • Christmas presents (for someone else or for you!)

This is especially important if you have time off over Christmas/New Year and plan to get some serious crafting done. Oh that sounds like heaven, doesn’t it! xxxx

Check that you’ve got the essentials and maybe even some fun new stuff to get your creativity going.
Hot tip: The kits are always a great place to start.

If you think you might forget on Wednesday or have a busy day planned, just email your order by Wednesday and I’ll take care of it all.

Happy stamping, 

Simone Bartrum, Stampin' Up! demonstrator Australia, Victoria
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A Little Hello with Butterflies

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Card featuring Stampin' Up!'s butterfly elements and Botanical Butterfly paper

You know, it’s funny. We are halfway through February but it really feels like the year is only just beginning. Do you ever feel that way?

The kids are back at school (well, mostly – we now have a uni student who still has a couple of weeks). The hot days are over and we are ready to knuckle down for an awesome year. And thankfully, the blog issues that have been plaguing me for a few weeks are all fixed.

I hope your 2019 is off to an amazing start. xxx

Today I’m here to share some ideas and inspiration for those of you who recently got your hands on some fabulous new BUTTERFLY products.

A look through the latest Occasions Catalogue and Sale-a-bration brochure reveals an awesome collection of coordinating products featuring butterflies.

There’s patterned paper, stamps, thinlits dies, a punch and even pressed wood elements. All so pretty!


Not sure where to find your favourite butterfly products?

I know, it’s a bit confusing trying to find where they all are, but this table should help:


PRODUCTWHERE YOU CAN FIND IT
Butterfly Duet Punch
2019 Occasions Catalogue p35 or here
Butterfly Gala Stamp set2019 Occasions Catalogue p35 or here
Butterfly Gala Bundle (save 10%)2019 Occasions Catalogue p35 or here
Butterfly Elements (wood)2019 Sale-a-bration brochure* or here
Botanical Butterfly DSP paper2019 Sale-a-bration brochure* or here
Beauty Abounds stamp set2019 Occasions catalogue p13 or here
Butterfly Beauty Thinlits dies2019 Occasions catalogue p13 or here
Beauty Abounds Bundle (save 10%)2019 Occasions catalogue p13 or here

*If an item is in the Sale-a-bration brochure it can be chosen for FREE with a AUD$90 order – you can’t buy it separately.


Wooden Butterfly Elements

I love how these Butterfly elements coordinate so beautifully in both shape and size with the punch and papers.

Butterfly Gala Bundle: Stamps & Punch

The Butterfly Gala bundle features a stamp set and punch. The stamps are cleverly designed so that when you stamp with the butterfly images you get a large and small butterfly from a single impression. And conveniently, the punch perfectly lines up with both butterflies at the same time!

 

Ideas & Inspiration

Just a head’s up about the butterflies… although the Butterfly Duet punch *will* be available in the upcoming annual catalogue, stocks are a little low at the moment so they may temporarily become unavailable. If you want to get your hands on this punch but find that you can’t order it, please reach out to me.

Have a fabulous day!

Simone Bartrum, Stampin' Up! demonstrator Australia, Victoria

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CTC 110: Party Animal – Balloon Adventures

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Welcome back to the first CASEing the Catty of 2017.

How exciting! A new year, new products, plenty of new ideas and inspiration, a brand new challenge Facebook group, and even a new CTC crew member (welcome Mel!).

We’re kicking it off for this year with a fun suite – Party Animal – which you can find on pages 4-7 of the new Occasions Catalogue.

Party Animal Suite - pages 4-5 of the 2017 Stampin' Up! Occasions Catalogue

I chose the ‘quick & easy’ card on the bottom of page 4 for mine, but stepped it up by adding a few extra layers and elements. The card features the Balloon Adventures Photopolymer bundle (stamps and coordinating framelit dies).

Here’s the original from the catalogue…

Page 4 of the 2017 Occasions Catalogue by Stampin ' Up!

 

And here is my interpretation:

 

Colours are Emerald Envy and Crushed Curry, as above, but I’ve also introduced Watermelon Wonder to my version.

 

 

Same, but different! 😉

I used some of the thinlits dies from the fabulous Balloon Pop-Up Thinlits to add layers to the balloon, and then topped it with a thick coating of adhesive from the Fine Tip Glue pen.

 

 

 

When it dries it forms a fabulously glossy and hard coating.

 

 

How awesome are those little layering bits for the balloon? Wow!

142753 - Balloon Pop-Up Thinlits Dies by Stampin' Up!

These lovely bright colours really called for the full impact of a good inking from a Classic Stampin’ pad, rather than Stampin’ Write markers. Can you work out how?

Yes, the tape masking method!

 

Tape Masking Technique

You can use washi tape or sticky tape, and if there’s enough ‘tack’ you can even use post-it notes.

Simply use the tape to mask off an area of the stamp, tap-tap-tap onto the ink pad, remove the tape (leaving the protected area uninked), then stamp! Too easy.

It’s a great alternative to using Stampin’ Write Markers to apply ink onto the stamp – especially if using photopolymer stamps which are a little trickier to ‘marker’.

