Welcome Back

 Well what a couple of years that was!! I can’t quite believe that it’s been nearly two years since I last posted on this blog! 

A lot has happened in those 2 years some of it great, some of it not so great 🙁

But I’m going to make an effort to post on here twice a month, along with posting on my YouTube page so  subscribe to my YouTube page The Crafty Yellow Camper and follow me on here and Facebook to keep up to date with what’s happening in my crafty world. 

I’ll be back soon with this years Christmas round up of my favourite sets from the Stampin Up! Seasonal catalogue and some inspiration for your Christmas cards.

Julia x

Is it really December?

I can’t believe we are on a final push towards Christmas, where did November go?

Today I’m sharing a card which with a bit of die cutting ahead of time would make a great card for mass production. 

This card uses my favourite suit from the Autumn Winter seasonal, Feels Like Frost. There is a whole range of coordinating loveliness to choose from, ive used the papers which are photographic one side and silver designs the other for the backing and die cut frames to layer up, finished with ice Stampin glitter and some beautiful shimmery seaside spray ribbon, perfect for making cards on the go or making a batch at a time.

I’ll be back soon with some Christmas projects for the home and some wrapping ideas so make sure to follow me for more inspiration.

Happy stamping

Julia x

Brightly Gleaming

If you are anything like me then I expect you have a hard job resisting anything shiny, so I couldn’t resist getting the beautiful copper finished papers that coordinates with the brightly gleaming stamp set, unfortunately I was not alone in loving these papers and they are know sold out!
The stamp set is still available so I thought I would show you some cards which I made using it, once I started I couldn’t stop!

This card uses the seasonal layers dies and I have stamped the image and greeting in versamark ink and embossed it with copper embossing powder for some shine.

In these two cards the layout is the same and I have made a 3D bauble using the punches which coordinate with the stamped images, again using embossing powder.

Finally I used the punches to make baubles as above and added them onto an embossed background for some texture.

I hope that’s given you some ideas and if you didn’t manage to get those beautiful papers, you could substitute any of our other papers for the baubles.

Happy stamping

Julia x

#Elfie

I couldn’t resist the cute elf set that we have this Christmas, since we have an elf come to visit us each year in my day job as a childminder I knew it would get lots of use!
I thought it was perfect for a waterfall card as there are lots of images of cheeky elves to choose from.

As you can’t see the images on each flap I’ve uploaded a video so you can see it in action.

That’s all from me today,
Happy stamping
Julia x

More Christmas

I think Christmas has to be my favourite time of the year, so many reasons to craft with so many cards, tags and other items to make!
With that in mind I’d like to share a simple card using just a couple of elements from one of my favourite sets Snowfront.

To make this card, I have inked the background and added a circle mask to make a moon and then used the trees from Snowfront to create some dimension. A really quick card to make if like me you send lots of cards.

I also experimented with the stamps on some tree decorations.

I used some pre drilled wood slices to stamp on, using stazon ink this time and added some glitter to make them lovely and shimmery. These could either be used as tree decorations, for tags or on the front of a card where it would double as both a card and decoration.

I hope I’ve inspired you not to just stamp on card stock, and I’ll be back soon with some more inspiration.

Happy stamping

Julia

Christmas is coming!We have a

Christmas is fast approaching and here at the Crafty Yellow Camper we’ve been busy with Christmas cards over the last few weeks, prepping kits for classes and planning for our mini onstage (more on that later).
Stampin Up! have given us such a wide range of Christmas crafting supplies that cover all your Christmas needs and much more it’s been hard to decide where to start, I have had so many ideas floating around in my head that it’s been difficult to pin them down and start on my own cards!
I thought today I would share some of the ideas that we have made in my October classes.

Firstly

We have a fabulous suite of items that I have used to make this snow globe shaker card, so easy to put together with our snow globe shaker domes which come already sticky for you to assemble easily and there is a great set of stamps and dies which coordinate to make it even easier. I think those little polar bears are my favourite and they will be appearing on lots of my cards this year!

I also wanted to show you that you don’t need to use the domes to get other great cards using this set..

On this card I have used the dies but not the domes and after inking it spritzed it with some frost white all purpose ink to give it lots of shimmer. The dies make it really easy to create a scene with little or no stamping, which is great for mass production.

On this card I used the wonderful snow front to create a Christmas mountain scene, a great stamp set for creating endless scenes using different combinations of the stamps. I will be showing you later on how to pair this with Waterfront to expand the possibilities.

That’s all from me today, watch this space for more ideas.

Happy stamping

Julia x

Penguin Parade

Okay so it’s not exactly a parade! You’ll have to forgive me my alliteration!

Today’s card uses the cute new penguins which have, in my opinion, many uses, Stampin up! Have though of us and incorporated some greetings which make it not only great for Christmas but also great for birthdays, anniversaries and much more. Any of you who know me well will know that however lovely a set is I stick to my 5 ways rule when purchasing new product, so for this set we have the 3 card types I’ve mentioned above, plus it will be awesome for making tags, decorating wrapping paper and much more.

Again a fairly simple card, I used some sponges and ink blending tools and the torn paper technique to make the background for the penguins and added some of that ice glitter for snow, there isn’t a die for the penguins I’m afraid but they aren’t difficult to fussy cut, I have a you tube tutorial about fussy cutting, and they do ramp up the cuteness factor by raising them up with dimensional.

That’s all from me for today, check back next week to see what I’ve been up to with our snow globe dies and the wonderful new Snow Front stamp set.

Happy stamping

Julia x