Card ideas – Page 114 – mmm…Stampin' Time

Posted on May 25, 2016 by mmmstampintime — Leave a comment

ANOTHER NEW PRODUCT SNEAK PEEK …

I am definitely getting ‘my swirl on’ this week …

… one of the fun things about getting ready for a new catalogue launch is ‘playing’ with some of the new products that demonstrators can pre-order BEFORE the catalogue ‘goes live’.

… remember my first play with Swirly Birds and Swirly Scribbles? [yes, it was a little dark – however, there are times when we want to thank people for helping us through tough times] …

Well – I had a heap of cutout shapes left after die cutting and layering the black ‘nests’ …

I usually keep many of these types of cutouts to use in some way … and here is how I used these … thank goodness for our fine tip glue pen.

AND … remember that the photopolymer stamps can be gently bent onto the acrylic blocks.

Hope you like my swirls!

Posted on May 24, 2016 by mmmstampintime — Leave a comment

MORE SWIRLY SCRIBBLES & BIRDS …

It was definitely time to try the Swirly Birds Stamp Set and Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies again … after my first quite bleak end result.

I really liked the result from clear heat embossing the medium swirl stamp.

This time I chose Night of Navy and Whisper White … and added the smaller swirl stamp using the white heat embossing powder.

Then came some layering of Swirly Scribbles ‘nests’ … the sentiment was heat embossed and punched out with a 2 1/2 inch circle punch …this circle was then partially run through the bigshot using the same Swirly ‘nest’ … I love using my dimensionals to achieve some height on cards.

… and here is the result …

… I hope that you already have a copy of the new annual catalogue from Stampin’ Up! and are starting on your wish list … because can place your orders from June 1.

If you don’t have a copy yet … contact me to organise your very own …. it is full of amazing products to help you get creative.

The stamp set and thinlits used to create this card can be found on pafe 152 of the new catalogue … and are offered as one of Stampin’ Up!’s new bundles for 2016-2017.

It’s getting close to … LAUNCH TIME …

Posted on May 17, 2016 by mmmstampintime — Leave a comment

PLAYING WITH NEW PRODUCTS …

There are so many great things about being an Independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrator ….

and each year at this time, it is definitely being able to pre-order from the new Annual Catalogue.

I have already shared the new catalogue with the wonderful ladies who come to my classes and I am sure they are looking through it and discovering all the wonderful new products they can be adding to their Wishlists, ready to start ordering in early June.

One of the new Stampin’ Up! bundles includes the Swirly Bird Stamp Set and Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies [Remember: BUNDLE & SAVE 10% … this bundle is $80].

I am quite surprised by how ‘dark’ my card seems to be.

I didn’t start with a layout design …

I just wanted to start by doing a clear dry emboss of one of the smaller swirly stamps onto a dark cardstock and see where this took me … I chose Basic Black – but will use Night of Navy next … then I wanted to use some of the layered diecuts techniques I had used at Christmas … and then try to find a current sentiment that matched the final layout …

It may not be to everyone’s taste but this is where this idea took me …