Category: Technique

Mini Curvy Keepsakes Card

Nov 10, 2020

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in Christmas, Christmas Card Series, Craft Classes, Designer Series Paper, Embossing, Fun Fold, Packaging Inspiration, Stampin’ Up!, Technique, Trees, Winter Scenes, Woodland

Let’s use the Mini Curvy Keepsakes dies for Day 4 of our series. We’ll be using the star and the sprigs to make a clean & simple Christmas card. We’ll also make a cute box for treats. Did you know that a Ferrero Rocher fits perfectly in this box? You can also put little gifts…
Forever Flourishing Card

Nov 4, 2020

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in Christmas, Christmas Card Series, Craft Classes, Embossing, Leaves, Punch, Stampin’ Up!, Technique, Trees

Let’s use the Forever Flourishing dies to make a card for Day 3 of our series. We’ll use the curved leaves to form a wreath on our Christmas card and attach mini jingle bells for our finishing touch. Our card today is a clean & simple one. This technique is great for multiples. You will…
Forever Fern Journal Spread

Nov 3, 2020

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in Craft Classes, Designer Series Paper, Journaling, Leaves, Scrapbooking, Stampin’ Up!, Technique

Today we’re using the Forever Fern stamp set and its’ coordinating Forever Flourishing Dies for a journal spread. Have you ever tried using stamp sets and dies outside card making? I love using them for project beyond card making, especially for journal spreads. Below, you will notice that I made a leaf out of a…
Perfectly Plaid Card

Nov 1, 2020

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in Christmas, Christmas Card Series, Craft Classes, Designer Series Paper, Punch, Stampin’ Up!, Technique, Trees, Woodland

Let’s use the Perfectly Plaid stamp set and it’s coordinating Pine Tree Punch for Day 1 of our series. The technique I’m sharing with you today will make 2 cards in one go. The leftovers from the first card will go to the second one. I love sharing techniques that reduce paper waste, especially Designer…
Forever Fern Journal Inspiration

Oct 26, 2020

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in Birds, Craft Classes, Journaling, Leaves, Scrapbooking, Stampin’ Up!, Technique

Here’s a Forever Fern journal inspiration that’s beautiful to try on your next spread. There are 2 things that we need to make for this spread. First, we need to make pockets out of vellum. Cut 2 strips of vellum and stick them to the bottom of the page. Remember to leave the top part…
Timeless Tropical Stickers

Oct 24, 2020

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in Craft Classes, Floral, Handmade, Leaves, Scrapbooking, Stampin’ Up!, Stickers, Technique, Trees

I used the Timeless Tropical stamp set and coordinating In the Tropics dies to make stickers. The images in this stamp set are gorgeous. The pineapple and the palm trees make me want to go on a holiday. Making stickers may not be as exciting as a holiday but it’s easy and so much fun…
Forever Fern Card

Oct 20, 2020

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in Embossing, Leaves, Stampin’ Up!, Technique, Wedding

The Forever Fern stamp set is the star of today’s card inspiration. Today we’ll be using heat-embossing to make a clean & simple card. The images in this stamp set are gorgeous and elegant so there’s no need to go over-the-top with it. How about we keep it simple with this one. Do you also…
Dressed To Impress Journal Spread

Oct 15, 2020

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in Craft Classes, Floral, Journaling, Scrapbooking, Stampin’ Up!, Technique

I’m using the Dressed To Impress stamp set for today’s journal inspiration. Do you like to use your stamp sets too beyond card making? I love finding fun ways to incorporate them in my journals and scrapbook pages. The images in this stamp set reminds me of my mum’s dressing table. When I was little,…
Trimming The Town Card

Oct 14, 2020

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in Christmas, Craft Classes, Designer Series Paper, Embossing, Packaging Inspiration, Punch, Stampin’ Up!, Technique, Tools

Our card inspiration features the Trimming The Town DSP, a new set of papers from Stampin’ Up! that are also found in the 2020 Christmas catalogue. First, what’s a DSP? That’s Designer Series Paper. They are double-sided printed papers usually in 12 x 12 inches but are also available in 6 x 6 inches. Coordination…
Dressed To Impress Card

Oct 12, 2020

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in Craft Classes, Embossing, Mother’s Day, Stampin’ Up!, Technique

Let’s use the Dressed To Impress to make a card. I love how the stamp set has a greeting for Mother’s Day. Also the shoes, lipstick and perfume bottle tug at my heart strings. It’s such a fun set to use. I want to keep the layout clean & simple by heat-embossing. Then after embossing,…
Journal Inspiration

