Sharing the delights of rubber stamping and scrapbooking with beginning and experienced crafters!
Terri Walker
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(919) 280-1020
http://www.nutzaboutstamping.com
Hi everyone, I am back today with another fun fold technique. This super easy latch card fun fold can be used for all of the occasions that you have in the coming year. And, bonus, this layout will help you use up leftover pieces of designer series paper too.
The main feature on my card is one of the stamps in the new Hippest Hippo stamp set. These playful little cuties practically guarantee smiles all around! Stamp them individually or group them together to make your own bundle of happy, happy hippos! Add one of four fun sentiments, then customize them any way you like: color them using your favorite Stampin’ Up! coloring technique, add some embossing powder to add dimension to the ballerina’s tutu, and so much more—you simply can’t go wrong with a cute and hip hippo!
And the best part is that you can earn this set for FREE with a $50 or €65 project order! Learn more about that here.
Even though there are four cute phrase in the Hippest Hippo set, I needed a larger phrase for today's projects so I chose a phrase from the Beauty of Friendship stamp set:
The Beauty of Friendship is a stamp set to consider. You can use it throughout the year and through all four seasons. The set was designed to celebrate good times and good people. The phrases are versatile and you can layer two or more images to create one final image with extra texture and dimension in the colors you want.
Here's my card - watch the video below to see how to create it too!
Here's what you need to make this card at home.
Supplies
Stamp sets: Hippest Hippos* (159921); Beauty of Friendship (154983)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Night of Navy
Stampin' Blends: Smoky Slate, Granny Apple Green, Fresh Freesia
Paper and cutting dimensions: Hues of Happiness: (3) 1 1/2" x 4: Daffodil Delight: 3 1/4" x 1 1/2" Basic White: 3" x 1 3/8"; 2 1/2" square Granny Apple Green: 2 3/4" square
Misc: Layered Circles Dies (151770); Tear & Tape Adhesive; Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper (158822)
Want to learn this fun fold technique? Watch my video below - be sure to watch all the way through for my bonus tips and design ideas.
Sale-a-bration is absolutely my FAVE event of the year, and especially for the next two months. Here's why: between 1 July and 31 August, when you join my team you get A BIG BONUS with your Starter Kit:
the Making Plans Collection (including the July 2022 – December 2023 Making Plans Planner, Making Plans Notebook Trio and Making Plans Stamp Set)
Start your own business with a company dedicated to connecting creative individuals, encouraging creative experiences, and helping others—and enjoy benefits like product discounts, flexible hours, and opportunities to earn a modest supplemental income. Plus, if you join during Sale-A-Bration you’ll get the Making Plans Collection for FREE! See the collection in the video below and then read on!
And there are more amazing reasons to join my team during Sale-a-Bration:
Your Starter Kit - $125 in product for $99 (with free shipping)
20% discount on all purchases immediately after joining (and for as long as you are an active demonstrator)
all the Sale-a-Bration rewards after your starter kit arrives, with an opportunity to earn EXTRA rewards available to demonstrators
Tons of inspiration from Stampin' Up - access to the exclusive demonstrator website and MORE
NOTE: There is no obligation or pressure (from me or Stampin' Up!) to ever sell or share with anyone and no obligation to buy another thing if you don’t want to.
If you have thought about joining and want to be a part of an amazing online community of stampers, email me today: [email protected]! I’d love to answer your questions or set up a time to chat with you. If you are ready to join my talented team, click here.
Did you know that I love to bullet journal? Over the past 3 or 4 years I have been using a bullet journal for my Stampin' Up! business and my life. I post my weekly and monthly goals, I track my exercise and Dutch lessons, my business sales and make notes as I listen to podcasts on growing my social media platforms (Facebook, YouTube and Instagram).
Last year it hit me that I could be using my Stampin' Up! products in my bullet journal too - getting a bigger BANG for my buck so to speak. I showed you how to use dies on your monthly cover page in this post, and your Stampin' Write Markers to add color to your monthly pages in this blog post.
I look forward to each new month as it gives me the opportunity to have a fresh look at my Stampin' Up! products for designing my monthly and weekly posts.
Here's a peek at my July pages. I used the Sweet Songbirds bundle as my inspiration, especially since this is the time of year when I am seeing so many baby birds happily paddling around the canals on my walks each day.
