Eden's Garden Cotton Paper

 Hi there Creators

Well this isn't exactly my "Something Saturday" as it will be aired a little sooner thanks to Craft Alive Bendigo.  So if you're joining me for the first time from Craft Alive or GICS, Welcome!, and welcome back anyone who's been here before, I'm so thrilled you choose to see my blog posts and videos 😊

In my video this week I have gone through the Eden's Garden Collection of products and the Suite Sensation I currently have on offer (if you want to see the info about that, click here: Eden's Garden Suite Sensation Blog Post.

Today's post is about the card I make in the video using the cotton paper, I'll admit that I wasn't 100% sure how to use it to begin with, so I googled and pinterest'd it and found a video by Wow Nola Creations, using the paper as a special textured background so I had a go, and changed it slightly, and voila:

 Funnily enough the shabby chic thing doesn't usually do much for me, but I think that's how this turned out, and I'm quite happy with it

So, how did I make it?  

First off I cut a piece the light cotton paper (it comes in 2 colours Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen) I measured it out to be 6" by around 10.5cm. then I cut a piece of coordinating cardstock approx 1cm shorter on each side (I had Mint Macaron.)

I stamped on the cotton paper (on the non-shiny side) to give it an interesting background (I used the co-ordinating Eden's Garden Stamps) then scrunched it up, flattened it out a bit and stuck the mint mac card to the shiny side. The cotton paper was deliberately larger than the cardstock so that the edges could be slightly ragged looking., I've then added a line of the darker cotton paper (shiny side up)

Now to make the flowers, I've taken a peice of the light cotton paper 6" x 1" and cut diagonally, so you end up with 2 long triangles. I then coloured them by daubing on Poppy Parade. I then added a line of tear &  tape adhesive to the bottom of each and rolled them up to form the 2 flowers.

And that's it pretty much!

If you want to see the products I used click here:  What Heather used

Here's the video if you haven't checked it out yet:

 

I hope this inspires you to have a go yourself!

God Bless love Heather

Eden's Garden Suite Sensation

 Hi there Creators

wow I didn't realise I hadn't done a blog post on this yet!  (had it in my emails for a while - oops!)

Eden's Garden is a gorgeous new Collection, sadly the papers and gems are only hanging around for a couple of months till 3rd Jan (or while stocks last) 😢, then the stamp set and dies will carry over into the upcoming catalogue.

My New Suite Sensation! Using the new Eden's Garden

This Kit I have created is available to you for $40, which includes:

• 1/4 pack of Ever Eden Specialty Designer Series Paper (you will have left overs)
• A 1/2 pack of the Garden Gems (again you'll have left overs)
• the ribbons and various papers, all cut & scored/ die cut etc for you to get creating.
• Envelopes for all the cards
• full written instructions to create all 6 cards  (3 of which are fancy folds) plus video instruction links if I feel it needs them.

If you would like this kit,

• you can order it through this link: Eden's Garden Suite Sensation (you will get a small surcharge)
• you can pop the money directly into my Commonwealth bank account:  063828 10092273 with your name as a reference (no surcharge) and send me a message to let me know (don't forget to let me know your address!)
  

If you are part of my team or purchasing the Eden's Garden Collection through me: (160849 $144), or just the bundle (Stamps & Dies)  I will forward the instructions to your email for free, or you can choose to have the pack too for only $35, use this payment link (there is a surcharge): Eden's Garden Suite Sensation (I've purchased the collection or bundle)  or pop the money into my account with your name as reference (no surcharge)

For those who order the Full Collection from me, I'll also be sending you an email with instructions for more cards to create.
Please have your orders with me by Tuesday 7th December, I will get everything ordered and aim to have it out in the mail by 23rd December (if not before)

I hope these cards inspire you to create

God Bless love

Heather xox

 

Embossing folders 3D & Standard

 Hi There Creators, 

I had a request to do an Embossing folders video, so that's what this weeks video is all about.  They can be a little confusing as they come in small, medium and large, Standard and 3D.  And how do you know how to get them through your machine so they actually work?

