The Last Chance Products 2023 are here and with discounts too! Did you know that the January–April 2023 Mini Catalogue and the 2022–2023 Annual Catalogue will be retiring soon! It will be sad to see these catalogues go, but this is making room for some exciting new product. With every retiring catalogue comes a spectacular… Read More »
Eleven colours from the four core colours groups (Brights, Neutrals, Regals and Subtles) will be retiring along with four of the five 2021-2023 In Colors. Here are the 11 colours which will be retiring: These are four of the 2021-2023 In Colors which are also retiring: Below, you can see which colours from the four… Read More »
The Polished Stone Technique was something I had heard about before, but never tried, so I decided to find out more about it and give it a go. The technique is the background that I created for this Dainty Delight flower image. I used two of the 2021-2023 In Colors – Fresh Freesia and Soft… Read More »
A great way to add texture to a card is by dry embossing a stamped image. This is what I have done to the card below. I stamped some of the different leaf stamps from the Forever Ferns stamp set in Soft Suede, Old Olive and Garden Green ink onto a piece of Very Vanilla… Read More »
Here are two lovely cards featuring the dry embossing technique and the Dainty Delights bundle. The main colours featured in these cards are Fresh Freesia and Orchid Oasis. The dry embossing technique is when you put a piece of cardstock or a similar material into a embossing folder and press it together firmly with an… Read More »
Learning how to heat emboss was one of the first techniques I learned when I started card making. I still love doing it today. It is wonderful to watch the embossing powder change from dull to shiny, making the sentiment or image stand out. Here is a card I made which I heat embossed with… Read More »
Creating your own background is something fun to try. I have done this by using the Hand-Drawn Dots stamp set and blending some ink over it. This is a great technique to try when you don’t have the right coloured Designer Series Paper. This technique enables you to make your own patterned paper in the… Read More »
Use a simple Card Sketch to get you started when you have no idea what type of card to make. Here are three wonderful cards that I have created from one Sketch. The first card is very basic, but then I have stepped up the other two cards with layers and/or embellishments. I have used… Read More »
The Auckland March Extravaganza 2023 is coming up on Saturday 18th March 2023. This is our first Extravaganza for the year! Enjoy a fun afternoon of cardmaking with other stampers! Make five wonderful cards featuring new stamps and tools from the January-April 2023 Mini Catalogue and each project will include a technique. Why come to… Read More »
Join during Sale-A-Bration 2023 as a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator and get even greater benefits. Joining Stampin’ Up! as a demonstrator offers some wonderful opportunities, including: I would love for you to join my team. I am based on the North Shore in Auckland and have team members all over New Zealand from up north to… Read More »
The Beautifully Happy stamp set is one of the stamp sets you can earn for free during Sale-A-Bration. Here are two lovely cards featuring this set: These two cards are the cards I made during my first Facebook Live for 2023. The one on the left is a fairly simple card. It mostly uses S.I.P.… Read More »
The January-April 2023 Mini Catalogue Paper Share is a great way to check out all the wonderful papers! The paper share includes 98 sheets of 6” x 12” (half sheets) and 6” x 6” sheets from these paper packs: Details of the Paper Share: If you would like to take part in my January-April 2023… Read More »
My January 2023 Mini Catalogue Launch – Open Home Event is coming up. It is your opportunity to come and see the January-April 2023 Mini Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration. There will be project displays to inspire you and new product to see. Plus, you can make a couple of cards, have a chance to win a… Read More »
This Aspen Tree Dies Watercolour card was a card that I taught at my December classes. It features the Aspen Tree dies from the Perched in a Tree bundle. The background behind the trees was coloured using watercolouring. I used Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie and Cherry Cobbler ink on Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper for this.… Read More »
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