tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125957682012-01-07T17:50:23.336-05:00A rubber stamping tutorial journal.Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.comBlogger1111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-25167393797913891012007-01-23T15:41:00.000-05:002007-05-15T07:35:53.549-05:00

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 Seitlernoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1164230128458423552006-11-22T16:10:00.000-05:002007-01-29T14:10:36.269-05:00

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.

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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 Seitlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1162329726594111062006-10-31T16:02:00.000-05:002006-10-31T16:22:07.166-05:00

I 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 Seitlernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1160954702529479202006-10-20T13:44:00.000-05:002006-10-20T13:51:27.810-05:00

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 Seitlernoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1160954213753668982006-10-15T18:16:00.000-05:002006-10-15T18:16:53.896-05:00

Sage 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 Seitlernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1160771435947319322006-10-13T15:18:00.000-05:002006-10-13T15:36:56.616-05:00

I 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 Seitlernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1160708772792924442006-10-12T21:55:00.000-05:002006-10-12T22:06:12.826-05:00

Here'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 keep

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1160441163027351162006-10-10T09:23:00.000-05:002006-10-10T09:29:46.653-05:00

This 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 used

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1160404122764129872006-10-09T09:18:00.000-05:002006-10-09T09:53:18.590-05:00

Back 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 Seitlernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1160225718523615012006-10-07T07:45:00.000-05:002006-10-07T07:55:18.523-05:00

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 if

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1159983784100740832006-10-04T12:33:00.000-05:002006-10-04T13:10:08.923-05:00

This 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 Seitlernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1159803722989856842006-10-02T10:37:00.000-05:002006-10-02T10:42:03.013-05:00

There'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!

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Things 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 Seitlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1158160693498057732006-09-25T15:50:00.000-05:002006-09-25T15:52:17.816-05:00

Once 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 Seitlernoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1158868888187335232006-09-22T13:02:00.000-05:002006-09-22T13:08:25.266-05:00

Here'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 Seitlernoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1158867069312254362006-09-21T11:50:00.000-05:002006-09-21T15:04:27.913-05:00

Thursday 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 Seitlernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1158344162125411982006-09-15T13:05:00.000-05:002006-09-15T13:16:02.193-05:00

We 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 so

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1158255277963677772006-09-14T12:17:00.000-05:002006-09-14T13:12:52.606-05:00

Here'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 Seitlernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1158160551439812422006-09-13T10:13:00.000-05:002006-09-13T10:15:51.456-05:00

Ooo! Everything's cut up!Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006What now? You'll have to wait and see! Hee hee...

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1157839870134042312006-09-12T14:10:00.000-05:002006-09-12T14:10:52.836-05:00

What 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 Seitlernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1157744264287892572006-09-08T14:29:00.000-05:002006-09-08T15:08:15.096-05:00

So...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 Seitlernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1156967352911349332006-08-30T13:06:00.000-05:002006-08-30T15:04:52.903-05:00

A 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 own

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1156452569292444322006-08-24T14:41:00.000-05:002006-08-24T15:49:29.383-05:00

New 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 Seitlernoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1156184702332943492006-08-22T09:16:00.000-05:002006-08-22T09:21:33.946-05:00

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 Seitlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1155764640541344522006-08-21T10:42:00.000-05:002006-10-16T11:09:49.976-05:00

I was tidying up my Gallery the other day when I found this card, and I realized, I've never talked about this easy little layering trick. Here's how I made the following card:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: Party Boy.This card might look like I used markers to color my images, but actually I used paper and scissors instead!What I

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1155752073154766372006-08-16T17:06:00.000-05:002006-08-16T17:13:33.006-05:00

Honestly, friends--I've been stamping for over three years now--it's about time I tried the Pullin' Pastels technique!Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: Sagely Thoughts.I had heard of this technique years ago, but for some reason, never gave it a go, even back in the days when all I had to play with where my six ink pads and my Stampin'

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1155658855519613762006-08-15T11:11:00.000-05:002006-08-15T11:20:55.520-05:00

