Good morning (or night), depending when you pop on here. Either way, thanks for visiting me here 😀
Its absolutely FREEZING here in New Hampshire. We have gotten slammed with snow the last few weeks. Could that be why I’m so in a SPRING mode?
Anyway, I made the following card for my friend’s daughter. It was her birthday the other day. She just turned 4! I think she looks like this image 😀
This image is Miniwagonbella . I bought her at my LSS—>HERE.
It had to be VERY girly, so I used my favorite colors, and SEI paper Ally’s Wonderland. My dilemma came when it was time for WHERE to put the sentiment. Read on.
Yes, my card is going to be LATE! Big shock right? I’m over getting upset about sending a card too late. Its much better than not at all right? Besides, Amber has been ill , so I have not left the house. It will go postal Saturday when Jay is home, along with a few little Target Treats 😀 I’m sure Shannon won’t mind.
I wanted to share something with you that “I” find extremely helpful to use/do when I stamp.
I like to get alot of mileage out of my products, and this is one I’m sure most of you HAVE, but DON’T ever USE!
Its called a Stamp-a-ma-jig.
Now when I type, for some reason I always think people KNOW what I’m talking about. I tend to forget that some of you are new! I realize this when I get questions about the products. Please don’t EVER hesitate to ask me anything-OK! No questions is a bad/stupid question. How else do you learn? So ask away if you need too.
If you clicked the link (I just Googled one for a photo), it describes that it is a stamp positioner, and yadayadayada. I find it very helpful to line up images when I stamp-especially 2-step stamping. I am pretty OK with doing it on my own, but I do have some blocks that are mounted crooked or the image is really to tiny to figure where it lies on the block, and so on. Plus with the rise in acrylic images, you may not find you use yours much anymore.
Well I am going to change that! Here comes MY cool new use for it! It will save many cards for you I’m sure. Or it will save the after thought of “Oh I shoulda………”
Do you ever wonder if a card NEEDS something more? Or if a particular sentiment will fit in a certain spot? If it does, how will it look? Will it ruin it, orclutter the card all together? Will it be better in another spot? And the thinking goes on and on, right?
NOW here is the solution that helps me! After MANY ruined cards, I FINALLY figured it out (a while ago).
Not only will it show you HOW it will look, but it can help you place it, and get it right! It can also help you decide to NOT use it, before your masterpiece is ruined.
Click the following thumbnails for a larger view!
I use my stamp-a-ma-jig, line it up, and stamp my image/sentiment, on the plastic layer that comes with it.
You may also use a window sheet for this. DONT use StazOn!!!!
I then take the layer, with my image, and place in in different places on my card.
place 1 place 2 place 3-a winner!
This helps me see if it will look good where I THOUGHT I wanted it, which was originally place 1, or better elsewhere.
Sometimes I change what I originally thought, and go with something else-or nothing at all.
Now by lining it up on the Stamp-a-ma-jig, I can ensure that my image will end up exactly where I want. In this case, with the “girl” word at the edge of the corner.
So as you can see by my finished card above, it is exactly as I wanted it, but not where it was suppose to go. My card was saved, and all is good.
I hope you found this helpful and use it in the future! You can even do it with colored ink if you are undecided what may be better! So go for it!
Till tomorrow.
I have some Papertrey samples, MFT sneak peek’s, Lizzie Anne and more Bella’s to come! Not to mention our Saturday Sketch!
39 Responses for "Not just a Stamp-a-ma-jig…………cool new use."
Thank you for the great idea. I had been wondering what the heck that thing was for and I had to go to Michael’s to stare at it and figure out what to do with it. When I did…I was sooooo happy. I always mess up my 2-step stamping. This tool has saved many a project for me. I didn’t think about using it to test placement. I know you will think me crazy but I wish for one day we had snow. It was 70 degrees in So Cal yesterday. Isn’t this supposed to be Winter?
This card is absolutely adorable!!! I’m sure Shannon is going to love it!! (So’s her mom!!!!).
I never though of doing this with the Stamp-a-ma-jig. I’ve ruined many cards when I go to put on the sentiment. This is such a great idea!!! Thanks so much for charing it!!!
Hope Amber is feeling better and back to driving yo crazy soon!!! It is so wrong for kids to be sick!!!
So cute! Don’t think we have any LSS in Canada that sell Bellas….hmmmm will have to look into that….I hate ordering online and waiting for my stamps! I don’t have a lot of patience…haha!
The SAMJ is great for that purpose. I do that often as well. Otherwise it rarely gets used. Think I had mine in the box for about a year or so before it saw ink on it!
Sorry you are getting hit with winter. I totally understand where you are coming from in wanting spring. We have atleast 3 more months of winter here…ugh!
What a precious card. Thanks for reminding me about my SAMJ–I must make better use of it and this is a great one. Hope Amber is feeling better.
Cheryl
Love the card and thanks for the tip! I realized that I do this without even knowing it. It will be a wonderful thing to teach now that I know I’m doing it! ~:-D
Oh… and at least you get your cards in the mail… 😉
I hope Amber feels better soon! What a cute card! I, too, like to use my stamping tools as much as possible. I have used my stamp-a-ma-jig this way, too. I also discovered when mass producing my Christmas cards that the plastic sheet you get with your stamp-a-ma-jig works great as a pallate (sp?) for coloring in images. I was using Twinkling H2O’s and the sheet worked so well for this.
