After teaching the Honey Bee Spinner Card at the Creative Stamping Workshops last month, my kids and I made more spinner cards using the Shooting Star Bundle for some up-coming family birthdays. This paper-plane-flying-around-the-world version is perfect for a masculine birthday card. The gorgeous background sky is from the Serene Scenery Designer Series Paper Stack, and inside is says, "The sky's the limit!"...

There's always great joy when the courier arrives with the Stampin' Up! box; it's like Christmas whenever an order comes in! Inspired by that feeling, I stamped this month's thank you cards with "Special Delivery" from the Tin of Tags stamp set. The rest of the design comes from the Moroccan Product Suite in the Annual Catalogue - gorgeous geometric tile patterns and exotic hanging lanterns.

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Over the last two weeks I have been teaching this cute spinner card at the September Creative Stamping Workshops. These cards feature the beautiful Blooms & Bliss Designer Series Paper and honey bees from the Shooting Star stamp set...

In New Zealand we rarely celebrate Halloween, and our family doesn't observe this holiday. However, when I saw the Sweet Home stamp set and coordinating Home Sweet Home Thinlits Dies in the Holiday Catalogue, I knew a spooky Halloween house we definitely on the creation-todo-list. I've seen a few of these cute little houses and have taken small ideas from each one to create mine...

For this month's Thank You cards, I have chosen products from the Blooms & Bliss Suite. This suite of products is known for it's soft colours and whimsical floral designs...

On Friday I held my annual Holiday Catalogue Launch Party to kick of the start of the festive season. It was a lot of fun and everyone enjoyed seeing and having hands-on exploration of new 2016 Holiday Catalogue products, participating in games, winning spot prizes, prize draws and more!