Hi there, Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas in our house now, we finally got round to putting up the Christmas Tree and decorating the outside of the house with lights over the weekend. The presents are almost bought, I have just got the wrapping to do now. Here are the cards we made in the last card class of 2012 The first card was created to hold a gift card inside. This is a simple design made from two pieces of card 16 x 14.8 cms and scored lengthways  at 10.5cms.  The...

Hi there to you on this sunny Sunday morning. I am sharing the last three cards from our stamp-a-stack cards last weekend. Colour combination pool party and not quite navy. Stamp set is Snow swirled.  The window effect is created by stamping the images onto one piece of card and then cutting it into four pieces and placing together like a jigsaw puzzle. The sentiment was stamped and punched out with the decorative label punch.  The second card uses the northern flurry embossing...

Hello everyone, its almost the weekend again, I can't believe how quickly these days are passing. As promised I am sharing a couple of the cards we made in last weekend's stamp-a-stack class.  The  classes have proved very popular this year and  everyone who attended all three sessions  have made a total of 30 christmas cards! The first card uses Owl Occasions stamp set from the Autumn/Winter Catalogue. This is a very versatile stamp set and can be used for all occasions...

Hello everyone I hope you are all well.  I am now back into the full swing of things after the holiday, all washing and ironing done and holiday things put away. I can now concentrate on organising things for the festive season.  I can't believe how quickly the time is passing, there is only 27 days to Christmas I am sharing the cards we made in my classes last week  Snow swirled is the stamp set used for both cards, this is my favourite christmas stamp set I have purchased this...

Hi there, I have finally returned from my holiday around Southern Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand on an 18 day cruise on the Radiance of the Seas with Royal Caribbean to celebrate our 25th Wedding Anniversary It was an experience we will never forget for a number of reasons. We met some lovely people, enjoyed fabulous food and saw some beautiful scenery and places. However, we and the ship weren't prepared for the cold, wet and windy weather we received with limited activities to suit all...

  Apologies for the absence of blogging for the past two weeks but I am still on my 3 weeks+ holiday. I am posting this whilst cruising (2nd day at sea since leaving Tasmania and the Sun behind!) towards New Zealand as part of our 18 day cruise around Southern Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand to celebrate our 25th Wedding Anniversary. We have already travelled 3200 nautical miles. We are having a wonderful time, plenty to eat and drink and have met some lovely people, however, we all...

 Hello everyone, today I am sharing the final two cards we made at the Christmas Stamp-A-Stack class last weekend. The first card uses crumb cake as the main colour.  The  holiday ornament framelit dies and ornament keepsakes stamp set were used to stamp and cut out the baubles. . The shape of the card was cut on the big shot with the adorning accents edgelits and embossed with the coordinating adorning accents folder. The pattern on the bottom was stamped with the snowflake...