A new kit box from Stampin Up...

 Here is a new Card making Kit from Stampin Up...

It is NZ $44, for all this in a nice sturdy Cardboard box.

Card Club - first one this year...

 I had a lovely afternoon of cardmaking with my club of Saturday Ladies...

we made 3 cards and had a great catch-up.

Happy crafting,

Memory keeping, got photos?

 here's an idea from Stampin Up...

Memory Keeping Made Easy

Memory keeping does not have to be a chore. In fact, it can be a fabulous experience when you use our Memories & More Card Packs! All you need is a Basic Black 6" x 8" (15.2 x 20.3 cm) Album, Variety Pack 6" x 8" (15.2 x 20.3) Photo Pocket Pages, and your choice of Memories & More Card Packs.

Filling the album pages is easy! Simply insert photos, then add double-sided cards, specialty cards, and embellishments from the Memories & More Card Pack for a super-simple way to preserve your memories.

For extra fun, you may want to decorate the album cover. As you can see with our masculine Hello Adventure Album, we fussy cut images and sentiments using World of Good Memories & More Cards. The torn edges on the Designer Series Paper add a rugged texture—or you might want to add a little ink spatter using a Water Painter and ink to give it a “grunge” look and feel.

To create the Beautiful Baby Girl Album, we fussy cut flowers and die-cut letters (using Playful Alphabet Dies) from the Paper Blooms Designer Series Paper. We also stamped floral images on the Designer Series Paper for added interest. The result is pretty and feminine and oh-so-easy to achieve!

We hope we’ve inspired you to get out your shoeboxes filled with photos and give them a new home! And remember to share your results on social media. We can’t wait to see what you come up with!

Xmas cards from a cutting template...

 I received a cutting template from Klompenstampers.com in her newsletter,

which was a great help in making more cards...

 So I managed to get 6 cards from one sheet of 6x6 patterned paper,

and a half sheet of cardstock for the mounts.  Of course it also needs

6 cards bases, scraps for stamping greetings and ribbon and bling!

So I carried on with the next set,

Birthday cards

DSP and cardstock ready to go...

Based on the experience of the first set, I placed the greeting out by my white 1/2 sheet

Then stamped and diecut the first 3...

then I could Punch out the last 2, and emboss on the cardstock Circle cut out of the mat.

A very economical way to use your Patterned paper (DSP)

HAPPY STAMPIN' 

Christmas cards are coming...

 Started off the Christmas season already...

these are a CASE from a card I received last Christmas from my upline Pauline.

These four are off to the Urban Crafters shop, George Street, Dunedin.

The card is our normal half A4 base size, but with a different fold to still fold flat 

and fit in a standard NZ envelope.

To Make:

cut your sheet of A4 in Half - LENGTHWISE

place this half with the LONG side at the top of your scoreboard,

and score at 2 3/4 inches, 5 1/2; 8 1/4 and at 11 inches.

this leaves a tab end of 7/8" to fold in to make the 'box'.

the decoration pieces are as follow:

Four pieces of Coloured cardstock 2 1/2 in by 3 7/8"

3 pieces of Patterned paper   2 1/4 in by 3 5/8

One piece of vanilla cardstock 2 1/4 by 3 5/8

You also need a scrap of vanilla to Gold emboss the greeting on

and another piece for the oval mount to put under the greeting.

Also two pieces of cardstock to use as Hinges behind the greeting.

Note, 6 x 6"  pieces of paper are not quite big enough to cut the 3 pieces,

so you could try 2 the same at the front and a different pattern on the back.

Add some rhinestones on the front, some ribbon if you have some,

and it's done.

Happy stampin'

It's coming around again...

 

Simply Christmas

All from the Holiday Catalogue at stampinup.com

Get a head start on your Christmas projects. Stampin' Up! have a suggestion

as you start planning: keep it simple. Obviously, keeping your crafting simple saves time. 

But simple projects can also be simply beautiful—clean, fresh, uncluttered. 

Whether you’re a beginning stamper looking for something uncomplicated

or an experienced stamper looking for something quick, you’ll love these projects!

To create these cards and the belly band for the Rectangle Tin, all you need

are stamps, ink, paper, and punches. Stamp, cut, adhere—that’s it!

Simple doesn’t mean boring, and these projects are evidence of that.

Designer Series Paper quickly adds colours and patterns,

and punched shapes add interest.

And because these projects are simple, it’s easy to make multiples.

Happy Stampin'

Flipping out over the Flip album...

 These cute Flip albums are a great way to share, or display, a moment in time.

This travel themed one I made a while ago, I decided to fill with photos from

my tripping around the world - lovely to look at while we are home-bound.

I decided to use photos of the People I travelled with or met along the way...

Some of the journaling can be added direct to the 'page' where the lighter coloured cardstock

allows, or you can add journaling spots over the patterned paper.

here are the earlier photos I took of the blank book...

I will be making more of these books in various Themes,

and posting them here on my Goods for Sale page...

if you have a WANT for one of your own, please contact me 

and I will be able to tailor it to your own theme,

happy stamping...