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 »
Hi there As soon as I saw this week’s sketch I knew exactly what I’d do. I had one more stamp set that hadn’t seen ink and it fitted perfectly (well I think so). It’s called Summer Silhouettes and it’s a two step set. This allowed me to heat emboss the two parts of the… Read More »