Something Saturday - Paper Pumpkin Alternatives July 2026

Hi There Creators

Yep it's Paper Pumpkin time of the month!  This Months kit is called "Hooray for Birthdays" And this month I decided rather than to show you how to create the cards in the pack, I'd make up a heap of alternatives and a couple more in my video....  And guess what?  If you're new to PP, and you subscribe for the August Paper Pumpkin, you'll get 25% off!! (you must subscribe by 10th August) so rather than $48 you'll only pay $36 (bargain) and it looks gorgeous from the snippets shown. (click the link!)

So this is what July's kit actually makes, -  3 each of each of these gorgeous Easel cards (9 cards total)

Then I got to work on "alternatives"  I actually love the challenge of using up the entire kit, which is what I succeeded in doing, and the only extras I used were 2 other ink pads (Garden Green and Hydrangea Hue), blending brushes, white cardstock and glues. The kit comes with a Timid Tiger mini Ink Pad, and I would have used Peaceful Pine for the green, but it's packed currently!, and the reason I would have used it is because it was in one of the other Paper Pumpkins)

Anyway onto more photos.... I made these up before the video.  When you cut the cards in 1/2 you can use the back and front of the gorgeous cardstock and stick it onto a base card, and in order to give it a nice gap round, you end up cutting off strips which are handy to use on other cards.

Then I also made these 2 before the video, by cutting the hexagon shape in 1/2 and figured it would make a cute "pocket" and banner.  I've added dotted lines along the top of the "pocket".

Lastly in the video I made up 2 of these (the oval shaped one, by using 2 ovals togethers to create a cute little card)  and the green, orange and blue one, then ironically still had a heap of flowers and tags left over, so the one with all the blue flowers was created with the last of the pieces!  Couldn't decide on a saying so left it blank.

 

Well I have to say this is a beautiful kit!

and did you know if you are a subscriber you can pick up past kits and refills?  Check out this page:  Past PP kits etc

If you missed the video here it is:

Well that's it from me till next Something Saturday, hope you have a great week and these projects inspire you to create

God Bless 

Love

Heather xox

Something Saturday - Stockings & Poinsettias

 Hi There Creators

Well today I'm finally showing off the Impressions plate, and the absolutely gorgeous Pretty Poinsettia Bundle, then inadvertently also showing the Stitched Stocking Bundle, the Shimmering Stripes Specialty Paper (Oh my goodness if you love shimmery, shiny things this is a must have!) and it all paired rather nicely with the In Colour Flat Pearls, so here goes......

The card I made up in the video is this one, using the Stitched Stocking stamps in the background, the big stocking die, then the dies from the Poinsettia bundle embossed into the stocking (which just happens to be cut from Shimmering Stripes paper)😃 Oh I also used some of the Stampin' Blends (alcohol markers) to colour in the Joy, then couldn't resist putting a spot of Wink of Stella over top (you can never have enough bling!)

thought I should give you a close up of the Joy, I added the wink of stella over the blends, then coloured in the 3 rhinestones with the blends too, so they blend in nicely

Ok then I had a couple of other ideas. This one uses the same goodies, only I've coloured over the shimmering stripes paper with Stampin' Blends

This next one is a bit different..... I've drawn freehand crosshatching between the flowers and leaves to give a completely different textured look, with the ribbon adding a pop of colour, what do you think?

If you're interested in purchasing any of the goodies I've used, do click on the links which will take you to my website where you can purchase them.

If you missed the video here it is:

I hope these inspire you to create

God Bless love 
Heather xox

August Cards Class

 Hi there Creators,

I have created the Class cards for August now, The class dates are Friday 7th at 1pm in Laanecoorie, and Saturday 8th at 10.30am in Maryborough, Class fee is $30, and we'll be creating these 4 Cards, let me know if these dates don't suit you and you'd like to have a gathering at your place (or in my classroom) to repeat it with friends.

Click on each photo to see the products used for each card:

I hope you can join us, and if not that these cards give you inspiration with your creating

God Bless love

Heather xox

August CreateAlong - Go Tropical!

 Hi There Creators

Thought I'd let you know about the upcoming Go Tropical  🦩🍹🌴August CreateAlong!

What's a CreateAlong?  It's where you order yourself a pack then on the designated day CreateAlong with me (that's the theory)  Actually with my CreateAlongs, you can join in any time after it goes "live" as my videos are pre-recorded, which means you can stop & start it at any time 😃

This one will go live on 15th August, but you need to order it before 28th July as I'll be ordering for it that day.  The cost of the kit is $40 (plus postage of $5.10 if needed) ask me for payment details.

Here is the photo "conglomerate"  I needed to create something that made me feel warmer 🤣 - although in fact the new foiling machine does give me warm & fuzzies (in particular the heat coming from the pad! lol) 

These are the goodies I've used in these cards, and if you order the pack you'll be getting 1/2 or 1/4 packs of each, they will be cut to size, although I feel I should put a disclaimer out that there is fussy cutting involved with this kit.

