The embossed vellum tip! You previously mentioned that tip in a previous video, and since then, I have been embossing all my vellum that way. No cracked vellum yet. Thank you so much for all that you do! ❤️❤️❤️
This was a terrific video! I’ve been making cards for 20 years and found quite a few VERY helpful hints! This old dog learned a few new tricks! Thanks!
I find all of your tips great, just commenting on the ones that were standing out to me: 1) Definitely make your own card bases. Even though I'm in Germany, I do make a lot of US A2 cards. I found that Hammermill Color Copy Digital Cover, 100lb, 250 Sheets is the best value you can get with free shipping to Germany. It currently ends up at 16 cts/sheet, which is great for the letter format we don't get over here. And it is very good cardstock for blending, also. 5) Using Press'n'seal for what it was meant for - sealing! That is definitely a "why didn't I ever ..." thing. I've had so many pots dying on my. No more! 9) This wowed me so! My favorite. 15) Or maybe this may be my fave. Such a game changer! Thanks for sharing these tip!
Thank you very much for all the great tips. The use of baseball card holders I saw on a previous video was the greatest tip I have ever found. I stamp my sentiments and cut out some dies and put them in my binder by topic. Saved me HOURS and so much frustration! Sometimes I label them with the stamp set I used. So many stamp sets have sentiments, but I can't remember where they are when I need them. Now I just stamp some so I can go to my "baseball" sheets notebook and get them. I also use photo holders for larger dies or stamped images, Helped me so much!
Thank you for doing videos on using what we have, making do with what's in our stashes. I unsubscribed to many YT channels because it all seemed to be about selling me more stuff. Now I only subscribe to channels that show me techniques and new ideas, not new product releases.
My favorites are a tie between #4 (flipped pine stencil with lighter and darker greens) and #15 (No-crack embossed vellum, with a two-fer of embossed 65# white). 💃😎💙
Great tips! Some I knew or were reminders, but the new-to-me ones are super. The new one that I think will be a real game-changer is using press n seal in texture paste jars! Thank you! I enjoy your videos 😊
You are so lovely. Your smile, the way you pace your presenting, easy to follow, and such wonderful tips. Also, you make everything doable, even for beginners like me. A very big thank you. So glad I found you. Jo xx
I’m glad you found me, too! So happy to hear you enjoy my style of teaching and that you know you can do the techniques even as a beginner! Please come over the Facebook Village Card and Crafts! We have a small group and lovely people. Everyone is willing to help answer questions and share their work and knowledge.
Very helpful!! I like that you can you emboss in white and use a marker to colored it!! I had never thought of that!! Hope you have an amazing weekend!!
Wendy, thanks so much!! What a terrific video. You hit it out of the park with the tips. May not have seen anything new but the reminder of tried and true ideas was the bonus!!
Great tips! Love the work with what you have suggestions. Building your stock using the baseball card sleeves is awesome! That’s where the stress comes in is all the supplies and money it takes to buy them only to make mistakes. Wasted product is the worse. Having a plan and being prepared is key. Thank you!!
Definitely leaning toward using the BINDER to store extra pieces & parts, but I’d dearly love to find such a thing that would have the D-Ring mechanism on the SHORT SIDE. That way, I can shelve the binder with the sleeves hung from their tops, which, I feel, would keep them straighter than might be the case if only a few sleeves were in a standard binder. (“If wishes were horses … “ … We’d be up to our hinnies in ROAD APPLES!! 🤦🏼♀️ 🤷🏼♀️ ) Marker-coloring of PEARLs, etc., Embellishments: Thankfully I took note of another Crafter’s use of this technique some years ago, because, as I said, I have very minimal stash space. Using this idea makes it easier to get closer to the color desired and with a small number of places to search as to where I put the lil things (🤔)!! As for the first suggestion of cutting up cardstock into ready-made bases: I opted not to do that, as it seems more advantageous to “my system” to keep everything as flat and contained as possible. Turning card into bases doubles (at a minimum) the space necessary to store them, and, if I decide I a l s o want top-fold cards, there’s another organizational division I have to deal with. Thanks ever so much for the “Food for Thought”!! The video segments that accompany your info are as inspirational as the narrative is informative.
