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 »
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 »
Criss Cross Card Do you sometimes create a card that you just love? This is one such card. It is a technique card with some easy water-colouring. It is also an unusual card in that you create a criss cross pocket sleeve and a single sheet card insert containing the sentiment. It is not a difficult… 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 »
Ann’s PaperWorks updated contact details It has been a little challenging (a gross understatement) over the past few months with no internet, intermittent email and no home phone. I have now changed my Internet Service Provider to iiNet. These changes were forced upon me by severe congestion at the Optus exchange. But I can now… 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 »
This is one of your last opportunities The Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue Retirement Party is on this Saturday (7 May 2-4pm) to celebrate all that is good about the current catalogue. We have less than one month left before many of the products in the current Stampin’ Up! catalogue retire and disappear. In fact, some have already sold… Read More »
Handmade Birthday cards From the previous post you have probably realised that I have just had a special birthday – and what was special about it other than it was an ‘oh’ birthday? I was able to spend time with my fabulous family and friends. Lots of my friends are very creative (not all of… Read More »