Beach Boardwalk DSP

Sincerely Noted Mix & Match Ephemera Pack

Everyday Borders Accents

Array of Dots embellishments

and obviously other cardstocks

Hope you can join in

God Bless love

Heather xox

Something Saturday - Oooo something new.....

 Hi There Creators,

Well..... I never thought I'd "need" a foiling machine & extras (like Dies!), but they say don't knock it till you've tried it🤣 (click the link to check it out)  Oh and if you purchase one at the moment, you also get a craft class thrown in for good measure😉  I actually recommend if you are considering it, joining my team and getting the discount on it (and on the extras... and more.....)  Check out this link if you're seriously considering the pro's of joining my team:  Join Heather's Team (can't think of any con's lol)

Oh, my goodness, I'm so glad I did buy one, it gives such an incredibly professional look!  I said in the video I'd make up a heap of cards, and I confess I played a fair bit with it, but then got side-tracked by needing to prep for my Mega Christmas in July class (next Saturday eek!), and because I'm prepping out in my classroom, and not my craft room (there's a difference trust me🤣)  I then ended up with no Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine, or paper trimmer in my craft room, it was dark and suffice it to say tearing works, so here is my offering...... (lots of photos but only 2 actually made cards)

The first card I made for my son's girlfriend with some bits I had lying around, she passed her driving test - yay! this uses one of the sayings from Classic Greetings 

Then this was the "tear it because I don't want to go back out to my classroom" one🤣 and it uses the negative image of Garden Silhouette (and one of the sayings from above set)

and a close up

however here are some of the pieces I made and have yet to create into something...

My newly arrived Luxe Alphabet  absolutely LOVE the numbers in particular!

and (again newly arrived) Sweetly Sentimental. 

with the negative of it too....

Some of my negatives didn't work so well, and I kind of figured it works to make them 'grungy', so I've just added a different colour to fill in the gaps, which I think works well (although having said that I've yet to make anything with them)

These next ones use the Flourish & Frames set and the Classic Greetings again - little difficult to photograph!

And last but not least the original plus negative of combining the 2 sets again

Phew that was a bit of a marathon, - what do you think?  want to come and try out mine, or just buy your own.  

Just a quick bit of background, this is a new to market product, designed with another company, but they are holding off on releasing theirs so we get the first cab off the rank, as it were, and it actually really well priced compared to other ones I found that are similar 😃

If you missed the video here it is:

Let me know if you want to come & check mine out, or if you are already a foiling "pro" maybe you can give me tips!

I hope this inspires you to create in your own space.

God Bless love

Heather xox

Something Saturday - Paper Pumpkin Add on Dies: Detailed Flora

 Hi There Creators

Well today I thought I'd play around with the Detailed Flora Dies only $23 (bargain!)😃  However the catch is, you can only get these dies if you subscribe to Paper Pumpkin, therefore if you fall in love with them, you'll need to order yourself a paper pumpkin subscription for at least one month! (check it out here: Paper Pumpkin)  I have just noticed that the full kit from a couple of months ago (Lakeside Retreat) is also now available under the "Add On's" (Lots of people have loved this kit! fabulous for guys cards!)  I also used the Bubble Bath Faux Linen Ribbon  and the Scalloped Blooms Dies  for the cute little easel card I made in my video, which is this one:

Then I played around some more and came up with this card, which uses the circle a bit more, I really like the pattern round the circle, with the dot then 2 dashes (bit of morse code going on there 🤣)

Here is the video in case you missed it:

I hope this inspires you to create even if you don't have these specific dies you could do the same with some small flowers, leaves and circle dies 😉

God Bless love

Heather xox

Something Saturday - June Paper Pumpkin Bikes & Blooms

 Hi There Creators

Today is Paper Pumpkin day!  have you subscribed yet?  If you want to check out what's coming up next use this link: Paper Pumpkin. The sign up is now open for July, and goes through till 10th July.  I suggested in my last Free tutorial email, that if you feel it's too many cards for you, how about teaming up with a friend or 2, then you can share the cost, and have fun together!

This months kit arrived in my mail box last week, and I show off how to create the 3 "official" cards, then go "off piste", so at the end of the video I duck off make alternatives, and come back to show them off 😃

Here are the "official" ones:

then here are my alternatives:, I've added some base white cards, and also some different co-ordinating  ink pad colours, but my aim was to keep it to "what's in the kit" as much as possible, and I still have a complete set of 3 cards to create, so these were purely created from 1 set of 3 cards.  I think I may add a bit more bling to them all, maybe some Rhinestone Basic Jewels or maybe a spot of Wink of Stella.

If you missed the video here it is:

I hope my alternative ideas give you inspiration.

God Bless love 
Heather xox