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Something Saturday - Citrus Blooms

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 Hi There Creators Today I thought it would be fun to try out a technique I haven't done in ages - Paper Tole, using the new Citrus Blooms stamp set and dies.  Every so often I come across a stamp set that inspires me to do a spot of Paper Tole'ing, and this one has lots of dimension to it perfect for this technique. To those of you who are saying "Paper Tole-what-ing?"  Paper Tole is a way of taking a picture and literally adding dimension by having several images of the same picture a and cutting out the various parts of it and laying them up, so the picture literally builds up and gives a 3D type image. I thought it would make a beautiful framed piece (and a nice gift for a friend) - let me know what you think.... I did team it up with the fabulous sayings from Unbounded Love Stamp set (the dies that go with this stamp set are a must have!)   Then to create shiny bits I've added some of the fine tip glue pen which dries shiny clear😍 I also said in the video I&
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Something Saturday - Thoughtful Moments Hybrid

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 Hi There Creators Hope you've all had a lovely Christmas!  Happy New Year to you too. Today I thought we'd check out something that will be available to purchase on 4th January - 5 Days time EEK!  hopefully you all have your catalogues by now, if not let me know! What we're checking out today is the Thoughtful Moments Hybrid which is an embossing folder with dies, and it is SOOOO cool!, you can cut and emboss all at the same time.  There are 10 sayings/words, and I've been so enjoying playing with them. Here are the cards I made up after the video, I decided with these that less is more, so they make amazingly simple, but effective cards I think!  I've added a bit of Wink of Stella to some pieces just to add a bit of bling😍 My last card was inspired by some lined cards that a friend of mine gave me for Christmas, they were hand-painted by her daughter and she gave me a jar with it to write down what I'm thankful for, and pop them in the jar.  Here are some of
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January Mega Class

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Hi there Creators,  yep it's that time of year again!  This time I decided to do a set of 12 cards that are kind of "all purpose Birthday cards" so you should have one for every month 🤣 There's a mix of card useful for all members of the family, here is the "conglomerate" photo:   The Details: Saturday 20th January 10.30am till 3.30pm.  Held at the Laanecoorie Hall, or order it as a postal class. The day will include a stamp set: Beach Day, the Heartfelt Hexagon Punch, a full pack of Iridescent Pastel Gems, 1/8 pack of one of the new Sale-a-Bration papers, twine, lunch and more..... plus your choice of a Sale-a-Bration product from the $90 list. The cost will be $125 for the day (unless you're one of my CreateAble team members in which case it's $50) If you'd like to come please book (and pay for) your place by 3rd January!  I will need to order on 4th January when the catalogue goes live to make sure I have everything ready for you all.  Let
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Something Saturday - Last minute card for Christmas

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 Hi There Creators, I thought we'd squeeze in a last minute - ultra simple Christmas card, all you need is a bit of Designer paper, a brown "stick" and an appropriate saying, oh and a round die, or small round plate (and scissors) So.... here it is: I have used:  Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper (retiring soon), Deckled Circle Dies , and the lovely Brightest Glow Stamp se t. Oh just as a little extra the little swirls on the corners of the top card were made using the M from Merry   Check out the quick video below to see how to create these easy trees.  Hope you all have a lovely Christmas God Bless love Heather xox
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Something Saturday - Pop out Concertina Christmas Tree Card

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 Hi There Creators Today I'm showing you how to create a card that has a pop-out element in the middle which just happens to be a Christmas tree (surprise, surprise as it's almost Christmas!) I've used the fabulous Merry Bold & Bright Designer Series Paper, which sadly is on the retiring list 😔 Here is the middle of the first card I created before the video: and the outside of the card..... I wasn't 100% happy with the tree inside the card of that one, I'd used a 1" scoring gap, and I think it was too much, so this one I did in the video I used a 3/4" score gap, which I'm much happier with, and it left me room at the top for a star😁, which I got from the Handcrafted Elements Dies (plus the ornament I used on the front of the card) I think this designer paper is so beautiful, love the brightness, it really works for anything, doesn't have to be Christmas!, although looking at this photo, I'm thinking I should bling up the ornament with
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Something Saturday - Fancy Fold Tube Card

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  Hi there Creators, Today I'm "caseing" a card from one of my downline.  LeeAllan sent me this card, isn't it great? So, the card she sent me was made not with A4 cardstock in mind (and I'm an A4 girl!) so I had to change the measurements a bit, then I couldn't keep the same design and added a bar at the top, so I could dangle a Christmas ornament, so Da Daaaa....... For this card I used a saying from Brightest Glow ,  The Tartan Foil Specialty Designer Paper , More Dazzle Designer Paper, and the star of the show Handcrafted Elements Dies . During the video I make this next card, I've put the bar onto the bottom with this card, really the bar could go at any height!  This one uses the Oxidized Copper Specialty Designer Series paper, Oh my goodness it's gorgeous! and the saying comes from Circle Sayings Stamp set. Onto the measurements...... Take an A5 piece of cardstock, fold in 1/2 at 10.5cm, then the front is scored at: 2.6cm, 5.2cm and 7.8cm thi
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Something Saturday - Meandering Meadows Mini Cards

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 Hi there Creators, Today I'm showing you how to create 5 really cute mini cards with a single sheet of this gorgeous Meandering Meadows Designer Series Paper (it's an Online Exclusive, in case you're wondering why you haven't seen it in the catalogue) - check the link out to see it! In the catalogue are these cute 3" square mini envelopes (I rediscovered mine the other day) hence this post came about. 😃 Sometimes you just want a mini card to go with something! First things first, let's show you the cards, then give you the measurements, and the video The first set I made up before the video are these ones: bear in mind that there is a different design on both sides of the paper, I've also used the Adhesive Backed Dragonflies & Birds , they actually remind me of the Brushed Brass Butterflies that are in the annual catalogue (which I use a fair bit)  I've also used the Double Oval Punch (bit of a favourite punch - such a handy size)!  The Circle
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Something Saturday - Cool Christmas Bauble

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 Hi there Creators,  So in the run up to Christmas I thought I should show you this bauble I came across the other day in YouTube "Elena's Craft Studio - How to make a Christmas ball from toilet roll".  I'm upping the ante and going with Designer Paper, rather than toilet roll🤣 Anyway photos are always way more exciting than me waffling on (and they do say a picture says a thousand words)  Oh wow 2000 words already done!🤣 The first one I made with retired cardstock, just to try it out, I'm pretty sure in her video she used 13cm x 1cm strips, but I didn't see the harm in using 14.8cm x 1cm (as then it's 1/2 A4 length)  however turns out you need more strips if you make it larger!  ha, who knew?  anyway I still like the look and you get 8 petals instead of 6, so the one I show in the video I made up using the Bright & Beautiful Designer Series Paper , I scaled it down to the 13cm long, and end up with 6 petal shapes. I love the different designs on the
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