Hi There Creators My video this week is on how to use the Give it a Whirl Dies (kind of wishing I'd got them sooner!)  Anyway I show off how I use them, and showed these first 2 cards that I'd created, since then I've made up the next 2, so it shows off all the 4 windows/apertures in the die set. This first card uses the Trees for Sale Stamp set  This second card uses the fabulous Alphabest bundle (stamps and punch)  I couldn't fit all the letters in a row, but I think it works ok lol. Then these last 2 are the ones I hadn't made up in the video, I went with Love, Joy and Peace in the rectangular peep hole, and embossed the front with the Whimsical Woodland 3D folder   Thought I'd better show you what I used to sandwich the 2 parts together, so the spinner piece will spin! these Foam Adhesive strips are so useful.       And I got the clouds in - Yay! lol this card I just added the designer paper to the whole wheel so as it moves round it's con...

 Hi there Creators, Well isn't August sneaking up on us fast!  We're back to our usual 3 classes in August: Wed 3rd at 10.30am (Laanecoorie), Thursday 4th 7pm (Laanecoorie) and Saturday 6th 10.30am (Maryborough). $20 for the 4 cards - You need to book for Laanecoorie, Maryborough you can just turn up, (although it's nice for me to know approx numbers) I hope you can come and join us (more the merrier!) Anyway on to the cards for the month...... First up I'm using the fabulous Wonderful World (we only have till the end of August to use it, so I thought I'd better!)  It's a Sale-a-Bration set, and combined with the designer papers you need to spend $180 to get both the stamps and papers for free (no other way to get them 😢)  Combined with the Decorative Circle Punch , and the gorgeous Sequins & Gems (that seriously look all like gems rather than sequins! - so pretty!) Moving on to more "prettiness" if that's a word - if not I'm going with i...

 Hi there Creators Yep I'm using elastic bands to stamp with this week!  Actually you can get some really cool patterns for your backgrounds by twisting rubber bands round your clear blocks and using them to stamp. It's quite a short video this week, and I don't finish off the cards so here they are for you to check out.... this is the one I had made up to begin with using the really cute Sale-a-Bration set  Hippest Hippos , I've coloured in the little ballerina with Stampin' Blends , and it really makes her pop out of the page!  I've also used the Decorative Circle Punch to punch her out. The other 2 cards were an "either/or" situation as I ended up double siding them with pattern, so this is the side I chose for this one, and it the blue streaks reminded me of ice, so I couldn't resist using this Snow Crystal Stamp (have to admit it's one of my favourites at the moment!)   This one was also stamped on both sides, but I really liked the grun...

 Hi there Creators, In my video this week I show how to pop 3 different embossing powders onto this gorgeous Snow Crystal (159821 $37) stamp set. Here are the cards I have made up after the video with the embossed pieces: I decided the Gold & Rose Gold Metallic Specialty paper went really well with it, so the first has the rose gold and the 2nd has the gold.  I've picked out a a saying from Trees for Sale (159785 $39), which also goes with the "Tree Lot" dies (a Sale-a-bration set you can get for free when you purchase $180)  I  might try and show this off next week actually, as it's got a really cute caravan in it too, umm stay tuned...... You'll notice these also have a pretty little sequin in the middle too, this is from the new Adhesive Backed Sequins and Gems (159972 $13.25)  I have to say that the sequins look more like gems, and I thought they were till I went to pick one off the backing! Oh and, to do the saying, as it is all on one line, I have "...

Hi Creators, Here I am at Craft Alive Wodonga Friday I did a live video showing how to use the Stampin Write Markers to colour in the gorgeous Wonderful World stamps  (you can get the stamps and matching papers for free when you purchase $180 of goodies) Here are the cards I presented, I love that using the pens allows you to colour one stamp in multiple colours - aren’t these stamps stunning? To cut the A4 card to the right sizes: the white layer is 7x9.9cm (cut your A4 card into 3 even sections each way). The coloured card is 10.5x 7.4cm (to get this cut the A4 card in 1/2 to A5 then 1/2 again to A6 and 1/2 again)   Saturday I showed how to decorate one of the Craft Gift Boxes using the Wonderful World papers, and I put together this gorgeous box to house the cards plus a couple more cards made using the “left over” bits from the box:  I’ve used the Kraft Gift boxes which the C6 envelopes and matching A6 cards fit into beautifully 😀 During the video I said I'd give the...

 Hi there Creators Today I thought I'd show off these gorgeous Delicate Edges Dies (they were on my "must get" list) and I haven't been disappointed!  I thought I'd show case a couple of unusual ways of using them, so here goes...... In the video I show making your own stamps out of them, using them as masks and more. This first card shows how I finished off the piece that I had masked back to back, makes such a pretty border!  I used the blending brushes to add the colour and I find it gets into the "cracks" easier than the daubers do.  I've used the Biggest Wish Stamp set for all these cards (such a handy stamp set!) And I couldn't resist using the Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels , they just go with everything! Next up I've used the 2 negative pieces from the die cut and coloured in between them - remarkably easy to do with this die! and here's the actual piece that was cut out, I've used the fabulous Artistic Mix Decorative Mask...

 Hi there Creators, Well...... have you checked out the new July to Dec Mini Catalogue (aka Christmas Catalogue) yet? Eek there's lots to love (again)  As you will have seen from my Christmas In July Class post there is this punch, Handmade Tag Punch, I'm excited with all I was able to do with it, (and suspect there's more!) I show in my video the different ways you can cut with it to create different shapes - gotta love a versatile punch! Here's my sheet of shapes, then after, the cards I created with it the above card was actually the one I sent out as my team swap card (very exciting) we had our first ever CreateAbles Team Card Swap, and 7 of us joined in - not a bad effort.  It's exciting receiving the different cards through the mail! When I made the above card I used one cut out to create 4 of the little ornaments and was left with this piece, which I'm sure should be useful for something, so if you have any ideas let me know!  Kind of looks like a flying ...