My Little Paper World

It's pretty much wedding season here in Australia - so I'm starting the year off using Ink Road Stamps Bella Flora to create this beautiful, monochrome white card. There is something very elegant and classy about white on white with a bit of gold! Head on over to Ink Road Stamps blog for full instructions on how I created with card.  I've had a few questions about how I got the texture on the fie cut flowers - it's not am embossing folder!... I have a rather large collection of corrugated cardstock. It' perfect for adding texture to cards especially when using dies.  I used Ink Road Stamps Block Party Alphas and Wow Embossing Powder (gold) to stamp and emboss the sentiment. Kept it Simple: Mr & Mrs. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you get a chance to try this very simple white on white technique using dies. I'll be showcasing all of Ink Road Stamps dies this month so keep an eye out on my next blog post for some die-cutting inspiration! ...

Facebook memes keep reminding that Christmas is coming! Luckily I'm pretty organised this year. All the new Christmas released stamps, dies and recent Christmas themed challenges means I'm also all set and ready for Christmas card giving!  Here is my card for Elizabeth Craft Designs: Classic Christmas theme . This die is so beautiful! It's one of Elizabeth Craft Designs older releases - but I needed it, so I bought it! Putting up a Christmas tree has always been a tradition for me - and now with three young children it's even more special because it's the time spent with family putting up the tinsel, hanging the decorations, adding the star that makes the memories last forever.  P.S Our family Christmas tree doesn't look as good as the tree in this card...It's a very top heavy decorated tree to keep the two year old from removing all the decorations and hiding them! I thought it would be fun to reverse the colours a little. So here is ...

Hello! Today I'm guest designing for The Cut Shoppe! I was a little nervous when Ashley invited me to guest design using her cut files. I LOVE my silhouette but aside from using it to cut out stamped images I hardly use it to it's full potential!  Here are my first cards using Summer Vibes . For this card I decided I wanted to pair the Summer Vibes cut out with Silk Microifine Glitter and sentiments from Elizabeth Craft Designs: Beach Sentiments.   I certainly loved the challenge of putting these two products together. The card stock I like to use is quite think, adding the double sided tape to specific areas of the pineapple meant I had to take this into account when adjusting my cut settings. For this I put my blade up to 9 (keep in mind I'm probably due to replace it!) and used the double cut feature. Once I was happy with my cut settings I was able to cut my resized pineapples and use a burnishing technique to add the silk microfine glitter to whe...

Today I'm sharing a card I created using Taylored Expressions: Cutting Edge Stars Stamp and Die Combo. These sets are great as they come with a co-ordinating die. After a practice colour attempt on the stars I really wanted to make them the feature on my card.  I opted not to use the die for this card this time, but will definitely use it on my next card! This is what I came up with: Card Instructions: Step 1: Stamp the stars four times and fussy cut. (If you have a silhouette or cutting machine use the scan and cut feature to cut the stars out.) Step 2: Colour in with Copic Markers. Step 3: Adhere stars to a black card front. Corner punch the top right corner. Measurement: 5" x 7" Step 4: Heat Emboss the sentiment. Step 5: Add a machine stitched border. (Optional) Step 6: Embellish with sequins and a twine bow. Adhere to a side folding card base. SUPPLIES LIST: Craftie Café Taylored Expression: Cutting Edge Star Stamp and D...

Merry Christmas everyone! For me - Christmas is about family, sharing the magic (and the meaning) of Christmas with my little ones and eating as much pudding as I want without feeling guilty!!! It's also about cranking that Christmas music up because I LOVE singing Christmas songs whilst I bake, wrap presents and clean the house in preparation for tonight's dinner - which I am hosting! So it's a quick post today - sharing some Christmas cards I created for Ink Road Stamps - Friday Feature using Full Circle. I made a few different colour combos with this card - which I'm glad I did for those last minute Christmas cards people bring with them...  To create these cards I created a template on my Silhouette. I then took some scrap white card big enough to adhere between the card front and card base and stamped an assortment of full circle stamps (alternating in ink colours). I then embossed my card front, added some machine sewn stitching to the tr...

CAS(E ) have a sweet sketch challenge up at the moment! Here is the sketch: Here is my CAS(E) card of this sketch... I used MFT - Oh Christmas Tree Stamp set and co-ordinating dies , along with a HeroArts stamp sentiment. My Little Paper World nesting dies. I loved it so much that I made another. I'll make a few more if I get the chance - the heat guns a little noisy when there is a sleeping baby in the room! Also entered into Cards & Craft Shop Challenge - Christmas themed. Happy Crafting! Samantha These premium steel dies are compatible with most die-cutting machines such as Cuttlebug, Vagabond or Bigshot.  Prices (in AU$) see  here  and PayPal available. Please visit My Little Paper World for any questions or feel free to private message me. https://www.facebook.com/ groups/mylittlepaperworld/ International Postage Available. Wholesale price list available upon request.

Scrap with Us  had a lovely ATC theme this month of seasons. My favourite season is Spring, and with this cold winter weather I just can't wait for this season and the joyous transformations that goes along with it!  Here are the completed ATC: A brief overview on how I created this: I embossed my new hero art stamp (large flower background) in white on craft card paper slightly smaller than a ATC. I than coloured the main image using my inktense pencils (which I absolutely L.O.V.E!). Distressed the edges, then stuck it down to the ATC card (which originally was pink coloured card stock, but ended up liking the look of craft paper better - gives it a nice recycled spring feel). Then I printer 'welcome spring' (also on craft paper) and (painfully) cut each letter out individually and glued them to the ATC. (Repeat 8 times!) These are probably  my favourite ATC  so far...  Lot of fun creating these cards, and we all know I love th...

Well today is mother's day, and yesterday I created this card for my mum (who is absolutely 100% amazing and the bestest mum (and Lola) in the whole wide world!) It also happens to be my first mother's day this year, so a special day indeed. Don't think he did it on purpose...but I got a little sleep in this morning. I have entered this card into the  Mema's Crafts  May anything goes challenge. Theme: mother's day. Happy Mother's Day to all mums out there. Happy Crafting!   Samantha

Recently I've been looking into different techniques, and new products...perhaps not necessary new to the 'crafting' world, but definitely  new to me. I've been creating cards, and scrapbook pages for awhile, but I tend to use the same colours or the same tools or paints. My very own comfort zone for crafting. So...a little side project, one where I will hopefully surprise myself with what I can create.  An A to Z techniques project. I guess like any project I will need some rules...lets use the word 'guidelines' instead.  1. Create something that demonstrates a  different craft technique, card making material, or scrapbooking products.   2. No limitation in what you can create - cards, scrapbooking pages, artist trading cards, tags, etc. (After all I want to be able to leave my comfort zone.) 3. Start with the letter A, follow the alphabet through to Z 4. Do not skip letters (though if there are other opportunities through ATC swaps or...