Team Afternoon

Hi everyone,
well today we had a team afternoon, I thought I'd show you all the 2 cards we all made.
First of all I showed the ladies how to create a Magic Slider card,  like this (this one I'll be teaching at Bendigo Craft Alive over the 16th/17th and 18th June in a class each day)

those who are in my team will have access to the full video I made of it as it's now on our team FB page.  Then I showed them how to use the Lovely Laurel Thinlits to create the inside of cards like this

Lastly we made up a couple of cards with new products:
this first card uses the Pretty Label Punch with the Label Me Pretty Stamp set

And this other card uses the Lovely Words thinlits, and some of the Colour Theory Designer Series Paper, and the new hostess set Background Bits.

 We did have fun today! if you fancy joining my team, do ask me for more details, or check out the Page above (Join my team the CreateAbles), there is an exciting Stampin' Up! event coming up in November in Melbourne (so join soon!!)

I hope you're as excited as I am to be able to order from the new catalogue in 2 days time!
and I hope this inspires you to create.

God Bless love
Heather xox

Card for June's Classes

Hi Everyone,
Yea! I'm organised enough to be able to post the cards that we'll be making in June, the dates for classes this month are Saturday 3rd June at 10am in Maryborough, Wednesday 7th at 10.30am in Kangaroo Flat, and Wednesday 7th June 7.30pm in Laanecoorie,    I'll confirm that in an email to everyone!  I'll also being going down to Geelong well Corio to be exact to do a class down there (that's on Monday 5th June) if you're interested in that class let me know and I'll contact the lady who's organising it to see how much extra space there is.

If you've missed the excitement, the new catalogue is going to be released on 1st June, therefore I have been able to use a heap of *new stuff* how exciting!!
 First up is this card using the new Daisy punch, and the Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper (so you'll have a choice what goes down the bottom) and there is a lovely stamp set that goes with it too, which is what the saying and the tiny flowers are from "Daisy Delight stamp set".

 

Card #2 is this one using the Colourful Seasons Stamp set, and the Pretty Label Punch, I rather liked the way the flowers on the branch look a bit Japanese'ish', and we'll have fun creating the scallops on the side of the card (trust me......)

 Card #3 now we're mixing in some of the current stuff with new stuff....  there is this new set of 3 dies "Lovely Words thinlits", behind it I've used the Colour Theory Designer Series Paper, the pretty flower on the right is from a new hostess set called Feathery Friends (makes sense when you see the whole set, lol) and the saying in the left hand corner is from Thoughtful Banners and uses the Duet Banner Punch to cut it out (and yeah I finally got to link something to my store LOL! Oh currently the stamp set and Banner punch come as a bundle till 1st June, so you can get 10% off them with that!

Ok, we're up to the last card! wow doesn't time fly fast! again this is a mixture of new and old (having said that the "old" stamp set is actually new to me)  anyway, the saying is from Watercolour Words  (oh the computer and I are going to have all sorts of issues with how to spell colour - lol)  The other "old" thing is the Balloon bouquet Punch, then we move onto new stuff😀 Wood Words for the bits in the balloons and Seasonal Layer Thinlits for the chair.

The jury is out at the moment as to which is my favourite of these cards, although I'm veering towards the last one with the chair and #2 the Japanese'y' one, which are your favourites?

Oh and please could someone have another go at posting a comment on my blog as I still don't seem to have received any, and I'm a bit worried that my settings aren't right!  Thanks

I hope this inspires you to create,
God Bless love
Heather xox

Sneak Peek time again :)

Hi Everyone,
thought I'd show you a couple more cards I've been having a go at with my new stamp sets from the upcoming 2017/18 Annual Catalogue. Oh, before I forget, please could someone try and comment on my blog, as nobody has for ages, and I'm a bit concerned that I've locked something!

First up this card uses the Seasonal Layers Thinlits, Colourful Seasons Stamp Set and the matching Colour Theory Designer Series Paper - love these snowflake dies (so delicate) Oh and the branch is a die too!

 Next is this card, again using the Colourful Seasons Stamp set, and there's a new set of 3 word dies, "Lovely Words" obviously this one is "friend" lol!

Ok, what else do I have to show you? Oh yes this one, isn't it sweet? how cute are the little birds? Its one of the new hostess stamp sets (Feathery Friends) and I've used all the new colours Berry Burst, Powder Pink, Lemon Lime Twist, Tranquil Tide, and Fresh fig (also with a bit of Peekaboo Peach and Sweet sugarplum😉

And lastly I was playing around with doing magic slider cards, as I thought it would make a fun card to teach at Bendigo Craft Alive (which incidentally the dates are Friday 16th to Sunday 18th June)  I won't be teaching this particular slider card, as I have a better (in my opinion) one! this one uses Pick a Pattern Designer Series Paper.

