the Card Ladies

Jun20

Thailand Achievers Blog Hop – My NEW Favorite Thing – Moving Images!

by tamra on June 20th, 2017 at 5:00 pm

Posted In: GV Achievers Blog Hop, Stampin' Up! Projects, Tamra's Tips-n-Tricks!

Welcome everyone to another Global Trip Achievers Blog Hop! This month the theme is our new FAVORITE thing from the New Catalog that just went live on June 1st, 2017.

Gosh, so many!

I loved the This Little Piggy stamp set, I mean, really.

How cute is this little piggy?

Adorable!

So that set was really high on the list.

I decided this blog post should include my new little friend.

But there was one thing I was really anxious to try out and it turned out to be just as cool as I had hoped.

You Move Me Photopolymer Bundle 145322 Price: $49.50

It was the You Move Me Photopolymer Bundle.

This bundle was demonstrated when I was at the Stampin’ Up! Global Onstage in Amsterdam in April.

WOW! HOW COOL!

And I have been waiting (not so patiently) to play ever since!

I have always loved cards that are a little bit out of the norm, and cards with some kind of ‘motion’ certainly meet that criteria!

So I combined my 2 new favorite things into a super card that makes you smile.

If it doesn’t make you smile, I am worried about you, but I just know it will!

Here is the card in motion!

So, how did I do it?

I figured out how to combine the 2 stamp sets!

First I stamped the butterfly wings on a scrap piece of cardstock, and trimmed the top left of the wing off.

I had stamped stamped and sponged the card components including my little pig without her own wings.

It was, however, easy to take my portion of the butterfly wings and stick it onto my little piggy.

There was LOTS of playing with this technique. let’s face it, not everything works to have the butterfly wings stuck on it like my little piggy.

But LOTS of things would be cool in motion!

I played and tried things and threw lots of attempts away but I figured it out.

And I learned TONS of things along the way that I have consolidated into a PDF along with measurements and other projects. No need for you to spend as long figuring this out as I did, just benefit from all my trials.

Here is a sneak peek of the other projects I have right now, and the pdf will have the details on both of these.

And while I am on one of my favorite subjects… doggies, there are just some stamps that NEED to have motion added to them!

I recently did a post using the Bella and Friends stamp set, and it was begging to have motion added!

So here is that motion card as well.

Like I said, I have created a PDF with lots of pics and tips of what I learned playing with the You Move Me bundle and other stamp sets. I am offering that PDF for FREE with a $49.50 purchase from my online Stampin’ Up! store… which just happens to be the price of the You Move Me bundle. Click on the Product List below to go straight there. How convenient!

If you just want the PDF without a SU! purchase, or if you are not from the US, you can still get the benefit of my many, MANY hours of crafting trial and error by purchasing the PDF for $8.00 USD.

Please allow 24 hours and if you paypal email is not where you want to receive the file, make sure you provide the correct email!

Ready for the next blog and the next fun project? Click on the names below to see the other folks joining in on this GLOBAL blog hop. Hope to see you next month! #gvachieversbloghop

Product List

You Move Me Photopolymer Bundle [145322] $49.50	Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad [126982] $6.50	Stamping Sponges [141337] $3.50	This Little Piggy Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143922] $20.00	2017-2019 In Color Stampin’ Write Markers [144033] $15.00
Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100730] $9.00	Pool Party 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [122924] $8.00	Powder Pink 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [144244] $8.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	Foam Adhesive Strips [141825] $8.00
Glue Dots [103683] $5.25	Pretty Label Punch [143715] $18.00	Powder Pink 1/2″ Finely Woven Ribbon [144134] $7.00	Tag Topper Scalloped Punch [133324] $23.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00

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Jun25

NC Demos Blog Hop – New Pig in Town

by tamra on June 25th, 2017 at 8:00 pm

Posted In: NC Demos Blog Hop, Stampin' Up! Projects, Tamra's Tips-n-Tricks!

Welcome to the NC Demos Blog Hop! We are just a few hoppers during the busy summer months, but what talent we have here in NC!

I am still on a quest to have pigs moving everywhere! lol You might need to check out some previous posts to see what I mean about that, but I wanted to do one more little piggy post for you today.

Here is the card in motion!

Working with the You Move Me Bundle and the This Little Piggy stamp set again.

For some reason, I just wanted to make that silly little piggy even sillier!!!

You Move Me Photopolymer Bundle 145322 Price: $49.50

I have learned so much playing with this You Move Me Bundle! Working with the illusion of motion, I did try some new things on this card.

For one, the color of the tag (Pool Party) is also the color of the piece behind the tag.

This gives a great continuity as you pull the tag out.

I added the strip of grass to the tag and background, too!

The second new thing was ‘hiding’ the motion image at first. Nothing like a surprise tiptoeing pig to delight the card recipient!

