Robin Funge
Featuring: A Pocketful, A Pocketful Die
Anya Schrier
Featuring: Season of Thanks
Wendy Frederick
Featuring: Ever After
Angeline Yong
Featuring: Poinsettia Patterns, Filigreed Frames, Ever After
Another round of inspiring projects! Remember, the best way for me to see what you're creating is to add your projects to our Flickr Gallery. Thanks!
If you haven't heard yet, we are having a fantastic Black Friday Sale!
To continue expressing our thanks to you and all of your support we are offering a 25% discount on all stamps. One day only! Just enter BLACKFRIDAY11 at checkout.
Thank you so much, and for those of you in the US, we hope that you have had a blessed Thanksgiving!
*Prices are valid on Friday, November 25, 2011 only. Offer valid on all in stock stamps. Sorry, no rain checks.
I'm back with another video. Today's video is a spin-off of the card I featured in my last video here. Often, when I'm illustrating or crafting, I create multiple variations of the same design. I will start with one concept and this will open the door to many options and variations. Instead of brushing them off, I often explore them to see where they will go. Watch below to see what I mean.
Watch above or watch in HD at YouTube.
You'll also get to see a bit of this card as well.
Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend.
Stamps: Winter Wishes, Poinsettia Patterns (Wplus9)
Ink: Purely Pomegranate (Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Aqua Mist, White (Papertrey Ink)
Other: Phrases, Joy #3 (Basic Grey/Sizzix); crochet thread (stash); glitter (Stampin' Up!); Tombow Mono Multi glue
Amy Kolling featuring: Fair Isle Backgrounds.
Anya Schrier featuring: Magical Moments and Mehndi Medallions.
Lindsay Amrhein featuring: Very Vintage Greetings.
Maureen Merritt featuring: Fair Isle Backgrounds and Christmas Wishes.
I love seeing what everyone has created! Remember, the best way for me to see what you're creating is to add your projects to our Flickr Gallery. Thanks!
Today's card features some pattern building using Fair Isle Backgrounds. I also wanted to try the faux chipboard technique that I've been seeing around blog land lately.
Watch above or watch at YouTube.
I enjoyed this layout so much that I created another using my favorite color combo. Be sure to watch until the end where I show you. I'm trying to get the hang of the video thing, and it's going much faster now. If there is something you like or dislike about the format, please let me know. That way I know what to keep doing and what to change! Thanks for watching, have a fantastic weekend!
Stamps: Fair Isle Backgrounds, Poinsettia Patterns (Wplus9)
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze (Stampin' Up!
Cardstock: Aqua Mist, White, Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink)
Other: Phrases, Joy #3 (Basic Grey/Sizzix); Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers); Scallop Border Punch (Stampin' Up!); Tombow Mono Multi glue
Hey guys! I'm back as promised, with a holiday card and a video using a fun technique for faux snow.
Watch above or watch at YouTube.
I wanted to create 3 dimensional snow laying on the tree branch, but I didn't have any Liquid Pearls or anything on hand. I decided to try using my Glossy Accents with glitter to see if I could come up with similar effect. I think it turned out great, and I'll be using it again, I'm sure.
Stamps: Love Birds, Winter Wishes, Classic Christmas (Wplus9)
Ink: Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Sahara Sand (Stampin' Up!), Versmagic Red Magic (Tsukineko); Antique Linen, Tea Dye distress inks (Ranger)
Cardstock: Kraft, Rustic White (Papertrey Ink)
Paper: Nordic Holiday (Basic Grey)
Other: lace trim (Simplicity); twine (Papertrey Ink); glitter (Stampin' Up!); Glossy Accents (Ranger)
I know the blog has been very quiet lately and I apologize. However, this is not necessarily a bad thing. More often than not, this is because I am focusing on other areas of Wplus9; the website, product development, new product research, and/or administrative stuff.
Some of you may have noticed a lot of small changes happening regularly over at the storefront. There is still more to come, but here are a few things we have been working on:
In order to streamline our important communication channels, we have started posting all announcements in the "Recent News" section on the website and enabled you to subscribe to the RSS Feeds for all announcements. You can find this in the left hand column on the main page as well as in the footer of every page of the website. Again, all important announcements will always be posted here. For example, the message below:
Every now and then we have to do a little planning and reorganizing. In order to keep things running smoothly here in the Studio and to create the best possible shopping experience for you, we will not be releasing any new stamps this November 2011. Instead, we have been focusing on cleaning up the website and making progress on new product research and planning. Exciting things ahead!
But not to worry, we already have our December release here in the Studio and it will be one sweet Valentine's Day! The Design Team and I are sure that you will love the December 2011 release, including 3 new stamp sets and 3 new steel rule dies.
Thanks!
Dawn
We have also enabled a "quick-cart" when shopping. Now, when you add an item to your cart, instead of going directly to your cart and having to navigate back to continue shopping, a pop-up window will display confirming that the selected item was added to your cart. You then have the option to continue shopping without ever leaving the current page you are on or continue through to your cart and checkout. We hope you find this to be a much more pleasant user experience.
Along with some of the functional areas of the website, we have made some aesthetic changes as well. These changes incorporate the look and feel of our new packaging.
We have also made a lot of progress in areas that I can't quite share yet, but we are working on a couple of exciting things for 2012. I will share more when everything is final.
So, even though we will not be releasing any new product for November, we are proactively making improvements internally to ensure that we continue to bring you quality products in a timely manner for an enjoyable experience. I will be back this week with some new Design Clip videos. It's been a while and I was a bit rusty, so they need a bit LOT of editing!
I hope you had a fun and safe Halloween! Thanks again for all of your support!
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