Hi there Do you like Fancy Fold cards? Well here are two that I’ve taught at this months card class. The first one is a Buckle Card. All you need is a standard card base, Word Window Punch, Project Life Corner Punch and your Stampin Trimmer and you can create this cool card. I’ve chosen… Read More »
Hi there Not only was yesterday Valentines Day but more importantly it was my parents 57th Wedding Anniversary. Congratulations Mum and Dad – you guys are such an amazing couple and have set a wonderful example for us (your kids) and many others who come in contact with you. First up I’ll show you the… Read More »
Hi there Another beautiful day here in Auckland – I’m loving this summer weather. Today I held a workshop with 11 lovely ladies – as always we had lots of laughs and a bit of creating! It was hard to choose which new products to showcase so I went with two. Using our Note Cards… Read More »
Hi there I’ve been busy this month making birthday cards and wedding anniversary cards – I needed 18 cards this month! I decided to make two of this design – easier to stamp two as you need to clean the stamp between colour changes. One is being sent within NZ and the other to my… Read More »
Hi there For those of you in New Zealand I hope you’ve enjoyed the long weekend. I really love this sentiment from Party Wishes – from now on all birthdays MUST have a cake 🙂 I wanted my candles to have a bit of a ‘spark’ so I’ve used the Gold Dazzling Diamonds. You could… Read More »
Hi there Today my brother and sister-in-law are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary – hope you guys are having a great day – you are very special to us. When I first saw this bundle in the new Occasions Catalogue I knew I needed it (not want lol). It’s great having some decent sized numbers… Read More »
Hi there For today’s card I’m stepping out of my comfort zone a bit – this is not my normal style of card but it just seemed to work with this stamp set. This is a new set in the Occasions Catalogue called Timeless Textures. It really lends itself to these colours and style. Can… Read More »
Hi there One of my fellow team mates celebrated her birthday the other day and this is the card I sent her – it even arrived on the right day (thanks NZ Post). I’ve been stepping out of my comfort zone lately and been using more colours from the Subtles range and I must… Read More »
Hi there It’s been a while since I joined in a challenge and this weeks challenge over at Global Design Project is a good one. I knew exactly what to do once I saw the challenge – CASE-ing Connie’s Card. The challenge was to use her card as inspiration to create something ourselves.I’ve gone with the stripped theme:… Read More »
Hi there Here’s the last set of my Stack of Cards. This set uses the Balloon Celebration and Balloon Builders stamp sets. It’s great that there is a coordinating punch for these balloons – I’m not that keen on hand cutting this amount of balloons. When you purchase the Balloon Celebration and Balloon Bouquet… Read More »
Hi there Another hot and sticky day today but I did manage to get some crafting done and some birthday cards are now in the post 🙂 Here are the next batch of cards using products from the Going Global Suite – unfortunately it’s not me ‘going global’. The first two designs have the word… Read More »
Hi there It’s been another hot day here in Auckland – I saw a temperature sign say 29 which is getting up there (although not as hot as Aussie). We’re now onto the It’s My Party cards from Saturday – I love the bright colours in this product suite. I love the saying on the… Read More »
Hi there Just got home from a lovely walk from St Heliers to Mission Bay and back again – it was such a beautiful evening and great to see so many people out enjoying our wonderful city. As promised here’s a closer look at the Botanical Blooms cards from yesterday. Each kit contained the… Read More »
Hi there Welcome to the ESAD Occasions Catalogue Blog Hop for 2016. You may have arrived from Rachael’s blog or just joined my page. So what is ESAD? ESAD stands for “Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators” and it is an on-line group just for Australian and New Zealand Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. We love what we do &… Read More »
Hi there Today is my 14th Wedding Anniversary 🙂 We spent the day doing a ‘tiki tour’ of the Kaipara South Head and enjoyed a lovely picnic on the shores of Lake Ototoa, afternoon tea in Helensville then home via the back roads. Here is the card I made Phil – he had to wait… Read More »