CarolG ... creates (creationsnz)

Joyeux Noel Christmas with a  French flavour.  This is another one I can use properly now I'm learning French (and know what they me...

A Christmas tree with sentiments in many languages, isn't it great?  I've had this stamp for a long time now, and every year I ge...

Herd of zebras?  Here is a card using one bold zebra stamp repeated over and over... with just a splash of colour.  I really enjoyed doin...

Challenges: Sparkle; Monochrome; Sketch; Dies- punches; B&W pop of colour. I find it really difficult to make 'mushy' cards...

Challenges:  Winter Blue; Monochrome; Sparkle; Sketch. This image of a snowman blowing kisses is just so cute... and fortunately I have ...

Well doesn't that look relaxed and cool?  Here in the  southern hemisphere we celebrate Christmas in the heat, hence he is happy to ha...

Special Birthday One of the special things about being a cardmaker is our ability to personalise.  I used torn pieces of scrap paper a...

I love using non-traditional colours for Christmas.  This year my tree is going to be decorated in purple and turquoise ... probably ......

This little fella is counting the snowflakes as they fall. Its is an ATC but would work equally well for a card.  I love the colours and...

Photo inspiration & stunning colours meant this was always going to be a simple card.  And I love black and white with a pop of colou...

Meilleurs Voeux - Best Wishes I have been learning French and now have the opportunity to use my French stamps for a lot more things tha...

Bonjour tout le monde! Viva la paper piecing - it's such fun, a great way to try out a new hat and scarf ... and isn't monsieur ...

Poinsettias are traditionally the flower of Christmas, however I don't like red ones, so here's a white one.  I made it a top fol...

As you know, I love using sketches and always find them challenging.   I wanted this to be able to be a masculine card, hence no ribbons...

Who doesn't think lemonade just sounds like summer?  Freshly squeezed lemons, some honey, maybe some fizzy water, a sprig of mint,  m...

I like using black to set off other strong colours (lovin' that orange and black) and it also gave me an opportunity to use dies tha...

Make your mark, Anything goes I love this stamp and can use the  whole stamp or just one of the girls. I must admit I like doing their m...

Sketch Mojo; Autumn colours What a great sketch.  I've had these giant flowers forever and finally a chance to use them!  And in ...

VerveSketch; favourite pastels Today I felt like doing something in soft pastel colours for this one so that the big rounds weren'...

Sketch Saturday 383 (turned) Sometimes Chickie just gets fed up with having birthdays and whines a bit.  Blue card: corners diecut , s...

Mojo Sketch This is a pretty cute image by Bugaboo, but I think I'll have to make his lips a bit more smiley - it looks like he'...

Halloween; Colour inspiration I did this for grandchildren... and I guess it gets you thinking like a child, so a good exercise all roun...

FallY'all; One layer autumn I know it's autumn in the northern hemisphere, but we are just in spring! That makes is very hard to...

Black lace; Sketch Saturday, Monochrome I think inside every grown woman is still a little girl that likes dressing up, what do you thin...

Paper piecing Stamped image on caramel card and also on patterned paper for headwrap (paper piecing).  Stamped sentiment.  Matted on dar...

One layer autumn, autumn colours White base card, spritzed with Kaiser antique gold.  Reverse stamped butterfly using three distress in...

Circular What a lot of rounded cardness!  I tend to go for simple designs.  I like the wonky overlapped circles on this one too. Diecu...

Ribbon I used double sided paper to make this trifold card, and slipped a plain blue card inside with the sentiment stamped on.  The flo...

October cornucopia We don't have Thanksgiving as a holiday here in New Zealand, and if we did it would likely be called Harvest Fes...

CAS Christmas I have always loved the images of the partridge in a pear tree song at Christmas. Stamped image & sentiment.  Image ...

96 Fall I stamped the green card with a script stamp in a tonal colour, not too obvious because I wanted it to be the ground.  Then ink...

CAS Colouring Stamped rose, coloured with watercolour pencils, then washed over with water brush.    Turquoise tissue paper lightly ...

Holidays This snowman stamp is DIY, you can mould his body and make him/her any shape you want. Stamped in red ink, stamped again with...

Sparkle I love a vintage-y look but with a modern twist, does that make sense? This bird looked like it was sitting on a twig while i...

Travel Punched a notebook top on white card, stamped sentiment in different shades of blue.  Used a page out of a map book, curled the c...

Something sweet, sparkle I have this jar stamp and was looking for things to put in it, so after a quick supermarket visit, I photograp...