Hi there Creators, honestly where do the months go to?!  Well in March I have the usual 3 classes (back to normal schedule) Wednesday 4th 10.30am in Laanecoorie, Thursday 5th 7.30pm in Laanecoorie and Saturday 7th 10am in Maryborough.  Also in March is the Picture to Page show on 14th and 15th (this is in Kangaroo flat at the Primary School) Anyway on to the cards we'll be making at the classes..... First up: this card uses the beautiful Morning Star stamp set it's one of the Distinktive stamp sets which means it has a special texture that gives added depth and dimension in a single step, creating photo-realistic images (so cool!)   I've also used the rather cute Golden Honey Specialty Designer Series Paper teamed up with a bit of Gold foil cardstock (as the Golden Honey has gold foil accents in it)  The Golden Honey Paper is actually a Sale-a-Bration product, so you do have to spend $90 to get it for Free, (you can't just buy it singly).  Next up...

Hi there Creators, my goodness February is almost upon us!  Classes for Feb are: Wednesday 5th at 10.30am in Laanecoorie, and Thursday 6th 7.30pm in Laanecoorie (my classroom), then the other one is in Maryborough on Saturday 8th at 10am.  Love to have you join us if you can, but if you can't I hope you find inspiration in my offerings here: I'm using a heap of the new goodies from the "mini" and Sale-a-Bration catalogues.  So let's get started! First off the block: this paper is just gorgeous! it's called Best Dressed Designer Series Paper , it also has handbags, and shoes, accessories on other sheets too.  I've teamed it up with my fav new punch: Braided Border Punch , and the Sending You thoughts Stamp set , which has some fabulous sayings, and is a Sale-a-Bration product (you can't buy this one, when you spend $90 on other goodies, you can choose it for free)    Next up:  this one uses the Birthday Jubilee stamp set and matching Jubilee Beau...

Hi there Creators, Well January I'll be back with another one of my "Mega Classes", In Maryborough , this time I'm able to offer it as a mail out class as well :)  At this class you'll be making 20 cards, using water-colouring technique. If you can make it to the class it'll be on 25th January from 10.30am till 3.30pm and will cost $125, however in that you receive, not only making the cards, but 2 stamp sets, one punch, an Aqua painter, extra Designer Series Paper, Subway Lunch and more.....  the product value itself it estimated at around $140!  You'll need to bring with you a D clear block to put your stamps onto  a pair of good precise scissors  If you have it I also recommend bringing your own (so you don't have to wait your turn) - make sure they're marked with your name! Tombow adhesive Black Stazon Ink Pad Stampin' Cleaner Thought I'd mention the fact that everyone who has been to one of my mega classes has had s...

Hi There Creators, Wowsers we're onto December Classes! Which are all a week later so the first classes are Thursday 12 December 10.30am and 7.30pm in Laanecoorie then Saturday 14th, 10am in Maryborough, we're going to have a spot of Christmassy lunch together so if you're coming bring a little something to share.  With Christmas just around the corner, what better to create than Christmas Cards? Card #1: how cute is this stamp set?  #Elfie it colours in so beautifully with the Stampin' Blends (alcohol markers), I've teamed it up with the limited time Christmas Time is Here, specialty designer series paper , gotta be quick to get this DSP! Moving onto card #2: these Stitched Stars dies are fabulous! And it's paired with my favourite set from this holiday catalogue - Itty Bitty Christmas . Card #4 is one I've been wanting to make for ages since I saw the Dog builder punch , and the Sprig punch : Reindogs! lol teamed up with the matching stamp set Ha...

Hi there Creators, Well just recently there was a Stampin' Up! sale and this stamp set Inspiring Iris was on the list, I've admired it for a long time, so I finally bit the bullet and bought it! Oh my goodness it's gorgeous!! I thought it was perfect for #simplestampin' because all you need is paper and ink and you have really pretty simple cards, so here goes..... here's the stamp set itself I teamed it up with the Very Vanilla Notecards and envelopes (nice and easy!) And this is how the cards came out... the bottom one is probably my favorite, followed by the carnation, and in fact out of all the stamps there's only 2 stamps I didn't use on the front of the cards!  not bad going eh? so I used the long pattern on the back of the cards and the only one that didn't get used is the tiny 5 dot flower one (yea go me!  lol) So let me know what you think, which card is your favorite out of these? and what would you do differently? Happy Cr...

Hi there Creators, Oooh it's almost Christmas and for November we're up to 3 Christmas cards 😀 So card #1: I've had my eye on these gorgeous penguins since the beginning of the catalogue and have finally purchased them! They're called "Playful Penguins" , I've also used the fabulous Frosted Frames dies , and also some of Shimmery Crystal effects with the new Ice Stampin' Glitter , I wasn't going to get it, but then I saw someone else's and it's rather cool!  the glitter has a consistency of granulated sugar.   moving onto the 2nd Christmas card....GOLD it's so Christmassy!  I've got the Gold foil cardstock, the new Golden Glitz ink pad ........  And I've used the So Many Stars Stamps and the Stitched Stars dies (which are really amazing)  and fabulously the 2 come as So Many Stars bundle yea for 10% off!   last Christmas card..... this one uses up some Christmas paper scraps, gotta love that?!  I've also u...

Hi Creators, No it's not Monty Python lol, but I thought I'd show you something that I'd been planning to create for a while, then necessity got the best of me! So my family seem to get through quite a few soft drink cans, and it's always seemed a bit of a waste for them all go to off to the recycling bin, and whilst I was trolling through Pinterest I discovered a few things that you can do with them, hence we started washing and saving them up. So how do you take this: and turn it into this? What happened was that one of my husbands friends came over for the weekend and all of a sudden my recliner chair was commandeered lol (which I didn't begrudge) however I do like to put my feet up, so having been saving up the cans I figured I might have enough to have a go at the footstool. Out with the hot glue gun, I'm sorry I don't have any photos of the in between stages, however this is how it goes.... Collect enough cans hot glue them together ...