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Hi there Creators,
Almost February, so thought I'd best show you what we're going to be making at the classes on Saturday 2nd 10am in Maryborough, Tuesday 5th at 7.30pm in Laanecoorie (my classroom) and Wednesday 6th 10.30am in Laanecoorie (my classroom)
Card 2 uses the Let it Ride stamp set, combined with the Stamparatus for ease of stamping my sister and daughter are both into horses so I really felt this was a must have set for cards for them!, and as so many people around this rural area have horses I also thought it was a fairly safe bet to do a horse card, I think just about everyone I know, knows someone who has a horse!
Last card I thought we'd better do a valentines card for those who'll need it, although I will have a Happy Birthday to fit for the saying just in case!
So this one uses the Geared Up Garage Stamp set and Garage Gears thinlits, along with the Corrugated Embossing folder, which has made it onwards from the Holiday Catalogue!
I thought it kind of looks like a roller garage door using the corrugated embossing folder.
So that's our line up for the cards we'll be making in February, do let me know if you'd like to come and join in any of the classes, and if you don't have the new Occasions or Sale-a-Bration Catalogues and would like them, do let me know, and I'll get them to you.
Hope these inspire you to create! let me know which is your favourite
Happy Stampin'
God Bless love
Heather xox
Just makes you want to go Muwah!
Hi There Creators,
well today I'm showcasing the "All My Love Designer Series Paper" Oh it's so pretty! I have made a determined effort that this year I'm going to actually use my DSP's (Designer Series Paper's) rather than just looking at them and admiring them lol (which seems to often happen)
So with this series of 5 cards I've managed to use a piece of each of the 6 papers - admittedly I've used what I consider to be the prettier side of each, although sometimes it's a hard choice! Stampin' Up! are also doing a Simple Stamping challenge, which means that you try and take your stamping back to basics, by just using Stamps, Ink and Paper, and in this months challenge a punch too. This month the theme is Valentines Day, which conveniently fits in nicely with these papers!
So onto the cards here they are all together, then I'll show you them individually:
For the #simplestamping Challenge I have 2 cards that specifically stick to the parameters, one more that uses a bit of ribbon then the other 2 are more birthday cards 😊
So first up this one, which has used a piece of the DSP, and I've cut the hearts out of it, you probably (I hope) wouldn't know this but in this collage of hearts there's only 3 whole hearts! the rest are all parts and arranged to "underlap" the whole ones. I've teamed it up with the "Forever Lovely" Stamp set
The other card that managed to stick to the parameters of the challenge is this one: I've stamped the background using the "Forever Lovely" stamp set then I've managed to use front and back of this DSP, using a strip of the DSP instead of ribbon, this one I've also used the Everyday Label punch for the saying, I've trimmed down the top and bottom of it, to give myself a narrower label, as it was taking up too much space on the card and covering some of that gorgeous DSP!
this is the 3rd card for the challenge although I have to admit this one did get ribbon added to it!, the ribbon is from the matching ribbon pack "All My Love Ribbon Combo Pack". And I have Wink of Stella'd a couple of the hearts. The saying is again from Forever Lovely stamp set as well as the tiny tiny hearts with it, I've punched out one of the Everyday Label's from the Lovely Lipstick cardstock, cut this in 1/2 and layered it behind the saying (in case you're wondering how I got the coloured edging to it.)
On to the last 2 cards in this series:
Out of all the cards this one is probably my favourite, it's just so simple, again it uses both sides of the DSP, by using the back, as the strip across the card. Don't the sayings fit nicely inside the Everyday Label punch?
And last but not least, this card uses 2 pieces of DSP (as I had the small square left over from something else, so I really felt like it needed to be used!) I've backed it with a square of Lovely Lipstick then Soft Sea Foam. I've used the other ribbon from the "All My Love Ribbon Combo Pack" which is quite a thin ribbon, so I thought I could use it the way I'd use twine (what do you think - does it work?)
Well congratulations on reading on to the end of this post!
Just before you go, did you know that till 31st March is "Sale-a-Bration"? what does this mean? Oh I'm so glad you asked lol! Well it means a few things:
It means that for every $90 you spend on Stampin' Up! goodies, you'll be entitled to a FREE Sale-a-Bration item, there's stamp sets/ribbons/accessories/DSP (and all except the framelits) will be gone at the end of Sale-a-Bration
If you've ever thought about hosting your own Stampin' Up! party if you have it now you'll end up with even more free stuff! when the orders go over $400 for your party you'll end up with an extra $40 of rewards (and let's face it your friends will want to order $90 to get free Sale-a-bration items!)
Are there so many Stampin' Up! goodies that you wantthat a constant 20% discountwould be handy? Well now's the time to join Stampin' Up! During Sale-a-Bration you can pay $169 and receive $315 worth of goodies!! or option 2 is pay $210 and receive the same PLUS the amazing Craft&Carry exclusive tote bag (valued at $87) and believe me it's really worth it, I love mine, you can fit so much into it, including the Stampin' Trimmer!
