Hi Everyone, This month I start a new series of classes, called Interactive Cards,  We are kicking off on Tuesday 18th July at 10.30am in Maiden Gully at the scout hall on the corner of Beckhams Road and Calder Highway.  And also that evening at my classroom in Laanecoorie at 7.30pm.  If you plan to come you will need to let me know, as I will be making up kits, so will need a few days notice! Anyway.... We are starting off with Box cards, we'll be making up the 2 below: this first one uses the cute No Bones About It Stamp set it's a bit tongue in cheek with the "look who's turning 21 again" lol but I couldn't resist putting the dinosaur into it.  This second one uses some of my new goodies :) some of the embossing paste to create light fluffy clouds, the gorgeous Floral Statements Stamp set and the flowers on the front are from the Awesomely Artistic Stamp set. To book give me a ring or email I will be needing a deposit for these classes, t...

Hi Everyone, I did a party just recently and thought I'd use the new Wood Crate Framelits , but then of course I thought umm what to put in it! Here's the crate: isn't it cute?, we stamped it up using the Hardwood stamp , then daubed extra colour all over to make it look more "woody", and added one of the cute cockerels, the hello Friend, and a "for you" tag, all these are in the matching "Wood Words Stamp set" that comes as a bundle with the Wood Crate framelits. Having made that, we then made 4 cute little cards to sit inside the crate (these cards are A6 folded in 1/2) ie 1/4 size of A4, (10.5cm x 14.8cm) then score in the middle at 7.4cm. these first 2 use the same stamp set (Wood Words), nice and simple. then the next 2: these 2 use Ribbon of Courage , which is rapidly becoming one of my favourite sets, I love the colouring in aspect of it! and the sayings are lovely :) As the cards were so small I chopped envelopes in ...

Hi Everyone, Well I'm checkin in here after our busy weekend at Bendigo Craft Alive! I hope those of you who made it enjoyed it as much as we did!  We had a door prize on our stand which was won by a lady called AnneMarie, from Maiden Gully, I hope you have fun with it!  I also had a special prize for those attending my classes over the weekend, this was won by a lady called Julie from Junortoun.   here is the stand looking pristine after we'd set it up on Thursday (never looks quite that pristine after the show starts lol) Then the proof that yes I was there! (enjoying myself!) somewhat cold though hence the rugged up look!  And not just me (not sure how Nay managed to avoid being in the photo though!) so starting at the left, we have Renee, Michelle and Me😊  Rosalie also came and helped Nay and I out on Friday, which was fabulous! We all had fun, and by the end of the weekend I had succumbed to some of the icing flexi-mold things that were on t...

Hi Everyone, I thought I'd show you what I've been playing with today. One of my "jobs" for today was to create a card that is quick & easy to duplicate to go in some special boxes.  The guys and girls at Biker Charity Support Group (BCSG) of which Tom and I are members, decided to fund raise to purchase a "Cuddle Cot" for one of the local hospitals, we managed to raise the $5300 for the cot itself and also raised enough for 6 memory boxes on top.  I thought it would be an idea to add some cards into the memory boxes, as I remember one of my friends when she lost her son, needed to write some cards to people to thank them for their support.  This was my first draft: there are boxes for boys and ones for girls hence the different colours, Oh I should probably also explain that we have had fundraising pins produced for the cause, this is what they look like 1/2 blue 1/2 pink Anyway I wasn't 100% convinced on this card, so back to the craft r...