Today’s tip is on how to change the blade in your Stampin’ Trimmer. Check out this short video and you too will know how to change your cutting blade. If you don’t yet have a Stampin’ Trimmer, you may like to consider purchasing one as I find it one my most useful paper crafting tools!… Read More: Thursday’s Tip: How To Change The Blade On Your Stampin’… »
This is the altered gift bag that I made for each of my guests who came to the Auckland Extravaganza event last weekend. Each Extravaganza I enjoy coming up with a new design to decorate my guests’ kraft gift bag. For this design, I decided to keep it similar to the card our team taught at the event. I used… Read More: Extravaganza Altered Gift Bag – Dragonfly Dreams »
Large background stamps are to great to use to stamp a full background on something, but as they are so big, sometimes they can be a bit more difficult to stamp with. Today’s tip is a video showing you how to best stamp with these large background stamps. Video: How to stamp large background stamps Here… Read More: Thursday’s Tip: How To Stamp Large Background Stamps »
This Easter Basket is made using the Window Box Thinlits Dies. It was the table gift for my customers who came along to the Auckland Extravaganza event on Saturday. It is a project that I designed myself and I was quite pleased with it. I hope my customers were too. I used the 12″ x 12″ Kraft… Read More: Video Tutorial For Easter Basket Made With Window Box Dies »
The Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits Dies are a main feature in this dragonfly Tunnel Card. This is a card that I designed for the Auckland Extravaganza event on Saturday. It was one of the five projects the ladies who came on Saturday got to make. The dragonfly was cut out of Copper Foil Sheets and it has… Read More: Auckland Extravaganza Elegant Dragonfly Tunnel Card »
A great way to add texture to your card is by using an embossing folder and you can give an even deeper texture with a dynamic embossing folder. The new Hexagon Dynamics Textured Impressions Embossing Folder is one of these extra thick embossing folders which I have used on today’s card. I also have a video… Read More: Thursday’s Tip: How To Use The Extra Thick Dynamic Embossing… »
Today I am sharing with you a card in a box. This is made with the Blooms & Bliss Designer Series Paper, Flower Shop and Petite Petals Stamp Sets. It is a card that is just that little bit extra special and it will wow the recipient. This was a card I taught a few years ago… Read More: Card in a Box with Blooms & Bliss and Flower… »
This lovely tall gift box is made with the Window Box Thinlits Dies. This is one of the projects that us Demonstrators were taught how to make at Stamp Camp last month. This project was taught to us by Narelle. Isn’t it a lovely box that would make a beautiful gift. We cut two… Read More: Elegant Tall Gift Box Made With Window Box Thinlits Dies »
Next week is a busy week for me with two classes during the week and then the big Extravaganza event on Saturday. The first Tuesday and second Thursday of this month both fall in the same week! I enjoy teaching classes, so I am looking forward to all these classes. Here is a bit of… Read More: Upcoming Classes For March! »
How to best cut and score your A4 cardstock is my tip for today as I bring back my weekly Thursday’s Tip blog post. I had this weekly feature last year and then I took a break over the Christmas and New Year period. Now it is time to bring it back with a new… Read More: Thursday’s Tip: How To Best Cut And Score Your A4… »
New Sale-A-Bration products were released on Tuesday 21st February. This includes two new stamp sets, Reserve Words and Make a Medallion as well as a wonderful Glimmer Paper Assortment Pack. Here a card featuring the Make a Medallion stamp set that I made at Stamp Camp. It was taught to us by Jacque Williams. … Read More: New Sale-A-Bration Products – Stamp Sets & Glimmer Paper »
This peek-a-boo card, or otherwise know as a shutter card is a fun gate fold card. Today’s card was the card I made for my daughter, Amanda who turned six! When the card is opened up you can see the “6” appear from behind the shutter. I wanted to make a fun card for Amanda as she… Read More: Birthday & Balloons Gate Fold Peek-a-boo Card »
Come along to this fun, creative event – Auckland March Extravaganza! Come and enjoy an afternoon of fun crafting with friends and get to make new ones! Make five wonderful projects featuring new stamps and other products from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Catalogue. Your entry fee of $45 covers all materials and includes a $10 voucher to… Read More: Fun, Creative Event – Auckland March Extravaganza! »
Happy Valentine’s Day! Yesterday I shared with you the Gate Fold Shutter Card – a perfect card for Valentines’s Day. Today I have a variation on that card. Yesterday’s card had a belly band on it to close it and to embellish the front of the card. Today’s card is another way to decorate the front of the card… Read More: Variation On The Sending Love Gate Fold Shutter Card »
This Gate Fold Shutter Card is a card that I taught at my classes recently. It features the lovely Real Red and Whisper White Sending Love Designer Series Paper stack. It is a lovely card for a Valentine’s Day or another special occasion. The shutter opening inside creates a nice surprise as you open it. … Read More: Sending Love Gate Fold Shutter Card Kit »