Hi there Yesterday we had our Regional Training Day here in Auckland. It was lots of fun and great to catch up with my fellow demos (esp those from out of town). We were asked to make name badges before we came so at 10:00pm on Friday night I started making mine! And this is… Read More »
Hi there Here we are at the end of the week and the end of the showcase – I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing my creations. Toady’s card is a CASE of my Christmas Wreath card I made for team swaps last month. You could use all sorts of stamps with this style of card and… Read More »
Hi there I hope you’re enjoying this showcase of ideas using the new Festival of Trees. For this card I’ve used a layout from a recent creation and just changed the stamp set. Instead of stamping the second layer on the tree I used the larger sized pearls and coloured them with the light, medium… Read More »
Hi there Back again with another Festival of Trees card – this time with a silver theme. I love how this set is so versatile. Have you noticed the ‘red’ pearls appearing on the trees? You can create whatever coloured pearls you want with our new alcohol based markers – Blendabilities. Just colour them in… Read More »
Hi there Today’s card is a CASE of a CASE (Copy And Share Everything). I first cased this idea from Dawn Olchfske and recreated it myself back in 2012. I’ve used the same basic layout and just changed the stamps – why reinvent the wheel! I used the scallop circle framelit from the Circle Card Thinlits… Read More »
Hi there Today I’m going to share with you the first of five cards I’ve made using the Festival of Trees stamp set and punch. I hope you enjoy these and are inspired to recreate them yourself. First up – a touch of gold embossing. This card had a few ‘iterations’ before I was finally… Read More »
Hi there First of all ‘Happy Fathers’ Day’ to all the men out there – I hope you’ve all had a great day. We had a lovely afternoon tea at my parents to celebrate the men in our family. A special ‘Happy Father’s Day’ to my Dad – he’s the best and is such a… Read More »
Hi there This afternoon I had a workshop with a lovely group of ladies and this is the card I taught them. It uses the Festival of Trees Stamp Set and coordinating Tree Punch. You can purchase these as a bundle and save 15% I love how we can now make our Basic Pearls any… Read More »
Hi there As promised here is the second card the ladies made at last weeks class. This card is a great one to make when you need to use up scraps of Designer Series Paper (DSP). This design takes eight squares that measure 1 1/4″. The card stock background squares measure 2 5/8″ and you… Read More »
Hi there It’s meant to be Spring today but I think somebody forgot to tell the weather that winter is over – it’s been cold and wet here today in Auckland. Hopefully my card will cheer you up:) Last week I had a card class and we made two cards. The first one uses the… Read More »
Hi there I hope you’ve had a good weekend despite the cold wet weather. I’ve had two good afternoon’s crafting but can’t show you what I’ve made just yet – sorry about that :). Here’s a card I made the other week which I CASED from Julia Carmichael. It uses the lovely set – Wetlands. And… Read More »
Hi there The new Holiday Catalogue is now live. To view the catalogue just click on the picture on the top right of my page. There are so many great stamp sets, accessories and more in this catalogue I’m sure you’ll have a long wishlist. Well if that’s the case why not host a party… Read More »
Hi there and welcome to the first Creative Inkers Blog Hop 🙂 With the new Holiday Catalogue going live tomorrow we thought we’d give you a sneak peak at some of the wonderful new products that will be available. If you’ve been following the blog hop you will have come from Narelle Hoggard’s blog or you… Read More »
Hi there It’s my bosses birthday today and he’s just bought himself a new road bike which he brought into the office the other day. I had an idea I’d like to make his card with a bike on it but I don’t own any ‘bike’ stamps. My wonderful friend and fellow demo Julia has an… Read More »
Hi there Yesterday we celebrated my SIL’s birthday (her actual birthday was last Tuesday) and this is the card and gift I created for her. The card uses the lovely Hostess set ‘Bloom with Hope’ and I’ve coloured it in with my Blendabilities. I wanted to make a fancy fold card so have gone with… Read More »