KERYN CAMPBELL

The Ferrero Christmas Puddings and Stars were a great hit.

noreply@blogger.com (Keryn Campbell) — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 20:20:00 +0000

I hope your Christmas was a fabulous time and you had a chance to rest on Boxing Day and play with all your new goodies. We had two Christmas dinners one in Waikanae and one at our place and for them both I made 19 Christmas Puddings and Stars using Ferrero Rocher chocolates in the centre.

Here's the instructions for making the lattice shape using the Big Shot and the Lattice Die, how you decorate it is up to you. You can be more complicated like the Christmas Pudding or simpler like the star. I'm glad I had them half & half I would never have finished all 19 if they were all puddings. The possibilities are endless I think, wedding favours, baby shower gifts almost anything could be celebrated with a decorated Ferrero Rocher chocolate in the
right colours.

Lattice Die

Merry Christmas Wishes and Blog Platform Move

noreply@blogger.com (Keryn Campbell) — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 06:07:00 +0000

Wishing you all a fabulous Christmas and a Happy New Year with time to spend with your loved ones and of course crafting. Thank you so much to all of you who have joined me in my crafting endeavours this year, been part of my team, at classes, at workshops and by interacting with the posts on Facebook and here on the blog.

I'll be back on the 27th December with more inspiration for you all.

Merry Christmas!!

Change of Blogging Platform.

Blogger has given me great service for the nearly eight years I've hosted my blog with them. Yes, even before I became a Stampin' Up!® demonstrator.

Over the last few weeks my son Lachlan has been building me a new blog using a wordpress.org template so I can incorporate the online world more easily into my Stampin' Up!® business. Check it out here! I don't think you'll notice a lot of difference as it looks like a slightly tweaked version of this one.

If you have this blog's URL in your favourites don't worry it will be set up to so it forwards to http://kerynscards.com and the new blog.

For those of you who have this blog in a reader the feed URL for the new blog is http://kerynscards.com/feed.

Tips & Tricks Friday - Sneaky Ribbon Tying

noreply@blogger.com (Keryn Campbell) — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 21:13:00 +0000

Ribbon tying is not one of my strong points. In fact before learning this trick I really didn't use ribbon on my cards at all. I couldn't seem to get my fingers working in the right directions to get the tight and pretty bows with all the ends going the right way.

Now I use ribbon for everything. Here is yesterday's ribbon project - a quick and easy decoration for a Christmas present.

To tie the ribbon on the box I made a belly band from the 1" Cherry Cobbler Stitched Edge Grosgrain ribbon and tied the three pieces of coordinating all at the same time as shown in the video.

I filmed this video in 2010 so some of the products in the video are well and truly retired but the basic concept is still the same.

If you can't see the embedded video in this post click on this link - blogger seems to be playing up this morning.

Don't forget to order your Valentine's Supplies

noreply@blogger.com (Keryn Campbell) — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 05:42:00 +0000

I know with the Christmas preparations and the kids finishing school, along with the summer holidays it could be very likely that you'll leave your Valentine's day preparations to the very last minute or not at all. Stampin' Up!® have released their Valentine's offering now so it doesn't get forgotten and when it arrives it can be put aside for crafting later at a hopefully more restful time.

Remember not to look at some of the products as Valentine's Day only, particularly the Monsters and the card kit, which could be used all year round.

Best of 25 Years - Best of Love (Clear Mount - $31.95)

All these products can be ordered by Email or sent directly to you by ordering through my online store. Click on the photos for more information.

Occasions Card Wednesday - Happy New Year

noreply@blogger.com (Keryn Campbell) — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 22:26:00 +0000

I don't make a lot of New Year's Day cards but there is always one or two people that have had an absolutely shocking year and need a wish for the next one to be so much better. I find it very hard to justify purchasing a stamp set for just a couple of cards so I was pleased to find the 'Best New Year Stamp Brush Set' for My Digital Studio.

The price was only $4.50 for the two stamp brushes in the set and I was also able to change the size and the colour to be the size I wanted for my project.

