CarolG ... creates (creationsnz)

A challenge that's black and white with an accent colour.  I guess usually you think of something like that as black on white ground,...

At Come And Get It Challenges this week it's BLING and/or GLITTER!    Check out the design team's inspirations here: http://cagic...

Die Cut Diva's challenge theme this month is April/holidays etc .  Check out all the great work the design team have been doing this ...

I made this for my friend who has just become a grandmother for the first time. The background behind the horse is sponged with pale bl...

I made this for a NZ cardswap which was for a fancy fold card.  I hope you liked it Dawn and will try it sometime yourself. I used lots ...

I love red balloons, red umbrellas and red gumboots... A simple celebration card with a diecut, three stamps and a punched border.  T...

Simply happy birthday.  No frills.  Die: Spellbinders Sentiment stamp: Hastings Rubber Stamps EF: Docrafts Stash: paper (edges inke...

"Things With Wings" is the theme at Come And Get It Challenges this week: http://cagichallenge.blogspot.co.nz/   why don't yo...

I love thes e colours! I used 3 patterned papers (dotty, stripey and pink blotchy) plus linen caramel card and matted it onto an emboss...

Doesn't this make it feel like springtime already? This is From The Heart stamp of the month for April.  I also wanted to do a negati...

"What season are you in?" is the theme at Crafters Café Challenge Blog.  Come on over and have some fun - http://crafterscafebl...

When it comes to birthdays some people like to just relax and let it go by ... just like this little mouse. Stamp: Penny Black ...

For kitty lovers everywhere:  can't get much sweeter than this.  That kitty looks SO relaxed... Image: A Day For Daisies Tag die...

Lots of sunshiny colour, daffodils, gentle breezes and maybe clear blue skies. Inspired by the jug of foysythia in this D&D pho...

A little colour ... goes a long way to helping you feel good.  Well actually a little is good, and more is even better! This time Come An...

Spring means different things to each of us, but I think we all get that uplifted spirit feeling with the coming of spring, and this ima...

This is one of my non-card making activities - making sock monkeys.  It all started when my local quilting guild started making them to g...

I just got this paper pad and the challenge for myself was to find a way to use this strongly patterned paper with swans, which is quite...

I used a sketch for this (from World of Crafters) and papers from a new stack I just got.  These are colours I would NOT normally work in,...

Friends help friends celebrate everything, not just birthdays!  So here's one for the girls. I used the sketch on its side. Im...

"Singin' in the rain, just singin' in the rain..." This month Die Cut Divas sponsor is Gina K Designs and the theme is...

Whheeeeee ...!   What fun, this one makes me feel like a kid again.  The white rabbit may be late, but he's having one heck of a journe...

I see our little feathered friend has been tampering with the sentiment.  Very clever little birdbrain. The orange panel is stamped w...

I have never found the right image to go with this sentiment before - this one seemed just right.  I like that while she is flying she is ...

"Though she be but little she is fierce" This describes quite a few women I know (in a good way),  and it seems the smaller they...

Over at The Crafters Café Challenge blog the challenge is "use some lace", an opportunity for a little bit of girly fun.  This ...

I need a get well card for a friend in hospital who lives near the sea, so instead of a sick-bed card, she is getting a sea-bed card! Th...

A little birdie told me ... what a great sentiment this is - inside the card you could write anything.  For example:  you're expecti...

Mary Fairy gets her wings at last and she is so happy she does a little fairy dance for you! Image: Mo's digita...

Make a coffee, grab a book, put your feet up ... and have a cupcake.  What could be sweeter than that? I was given the template by a fr...

This does look a bit like my garden except for the wheelbarrow, I have wooden square tubs instead. I have a couple of old well-used metal ...

HI everyone, I'm so pleased to be part of the Die Cut Diva team, and look forward to the wonderful challenges ahead of us.  http://die...

I love these colours, shades of duck egg blue. It makes a lovely sympathy card because the tone on tone colour makes a soothing, calming...