Christmas in July Creative Classes It is July and so it is time for us to celebrate Christmas in July. As is my tradition, we will be doing ‘stamp a stack’ Christmas in July Creative Classes throughout July. Everyone loves these shoebox classes, because you get to work at your own pace and the cards are… Read More »
Simple Easel Card Have you ever purchased a stamp set and then left it sitting on the shelf for awhile. Every time you look at it, you remember your grand ambitions, and feel a little guilty. Timeless Love was that stamp set for me. I loved it when I first saw the set and immediately knew… Read More »
Friday ‘From Picture to Page’ Creative Class 1 July 2016 Time: 10am-1pm Location: at my in-home workshop, Salisbury Cost: ($15)/Kit $7 additional Required: basic kit# Come along and have some fun whilst catching up on your memory keeping whether it be Project Life or traditional scrapbooking. Bring along your own projects (you do… Read More »
Moroccan Nights Sampler For those who regularly follow my blog, you already know that I like creating framed samplers. I find them so much fun, probably because I don’t rush them – I take my time and enjoy the design process. This one features the new Moroccan Nights and Flourishing Phrases Stamp Sets. I also… Read More »
Crafty Party On Saturday, I hosted my team of demonstrators, known as the Crafty Paper Bees, for a Crafty Party. This is an all-day event where we get to chat, have fun and craft all day with others who are just as passionate as we are, whilst enjoying some good food. We created six projects featuring… Read More »
Floral Boutique Box of Cards Class – June Technique Teaser Class Time: 1-5pm 26 June 2016 Location: at my in-home workshop, Salisbury Cost: ($25) Required: your basic kit# Project: Box of four cards, four decorated envelopes and a handmade decorated gift box featuring the Floral Boutique Suite from the new 2016-17 Stampin’ Up! Catalogue –… Read More »
Swirly Birds – are they the most versatile stamp set in the new catalogue? 17 June 2016 Friday ‘Better than Hallmark Creative Class’ Time: 10-12md or 7-9pm Cost: ($15) Location: at my in-home workshop, Salisbury Required:basic kit. Fun get together where we explore new stamping techniques, create cards and other paper crafting projects. … Read More »
The new 2016-17 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue is finally here There has been a lot of buzz around the release of the new catalogue. When I first looked at it, it was easy to pick my favourites – but there were so many that I loved. But as always I wondered whether you would like… Read More »
Painter’s Palette Stamp Set in Emerald Envy Sometimes simple works well. This is a ‘one tone’ card with loads of texture. This project features a new Stamp Set, Painter’s Palette, and one of the new In-Colors about to be released in the new 2016-17 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue – Emerald Envy. It also showcases some… Read More »
Stampin’ Up! Catalogue Kick-Off Party That exciting time of the year is just about upon us – one week today the Stampin’ Up! 2016-17 Catalogue will be released and can be viewed online here (but only from 1 June 2016). There are 377 new products, 450 projects and five new In-Colors – I can’t wait. To… Read More »
Sitting There Stamp Set After many days of tech hell which I hope to forget soon, last tonight I sat down and created two cards using two new products from my Stampin’ Up! pre-order. The opportunity to pre-order from a new catalogue is one of the perks of being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator – and one… Read More »
Fancy folds classes – don’t miss out I still have some vacancies for this week’s Better than Hallmark Creative Class (Friday 20 May 7-9pm $15) and the Technique Teasers Creative Class (Sunday 22 May 1-5pm $25). These are both fabulous classes, featuring fancy folds techniques and have been booking out. Numbers are limited with only a couple of places left. … Read More »
Better than Hallmark Creative Class – masculine card in a box – fancy fold card Time: 10am-12md and 7-9pm 20 May 2016 Cost: ($15) Location: at my in-home workshop, Salisbury Required: basic kit# Two masculine projects including this fancy fold card in a box. I use a unique system that makes this ‘card in the box’ easy. And they… Read More »
New Stampin’ Up! In-Color Peekaboo Peach I finally found the time to have a bit of a play with my goodies from the new Stampin’ Up! 2016-17 Annual Catalogue, which will be released to the public on 1 June. Tonight is the Crafty Paper Bees Team Meeting and I hadn’t started any of my swaps. … Read More »
Craft Storage made easy One of the best secrets in a Stampin’ Up! catalogue are the Stamp Cases. Stampin’ Up! use these cases for their stamp sets. Whilst their primary purpose is for stamp storage, they are heavy duty and stackable (both vertical and horizontal), lining up perfectly on your shelves for that uniform look. But, more importantly,… Read More »