Aussie Stamper

70th Birthday

2011-12-30T18:48:00.002+11:00

Was a rush 70th birthday card for a friend's father. I was very happy with how it turned out and she was extremely thrilled with the end result too.

Baby Boy

2011-12-29T18:31:00.002+11:00

Friends had a little boy recently, so to congratulate them I made this cute card. They were very happy to receive it too :)

Happy 40th Birthday!

2011-12-28T16:30:00.005+11:00

Made this for a great friend who, of course was turning 40! Don't know why but my 'mojo' was flowing freely and I put this whole card together within 15 minutes total.

Sympathy Card

2011-12-27T16:38:00.005+11:00

It's never nice to have to make a Sympathy card, but I have started to make them a little brighter, hoping to lift the spirits of the receiver, if only a little.

Long time between posts........

2011-12-26T16:29:00.011+11:00

Made this for a couple we know when they celebrated their 9th Wedding Anniversary.

Another Sweet Pea..........

2011-05-17T19:00:00.005+10:00

Yet another of my favourite stamp set - Papertrey - Year of the Flower: Sweet Peas. Enjoy......

Another Sympathy card.......

2011-05-16T20:00:00.004+10:00

Sadly my husband's long time friend lost two family members within a week..........always hard to make, but these came easily from my heart.

With Sympathy......

2011-05-15T20:00:00.006+10:00

Always a hard task.....making a sympathy card, but with the range of Papertrey stamps it isn't hard to put various ones together to make something beautiful.

Happy Anniversary.......

2011-05-14T20:13:00.004+10:00

I wondered what on earth I could do for a 50th Anniversary that was coming up, but once I got out all my supplies - especially my Papertrey stamps..............it all flowed and this was made :)

Graduation Cards..........

2011-05-13T19:58:00.005+10:00

I made this card for my daughter's University graduation in October 2010 - Bachelor of Psychology.

And I made this one for my son's University graduation in December 2010 - Bachelor of Computer Science.

Thinking of You...........

2011-05-11T19:52:00.002+10:00

Made this awhile ago, when I was just stamping this beautiful Sweet Pea stamp from Papertrey. Just love this stamp set so much.

Birthday Boy..

2011-03-23T21:25:00.004+11:00

Papertrey's "Fly Away"...was thrilled how this card turned out and so was the little boy who received it. Love how his name was short enough to fit in the banner. All Papertrey goodness here :)

Happy 70th Birthday

2011-03-04T21:37:00.009+11:00

We went to a surprise 70th birthday for a friend's mum, this is my card.

Addison's 1st Birthday

2011-03-03T17:11:00.004+11:00

This stamp is one of my few favourite non Papertrey stamps. Was so fun to make and proud that I made the crochet flower too :)

Ooops I did it again!!! - Baby Shower Invites....

2011-03-01T11:14:00.002+11:00

From the visitors counter I have on my blog, it seems my little Baby Shower Invites were very popular using the Papertrey template.

I just started a new job a few months ago and offered to make some for my boss/manager's pending grandchild.......to say she was happy is an understatement. I got a bit of a shock when I realised I only made 20 for my daughter's baby shower - this time I had to make a whopping 40+!!!

Just had to put this last picture, as I was so happy to see them all lined up :) Hope you enjoy!

merry christmas......

2010-10-28T09:01:00.003+11:00

Oh my I don't usually get time to make my christmas cards. I believe there are many of you out there that have the same problem.

Well I have just finished 100!!!!!! christmas cards in around 2 weeks and these are going out in the mail in bulk to our Australian defence force members who are serving overseas :) Was very honoured to be able to contribute in a small way.

Birthday Girl Party

2010-10-09T09:00:00.003+11:00

My SIL wanted me to do some craft at her daughter's 8th birthday recently. As time wouldn't permit the girls making the whole bag, I had them ready and they attached the flowers - these were cut with my Cricut - didn't have my gorgeous Papertrey flower dies at this time :(

Just a close up - so very excited with how they turned out.....cute cute and SO popular at the party. The rave reviews from the kids and their mums was just so exciting!

Now so the girls had something to "do" I made 3 little cards and stamped 3 Papertrey butterflies on a piece of cardstock. Each girl coloured their butterflies and lucky me cut them out by HAND!! - 3 days later my new Papertrey butterfly die arrived ;) We then attached each butterfly with foam mounting tape to the centre of the cards and the cards fit snuggly in the paper handbags. Such fun!!!!!!!!!!

