Hi there It’s never easy creating a sympathy card but I found this design by Margaret – it’s so lovely the only thing I changed was the colour combo. Here’s a tip I found out (the hard way) over the weekend. For any die that is horizontal feed it through the Big Shot vertically as in… Read More »
Hi there I hope you’ve had a good weekend – ours was very productive. A couple of months ago Mercury Energy had a promotion where you could choose a date and you wouldn’t be charged power for the whole day:) So we booked in the 1st of August and made the most of it –… Read More »
Hi there Here are the other four projects that the ladies created on Saturday. First we have two 3D projects – a birthday surprise box and a gorgeous ‘Tiffany’ bag Our last two projects are cards – a corner flip card and a cool card featuring our new corrugated paper I hope you have enjoyed seeing… Read More »
Hi there On Saturday we had our winter Extravaganza event with 100 ladies – it was a fun day. Each lady made five projects during the afternoon. This is the project that I taught with Jacque and Kath using my new favourite set – Awesomely Artistic. It’s got a number of techniques in here –… Read More »
Hi there I hoped you enjoyed yesterday’s card. When a new catalogue comes out we often end up forgetting stamp sets that have ‘carried over’ from the previous catalogue so I decided to use a ‘carry over’ stamp for my second card. I haven’t used Six-Sided Sampler as much as I thought I would so… Read More »
Hi there I hope you’ve had a good weekend – I’ve had a very productive and social weekend :). Out for dinner Friday, breakfast with a friend Saturday morning, afternoon tea with my SIL (highly recommend a visit to Olaf’s in Mt Eden) and out for dinner again tonight! In amongst all this social butterflying… Read More »
Hi there I’ve had something on every night this week which has meant no time to blog. This is a card I made last month using the new set Build A Birthday and the new Triple Banner Punch – LOVE this punch. I’ve managed to use all the new In Colors on this image :).… Read More »
Hi there Well the rain is really starting to fall here in Auckland – I think I might head to bed early tonight. Nothing like being tucked up in a warm bed with the rain falling on the roof. Last week I received my Impressions magazine in the post. This is a magazine that Stampin’… Read More »
Hi there From 1 July until 4 August it’s Bonus Time at Stampin’ Up! Stampin’ Up! are offering amazing discounts on more products in the Weekly Deals and Clearance Rack from 1 July until 4 August. Check them out below and go to my website to order them. There will be extra Weekly Deals with up… Read More »
Hi there Today we had a lovely lunch out with the family to celebrate the May and June birthdays. We were away for our birthday, my brother was away for his and tomorrow it’s my niece’s birthday and she’s currently in the UK 🙂 For my second card I wanted to use DSP as I… Read More »
Hi there I hope you have survived the cold snap we had last week. One morning as I drove past the local high school it said -6 – I’m not sure if that was correct but it was a very cold morning for Auckland. Today has been beautiful and this afternoon Phil and I went… Read More »
Hi there What a difference a night makes – today the rain has gone and we were able to have a lovely walk around the base of One Tree Hill/Cornwall Park with my parents. Yesterday I showed you the card we made at my recent workshop. Today’s post shows a bookmark the ladies also made… Read More »
Hi there It’s a bit wet and cold here today in Auckland – a great indoors day. I have managed to finally get my monthly newsletter out – better late than never. If you would like to receive a copy of my monthly newsletter then click on the button to the right of the screen… Read More »
Hi there I must still be on ‘holiday’ time – running a bit late in ‘Sharing the Fun’ of the new annual Stampin’ Up! catalogue. If you haven’t received your copy of this fabulous catalogue then drop me a line or give me a call and I’ll get one out to you. In the meantime… Read More »
Hi there There are a couple of overseas blogs that I follow of fellow Stampin Up demos – one being Sam Donald in the UK. She is very creative and makes some really cool projects and cards. Recently she made a cute box that I just had to CASE. She had made it to hold… Read More »