tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125957682024-03-23T13:14:26.343-05:00inkblotsA rubber stamping tutorial journal.Nicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-25167393797913891012007-01-23T15:41:00.000-05:002007-05-15T07:35:53.549-05:00Say Hello to the Inkblog!Hello, Friends!As you know, I've been on a blogging vacation for months now. It was my intention to come back the first week in January, but I had a few setbacks. Why is that? Well, my husband has been helping me to redesign the entire look of my "rubber stamping tutorial journal!" What a guy. Oh, and we've packed our bags and moved on over to WordPress! So long, Blogger! I've got my own site Nicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1164230128458423552006-11-22T16:10:00.000-05:002007-01-29T14:10:36.269-05:00FeedBlitz!I've just signed up with FeedBlitz! If you are a fan of that service, here's your little sign up box. Enjoy!Enter your Email:Preview | Powered by FeedBlitzps. I've changed the setting for my account so that any new subscriptions will automatically be signed up for the new bog! Thanks for subscribing.Nicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1164046813650833852006-11-20T13:11:00.000-05:002006-11-20T13:20:13.713-05:00Support Your Friends on SCS!Hello, all! Just a note:SCS wants to bless all the Moderators and Group Leaders this Christmas with some Amazon gift certificates. You can read all about it here: Moddy Christmas.Basically, any purchase you make at Amazon using this link, will send 6-9% to SCS which they in turn will give to the Mods and Admins that help to keep SCS movin'.So, if you do your shopping on Amazon, remember to stop Nicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1162329726594111062006-10-31T16:02:00.000-05:002006-10-31T16:22:07.166-05:00Christmas Photo CardsI just had a wonderful idea and I had to share it with like-minded people. It just occurred to me (and I don't know why I had not thought of this before!), that it would be so incredibly easy to make my own Christmas Photo Cards with a few digital scrapbooking supplies and some photo paper! Which is all stuff I have on hand. HOW FUN! I'm so excited! Whee!Like the idea? Need some free digital Nicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1160954702529479202006-10-20T13:44:00.000-05:002006-10-20T13:51:27.810-05:00I Need a Break!Well, my friends...I've been thinking about things over the past few days: I spend an awful lot of time trying to make this an interesting blog. But it's been driving me crazy the last few weeks! To the point where I have not been enjoying stamping--can you believe that?!This blog is certainly something I can't keep up with during the impending Holiday rush, either. I haven't given much thought Nicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1160954213753668982006-10-15T18:16:00.000-05:002006-10-15T18:16:53.896-05:00A Quick Word About SageSage is a feed reader for Firefox that I love to use. Check it out! It can help you get organized when it comes to reading your friend's blogs. It saves me so much time...Here's how I use it: When I visit a blog, I add the RSS feed to my Sage bookmarks. Then, when I have the time (ha ha!), I'll open the Sage sidebar and I'll check for new blog posts. My favorite feature Sage's memory. It Nicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1160771435947319322006-10-13T15:18:00.000-05:002006-10-13T15:36:56.616-05:00Hand-stamped OrnamentsI loved reading all your comments on my last post! Thanks for sharing. I've been thinking even more about stockpiling gifts today. I stopped by the library earilier and I found a few books about a "Handmade Christmas," so now I'm really excited! I'll have to start formulating my plans.I have an album of Stamped Objects on my personal gallery where I've uploaded pictures of gifts I've made. Here Nicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1160708772792924442006-10-12T21:55:00.000-05:002006-10-12T22:06:12.826-05:00I Love White Craft InkHere's some more love for Craft ink:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: Blue Christmas.Oh, I just love the sweet little snowflake effect. Too cute! I love my white ink pad. I love that it shows up on colored cardstock that's as this blue. And of course I love it for DTP effects, too. I didn't use it for that here, but lately I can't keepNicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1160441163027351162006-10-10T09:23:00.000-05:002006-10-10T09:29:46.653-05:00OSW: CraftinessThis is a card I finally feel really good about! Yay! Here's number 5 in the OSW series:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: Happy Anniversary.Not much in the way of techniques here...but there is one thing to note: the greeting!Instead of using dye-based ink (SU! Classic ink), which would have just soaked away into the background, I usedNicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1160404122764129872006-10-09T09:18:00.000-05:002006-10-09T09:53:18.590-05:00OSW: CherishBack to the OSW cards!:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: Cherish.In case you are joining us in the middle of this, here's the first post: One Sheet Wonder.Okay, so I have a question: Does anyone else find it hard to make the stamp set Lexicon of Love stamp set look good? I mean, aside from using a marker to just stamp the main words (Nicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1160225718523615012006-10-07T07:45:00.000-05:002006-10-07T07:55:18.523-05:00Secret of Randomness (updated)Just a note to say that I've updated one of my tutorials (thank you, Wilma!). Just because *I* know what I'm talking about, doesn't mean that I've actually communicated clearly! Ha! So, to better illustrate the secret of random stamping, I've added a new image. I hope that helps! So, without further ado, here's the updated Secret of Randomness.I'm always happy to receive feedback like this, so ifNicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1159983784100740832006-10-04T12:33:00.000-05:002006-10-04T13:10:08.923-05:00100 Posts & My Good FriendThis is my 100th post and I'd like to dedicate it to my best stamping pal, Erika Martin.If it wasn't for Erika sending me a gift of hand-stamped baby cards all those years ago, I'd probably be blogging about my knitting instead of my stamping. But thanks to her passing the "stamping bug" along to me, I'm here today to talk about all my little adventures in stamping and my knitting blog has been Nicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1159803722989856842006-10-02T10:37:00.000-05:002006-10-02T10:42:03.013-05:00News & UpdatesThere's a sale going on at my Etsy store! Check out: Seitler's Sweet Shoppe.And I have great news to report! I'm back online with my very own super-fast brand-spankin' new laptop! (SQUEAL!) Now to work on some stamping... Ha!Nicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1159296796105505722006-09-26T13:17:00.000-05:002006-09-26T13:53:16.120-05:00HiatusThings are a little crazy at our house...My husband was working on moving us over to a new operating system when he started to run into problem after problem. We backed up everything and burned it to some CDs before he deleted the old OS to make way for the new. Well, that didn't go as planned. Basically, a few years ago the computer got fried in a storm and some things were affected that we now Nicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1158160693498057732006-09-25T15:50:00.000-05:002006-09-25T15:52:17.816-05:00Basic Stamping TipsOnce upon a time...I did not know how to stamp. Then I fell head-over-heals in love with stamping and lived happily-ever-after. I've learned a few tips and tricks along the way, which I'm always happy to share with you! So, with that in mind, here's a tutorial on "How to Stamp!"Below, you will see two sets of flower images. There is a major difference in their quality! And it's all in how the Nicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1158868888187335232006-09-22T13:02:00.000-05:002006-09-22T13:08:25.266-05:00OSW: Double BackgroundsHere's another OSW card with a "trendy trend" for you--Double Backgrounds!Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: All my Love.It's a little hard to tell in the scan, but I've layered two background images here, one on top of the other. You can clearly see the diamonds in dark purple and you can probably make out a bit of the canvas in plum. Nicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1158867069312254362006-09-21T11:50:00.000-05:002006-09-21T15:04:27.913-05:00OSW: Birthday WishesThursday is "Correspondence Day" in my house. It's the day I set aside in my week to write to friends and pay the bills. It's also the day that I like to stamp, stamp, stamp! So, since today is "Correspondence Day," I have a card to share! It's the next in my series of OSW cards.Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: #2. Birthday Wishes.I Nicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1158344162125411982006-09-15T13:05:00.000-05:002006-09-15T13:16:02.193-05:00SquidooWe interrupt the following posts to bring you breaking information about a cool new "lens" that I created about stamping on a fun site called Squidoo! My lens is called Stamps, Ink and Paper and it currently highlights nine of my favorite tutorials from Inkblots. It's intended to help people who'd like to get started with rubber stamping (kinda like this blog), so I tried to narrow things down soNicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1158255277963677772006-09-14T12:17:00.000-05:002006-09-14T13:12:52.606-05:00OSW: Shabby GrandmomHere's the first card I made from my stamped One Sheet Wonder:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: #1. For Grandmom.I thought I'd use this first post to talk a little about the things I did to create my paper. I started by masking my roses so that my stamped leaves would be layered behind them. Once I had placed all my roses, leaves and Nicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1158160551439812422006-09-13T10:13:00.000-05:002006-09-13T10:15:51.456-05:00OSW: Little PiecesOoo! Everything's cut up!Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006What now? You'll have to wait and see! Hee hee...Nicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1157839870134042312006-09-12T14:10:00.000-05:002006-09-12T14:10:52.836-05:00One Sheet WonderWhat is a "One Sheet Wonder?" Well, it's a catchy little name for fun method of making lots and lots of cards. And I'm currently in need of lots and lots of cards (September seems to be "Birthday Month" in our family).Let me explain how it works. To create a OSW, start out with one sheet of cardstock and stamp away to your heart's content. Here's what my sheet looked like before I cut it up into Nicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1157744264287892572006-09-08T14:29:00.000-05:002006-09-08T15:08:15.096-05:00One Little Push PinSo...yeah. I'm cheap. I can't afford a fancy little paper piercing kit, so I like to wing it instead:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: Push Pin Blossoms.Now, I agree it's not the neatest or straightest job, but it was done at no cost to me! Here's how I did it:First, I collected a push pin, a ruler and my Coluzzle mat. I had already Nicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1156967352911349332006-08-30T13:06:00.000-05:002006-08-30T15:04:52.903-05:00Fakin' ItA scan just doesn't do this justice, but oh well. Does this layout look familiar?(This card is for sale on Etsy. You can also see a photograph of the card with the flowers nice and "popped out" over there.)Open your catalog and turn to page 172. You will see my take on Stampin' Up!'s card. Hey, who needs the "In Colors?" Not (too poor to afford them) little 'ol me! Ha!So here's how I faked my ownNicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1156452569292444322006-08-24T14:41:00.000-05:002006-08-24T15:49:29.383-05:00Shabby LoveNew on Etsy, Shabby Love:Obviously, I like using my own silk floral embellishments. Ha!And once again, I have to say that I ♥ Distressing. I used a lot of the "Direct-to-Paper" technique with this card, as you can see. I thought it was fitting. This card makes me think of a collage made out of things you might find inside of your grandmother's hope chest. It just has that good old-timey feel to Nicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1156184702332943492006-08-22T09:16:00.000-05:002006-08-22T09:21:33.946-05:00Last Set of Product Charts!I've had no success advertising my trade in the SCS forums, so I thought I'd bring my post to my blog.Last year I created a series of product charts for other demonstrators in my upline. I have one set of charts left that I would like to trade for a Customer Direct Order. Below are links to pictures of these charts that I have previously uploaded to my Gallery:Set of Ten Demonstrator Product Nicole Seitlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747368549269318196noreply@blogger.com0