This summer sailing boat card was created with the Swirly Bird stamp set and the Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies. This bundle is a great one for creating some interesting patterns, or some scenes like I did on this card. This card was something I cased from Pinterest. I made it a few weeks ago,… Read More: Summer Sailing Boat Card with Swirly Bird and Swirly Scribbles »
Here is a unique handmade 100th birthday card that I made for Evelyn Lumsden. She is a lady I don’t personally know, but as a keen card maker, when I heard about this lady receiving about 50 of the same card for her 100th birthday, I was happy to make her a unique and special 100th birthday card. A… Read More: Unique Handmade 100th Birthday Card »
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: Basic Butterfly Star Album Made From Scrap Booking Papers »
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: Christmas Pinecones Pop-up Gift Card Holder Card »
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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: Thursday’s Tip: How To Use the Seasonal Decorative Masks »
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: 5th Birthday Celebration Balloon Scrapbook Page! »
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: Unique Fold Christmas Cards Made At Extravaganza »
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: Extravaganza Candy Cane Christmas Corner Pop Up Card »
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: Noel Christmas Card With Texture Embossed Pine Leaves »
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: Christmas Pines Card »
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: Quick & Simple Reindeer Card »
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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: Cookie Cutter Christmas & Candy Cane Lane »
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: Thursday’s Tip: How To Make Your Photopolymer Stamps Sticky Again »