Hi there I hope you are all well and staying safe in your ‘bubble’. I’ve had a full on two weeks ‘work wise’. On Monday 16 March our company made the decision to get all Auckland based staff to be working from home by the end of the week. It was a huge task as… Read More »
Hi there This past weekend was spent in Rotorua at our annual Creative Inkers Stamp Camp. We had a great time together – about 50 of us – and were taught some amazing projects. I still need to take photos of these so will share them with you soon. If you would like to be… Read More »
Hi there On Saturday I held a workshop with a lovely group of ladies. We made two cards and a 3D item. Both cards we made using the Whisper White Notecards and Envelopes. First up is the Painted Poppies card – you’ll have to wait a bit to see the other two projects. This design… Read More »
Hi there The Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper is a collection of hand painted blooms and watercolour washes and make a beautiful background or focal point to any card. There are 12 sheets of 12″ x 12″ – 2 each of 6 double sided designs. Isn’t this paper just gorgeous? You can’t leave it sitting… Read More »
Hi there I don’t know about you but I often have bits and pieces (stamped images, dies cuts etc) on my desk that have been left over from previous projects. I found some of those ‘bits’ under some papers so decided to make them into a card. I think I’d been playing around with colour… Read More »
Hi there Within the Peaceful Poppies Suite there are two bundles – Painted Poppies and Peaceful Moments. For my next card I used the Peaceful Moments Bundle. This bundle consists of a stamp set and dies. The stamp set – Peaceful Moments has 10 sentiment stamps and Poppy Moments Dies has 16 dies – great… Read More »
Hi there Yesterday I shared a card using a simple masking technique. Today I have another card where I’ve used the masking technique except this time it’s a bit stepped up as it has multiple layers of masking – get that Post It Note pad handy. This card was CASED from one of my team… Read More »
Hi there Here’s one of my first creations with the Painted Poppies stamp set. I’ve used a simple masking technique to create the flower on the front and on the inside of the card. The card base is Poppy Parade with a Basic Black mat. I’ve used Shimmery White to stamp my images on as… Read More »
Hi there Yesterday I shared the first card I made for our team swaps using the Sale-A-Bration Lily Pad products. Today’s card uses the cute host set – Little Ladybug. Keep reading to see how you can get your hands on this cute set. So here’s my card – it’s a fancy fold that I’ve… Read More »
Hi there Each time a new catalogue is release I like to participate in our team swaps. What is a swap you ask – a swap is where you make a card using new product from the chosen catalogue and then replicate it multiple times depending on how many sign up for each swap. You… Read More »
Hi there It’s another beautiful summers day here in Auckland – perfect for a long weekend. Today’s project is the last of the work January birthday cards. I found two prestamped images from the A Good Man set on my desk so I’ve used them to create these cards. I’ve used this image so many… Read More »
Hi there When I make cards I normally only make one of each design but I know a lot of crafters make a couple of each design while they’ve got everything out. Well for my work birthday cards I’ve decided to make two at a time – same design but different colours. My ‘off cuts’… Read More »
Hi there Who doesn’t love receiving a FREE gift. From the 3rd of January until the 31st of March it’s Sale-A-Bration time and Stampin’ Up! are giving you a FREE gift with every purchase of NZD$110 and with a new Mini Catalogue just released it’s not hard to spend that amount – trust me :).… Read More »
Hi there As mentioned in my last post we have four stamp sets in the current 2020 Mini Catalogue that have been designed by Million Dollar sales achievers. Music from the Heart was designed by Dawn Olchefske and is the first set that I’ve had a play with. Here’s the second card I made for… Read More »
Hi there When demonstrators sell a million dollars in sales they get to help design a stamp set as part of their celebrations. Well in the current 2020 Mini Catalogue there are four ‘Million Dollar’ stamp sets. You can find these stamp sets by look for the below logo next to stamp sets. I have… Read More »