A few people have asked me now about the "Prima" flowers that I use. They are my own creation! I have assembled some of these sets of flowers for sale on Etsy at Seitler's Sweet Shoppe. There are now seven of my thirteen sets listed there. The others should be up soon, but the colors are very similar to the sets I've already listed.If you are looking for a color combination that you don't see at

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1155655071352774312006-08-15T09:07:00.000-05:002006-08-15T10:17:51.516-05:00

Ribbon. Adhesives. What works best? Here's my two cents:Some images copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: Wonderul Swirls.I usually use Mono Adhesive on my cardstock when I make a card, but I've found that using Mono on ribbon doesn't work too well. My ribbon will fall off my card--Ugh! Thankfully, I've tested a few different products and

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1155325857788605982006-08-11T14:40:00.000-05:002006-08-11T16:18:53.206-05:00

I wanted to have a little fun creating something that's outside of my comfort zone. So I stamped this yesterday:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006You can view the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: Regal Delight.The fun thing about this card, besides the bright colors and the layered background, was making the shaded flowers. As I was playing around with these flower images I

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1154715492418727162006-08-08T14:06:00.000-05:002006-08-08T16:36:20.056-05:00

It's been one year today since I uploaded my first card to my Inkblots Gallery. Here is that card:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: Stippled Shells.I had created this card for a Demonstrator-Only contest...but I didn't win. Oh, well. I can see now how the overall design of my card is a little plain, but I loved my seashells in their

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1154978187384282702006-08-07T13:12:00.000-05:002006-08-07T14:29:58.346-05:00

I have a confession to make. I am a big, fat CASEr.You might be asking yourself, "What on earth does that mean?!"Well, when you CASE a card, it means that you "Copy and Steal Everything" you see, basically duplicating their design. For example, if you have a copy of Stampin' Up!'s current Idea Book & Catalog, you can turn with me to Page 89 (or visit their website to browse their on-line catalog)

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1154728789919874092006-08-04T16:49:00.000-05:002006-08-04T17:19:01.816-05:00

Something I've been meaning to try my hand at (literally) for the past few months has been the Fine Art of Doodling. But it was something that was really intimidating for me. When you’re stamping, you can be pretty darn sure whatever you stamp will look great since someone else went to all the work of designing the image for you. You just have to arrange a layout and pick some snazzy colors. But

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1154537679388077542006-08-03T11:54:00.000-05:002006-08-04T17:08:28.390-05:00

Have you heard of Etsy? "Your place to buy and sell all things handmade."A fabulous concept! I couldn't resist. So I made my own Etsy Shop! How exciting.Now, I know I can't list any of my Stampin' Up! cards for sale there, no matter how wonderful I might think they are (it's against their Angel Policy). So I've been racking my brain trying to think of how I could make a card without using any of

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1154537659233557252006-08-02T11:51:00.000-05:002006-08-02T11:54:19.246-05:00

Looky what I found: Digital Scrapbooking University.DSP offers digital scrapbooking tutorials for a wide variety of techniques and programs. From your very first page to that complex and involved technique you want to master, it's all here!Nifty-cool. I'm enrolling!

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1152911093811445392006-07-14T15:53:00.000-05:002006-07-14T16:04:53.846-05:00

I told my friend Keri that one day I'd be posting the lovely card she sent me on my blog. Today is a wonderful day for that, since I just discovered that she now has a blog, too! It's called Pink Lemonade. So, as a way of saying "Go visit her blog!" I'd like to post her darling little card:Copyright Inky Antics.View the card here with a link to the supplies at my gallery: From Sereikastamper.What

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1152829582213597382006-07-13T17:19:00.000-05:002006-07-13T20:18:00.176-05:00

Isn't it sad when one person ruins the party for everyone else? A spammer found my gallery, INKblots and was making a mess of it with hundreds of comments with links to other sites. Guess they thought I didn't know where the "delete comments" button was, huh?And they wouldn't give it a rest, either so now I've had to completely shut down the comment feature in the gallery and that makes me sad!

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1152813714960326732006-07-13T12:59:00.000-05:002006-07-13T13:01:54.963-05:00

Just thought I'd make an announcement to welcome the Fabulous Erika Martin to the stamp-blogging world. Everyone go and say hello to the Stampin' Mama!As for me, I'm too busy napping to stamp right now. Can you believe it? There is something more important than stamping? Ha! But while I'm sleeping, I am dreaming of all the things I want to get from Stampin' Up!'s new catalog...ah!

