Class cards for October

 Hi there Creators

Class dates for October are: 

• Thursday 3rd in Laanecoorie at 7pm
• Saturday 5th in Maryborough at 10.30am, along with this session from 2-3pm is the Stampin' Up! World Card-Making Day Event, the church has said I can keep the hall for longer so we can watch (and join in) together.  If you plan to stay make sure you register with Stampin' Up! as there was mention of a gift after the event for everyone who registers!  Register here:  World Card-Making Day Event
• Tuesday 8th 1.30pm in Laanecoorie

Make sure you let me know if you are planning to come!

And here are the cards we'll be creating:

First up 2 Christmas Cards, this one uses the Gold Mercury Vellum, which really pops well on the Cherry cobbler background, and I love this die cut from Peaceful Season Bundle (stamps & dies)

Next up is the Peaceful Evergreens , how cool is the little bow? (there are dies that cut this out) and hopefully you can see the wink of stella on the inside tree piece and the bow!

then I decided I haven't used the tab punch next, and thought it would make a good bowl! so this card uses the Keeping Tabs bundle, Simply Sparkling Dies and the Spotlight on Nature Dies

And lastly this Easel Card using the Latte Love Bundle and the modern oval punch. 

If you can't make it to any of the classes I hope these inspire you to create!

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 - Slit Slider Card

Hi there Creators

Today I'm showing off a slider card, one of the presenters at the Stampin' Up! Onstage event we went to in Melbourne showed a similar card, so I thought I should have a go too 😍  I love the way it looks like the element is floating across the card.

Anyway here are the finished cards I made up:

I have used the Keeping Tabs bundle for the pull tab piece, and the Attention Shoppers Bundle for the cake, bottles & sayings, and also the Labelled with Love Punch  (little note, if you plan to come to my July Mega Class you'll receive the Attention Shoppers stamp set and Labelled with Love Punch as part of your kit)  Oooo so exciting!

To create these cards you'll need:

A Base Card (A5 folded in 1/2) which gives a front of 14.8cm x 10.5cm

A piece of (in this case) white cardstock 5mm shorter = 14.3cm x 10cm

A piece of Designer Paper 1/2cm smaller again = 13.8cm x 9.5cm

A long straight strip of card in this case 13cm x 3cm

And a smaller piece to attach the sliding image to. 

(you'll also need the image you want to have sliding across the card, and other decorations)

 

I'm not sure I can do a decent job of explaining how to do this, so I recommend you watch the video!

And here it is.....

I hope I've inspired you to have a go at making one of these too, I think they're so much fun! (and really quite easy to make!)

God Bless love

Heather xox