Good morning! I don't have a Color Inspiration Challenge for you guys quite yet (hopefully tonight after I get home from work), but I do have all of my Q&A videos. Enjoy!

If you watch all four in one sitting, bless you. They're long. Just a warning. :)

And there were a lot of questions about my craft space. I'm planning to make a separate video for that, so I didn't address that question in the videos.

Also, because they are long, I'm embedding the normal quality here. For the HD versions, click the links below each video.

PART ONE (Inspiration / Design / Technique):



(Watch in HD)

Questions answered in Part 1:
- What colors of ink/paper do you always keep on hand? Can you have too many?
- How do you translate colors in a photograph into Stampin' Up! colors? (i.e. Color Inspiration Challenges)
- Do you have any tips for working with 4 or more colors?
- What about the inside of cards? What do you do there?
- Do you create something each day? Do you ever let days go by without creating something?
- Do you create cards in bulk?
- Do you keep pre-made cards on hand?
- How do you store finished cards?
- When inspiration/motivation is gone, how do you get it back?
- What inspires you?
- Do you leave ribbon exposed on the inside of cards?
- When cutting out letters, how do you cut out the inside spaces? (i.e. A's, P's, and O's)
- How do you get a clean stamped image from stamps with large, flat areas?
- Would you ever consider making a font of your handwriting?
- Will taking a calligraphy class help with my handwriting?
- What is your favorite type of card to make?
- How do you find the time to do what you love?

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PART TWO (Products / Recommendations):



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Questions answered in Part 2:
- How thick is the vellum you use for circle cards?
- What are you opinions on the Making Memories Slice cutting machine?
- Which die-cutting machine would you suggest?
- What can I do in addition to scoring to prevent cracking card stock?
- What is the difference between acid & lignin free card stocks and those that are not?
- Do you have any tips for using photopolymer ("acrylic") background stamps?
- Tell me about photopolymer ("acrylic") stamps and ink. Is chalk ink best?
- Is it okay to use waterproof ink on photopolymer ("acrylic") stamps?
- Which stamp would you never part with?
- What are three tools that you always grab?
- Can you use regular white ink on acetate cards?
- What stamp cleaner should I buy?
- Is there a trick to using a Coluzzle craft knife?
- How often do you replace your Coluzzle mat?
- How noisy is the Stampin' Up! heat tool?
- Do you have a ribbon type preference? (i.e. satin, grosgrain, sheer, etc)
- What crafting product do you go through the most?
- How long does your embossing powder last?
- Which do you prefer: embossing or regular stamp pads?
- How should wood-mounted stamps be stored?
- Are there different types of watercolor paper?
- What scissors do you recommend?
- Do you have a favorite pen to use?
- What was your first stamp? Do you still have it?

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PART THREE (Video / Photos / Digital Scrap / Blogging):



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Questions answered in Part 3:
- Did you sell your old camera? (Canon Digital Rebel XT)
- How can I get colors to show correctly in photos?
- How can I improve the quality of photos of my cards and pages? Do you use Photoshop?
- What equipment do you use for making videos?
- What's your film set-up?
- Why did the format of your videos change?
- What was the song in your holiday ornaments video (before the music was replaced)?
- Where can I find royalty-free music?
- What comes first-- the card or the video?
- Do you plan to ever sell cards online?
- Do you have any advice for those interested in digital scrapbooking?
- What software do you use for digital scrapbooking?
- Do you receive free product from companies?
- What is your monthly craft budget?
- There's a lot of cute craft stuff out there. Do you think we're wasting money buying it?
- Are people paid to be on design teams? Can you make an income?
- What do you love most about blogging?

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PART FOUR (Makeup / Television / Miscellaneous):



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Questions answered in Part 4:
- What is it like working for Stampin' Up!? Do you do crafty stuff all day?
- How many dinner rolls does your sister's recipe make?
- How often do you paint your fingernails?
- What foundation do you use?
- What is your favorite lipstick color?
- What is your favorite character on The Office and why?
- What is your favorite episode of The Office?
- Is your house messy, or organized?

