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 »
The Auckland Extravaganza was over a week ago and I haven’t had a chance to share with you the Hip Hip Hooray Pop-Up Card that I taught. It is black and white on the front with some sparkle added to it with the Glimmer Paper and then it has a nice surprise on the inside… Read More »
I mostly make cards and 3D projects, but today I am going to share with you a 12″ x 12″ scrapbook page featuring the Celebrate Today stamp set. I have used three main colours. Elegant Eggplant for my background piece of cardstock and my accent colours are Rose Red and Crushed Curry. The balloons are… Read More »
The What I Love stamp set is one of my favourite free stamp sets available through Sale-a-bration. Early last month I shared with you some Thank You Note Cards that were inspired by what I saw on page 7 of the Sale-a-bration brochure. They were Thank You Note Cards similar to today’s one but were… Read More »
The Occasions Catalogue has been here for over two months, so I thought I would share with you what my favourite five stamp sets are. They are in no particular order – just as they appear in the catalogue. Party Wishes – page 5 Available in wood and clear mount. This is a very… Read More »
Today’s cards feature the Botanical Builder Framelits Dies and a free Sale-a-bration stamp set, Botanical For You. This card is actually a fairly quick and easy one to make, and it looks quite effective. I have used Crushed Curry for my matting colour on the card on the left and Cajun Craze for the one… Read More »
At the moment my favourite Stampin’ Up colour is Mint Macaron! You may have already seen this colour in one two of the posts this week. It was the colour I used in my class last week to make the Pop Out Swing Card and also the colour I used in my Corner Fold Cards… Read More »
Today I have some masculine corner fold cards to share with you. I find masculine cards more challenging to make, so with just making the style of the card a little different – in this case a corner fold card – the card becomes more interesting and special. The colours I have used for these… Read More »
Recently I made some corner fold cards which feature one of the flower dies from the Botanical Builder Framelits Dies, which is part of the Botanical Gardens Suite. I made several corner fold cards, but with slight changes to the colour combinations. Here they are: Which is your favourite one, or do you like… Read More »
Last week and during in the weekend, I held some card classes at my home where I taught how to make two unique folding card. The first was a pop out swing card. And the second another style of swing card which we made into a masculine styled card. The card above features the Number… Read More »
Last week was my daughter’s 5th birthday and she wanted a Doc McStuffin theme, so I made the cake, card and goody bags with this theme. Here is the card, made to look like Doc McStuffin’s doctor’s bag. For this card, I used the Number of Years Stamp Set and Large Number Framelits Dies. It… Read More »
Have you ever tried the masking technique? It is a great technique to try. Check out this card which has been made with this technique. Here is a wonderful, short video by Stampin’ Up! to show you how to do the masking technique. Supplies: Stamp set: You’ve Got This – wood, You’ve Got This –… Read More »
It is always wonderful to receive a handmade card and I was in fortunate to receive one recently in the mail. A fellow demonstrator who borrowed some Stampin’ Up products from me made this lovely thank you card featuring two products from Sale-a-bration. This card features the Wildflower Fields Designer Series Paper and the Flowering… Read More »