Last Day to Order October's Creativity Kit!

 It's the last day to order the October Creativity Kit AND to get Thursday's Facebook Live class projects FREE!

October's Creativity Kit includes:

• 4 project kits of cards that will impress
• $20 of Stampin' Up! product
• Bonus ideas to continue using your kit pieces
• link to written tutorials
• link to a private recorded class video creating the kit projects at a relaxed, slower pace for the most enjoyable stamping experience
• Earn 1 Joyful Stamper Reward Point for every 3 months you order Creativity Kits
• Kit shipping is included in the price
• The option to add on the featured stamp set or bundle for just the catalog price.  I pay shipping and tax!

The featured bundle (stamp set and dies) is Poinsettia Petals, on page 16 of the Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini catalog.  You will need this to complete the kit projects (along with a die-cutting machine for the dies).  If you don't already have it, you can add it to your October Creativity Kit at catalog price (I pay shipping & tax for you)!  When you register via email, just let me know you want the bundle.

Inks used in the  projects are: Real Red, Garden Green, Soft Suede, and So Saffron.

Adhesives used in the  projects are: Mini Glue Dots, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, and Stampin' Dimensionals.

You can use the inks and adhesives you have (they are not included in the kit) or order them here.

How to Get a Joyful Stamper Creativity Kit

Email me at nicole@thejoyfulstamper.com by October 11 for this month's kit featuring the Poinsettia Petals Bundle.  Kits are $35 each.  If you'd like to add on the stamp set or Bundle, please include that in your email.  A PayPal payment request will be sent to your email and must be paid within 24 hours.  You do not need a PayPal account to pay - credit and debit cards can be used to pay the invoice.

👉The kits will ship by the end of October.  If a product backorder delays the shipping of the kits, I will clearly and immediately communicate that to you.  Similar substitutions may need to be made if products become unorderable.👈

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Last Day to get Thursday's Facebook Live class projects FREE!

Place a $35 minimum order in my store by midnight Sunday October 11 and I'll send you the packets to make my Facebook Live projects.  You must use the October Host Code 4JHNU9Z when ordering.  

Poinsettia Petals Easy Christmas Cards

Every Thursday at 11 AM ET I go live on The Joyful Stamper Facebook Page.  Everyone is invited for some stamping fun!  After the Live class, I'll post the replay and project sheet below for the cards we made.  Did you know I offer the class kits free?  Just place a $35 order (before shipping and tax) by midnight Sunday October 11 and use the Host Code 4JHNU9ZJ.  You can create right along with me!  I even included a Shop By Project clickable image at the end of this post!  This week's projects feature the Poinsettia Petals Bundle.

Oooh, I LOVE the soft prettiness of this card!  And I love the clever use of Designer Series Paper (DSP) strips.  My Stampin' Up! team leader Lyssa Zwolanek showed us that trick.  And wouldn't you know, I had some Pointsettia Place DSP strips lying on my desk, leftover from designing October's Creativity Kit (read more about those at the end of this post!).  The strips are 5"x1/2" each.

I embossed a 4-1/8"x5-3/8" piece of Soft Sea Foam cardstock with a Tasteful Textiles 3D Embossing Folder to create a more interesting background.

My favorite part of this card is the Soft Sea Foam dimensional poinsettia.  The Poinsettia Dies are SO fun to play with!  I stamped them in Mint Macaron, die-cut and stacked them, then heavily brushed on Wink Of Stella to make them SHINE.

Clean and simple cards are always needed at Christmas since most of us are making multiples or sending more cards than normal.  This one is pretty AND simple - I have a hard time stamping in this style so I was jumping out of my chair with excitement over this card!

The card is a Cinnamon Cider 5-1/2"x8-1/2" card base with some berry sprigs stamped in Cinnamon Cider ink.  The sentiment is also stamped in Cinnamon Cider on a 3/4"x2" piece of Whisper White cardstock.  The poinsettia is stamped in Real Red and the leaves in Shaded Spruce, both on Whisper White.  