Note: This technique lends itself best to photopolymer stamps but if you’re using rubber stamps then you’ll probably need to pull out the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig tool for perfect placement.

I’ve used different colours in this ‘pictorial tutorial’, but the result is the same.
Step 1.

Ink the entire stamp in the lighter ink colour, and stamp on to the Whisper White cardstock. Clean stamp.


Step 2.

Place tape over the parts of the stamp that you want to mask.


Step 3.

While the tape is still on the stamp, tap it onto the surface of the ink pad.


Step 4.

Peel off and throw away the tape. Do it carefully, there’ll be lots of ink!. The masked area will have no ink on it.


Step 5.

Now stamp this image over the top of the original impression.

Photopolymer stamps are perfect for this, but if you are working with rubber you might need to pull out your Stamp-A-Ma-Jig.

What an awesome, vivid result, and it really has such an impact. Best of all – quick and easy.

Helpful Hints:

  • Don’t worry too much if your images don’t line up exactly. It’s nice to have a bit of shadowing underneath.
  • If your colours don’t layer nicely like the example above, you’ll just need to add in an extra step where you mask off some of the stamp so there is no overlap of ink. That’s how I achieved the look below, using Emerald Envy and Watermelon Wonder inks.

 

Well that’s all from me this week, but I hope you enjoy checking out all the fabulous projects shared by the CASEing the Catty crew.

Click on the button below to visit the next stop on the hop which is our brand new crew member, Mel Pagano. Don’t forget to leave her some comment love! And if you get lost along the way, just click here.

 

Click here to go to the next blog in this week's hop

 

And in case you haven’t heard the news, we now have our very own CASE-ing The Catty Sunday Challenge Facebook group where you can join in and share your own creations. How cool! I hope you’ll join us.  >Join here<

Happy stamping,

 

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CTC 54: Stampin’ Up! Christmas Colours (& the whitewash technique)

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It’s colour challenge time!

This week our Case-ing the Catty crew are inspired by a Stampin’ Up! Christmas colour theme that really pops: Mossy Meadow, Pool Party and Real Red.

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Colour Challenge: Mossy Meadow, Pool Party, Real Red

 

 

I went straight to the Home for Christmas cardstock pack and the Home for Christmas designer series paper for this project, all conveniently in this colour palette.

I wanted to try something a little different, though, and remembered a technique from a past training event.

A bright patterned sheet had been sponged with a layer of white Craft Stampin’ Ink, which resulted in an interesting toned-down look. It looked almost white-washed.

Here are some before & after photos from the big screen:

Whitewash paper technique - to alter the look of bright patterned paper

 

I modified this technique by just lightly sponging the outer edges of a panel of the holly paper with the Craft Stampin’ ink.

CTC54 Colour Challenge: Home of the Holidays DSP patterned paper from Stampin' Up!, and Cozy Christmas stamp set

Can’t find the white Craft Stampin’ ink in your catalogue? Check out page 163 of the annual catalogue. It is described as a:

Rich, permanent pigment Whisper White ink for embossing or creating an opaque look on dark cardstock.

It does take a while longer to dry, compared to our regular classic ink pads. Being a little impatient I waved my heat tool over it with a few seconds to set it quickly. Good time to replace those Jamberry nail wraps (yes those heat tools come in very handy and I’m sure I’ll be embossing more now that I’ve caught the Jamberry bug – hehehe).

I then sponged the edges in a little Mossy Meadow ink to bring back definition to the edges.

CTC54 Colour Challenge: Home of the Holidays DSP patterned paper from Stampin' Up!, and Cozy Christmas stamp set

 

It reminds me of a filter you can apply to photos. It was fun to play with this technique and I’ll have to try it again another time.

 

So how are you going with your Christmas cards? Are you inspired to try this colour theme with your cards?

It’s now November, so you know what that means….. Christmas is NEXT MONTH!

 

 

For more ideas and inspiration using this colour theme, continue hopping along to the lovely and talented Monique Fielder.

CASE-ing the catty NEXT BLOG

 

Happy stamping,

Simone Bartrum, Stampin' Up! demonstrator Australia, Victoria

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Artisan Embellishment Kit + Kraft Box

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Artisan Embellishment Box

Happy Valentines Day!

Today we're feeling the love with an extended Kraft box (p161 Annual Catalogue).

A clear Window Sheet makes up 3 sides and the back is lined with coordinating cardstock. We've used Primrose Petals cardstock (p152) stamped with the all-time favourite En Francais background stamp (p129).

windowsheet box

This box is decorated with all kinds of lovely goodies from the new Artisan Embellishment Kit (p10 current Seasonal Catalogue).  Eek window sheets are difficult to photograph!

artisan-embellishment-kit

If you're free this Sunday why not come along to our special Pampering & Papercrafts Class! (Bookings essential, limited spaces still avail).

We're making a box very similar to this AND coordinating cards and I absolutely can't wait!!! Everyone will get a full Artisan Embellishment Kit and some special treats for inside the box. Of course!  

 

Love

 

Have a fabulous day and happy stamping,

 

Simone Bartrum, Stampin' Up! demonstrator Australia, Victoria

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