For once, I am preparing a post three weeks in advance. Reason being that in just over a week or so I need to have prepared 21 swaps for the next Creative Inkers’ Team Swap. For this swap we have to use at least one item from the new Holiday Catalogue but at the time… Read More: Good Tidings »
When I was first married, we lived in a house that had a large patio with a pergola overhead. Growing over this pergola was beautiful old wisteria. Early spring it would gradually become a mass of pale purple (mauve, lilac). It would look glorious for a week, then the spring breezes would hit and the… Read More: Wisteria Wonder – Number of Years »
I do love the way Stampin’ Up! encourages casing projects. (CASE = Copy and share everything). The other day I came across THIS post from Stampin By Hannah, and she had in turn cased the card from THIS post by Teneale Williams. Each card is basically the same but we have all added our own… Read More: Daisy Delight Birthday »
One of my favourite suites in the new 2017/18 Annual Catalogue is the Delightful Dasiy suite. The combination of a cute stamp set and matching punch are fabulous and even better still, are available as a bundle thus saving 10%. Then adding the beautiful Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper, Double Stitch Ribbon and topped off… Read More: Daisy Delight Window Box »
This project seems a little different to my usual projects. I’m not quite sure what is different about it. Maybe it is the colour combinations? But then again, it is red, white, blue and yellow…… or should I say Real Red, Whisper White, Night of Navy, Soft Sky and Daffodil Delight. Nothing strange about that… Read More: Lift Me Up »
Winter is here and the temperatures have dropped. Perfect for the mid winter Christmas theme, along with the rain perfect conditions for paper crafting and getting a head start on those Christmas cards. A lot of my friends are in the “keep Christmas in December” brigade, but then the the silly season hits, end of… Read More: Sparkling Embossing Paste »
With Stampin’ Up! releasing the “Christmas in July” promotion I thought it would be a good opportunity to do a few mid winter Christmas cards. So here is my first offering. It uses the Santa’s Sleigh stamp set and the matching thinlet dies. I’ve had this set for quite some time but this has been… Read More: Mid Winter Christmas – Santa’s Sleigh »
Having looked back on my recent posts I have noticed that they are all from a similar colour palette. Easy to tell that it is a palette that I am comfortable with and tend to move towards naturally. So for this post I thought I’d try something a little more adventurous colourwise for me. How… Read More: Move Me – Lemon Lime Twist »
For another project using the same Beautiful You images I used the shaving foam background more as a mat and embellishment rather than a total back ground. I wasn’t originally planning to put the two little ‘flags’ to the right of the image however, as frequently happens, I had a little unexpected ink on my fingers… Read More: Shaving Foam Re-revisited »
As some of you may know, I play in the Manukau Concert Band and yesterday we had the privilege to join with the SGI Victorious March Band for our annual friendship concert. This concert is always a highlight of our year. We are made to feel very welcome and in a mark of appreciation… Read More: Musical Thank You »