🌞Joyful Stamper Tip: Get two shades from one ink pad by stamping off.  After inking the image, stamp on scrap paper once (or twice!) before stamping on your cardstock.  I used this technique to fill in the poinsettia and leaves.  The technique is also called generation stamping.

Those red sparkly gems (and the gold ones on the first card) are from the Wonderful Gems pack in the Holiday Mini Catalog.  They add the perfect little touch of glitter!

--->>>Project Sheet with measurements <<<---

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Place a $35 minimum order in my store by midnight Sunday October 11 and I'll send you the packets to make my Facebook Live projects.  You must use the October Host Code 4JHNU9Z when ordering.  

Sunday October 11 is the last day to sign up for October's Creativity Kit.  This month's kit features the beautiful Poinsettia Petals Bundle.  Details here.

GIVEAWAY!  Sign up in October to receive Paper Pumpkin and be entered to win a 1 month Paper Pumpkin prepaid code!  Subscribe with me (Nicole Steele) to be entered.

Designer Series Paper Sale

October 1 - 30 | Shop your favorites!

If you are enjoying The Joyful Stamper site

• Request a catalog package here, if you don't already have a demonstrator you love.
• Subscribe to Stampin' News, a weekly email that delivers fun, tips, and specials right to you.  Get a free exclusive Stampin' News Subscriber pdf tutorial as a sign-up thank you!
• Shop my store and to save money check out the Clearance Rack and Discounted Bundles.
• Use this month's Reward Code to earn points towards a $50 shopping spree - read the details here.
• Join me every Thursday at 11 AM ET for my weekly Happy Half Hour Live stamping show on my Facebook page.  

Joy in being creative, community in sharing a common interest, purpose in what we make - this is stamping at its best!  Thank you, friends, for choosing me as your demonstrator!

October Creativity Kit from The Joyful Stamper - Poinsettia Petals

 The Joyful Stamper Creativity Kits are designed to make you feel as if you are right in the stamp studio with me and we're stamping together.  It's not a live class, though, so you can sit down with your kit and play any time you want.  Your Creativity Kit includes access to a recorded class video completing all the included projects.  The video is slower paced than your typical YouTube or Facebook Live so that you can easily follow along.  It truly is like sitting at the table, stamping along with me!

October's Creativity Kit includes:

• 4 project kits of cards that will impress
• $20 of Stampin' Up! product
• Bonus ideas to continue using your kit pieces
• link to written tutorials
• link to a private recorded class video creating the kit projects at a relaxed, slower pace for the most enjoyable stamping experience
• Earn 1 Joyful Stamper Reward Point for every 3 months you order Creativity Kits
• Kit shipping is included in the price
• The option to add on the featured stamp set or bundle for just the catalog price.  I pay shipping and tax!

The featured bundle (stamp set and dies) is Poinsettia Petals, on page 16 of the Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini catalog.  You will need this to complete the kit projects (along with a die-cutting machine for the dies).  If you don't already have it, you can add it to your October Creativity Kit at catalog price (I pay shipping & tax for you)!  When you register via email, just let me know you want the bundle.

Inks used in the  projects are: Real Red, Garden Green, Soft Suede, and So Saffron.

Adhesives used in the  projects are: Mini Glue Dots, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, and Stampin' Dimensionals.

You can use the inks and adhesives you have (they are not included in the kit) or order them here.

How to Get a Joyful Stamper Creativity Kit

Email me at nicole@thejoyfulstamper.com by October 11 for this month's kit featuring the Poinsettia Petals Bundle.  Kits are $35 each.  If you'd like to add on the stamp set or Bundle, please include that in your email.  A PayPal payment request will be sent to your email and must be paid within 24 hours.  You do not need a PayPal account to pay - credit and debit cards can be used to pay the invoice.

