Interactive Class for September - Slider Cards

Hi There,
yay finally got the 2nd card finished and photos/videos done of the Slider Cards we'll be creating on 20th!  Remember you can also order this as a kit and I will be doing a video to show how to put your pack together (as well as written instructions)
So Card1:

 

And Card #2

 

  I have made a couple of quick videos so you can see how they work

both of these cards use beautiful Specialty Designer Series Papers, the top card also uses the Botanical Tags Thinlit dies (aren't they gorgeous?) and the second card uses the Detailed Floral Thinlit dies, and the Celebrate You thinlit dies.  And just in case you're wondering the Specialty Designer Series Papers are, Share What You Love (card 1) and a new one called Frosted Floral (available from 5th September - unless you're a demo, in which case you can get it now!!)

Anyway down to the nitty gritty, the class is in Laanecoorie on 20th at 10.30am and 7.30pm, cost $20 however if you can't make that, as mentioned above, I do offer it as a mail out class cost $15 plus $2 postage.  When you receive this as a mail out class I can't do any stamping for you, having said that there is only 1 stamped image in the whole 2 cards which is the Happy Birthday, this comes from the Soft Sayings Card Kit (which is an all inclusive kit and produces a beautiful set of cards), or you can substitute it for something else :)

That's it folks for today, I hope these cards inspire you to create
God Bless love
Heather xox

what have I been making recently?

Hi there,
well I wonder what I have been making recently lol!  A quick trip into the craft room, a few photos later and yep I have been making things (oh thank goodness for that lol)

First of all I thought I'd share this ultra cute little apron holder I made, it could hold some greetings cards, or business cards.....

It's made using the Apron Builder framelits, and even though I'm not the worlds greatest cook, I still think it's cute (and I do wear an apron quite often when I am cooking - mainly to stop oil splatter!)

Next up I thought I should make a couple of framed pieces for Craft Alive Bendigo (which is coming up soon 17-19th June)
firstly using the new absolutely stunning Delightfully Detailed Laser Cut Specialty Paper 
Oh my! it really doesn't need extras to this paper, wow!

Alright last thing for today!  Another framed piece, using the beautiful "Share What You Love Designer Series Paper"

Again it doesn't really need adorning in any way, but who can resist a bit of bling?

I just had to add a bit of Dazzling Diamonds glitter to the flowers - eek couldn't resist lol

And that's what I've been up to....
I hope it inspires you to create too, dig out those beautiful Designer Series Papers and frame them!

God Bless love
Heather xox

CreateAbles Team Day May 2018

Hi There,

We had our CreateAbles team day on Saturday, and had so much fun, I thought I'd share some photos with you all :)

Our day started with "Yours Truly" giving a motivational talk for my team (which thankfully seemed to go down well!) 
Then we moved onto Rosalie Fitzmaurice from RJ Papercrafts doing a demo for us on the new Make a Difference Alphabet set, which is a beautiful set, and she did a fabulous job demoing it to us.

Next we moved onto our Make & Takes for the day, Jenny Stewart had made this beautiful creation for us (at least this was my interpretation of it, as we were allowed various stamp sets)

gotta love this "Share What You Love Designer Series Paper", and the beautiful Pearlised Doilies!

Next Up Renee Mallia from Crafty Nay's Cards shared this fabulous Creation using the Sea of Textures Stamp set and the Under the Sea framelits:

 and this is the inside it's so cool! called an explosion card (kind of like a tardis, small on the outside, but when you get in, ta da!....... lol)

I did feel mine paled into insignificance a bit beside theirs! however with my card I did get the girls using the Stamparatus, which some hadn't played with before.  They had a choice of 2 cards, (same, same but different lol)

These 2 use the rather lovely embossing dies from Nature's Roots framelits, trees and sayings from the Rooted in Nature Stamp set, and the cards themselves are also new! they are the Delightfully Detailed Notecards and envelopes, I just think they're great having the already watercoloured look to them! (gee 1/2 the jobs done already!)

After Lunch we moved onto a fabulous demo by Cindy extolling the virtues of the kits (and there are many) I think she's sold me on the new Calligraphy Essentials Project kit lol, it looks soooo much better in real life than on the pages of the catalogue! (which to be honest is probably true about all the kits!).
I did a quick (very quick) demo showing the Pulled String technique - Oh my goodness it's soooo cool! just as a quick "how do you do it", Ink up a piece of string (I used Stampin' Up! twine, and reinkers) then lay it down in a squiggly line on one piece of card with a small piece coming out of the bottom, lay another piece of card over the top, put your hand over the ends, and pull the string out, and voila.....

lastly we made up colour swatches for all the new colours and all the the revised Colour Collections (we managed to get a bit of a production line going with some punching some tying and some writing) 

All in all it was a fabulous day lovely to get together with some of the team members from far flung places who normally can't make it, and here we all are with our new catalogues, only a few days left till it goes live on 1st June!

If you have been thinking about joining Stampin' Up! and my CreateAbles team, do so soon as the next event that most of my team will be off to is the official OnStage Stampin' Up! event in November in Melbourne, I think the date to book is 14th August, and you'll want to have got the hang of it all by then! as the booking window is usually very short before it's all sold out.  Can't wait!!

I hope this has inspired you to create (and maybe think of joining my growing team)
God Bless love
Heather