Hi there and Happy New Year I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year. We managed to stay up and see the New Year in. We did our own countdown as they no longer seem to have them on the TV. We had a lovely BBQ with family and friends and then… Read More »
Hi there I hope you all had a lovely Christmas Day – we did. Yesterday was spent with my family – we had a really nice lunch, then home for a nana nap before getting together again in the evening. Today Phil’s mum and brother are coming around to lunch. Now on with this week’s… Read More »
Hi there Our good friends are celebrating their 31st wedding anniversary today and here’s the card I’ve created for them. They are coming round tonight to enjoy a lovely dinner & dessert that Phil has prepared – this has now become an annual tradition. Congratulations guys. I wanted a card that would be suitable for… Read More »
Hi there With Christmas Day only a week away I thought I’d better show you the last of my Christmas card creations. The first one uses Embellished Events which is a great all round set. I played around with a few options of paper and finally settled on this combination – I think it works… Read More »
Hi there Well it’s been a busy weekend for us – Christmas parties, team breakfast, 50th wedding anniversay celebrations and dinner with friends. I managed to get some crafting time this afternoon but you’ll have to wait till Wednesday to see my creation. Here is the card I made for the wedding anniversary celebration. 50… Read More »
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Hi there As promised here is the second sympathy card I had to make last week for work 🙁 One of our distributors son died suddenly at age 34 leaving behind a wife and young son. So very sad. Yesterday’s card was for the parents and today’s card is for his wife. I have seen… Read More »
Hi there I was in need of a couple of sympathy cards last week and this week’s sketch went perfectly with what I had in mind. They are not easy cards to make but I find this set (Lovely as a Tree) is a good one to use. I finally got to use my Core’dinations card… Read More »
Hi there As promised here is the gift I made to go with yesterday’s card. It’s an altered note pad and pen. I used a topless note pad, covered it with card stock then decorated the front with DSP and embellishments. For the the pen you need one that has a removeable end and a clear… Read More »
Hi there I hope your week is going well. We have a new sketch up over at Try Stampin on Tuesday. Thank you Jenn for another great layout to create. and here’s my take on the sketch: I’ve used the colours and design from the Comfort Cafe DSP for my card – I love this colour… Read More »
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Hi there It’s that time of the week again for a new sketch over at Try Stampin on Tuesday. Friends of ours have just had their first baby so this layout was perfect to accommodate the stamp I wanted to use. It’s such a cute stamp to use for baby cards. It’s hard to tell… Read More »
Hi there As promised here is my second One Sheet Wonder recreation with a masculine theme. I’ve used the fabulous set Clockworks for this one and Not Quite Navy as the base. Again I’ve used some of the stamps as embellishments. Supplies: Stamp – Clockworks, Made for You Card Stock – Not Quite Navy, More… Read More »
Hi there It has been a beautiful weekend here in Auckland – even got my first bit of sun. Yesterday we attended the wedding of my upline Jacque. It was such a lovely wedding and she just looked gorgeous. Congratulations Rob and Jacque. I found this project on Elaine Schader’s blog awhile ago and just loved it… Read More »
Hi there On Monday night I was finally able to join the girls over at Crafters Anonymous. We had fun making Christmas crackers – now to work out what to put inside and make more for our family Christmas. The cracker is a decent size and could hold all sorts of things. Thanks to Delys for the… Read More »