I made some Vellum Tea Lights as some gifts. Some received one of the middle-sized ones and my wonderful upline, Julia, received a set of three. These have a battery tea light inside them. These were inspired by Rebecca Mayse. Supplies: Confetti Stars Punch White Vellum A4 Card Stock Bright & Beautiful… Read More: Vellum Tea Lights »
I made many Curvy Keepsake Boxes using the Under The Tree Specialty Designer Series Paper, but I was unable to use red sheets with the trees on it, as it would mean some of them would be upside down. I was wondering what to do with these sheets and then I came across this wonderful… Read More: Under The Tree Gift Box »
This is the other project that we made at my weekend class a couple of weeks ago. They make great Christmas presents for teachers, family or friends. A nice little calendar to keep on your desk with Post It Notes ready on hand. I made some of these as presents for the kids’ teachers too.… Read More: Easel Calendars for 2015 »
I have been busy over the past couple of weeks with various classes. I have taught Christmas classes for three different elderly community groups, an after-school kids’ class and also had my final weekend card class for the year. Today’s card is what we made at the weekend card class. It is an easel card… Read More: Festival of Trees Tea Light Easel Card »
These are the boxes I made for my customers who came along to the Auckland Extravaganza event as a little welcoming gift for them. I filled the boxes with a few chocolates. This box was made using the Envelope Punch Board and was inspired by a creation by Sam Donald. I wanted to make it… Read More: Envelope Punch Board Bright & Beautiful Boxes »
Here are the final two projects that were taught at the Auckland Extravaganza on Saturday. Here is a place setting ensemble taught by Barbz, Vanessa, Justine and Sarajane. It features the Happy Hanukkah, Everything Eleanor, Hello There, Metro Type Alphabet stamp sets and looks stunning in Blackberry Bliss. This card uses the Snowflake Card… Read More: Auckland Extravaganza – Part Three »
On Saturday the Creative Inkers team held our third Auckland Extravaganza event for 2014. This was our final one for the year. This was a fun afternoon with lots of stamping and creating. Over the afternoon the ladies that came made five different projects – including cards and 3D creations. Kathryn and Kath were part of… Read More: Auckland Extravaganza Curvy Keepsake Box »
Today is my husband’s birthday and this is the card I made for him. He likes 3D style cards so I made him a block card. This style of card was one of the projects taught at the last Extravaganza in July and I finally got around to making one myself. I used the Baked… Read More: Masculine Lullaby DSP Block Card »
On Tuesday 18th November I will be holding a special kids’ after school class. We will make three small gift boxes using the Curvy Keepsake Die and three small cards to go with them. These boxes are perfect gifts for school teachers, friends or others. You can fill the boxes with some chocolates (4x Favourite’s… Read More: Kids’ After School Gift Box Class »
Here is the Many Merry Stars Simply Created Kit. This kit makes 26 stars in 6 sizes (from 5.1 cm to 38.1 cm in diameter) in Gold Glimmer Paper and Kraft, Cherry Cobbler, white and Garden Green cardstock. The kit also includes die-cut adhesive side strips; die-cut stars, bows, tags and banners; 21 laser-cut wood… Read More: Many Merry Stars Simply Created Kit »
Today’s post features a video showing you how to make a star shaped box using the Star Framelit Dies. The video shows two different possible openings for the box so that you can put something light inside. These boxes would be great as a Christmas tree decoartion. Watch the video to see how to make… Read More: Star Box With Opening – Video Tutorial »
Today’s 3D card was one that we made at my September weekend class that I never got around to posting here on my blog. Here are the two sample cards I made to show the class. This design of card was inspired by my upline, Julia Leece, and I decided to adapt the idea for… Read More: Festival of Trees 3D Card »
I have enjoyed making cards with the Waterfall technique. Here is one which features the Cupcake Party stamp set. If you would like to make a card with the Waterfall technique, check out my video here. I also made a Curvy Keepsake Box to go with the card. Both the card and box feature Cherry… Read More: Cupcake Waterfall Technique Card »
Here is a birthday card and gift box I made for a friend. The card is in Blackberry Bliss and Hello Honey and features the Flower Shop stamp set and Pansy punch. It is a similar style card to one I have made in the past when I used the Mixed Bunch stamp set and… Read More: Flower Shop Celebrate Card »
Here is the other project we made at my class last weekend. It is a lovely star shaped gift box. One of my customers received a gift box like this from the Extravaganza in July as a door prize. She was very impressed with it and said she would really like to know how to… Read More: Star Gift Box »