"Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life."
- Janine di Giovanni  

May this symbol of Easter bring you love, and happiness, and you celebrate with joy.

Ngā mihi o te Aranga
HAPPY EASTER!

Easter is just around the corner - exciting!  Here is some fun Easter gift box inspiration to share Easter eggs with your friends and family...

We had so much fun on Sunday at the Hamilton Extravaganza!  It was a great day crafting with friends, meeting new like-minded people, and learning fun-folds and techniques.  The event was focused on the products from the January-April 2024 Mini Catalogue, of which we used the fabulous Lighter Than Air Suite to create this fun cascading pleats birthday card...

Honestly, I don't remember where I saw this idea using the Mini Alphabet Dies.  I have paired the Mini Alphabet Dies with the fun striped patterned paper from the Lighter Than Air Designer Series Paper to create this fun "just reaching out to say hi" greeting card...

If you have a keen eye, you may recognise the lavender arrangement on the front of this Thinking of You Card from a photographed home decor project in the current mini catalogue.  I loved how the artisan arranged that purple spray of flowers, so made a plan to reproduce it as a greeting card using the Perennial Lavender Suite.

Sometimes I am stuck for ideas when sitting down to create a greeting card.  That is where the stunning photographed projects in the Stampin' Up! catalogues come in handy.  Case in point... I wanted to use the amazing Perennial Lavender Suite for a feminine thank you card but was drawing a creative blank (it was one of those days!).  So, I reproduced the lovely card on page 22 of the January-April 2024 Mini Catalogue.

Last week I shared a sympathy card using the Enduring Beauty Decorative Masks from the January-April 2024 Mini Catalogue.  The Enduring Beauty Decorative Masks are part of a coordinating bundle of three products... a stamp set, dies, and these masks, which all match!  I promised to share another card, similar to my sympathy card, which uses all three stunning products from the Enduring Beauty Bundle.

Have you seen the Enduring Beauty Decorative Masks on pages 38-39 of the January-April 2024 Mini Catalogue?  Talk about perfect coordination!  This set of masks overlay each other to create a beautiful floral image.  I have used them on this elegant sympathy card...