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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...

Mixing it up with Embossing Powders

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 Hi there Creators,  Well this Something Saturday I've mixed up my embossing powders - literally! I thought it would be interesting as they come in packs of 3 now to see what black and white would look like mixed up and embossed etc. Therefore here are my findings..... first up the embossing powders straight up -  Top Row: Gold, Silver, Copper,  Bottom Row:  Black, Clear & White (yes the clear isn't obvious, but bear with me!) So then I took a bit of 2 different colours from the sets of 3 and mixed them up in separate containers, and these were the results: I've put the 2 original colours either side of the mixed colour Gold and Silver mix Silver & Copper Mix Black & White Mix Gold & Copper Mix (I really liked this one!) Now I asked you to bear with me on the clear, and here is what I did with it (actually I did 2 things....) Firstly I took the clear embossed on white cardstock, and added colour to the background using Blending Brushes;  whe...