Wow, what a wonderful class we had on Saturday making pull and turn boxes that hold either a Ferrero Roche or a Lindt chocolate. With a class of 7 people, there was lots of laughter and joking, which just energised me more. Everyone’s box, although the same design looked different as I had made sure they had different paper to decorate with.
On Saturday, 5th May, I held a Craft-a-noon Fundraising event for my friends daughter, which I am renaming Fun-draising. We had so much fun, most people stayed all day, creating fantastic cards. One lady had not done crafting before but her cards blew us all away. Everyone had access to all my stock, including new products that I got from OnStage in April. The relaxed and friendly atmosphere meant we were all sharing…
May sees the start of the early release for the “Share What You Love” suite. This suite is just beautiful. It is celebrating Stampin’ Up’s! 30th Anniversary. One aspect of a 30th Anniversary is pearls – the designer series paper with this suite has a pearlescent film to it and is stunning, it is double sided as usual and slightly thinker. For the first time, Stampin’ Up! are offering this suite in three different bundles. They have thought about the…
My friend’s daughter wants to go on a school trip to New York next year – it is such an expensive trip that she is having to do lots of fundraising to get her there. I wanted to do my little bit to help, so I am holding a Craft-a-noon Fundraiser. Tomorrow, 5th May from 11am – 5pm I am opening my dining room up to those that would like to come and do some crafting in a warm,…
Exciting news… Stampin’ Up!® are having an on-line extravaganza starting Monday 20th November from 12am to 11.59pm! with different offers every day until Sunday 26th November. The first exciting offer is 20% of selected stamp sets. Below is a flyer with Monday’s special offers, along with deals that will run the whole week. If you would like to order anything, then please either click the button below or email me at jill@craftwithjill.co.nz…
Say hello to a new world of colourful creativity! Meet Stampin’ Blends, artist-quality alcohol markers in 12 exclusive Stampin’ Up!® colours. To cover all the blending bases. I am so excited to let you know that these new Stampin’ Blends will be available for you to buy from 1st November. As a demonstrator I’ve had the opportunity to buy these before they are released and I have to say I am extremely impressed. They blend…
I love this new stamp set – Half Full. It is from the wonderful new Holiday Catalogue which goes from 1st September until 31st December. You can view a copy of the catalogue by clicking HERE. I’ve had lots of fun trying to make cards that are not traditional Christmas using this stamp set! It is actually quite easy as several of the saying are not aimed at Christmas. The first card I stamped the…
At August’s Monthly Card Class we used the beautiful Magical Mermaid stamp set and embossed the background to make it look like waves using the “Ruffled” dynamic textured impressions embossing folder. Dynamic embossing folders and an extra dimension to any creation that you are working on. I did all my stamping first before putting the card through the embossing fold process, as I found it hard to stamp images after doing the embossing. To colour the background I have simply…
Saturday, I attended a fairly new market, which is still growing. It is at Victoria Park Village in Auckland CBD, the setting is wonderful but unfortunately word hasn’t really got out that the market is on. I knew the chances of getting lots of sales of my cards was slim so I took some of my craft room with me and sat and made a couple of cards. I finished two while I was there and started two others which…
I am so excited about our next Creative Workshop which is happening on Tuesday 17th June. We will be decorating a clock – you will have access to all my stamps, so you can create your own magic, or follow what I have done! Not only this but we will be decorating a candle and if we have enough time, we will make a custom made box to gift it in. With this particular candle I have used the beautiful…
We will be having so much fun at this months card class. We will be creating three beautiful cards using the marbling technique. It can be a little messy but the results are amazing and no two cards turn out the same! All you need for the marbling technique is some cheap shaving foam, 3 or 4 Stampin’ Up!® reinkers, palette knive (item no.142808), a shallow container big enough to hold your card (I use a takeaway pot as this…
It’s June already, which means only one thing, the new Annual Catalogue is live. It is full of fabulous new products, including a new memory keeping range from Memories and More. It is exactly what it says, a wonderful way to keep your treasured memories alive but also works well with card making and much more. My current favorite new product is the textured paste, such a great way to add texture and dimension to scrapbooking projects and cards. In…
I had my first Saturday card class, last weekend. It was wonderful to see 6 ladies come along to make 3 beautiful cards. Our feature card was a male shaker card using the Nailed It bundle of stamp set and dies, along with the Everyday Jar framelits. Instead of using sequins for the shaker, I die cut lots of screws and nuts from silver card. I think it looks really effective. The second card was a diagonal gatefold card. We…
It is such an exciting time of the Stampin’ Up! year. We are getting ready for the launch of the shiny new Annual Catalogue which goes live on 1st June. This means that unfortunately we need to clear some of the retiring stock to make way for lots of fabulous new products. I’ve seen the new catalogue and can’t wait to get my hand on what’s coming. Trust me, you are going to love it. In…
I would like to show you the sort of cards that we make at my monthly card classes. Each month we have a WOW card, at March’s class we made this fabulous magic shutter card. The card uses the Everyday Hero stamp set (143080) and Urban Underground DSP (142783) along with black, smokey slate and burmuda bay card stock. I normally find making male cards slightly harder but the Everyday Hero stamp set makes it easy. Instructions for…
I would just like to say a BIG thank you to all the ladies that came to my very special card making event on Saturday 11th March. Between us we made well over 50 beautiful cards that will go into handmade quilted bags, that have been made by a quilting group in Matamata. These bags are designed to hold the essential drain that is needed after a mastectomy. Hundreds of these are sent around New Zealand each year, with a…
Thank you for visiting Craft With Jill. Please excuse the appearance of my website, I am currently setting this up and doing a lot of learning along the way with the help of my daughter! The pages you can see are fully operational so feel free to click on them and explore. This won’t take me too long but I am a complete novice so there may be a few teething problems and for this I apologise. Jill