I love that cute laminated tree. Great idea to use the laminator! The tiny elf stamp is adorable and I love those silver strips. They add so much to a card. Wow! Faux vellum and laminated paper napkins! What creative ideas!😲

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Hi Susan - Those were a lot of fun to make!!

Julie thank you for the great ideas to use up scraps. My favourite is the Christmas tree on the tags. I look forward to your next video. 🐞🇦🇺

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I have really been enjoying this scrap series - this week is bag tags...

Hi again Julia. These are great cards. Thanks so much. 😊🇨🇦

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHA Brendaelane - Are you caught up yet?! I think you might be binge watching🤣😂🤣

Nice cards! Love the story of the snowman face 😀. Such a sweet person to send you a stamp! TFS you’re very inspiring!

@SeniorSusieStamps

11 ай бұрын

Hi Nancy - You are so very welcome!

Love the laminating idea. You are so creative!

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Hi Barbara and Welcome to My Channel! I am fairly new to laminating so you know I am laminating everything!! LOL - Cordelia better watch out huh?!

I'm so enjoying your vids. Thanks!

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you - Welcome to My Channel! I hope you will Come Back Soon!!

beautiful cards, i like the tree ones the best

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for letting me know! I just staggered those strips and then cut the trees they were 1 1/2 inch by 3 inch. The strips overlapped at an angle. And the strips were different widths.

First time catching your show. I love your infectious laugh. Also love your cards.

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Hi Darlene - Welcome to My Channel! I hope you will Come Back Soon!!

Nulia, I think KS your scrap cards are awesome! That KS for sharing your tips and ideas with your KZread viewers.

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Hi Roxanne - You are so very welcome! These were fun to make!!

I am so glad the stamp got to you in one piece and is usable. You made the cutest little snowman and I LOVE the way you are using scraps. The laminating is going to be something I hope to do more now, them machine has been sitting there long enough! Thank you for sharing all the beautiful card ideas.

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Hi Sybil - I am in love with this snowman face! It's the perfect size for my punches. And honestly is the cutest snowman face I have ever seen. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

Thank you, Julia. I am so happy for you getting to the 1000 members, so deserved. Thank you for all you do! Hugs.

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Awww Jan - You are so appreciated!! I feel stoked and hopeful for the rest of this year.

Great 😊

Adorable cards!

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kathleen!

I'm so glad that I found you, you have such great ideas & technique. I've been binge watching your videos (I hope you don't mind). Love the cards that you are making so thanks for sharing them all. I'm off to watch another video LOL.

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Oh thank you! Isn't that little snowman card cute??

Your cards are adorable!!

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Sheila - I appreciate your kindness!

They are lovely Susie 😊

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mary - They were a lot of fun to make!

Your cards are so cute . I joyed watching u make them. My first time watching u. Myrna from Louisiana😊

@SeniorSusieStamps

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Myrna and Welcome to my channel! There is a lot of good content here already if you'd like to back watch some. I'm in the process of a major move and won't be putting out any new content until next spring sometime. Happy Holidays!!

Very nice cards , I'm the only crafter in my circle, I'd love some crafty friends

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@surgicaltechcrafter2169

Жыл бұрын

Me too. I have so much going on..All by Myself.

I love your cards! I am making my cards this year from scraps from the past two years! 💕

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Lisa! I have been enjoying the scrap process over the past year...

Just found you...very Creative! Thank you gonna look up your faux vellum 🤗

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Hi Joni - and Welcome to My Channel! I really like the way the napkin functions when it's laminated. And the white size is ever so versatile!!

I love snowman. Now I need that face. Congrats. I just found you and subscribed

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to My Channel! He is a cutie isn't he?!

Slowly but surely catching up on your videos!! Congratulations on reaching over 1000k subscribers! I’m so excited and happy for you!! These cards all turned out great! That snowman face stamp is absolutely adorable!!

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Maureen! I think he is just a cutie!! And I can't believe the subscribers!!!

Hi Julia! I forgot it's Thursday! But I found you and your beautiful Christmas cards! Love the snowman face stamp! What a cute little guy he is! I love all that you've done with the laminator. Your cards seem to come together so easily! You really do inspire me!

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Claudia - He is a Cutie isn't He?! I really think the key to using scraps successfully is to use the coordinating papers. You just can't go wrong because everything goes together already. Then all you have to figure out is an embellishment and focal point. And it's Card Done!!

