Hi there I’m coming to you today from Roche Percee Beach in New Caledonia :). Phil and I are on holiday and today we are celebrating our birthday 🙂 That’s right – we share the same birthday (just different years) – how cool is that. So we decided to spend this years birthdays in sunny… Read More: Happy Birthday Phil (and to me) »
Hi there At our team training last month our ‘Make and Take’ project was this lovely card using the Painted Petals set, Chalkboard Card Stock and the Chalk Ink. It’s a two step stamp set – (step one – stamp the stems and step two – stamp the flowers) Two step stamp sets are great… Read More: Painted Petals and Chalk Ink »
Hi there By the time you read this I’ll be relaxing in sunny New Caledonia. Just so you don’t miss me I have scheduled a number of posts while we are away. Here are the last of my masculine cards 🙂 I forgot to take a photo of the box that went with this card!… Read More: More Masculine Cards »
Hi there This week I’ve held my card classes and these are the cards we made. I wanted to do a masculine card to showcase the great DSP pack – Adventure Bound. This design of card (by Julia Leece) can be used for any occasion – just change the DSP for a different look. Depending… Read More: May Card Class »
Hi there I’ve cleared all the photos from my camera (in preparation of our holiday) and found these which I took ages ago. They’re some more altered notebooks using the 3B1 notebooks. I just cut them in half with my Table Top Cutter and covered them with DSP and then the fun begins to add… Read More: Altered Notebooks »
Hi there Last Tuesday our neighbours eldest son turned 5 and headed off to school 🙂 He had a great first day and is still enjoying it. At the moment he’s really into Ninja Turtles which was the theme for his party. So I’ve kept with the theme for our card to him. I CASED… Read More: Happy 5th Birthday Jake »
Hi there Where have the weeks gone! I have my May card classes this week and I haven’t even shown you what we made last month! One Sheet Wonders (OSW) are a great way to create cards. Most OSW use a sheet of 12 x 12 cards stock or DSP but last year I created… Read More: April Card Class Project »
Hi there Here are the little Mothers Day gifts I made for a local Mainly Music and our ladies at Church – they went down really well. In all I made 120 of these 🙂 These are really easy and quick to make and make a cute gift. I’ve used up quite a bit of… Read More: Mothers Day Gifts »
Hi there Happy Mother’s Day Mum and also to all the mums, aunts and those of us that play a ‘mothering’ part in childrens lives. We celebrated with a family lunch at my brothers today which was lovely. Here’s the card I made for my Mum: It’s similar to the card I taught at a… Read More: Happy Mother’s Day »
Hi there I hope you’ve all had a good weekend. We have our inorganic collection happening in a couple of weeks so yesterday Phil and I did a clean out in preparation. Our storage area looks way tidier than it did at the beginning of the day 🙂 Todays post should have been done months… Read More: Stamp Camp 2015 Projects »
Hi there I hope you didn’t get blown or washed away today – a good indoors craft day. I managed to get some projects finished that had been sitting half made on my desk for weeks! Yesterday I had a workshop at a friends place and this is the card we made. I CASED the… Read More: Your Perfect Day – Fold Over Card »
Hi there Here are two more cards I’ve made recently in the same style as yesterdays post. This paper is so cool I decided to use the ‘cut out’ bit for the inside of the card. Julia also showed us how to make the same style but in a landscape orientation – how cool is… Read More: Masculine Birthday Cards »
Hi there The Retiring List has now been posted – check out my website for the list of stamps and accessories that won’t be carried over to the new catalogue – there are some good discounts so be in early Retiring Stamps Retiring Accessories The easiest way to purchase any of these items is via… Read More: Retiring List is out »
Hi there Today is my Dad’s 82nd birthday – happy birthday to the best dad in the world 🙂 He (and Mum) are always there for us in so many ways – it’s hard to put into words the gratitude and love we have for them. We celebrated Dad’s birthday on Friday night and this… Read More: Happy Birthday Dad »
Hi there I hope you’ve all had a good weekend. The weather yesterday didn’t start out that great – cold and wet but today has been like summer and 22 degrees :). Back in February my friend celebrated her 60th birthday – I’m sure she’s pulling our leg as she doesn’t look 60. We had… Read More: 60th Birthday Card »