Hello stampers and happy Friday to you. Bottled Happiness has been sitting neglected on my shelf until this week. Now it has seen ink and I love it so much. I think the best part has been finally using the Vintage Bottle Shaker Domes. Do you want to see what I made?
Vintage Bottle Shaker Domes
My box of vintage bottle shaker domes was tucked away, hidden in a corner of my stamp room! Was I ever happy to find them. I thought for sure I had forgotten them in Canada. Now I can show you how easy they are to use and how pretty and special they make your card.
The vintage bottle shaker domes are super easy to use as they have adhesive strips on both sides of the edges of the bottle. First you remove the top adhesive strip so that it will sit securely in the bottle opening. Then you add your effervescent elements that look like water bubbles. Remove the last adhesive strip and then you can add your backing. Done!!
The Finished Card
I love the soft and soothing feel to this card. It really is perfect to make someone’s day with happy mail, don’t you think? Here is a peek at the inside of the card.
Available on Prime Time
If you would like to see the video of how I made this card then you will need to join my exclusive Prime Time With the Pampered Stamper group. In this group I post an exclusive weekly video every Thursday. On Wednesday I post the supply list and the measurements. Each month you also get a free pdf tutorial bundle worth $15. The best thing is that this group costs only $10 a month. Membership is in three month intervals. Hope to see you there!!
Same Design, Different Cards
Video Tutorial
Seeing how a card is made is always super helpful. Check out my video tutorial on YouTube. I hope that you will consider subscribing to my channel. Please share it with your friends either on Facebook or Pinterest, that really helps me a lot!!
Please Order and Support my June Fundraiser!
Did you know that I am donating ALL of my profits from my sales this month to mental health. A friend of mine volunteers at Hope House in coordination with the Chatham-Kent Mental Health Association. If you cannot order from me, consider sponsoring a kit. These will be donated to Hope House where Sharon runs a monthly crafting club. Thanks so much. TOGETHER we CAN change the world one card (or one kit) at a time. Have a super day.
Hello stampers and happy Monday to you. This is a big week!! On Thursday it is my birthday and I want to celebrate with YOU. To do so I am hosting a Facebook Live party on June 7 as a birthday fundraiser for Mental Health. Everyone is welcome! It will start at 9am EST and every two hour or so I will be go live again to make a couple of cards. I have made a lovely pdf tutorial with all of the cards which you will get as my birthday gift to you if you either sponsor a kit for $25 or place an order through me. All proceeds are going to be donated to Mental Health.
How to Participate in the Birthday Fundraiser
I have made two ways available for you to participate in this fundraiser. Since many of you are Americans or Australians and cannot order through me, I have decided to offer the “sponsor a kit” idea. You simply use PayPal family and friends option to send $25 to my email address jackiebultje@gmail.com and then I purchase a kit on your behalf which will be donated to the Chatham-Kent Mental Health Association. I have a contact there who runs a monthly card making event and this will be just perfect for them. Creativity and art therapy have been proven to be very helpful for people dealing with mental health issues.
The second way to participate is to place an online order through me. I have created a list of a few products that I think reflect this cause very well. Feel free to choose from this list or take a look at the product list below which has the supplies that I used for all the cards in my pdf tutorial. Everyone supporting this fundraiser will receive this tutorial for free.
I am hoping that lots of you will join me for the Facebook live party on Wednesday. Together we CAN change the world one card at a time!
Link to Facebook Live Party
Looking forward to joining in on the Birthday Fundraiser for Mental Health Facebook live party? Here is the link. Please click “going” so that you will get notified when I go live. There will be other fun surprises that day as well, so stay tuned.
Patterned Paper on Sale in June
You may have noticed that I used Countryside Inn paper for all of my cards. I am in love with this paper AND it is on sale for this month along with several others, all for 15% off. Check out the screenshot below!
Stronger Together
Are you feeling inspired to join in on this birthday fundraiser for mental health? I truly hope so, because together we are stronger and can do great things. Mental health issues can be so debilitating, not only for the person suffering, but also for their families as it can be so hard to be able to make a difference. Give the gift of creativity, it really can make a difference. Doing nothing certainly won’t help. Let’s shine light on this darkness and spread hope! Thanks for stopping by today.
Hello stampers and happy Wednesday to you! Today I am showing you a most lovely card called a Box Fold Card. This card was brought to my attention by one of my loyal followers and she asked me to do my take on it. When I checked out the link that she sent me, I loved the card just the way it was. Then I realized that I did not have 8 1/2 by 11″ cardstock here in the Netherlands, I only had A4 cardstock which is longer and narrower (approximately 8 1/4″ by `11 3/4″. That meant I had to recreate the fold with metric measurements. This also meant that I had to adapt the card because the closing mechanism no longer worked. Huge thanks to Beverlee Morales for the incredible design of this card.
Don’t you just love how this box fold card matches my lovely new blouse? Purely coincidental but it really does make me very happy! Bubble Bath is just the most ethereal shade of pink!
Video Tutorial for Bubble Bath Box Fold Card
Please watch the video below to see how this card is put together and also for the measurements so you can recreate it at home. If you love the video please give me a thumbs up and consider leaving a comment or sharing on Pinterest or Facebook. Your shares and comments and thumbs up really do make a difference and I truly appreciate it!
