Hi there It’s ages since I participated in a challenge – colour or sketch – and this weekend I’ve created cards for two different colour challenges. My first card is for the Colour INKspiration challenge. I needed two boy (15 year olds) cards so this combo was perfect. I chose Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green,… Read More »
Hi there Last weekend we celebrated my niece’s birthday (which was at the end of June) and on Friday I took her shopping for her present. We hadn’t been able to do it earlier as she had Uni exams – including one on her birthday. There are lots of sketch/colour challenge sites you can use… Read More »
Hi there Today’s card has been created using the below layout. It’s my brother’s birthday today so thought this sketch would be good to use for his card. The only stamping I’ve done is the sentiment – so check out below to see how I used this sketch. For this design you could stamp your… Read More »
Hi there Welcome to Winter – at least we’re now starting to get the rain we so desperately need. One positive of winter is that we have to stay indoors more which means more crafting time – and with a new catalogue just days away – bring it on. Today’s post is created from a… Read More »
Hi there I’ve finally got round to sorting photos of the projects we made at Stamp Camp earlier this year – better late than never. I’m going to spread them out over two posts – one now and one later this afternoon so be sure to check back later for part two. First up we… Read More »
Hi there Technology has been great in keeping us in touch with each other during the Lockdown period. We were meant to have had a Stampin’ Up! event at the beginning of May but due to COVID-19 that got cancelled – so Stampin’ Up! created a Facebook group for all NZ based demos so that… Read More »
Hi there Happy Birthday to Phil (and me). We’ve had a lovely day – a mix of work and a lunch out to celebrate. I left making his card to the last minute as my preorder of new product from the upcoming annual catalogue got held up with eveyone elses purchases :). So here’s a… Read More »
Hi there Not long to go now before the 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue is live – if you haven’t received your personal copy of the catalogue and would like one please leave me a comment and I’ll get one sent to you. I recently needed cards for three boys aged four, nine and ten. I don’t… Read More »
Hi there I hope you all had a restful Easter weekend. Here in New Zealand we had a ‘staycation’ weekend as we are still in our lockdown. That means no ‘Sunday drives’, no shopping (other than for groceries), no going out with family or friends just staying in our ‘bubble’. So that’s what we did… Read More »
Hi there The Tropical Oasis Designer Series Paper is the perfect design to create a ‘Hawaiian’ shirt – great for a masculine card. This design was really handy as I needed two masculine cards last month for family friends of ours. I did one in a portrait orientation and one in a landscape. The shirt… Read More »
Hi there This past weekend was spent in Rotorua at our annual Creative Inkers Stamp Camp. We had a great time together – about 50 of us – and were taught some amazing projects. I still need to take photos of these so will share them with you soon. If you would like to be… Read More »
Hi there On Saturday I held a workshop with a lovely group of ladies. We made two cards and a 3D item. Both cards we made using the Whisper White Notecards and Envelopes. First up is the Painted Poppies card – you’ll have to wait a bit to see the other two projects. This design… Read More »
Hi there The Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper is a collection of hand painted blooms and watercolour washes and make a beautiful background or focal point to any card. There are 12 sheets of 12″ x 12″ – 2 each of 6 double sided designs. Isn’t this paper just gorgeous? You can’t leave it sitting… Read More »
Hi there I don’t know about you but I often have bits and pieces (stamped images, dies cuts etc) on my desk that have been left over from previous projects. I found some of those ‘bits’ under some papers so decided to make them into a card. I think I’d been playing around with colour… Read More »
Hi there Within the Peaceful Poppies Suite there are two bundles – Painted Poppies and Peaceful Moments. For my next card I used the Peaceful Moments Bundle. This bundle consists of a stamp set and dies. The stamp set – Peaceful Moments has 10 sentiment stamps and Poppy Moments Dies has 16 dies – great… Read More »