There are two parts to the image above and when I put them together in MDS I wanted them to stay together. Everything I did to one I wanted to be able to do to the other and I wanted them to stay in proportion. I could have manipulated each image separately, lining each one up by eye to make sure it was the same but I remembered a trick I'd learnt in an MDS digital class. You can group the images together and the software treats them as one image.

Here's how my project looked after I'd dragged the two stamp brush images over from the Resource Palette and placed the second one so I had room to add my stars.

Once I was happy was the placement I selected both images, by holding down the Ctrl key then used my right mouse button to bring up the menu and chose Group. Now these two images will be treated as one by the MDS software.

This is what I used to make this project: -

My Digital Studio - 130646
or
My Digital Studio 30 day Free Trial - 130910
Midnight Muse A4 Cardstock - 127546
Shimmery White A4 Cardstock - 121717
Silver Glimmer Paper - 124005
Small Star Punch (Retired)
Stampin' Dimensionals - 104430
(necessary to stick any cardstock to textured Glimmer Paper)

Everything used to make this project can be purchased through me. Click on the 'Shop 24/7' button below or Email me to place your order.

This Week's MDS Downloads - New Year's, Christmas and More

noreply@blogger.com (Keryn Campbell) — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:12:00 +0000

So many great downloads this week to help you with your New Year's cards, Christmas decorations and the scrapbook pages to preserve your memories after the event.

My choice this week is the 'Best New Year' stamp brush set. I don't make a lot of New Year's cards so this is great value at $4.50 for the few I do make.

While these downloads will work in other graphics programmes they work best with 'My Digital Studio'. At $27.95 the software is great value and there is a 30 day trial so you can try it out first.

Best New Year Stamp Brush Set - Digital Download

Price: $4.50

Letter From Santa - Digital Download

Price: $4.50

Story of Us Photobook - Digital Download

Price: $20.95

Gift Bow Punches - Digital Download

$3.50

Chevron Ribbon - Digital Download

$8.50

Merry, Joy & Cheer Stamp Brush Set - Digital Download

$4.50

Remember the Joy Pocket Cards - Digital Download

$9.50

Click on the links above for more information about each digital download and to purchase your choices through my Online Store.

Classes/Events - Sale A Bration Sneak Peek

noreply@blogger.com (Keryn Campbell) — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 20:26:00 +0000

One of the bonuses of being a Stampin' Up!® is having the chance to get our hands on product, by purchasing it or earning it, before anyone else. It's a great way for Stampin' Up!® to get samples out there. One of my first choices from the Sale A Bration brochure, coming on the 28th January was the 'Twisty Treat Kit'.

Here's my first treat made for a door prize for my Sale A Bration workshops in the New Year. If you were planning a Sale A Bration workshop don't forget to choose your date.

Events Coming Up!

Craft At Keryn's - 5th February - 9:30am to 12:30pm - Join me for a fun craft & chat session. Bring your current projects and use my stamp sets, ink pads & tools.

If that date doesn't work for you don't worry get a group of friends together and I can come to you. Check out the dates I have available and see if there's one that works for you.

Lachlan is home now and Cam finishes school for the year on Thursday so I don't have any more events planned until the 5th February, just after Cameron returns to school in 2014. There will be a scattering of workshop dates and you can always place orders directly with me or online.

Click on the links above to book your place or to get more information. Places are limited for most events.

Tips & Tricks Friday - Felt or Foam? How do I reink my classic ink pad?

noreply@blogger.com (Keryn Campbell) — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 21:51:00 +0000

Approximately 18 months ago Stampin' Up!® changed from a felt pad in it's Classic Stampin' Pads to a foam one. They have the same coloured inks, the same case so how do you know which type you have.

First open your ink pad and have a look at the texture of the ink pad.

The ink pad on the left is an older type felt pad, although you may not be able to see it in the picture the pad has a texture to it and the older ones may have strings escaping from the sides. The foam pad on the right has a much smoother/shinier surface.

The second and probably easier way to tell is to look at the end of the ink pad when it's closed.

