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 »
The Christmas Pinecones Pop-up Gift Card Holder Card was one of the projects we made at my class on Sunday afternoon. I love the Christmas Pines Stamp Set and Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies with the coordinating Pine Bough Embossing Folder that we used to make this card. For the card above I stamped the pinecones, but you can… Read More »
Do you like paper-crafting? Do you love using Stampin’ Up! products? Would you like to earn some money doing something you love? Have you ever considered becoming a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator? I initially joined up for the discount and so the profit I made from any sales could pay for my hobby. I also liked the… Read More »
Braying and sponging is a great way to use the Seasonal Decorative Masks or any other masks. They create a lovely patterned background to your project and you can have it in any colour you like, as long as you have an ink pad in that colour! Check out today’s video showing you how to… Read More »
Here is a fun balloon scrapbook page. It is a clean and simple layout and suitable for a birthday or other special celebration. You can change the age/years and colours and you can make it suit anyone. I mostly make cards or gifts, so making a scrapbook page layout is a bit of a challenge… Read More »
Here are two unique fold Christmas cards that were also taught at the Extravaganza event last weekend. The first is a very cool pop up card. This was presented by Jacque Williams, Kath Gabriel and Paula Reid. This is the front. Check out how it opens inside. Here is the final project. A… Read More »
At the Creative Inkers Team’s Extravaganza event on Saturday, my team, Kathryn, Kylie and I taught a corner pop up card featuring the Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper. We also used the Santa from the Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp set and some stamps from the Candy Cane Christmas stamp set. Inside the card we… Read More »
The embossed pine leaves create a lovely background for this Noel Christmas card. For this card I have used a plain white base with the Thicker Whisper White Cardstock. I texture embossed it with the Pine Bough Embossing Folder and then stamped “Noel” in Cherry Cobbler ink in the bottom right corner. I stamped… Read More »
Christmas Pines is a wonderful stamp set for us down here in New Zealand. We often see pine trees and pinecones around so here is a set that fits out location. Check out this simple but elegant card. It involves some stamping and die cutting. To achieve the two toned leaves, I have stamped in… Read More »
Here is a quick and simple reindeer card that uses the Cookie Cutter Christmas Stamp Set and coordinating Cookie Cutter Builder Punch. It features some textured embossing which I do like to use on my cards when I can. I have used the Sparkle Embossing Folder. I stamped three reindeer in Early Espresso ink onto… Read More »
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The Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp set and coordinating builder punch is a wonderful, versatile set in the Holiday Catalogue. Here are two bright and cheerful Christmas cards which also feature the Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper. One card has Santa and the other a reindeer – both cut out with the same punch – just… Read More »
Have you tried to use your Photopolymer stamps and found that they don’t stick to your clear block so well anymore? If, so this is what you can do. Wash your photopolymer stamps in a small bowl of very warm water with a small amount of mild dishwashing liquid. Rinse the stamps in another bowl of warm… Read More »
The Star of Light stamp set and dies are from the new Holiday Catalogue and are a stunning and elegant set to use on your Christmas cards. This is one of my favourite bundle sets. You can check out my other favourite bundles from the catalogue here. Here is a stepped up version of… Read More »
This Reindeer spinner card is one of the cards we made last weekend at my class. Christmas may be a little way away, but it was a good chance to try some of the new stamps from the Holiday Catalogue as well as use the Sliding Stars Framelits Dies from the Annual Catalogue. The laides at the… Read More »