Any questions? let me know!
Well I hope these cards have inspired you to create! let me know which is your favourite!
Hi Creators,
I've made a YouTube video on these 6 cards, and wanted to pop it in writing too, so here goes!
I wanted to show how you can take a Designer Series Paper pack add one stamp set and create a heap of cards quick and easily from it. (I used Birthday Cheer stamp set, which coincidentally has a fabulous die set to go with it!, and of course it comes as a bundle, so you can get 10% off it *yay, gotta love bundles*),
First up, cutting your cardstock, I've added white cardstock as my base card and a piece cut to 10.5cm x 7.4cm. As I don't like to waste cardstock, you'll find that A4 cut in 1/2 creates A5 (14.8cm x 21cm). which you can fold in 1/2 at 10.5cm and create your base card. Then cut A5 in half (10.5x14.8), and in half again gives you the 10.5x7.4cm, and you have the perfect size for a focal piece for your card.
On to the cards I've used the How Sweet it is Designer Series Paper which will be available from tomorrow! in the new Occasions Catalogue. It has some great images you can just cut out. When I've made these cards, I've created the focal piece as a separate entity, then added it to the background - hopefully that makes sense!
I've taken my white focal piece, stamped the 2 sayings, and sponged round the edge, then taken the Designer Series Paper (I'll call it DSP) and the jar is cut from one of the sheets added to the middle of the white focal piece, this piece is now finished. The pink background is DSP cut to 4x6", then a 1cm slice taken off the end to fit it onto your card. (keep the slice as it's used in another card!)
Again I've decorated up my focal piece first, so this one I've stamped with the confetti type stamp all over, then added the saying, and sponged round the edge. Then taking the DSP I've cut out the cupcake, sweeties and jelly beans, added them on. And (you'll start to see a pattern forming here) the background DSP cut to 6x4", with 1cm trimmed off the end.
I think you'll be getting to grips with this by now but the white focal piece gets stamped first and sponged round the edge, then I've used one of the 1cm cut off strips to give the gumball machine something to "stand" on, again the gumball machine is cut out from the DSP, as are the jelly beans and teddy. Again using the 6x4" DSP with 1cm cut off the end for the base stripy colour. (I really like these stripes!)
This one uses 2 of the 1cm strips, again cut out the jars from the DSP, sponge round the edge, I've stamped last with this one, so I knew how much room I had.
Definitely stamp the sayings first with this one! and sponge round the white focal piece, then fit the cut out pieces in, there are a few lollypops that are coming off the edge of the page, which is what I've used here, hence the top lollypop doesn't have much of a stick!
This one again stamp and sponge round the edge first, there is a cupcake which is half off the paper, I've used this to create the green scalloped layer on this cupcake. When it comes to the 4x6" background I've just folded over a 1/2 cm at each end, and stuck it down, rather than cutting off the 1cm on this one.
In case you'd like to check out the video, here it is.......
thanks for reading this blog post, and I hope it has inspired you to dig out your DSP, and start creating with it. If you'd like to purchase anything, these products will be available from the 3rd Jan, and if you haven't got your own catalogue and would like one, please let me know and I'll get one out to you!
Happy Stampin'
God Bless love
Heather xox
Well it's Boxing Day so I figured I could spend a couple of hours cleaning up my craft room in preparation for the new catalogues coming in January.
Ha ha!, so I started to clean my desk space, and came across all these bits of pre-cut stuff, from extras I've had after teaching a class, or experiments I was playing with. Which then of course I had 2 choices; do something with them or chuck them in my "I'll get to that later box/ give it to someone else to do something with box". This time I figured why not do something with it........ (yeah you can see how the cleaning up the craft room is going lol)
However it has given me something to share with you, and they're all really simple projects from left over stuff, that let's face it most people have (especially if you've been crafting for some time)
I've grouped them into categories (made slightly more than I'd anticipated, and still there's stuff left over!)
Ok so first category, Christmas, cos otherwise it'll sit there for another year!
I had some pre-cut circles, snowflakes, and some roughly cut pieces of the ultra cute Santa's Workshop Designer Series Paper, which sadly is sold out, but amazingly the Signs of Santa stamp set and dies are still available, if you want them make sure you order asap! I really liked the Merry Christmas from Mistletoe Season Stamp set to go with these quirky images
And then a Birthday selection, this one combines some of the new goodies coming out on the 3rd January and some panels of Frosted Floral Specialty Designer Series Paper - just so you know, the reason this is "Specialty" paper is because it has an amazing pearly sheen to each sheet (on each side) there's still some left, so again, if you want some get in quick, last day to order it will be 2nd Jan!