Make your own singing songbird ensemble with the Sweet Songbirds bundle! Stamp the images in different colors for a custom look—a light pink body, a darker pink wing, and yellow feet. Nestle your birds into the nest image or perch them on top of the branch. With multiple everyday sentiments, you're sure to use this cute stamp set all year long!
Here's my bullet journal July monthly spread:
And here's one of my bullet journal weekly spreads:
Do you bullet journal? If you do, you are welcome to copy my idea, or to use it as a springboard for your own ideas!
Did you ever look at a card map challenge and think....
I know exactly what I am going to use? That was me this week! I saw the background polka-dot paper and immediately thought if the In Color designer series paper, which I won a couple of months ago at a team event:
I had some perfect sized scraps laying around so used them as the rectangle layers. Hmm, what to put on top? Easy, I figured that out quickly too:
Your papercrafts are sure to be right "on point" when you use the Hippest Hippo Stamp Set. These playful little cuties practically guarantee smiles all around! Stamp them individually or group them together to make your own bundle of happy, happy hippos! Add one of four fun sentiments, then customize them any way you like: color them using your favorite Stampin’ Up! coloring technique, add some embossing powder to add dimension to the ballerina’s tutu, and so much more—you simply can’t go wrong with a cute and hip hippo! Also available in French.
Here's my challenge card:
You know what's so great about the Hippest Hippo stamp set (#159921)? With a $50 (or €60) order it's:
Stampin' Up! second Sale-a-bration event of the year is now on! Sale-a-Bration is Stampin’ Up!’s twice-annual sales event that gives you several ways to earn FREE products.
Click on the image above to download a copy of this brochure to your device.
Here's how you can get the most of out this second Sale-a-Bration event - 1 July through 31 August only:
SHOP
During Sale-a-Bration, you can earn exclusive items from the Sale-a-Bration brochure through purchasing of Stampin’ Up! products you already love (before shipping and taxes) – purchases from the new Annual Catalog, the new July - December Mini Catalog, the Clearance Rack or other Online items (such as Prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscriptions and our Kit Collections).
Like Sale-a-Brations past, Stampin’ Up! offers two levels of Sale-a-Bration items:
LEVEL ONE CHOICES– Free with $50 Purchase. For every $50 you spend, you can select one Level One item to add to your order, FOR FREE! Here are your Level One choices:
Hippest Hippos Cling Stamp Set (#159921)
Hippo Dies (#159928)
Rings of Love 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper (#159939)
Pool Party & Soft Sea Foam Cards & Envelopes (#159940)
Stylish Sketches Cling Stamp Set (#159937)
Silver & Gold 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper (#159941)
LEVEL TWO CHOICES – Free with $100 Purchase. For every $100 you spend, you can select one Level Two item to add to your order, FOR FREE. Here are your Level Two choices:
Amazing Phrases Photopolymer Stamp Set (#159930)
Tree Lot Dies (#159938)
Wonderful World Cling Stamp Set + Wonderful World 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper (#159918)
SHOP BIG
If you think shopping is a fun way to earn free products during Sale-a-Bration, then you are going to love the second way – HOST, using the SHOP BIG benefit.
When you place a Stampin’ Up! order for more than $300 between 1 July and 31 August, you will automatically receive the exclusive Perfect Pomegranate Stamp Set. Here’s the set:
Want to take advantage of the SHOP BIG benefit? Email me at: [email protected] and I will set this up for you and your friends!
If you love learning new techniques then this is the video for you. I am going to show you how to combine two techniques to create a colorful and eye-catching card. I will be using my Floral Gallery dies for one of the techniques - you can use any word dies you that have on hand. The second technique is a fun and easy way to add color to the card background.
These dies offer open dies for artistic floral accents as well as label shapes that are designed especially for sentiments. Floral Gallery Dies are perfect for what your heart wants to say to your friends and loved ones.
To create my card background, I am going to show you an easy watercolor technique, using our Stampin' Spritizers (2 to a pack).
This is such a fun tool: you fill an empty spritzer with water or rubbing alcohol and any color of Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill. Mix and spritz. I chose Highland Heather for my ink color - you can choose your favorite color for this project.
Here's what I am going to show you how to create - watch my video below for all the steps and bonus tips and design ideas.
To help you see the depth of the stacked dies, here's a photo with a different angle:
As I say in my video, I wish you could see this card up close - the phrase depth and the sparkle are amazing! Here's what you need to make this card at home:
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