This cute gift box is created using the stitched nested labels dies and Poinsettia Petals stamp set from Stampin' UP! If you'd like exclusive access to this tutorial and all my others, sign up for my newsletter right here on my website!
I thought it was time for something a little different on my Tuesday video. Don't get me wrong, I love showing you guys different fun folds. BUT! There is more to this craft than just cards. I don't branch out much from cards because I love them, but occasionally I'll show something different like the boxes and such.
Did I ever tell you how I got started in stamping? I got invited to a workshop at my friend Chris' house. I just went to see what it was all about and was instantly hooked!! Instantly Jill?? Yep! I did dabble in some over the counter products until I understood that buying coordinating products was easier than trying to match ink with paper. Plus, you get a whole stamp set of images and not just one here and there that you need to try and make something out of..
So back to me being hooked! It was making that sample card Melony had prepped for Chris' guests. My whole life I had been a letter writer to my Grandma, and my Dad when he lived away. Then I walked into a Hallmark store! I could feel the store light up and I think I heard the music proclaiming that I had found my happy place! I'd spend hours in the card stores, any store as their popularity grew. Funny cards (and some naughty ones too) found their way to my card stash. I just knew that I was going to own a Hallmark store!! Everyone needed to love cards like I do!
Well, years passed and I ended up in Kalamazoo where "Don" had the monopoly on the Hallmark stores. I also realized I wasn't quite the business owner I would need to be. Who knew there was such thing as taking inventory!!! Oh ya, and I needed money, DUH!
So fast forward to about 16 years ago when I went to that workshop at Chris'. That's when I was hooked. I just knew that this would be the closest thing to owning my Hallmark store!!! I didn't have to take inventory, (that's a problem still, and another post!) and I could make whatever kind of card I needed. Fast forward again to 2019 when I decided to retire and give Stampin' UP! as a business a try! It's hard for me, I'm not going to lie!! I just know I have to keep on pushing forward and hope that I stay consistent enough to get my name out there and get some customers/followers. I am still trying to balance the cardmaking and business because I don't want to lose the love of what got me started. So friends, I added a treat box this week to show you there's more to this than just cards!
Creativity is like a seed,
when nurtured,
it will bloom
Let's Be Creative!
Jill
PS. What's not ok though is to try and pass things off as your own. This usually happens with tutorials that someone has put a ton of work into creating. Many people charge for them now and allow for you to use them for YOU but not to give to others. Please be mindful of giving credit where credit is due, and don't share or hold classes with handouts intended for YOU. Some people do this for a living and lose money when you give away their hard work.
This fun fold uses the Beautiful Boughs dies to embellish the front and the Poinsettia Place designer series paper. GreenThumbStampers.com
This is a shutter fold card that uses Stampin' UP! Gilded Autumn paper and the Beautiful Autumn bundle as well as a sentiment from Peaceful Moments. I have a lot of pictures so this is a long tutorial but not complicated. I hope you enjoy it and will give this style a try. For more of my tutorials you can visit my blog at GreenThumbStampers.com and sign up for my newsletter where I have exclusive access to all of them. You can also find Green Thumb Stampers on Facebook, Pinterest and YouTube! Check them out for videos and more creations.
Slimline cards are all the rage. I had to give it a try. I created this one with the Trimming the Town designer series paper and the ornament from the Tag Buffet stamp set.
Stampin' UP! set Gather Together was used for this card. I also used the Stitched Leaves dies, Plaid Tidings paper, argyle embossing folder and Mango Melody cardstock. For exclusive access to my tutorials, sign up for my newsletter. greenthumbstampers.com / Jill Blanchett
I just wanted to drop in with a little note today! I've been crazy busy coming up with designs for my card kits, stamp a stack, Paper Pumpkin and a girls retreat class. I am having a ball with it, but I also need to figure out what I am going to do for World Card Making Day on Saturday. I've had some grandios ideas that I just didn't have time to completely plan out. Next year I need to start the master plan at the end of July and get all my ducks in a row. This year I am going to have a few people over to the house and hopefully they'll let me film their projects for a live video throughout the day. I'm also going to make a couple of things myself and finish out the day with a mystery stamping hour. I'm looking forward to that as well. Now to just get it all laid out and executed.
I hope you are all enjoying some great fall weather. I know I am. The trip up north to see my family last weekend was starting to show some color. I'll have to make another trip soon to see it in full change. There are some great spots along the way to see some large areas of trees. I like fall a lot, ya know, the sweater weather and pumpkin everything. Oh, and the crisp cool nights of needing extra blankets because you want the windows open still! I've noticed myself also making a lot more fall themed cards than I normally have. Maybe that because I am online more, or maybe just because I am doing more stamping? Either way, I am liking them and hope you have been enjoying the ones I've shared.
Creativity is like a seed,
When nurtured,
It will bloom.
Jill