Oct 8, 2020

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in Craft Classes, Journaling, Leaves, Scrapbooking, Stampin’ Up!, Technique

Here’s a journal inspiration to help you begin your own journal journey. I’ve been making journal spreads for as long as I can remember. The techniques I use are also the same ones that I use for my card making and scrapbooking pages. Have you tried journaling before? It’s a lovely way to record your…
Plaid Tidings Suite

Oct 5, 2020

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in Christmas, Craft Classes, Designer Series Paper, Packaging Inspiration, Stampin’ Up!, Technique

The Plaid Tidings Suite is perfect for food gifts this Christmas. They say we eat with our eyes and packaging enhances the whole eating experience. Aren’t you enticed to eat when your food is presented nicely? I love it when my food looks pretty. Have you mastered something in your kitchen during the on and…
Gift Wrapped Bundle Card

Oct 4, 2020

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in Birthdays, Christmas, Craft Classes, Designer Series Paper, Embossing, Floral, Punch, Stampin’ Up!, Technique

The Gift Wrapped Bundle will inspire you to make cards for any occasion using a clean & simple technique. The Flowers For Every Season Designer Series Papers (DSP) that I used here is stack of 6 x 6 inch double-sided papers that’s ideal for card making. I love that there are 48 sheets in a…
Zoo Globe Graduation Card

Sep 25, 2020

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in Craft Classes, Embossing, Graduation, Stampin’ Up!, Technique, Tools

Let’s use the Zoo Globe stamp set and coordinating dies to make a shaker card for our 2020 graduates. This year has been challenging for all our students. Remote learning was hard to navigate but it’s amazing how we all adapted quickly. I think a big congratulations are in order, especially to our graduates. Also…
Zoo Globe Birthday Card

Sep 8, 2020

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in Animals, Birthdays, Children’s Cards, Craft Classes, Stampin’ Up!, Technique, Tools, Trees

Today we’re making a Zoo Globe birthday card. Do you like Australian animals? I love them and this cute koala is the perfect little guy for our birthday card. If you noticed, I didn’t use this set for a shaker card. Instead, I used the dome as the sun for a sunny background. I stamped…
Tailored Tag Punch

Aug 4, 2020

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in Animals, Craft Classes, Floral, Leaves, Punch, Stampin’ Up!, Technique, Tools, Trees, Woodland

Let’s use the Tailored Tag Punch for a fun Tile Technique to make a card. The idea is to lay your tiles side by side, almost like a mosaic. I like to cut the card stock with the punch before I stamp the images. Don’t worry if the images don’t completely fit in your tile.…
Stamping With Markers Technique

Jul 15, 2020

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in Card Making 101, Craft Classes, Stampin’ Up!, Technique

Have you tried our stamping with markers technique? It’s like magic and lots of fun. For this technique, you need to use water-based markers. Our Stampin’ Write Markers are perfect for this. The brush-tip applies colour to your stamps smoothly. Avoid alcohol-based markers for this because they will not work. They dry too fast and…
Jar of Flowers Masking Technique

Jul 10, 2020

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in Birthdays, Craft Classes, Floral, Stampin’ Up!, Technique

Let’s use the Jar of Flowers for a masking technique to make clean and simple cards. Masks are everywhere. It’s the sign of the times and these days wearing a mask has become as normal as wearing a pair of sunglasses. Today we’re masking on our cards too. Don’t worry, it’s just a card technique.…
Perfectly Plaid Pop-Up Card

Jul 1, 2020

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in Christmas, Craft Classes, Designer Series Paper, Fun Fold, Kits, Papercraft At Home, Pop-Up Cards, Punch, Stampin’ Up!, Technique, Trees, Winter Scenes, Woodland

We’re using the Perfectly Plaid stamp set to make a pop-up card. Have you made one before? This pop-up card uses the stamp set and it’s coordinating Pine Tree Punch. You will also need a square piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) for this project. Here’s how: Stamp trees on the cover, add a greeting…
Jar of Flowers Bundle Cards

Jun 13, 2020

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in Craft Classes, Floral, Punch, Stampin’ Up!, Technique

Let’s use the Jar of Flowers Bundle to make all-occasion cards. I love how the Jar of Flowers come with different kinds of flowers. You can colour them with markers. watercolour pencils or alcohol markers. Do you like mason jars? One detail I that like about the jars in the stamp set is that they’re…
Peaceful Moments Stamp Set