The felt based ink pad on the left has 'Classic' on the label while the felt based ink pad on the right has it's name, in this case 'Old Olive' on the label. If there's not a label on the end turn the ink pad over and you'll find name labels in a selection of languages for you to choose from.

The main difference when stamping with the different types of ink pad is that the foam pad is wetter and juicier so you need to use a much lighter touch when inking up your stamps particularly with detailed images. With solid images you no longer need to do a twist and tap multiple times to get the image inked nicely.

Because of the different texture of the ink pad the tricks I use for my felt based ink pads don't work so well for my newer foam ones.

For those of us with the older felt based ink pads here is one of my first You Tube videos showing how I reink my felt based pads. Look how much cleaner my old olive ink pad looked in the video all those years ago.

The main difference when reinking a foam based ink pad is that the thin end of the reinker bottle gets stuck in the foam so can't be used to spread the ink.

Here's my foam based ink pad after dripping the ink over the surface. You can see it was drier in the centre of the pad.

Using the back of a teaspoon in a movement like spreading icing massage the ink into the pad. I know others also use clear blocks, bone folders, anything with a smooth surface will do the job well.

If your foam based ink pad is not stamping images cleanly and you don't have an ink refill to hand use the back of a teaspoon as above to redistribute the ink from the edges into the centre. This should keep you going until you can order a refill.

'A Whole Lot of Love' Birthday Projects

noreply@blogger.com (Keryn Campbell) — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 21:27:00 +0000

I'm going to wait until nearer the 14th February to make a card for my Valentine but until then there's no reason not to be using the products offered in the 'A Whole Lot of Love' suite of products.

The 'Monster Hugs' monsters just screamed kids Birthday cards at me when I saw them in the flyer.

This is the first very simple one I've put together using the 'Monster Hugs' girl kit and the 'Sweet Sayings Cards and Envelopes' kit. You can add any greeting, I've used the Happy Birthday greeting from the 'Create A Cupcake' stamp set, stamped in Tempting Turquoise Classic ink.

My second Birthday card, made for a friend who loves red & hearts, also uses the Card and Envelope Kit with the 'Flowerful Heart' stamp stamped in Real Red classic ink to match the hearts in the card border. I added the Happy Birthday from the 'Create a Cupcake' stamp set and hearts punched using the 'Owl Builder' punch. Even if you're not a great fan of Owls the builder punch is worth the money just for the three circle sizes and the small heart that are included.

Card shown with the matching Real Red envelope included in the kit.

Everything used to make these projects can be purchased through me. Click on the 'Shop 24/7' button below or Email me to place your order.

Christmas Card Wednesday

noreply@blogger.com (Keryn Campbell) — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 20:15:00 +0000

I promise that this is the last Christmas card for the year. There's just a couple of days to go until I start scribbling furiously to get all the cards I have made so far in the mail.

Washi Tape is fabulous stuff for filling in space and adding colour to a project. I love that it's repositionable so no permanent mistakes ever.

Credit for this card goes to the team at Class in a Flash that do a fabulous job of taking over the class prep for me when I need it the most, particularly at this time of year. The class I'm using this card for is this week's stamp club.

All the places are full this month but we'd love to have you as a guest when we start up again February.

Get Ready for New Year's Eve Parties with this week's Digital Downloads

noreply@blogger.com (Keryn Campbell) — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 21:32:00 +0000

Check out today's downloads to help with your New Year party planning.

While these downloads will work in other graphics programmes they work best with 'My Digital Studio'. At $27.95 the software is great value and there is a 30 day trial so you can try it out first.

When The Clock Strikes Twelve Ensemble - Digital Download

Price: $27.95

Lable Something Stamp Brush Set - Digital Download

Price: $6.95

Click on the links above for more information about each digital download and to purchase your choices through my Online Store.

Clearance Rack Blitz

noreply@blogger.com (Keryn Campbell) — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 13:00:00 +0000

Classes & Events. Envelope Punch Board - Post it Note Holders

noreply@blogger.com (Keryn Campbell) — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 20:40:00 +0000

Are you looking for quick and easy gifts to give to teachers, friends, neighbours. Look at the post it not holders that I made from a tutorial I found on pinterest. Is there anything the Envelope Punch Board can't do? I haven't found a way to get it to clean up after me yet.

