Hi there For those of you in New Zealand I hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable long weekend. I started my Saturday by tidying my craft cupboard and desk – I’m not sure what happened but when I put everything back in the cupboard I ended up with a spare clean shelf! Looks like… Read More »
Hi there It’s been awhile since I made a card using products from the Eastern Palace Suite so over the weekend I had some time to create and here’s what I made. The Eastern Palace Suite (page 18-19 AC) consists of not only stamps and dies but Designer Series Paper (DSP), Gold Vinyl Stickers and… Read More »
Hi there Last month I held a workshop and taught two cards featuring Night of Bethlehem Bundle and the Painted Harvest set. Both cards used our Note Cards rather than full sized cards. For this months card class (with a different group of ladies) I decided to recreate these cards but using full sized cards.… Read More »
Hi there Here we are again at the weekend :). The weeks just seem to be flying by. Last week my nephew turned 23 and he’s really into Lego at the moment so guess what design his card was? That’s right Lego I’ve used Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight and Real Red to create my blocks. … Read More »
Hi there Back again with the last two projects from the party. The birthday girl had recently purchased Foxy Friends stamp set and punch so with that in mind I created a project that she could recreate using these products. I don’t have either of these (yet) so I showed them how you can scrunch… Read More »
Hi there We seem to have had all seasons in one day today. Hopefully tomorrow will be more settled as we have to fly to Wellington for my uncle’s funeral – he was one month off turning 90 and had been tramping with friends two days before dying. He was a wonderful big brother to… Read More »
Hi there After being sick for two weeks and having no extra energy I’m finally back in business 🙂 Roll on the warmer weather and we can say ‘goodbye’ to winter illnesses. The other weekend I held a workshop with a wonderful group of ladies. I taught two cards using products from the Holiday Catalogue… Read More »
Hi there Punch art is a fun way to create a card when you can’t find a stamp to match a particular theme or character. One of the ladies at work celebrated her birthday today and ages ago mentioned she loved Minons. So I put that thought in my memory bank and pulled it out… Read More »
Hi there I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing an alternative way to use the Memories & More Card Pack. To see more card packs check out pages 192 – 193 of the Annual Catalogue. For the cards that were printed in Black I decided to add Real Red as the accessory colour. The Real Red ribbon… Read More »
Hi there Following on from yesterday’s post here’s the next installment of the swaps I made using the Merry Little Christmas Memories & More Card Pack. The colours used on the card pack are Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Lemon Lime Twist, Old Olive, White and Kraft. I wouldn’t normally choose Basic Black to use for… Read More »
Hi there Last month we had a team training day where those that wanted to could participate in the Team Swap. A swap is where you make 20 of the same card and then swap with 19 others so that you get a variety of cards. It then means we can show you a mix… Read More »
Hi there I finally got round to purchasing the stamp set ‘Five for All’ on page 75 of the Annual Catalogue. It’s got some really fun sentiments and this week I was able to use one of them on a card for a friend who celebrated a big ‘0’ birthday on Thursday. I wanted to… Read More »
Hi there The 2017 Holdiay Catalogue has finally arrived filled with wonderful products to create Christmas and holiday projects. Check out the Catalogues page to download a copy. If you haven’t received a ‘hard copy’ and would like one please let me know and I’ll get one to you. Stampin’ Up! have a promotion running for the… Read More »
Hi there Last night I held the last of my monthly card classes so now I can share with you what they made. Masculine cards always seem to stump us so this month I’ve made two masculine cards to add to our repertorie. First up is a ‘Pull Tab’ card that features the new Circle… Read More »