Belated - Wedding Update Card

2010-10-08T09:00:00.002+11:00

Forgot to upload this one....it was way back in December last year, my daughter's wedding cermony & reception venue fell through a month before the wedding!!! So hence the need for a "Wedding Update" invitation. I 'whipped' these up very quickly and thought they were quite effective considering their simplicity.

Mother's Birthday Card

2010-10-07T09:00:00.004+11:00

Not sure if I uploaded this before....getting forgetful in my "old" age! I had only just bought this punch, so had fun playing with it and Papertrey Heart Prints

Girlfriends Birthday

2010-10-06T09:00:00.004+11:00

I just love the Papertrey Beautiful Bloom 2 dies!!! I am so very glad I bought all 3 sets and went mad making heaps of these 'scrunchy' flowers. From those flowers came the inspiration for this card. Amazingly I just sat down and ideas just kept popping into my head. Love the end result, if I do say so myself :)

With Sympathy.....

2010-10-05T09:00:00.013+11:00

I made this recently for a my husband's long time friend, who lost his father.

Happy Birthday Friend

2010-10-04T20:41:00.003+11:00

I made this a while ago now and recently sent it to a Papertrey friend in the USA. I was very happy with her glowing compliments :)

Wedding Thank Yous

2010-08-16T11:14:00.009+10:00

Finally getting around to posting these. Along with all the other things I created for my recent wedding (4 months ago) I made these to thank our guests and was very very happy with the end result.

I kept it simple with colours, white and Spring Moss. Used the Cuttlebug embossing folder for the background pieces and cut the Spring Moss with Spellbinder Squares.

Stamps are from Fancy Flourishes by Papertrey (of course!) Thanks for looking and hope you can leave a comment :)

For my grand daughter's birth....

2010-07-06T16:38:00.001+10:00

Just a quick card I made up to give to my granddaughter at the hospital, the day she was born.

Wedding Cupcakes and bouquet....

2010-07-05T16:28:00.002+10:00

The Wedding Cake(s)

Oh these were so delicious........white mud cakes, with white chocolate icing and white chocolate love hearts. The stand is from IKEA and it is a keep sake from my mum.

Just a peek at my bouquet. It was made of artificial flowers, although so many people were shocked to find they weren't real. Due to the heat, I was told it is advisable to have artifical. I made it up myself too :)

Wedding wine and lanterns....

2010-07-05T16:21:00.002+10:00

The Wine Thank You's

Sorry no stamping here.............................................................
These are the thank you gifts for our guests. The label is a photo that I took on our trip to Hawaii in 2006 - hence the frangipani theme for the wedding! I was so very happy with how these turned out.

The Wedding Decorations

These were placed on the tables - all six of them. We will use them again to put on our table outside when we entertain with a BBQ.....

Papertrey Petal Cones....

2010-07-05T16:00:00.005+10:00

I made these petal cones and of course stamped Papertrey flourishes all over them. They are just white printer paper. The freeze dried petals were used to decorate the tables at my daughter's January wedding and now used at mine as scatters when we were announced as "husband & wife".

Here they are in their basket waiting for my neice-in-law to give them out to the ladies on the day...

more wedding stuff......

2010-07-05T15:15:00.006+10:00

The Children's Placecards

We had a very small wedding and allowed children and allowed children - so I made the four
of them feel special with these placecards.

The Children's Favour Boxes

These are the "box in a bags" I made as the favour boxes for the four children....I put yellow 'candy' bananas in them.

My Papertrey Wedding......part 2

2010-07-04T15:39:00.007+10:00

The Placecards

These follow the 'tropical' theme. I used Papertrey Spring Moss cardstock and a buttery yellow paper that I had. I used Spring Moss ink to stamp the flourish above the guest's name. Tied the top with tulle and attached a mini frangipani....

The Favour Boxes

I used the Papertrey "My Timeless Templates" - Tucked Away. I was so happy to find that I could put the 'flap' part in my cuttlebug and emboss just that part. Again I had hoped to layer with Papertery cardstock, but time didn't allow. These had chocolates inside and I also put a scratch lottery ticket too.....

