Mother's Day in New Zealand is only a few weeks away (Sunday, 10 May). The Painted Petals stamp set and coordinating Painted Blooms DSP is perfect for this holiday. I especially love the words in this stamp set...

All the Stampin' Up! catalogues have beautiful, inspirational photos that you could copy or take design elements for your own projects. I loved the Happy Butterfly card on page 27 of the Occasions Catalogue the moment I saw it, so I recreated it using the Butterfly Basics stamp set and Butterflies Thinlits Dies...

The Mini Muslin Bags are a quick and easy great way to package your Easter treats and they look great too! Wouldn't you love to get one of these this Easter...

For my daughter's 14th birthday I created a card using the Sheer Perfection Designer Vellum Stack and Nature's Perfection stamp set, both Sale-A-Bration items and both coordinate beautifully. These products are only available until 31 March.

Take a look at this very cute card using A Happy Thing Sale-A-Bration stamp set. I created quite a few of these cards to give or post to everyone who placed an order with me during March to say, "thanks, I value your custom".

These Tiny Treat Boxes, on page 5 of the Occasions Catalogue, are so cute but quite understated - you could easily miss them amongst all the other yummy products on the same page. They are easily filled with mini chocolates or other tiny treats and then you can add your own personal flourish. Great for Easter!

On Sunday we held the Hamilton Extravaganza. We hold this event three times a year to share our creativity and showcase new products that Stampin' Up! releases. It is run by ten demonstrators who teach five gorgeous paper craft projects. This time we had Easter, wedding, birthday and all-occasions projects. In addition to all the crafting done by the 60+ crafters who attended, there was also a fun, festive atmosphere with prize draws, displays and lots of socialising with like-minded people.

I had some time recently to play with this gorgeous bundle... Butterfly Basics stamp set and coordinating Butterfly Thinlits Dies.