Welcome to 2026...

 

Happy New Year, I hope you all had a wonderful festive season.  

We had our littlest family members (and their mum and dad LOL)  join us on a getaway to the Gold Coast before Christmas. We had the perfect (although warm) weather which meant they got time outside fishing, exploring the parks, riding the trams and enjoying the pool back at the apartments.  Christmas day itself was quiet at our house, with ham and prawns on the patio area for lunch.  

I'm back today on Youtube - a valentines themed card.  I'll pop the freebie PDF here on the blog tomorrow.  Please say hi when you download, its nice that people are enjoying it and will encourage me to keep plodding away and adding more to my list of freebies. 

Hope your 2026 is prosperous.  Rach xx

YOUTUBE - Fun fold come create a card with me - December 4th 2025

 Hi all

I'm so happy to be back into creating again, with Come Create a Card with Me over on YOUTUBE!  Are you ready for some creative fun???

And yes, I created another PDF for you to download - just find the link on the right hand side of my blog to access, and don't forget to say hi in the comments

!

Rach x 

Whats new with Merrick Makings?

 This past month or two has started with me doing a LOT of creating.  I'm so thankful I have a team behind me to check in with and help me behind the scenes. 

Lots of videos for the Countdown to Christmas.... check them over on Youtube.  So many great inspiring projects with myself and Tracy Bish.  

Tracy has listed the tutorial bundle and its now available for purchase.... 24 projects that match the videos.  WOW!

Tip Tuesday - be sure you are checking in with my shorts series over on Youtube - lots of great ideas and often heaps of Freebies here on the blog to download and use.  That includes this weeks.... a template for collecting colour swatches of your favourite combos...

Some of the new products in the store are keeping me busy, including this Valentines Kisses stamp bundle - adorable baby card!

Thanks for popping by, Rach x

GMVH Mini Catalogue- Traditional Christmas Fun fold FREEBIE

 I've been slow to upload a few PDF freebies.  This one was popular over on Youtube - hope you enjoy creating it.  Please say hi in the comments when you download it.  

Find the link for the download on my side bar on the right hand side of the blog....

Rach 

Beginners Christmas Cards - Free PDF downloads

 

I'm finishing off my Christmas cards and am finishing off some workshop cards that are simple enough to be a Stamp-A-Stack. 

I've used a mix of new and old products so please mix it up in whatever you have available.  Enjoy the process!

Click the photos to access the downloads or find them on the side bar (with a lot of other projects as free downloads)

Rach x

Stamp A Stack Christmas card

 

This weeks Come Create a Card with me includes a Free PDF download of instructions.  This is a great design to create a bundle of Christmas cards in one sitting - great to get it all done with plenty of time left to pop them all in the mail this weekend.

Enjoy,

Rach x

Simple stamping for beginners - with a free PDF download

  

Last month I demonstrated 4 Simple Stamping sketches for a starting place to make cards from the JOIN offer.  New demonstrators always struggle to get started once the pretty papers and ink have arrived in their box.  This video is how we quickly create these and more... 6 cards in an hour with only a few products.  You can create this with almost any DSP.... Just add some notecards and some matching cardstock and ink.  Download the Sketches and start creating. 

Watch the video on Youtube, leave a comment and subscribe for more upcoming great tutorials for beginners and those who have been creating for a long time... a bit of everything for everyone. 

Rach x

Global Monthly Video Hop - November

Hi there crafty friends,

Welcome to this months theme, Christmas.  I decided to create a fun and easy advent calendar using Kinder bars.  This is a favourite (for the young and the young at heart).  Lots of great projects this month, follow the links in the description over on Youtube and don't forget to leave some love along the way.

Grab the advent PDF in the sidebar to the right side of my blog!

"Freebie PDF - Advent Countdown Printable"

Rach x

Spring Vibes Youtube

Hello everyone,

 Latest Global Monthly over on Youtube... come and create a fun fold with Spring Vibes.  Lots of great other ideas and projects from the team so hop along by following the links in my description.

Happy Crafting,

Rach x

Framed Pop Up Card - A fun fold card using Lilly Pond Lane DSP

Be sure to 'like' my video and leave me some love,

Rach x

December GMVH PDF

 Hi everyone!  

Thanks for coming over to grab the PDF - it can be found  HERE (click the link to get the Google Drive PDF to download).

Rach xx

Update on the PDF...

 My apologies, the link didn't work originally in my last post.  So if you are looking for the Lilly Pond Lane PDF, the link has been fixed.  

HERE it is, or you can find it on the original post.  

I'm adding a photo of my latest card from Instagram/Facebook, please remember to pop over there and see what I've been up to recently.

Happy Stamping,

Rach xx

Download the PDF for the fun fold here...

 ***FIXED LINK***

Thanks for coming over to my blog from Youtube. You will find the PDF in my files HERE.  Please leave me a comment below so I know you've been able to grab it and tag me in to any that you create, I'd love to leave you some love on your social media too :) 

Rach xx