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1152197594987494412006-07-06T09:43:00.000-05:002006-07-13T20:28:10.493-05:00

He's here!Joshua Felix SeitlerJuly 1, 20068 lbs 11 oz, 21 3/4 in.Mommy and baby are doing GREAT! The big sister is thrilled with her little brother and Daddy wishes he could stay home all day and hold him. Life is good...

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When I made this card, I thought of my girlfriend, Erika.Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: Girlfriends.While her hair is not really blonde like that (although in one family photo, it was), she is the type who would be dragging me up the side of a hill to get into mischief. And I'd be the one looking down at my feet! Ha!Here you go,

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1151434275743404042006-06-27T13:36:00.000-05:002006-06-27T13:51:15.760-05:00

Here's a card that uses a technique I've known about for a long time, but I had yet to try: Kissing!Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006You can view the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: Smoochin'.I made this card during SCS's Virtual Stamp Night. One of the challenges was to use the Kissing Technique. I know of two ways to do this. The first is where you ink up a background

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1151096962157188412006-06-23T16:07:00.000-05:002006-06-23T16:09:22.173-05:00

Today...I made it to number 50 on the Stamping Top 50.WOO-HOO!

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1150820780837620562006-06-20T11:16:00.000-05:002006-06-20T11:29:32.396-05:00

There was a funky-fun color combo on Splitcoast today:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: Go Gators. (This color combo makes me think of the Florida Gators...not that I really like them or anything.)I thought I should post something for you all before I go on my "Baby Vacation!" Ha!Anyway, I did do a little something different with the

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1150479520692480862006-06-16T11:42:00.000-05:002006-06-16T12:38:40.813-05:00

I have NO idea why I haven't talked about this little helper before...Some wonderful person designed this website: SU! Color Combos. Here's what it does:Select a color from the drop-down menu. For example, select Certainly Celery. If you then click on the "search" button, a whole listing of possible color combinations will appear in the box to the right! Try the "surprise me" button for a little

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1150244744989287372006-06-13T19:22:00.000-05:002006-06-13T19:25:44.990-05:00

I added several new links to my sidebar today. As I was looking them over I thought to myself "This is a mess. And I'm not sure how I should list these blogs either!" So I re-organized them tonight (yes, I am nesting). They are in alphabetical order now. Check them out...there's lots of great inspiration on every one!And if you know of a great blog that's not on my list, please leave me a comment

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1150233374490411022006-06-13T16:09:00.000-05:002006-06-13T16:16:14.506-05:00

Well, here you go! Quick and easy with the help of some scrapbooking paper:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: For Father.I used the Cracked Glass technique on the greeting for this card. Otherwise, there's nothing fancy about it. A good card to make when your feeling very pregnant and hope your dad is happy that you even remembered

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1150221917993021182006-06-13T12:56:00.000-05:002006-06-13T13:05:18.030-05:00

As of today, I am only 12 days away from my due date (hope you all can see the cute baby ticker).I'm ever so excited and I'm hoping I'll go early (wouldn't this Sunday be a perfect day to give my husband a son?!). I thought I should make a little annoucement that any day now I'll be going on an unexpected maternity leave from stamping and blogging. I'll be sleeping instead. Ha! Much more

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1150079454666695272006-06-11T21:28:00.000-05:002006-06-11T21:33:54.470-05:00

I just realized why my half my little buttons disappeared the other day. I was republishing my blog after adding a friend to my links list. Blogger had a hiccup and it ate the bottom half of my template up! So all my links disappeared! But thankfully I have a super-smart (and handsome) geek for a husband. He found a copy of my blog archived on Google and he fixed it all in no time--links and all.

