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  • Quick Congrats Notecard with Balloon Celebrations and Gold Wink of Stella

    Sometimes you need a quick card for some event and you want it to be cute but not take a lot of prep of supplies.  Well, check out this card that I have for you today that is PERFECT for using up some scraps and can easily be turned into a congrats, thank you, OR birthday card!

    This uses one of my favorite stamp sets right now, the Balloon Celebrations set.  And the better bonus is that between the speckled fill stamp from the set and the technique of stamping off, you can get a variety of shading looks with ONE ink pad!

    1. Stamp the small balloon in Crushed Curry onto the card front
    2. Stamp the speckled shading image in Crushed Curry on top of the stamped balloon
    3. Ink up the solid balloon stamp again in Crushed Curry and then stamp first onto a piece of scrap paper, then before inking again, stamp onto the card front.  PS – it looks really cool if you slightly overlap the balloons, but I apparently forgot that in this version of the card. Smile
    4. Stamp the speckled shading image in Crushed Curry over the lighter stamped balloon.

    You could have stamped off the shaded image first before stamping to get a more subtle shading but I liked it being a little darker to match the other balloon.

    I did the same thing with the outline of the balloons.  I stamped the outline on the darker balloon in full strength Tip Top Taupe, but on the lighter balloon, I stamped off on to scrap paper first before stamping on my card.

    Playing with Gold Wink of Stella

    I also used this card as a fun way to try out a few different options for the Gold Wink of Stella.  We all love our Wink of Stella, but sometimes the gold is a bit harder to figure out where to use. 

    So, first I used it to color my sentiment – the Expressions natural elements.  I wanted a subtle shimmer and it made it a bit more yellow to go with my Crushed Curry balloons.  You can see from the product picture how light the wood is normally:

    Plus aren’t these words great?  You can use them to turn this card into one for just about any occasion by changing out the word you add to the front! 

    Pro tip – when adhering your words, lightly dot the back with the adhesive from the Fine-Tip glue pen!  It holds great and by dotting it, the glue won’t squish out the sides!

    The other way I used my Gold Wink of Stella was to add some fun shading to the balloons from the It’s My Party designer paper stack.  It is subtle but really makes a fun difference in the final effect of the card.

    So, hopefully that gives you some fun ideas for using some of the supplies in your stash!  And if you don’t have the Wooden words, I would grab some now before they sell out!  They and a few other items on this card are on the retiring list and so grab them while you can… including:

    See the full list of everything that is being discountinued and what is sold out in a PDF list

    or see what is left in the Online Store


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    Product List

    Balloon Celebration Photopolymer Bundle

    $37.25

    It's My Party Designer Series Paper Stack

    $26.00

    Expressions Natural Elements

    $5.00

    Gold Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

    $8.00

    Fine-Tip Glue Pen

    $7.00

    Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes

    $6.00

    Stacked With Love Designer Washi Tape

    $4.95

    Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin' Pad

    $6.50

    Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

    $6.50

  • Scrapbooking Sunday: Use Up those Paper Scraps with this Layout

    I love my cards… love doing card making, but I used to scrapbook and the other day I was flipping through some of my scrapbooks (which don’t think they are complete themed affairs that complete a given year or all about a trip or what not… Smile  I’m not that good!) and realized I missed it.  So, I want to start back up my Scrapbooking Sundays here on the blog so I can have something that reminds me I need to get my photos in albums on a regular basis.  So here is my first for 2015!

    Strategy for keeping up with photos:

    So, I am guilty of having thousands of photos on my phone and on my computer and on my camera…. but not out where anyone can see them.  And where I will totally forget the context for some of the fun pictures I’ve taken.  I found a photo album from when I was in high school and while I remember many of the people and general stories of what was going on… I have no idea when the pictures took place or who everyone was.  And when I look at photos from when I was a kid or pictures from my parents or my husband’s parents, I have no idea what is going on.  *total sad face!*

    I didn’t like that and needed a strategy!  So, here is what I plan to do

    1. Once a month, send the photos from the month to Costco.  It could be 2 photos or it could be 50… whatever memories I want to keep and be able to share with my family later.
    2. Use the Project Life journaling pens (since they are archival safe) and jot a quick note on the back of the photo with the date and people in the picture (so if they ever get separated from my album, I know what the scoop is later)
    3. Drop them into the Project Life photo album page protectors and grab some of the Project Life cards to quickly write out what was happening in the pictures.
    4. DONE!