My Papertrey Wedding......

2010-07-04T14:54:00.003+10:00

The Invitation

I have shown this before, but I thought it would look nice putting all the wedding things together.

I used Papertrey Spring Moss and "Celebrate Today" stamp. I would have loved to have used heaps more Papertrey, but I had to plan the whole wedding in less than 2 months, so these were it!

Mother's Day Cards...

2010-07-03T14:15:00.000+10:00

This is a card I made twice, one for my mum and another for my mother-in-law for Mother's Day. I used Coredinations Cardstock for the first time, ran it through my cuttlebug and then lightly sanded - loved the look, but a little disappointed it didn't match the gorgeous background paper a bit better.

Birthday Card....

2010-07-02T09:20:00.005+10:00

Made this card for my mother's in law's birthday recently....just love the colour scheme and was pleased with the copic colouring I managed to do on the Papertrey Autumn Abundance stamp.

My wedding present.....

2010-05-06T12:23:00.005+10:00

My husband got a car, but I got my dream camera....always wanted to get into photography and have managed for years with a point and shoot. Now I have the latest Canon Rebel 550D (it's called something different in the US). My hope is to get good enough for a planned trip to the US next year, just can't wait to photograph the Grand Canyon :)

My "New" Husband's wedding present...

2010-05-06T12:23:00.000+10:00

This is what I 'joke' that I bought my "new" husband for a wedding present.......... he doesn't care, just so happy that I was happy for him to buy this.....his dream car 1969 Mach 1 GT Mustang....they would be popular over there in the US, but here in Australia they are still fairly rare....so we turn quite a few heads when we go out.

Baby card for Myles...

2010-05-05T12:20:00.002+10:00

Made this card for my new husbands cousin. We just got to meet him now he's 8 months old. I was so please with how this turned out...oh just love the embossed background, just over the moon that Cuttlebug folders are now coming out in 5 x 7!!!!!!!!

2010-05-04T12:05:00.004+10:00

Here's a album I made for everyone to sign at the baby shower and now I can add photos to the blank pages that were left over...

Used Papertrey stamps all over the project. I was so happy to get this 8 x 8 album on special for $2.50!!! and the "baby girl" on the cover is bling...that was already on it too!! I found the refills for this album selling for $3.50...wow

Baby shower decorations....

2010-05-03T12:16:00.007+10:00

Here is the lounge room that I decorated with words cut from my Cricut Expression and baby clothes that were my daughters and her husbands too.....

I brought the first pair of shoes to the baby shower and my son in laws mother did the exact same thing with her son's shoes.....no we didn't even talk about it! They looks so cute sitting together.

close up of cake....

2010-05-03T12:02:00.010+10:00

Here are closeups of the "cake". My granddaughter nickname before she was born was "cupcake" so I made cupcakes everywhere I could. The cat soft toy on top of the cake is holding a little faux cupcake made with a face cloth!

Baby cake....

2010-05-03T11:58:00.003+10:00

Quick update on baby shower activities....my granddaughter is here NOW! She arrived on 20th April at 8.30 am 7lbs 11oz...mum and baby fine. Her name HAYLEY EMMA

Here's the nappy cake I made.....

Baby shower continued......

2010-03-21T11:02:00.003+11:00

Baby Favour number #2. Box in a Bag. Oh I had a ball making these, although they were time consuming.

This shows a few of the 20 I made and filled with marshmallows - pink and white of course!

Close up of the little cupcake tag and the tabs that help hold the ribbon as a closure.

Baby shower for "cupcake"

2010-03-20T10:36:00.009+11:00

Well my daughter's expecting a daughter
on April 20th and her nickname is 'cupcake'
so that of course was my theme. I put white flower soft 'for icing and then put 'crystal' stickles on top...don't know if I was imagining, but it seemed to 'puff ' up which made it look even better. Was funny, kept telling my fiance...I'm busy icing cupcakes :)

Here are the pictures of 1 of the 2 favours I made for each guest. Sadly I made 20 of each and only 11 guests turned up...so quite a few left overs

I put 3 Ferrero Rocher wrapped in pink tissue paper and popped in a clear bag and stapled the topper to it.

Oh I was so so happy with the end result!

Another post to follow.....

My Copic Storage Solution.....

