Hi there Yesterday I shared the card I made Phil for our wedding anniversary and today I have the card that he gave me. We have this rule in our house that you aren’t allowed to give a bought card – it has to be hand made. In the past he’s had help from my… Read More: Wedding Anniversary Card – for me »
Hi there Today Phil and I are celebrating our 17th wedding anniversary :). According to Mr Google the gift for 17 years is furniture so I thought I’d use ‘furniture’ as my theme for his card. Now you might think – what are you going to create with that in mind. Straight away I thought… Read More: Happy Anniversary – 17 years »
Hi there There’s been much excitement today amongst Stampin’ Up! demonstrators especially here in New Zealand. Twice a year Stampin’ Up! put on an event (OnStage) for demonstrators in each market with one market hosting a live event. Well in April this year New Zealand gets to host the live event. This is a first… Read More: Classic Garage Suite – OnStage Sample »
Hi there Today’s post features the Forever Lovely Bundle which is part of the All My Love Suite on page 4 – 6 of the Occasions Catalogue. This suite consists of two bundles – the Forever Lovely Bundle featured on page 5 and the Meant to Be Bundle on page 6. These sets cater for… Read More: All My Love Suite – OnStage Sample »
Hi there We are now one week into the new Occasions Catalogue and it’s time to share with you another suite from the catalogue. As mentioned in my earlier post featuring the Happiness Blooms Suite we got to make four projects at our last OnStage event. Each project featured a new suite from the catalogue. The… Read More: Needlepoint Nook Suite – OnStage Sample »
Hi there You may have noticed in the new Occasions Catalogue that we have introduced Cling Stamps. This is an exciting change for Stampin’ Up! and you are going to love the new functionality of the stamps. Cling stamps feature the same quality rubber stamps that you’ve always loved and now they come with highly… Read More: Introducing our new Cling Stamps »
Hi there Back in November we had our OnStage training event which is put on by Stampin’ Up! for demonstrators. This is just one of the many perks of being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator – if you would like to learn more about becoming a demonstrator check out my ‘Join my team’ page or contact… Read More: Happiness Blooms Suite – OnStage sample »
Hi there I’ve just returned from a few days away on the Coromandel Peninsula – it was lovely to get out of Auckland and enjoy the sunshine with friends. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to post anything about the new catalogue and Sale-A-Bration as the internet connection down that way is a bit ‘hit and miss’.… Read More: Occasions Catalogue is here PLUS it’s Sale-A-Bration time »
Hi there Happy New Year – I’m looking forward to sharing more creations with you during 2019. It’s not long till the 2019 Occasions Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration brochure go live – Thursday 3rd January. If you would like to receive copies of these please let me know and I can send them to you. Today’s… Read More: Share What You Love Dragonfly Closure Card »
Hi there Well the presents are all wrapped and we’ve done most of the prep for tomorrow so now I can sit down and share with you the last of my Christmas cards. This first one is what Santa thought he’d be doing in New Zealand on Christmas day but the weather is not really… Read More: So Santa – final Christmas cards for 2018 »
Hi there I’ve loved using the Takeout Treat Thinlits over the last 5 months. It’s such a cute box and is the perfect treat size. Today’s project is one I CASED from our team training back in August – check out the original design here. I used this as one of my projects for a… Read More: Takeout Treat Christmas Card and Box »
Hi there I’m officially on holiday for the Christmas/New Year break 🙂 I’m looking forward to two weeks off – and no alarm going off at 6am 🙂 Today’s cards carry on with the Night in Bethlehem stamp set and coordinating dies. In my last post I shared a Z fold card that required cutting… Read More: Night in Bethlehem Window Cards »
Hi there It’s been a beautiful day here in Auckland – finally feels like summer and so nice having the doors still open at 9:30pm 🙂 I had so much fun creating my Night in Bethlehem eclipse card that I decided to make a second card using the same stamp and dies while I had them… Read More: Z Fold – Night in Bethlehem »
Hi there Yesterday I shared with you my first eclipse card using the Night in Bethlehem stamp set. Today I have my second eclipse Card except this time I used the lovely Share What You Love DSP instead of stamping. It was a super quick card to make and very effective with the paper. This… Read More: Share What You Love – No Stamping Eclipse Card »
Hi there The year is fast drawing to a close – one more week of work before the holiday starts :). Yesterday we had our staff Christmas lunch and went to Stonyridge Vineyard on Waiheke Island – it was a great day with beautiful food and great company and the weather even behaved. A couple… Read More: Night in Bethlehem Eclipse Card »