AmiraInOz

Hi everyone. Welcome back to this very special edition :) I'm taking you back through all the kits in 2018. How many stamps did we get? How many dies did Aunty Vera send? How many stencils?  How many rolls of washi? All answers are revealed in the video right  HERE Thank you Aunty Vera for a great year of really great kits!! xx Amira

Hello Crafty Friends, Today I am focusing on this stamp set from Aunty Vera's February Kit. It's the  Love Bug  clear stamp set by Jillibean Soup and Hampton Art. I wanted to use this stamp to create a beginner's guide to stamping. I wanted to show you how I 'see' stamp sets when I make cards. I hope by sharing with you my stamping experience, that you will be able to grab any stamp set and start creating cards easily. This stamp set can be broken into 3 groups: - Sentiments - Main elements - Filler elements There are 4 sentiments in this stamp set: - Don't worry, bye happy - Love Bug - Happy Bug Day - Bugs and kisses There are 5 main elements: - The lady bug - The butterfly - The worm - The bee - The dragon fly And there are 4 hearts of different sizes ( one of them is an outline only). So lets make 5 cards, one for each of the main elements and I'll show you some techniques for making really ...

Hi everyone ! Welcome back to the 12 Mini Gorjuss Paper Clips! It's February and it's the month of Valentine's Day so in honour of love, I chose this Gorjuss Mini Stamp to make February's Paper Clip. Her name is Little Heart and she is Stamp No. 57 I have already created an art journal page with Little Heart which you can find HERE and a process video for that which you can also find HERE Once again, I am using my jumbo 97mm paper clips  and created a canvas out of card stock to the size of 3.23" W x 8" H and folded it in half. In this episode, I once again used this 6"x 6" paper pad, and this set of Tim Holtz Mixed Media Thinly Dies So here is Little Heart all coloured in. I decided to put a wood veneer scalloped heart behind her. At the bottom, to ground her, I layered up some lace, ribbon and twine. Next, I want to show you the die-cut layered on top of the ombre pink / t...