Something Saturday - Christmas Favours Boxes

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  Hi there Creators Today I thought I'd show off these little Christmas Favours Boxes.  Rose came to class the other day with one and I forgot to take photos, but I think this is pretty similar, so cute! The link to all the products used can be found here:  Christmas Boxes products used (if you're reading this let me know if this makes it easier to see the products used, I usually put up individual links for everything but thought I'd try something new, and potentially easier!) Anyway onto the photos..... the front: The lift up flap at the front The Back And I wanted to show off the gorgeous little "Low Profile Sparkle Dots", not sure if it really shows up as well as it could I've just realised in all the photos you don't really see the box! That's ironic! so here's one of the box! Right now I can give you the measurements for the box! Really simple: 12cm x 12cm, then score in each side by 4cm. then cut as shown: fold in the flaps and glue togethe...

Having some fun with Embossing Paste

Hi Everyone,
as I was scrolling through one of the Stampin' Up! related Facebook pages the other day I came across a beautiful card by Juana Ambida made using the Embossing paste, she was saying that as the embossing paste is white, we know you can colour it using re-inkers, but to do that is a bit messy, and the paste does dry fast, so then you don't have long to use it.  Her blog post was showing how she'd spritzed colour onto the paste (check it out here).

I really liked this idea, so here are my first versions :)

 By holding the stencil onto the cardstock, you can add the paste, then I've spritzed using a few drops of re-inkers, and topping it up with Isocol (which is an alcohol based rub, dries fast!) then you remove the stencil and Voila! the one above uses Melon Mambo and Pumpkin Pie, the one below uses Garden Green and Dapper Denim.  They still need to be left somewhere to dry for 5 - 10 minutes, but I love the texture you get on the card, and the vibrancy of colour that you can achieve (if you add enough re-inker)!
I did take a couple of close ups to give you a better view too:

you can see the texture it creates with these 2 photos above, and below I thought you might like more of a close up of the "hooray", which is gold heat embossed onto vellum, as I thought white cardstock would be too stark over top, this at least shows a little of the colour through.

To use the Embossing paste, you'll need to have stencils the ones I've used are Pattern Party Decorative Masks, and you'll also need something to spread it on with, I've used the Palette Knives, and lastly to spritz on top of mine I've used the Stampin Spritzers (which happily come in a pack of 2!) although I think I now may need more........ lol  Oh and lastly when you do use the paste, clean up everything immediately after, I just used a few baby wipes as I wasn't near a sink, but it washes off easily.
Don't forget for this month of July every $90 you spend will earn you a $9 "bonus days" gift voucher to use next month, it gets emailed to you, so don't lose your emails!

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

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