Love your Christmas cards ❤️

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Karin!

Just missed you.but I'll watch

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Let me know what you think!

CONGRATULATIONS on passing 1000 subs Julia!! You have a fabulous channel and I hope you just keep on growing just like I feel I am in my cardmaking journey tuning in to your wisdom and wonderful humour. I so look forward to joining you in your studio each time. 😊

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kaye - You are so sweet to me!! Did you have a favorite card this time?

@kayebrown2440

Жыл бұрын

@@SeniorSusieStamps Sorry! Yes! I loved the one with the big snowman on it. They all came together really well though with lots of good ideas with laminating. 😊

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

@@kayebrown2440 Isn't that stamp adorable?!?!

Congrats on reaching 1,000 subscribers! The snowman face stamp is adorable!

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kathleen!! And I totally agree!!

Hi Julia - "Senior Pat" here in New Hampshire. Love these cards. The one with the paper napkin of all trees, that you laminated one side might look pretty and muted by using the back side, not the laminated one. I may try that.

@SeniorSusieStamps

20 күн бұрын

Thanks! I was experimenting with the laminator. It gives a lot of different results!

Hi, to make your trees or anything else have a clear glass finish, Linda Bedinger from Ink and Ingenuity (you tube video) explained how she used a wide clear packaging tape. It might work a bit cheaper that lamination sheets. I have bought some to try this out. Your cards are lovely and given me another idea to try this out. She used them to make Christmas hanging balls and they looked good. Thank you for sharing your ideas. I have just subscribed to you channel🙂

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Hi Ann and Welcome to My Channel. Yes I have used packing tape as well and keep a roll on my craft cart. But I just got a laminator so you know I am looking for everything possible to laminate! LOL isn't that the way of it?! Happy Crafting and Thank You for subscribing! Come Back Soon!!

🎉✨🎈✨🎉YAY JULIA... well done, and congratulations for reaching over 1000 subscribers❣❣❣ 🎉✨🎈✨🎉 I am so delighted that more and more crafters are finding your channel. 😀 As you make so many Christmas cards for the seniors you are very organised, and it is fun seeing your thought process as you put the cards together. Julia, when you glue the faux vellum with the laminated side down how well does it adhere, and will it eventually lift up because the surface is laminated? Also, if you apply glue to the laminated side do you still see the glue once it dries? Your faux vellum is very versatile as you can use either side, and the more subtle side would have also looked lovely on your third card. I must say my favourite card was the second one you made 'Joy to the World', with the nativity scene. Have a wonderful, and productive day in your craft studio with Cordelia. Blessings, love and hugs from your Aussie friend Gloria❣ 🥰☕🍰💐💖💝💕

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Hi Gloria - Such wonderful, thought filled questions! So far, I have not had any Art Glitter Glue showing through once it's dry. The ATG tape runner did show on the laminate to paper side and needs to be covered up. And I haven't had it pull off the piece. I will be checking them again in a couple of weeks. Will update if there is a change to that. At the point of lamination, you have to choose which side of the serviette you want to have the laminate on, unless of course you are doing plain white. If you laminate on top of a designer serviette it really brings out the colors. And the back is obveously "The Backside". That's why on some of them I split them and laminate half on the front and half on the back. Does that make sense? It allows me to choose shiny or textured. But you can't really change your mind on them and just flip them over, it just doesn't look quite right. I love than "Joy to the World" card too!!! Sending you Hopes for a Beautiful Day in your neck of the World! Julia

Can you use the minc to laminate? Love #3.

@SeniorSusieStamps

11 ай бұрын

I'm sorry Sharon I know nothing about minc so I'm not the right person to ask.

What kind of glue do you use on your laminated pieces? Thank you for this tutorial..love them cards!!!

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Hi Ellen - Glad you enjoyed this one. To answer your question - My glue of choice is alway Art Glitter Glue with the fine tip. It works 100% of the time; with just enough drying time to give you a little squiggle room, but not too much. You also can get by with less than you think - I probably use way too much. Hope this helps.

I love your videos Julia! I was wondering how you laminate on just one side - I have a laminating machine, do I just send it through the machine with 1 layer of laminating film?

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Hi Sharon - I don't think i would send it with just one layer it might stick to your rollers. Here is how I do mine - kzread.info/dash/bejne/qIF5tceadNHImrA.html

@sharonh.5586

Жыл бұрын

@@SeniorSusieStamps Thank you so much!

