Something Saturday - Explosion card

 Hi there Creators,

Today on the back of doing an explosion card with the kids at school for Father's Day, I thought I'd make up one for a video.

I've used the gorgeous Abigail Rose Designer Paper, love the soft muted colours, in the video I end up making the innards for 2 cards, so here are the finished cards.....

I decided to go nice and simple and let the gorgeous card speak for itself a bit of the Natural finish ribbon, and some of the Iridescent Rhinestones (gee these go with everything!)

Then on to the inside of the card, which is what I show how to create in the video, I've used a bit of vellum to pop the saying onto.

 

To get the colour to stay on the vellum, first I've inked my stamp in Versmark, so the ink will stay wet for long enough, then inked it in my colour (in this case Early Espresso - which turned out pinker than I expected!🤣 (if you ink with colour then ink with versamark you'll end up with ink in your versamark pad!) Then stamped and added clear embossing powder, then heat set it.  It's the only way to get a colour other than Stazon to stay on vellum!

Then the other card I fussy cut out one of the flower bouquets from another sheet of the Abigail Rose paper, and popped this up on dimensionals onto another piece of the designer paper

then inside the card, again I used the versamark/ink/clear heat emboss trick on the vellum.  This time I went with soft suede which seems to come out a truer colour!

If you missed seeing the video, here it is.....

 

I hope this inspires you to have a go too.

God Bless love

Heather xox

Something Saturday - A little something with Vellum

 Hi there Creators

A friend of mine, when I asked her if there was anything she'd like to see on my videos commented that vellum would be good (how it turns white when pressure is added to it)

For those of you who have done Pergamano work you'll know all about this, and Pergamano is all about vellum and the stunning effects you can get with it although it is somewhat painstaking! (it's been quite a few years since I did Pergamano work), however I happy to say there is a much quicker and simpler way to get some really cool effects with vellum 😃

First up, I had (before the video) made up this card, as you can see I've used the Wintry 3D embossing folder to create the snowflakes using vellum, I've actually used the Iridescent rhinestones for the 'bling' but coloured them with the dark Night of Navy Stampin' Blend (bear in mind the Stampin' blends are alcohol based so don't rub off if you use them to colour embellishments or ribbon).  Also if you're going to stamp on Vellum, you'll need to either use Stazon Ink, as waterbased inks will rub off, or stamp with Versamark and heat emboss with whatever colour suits your work.

I wanted to try out my new Gingham embossing folder next , and as I only wanted the pattern 1/2 way up the vellum I've put the Vellum all the way into the folder then the folder into my Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine sideways, so that I could run the folder only 1/2 way into the machine before backing it out again, If you put the vellum only partially into the folder (so the vellum sticks out at one end) and run it all the way through you end up with a line where the folder stops, and I didn't want that, I wanted it to kind of fade into the vellum rather than stopping abruptly.  Then I figured the Round and Square brads kind of went nicely with the design and also the Classic Matte Dots (I'm going with this being a 'bloke'y' card!)

Then lastly I've used my Simply scored Scoring Tool, the great thing about the Stampin' Up! one is that it's actually 12x12 so you can fit your whole scrap book papers into it (admittedly it does take up a fair bit of space)  Anyway I cut the vellum to 4" x 5 1/2" so I could score it into 1/2" blocks.

I find some of the designer paper a bit too dark, so I thought this would be a good way to lighten it up but still see it, I added a saying from Good Feeling Stamps, and used some of the cute little Loose flower flourishes that I usually forget about!  the leaves are cut using the Bough punch, you don't have to use the whole punch I just cut a couple of leaves off the end.  Oh and I added some of the iridescent pearl basic jewels in the centre of the flourishes, although they have sticky backs I did fill up the centre of the flowers with a bit of tombow first to make sure they definitely stuck well (seems to have worked 😉)

If you missed the video here it is: 

I hope this inspires you to have a play with your vellum and see what you can create!

God Bless love

Heather xox

Something Saturday - Using up Kit Scraps

 Hi there Creators

today I turn to scrap booking (very rare for me!), but I had some scrap pieces left over from last weeks kit after I'd pushed out the pieces I was using, and for some reason I felt they needed photos in the middle of them - or it could have been that I was going through a draw and discovered photos (from 8 years ago)  that I'd done nothing with🤣

One way or another I ended up doing a video to give you ideas as to how you could use them.😊  However as I didn't finish off the pages in the video, here they are for you to check out.....

