The Magic “Proscenium” card – I used this technique last year on a christmas cardusing the Sparkly and Bright stamp set with Rudolph hidden behind the “curtains”. My upline, Amanda asked if I would demonstrate it at the Quarterly Team Training day recently so I changed the stamp set and used it as a Valentine […]
Hostess gift and “thank you” cards – Happy Moments
I made this darling box for my Hostess and in it I put a Stampin’ Spot, a rubber stamp and a little bag of embellishments. I also made some love notes “Thank You” cards for the customers who placed an order which I left with the Hostess. The white stripes on the brown and white […]
Haitian Disaster Relief – Make a Difference
This post will be pinned to the top until 28 February, please read further down for additional new posts. On January 12, 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti leaving in its wake devastation so overwhelming that the Haitians and their leaders can only look toward outside help for aide. As a Stampin’ Up! customer, […]
Blog Award
I’ve just received this Blog Award from Vannessa, so thank you Vannessa. The rules of the blog awarding is to link back to the person who sent it to me and to pass it on to 5 other bloggers. I also have to write 10 things that make me happy so here goes ……….. 1. […]
Touch of Nature, Whimsical Words
I’ve long admired this stamp set, having seen all the wonderful creations fellow crafters have made but didn’t own this stamp set myself. I finally succumbed and bought this set not long ago and have combined it with Sale-a-bration’s Whimsical Words “small wonder” for this gorgeous butterfly. I’ve used the spotlight technique, highlighting one of […]
My Valentine
I thought I’d show you the Valentine card I made for DH. It’s very simple, using the Groom Specialty papers and combined with a stamp in my personal collection and nesties. I stamped a sweet little butterfly inside and zoomed in real close so as to cut out my personal message.
Inspiring Inkin’ Challenge # 21
The challenge this fortnight was to make a criss-cross box and a lid for it. Criss cross boxes don’t normally have a lid but I incorporated one, nevertheless and wanted it to look like a big envelope. Of course having made the box, I couldn’t leave it empty, so I made six cards to put […]
Punch Album
At our team quarterly meeting, my team leader Amanda gave us supplies to make this great resource for SU punches. I didn’t have time to make it whilst at the meeting, so made a few notes and did my “homework” like the industrious “schoolgirl” I am (barf*!) ;o and am really chuffed with it. Of […]