Hi there Well half our driveway has now been concreted and it looks fantastic. The other half has been removed and is ready for the concrete but the weather isn’t playing game 🙁 so we’ll just have to wait a few days. Now onto my project. When I saw this weeks colours at JAI I knew I… Read More »
Hi there Thought I’d do a quick post while eating my late lunch! It’s a beautiful day here in Auckland & we’re trying to make the most of the sunny weather. Our neighbour has just had a knee operation and I wanted to send her a card so have used the sketch from TST and the colours… Read More »
Hi there What a beautiful weekend – two sunny hot days in a row! We had a lovely family picnic up in Cornwall Park today – so nice to be outdoors. This is the final wedding anniversary card I needed to make for February. I’ve combined the Freshly Made sketch with the colours from Color Throwdown. I had… Read More »
Hi there Wow two posts in one evening! I’ve had this sketch sitting on my desk to complete for a few days then realised it closed in a few hours so had to create this quickly. I just received a new order on Tuesday that had the Postage Punch and Fresh Vintage stamp so thought… Read More »
Hi there When I became a demo back in September last year I received an additional free stamp – You Are Loved. I have used it so much and was glad when it came out in the Summer Mini. Sometimes I find the quotes in sets just aren’t ones that I would use and it… Read More »
Hi there As promised here is my take on the colour challenge from SFF – Pink Pirouette, Bashful Blue, So Saffron and Wisteria Wonder. The gift box is a creation from one of my favourite overseas crafters Dawn Griffiths – check out her video. I made two of each colour scheme using DSP from the Patterned DSP Stacks.… Read More »
Hi there This is the project that I created for the current session of Stampin Fun & Friends. The theme is Spring so I created a Garden Tote but you could use it for anything. I love the brightness of this DSP which is available till 31 March. To secure the ribbon handle I attached… Read More »
Hi there The other day I received a lovely email from Sharna Russell which contained the below award for me – thanks Sharna. Sharna has just hit 5000 blog views 🙂 Here is the award: The rules for this award * Thank the person who gave you this award * paste the award to your blog… Read More »
Hi there The weather here in Auckland can not make up it’s mind what season it should be. It’s meant to be summer but was raining AGAIN this morning. So what else can a girl do but make a card 🙂 Today’s card is for a very good family friend who is celebrating his birthday… Read More »
Hi there This card combines two challenges from Stamping 411 – the sketch is from the weekly challenge and the colour combo is from the monthly challenge. Rather than use DSP for the background I randomly stamped the images from one of my favourite sets. This is a great set for guys and has so many uses.Supplies:Stamp… Read More »
Hi there Try Stampin on Tuesday has just turned one! Congratulations to CherylAnn and the amazing team of designers who have given us great sketches for the past year. In addition to this weeks sketch the challenge is to include a birthday theme. This worked well as I needed a masculine birthday card for tomorrow.… Read More »
Hi there Thought I’d do a quick post while eating my lunch. Sweet Spring has started over at Stampin Fun & Friends. We’ve had six great projects so far plus an Inspirational Challenge. I managed to recreate 3 of them over the weekend. The first is a gift box and card created by Amy Fleming.… Read More »
Hi Only one more wedding anniversary card to make then I can have a break till the end of March 🙂 When I saw the sketch over at Try Stampin on Tuesday I knew exactly what I would do – love that. It came together so quickly with the help of the colour comb from Color Throwdown. It… Read More »
Hi there I’m almost there with making all my wedding anniversary cards 🙂 February is obviously the month to get married. This weeks sketch from Freshly Made Sketches was to create a ‘long’ card. This was perfect as a few years ago I bought some long envelopes and have never used them. I combined it with… Read More »
Hi there This weeks challenge at JAI is to just use Red & White. Man did I find this hard! I don’t know how many combo’s I tried before settling on the below. I teamed it up with the square layout from Mojo Monday. I’m really pleased with this card. This stamp is great for anniversary cards &… Read More »