Hi there Yesterday was a very special day in our house as Phil and I both celebrated our birthdays. Milestone birthdays deserve something extra meaningful, so I created this personalised card especially for Phil, combining one of his hobbies — photography — with some favourite memories we’ve shared together. Phil loves capturing special moments, beautiful… Read More: Capturing Smiles – special 70th birthday card »
Hi there The Happiest Day stamp set on page 99 of the Annual Catalogue is a stand alone set meaning there are no coordinating dies or punches. Thankfully the images are easy to fussy cut to give the same effect. It has a mix of images and sentiments to create fun projects. My favourite image… Read More: Happiest Day »
Hi there A couple of weeks back I discovered a new fun fold created by US demo – Connie Stewart. I love a fun fold, especially one where I can get two bases from a sheet of A4 cardstock. It folds nice and flat so is easy to post and when opened it stands on… Read More: Floral Delight Suite Fun Fold »
Hi there Last month I participated in a team swap. What is a swap you ask? A swap is where you make multiple cards of the same design. You then give one of your cards to each member of the group and they give you one of theirs. This means you end up with multiple… Read More: Beautiful Butterflies – Baby Wipe Technique »
Hi there Do you ever find a card design and then make multiples of that design? We’ll that’s what I’ve been doing this week. I saw a simple design by Sue’s Paper Creation’s that is so versatile and it uses those small pieces of Designer Series Paper (DSP) we all have. The card is called… Read More: Five-Three-One Card Design »
Hi there Can you believe it – I almost didn’t buy this suite. What – you’re saying but it’s Yellow. I know – but I was going to purchase the bundle. Sometimes when I see Designer Series Paper (DSP) I think – will I actually use this? Do I like all the patterns? Can I… Read More: Floral Delight Suite »
A new year has begun and with it hopefully new routines. I had good intentions to have regular blog posts in 2024 but life happened and blogging was the first thing to drop by the wayside. 2024 was a rollercoaster of a year – highs (attending OnStage in Melbourne, a wonderful holiday with friends in… Read More: Welcome to 2025 – new beginnings »
Hi there I don’t know about you but sometimes I struggle to come up with a layout design for a project. That is where challenges are great. There are a couple of types of challenges that I use – a colour combo challenge – where you’re given two or three colours to use or a… Read More: TGIF Challenge – Layout Design »
Hi there The saying goes ‘don’t reinvent the wheel’ so I’m putting that into practice in my crafting. Rather than coming up with a new card design I’ve gone back into my archives and selected a card style I’ve made many times before. This time I’m adapting the card to use current product to achieve… Read More: Pop Out Swing Card – Trucking Along »
Hi there Back in September I participated in a 14 day Social Media challenge on Facebook and since then I’ve been trying to build up my presence on my business Facebook page. I’d love to have you join and follow me there. I am now going to try and incorporate posting here again too as… Read More: Masculine cards in Blue »
Hi there As promised here is the second project we made at my recent workshop. This project features the Circle Sayings Bundle and the Bright & Beautiful 6″x6″ DSP. I’m loving this paper pack and have almost gone through a whole pack since the beginning of May. Don’t forget you have until 30 June to… Read More: Circle Sayings Cupcake Card »
Hi there Last weekend I held a workshop with my group of ladies and we created two projects – one using the Countryside Inn Suite and Lasting Joy and one using the Circle Sayings Bundle along with the DSP from the Bright & Beautiful Suite. We had a great afternoon crafting together. The Countryside Inn… Read More: Countryside Inn Suite and Lasting Joy Notecards »
Hi there I hope you’re enjoying the new Annual Catalogue and the new In Colours – do you have a favourite colour yet? Pebbled Path is a favourite and coordinates with lots of colours. Wild Wheat was my least favourite but it’s starting to grow on me the more I use it. When I first… Read More: Fun on Wheels Slider Card »
Hi there Over the coming weeks I’ll share some projects featuring some of our retiring products – first up we have the Wisteria Wishes bundle. A number of the stamped images have a coordinating die which makes it so much easier to cut out – better than ‘fussy cutting’. There are also stand alone dies… Read More: Wisteria Wishes – Three different looks »
Hi there I was in need of two special masculine birthday cards recently and found an easy but effective card to create – it’s called a Faux Centre Step card. I did make some slight adjustments from the tutorial I was CASEing to fit my metric cardstock. I decided for my first attempt I would… Read More: Faux Centre Step Cards »