Today’s tip is on how to make sure you ink pads never run dry! It is very frustrating if you are making a card or project and you go to stamp something, but then you find it doesn’t stamp so well because the ink pad is starting to run out of ink. Or perhaps you… Read More: Thursday’s Tip: Making Sure Your Ink Pads Never Run Dry! »
Here are the final two cards from the July Extravaganza. They are both unique fold cards. The first is a fun fold card featuring the Share What You Love Suite and it has space for a voucher. Designer Series Paper and the Pearlized Doilie are from the Share What We Love Suite. This card also… Read More: July Auckland Extravaganza – Unique Fold Cards »
Today I will share with you two more projects from the Auckland Extravaganza that we held earlier this month. This was a fun afternoon where the guests made five different projects over the course of the afternoon. If you missed out on seeing the impossible card my team and I taught, you can check it… Read More: July Auckland Extravaganza – Joseph’s Coat & Diorama Cards »
At the recent Auckland Extravaganza my team, Kathryn, Nicolette, Helen and I taught the Impossible Card featuring the Tropical Escape Suite. Last time we taught the Impossible Box, so it was fitting to carry on this theme with the Impossible Card. Here is the card: Here is the card looking down from the top… Read More: Auckland Extravaganza Tropical Escape Suite Impossible Card »
Today’s Happy Birthday card was created with a Stamparatus hinge technique. It was one of the cards the ladies who came to my Open Home Event last weekend were able to make. The Stamparatus is a great new innovative, placement stamping tool, that makes lining up your stamping so much easier. It features in the… Read More: Stamping Straight With The Stamparatus Hinge Step Technique »
Here is a butterfly and dragonfly interactive opening card. The butterfly or dragonfly is adhered inside the card and it fits through the slit on the front of card so it shows on the outside of the card when the card is closed. As the card opens the wings fold up and fit through the… Read More: Butterfly & Dragonfly Interactive Opening Card »
Do you like the Designer Series Paper, but you aren’t sure which pack to get? Why not get a range of Designer Series Paper without having to buy full packs. Each 6″x 6″ piece is big enough to make a background for a standard sized card and there is still extra to use in other ways.… Read More: Annual Catalogue Shares! An Affordable Way To Get A Range… »
The Black Ice Technique was something I had never tried before, but I had seen various creations that others had made, so I thought I would have a go. I had fun trying the technique and I was very pleased with the results. I love the look and texture that this technique creates. This was… Read More: Black Ice Technique – Textured Effect On Foil Paper »
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: Happy Mother’s Day Baby Wipe Technique Card! »
Here is a masculine star shaped card that is different from your ordinary card and it will impress the recipient. This was one of the cards I taught at my weekend and Thursday class this month. I like to include a unique fold card and this card is definitely that. There are only a few… Read More: Masculine Star Shaped Card »
Today, 25th April, is Anzac Day. It was originally to honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who fought at Gallipoli against the Ottoman Empire during World War I. It is now a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders “who… Read More: We Will Remember Them – ANZAC Day »
The other day I shared with you some note cards that I had made using the Tailored Tag Designer Series Paper. Here is the same card design but with the Painted with Love Designer Series Paper [DSP]. It gives quite a different look. You will notice on this card that rather than adding linen thread… Read More: Painted With Love Banner Note Card »
The Truly Tailored Suite is great for masculine cards. Here is a masculine banner note card featuring the True Gentleman Designer Series Paper [DSP]. The colours featured in the True Gentleman DSP are Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Tranquil Tide, Night of Navy and Very Vanilla. Here is a slight variation on the card. For… Read More: True Gentleman Masculine Banner Note Card »
The Truly Tailored Suite is great for masculine cards. Today I have two cards to share that I made using the True Gentleman Designer Series Paper [DSP] Truly Tailored Stamp Set and the Tailored Tag Punch. Here is the first one: A simple design. The green, blue and brown colours of the DSP and designs… Read More: Masculine Cards Featuring the True Gentleman Suite »
I really appreciate all my customers, those who come to my classes and order and those who choose to order from me online. Here is my March thank you card that I gave to all those who ordered from me in March. It features the Heartfelt Blooms stamp set which was one of the free… Read More: March Customer Thank You Cards With Heartfelt Blooms »