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So, I finally made a card using a Stampin' Around wheel after WT63 and the Great Big Mess. Here it is:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: After the Disaster.If you aren't sure what exactly a "Stampin' Around Wheel" is, check out this post: Wheeling Around.I combined the challenge to use a wheel with this week's sketch challenge, SC75. I

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I'd like to dedicate this card to Shauna and her lovely designs:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: Apricot Delight.I've been trying to break out of my mold of "same old, same old" card designs by actually stamping like my blogging friends (see my original post on the subject). I've already dedicated one card to my friend, Lisa (here, in

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1149350488479915012006-06-03T10:56:00.000-05:002006-06-03T11:05:56.096-05:00

So, over there on my sidebar is a little tracker button for the Stamping top 50. On Thursday I jumped from #96 to #94. "Wow!" I thought, "That's good! Two spots in one day."And then I looked at it today: I jumped to #68?! Oh my goodness! There must have been a ton of dead sites sitting there or something...Not too many more and I'll be on the first page, actually IN the top 50! Woo-hoo! I think

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Yes, this is stamping related. This is a little story about Splitcoast Challenge WT63.So...the challenge yesterday on Splitcoaststampers was to use your Stampin' Around wheels to make a card. Mine were in the closet, so off I went to get them. I opened the closet and was greeted with a very odd smell. A wet smell. I forgot all about stamping...(can you believe that?!)I looked up to see that the

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I tried a funky new (to me) card layout today thanks to Splitcoast:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: Tri-Fold Card.It's called a Tri-Fold card, and here's how you do it:Take a strip of cardstock and fold it as you would to make a typical card. I used a 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" sheet, which when folded in half makes your basic 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

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I Rocked and Rolled another rosey card. This one is a little more obvious:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: Flashy Red.For LSC65B...a challenge to just use red on Splitcoast. But I couldn't resist adding some green, too.Sadly, you can't see that there are background patterns in this card in my scan. Oh well. I get rather tired of

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I've been working on my Stockpile and my Inspiration personal challenges. The Weekly Challenges at SCS have really been helping me to come up with new ideas and new layouts as I attempt to build my collection of cards.I wanted to post about today's card for no other reason than to dedicate it to my fellow blogger and lover of happy flowers, Lisa:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and

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As promised:One of my favorite little tricks, The Rock and Roll technique is a lot of fun. To more clearly illustrate what I will be talking about, I scanned my stamped roses early on in the process of making this card:See how these yellow roses have coral edges? That's what the Rock and Roll will do! How does one do this? It's so simple--you simply ink up your stamp in a light color and "rock"

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Choices, choices! So many little things need to be decided in the process of making a card. Take for example what sort of ink to use! Craft (pigment or paint-like ink)? Or Classic (water-based dye ink)? There's a big difference as you can see in my little test swatch:Classic is on the left, Craft on the right.Oh, the softness of Craft ink! How different my baby card would have looked if I had

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1147721011158072292006-05-15T14:02:00.000-05:002006-05-15T14:23:31.206-05:00

So, what do you do with your cards? I used to horde them all for my sample basket that I'd take to workshops. I'd never use them. But lately I've been needing more and more cards for friends, family and everyone in between. I'm thinking I need my own little stockpile to go to in my time of need! I seem to need certain kinds of cards when I have NO inspiration to make them.So, this week I plan on

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As previously mentioned, I said I'd share with you the pages I was working on during National Scrapbooking Day. It was just a coincidence that I was working on this album for a friend on NSD. It was really a last minute plan that happened to fall on the same day. But I was able to pull this off in just nine hours. Whew! I actually prayed over the album because I knew I needed lots of creativity

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And now, for something completely different:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: Scrapbook Paper Card.I spent Saturday, which just happened to be National Scrapbooking Day, making an 8 x 8 baby album to give to a friend at her surprise shower on Sunday. I'll save a link to all the layouts for my next post, but I wanted to share this card

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1146756745859753312006-05-04T09:57:00.000-05:002006-05-04T10:32:25.943-05:00

The 2Peas message board has a daily thread for bloggers. Today's Blogger Challenge is to write about something that has been inspiring to you. Well, I've had something on my mind that qualifies.A few weeks ago, I mentioned several other blogging stampers who inspire me. They all have a style that is different from my own. And a few have some really groovy ideas that are well outside of my comfort

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This week's super-fun Splitcoaststampers' Technique Lover's Challenge was "Dazzling Diamond Dust." Just what is that you ask? Well, I'll explain. Here's how I made the following card:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: Diamond Dust.To understand exactly what I did here, you'll need to see a bit of a close up shot of the main image:

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Not enough hours in the day for all I want to do! Sigh.Anyway, last week we finally entered the world of HIGH SPEED internet! Woo-hoo! Just in time, since it's hard to be a Gallery Moderator on SCS without it. I need the speed to see all the beautiful images everyone is posting. But I digress...What I really came to talk about today is my first little foray into Digital Scrapbooking. Now that I

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1145762653008875382006-04-22T22:23:00.000-05:002006-04-22T22:39:05.743-05:00

As I think I've said many, many times now, I am such a fan of watercoloring. I can't resist it. But sometimes it's so darn time consuming. So the other day, I tried the following: only using my markers.Here's how I made the following card:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: All my Love.First of all, I do admit that it's a bit hard to see

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1145646745997736532006-04-21T14:06:00.000-05:002006-04-21T14:12:25.996-05:00

A little anniversary of sorts. When I first signed up with the Stamping Top 50 on February 21st this year, I was #188. I moved to number #149 on the 24th and I've been moving up ever since. As you can see, I'm currently #117! Ever so exciting. My goal: to be at least #99. Won't that be fun!

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Stampin' Blog Friends...and Why I Like Themby Nicole SeitlerI have a little list of blog friends I like to check in on. These girls are fabulous stampers and I thought I'd take a minute to tell you all why.Julie's Paper TrufflesAnyone who's run across Her Royal Rubberness on Splitcoaststampers will tell you that Julie is worthy of her tiara. Take a look at her latest card, for example:

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I was thinking this morning--it would be fun to have a guest blogger! Someone who'd like to write about their own experiences stamping a card. I'd post a picture of your art work and you'd get to talk all about how you did what you did. Any takers?

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The craziest card I ever made:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: Crazy Dots.I was browsing though a copy of Creating Keepsakes magazine and I saw a nifty scrapbook page made by a woman in Australia. Having been there myself, I was familiar with this sort of Aboriginal art (my mom brought some how for her living room). There was also a

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Masking is a fun process whereby you can make certain images appear to be in the foreground and other images appear in the background. Here's how I made the following card:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: Masked Roses.I started by stamping the first layer of roses on my cardstock. Then, I stamped a rose on a Post-It note (making sure

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A fun little distressing tool I picked up somewhere in my stamping travels is what I call Double Crimping. A paper crimper is a tool for your stamping tool box that makes corrugated paper for you (see here, for example: Along the Shore).If you were to run your cardstock through a crimper twice in opposite directions (horizontally and vertically), you would get the following look:Copyright Stampin

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A variation on a theme:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: Resist Blossoms.I made this card for a Limited Supply Challenge. The idea was to limit yourself to using just white cardstock. I normally avoid "all white" cards like the plague, so I'm really enjoying stretching my thinking process with this stamper's challenge. This card came

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1143587440833265502006-03-28T18:03:00.000-05:002006-03-28T18:10:40.846-05:00

I've made two new cards today that I've uploaded to my gallery. I thought they might be of interest to you, since they use some of the techniques I've recently been talking about. Here they are:Cracked Glass: Travel Tags.Double Resist: Little Pieces.Enjoy!

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Today I participated in my first "Splitcoastamper's Challenge." There is a forum on the SCS message board where every day a new sort of stamper's challenge is issued (See Splitcoast Challenges for more info).Today's "Try a New Technique" challenge was a double resist: combining a Versamark Resist with an Emboss Resist. Here's how I made the following card:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the

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So, after I created this card last night, I realized that all my current posts have a bit of a theme to them: They are all about distressing! I didn't set out to do this. It just appears that it's something I'm terribly interested in right now. It must be all the shabby cards I’ve seen lately on Splitcoaststampers.So, the technique that I used this time is called Direct-to-Paper. And here's how I

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So, I know for a fact that on average I get about 23 visits to my blog a day...Yet none of you stop to say "Hello"?! ::sniffle::I did check on my blog's settings and I see that I've enabled anonymous comments. So don't be so shy! All you have to do is type in that silly word verification thing...that's not too hard.So, please, if you are a lurker, say "hi!" I'd love to hear from you. Here's your