So you can see, I am totally addicted to the You Move Me Photopolymer Bundle and trying new things with it. I love sharing the discoveries I make in the Tip Sheet I am offering to folks.

Actually, I am writing up the details of the things I discovered in making this card and will be including this additional new tip sheet with the one I have already been offering.

Don’t worry, if you already bought the original, this new tip sheet is coming as my gift as soon as it is done. I am so happy my trial and error is helping others!

(Get more info and buy it here)

Now off to see what the other NC Demos have created… I am so happy I get to hand you off to my talented friend JoAnne Hewins! She is awesome!

See you next month.

Full List of NC Demos Blog Hoppers

Tamra Davis You are HERE!

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Jun22

#CardsThatMoveMe – Tutorial for Making any Stamp a ‘Moving’ Card

by tamra on June 22nd, 2017 at 2:51 pm

Posted In: Stampin' Up! Projects, Tamra's Tips-n-Tricks!

Stampin’ Up! has done it again! The 2017 new Annual Catalog has a super fun bundle in it called the You Move Me Photopolymer Bundle.

You Move Me Photopolymer Bundle 145322 Price: $49.50

This bundle was demonstrated when I was at the Stampin’ Up! Global Onstage in Amsterdam in April. WOW! HOW COOL!

I could not wait to play with this and kept on going after the butterfly and the hummingbird included in the stamp set.

Using the framelits, and a with a lot of trial and error, I have created other #CardsThatMoveMe using other stamp sets that are just begging

for some motion.

So, how did I do it?

So glad you asked! I have created a PDF Tutorial with lots of pics and tips of what I learned playing with the You Move Me bundle and other stamp sets. I am offering that PDF for FREE with a $49.50 purchase from my online Stampin’ Up! store… which just happens to be the price of the You Move Me bundle. Click on the Product List below to go straight there. How convenient!

If you just want the PDF without a SU! purchase, or if you are not from the US, you can still get the benefit of my many, MANY hours of crafting trial and error by purchasing the PDF for $8.00 USD.

Please allow 24 hours and if you paypal email is not where you want to receive the file, make sure you provide the correct email! When you create YOUR awesome cards, post and use the hashtag #CardsThatMoveMe so we can all share and brag on each other!

Here are a few of my first ones in motion and the ones I highlight in this tutorial.

I hope you enjoy the videos!

Who doesn’t love a happy dog with a wagging tail?.

And while I am on one of my favorite subjects… doggies, there are just some stamps that NEED to have motion added to them!

I recently did a post using the Bella and Friends stamp set, and it was begging to have motion added!

So here is that motion card as well.

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Jun13

Card for that BRIGHT Baby – who says Baby Cards have to be Pastel?

by tamra on June 13th, 2017 at 6:00 pm

Posted In: Stampin' Up! Projects

I am still having a great time playing with the new in-colors and loving how they all work together. So when a challenge came around to make a baby card for a CONTEST, I thought there was no reason that card had to be traditional or pastel, right?

So here is my BRIGHT colored baby card!

It was really fun to make, too.

I love mixing colors, I love playing with my aqua painter, and I LOVE these new in-colors!

I did break down and use some traditional words from the Baby Bear stamp with the Hello, baby… and the welcome to the world!

You’re Delightful • 11 rubber stamps 144023 $12.00 only available as host rewards ($19.00 value)

The big words are from the new host rewards stamp set You’re Delightful.

I love this stamp set, and actually big ole greetings in general.

This one I stamped and then embossed in gold on watercolor paper.

Then a fun play time with my aqua painter water brush and the refills for all the new in-colors. As easy as dropping ink drops and water drops… and you never know exactly what you are going to get!

Daisy Punch ∙ p. 206 143713 $18.00

Just keep going until you like it. 😉

Now it needed a popped up element. Everyone is just in LOVE with this new big punched daisy!

Daisy Delight • 16 photopolymer stamps 143669 $17.00

I wanted to try to figure out something a tad different to do with it… so I stamped it, punched it and then stamped it again on the other side.

Easy to position your stamp right on the punch with these clear photopolymer stamps.

Faceted Gems ∙ p. 197 Clear 144142 $5.00 Gold 144141 $5.00

With both sides stamped, I folded the daisy punch out around one of the new gold faceted gems.

These gems are great! BIG and just perfect for the middle of these daisies.

So that is my BRIGHT and colorful version of a baby card. I hope you like it !

I did mention it is a contest, right?

If you like this card, I would appreciate your vote so I can participate in another special blog hop my friend Kylie Bertucci from Australia is having for the winners.

And there will be several winners, so it won’t hurt to throw me a vote, too. LOL!

Cast your vote HERE or click on the picture.

Thanks for looking and make sure to go create something today!

To buy any of the products I used to make this colorful card, and you live in the US, just click on the shopping cart on the top of the right hand column to go to my Stampin’ Up! store.

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Jun07