Cards for regular April Classes

 Hi There Creators,

Here are the cards for 2 regular classes on Friday 10th 1pm in Laanecoorie and Saturday 11th April 10.30am Maryborough (set back a week due to Easter)

This is probably my favourite one, I think maybe it's the simplicity of it!  I've used the Cutest Crew Stamp set (which does come as a bundle with dies - well worth it!)

Nest up is this easy fancy fold card, I did show off how to make these not long ago in one of my Something Saturday Videos, and I figured this Scalloped Wishes Bundle would make a beautiful card along with the Brushed with Beauty Designer Series Paper

Then onto the Springtime Scenes Bundle (the dies I'm using in my April CreateAlong that I have already started email people about - so if you're not on my email list make sure you add yourself!)

Then last but not least using this cute March Product of the Month Stamp set (that is still available) Notes of Spring Stamps, and the OH MY GOODNESS - you have to check this out Garden Textures Specialty Foil Sheets! hence I ended up making one in each colour - if you're at the class you'll need to pick one! 😮 Plus, you'll be learning a new way to use the brayer too.

And that's it, make sure you book your spot, the class is $30 or free with an order of $35, so check your catalogue or online before you come, and make up your wish list!

Hope you can join me, and these cards inspire you to create

God Bless love

Heather xox

Something Saturday - What I got at OnStage Sydney 2026

 Hi there Creators,

Well, last weekend I was away at Stampin' Up! OnStage Conference in Sydney, I had a fabulous time, we stayed in a nice central apartment, around 250m walk to the Hilton which was where OnStage was happening (and considerably cheaper!) 

We had sneak peeks of new upcoming goodies (oh my goodness it's so worth being a demonstrator to get to do these things!)  We got given the new upcoming catalogue, can't show you the inside just yet - but if you are a demo, you can check it out online already.  And if you want a copy, make sure you've placed an order with me in the last 6 months, as I'll be sending them out to anyone who has😉

I had my name a couple of places on the recognition boards and got to do a "Stage walk" for my 200K CSV achievement💖  It's actually really lovely the way Stampin' Up! recognise demos for different milestones.

Very exciting news that 13 years after it was launched, we are finally getting Paper Pumpkin here in Australia! from 1st April.  If you are wondering what it is, it's a subscription to a monthly surprise crafting package - designed by Stampin' Up! sent out to you for a set price each month.  You can "pay as you go" or you can purchase 3, 6 or 12 month subscriptions, great as a gift for crafty friends!  We are just learning about it here, and it's fascinating! hopefully this link works to check it out.

Paper Pumpkin April to June flyer

And there's a heap of other exciting things that have been revealed to us at OnStage, I'll be emailing about some of these soon, so make sure you're on my email list!

Here are photos of the the goodies I received, I show all these off in the video, but sometimes it's nice to be able to "study" them without them moving across a screen🤣

This first one is my "roomie" gifts, we always, create/purchase something for each of our "roomie's" which is a fabulous tradition.

 Then on to the swaps I received:

There's more in the video, so if you haven't already, check it out....

I hope these inspire you to create.  And I'll be back next week to show you how to create something (hence "Something Saturday"🤣)

God Bless love

Heather xox

Something Saturday - Cutest Crew Swap Card

 Hi there Creators

From Wednesday to Sunday I will be in Sydney at the Stampin' Up! "OnStage" Conference , 😃🤩 and I thought I'd share with you the Swap cards I have made up, I've used the newly released "Cutest Crew Bundle"  and yes it really is cute! (click the link to check it all out)

I thought you might be interested to see the progression of getting to this card (although I only took one photo of the "progression card" 🤣

As you can see I ended up altering the score line dimensions and changing the piece along the bottom to not being embossed, and cut out from Early Espresso - plus the little paw prints were a bit too busy, so I cut them out - much happier with my final offering! (and the first one I scored all the way through so the dogs have a score line going through them, not so great!🤣)

You will need a piece of A5 White Cardstock

Score it at 8cm one end, and 5cm the other end, (then score the 5cm bit in 1/2, but only on the sides about 1-2cm in each side.)  See the video on how to place and cut the die, and how to create the embossed die piece.

