Did you miss these wooden embellishments (yes they are a little easy to miss) as they are hiding a little in the catalogue.  Check out the Santa Express Memories & More Card Park on page 17 of the July-December Mini Catalogue (the Christmas Holiday catalogue).  They are so useful for cardmaking and scrapbooking and even some home décor.  Whilst the wood finish will work for some projects, I would rather have them coloured in a co-ordinating colour.

But the good news is that you can colour them any colour you like using Stampin' Blends.  The same technique works perfectly also on the Textural Elements (page 25 of the same catalogue).  This is such an easy technique and takes just a few seconds.  But that is not just where the magic finishes - you can also use our Stampin' Blends to colour our sequins and gems - so many options to personalise embellishments.  This technique will not however works with our Stampin' Write Markers.  Have a go to see how you can make your supplies go further.

Every Monday night at 7pm (Brisbane time) I host a Facebook Live.  These Lives are so much fun, full of tips, tricks and techniques.  If you can't watch it live, they are available to view on replay.  You can find all my Lives under the Videos tab (which is located under the MORE option) on my Business Facebook Page.

Be sure to like my page, so you get notified when I go LIVE.

Are you interested in coming to a creative class or event? I host a variety of events, both card making and memory keeping, (daytime and night-time events) scheduled locally on the Sunshine Coast.  

My first Christmas In-Person Class of the season is on Saturday 20 August 2022.  Check out all the details here.  Projects are featured above.

And probably the highlight of the crafting year is the Crafty Paper Bees Mini Craft Retreat which is on 29 and 30th October 2022.  The venue is fabulous, so convenient, in just the best location.  There will be Make & Takes, Christmas projects, prizes, challenges - all the activities that make a Craft Retreat enjoyable.  All the details can be found here (scroll down the blog page).

I love love love Stampin' Up!'s all-inclusive kits, especially when they are Christmas-themed.  What makes it all inclusive? The kit includes a Stamp Set, acrylic block, stampin' spot (Poppy Parade), predesigned projects with step-by-step instructions, 12 cards, pre-printed envelopes, as well as printed designer box for storage.

The stamp set is just perfect to use for other Christmas and New Year's projects.  There are alternative Christmas kits to make it easier for you which can be checked out here.