Hi there Here’s another great fun fold that uses a standard sized card base. I like this type of card as it means you can get two cards from an A4 piece of cardstock. The base (Terracotta Tile) is a standard 14.8cm x 21cm. Instead of scoring at 10.5cm for the centre fold I made… Read More: Friday Fun Fold – Gate Fold Card »
Hi there Today’s technique is one I haven’t done for ages – it’s called the Eclipse Technique. Most Eclipse cards use alphabet dies but you can use other dies and even punches. Here I’ve used the Playful Alphabet Dies which are a great size allowing for longer words. Our old Large Letter Dies only allowed… Read More: Technique Tuesday – Eclipse Card »
Hi there It’s been ages since I made a Joy Fold card – I’m not sure why I haven’t made more of these as they’re an easy fold to do and a great way to use our lovely Designer Series Paper. I have two cards to share – the first one I did in blue… Read More: Fun Fold Friday – Joy Fold »
Hi there A couple of weekends ago we had a team training day and made five projects with new products – it was a fun, relaxed day and so good to finally be able to meet together. The first project we made uses products from the World Of Good Suite – pages 24-26. I don’t… Read More: World of Good – Trifold Card & Envelope »
Hi there Technology has been great in keeping us in touch with each other during the Lockdown period. We were meant to have had a Stampin’ Up! event at the beginning of May but due to COVID-19 that got cancelled – so Stampin’ Up! created a Facebook group for all NZ based demos so that… Read More: Double Wonder Cards using Country Club DSP »
Hi there I find sympathy cards one of the hardest to create and even more so when they need to be masculine based. Since we’ve been in lockdown I’ve needed to create two sympathy cards for male colleagues who have lost family members (thankfully not due to COVID-19). I CASE’d this layout from a card… Read More: Rooted in Nature – Sympathy Card »
Hi there I hope you all had a restful Easter weekend. Here in New Zealand we had a ‘staycation’ weekend as we are still in our lockdown. That means no ‘Sunday drives’, no shopping (other than for groceries), no going out with family or friends just staying in our ‘bubble’. So that’s what we did… Read More: Country Club DSP Shirt Cards »
Hi there The Tropical Oasis Designer Series Paper is the perfect design to create a ‘Hawaiian’ shirt – great for a masculine card. This design was really handy as I needed two masculine cards last month for family friends of ours. I did one in a portrait orientation and one in a landscape. The shirt… Read More: Tropical Oasis DSP Shirt »
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: Happy Birthday – work birthday cards »
Hi there Today has been Father’s Day here in New Zealand and to celebrate we had a lovely family lunch together. Thanks Dad for your continued love, support and encouragement. I’ve used the new set ‘A Good Man’ a number of times for masculine cards and today I was able to combine the image with… Read More: A Good Man – Happy Father’s Day »
Hi there I’ve really enjoyed using the Waterfront stamp set this month. I’ve managed to get four different looks with this set – you’d have to say its a versatile set. In my last post I used the images to create a beach scene and today I’m creating a mountain scene. It’s Father’s Day here… Read More: Waterfront – Two Time Stamping Masculine Card »
Hi there Carrying on with the Waterfront stamp here’s another creation with a lovely island theme. My boss had a big birthday yesterday and is currently on holiday in the islands so what better set to use for a special card. While I was creating this card I also did a ‘Father’s Day’ option. I’ve… Read More: Waterfront Masculine Card with a Polaroid Look »
Hi there Today’s cards feature two sets that work well together to create masculine cards – A Good Man and Waterfront. To create these cards I stamped the image of the man first in Memento Black then created a mask to cover his legs and lower part of the chair. With the mask applied I… Read More: A Good Man and Waterfront – Masculine Card Combination »
Hi there Earlier this month my brother celebrated his birthday. I used our new line art stamp set ‘A Good Man’ along with the ‘Birch’ background stamp. Line art images are great as you can get so many different ‘colouring’ looks from the one set. For this card I’ve used our Stampin’ Blends which are… Read More: A Good Man – and not just a stamp »
Hi there On Saturday I held my first 2019-2020 Annual Catalogue workshop with a group of 10 lovely ladies – a great way to spend a winters afternoon. We made two projects using new stamp sets and colours. The first project I’ll share features the stamp set ‘A Good Man’ which is a line art… Read More: A Good Man – Notecard set of three »