Sorry to hear Amber is sick. How is Alexa? This is a great card. I still have a few uninked bellas and of course my eye on a few more. Waiting for new releases, esp LAD! Woo hoo, the stamp-a-ma-jig is great!
I’m MORE than sure Shannon will like it, and be just as happy to wait…she’ll catch on quick that it is more fun to let your birthday linger 😉
This is an adorable card, and I figured out that trick with the SAMJ fairly recently…I too, have messed up entirely too many cards for poor placement of a sentiment or image because I *thought* that’s where it should go, only to be disappointed with the end result. I’m sure you’ve made many a crafter happy with this tutorial!!!
I hope that Amber is starting to feel better…I always hate when the kids are sick. I feel so bad for them. Hope everyone else is staying healthy and WARM…it’s wicked cold here today too…last I saw it was 8 degrees and dropping when I cam into work….brrrrrrrrr. Maybe it’s a little warmer now…like 10 😉
Ok, can you believe I dont have a SAMJ? My SU lady never demo’d it in the whole 5 years I’ve been seeing her and I just never thought about getting one. Using it for sentiments makes it seem worth getting, it’s on my list now!
Sorry Amber is sick, I hope she gets better soon.
GREAT card!
That card is adorable and you come up with the coolest tips! I have a SAMJ (somewhere) and I can see that I need to make better use of it – thanks for posting that!
beautiful card!
I love my stamp-a-ma-jig I can’t believe I ever stamped without it
Wow – you are amazing Lauren! Thanks for sharing this great idea. Great card!
I hope it warms up soon. It was -3 when I got up this morning – brrrr! Think Spring!
Teresa
Oh you’re good… you’re very very good!!! What a brilliant “why didn’t I think of that” idea!!
love the card too, so bright and springy!!
Vicky
well aren’t you just the clever girl! to use the stamp-a-ma-jig to decide if you really need one more thing on the card. clever. clever. clever.
Thanks so much for this idea I have to admit my Stamp a ma jig is still in the box because after I bought it I just didn’t know what to do with it And it is about 6 here in MA with over 2ft of snow so I could use some spring too!
Thanks again
Cute card. I just wanted to say that I love my Stamp-a-ma-jig. It is a great tool and I try and sell one to all of my customers!
What a great hint! It is such a “duh” but it would have saved a lot of my goofs.
Thanks for sharing and please get back into your KISS mode as nobody does it better.
Aloha from the big island,
Richell
Very cute Lauren! I love the colors. Great Stamp a ma jig tip too! Thanks so much!
Lorraine
I’ve never used my Stampamajig 🙂 I know I “should” but I’m just too lazy to take that extra step.
Love this bella!!!! Very cute and a very cute card as well.
What a wonderful card! Thank you for sharing that helpful tip for the Stamp-a-ma-jig. I know I will be using that one to figure out where I should add something extra. TFS!
Brilliant! What a clever use for the SAMJ. I’ve messed up many a cards with putting the sentiment in the “not quite right” place.
Shannon is going to love this! How sweet of you! It’s a great card!
Hugs,
Renee
Great idea Lauren and it will work great with stamp placement too.
Jan
Fantastic idea! Now I need a Stamp-a-ma-jig!
Super cute card Lauren. I hope Amber is feeling better. I did not realize until tonight that you are from NH. Im right next door in Maine. Best Wishes. – Molly B
What a great tip! I’ll be passing that on at my workshops. As always, the card is beautiful.
Brilliant!
I use my SAM all the time, but never thought of using it this way…thanks!
Hmm, amazing what we don’t even consider — Great idea!!! I have stamped the sentiment in the wrong spot and then been heart broken when it just wasn’t right. Thank you for an excellent tip.
That’s a great idea! Sometimes I will place the whole stamp in an area, but it doesn’t really show what it will look like, like this will. I’m sure I will use this tip!
I also know exactly what you mean about late cards. I didn’t even send my cousin and his wife’s Christmas card until 4 days after Christmas! But I know they will still appreciate the gesture.
Such a cute, cute card for a little girl! Or even the mom of a little girl. Great advice on using the Stamp-a-Ma-Jig. I do the same thing and it’s been a life saver many times. I don’t know how I managed without it in the past!
This card is so much fun. Very girly, very whimsical. I must now find this stamp….
Pure genius. Thanks for the great tip and the usual eye candy. :-).
SUCH A CUTE STAMP, REALLY CUTE CARD. I THINK MAY BE WORTH HAVING SAMP MA JIG AFTER SEEING THIS .
GOOD JOB
Your card is darling. Thanks for your tutorial. My stamp a ma jig is coming in this week (yahoo) and I’m happy to find a new use for it. TFS.
I do not have one…I have thought about it, but
wasn’t sure if it was something I really needed
or something that I would use much. Now, After
reading this, I have decided to get one. Thanks for
sharing the info [great tip].
Your card is really sweet…adorable stamp! Perfect
colors..pretty papers …very Girly!
Dee
Thanks! it’s helpful to me!
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