Author: Rachael Rife, Rachthestamper

To say I love creating cards is an understatement. I love learning new techniques & seeing other stampers ideas, successes and failures. Learning from your mistakes and adapting a card gone wrong is sometimes the best teacher! I look forward to hearing your opinions and seeing your work too. I'm just learning the art of blogging so please be patient, away we go! http://rachthestamper.stampinup.net/

BOO!!! Halloween is coming, are you ready?!🕷🎃, Stampin’ Up!

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Hi stampers! I just could not hold myself back from making some Halloween goodies! 

Have you seen the new 2017 Stampin’ Up! Holiday catalog yet? If the answer is no, I’ll be happy to get one in your hands:) 

Just send me an email with your full name and complete mailing address to Rachthestamper@gmail.com. I’ll send one right out because you will not want to miss all the goodies inside! 

There are some gorgeous fall stamp sets including an absolute stunner with Sunflowers! 

They have so many spooky fun Halloween things you will love. 

A new theme this year seems to be the several new stamp sets that have something for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas & VALENTINES TOO!!! How awesome is that?  It’s really cool that these sets can carry you all the way through the beginning of next year and then after that for weddings & anniversaries. You’ll have to see them to appreciate how versatile these sets will become❤️!

I saved the best for last…….Christmas! You will not believe the new Christmas stamps and accessories!!!! So pretty, so retro, so Merry!!!! There is even a Beachy Christmas set. So so fun🌴🌊

I’ll be posting new cards as often as I can to show you sneaks at the stamp sets and projects you can create until the catalog goes live on September 1, 2017! 

Thanks for stopping by and keep checking back in for new ideas. You can also follow along on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram @Rachthestamper. 

Until next time, 

Stay Crafty!

XO Rach

Marbled Background stamp, Stampin’ Up!

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Hi stampers!  These were such a fun bunch of to cards to create. The ink color can completely change the feel of the card too! This is a great card to make when you have a great sentiment to show off as I did the th the Lovely Friends stamp set.  This would also work so well with the Lots of Love or Layering Love stamp sets.

There is a full video on my Facebook page that I did as a Live video and you’ll find lots of new ideas in it too along with some tips for inking large sentiment stamps!

Until next time, Stay Crafty!
XO Rach

Supplies:

144772 Marbled background stamp

143763 Lovely Friends photopolymer stamp set

101910 Shimmery White card stock

144245 Lemon Lime Twist card stock

144243 Berry Burst card stock

131197 Bermuda Bay card stock

131171 Bermuda Bay ink pad

144086 Lemon Lime Twist ink pad

144084 Powder Pink ink pad

102283 Versamark ink pad

100730 Archival Black ink pad

102193 Versamark reinker

140928 Archival Black reinker

144219 Pearl Basic Jewels

144220 Rhinestone Basic Jewels

126889 Stampin’ Trimmer

102300 Bone Folder

104332 SNAIL Adhesive

104430 Stampin’ Dimensionals

118491 Clear Block Bundle

126200 Stampin’ Scrub

102394 Stampin’ Mist cleaner

107301 Whisper White Envelopes

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Tree Ring Background stamp, Stampin’ Up! 

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Hi Stampers!

This is a quick and quite lovely card you can create and even mass produce in no time at all! This would make a great wedding invite, or thank you card for a wedding as well. You can switch the sentiment and make it a great Valentine’s card too.

All the details are in the video below.

Base: Crumb Cake or Kraft card stock if you have any leftovers 4 1/4″ by 11″, scored at 5 1/2″

Layer: Crumb Cake or Kraft again 4″ by 5 1/4″

Scrap: Tree ringed heart

Until next time, Stay Crafty!

XO Rach

 

 

Supplies:

143964 Tree Rings Clear mount stamp

143814 Always & Forever Clear mount stamp set

100730 Whisper White card stock

120953 Crumb Cake card stock

126974 Early Espresso ink pad

131264 Many Marvelous Markers set: Early Espresso, Garden Green Stampin Write markers

144033 2017-19 In Color markers:Powder Pink, Berry Burst Stampin’ Write markers

141897 Wink of Stella

141337 Stampin Sponges

133773 Sponge Daubers

126889 Stampin’ Trimmer

102300 Bone Folder

104332 SNAIL Adhesive

104430 Stampin’ Dimensionals

118491 Clear Block Bundle ( includes “F” which you’ll need to fit background stamp)

126200 Stampin’ Scrub

102394 Stampin’ Mist cleaner

107301 Whisper White Envelopes

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Delightful Daisy DSP, Stampin’ Up!

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Hi stampers!

Here are a few variations of the Double Gate Fold Peekaboo card we made at our workshop on Friday evening.

I made a video and prior blog post with full instructions if you need to know how to make it!

We also used the Eastern Beauty stamp set and as you can see, this is a totally different look then you’ve probabaly seen in samples of Eastern Palace!

 

Hope you enjoyed this share,

Until next time, Stay Crafty!

XO Rach
Supplies:

144137 Delightful Daisy DSP

143675 Eastern Beauty photopolymer stamp set

126889 Stampin’ Trimmer

102300 Bone Folder

104332 SNAIL Adhesive

104430 Stampin’ Dimensionals

118491 Clear Block Bundle

126200 Stampin’ Scrub

102394 Stampin’ Mist cleaner
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Christmas in July Blog Hop, Stampin’ Up!

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Hi Stampers!

This beautiful antique style Christmas card, was incredibly easy to create, and it can also be quickly transformed to be a winter card. It could even be a sympathy or thinking of you card ,with the change of a sentiment!

It was a card idea I had in my head, and then when I started stamping it, I didn’t love it. Then I had the thought to change it to an older, vintage postcard style of card, and the magic began.

