Here are some Note Cards featuring the Garden In Bloom Stamp Set that I made for my customers who placed an order with me recently. I love the way you can stamp the outline of the flower, leaves, or butterfly and then “colour it in” by stamping in a slightly lighter colour, or even the… Read More: Garden in Bloom Note Cards »
Yesterday I shared with you a card my husband made for me for my birthday which featured the English Garden Designer Series Paper and Garden in Bloom Stamp Set. These are two of my favourite things (amongst many others) from the Annual Catalogue. This week I will share with you some other creations featuring either… Read More: Garden In Bloom & English Garden Card »
Today is my birthday and my wonderful family have made some lovely handmade birthday cards for me. Here are the cards from my children: My amazing husband also made a beautiful card for me – taught to him by me! He chose the style of card he wanted to make and with my direction made… Read More: Four Handmade Birthday Cards For Me »
Today, here in New Zealand it is Father’s Day. So wishing all the wonderful Dads out there a Happy Father’s Day! The kids and I made waffles this morning for breakfast for their Daddy on Father’s Day. Here are a couple of the cards my kids made for their Daddy. Here is the card I… Read More: Happy Father’s Day »
Tomorrow is the big day when the new Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalogue comes out. This is full of wonderful new stamp sets and other products for Christmas and other occasions. One of the perks of being a Demonstrator is that we are able to pre-order the month before so we can have a play with… Read More: Embellished Ornaments Sneak Peek Card »
The second card we made at my class on Sunday afternoon was the Rip and Flip DSP card featuring the English Garden Designer Series Paper. You can create a quick and simple card with this technique. I carefully ripped a piece of paper that was 10cm wide and 6″ long into two, and turned the… Read More: Rip and Flip English Garden Card »
In the weekend I had my monthly Sunday afternoon card class. With Father’s Day coming up, I thought it would be a good idea to include a masculine card in my class. Originally I saw a lovely card made by Paula Reid using the Six-Sided Sampler Stamp Set which I really liked. I adapted this… Read More: Six-Sided Sampler Father’s Day Card »
Each month I like to make thank you cards or tags for my customers to thank them for choosing me as their Demonstrator and purchasing through me. Here is the card they received for orders last month. This card features the lovely Garden in Bloom photopolymer stamp set. The outline of the flower is stamped… Read More: Garden in Bloom Thanks To My Customers »
During the school holidays I held a kids’ card class and this was one of the cards they made. It features the Watercolor Wings Stamp Set that I was also sharing last week. I embossed the background with the Fluttering Textured Embossing Folder. The new embossing folders are now 6″ x 6″ which is great… Read More: Watercolor Wings With A Fluttering Embossed Background »
I love the three-step stamping technique with the Watercolor Wings stamp set. There are lots of different colour combinations that you can create with this stamp. Here are the creations I came up with to make yesterday’s thank you cards. First I stamped the solid background butterfly stamp. Then with my second colour I stamped… Read More: How To Stamp With Watercolor Wings »
Here are some thank you note cards featuring the Watercolor Wings stamp set that I made last month to thank my customers who ordered through me. I love the different colour combinations you can create with the three-step stamping of the butterfly. Here are some close-ups of the cards: I also made this one using… Read More: Watercolor Wings Thank You Note Cards »
Here are the final two projects that were taught at the Auckland Extravaganza event last weekend. The first one is a Corner Flip Card featuring the Watercolor Wings stamp set which is also available in a bundle. This was taught by Rachael, Laurie and Judith. This is a lovely card and one of my favourite… Read More: Extravaganza Projects – Corner Flip Card & More »
Yesterday I shared with you the Box in a Card project that I taught at the Auckland Extravaganza and today I am going to share with your two more projects that were taught at the event. The first one is the “Tiffany” Gift Bag. This was taught by Barbara, Dyan, Justine, Sarajane and Vanessa. Supplies:… Read More: Extravaganza Projects – Gift Bag & Awesomely Artistic Card »
On Saturday I taught at the Creative Inkers Team Auckland Extravaganza. It was a fun afternoon with 99 guests, 15 teachers and a couple of wonderful helpers. My team, Kathryn, Kylie and I taught the guests how to make a Box in a Card. We used the Cherry on Top Designer Series Paper Stack and… Read More: Build A Birthday Box In A Card »
This week my featured product of the week is card kits and today I am sharing with you the Tin of Cards. This is a lovely card kit with four different types of cards, and you get to make four of each, so a total of 16 cards. The bonus feature of this card kit… Read More: Tin of Cards Card Kit »