Hi there When I became a demo back in September last year I received an additional free stamp – You Are Loved. I have used it so much and was glad when it came out in the Summer Mini. Sometimes I find the quotes in sets just aren’t ones that I would use and it… Read More »
Hi there The weather here in Auckland can not make up it’s mind what season it should be. It’s meant to be summer but was raining AGAIN this morning. So what else can a girl do but make a card 🙂 Today’s card is for a very good family friend who is celebrating his birthday… Read More »
Hi there This card combines two challenges from Stamping 411 – the sketch is from the weekly challenge and the colour combo is from the monthly challenge. Rather than use DSP for the background I randomly stamped the images from one of my favourite sets. This is a great set for guys and has so many uses.Supplies:Stamp… Read More »
Hi Only one more wedding anniversary card to make then I can have a break till the end of March 🙂 When I saw the sketch over at Try Stampin on Tuesday I knew exactly what I would do – love that. It came together so quickly with the help of the colour comb from Color Throwdown. It… Read More »
Hi there I’m almost there with making all my wedding anniversary cards 🙂 February is obviously the month to get married. This weeks sketch from Freshly Made Sketches was to create a ‘long’ card. This was perfect as a few years ago I bought some long envelopes and have never used them. I combined it with… Read More »
Hi there This weeks challenge at JAI is to just use Red & White. Man did I find this hard! I don’t know how many combo’s I tried before settling on the below. I teamed it up with the square layout from Mojo Monday. I’m really pleased with this card. This stamp is great for anniversary cards &… Read More »
Hi there Just a quick post tonight – I need to get this loaded before the challenge closes! I love this layout and have combined it with a colour challenge from Create with Connie and Mary. Here is the layout: and this is what I have created using two Sale-A-Bration products. Supplies: Stamps – Loads of… Read More »
Hi there This week at Just Add Ink the challenge was to Just Add Kathy Tanner. I had never seen Kathy’s blog so my first task was to check it out – Kathy’s blog is now on my list :). After checking through her posts for 2011, I had a list of favourites then I had to narrow… Read More »
Hi there Well I’ve had a very productive day in my craft space – finished my final tutorial for the next session of Stampin Fun & Friends which starts 1st Feb plus made 4 cards and about to start my 5th! For card #3 I’ve used the layout from a new found challenge site Freshly Made… Read More »
Hi there Well it’s a beautiful day here in Auckland – and we get the day off work! Today is Auckland Anniversary Day where we celebrate the founding of our province back in 1840. Each year to commemorate the day there is a big sailing regatta (one of the world’s single biggest one day sailing… Read More »
Hi This is a quick post before I head off to bed. I needed to create a quick masculine card and these two challenges have worked well together – layout from Mojo Monday and the colour combo from ColourQ. I rotated the layout to fit the stamp I wanted to use 🙂 My squares are 1 1/2″. Supplies:… Read More »
Hi there This card combines two challenges from Stamping411 – the weekly sketch and the monthly colour inspiration. I love this stamp and it lends itself beautifully for a triple colour combo. To make the three circles on the side I adhered the Lucky Limeade card stock to the DSP then on the back of the DSP I… Read More »
Hi there Well it’s been a lovely day here in Auckland – I even managed to fit in a walk at lunchtime :). It’s so lovely to see the sun and feel the warmth. Last month I finally got round to buying the scallop square die and now I can use it in this weeks layout at Just… Read More »
Hi there We have just returned from a fabulous long weekend spent down at Whakatane, Bay of Plenty -more on that later. Before we left I started making this card but ran out of time on Wednesday night with all the other things that needed to be done before heading away. So my first priority… Read More »
I’ve just realised that today is Yellowbear Stampin’s first birthday – can you believe it. I have now been blogging for one year and my posts have certainly changed from a year ago. It only seems fitting to celebrate my first anniversary by posting a card made for the same person who had the first post… Read More »