July 6, 2021

Video: Love the Hand-Penned Suite? Frame It!

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My goal was to create a home decor project using the Hand-Penned Memories & More Card Pack from Stampin’ Up!®. It did NOT disappoint! I absolutely love this art piece!

The card pack is part of the Hand-Penned Suite, which is collection of products intended to work well together. For my frameable art, I used only two of the elements in the suite: the Memories & More Pack and the Hand-Penned Petals stamp set.

This is basically a scrapbook page designed to be framed for display. You probably could even add a small photo on there somewhere.

I don’t do a lot of scrapbooking as I struggle with the extra planning and steps. When I make cards, I can sit down and make a card using the supplies in my craft room. With scrapbooking, I have to choose my photos and print them in the size I want. That’s two extra steps in my process! My brain just doesn’t work well with that. Kind of crazy, right?

I also find scrapbooking takes sooo much more time. It feels like forever to finish a book and I end up loosing focus and moving onto something else. I’m the kind of gal that is often moving on the the next “shiny” thing that grabs my interest.

In my 15 years as a demonstrator with Stampin’ Up!, I’ve probably completed two scrapbooks. One was digital and one was an 8″ x 8″ book with only about 10 pages. I love looking at the gorgeous ideas on Pinterest, so perhaps I will try again someday. Some of you preserve your memories so beautifully. Maybe you can share some of your tips to help me give it another go?

Making this project

I used a variety of patterned papers for this design and used my Paper Snips to add a bit of a distressed look. The Ombré Specialty Paper adds a nice glimmer in the background for interest and texture.

The label in the 3″ x 4″ card in the photo below was carefully cut with my Paper Snips to separate it from the blue patterned background. Cutting it out allowed me to put the label on Stampin’ Dimensionals. My Blending Brush with Misty Moonlight ink added some extra colour on the edges, deepening the colour and drawing the eye to the white label.

You can see that I stamped on the Basic White layer with Daffodil Delight ink using the coordinating Hand-Penned Petals Stamp Set. The yellow ink balances well with the yellow accents in the patterned design on the Memories & More cards.

Other supplies used

Oh, Stampin’ Up!, how I love that you make it so easy for us to coordinate the colours and patterns in our artwork! Ribbon, accents, paper, and ink! They are designed to work together so beautifully!

Watch the video for more!

If you’re interested in learning more about the elements and techniques used to make this project, watch the video below. Don’t forget to support my YouTube Channel by clicking that subscribe button!

May 18, 2021

Dragonfly Garden Note Card Box

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On my Facebook Live video yesterday, I shared how to make this cute box! It’s the perfect size for Mini Envelopes and 3″ x 3″ handmade cards. The Dragonfly Garden stamp set, Dragonflies Punch, and the Dandy Garden Designer Series Paper work together beautifully to create this easy box.

Show your appreciation to someone by giving them a box of handmade note cards!

It doesn’t have to be for note cards, though! This size box will fit lots of other things. You could fill it with candy or chocolates, but anything that fits would work: Jewelry, seed packs, candles, figurines, tea, snacks, car keys, ear buds, money, a face mask, make-up, a pair of socks … whatever! LOL!

It would be really funny to get a pair of socks!

The box is an adaptation of a smaller rectangular box that my friend and fellow Canadian Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, Desirée Spenst made. It was a cute box, but not big enough to fit cards. I just had to adjust the measurements for the base of the box, then I could decorate it my own way. I chose the dragonflies.

It makes me happy.

To make this 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ square box that is 1 1/4″ high, start with a piece of Thick Basic White cardstock, measuring 6″ x 10 1/2″. Score the long side at 1″, 4 1/2″, 5 3/4″, and 9 1/4″. Score the short side at 1 1/4″ and 4 3/4″. With this as your base, you can use my video tutorial to complete the base of the box. Once you see how I put it together and decorated it, you can do the same or you can decorate it anyway you like! It’s easier than you might think!

After I finished recording the video tutorial, I added some Artistry Blooms Adhesive Backed Sequins and a white heat embossed sentiment from the Many Messages stamp. I think these elements complete the box nicely.

The video below is a recording of my Monday Facebook Live. You can join me live on Facebook at 10:30 PST every Monday morning and interact with me while I share projects with you. Next week I’ll be unboxing the May Paper Pumpkin kit!

Leave a reply or comment and say hello! I love to know that you stopped by!

March 7, 2021

Winner of the $25 Shopping Spree!

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As I shared in a previous post, I celebrated 15 years with Stampin’ Up! last month! Time flies when you’re having fun!

To celebrate my 15th Stamp-aversary, I created a video and shared it as an Instagram story (new experience for me!), a Facebook story, put it in my newsletter to my Canadian peeps, and posted it here on my blog. I had so much fun creating the video (thanks to CANVA!) that I wanted to share it as many places as I could.

In the video, I invited people to comment for a chance to win a $25 Shopping Spree.

I get to announce the winner today!

WHOOHOO!!

Let me know how you choose to spend your $25, you lucky winner, you! You can email me at amy@inkingonthefly.com or send me a message on Facebook with the items you want and your mailing address. Thanks for playing along and helping me celebrate!