I stamped the pine trees first in the background,onto a Very Vanilla panel by inking the stamp in Pear Pizzazz, stamping off once first, then stamped the image. I stamped the smaller reindeer in Crumb Cake, and finally the larger centerpiece Reindeer in Early Espresso. I filled in the bigger deer with a blender pen and the Early Espresso ink pad, and also used those tools to add shadowing to the deer for depth of field. I sponged the edges with Early Espresso as well, but I still was not completely satisfied with the look. So I ran a small clear block along the edge of the card stock to rough it up a bit and give an aged curl.  I then used the flat side of the sponge dabbed lightly all over the front in Crumb Cake to finish the aged patina.

I am so thrilled with how this turned out, but it needed a touch of a red color to slightly brighten it, but not a bright red, so I turned to the Cherry Cobbler 1/4″ Double Stitched Ribbon to add a slight color pop. I added the ribbon to a piece of Be Merry DSP with bit of Snail Adhesive. I mounted the front panel using Stampin’ Dimensionals to give some height and visual interest. Then adhered them to a Garden Green card stock base.

I didn’t stop there, for the inside I added the Pine Boughs in Garden Green ink by stamping them first full ink, then again without reinking to fill in the negative space. I sponged the edges as well in Early Espresso, and added the sentiment in that same ink as well.

I finished the front of the card, with some tiny touches of Clear Wink of Stella. I thought it added a bit of wintery Christmas magic.

Measurements

Base: Garden Green 4 1/4″ by 11″, score at 5 1/2″

DSP layer: 4″ by 5 /14″

Very Vanilla front: 3 1/2″ by 4 1/2″

Inside Very Vanilla panel: 4″ by 5 1/4″

So, what do you think? I am really pleased and think I may actually use this design as my family Christmas card…….well, until I get ahold of the 2017 Holiday Catalog I suppose 😉

Until next time,

Stay Crafty!!

XO Rach

Last Blog Hop Winner

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Giveaway

Follow along on our Blog Hop for a chance to win the A Little Wild stamp set, leave your first and last name, and #stampitcontest to be entered!

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BLOG HOPPERS

1. Tami White
2. Rachael Rife
3. Lori Mueller
4. Pam Nichols
5. Linda Cullen
6. Brenda Diaz
7. Rachel Nichols
8. Oksana Semenska
9. Mary Bush
10. Teresa Howe
11. Gianna Melone-Sardella

Supplies

144406 Nature Sings clear mount stamp set

144111 Be Merry Designer Series Paper

101650 Very Vanilla  card stock

102584 Garden Green card stock

126973 Garden Green ink pad

131180 Pear Pizzazz ink pad

126975 Crumb Cake ink pad

126974 Early Espresso ink pad

144117 Cherry Cobbler 1/4″ Stitched Ribbon

141337 Stampin Sponges

126889 Stampin’ Trimmer

102300 Bone Folder

104332 SNAIL Adhesive

104430 Stampin’ Dimensionals

118491 Clear Block Bundle

126200 Stampin’ Scrub

102394 Stampin’ Mist cleaner

107301 Whisper White Envelopes

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Bridge Fold Card, Stampin’ Up!

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Hi Stampers!

Today I will share this really cool version of the bridge fold card with you. I am a little sad, I did a You Tube LIVE last night and it didn’t save! 😦 I am so bummed, but I will be making a new video this am, and I will put the link on here so you can watch. I made the video for a new friend of mine Diane, who asked to have a video so she could better understand the “bridge” part of the card, and I totally got carried away with the Flamingos in this set and thought it was just super cool!!

Here are the instructions:

You will need a 4 1/4″ by 8″ piece of card stock to make this, which is awesome in itself, since you can make two of these from one sheet of 8 1/2″ by 11″ card stock! That is a bonus in my book 🙂

You will score on the 8″ side at: 1 1=4″, 2 1/2″, 5 1/2″, 6 3/4″

Then you will need some pieces to decorate your card, you can use DSP if it is easier or you’re in a hurry ( that happens to me…..ALOT!!)

(1)  1″ by 5 3/8″ for the bridge piece

( 2 or 4 depending on how you decorate) 1″ by 4″ for the side panel strips

(1) 2 7/8″ by 4 1/8″ for the base, I used Glossy Paper

Shimmer White scraps for the  Flamingo and the sentiment piece ( gave it extra sparkle)

You can see the full video for better instructions on how to place your bridge, but you can either put it over or under your side decorative strips.

I also attached the Flamingo with dimensional to give it more pop and 3D value.

This will fit into a standard envelope, since it does fold down flat, and it will pop back up once removed.

A few tips:

Remember when stamping on Glossy Paper to stamp straight up and down, DO NOT WIGGLE THE STAMP or it will smear and blur.

You also need to give the Glossy Paper more time to dry, so you may want to do that first and set it aside while you make your base card.

More is more on this “diorama-style” type of card, it will make it more interesting to your  recipient!

Hope you like it as much as I do!

Until next time,

Stay Crafty!

XO Rach

Supplies:

143758 Fabulous Flamingo stamp set

105119 Always Artichoke card stock

144240 Glossy White card stock

101910 Shimmery White card stock

100730 Whisper White card stock

126973 Garden Green ink pad

144086 Lemon Lime Twist ink pad

131181 Soft Sky ink pad

126982 Pool Party ink pad

144084 Powder Pink ink pad

141397 Flirty Flamingo ink pad

126986 Island Indigo ink pad

144085 Tranquil Tide ink pad

103579 Paper Snips

141337 Stampin Sponges

126889 Stampin’ Trimmer

122334 Simply Scored

102300 Bone Folder

129026 Fast Fuse Adhesive

104430 Stampin’ Dimensionals

118491 Clear Block Bundle

126200 Stampin’ Scrub

102394 Stampin’ Mist cleaner

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