Sneak Peek Occasions 2017 - Lift Me Up

Hi Everyone,
Yes I'm back again with another Sneak Peek, This time from the new upcoming Occasions Catalogue (will be live on 4th January), if you've been in Pinterest recently this will be one you've definitely seen around, I've finally got around to playing with mine, and here are my first efforts:

 

And yes, now I can see why people like it so much, with this card I've used a piece of Watercolour paper behind, and washed over a bit of colour, the Up and Away thinlit dies come with sections to do the back of the big balloon, so you just add them behind it, and it colours your balloon for you, I've done a close up of the watercolour wash for you to check out:

Oh and the ribbon is new too :)
Ok so the other card I created for someone in particular so it will be winging it's way to her hopefully tomorrow!

This card also uses Suite Sentiments (also from the new Occasions Catalogue), that is a great set of words that mix well with all the different stamp sets in the catalogue.  I've used some of the gorgeous Blushing Bride Glimmer paper in this card behind the balloon (hand cut) and again a wash on the background although this time just onto the plain Vanilla cardstock.
If you don't have the new Catalogues yet, let me know and I'll get them out to you.
Hope this inspires you to create,
God Bless
Love
Heather xox

Sneak Peek Sale-a-Bration 2017 - So Very Much

Hi Everyone,
Here I am back again with another "Sneak Peek" (short post today) Let me know if you'd like to have the new catalogues and I can get them out to you.
This time it's a Sale-a-Bration (SAB) set called "So Very Much" remember from the 4th January for every $90 of products you order, you'll get to pick one of the SAB items for FREE - Yay!

I have finally used my Blossom Bunch Punch (Ooo and it rhymes - lol), so to make this card,

•  I've used 3 co-ordinating cardstock colours, and punched one whole punch (gives 3 different sized flowers) I've used Watermelon Wonder, Calypso coral and Flirty Flamingo,
•  I've sponged round the edge of each flower with watermelon wonder, then attached them together, the bottom 2 with a dimensional, and the top one just with a glue dot, then added a Pearl
• To do the saying I've inked up the top 1/3 with Watermelon wonder, then the next 2/3 with Calypso Coral, then baby wiped the bottom 1/3, and inked this up with Flirty Flamingo this gives the graduated effect with the colour, although had I thought about it, it probably would have had the same effect using the Calypso Coral Ombre Pad (famous last thought's as they say!)
• the leaves are from another new set called "So In Love"  I thought they set off the flowers nicely

That's kind of about it really! If you'd like to have a party during SAB it's well worth it, as there are extra benefits for hostesses, just let me know and we'll schedule it in
I hope this has inspired you to create
God Bless love
Heather

Cookie Cutter Santa Tic Tac holders

Hi Everyone,
I bought a box of tiny tic tacs from Big W a while ago, thinking I'd put some into the kids stocking pressies, hadn't realised there was 62 of them in the pack! possibly a bit of an overkill for the kids stockings 😁
So in lieu of that thought we had our Christmas community meal at church last night so yesterday morning I thought I'd make up the tic tacs into little Santas, as I was given one by Veronica Koenig at the Stampin' Up! Onstage event in Brisbane as a swap, and only save a couple for the kids - lol

So here are some of my Santas:

and a close up of a couple:

Aren't they just so cute?  I even got Josh (Mr 11 year old) helping me out colouring in the Santa's, although admittedly I was doing something else for him at the time!
Anyway they were well received at Church (the kids thought the tic tacs were great, adults were intrigued by the packaging)

Just to give you the measurements so you can have a go:
take a strip of cardstock 10.5cm x 1.5cm, wrap it round your mini box of tic tacs, and secure the ends together, so the box can slide in and out.  then stamp Santa, using the Cookie Cutter Christmas Stamp set, Punch him out using the Cookie Cutter Punch, and an extra "person" from plain cardstock (I used Real Red and Basic Black)  Attach Santa on one side of your tic tacs and the other "person" on the other side of your tic tacs and you're all done 😊

Yay, Thankyou Veronica!
Hope you have been inspired to have a go yourself.
God Bless love
Heather xox

Bookcase Builder Sneak Peek

Hi Everyone,
well I snuck into my craft room today, to play briefly with a new stamp set - Bookcase builder, it's in the new upcoming Occasions Catalogue.
I'll show you the cards I created:

  


This was actually the second card I made, as it's name suggests it is designed to build bookcases!, and it wasn't this that I fell in love with, it was initially this saying, "I didn't know we were making Memories,  just thought we were having fun"  and even though at the moment I'm not huge on Project Life and scrapbooking, I could see myself using this saying in it (when I do get round to it)
The funniest thing is what I thought was a topiary tree in a pot, oops turns out it wasn't meant to be that, it's actually a lamp LOL (ah well..... also works as a little trimmed tree)

Then this was the first card I made, I love the full Congratulations, as so often it gets shortened to Congrats, and the other thing in this stamp set that made me buy it was the cute banners, they come as 2 separate stamps, where you stamp one, then the next one can be done in a different colour and it fits exactly, this saying is beautiful too: " Today's little moments, become tomorrows precious memories"  which I thought was quite suitable for a baby card.

