Hi there I made this card for my cousins 60th – from the front it just looks like an ordinary card front – but when you open it there’s a surprise inside. The butterflies are from the Butterfly Gala stamp set (which is carrying over to the 2019-2020 Annual Catalogue) and have been punched out… Read More: Butterfly Gala Pop Up Card »
Hi there Yesterday we celebrated Mother’s Day here in New Zealand which means I can now share with you the cards I taught at my April card class. Both cards feature the Dandelion Wishes stamp set, Watercolour Paper and a technique. This first card is the one I gave my Mum and is a Fancy… Read More: Dandelion Wishes – Happy Mother’s Day »
Hi there I love the bright vibrant colours that have been used in the Happiness Blooms Designer Series Paper. I think this paper is a ‘love it’ or ‘leave it’ paper and I’m definitely in the ‘love it’ camp. Sometimes seeing the paper as a whole sheet of 12″ x 12″ can be a bit… Read More: Happiness Blooms Fun Fold »
Hi there Happy New Year – I’m looking forward to sharing more creations with you during 2019. It’s not long till the 2019 Occasions Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration brochure go live – Thursday 3rd January. If you would like to receive copies of these please let me know and I can send them to you. Today’s… Read More: Share What You Love Dragonfly Closure Card »
Hi there It’s been a beautiful day here in Auckland – finally feels like summer and so nice having the doors still open at 9:30pm 🙂 I had so much fun creating my Night in Bethlehem eclipse card that I decided to make a second card using the same stamp and dies while I had them… Read More: Z Fold – Night in Bethlehem »
Hi there I hope you’ve kept warm and dry over the past few days – summer is meant to be around the corner but it feels like winter has come back. The positive is we haven’t had to water the garden :). Talking of summer – down here in the South Pacific it’s summer when… Read More: So Santa – Fold Over Card »
Hi there It’s been a very relaxing weekend – coffee out with a friend, some gardening and today I’ve managed some crafting. Today’s post is the last project we made at our team training last month and features some of the products from the Country Lane Suite on page 43 of the Holiday Catalogue. I’ve… Read More: Country Home Fancy Fold »
Hi there Just a quick post tonight – last month was my husbands birthday and here is the card I made for him. I had actually made it back in February at our Creative Inkers Stamp Camp. This cool card was taught to us by Rhonda Fawcett and uses product from the now retired True… Read More: Truly Tailored – Happy Birthday Phil »
Hi there We’ve had some beautiful weather this past week – lovely sunny days with blue skies. I hope it lasts a bit longer as I’m not a fan of winter. Although with winter not that far around the corner it does mean that the new Annual Stampin’ Up! catalogue is not far away either… Read More: Eastern Palace – Fancy Fold Card »
Hi there Yesterday I shared with you the Bridge Card and now I have the second fancy fold card we made – a Double Dutch Card. For this card I’ve paired the Petal Garden DSP with the Petal Palette stamp set. This post is longer than normal – check right to the bottom for all the… Read More: Petal Garden Fancy Folds – Double Dutch Fold »
Hi there This month at card class I taught two ‘fancy fold’ cards. I wanted them to be ones that didn’t use a Big Shot and could easily be recreated. They also had to be folds that I hadn’t taught before – now that made my selection hard. I finally decided on the Bridge fold… Read More: Petal Garden Fancy Folds – Bridge Card »
Hi there I hope you’ve had a great Easter Weekend. The weather here in Auckland has been lovely and warm – almost like summer. It’s been a very relaxing weekend. I decided to take a break from blogging over the weekend have only just realised I forgot to post my last project using Lots of… Read More: Lots of Lavender – Double Fold »
Hi there Here’s my final fancy fold card for this suite. This card style is called a Pop Out Swing Card This card looks harder to make than it is. From the card base I cut out a square using the largest square framelit. I then embossed just the front of the card with the… Read More: Picture Perfect Fancy Fold Card – Pop Out Swing »
Hi there Today’s card is a CASE from a Christmas card I was given by one of my team members. I’ve done a slight modification so that I could get it out of a 6″ x 6″ piece of paper. I’m not sure what the name of this fold is but she called it a… Read More: Picture Perfect Fancy Fold – Pendant Fold »
Hi there I’m a bit late posting tonight as we’ve been out to Piha. One of the guys from our US office is over at the moment so we went for a drive to show him the beautiful West Coast and the black sandy beach. Piha is one of my favourite spots in Auckland. As… Read More: Picture Perfect Fancy Fold Card – Double Fold »