Hi there I love it when a stamp set can be used for more than one theme. Wondrous Wreath doesn’t have to be just for Christmas. Last week I taught the following card to my card class and they loved it. I must admit it’s not my own creation – I CASED it from Carol after seeing… Read More »
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 »
Hi there I’m not sure what the weather is doing at your place tonight but the wind is howling around at mine – I’m sure the clothesline will be spinning round rather fast! Here are the cards we made at my July card class last week: I think this card layout has been a hit… Read More »
Hi there As promised here is the second card we made at this months class. It’s another birthday card that could be used for males of any age. The Birthday Basics designer paper is perfect for creating these candles. I chose the party hats, numbers and balloon paper to create my candles. I cut my… Read More »
Hi there Yesterday my brother turned 50!! – I can’t believe he’s that old. He is the best brother and I love him dearly even though he was a real tease when I was little. Last night we celebrated his birthday with a lovely roast dinner at their house followed by watching a nerve racking… Read More »
Hi there I hope you all had a great long weekend – we were busy finishing off our rental before the tenants move in next weekend. We managed to get the timber railing done on the deck and now we’re all set :). It’s not long to go until we have our new catalogue –… Read More »
Hi there We’ve had a lovely day celebrating Mother’s Day. We all went round to my bother’s place for lunch. He’s pretty good in the kitchen and had made yummy Chicken soup and a Pea and Ham soup along with fresh home-made bread. He’s a bit of a dab hand at making bread. To top… Read More »
Hi there Here’s the second card we made at card class this week. The request was for a wedding card. I don’t have any wedding stamp sets so used tone-on-tone, texture and punches for this one. It’s based on this card but with my own take added in. I decided to stamp the card with the ‘flecks’… Read More »
Hi there I have finally succumbed to making a ‘card in a box’. I think I may have to make some more of these. You may have seen these in ‘blog land’ – there are some amazing creations using this style of card. My card class ladies requested a card for a ‘big’ birthday as… Read More »
Hi there I hope my fellow Kiwi’s are ready for the fast approaching cyclone. We’ve made sure things are secure outside and have our candles ready – just in case. This is the second card we made on Wednesday night – this one combines a few techniques – dry embossing, heat embossing and watercolouring. We… Read More »
Hi there Last night I held my second stamp class with six lovely ladies 🙂 We made two sympathy cards as was the request from the previous month. The first one uses the dry embossing technique with a twist of resist. I taught the ladies how you can emboss just part of the card allowing… Read More »
Hi there It’s been a while since I made a card using the Triple Time stamping technique so I thought that would be a good one to use for my second card at last nights class. I’ve used one of the Sale-A-Bration FREE stamp sets – Petal Parade along with my favourite colour at the… Read More »
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 »