Stampin' Up!® Basics Video - Matching Stamped Images & Punches

This Stampin' Up!® basics video shows you how to use Stampin' Up!® sets and punches that are designed to work together.



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Stampin' Up!® Basics Video - Circle Scissors Plus

A lot of the videos showing how to use the Circle Scissors Plus focus on cutting circles from Stampin' Up!® cardstock. Two of my customers, Cathryn & Elsie asked if it would cut photos and heavier weight cardstock. Here's my video showing you that it can.



Excuse the abrupt end to my video. My camera ran out of memory and as everything had gone according to plan up until then I decided it was time to finish. All you missed was me saying I'd also had success cutting circles from DSP backing cardboard and cereal boxes.

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Stampin' Up!® Basics Video - Sponged Edges

Here is the video showing you the techniques I use for colouring the edges of neutral cardstock.




I noticed in the video that you can't see the detail on the finished card as well I would like so here is a better picture for you.

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How to Assemble Your Brand New Stamps.

With Sale A Bration happening and hopefully that meaning that brand new stamp sets are arriving at your place, I decided it was a good time to revisit my favourite techniques for mounting the new die cut stamp sets and the older ones that need trimming.

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Border Punch Basics

Stampin' Up!® have two border punches in their current Idea Book and Catalogue. Both work the same way. The one I'm using in my tutorial is the scallop edge punch.

I've cut a piece of pacific point cardstock to 105mm. The width of a standard folded A5 card. This is my finished size. I've centred the cardstock in the punch using the marking on the sides of the punch.

Push down the punch lever, I use the base of my hand, and you have a scalloped bite cut from the centre of your cardstock.

Line up your punched scallops over the silver shapes on one end of the punch and punch.

The scallops are joining up perfectly.

Do the same with the other side.

I've also scalloped a narrower piece of Parisienne Breeze Specialty paper in the same way. You can save the offcut to use in your project.

Here's the finished card. Because I started from the centre on both pieces the scallops line up perfectly. Starting from the centre also makes it easy to keep your punched edge straight.

Thanks for viewing my tutorial.  I hope it's been helpful for you.  If you have any questions don't hesitate to EMail me.

Sponging to Soften the Look of a Card

Sponging is a fabulous way to soften cardstock edges, to add colour to the edge of cardstock to avoid using another cardstock or paper layer, to gently soften stark white cardstock.

Either use a full size sponge or cut it into six or eight trianges. Dab it into your inkpad and gently apply it by gently dabbing or dragging to your cardstock or paper. Gently really is the key as it's easier to add colour than take it away.

One way to use Sponging: -

- Birthday wishes (Sincere Salutations) stamped in Red Riding Hood Ink and punched out with a wide oval punch.

- Softened by sponging the same ink around the edges.

- Then add to a card.


All supplies used Stampin' Up!®
Stamp Set - Sincere Salutations
Paper - Pink Pirouette, Whisper White and Riding Hood Red Cardstock, Bella Rose DSP (you can get 72 of these cards out of one pack of patterned paper)
Ink - Red Riding Hood Classic Ink Pad
Punch - Wide Oval
Accessories - Paper Trimmer, 6mm white grosgrain ribbon, Adhesive, Stampin' Sponges ($7.75 for 3, page 156 of the current Idea Book and Catalogue)

What to do with Chipboard?

At the end of last year I agreed to show the Cards Unlimited cardmaking group I belong to how to use chipboard. But I needed to find out how to use it myself before my turn in September this year. Now I've done my research I think you might see a bit more of it on my Keryn's Cards blog.

There are a multitude of ways to cover chipboard and use it in your projects on the web. I've searched and narrowed it down to 16 that I think are the most usable.

- covered with pigment ink using a sponge dauber.

- trace shape onto designer series paper, cut out, adhere and sand edges. Sponge with dye ink using a stampin' sponge or sponge dauber

- sponge with pigment ink, when dry stamp with a dye ink.

- heat emboss using versamark and gold embossing powder and heat tool

- Two way glue covered with dazzling diamonds microfine glitter.

- Image stamped in stazon ink and coloured with watercolour crayons.

- covered with two way glue and covered with strips of 6mm grosgrain ribbon

- sponged with pigment ink, when dry heat emboss image over the top.

- placed face down over an inked background stamp

- Brayer and rainbow ink pad

- Use a sponge dauber to apply Stampin' Pastels using light colours first and then seal.

- sponged with ‘Encore Metallic’ ink and heat set.

- Stamped with a Stampin’ Around wheel and dye ink.

- Photo applied the same way as the Designer Series Paper.

- sponged with pigment ink then glue on microbeads using crystal effects..

The chipboard I used is Stampin’ Up!® - On Board Essentials.

I'd love to see the projects you create using any chipboard techniques that you see here or find on the web. Leave me a comment so I can see your blog post or send me a picture by EMail.