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Cracked Glass is a fun little trick. Here’s how you can create this look:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: Cracked Glass.Typically, when you do a technique such as Cracked Glass, you use a product called UTEE (which stands for Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel). I didn’t have any on hand, so I improvised! Instead, I used a few coats (five

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1142557781177523252006-03-16T19:44:00.000-05:002006-03-16T20:09:41.193-05:00

There's a popular look for stamped images these days called distressing. Basically, what you do is take your carefully stamped, beautiful images and mess them all up. Sounds like fun, huh? Here is an example:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: Distressed Roses.Two things were done to the focal point of this card. One is commonly called

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1142290447546604922006-03-13T17:26:00.000-05:002006-03-13T17:54:07.576-05:00

About two and a half years ago, I came across a little tip I thought was just great. Someone suggested using Versamark ink (which is invisible) to capture your little one's hands on paper without a big mess. I didn't end up using Versamark, but I did copy the idea. Here's how I made the following page:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery:

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There's a little trick for creating a random looking background. It's one of the first tricks I think I learned (you know, after learning how exactly to ink up a stamp!).First, for your examination, a randomly stamped birthday card:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: Happy Little Birthday.Now, what's the secret to making a "natural"

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1141665729332973652006-03-06T12:20:00.000-05:002006-03-06T12:22:09.333-05:00

Why all the recent talk about wheeling? Well, I thought I'd mention it in light of this month's promotion: Free Wheeling.Wouldn't want you to say you didn't know what you could do with a wheel!

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My last wheeled card to show you. Posted for no other reason except that I love it so much. I can say that--I didn't design it. Ha!Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: Easy Plaid.The cute little country background was the item on this card that was wheeled. The flowers and leaves from "All the Best" were stamped on Ruby Red and Mellow

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1141317408750121182006-03-02T11:20:00.000-05:002006-03-02T11:36:48.763-05:00

Yet another use for Stampin' Around wheels! I can imagine one could stamp a little ladybug down their paper eight or so times and then add some cute little dots around the bugs with a pen. But why bother with all that work when I could just roll them on out with a wheel? Easy as can be! (I did, however, hand-stamp the eight little "smile" greetings. I must tell the truth!)Copyright Stampin' Up!®

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So, what else can you do with a wheel, besides make a background? Well, with a water-fast black ink cartridge, you can run a line of continuous images to color in!Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: Tea Party Invitation.With this card, I simply rolled out a line of tea cups on a strip of white cardstock. Then I colored in the tea cups,

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1141061235440470142006-02-27T12:00:00.000-05:002006-02-27T13:46:25.000-05:00

Stampin' Up! carries the cutest Rollagraph wheels with their own unique images on them. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, here is a picture of my Stampin' Around wheel, handle and ink cartridge:The idea behind this little contraption is that you can make a never-ending pattern of stamped images with your self-inking wheel. You can probably already imagine the possibilities: Make your

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I've never been a fan of watercolor pencils because I just don't have the gift for laying down the right amount of color and then blending them perfectly. Mine always look too scribbled. I am a big fan of the watercolored look, but my pencils just weren't working well for me. So I was excited when I first got my hands on a set of Stampin' Up!'s Watercolor Wonder Crayons. But it turns out that I

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Here is an index to all the posts that have been made on this blog. You will always be able to find this post by clicking on the link in my sidebar on the right.Welcome!Adhesives:Ribbon and AdhesivesAltered Books:For Sale on EtsyBleach:Capturing Little HandsEmbossing & BleachStamping with BleachColor:SU! Color Combo GeneratorCracked Glass:Cracked GlassFor FatherOSW: CherishCraft Ink:What is Craft

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I have something to show you that I hope will shock you...just a little bit.I've made two cards using the same exact layout, but with two very different results. Here is the first card, the classic and simple Toile look:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006View the card and see the supplies I used here, at my gallery: The Classic Look.Now, for the other card I'm going to make you work a little. You

