Hi there Creators Hands up if you love fireworks!  I love the beauty of them, the colours lighting up the night sky, so when this set "Light the Sky" came out in the mini catalogue, I knew I'd end up buying it.  Have to say it has not disappointed me 😍 I forgot to mention in the video, that there is still a joining offer for Stampin' Up! this month, if you are interested in finding out more about joining Stampin' Up! and my CreateAbles Team, do ask me, or check out the details here: Join Stampin' Up! Today I had pre-created these 2 cards, and whilst making the second one, that uses blending brushes and inks to create the graduated ombre-type background, I noticed that I was creating a pretty cool pattern on the scrap paper underneath, hence in the video I make the last card using the dies to create masks to use. Card 1:  I've heat embossed the stamped images with gold embossing powder , then added the Gold foil cardstock underneath, so it shines through

 Hi there Creators Today I have BLING 😍 in the form of the new Online Exclusive Adhesive Backed Glimmer Paper (check it out through the link) It comes in Gold and Silver - one sheet of each (12x12") in the pack, and Oh my goodness, you're going to want some!  As a demo I got to order it early (having said that I was away in England when it arrived, so haven't been able to play till now) BUT guess what?  This month (October) Stampin' Up! have an amazing Joining special, so you too could pick up goodies before they're available to general public (and much more).  Check the deal out here:  Join My Team . Anyway on with the bling, Oh I mean blog..... Here are the cards I create from the pieces I make in the video  Here is the first one that I'd created before the video I use the Handcrafted Elements Dies , Joy to You stamp set and the beautiful Silver & White Sheer ribbon , as well as the amazing new glimmer paper !  in the video I show how I take the middle

Hi there Creators, Today I'm showing you one of my new favourites! Stars at Night Hybrid Embossing folder , this is a 3D folder plus a set of 14 matching dies. Here are the die cuts: In the video I suggest a way to emboss the stars so they don't get squashed, so here goes...... I suggest you emboss a piece of cardstock first through the embossing folder, then cut out with the dies, whichever stars from it you're likely to use, see the photo below. (this will squash these stars flat!)  Then cut yourself blank stars using the dies, and slot them into the embossing folder using your pre-cut template to guide where they should sit.  Voila perfectly cut and embossed stars 😍   I don't actually make up any of the cards in the video, so here are a couple that I did make up afterwards.  I've used the beautiful Winter Meadow Designer Paper with a bit of Smoky Slate cardstock behind it,  the Adhesive Backed Star trinkets are the tiny stars, and the Blooming Pearls are the

  Hi there Creators Today I was playing with the fabulous More Wishes Stamp set, one of my favourite saying's/word sets in the annual catalogue is Biggest Wish and I was excited to see More Wishes which uses the same fonts and lettering size so they coordinate together. I was trying to work out a way to coordinate them in with a piece of designer paper from the gorgeous Joy of Christmas designer Paper, by drawing lines onto my stamp, but as it didn't work terribly well, my eye spied my bleach and voila: I think it's a kind of fun way to create a different effect, all I've done is used a paint brush and bleach.  Stamp the saying first then add the bleach dotted around, I think the above card looks like someone's thrown snowballs at it!  To see what I've used click here: What Heather Used Then I may have got a bit carried away, and couldn't resist creating way more with the gorgeous paper, and trying out what the bleach looked like with the different colours.

Hi there Creators, Well I've been working on it for a while but finally here it is (a non-exhaustive) compilation of what you can do with the Enamel effects and here is the cute little roundup of bottles:   First up there are 2 Packs of these, one is Metallic and one Pearlized (check them out with the links) they're both packs of 3 and cost $27 for the pack.  NOTE WELL: they are NOT water soluble, as I discovered after allowing some to dry on my silicone mat!  A couple of factors seem to change drying time, temperature (when its colder it seems to take long to dry), and how thick it is applied obviously affects it.  Having said that we used it in class the other day to create dots on our project and the cards were dry by around 15 mins.  In the video I show off (not in this order): You can mix them with Isocol to create a spray (looks like a starry night on dark cardstock) You can squeeze them onto mini glue dots and create your own sizes of pearls with built in sticky backs

Hi there Creators At our recent Creative Connections (demo only event) Bec Scurr (one of my sister demos from Queensland) did a talk on using embossing folders and created a gorgeous card using an acetate window.  I thought I should have a go and show you too. So here are the cards I created: This is the card I created before the video cutting out of the Cute Zoo Crew Designer Paper for the little guy with his bongo drums, Check out all the products I've used here: What Heather Used I've used my Black Stazon to rub over the window sheeting so the design pops out (and the sentiments are stamped inside the card deliberately to show through the window. This is the one I made up in the video, made in the same way, but this time using the new Stars at Night hybrid (embossing folder & dies), some of the gorgeous new Winter Meadow Designer Paper, one of the new Faceted Gems in the middle of the star, and a saying from (again new) Night Devine Stamp set, oh and not forgetting the D

Hi there Creators, Exciting to be able to use some of the new Mini Catalogue products in our class cards for October! There is a change with my Maryborough class to be aware of, and that is that we're moving!  So we'll actually be meeting up at the Wattle City Church, they have a nice little meeting room at the back which I think will be perfect for us.  I'll be sending out an email with the address, if you don't get my emails let me know! The dates for classes are: Wednesday 4th at 10.30am in Laanecoorie (my classroom) Thursday 5th 7pm (my classroom again)  and Saturday 7th at 10.30am in our new location.  Class cost is $24 for 4 cards.  Don't forget to book your spot! Here are the cards we'll be creating: This first one uses the Online exclusive Trucking Along , which is a punch and stamp set, sadly the stamp isn't from the same set, it's from Artistically Inked but I wanted a basic Happy Birthday rather than a fancy one!🤣 The die set Around the Bend