Another Swallowtail

Hello!

We have had such a brilliant time in Edinburgh, but, alas, it is time to head home now. I will share some pictures with you soon :)

For now, here is a card I made for my lovely Stampers 6 ladies this month using my gorgeous new Swallowtail stamp and some Pool Party embossing folder.

I stamped the background with the Woodgrain background stamp in Crumb Cake.

The butterflies were first heat embossed with Pool Party Stampin' Emboss, then with Iridescent Ice for a bit of sparkle.

Supplies

Cardstock - Whisper White

Stamp - Swallowtail, Woodgrain

Ink - Crumb Cake, Versamark

Embossing - Pool Party, Iridescent Ice

If you would like to find out more about the gorgeous Stampin' Up! products, or to order any, please do visit my shop or contact me and I will be happy to help!

I also hold Stampin' Up! parties and workshops, so if you would like to find out more, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

Challenges

Let's Craft and Create - Things With Wings

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
Partytime Tuesdays - Anything Goes

Thanks for saying hi...see you tomorrow!

A money gift wallet

Good morning!

Here is a gift money envelope I made to match a wedding card I made last week. It is a very simple but elegant way to give the happy couple their requested gift of money or vouchers.

I used the Mrs & Mrs stamp, Adorning Accents Edgelits, Labels Collection Framelits & 1/2in Circle Punch.

The measurements for this are as follows...

Main envelope size - 7 & 5/8in x 7 & 1/2in

Belly Band size - 7 & 1/2in x 1 & 3/4in

Score main envelope at 1 & 3/8in and 4 & 6/8in along the 7 & 5/8in side. 

Score belly band at 1 & 7/8in and 5 3/8in. 

I hope these measurements help!

Supplies

Stamps - Mr & Mrs

Ink - Melon Mambo

Dies - Labels Collection Framelits, Adorning Accents Edgelits

If you would like to find out more about the gorgeous Stampin' Up! products, or to order any, please do visit my shop or contact me and I will be happy to help!

I also hold Stampin' Up! parties and workshops, so if you would like to find out more, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

SPECIAL OFFER!! Order £250 of products and choose £65 worth of products FREE! Or join Stampin' Up! and choose £155 of goodies for only £99!! Contact me or see here for more details!

Challenges

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Crafting For All Seasons - Wedding/Anniversary

Crafting When We Can - Punches/Dies Cuts

Partytime Tuesdays - Anything Goes

We're having a fab week so far...pictures will follow next week sometime!

Pretty Poppies

Hey all!

Hope you're having a nice week? I am! 

Here is a card made with another one of my new stamps. It's called Pleasant Poppies, but I prefer 'Pretty Poppies' as they really are very pretty!

I stamped mine in Poppy Parade (what else??) and Old Olive inks then coloured them by using one of my blender pens to added soft layers of colour direct from the ink pad. 

Supplies

Cardstock  - Riding Hood Red, Whisper White

Stamps - Pleasant Poppies, Petite Pairs

Ink - Poppy Parade, Old Olive

Punch - Scallop Trim Border

Ribbon - Lucky Limeade Ruffled Edge

If you would like to find out more about the gorgeous Stampin' Up! products, or to order any, please do visit my shop or contact me and I will be happy to help!

I also hold Stampin' Up! parties and workshops, so if you would like to find out more, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

SPECIAL OFFER!! Order £250 of products and choose £65 worth of products FREE! Or join Stampin' Up! and choose £155 of goodies for only £99!! Contact me or see here for more details!

Challenges
Colours and Sketches #26


613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
Crafting When We Can - Punches/Dies
Creative Card Crew - Punches/Dies

Thanks for popping by!

Stunning Swallowtail!

Hello!

Here is a card using the gorgeous Swallowtail stamp and Pool Party Stampin' Emboss powder.

I actually went a bit wrong when I embossed this one...I mis-stamped it so it had a big gap which is why I have used it like this! I do really love it though!

You can see the shimmer of the embossing better here.

Supplies

Cardstock - Whisper White

Stamp - Swallowtail

Ink - Versamark

Embossing - Pool Party Stampin' Emboss

Ribbon - Basic Black Two Tone

Punch - Scallop Trim Border

Other - Bitty Buttons

If you would like to find out more about the gorgeous Stampin' Up! products, or to order any, please do visit my shop or contact me and I will be happy to help!

