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Something Saturday - Origami Envelopes

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 Hi There Creators, Guess what? it's that time of the week again for Something Saturday!😃 This week I happened to be scrolling through Facebook and came across this origami envelope quick video, so I have deciphered the video (you know how they do it and it's so fast!) And I've worked out if you do it with 12x12" cardstock you get an envelope worthy of a card, and a 6x6" piece gives you a gift card sized envelope. Here they are: then I'll try and explain how to make them...... This first one is made using one of the 12x12" pieces of  Unbounded Beauty Designer Series Paper and this smaller one uses one of the 6x6" pieces of Full of Life Designer Series Paper Now, how to create these envelopes: take your square piece of designer cardstock, and fold in 1/2 diagonally Open it up and fold one side in to the middle: then fold as shown: open up the bottom flap and fold in the sides fold up the bottom tuck the point bit inside the envelope (you might want t...

Something Saturday - Thoughtful Moments Hybrid

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 Hi There Creators Hope you've all had a lovely Christmas!  Happy New Year to you too. Today I thought we'd check out something that will be available to purchase on 4th January - 5 Days time EEK!  hopefully you all have your catalogues by now, if not let me know! What we're checking out today is the Thoughtful Moments Hybrid which is an embossing folder with dies, and it is SOOOO cool!, you can cut and emboss all at the same time.  There are 10 sayings/words, and I've been so enjoying playing with them. Here are the cards I made up after the video, I decided with these that less is more, so they make amazingly simple, but effective cards I think!  I've added a bit of Wink of Stella to some pieces just to add a bit of bling😍 My last card was inspired by some lined cards that a friend of mine gave me for Christmas, they were hand-painted by her daughter and she gave me a jar with it to write down what I'm thankful for, and pop them in the jar.  Here are so...

January Mega Class

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Hi there Creators,  yep it's that time of year again!  This time I decided to do a set of 12 cards that are kind of "all purpose Birthday cards" so you should have one for every month 🤣 There's a mix of card useful for all members of the family, here is the "conglomerate" photo:   The Details: Saturday 20th January 10.30am till 3.30pm.  Held at the Laanecoorie Hall, or order it as a postal class. The day will include a stamp set: Beach Day, the Heartfelt Hexagon Punch, a full pack of Iridescent Pastel Gems, 1/8 pack of one of the new Sale-a-Bration papers, twine, lunch and more..... plus your choice of a Sale-a-Bration product from the $90 list. The cost will be $125 for the day (unless you're one of my CreateAble team members in which case it's $50) If you'd like to come please book (and pay for) your place by 3rd January!  I will need to order on 4th January when the catalogue goes live to make sure I have everything ready for you all.  Let ...

Something Saturday - Last minute card for Christmas

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 Hi There Creators, I thought we'd squeeze in a last minute - ultra simple Christmas card, all you need is a bit of Designer paper, a brown "stick" and an appropriate saying, oh and a round die, or small round plate (and scissors) So.... here it is: I have used:  Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper (retiring soon), Deckled Circle Dies , and the lovely Brightest Glow Stamp se t. Oh just as a little extra the little swirls on the corners of the top card were made using the M from Merry   Check out the quick video below to see how to create these easy trees.  Hope you all have a lovely Christmas God Bless love Heather xox

Something Saturday - Pop out Concertina Christmas Tree Card

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 Hi There Creators Today I'm showing you how to create a card that has a pop-out element in the middle which just happens to be a Christmas tree (surprise, surprise as it's almost Christmas!) I've used the fabulous Merry Bold & Bright Designer Series Paper, which sadly is on the retiring list 😔 Here is the middle of the first card I created before the video: and the outside of the card..... I wasn't 100% happy with the tree inside the card of that one, I'd used a 1" scoring gap, and I think it was too much, so this one I did in the video I used a 3/4" score gap, which I'm much happier with, and it left me room at the top for a star😁, which I got from the Handcrafted Elements Dies (plus the ornament I used on the front of the card) I think this designer paper is so beautiful, love the brightness, it really works for anything, doesn't have to be Christmas!, although looking at this photo, I'm thinking I should bling up the ornament with ...

Something Saturday - Fancy Fold Tube Card

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  Hi there Creators, Today I'm "caseing" a card from one of my downline.  LeeAllan sent me this card, isn't it great? So, the card she sent me was made not with A4 cardstock in mind (and I'm an A4 girl!) so I had to change the measurements a bit, then I couldn't keep the same design and added a bar at the top, so I could dangle a Christmas ornament, so Da Daaaa....... For this card I used a saying from Brightest Glow ,  The Tartan Foil Specialty Designer Paper , More Dazzle Designer Paper, and the star of the show Handcrafted Elements Dies . During the video I make this next card, I've put the bar onto the bottom with this card, really the bar could go at any height!  This one uses the Oxidized Copper Specialty Designer Series paper, Oh my goodness it's gorgeous! and the saying comes from Circle Sayings Stamp set. Onto the measurements...... Take an A5 piece of cardstock, fold in 1/2 at 10.5cm, then the front is scored at: 2.6cm, 5.2cm and 7.8cm thi...

Something Saturday - Meandering Meadows Mini Cards

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 Hi there Creators, Today I'm showing you how to create 5 really cute mini cards with a single sheet of this gorgeous Meandering Meadows Designer Series Paper (it's an Online Exclusive, in case you're wondering why you haven't seen it in the catalogue) - check the link out to see it! In the catalogue are these cute 3" square mini envelopes (I rediscovered mine the other day) hence this post came about. 😃 Sometimes you just want a mini card to go with something! First things first, let's show you the cards, then give you the measurements, and the video The first set I made up before the video are these ones: bear in mind that there is a different design on both sides of the paper, I've also used the Adhesive Backed Dragonflies & Birds , they actually remind me of the Brushed Brass Butterflies that are in the annual catalogue (which I use a fair bit)  I've also used the Double Oval Punch (bit of a favourite punch - such a handy size)!  The Circle ...