And here's the video

I hope this inspires you to create!

God Bless love

Heather xox

Something Saturday - White Ink and Pastels

 Hi there Creators

I was at our church conference the other day and on the big screen they often have really cool patterns, one of the ones this time was gorgeous black background with rainbow shafts of light going through it, I often see these patterns and think I'm sure I can recreate that on cardstock🤣 Plus Mum the other day showed me something she'd been doing with a craft group she goes to, where you have the black cards that you scratch away the surface and reveal colours underneath (I used to love those as a kid!)

Just quickly before I go into the post in more detail, did you know that this month there was a heap of new products released to the Online Store? check them out here: New Goodies!

Back to it: here is my attempt, I quite like it, let me know what you think,  I've used, Craft White Ink pad, Sponge Daubers, the Soft Pastels Assortment, Black Cardstock, White heat embossing powder, and bling in the first card I've used the Rhinestone Basic Jewels, and the second card uses the Faceted Gems Trio Pack, and a spot of vellum for the sentiment.

I also used a stencil/templatey thing I had left over from the Virtual Cardmaking Retreat for the hearts, daubing white ink over first then adding the colour, then remove the mask

to create the effect it's actually quite simple!  take black cardstock, add white ink either over a template/stencil or just by swiping it on, then draw the pastels over top of the white ink, and "smudge" it in a bit, voila!

Let me know if you have a go.

If you missed the video here it is: 

I hope this inspires you to create.

God Bless love

Heather xox

Something Saturday - Stampin' Positioner, extra use

 Hi There Creators,

Until 3rd March you can score yourself a FREE Stampin' Positioner!  by joining Stampin' Up! (if you're in Australia, then hopefully my team, the CreateAbles!) 😉

Before I get into the main blog post: Why would you want to join?  Oh I am so glad you asked 🤣  

When you join Stampin' Up! there's more than just the discount.  Initially you pick out up to $235 of goodies, and only pay $169 for it (this is considered your "starter kit")  Then you get an initial ongoing discount of 20% on your orders (rising when you reach certain point) plus the regular 10% rewards coming back to you to use on your next order.  You get to pre-order and see new goodies before they're available to "general public" (and see new catalogues beforehand)  you become part of a global group of "demonstrators" who share ideas and excitement with each other, through facebook groups, and heaps of info on our demonstrator only webpages. I have a monthly Team zoom where we get creative together. There are Stampin' Up! Demonstrator only events we have access to.  Last year I was privileged to head over to the US for a leadership conference in Vegas (and yes it takes a bit of work to get to that stage, but it's Sooo worth it!)  next month I'm excited to be heading to Sydney for a Stampin' Up! event that is for ALL demos - and let me tell you that Stampin' Up! don't do things by halves!

How do you join?  Go here: Join Heather's Team, as you go through the pages it'll guide you, and automatically add in the Stampin' Positioner, all you need to do is work out what you want to get that is up to $235 (you can't go over that).

Now onto the video......

Today I thought I'd show you how to create multiple images quickly and easily that are die cut.

to do this, 

• you'll need a piece of cardstock to act as a template.
• place it on your Stampin' Positioner, I find it easiest to butt it up against the raised dots at the top, draw round it onto your grid paper, so you know where it needs to sit.
• place your stamps onto the acrylic plate, and stamp them onto the template piece
• die cut these images then pop the template back into the stampin'  positioner, so it's in the correct place, and the holes line up with the stamps.
• die cut a heap of blank images, slot them into the die cut holes and stamp away to your hearts content😃🤩

Here are a couple of the simple cards I created with some of my dinos (and it is such a bargain at the moment while stocks last!  make sure you add them to your cart separately as they're cheaper individually than as the bundle:  Darling Dinos Stamps, Darling Dinos Dies.)

I confess I have used some current and some non-current goodies to make up these cards, I actually had some bits lying around on my desk, so grabbed them to create these.  I needed "baby" cards as lots of babies are being born at church at the moment! This first card uses the Nested Essentials Dies, and the Lovely Stripes 3D embossing folder which is really great for male cards!

