Hi there This week at Just Add Ink the challenge was to Just Add Kathy Tanner. I had never seen Kathy’s blog so my first task was to check it out – Kathy’s blog is now on my list :). After checking through her posts for 2011, I had a list of favourites then I had to narrow… Read More »
Hi there Well I’ve had a very productive day in my craft space – finished my final tutorial for the next session of Stampin Fun & Friends which starts 1st Feb plus made 4 cards and about to start my 5th! For card #3 I’ve used the layout from a new found challenge site Freshly Made… Read More »
Hi there Well it’s a beautiful day here in Auckland – and we get the day off work! Today is Auckland Anniversary Day where we celebrate the founding of our province back in 1840. Each year to commemorate the day there is a big sailing regatta (one of the world’s single biggest one day sailing… Read More »
Hi This is a quick post before I head off to bed. I needed to create a quick masculine card and these two challenges have worked well together – layout from Mojo Monday and the colour combo from ColourQ. I rotated the layout to fit the stamp I wanted to use 🙂 My squares are 1 1/2″. Supplies:… Read More »
Hi there Today’s card is the first of 8 that I need to make for wedding anniversaries in the next 4 weeks! This one is for my friends daughter who is celebrating her 1st wedding anniversary. Congratulations Rhi & Christiaan. I made this card at our Christmas breakfast at Jacque’s using some new products from… Read More »
Hi there This card combines two challenges from Stamping411 – the weekly sketch and the monthly colour inspiration. I love this stamp and it lends itself beautifully for a triple colour combo. To make the three circles on the side I adhered the Lucky Limeade card stock to the DSP then on the back of the DSP I… Read More »
Hi there Well it’s been a lovely day here in Auckland – I even managed to fit in a walk at lunchtime :). It’s so lovely to see the sun and feel the warmth. Last month I finally got round to buying the scallop square die and now I can use it in this weeks layout at Just… Read More »
Hi there We have just returned from a fabulous long weekend spent down at Whakatane, Bay of Plenty -more on that later. Before we left I started making this card but ran out of time on Wednesday night with all the other things that needed to be done before heading away. So my first priority… Read More »
Happy 100th Birthday Just Add Ink! This weeks’ challenge at JAI was to use a crown somewhere in your project. Now I don’t own any stamp sets with a crown so had to borrow the set Clearly for You from my friend – thanks Deb. I found this a hard one but this is layout… Read More »
I’ve just realised that today is Yellowbear Stampin’s first birthday – can you believe it. I have now been blogging for one year and my posts have certainly changed from a year ago. It only seems fitting to celebrate my first anniversary by posting a card made for the same person who had the first post… Read More »
Hi there I have just drawn the winner for the FREE pass for the next session of Stampin Fun and Friends. I had seven entries – Lisa, Bron, Colleen, Louise, Helen, Amanda & Sharna. I used Random.org to pick the winner: Well done Lisa – I’ll be in touch soon. Thanks Julia for the idea 🙂 I’ll be back later… Read More »
Hi there I’ve used this weeks sketch at Try Stampin on Tuesday to make my wedding anniversary card for Phil (had to make sure he wasn’t around at the time). I used the second colour combo of River Rock, Cherry Cobbler & Marina Mist. I created a mask using a Post-It note (first time I have tried this… Read More »
Hi there As promised here is an amazing card I cased from the very talented Marelle Taylor. Friends of ours eldest son celebrated his 6th birthday yesterday so this design was perfect. I was really pleased with how it turned out. I don’t have the Itty Bitty Punch so used the largest circle from the Owl… Read More »
Hi there It’s our neighbours birthday today so here is the gift that I made using the Petite Pockets die to create a really cool triangle box. This is such a versatile die. I will hopefully have some more projects to show over the next couple of weeks. I got the tutorial for this from Betty… Read More »