First of all I HAVE to keep your horses and wishes in my hat! Loved that!! In terms of creating your own card bases from yardstick, this was simply to show that making your own is much more cost effective and simple. It wasn't necessarily about having them made up before your crafting session, although I rather like having mine done ahead of time. I totally get the shortage of space. In terms of the binder, I don't have any issue with die cuts/ sentiments getting bent up. I would think that you would find it hard to find pocket inserts for a binder like that, as well. ROAD APPLES HAHAHAHA
Love them all. Some are reminders; but so happy about #15 - backing vellum with cardstock to avoid tearing and getting embossed cardstock, too. But maybe I was too busy taking notes, but did I miss #13? Or was it just a verbal and didn’t have an actual #13?
Hi! It’s been quite a while since releasing this video, so I had to rewatch it. #13 is swatching your inks so you match things up to projects. Thanks for watching! 🩷
Envelopes are completely different story. You can get 65# recollections card on sale at Michaels from time to time for 3/$10. Then it's worth it. Many times I can get A2 envelopes on sale and they come out much cheaper. Generally you will only get one A2 envelope from a sheet of 8 1/2 x 11" card stock. For larger cards you need 12 x 12 yardstick. If it doesn't have to be mailed, then you can make it cheaper. But that's not my general experience.
I m o s t o f t e n use my computer to generate the I N S I D E of my cards (instead of stamps), and print them on HP 32# Premium printer paper. Then, using my WeRmemoryMakers ENVELOPE “punch board” to make the envelopes of the same paper. It’s very smooth (“nice hand”) and, to my taste, the perfect shade of white! AND it matches what I’ve already got going with the card.
@@villagecardandcrafts Wow! That's a great price. Here in Canada I might get Buy 1 Get1 for $29. I do make envelopes occasionally for my craftboard coloured cards.
But the premade card base's come with envelopes, you would have to cost the purchase of envelopes separately, premade also ensures your envelopes are perfect fit
I've always wanted a score board , but when I go to buy one I always feel that I really don't need one. For the money, I can do without it. It's on my cutter anyway.
Which was your favorite tip?
The embossed vellum tip! You previously mentioned that tip in a previous video, and since then, I have been embossing all my vellum that way. No cracked vellum yet. Thank you so much for all that you do! ❤️❤️❤️
I really like the tip about using the stamp positioner for lining up other elements. ❤
Omg, that vellum and paper embossing. 😮Genius!!!
Storing cut focal images in baseball card holders. That's my favorite tip!
New one to me is running your vellum through embossing folders with a sheet of cardstock! TFS & the tips were SUPER! Hugs my crafty Friend ❤ XOXOXO ❤
Two tips new to me...coloring white embossed sentiments with alcohol ink and embossing vellum with a sheet of card stock. Thank you for the tips.
You’re welcome! Glad to bring you something new! 💕
Liked the tip on not pressing too hard on sentiment stamps to prevent smudging.
Yes that one I’m forever chanting in my head. 💜
Especially love the last tip for embossing vellum . I’d given up trying to do this successfully . This is a game changer .
Awesome! Have fun!
Great tips - I never thought about coloring my embossed sentiments! Thank you for sharing all the ideas.
You are so welcome!❤️
Great tips. My fave was the one using vellum with the card as backup.
Thank you! 😊
Love the alcohol coloring of the white embossed sentiment. Also the vellum tip.
Great! I’m glad you found something useful!
This was a terrific video! I’ve been making cards for 20 years and found quite a few VERY helpful hints! This old dog learned a few new tricks! Thanks!
Wonderful! I’m glad you found it helpful! 🩷
My fav is the 1st card the black out however the entire 15 tips are so helpful. TFS
Thanks for watching! I’m glad you enjoyed it. 😊
Thank you for reminding me of some items I had forgotten and some new ones I need to try.
Excellent! Have fun! ❤️
Oh YA!! The tip on VELLUM embossed WITH a card stock layer!! GREAT idea!!
Thank you! 😊
The only one I hadn't seen was the alcohol marker on white embossing! Very cool 😎
Thank you! 🩷
When cutting bases ahead of time I score the whole 8 1/2 x 11 sheet first then cut into card bases. 💜
Always a great option as well!
