Hi there Today’s card is a CASE of a CASE (Copy And Share Everything). I first cased this idea from Dawn Olchfske and recreated it myself back in 2012. I’ve used the same basic layout and just changed the stamps – why reinvent the wheel! I used the scallop circle framelit from the Circle Card Thinlits… Read More »
Hi there Today I’m going to share with you the first of five cards I’ve made using the Festival of Trees stamp set and punch. I hope you enjoy these and are inspired to recreate them yourself. First up – a touch of gold embossing. This card had a few ‘iterations’ before I was finally… Read More »
Hi there This afternoon I had a workshop with a lovely group of ladies and this is the card I taught them. It uses the Festival of Trees Stamp Set and coordinating Tree Punch. You can purchase these as a bundle and save 15% I love how we can now make our Basic Pearls any… Read More »
Hi there and welcome to the first Creative Inkers Blog Hop 🙂 With the new Holiday Catalogue going live tomorrow we thought we’d give you a sneak peak at some of the wonderful new products that will be available. If you’ve been following the blog hop you will have come from Narelle Hoggard’s blog or you… Read More »
Hi there Last Saturday we had our team training and this is the card we made using one of the new stamp sets – Wondrous Wreath – from the upcoming Holiday Catalogue. This stamp set has a coordinating Framelit set which makes it easy to ‘cut’ out. I changed my ‘door’ from being plain white… Read More »
Hi there I finally got round to taking the photos of the Christmas gift our wonderful upline Jacque made for us. We were able to choose which colour we wanted so I naturally chose one with yellow! It’s such a cool gift that lasts for the whole year with specific tasks until May. I’m already running behind… Read More »
Hi there Well today is the first day of my holidays and I’m loving it. I am already starting to feel relaxed. Yesterday afternoon we headed out to Kariotahi to catch up with Phil’s relatives that are over from the States. It was so nice to see them again. Here are that last of my Christmas… Read More »
Hi there With Christmas just around the corner I thought I’d better blog two cards in the one post otherwise I’m never going to show you everything before THIS Christmas. I think my New Years resolution will be to blog on a more regular basis. Now I’m not sue who the original creator was of… Read More »
Hi there Here’s another Christmas card I’ve made which I CASED from one of my favourite Australian demos – Marelle Taylor – Thanks Marelle for yet another great card idea. I used the greeting from the Wishing You stamp set which has been my ‘go to’ set for this years Christmas cards. This card was great as… Read More »
Hi there Here we are at the beginning of the last month for 2013! I must be getting older as the years just seem to be flying by. It’s hard to believe there are only three more weeks of work till the Christmas break. We have some family arriving from the US and Europe and… Read More »
Hi there At the beginning of the month we held our Christmas Extravaganza event for the Creative Inkers Team and this is the card I designed and taught (along with my good friend and fellow demo Heather). We had around 80 ladies and one young gentleman attend – so quite a number. The technique I used… Read More »
Hi there With only 7 1/2 weeks till Christmas it’s time to get cracking on creating Christmas cards and projects. Here’s another card I created recently that uses the Season of Style Washi Tape. I based my card on one I’d seen on Jerri St John’s blog. I like to have a mat around some of… Read More »
Hi there This will be a quick post as I still have heaps to do before heading to bed. This card is a CASE from Deena Boos. I love it how people come up with so many different uses for our stamp sets, punches and framelits – thank you for sharing your creativity with us. I… Read More »
Hi there Here’s another card made using the Circle Thinlits die. This time the card is a portrait orientation and you can still get two out of an A4 sheet of card stock. This one is based on the instructions that come with the die but adapted to be the extended version which allows more… Read More »
Hi there Hope you’ve had a great day enjoying the beautiful weather. We’ve just had our first BBQ of the season – yummy marinated pork fillet. Roll on Summer 🙂 Last Wednesday I had a class with a wonderful group of ladies. We has so many laughs while making our cards – it was a… Read More »