The Silicone Craft Sheet is an essential item in any stamper’s craft kit! It has so many uses. You can check out five great uses for it here! Once you have used it, it can get very sticky, so you may be wondering what is the best way to clean it? I used to put… Read More: Thursday’s Tip: Best Way To Clean Your Silicone Craft Sheet! »
Are you tried to crafting alone, unsure what to create? Would you like to make some wonderful Christmas projects with all the hard work done for you? No need to come up with the ideas of what to make, source the products you need or precut anything. If so, then come along to a fun, creative… Read More: Fun Afternoon of Crafting – Auckland Christmas Extravaganza 2018! »
Today I am going to share about the Stampin’ Trimmer. This is a great tool for both cutting and scoring. I have shared a few different things about it in the past, but I thought I would put it all together in one place. Here are some features of the Stampin’ Trimmer: * It… Read More: Thursday’s Tip: Tips On Using The Stampin’ Trimmer »
In less than one week, I will start the “12 Weeks of Christmas”. For those of you who don’t know what this is, once a week for the 12 weeks leading up to Christmas, I will send for free, a wonderful Christmas tutorial of something you can make. The tutorials will include things like cards, gifts, bags, tags etc.… Read More: 12 Weeks of Christmas Coming Soon! Don’t Miss Out! »
Today’s tip is on how to use the Simply Scored. This is a great Stampin’ Up! tool for scoring. The main board is imperial, but it also has the option of a metric plate so you can easily use metric measurements too. The Simply Scored is a complete system for flawless scoring. Now you can… Read More: Thursday’s Tip: How To Use The Simply Scored Scoring Board »
Inking your embossing before putting it through your Big Shot is a great way to create an inked texture embossed background. Here is the Christmas card I taught at this month’s class featuring this technique. You can see in the background piece that the some of the background is darker than the embossed parts. … Read More: Inked Texture Embossed Background With Christmas Baubles »
The Triple Banner Punch is a useful punch to use. This week’s tip is a video showing you how to use the punch. Initially, when I saw this punch I thought that I could just create a banner with scissors, but using this punch and being able to layer it, is so much easier and… Read More: Thursday’s Tip: How To Layer With The Triple Banner Punch »
Today I am sharing with you the Frosted Floral Double Easel card which is one of the cards taught at my class last weekend. I am also teaching a this at tomorrow’s class. The card also features a lovely glittery die cut dragonfly. For my birthday I received the following beautiful card made my one of my… Read More: Frosted Floral Double Easel & Dragonfly Card »
Glimmer Paper is a great way to add a little sparkle to your project. Perhaps you would like some, but not a whole pack of 24 sheets of 6″ x 6″. Would a few sheets of each of the three colours suit you better? If so, why not take part in my Glimmer Paper Share?… Read More: Joyous Noel 6″ x 6″ Glimmer Paper Share »
I am excited to share about the new Stampin’ Up! “Take Your Pick” tool. It is a multipurpose pickup and precision tool which simplifies meticulous tasks. This is what it looks like: Here is the tool being used with the putty end to adhere some sequins to a card. The tacky putty end… Read More: Thursday’s Tip: The New Multipurpose Pickup & Precision Tool! »
I am personally offering a “10 x $150 – You Share the Hostess Rewards” promotion in September with the start of the Holiday Catalogue. This will give EVERYONE a chance to participate in the benefits of being a Stampin’ Up! HOSTESS!!! This is the first time I have offered this! WHAT? For every $150… Read More: 10 x $150 – You Share the Hostess Rewards! »
The day is finally here! The Holiday Catalogue is now live! There are lots of exciting new products. There are many wonderful Christmas stamp sets, die sets, punches, Designer Series Papers (patterned paper), embossing folders, embellishments as well as many other versatile, non-Christmas stamp sets! View the products online and order now! Download a copy of the catalogue here.… Read More: New 2018 Holiday Catalogue Is Now Here! »
The new Holiday Catalogue will be here from Wednesday 5th September 2018! If you live in Auckland, come along to my free Holiday Catalogue 2018 Open Home Event. What will happen at the event? – Take home a copy of the new Holiday/Christmas Catalogue. – See lots of project displays to inspire you. – Play with… Read More: Free New Holiday Catalogue 2018 Open Home Event! »
This month, demonstrators like me have been given the challenge by Stampin’ Up! to sell ten ink pads from which we, in turn, will earn a free ink pad. I already know the great benefits of our wonderful new style ink pads which are great for stamping with. They are designed with defoaming ink and… Read More: Buy An Ink Pad & Go Into The Ink Refill… »
This spritzed clear block background is a technique I used on some thank you note cards for my customers in June. Here is the card I made. This card features a solid watercolour background which is created with an inked up clear block which is then spritzed with water. I have just used normal Whisper… Read More: Spritzed Clear Block Background – June Thank You Cards »