In the video I create this blue piece with the 2 photos and white piece to write on

Then this section with the heart and the 2 photos beside it was the other one I showed off in the video

I've also used the Fabulous Frames Dies on the bottom photos

 

 

This next middle section was a piece from the kit that I thought the small photos of the boys on the toboggans would look good in I used one of the Heart punches for the middle top photo and used the Alphabest bundle for the lettering.  Oh and as it was snow I couldn't resist using a wide strip of the beautiful Snowflake Specialty Vellum

 

Again the Fabulous frames dies came into play with this next page, I've always thought the corners would look good on a scrap page.

 

 

And the last page is my usual scrap book style of shove as many photos as I can onto a page (I like the collage look!) but as I also wanted to show off a bit of the paper underneath I chose to write on a piece of vellum

Now I just have to find a scrap book album to put them in - as I do this so rarely I have managed to lose it, and apparently Stampin' Up! no longer sell 12 x 12 scrapbooking albums or page protectors - just one of those things you never look for until you need it (oops!)  Maybe I should have stuck to the 8x6" album size that we do have!  Little late now.....

Anyway in case you missed the video, here it is....

I hope you've found this useful and it inspires you to do something with your left over scraps

God Bless love

Heather xox

Something Saturday - Kit Time

 Hi there Creators,

This week I'm showing off one of our new kits, "The Best Remedy".  I pre-made up one of each of the cards, but figured that it would be good to try something different with each.

I've deliberately stuck to using only what was in the box to make these cards, and switched around the parts to create 3 different cards, I hope it gives you an idea that you don't have to stick to exactly what's recommended.

Here are the cards that the kit recommends:

Then these are the cards I popped together to change things around:  I love the matching envelopes 😊

I tried out the little ice cream stamp on this card:

I actually had meant to stamp some extras onto this card (and remembered after I stuck it together)  typical!  Ah well next time 🤣  So I stamped the little flower vase onto a scrap of the left over card, and cut that out instead.

In case you missed the video here it is 😃

I hope this inspires you to do something a little different with your kits....

God Bless love

Heather xox

Cards for September Classes

Hi there Creators, 

almost into September!  My classes are on Wednesday 7th, at 10.30am in Laanecoorie, Thursday 8th 7pm Laanecoorie and Saturday 10th 10.30am in Maryborough. $20 to create 4 cards, let me know if you want to book your place.

And here's what we'll be making.....

First up we'll be using the Artistic Mix Decorative Masks, I love the effects you can get with these! You pick either the Hello Friend or the Happy Birthday, you can't see it terribly well but there is also bling on each of these (more understated in the "male" card)

Next up is the Christmas Lights stamp set used on this card with the Brightest Glow stamps for the sayings  I admit to buying the Lights Aglow Suite as I liked everything that was in it and considering you get 9 items in the suite at $261 it's not bad value! (2 stamp sets, 2 die sets, 3 lots of specialty papers, ribbon and embellishments)  Ironically the Distressed Gold Specialty paper isn't part of it, but wait there's more.......

 

So then in this card I've used some of the dies and the specialty papers!  I've used the Labels Aglow dies, Glimmer Specialty Paper and the same Brightest Glow stamps for the saying (the Dies and stamps come as a bundle, and you can save 10% - woo hoo!)  And I've even squeezed in the Gold and Vanilla Ribbon! (go me!)

This card is a gatefold card, something a little different

And the last card uses the Blessings of Home stamp set to create a pattern and lightly coloured in with blending brushes

 I hope you can join me to create these cards, if not, I hope these inspire you to create in your space.j

God Bless love

Heather xox

Something Saturday - What to do with your left over cut off's

 Hi there Creators

As I cleaned up my desk to do a video and wondered what I should video about, I came across a heap of cut off pieces in varying colours, and just knew what I should be doing.....