Moving on you might be relieved to know these are the last ones I created earlier😊. One more panel of the Frosted Floral DSP, as well as a long thin panel of Joyous Noel Specialty Designer Series Paper (this one is special because of the Copper foiling - which you can't see on this sheet lol) and incredibly there's still some of this DSP left too, so if you want some get it quick!
the second card in the above picture uses one of the new hostess stamp sets, which i can't link to yet as it's not available till 3rd Jan, however it's called "Just Because", I'd already pre-stamped/coloured and cut it out, and had the piece of Calypso Coral already cut, and also the Copper foil scallop circle, so added a couple of leaves from the Christmas stamp set - Mistletoe Season, I think they go quite nicely with it!
I hope this inspires you to dig out your scraps and do something with them!
Happy Stampin'
God Bless love
Heather xox
Hi there Creators,
In January on Wednesday 23rd, I'm just offering one Creation Day class it's called Birthday Bonanza, held in Maryborough (you must book and pay by 8th January)
We'll be making a special Birthdays file/book with space to store cards, and also 12 cards to go into it.
At the class you will receive
2 stamp sets,
1 punch,
A pack of Designer Series Papers,
Pack of A4 cardstock,
Enamel Dots
Instructions and more,
which we'll be using during the day (and the extras you get to take home to create more with), Oh and lunch is provided (Subway)!
The day will begin at 10.30am and commence at 3.30pm. All this for only $110, unless you're part of my team, in which case it's only $45! (contact me for details)
You will need to bring
some things with you if you have them:
·Stampin’ Cutter
with scoring blade (or bone scorer)
·Either a D or H
clear block (can bring others too if you’d like to)
·Paper Snips or suitable
paper cutting scissors
If you'd like to join in this day, do contact me to book in and for payment details it should be a fun day! Also before I go, the new Occasions and Sale-a-Bration catalogues begin on 3rd January, I have sent out a heap, to those who have ordered from me in the last year, but if I have missed you, please do say so and I'll get them out to you!
So over the last couple of days I've been holding an "Open Classroom" for members of my team to come and check out some of the new products.
I had 3 cards for them to come and create with me too, which I thought I'd share with you as little "sneak peeks". First up a new Stamp set and Punch, Butterfly Gala Stamp set, and Butterfly duet punch, as the name suggests it cuts out 2 butterflies in one hit! Also a touch of new Gingham Gala Designer Series Paper.
Next up I couldn't resist using one of the new Sale-a-bration products, when you purchase $180 of products during Sale-a-Bration (Jan to March) you can choose this stamp set for FREE! Oh my goodness it's beautiful, it uses the "Distinktive" technology for the stamp which gives the stamp such depth with only stamping!
Then lastly the Forever Lovely stamp set and matching Lovely Flowers Edgelit dies, wow it's pretty!, and so cool the way the stamps line up with the dies!
there were so many other stamps/papers etc which my team got to view as well.
If you've been considering joining my team, do let me know, there's so many benefits to being a demonstrator, not least the discount on the products! there is a joining special at the moment, click here to view it: Joining Special.
I hope this whets your appetite for the upcoming catalogues!
Happy Stampin'
God Bless love
Heather xox
Hi There!
Well not long till December, and the tree can go up! And also my last classes for the year. As the first of these classes is on this Saturday, thought I'd better get myself into gear and show you the cards!
first up..... I just love this So Santa Stamp set, he always makes me smile! and I figured the palm leaves from the Tropical Thinlits would make it feel like an Aussie'ish Christmas :)
Next up, I've been meaning to use the glossy cardstock and shimmer paints for a while and keep forgetting, so finally.....
I may have gone a little beserk with this one, as once I had one made I had to try out all the other colours lol, first up Champagne Mist
looks way better in real life!
After that I thought I should maybe start going back to a little more traditional, I like Purple on Christmas cards as I think it's very regal, so I've used Rich Razzleberry on this one, as well as the gold embossing (the words down the bottom are gold embossed too, but it's hard to show on the photo!) I've used the His Light Stamp set for the wording and the Star of Light stamp set for the gorgeous star and swirl of stars
Then I thought maybe not quite traditional enough for some, so..... back to the Cherry Cobbler and Shaded Spruce. Love, love love this Delicate lace edgelits, how gorgeous is it? then I've also used the box....Christmas Traditions Punch Box of course!
And that is our line up of cards! If you'd like to make more of some do let me know, as I'll make sure I have extra cardstock for you!
Class dates are
this Saturday 1st at 10am,
Tuesday 11th at 7.30pm and
Wednesday 12th at 10.30am
then we'll be taking a break till a MEGA CLASS on Wednesday 23rd January, where we'll be doing a special "Birthday Bonanza" class, more about that to follow (stay tuned!)
I hope you can join me for this last class for the year, if not I hope these have inspired you to create in your own space over Christmas!
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