New Catalog is Now “Live”!!
How exciting!! The new annual Stampin’Up! catalog is now “live” which means you can get all the new in colors and core colours as well as a host of beautiful new stamp sets and accessories and paper. Yes, that is a run-on sentence!! I was so excited that I couldn’t stop and take a breath! If you live local to Chatham, you can pick up your new catalog from my front porch. Need one mailed to you either in Europe or Canada? Message me and we can make that happen. Want to join my In Color Club? You can do so here.
Click on the links below if you want to shop with me in Canada. Click here if you want to shop with me in Europe or if you want to join my team there.
Thanks so much for joining me today, I hope you have a super day!
Hello stampers and happy Friday to you. Today I am sharing some Rain or Shine cards with you. It is March after all and that usually means some rain instead of snow! The turtle, fox and rabbit in this set are adorable. You can use the dies to cut them out of the patterned paper or you can stamp and then die cut. Colour them with your Blends or with watercolour pencils or stamp them on either Watercolour Paper or shimmery white cardstock and use a water painter and ink to give them a beautiful soft look.
Rain or Shine Cards
I already sent this card away, but in the future I would add another die cut circle from the patterned paper to add to the back side of this flap. That would finish it off beautifully! Just focus on how cute the turtle looks holding the daisy! He has been coloured in with Blends.
The Playing in the Rain dies have been on backorder but they should be available again the week of March 13 if you don’t already have them. I forgot to add the Stylish Shapes dies to my product list. The stitched circle die was a quick way to add a focal point to the front of this card.
Dutch Rain or Shine Card
For this card I used the Dutch stamp set Echt Iets Bijzonders. If you live in Europe and want to order it, just click here.
Thanks!
Thanks for joining me today. If you want more inspiration for the Rain or Shine suite, there is a brand new tutorial bundle from the Create With Us Tutorial team.
Hello stampers and happy Tuesday to you. Did you overlook the new Friendly Gnomes set in the mini catalog? Gnomes are perfect for Valentine’s Day. Add a little whimsy and humour to your Valentine’s card and a bring a smile to someone’s face. Don’t limit your Valentine’s cards to just the romantic love in your life. Share the love with your friends, coworkers and neighbours. Every could use a little more love!
Friendly Gnomes Z-Fold Card
I made this Friendly Gnomes z-fold card yesterday for my weekly Facebook live video. Every Monday at 10am EST or 4pm in the Netherlands I do a Cheer Corner Facebook live video. The purpose is to spread cheer and my viewers can nominate someone to receive this card. Together we CAN change the world one card at a time.
Changing Things for the Better
Recently I have decided to make my Cheer Corner a little more interactive. I share the supplies and measurements ahead of time so that you can make the card with me or do it later. Here is the photo that I shared on my Facebook page.
Facebook Cheer Corner Video Tutorial
Here is the video that I did for my Facebook Live on Monday.
Hello stampers and happy Wednesday to you. Today I have a couple of amazing side-step cards for you. They are not totally “Jackie originals” because I was most definitely inspired by Tami White who had done a stunning series of side-step cards on her blog. I used the nostalgic Christmas Barn stamp set which reminds me of great memories growing up on the farm.
Christmas Barn Side-Step Card
Before I made this card I stamped and coloured and die cut a bunch of images from this set and also from the Regal Reindeer set as I thought that the two might combine nicely together. I also wanted to see how the barn looked stamped and coloured on shimmery white cardstock as well as regular basic white.
I wasn’t thrilled with my embossing but this reminds me to tell you a little secret. When your embossing turns out less than stellar, it most likely means that you need to re-ink your Versamark pad. If the Versamark pad is not sticky enough then the embossing powder has nothing to stick to and you get a bit of a spotty effect. The snowy hills should have been made with the beautiful dies from the Gingerbread House bundle but unfortunately they are not currently in my possession so I used scissors and just free-hand cut it. The pond is made with two layers, Balmy Blue on the bottom and Vellum Cardstock on top. I used a sponge with liquid glue and the silicone mat so that you wouldn’t be able to notice the glue.
Christmas Barn and Regal Reindeer Side-Step Card
I think you will agree that these two stamp sets do indeed combine well together! This card was such fun to make. Mind you, you do have to be in a zen state of mind to take your time with colouring the little girl and the barn. My favourite part is the die cut reindeer. He comes to life when you sponge his “ruff” with white craft ink and his antlers and hooves with early espresso ink. Take a look.
This last picture is not perfectly in focus but it is now dark in the Netherlands so I cannot take another photo now. Perhaps I will find time tomorrow. Just so you know, there is nothing wrong with your eyesight, the photo is just a smidgeon blurry!
Side-Step Card Video Tutorial
Thanks!
Thanks for joining me today. If you want to see another side-step card from my archives, check out this blog post. Just a gentle reminder that there are only five days left of the starter kit promotion, so if you want to get a super deal ($206 worth of products of YOUR choice for only $135) click here to let the fun start!! I hope you have a super day! As always, the links to shop with me are right below (I try to make it easy for you!).