Click on the photo to go to the tutorial from the 'We Are Memory Keepers' design team. This is a great tutorial that shows you how to adjust this box to fit any size gift.

Christmas isn't here yet and Stampin' Up!® have already released their Valentine's range of crafting supplies, including three new stamp sets and kits. It's going to be great to have everything I need for Valentine's Day sitting ready to go once the Christmas rush is over. Click on the photo above to see what's available & place your order. Alternatively you can place your order directly with me by Email.

Events Coming Up!

Stamp Club - 12th or 15th December - Join my monthly stamp club, make two projects each month, and take turns receiving hostess benefits. Guests welcome.

Craft At Keryn's - 5th February - 9:30am to 12:30pm - Join me for a fun craft & chat session. Bring your current projects and use my stamp sets, ink pads & tools.

If those dates don't work for you don't worry get a group of friends together and I can come to you. Check out the dates I have available and see if there's one that works for you.

Lachlan finishes year 9 tomorrow so from then until the 5th February, just after Cameron returns to school in 2014, I won't be running any events. There will be a scattering of workshop dates and you can always place orders directly with me or online.

Click on the links above to book your place or to get more information. Places are limited for most events.

Tips & Tricks - Envelope Liners using the Envelope Punch Board

noreply@blogger.com (Keryn Campbell) — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 23:02:00 +0000

I love the envelope punch board and have spent a lot of time with it making boxes, bows, crackers, tags, shaped cards and yes even envelopes. Even better I've now found on the web a way to line my envelopes.

First using the instructions included on the envelope punch board I made an envelope to fit a 10.5x14.8cm card, stopping before I stuck it all together.

Next I made a slightly smaller envelope to fit a 10.2x14cm card out of the Modern Medley Designer Series Paper that I'd chosen for my liner.

Because not all of the liner is visible I trimmed the smaller envelope as shown in the photo to avoid extra bulk when putting the envelope together. Adhere the liner to the envelope as shown in the photo.

Complete your envelope and it looks like this.

Click on the photo for more information on the Envelope Punch Board.

For Quick & Easy cards finish the ones you already started.

noreply@blogger.com (Keryn Campbell) — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 03:51:00 +0000

OK so maybe you don't have as many unfinished cards stashed away as I do. I have two of these drawers filled with the extra kits I cut just in case for classes and workshops.

I think we all have cards, particularly Christmas cards that we started and have yet to finish.

Here's a photo of nine Thank you cards, some that started out as kits for my Male Themed $3 Cardmaking Day earlier in the year. So don't think that because it started out as a particular themed card that it has to stay that way.

I can never have too many Thank You cards.

Christmas Card Wednesday - Color Me Christmas Quick & Easy

noreply@blogger.com (Keryn Campbell) — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 02:47:00 +0000

I had a lovely Craft At Keryn's this morning mostly chatting with my ladies. Right at the end Linda had stamped the present from the Color me Christmas stamp set along the bottom of a piece of Whisper White cardstock in Real Red ink. The images really jumped off the page at me and I knew they'd make a very simple but fun Christmas Card.

These are the cards that Linda and I designed to put together later. It will be interesting to see if what Linda saw in her head is what I saw in mine.

This is how I lined my presents up using my clear mount stamp set. It would work the same way with a wood mount stamp set and of course for absolutely perfect placement you would use a Stamp a Ma Jig.

I placed my clear mount present stamp in the centre of a C sized clear block. Lining the bottom left corner of the block with the bottom left corner of the cardstock I stamped my first impression in Real Red classic ink. I followed that by lining the left hand side of the block with the edge of the image just stamped and the bottom of the block with the bottom edge of the cardstock to stamp the second and third images.

I've added a selection of Brights Candy Dots and Rhinestone Jewels to embellish my cards. You could use whatever you have to hand.

