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: Poppy Moments and 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: Poppy Moments Die Cut Card »
Hi there Yesterday I shared a card using a simple masking technique. Today I have another card where I’ve used the masking technique except this time it’s a bit stepped up as it has multiple layers of masking – get that Post It Note pad handy. This card was CASED from one of my team… Read More: Painted Poppies – Stepped up masking »
Hi there Here’s one of my first creations with the Painted Poppies stamp set. I’ve used a simple masking technique to create the flower on the front and on the inside of the card. The card base is Poppy Parade with a Basic Black mat. I’ve used Shimmery White to stamp my images on as… Read More: Painted Poppies – simple masking »
Hi there Yesterday I shared the first card I made for our team swaps using the Sale-A-Bration Lily Pad products. Today’s card uses the cute host set – Little Ladybug. Keep reading to see how you can get your hands on this cute set. So here’s my card – it’s a fancy fold that I’ve… Read More: Little Ladybug – Pop Out Swing Card – Team Swap »
Hi there Each time a new catalogue is release I like to participate in our team swaps. What is a swap you ask – a swap is where you make a card using new product from the chosen catalogue and then replicate it multiple times depending on how many sign up for each swap. You… Read More: Lovely Lily Pad Sale-A-Bration Gift – Team Swap »
Hi there It’s another beautiful summers day here in Auckland – perfect for a long weekend. Today’s project is the last of the work January birthday cards. I found two prestamped images from the A Good Man set on my desk so I’ve used them to create these cards. I’ve used this image so many… Read More: A Good Man – Happy Birthday »
Hi there When I make cards I normally only make one of each design but I know a lot of crafters make a couple of each design while they’ve got everything out. Well for my work birthday cards I’ve decided to make two at a time – same design but different colours. My ‘off cuts’… Read More: Happy Birthday – work birthday cards »
Hi there Who doesn’t love receiving a FREE gift. From the 3rd of January until the 31st of March it’s Sale-A-Bration time and Stampin’ Up! are giving you a FREE gift with every purchase of NZD$110 and with a new Mini Catalogue just released it’s not hard to spend that amount – trust me :).… Read More: The Gang’s All Meer – Sale-A-Bration »
Hi there When demonstrators sell a million dollars in sales they get to help design a stamp set as part of their celebrations. Well in the current 2020 Mini Catalogue there are four ‘Million Dollar’ stamp sets. You can find these stamp sets by look for the below logo next to stamp sets. I have… Read More: Music from the Heart – Happy Birthday (with music) »
Hi there This year Stampin’ Up! released a new brochure for beginner stampers. This brochure contains a select number of products and kits to help you get started with your creative journey. One of the stamp sets featured in this brochure (page 10 & 11) is the Celebrate with Cake stamp set. When you’re a beginner… Read More: Celebrate with Cake »
Hi there Today Phil and I celebrated our birthdays starting off with breakfast at our local cafe then lunch out with my parents at the Auckland Botanical Gardens. It’s been a lovely day. Thank you for all the birthday wishes and cards – we’ve been spoilt. I always struggle when it comes to making masculine… Read More: A Good Man ‘sneak peek’ »
Hi there Growing up in suburban Auckland we had a number of pets including ducks. My brother & I gave our parents nicknames and one of Mum’s was Jemima Puddleduck after the famous Beatrix Potter character. After seeing a card created by a fellow demo using Fable Friends (will share my CASE of this card… Read More: Fable Friends – Happy Birthday Mum »
Hi there The Well Said Bundle is one of my favourites from the Occasions Catalogue. This bundle consists of the Well Said stamp set that contains 51 stamps (so there’s a word or phrase for all occasions) and the Well Written Framelits that contains 24 dies (14 words and 10 images). Check out page 27… Read More: Well Said Bundle – Notecards »
Hi there Last week our friends eldest son turned the ripe old age of 13. I must admit I struggle with masculine cards at the best of times – but what do you create for a 13 year old? Thankfully Seb is really into his music – he’s got amazing talent and has been playing… Read More: Musical creation – Happy Birthday Seb »