Wow! Can't believe it's September already! The summer has flown by. You know what that means. Sending in applications to reserve tables at craft fairs. I will do my two usual ones this year. With my chronic fatigue and Fibromyalgia I have to pace myself.
One of my staples at the craft fair are my mini-cd calendars.
Last week I printed out all the calendars and yesterday I cut them up. I usually do 4 - 6 months per sheet of paper, depending on how big I make them. The calendars shown above are about 3.5" x 3.5". This year I'm making them a big taller so I have more room for the design.
This morning I stamped January. What takes me the longest is coming up with a designs. Sometimes getting an idea that looks good to me can take hours/days and lots of trial and error. Once I had my design down stamping was a breeze this year with my Stamparatus!
Usually I have to reprint and re-stamp several. I love it too, because if my stamp didn't stamp completely or I want it a little darker I can re-stamp and not have to worry about trying to line it up again. Saves a lot of time, frustration and PAPER!
I had stamps on all four sides of the plates and three different ink colors. So I ink up one plate, stamp, second plate, stamp, third plate stamp and fourth plate stamp. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE MY STAMPARATUS. I had two other brands, one a very popular one and this stamping tool is far and above the others. I'm not just saying that because I'm a demonstrator. I'm being totally honest here.
If you do any amount of repetitive stamping, like for Christmas cards this is a must have tool.
To go with the Stamparatus I would also suggest getting our new Simply Shammy to clean off the plates and stamps. (Oh and fingers too!)
Much easier than trying to clean the stamps off when they are not mounted on a block. You can wipe them off while they are on the plate and also any excess ink that might get on the plate. It can be stored in one of our stamp DVD cases. I cut mine in two and put them the wood block cases. They stay moist in between uses but won't go moldy because the cases are not air tight. It will become stained but the ink won't come off on your hands. Just rinse it out from time to time.
I would also recommend getting the Stampin' Spots for inking your stamps on the Stamparatus plates.
You can customize them to whatever colors you need, just add ink from your ink refills! You also get less ink on the plates. Or if you have the Ink Spots from your Paper Pumpkin kits. I have some but not all the colors that I needed.
If you are going to be making some of these calendars remember to order some extra blades for your paper trimmer! Always nice to have these on hand.
Well, back to stamping, now to come up with a design idea for February!
You can purchase these here: store. Remember to use the Host Code listed on the right.
Happy stamping!
Images: Stampin' Up!©
One of my staples at the craft fair are my mini-cd calendars.
Last week I printed out all the calendars and yesterday I cut them up. I usually do 4 - 6 months per sheet of paper, depending on how big I make them. The calendars shown above are about 3.5" x 3.5". This year I'm making them a big taller so I have more room for the design.
This morning I stamped January. What takes me the longest is coming up with a designs. Sometimes getting an idea that looks good to me can take hours/days and lots of trial and error. Once I had my design down stamping was a breeze this year with my Stamparatus!
Usually I have to reprint and re-stamp several. I love it too, because if my stamp didn't stamp completely or I want it a little darker I can re-stamp and not have to worry about trying to line it up again. Saves a lot of time, frustration and PAPER!
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| Stamparatus #146276 |
I had stamps on all four sides of the plates and three different ink colors. So I ink up one plate, stamp, second plate, stamp, third plate stamp and fourth plate stamp. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE MY STAMPARATUS. I had two other brands, one a very popular one and this stamping tool is far and above the others. I'm not just saying that because I'm a demonstrator. I'm being totally honest here.
If you do any amount of repetitive stamping, like for Christmas cards this is a must have tool.
To go with the Stamparatus I would also suggest getting our new Simply Shammy to clean off the plates and stamps. (Oh and fingers too!)
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| Simply Shammy #147042 |
I would also recommend getting the Stampin' Spots for inking your stamps on the Stamparatus plates.
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| Uninked Stampin' Spots 141822 |
You can customize them to whatever colors you need, just add ink from your ink refills! You also get less ink on the plates. Or if you have the Ink Spots from your Paper Pumpkin kits. I have some but not all the colors that I needed.
If you are going to be making some of these calendars remember to order some extra blades for your paper trimmer! Always nice to have these on hand.
Well, back to stamping, now to come up with a design idea for February!
You can purchase these here: store. Remember to use the Host Code listed on the right.
Happy stamping!
Images: Stampin' Up!©
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