Author: michelescraftcottage

I am an avid crafter. I love making cards and giving them to friends and family. I love teaching card making and scrapbooking.
Tips & Techniques

Stamp Styles

If you are confused, I can help you. You might wonder what the difference is between Photo polymer stamps and rubber stamps.

Photo polymer Stamps – They are transparent, making it easier to position them perfectly on your card. They are also cheaper, which means they’re a smaller investment for new stampers. You will need to use an acrylic block to use them.

They also come with an oil film from the manufacturer. So you need to clean them before use or you’ll not get a clear image. It’s simple, just rub it on your shammy a few times.

Rubber stamps are red and thick and you can not see through them like polymer stamps. This makes it more difficult to position them perfectly. They are usually a clearer, clean stamp image. You will also need a clear block to stamp with them.

People have varying opinions about their preferences. I like rubber for clean and clear images, where as I like polymer for finer details.

This is a picture of a polymer stamp.

Stampin' Up

Beautiful Gallery Stamp Camp.

Brought to you by Beautiful Gallery Creators

Sharon Verity, Debi Kaufman, Lynn Starzl and Michele Deschenes

June 1st from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm EST on a private FB group.

Each demonstrator will show how to make a fun fold card and a Technique. In the end you will have 8 completed cards.

$47.00 includes:

  • all-inclusive card kits
  • PDF/Tutorials
  • Full pack of the DSP -Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″
  • hourly prize drawings
  • and lots of fun
  • Contact one of the demonstrators to register by May 10th.
  • Hope you join us!
Fun Folds

Diagonal Cut Fun Fold Card

Welcome to our monthly Stampin’ Up! Demos Fun Fold Blog Hop!! I started participating in this Blog Hop this month. The other participating demonstrators are listed at the end of my post. I hope you will choose to hop along.

Below you will find the card I created for the hop. This card is called a Diagonal Cut Fun Fold.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you will hop along with the list of demos below.

SU Demo Fun Fold Blog Hop Lineup

  1. Karen Finkle
  2. Maria Mench
  3. Su Mohr
  4. Debbie Mageed
  5. Beth McCullough
  6. Kathi Ondus
  7. Lisa Ann Bernard
  8. Tara Carpenter
  9. Michele Deschenes (Shelly)

The base card is Daffodil Delight cut at 4 1/4″ x 11″. I made a pencil mark at 1″ from the fold, on the top right flap. Then cut from that mark to the bottom left corner.

I cut a piece of On The Go DSP cut at 4″ x 5 1/4″. I made a pencil mark at 3/4″ on the right side of the DSP. Then cut from that mark to the bottom left of the DSP and cut.

I fussy cut a couple images from the DSP and used a tag from the same DSP.

I cut a piece of Basic white at 4″ x 5 1/4″. Again marked with a pencil at 3/4″ and cut to the bottom left.

I stamped the sentiment using Tags to Go stamp set. For embellishments I used 2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls.

Scrapbooking

April Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop

We are ready for the April Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop. This month the challenge was to stamp your own DSP.

I found this to be exciting. I stamped 1/2 of a 12″ x 12″ white card stock with Stampin’ Up! Among the Swallows stamp set, using Old Olive ink. This made for a beautiful stamped DSP.

After I stamped the left side of white card stock with Old Olive ink, 2 times. I searched in my endless supply of older stamp sets for a nature type sentiment. I found a great sentiment that tied in with my theme. I found Beauty of the Season (retired). I stamped it in Old Olive and die cut it using Textured Notes dies. For the back ground paper I used Secret Garden Scrapbook card stock. I then cut a piece of Old Olive ribbon (retired) and set it on the stamped side and knotted it. Afterward I stamped on scrap pieces and fussy cut some flowers and birds to apply to the page. I raised the flowers and birds using dimensionals. I cut Evening Evergreen card stock to create layers under the photos. At which time I added some of the fussy cut birds randomly around the photo place holders.

Then, as a final touch, I added some embellishments that were birds, bees and dragon flies.

I personally feel this is my favorite page thus far.

Please be sure to check out the other designer’s blogs. Click the links below:

1.Tina Parsons – Lovescrappin with Tina (Australia)
3.Julia Quinn – Handmade by Julia Quinn (Australia)
4.Cheryl Taylor – Stampin n crafting with Cheryldiana – UK
5.Stamped Treasures – Sherry Roth (Canada)
6.Michele Deschenes Michele’s Craft Cottage (USA)
Stampin' Up

January Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop

January’s Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop Theme is My Guilty Pleasure! Chosen by Sharon Dalton.

We were to create a page reflection one of our guilty pleasures. One of mine is reading! Last year I read 30 books, this did not account for the DNF (did not finish) books I just couldn’t finish.

My page is a 12″ x 12″ Pool Party cardstock from the Snowy Days Scrapbooking Workshop. The stripes are from a retired DSP pack. I used the For the Books Stamp Set from the new catalog. With the stamps from that set, I stamped the books on white cardstock and using Blender Pens, I colors each book. I fussy cut the books.

After that was complete, I cut out 4 black and white circles using the Deckled Circles, that are retiring. I will add pictures to the circles at a later date. Then stamped 2 sentiments on white cardstock, to grace the page.

Using Pool Party Ribbon, now retired, to go across the striped DSP and add interest. In Pool Party Ink, I stamped a few pairs of glasses to create a tone on tone affect.

For my titles, I typed it on my computer as I don’t have dies to create a smaller title that would fit. It is printed in black ink.

For the embellishments, I used Gold Textured Adhesive-Backed Dots, retired.

The paper clips are a non Stampin’ Up! product. The rest of the page is all Stampin’ Up! products.

This page was really fun to make. I hope you like it. Please visit the other Global Demonstrators pages to see what their Guilty Pleasures are by clicking on the names below. Thank you for following us!

1.
Michele Deschenes Michele’s Craft Cottage (USA)
2.
Julia Quinn – Handmade by Julia Quinn (Australia)
3.
Sherry Roth – Stamped Treasures – Canada
4.
Crafty Chemist Designs: Margaret Workman (USA)
5.
Cheryl Taylor – Stampin n crafting with Cheryldiana – UK
6.
Sharon Dalton – CreativeMe68 (Australia)