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I recently made a scrapbook as a present for my friend's baby shower. I scanned all 20 pages, thinking others might like to see the layouts, too. There are no pictures in the album yet, but there are hopefully plenty of ideas you can find to borrow. You'll find the pages here at my gallery: Scrapbooking - 8 x 8.I hope you find it to be inspiring! Please leave me a comment and let me know which

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Here is a card that I made for my in-law's anniversary this weekend (the first card I've made in ages!):Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2006Feel free to view and comment here, at my gallery: Anniversary Flowers.I don't have a stamp in my collection that says "Happy Anniversary" (and I'm getting tired of always stamping "love") so this time I put my printer to good use instead. Oh, if I only liked

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You haven't heard from me in a while...in part due to the fact that we found out that we are expecting a baby in June! I had morning sickness at first, which allowed me to work on all the knitting I intended to accomplish in time for Christmas. Then there was the whirlwind which is known as "the Holiday Season." I've just now gotten back into the swing of things. I haven't been stamping all that

Nicole Seitlernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12595768.post-1130950586145325432005-11-02T11:29:00.000-05:002005-11-02T11:56:26.160-05:00

As a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, I get asked that question a lot. So much so that I've been busy designing a wonderful little chart to show people just what the difference is between Craft ink and regular ink. I can't wait to show it off at my next workshop, which is a week from today! But I digress...Stampin' Up! has created two basic types of ink: Craft and Classic. Classic ink is your basic

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Just in time for fall, here's lovely little card:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2005You can view the card and comment here, at my gallery: Fall Leaves.And here's how I made it:First, I gathered several ink pads (yellow, olive and rust), several markers (yellow, mustard, olive, rust and ruby) and a spray bottle of water. I took my image and inked it up in a light color. I then started to apply

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Most people assume that to stamp, you need to have an ink pad. Not true! You can stamp with a set of markers, too! You simply color directly onto your rubber stamp. Very easy and very useful, too. Here's how I made the following card:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2005View and comment here, at my gallery: Flower Vases.This card was copied directly from one that Stampin' Up! designed. I liked the

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So simple, yet so beautiful! Here's how I made the following card:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2005View and comment here, at my gallery: Yellow Sponged.Let's just ignore the ultra simple greeting stuck right on the face of this card and talk about the background, shall we? It's a very simple concept but it looks so pretty when you are finished. The only tool you need is a stamping sponge, one of

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Here's a simple trick that I think is fun. First, I'll show you the card, then I'll explain how I made it.Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2005View and comment here, at my gallery: Let's Party.Each of these stamps is solid, meaning that if I were to ink up and stamp the cake image, it would all be in one color. If I wanted to, I could color directly onto each stamp with a marker to get yellow candles

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With all the talk about Heat Embossing, you might be wondering what Dry Embossing looks like. Well, it's a little hard to capture the beauty of it in a picture. But I tried! Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2005View the card and supply list here, at my gallery: Dry Embossed Flowers.This card was designed by a friend of mine. I made it while on a Stamping Retreat in Vermont. I love her design! Here's

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One of the coolest tricks I know is Impression Embossing. You basically create your own wax seal out of Embossing Powder instead of wax. You have to be quick with this technique, but the results are fabulous! Here's how I made the following impression:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2005View the full scrapbook page and comment here, at my gallery: Lititz Park.There are several "high tech" ways to

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As I previously mentioned, Clear Embossing Powder is one of my most favorite and certainly my most used powders. Why is that? Because I can do so much with it! Here are my two favorite techniques:1) Clear Powder, VersaMark and CardstockAs you can see in the Reverse Prints card below, the Celery cardstock shows up brightly through the Clear Embossing Powder (I did bleach the inside of this image,

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Continuing on with the series on Heat Embossing, here's is a card that I made with White Embossing Powder:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2005You can comment on the card and see the product info here, at my gallery: Classy Burgundy.This image is a reverse print. That means that the area you ink up is not the flowers and leaves, but the space around them. So, when I embossed my image, the white

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Now that I've talked a little about the basics of Heat Embossing, I'd like to talk about some fun techniques you can try along with Embossing. I thought it would be most appropriate to start with Embossing and Bleaching, since I‘ve recently written a tutorial on both. Here is a card that I made with this technique:Copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990-2005You can comment on the card and see the products I

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