This Card in a Box features the Grateful Bunch Bundle – the stamp set and the coordinating punch, and this was the card I made for my mother in law for Mother’s Day. I have made a Card in Box before, but this one was my first that I made landscape. The back of… Read More »
Today I am sharing with you a Corner Fold Card featuring the Beautiful Bunch Stamp Set. I taught this card last week to the Belmont CMA group. CMA is a companionship and morning activities group for seniors. I did all the preparation and pre-cutting before hand. I also cut the corner fold part of the… Read More »
Mother’s Day is this coming Sunday and here is your chance to give your mother an amazing Mother’s Day gift. This takes card giving to the next level. It is an Exploding Box, sometimes called an Explosion Box. Open the box and see what unfolds. The closed box is 4″ x 4″ or 10cm x… Read More »
Today I would like to share with you some lovely creations made by a guest blogger, Nicolette Morning. This is a very creative way to use Designer Series Paper (DSP) on a card. To make these cards, she has used the English Garden Designer Series Paper, which is one of my favourite papers from the… Read More »
Here are another couple of cards I made using the Emboss Resist Technique. It uses the same stamp set that I used on Thursday when I shared how to do this technique. I also used this technique on yesterday’s Note Cards. The flower is from the Garden of Bloom Stamp Set. Here is a close… Read More »
Yesterday I shared how to emboss resist, and today I am sharing with you some Note Cards that I made with this technique. The stamp set I have used is Garden in Bloom. I tried two different colour combinations. The first card features some subtle colours, Blushing Bride and Wisteria Wonder. I have also added… Read More »
At the moment I am making a lot of coordinating birthday cards and gift boxes and here is another one, this time for a young boy. It features the Lego stamp from the Boys Will Be Boys Stamp Set, which is one of the retiring stamp sets. It is available in wood and clear mount… Read More »
Last week I wanted to make a card and gift box for my son’s drum teacher who was leaving. I didn’t have any musical stamps, so I made use of some musical Designer Series Paper I had, and some punch art. This is what I made: Here is a close up of the card. … Read More »
The other weekend I had my monthly weekend class and we usually make two projects – two cards, or a card and a 3D project. This time I said to the class that if they had time at the end, they would get to make an extra bonus card. Sorry I didn’t get around to… Read More »
It is the last week of Weekly Deals. Check out this week’s Weekly Deals – stamp sets, punches, twine, ribbon, gold dazzling details pearl accents and dollies. ‘ Instead of Weekly Deals, after 19th April, Stampin’ Up! will be offering “Special Offers” from time to time. Make the most of these Weekly Deals… Read More »
Yesterday afternoon I had my monthly card class and we made a Gate Fold Card which featured the Rose Wonder Thinlits Die and the Water Colouring Technique. Here are the cards we made: We used Aqua Painters for our watercolouring on Shimmery White Cardstock. The first card is coloured in Blushing Bride and Wild Wasabi… Read More »
Here is a butterfly birthday card and self-closing gift box that I made for my niece’s 17th birthday. She loves butterflies, so I thought the Butterfly Basics Stamp Set and coordinating Butterflies Thinlits Dies would be perfect to make something for her. It may be difficult to see in the photo, but both butterflies have the… Read More »
Each school holidays I hold a Kids’ School Holiday Card Class. Holidays are only a couple of weeks so why don’t you schedule in one of my classes for a creative and enjoyable morning for your child. At these holiday classes we make at least three projects – consisting of cards and sometimes a 3D… Read More »
Here are the final two Auckland Extravaganza projects. The fourth project includes three notebooks in a lovely box. This was taught by Rachael Knight, Christine Gedye and Judith Ferguson. It features the Grateful Bunch stamp set and punch. The fifth project was a set of Note Cards and Gift Folder featuring the Wildflowers DSP… Read More »
On Wednesday I shared with you the card that I taught at the Auckland Extravaganza. Here are two other projects that were made. The first is a box featuring the Bloomin’ Heart Thinlits Die – but as a circle shape instead of a heart! This was taught by Barbara Bicknell, Sarajane Crookes, Justine Ross, Dyan… Read More »