    5. Then, if there are extra special memories or photos, I’ll print extra copies and do a full 12×12 traditional scrapbook layout.  I love doing traditional layouts so I want to keep doing them, I just don’t want to hold up getting photos off my camera and into albums because it takes me a while to get a traditional layout done.

    Using Up Scraps with Scrapbooking

    I always forget that the scrapbooking is “SCRAP”booking.  Which means it is great for using up your extra paper scraps.  And that was the inspiration for today’s layout

    • Use up all those extra strips of paper that you trim off for your card and other projects as a fun accent in your layout.  I combined two photos across the page and then placed the Moonlight designer paper stack strips at different heights behind the pictures (don’t forget, this paper is 25% off through Monday!).  Sometimes cutting the strip in half so I had enough to go out the top and the bottom of the picture

    • Use extra cardstock scraps to make elements for the page like the letters for your page title!  I used the Tiny Letters thinlit dies to cut out most of the letters from my Blackberry Bliss cardstock.
    • Then to keep it interesting, I used my Metro Alphabet stamps to stamp the word “Hunt” and emphasize it.  You could get a similar effect by cutting out a different paper color or pattern to emphasize a word or words in your title.
    • Use extra elements you may have lying around to add some dimension, like these Wooden Elements from the Stampin’ Up variety pack.  I wanted to add some shine so I inked the top of the circle with my Gold Encore ink pad and then heat set it with my heat tool.

    So there you have it.  Some ideas for getting those scraps off your table and into some created project!

    Want to learn more about Project Life and photo album pocket memory keeping?

    I have a video talking about Project Life and then another where I walk through creating the layout I shared above.

    You can also email me or give me a call, I’d be glad to chat with you about it and give you some suggestions for getting started!  Plus, get free cards as part of the Sale-a-Bration promotion with any $50 purchase!  Score!

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    Shop and earn with Sale-a-Bration here

    I’m also happy to set up a Memory Keeping free demonstration with make & take for you and your friends… just let know!

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  • Gratitude Month–Thank You Card using Kinda Eclectic and In Colors

    Gratitude Month–Thank You Card using Kinda Eclectic and In Colors

    Happy November!  As I mentioned yesterday, I’m kicking off my Month of Gratitude with a free gift for you and a project tutorial.  Today I’m sharing a card I created as a different way to use your Kinda Eclectic stamp set and have a neat thank you card that you can use for guys, girls, and any time of the year.

    November Gratitude PDF Tutorial – Kinda Eclectic Thank You Card

    Project Tips:

    • Stick with a color family or In Color set (in this case the Stampin’ Up 2014-2016 In Colors) to make your background and for complimentary cardstock colors.  This gives you a variety of colors but you know the tones will work together no matter how wild you get with you stamping.
    • Use the starburst stamp from Kinda Eclectic to make a great background layer to your cards or projects.
    • Use the starburst framelits to cut out on of the stamped starbursts and do it off center.  This makes it more visually interesting, especially when you add an accent like the wooded elements.
    • When stamping on wooden pieces, use STAZON ink to prevent yucky bleeding and fuzzing of the ink.

    So, click the link above if you would like the full tutorial for this project.  And if you would like to order anything, don’t forget I have a special gift for you each week with orders.  This week, you get a cool ribbon sampler from the Holiday Catalog as my thank you to you!

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    Just shop in my online store or email me your order at jennifer@nwstamper.com and use hostess code UCJDBQH4 and when I start mailing out Thank You gifts you’ll receive this special bundle free in your mailbox! Smile

    Gratitude Month Gift

    And check back on Wednesday when my Fun n’ Crafty stampers are putting together a small blog hope focused on gratitude projects!  It should be great!

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