I also hold Stampin' Up! parties and workshops, so if you would like to find out more, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

SPECIAL OFFER!! Order £250 of products and choose £65 worth of products FREE! Or join Stampin' Up! and choose £155 of goodies for only £99!! Contact me or see here for more details!

Challenges

Flutterby Wednesday - #241

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks - Critters

Thanks for popping by today!

Need For Speed

Good morning!

Here is a fab male card I've made using Need For Speed....

I have used the trail buggy and stamped it in Midnight Muse. The designer paper is Cajun Craze which I embossed with the Chevron EF. You can just about see it in the photo. I also embossed the Baja Breeze tag using the Houndstooth EF.

Supplies

Cardstock - More Mustard, Baja Breeze, Whisper White

Designer Paper - Cajun Craze

Stamp - Need For Speed

Ink - Midnight Muse

Ribbon - Baja Breeze Taffeta

If you would like to find out more about the gorgeous Stampin' Up! products, or to order any, please do visit my shop or contact me and I will be happy to help!

I also hold Stampin' Up! parties and workshops, so if you would like to find out more, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

SPECIAL OFFER!! Order £250 of products and choose £65 worth of products FREE! Or join Stampin' Up! and choose £155 of goodies for only £99!! Contact me or see here for more details!

Challenges

Create With Connie and Mary - #253

Colour Q - #190

CAS on Sunday - Make It Masculine

Well...I'm off for the week now, but don't worry, I have planned to blog a card each day this week so you won't miss me too much I hope! 

Have a lovely Bank Holiday Monday!

Friends

Good morning!

I have a card I made yesterday evening, after a busy day sunbathing! 

I used a sentiment from the Feel Goods collection and I heat embossed it in black. The designer paper is from International Bazaar and I finished with a couple of bows made with Marina Mist Taffeta Ribbon.

Supplies

Cardstock - Whisper White, Certainly Celery

Designer Series Paper - International Bazaar

Stamps - Feel Goods

Ink - Versamark

Embossing - Basic Black Stampin' Emboss Powder

Ribbon - Marina Mist Taffeta

If you would like to find out more about the gorgeous Stampin' Up! products, or to order any, please do visit my shop or contact me and I will be happy to help!

I also hold Stampin' Up! parties and workshops, so if you would like to find out more, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

SPECIAL OFFER!! Order £250 of products and choose £65 worth of products FREE! Or join Stampin' Up! and choose £155 of goodies for only £99!! Contact me or see here for more details!

Challenges

Retro Sketches - #65

Colour Throwdown #243

Divas By Design - Friendship

I'm working today, but I have a week off then and we're off to Edinburgh...can't wait!

Have a lovely Sunday!

You're how old??

Good morning LIMettes!

I hope you've had a good week?

I've had a very busy one, but I have a week off after tomorrow, which I am very much looking forward to! We are going to Edinburgh and I can't wait!

Anyway, this week Chrissie and Jen have come up with the theme of...

HUMOUR!

Now I don't really have a lot in the way of humorous stamps so I decided to use one of my cute Dinoroars and a computer printed sentiment...

I paper pierced the top and bottom for some added texture.

I think the sentiment is quite fun!

Supplies

Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze

Stamp - Dinoroar

Ink - Soft Suede, Old Olive

I had quite a late night last night as Jen and I were at Keiran's school having a craft evening with some of the ladies from church making cards to sell at the summer fair. We had a lovely night using all sorts of Stampin' Up! goodies, plus some old craft stash of ours...it was very enjoyable and I think we will be doing it again for sure! Here are a couple of photos...

Crafters hard at work...

The fruits of our labour...

All in all, we made 61 cards in 2 and a half hours! I wish I could manage that at home lol!

So, that said, I'm going back to bed for a bit as I have no son, no work and no market today!

See you later!

A speedy card for Father's Day!

Hello!

Here is a very quick card I made last night...

This is a stamp from Need For Speed, stamped in Basic Black and fussy cut out. 