Stampin' Up! has 2 Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machines, the mini and the standard.  The Standard one is a similar size to the Bigshot (I find it has a tad more room for the plate, the Bigshot used to shave bits off my plates if I didn't have them lined up exactly, I haven't noticed that with the Cut & Emboss machine)

Anyway, as you'll see from this picture our embossing folders come in a thin (small) size, which would emboss around 2/3 of your card front, a Medium size, which completely embosses your A6 card front and also a "large" which is 6" x6" sized (handy if you want the pattern on an angle!)   An important tip is to make sure the fold of the embossing folder is facing your machine when it goes through so it can't get out of sync and break the spine.

the 3D folders are a lot thicker than the standard folders, and so they can't go through your machine with the same plates.  If you have one of the Stampin' Up! machines they make it easy, as it says on the plates what you need!  if you don't however, what you can do is experiment, most machines have a base plate, so start with that and keep layering up till the folders work, sometimes you'll need to add a "shim" or two, this is just a piece of A5 cardstock, all it does is boost up the plates a fraction, which might be all you need!, you just pop it on top of your base plate, and add the other layers on top.

I promised in the video that I'd show you what I made with the embossed pieces, so here goes:

this first one using the fabulous Seashells 3D embossing folder, 3D means that the embossing is at varying depths, sometimes 'de-bossed' too.  I've done a special technique on the back of it, called "smooching" it creates a really cool watercolour effect (I'll tell you more after I've shown you the cards).

these 2 cards use the Wintry 3D embossing folders, all I've done is essentially added a bit of ribbon and a saying! and buffed over the embossing with an inked dauber.

Then these last 2 folders are called Meadow Moments, they are standard embossing folders which means that all the embossing is pretty much the same depth, again I've just added ribbon, a saying, and buffed over the embossing with an inked dauber.

I mentioned the "smooching" technique to create a watercolour background, here's how you do it:

Take a large clear block, add some drops of re-inkers (I used Pool party and Soft Sea foam initially), then spray it with water till it liquefies all over the block and all the re-inker is spread around.  You'll then need some Shimmery White cardstock, and you press it onto the watery/inky block., keep doing it till you  have covered the area you want to.  You can then let it dry naturally (or if you're impatient like me, get your heat tool out!)  I then went back over mine and did it again with Pear Pizzazz re-inker.

This is how mine turned out:

 isn't it so cool?  I reckon I'm going to be making a heap of these backgrounds (and they'll all be different, how exciting!)😁

If you haven't seen the video and would like to here is a link to it:

I hope these cards inspire you to create! 

God Bless love
Heather xox

Mixing it up with Embossing Powders

 Hi there Creators, 

Well this Something Saturday I've mixed up my embossing powders - literally!

I thought it would be interesting as they come in packs of 3 now to see what black and white would look like mixed up and embossed etc.

Therefore here are my findings.....

first up the embossing powders straight up - 

Top Row: Gold, Silver, Copper, 

Bottom Row:  Black, Clear & White (yes the clear isn't obvious, but bear with me!)

So then I took a bit of 2 different colours from the sets of 3 and mixed them up in separate containers, and these were the results: I've put the 2 original colours either side of the mixed colour

Gold and Silver mix

Silver & Copper Mix

Black & White Mix

Gold & Copper Mix (I really liked this one!)

Now I asked you to bear with me on the clear, and here is what I did with it (actually I did 2 things....)

Firstly I took the clear embossed on white cardstock, and added colour to the background using Blending Brushes;  where the embossing is stays white  (so pretty)

Then as I was doing this I thought how cool it would look with a different colour under the embossing, so I've used Pool Party cardstock, clear embossed onto it then added colour over the top (love it!) by the way how pretty is this heart from Henna Hearts stamp set?

I made them both up into cards using the lovely "Sending Hugs" saying from the new Eden's Garden Stamp set

If you'd like to check out the video here it is:

Do click this link to find out what I used:  What Heather Used

I hope this inspires you to pull out your embossing powders and mix it up, see what colours you can come up with!

