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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

Creating a Card with a window opening

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 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 c

Class cards for November

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 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

Something Saturday - Packaging solutions

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 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

Something Saturday - How to add veins of gold leaf to your stamped images

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 Hi there My Something Saturday this week is about how to add veins of the gorgeous Gold Gilded Leafing to your stamped work, I've used the beautiful Artistically Inked Stamp set, I think this is just soooooo gorgeous! (check the bottom for the link  to the products I've used) Here are my cards I created: this is the card I create in the video:  Isn't it gorgeous?  It's so easy, this stamp set Artistically Inked, is so forgiving to use, pick a few coordinating colours and stamp, you can stamp quite randomly, I like to try and cluster them together. then just use the fine end of the tombow (Multipurpose Liquid glue) to draw on glue where you want the gilded leafing to go, allow the glue to dry a little before dusting over with the Gilded leafing, and brush off the excess, I like to use a fairly firm sponge for this.  And voila gold veined stamped images, wooooooh 😍 And one last image for you.. (got a bit carried away!)  Link to the YouTube Video Click on this link to se

Which Stampin' Up! Glues for what?

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 HI there Creators Well this "Something Saturday" was on the variety of Stampin' Up! glues (aka Adhesives) on offer currently. first up on my list was Dimensionals, these are Sticky Up'y dots, little foam hexagons with adhesive on both sides, so you can create "dimension" with your work.  They come in White and black in 2 different sizes and there's heaps of them in a pack.  The white standard Dimensionals have 300 plus you can cut up the side bits so it probably gives you another 100 peices.  The white mini dimensionals have 720 mini dimensionals plus again all the bits round the sides.  Black dimensionals have both in the pack (2 sheets of each).   Next up is the Tear & Tape Adhesive , (basically double sided sticky tape that's stickier than your average double sided sticky tape and doesn't fall apart after 6 months!) when it goes on it's sort of translucent when it's on, it's fabulous for getting your ribbon straight, or just

Do more with your Punches!

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 Hi there Creators Well I said the title out loud and my youngest son showed me a few creative punches, like this Mum, umm not quite the sort of punches I was thinking of lol!😀 Of course I'm talking about "papercraft punches", how to get the size to be bigger or smaller, handy to know when you have a saying that's longer than your punch, or when a small saying looks a little lost in the middle of your punch! So that's what my "Something Saturday" video was on this week, you can find it over on my Youtube "Being CreateAble with Heather" Channel or on my Facebook "Being CreateAble with Heather" Page However I have taken a few photos for you, and I'll try and explain.... (click on the links to view the punches). This first one shows the Delightful Tag Topper Punch , which has 3 widths, 2", 1 1/2", and 1", I love this for making my tags to go on bags or presies, you can do a larger one in colour, and pop a smaller one

Bright Baubles Bundle Bumper kit

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  Hi there Creators As I mentioned in the email I've just sent out, I'm planning to offer a Bundle or Suite focus every month or every other month, as a "by mail" class.  I'm not sure I've got the right name for it yet, so votes please....   Please could I have votes for what I call the Bundle focused one , (I've decided on Suite Sensation for the Suite one, although I'm up for suggestions on that one too) Currently I have: Bundle Bumper (not my fav, but it's what I thought of first lol) Bundle Brilliance Bundle Bounty If you have a better suggestion and I use it, I'll be sending you a pack of embellishments for free😊 I have teamed up the Delicate Baubles dies with the Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper   to create these cards for those who like their traditional red and green Christmas colours:   This Kit is available to you for $42, which includes: 1/4 pack of Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper (you will have left overs) A full p