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

@@sharonh.5586 You are welcome - Happy Crafting!

First time watcher! 😁 what is the purpose of laminating? Thank you!

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Hi Susan and Welcome to My Channel. I use the laminator for a couple of reasons. First to add clear laminate shine; you could use packing tape for this if you don't have laminator. I also like to use it to stiffen tissue and paper napkins, so you can use like regular paper. The lamination process gives structure to those papers. Hope this helps! There is a lot of content on the channel so Come Back Soon! Julia

What kind of laminator do you use?

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Hi Sally - I purchased it last year from amazon. It's a Royal Sovereign 12" Desktop Laminating Machine with Jam Release Lever (CL-1223) , White they cost about $30 here in the USA from amazon or walmart. And I was very satisfied with amazon basics laminator pouches if they are still available. Hope this helps.

Watching the replay and wishing I had a laminator but I do not. I saw a tip about using clear packing tape to make things shiny, wonder if it might work on your trees?

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Yes Kathy it would. I have done that many times! And if your piece is smaller than the tape you won't see any tape lines. Just trim the excess off.

@kathykelly283

Жыл бұрын

@@SeniorSusieStamps I was thinking about the trees, put the tape on before cutting. By any chance do you remember the size of cardstock that you covered and how you cut the 3 trees?

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

These were just leftover strips and they were varying length. The widths varied also if I recall. If I were doing it with packing tape - mine is 2 inches - I would cut the final tree 1 3/4 inch wide by 3 1/2 inch tall, or close to that. On the 3 I made I did a zig/zag cut and got all 3 trees out of 1 piece. It was about 4 inches tall by 6 inches wide...more or less.

@kathykelly283

Жыл бұрын

@@SeniorSusieStamps Thank you - that gives me a place to start. I just LOVE that snowman face, wish they were still available. Just saw your bokah video - that is such a cool technique. I have been watching mostly Christmas card video's right now since I am starting on mine. I only do about 150 so don't need anywhere near what you make.

WHERE YOU GET THE SIVLER STRIPS TO RIGHT NEXT TO THE TREE CARD

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Hi Angie - Those come from Paperwishes.com here is a link for that specific one. But be sure and check out the whole line - they are very easy to use! paperwishes.com/products/4020019

The laminator tree looks good, I thought that perhaps you could also put widish sellotape on to the card and trim tfs your great idea. I am in UK and we have friends in Virginia but I love your accent - which state are you in tfs

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Hi Ruth and Welcome to My Channel! I am in Tennessee. And your idea for tape - I have to look up widish sellotape - is a great idea!!! Not everyone has a laminator and that would give a laminated look wouldn't it?! Thank you so much for sharing!!

What kind of glue do you use?

@SeniorSusieStamps

10 ай бұрын

Books by Hand PVA or Art Glitter Glue are my go to glues.

Do you have a video in how to laminate those small scraps? Thank you

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Hi Wendy - I put those small scraps in a laminating pouch together and then cut them apart. I only laminated one side so there would be a good glue surface on the back. To do this I put 2 sheets of copy paper in between layers. My go to guru for laminating is Ann Melvin and she just published a fabulous laminating video today - here is a link - kzread.info/dash/bejne/dJiOuraDZJe-aM4.html I show how to do the faux vellum in an earlier video - here is a link - kzread.info/dash/bejne/qIF5tceadNHImrA.html

@wendydemaine959

Жыл бұрын

@@SeniorSusieStamps many thanks. I’ll try it. Great idea

Drinking my coffee and enjoying your video I was so excited when I saw this come through this morning 😊. Congratulations on your subscribers you deserve it fully 😃. Can't wait to get in my craft room later. By the way Julia I would love to send you a Christmas card this year all the way from Australia? Do you accept cards from your subscribers?

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

Hi Lindsey It makes me very happy that you are excited to see one of my videos come up!! I would love to receive a card. If you would please PM me over on the facebook page, and we can chat! facebook.com/seniorsusiestamps

@gregsgirl23au

Жыл бұрын

@@SeniorSusieStamps oh I'm not on social media 😥

@SeniorSusieStamps

Жыл бұрын

@@gregsgirl23au I understand that.

@gregsgirl23au

Жыл бұрын

@@SeniorSusieStamps never mind 😊I will just continue to enjoy your videos 😊