I used some of the Washi Tape from the This and That bundle, a sentiment from Teeny Tiny Sentiments and I finished with a bit of spritzed ink using my Colour Spritzer tool.

Supplies

Cardstock - Whisper White

Stamps - Need For Speed, Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Ink - Basic Black

Other - Washi Tape 

Challenges

The Paper Players - Masculine CAS

613 Avenue - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, see you tomorrow!

Twitterpated Butterflies

Hello all!

I had a busy day yesterday getting my new online Stampin' Up! shop up and running, so now you can shop with me, day or night, use your debit or credit card, and have your lovely goodies delivered directly to you from Stampin' Up! You can find my shop here.

So now it's time for today's card...

Isn't that designer paper pretty?? It's called Twitterpated and it works so beautifully with the Papillon Potpourri stamps and the matching punches.

I used the Needlepoint Border Embossing folders for some texture and the butterflies were stamped in Pretty In Pink and Island Indigo. The Island Indigo was stamped off first to create a more subtle effect.

Supplies

Cardstock - Whisper White, Pretty In Pink

Designer Series Paper - Twitterpated

Stamps - Papillon Potpourri, Fabulous Phrases

Punches - Elegant Butterfly, Bitty Butterfly

Embossing - Needlepoint Border Embossing Folders

If you would like to find out more about the gorgeous Stampin' Up! products, or to order any, please do visit my shop or contact me and I will be happy to help!

I also hold Stampin' Up! parties and workshops, so if you would like to find out more, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

SPECIAL OFFER!! Order £250 of products and choose £65 worth of products FREE! Or join Stampin' Up! and choose £155 of goodies for only £99!! Contact me or see here for more details!

Challenges

Freshly Made Sketches - #87

Addicted To Stamps - Anything Goes

Sentimental Sundays - CAS

Have a lovely Thursday, and don't forget to tell me what you think of my shop!

A new shop!

Hello everyone!

I know, a post in the middle of the day! Well it's because I have some fantastic news!

You can now buy all your Stampin' Up! craft goodies from me directly from my new online shop! You can click on the link on my sidebar any time you like, day or night, for delivery direct from Stampin' Up! to your home! How exciting is that?

So please do visit my shop, bookmark it, and let me know what you think!

I'll see you there! :)

A useful, recycled project!

Good morning!
As promised yesterday, here is the little project I said I would show you using these few little bits of packing and some Designer Series Paper...

The story behind this project is that I needed somewhere to store my earrings instead of hiding them away in my jewellery box. 

So here it is...

Obviously, the foam in the photo isn't the bit I used! I actually made this earring holder before I decided to blog it so all I had were the bits that were left to show what I was using!

This was a very simple project to make and has turned out to be extremely useful!

The back was designed using a similar template to the ones on the back of our display stands in our shop. The earrings very simply push into the paper and foam and are quite securely held in place!

Products

Designer Series Paper - Pool Party

Other - Packaging from Stampin' Up! deliveries!

If you would like to find out more about the gorgeous Stampin' Up! products, or to order any, please do contact me and I will be happy to help!

I also hold Stampin' Up! parties and workshops, so if you would like to find out more, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

SPECIAL OFFER!! Order £250 of products and choose £65 worth of products FREE! Or join Stampin' Up! and choose £155 of goodies for only £99!!Contact me or see here for more details!

Thank you for popping by...see you tomorrow! :)

Neutral Birthday

Hello!
So did you have a lovely Monday then? I did! It was lovely to see Mum and Dad. We had fun getting ourselves organised for our upcoming visit to Edinburgh!

Anyway, here is the card I promised...

This lovely stamp is from The Summer Silhouettes set and I stamped it in Chocolate Chip and Whisper White.

I trimmed the stem and added it over my DSP to extend the flower. The butterfly is also stamped in Whisper White. The sentiment is from Jen's Fabulous Phrases, which she forgot to take home Friday night!

Supplies

Cardstock - Crumb Cake

Stamps - Fabulous Phrases, Summer Silhouettes, Papillon Potpourri

Ink - Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

DSP - Neutrals

Other - Early Espresso Baker's Twine

If you would like to find out more about the gorgeous Stampin' Up! products, or to order any, please do contact me and I will be happy to help!

