Here is a butterfly birthday card and self-closing gift box that I made for my niece’s 17th birthday. She loves butterflies, so I thought the Butterfly Basics Stamp Set and coordinating Butterflies Thinlits Dies would be perfect to make something for her. It may be difficult to see in the photo, but both butterflies have the… Read More »
Today’s card is a Thank You card that I made featuring the Butterfly Basics Stamp Set and Butterfly Thinlits Dies. It is hard to tell from the photo, but this is a larger card than normal as I was asked to make a card which many people could sign. It is a piece of A4… Read More »
Today’s card features one of my favourite stamp and die sets, the Basic Butterfly Stamp Set. I have had so many uses for this lovely stamp set and coordinating dies. Can you see the hidden butterfly in the card? This card was not an orginal design, but one I CASEd from Kristine McNickle. If you… Read More »
On Monday I showed you some screen cards featuring the Butterfly Basics stamp set in the 2013-2015 In Colors/Colours which are retiring on 2nd June. I have also made some of the same style of screen card, but this time featuring Blackberry Bliss, one of the 2014-2016 In Colors/Colours. Here are two more screen cards:… Read More »
Today’s card features this week’s featured product, the Butterfly Basics stamp set. This is cased off something I saw on Pinterest. If you are new to this featured weekly product on my blog, this is how it works. On Monday I introduce a current Stampin’ Up! stamp set or product and I show you a… Read More »
Today’s featured stamp set is the Butterfly Basics stamp set and Butterfly Thinlit Dies. This was the stamp set that I featured over a month ago when I first started this new feature. I love the coordinating stamp set and dies and have used them so much, so I am going to feature it again… Read More »
In my February class I taught the Floating Watercolour Technique. It is a fun techniue to try that invovles heat embossing, aqua painters and reinkers. The butterfly and the flower that are in the Beautiful Day stamp set are perfect for this technique. It works well with a bigger stamp and the gold embossed image… Read More »
This Star Album is what I made for a friend’s 40th birthday yesterday. It is a great way to have lots of pages for people to comment on. I made the Star Album using half sheets of 12″ x 12″ scrapbooking paper, like our wonderful Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper. You can add as many pages… Read More »
Here are another couple of cards I made using the Emboss Resist Technique. It uses the same stamp set that I used on Thursday when I shared how to do this technique. I also used this technique on yesterday’s Note Cards. The flower is from the Garden of Bloom Stamp Set. Here is a close… Read More »
Today’s card is a quick and simply one, but it looks very effective. I have used one of the Butterfly Dies which are part of this week’s featured product. I made all three cards from one piece of A4 Whisper White card stock. Each card is each 10cm x 20cm, folded in half. The coloured… Read More »
Today’s card is the third card in my new weekly blog feature using the Butterfly Basics stamp set and Butterfly Thinlit Dies. It features a vellum butterfly coloured with Blendabilities. Today’s post also includes a video! I saw a card made by Marilyn Meadows with a vellum butterfly and this inspired me to make my… Read More »
Yesterday I had my first class for the year. It was my monthly weekend class. Each month, during this class we usually make two cards/projects and I teach a new technique or two. The first card we made featured the alcohol markers marbling technique using Blendabilities. This was taught to me by my upline, Julia… Read More »
Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful mums out there and also to those women who are an encouraging and positive role model to many! Here is a special Mother’s Day card that I taught at last month’s weekend class and also to my Kids’ School Holiday Class. The butterfly and some of the other colourful… Read More »
The Retiform technique was the other style of card that I taught at my weekend last month. It involves masking,sponging and stamping and it is a lot of fun to do. Everyone enjoyed making this type of card. Each card is unique and different. This first card features the Awesomely Artistic stamp set which is… Read More »
Today I am sharing with you a Corner Fold Card featuring the Beautiful Bunch Stamp Set. I taught this card last week to the Belmont CMA group. CMA is a companionship and morning activities group for seniors. I did all the preparation and pre-cutting before hand. I also cut the corner fold part of the… Read More »