CarolG ... creates (creationsnz)

The dreaded birthday countdown made a little easier with the rest of the sentiment inside     "... and more awesome every year"....

The challenge at Come And Get It Challenges this week is MONOCHROME, I hope you'll join us for a bit of fun.  Pick a colour and off yo...

I love this wee stamp and I think it says everything about what home is - family and connection. I smooshed the background with distress ...

Who doesn't like a little sparkle from time to time? I had embossed the base card a while ago with this beautiful EF, but had not ...

Aahhhhhhh....  time to get all girly. I turned the sketch on its side, used clouds instead of oblongs, and pearls instead of twine. I...

I used a technique called frosted window - a tutorial by Splitcoaststampers - by stamping the butterfly on the card, and also onto vellum...

I used a Tuesday Morning sketch, and a  Bugaboo bingo grid for this card.  I love black and white and a colour - this time it's pink...

This was inspired by the photo challenge at Time Out: I thought the crisp black and white with the wooden floor was stunning, so came up...

Yes Sir, I like a little wine and baguette. Merci monsieur, J'aime un petit vin et une baguette. To start with I smooshed several y...

"Hello Bunny"...  "Hello sweetie"... Isn't this cute?   I just got this image.   I coloured the image with Reno ...

B is for Bird! I think this is the simplest and cutest drawing of a chickie bird!  Can't get better than this one. I printed a big ...

I find that one layer cards are quite tricky.  This is two stamps on a blue card, using the play between the two subjects to stimulate in...

I hope this picture cheers all those of you stuck in the middle of winter!  This one's for you! We don't need it, we are basking...

I made this one for my husband who loves getting cards from me.   One tag has a cartoon drawing on it of a box of fries and a hamburger ...

Love cards come in many forms - funny, cute, pink or  red, pretty, and elegant.  I made this one for a silver anniversary, but it could be...

One of my favourite colours is red, the other is blue... hmmm and some greens ... Anyway this card is red red red! And it's a true...

I like using black and white images with just a touch of colour, whether its lipstick or a woodgrain hat. ADFD has a challenge - use wood...

Love is in the Air is the theme on our Come And Get It Challenge this week, with All Dressed Up as our kind sponsor.  Come and join us? ...

Hot dog, it's cold! I'm sure you've all heard the saying "it was a three dog night"?  We had over 30 deg C again t...

This ombre paper is gorgeous, and perfect for this inspiration.  I was going to leave her dress white and then changed my mind... now I...

This is another of those EF stamped backgrounds, dried, spritzed with gold, then the flower double stamped over - once in colour, once in ...

This one is a bit of fun.  I found these tickets and used them as a starting point. I used the diagonal line  Love-Paperclip-Sketch for t...

Live Laugh Love flowers; Pansies are also known as Hearts Ease.  They were used as a herbal remedy in olden times for heart problems, infl...

Sparkling white is not just for wine - an all white love and romance card trying for CAS. The background card is embossed and a sentimen...