Something Saturday - Christmas Ephemera

 Hi there Creators,

Today I thought I'd show off the new Ephemera/ Mix & Match packs in the new Mini Sept to Dec Catalogue.

Yay for Christmassy stuff!

In the video I just showed off all the components of each:

• Christmas Greetings Mix & Match specialty Cards & Envelopes (lovely gold foil on them)
• Greetings for you Mix & Match Ephemera Pack
• Joyful Days Memories & More Card Pack
• Christmas Tags & More 6x6" Mix & Match Specialty Designer Series Paper

I also mentioned that I'm happy to do up 1/2 packs of these bundled together.  I have worked out the price to be $40 plus postage if I have to mail it out to you.  Let me know if you are interested in this.

Also if you're keen to use these, but lack inspiration, I'll be offering a class (see details below the photos).  

For these pictures I have just laid the pieces on top of the base cards, not stuck down, but just to check layouts, I've added a bit of the Real Red Shiny ribbon in the first one, that is going to be part of the class in November (details below)

10 Quick & Easy Christmas Cards & and 6 Tags

At Home by Mail Kit or In Person
Saturday 29th November 1pm till 4pm
My classroom, Laanecoorie
Max of 6 participants
Book by 1st November
For the Class price of $70 you'll receive:
Full pack of Christmas Greetings Cards & Envelopes
1/2 pack of Joyful Days Memories & More Cards
1/2 pack of Greetings for You Ephemera Pack
1/2 pack Christmas Tags & More Specialty Designer Series Paper
12 Pack Traditional Sparkling Sequins
1/5 roll Real Red Shiny Ribbon

You will have a heap left over to carry on Crafting Cards at home with.
If you are in my team the class cost is $60.

If you missed the video, here it is:

I hope this inspires you to create

God Bless love

Heather xox

Something Saturday - Time for Celebration Ephemera Pack

 Hi there Creators

Today I'm showing off this Time for Celebration Mix & Match Ephemera Pack because I discovered something really cool...... They're sticky backed!  I totally recommend having your Take Your Pick tool handy for removing the backing.  Here are the links for products I've used in these cards:

Sweet Jar Bundle, Old Olive Two-Tone Cardstock, Green "Luck" card

Beautiful Butterflies stamp set,  Petal Pink Two-Tone Cardstock Peachy Hearts Celebrate Card

Simply Said Mix & Match Stamp set,  the Tools card and Disco Ball Card

I also added some Rhinestones to the ones in the first 2 photos (let's face it gotta have bling!)💎

Then I got carried away and made a heap more......  I pressed out all the images then put them into piles of things I thought would go well together (Christmas was the easiest pile 🤣)  But it's really cool that there's a bit of everything in the Ephemera.

These Christmas cards I used Jar of Joy Stamp set and the Real Red & White Adhesive backed Peppermints  for my "bling"

If you missed the video, here it is:

I hope this inspires you to create

God Bless love

Heather xox

Something Saturday - Your Day to Shine Kit

 Hi There Creators

Today we're onto the last of the 3 kits I bought a while back, this one is Your Day to Shine card Kit.  Again it's a pretty one, no stamp set this time hence it's cheaper at only $25, but you still get to make 9 cards with it! which at $2.78 per card is still cheaper for a decent card than what you'd buy in a shop! Plus you have the Crafting fix time and you're able to say "yes, I made this"😍

So here are the 3 styles of card it officially creates, although I have changed a few elements around, so if you do want to see the proper "official" way click on the link above 🤣

this first card is a mini card (with matching envelope) once again beautiful bling with these cards!  This card is pretty much true to their suggestion

This next card got turned around a bit as I wasn't terribly happy with their design, I didn't think the butterfly stood out so well on their card (I could be wrong - seems unlikely but you never know.....🤣)

And this last one I had to cut the foliage as I was a bit disappointed that on my card it would have pretty much been hidden by the blue flowers.

Anyway I also created a couple of other cards using these scraps:

And here they are I've paired it up with the Fully Flowering Ephemera Pack, the fabulous Simply Said Stamp set (one of my go to sets for sayings!) and not forgetting a bit of bling: Neutrals Adhesive Backed sequins.

Have to admit every time I play with the Ephemera packs I end up getting really into it, I think it's because they're so much fun to pair up together! (and cheap at only $14 a pack, you get heaps to play with!)

Anyway if you missed the video, here it is:

I hope this inspires you to either purchase a kit or play with what you already have

God Bless love

Heather xox

Something Saturday - Creating Frames using Paper Trimmer

 Hi There Creators,

Today as I was cutting things with my Paper Trimmer I thought Oh I wonder if I've ever taught people how to create frames with their trimmer, so just in case I haven't, here we go.........

In the video I simply show how to position the Trimmer and cardstock to be able to cut out a rectangle from the middle of it and create a frame, I find it really handy to do this, you can create a great effect without lots of bulk, for example with this card, if I was to use single layers it would end up with 7 layers and fairly heavy and bulky, in some respects it's like faux matting!

And then on the plus side you end up with the inside pieces to also use......  Love conserving cardstock! These 2 cards use 3 of the new In Colours for this year: Shy Shamrock, Petunia Pop and Pretty in Pink, so of course they needed the new In Colour bling: In Colour Shimmer Gems.  And the Stamp/Punch set I used is Keeping Tabs. 

I then may have got a little carried away, with making cards using the Ephemera Packs, and creating frames...And the funny thing is I didn't really think I'd like the Ephemera Packs when I first saw them, but gee they're addictive once you get creating 🤣 paired up with various bling, my favourite currently is the Adhesive Backed Shiny Sequins, Oh my goodness I love the colours in them, and the fact they don't have a hole in the middle makes them look like gems and not sequins!  And I used the Simply Said stamp set that is recommended to go with the ephemera packs, it has a fabulous selection of sayings 😃

If you missed the video here it is:

I hope this inspires you to have a go at frames with your Paper Trimmer.

God Bless love

Heather xox

Something Saturday - Let's play with the Ephemera & Card Packs

 Hi there Creators, 

This year Stampin' Up! have made a big deal of these ephemera packs (pronounced EFF-EM-ER-RA) and I did wonder what the heck it meant, so courtesy of Google: Ephemera: Something of no lasting significance. usually used in plural. 2. ephemera plural : paper items (such as posters, broadsides, and tickets) that were originally meant to be discarded after use but have since become collectibles.

Umm doesn't really sound that momentous 🤣  Anyway, check out the Ephemera packs with this link 

And there are 2 sets of cards & envelopes: Sunny Springs, and Calming Creek.

If you have a catalogue you'll find them on page 19, with a great stamp set too, but, as you'll see you can make this work without ink or a stamp in sight......

I may have sunk my teeth into all of the packs (and both sets of cards)😁  I had so much fun creating with these (which really surprised me).  As one of the ladies I was chatting to about them said, "they'd make a fabulous gift for someone!"  And considering the packs only cost $14 each, it's not a huge outlay either.

Here's what I came up with so far:  Oh and I couldn't resist adding some bling, I went simple with the Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

I love that you can make any type of card from these packs (obviously the Fully Flowering pack is kind of girly 🤣)  I mentioned last week that my July Mega class would be using the Attention Shoppers Stamp set and Labelled with Love Punch, well one of the other important inclusions will also be a 1/2 pack of the Something for Everyone Ephemera pack.

Check out my video to see all the packs properly

 

I hope this inspires you to get some and have a play too!

God Bless love 
Heather xox