Hi there It’s not long till the Holiday Catalogue will be with us. If you haven’t received a copy yet please let me know and I’ll send one out. I was inspired by a card Tina Rappe shared on one of the groups I belong to that I had to have a go and recreate… Read More: August Card Class – Floral Phrases and Swirly Bird »
Hi there May is a very popular month for birthdays for me – I think at last count I had 20 cards to make. I still need to make one very important card by Thursday 🙂 The Going Places paper stack is retiring at the end of the month. It’s been great for masculine cards.… Read More: Going Places Final Call »
Hi there Back again with some more masculine creations using the Going Global products from the Occasions Catalogue. This is another Buckle Card and is a mixture of DSP and stamps for the design. The front left panel is created by stamping the ‘constellation’ stamp multiple times on a piece of Very Vanilla. I adhered… Read More: Going Global this time »
Hi there I’ve had to create a number of masculine birthday cards lately and the Going Global suite has certainly come in handy. I’ve used the same design as this card but created my own backgrounds with stamps from the Going Global set This one uses the ‘compass’ stamp And this one uses the ‘constellation’ stamp… Read More: Going Places »
Hi there Just a quick post tonight – I’ve had a busy day prepping my project for Extravaganza which is in a couple of weeks. If you’d like to attend this fun event please email me by Thursday 10 March. The event is being held on Saturday 19 March at the Remuera Bridge Club from… Read More: Going Global – Going Masculine »
Hi there It’s been a great indoors day today – I finally managed to create a card for our team swaps next weekend using products from the upcoming Holiday Catalogue (due out 1 September). With Fathers Day the first Sunday of September we decided to make our Fathers Day card this month. Both cards have… Read More: Fathers Day Cards – August Card Class »
Hi there I’m coming to you today from Roche Percee Beach in New Caledonia :). Phil and I are on holiday and today we are celebrating our birthday 🙂 That’s right – we share the same birthday (just different years) – how cool is that. So we decided to spend this years birthdays in sunny… Read More: Happy Birthday Phil (and to me) »
Hi there By the time you read this I’ll be relaxing in sunny New Caledonia. Just so you don’t miss me I have scheduled a number of posts while we are away. Here are the last of my masculine cards 🙂 I forgot to take a photo of the box that went with this card!… Read More: More Masculine Cards »
Hi there Here are two more cards I’ve made recently in the same style as yesterdays post. This paper is so cool I decided to use the ‘cut out’ bit for the inside of the card. Julia also showed us how to make the same style but in a landscape orientation – how cool is… Read More: Masculine Birthday Cards »
Hi there Today is my Dad’s 82nd birthday – happy birthday to the best dad in the world 🙂 He (and Mum) are always there for us in so many ways – it’s hard to put into words the gratitude and love we have for them. We celebrated Dad’s birthday on Friday night and this… Read More: Happy Birthday Dad »
Hi there Just a quick post before I head off babysitting (and prepping for my team swap). Here are the two cards we made last week at my card class. This months theme was Father’s Day (which is Sunday 7th September here in NZ) and a card for a teenager. I saw a card using… Read More: Father’s Day Card – August Card Class »
Hi there Well today is “double birthday” in our house – both Phil and I share the same birthday – how cool is that! We’ve had a lovely day and are going to be catching up with my family tonight for supper. We have this rule that Phil is not allowed to buy me a… Read More: Happy Birthday Phil (and me) »
Hi there I’m out babysitting tonight and thought I’d try and get a blog post in – much to the disgust of Bella the cat. If I’m on the computer it means she can’t get a tickle! Never mind on with the post. Here is a card and gift I made last month for a… Read More: Happy Birthday Jifong »
Hi there Just a quick post tonight as I’m getting ready for my first monthly card class – very exciting. Today’s card is for a new challenge site I’ve found called Clean and Simple Stamping I’m back using my newest favourite stamp – Another Great Year. This is one of the cards I’ll be teaching tonight.… Read More: Clean & Simple challenge – FTL279 »
Hi there I’m a happy girl – my husband got home yesterday 🙂 It’s so nice having him back home after being away for work all last week. A good family friend of ours is having his birthday this week and I needed some inspiration for a masculine card and gift. I’ve chosen to use… Read More: Freshly Made Sketches – FMS122 »