I find all of your tips great, just commenting on the ones that were standing out to me:
1) Definitely make your own card bases. Even though I'm in Germany, I do make a lot of US A2 cards.
I found that Hammermill Color Copy Digital Cover, 100lb, 250 Sheets is the best value you can get with free shipping to Germany.
It currently ends up at 16 cts/sheet, which is great for the letter format we don't get over here. And it is very good cardstock for blending, also.
5) Using Press'n'seal for what it was meant for - sealing! That is definitely a "why didn't I ever ..." thing. I've had so many pots dying on my. No more!
9) This wowed me so! My favorite.
15) Or maybe this may be my fave. Such a game changer!
Thanks for sharing these tip!
Thank you for sharing your cost effect way of making card bases in Germany. I'm thrilled I was able to bring a few things to you that you find useful!
That cardstock/vellum embossing trick is awesome! I love using vellum and I have so many embossing folders.
Wonderful! If you haven’t watched my vellum video, be sure to check it out. 💜
Thank you very much for all the great tips. The use of baseball card holders I saw on a previous video was the greatest tip I have ever found. I stamp my sentiments and cut out some dies and put them in my binder by topic. Saved me HOURS and so much frustration! Sometimes I label them with the stamp set I used. So many stamp sets have sentiments, but I can't remember where they are when I need them. Now I just stamp some so I can go to my "baseball" sheets notebook and get them. I also use photo holders for larger dies or stamped images, Helped me so much!
Excellent!
Love the tip for adding the card stock to embossing with the vellum😊
Glad it was helpful!💕
Thank you for doing videos on using what we have, making do with what's in our stashes. I unsubscribed to many YT channels because it all seemed to be about selling me more stuff. Now I only subscribe to channels that show me techniques and new ideas, not new product releases.
Thank you!
This has been the most informed tutorial I have seen! And I’ve watched ALOT of them thank you for being so informative and educated on this craft.
Glad it was helpful!🩷🩷
Good stuff. Thank you. My favorite was when you showed us how to line up our strips by using the platform.
I use that one all the time! Thanks so much. I’m glad you found something usedtul. 😊
I love the make your own card bases tip. I’m new to card making and on a budget so this is really helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
My favorites are a tie between #4 (flipped pine stencil with lighter and darker greens) and #15 (No-crack embossed vellum, with a two-fer of embossed 65# white). 💃😎💙
Thanks for watching! Glad you found something you liked. 😊
Great tips! Some I knew or were reminders, but the new-to-me ones are super. The new one that I think will be a real game-changer is using press n seal in texture paste jars! Thank you! I enjoy your videos 😊
I'm so glad you found some new tips that will be helpful! 😊
❤ Thank you So much for us - beginers. The cardmaking looks very easy when you watch it on YT, but reality is much harder 😅
You’re welcome 😊. I was a beginner not too long ago! You’ve got this!
Great tips! Must try the added paper sheet w vellum for embossing. Also, very intrigued by making custom pastes w the Golden medium ! 🧑🏼🎨😀
Have fun! I love making my own texture pastes. I have both gloss and matte, but enjoy the gloss so much more.
Thanks for all the tips!
Thanks for watching!
I love #9, coloring white embossed sentiment with Copics!
Thank you!
I have just recently found the Accent Opaque cardstock. What a fabulous find was this for us cardmakers!!! You are so right!
Wonderful! Glad to hear you found it!
The last one . A game changer !
Thank you! ❤️
Love the hints on stamping and embossing I have had the worst time making sure they’re crisp lettering
Great! I’m so happy to have been helpful! 😊
Just wanted to say that I keep all my sentiments etc in a pocket folder now. Such a fab idea to be able to look through
Wonderful! Makes it easier to locate what I’m looking for. Glad you like it!
Never thought about storing cut focal images in baseball card holders. Great tip!
Glad you found something helpful! 😊
I love the tip on embossing vellum! Thank you so much!
You are so welcome! I’m happy it was helpful! ❤️
Thanks for sharing 💕
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching! 🩵
Love the vellum embossing tip - will definitely try it!
It's so good!💕
9 and 15 were new to me.
Great!
#9 is a new one on me! And that vellum embossing tip was great👍
Excellent! 🩷
Thank you ❤
You're welcome 😊
Some good tips! I like using scraps of paper for pop ups!
