Author Archives: Paula Reid

Full of Life Thank You Cards

By | March 26, 2025

Hi there When needing masculine cards – whatever the ocassion – my ‘go to’ ideas are either fun folds or using DSP. So when I needed two masculine ‘Thank You’ cards I reached for some DSP. The Full of Life DSP has so many colours and is nice and bright so that jumped onto my… Read More: Full of Life Thank You Cards »

Floral Delight Suite Fun Fold

By | March 11, 2025

Hi there A couple of weeks back I discovered a new fun fold created by US demo – Connie Stewart. I love a fun fold, especially one where I can get two bases from a sheet of A4 cardstock. It folds nice and flat so is easy to post and when opened it stands on… Read More: Floral Delight Suite Fun Fold »

Beautiful Butterflies – Baby Wipe Technique

By | February 19, 2025

Hi there Last month I participated in a team swap. What is a swap you ask? A swap is where you make multiple cards of the same design. You then give one of your cards to each member of the group and they give you one of theirs. This means you end up with multiple… Read More: Beautiful Butterflies – Baby Wipe Technique »

Five-Three-One Card Design

By | February 6, 2025

Hi there Do you ever find a card design and then make multiples of that design? We’ll that’s what I’ve been doing this week. I saw a simple design by Sue’s Paper Creation’s that is so versatile and it uses those small pieces of Designer Series Paper (DSP) we all have. The card is called… Read More: Five-Three-One Card Design »

Floral Delight Suite

By | January 28, 2025

Hi there Can you believe it – I almost didn’t buy this suite. What – you’re saying but it’s Yellow. I know – but I was going to purchase the bundle. Sometimes when I see Designer Series Paper (DSP) I think – will I actually use this? Do I like all the patterns? Can I… Read More: Floral Delight Suite »

Happy Anniversary – Hearts & Hugs

By | January 19, 2025

Hi there Today Phil and I celebrated our 23rd wedding anniversary. We had a lovely lunch out at a local cafe and have a dinner booked for later this week – it’s an ‘experience’ and a dinner. I don’t own any traditional wedding anniversary stamps so normally go with a fun option for Phil’s card.… Read More: Happy Anniversary – Hearts & Hugs »

Welcome to 2025 – new beginnings

By | January 17, 2025

A new year has begun and with it hopefully new routines. I had good intentions to have regular blog posts in 2024 but life happened and blogging was the first thing to drop by the wayside. 2024 was a rollercoaster of a year – highs (attending OnStage in Melbourne, a wonderful holiday with friends in… Read More: Welcome to 2025 – new beginnings »

TGIF Challenge – Layout Design

By | March 4, 2024

Hi there I don’t know about you but sometimes I struggle to come up with a layout design for a project. That is where challenges are great. There are a couple of types of challenges that I use – a colour combo challenge – where you’re given two or three colours to use or a… Read More: TGIF Challenge – Layout Design »

Pop Out Swing Card – Trucking Along

By | February 22, 2024

Hi there The saying goes ‘don’t reinvent the wheel’ so I’m putting that into practice in my crafting. Rather than coming up with a new card design I’ve gone back into my archives and selected a card style I’ve made many times before. This time I’m adapting the card to use current product to achieve… Read More: Pop Out Swing Card – Trucking Along »

Bee My Valentine Alternative

By | February 6, 2024

Hi there Well I haven’t been good at starting my new habit for 2024 of blogging more often – oops. I must admit by the end of the day I haven’t really wanted more screen time so have been enjoying reading over the summer. Have you seen the Bee Mine Suite in the current mini… Read More: Bee My Valentine Alternative »