Hi there It’s been a very relaxing weekend – enjoying the sunshine, reading my book and entertaining some overseas guests. I haven’t done any stamping this weekend but that’s OK. My monthly card classes have started again for the year and here are the first two projects the ladies made. They have to make some… Read More: Bloomin’ Love and Beautiful You – February Card Class projects »
Hi there I recently needed to create two milestone birthday cards – one for my 90 year old aunt and one for a 100 year old lady I’ve never met. For these cards I’ve used the Number of Years stamp set and coordinating Large Number Frameltis. My colour combination is Old Olive, Melon Mambo, Rich… Read More: Milestone Birthdays – 90 and 100 years young »
Hi there Well I am now a qualified First Aider for the next two years :). It’s always good to have this training and thankfully I haven’t needed to use it in real life. January through to March is Sale-A-Bration time at Stampin’ Up! For every NZD$110 you spend during this time you get to… Read More: Tasty Trucks – Tacos or Ice Creams? »
Hi there Back again with some more creations from last month. Do you have stamp sets you haven’t used for awhile? I do and Celebrate Today is one of them. So off the shelf it came and got re-introduced to ink 🙂 I needed two cards so created the same design but swapped the colours… Read More: Celebrate Today – Seb and Sam »
Hi there I had hoped to post this earlier this evening but we decided last minute to go and see ‘Rouge One’ – the latest Star Wars movie – it was great. One of my favourite stamp sets in the new Occasions Catalogue is a set called ‘Beautiful You’. It’s an outline stamp that you can… Read More: Beautiful You »
Hi there and Happy New Year The weather here in Auckland hasn’t exactly been ‘summer’ weather – especially yesterday – but it was a good crafting day. I have a number of birthday cards to make this month so a colour challenge was just what I needed to make a dent. There’s a new challenge… Read More: Colour INKspiration pre challenge »
Hi there Friends of ours have the same birthday so here are the cards I made for them. I made another card using the Sweet Cupcake stamp set except this time in a different colour combo. I’ve gone with Flirty Flamingo, Blushing Bride and Watermelon Wonder for the ‘topping’ and the ‘base’ is Sahara Sand,… Read More: Sweet Cupcake and Shirt Card – Double Birthdays »
Hi there A friends son and daughter have both had birthdays in the last month. Each birthday I make them a personalised card and little 3D gift box which contains chocolate. It’s about making somebody feel special on their special day and not the size of the gift. The kids all look forward to seeing… Read More: Marquee Messages and Sweet Cupcakes »
Hi there Yesterday I posted some note cards I’d created using the One Sheet Wonder technique. Most One Sheet Wonder templates are designed for 12 x 12″ sheets of DSP but I’ve created four templates that each use a 6 x 6″ piece and can be used to make 5 note cards. Here are the… Read More: 6 x 6 One Sheet Wonder templates for Note Cards »
Hi there I can now share with you the cards I taught for this months card classes 🙂 I decided these cards needed to use DSP as we have the ‘buy three get one FREE’ special this month and it would give the ladies some ideas for using DSP. I don’t know about you but… Read More: Showcasing Designer Series Paper (DSP) – October Card Class »
Hi there Wasn’t it great to see the sun and feel the warmth today 🙂 I am so over all the rain we’ve been having. Over the weekend I made a few cards with the Detailed Floral Thinlits. These cards weren’t quick to make and were more like doing a jigsaw puzzle than making a… Read More: Inlaid Detailed Floral Thinlits Cards »
Hi there I’ve been having some fun with the Sweet Cupcakes stamp set this past week 🙂 It had been sitting on my shelf uninked and feeling lonely so I thought I’d let it see some light – do you have stamp sets like that? I must admit I do like the ‘triple’ step stamps… Read More: Sweet Cupcakes Trio – Happy Birthday »
Hi there Last month a friend of mine had a big ‘0’ birthday. I decided to have fun and used the Number of Years stamp set. Have you seen the new Seasonal Masks in the Holiday catalogue? I used them here on my Merry Mice Notecards. They’re a great way to create a background when… Read More: Happy 21st – Again 🙂 »
Hi there Last month my friend had a birthday – expect I forgot it! I had it for the following week so needed to create a ‘belated’ birthday card. Good thing we have a stamp set for such an occasion. Everyone loves a cupcake and with this set you can create so many different ‘toppings’… Read More: Sweet Cupcake – Belated and ‘on time’ »
Hi there This month I’ve taught the Shaving Foam Technique at my card classes. It’s a great technique and heaps of fun to do. Just make sure you have paper towels handy as you do get it bit messy – part of the fun. This sample uses four ink colours – Real Red, Cherry Cobbler,… Read More: Shaving Foam Technique – September card class »