This was the fourth Stampin' Up! Extravaganza for me and my first as a demonstrator. I knew enough from the previous three years to plan my shopping ahead of time, be ready to submit it asap after it starts and be ready for items sold out and a possible shipping delay.
Well, being in control of my own destiny made this year's shopping experience perfect! I got every single item on my...
I started this project a bit late, but I wanted to spend time working out background sponging techniques with Distress Oxides. In this video I work on three backgrounds, improving my process each time until I finally got a recipe that I will repeat for all of my Thanksgiving cards - which will be getting mailed out late. Video length: 14 min 40 sec
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On the Paper Pumpkin Fan Club a post talks about the mailability of the shaker cards in the October 2017 kit. It later discusses hand stamping etc. So, I put together a video analyising the October 2017 card as well as three other cards. I talk about tools to use and pricing. Video length: 9 min 54 sec
After the first birthday card I sent my mom never arrived. I asked Hub to pick out one of my distress oxide images to finish for her. I video'ed the process. It is a short video because I went with a clean and simple finish. Video length 5 min 50 sec.
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We found a disc golf course not so far away in Hillsboro. The site I use to review courses said that the course is unplayable due to the grass not being mowed. Hub drove there to check it out and sent me a pic of the course with MOWED grass! So we went the next day and played holes one through eight. Hub was not in a rush and actually allowed me to video and he even videoed me on a couple of...
I made this card with specific colors for last week's Creative Cat Crew color challenge. I did not video the making of that card. I thought that the card was perfect to use at my next card making class so I made some material changes and video'ed the creation process from start to finish with no fast forward. Video length: 25 min 11 sec.
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I started Paper Pumpkin in August and wanted a summer kit to turn into make and takes. I ordered this one and am very happy with it! Video Length 19 min 28 sec.
I made a video of reviewing what the swag bag contained. Video Length 6 min 24 sec.
Today I pulled out my Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks and made some fun backgrounds. Some of the backgrounds I turned into card focal elements. I did a video walkthrough explaining my process of making the backgrounds and how I turned them into focal elements. I include my own impressions of these inks. Video Length 11 min 55 sec.
Our propane door popped open on the last leg of our trek from Bend Oregon to Cottonwood Arizona. Hub came up with a fix after duct tape failed miserable. Video Length 3 min 23 sec.