Category: Ribbon

Tuesday with Wendy, July 24th

7/24/2018

We're in the heat of the summer here at Stampadoodle... but that hasn't stunted our creativity!!

Wendy has been busy designing cards! Check out what she made for Tuesday with Wendy card making class this week...

The first card that Wendy designed was made using this new 3D Embossing Folder, Pretty Florals and this stamp from Impression Obsession, Ready to Fly

To make the card:

Your card base will be a half sheet of white card stock paper (it should measure 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"). Score your card at 2 1/8" on either side of the card base so you create a Gate Fold Card
Lay 2 pieces of Light Blue Stardream Paper in the Pretty Florals Embossing Folder and run it through your Home Die-Cut Machine. These pieces will go on the front of your Gate Fold Card... but don't tape them yet!!
Wrap your white/silver ribbon around to the front of the card and hold it in place while you tape down the Light Blue Stardream papers you just embossed so they hold the piece of ribbon in place.
Next, take a piece of white card stock (this piece will be on the inside of your card) and emboss this paper with the SAME embossing folder.
Stamp your sentiment, Ready to Fly, on a piece of Vellum and emboss with Detail Silver Embossing Powder.
Line up where you want the piece of Vellum to sit on the embossed piece of card stock. Once you've placed it where you like, take a 1/16" Punch and punch a hole on the top 2 corners of the Vellum AND punch through the white card stock at the same time.
Place a Silver Brad into each of the 2 holes you just punched in the Vellum and push it through the embossed white card stock as well and splay-out the brad, securing the Vellum in place.
NOW tape the embossed white card stock to the inside of your card base using double-sided tape
Close your Gate Fold Card and tie it closed with your white/silver ribbon and finish it off by tying a bow

What a STUNNING card!!!! We absolutely LOVE this embossing folder!!

The next card that she designed was made using this Laurel Burch image, Cat and Feathered Friend from Stampendous as well as this Handmade Paper from Italy

To make the card:

Stamp the Cat and Feathered Friend image TWICE onto white card stock and color the cat images with Tombow Markers
Wendy used Pop-dots to add dimension.. To do this, cut the head off of one of the cat images AND the little birdie, and "pop" them up on top of the second cat image with pop dots... lining up the cat heads and birds from the second image.
Now, it's time to work on the Flower Pot! Pick 2 flower pot images that look the same from the Handmade Paper from Italy
Use ONE of the images to cut out tiny little flowers and cut out a flower pot base
Use Mounting Tape to "pop up" the flower pot image on top of the SECOND flower pot image.
Use Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive to adhere some of the flowers to the SECOND flower pot image.. .Wendy glued down the centers but left some of the flower petals raised up to give the idea of dimension.
Use Pop-Dots to layer the ENTIRE cat image next to the flower pot image.. Wendy placed the curled cat tail up against the flower pot so the images look cohesive.
Wendy layered the card with rustic colored paper, plaid background paper, and a yellow card base

This is SUCH A CUTE CARD!!!

I love how Wendy used the same colors that were in the flower pot as she used to color the cat.. and it is adorable!!

The last card that Wendy designed was this AMAZING card using this Handmade Paper from Nepal

To make the Card:

Wendy used an ivory card stock as the card base and cut out a 3-square x 3-square piece of the geometric Handmade Paper
Using a 3/4" circle punch, Wendy popped out circles and mixed and matched the shapes to create and interesting design
Wendy used solid colors: grey, gold, and black to mix and match the designs.
She used a bit of Polka Dot Ribbon at the bottom of the card to finish it off

I LOVE this card!!

The funky design of this card made it look SO COOL!!

It was REALLY fun to see other ideas some of the gals came up with!!!

The next card making class will be offered on Tuesday, August 7th

Give us a call to sign up!!

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Washi Tape

6/29/2018

This week for Demo, we talked about some of the fun things you can do with our favorite decorative tape.. WASHI TAPE!!!!

Washi Tape, or Paper Tape, is very popular.. especially in Japan! It is great for a variety of things.. you can use it in notebooks, planners, and journaling! Great for decorating binders and inside scrapbooks.. but we like to thing *outside* the box a little bit... so here are some more ideas!!

We demonstrated some ideas where you can lay down strips of Washi Tape and then do a die-cut from it...

By cutting out an oval, for example, you have a perfect spot to stamp a sentiment! We paired the geometric designs (from the Washi Tape) with some geometric gold ribbon on a black card stock to make the design really pop!

I love this idea where you can use Washi Tape to make a quick card! By using the same kind of leaf shape in the tape as well as in the paper pattern, you can make a really fun and cohesive card!!

If you use an Envelope Punch Board, you can make your own envelopes in ANY SIZE!!

Then, you can decorate the flap with a bit of Washi Tape.. what beautiful shades of Blue and Teal!!

