Category Archives: Birthday

Going Places Final Call

By | May 22, 2016

Hi there May is a very popular month for birthdays for me – I think at last count I had 20 cards to make.  I still need to make one very important card by Thursday 🙂 The Going Places paper stack is retiring at the end of the month.  It’s been great for masculine cards.… Read More »

Awesomely Artistic – Sneak Peak Colours

By | May 19, 2016

Hi there Here’s another card using Awesomely Artistic.  This time it’s using three of the new 2016-2018 In Colors, some DSP and ribbon.  I’ve CASED this from the new catalogue which should be out to you in the next week :).  This card is for my friend and fellow demo Paula who is celebrating her… Read More »

Awesomely Artistic

By | May 18, 2016

Hi there Not sure how but I missed posting this card when I made it back in March! This is one of my favourite stamp sets – it’s so versatile being an outline stamp and all the stamps within the set are great.  This time I’ve used four of the 2015-2017 In Colors – Watermelon… Read More »

#imbringingbirthdaysback

By | May 13, 2016

Hi there Well today is a special day – it’s Shannon West’s birthday.  You ask who is Shannon West?  Shannon is our wonderful Demonstrator Training Manager and at the beginning of the year started the #imbringingbirthdaysback campaign.  Shannon has been sending us handmade cards for our birthdays so now that it’s her birthday demonstrators from… Read More »

Farewell to Summer Silhouettes

By | May 11, 2016

Hi there This time of year is always a sad one – saying goodbye to those stamp sets we’ve loved for the last couple of years.  The main image is from Summer Silhouettes and is a great two-step stamp. I used my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to make sure the flowers end up in the right place.  It’s… Read More »

Build A Birthday – Cake

By | April 6, 2016

Hi there It’s been a while since I used this stamp set – Build A Birthday – so out it came to see some ink.  This set is a photopolymer one which makes it easier to line the various cake layers up. The cake layers can also double as candles :).  It’s a bit hard… Read More »

March Card Class Projects

By | April 4, 2016

Hi there I’ve been a bit slack and I’ve forgotten to show you the cards we made at our March card class so without further ado here they are.  The vellum is one of the Sale-A-Bration products and coordinates with the Botanical Gardens Suite in the Occasions Catalogue.  After cutting out all the pieces I… Read More »

Botanical Blooms Z Fold Card

By | March 25, 2016

Hi there I’ve had a very productive evening tonight – something I’ve been wanting to do for ages.  I am now the proud owner of a tidy desk 🙂 well for at least for one night!  I’ve rearranged my craft space and in the process had a tidy up.  I’ll try and take a photo… Read More »

Petite Petals Happy Birthday

By | March 21, 2016

Hi there Yesterday was my mother’s birthday and we celebrated with a lovely family breakfast at a local cafe – I had yummy French Toast.  Her gift was of course a crafting one – a new Perpetual Calendar.  We now need to find time to decorate it. I CASED this card from Sam Donald –… Read More »

Turning 21 Again?

By | March 10, 2016

Hi there I friend of mine turned a big ‘0’ earlier this month and I didn’t really want to put the actual number on the card front so went with the ’21 again’ theme.  How could he forget his 21st birthday – being tied to a pole at the Royal Oak Roundabout, wearing a ‘bib’… Read More »

Going Global – Going Masculine

By | March 5, 2016

Hi there Just a quick post tonight – I’ve had a busy day prepping my project for Extravaganza which is in a couple of weeks.  If you’d like to attend this fun event please email me by Thursday 10 March.  The event is being held on Saturday 19 March at the Remuera Bridge Club from… Read More »

Botanical Blooms in Blue

By | February 28, 2016

Hi there For those of you in New Zealand I hope you’re coping with the humidity!  On Friday night I saw the New Zealand production of Phantom of the Opera which was fantastic.  My cousins husband is playing the Phantom and he was superb – such an amazing voice. Earlier this month my friend celebrated… Read More »