My sister Marisa is a domestic genius. Seeing her now you wouldn't believe that she wasn't "into" cooking until a few years ago! Anyway, she was making bread for the week and I wanted to learn how, too. So I recorded the whole thing. :)

Enjoy!

EDIT: Dangit! I just noticed that YouTube cut off the last little bit of the video. Believe me, I had pictures of the finished bread. :(

As usual, also in high quality.

Just updating my YouTube channel, so I thought I'd bring the video over here, too. :)

Questions answered in this video:

How do you tie a perfect bow?
How many Stampin' Dimensionals should you use on card stock?
Tell me about the blue ruler you use.
How do I post a photo at splitcoaststampers.com?
How do you design cards for MACM?
Do you have any tips for mass card making?
How do you choose your top 10 for the Color Inspiration Round-up?
Will you ever travel to other countries for Stampin' Up! training?
Have you ever had any problems with your Flip Ultra camcorder?

Note: the audio gets out-of-sync near the end and I couldn't figure out why... After exporting it from iMovie multiple times, I gave up and decided to upload it as is. :)

Questions answered in this video:

How do you organize digital photos?
Do you have any Photoshop tips?
How do you record video from above your workspace?
How do you match the length of the video with the length of the song?
Do you have tips for those who want to work on a design team?
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Tell me about Perfect Layers.
Do you make your own envelopes?
How do you fold scored card stock?
Which do you use most: pigment or dye inks?
Are you going to the Stampin' Up! Convention?
How do you measure ribbon for tying a bow/knot?
How do you add a watermark to photos?
What do you do with paper you don't like anymore?
Do you have a tip for using small $1 stamps?
How do you organize your paper?

(I'll be posting the other 2 parts throughout this week).

Questions answered in this video:

Do you ever have stamper's block?
What exactly do you do for your job?
Which stamp sets have you designed?
When you use watercolor pencils, do you use a particular type of paper?
How did you get started with video blogging?
Which version of iMovie do you use?
How did you come up with the idea to make your videos fast?
Tell me about your Flip Ultra camcorder.
What is a standard-sized card? Envelope?
What do you do with non-standard size cards?
What about postage for thicker envelopes?
Do you have tips for cutting circle cards with a Coluzzle?
Do you realize you have a following in Australia?
How much card stock and paper do you own?
How often do you scrap or stamp?
How do you get nice photos of your cards/pages?
Any photo tips?

Hi all!

I've loved receiving all your video questions! And I'm going to be posting my question and answer video soon, but there's still time to get your question in! In fact, I'd love to include some text questions as well. So, if you're a bit camera shy, you can still participate.

Just leave your question in the comments of this entry. Thanks!

Awesome videos from this YouTuber! Here's one I just found tonight (in two parts):

We had an impromptu origami lesson this afternoon. Thanks to Christy for her awesome demonstration skills, and to Paula for teaching Christy how to make these super cute origami stars in the middle of a stamp meeting yesterday!

(Such is a day at the Stampin' Up! corporate office. Yes, I love where I work. :)

I've seen these stars in glass bowls and jars. Just tons and tons of these little stars. A glass vase filled with the stars in different patterned papers would make a great center piece on a table! Too cute!

Watch in high quality here (click on "watch in high quality" below the video).

Rock- A-By Baby - Ivory card stock: Scenic Route; Nursery Necessities stamp set, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, and So Saffron inks; light blue gingham ribbon: Stampin' Up!.

Is is just me, or does the video "flicker" all throughout it? Weird. YouTube's on crack today. Sorry guys. I'll try to upload it again tonight to get it to look better. In the meantime, try not to have any adverse reactions to the flickering.



Watch in high quality here (click on "watch in high quality" below the video).

Baby Girl Card - Ivory card stock and patterned paper: Scenic Route; Nursery Necessities stamp set, Pretty in Pink ink, circle punches, and Pretty in Pink taffeta ribbon: Stampin' Up!