This second card uses the Traditional Labels dies, which are also on the clearance rack, discounted to $40.80 (and incredibly useful dies!)  and the fabulous Peaceful Garden Glimmer Paper  the words are from a really old stamp set I still have!  I'm just hoping people don't relate dinosaurs to babies and think, oh my goodness a little dinosaur has been born (in a bad way🤣)  I just think they're so ding dangly cute!

If you missed the video and the above instructions aren't making sense, here it is:

I hoping the Stampin' Positioner will be available for sale in a couple of months time, but currently it is only available to those who choose to join with this current Join offer.

I hope my cards inspire you to create

God Bless love

Heather xox

CreateAlong - Shimmers & Flowers

 Hi There Creators, 

Well today is my CreateAlong Video, these are set (in my mind - at least) to happen every other month!

Some of you will have bought kits, which has everything cut, scored and popped into the appropriate envelopes for you 😃 If you didn't this time, make sure you sign up for my emails so you can get one for my next CreateAlong in April!

Anyway if you need to purchase goodies to come back and do this one, here is a link to the comprehensive list of what you'll need: Shimmers & Flowers CreateAlong

If you already have white cardstock, glues, cutting machine, and paper trimmer, then it boils down to the fabulous Pastels Shimmer Paper, Covered in Flowers accents,  Arches Dies and Lovely Stripes Embossing Folder.

And here are the projects we created in the video together: 

Couple of tips if you are doing this at home: 

1. the embossing folder works so much better if you run a dryer sheet through it before beginning the embossing process, (you only need to do it once and it'll be good to go for all the embossing) but it releases the paper so much easier. not sure if it would work with wax paper too, (I don't have any, but bizarrely I do have dryer sheets - bizarre because I don't use them for my tumble dryer🤣
2. if you want the flowers to stay together and not have to re-piece them after colouring them in, add strips of tear & tape to the back of them. and after colouring leave them to dry thoroughly before peeling off the backing.

The card above cut sizes are; White 14.3cm x 10cm to emboss, blue shimmer 2 1/2" x 5 1/2", White plain 5" x 2"

The Card above cut sizes are: 9cm x 13.5cm embossed piece, yellow shimmer 3" x 4 1/4", white plain 9.9cm x 7cm

The card above cut sizes are: white embossed 14.3cm x 10cm , then die cut the arch out of it (and use the arch in the first card)

The card above cut size is: 14.3cm x 10cm

The card above cut sizes are:  Pink shimmer 5 1/4" x 3 1/2", white embossed 12.5cm x 8cm

Also check out the video for this "bonus card" we made at the end, that uses the new Forever Florals dies that currently are only available to those who've ordered the Virtual Cardmaking Retreat, as they are part of the package, but I believe in March they will be available for purchase separately.

I hope you enjoyed this video and Creating Along with me, keep your eyes peeled for the emails about the next CreateAlong in April!  and we're back to a "normal" Something Saturday next week.

If you're looking for todays video here it is:

I hope this encourages & inspires you to create.

God Bless love

Heather xox

Encircled with Love Notes Class

 Hi There Creators

I'm holding an extra card class on 28th March 2.30pm in my classroom in Laanecoorie (and possibly in another location another day in Maryborough) but also can be ordered to create at home (gee that was wordy!🤣)  Class cost is $35.

Here is the conglomerate photo of all the cards, there are 8 Cards to create.

We'll be using the fabulous Love Notes Mix & Match papers, the Encircled with Love stamp set, Peaceful Garden Glimmer Paper, amongst other goodies

If you choose to create this at home you'll need: 

• Encircled with Love Stamp set ($35) if you don't have it I can add it to your order
• Garden Green, Night of Navy and Real Red Ink pads (or Green, Dark blue and red)
• Glues eg Stampin' Seal or Tombow and Dimensionals

I will cut and score everything for you, and give you instructions.

Make sure you book your place, contact me for payment details

I hope this inspires you to create 

God Bless love

Heather xox