50 Shades Of Birthday

BySue Madex April 12, 2013September 9, 2025

Back again to share a card that popped into my brain over the weekend. A friend was having a milestone birthday and I wanted to make something special. Had a brainstorm, grabbed my 1″ circle punch and a whole stack of cardstock and got to work. This is what I came up with ….

My kids and one of Hannah’s friends who was over for a playdate had lots of fun testing out the dress up framelit yesterday. I let them loose with the Big Shot, the dress framelit and a box of retired papers. Here’s their creations.

Cheers, Sue

Soft and Pretty | Special Occasions

Stampin’ Up Number Birthday Card

BySue Madex April 10, 2016September 2, 2025

The Stampin’ Up Number Of Years stamp set and coordinating Large Numbers Framelits is a great combo for creating milestone birthday and anniversary cards. Or non milestone ones too like this one …. Tips and Techniques: The numbers stamp is a watercolourish type image so it has a bit of a distressed look. (You can see…

Baby and Kids' Cards | Bright and Happy

Kids’ Card: Animals

BySue Madex September 4, 2013September 7, 2025

Here’s another kids’ card – this time featuring the rather cute stamp set Zoo Babies and the postage stamp punch. If you’ve ever had Stampin’ Up boxes delivered you might recognise the wrapping paper! We never run out in our house. Speaking of nature – (ha ha, is that a good segue?) – I’m so…

Bright and Happy | Patterned Paper | Quick and Simple Cards | Soft and Pretty

12 Days Of Crafting Advent Calendar: Team Cards

BySue Madex November 2, 2025April 1, 2026

Spoiler Alert – Don’t read on if you have the calendar, haven’t opened doors yet and would like a surprise. Our Stampin’ Up 12 Days Of Crafting Advent Calendar is sold out but I thought I’d share what some craft friends and I are doing each week with our calendars. My friend Kathryn from SA…

Bright and Happy | Quick and Simple Cards

Dandelion Birthday Card

BySue Madex March 12, 2016September 2, 2025

I hadn’t even noticed that the Balloon Celebration stamp set had these two cute little dandelions until I saw this gorgeous card. Emboss resist looks a lovely technique to use with these, but for now I’ve just whipped up a quick little notecard with two bright colours. Tips and Techniques: If you’re using a stamp to…

Bright and Happy | Florals and Nature

Saleabration 2019: Lovely Lattice

BySue Madex February 28, 2019September 1, 2025

I’ve used the Lovely Lattice stamp set for my cards. It is one of the Level 1 freebies so spend $90 and you can choose this free. For this card I’ve embossed it in white onto shimmery white cardstock then coloured it with some of our Stampin’ Blends. The foil edge cards have coordinating foil…

Special Occasions

Happy Mothers’ Day

BySue Madex May 10, 2009August 29, 2025

.. to all the mums out there. Hope you’re having a lovely day. Here’s what my munchkins greeted me with this morning, along with brekky in bed. Hannah (6) put so much time into her creations – aren’t they lovely, and she was pretty thrilled with what she found at the Mothers’ Day Stall –…