2010-02-27T13:23:00.001+11:00

There have been many ways shown for Copic storage, but most of them are not available or too expensive for me here in Australia.....so I improvised. I bought this cute cane basket.

This photo shows how I divided it with cardboard, making individual colour sections. I have just used cardboard from cereal boxes, but hope to use some heavy recyled cardboard later..... Hope this idea might be useful for someone else????

Special Friend Birthday Wishes

2010-02-26T10:52:00.004+11:00

This was a pleasure to make for a very special girlfriend of mine. I used pattern paper I had at the time, but hope to use the new Papertrey patterned papers that have come out over the last few months to recreated this. Oh looking forward to Papertrey releasing a new 'die' to cut these blooms, they make gorgeous layered flowers, but they are a pain to cut out each time.

A New Home Sweet Home......

2010-02-25T10:12:00.000+11:00

I made this for a friend new home that she moved into last year. I gave her a candle set too with matching paper - yet again I forgot to take a photo of it.

2010-02-24T10:05:00.000+11:00

Forgot to post this one. A Papertrey card I made for one of my mother's birthdays. The base has a hole cut out and vellum inserted, then the pattern squares are attached to that, looks gorgeous when it's upright - sadly didn't take a good photo of it like that.

Oh baby shower invites too.......

2010-02-23T21:00:00.003+11:00

Well added to the wedding preparations, I am in charge of decorations for my daughter's baby shower. She is due 20th April, so all things are busy busy around here.

I used the adorable 'onesie' template from Papertrey and was able to cut them on my cricut machine - very helpful and time saving!

Oh I am so very happy with how they turned out....wondered if I should have made my wedding invites like this.....ha ha.

Sadly I didn't have a 'baby shower' stamp from Papertrey, so used one I had.

Here's a link to another batch of these I made for a friend's grandchild's baby shower:-

http://aussiestamper.blogspot.com/2011/03/ooops-i-did-it-again-baby-shower.html

The Frangipani Invitations....

2010-02-21T15:12:00.003+11:00

Thanks to Papertrey's wonderful colour range, I was able to make my favourite flower "frangipani" into a wonderful beach inspired wedding invite. If you look closely you should see the ice stickles I put on the tulle and the dry embossing on the top white cardstock.

I also used the Papertrey 'celebrate today' stamp from Mega Mixed Messages with 3 rhinestones underneath to set it off.

The Invitation boxes

2010-02-21T14:19:00.011+11:00

As the invites were quite thick, I needed to make special 'box' envelopes. Thanks to Scor Pal's website, the template was perfect.I hope you can see ok the Papertrey white pearl heat embossed flourish I used and then I tied the box like a parcel with tulle and closed off with a bow. Due to the thickness I hand delivered them.

Please drop back tomorrow when I upload the actual invitation. Cheers Denise

I'm getting married.....again

2010-02-20T11:23:00.003+11:00

Oh I thought seeing as I have revamped my blog and added a wedding countdown clock, I thought that who ever drops by might catch on that I am getting married??!! I hope to post over the next few days, pictures of the handmade invites I have made, then the placecards and favors. I hope in all the rush to be able to add non craft related photos of my dress, shoes, jewels etc...hoping that even though this is my 2nd time around (hence the 'again') that you all might be as excited too. Must go as the clock says I only have 36 days to go and I only knew about all this a month ago!!!! More to follow......

I'm back & getting a photo tent!!!!

2009-12-11T19:53:00.005+11:00

YAY, although very few people visit my little blog, I am going to make a huge effort in the new year to blog more and my improved photos of my projects should make a big difference - I hope.

I am getting a photo tent for christmas.......I have drooled for ages at the wonderful presentation of photos on everyone else's blogs! I would love to 'plug' the company I am getting it from, but as I am in Australia it won't be very useful. Hope to see you all soon........

Wedding Invitations done........

2009-09-23T15:33:00.006+10:00

Not the best photos, but was in a rush to get these out. Ran a week over as the printer played up. Like all things, they looked superb in real life.
The inside was 3 layers, you can probably make this out......

For my handyman....

2009-09-23T15:09:00.001+10:00

My fiance is a handyman, so I thought he would love this for his birthday - and he did! The tools are solid, some sort of tin/alloy metal making them very realistic.....

Happy 80th...

