Thursday, December 31, 2015

Stampin' Up! Big Shot Plates - When & Why Do You Need Them?


Stampin' Up! is introducing so many cool thinlet dies including the gorgeous Bloomin' Heart from the upcoming Occasions Catalog and I thought it would be a great time to share with you the various platform offerings that Stampin' Up! has and when and why to use them.  I am including my own recommendations in this blog entry and video below.  I hope they help you in your die-cutting endeavors.  Let me know what you think!




Forever Stampin',
    Cathy Williams


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Monday, December 21, 2015

Cozy Christmas....

 One of my customers found a card on Pinterest that she wanted to make and this was my version.  I love how it turned out!  We used the trees from Happy Scenes at the bottom and also the back trees using a copy paper mask for the snow line and masking of the bottom portion of the trees.  We stamped them twice without reinking so some of the trees were dark and some were lighter.  I think this added to the visual depth.  Masks were used for each of the rolling snow lines and the moon.  The snow was created using Soft Sky and Pool Party inks.  A few well placed Silver Foil stars from the Confetti Stars Border Punch finished it off.


Forever Stampin',
    Cathy Williams


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Friday, December 18, 2015

Got A Lot of Designer Series Paper?

 Do you have a lot of scraps of Designer Series Paper left over from some of the Christmas cards you have been making this year?  Here's a great card that uses up quite a bit of it!  On watercolor paper, we used an Aquapainter and Tempting Turquoise and Night of Navy inks on a moistened Embellished Ornament stamp to create this watercolor ornament.  We then stamped and embossed the holly using Gold Embossing Powder.  Add lots of Designer Series Paper and you have this card!


Forever Stampin',
    Cathy Williams


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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Quick & Easy Gift Card Holder...

I saw this idea for a gift card holder made by Patty Bennett.  I thought it was such a clever little gift card holder that I wanted to share it with you.

Here's a quick video to show you how to make it.  I also show you how to hide your paper ends behind embellishments in the front of your gift card holder and give a short instruction and demonstration of the Curvy Corner Trio punch.




Forever Stampin',
    Cathy Williams


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