Hi there Today Phil and I celebrated our birthdays starting off with breakfast at our local cafe then lunch out with my parents at the Auckland Botanical Gardens. It’s been a lovely day. Thank you for all the birthday wishes and cards – we’ve been spoilt. I always struggle when it comes to making masculine… Read More: A Good Man ‘sneak peek’ »
Hi there How many of us are Designer Series Paper (DSP) hoarders? We buy our lovely DSP but then don’t want to cut into it – well that is all changing with ‘Love It Chop It’. When we chop our DSP into card front sizes we are more likely to use it to create beautiful… Read More: #Love It Chop It – Share What You Love »
Hi there In a previous life I used to do cross stitch and for the last couple of weeks I’ve been busy trying to finish a project for my Great Niece – well it’s now finished and I can get back into my papercrafting :). In my recent desk clean-up I found some stamped images… Read More: Floating Frame Technique »
Hi there I love the bright vibrant colours that have been used in the Happiness Blooms Designer Series Paper. I think this paper is a ‘love it’ or ‘leave it’ paper and I’m definitely in the ‘love it’ camp. Sometimes seeing the paper as a whole sheet of 12″ x 12″ can be a bit… Read More: Happiness Blooms Fun Fold »
Hi there Yesterday I shared the first card from my recent workshop showcasing the Happiness Blooms Suite and today I’m going to share a card using the Incredible Like You stamp set (page 21 of the Occasions Catalogue). This set coordinates with the Incredible Like You Project Kit. You can see my samples from this… Read More: Incredible Like You Notecard & Envelope »
Hi there The Happiness Blooms Suite really appealed to me as soon as I saw it – it has so many components to it and there’s bound to be something for everyone to like. I decided to use this suite for one of my workshop cards. I made two samples – one using a strip… Read More: Bloom by Bloom Notecards and Envelopes »
Hi there They say ‘there are no mistakes’ in paper crafting – and it’s true. I was creating a card using the Detailed Floral Thinlits as an overlay but when I stamped my sentiment something went wrong. Rather than throw it away I decided with two cuts I could create something new 🙂 The Detailed… Read More: Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheets »
Hi there Growing up in suburban Auckland we had a number of pets including ducks. My brother & I gave our parents nicknames and one of Mum’s was Jemima Puddleduck after the famous Beatrix Potter character. After seeing a card created by a fellow demo using Fable Friends (will share my CASE of this card… Read More: Fable Friends – Happy Birthday Mum »
Hi there The Well Said Bundle is one of my favourites from the Occasions Catalogue. This bundle consists of the Well Said stamp set that contains 51 stamps (so there’s a word or phrase for all occasions) and the Well Written Framelits that contains 24 dies (14 words and 10 images). Check out page 27… Read More: Well Said Bundle – Notecards »
Hi there It’s a long weekend here in Auckland – it’s our city (region) anniversary day – and that means an extra day off work. I love these short weeks but you always end up cramming 5 days work into 4. At OnStage in November all attendees were given the lovely stamp set Incredible Like You. … Read More: Incredible Like You – Flirty Flamingo birthday »
Hi there Last week our friends eldest son turned the ripe old age of 13. I must admit I struggle with masculine cards at the best of times – but what do you create for a 13 year old? Thankfully Seb is really into his music – he’s got amazing talent and has been playing… Read More: Musical creation – Happy Birthday Seb »
Hi there Yesterday I shared with you my first eclipse card using the Night in Bethlehem stamp set. Today I have my second eclipse Card except this time I used the lovely Share What You Love DSP instead of stamping. It was a super quick card to make and very effective with the paper. This… Read More: Share What You Love – No Stamping Eclipse Card »
Hi there Last month our neighbours youngest turned 6. I don’t have many suitable stamps for this age so turned to a ‘go to’ favourite to make a fun card – Animal Outings. I CASED the design from another demo – Amanda Mertz – thanks Amanda. This set has four line art images and five… Read More: Animal Outings Birthday Card and Box »
Hi there I’ve just realised it’s been almost two weeks since I did a blog post – I’ve been busy in my craft room making swaps for our team training which we had yesterday. It was a great day catching up with fellow Creative Inkers’ and having a play with some of the new products… Read More: Colorful Seasons CASE »
Hi there The Stamparatus is our new stamp positioning tool – it’s great for lining stamps up so you get them straight every time but you can also use it to create a ‘wreath’ style card. Today I have three samples to share with you using this technique. If you haven’t purchased a Stamparatus yet… Read More: Wreath Card using your Stamparatus »