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: Mojo Monday #225 »
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: Wedding Anniversary #1 »
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: Stamping411 »
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: JAI #101 »
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: Try Stampin on Tuesday #49 »
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: Just Add Ink #100 »
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: Happy First Anniversary Yellowbear Stampin »
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: Winner for the FREE pass is … »
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: Try Stampin on Tuesday & River Rock Challenge »
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: Lego Card »
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: Petite Pocket Triangle Box »
Hi there Well over at the NZSU blog I gave everyone a colour challenge this week (the colour was randomly picked by my husband from the colour coach) – River Rock, Cherry Cobbler & Marina Mist or River Rock, Not Quite Navy & Tangerine Tango. I don’t think I’ve used River Rock that much so this was a challenge… Read More: River Rock Challenge »
Hi there The next session for Stampin Fun & Friends (Sweet Spring) is due to start on 1st February until 15th February. That means I have a FREE pass to give away! So please leave me a comment and I’ll enter your name in the draw. The draw will be drawn on Sunday 15th January.… Read More: Blog Candy to give away »
Hi there Todays card incorporates two challenges – a sketch from Stamping411 and a colour combo from Pals Paper Arts. I love the combo of Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy & Very Vanilla. It’s great when a card just comes together – this is such a great sketch and works well with this stamp. I’m using this stamp… Read More: Two for one »