Double Pop Up Box Christmas Card that I made yesterday.

 I saw a wonderful card by Lavonne Schwendeman form USA called a Double Pop Up Box Bridge Card which she found on you tube done by (Iced Images). It is not an easy card to make but as I am back in the craft room I enjoyed the challenge. Excuse my shaky photo of the back of the card but I don't seem to be able to control that when taking photo's with my phone. Anyway this is my take on the card. Hope you like it and will comment for me to know if you do. Cheers, Raye

How to Turn Paper Pieces and Cardstock Scraps into a Lovely Card

Good Morning folks, ahh the dreaded paper cuts we have messing up our craft area, what do we do with them? Well I use a lot of mine for sentiments but still manage to have lots left over. My answer is often to give them to my Grandsons school but Connie has come up with a cool idea to use some of them up. Great tip I think so am sharing with you all. Enjoy this and your day. Cheers Raye.

One Sheet Wonder and scenery classes held this week

 This morning I held a "one Sheet Wonder" class for a talented group of ladies. We created one sheet wonders and then cut some of them up to make cards. You get 6 cards from a "one sheet wonder Page" but you can also use them for scrapbooking pages as well, hence the photos hastily placed on the pages to show what can be achieved. And lastly the promised photo's of my Mother in Law's scenery matts from her morning class (one on one) on Tuesday.

Message From Sara: Douglass Kids' Tips & Tricks 9/8/20

Sara our CEO has filmed her children showing us how simple it is to use our products so I thought it worth sharing so you to can see why I am so passionate about our wonderful Stampin' Up! products and remain a demonstrator even in these trying times. Please enjoy. Raye

Scenery stamping with my Mother in Law.

 spent a wonderful morning stamping with my Mother in Law Gloria Millican. I was teaching her how to use her stamparatus and sponge rollers to do wonderful scenery cards. When she puts her mind to it Gloria is a talented artist and taught me a few tips as well. Not bad for a 86 yr old lady. Just goes to show you are never too old to craft and with patience and a good cup of coffee/tea you can create stunning achievements. It also helps when Stampin' Up! has wonderful scenery stamp sets that allow us to create with. My stupidity was not to take pictures to show you her achievements, however, she is coming to crafting at my home on Friday where I am teaching making your own scrapbook page background with ink and stamps. As well as one sheet wonders with only ink and stamps which we will cut up and use as matts for cards. Should be a fun morning with a great bunch of ladies. Hopefully Gloria will bring the creations from this morning to show the other ladies and I will take pics and post them here. Love that I am now well enough to get back into the craft room. Yeh.

Stampin' Cut & Emboss: Magnetic Cutting Plate

Have ordered mine to go with my new Cut & Emboss machine. Was cutting and embossing last night and I must say it is much easier to use than my old SU Big Shot. I have had a frozen shoulder and it still lingers and hurts when I have to make many passes with the big shot which is now NOT an issue as the new machine only requires one pass for even the most intricate die. Yes a pleasure to use.

New Stampin' Up! Cut and Emboss: Your Complete Guide

Hi, just in case you missed earlier videos on our new machine, Connie gives us a great run down on it. It is $209 here in Australia and has 3 years warranty (limited). I have 2 big shots but this is the cream of the crop and far better than the electrical one I tried  due to my frozen shoulder. I have since sold my electrical one as it did not suit my needs and i didn't like how it cut and the need to pass dies through the machine more than once. 

Just make sure you place you dies on a slight angle to ensure u do not damage your die or place stress on your machine.

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