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Something Saturday - A Little Latte

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 Hi there Creators,  Well today I thought I'd play with one of my lastest goodies, A Little Latte Designer Series Paper , although I'm starting to think that maybe I should have ordered the Stamp set & Dies too: Latte Love Bundle .  They are all "Online Exclusive goodies", which really only means they're not in a catalogue - but you can see them online (and you can click the links above to view them) Anyway here is the card I made up in the video: I borrowed the saying from Trucking Along (which is another one of the Online Exclusives goodies), and felt a need to add some bling, (another online exclusive)  Adhesive Backed Shiny Sequins - oh these are really nice!  I do love a good sequin without a hole in the middle🤣 Then I made up this card below too the backing papers are just gorgeous!, saying is also from the Trucking Along stamp set, the green piece running through the middle is actually the reverse side of the coffee splatter top piece.😊 If you mis

Class Cards for April

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 Hi There Creators, I'm getting organised with my class cards for April, as my calendar is looking pretty chock-a-block for the rest of the month! As the new catalogue comes out in May, this could be the last time we play with some of these (excitingly I'm off to Melbourne on Thursday for the weekend for the Stampin' Up! OnStage event, where we're hoping to get the new catalogue to peruse) Anyway to the cards, this first one is fun with swiveling circles, I do love the Hey Chuck stamp set , always makes me smile! Next up is a Men's card using the Trusty Tools Bundle and the Metal Plate 3D embossing folder Some of the new goodies.... A little Latte Designer Series Papers paired up with the Heartfelt Hexagon Punch and the new Adhesive Backed Shiny Sequins . Oh and the saying is from Trucking Along Stamp set And lastly this technique I learnt the other day, and honestly thought I'd uploaded the video for a something Saturday - oopsie, just discovered I didn'

Something Saturday - Stampin' Block Watercolouring

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 Hi there Creators Today I thought after last week (and the promise in my blog I'd show you how to create the background to the card) that I'd better show you how I created the background to the butterfly card with the bluey/green background. So here goes.... this is the card all finished that I started in the video, figured as I'm on a roll with baby cards for church I'd go for another one 🤣  I've used the Cheerful Daisies Stamp set for the background of the base card and the 3 little flowers in the corner, The colours I used for the watercolouring are Melon Mambo and Gorgeous Grape , Oh and Charming Sentiments Stamp set for the sayings Then I also went on to make this card, which uses Azure Afternoon and Sweet Sorbet for the watercolouring bit, then words from Filled with Happiness stamp set , Trucking Along Stamp se t and Circle sayings stamps for the flowers. So to create this effect all you do is take an E Block , then ink up 1/2 with one colour, the ot

Something Saturday - Paper Butterfly Accents

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 Hi there Creators Today we're checking out the beautiful Paper Butterfly Accents, not an expensive item, but soooo pretty! Have to admit that mine had done a runner, and I was left with the outside bit that you pop the butterflies out from, which was what I had planned to do something with, but nevertheless kind of irritating that I couldn't find the rest of the pack, which of course turned up after I'd done the video, so in fact I could use some of the butterflies in these cards.  So annoying when you search and search, then they turn up where you've already checked 1/2  a dozen times! However I eventually decided I'd just do the video anyway, as they say in Happy Gilmore, "just play it as it lies"🤣 And here's the first card I created, this one uses the bit you'd usually throw away, as a mask, and I love how it turned out!  I've used daubers to add the colour, as I thought brushes might not work so well, I've also used the Filled with H

Something Saturday - Cradled with Love

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 Hi There Creators,  Today we're checking out the Cradled with Love stamp set you can get for FREE when you purchase $90 of goodies Woo hoo!  it's only available till end of February as part of the Sale-a-Bration offering . click the link to see the sale-a-bration goodies.  Also if you join Stampin' Up! there's a rather good deal going on too, check out this link: Join my team.   Time is running out! When I was at church the other day, I asked what cards they needed (as I usually try and keep them supplied with cards) and they said baby cards....yikes!  I really don't make many as most of my friends are my age, and have teenage/young adult kids not quite up to the marrying and reproducing stage yet🤣  So I thought I'd better get to work!  Thank goodness Sale-a-Bration has a dedicated Baby stamp set for me to use!   Here's the card I made up before the video: I have to say the detail is so lovely in the stamped image. I did discover a couple of things that

March Class Cards

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 Hi There Creators Well we're over 1/2 way through February already!, and I feel like I have been ultra organised in getting these cards sorted now🤣 Have you remembered to order enough during Jan & Feb to get any of the free Sale-a-Bration Items?   You get to pick something for free with every $90 of goodies you order, but it only goes till the end of Feb, so check the link out if you want to see the freebees. Anyway onto the March classes, We make 4 cards for $24, Dates are:  Laanecoorie: Tues 5th I we're going to give 1.30pm a go , instead of the 2.30pm we did last month (it'll settle down once I've tried it out, and afternoon did work well), then Thursday 7th at 7pm And in Maryborough Saturday 9th at 10.30am Here are cards: First up using Bright & Beautiful Designer Series Paper and the Beautiful Balloons stamp set (each card should be different depending on the papers you choose😊 Then continuing on with Designer Papers I have this Perennial Lavender Card

Something Saturday - Filled with Happiness Ovals

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 Hi There Creators Today I thought I'd show you a couple of tricks with the " Filled With Happiness " Stamp Set and Modern Oval Punch .  I'm also using the Water Painters ,and Wink of Stella , and as when you use watercolouring you need an ink that won't move with water, I'm also using Black Stazon for my stamping outlines. Here are the cards I have made up: I made this one up before the video, if you stamp on spare cardstock you can punch out the middle with the Modern Oval punch and layer it up onto your base card. Then I remembered to show how to get just the inside image onto a card (or envelope) and if you punch another oval shape with some of the sticky note paper, you can put that on a card, and just stamp the outside of the stamp. 😉 So then I went on to make this card: combining it with the cute Sale-a-Bration set "Cradled in Love" , which you can pick for free with a $90 order, Woo hoo!  it's only available till end of February as part