Author: Kristy
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Unleashing Creativity with Wet on Wet Watercolouring Technique
I’m excited to share with you today a fun, easy, and versatile watercolour techniques that’s been all the rage in card making. This approach may be new to some of you or perhaps, an old favourite that has faded into the backdrop of your artistic repertorie. Whatever your relationship to it, it’s time to dive…
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The Magic of Ink Blending: A Simple Guide to Vibrant Card Making
Hello, fellow crafters! Today, I want to share with you one of my all-time favourite techniques for making extraordinary cards – ink blending. This technique is my trusty go-to, creating bold, eye-catching backgrounds quickly and easily. WHAT YOU’LL NEED LETS’ GET STARTED Preparation Kick off your project by masking off a section of your cardstock…
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The Power of Investing in Quality Tools: A Game-Changer for Paper Crafting
Today, I want to share a personal story with you all. It’s about one of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned throughout my journey as a paper crafting expert – investing in quality tools. Trust me, it has been an absolute game-changer! When I first started my paper crafting journey, I was determined to save…
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Color & Contour Virtual Cardmaking Workshop
Join us for a virtual workshop! We will meet “together” online and follow myself (Kristy Coromandel) along to create wonderful handmade projects. The Color & Contour Stamp Set and Coordinating Scallop Contour Dies will be used to create projects for this workshop. All workshop participants will be able to interact with our instructor and create projects simultaneously, how exciting…
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New Mini Catalogue Now Available
It’s officially here! Today starts the new mini catalogue (also known as the January – June Catalogue) and Sale-a-Bration catalogues for 2020! Those of you who have been around Stampin’ Up! for a while will no doubt recall the excitement that surrounds Sale-a-bration time. If you have no idea what I’m talking about then LISTEN…
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Start with Savings
Do you regularly restock your craft collection, and always wanting the latest and greatest Stampin’ Up! supplies? Have you hosted a party in the past, would you enjoy a pile of perks that come with being a demonstrator? Have you been a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator in the past and may be interested in coming back…
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Quick Tip for using Stampin’ Blends
Quick Tip for using Stampin’ Blends If you are anything like me, you might make a few mistakes while colouring using your Stampin’ Blends. I tend to colour in a frenzy of markers, paper and flailing arms – LOL Did you know that you don’t have to toss the attempt? If you make stray marks…
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World Card Making Day Coming Soon
World Card Making Day Coming Soon World Card Making Day began in 2006 as National Card Making Day. Founded by Paper Crafts magazine to bring card makers together at the beginning of the busiest card-making season of the year, it was first held on October 7, 2006. The initial celebration involved the Paper Crafts magazine audience only; however, due to…
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Join Holiday Paper Share Today
Paper Share Explained A paper share is a sample of each designer series paper available from the new July – December (AKA Holiday Catalogue) It is a great way to figure out which ones you like most and want to invest in. This is what’s included:– 6″x6″ samples of 9 Designer Series Papers from the…
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Stamped Emboss Resist + Watercolour Wash
You might already be familiar with the emboss resist technique (adding ink on top of an embossed image), but did you know it works really well with watercolours, too? I’ve created a very pretty background using this technique and just few shades of inks. The stamped and embossed background resisted the watercolours beautifully! So cool!
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Win a 2-week Membership to Paper Crafter’s Academy!
With the successful launch of Paper Crafter’s Academy in March 2021 and the many positive responses we’ve recieved about the value of what we offer on that site – we have decided to “share the love” with you all and give each and every one of you an opportunity to win a 2 week membership to…
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Free Shipping – ONE DAY ONLY!!
FREE SHIPPING – ONE DAY ONLY!! From 12:00AM and ending at 11:59PM on 24 June, get FREE shipping with a purchase of $45!!!We don’t get this offer very often, so don’t let it pass you by! Double check and make sure my name: Kristy Coromandel, appears throughout your order complete to check out. This is…
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Looking for Card Making Ideas
Looking for Card Making Ideas Have you ever wanted to create a card for someone and thought to yourself… I don’t know where to start There are too many ideas! I’m not creative! Forget it! I can’t make that card! Does this sound familiar? What if there was a program that sent you a project…
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Keeping It Clean
KEEPING IT CLEAN Stampin’ Scrub is the workhorse of stamp cleaners. For years, it’s done a stellar job of cleaning ink from even the most detailed stamps. But did you know that Stampin’ Up! also have an additional stamp cleaner? Stampin’ Scrub is a terrific cleaner, but maybe sometimes you want something that’s a bit…
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Creativity Made Easy
CREATIVITY MADE EASY I’m excited to share with you a new line of creative products called the Kits Collection by Stampin’ Up! Stampin’ Up! has taken the guess work out of creativity and done the hard parts, and you get to do the fun stuff: craft! Each kit is all-inclusive and includes the pre-designed projects,…