Rubber stamping, Naperville, Il

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3/16″ Corner Punch Tips

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Do you have questions on your 3/16" Corner Punch? Is it working the way you had hoped? If you're having trouble achieving the results you want, try these tips:

  • Make sure your paper is cut square. Your paper should have straight sides for the punch to work properly. 
  • Your paper should fit snugly into both edges of the guides and into the back of the punch. It is critical that you don't try to center the paper by looking through the bottom of your punch;  instead, align your paper using the guides. 
  • Set the paper fully into both guides, as well as the back of the punch, almost pressing your paper down into the guides by curling the outside edge of the paper up. Push your paper flush against the guides as far as it will go into the back of the punch. If your paper isn't fully set against both guides, you will not get a good, clean punch. 
  • If you don't get a perfect corner, try centering your paper in the guides and punching again; your design should punch correctly. Don't worry; sometimes it takes some practice.
  • Cut only one sheet at a time. This punch is designed to cut only one sheet of card stock or Designer Series Paper at a time.

I hope these tips have helped answer some of your questions.

HapBEE Stampin"!

Judi

Can too much rubber stamping?

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make you sick?  I don't think so but I think having the air conditioning and the fan blowing on you all night can!During convention,  I found myself in the direct flow of our fan for our hotel room when I layed in bed at night. We laughed at the fort I made out the pillows so I wouldn't get a cold from it blowing on me all night. It didn't work! I started feeling not quite right on Monday and woke up with a sinus infection yesterday. I fought through it all day, not taking anything but by last night I was miserable. I did run to the store this morning and got some daytime sinus stuff and it has helped a little. I have scrapbook club tonight and will be sure to stay away from the gals. We had to put it off two weeks so I didn't want to change the date because we are getting close to the August meeting.

If you would like to join us, in the future, to catch up your memory books please do! We meet the first Wednesday eveningof each month. The cost for 2, 2-page layouts is $25.00 and you will receive a $5.00 discount on your order of $30.00 or more if you wish to place one. All you need to bring is your SNAIL adhesive and you will be readdy to create! The themes change each month and you may request a theme forr future months'.

No pictures for today but I will share one of the layouts we do tonight in the near future.

HapBEE Stampin'

Judi

Stampin’ Up! Convention swaps

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Ok, Iknow this has taken quite a bit of time but I have finally gotten a chance to share a few of my swaps that I made for convention this year. This first swap uses the stamp set, Turtle & Co. , which is our Ronald McDonald House Charities exclusive set for this year. Stampin' Up! will donate $3 for each set sold.

I will be holding a class in August featuring this stamp set to go to My Calendar of Events to get all the details. This is just one of the projects we will be making in this fun class!

Ronald Mc I used Certainly Celery,

Marina Mist,

Poppy Parade ,

So Saffron &

Whisper White cs

and our

Just Add Cake Designer Series Paper (DSP)

in creating this fun card.   I did an assortment of cards using these colors and the different pattern you find in the DSP to create about 80 cards of with different looks. I got 18 cards from each piece of DSP and used 1 sheet almost of each in the package. If you used all the DSP you could get 216 assorted cards from just 1 package!

 

 

With holding to the same basic layout and idea here is a more formal/elegant card swap using the Field Flowers stamp set. Floral blue

The colors I used are:

Not Quite Navy,

Cajun Craze,

Always Artichoke

Well Worn DSP

 

 

 

 

 

Like the RMHC set, I used both sides of the DSP to give the cards different looks. I also used an embossing folder on some for added texture. Here is a look of the same sheet of DSP, only the reverse side:

Blue floral 2

 

 

 

This color combination seemed to be the favorite for those that like color , but, when I pulled out the one's I used the embossing folder, which had a more shabby/chic look, people said they loved them too! Everyone made a comment that they would never pair the Well Worn DSP with this set but they loved them all!!

 

Be sure to check tomorrow for more convention swap shares. I will also be posting a special class using the Field Flowers Stamp Set

 

HapBEE Stampin'!

Judi