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Something Saturday - Inchie equivalent card for those with an A4 Brain!

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Hi there Creators, Well today I thought I'd have a go at an "inchie" card, only mine (unsurprisingly for me) aren't inchies! The idea behind it is that you have inch squares, which get attached to a background paper (which has been scored up before hand so you have lines to attach your inchies to, and embossed with an embossing folder, which then deletes the score lines. However, as you have to cut your base card down to create an inchie card, I decided to do things "my way" hence "equivalent for an A4 brain" Here are the 2 Inchie cards I received the first one from Simone my up-line as a swap at the Stampin' Up!event. She's used the beautiful vibrant Flowering Zinnias designer series paper and the second from Lee-Allan one of my down-line (which uses some paper that now I need to buy 🤣) check it out for yourself:  Natures Sweetness Designer Series Paper then I got onto creating one - my size using retired Designer Papers (you can never

Santa's Workshop Memories & More Card Pack

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Hi There, I did a recent video to show all the cards and bits that you receive with the Santa's Workshop Memories & More Card pack  and the Cards & Envelopes as I couldn't find one that showed them all, (and I like to know these things, so I'm guessing others do too!)  I know I've shown some of the cards before under the "More Sneak Peeks" but now the catalogue is live I can show you the page it's on too (yay!) And although I've said it before I'll say it again lol  these would make fabulous cards for your kids to give to their friends at school, so quick & easy to make up a heap, and a bit more special than the regular shop bought ones, and really inexpensive!   Funnily enough I also discovered that you can buy the cards & envelopes, the Memories & More kit plus Santa's bags, Enamel Shapes, Bakers Twine and Dimensionals all in a pack together! (how cool?!) check it out by clicking on this link: Santa's workshop S

Tag Card for September

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Hi There! Thought I'd reveal the card that you will get the components to make when you place an order with me this month (and just explain briefly how to put it together!) Here is the card: (colours look much better in real life, despite several attempts at photographing it!) Notice the re-occurrence of the Botanical Tags Framelits? did I mention how much I love these dies lol! I've also used the Perennial Birthday stamp set for the wording. The tag itself is this bit, I'm showing here how to add the green colour behind the leaves, just trim the green till it fits, and stick it down! Add the tag ribbon to the back of the Highland Heather piece of card, I've added 2 lines of Snail Adhesive down the back of the sheet then laid out the ribbon on it, to attach it down, I've then gone with dimensionals to add this to my card, and attached the tag on top. Doesn't it look good with the green under the leaves? and that Berry Burst Metall

Shop for Freedom 13th September

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Hi there! Coming up this Thursday evening from 7pm at Enjoy Church (10 Phillips Drive, Kangaroo Flat) is the Shop for Freedom night, ($5 entry) it's a great fun evening where you can purchase good quality "op shop" type items, be pampered, enjoy food and friendship, and also make some cards!! (that's where I come into it, in case you hadn't guessed!!) The funds raised from the evening go directly to Collective 61 - an Enjoy Church initiative partnering with Organisations in Cambodia who fight against human trafficking. Anyway as I mentioned I'm going to be doing a little stand where for a gold coin donation you can make a card, I thought I'd show you the cards I have planned, I was going to stick to one card, but of course sticking to one thing isn't really my style - lol So card #1 uses the Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp set and Cookie Cutter Builder Punch, also the Balloon Bouquet Punch and the Tranquil Textures Designer Series Paper, with

Botanical Tag Thinlits

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Hi There, One of my "must have" items from the annual catalogue I now have!  funny isn't it how you keep putting off and putting off getting something then finally bite the bullet and go for it! I'm certainly not regretting this buy! If you're a regular reader of my blog, you'll have seen an appearance of these dies back on the 31st August in my Interactive class for September blog However after that I had a bit more of a play with some of the bits I didn't use much the first time round, and I'm hooked! lol Let me show you. Da, Da...... The Botanical Tag Thinlit Dies ........  how pretty is this rose?, I've teamed it up with Floral Phrases stamp set, and I think it works well :) I've also used the die cut piece to form a mask that I used on the background piece. Next up I wanted to use the birds again, and I hadn't used the branch leaves in the other work I did.... again teamed up with the same stamp set Floral Phrases, j

Shimmer Paints

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Hi There, Only 4 days to go till the new Holiday Catalogue goes live!  Unless of course you're a demonstrator, in which case you'll most likely have ordered from it already!  (If you'd like to find out about becoming a demonstrator and joining my rapidly growing team, just ask :) HOWEVER!  I'm here today to introduce you to the Shimmer Paints that are in the new Holiday Catalogue (if you have one they're on page 38)  Gotta tell you Vegas Gold closely followed by Bright Copper are my favourites. I have done a video for you on how you can use the new shimmer paints as they're kind of hidden away on the page, and they're so fabulous that I figured you'd need a few tips. They are waterbased, but you can heat set them for use on fabric (haven't shown that in the vid), let's just move onto it...... I hope you find this video useful, and do let me know if there's anything you'd like to see in a video. I hope it inspires you to create,

Interactive Class for September - Slider Cards

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Hi There, yay finally got the 2nd card finished and photos/videos done of the Slider Cards we'll be creating on 20th!  Remember you can also order this as a kit and I will be doing a video to show how to put your pack together (as well as written instructions) So Card1:   And Card #2     I have made a couple of quick videos so you can see how they work both of these cards use beautiful Specialty Designer Series Papers, the top card also uses the Botanical Tags Thinlit die s (aren't they gorgeous?) and the second card uses the Detailed Floral Thinlit dies , and the Celebrate You thinlit dies .  And just in case you're wondering the Specialty Designer Series Papers are, Share What You Love (card 1) and a new one called Frosted Floral (available from 5th September - unless you're a demo, in which case you can get it now!!) Anyway down to the nitty gritty, the class is in Laanecoorie on 20th at 10.30am and 7.30pm, cost $20 however if you can't

Cards for August Classes

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Hi There, I say it every month, but wow another month has gone by again!  Time to reveal the cards you can make with me in September.   Class dates for these 4 cards are:  Saturday 1st at 10am in Maryborough, and Wednesday 12th at 10.30am and 7.30pm in Laanecoorie. As our new Holiday catalogue starts on the 5th September, we're doing a bit of a sneak peek with a couple of the cards on the 1st but should be well into the swing of things by the 12! lol This first card uses the lovely Beautiful Blizzard Stamp set and dies (they come as a bundle - yay for 10% off!)   there is also a saying inside the card that says "And you are extraordinary" Next card also uses the Beautiful Blizzard stamp set (not the dies this time though)  I had someone ask me how to use the "splotchy" stamps that are part of this set, so thought I'd better have a go with them!  Next I've gone back to the Annual Catalogue and using the Varied Vases Stamp set and punch , which