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: Botanical Blooms in Blue »
Hi there One of my favourite sets from the Annual Catalogue is Awesomely Artistic. I have used it in so many different styles of cards but I think this is one of my favourites. I saw this card created by Deb Valder (a US demo) and just had to give it a go. My colours… Read More: Burnishing Technique with Awesomely Artistic »
Hi there Well the rain has been teasing us today. I went for a walk this morning with Mum and Dad and it started raining – well we thought that was the case and before you knew it it had stopped! Today’s card is for a lovely lady who is celebrating her birthday today –… Read More: Flower Shop Garden »
Hi there I know – two posts in one day – that’s because I missed posting yesterday and I really do need to keep on top of my blogging otherwise I’ll never get to show you all the cards I’ve made. One thing I find when a new seasonal catalogue comes out is that we… Read More: Watercolor Wings in Blue »
Hi there I’ve been busy this month making birthday cards and wedding anniversary cards – I needed 18 cards this month! I decided to make two of this design – easier to stamp two as you need to clean the stamp between colour changes. One is being sent within NZ and the other to my… Read More: Balloon Jelly Beans anyone? »
Hi there For those of you in New Zealand I hope you’ve enjoyed the long weekend. I really love this sentiment from Party Wishes – from now on all birthdays MUST have a cake 🙂 I wanted my candles to have a bit of a ‘spark’ so I’ve used the Gold Dazzling Diamonds. You could… Read More: A Party without Cake is just a Meeting »
Hi there For today’s card I’m stepping out of my comfort zone a bit – this is not my normal style of card but it just seemed to work with this stamp set. This is a new set in the Occasions Catalogue called Timeless Textures. It really lends itself to these colours and style. Can… Read More: Stepping out of my comfort zone – Timeless Textures »
Hi there One of my fellow team mates celebrated her birthday the other day and this is the card I sent her – it even arrived on the right day (thanks NZ Post). I’ve been stepping out of my comfort zone lately and been using more colours from the Subtles range and I must… Read More: Up, up and away with Balloon Celebration »
Hi there It’s been a while since I joined in a challenge and this weeks challenge over at Global Design Project is a good one. I knew exactly what to do once I saw the challenge – CASE-ing Connie’s Card. The challenge was to use her card as inspiration to create something ourselves.I’ve gone with the stripped theme:… Read More: Love a Challenge? – #GDP020 »
Hi there One of the guys I used to work with is celebrating his birthday today. He asked for a special card – not a theme I would have thought of to make for him :). I don’t have any dinosaur stamps so when this is the case I reply on good old punch art.… Read More: Dinosaur Request »
Hi there Here’s the last set of my Stack of Cards. This set uses the Balloon Celebration and Balloon Builders stamp sets. It’s great that there is a coordinating punch for these balloons – I’m not that keen on hand cutting this amount of balloons. When you purchase the Balloon Celebration and Balloon Bouquet… Read More: Celebrating with Balloons – Stack of Cards »
Hi there It’s been another hot day here in Auckland – I saw a temperature sign say 29 which is getting up there (although not as hot as Aussie). We’re now onto the It’s My Party cards from Saturday – I love the bright colours in this product suite. I love the saying on the… Read More: It’s My Party – Stack of Cards »
Hi there I’ve had a couple of busy days prepping for an event tomorrow – I can’t show you the projects until 8:30pm on Sunday night (first Blog Hop of the year). Here’s a birthday card I made last year for our neighbours birthday and forgot to post it on here. Supplies: Stamp Set –… Read More: Flower Shop Fancy Fold »
Hi there We had a lovely evening out at the beach last night – it was definitely the ‘calm before the storm’. There wasn’t much wind and it was so warm sitting on the beach. Phil got some lovely sunset photos – so happy campers all around. It’s a busy birthday time at the moment… Read More: Balloon Celebration »
Hi there It’s a gorgeous day here in Auckland and we are about to head off to the beach for a picnic dinner – yum. Here’s a quick post of two cards I’ve made for friends boys who are turning 10. These cards use stamps from the new Balloon Buiders set in the Occasions Catalogue.… Read More: Balloons or lollies – which do you prefer? »