Hi there Hope the ‘back to school’ is going well for those of you with kids 🙂 My husband is going back to school on Tuesday – he is starting a 20 week Certificate in Cookery and today we went shopping for all his equipment and uniform. I am so looking forward to see what… Read More: Happy 10th Wedding Anniversary »
Hi there One of my fellow team mates celebrated her birthday the other day and this is the card I sent her – it even arrived on the right day (thanks NZ Post). I’ve been stepping out of my comfort zone lately and been using more colours from the Subtles range and I must… Read More: Up, up and away with Balloon Celebration »
Hi there Welcome to the Creative Inkers Occasions and Sale-A-Bration Catalogue Blog Hop for 2016. You may have arrived from Jacque’s blog or just joined my page.My project today is the Enjoy the Little Things Project Kit on page 33 of the Occasions Catalogue. I’ve been a bit slow off the mark in buying kits… Read More: Creative Inkers Occasions and Sale-A-Bration Blog Hop 2016 »
Hi there It’s been a while since I joined in a challenge and this weeks challenge over at Global Design Project is a good one. I knew exactly what to do once I saw the challenge – CASE-ing Connie’s Card. The challenge was to use her card as inspiration to create something ourselves.I’ve gone with the stripped theme:… Read More: Love a Challenge? – #GDP020 »
Hi there One of the guys I used to work with is celebrating his birthday today. He asked for a special card – not a theme I would have thought of to make for him :). I don’t have any dinosaur stamps so when this is the case I reply on good old punch art.… Read More: Dinosaur Request »
Hi there Yesterday I showed you some cards using the Balloon Bouquet Punch and promised a tip on how to use the punch. As you can see from the photo below the punch has the big and small balloon but they’re not the same orientation – herein lies the problem. To make sure your stamped… Read More: Quick Tip – Punching Balloons with the Balloon Bouquet Punch »
Hi there Here’s the last set of my Stack of Cards. This set uses the Balloon Celebration and Balloon Builders stamp sets. It’s great that there is a coordinating punch for these balloons – I’m not that keen on hand cutting this amount of balloons. When you purchase the Balloon Celebration and Balloon Bouquet… Read More: Celebrating with Balloons – Stack of Cards »
Hi there Another hot and sticky day today but I did manage to get some crafting done and some birthday cards are now in the post 🙂 Here are the next batch of cards using products from the Going Global Suite – unfortunately it’s not me ‘going global’. The first two designs have the word… Read More: I’m Going Global »
Hi there It’s been another hot day here in Auckland – I saw a temperature sign say 29 which is getting up there (although not as hot as Aussie). We’re now onto the It’s My Party cards from Saturday – I love the bright colours in this product suite. I love the saying on the… Read More: It’s My Party – Stack of Cards »
Hi there Just got home from a lovely walk from St Heliers to Mission Bay and back again – it was such a beautiful evening and great to see so many people out enjoying our wonderful city. As promised here’s a closer look at the Botanical Blooms cards from yesterday. Each kit contained the… Read More: Botanical Blooms Stack of Cards »
Hi there Welcome to the ESAD Occasions Catalogue Blog Hop for 2016. You may have arrived from Rachael’s blog or just joined my page. So what is ESAD? ESAD stands for “Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators” and it is an on-line group just for Australian and New Zealand Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. We love what we do &… Read More: ESAD Occasions Catalogue Blog Hop »
Hi there I’ve had a couple of busy days prepping for an event tomorrow – I can’t show you the projects until 8:30pm on Sunday night (first Blog Hop of the year). Here’s a birthday card I made last year for our neighbours birthday and forgot to post it on here. Supplies: Stamp Set –… Read More: Flower Shop Fancy Fold »
Hi there Today is my 14th Wedding Anniversary 🙂 We spent the day doing a ‘tiki tour’ of the Kaipara South Head and enjoyed a lovely picnic on the shores of Lake Ototoa, afternoon tea in Helensville then home via the back roads. Here is the card I made Phil – he had to wait… Read More: Happy Anniversary »
Hi there We had a lovely evening out at the beach last night – it was definitely the ‘calm before the storm’. There wasn’t much wind and it was so warm sitting on the beach. Phil got some lovely sunset photos – so happy campers all around. It’s a busy birthday time at the moment… Read More: Balloon Celebration »
Hi there It’s a gorgeous day here in Auckland and we are about to head off to the beach for a picnic dinner – yum. Here’s a quick post of two cards I’ve made for friends boys who are turning 10. These cards use stamps from the new Balloon Buiders set in the Occasions Catalogue.… Read More: Balloons or lollies – which do you prefer? »