I do have a son (Samuel) who loves dinosaurs, so I thought he'd enjoy seeing this one! having said that I've just realised that I haven't finished off the top!  oops, probably as I'm waiting to order a specific punch to use, but I can't order it till the 1st June (Oh the wait!!)

Ok well that's it for now, I'd best be off to bed!  Hope this inspires you to have a go, and someone/anyone!  please comment below to prove that I can have comments on my blog 😀

God Bless love
Heather xox

Mother's Day cards at school

Hi Everyone,
Yes I plucked up the courage and went into school to do Mother's day projects with them!
the little ones Prep to Grade 2's made this frame for their mums

which they did really well, I much appreciated the help of Lorraine and Erin (2 of the teachers!)  I had everything scored for the kids, and pre-cut the inside bits, and they decorated the back of their frames, and added a few glittery bits.
The older kids did a "Never Ending Card" which was a bit more of a challenge, although Josh (my 11 year old in that class thought they could handle it, and he helped me come up with the wording for my card), again I pre-cut and scored, but even so, the challenge was to get the card glued right. They all ended up with a presentable card! (I was very proud of them all!)
Here's mine:  Front of card

middle of card (first bit)

2nd middle bit of card

and finally the back of the card

which of course then folds down and your back to the beginning again!
I did end up having to buy this alphabet set (oh what a shame!) I'd been eyeing it up for quite a while in the catalogue, and Yay it's moving onto the next catalogue too, so still available if you feel a need for it - lol! check it out here: Labeller Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp set.
Well I hope this has inspired you to create in your space :)
God Bless love
Heather xox

Sneak Peek time!

Hi Everyone,
Yay my BBB's came! (short for Big Brown Box) yep they're in a wheelbarrow! had to pick them up from the postbox, and they were too heavy to just carry them (had 8 boxes of catalogues in there too)

So if you'd like a catalogue let me know!
Anyway these arrived on Wednesday about 1/2 hour before the kids came home - eek that doesn't give much play time!!  However I managed to squeeze a little play, so thought I'd share them with you, here goes......

this first set caught my eye when I first flicked through the new catalogue, it's called Crafting Forever, how cool are the pens/scissors/paint brushes and pot, and of course the saying!  I really felt the scissors needed to be cutting some DSP!  Oh and it's all new colours too (Yay!)
Ok next up is this:

This uses a stamp set called Daisy Delight, and a new punch - Delightful Daisy, Oh and new ribbon.... and new Faceted Gems (so cool)

Righty Ho onto the last card I was able to create in the short space of time I had!

This card uses Lovely Friends Stamp set, and the framelit dies Lovely Laurel Thinlits that cut out the flowers and more, check out the next photo

How cool is this?  they pop out from the middle of the card, although I've got a feeling the horseshoe shape is meant to go the other way! is that right or is it ok to have it that way round too?  Oh and it's so easy to fit into the middle of the card.  And isn't the little "Yes You" and the two hearts in the corner cute?

Ok well that's All Folks as they say, I wasn't able to make any more, so I'm hoping to get back in there again tomorrow, we'll see.

Anyway I hope this inspires you create (and want one of the new catalogues - again if you want one, let me know!)

God Bless love
Heather xox

A spot of Photo organising!

Hi everyone,
Well if you know me, you'll know that I'm not terribly good at remembering to take photos of everyday life (sometimes I remember the important stuff - lol)
Anyway my poor mother, keeps requesting photos from me, and I keep forgetting to send any!, so eventually around Christmas time last year I said, how about I make you up an album with photos (as I was having a half hearted go at doing one for myself I figured I could potentially do 2!  Yay today I finally got Mum's album in the mail to her!
I thought I'd share with you a few of the pages (of my album, as I'd already sent hers by the time I thought about taking photos of the pages - lol), and the front cover of my Mums' album.
Here is the front of my Mums album, really pleased with the way it turned out

 So that's it for Mum's album - lol now you get to see some selected pages from our album! these first two show how to use the small 2" square boxes, you can either put reduced size photos into them, or you can use a full photo and cut it up to pop in, I think your eye just sort of fills in the gaps, and sees the whole photo!

Next up when we went up to Hervey Bay in Queensland we saw this Go Kart track, and just HAD to go back and give it a go!  I love some of the photos I got from this (with Tom's camera), again you can see that I've taken a couple of photos and cut them in 1/2 to fit them in.

 Love this photo of Samuel, he was SOOO excited!  got to go on the tandem with Tom (apparently both sides had working controls (made for an interesting ride - lol)

And lastly my favourite spread of my album, Josh's Birthday party they had frozen drinks, and I found the perfect card to go with it - Smile Laugh Repeat!

If you're after some of the Project Life Cards or Albums, check them out here: Project Life there are a few reduced items (Yay!)  Now to finish our 2016 Album and start on this year!

Can't wait to see what the new catalogue reveals with Photo Organising!

Alrighty well that's it from me for now, hope it inspires you to dig out your photos and start organising them :)

God Bless love

Heather xox