Great idea!😊
The vellum with cardstock to prevent cracking!
One of my favs!
Great techniques.
Glad you like them!
Love, love,love and appreciate your videos!
Thank you so much! 💜
You are so lovely. Your smile, the way you pace your presenting, easy to follow, and such wonderful tips. Also, you make everything doable, even for beginners like me. A very big thank you. So glad I found you. Jo xx
I’m glad you found me, too! So happy to hear you enjoy my style of teaching and that you know you can do the techniques even as a beginner! Please come over the Facebook Village Card and Crafts! We have a small group and lovely people. Everyone is willing to help answer questions and share their work and knowledge.
TFS💖
You are so welcome! 😎
Love all your ideas ❤
Thanks so much! 💕
Lots of great tips. Thank you for sharing with us. My fave was, moving the stencil to create a shadow. 💜
You are so welcome! 😊
Very helpful!! I like that you can you emboss in white and use a marker to colored it!! I had never thought of that!! Hope you have an amazing weekend!!
Thank you! You too! 💜
Wow! Thanks so much❣️
I am so glad you liked it! 😊
#4 turning the stencil and using a different color.
Love that one! 🩷
I like the embossed vellum tip! Thank you !
You are so welcome!😊
I liked Tipp 3 and 6 most
Terrific! 💕
Wendy, thanks so much!! What a terrific video. You hit it out of the park with the tips. May not have seen anything new but the reminder of tried and true ideas was the bonus!!
Glad they come as good reminders! 😊
I liked the vellum technique that’s a cool tip. 💜💐
Glad you liked it!! 💜
I thought all of your tips were practical and very useful! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!😃
Thanks for all these tips! I love the stencil flipping tip. I knew about it but needed a reminder! TFS!
Glad it was helpful!❤️
Wow awesome yips
Thanks for watching! 😊
Great tips! Love the work with what you have suggestions. Building your stock using the baseball card sleeves is awesome! That’s where the stress comes in is all the supplies and money it takes to buy them only to make mistakes. Wasted product is the worse. Having a plan and being prepared is key. Thank you!!
Thank you! I’m glad you found value in my content! 😊
I liked all your tips, I always to shy away from mixed media so I like the tips for the technique. Thanks.
Thank you so much! Don’t shy away from mixed media. It’s so fun! Get in there and play 😁
All of the tips are great. I like #4 Stretch your stencils.
Glad you like them! 😃
My favorite were all of them. As a newbie I have learned so much with your videos. I appreciate all your help and your resources.
Awesome! Thank you! 💜
#4 . Great tips. Love your card.
Thanks so much! I’m glad you enjoyed the video! 💜
My favorites are coloring the white embossing powder and the vellum hint. Thank you.
You are so welcome! Glad it was helpful! 💕
Me too! Same faves!! 😊
Hello, I just subscribed to your channel. You explain things so simply and I really like your tips which resonate with how I learn new techniques. 😊
Awesome! Thank you. I’m so happy enjoyed my video. 💜
I liked them all. Ruth down under.
Thank you, Ruth! 🤩
Fantastic tips! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!🩷
Great tips
Thank you 😊
Thanks for all your wonderful tips and tricks.
Thanks for watching! 😎
Very nice thank you
Most welcome 😊
Definitely leaning toward using the BINDER to store extra pieces & parts, but I’d dearly love to find such a thing that would have the D-Ring mechanism on the SHORT SIDE. That way, I can shelve the binder with the sleeves hung from their tops, which, I feel, would keep them straighter than might be the case if only a few sleeves were in a standard binder. (“If wishes were horses … “ … We’d be up to our hinnies in ROAD APPLES!! 🤦🏼♀️ 🤷🏼♀️ )
Marker-coloring of PEARLs, etc., Embellishments: Thankfully I took note of another Crafter’s use of this technique some years ago, because, as I said, I have very minimal stash space. Using this idea makes it easier to get closer to the color desired and with a small number of places to search as to where I put the lil things (🤔)!!
As for the first suggestion of cutting up cardstock into ready-made bases: I opted not to do that, as it seems more advantageous to “my system” to keep everything as flat and contained as possible. Turning card into bases doubles (at a minimum) the space necessary to store them, and, if I decide I a l s o want top-fold cards, there’s another organizational division I have to deal with.