Jun 1, 2020

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in Craft Classes, Designer Series Paper, Fun Fold, Kits, Papercraft At Home, Stampin’ Up!, Technique

The Peaceful Moments stamp set is one of my favourite sets. I love that it has all the greetings for any occasion. The font used is so beautiful too. The video below shows cards that I designed for a Papercraft At Home Class. As we spend more quiet time at home, I organised this kit…
Dino Days Children’s Card

May 22, 2020

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in Animals, Birthdays, Children’s Cards, Craft Classes, Pop-Up Cards, Stampin’ Up!, Technique

Let’s make a Dino Days children’s card. Isn’t it cute? I love how playful this stamp set is. It also comes with coordinating dies to cut out the dinosaurs. Check out that egg die. When you cut it twice and attach a brad, you can make a hatchling pop-up card (refer to the photo above).…
Diaper Fold Technique

May 4, 2020

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in Craft Classes, Designer Series Paper, Fun Fold, Mother’s Day, Packaging Inspiration, Stampin’ Up!, Technique

Let’s learn the Diaper Fold Technique. It’s not for the baby and it’s also not an actual diaper because well, you know, eww. Instead, we’ll use the concept and turn it into something extraordinary. We are making a purse for Mother’s Day using this fun-fold technique. It’s called Diaper Fold because it’s like putting a…
Embossing and Paper Piecing Technique

Apr 24, 2020

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in Craft Classes, Designer Series Paper, Embossing, Mother’s Day, Stampin’ Up!, Technique

Let’s learn the Embossing and Paper Piecing Technique. Do you have scraps of left-over Designer Series Paper? (DSP). One of the ways to use them up is a technique called paper piecing. I recommend DSP printed with dainty or small details for this project. I’m using the Beautiful Moments stamp set for my card. I’m…
Tropical Chic Cards

Apr 14, 2020

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in Craft Classes, Floral, Fruits, Leaves, Stampin’ Up!, Technique, Trees

Let’s make cards using the Tropical Chic stamp set. How are you going so far with staying home? Lockdown and restriction is still very much a part of our everyday lives here in Victoria. We were advised to stay home for another month. Holidays are something we can look forward to once the health crisis…
Hoot Hoot Hooray Tags

Mar 10, 2020

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in Animals, Birds, Birthdays, Children’s Cards, Craft Classes, Stampin’ Up!, Tags, Technique

Let’s make tags using the Hoot Hoot Hooray stamp set. If you like colouring, you will love this stamp set. I’ve missed you! With all the news surrounding coronavirus and the lockdown that’s preventing us from having our craft classes, I’ve decided to do a video tutorial to give you something fun to do at…
Still Scenes Shaker Cards

Nov 15, 2019

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in Birthdays, Christmas, Craft Classes, Stampin’ Up!, Technique, Trees, Winter Scenes, Woodland

Let’s use Still Scenes to make shaker cards. I love coordinating products and the Still Scenes, Snow Globe Scenes Dies and Snow Globe Shaker Domes work together seamlessly. Snow globes are fun. Christmas and cosy winter scenes come to mind when I look at a snow globe. Do you have a favourite one from your…
Christmas Box for Nail Polish

Dec 13, 2018

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in Christmas, Craft Classes, Designer Series Paper, Fun Fold, Packaging Inspiration, Stampin’ Up!, Technique, Tools

Christmas box for nail polish makes a cute little gift. It’s a fabulous inspiration too for your Christmas table place settings this year. We all know that Christmas is not the same without the glitter and shine of tinsel, papers and Christmas decorations. With a little bit of Designer Series Paper (DSP), you can make…
Bokeh Stamping Technique

Sep 12, 2018

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in Craft Classes, Stampin’ Up!, Technique

Bokeh is a photography term, Japanese for blur. The blur forces the eye to focus on the subject. In cardmaking, Bokeh produces a great background. I love how it can be achieved easily by playing with inks and sponge daubers. Here’s how: Using a sponge dauber, blend and layer about 2-3 colours on white card…
Neutral Inks for Cardmaking

Aug 6, 2018

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in Craft Classes, Floral, Fun Fold, Leaves, Pop-Up Cards, Stampin’ Up!, Technique

Neutral inks are gorgeous when used in cardmaking. They are perfect for neutral-gender cards. They are elegant and the colours are appealing to the eyes. Early Espresso and Night of Navy are great alternatives for black ink when stamping words and greetings. Stampin’ Up! Neutrals are made up of varying shades of grays and browns.…

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