2009-09-22T14:39:00.000+10:00

Made this for a friend's father who turned 80 years old last week. He was a sailor in his younger days and loved scrabble. Was so happy with the end result.....

Another 20th....

2009-09-21T14:14:00.001+10:00

This was for my stepdaughter. Oh so much easier than a boy's card. I had to stop myself from over doing the embellishments... Just loved the end result....

Son's 20th card

2009-09-20T10:00:00.001+10:00

Simple, but hoped it was effective. With all my girly stamps, I wasn't sure what to make for my son...

More christmas

2009-09-19T13:50:00.006+10:00

This card turned out beautiful in real life as it sparkles too. Thanks to my US friend for the gorgeous flocked spot paper.

Christmas in July...

2009-08-09T10:00:00.002+10:00

Oh I can't believe it!!! I have been stamping for about 10 years and FINALLY I have made christmas cards!!!! Yes I have taken note of everyone else on their blogs and started in July making the cards. I am so happy with the gorgeous pattened papers I found from Kaisercraft. I am very lucky to live near their factory outlet and bought up big as they donate nearly all the money spent at the outlet to charity :) Now that make my heart sing, buy craft, donate at the same time..........................Now I cut a 2" circle (yes with my cricut) in Papertrey Ripe Avacado and put a thin strip of paper across the centre, then stamped in Papertrey Vintage cream and the floral design from Papertrey With Sympathy onto the circle. Drew two lines with White Signo pen also. Layered the papers on card base, punched a small hole and tied white crotchet cotton through and tied a simple bow. Then used double mounting tape to attach circle. Oh so simple, but I think it turned out fantastic. Here is another version:-and a close up of the circle....

My Papertrey Butterfly...

2009-08-08T10:00:00.001+10:00

Another friend had a birthday and I really wanted to use Papertrey Dark Chocolate and Aqau Mist together. This is the result and I was so happy with it. The stamps are Papertrey, except for the flourishes (don't have the Papertrey ones yet :( , the ribbon from my stash. The butterfly was again cut with my cricut and overstamped with Damask Designs stamps. Enjoy.......

Girlfriend's Birthday Card

2009-08-07T15:52:00.003+10:00

This photo didn't come out very well and doesn't do the card justice. (If you click on it opens a large pic). I have been giving my girlfriend birthday cards for years and she said this is the best one yet! The white card base was stamped with Papertrey Polka Dots1 and the Papertrey cardstock is Sweet Blush and Papertrey patterned paper is Pink Patterns. The Papertrey Ribbon is also Sweet Blush and the stamp Happy Birthday is Papertrey too! The butterfly was cut with my cricut and dry embossed with polka dots with cuttlebug folder. The Dew Drops were a beautiful gift from a special friend over in the USA.......thanks Sandy!!! :)

The Stamping Addict Poem.....

2009-08-05T21:31:00.006+10:00

(by a man about his wife)

She learned to stamp on Monday,

Her embossing was quite fine,

She forgot to thaw out dinner,

So we had to go out to dine.

She brayered backgrounds Tuesday,

She says they are a must,

They really are quite lovely,

But then she forgot to dust!

On Wenesday it was birthday cards,

She says the chalking’s fun,

Shading, blending & watercoloring,

But the laundry was not done.

Her card swap was on Thursday,

Using green, blue and red,

I guess she really was engrossed,

So she forgot to make our bed.

It was shaker cards on Friday,

Using techniques she just adores,

But she never seemed to notice,

That we had crumbs all over our floors!

I found a maid on Saturday,

My life is now complete,

My wife can stamp the hours away,

And the house will still be neat.

Well it is already Sunday

And my forehead’s feeling damp,I

I cursed, I raved and I ranted

The Maid has now learned to STAMP!!

Oh what a hassle.........

2009-08-05T13:15:00.002+10:00

Hi, sorry no card, just want to say that I decided to change my header.....make it a bit more "professional"...then I decided to play with everything else and lost all my blog list, clock, counter, feedjit visitor counter...........oooh spent an hour I could have been making cards - to fix all my damage........sad thing is I am usually very computer savy!! Well I hope I get lots of visitors to my site and that you like the small changes.......... :)

Goodbye Charlie......

2009-08-04T21:09:00.010+10:00

Sorry this is a bit of a sad posting.........