Many of us have a Roll of Brown Bag Paper laying around.. (If you don't, we sell it!)

A quick, fun way to wrap a gift is to make these cute little banners... a great way to make them all lay flat is to use an elastic cord.

*Tie the cord together so it creates a large loop
*Tape the loop to the counter top (Scotch Tape is best for this part)
*Tape pieces of Washi Tape to the cord, then trim the tape so they all look good :-)
*Remove the Elastic Cord from the counter top and wrap it around your box!!

Did you know you can stamp and emboss onto Washi Tape??

*Just use the Embossing Powder Prep Pad first!*

Check out this idea... Tape some Washi-Tape to the front of a card, die-cut out your sentiment, and then use the same Washi-Tape to tape a piece of paper on the inside to give contrast...

You can tape your middle piece of paper in with the same Washi Tape! Look how cute this thank you card is!!

We LOVE Washi Tape around here!! Stop by any day of the week to see us to look at our selection!!!

See you soon!!

360-647-9663

Tuesday with Wendy, June 5th

6/8/2018

We had a fun time at Card Class this week!!!

Wendy used ALL NEW stamps from Impression Obsession to design the cards! We LOVE each of them so much..

The first card in the series was done using this new image, Seagull Shadows

Wendy decided to use 2 different Textured Papers to use as the background..

This paper is from Echo Park, A Perfect Autumn

This is paper from Ella and Viv, Oxide 1

To make the card:

Cut a piece of black card stock to measure 4" x 5 1/4"
Cut a strip of the Woodgrain paper (it will measure 1" x 5 1/8" ) and tape it on the top
Cut a piece of the Oxide paper (it will measure 2 3/4" x 5 1/8") and tape it on the bottom, lining up the edges of the 2 papers so they look cohesive.
Stamp the Seagull Shadows stamp in Pinecone Versafine Clair ink and emboss with Clear Bark Embossing Powder
Finish off the card with a bit of twine by wrapping it around the front of the card on the left side only and tying it with a knot

What a fun and easy card! The coolest part about this technique is that the color appears black even though it is just the dark brown ink (Pinecone) and the dark brown embossing powder (Clear Bark)

This next card was made using another new stamp from Impression Obsession, Lions

This card is SO BEAUTIFUL!!!

To make this card:

Start with a piece of Solar White card stock cut down to 4 3/4" x 3 1/4"
Stamp the image with Black Versafine Onyx Black ink and emboss with Detail Black embossing powder

**HINT: if you have a piece of cardboard, you can place it under your blue craft mat and THEN stamp the image. This gives your stamp much more cushion and is ideal for stamping the solid Silhouette stamps

Use the Nuvo Blending Sponges to apply the Distress Inks to create the sunset. Wendy used Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Festive Berries, and Wilted Violet
Start with the yellow and work your way up as you apply the darker colors

Isn't this card STUNNING?!?! Such a simple technique with a BIG appearance!!

This last card in the series was just a soft and sentimental card... Wendy used the Peaceful Ocean stamp and the Sun will Rise stamp

To make this card:

Stamp the Peaceful Ocean image onto Solar White card stock using the Pinecone Versafine Clair ink and emboss with Detail Clear embossing powder
Using Nuvo Blending Sponges, apply the Versafine Clair ink (Warm Breeze), and 2 colors of the Distress Inks (Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade) to the background of the image to create a soft Sunrise
Layer the stamped image with a bit of textured ribbon and mount it on a soft blue piece of card stock
Cut a strip of orange Marbled Paper (this is a piece of Handmade paper) and cut it in half. Put half the paper above the image and the other half below the image
Stamp the sentiment in Pinecone Versafine Clair ink, fussy-cut the sentiment, and layer on dark brown card stock and fussy cut around the outside to give the sentiment a bit of a shadow
Finish off the card with a bit of thin blue ribbon and tie it on the left side of the card in front

The combination of the Versafine Clair ink and the Distress Inks makes for a beautiful Sunrise...

Having layers and textured ribbons really gives nice dimension to a card!

Card class was really fun this week!!

Join us for the next Tuesday with Wendy class on June 19th

Give us a call to sign up! 360-647-9663

Tuesday with Wendy, April 10th

4/10/2018

This week for Wendy's card making class, it was all about using stencils!!

We have been getting in a lot of new stencils recently.. so for class Wendy designed 3 cards using the stencils in different ways.

Check out how fun the cards are this week!!