So I made the video, then got it loaded up onto my laptop and discovered it was out of focus! grrr, so the next day I tried again, which means that now I have 2 lots of cards to show you 🤣 Well at least something good came of it (plus of course I used more of my scraps)

I'll show you them in the order I made them....  this first one I thought I'd stick to 2 main colours, white and red, with green base card

thought I'd also share with you how the saying came to have a torn edge....well, I stamped it directly onto the card first, and this happened - just goes to show you should stamp the image on scrap paper first before putting ink to your main card!, so I thought never mind I'll stamp on spare card, and cut it out in a neat rectangle, ha ha! I stamped, all good, then the cutter jammed and tore the card, by which time I was a bit fed up with it, and decided it could look good with a torn edge instead lol!  As I say in class there's always a way round things

So next up I made this one:  very simple design, not much to say about it really, just that you don't have to use all the available space on the card, it's ok to leave some blanks 😃  And you gotta add some bling, in this case on my desk also happened to be the Adhesive backed seasonal sequins, and conveniently they went with all the cards I created except the last one, (by then I'd put them away!)

So after this I created this card in the first video I made (which no-one will see due to it's "out of focus'ness")  This time I went for the whole front covered, and I love the scalloped edge I was able to get by using the Penned Flowers Dies.

Then the final one that I made up in the video below, with some of the "Brushed Brass Butterflies" (try saying that heaps of times quickly in a row 🤣)  and the really really gorgeous Tahitian Tide Metallic Woven Ribbon

If you missed the video, here it is...

I hope this inspires you to dig through your scraps for the straight pieces, and have a go!

God Bless love

Heather xox

Something Saturday - Card in a Box

 Hi there Creators

Well I made a card in a box a couple of years ago and since then it's been going to craft shows with me and people have commented on it and asked if I had a tutorial, so I thought maybe it's high time I did one!

I also didn't entirely like the design I did the first time, so this gave me time to refine it a bit

here's my original one:

I decided I wasn't keen on the fact that it completely opens up and takes up a fair bit of space, so here's the one I made in the video:

As you can see I've left the back 2 pieces joined, so it creates a kind of wall, I thought it would look kind of cool if you could see a bit of a reflection of the back of the cake, using the gold foil.  Plus I absolutely adore this stamp set: Artistically Inked stamp set, along with some of the Gilded Leafing (kind of satisfies my gold craving 🤣)  I always find using Tombow (Multi purpose Liquid Glue) and Tear & Tape Adhesive works well to add the gilded leafing to.  You need to let the tombow dry a bit first so it doesn't squidge everywhere.

Anyway I said I'd share my measurements with you, so here goes..... bear in mind if you're stamping on the pieces, make sure you do that before gluing anything together!

First up you'll need a piece of card 2 parts wide by 3 parts long, I went with 19cm x 28.5cm, scored into squares of 9.5cm (see my mud map below) dotted lines scored, black line cut.

If you're using my measurements then your lid will need to measure 12.6cm square, and score 1.5cm in on each side, if you're trying out a different size you want to add 1mm to the size of the squares in your box, then allow extra for the lid sides (with mine it's 9.6cm plus 1.5cm extra for each side, hence 12.6cm)

The circles I used the Layering circles dies to find the diameter I cut the circles with scrap paper first, folded them in 1/2 and measured it (the diameter is the line length across the middle of the circle).  From the diameter, you then times the result by 3.14 (Pi), and the number you get is the circumference (all the way round the edge of the circle) which is the length of card you need for the cake sides plus 1cm to create an overlap flap to glue it together.   At this point I will say it doesn't have to be exact, because you could come up with some weird numbers lol.

You'll then need to decide how high you want your cake tiers, my base tier is 3cm high and the top one 4cm.  You'll need to add 2cm to each of these (so 5cm and 6cm respectively)  and score 1cm in on each side, then you snip in to the score line to create a kind of fringe on both sides, this will allow the cardstock to bend around (see photo)

Make this "fringed" piece into a circle and secure it together (you have hopefully allowed the 1cm over-flap, as I mentioned)  And I reckon that's about it for the measurements 😊

If any of it doesn't make sense, hopefully the video will!  if not let me know.  Here's the video:

Well...... as I say in my in person classes - now it's your turn!

I hope this inspires you create

God bless love

Heather xox