Hi there Creative Peeps, Thought I'd show case Fancy Phrases stamp set today, funny thing with this one is that it wasn't on my list of "must have's" but then I was buying the one across the page from it ( Arrange a Wreath ) and happened to see it, it's such a pretty set with such lovely wording, and I had a few hostess dollars to spend (I think it was my pre-order and I get a bit carried away sometimes lol), so it suddenly catapulted to the top of my list, and here are some of the results...... I saw this set as a vintage type, the first thing I wanted to try was watercolour, I kind of like the way watercolouring bleeds outside of the lines (might just be me lol) I used some of the watercolour paper to stamp on then some of the new colours, Just Jade for the leaves and Bumblebee with Magenta Madness for the flowers Next I wanted to go a bit more vintage'y, starting off with the smaller flower spray in the stamp set, I've put them on top of each oth

Hi There Creative Peeps, I had to get this set "Game On", as my oldest son plays cards, chess and generally likes board type games (the other 2 are more of the camouflage sort, as in yesterday's post). I'm actually quite enjoying having time to create some cards that I wouldn't be able to teach (sorry!) this first one was a bit of a challenge colouring the stamp in with the red and black as it's quite hard to see the image properly on the stamp, and I really wanted the colours to be more realistic, however after a bit of wet wipes I got there! and here's the result did you notice the little club in the right hand corner?, I kind of wish they'd added a little diamond, heart and spade too!  the saying is from "Ridiculously Awesome", another one of those nice large saying's sets, and the patterned paper behind is from "In Good Taste Designer Series Paper" Next up I had an idea for the chess pieces.  I wanted to put them onto a ch

Hi there Creative Peeps, Well if you have any "boyzie boys" or "boyzie girls" (if you get my drift!) in your life I think this is a must have background stamp!  Camouflage is the stamp, and there's nothing to it but to show you what I made with it......  I've used the same stamp in the middle, from Happiest of Birthdays Stamp set , I really love the size of this stamp.  Sadly it doesn't show up on the photos terribly well with this green one! I embossed it with Gold embossing powder.  Oh and I used Mossy Meadow for the green. Next card; I wanted to make a matching card for the blanket I made for Sam (youngest son), and I noticed the base of it is blue in colour, so I started off with Balmy Blue cardstock, then used the Misty Moonlight to stamp the Camouflage, and silver embossing powder for the saying.  I have to say Sam was pretty chuffed with it and did proclaim it to look the same as his blanket. This last card I thought I should make a girlie camo

Hi there Creative Peeps! Well let's face it here in Australia, Christmas in July is a bit of a thing!, and the last couple of years I've done a Mega Christmas in July Class, for obvious reasons that's not possible at the moment, but I figured I can still make up a special Christmas in July kit. The details; this kit will give you 10 beautiful Christmas cards with envelopes to make. I've used traditional colours; Gold, Red, Green, and Silver. And a cute box to store them in, which you'll also be decorating up, so once you've given out the cards, you could use the box to wrap something special for someone in. You'll get full instructions and I plan to do a video, so I'll email the video out those who order it. Order by the end of the day Tues 14th July and I will be aiming to send out the packs on Friday 24th. What you'll need: Multipurpose Liquid Glue, and Dimensionals, scissors, either the Itty Bitty Christmas Stamp set, which is $38, and I think i

Hi there Creators, Well I've got to say this was THE set I had to have!  Having raised goats on our property for quite a few years when I saw goats, that was it - "it floated my goat" (as we say in our household). Let's get down to the nitty gritty...  The Stamp set "Way to Goat". ..... the photos..... This first one was inspired by my good friend Reyne, who said Oh I've got to get that set and make a Conga with them, I loved that idea, so here it is..... I've layered the sheet on the Artistry Blooms Patterned Paper , and used some of the dies from the Special Day dies (balloon & grass and saying bubble) This next card cracks me up, the goat looks fed up and grumpy to me (although when I showed my husband he said the goat looks guilty and fat from eating, which I can see now too)  With this card I used the Flowers for Every Season patterned paper , and a bit of vellum. And the last card, see I thought this goat looked a bit guilty (not that goat

Hi there Creators, I'm making myself a bit of a challenge to make at least 3 cards with each set of stamps/dies that I've bought, so here we are onto day 4 (not sure how long I'll be able to keep it up, but so far so good lol)  I figured while I'm making them I'm going to share them with you all (hope you enjoy it and it inspires you). Hence, I've moved onto the Arrange a Wreath Bundle today which consists of the Arrange a Wreath Stamp set and the Wreath Builder Dies .   If you end up with a bundle you save 10% on the cost of buying them (bonus) .  Anyway you're not here to hear me waffle!, on to the cards..... Soooo...... the reason I bought this set was for the wreath's, and Christmas!  however it does come with this cute "Love" heart, and flowers....and bow! For this card I've teamed it up with the Artistry Blooms Patterned Paper , which as I mentioned in the last post, I really love the grading in the paper!, also used the lovely Rain

Hi there Creators I'm on a roll! 3rd day of blogging lol  this time I've use the Friendly Silhouette Dies - I know they're not new to the catalogue, but they are new to me 😀 I think they're pretty cool, there's 4 dies in the pack, 3 of them are large edgelit type dies, and create a scene, which I love. Anyway you're probably not here to hear me waffle on, so we'll commence with the evidence...... this first card uses the die that cuts out the palm trees, I've done this in white card, then masked a circle for the moon, brayered over the background, and attached it onto an Early Espresso piece of card, which then is attached to the main card, it's pretty effective isn't it? This second card uses the flowers die cut from white card, I've coloured it up with the markers and stuck it down onto the card, voila nice and easy! My last card is possibly my favourite, (ties with the palm trees! lol)  for this one again I've used white card, but us