To start, the first card is made using this new leaf stamp from Fred B. Mullett, Salal Lines, the Tim Holtz String Stencil, and the ALL NEW Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors

To make the card:

Stamp the leaf image TWICE with Versamark ink and emboss with Detail White Embossing Powder on white card stock
Using the new Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors and a Waterbrush, watercolor over the leaf images. Wendy used these beautiful purple, blues and green tones to create these gorgeous color combinations (Wendy only placed a couple droplets of the Liquid Watercolor into the palette and diluted SOME of the colors so she had dark tones and light tones of each color)
Then, Wendy used the String Stencil and layed it on top of the leaf images. Using the Waterbrush again, she just swiped the color across so that the String pattern transferred onto the background of the leaves
Next, she took a piece of Blue Mesh Ribbon and CUT IT IN HALF so you end up with 2 narrow, long strips. She put a piece of mesh above and below the leaves so it framed them nicely and used double-sided tape to adhere the image down on a green card stock card base

Check out how fun this card is!!

This next card was an easy one to make and is a lovely card for a friend!

Wendy used the new Tim Holtz Stencil, Code and the new Altenew stamp set, Simple Flowers

To make the card:

First, stamp the sentiment in Versamark ink and emboss with Carnelian Embossing Powder on white card stock
Next, using the Code Stencil and Finger Daubers, stencil just at the bottom of the card. Wendy used 4 colors of Distress Oxide inks (Worn Lipstick, Carved Pumpkin, Wilted Violet, and Peeled Paint). Students had the option of using one or more of the colors to do the stenciling.. using Finger Daubers to apply the ink evenly
Then, Wendy used the Tim Holtz Platform to arrange the Simple Flowers stamps. She inked up the stamp using the SAME 4 Distress Oxide inks. Bringing the stamp pad DIRECTLY to the stamps, students were able to get a nice saturation of color for their flowers
Then, to finish the card, Wendy used a strip of Red Double Dot paper by BoBunny and CUT IT IN HALF lengthwise (just like we did with the ribbon in the last card) and framed the flowers by placing a strip on either side.
Wendy finished the card by using double-sided tape to adhere it to a purple card base

What a BEAUTIFUL card!!

The last card in the series was made using the new Impression Obsession stamp, Elephant Scene and 2 ATC Stencils from Joggles, Dot-Dash and Daggers

To make the card:

Stamp the Elephant Scene stamp out on Aged Astroparche paper with Versafine Vintage Sepia ink and emboss with Clear Bark Embossing Powder
Then, using the Daggers Stencil first, overlay the stencil and use a Jumbo Dauber to ink the stencil. Wendy used the Distress Ink Stormy Sky
Next, she did the same process with the Dot-Dash stencil and used the Distress ink Rusty Hinge and a Finger Dauber to apply the ink
To frame out the image, she once again used a piece of ribbon and CUT IN HALF lengthwise to create 2 narrow strips which she used above and below the Elephant Scene and adhered it to a textured backgound paper that had the same colors in it as the inks we used (blue and orange)
She mounted the entire piece onto a nice, soft blue card stock using double-sided tape.

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this card!! The movement and textures just make it POP!!

Give us a call if you would like to sign up for the NEXT card making class with Wendy! It will be offered on Tuesday, April 24th.

360-647-9663

Collage Papers, Demo Part:2

3/9/2018

Remember last week for Demo when Wendy made all those fun Collage Papers?!?

If you missed it, you can view it here: http://www.stampadoodle.com/stampadoodle-blog/collage-papers-demo-part1

Wendy had designed so many papers.. in a variety of color patterns.

Well, then this week for Demo, she made an art piece! Check out how beautiful it is...

I love her movement in this piece!!

She cut up some of the papers and arranged them in this fun geometric shape...

I love Wendy's use of fibers... and when it is all in this beautiful purple, blue and black tones the piece really comes together!!

Check out all this FUN TEXTURE!!!

Stop by the store to see the art piece in person!! Wendy will have it displayed once it is *completely* finished!!

New Paper.... Yippee!!

5/21/2017

What a busy week it's been around the store!!

We have lots of new stuff rolling in.. nearly every day it feels like!! But by far.. my most favorite this week has been NEW PAPER!!!!!

These 3 new paper lines are from Bo Bunny and *I LOVE IT ALL*

Featured first is Weekend Adventures which showcases these adorable little animals as well as hot air balloons and this positively adorable beach umbrella paper!!!

If you are a card maker, then you will LOVE working with these little images.. I had fun just putting together these few cards to give you some ideas..

I used some of these stamps from Hero Arts (Sending Love), Impression Obsession (Impulse 2)....and I especially loved the Sending Hugs stamp (Verses) because it reminds me of a Bear Hug when you pair it with the woodland paper from this line!!! TOO CUTE

This line also comes with adorable little stamps!!! We love these little images...

The next paper line that I was just drooling over was this MERMAID PAPER!!! Have you been in to see it yet? I immediately had to snag some for myself.. these little mermaids could not be sweeter..

