Hi there Well it’s back to work for me – my summer break is over š and I’ve just realised I haven’t done a blog post for almost a week! I’ve been busy in the craft room creating – now I just need to make the time to show you what I’ve been creating. Makeā¦ 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 Christmasā¦ Read More »
Hi there And Happy New Year – I hope your had a great New Years’ Eve and the New Year is off to a good start. We had a very relaxing NYE which was really nice – watched the ‘Lego’ movie :). Yesterday we went for a picnic to Woodbridge Gardens in Coatsville – the gardens wereā¦ Read More »
Hi there I hope your holidays are going well and you’ve had some relaxation time. My final card to show you for 2014 is one I taught at this months card class. It’s for my friend who has a birthday today – Happy Birthday Karenina – I hope you’re having a great day with yourā¦ Read More »
Hi there We had a great day out yesterday walking part of the Rail Trail through the Karangahake Gorge. It was such a beautiful day with heaps of people out biking the trail. After our walk we visited a nearby waterfall then headed to Kaiaua for fish and chips – yummy. Today’s card was forā¦ Read More »
Hi there What a day – I know it’s Spring but the weather today has been more like Winter. I’ve had enough of all the wind and rain – roll on Summer. Yesterday our friend’s son turned 6. I was going to make him a Sweet Treats Cup card but had made his older brotherā¦ Read More »
Hi there Where did the last 10 days go? I can’t believe we’re now in November which means that Christmas is just round the corner. At least I have made a start on my Christmas cards. Last month at team training we did a ‘Shoebox’ swap. This was the first time I’d done one ofā¦ Read More »
Hi there I’ve finally found time to post the card I made on Saturday for World Card Making Day. Often we (or is it only me) forget to use stamp sets we’ve had for a while. So I set myself a challenge in creating a card last Saturday – use a set that hasn’t seenā¦ Read More »
Hi there Yesterday my nephew turned 20 (not sure where those years have gone!). I wanted to make a fun card for him and here’s what I created. To create my background I’ve used the Dots Decorative Mask and matched the inks to the M & M’s inside the sweet treat cup. As you knowā¦ Read More »
Hi there I’m a bit late showing you this but this is the card I taught the other week at my card class. The theme was ‘a card for a boy’. This could actually be for anyone – just change the colours to suit. I didn’t have any DSP that was appropriate for a boyā¦ Read More »
Hi there As promised here is the second card the ladies made at last weeks class. This card is a great one to make when you need to use up scraps of Designer Series Paper (DSP). This design takes eight squares that measure 1 1/4″. The card stock background squares measure 2 5/8″ and youā¦ Read More »
Hi there It’s meant to be Spring today but I think somebody forgot to tell the weather that winter is over – it’s been cold and wet here today in Auckland. Hopefully my card will cheer you up:) Last week I had a card class and we made two cards. The first one uses theā¦ Read More »
Hi there I hope you’ve had a good weekend despite the cold wet weather. I’ve had two good afternoon’s crafting but can’t show you what I’ve made just yet – sorry about that :). Here’s a card I made the other week which I CASED from Julia Carmichael. It uses the lovely set – Wetlands. Andā¦ Read More »
Hi there It’s my bosses birthday today and he’s just bought himself a new road bike which he brought into the office the other day. I had an idea I’d like to make his card with a bike on it but I don’t own any ‘bike’ stamps. My wonderful friend and fellow demo Julia has anā¦ Read More »
Hi there Yesterday we celebrated my SIL’s birthday (her actual birthday was last Tuesday) and this is the card and gift I created for her. The card uses the lovely Hostess set ‘Bloom with Hope’ and I’ve coloured it in with my Blendabilities. I wanted to make a fancy fold card so have gone withā¦ Read More »