Thanks ever so much for the “Food for Thought”!! The video segments that accompany your info are as inspirational as the narrative is informative.
First of all I HAVE to keep your horses and wishes in my hat! Loved that!! In terms of creating your own card bases from yardstick, this was simply to show that making your own is much more cost effective and simple. It wasn't necessarily about having them made up before your crafting session, although I rather like having mine done ahead of time. I totally get the shortage of space. In terms of the binder, I don't have any issue with die cuts/ sentiments getting bent up. I would think that you would find it hard to find pocket inserts for a binder like that, as well. ROAD APPLES HAHAHAHA
Never tried the embossing and alcohol markers. Great tip. Like all the tips.
Thank you so much! That particular tip brings a whole new game to embossing. 🩷
Backing the vellum to emboss!
That’s a great one! 😊
Greetings, was quite surprised by tip #9. It was a totally new idea for me and one I will use. Thanxs
Hello! I’m happy to be able to bring something new to your craft room! 🩷
Love them all. Some are reminders; but so happy about #15 - backing vellum with cardstock to avoid tearing and getting embossed cardstock, too. But maybe I was too busy taking notes, but did I miss #13? Or was it just a verbal and didn’t have an actual #13?
Hi! It’s been quite a while since releasing this video, so I had to rewatch it. #13 is swatching your inks so you match things up to projects. Thanks for watching! 🩷
Great tips! Thanks for the information.
Glad it was helpful!😊
Lots of good information. New subscriber.
Thank you very much! Happy to have you join us! 😊
Inspirational as usual. Thank you.
Awww thank you so much! 😊
That was an awesome informative video. Thank you soooo much. Love it ❤🎉
You are so welcome! I’m glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Love 3
Thank you! 😊
I haven't seen #4,#8,9,#15 and #15 was my favorite
Awesome! Thank you! 😍
❤
Accent opaque. What gsm or lb paper? I see 65lb on Amazon for $21 not $14
Hello! This is the card that I use.amzn.to/3X683PT
For card bases score the 8 1/2 x 11 paper before you cut them. Saves 1 score for each page.
Thank you. 😊
You calculated card bases, but what about envelopes?
Envelopes are completely different story. You can get 65# recollections card on sale at Michaels from time to time for 3/$10. Then it's worth it. Many times I can get A2 envelopes on sale and they come out much cheaper. Generally you will only get one A2 envelope from a sheet of 8 1/2 x 11" card stock. For larger cards you need 12 x 12 yardstick. If it doesn't have to be mailed, then you can make it cheaper. But that's not my general experience.
I make envelopes from the 12x12 paper patterns I do not like. The ones I have are white on one side so I use that for the outside of the envelope.
I m o s t o f t e n use my computer to generate the I N S I D E of my cards (instead of stamps), and print them on HP 32# Premium printer paper. Then, using my WeRmemoryMakers ENVELOPE “punch board” to make the envelopes of the same paper. It’s very smooth (“nice hand”) and, to my taste, the perfect shade of white! AND it matches what I’ve already got going with the card.
@@villagecardandcrafts Wow! That's a great price. Here in Canada I might get Buy 1 Get1 for $29. I do make envelopes occasionally for my craftboard coloured cards.
👍✌️🙏❤
But the premade card base's come with envelopes, you would have to cost the purchase of envelopes separately, premade also ensures your envelopes are perfect fit
I typically make my envelopes as well.
I am very hard of hearing thus greatly appreciate your speech being very distinct!
Thank you for the kind words! I'm glad you're able to enjoy the video! 🩷
I've always wanted a score board , but when I go to buy one I always feel that I really don't need one. For the money, I can do without it. It's on my cutter anyway.
I understand. It’s something extra to store, An extra expense, and you’ve already got one available.
Unfortunately accent opaque cardstock tripled in price so now it’s cheaper to purchase already made card bases.
I've definitely noticed the price increases on supplies lately, too. I’m looking at changing to Hammermill but need to do some investigation first.
@ I bought hammermill it’s not as nice as accent but it will do. I hate they went up so much on accent. It’s over 30 now for the 200 pack.
I know! Crazy!