Hi there I recently needed to make a quick sympathy card for a guy I used to work with. My ‘go to’ stamp set in cases like this is Lovely as a Tree and here’s what I created. I’ve heat embossed the image in Early Espresso then using a Blender Pen applied ink to colour… Read More: Lovely as a Tree – Sympathy »
Hi there I’ve finally found time to post the card I made on Saturday for World Card Making Day. Often we (or is it only me) forget to use stamp sets we’ve had for a while. So I set myself a challenge in creating a card last Saturday – use a set that hasn’t seen… Read More: Tape It – World Card Making Day project »
Hi there I’ve had a number of requests for the measurements and instructions for my Festival of Tress and Wondrous Wreath cards I blogged recently. I have finally got round to writing up some instructions so you can recreate these cards. Check out my ‘Tutorial‘ page. The first version uses centimeters for A4 card stock… Read More: Festival of Trees and Wondrous Wreath Tutorial »
Hi there Yesterday my nephew turned 20 (not sure where those years have gone!). I wanted to make a fun card for him and here’s what I created. To create my background I’ve used the Dots Decorative Mask and matched the inks to the M & M’s inside the sweet treat cup. As you know… Read More: Sweet Treat Cup Card »
Hi there Welcome to the ESAD Holiday Catalogue Blog Hop. You may have arrived from Christie’s blog or just joined my page. So what is ESAD? ESAD stands for “Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators” and it is an on-line group just for Australian and New Zealand Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. We love what we do & love to… Read More: Endless Wishes One Sheet Wonder and an ESAD Blog Hop »
Hi there I’ve just been doing a ‘clean up’ of my computer and found a card I made a while ago and forgot to post – so here it is. I’ve managed to use all the stamps from the set on this card and all but one of the new In Colours – Blackberry Bliss… Read More: Kinda Eclectic »
Hi there I’m a bit late showing you this but this is the card I taught the other week at my card class. The theme was ‘a card for a boy’. This could actually be for anyone – just change the colours to suit. I didn’t have any DSP that was appropriate for a boy… Read More: Sweet Treat Cups »
Hi there Here’s the last Make & Take we made last Saturday. We were shown how to create a mask so that the stalk of the branches didn’t stamp over the flower which was stamped first. This also gives it a bit of a 3D effect. To get the mask effect stamp the flower image… Read More: Choose Happiness Card »
Hi there Back again with the second Make & Take we made on Saturday. This project uses the new Kraft Grid Journals on page 200 of the Annual Catalogue. I was fortunate to be in one of the winning Prize Patrol groups and won six of these – thank you Stampin’ Up! We have again… Read More: Kraft Grid Journals »
Hi there I got busy last night doing baking and other domestics around the place that I forgot to do my blog post! So without further ado here we go: This was the first Make & Take that we completed at our Regional Training event last Saturday. It uses the new Petite Cafe Gift Bag… Read More: Petite Cafe Gift Bags »
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: Yellowbear Name Badge »
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: Festival of Trees – part six »
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: Festival of Trees – part five »
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: Festival of Trees – part four »
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: Festival of Trees – part three »