👉The kits will ship by the end of October.  If a product backorder delays the shipping of the kits, I will clearly and immediately communicate that to you.  Similar substitutions may need to be made if products become unorderable.👈

Designer Series Paper Sale

October 1 - 30 | Shop your favorites!

If you are enjoying The Joyful Stamper site

• Request a catalog package here, if you don't already have a demonstrator you love.
• Subscribe to Stampin' News, a weekly email that delivers fun, tips, and specials right to you.  Get a free exclusive Stampin' News Subscriber pdf tutorial as a sign-up thank you!
• Shop my store and to save money check out the Clearance Rack and Discounted Bundles.
• Use this month's Reward Code to earn points towards a $50 shopping spree - read the details here.
• Join me every Thursday at 11 AM ET for my weekly Happy Half Hour Live stamping show on my Facebook page.  

Joy in being creative, community in sharing a common interest, purpose in what we make - this is stamping at its best!  Thank you, friends, for choosing me as your demonstrator!

Saturday Card Sketch 821 - Poinsettia Petals on Red Velvet

 It's time for another Saturday Sketch from Splitcoaststampers!  The sketch challenge actually begins a few days earlier, on Wednesday, but since many people stamp on the weekends, I thought you'd find it nice to have something to jump-start the process.  As always, there is both a video and written tutorial for this week's card at the end of this post.

I pulled out Stampin' Up!'s Poinsettia Place Bundle.  I wanted my card to have velvet poinsettias popping off the edges for a full, rich look.  The sentiment is from For Unto Us.  That set is all Christmas sentiments and a great one to have on hand for the insides of your cards.  You can never have too many Christmas sentiments!

Did you know you can stamp on our Red Velvet Paper?  And emboss on it?  I used Cherry Cobbler to stamp these poinsettia images.  

🌞Joyful Stamper Tip: Stamp the velvet poinsettias first, then set aside to dry for a few minutes while you work on other card elements.  When you die-cut the poinsettias, make them the last things you run through your machine, just in case some of the ink is still wet and transfers to your cutting plates.  You can wipe off your cutting plates, but you don't want that ink transferring to your other pieces, hence why you cut them last.

The multi-colored sentiment is a technique I use a lot - it's just so fun to have that variety!  And it's easy and non-messy.  Win-win-win!  Use the brush tips of Cherry Cobbler and Garden Green Stampin' Write Markers to color directly on the stamp.  Breathe on the stamp to re-wet the ink, put stamp to paper, then lift to see the gorgeous results!

To make a rounded corner, I traced the largest (non-scalloped) circle die from the Layering Circles Dies on the back of the Poinsettia Place Designer Series Paper (it's on sale for 15% off this month in my store, along with other patterned packs!).  You could also use a Stampin' Up! embellishment container.  Use Paper Snips to cut along the pencil line, moving your paper (not your scissors) to get a smooth cut.

Create with me - Learn how to make this card - Anyone can do it!

Pin, print, or save the tutorial for this card.  Measurements and supply list are included in the tutorial.

Place a $35 order (before shipping and tax) in my store by midnight Sunday October 4 and I'll send you the packets to make my Facebook Live projects from Thursday's class.  You must use the October Host Code 4JHNU9Z when ordering.  

Designer Series Paper Sale

October 1 - 30 | Shop your favorites!

If you are enjoying The Joyful Stamper site

• Request a catalog package here, if you don't already have a demonstrator you love.
• Subscribe to Stampin' News, a weekly email that delivers fun, tips, and specials right to you.  Get a free exclusive Stampin' News Subscriber pdf tutorial as a sign-up thank you!
• Shop my store and to save money check out the Clearance Rack and Discounted Bundles.
• Use this month's Reward Code to earn points towards a $50 shopping spree - read the details here.
• Join me every Thursday at 11 AM ET for my weekly Happy Half Hour Live stamping show on my Facebook page.  

Joy in being creative, community in sharing a common interest, purpose in what we make - this is stamping at its best!  Thank you, friends, for choosing me as your demonstrator!