Stéphanie Tsang Créations

Do you know what "cluster cards" are? It's a style where you put several stamps and die cut pieces around a central point (usually the sentiment), and it forms a cluster. It's a style I have found I love to make. This card is a good example of that. I have stamped, die cut or fussy cut several pieces and adhered them around the sentiment. There is also a piece of DSP across the card base, with some tone on tone stamping peeking out from under it. To add interest and depth, some pieces are adhere directly to the card, some are popped up with dimensionals. Some pieces are partly hidden under the circle and some are in front. Because this type of card can quickly become too busy, I made sure to leave a big blank space at the bottom; which created a big colour block with the cardbase. I also kept the number of colours to a minimum. It helps tie everything together easily. So what do you think of cluster cards? Do you like this style? Have you tried before? I'd l...

When you first discover the world of scrapbook and cardmaking, your first thought is probably, "Where was this all my life?" But also, "Where do I start?" I'll admit, it can be a little overwhelming, and you feel like you need to get SO MANY things before you can even make a card. And then, you are still not sure how to go about creating a card. I get it, I've been there. This is why I decided to offer a class for beginners a few weeks ago, where I would focus on some card basics.  This is one of two cards we made that night. At first glance, you  might think that this card doesn't look so simple, because there are a lot of pieces on it, but the secret is in the coordination. Stampin' Up! is really the champion of coordinating products, and all the products you see on this card are part of the same product suite Coffee Break. So really, you can look at only 2 pages of the catalogue, pick all the products that coordinate, and you just KNOW yo...

Making a card shouldn't always be complicated! Actually, I would say that my cards are usually the sweet & simple type, but that one goes beyond. In fact, I was just playing around with this paper (Pick a Pattern Designer Series Paper) and I found a couple of scraps, left over from previous projects. I prepared a card base (I used Crushed Curry), stamped a sentiment form the coordinating stamp set (Emerald Envy), I punched it and added everything to the card. The more "advanced" part is the little bear that I added on top. I coloured him lightly with the AquaPainter (Sahara Sand) and fussy cut around the lines. I adhered all the pieces at an angle, making a cluster around the sentiment, and voila! I didn't even have to measure anything, and I just picked the colours that were featured on the DSP, so no guesswork there either. Coordinating products makes crafting SO easy, don't you think? What creative ways have you found to use leftovers on a project? I...

Do you ever look at the catalogue and think: "I love everything!" Well, so do I. Of course, we have to make choices and can't everything. The closest thing you can do to "have everything", is to participate in swaps. Demonstrators often participate in swaps, and OnStage is a great occasion to participate, as we meet hundreds of other demonstrators.   A swap is when each person will use make a card in multiple copies, then swap with other demonstrators, so that you end up with a stack of cards in all sorts of designs, colours, and techniques. Because everyone used different products, you get to have cards using products that you don't have. For last month's OnStage, I chose to use the InColors that were returning and the coordinating Designer Series Paper (this one retiring at the end of the month). I love the Crafting Forever stamp set, the sentiments are very fun and I played on the "cut out" phrase by adding a diagonal cut through the D...