Hello Canadian Scrapbooker Friends!!! I’m absolutely thrilled to share with you today! My Name is Daleen Pinder and I have been a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator for 8 years! What an AMAZING JOURNEY! I am SO GRATEFUL that I have found something that I LOVE and I’m PASSIONATE ABOUT! I love creating and I love sharing it! I feel that creativity lets you JUST BE – it can take you away! I know being creative has helped me in so many ways but, the absolute best part is the friendships – sharing with people who all love the same thing is pretty amazing! I look forward to this opportunity! I’m excited to share with you some of my creations. I love anything glittery, and have the nickname “the glitter queen”! I love to sew on my creations, which is where my blog name came from Sew Stampsational! Here is the…
Thinking of You Card by Jayme Loge First the steps: Start by stamping a background onto some cardstock, using waterproof ink. I used Clearsnap’s Archival Dye inks for this step. I stamped two images in the background (the small dots are a Hero Arts for Doodlebug Designs stamp, and the script is by Stampin’ Up!). Next, get ready for some inky fun! I took a used dryer sheet and cut it into 2″ squares, and spritzed them with three colours of Clearsnap Smooch Spritz. Once they were dry, I mod podged them over top of the background I stamped earlier. Once it was dry, I tore off edges and tied some ribbon around it before attaching it to an embossed background. I punched the butterfly out of a double sided adhesive sheet and applied some Clearsnap glitter to it, then attached it to the ribbon. Last step was stamping…
Have you seen these beautiful intricate dies from Spellbinders? They are just gorgeous, and with a few little tricks, easy to use. I absolutely love this little die called ‘Cattails’. Although I have to say, I’m a prairie girl, and while I’m sure the die could look like cattails, to me, it looks like wheat. So that’s what I used it for. Stalks of ripe wheat, blowing in the breeze. The first time I tried using this die, I discovered it was not quite as simple as all of the other Spellbinders dies I have used over the years. Because it is so intricate and highly detailed, I had a few issues with it cutting all the way through, and then had trouble actually getting the paper out of the die. I had a quick look on the internet for some suggestions on how to make it easier. I found…