I used: -
Color Me Christmas Stamp Set - 131742 (wood), 131745 (clear)
Sassy Salutations Stamp Set - 132070 (wood), 126707 (clear)
Real Red Cardstock - 106578
Whisper White Cardstock - 106549
Real Red Classic Ink - 126949
Rhinestone Basic Jewels - 119246
Brights Candy Dots - 130931

Everything used to make this project can be purchased through me. Click on the 'Shop 24/7' button below or Email me to place your order.

Today's My Digital Studio Downloads and this month's 'Best of Love' stamp set

noreply@blogger.com (Keryn Campbell) — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 21:24:00 +0000

Get ready for Valentine's Day or any project that's made with love with this month's Best of 25 Year's Stamp Set - Best of Love.

This stamp set along with all the other Best of Stamp Sets is available to be purchased through my Online store or by Emailing me up until the 30th April 2014. They are available in clear mount at a price of $31.95 plus shipping.

Check out today's downloads to help with your last minutes Christmas crafting - tags, letters to Santa etc.

While these downloads will work in other graphics programmes they work best with 'My Digital Studio'. At $27.95 the software is great value and there is a 30 day trial so you can try it out first.

Stamp A Tag Kit - Digital Download

Price: $5.50

O Holy Night Stamp Brush Set - Digital Download

Price: $4.50

Morning Post Numbers Stamp Brush Set - Digital Download

$9.50

Dear Santa Greeting Card Template - Digital Download
$4.50

Click on the links above for more information about each digital download and to purchase your choices through my Online Store.

Classes/Events & 'A Whole Lot of Love' for Valentines

noreply@blogger.com (Keryn Campbell) — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 21:24:00 +0000

It's getting closer and closer to Christmas. Did you get your tree up yesterday? Sadly ours is still in it's box, but we did have a great day out on the trains celebrating 150 years of Rail in NZ.

I need to scrap the photos from an event within one or two days or it just doesn't happen. My Digital Studio has made that so much easier for me.

Christmas isn't here yet and Stampin' Up!® have already released their Valentine's range of crafting supplies, including three new stamp sets and kits. It's going to be great to have everything I need for Valentine's Day sitting ready to go once the Christmas rush is over. Click on the photo above to see what's available & place your order. Alternatively you can place your order directly with me by Email.

Events Coming Up!

Craft At Keryn's - 4th December - 9:30am to 12:30pm - Join me for a fun craft & chat session. Bring your current projects and use my stamp sets, ink pads & tools.

Stamp Club - 12th or 15th December - Join my monthly stamp club, make two projects each month, and take turns receiving hostess benefits. Guests welcome.

If those dates don't work for you don't worry get a group of friends together and I can come to you. Check out the dates I have available and see if there's one that works for you.

Lachlan finishes year 9 on the 10th December so from then until the 5th February, just after Cameron returns to school in 2014, I won't be running any events. There will be a scattering of workshop dates and you can always place orders directly with me or online.

Click on the links above to book your place or to get more information. Places are limited for most events.

Tips & Tricks Friday - Covering an Entire Image in Glitter

noreply@blogger.com (Keryn Campbell) — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 20:37:00 +0000

There are various ways to add glitter to a stamped image. If you want to highlight the image a 2 way glue pen is fabulous, if you want just the stamped part of the image to be glittered use Heat & Stick embossing powder but if you want to cover to entire area then this is what I do.

Stamp your chosen image in any ink you choose, although make sure it's dry before you go to the next step.

Cut a piece of 'Multipurpose adhesive sheet slightly larger than your image, peel back one side of the backing paper and adhere it over your image. Run your bone folder or fingers over the adhesive sheet to make sure it's well stuck.

Cut out the image using scissors, a matching punch, a matching framelit, whatever works for you.

Remove the remaining backing paper, sprinkle with glitter and add to your project.

Multi Purpose Adhesive Sheets

Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

Click on the links above or Email me to purchase the adhesive sheets and glitter that I used in this tutorial.

Only two days to go to get your Holiday Tag It Box Bundles

noreply@blogger.com (Keryn Campbell) — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 06:21:00 +0000

Grab these bundles at 20% off until the 30th November. Use the items together or mix and match them with your other crafting supplies.

