Hi there It’s hard to believe it’s only a month till Christmas – let’s hope the weather improves within the month! Yesterday I attended our annual Thanksgiving Dinner at my upline Jacque‘s house. It’s a lovely time to spend together – sharing food, reflecting on the year and giving thanks for all that has happened –… Read More »
Hi there What a day – I know it’s Spring but the weather today has been more like Winter. I’ve had enough of all the wind and rain – roll on Summer. Yesterday our friend’s son turned 6. I was going to make him a Sweet Treats Cup card but had made his older brother… Read More »
Hi there Where did the last 10 days go? I can’t believe we’re now in November which means that Christmas is just round the corner. At least I have made a start on my Christmas cards. Last month at team training we did a ‘Shoebox’ swap. This was the first time I’d done one of… Read More »
Hi there I had fun the other weekend trying out the new Decorative Masks along with three other new products. This is my first attempt using the Stars mask. You get two masks in a pack – Hearts & Stars or Dots and Stripes for just $5.95 a pack. For this card I used a… Read More »
Hi there This is a card I taught at a workshop I had last month. I CASED it from a card I’d seen on Dawn Griffith’s blog. Because the American paper size is different to ours I had to do a few changes to make it fit. The ladies enjoyed making this and it’s always good to… 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 I hope you’ve had a good day. Mine started out with a ladies breakfast at Church and then I’ve been sanding walls and window frames in our rental property so I haven’t had a chance to do any crafting today. So I thought I’d share with you a little trick I’ve learnt to… Read More »
Hi there Back again with another I made in the weekend. I’ve used Summer Silhouette which is a two step stamp set for this card – have you tried two step stamping? Two step stamping is where you image has two parts to it – in this case step one is the stem of the… Read More »
Hi there Well we’ve certainly had all seasons in a day here in Auckland. This morning on my way to work it showed that is was 4 degreesC which is really cold for this time of year. Then we had a huge downpour and then by this afternoon the sun had come out and it… 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 I received my new Texture Boutique Embossing Machine on Friday so had a little play over the weekend. This is a good option for those of you who don’t have a Big Shot but enjoy dry embossing on your cards and projects – and it’s cheaper than a Big Shot. The new machine… Read More »
Hi there At the beginning of the month we held our Christmas Extravaganza event for the Creative Inkers Team and this is the card I designed and taught (along with my good friend and fellow demo Heather). We had around 80 ladies and one young gentleman attend – so quite a number. The technique I used… Read More »
Hi there Last weekend we relocated our office to a new building. We had been sub-leasing from another company and I wanted to say thank you to a couple of ladies from the firm for their help and support since I started my new job. I found that I still had two designs of a… Read More »
Hi As promised here is the card we made at team training earlier this month. To achieve this look we stamped the image first with White Craft ink then sponged over the top. We created a ‘mask’ out of scrap card stock using the matching framelit set, placed it back over the stamped image and… Read More »
Hi there Part of our team training day involves demonstrations showing us how to use new products, different techniques and ideas for workshops. This was the first time I have done a demonstration to a big group (there were 42 of us) and it was a bit nerve racking to start with but I belong… Read More »