Beautiful You Coaster Tile steals the show Afternoon everyone. Things are pretty busy around here at the moment as I get ready for the release of the new annual catalogue on 1 June. One of the products that carried over from the Occasions Catalogue was a favourite, and it seems, one of your favourites as… Read More »
Good morning, I hope you are having a fabulous week. This is a pretty busy time of the Stampin’ Up! year with the upcoming new catalogue, so many special releases, special offers, retiring lists and special events. To make sure you don’t miss out on any of the news, I have been posting updates every… Read More »
Eastern Palace Suite Mini Accordion Album Video As you probably guessed from yesterday’s post, this is one of my favourite projects ever. It came together easy which surprised me. These gorgeous colours make my heart sing. I wouldn’t usually select this colour combination of Gold Foil, Dapper Denim, Lemon Lime Twist and Tranquil Tide (Very… Read More »
Fun Folds Handmade cards provide the WOW for this month’s Creative Class May’s Technique Teaser Creative Class is going to bring some WOW to your card making. I am featuring Fun Folds to take your cardmaking to another level. The pop-up slider card is suitable for both males and females – males are going to… Read More »
Special Offer: If you place any order over $120 (and use the host code AKEHHADF) you will receive a gift from the new Catalogue in June. Valid until 30/4/17. Clearance Rack has just been updated Didn’t want you to miss out on any of the new goodies that have been newly listed in the Clearance… Read More »
Floral Boutique scrapbook layout is May Creative Class Kit This layout is a little busier than I usually do and I don’t usually add any photos to sample layouts but this one just invited my photos from Floriade in Canberra. Each photo is full of gorgeous flowers. I finished the layout and realised that it… Read More »
Your special invitation to your family and friends to make a Mother’s Day Card Now, I am at a bit of loss of how to post about this event because it isn’t even for most of you – you’re not even invited. But your loved ones are. On Sunday 30 April, (between 2-4pm) I will… Read More »
I think I might have fallen in love with Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper Is it inappropriate to fall in love with gorgeous products? I am not sure whether it is but certainly I do have a love affair with this bundle. For my regular readers you know that I love doing framed samplers… Read More »
21 April 2017 Friday Better than Hallmark/Just Cards Creative Class – Gender Neutral Cards (two sessions) Time: 10am-12md ($17) and 7pm- 9pm ($17) Location: at my studio workshop, Salisbury Required: basic kit# Projects: These cards are gender neutral, no flowers, bling or pastels – can be used for both males and females. I love cards like… Read More »
The Stampin’ Up! Retired List has now been released The new Stampin’ Up! Catalogue has been released to Demonstrators ONLY – woohoo! And being a demonstrator I got to even order some of the new products early (hopefully mine will arrive by Easter so I can have a play). At the same time though, to… Read More »
For today’s Mother’s Day Card project, I wanted to use one of my favourite products from the 2016-17 Annual Catalogue – Floral Phrases Stamp Set. This is a simple card that packs a WOW. Love the Night of Navy and Sahara Sand Colour combination. Full details included in the post.
Water Wash Background technique Sometimes handmade cards can appear to be difficult to recreate but this one is really ‘easy peasy’. This card was also one of the projects for my Better than Hallmark Creative Class last month. It uses a simple water wash clear block background technique. Apply colour onto your clear block (Block… Read More »
Collage Stamping Technique Dragonfly Dreams has proved to be one of the most popular bundles from the 2017 Occasions Catalogue and it is certainly a favourite of mine. This was one of the projects that I designed for the Better than Hallmark class last Friday night and features the Collage Stamping Technique. The card does look… Read More »
Sale-a-Bration coming to a close: On Saturday I featured my entry in the Global Stampers Challenge which featured the Hey Chick Stamp Set. The Global Stampers’ challenge for March was any project using a product from Sale-a-Bration. This was such a timely challenge as there are oh so few days left of Sale-a-Bration (SAB) which ends… Read More »
Hey Chick Shaker Card This shaker card was created for the March Global Stampers Challenge. I wanted to use the Hey Chick stamp set, another FREE stamp set from the Sale-a-Bration Catalogue. This stamp set has been one of the most popular – in fact, it sold out within a few days but has now been… Read More »