Item	Description	Price	Includes
135811	Holiday Tag It Decorative Box Bundle	$34.95 AUD /$42.95 NZD	Stamp a Tag Kit Cherry Cobbler 1" Stitched Edge Grosgrain Ribbon (10 yards) Decorative Window Gift Boxes (6 boxes)
135812	Holiday Tag It Extra-Large Box Bundle	$32.95 AUD /$40.95 NZD	Stamp a Tag Kit Cherry Cobbler 1" Stitched Edge Grosgrain Ribbon (10 yards) Extra-Large Gift Boxes (3 boxes)

Click on the links above or Email me to order your Holiday Tag It bundles.

Christmas Card Wedneday - Ornament Keepsakes Shaker Frame

noreply@blogger.com (Keryn Campbell) — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 22:01:00 +0000

A couple of weeks ago we had a great time making shaker cards at Stamp Club. Because of time pressure and a potential shortage of Shaker frame components we didn't make our samples. I've put together some samples for my club member's books using the 'Ornament Keepsakes' stamp set and matching 'Holiday Ornaments' Framelits.

The shaker frames foam tape circles that Stampin' Up!® sells are perfectly sized to match the circle punches. I used a 1 3/8" circle for these samples.

I used a 1" circle punch for today's card. I added some Stampin' Dimensionals around the edges of the ornament to fill in the gaps left by the smaller circle. I found that I couldn't cut 'Window Sheet' with my circle punches so cut them the same size as the ornaments with the framelit dies.

This is what I used to make the card: -

Ornament Keepsakes Stamp Set - 128048 (wood), 128051 (clear)
Greetings of the Season Stamp Set - 128030 (wood), 128033 (clear)
Holiday Ornament Framelits - 127819
Square Lattice TIE Folder - 119976
Big Shot Die Cut Machine - 113439
1" Circle Punch - 119868
Shaker Frames - 124155
Window Sheet - 114323
Whisper White A4 Cardstock - 106549
Pacific Point A4 Cardstock - 116202
Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad - 126951
Stampin' Sponges - 101610
Silver Glass Stampin' Glitter - 120995

Click on the shop 24/7 button below or Email me to order the products I used to make this card.

Don't forget to use November's Hostess Code with your online order - GASRUJGH - to be in to win the hostess benefits.

How does the hostess code work?

Today's My Digital Studio Downloads including a Digital Class and Free Christmas Tree Wallpaper

noreply@blogger.com (Keryn Campbell) — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 21:27:00 +0000

I learnt so much using the 'Love This Kit' My Digital Class from two weeks ago, see my version of the layout to the left, that I couldn't wait to grab today's 'Hello Perfection' My Digital Class as well. Of course I couldn't leave behind the FREE Christmas Tree wallpaper.

While these downloads will work in other graphics programmes they work best with 'My Digital Studio'. At $27.95 the software is great value and there is a 30 day trial so you can try it out first.

Christmas Tree December Kit - Digital Download

Price: $13.95

My Digital Class Hello Perfection - Digital Download

Price: $20.95

Christmas Tree December Wallpaper - Digital Download

$0.00

Color Me Christmas Stamp Brush Set - Digital Download
$6.95

Click on the links above and purchase your choices through my Online Store.

Add November's Hostess Code - GASRUJGH - to your online order and be in to win the hostess benefits.

How does the hostess code work?

Classes/Events Coming Up - Sale A Bration 2014 Workshop Dates

noreply@blogger.com (Keryn Campbell) — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 20:13:00 +0000

It may seem premature but with kids finishing school for the year in only a couple of weeks, Christmas, holidays and children returning to school, it might be a good idea to get a workshop date in my diary and in yours for Sale-A-Bration 2014.

Available dates for early 2014: -

Wednesday 29th January
Thursday 30th January
Friday 31st January

Sunday 2nd February
Sunday 23rd February
Thursday 27th February
Friday 28th February

Saturday 1st March
Sunday 2nd March
Thursday 6th March
Friday 7th March
Saturday 8th March
Sunday 9th March
Sunday 23rd March

Send me an Email to book your chosen date. Once you do I'll get all the information you'll need, including current catalogues, out to you in mail a month before your event.