I also hold Stampin' Up! parties and workshops, so if you would like to find out more, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

SPECIAL OFFER!! Order £250 of products and choose £65 worth of products FREE! Or join Stampin' Up! and choose £155 of goodies for only £99!!Contact me or see here for more details!

Challenges

Fusion - #7

One Stop Crafts - Anything Goes

Last week I promised to show you something I have made for my room. Well come back tomorrow and see what I did with some slightly larger pieces of this lot...

Have a fab Tuesday!

Bright Blossoms!

Good morning! 

How was your weekend? I had a very productive day yesterday mowing lawns, weeding, and planting some salad seeds, re-potting some seedlings and planting out our runner beans and some pea and dwarf bean seeds! Hopefully we shall reap plenty again this year!

After all that hard work in the garden, I was inspired to make a pretty summery, flowery card...

I stamped the Bright Blossoms set in Real Red, Old Olive and Tempting Turquoise. I used my trusty Stamp-a-Majig for perfect placement of these lovely stamps. It really does make life so much easier and I find it works brilliantly with any brand of wood or clear mount stamps!

The paper is from the fab Polka Dot Parade DSP pack and I finished with sentiments from the Tiny Tags set.

Supplies

Cardstock - Whisper White, Old Olive

Stamps - Bright Blossoms, Tiny Tags

Ink - Real Red, Old Olive and Tempting Turquoise

Designer Series Paper - Polka Dot Parade

Punches - Jewellery Tag, Scallop Trim Border

Ribbon etc - Whisper White Baker's Twine, Daffodil Delight Stitched Grossgrain

If you would like to find out more about the gorgeous Stampin' Up! products, or to order any, please do contact me and I will be happy to help!

I also hold Stampin' Up! parties and workshops, so if you would like to find out more, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

SPECIAL OFFER!! Order £250 of products and choose £65 worth of products FREE! Or join Stampin' Up! and choose £155 of goodies for only £99!!Contact me or see here for more details!

Challenges

Freshly Made Sketches #86

Colour Throwdown #242

Charisma Cardz - No Digis Allowed

One Stops Crafts - Anything Goes

Sentimental Sundays - CAS

Simon Says Stamp - Flower Power

I'm at work today and then I have my parents round for dinner, so I won't get much crafting done today. Just as well I already have a card ready for you for tomorrow then!
Hope you have a lovely Monday!

A 90th Birthday

Hello!

I have a card for a commission to show you today, using gorgeous vellum Papillon Potpourri butterflies and Secret Garden flowers...

I have used a lot of embossing, DSP, dies and inks on this card....probably one of the fussiest cards I've made in a while!

Supplies

Cardstock - Whisper White

Designer Series Paper - Subtles, Brights

Stamps - Papillon Potpourri, Secret Garden

Ink - Perfect Plum, Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, Old Olive

Embossing - Versamark, Whisper White & Iridescent Ice Stampin' Emboss, Woodgrain EF

Punches/dies - Bitty Butterfly, Elegant Butterfly, Secret Garden, Bigz Alphabet Typeset, Word Window, Elegant Label

If you would like to find out more about the gorgeous Stampin' Up! products, or to order any, please do contact me and I will be happy to help!

I also hold Stampin' Up! parties and workshops, so if you would like to find out more, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

SPECIAL OFFER!! Order £250 of products and choose £65 worth of products FREE! Or join Stampin' Up! and choose £155 of goodies for only £99!!Contact me or see here for more details!

Challenges

Papercraft Crew - #42

2 Sisters - 1-2-3 (1 flower, 2 DP's, 3 butterflies)

4 Crafty Chicks - Birthday

Crafty Catz - 3-2-1 (3 butterflies, 2 DP's, 1 flower)

Cupcake Crafts - Lots of Layers

Let's Craft and Create - Diecuts

One Stop Craft - Anything Goes

Love To Create - Flowers

Simply Create Too - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations - Embossing and Texture

Thanks for stopping by today. 

We had a fab day yesterday, and even managed to fit in a Dinosour safari!

Yes that is a Velosiraptor in the background! It is a life size statue in the front garden of a house quite near us!

 I have a day of gardening today after church...hope to get all my seedlings out if possible! Have a great Sunday! :)