Written On Your Heart Event

THANK YOU!!

I would like to personally thank each and every person that stopped by the studio to make a card during the Written On Your Heart event on January 4th! Since that is not exactly possible (although I tried to speak to everyone at the event and express my gratitude), I will say it now as part of this public expression of my gratitude! Thank you so much! Written On Your Heart, Kelly and I all appreciate the time you took to come to the studio and create cards for survivors of human trafficking!! 

Here are a few stats from the event:

• more than 20 people stopped by to create cards!
• 70 cards were created and donated!
• Over $80 were collected as donations for postage and other expenses!!

So once again THANK YOU for helping a very worthy cause! 

Easy, Fun technique

This is an easy, fun technique to try with your embossing folders!

Choose your embossing folder and card stock.  I chose this one as I was working on a masculine card and had an idea for using the debossed (indented side of the card stock).

Use your Big Shot to emboss the card stock. I chose Smokey Slate to enhance the masculine theme I was working on as well as the Designer Series Paper I planned to use.

When I removed the cardstock this is the embossed (raised) side of the card stock.  I flipped it over to the debossed side so that the main design is pressed into the card stock. 

I then ran my Basic Gray ink pad very LIGHTLY across the card stock trying to just touch the raised parts. This revealed the outline of the hexagon shapes.  To me they look like the nuts that screw onto a bolt!

This is the card beginning to take shape. You can see how well the Designer Series Paper works with the embossed card stock! 

Cling Stamps

Have you had problems with the clear-mount stamps falling off the acrylic blocks?

Were you confused by the name clear-mount when they were not clear stamps but red rubber?

You are not alone!!

Stampin' Up! has been having these issues and concerns reported for sometime. They have been working hard to come up with a good solution! CLING STAMPS are here!!!

Beginning with the Occasions Catalog (products available Jan. 3rd - June 3rd while supplies last) the red rubber stamps that attach temporarily to the clear acrylic blocks are referred to as Cling Stamps. These stamps give you the fabulous, crisp image you have come to expect from Stampin' Up!'s red rubber stamps while clinging well to our wonderful, ergonomic acrylic blocks!

These stamps stick so well that Stampin' Up! even created a video about how to apply the labels and how to remove them from your acrylic blocks with out damaging your stamps. Click here to watch the video.

If you have questions or concerns please call or email me!! I am always happy to help!