I hope I have inspired you to turn your stamps upside down and create something new from them - LOL, and piqued your interest in the new upcoming catalogue, if you'd like a copy let me know.
God Bless love
Heather xox

Petite Cafe Gift Bags

Hi Everyone,
Well I thought I would share my "teacher" gifts.  I have seen on Pinterest and Facebook people using these Petite Cafe Gift Bags and decorating them up, popping fudge or biscuits into them (because they have a special lining in them so they are food grade).
So....... I thought I can do that, found a cool recipe for Bailey's Fudge (yumm) checked none of the teachers were tee totallers!
And here we are:  

 

Here is a closer look at of one of the bags:

 

I have added 1cm strips of Gold foil cardstock to give interest to the bag,
and the
 Whisper White 
  Mini PomPom 
 trim, I have really got into now! I've just attached it with some of the tear and tape adhesive, which I've folded back onto itself to make it fit.

I have used the Peaceful Pines Stamp set and matching framelits to cut out the tree

The other side of the bag looked a bit plain, so.............

I found a bit of pretty Designer Series Paper (sorry it's a retired one now), cut into a 6" by 8cm piece, then another piece of the gold foil cardstock, cut with the Banners Framelit dies
and Layered with a white piece (again cut with the same dies)

I'm pretty pleased with the way the bags turned out, and the fudge isn't too bad either!

Hopefully the teachers (and bus drivers) enjoy it :) If I was a better cook I probably would have tried this out ages ago! LOL

Ah well hopefully I've inspired you to have a go at decorating a bag with some goodies in it!  You can purchase these bags by clicking on the link 😊

God Bless love
Heather xox

Twist'n'Pop Card tutorial done with A4 cardstock

Hi Everyone,
Well I am loving doing videos, I'd really like feedback on them too, if there's anything you feel I could do better (other than my somewhat precarious set up, which thankfully you can't see - might take a photo of it next time to show you 😊)  Tom (husband) has said he'll work on that one for me  (bless him...), so
Anyway, this is the card I show in the Video below:  I've been wanting to make these Twist'n'Pop cards for a while but they always use 12x12 cardstock in the video's and tutorials I've seen, and I'm really an A4 girl, so this is my version done with ONE sheet of A4 (cos I'm also quite stingy and don't like to waste paper) LOL.

Check out this Video I created for you to show you how it's done:

 

The measurements I have used are: 

Start with an A4 sheet, cut 2 sections of 8cm each from it

Take the remainder piece and score it in 1/2 at 10.5cm

One of the 8cm pieces, score in 1/2 (through the width) then each side in 1/2 again, so you end up with four equal sections 5.25cm each (which is concertina'd)

The other 8cm piece is scored in 1/2 down the length at 4cm, then mark in each edge at 6.5cm, and score diagonally between them

Anyway for a list of "Ingredients" used on this card:

• Candy Cane Designer Series Paper (sad to say almost out of stock as I write)
• Stampin' Trimmer
• Simply Scored Score Board
• Simply Scored Metric Plate
• Real Red Stitched Edge Ribbon
• Embellished Ornaments Clear mount stamp set
• Fast Fuse Adhesive (you must have a strong adhesive)
• Tear & Tape Adhesive 
• Sweet and Sassy Framelit dies

I hope this inspires you to have a go, if it does, please post me a photo of your creation, I'd really love to see what others create with my template, and do please leave me a comment to let me know what you think of my tutorial.

God Bless love
Heather

Video using Stampin' Up! Star of Light Stamp set

Hi Everyone,
well here it is my first "Official" Video!  I'm excited to share this with you, I hope you enjoy it and it inspires you 😊

Here is just a photo of the card:

Here is the list of "ingredients" I have used, which you can purchase through my Stampin' Up! blog if you are interested, just click on the links to see each item:

• Star of Light Photopolymer bundle
• Clear Block E (for the plain block, but you could also use it for your stamps too)
• Soft Sky Ink Pad
• Pacific Point Ink Pad
• Island Indigo Ink Pad
• Silver foil cardstock
• Tombow - Multipurpose Adhesive Glue
• Sponge Daubers
• Fancy Frost Sequins
• Fine Tip Glue Pen