A dear friend passed away (although he had cancer) suddenly. Just a few days prior I made these cards for him to give to some medical staff who had been a big part of his life for the previous month.

Papertrey supplies, Berry Sorbet cardstock and ink and buttons from my "stash". This was inspired of course by July's release "Everyday Buttons Bits".
This was for the reception staff

Same card in Summer Sunrise, but added a little bit of ribbon too....this was for the Radiology Staff....

This male card was for the gorgeous, polite and very decent Dr. Mario - who is a credit to his profession, making my friend Charlie feel like a cared for person, not just another patient.

Basic Grey Blog Candy..........

2009-07-30T19:56:00.001+10:00

Oh please everyone rush over to the Basic Grey Challenges Blog to get a chance to win some AWESOME prizes!!! Oh wow I would just love wrap my arms around all that yummy paper and embellishments

A Get Well Card......

2009-07-29T20:16:00.001+10:00

I made this in about 15mins for an aunt who we were to visit in hospital. I just love the pale blue colours and combined with white. The bottom layer has white polka dots. I was so excited when I gave this to her, as her husband said "Oh what a work of art!!!", well I'm not exactly Monet - but I was so so happy to hear it :)

My friends ETSY shop....

2009-07-28T21:55:00.004+10:00

No card today, just a 'plug' for my dear friend in the USA who has opened an ETSY shop here:
Sugar Pug Paperie http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7712373

Please take a look, she has some nice cards and cards sets you might like!

2009-07-21T13:47:00.010+10:00

RECIPE WRAP.....

I don't have many "friends" to give handmade things to, so sadly I don't buy any of the gorgeous My Timeless Templates (maybe some day?) So I thought I would at least try a free sample.....this was for a dear friend I met through Papertrey forum who was an angel and GAVE me a anniversary set!! Considering she lives in the USA and I live in Australia - this is real "spreading love around the world".
This is the front cover.

I "cased" Dawn McVey's wonderful idea and made embellishments. This photo shows two of the six pages.

This photo shows all 6 panels of the wrap....... I made in Plum Pudding, Lavender Moon, Spring Moss & Ripe Avacado.

PS this was so so easy to make and I was so very happy with the end result. Highly recommend these templates to anyone.

2009-07-19T20:09:00.006+10:00

ATG GUN & A WAY TO HANG THEM....

This is my new ATG and I decided prior to it arriving that I would like to find a way of hanging it, so to keep it out of the way when not in use.

Well the thought I had of making two holes in the lower handle turn out fantastic. I had hoped the plastic was sturdy enough and it was.

I used the tip of my craft knife in a little indent I found at the bottom on both sides. I then just swiveled my knife around quite a few times ( you will get some plastic shavings). When I was happy with the size of the hole, I repeated on the other side.

If for some reason you don't have these "indents", you could always measure and draw a dot either side with a marker. I then threaded a large needle with crotchet cotton (double) and threaded through the two holes and tied in a knot.

Here it my ATG gun hanging under my craft table on a plastic coated cuphook, which has been "pulled" open a bit so it's not quite as much of a "hook" and it makes it so easy to get the "gun" on and off quickly.

I really hope this little idea helps anyone reading and as it uses "thread/string" you probably have it is incredibly CHEAP.....meaning more money for craft stuff!!!

PLEASE PLEASE leave a comment if you could.......would be so nice to know this will help others out there :)

2009-07-16T23:04:00.004+10:00

This is a white gift bag I decorated for my mum, the second photo shows close up the tag I made with Papertrey stamps.

2009-07-16T22:58:00.000+10:00

My Mother's Day card for my mum, was so happy with this colours, design, stamps etc..... :)

2009-07-16T22:55:00.003+10:00

A few babies joined the family - luckily not my direct family - been there, done that. I used a favourite Stampin Up baby here, as I didn't have Papertrey Bitty Blessings at the time. Did use my borders & corners - circle though.....

2009-07-16T22:41:00.003+10:00

this was a quicky background with my Papertrey Guide Lines 1 set, was so very happy with how quick the background was to make and yet the end result looks so professional :) Birthday card for my future son in law.

2009-07-16T22:34:00.002+10:00

Long time between posts.........This is a card I made for my dear friend in the USA that I email with...we met on the Papertrey Forum.

Twins 2nd birthday cards....