God Bless love

Heather xox

Creating a Card with a window opening

 Hi there Creators,

In my Something Saturday video today I'm showing how to create a card that has a window type opening in it, if you plan to create your own advent calendars this would be one easy way to do it with the right dies 😀

So here are the cards I made using the Bright Baubles Bundle:

Firstly the lines on the outer card are simply made by dropping the ink pad repeatedly onto the card! (make sure you have scrap paper under your work, or everything will get coloured! lol) Also quite a good way to hide mistakes 🤣

Next up you create the opening - to do this you'll need to only partially cut the die, leaving a small amount uncut where you want the "hinge" to be (see the photo below)

After that it's just a case of decorating, you can have it as an opening to the inside of your card, or in my case I added extra under it.  

I added a piece of coloured card covering the back of the front of the card (how confusing is that?!), in other words I added a piece of card 14.5cm x 10cm behind the hole, then added a die cut directly onto this through the hole, so when the door opens you see the die cut.  Oooo Just thought it would look pretty cool with window sheeting instead of the coloured card!  Umm another time as it's now tipping down outside and that's not so appealing getting out to my craft room!

To see (and possibly purchase if you're feeling so inclined) the products I've used, check out this link: What Heather Used

If you'd like to see the video check it out here:

 

Ah well I hope you are all faring well with the rain and thunder storms!

And I hope these inspire you to create 

God Bless love

Heather xox

Class cards for November

 Hi there Creators

Gee Whizz haven't the months flown by!  Not long till Christmas again (I love making Christmas Cards!)

Anyway Novembers cards are sparkly and 2 of them Christmassy 😃

I'll start with them.....  

See the links below each card for the individual products (codes and prices) I've used for each card and at the bottom I'll pop the times/day of classes:

 

I do love this angel from Angels of Peace Stamp Set, she feels really serene to me, I've paired her up with the lovely leaves die from Artistic Dies, and some of the stunning Expressions in Ink specialty Paper.  Not forgetting a bit of Wink of Stella for glittery wings😉  

Check out this link to see what I used for this card: Peaceful Pieced Angel

 

This other Christmas Card Ive finally got around to using a couple of things I haven't used much, the Parisian Flourish 3D embossing folder and the Stars are Shining bundle, I've heat embossed round the edge and combined my gold and silver powder to create a really cool champagne'y sort of colour

Check out this link to see what I used in this card: Parisian Stars 

 

Card #3 I've used some new stuff......Eden's Garden is a new Suite coming out on 2nd November I have used one of the dies and stamps from it, combined with the Gold and Rose Gold Metallic Specialty Paper.

Check out this link to see what I used in this card, although I can't link to the Eden's Garden suite yet: Eden's Garden Hugs

Last but not least, I think this might be my favourite card.  I love this stamp set - Artisically Inked.  It really doesn't need "dressing up" I've used 4 colours, and have to admit did add some Gilded Leafing.

Check out this link to see what I used in this card: Artistically Inked Gilded Roses

SO, which card is your favourite of the pick for November?, do comment below and let me know!

The day I'm teaching these cards is 3rd November at 10.30am or 7pm, you'll need to book your place if you want to come along as places are limited Class cost is $20 which includes envelopes and instructions to take home too.  However if you'd like to make these cards and can't make it that day, let me know and we can arrange another day (the advantages of having my own classroom is that I can leave it set up for another day 😉)

I hope these inspire you to create,

God Bless love

Heather xox

Something Saturday - Packaging solutions

 Hi there Creators,

I don't know about you, but when I send off my Christmas Presies (mine go off to the UK and other far flung places)  I really love making them look gorgeous on the outside, hopefully they also like what's inside.  But who doesn't like looking at a pretty'ly wrapped pressie under their tree? or getting a beautiful looking present for their Birthday?

Stampin' Up! have some small "cheat" ways of wrapping up smaller presies, just decorate the boxes or bags and voila....

I have stamped directly onto the Ombre Gift Bags, and the boxes I've used a combination of Designer Papers, Stamps, Dies and even an embossing folder directly onto the Acetate Card box.

I do show them all in the video below, and you can check out Stampin' Up!'s Packaging solutions here:

Packaging (Heather's Website)

I hope these inspire you to get your Gift-Wrapping "on" 🤣  Let me know your favourite gift wrapping solutions.

God Bless love

Heather