Cupcakes and Craft - Introducing the Spring Mini Catalogue

Join me for another lovely afternoon of 'Cupcakes and Craft' on Sunday 16th August from 2pm.
Come along, make 2 projects with products from the new Spring Mini Catalogue and enjoy a cuppa and a cupcake! You will also receive the new Mini Catalogue to take home with you.

Places are limited so please RSVP via email as soon as possible to reserve your spot!

New Spring Mini Catalogue

On Saturday 1st of August, the new Spring Mini Catalogue will be released! There are some beautiful stamps, a gorgeous Oval Scallop Punch and once again, the Designer Series Papers won't disappoint! I will be posting some designs over the coming weeks that can be used at Stampastacks and workshops over the next few months. I am also working on some Christmas Card designs with some of the beautiful Christmas stamps from the Spring Mini which I will upload soon so keep checking the blog!


If you would like a copy of the Spring Mini Catalogue, let me know and I will hold one aside for you before I run out!



Here is one of the designs using the Oval Scallop Punch. Using it in conjunction with the 3 hole scallop punch creates a very feminine look.

Butter Dish

Last week I celebrated my birthday, one thing I have been wanting for ages is a butter dish and my mother found the perfect one for me - isn't it just lovely!

Friendship Card

Last weekend my husband was lucky enough to go away and stay with a beautiful friend of ours in Sydney. I was lucky enough to stay home with India and have a lovely weekend of cardmaking without feeling guilty for locking myself away in my craft room!

I made this card for Analee for Kim to say 'thank you' for the positive outlook on life her and Jay infect us with! I'm glad I took a photo of it before he left because apparently when he went to write on it a huge 'blob' of ink leaked from his pen onto the card!! Here is how it should have looked Analee!

Monday Night's StampaStack

Thanks to the lovely ladies who joined the StampaStack on Monday night! In my 'cosy' craft room we all gathered together with the open fire keeping us warm from the chill of the winter air. Here is a sample of one of the cards they made, using Rose Red, Basic Black, Very Vanilla cardstock with the Baroque Motifs stamp, Bella's Border roller wheel, Eyelet Border punch with Rose Red ink. It is such a lovely, feminine card which is very simple to make.

'So Glad We're Friends' 6 x 6 Scrapbook Page

At a Workshop yesterday, I demonstrated this 6 x 6 Scrapbook Page. Using the Pink Pirioutte Textured Cardstock, Raspberry Tart DSP, Riding Hood Red Textured Cardstock, Bella's Border roller wheel, Riding Hood Red Ink, Pink Piroutte Double Striped Ribbon and the
Best Yet Level 1 Hostess Stamp Set. I have also used the 1 1/4 inch Square and 1 3/8 Square Punches. It is just a lovely way to combine the 3 colours. I must say I am looking forward to using the Kiwi Kiss and Riding Hood Red together with Christmas Card Designs.

Sorry for my lack of posts over the last few weeks, I have become a little bit time poor but hopefully I now gain more hours in the day to do more craft!
I have been playing around with the Designer Series Paper once again and have transferred my love of patchwork quilting into card making. By using the Hostess 'Patterns Pack II Designer Series Paper, I have made a 'patchwork' like card. I hope you like it, once again it just shows the versatility of the Designer Series Paper - I just love using them and coordinating the different patterns with the associated colours.

Designer Series Paper Scraps

I have been having a bit of a clean out of my drawers (not that you can tell!) and found some scrap pieces of Designer Series Paper which I have put to good use on some cards and I even covered a little note book.

Here are some samples of what you can do with your leftover bits of DSP...

With the notebook, I have utilised the Scallop Circle Punch, the 1 1/4 inch and 1 3/8 inch circle punches and raised them with Stampin Dimensionals to give a 3 D effect. Colours are Pretty in Pink, Close to Cocoa, Very Vanilla and Rose Red for the Flower in the middle. The Stamp set is 'Think Happy Thoughts' which is a great set to use with the Circle Punches.

With the card, I used a 4inchxinch piece and cut it

on the diagonal, hiding the join with the black grosgrain ribbon.

I used the 'Short and Sweet' stamp set and the 1 1/4 inch

and 1 3/8 inch square punches for the mounting.

Hostess Promotion

During the months of June and July, if you host a Workshop in your home for you and your friends and your workshops sales reach over $600, you receive an extra $40 in Hostess Free Dollars! This means you would have at least $110 to spend within the catalogue!! What a great way to either start your collection of stamps, tools and accessories or add to your current supplies!! Even if you have previously held a workshop and some of your invited guests were unable to attend, this may be a good way to invite all your friends together again to have a lovely craft afternoon or evening and earn some great rewards at the same time!!

Please contact me if you would like to book a workshop to take advantage of this offer and we can set a date before the end of July.

Designer Series Paper Flowers

Here is a card that I made using Designer Series Paper and the 1/4 inch circle punch. All I did was punch out 6 circles and stick them around each other using sticky strip. The colours I have used are Regal Rose, Whisper White and the paper is 'Sweet Always'. I have also used the flower stamp from the 'Short and Sweet' stamp set.