CarolG ... creates (creationsnz)

Last weekend I did a 2-day 'Light up your Landscape' class with Australian Gloria Loughman, an internationally acclaimed award wi...

NovemberSketch; AGoes w Sentiment; Birthday; Stash I started with the rose brad for this card, and it all came together once I found the...

Tag; Festive fun; Anything goes; Christmas decorations There are some great images around, especially at Christmas, and with a bit of th...

Paris; Anything goes Bonjour!  From just about anywhere in Paris there is a view of the Tour Eiffel and I decided to make this the poin...

V for Violet; Anything goes Poinsettia diecut on various papers (given to me by a friend).  An unusual colour for Christmas but with wh...

White on white; Mostly white; Three diecuts I Love the look of white on white, but it needs lots of texture and layering so that it doe...

Threediecuts; Anything goes I found this lovely two-layer Joy die and it just cried out for an elegant approach.  So with a bit of embos...

VLV3; Watercolour; One for the Girls Isn't this the cutest?  I love line drawings unadorned, coloured, and blocked (that's what ...

Watercolour; Stash; anything goes blue; I love to use distress inks in all kinds of ways.  This time I masked the image, inked the stam...

Snomanlove; Letitsnow; Sk388, Anythinggoes; ColdOutside What a lovely family snuggled up together, sharing the love, keeping each other...

Sk388, Numbers, MYMark I love this watercolour effect, made by inking distress inks then spritzing with water before stamping.  Sentimen...

SSS 318; Festive Fun; Anything goes I know someone who buys pairs of socks then mixes them up so she can wear odd socks.   Maybe Santa ...

Let it Snow; Festive Fun; Christmas; Mojo 424 Sketch; Patterned paper mixup NZ. I love these soft colours and the pattern combinations a...

Not square; birthday; Anything goes. I found this great backing paper ages ago and have never used it until this hat - perfect!  Cut out...

Sketch with a Twist, Winter Birthday, Anything Goes, Festive fun; Use mostly white. This was the result of a booboo.  I tried to heat embo...

How do you get a winter card going that doesn't make you feel colder than ever?  Hopefully using the warmer blues and turquoise shades...

One layer Card I love this Santa stamp, he looks so friendly and fun, and it really is a simple image perfectly suited to being stamped ...

Winter fun - clear dazzling days and fun in the snow.  Doesn't this make you feel like you're there? Don't you feel like sh...

Add Texture, Anything goes 254 I didn't want a pretty-pretty baby card and thought this worked well.  I coloured the image with Ren...

PhotoInspiration, Birthday What a fabulous inspiration photo, I had so many ideas I didn't know where to start!  The wee posy tied...

Christmas Critters Animals are one of the main features of Christmas in lots of ways.  I've always loved Pink Petticoat's (Liz...

N for Nuts (oh yes and Neutral), Anything goes Who doesn't love cashew nuts?  I photographed some cashew nuts, printed them out on ...

Sprinkle/Sparkle I always think I don't do a lot of sparkle, but then I look back on my work and think ... well, actually I do.  This...

This is for my son who is a teacher. I found this blackboard paper (which inspired the card actually) and had to work out how to use it...

 I made the fiery paper by brayering distress inks in fiery colours onto glossy photo paper, then when it was dry, tore it across and diec...

I think she is everybody's daughter or granddaughter or sister or niece.  Everybody knows someone like this. After I had paper piece...

This chick looks so excited that it's nearly time to decorate. Clearly, she loves this time of year and can't wait. I guess this ...

For this one I wanted to use some foil sheets I got recently.  I struggled to get the glue right and finally got the rustic effect I want...

Knitwit A bit of fun with birdbrain chick, you wouldn't think she could knit would you?  Well, I crocheted a chain and flower to hel...

Pointsettia and holly seem to be the traditional festive florals, however we hardly ever see them here.  Our NZ Christmas tree is the Poh...

Joypeace I like working with sketches but found this one more difficult.  I wanted a clean, fresh, modern look for Christmas using non-t...