Hi there Creators, Yep I've jumped on the band wagon, after having seen these cards all around figured I should have a go myself! (and in the process, of course, show you😊) My first card I wanted to use the map vellum from Layering Designs Vellum , and create a "journey through life" kind of card.  If you check my blog regularly you'll know that I love this wave stamp from Waves of Inspiration Stamp set After this I moved on to Designer Papers, bearing in mind that we have a heap of stuff retiring at the end of June, only 6 more days!, and some is reduced up to 50%!!  if you haven't checked it out, check it out here:  Retiring goodies Having said that, this first one was made with some of the new SunPrints Designer Paper - love this colour! I thought it might be a nice card to send off to my step Dad who's currently in hospital.  Then I did move onto the retiring papers...... the Flowering Fields Designer Paper is so pretty!  Gotta love this bling too! Ir

 Hi Creators Just realised I haven't added any details about my Christmas In July class onto here! (oops)  Let me know if you're interested in joining in - In person or by mail - Book and pay for your place by 5th July.   Create 12 special Christmas Cards  (Mail or In Person) (I haven't quite finished creating them yet) At this class you’ll receive (there will be left overs to keep creating) ·          Brand New Handmade Wishes Bundle (Stamp set and matching Punch) ·         ½ pack Red & White Glimmer Paper (2 sheets of each colour) ·         1.5m each of Red & Green Ribbon ·         Full pack Adhesive Backed Seasonal Sequins (200 sequins) ·         2 Blending Brushes ·         Wink of Stella clear Glitter Brush ·         Full Pack (12 sheets) of the exclusive Rings of Love Designer Paper ·         All cardstock cut and scored with an envelope for each card ·         Full written instructions   You will need to bring (or have at home i

 Hi There Creators, Today's video was showing you how you can create these ultra easy "sunny boy" boxes, so called after Sunny Boy flavoured frozen iceblock/drink things.  Before I arrived here in Australia (Tom - hubby said, Oh they were so good and only 10c each......)  probably not 10c anymore if they were still around 🤣 Anyway, they are so simple to make, my one recommendation with them is to make sure the join isn't going to end up on a fold, so when you squash flat the bottom, make sure the join isn't central, but to one side! Here's what I created, my first one was with a sheet of A5 cardstock (14.8x 21cm)  I had stamped the fishes on it first using the "A Fish & a Wish Bundle" .  Then rather than sealing up the top, I've cut slits using the Label Me Fancy Punch . and made up a ribbon handle. This next box is using Designer Series Paper (this one, Artfully Composed -so gorgeous is retiring at the end of June) so currently it's r

 Hi there Creators I bought this Perfectly Pencilled papers, as they are so gorgeous, but I don't really feel like colouring them in all the time (and I know some of my customers are not fans of colouring in) so thought I should come up with a quick and easy idea for making the most of them..... I was thinking that Spotlighting on the paper would be quite pretty, and I guess this is a kind of "spotlighting" This is the card I initially made:  Although at the time of the video I hadn't added the saying, what I've done is just coloured in the frames part of the card, In the video I had planned something different to what actually took place 🤣 having said that I then had to make another card (see after this one) to show what I was going to do! This is the card I made in the video: where I just turned round a couple of the pieces to display the other side of the designer paper instead,  I possibly could have got away without colouring it, but the leaves in the center

 Hi there Creators Today I am showing off the Alphabest Bundle, which has a cute little punch "Best Label" punch and a matching alphabet stamp set. I mention in the video that I saw the punch in the catalogue and for some reason my mind automatically thought it was double the size, until it arrived 🤣 At that point I decided on getting the alphabest stamp set to go with it, and I'm so glad I did, it's a great size for an alphabet, and I love being able to punch out all the letters. Anyway on to what I've created with it......  This is the first card I made before the video, although I have now finished it off with some extra tassels on the side, made by taking a couple of lengths of twine tying a knot in the middle of it and sticking it down.  I love the stamp that gives the lines behind the letters in the "hello".    I worked out that if I added all the letters to one block that only had to be stamped once, then the ones that needed 2x stamping to a dif

 Hi there Creators,  This week I am showing off these new Artistic Mix Decorative Masks.  I love the way you can layer them up, and create a heap of different looks (they're actually even better than I thought they were!)  and at only $17.50 a bit of a bargain!  I used my blending brushes to brush the colour over them onto the card. In the video I show off creating backgrounds with them, but don't show off the finished cards, so here we go...... they are actually very simple cards just with a bit of ribbon and the odd embellishment, only 2 of them actually have extra cardstock - the Christmas one uses the Label Me Lovely Punch, and the blue one at the top of the second photo just uses 2 cut squares.  The others are all stamped directly on top of the masking (I like economical card-making 😉) You might remember the Wisteria Wishes stamp set I've been using recently?  this first card uses the flowers upside down to create trees to make a Christmas card (never too early to cre

 Hi There Creators I'm sure I say this at the end of each month, but where did May go to?!  can't believe we're almost 1/2 way through the year already. June's classes are on Wednesday 1st at 10.30am and Thursday 2nd at 7pm both in Laanecoorie in my classroom, then also on Saturday 4th at 10.30am in Maryborough. Some of my "new stuff" came, and of course it's hard to resist using it lol This first card uses the gorgeous Starry Sky Ink and Natures Prints bundle of Stamps with matching dies  for a list of what I've used check out this link:  What Heather used   Next up are the fish.... Using A Fish and a Wish Bundle (Stamps and Punch) No new colours in this one, just some lovely brights. Along with the beautiful bright Glossy Dots Assortment.  Check out all the goodies I used here:   What Heather Used I thought I should use a stamp set that has had very little use (at least out of my stamp sets)  In the Moment Stamp Set , I've done a spot of Paper P