Author Archives: Paula Reid

Tropical Oasis – CASEing the Catalogue – Page 38

By | March 16, 2020

Hi there Finally managed to get to the computer to share another project with you. This one is straight from the catalogue – why reinvent the wheel when somebody has already created a beautiful card? I don’t own the Tropical Oasis set but fortunately one of my team does so I’ve been able to have… Read More: Tropical Oasis – CASEing the Catalogue – Page 38 »

Tropical Oasis DSP Shirt

By | March 11, 2020

Hi there The Tropical Oasis Designer Series Paper is the perfect design to create a ‘Hawaiian’ shirt – great for a masculine card. This design was really handy as I needed two masculine cards last month for family friends of ours. I did one in a portrait orientation and one in a landscape. The shirt… Read More: Tropical Oasis DSP Shirt »

Tropical Oasis Gift Card Holder

By | March 9, 2020

Hi there New recruits who sign up to become Stampin’ Up! demonstrators during Sale-A-Bration receive this cute Mini Paper Cutter and 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper sampler. Two of the designs included in the sampler are from the Tropical Oasis DSP pack on page 39 of the mini catalogue. I was in need of a… Read More: Tropical Oasis Gift Card Holder »

Peaceful Poppies DSP Pendant Fold Card

By | February 25, 2020

Hi there This past weekend was spent in Rotorua at our annual Creative Inkers Stamp Camp. We had a great time together – about 50 of us – and were taught some amazing projects. I still need to take photos of these so will share them with you soon. If you would like to be… Read More: Peaceful Poppies DSP Pendant Fold Card »

Painted Poppies – Notecard size

By | February 19, 2020

Hi there On Saturday I held a workshop with a lovely group of ladies. We made two cards and a 3D item. Both cards we made using the Whisper White Notecards and Envelopes. First up is the Painted Poppies card – you’ll have to wait a bit to see the other two projects. This design… Read More: Painted Poppies – Notecard size »

Peaceful Poppies DSP

By | February 16, 2020

Hi there The Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper is a collection of hand painted blooms and watercolour washes and make a beautiful background or focal point to any card. There are 12 sheets of 12″ x 12″ – 2 each of 6 double sided designs. Isn’t this paper just gorgeous? You can’t leave it sitting… Read More: Peaceful Poppies DSP »

Poppy Moments and more

By | February 13, 2020

Hi there I don’t know about you but I often have bits and pieces (stamped images, dies cuts etc) on my desk that have been left over from previous projects. I found some of those ‘bits’ under some papers so decided to make them into a card. I think I’d been playing around with colour… Read More: Poppy Moments and more »

Poppy Moments Die Cut Card

By | February 8, 2020

Hi there Within the Peaceful Poppies Suite there are two bundles – Painted Poppies and Peaceful Moments. For my next card I used the Peaceful Moments Bundle. This bundle consists of a stamp set and dies. The stamp set – Peaceful Moments has 10 sentiment stamps and Poppy Moments Dies has 16 dies – great… Read More: Poppy Moments Die Cut Card »

Painted Poppies – Stepped up masking

By | February 6, 2020

Hi there Yesterday I shared a card using a simple masking technique. Today I have another card where I’ve used the masking technique except this time it’s a bit stepped up as it has multiple layers of masking – get that Post It Note pad handy. This card was CASED from one of my team… Read More: Painted Poppies – Stepped up masking »

Painted Poppies – simple masking

By | February 5, 2020

Hi there Here’s one of my first creations with the Painted Poppies stamp set. I’ve used a simple masking technique to create the flower on the front and on the inside of the card. The card base is Poppy Parade with a Basic Black mat. I’ve used Shimmery White to stamp my images on as… Read More: Painted Poppies – simple masking »

Painted Poppies Wedding Anniversary Card – in Yellow

By | February 3, 2020

Hi there Last month Phil and I celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary and I’m going to share with you the card he gave me. Now we have a rule in our house – no store bought cards are to be given for birthday, Christmas or wedding anniversary. That’s easy for me being a card maker… Read More: Painted Poppies Wedding Anniversary Card – in Yellow »

Little Ladybug – Pop Out Swing Card – Team Swap

By | February 1, 2020

Hi there Yesterday I shared the first card I made for our team swaps using the Sale-A-Bration Lily Pad products. Today’s card uses the cute host set – Little Ladybug. Keep reading to see how you can get your hands on this cute set. So here’s my card – it’s a fancy fold that I’ve… Read More: Little Ladybug – Pop Out Swing Card – Team Swap »

Lovely Lily Pad Sale-A-Bration Gift – Team Swap

By | January 30, 2020

Hi there Each time a new catalogue is release I like to participate in our team swaps. What is a swap you ask – a swap is where you make a card using new product from the chosen catalogue and then replicate it multiple times depending on how many sign up for each swap. You… Read More: Lovely Lily Pad Sale-A-Bration Gift – Team Swap »