Events Coming Up!

Craft At Keryn's - 4th December - 9:30am to 12:30pm - Join me for a fun craft & chat session. Bring your current projects and use my stamp sets, ink pads & tools.

Stamp Club - 12th or 15th December - Join my monthly stamp club, make two projects each month, and take turns receiving hostess benefits. Guests welcome.

Lachlan finishes year 9 on the 10th December so from then until the 5th February, just after Cameron returns to school in 2014, I won't be running any events. There will be a scattering of workshop dates and you can always place orders directly with me or online.

If those dates don't work for you don't worry get a group of friends together and I can come to you. Check out the dates I have available and see if there's one that works for you.

Click on the links above to book your place or to get more information. Places are limited for most events.

Tips & Tricks Friday - Which Adhesive Works Best With Which Materials

noreply@blogger.com (Keryn Campbell) — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 21:04:00 +0000

It's always nice to have a reference for adhesives that you can go to before you try to stick something together unsuccessfully and have to start all over again sometime having to recut pieces of the project.

In the 2011/2012 Stampin' Up!® Annual Catalogue they had room for a table showing which adhesives worked best with which materials. I have taken the information from that table and updated it for some of the newer adhesive options.

2 Way Glue Pen - Permanent & Repositionable - works best with Paper, Card & Glitter

Crystal Effects - Permanent & Creates a 3D effect - works best with Paper, Card, Ribbon, Chipboard, Buttons, Glitter & Clay.

Glue Dots - Permanent & work well sticking 3D objects - works best with Paper, Card, Ribbon, Chipboard, Buttons & Window Sheets

Anywhere Glue Stick - Permanent - works well with paper, card & fabric.

Sticky Strip - Permanent & works well sticking 3D objects - works best with paper, card, ribbon, chipboard, buttons, glitter & window sheets.

Snail Adhesive - Permanent - works best with paper & card.

Stampin' Dimensionals - Permanent & work well sticking 3D objects and creating 3D effects - works best with paper, card, ribbon, chipboard & buttons.

Multipurpose Liquid Glue - permanent, repositionable, works well sticking 3D objects - works best with paper, card, chipboard, glitter & clay.

Big Shot Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets - permanent - works well sticking paper, card, chipboard & fabric.

Shaker Frames - adheres the same way as Stampin' Dimensionals but shaped to work as a seal for shaker cards.

Jumbo Sticky Rounds - permanent - works well for creating rosettes, flowers etc using paper, ribbon & fabric.

Click on the pictures for more information about any of the adhesives shown above.

Loving the new 'My Digital Classes'

noreply@blogger.com (Keryn Campbell) — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 20:19:00 +0000

I've learn't to use 'My Digital Studio' quite effectively on my own and from tips & tricks I've found on the web but there's nothing like a class with Stampin' Up!® 'MDS' guru Holly Winford to find out about the tricks that make MDS a lot quicker and therefore for some things I was trying to do less frustrating.

I chose an Intermediate Class - Love This Kit and it was at the right level for someone who has played with MDS for a little while. There is also a beginner level class for those that are just starting, see the links below.

There are lots & lots of elements in this page, far more than I would usually use. It was great for learning to add elements, add layers, move layers backwards & forwards, colouring, filling & cropping. Even though I knew how to do all these things I found out ways to do them quicker and easier.

November's My Digital Classes

Love this Kit - $20.95 (the one I used) includes: -

* Video tutorial showcasing one digital project and intermediate MDS techniques
* 38-piece SVG stamp brush set (includes 5 12" x 12" overlays)
* 7 Designer Series Papers
* 11 embellishments

Beautiful Today Kit - $20.95 includes: -

* Video tutorial showcasing two digital projects and intermediate MDS techniques
* 71-piece stamp brush set
* 8 Designer Series Papers

Finest Simplicity Kit - $34.50
* Video tutorial showcasing three digital projects and basic MDS functions
* PDF project instructions
* 23-piece SVG stamp brush set
* 12 Designer Series Papers
* 32 embellishments

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