Stampin’ Up Cards – Get Well

April 15, 2019 | ullycatdesigns

I went to a workshop this past week with Donna Butler, a Stampin’ Up demonstrator. I really enjoyed learning more about the proper way to stamp. I loved the feel of the cling stamps. They were soft and required a lighter touch than some of the stamps I have used before.

Here is one of the cards we made using Donna’s designs. Note that each card is designed with an interior panel that can be removed if the card needs to be repurposed, and each card’s envelope has a stamped envelope with coordinating images.

Stamp sets:

Cardstock:

Lemon Lime Twist
Pool Party
Whisper White
Painted Seasons Designer Series Paper

Inks:

Accessories:

Country Floral Embossing Folder
Pool Party Shimmer Ribbon
Glitter Enamel Dots

Stampin’ Up Cards – Sympathy

April 15, 2019April 15, 2019 | ullycatdesigns

Sympathy-2

I went to a workshop this past week with Donna Butler, a Stampin’ Up demonstrator. I really enjoyed learning more about the proper way to stamp. And, I loved the feel of the cling stamps. They were soft and required a lighter touch than some of the clear polymer stamps I have been using.

Here is one of the cards we made using a design of Donna’s. Note that each of her cards are designed with an interior panel that can be removed if the card needs to be repurposed.

Sympathy inside

Donna’s list of supplies:

Stamp sets:

Cardstock:

Inks:

Blends:

Any purples

Accessories:

Frustrating Glue

April 7, 2019April 7, 2019 | ullycatdesigns

I was working on this card with intricate borders to glue down and used Tombow Multi Mono Liquid Glue. I had a little glue ooze out from the delicate edges. Usually glue dries and you can flake it off, but this glue is still tacky after two weeks.

It ended up that I remade the card using 6-inch sheets of double-sided adhesive instead of glue. First, I cut cardstock to the width of the border dies and then adhered one side of the adhesive sheet to the cardstock. Then I ran the adhered cardstock through my Sizzix Big Shot machine to cut the border frames. I cut scrap paper with dies between cuts of adhered cardstock to help remove adhesive from die. This method worked much better as well as being faster as there was no drying time needed between steps.

I used the double-sided adhesive sheet to adhere the light blue label with fish. See how smooth it is and no shiny adhesive showing.

In the future I plan to use this method of adhering my accordion cards using double-sided sheets/tape for all aspects rather than glue.

Supplies Used:

Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company dies: karenburniston.com

1043 – Fancy Label Accordion
1044 Fancy Flourish Frames

Scrapbook.com: https://www.scrapbook.com/store/uc-adh-1036.html

Clear Double-Sided Adhesive Sheets 6×6 inch sheets

Fish die was in my swap bundle. Don’t know manufacturer.

The Upside to Playing

March 29, 2019October 31, 2021 | ullycatdesigns

The upside to playing with new materials is you don’t have to perfect, just have fun with the materials and be creative. This little pop-up box card has gotten embellished when I’ve gotten some new materials. First, the brown box was just to test out the Lawn Fawn Scalloped Box die set. I had a jar full of tiny rubber stamps I gotten from one of the big craft store chains and used the “Hi!” “celebrate” and “smile” stamps to decorate the side flaps. A new box of neon colored pencils came into play around the stamps.

I set the box on my Inspiration Shelf and forgot about for several months until I got a new box of Prima watercolor pencils (the kind you color and then go over with a wet brush to blend the colors.) I needed something to color and found the Lawn Fawn Little Town Hillside die cut in my bits and pieces stash to color.

Again the box went back on the Inspiration Shelf until I got a tiny snow fall stamp which I tried out on the hillside. (Not sure of the brand or where it is on my crafting desk at this point.)