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Technique Spotlight: Hot Foil and the New Mini Embossing Folders
Wednesday I hosted another What's Up! Stampers?+ Facebook Live, and we had a wonderful time exploring the Seasonal Cheer Mini Embossing Folders! During our one-hour class, I shared several creative techniques for getting even more from your embossing folders. It's amazing how one simple tool can create so many different looks and textures for your handmade cards. To put those ideas into action, I demonstrated three of the techniques from the class and used each one to create

Amy Rich
Jul 92 min read
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Technique Spotlight: Zig Zag Strip Card
With soccer fans around the world glued to the exciting matches taking place in the United States this summer, it felt like the perfect time to pull out the A Wonderful Match Designer Series Paper and create a card celebrating the beautiful game! Whether you're cheering on your favorite team, congratulating a young athlete, or simply celebrating a special victory, this fun card design is sure to score big. The focal point of today's card is a simple but eye-catching zig zag s

Amy Rich
Jun 232 min read
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Stampin' Write Markers and the Technique Spotlight: No-line Watercoloring
So what's the BIG DEAL? The big deal is that the Sale-a-bration join promotion only has three weeks remaining, and it is a WHOPPER of a...

Amy Rich
Feb 11, 20253 min read
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Technique Spotlight: Baby Wipe Stamping
Have I mentioned how much I LOVE Fall leaves and how much I love stamping for Fall? (If you didn't know, see some recent posts. 😉) The...

Amy Rich
Oct 4, 20242 min read
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Technique Spotlight: Pointillism
First of all, happy last day of the 2023-2024 Annual Catalog! A year sure goes by in a hurry! A few weeks ago now already, I shared a...

Amy Rich
Apr 30, 20242 min read
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New Online Exclusives: Encircled in Nature
NEW PRODUCTS HAVE ARRIVED! Every March, July, and November, new Online Exclusive products are released by Stampin' Up!®. Online...

Amy Rich
Mar 5, 20241 min read
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Technique Review: Double-Time Stamping
Once upon a time in 2023 - almost exactly one year ago - I wrote a blog post about this cool technique called Double-Time Stamping. The...

Amy Rich
Feb 17, 20242 min read
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Technique Spotlight: Retro Background
Have you noticed lately that the word "retro" means different things to different people? I say "retro," and I feel like it means the...

Amy Rich
Jan 29, 20242 min read
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Technique Spotlight: Watercolor Spritz
When our kids were growing up, we took multiple trips every year to northern Minnesota to visit my sister and her husband. A visit there...

Amy Rich
Jan 16, 20242 min read
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The 12 Projects of Christmas 2023: Project #5 Floating Strips Card
One of the things I really try to do when putting together the list of projects for The 12 Projects of Christmas is make some unique...

Amy Rich
Nov 5, 20232 min read
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Technique Spotlight: Panoramic Panels (Veriegated Panels) Card
I've been wanting to try the Panoramic Panels card for a long time and finally decided that with the addition of the Meandering Meadows...

Amy Rich
Oct 27, 20232 min read
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Technique Spotlight: Masking Tape
What's Up! Stampers today was a good time, and we made a unique and easy card that helps us remember how fun it is to play with ink. The...

Amy Rich
Oct 18, 20232 min read
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Technique Spotlight: Sponge Dauber Shading, Take 3
I am in the seriously amazing habit of bringing back the Sponge Dauber Shading technique every year. Why? Because it's so dang pretty!...

Amy Rich
Aug 18, 20233 min read
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Technique Spotlight: Offset Triple Stamping
Here's a technique that is easy and can be used with any number of different types of stamped images. I love that Offset Triple Stamping...

Amy Rich
Jul 15, 20232 min read
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Technique Spotlight: Shadow Stamping with Stencils
I know it's a shock to those of you who know me a bit, but when returning home from family dinner tonight, I had no idea what video...

Amy Rich
Jul 12, 20232 min read
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Technique Spotlights: Ghosting and Emboss Resist
When I started preparing for What's Up! Stampers last week, I had full intention of creating a card using the Ghosting technique. In days...

Amy Rich
Jun 25, 20232 min read
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Technique Spotlight: Using Negative & Positive Die-Cut Images
Long title for a blog post, but honestly, I wanted it to be super descriptive. So there you have it. I remember all those years ago when...

Amy Rich
Mar 21, 20232 min read
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Technique Spotlight: Double Embossing
Just checking in quickly to share my latest Technique Spotlight project and the video tutorial for it. First, I have a question for...

Amy Rich
Mar 15, 20232 min read
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Technique Spotlight: Double Time Designer Series Paper
Yes, I made up this term for the "technique," but that's because it's so similar to the Double Time Stamping technique I shared earlier...

Amy Rich
Feb 10, 20232 min read
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Technique Spotlight: Double-Time Stamping
Sometimes a technique comes along that just makes things easy. This is one of them. Double-Time Stamping is not only easy, though, but...

Amy Rich
Feb 7, 20232 min read
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