I really enjoyed using the textured ribbon to create cards from this line.. This technique of layering textures is inspired by Wendy.. she's always using texture in fun ways!!

Recently, I have been looking at a more Modern style of scrapbooking and seeing what people have been making. Using Ultramarine Colorburst, ribbons from May Arts, and this Down by the Sea line from Bo Bunny, I created this adorable scrapbook page idea!!

I love the idea of using these papers to make mini art collage or to accent a photo to put in a frame.. 12" x 12" papers traditionally are used for scrapbooking.. but I love to push the norm and think outside of the box!!

The last line, and a favorite among some of our customers this week, is this sweet and elegant line, Serendipity. The line features birds, feathers, and some very sweet spring prints!

The gals created some fantastic cards from this line! If you look closely you can see the pop of the little butterfly on the birdhouse image!!

For those scrapbookers out there, this page design is to die for! Loving the little feathers at the corner..

I loved how Denise expertly used the Flitter.. Flutter.. Fly stamp by Pink Ink Designs!! Clever!

Stop by to see us this week!! We always have more new stuff on the way in... we would love to show you what's new and what we've been working on!

See you soon, friends!!

Fall Has Arrived at Stampadoodle

9/11/2016

Brand new banners just went up this week for Fall!!

We love making banners and hanging decorations for each season, and after Lydia had her demo a few weeks ago, Fall Decor, we just HAD to use the little pumpkin dangle!!

The pumpkins are made using strips from pieces of 12 x 12 pieces of paper. Each strip is cut into strips that are 1 inch wide and the lengths vary depending on the size of pumpkin you want to create! The outer strips need to be about 1 inch longer than the inside strips in order to create the bulbous shape. Using a stapler, she just stapled the groupings together. Did you see the little toppers she made for the vines?! SO CUTE.

This style of art is similar to quilling, in that you can create shapes from strips of paper!!

Now onto making the banner!

We used the Banner Punch Board by WE R. If you haven't seen this tool yet, you have got to swing by the store to check it out! The punch board comes with the templates to make 3 different styles of banner shapes and it allows you to make banners that are just 1 inch wide -- for cards-- aaallll the way up to 8 inches wide --- for events!! And, it even has a built in punch so all you need is string to make your banner customized! (We also twine and ribbon by the yard, and we have an AMAZING selection!)

When we cut out our banner, we used patterned and solid papers that had a fall-theme. We also wanted to use some images to make the banner really *pop.* We decided on images that had a fall-feel that were not too "Halloween" since we want to keep this banner up until Thanksgiving. The images we chose were: raven, branchy tree, and 3 leaf shapes from our die-cut machine.

The raven we used is actually a stamp from Impression Obsession. We stamped the image on a page and scanned it into our computer. Lydia used a graphics program to darken the image and we copied it off onto colored cardstock. Then, we used a circle from our die-cut machine to cut out the ravens.
The Trim Tree die-cut is one from Memory Box and WE LOVE IT. With the fall paper, it just looks so good!!

Aside from the new banner, we got it a rather large selection of papers this week, pushing about 60 new papers with even more on the way... and we have choices for hunting, birthday, winter, even some that have a Seahawks style design.. you'll have to stop by to see them all!!

While you are here, Check out the demo case to see this adorable Halloween decoration using just twine, papers, and ribbon!!

Don't forget to check out the samples, as we always try to have inspiration around!! Feel free to take as many photos as you like, and don't forget to tell your friends to stop by Stampadoodle when they come through town!

Crowns and Headbands!!

10/9/2014

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When we got in the newest ribbons from May Arts, Lydia did a demo on fancy crowns and headbands! She layered ribbons of complimenting colors to show how to make your own hair accessories... and they turned out amazing and look fantastic!!

Using a base of elastic lace, Lydia layered leaf ribbons and a combination of cream, sage, and peach colored flowers and lace to make this elegant headband.. Beautiful!!!

She also made this Frozen-themed crown made with blue, silver and white ribbons wrapped around a wire base.... We had a special young guest at demo who LOVED crown so much she even made her own! ! So sweet :-)

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Some great ideas from the latest Wed demo

7/13/2013

Laurie's demo this Wednesday was all about ribbon. Here are a few ways to use our ribbon and those ribbon scraps we all have piles of. Some ideas include weaving, using strips of ribbon, ribbon to create dimension, and ribbon flowers.

Look what else just arrived!
The brand new Zentangle
2013 - 2014 calendar
16 months starting in September

Tuesday with Wendy, July 24th

Washi Tape

Tuesday with Wendy, June 5th

Tuesday with Wendy, April 10th

Collage Papers, Demo Part:2

New Paper.... Yippee!!

Fall Has Arrived at Stampadoodle

Crowns and Headbands!!

Some great ideas from the latest Wed demo

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