Author Archives: Paula Reid

Happy New Year

By | January 4, 2016

Hi there I hope you all had a wonderful New Years Eve and survived the ‘summer’ weather we had on New Years Day! Today’s post is not a card but one of my past creative passions.  About November 2014 my then 20 year old nephew asked if I could do him another cross-stitch towel for… Read More »

Last post for 2015!

By | December 31, 2015

Hi there We’ve just got back from seeing the latest Star Wars movie – very cool and a great way to round up 2015.  There are just a couple of hours left of 2015 – what a year it has been.  We’ve had our ups and downs this year that we hadn’t expected but I… Read More »

Loads of Love Birthday

By | December 30, 2015

Hi there I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas Day.  I’ve been a bit of a ‘bookworm’ since Christmas hence no blogging 🙂  I have now finished my book and last night even managed to have a play with some of the new products due out 5th January – which isn’t that far off.… Read More »

Happy Birthday Vellum Card

By | December 23, 2015

Hi there Getting my post in early today as we are going to head to Franklin Road and check out the Christmas lights tonight. Last week another friend had her birthday and this is the card I made for her.  I CASED it from this one I shared last weekend. I used the same layout… Read More »

Happy Wedding Anniversary

By | December 19, 2015

Hi there We have just had a lovely evening with friends celebrating their 34th Wedding Anniversary.  Each year they come to the ‘Reid Cafe/Restaurant’ for dinner.  Thanks to the wonderful chef for another great meal. Here is the card I made for Dave to give Deb – the rule is ‘husbands are not allowed to… Read More »

A Double Birthday

By | December 16, 2015

Hi there It is nice hearing the rain outside – the garden is so dry and it’s not even full on summer yet. This week seems to be the week to have a birthday.  On Monday friends of ours celebrated their birthday’s – like us husband and wife share the same day.  They can never… Read More »

A Special Birthday

By | December 15, 2015

Hi there Today a very special family friend celebrated a special birthday milestone which called for a special birthday card :). So my crafting fingers got to work and here’s what they created: I used the same style of card I taught at last months Creative Inkers Extravaganza but changed the stamp set to create… Read More »

Square Pillow Box

By | December 13, 2015

Hi there A day late but here are the rest of the projects I taught the ladies. This project was inspired by the one taught by Sally, Heather and Michelle at our recent Creative Inkers Extravaganza.  I didn’t have the stamp set or framelits they used so went with a set that has become my… Read More »

Embellished Ornament Card and Box

By | December 11, 2015

Hi there A couple of weeks ago I had an afternoon for a group of lovely ladies and we made 5 projects.  Here are two of the projects using the Embellished Ornaments stamp set and thinlits. I adapted this box to fit the Whittakers Sante bars – it holds about six of these and are… Read More »

Year End Sale – starts today

By | December 10, 2015

Hi there Stampin’ Up! year end sale has now begun.  Be in quick to grab some amazing deals on products – current and retiring. During the Year-End Sale, you can find ALL discounted products in one location in the online store: under the Year-End Sale category.  So don’t fret if you don’t see the category… Read More »

21st Birthday Card

By | December 8, 2015

Hi there A couple of months ago my brothers eldest turned 21 and I forgot to blog the card I made for him!  (I hadn’t downloaded it to the laptop). Most of us find masculine cards hard to create – try a ‘special’ birthday – that’s even harder.  I happened to spot this design on… Read More »