2009-05-01T14:47:00.006+10:00

HANNAH....

OLIVIA....

Made these 3 years ago (of course they are 5 now). I made these back before there was a thing called a Cricut, so I used paint and the Making Memories foam stamps....turned out nice I think. Like the colours I chose.

Twins turn 5.....

2009-05-01T14:38:00.005+10:00

Oh sorry the photo isn't too good. I was in a rush to get to the birthday and I FORGOT to take a photo before I left....... This is taken with phone camera in bad light. These are for my SIL twin, who were born very premature, so it is amazing to see them turn 5. I do enjoy making 2 matching cards and I try to always make them mirror imaged. Enjoy...

SUPER BIG CARD!

2009-05-01T14:10:00.010+10:00

Yep I make 'cards' in all sizes. Found this photo on my hard drive. My son was going to an Alice in Wonderland birthday a few years ago...funny if you realise he was 16 years old at the time! Thanks again to my cricut it turned out like a real playing card. Oh cutting those corners round with scissors was painful. P.S. anyone know where I can get an envelope????

BABY SHOWER

2009-05-01T14:05:00.004+10:00

I can't believe at 'my age', that this was for me to give at my very first baby shower!
My partners cousin is due in a few months. I had so much fun making it for a little girl (they know the sex of the baby before the birth (now a days). Finally got to use my New Arrival cartridge on my cricut. I had wanted to do more, but wet glue on the day wouldn't have been too good.

2009-04-15T11:03:00.003+10:00

ANOTHER BABY CARD
The first card was for my daughter to give and this was the card that I gave out. Now I love this stamp to pieces, but can remember for the life of me the maker....it's a clear stamp yay! Very quick and simple.

2009-04-15T10:57:00.004+10:00

BABY BOY CARD:
Made this for someone in the family who just had a baby boy. The teddy is a rubber stamp I think from Cornish Heritage Farms....very rare that I don't use clear stamps or Papertrey now a days. Oh the alphabet is Papertrey!

2009-04-15T10:49:00.005+10:00

ENGAGEMENT THANK YOU'S

My daughter and future son in law didn't have an actual engagement party, so they only needed a few thanks you's for the gifts that they actually received. This is the first time I got to use my Papertrey Heart Prints set.....wow love it to pieces!!

2009-04-11T14:37:00.006+10:00

HERE'S THE SAVE THE DATE CARDS....
Wow, can't believe I got them done...and this picture doesn't show all them. I made 40 in all. Now looking at them they look terribly simple...but when you make them you see that there are just so so many layers to put together....I said previously I think I might go 'loopy' when I make the wedding invites, they have four layers and double sided printing....oooh poor me.... ;)

Here's a close up of one:-
I hope you enjoy looking..........So thrilling to see so many people from around the world looking at my blog! THANKS :)

2009-04-11T14:29:00.004+10:00

ENGAGEMENT CARD
Sad as this looked so much nicer in real life.....I was trying to keep it clean and simple and was very happy with the end result. This was for my daughter and future son in law.....no I can't be old enough!!!! I think the LOVE stamp is among the first stamps I bought over 10 years ago!

2009-04-11T14:19:00.003+10:00

ANOTHER FISHING CARD...

Oh I am quite proud of this one. I created a fish background on the computer (Powerpoint) and printed in a soft green. The cardstock base is a very dark olive green. I then typed the "fishing" dictionary verse several times in Microsoft word and printed out on vellum. I used a inkjet printer and allowed it to dry (carefully). Cut the two printed layers to the same size and glue together with vellum spray adhesive. Put two eyelets on the side and some 'rope', then dangled two fish beads on the ends. Last of all layered a happy birthday for the bottom corner. The recipient was a guy and he was suitably impressed.....

2009-04-07T15:19:00.006+10:00

Papertrey Digital Card

I have been so busy making Save the Date cards for my daughter's wedding in January next year...
Oh mass producing can get so boring......... I only had to make 40, dreading the 50 invitations that come next! They are much more intricate.

Anyway hope you like this Papertrey card. Nichole made some pattern papers and other digital images available awhile ago and I saved them and made this card. Very happy with the end result........

2009-03-31T20:06:00.001+11:00

This was a card for a family friend who LOVES fishing and was turning 60...he was very impressed and even knew the fish stamp was of a barramundi.

