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? »
Hi there Here are the final three cards from my gift set – I hope you have enjoyed this. Leave me a comment as to which one you liked the most. Supplies:Stamp Set – Endless Birthday WishesCard Stock – Blackberry Bliss, Bermuda Bay, Delightful Dijon, Very VanillaDSP – BohemianInk – Blackberry Bliss, Bermuda Bay, Delightful Dijon,… Read More: Endless Birthday Wishes – part three »
Hi there Here’s a close up of the first three cards. This was a fun project to make and I love the font used for these sentiments. For the first card I covered a clear block I with all the sentiments and stamped in one go – so much easier and word by word. For… Read More: Endless Birthday Wishes – part two »
Hi there Well it’s been an ‘indoors’ day here in Auckland – great for crafting. A friend popped round this morning and I helped her make 20 birthday cards for her colleagues at work – she is now set for the year. Todays project is one I created last year but ran out of time… Read More: Endless Birthday Wishes card gift set – part one »
Hi there In November last year I attended the first ever OnStage Local event held by Stampin’ Up! This event replaces the annual Convention which used to be held in Australia. It is now being held twice a year (April and November) and the first Local one was held in Auckland, Melbourne and Perth for… Read More: OnStage Party Wishes »
Hi there Today’s post is a combination of products – a new stamp set from the Occasions Catalogue, a piece of DSP that has reitred and a stamp set you can get for FREE from the Sale-A-Bration catalogue when you place an order over NZ$110.00. The sentiment is from the stamp set Party Wishes and… Read More: Happy Birthday – something new, something retired and something free »
Hi there One of the things I love about being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator is being able to make cards and gifts to give away. Now if I wasn’t a demo I probably wouldn’t have gone out and bought cards and gifts for everyone but will a few supplies look what I made. These are… Read More: Music Team Thank You Cards and Gift »
Hi there I hope everyone is enjoying the lovely summer weather 🙂 Well it must be sunny somewhere in NZ – it just wasn’t happening in Auckland today. Never mind tomorrow is meant to be a better day. I ran out of time last year to show you the ‘Thank You’ gifts I made for… Read More: Card Class Thank You Gifts »
Hi there Now that we are underway with the new Occasions Catalogue (and Sale-A-Bration) I can now show you some of my creations using new products 🙂 Last month at our team training we had a ‘swap’ and this is the card I made using four new products from the Occasions Catalogue. I fell in… Read More: Botanical Gardens December Swap »
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: Happy New Year »
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: Last post for 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: Loads of Love Birthday »
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 Birthday Vellum Card »