Hi there It is nice hearing the rain outside – the garden is so dry and it’s not even full on summer yet. This week seems to be the week to have a birthday. On Monday friends of ours celebrated their birthday’s – like us husband and wife share the same day. They can never… Read More »
Hi there A day late but here are the rest of the projects I taught the ladies. This project was inspired by the one taught by Sally, Heather and Michelle at our recent Creative Inkers Extravaganza. I didn’t have the stamp set or framelits they used so went with a set that has become my… Read More »
Hi there We’ve made it to the last month for 2015! I haven’t even started thinking of Christmas shopping (I still have to finish my nephews present from last year! – bad aunt). This afternoon I finally got round to photographing a number of projects I created last month – now I need to blog… Read More »
Hi there This ‘lady of leisure’ has been slack again in the blogging department but I’ll think you’ll like todays post. Our neighbours son turned 3 last month and had a ‘Gruffalo’ themed birthday party. For those of you who don’t have young children and have never read a Gruffalo story book you need to… Read More »
Hi there What a difference a night makes – today the rain has gone and we were able to have a lovely walk around the base of One Tree Hill/Cornwall Park with my parents. Yesterday I showed you the card we made at my recent workshop. Today’s post shows a bookmark the ladies also made… Read More »
Hi there There are a couple of overseas blogs that I follow of fellow Stampin Up demos – one being Sam Donald in the UK. She is very creative and makes some really cool projects and cards. Recently she made a cute box that I just had to CASE. She had made it to hold… Read More »
Hi there I’ve cleared all the photos from my camera (in preparation of our holiday) and found these which I took ages ago. They’re some more altered notebooks using the 3B1 notebooks. I just cut them in half with my Table Top Cutter and covered them with DSP and then the fun begins to add… Read More »
Hi there Where have the weeks gone! I have my May card classes this week and I haven’t even shown you what we made last month! One Sheet Wonders (OSW) are a great way to create cards. Most OSW use a sheet of 12 x 12 cards stock or DSP but last year I created… Read More »
Hi there Here are the little Mothers Day gifts I made for a local Mainly Music and our ladies at Church – they went down really well. In all I made 120 of these 🙂 These are really easy and quick to make and make a cute gift. I’ve used up quite a bit of… Read More »
Hi there Here are two more cards I’ve made recently in the same style as yesterdays post. This paper is so cool I decided to use the ‘cut out’ bit for the inside of the card. Julia also showed us how to make the same style but in a landscape orientation – how cool is… Read More »
Hi there Thought I’d get a quick post in before getting ready for an ‘American Gangster’ themed 21st birthday party tonight. Phil and I have hired our costumes for the evening so you never know there may be some photos to come. Part one of today’s post should have been blogged last year as these… Read More »
Hi there I love making altered notebooks and pads as gifts. Here are some I made for my card class ladies. I had hoped to give them to them for Christmas but I ran out of time to make them so they got them at last months class instead – I nice way to start… Read More »
Hi there Today Phil and I are celebrating our 13th Wedding Anniversary with a long weekend away in Raglan on the west coast of the North Island. Happy Anniversary Babe – thanks for being such an amazing husband – love you heaps. Here is the card I made for him which is also the card… Read More »
Hi there What fantastic weather we’ve been having here in Auckland – let’s hope it lasts a bit longer. Yesterday I had three people celebrate birthdays – so here is the first card. This was for a 9 year old so I’ve added some ‘googly’ eyes for some fun 🙂 I’m loving the combination of… Read More »
Hi there I’ve been doing a bit of a cleanup of my photos and realised I hadn’t blogged my nephews birthday card from November – oops. What do you get a 16 year old for his birthday? Well this one is easy – give him a gift voucher to go shopping for birthday AND Christmas… Read More »