2009-03-31T20:02:00.004+11:00

I taught card making classes for a couple of ladies, a few years ago...sadly it didn't continue. I loved their enthusiasm and amazement that they could copy what I made, for themselves. This was one of the sample cards....

2009-03-31T19:58:00.003+11:00

This was a card I made for my fiance birthday. He is a cabinet maker, so uses tools all the time. He was very happy with this creation. The tools are quite solid, made of some type of metal - not plastic.

2009-03-31T19:54:00.002+11:00

Here's another one using the same layout, but paper flowers and different colours.

2009-03-31T19:45:00.004+11:00

Made this awhile ago, still love the layout. I made it up myself, but I am sure someone else has made a card like this before. The rose buds are real too.

2009-03-27T23:07:00.004+11:00

Surprise for me....I just found this on my computer and I don't remember making it! Do I really make that many cards??? Well you can guess that it is another...Papertrey! The patterned paper is from Everyday Blessings, the cardstock is Spring Moss and so is the satin ribbon. The flower is from Beautiful Blooms and stamped once onto Spring Moss and once onto white cardstock and then cut and mounted. This time I used a crystal/rhinestone for the centre. Happy Birthday sentiment from Birthday Basics. Enjoy.....

2009-03-27T22:46:00.004+11:00

Birthday Card for my mum...
All items are from....yes Papertrey! On the front of a 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" white card, I scored a line along each edge as a frame. I cut a square out of the centre and glued a piece of vellum on the inside. I then cut four 1" squares from Pink Patterns patterned paper and mounted onto the vellum. Cut 2 slits into the left side of cards and threaded Berry Sorbet Polka Dot ribbon. The sentiment is from Birthday Basics and the large flower from Beautiful Blooms was stamped twice, once on Berry Sorbet cardstock and once on Sweet Blush cardstock and cut with fine point scissors. Then repeated for the smaller flower. Then just layered on top of each other and finally onto centre of card, with a half pearl to finish it off nicely!!

2009-03-27T22:37:00.004+11:00

Yet another Papertrey card. I used Papertrey Berry Sorbet to stamp 'leaf' background around card edge, this stamp and the 'verse' are from the Papertrey Spiral Bouquet set. Cardstock background Papertrey Berry Sorbet and patterned paper from Papertrey Pink Patterns. The ribbon is also Papertrey Berry Sorbet in Twill. The flower is not a brand, just my stock, but matched perfectly.

2009-03-27T22:12:00.007+11:00

Quickie card....
This was made printing off the Papertrey sample of Guidelines patterned paper. I used Papertrey Plum Pudding cardstock for the mount. I then used Papertrey Lavender Moon Satin Ribbon and a Prima flower. The only stamping is from the Papertrey Out on a Limb sentiment set.

2009-03-27T21:54:00.006+11:00

Birthday Card
Patterned paper - Papertrey Pink Patterns
Cardstock- Papertrey - Sweet Blush - embossed Cuttlebug
Ribbon - Sweet blush dots
Tag - cut with Cricut and stamped Papertrey Birthday Basics
Flower - Prima

More Papertrey.....

2009-03-26T22:59:00.005+11:00

Sorry didn't photograph this card very well. Sometimes in my haste to give my cards, I actually forget to take a photo - oh I get so disappointed........ This is Papertrey using their Spiral Bouquet set and the flower from Beautiful Blooms. The patterned paper is from Everyday Blessings paper pad and the ribbon is Spring Moss - Swiss Dot Satin. (It doesn't show well, but the card is a 6"x6" and the front was scored in the centre and folded back to the centre fold.)

Papertrey

2009-03-26T22:49:00.005+11:00

This is a Sympathy card using Papertrey stamps from their Beautiful Blooms set. The poem was printed onto vellum and glued on top. Colours used are Berry Sorbet and Spring Moss.

2009-03-26T22:42:00.007+11:00

A card I made many years ago . From memory it's a Penny Black flower and I made the 'frame' with a EK Success corner punch. The poem was printed on vellum and glue on top of the stamped image.

2009-03-26T21:43:00.012+11:00

This one is an "oldie". The stamps are from Victoria's Secret (no not the underwear!) Not sure what inspired me, but I was very happy with the end result.

For Sale

2009-01-01T21:46:00.001+11:00