Category: Technique
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Children’s Room Decor
Here’s a children’s room decor that the kids will love. It’s a fun-fold project to keep their hands busy during the school holidays. Creating the rosette is easy with the help of the Simply Scored Scoring Tool. Other products that you may use are punches and dies with coordinating stamp sets. I also like to…
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Journal Making Class
Journal making class is a fun memory-keeping activity that the kids will love. This will also keep them busy and creative on the school holidays. It’s a gorgeous way of documenting the holidays by writing, inserting photos and ephemera to the book. I love to fill it and then look at it years later to…
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Cards In A Bag Class
Cards in a bag will keep the kids busy during the school holidays. You might even want to join them so you can make some for personal use. When making cards with children, birthday cards are your best bet because they are always invited to parties. A few ideas for the cards would be sports,…
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Spinner and Slider Cards
Spinner and Slider cards are fun and interactive. With the help of a window punch and a little engineering, it’s enjoyable to learn this technique. Here’s how to make the flower spinner card shown in the photo above: Add dots to your card front by using the polka dots embossing folder and then attach it…
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Hand-Stitched Notebook
Hand-stitched notebook is an easy project to assemble. It’s another boredom buster for you and the kids during the school holidays. Chances are, you already have the supplies in your craft box. First thing to do is to gather your materials – A4 paper, printed or Designer Series Paper, paper piercing tool, needle, thread, multi-purpose…
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Birthday Shaker Cards
Birthday shaker cards are easy and fun to make with the kids during the school holidays. Take this opportunity to make a few and stock up. After all, there’s always a birthday that’s coming up. I love boredom busters like this, and so will you. First gather your materials: Basic White Cardstock Coloured Cardstock Acetate…
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Waterfall Card Workshop
Waterfall card workshop is available as a request-only class. In this workshop you will learn 2 techniques – the engineering behind the fun-fold card and faux silk to create texture to your card. So, how does this card work? It is a fun-fold card made up of panels. Each panel becomes a flap that flips…
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Sunburst Technique Inspiration
Here’s a sunburst technique inspiration for a card and also for a scrapbook layout. We made this card for July Stamp Club. I did a Designer Series Paper (DSP) share with all my Stampin’ Up! friends and customers this month so I thought I’d share a card technique using our new DSP called Epic Day…
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Stamped Collage Banner
Stamped collage banner is a fun project for the kids to make during the school holidays. This will brighten and add personality to any room in the house. Kids can personalise their space with images that project their individuality. Gather a few stamp sets, ink pads, card stock, punches, die cuts, ribbon and embellishments. Think…
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Mini-Journal Inspiration
Mini-journal is a fun project and is so much fun to make during the school holidays. Filled with pages of stamped images and pockets, it’s a beautiful keepsake book for documenting life’s special memories. Here’s how I made the cover: Cut an A4 sheet of Window Sheet horizontally in half Emboss a coloured card stock…
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Masking With A Circle Die
Masking with a circle die is a technique that allows you to stamp while covering the rest of the area so that you end up with a circle framed image. I used my circle die for the cards. Note: the mask should be the same size as the card base so that placement is exact.…
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Patchwork Card Technique
Patchwork card technique is a creative way of using Designer Series Paper (DSP) or any printed paper that you may have. This is another great boredom buster during the school holidays and a great opportunity to stock up on beautiful cards for birthdays and special events. Here’s how to make the house patchwork card: Using…
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Papercraft Party Inspiration
A papercraft party is an opportunity to invite your crafty besties for a night-in of good food and company. It’s also a great weekend afternoon catch-up during your quiet time at home, if you prefer. I thought I’d share with you the projects we made during Stamp Club. The banner is a fun project and…
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Blackboard Card Technique
Blackboard card technique is an embossing technique that will make your papercraft projects look like it’s been made with chalk. Here’s how: Hold your Whisper White Craft Ink Pad at an angle and run it across your Black Card Stock. When you are satisfied with how much white smear you’ve got, set it aside to…
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Blackboard Cards Workshop
Blackboard cards look as if they were made with chalk. Yesterday, I hosted a blackboard technique birthday card making workshop. The ladies and I enjoyed a creative afternoon making a stack of beautiful cards. In Melbourne, you will see many cafes and bakeries dotting every street, nook and cranny. Their A-frames with chalk handwritten menus…
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Mini Scrapbook Inspiration
Mini Scrapbook is the solution when you have a lot of photos and would like to create an easy book to not only store but present them in a fun and creative way. School holidays are long and seem to drag on especially when you’re just at home. But, it can also be a great…
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Fun-fold Papercrafts
Fun-fold papercrafts are instant boredom busters during the school holidays. When the day feels like it’s dragging on forever, why not bring out some craft supplies and make cards. It’s an opportunity to stock up on handmade birthday cards. These cards are special, all involving fun-folding. There’s a Box Card, an Easel Card and a…