An Awesomely CASEd card!

Hello!

I hope you're having a lovely weekend? I Keiran came back Friday evening so yesterday we spent some quality time together and went for a 5k run! 

Anyway, today I have a card to share that we made at craft class last Friday...

Now I must admit to CASE-ing this card! I saw a similar one on Pinterest so I tracked it down to the blog it originated from so I can give Chantal the credit she deserves! You can see her card here. 

All the stamping is created using the Awesomely Artistic stamp set...I do love it when you can use so many stamps from one set on a card! Another similar set is Work of Art. 

I added some colour using Watermelon Wonder, and some texture using the Burlap Trim. I trimmed the edges off the burlap and pulled out some threads to fray the edges. I used these threads for the looping behind the dragonfly. The spots are stamped in Gold Encore and I added a little more gold with the sequins. The whold panel is then mounted onto some DSP from the Neutrals stack then onto a Soft Suede card blank.

I really do love this set! Do you have it? Maybe you'd like to share your creations with me? Pop your blog link in the comments and I'll come on over and have a look! :)

I'm off to church now...have a lovely Sunday!

Some 'big' birthdays!

Good morning!

Ok so I know I haven't posted for a couple of days, but I just haven't caught up after my weekend in London! I hope to get back on track this weekend, and also share a few piccys with you, from what was an incredible weekend!

Anyway. today I have my DT card for CAS-Colours and Sketches to show you today. Here is our sketch....

And here is my card...

I have a few 'big' birthdays this year and these 2 have now both gone out and should have been received, so I'm ok to share! The gorgeous DSP is Watercolour Wonder and looks gorgeous teamed with these different ribbons, don't you think?

I used the sentiment from the free Sale-a-Bration set, Simply Wonderful, and I inked the stamp with my Stampin' Write Markers before I stamped it. 

The numbers on each card are made using Simply Pressed Clay and the Alphanumeric Simply Pressed Clay Mould. I do love this clay as there is so much you can do with it, you don't need to cook it, and it is so light, giving no real weight to your cards! 

I rubbed the numbers with Encore Gold and Silver inks to add a bit of glam, and with the sequins I think these cards look pretty special, don't you?

So these two cards go out to my very dear friends Sarah (40) and Elaine (60)...happy birthday to you both! I have been friends with Sarah for 36 years...wow! :)

Have a lovely day everyone and hopefully I'll be back tomorrow!

Kinda Eclectic Butterfly Basics

Good morning!

Well I had the most productive day yesterday, despite having 3 boys running riot in my house! Keiran had 2 friends over, and other than the odd squabble, all survived!

So here is one of the cards I managed to make and probably my favourite too!

I combined two of my favourite sets for this...Butterfly Basics and Kinda Eclectic. I heat embossed the 'seal' with gold Stampin' Emboss, and the sunburst is stamped in Gold Encore.

The stripes were stamped by only inking the stamp once, in Blackberry Bliss, to create the ombre effect and the sentiment is Raspberry Ripple. I finished with Gold Bakers Twine, Gold Sequins and a pair of stamped and punched butterflies.

Isn't the colour combo stunning?? I can't take credit to be fair...it comes courtesy of one of the challenges I am entering...

Freshly Made Sketches - #174

Colour Q - #280

*EDIT* I got chosen as a ColourQ Courtier! :)

Crafting For All Seasons - Dies and/or Punches

I have some other work to do today...I finally signed up to do the Gym Instructor Level 2 so I will be concentrating on that today!

If you would like to order any of the items I have used on my card today, please do get in touch, or you can order direct from my online shop! (the link is just over there >>>>>)

Have a lovely Friday, and don't worry, only the weekend to go then we can send the kids back to school! ;)

Bright and Beautiful stars

Good evening everyone!

A late post from me, but I have another Christmas card to show you...yes I know, Christmas is gone, in fact I took my decorations down tonight, but I really do love this stamp set and I wanted to share...I hope you don't mind?

I used the stunning Bright and Beautiful stamps, stamped in Versamark and heat embossed in Gold and Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Emboss Powders.

I used Gold Sequin Trim and Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding to 'hang' the decoration on the card. 

These stamps are still available on my online shop until Tuesday...so grab them now while you can!

Yesterday I mentioned that there would be some exciting things happening with Stampin' Up! soon....well one of them is the brand new Spring/Summer catalogue which will be available to order from on.......

TUESDAY 6th JANUARY!!

How exciting is that?! So it really is the last chance to get your Autumn/Winter items. 

I'll be back tomorrow with more news ;)

Mum and Dad's Christmas card

Good morning all!

Only 6 days until Christmas!! I bet that scared a few of you?

Haha...anyway, here is the lovely, elegant card I made for my Mum and Dad. I have struggled to get all my cards made this year, and yes, I admit it, I actually had to buy some! (Oooops!!) 

But the important ones did get made, thankfully! 

So I used one of my current favourite stamp/Framelit sets, Wondrous Wreath. I stamped the first set of leaves (the ones with fewer leaves) in gold Encore, and heat embossed in Gold Stampin' Emboss.

I stamped the main set of leaves in just the Gold Encore, and the berries in Cherry Cobbler. I finished with a Cherry Cobbler Sheer Ribbon bow, some Crystal Effects on the berries, and some lovely Gold Sequin Trim. The sentiment is from Endless Wishes.

My parents really loved their card...it makes the extra effort worthwhile, don't you think?

Right, off to work now...at least my Christmas shopping is done!

A Christmas stamp is for other cards, not just for Christmas!

Good morning!

How is your week going? Since Keiran went back to school on Tuesday, things seem to have calmed down and got back into a routine here. I have managed to blog every day and even managed to get some crafting in too! 

Keiran is in Year 2 now and has told me that the teacher really makes them work! Must be a bit of a shock from all that playing over the last two years!

Anyway, here is one of the cards I manage to make this week...

Now I wonder....can you guess the stamp sets I used? Of course, there is the old faithful Dictionary background stamp, which is perfect for creating backgrounds like this.

I then used Wondrous Wreath for the flowers, stamping in Cherry Cobbler and die cutting them using the matching framelit...see, a Christmas stamp isn't just for Christmas! 

I added the sentiment using the lovely Good Greetings Hostess set, FREE when you spend, or host a party with sales of £200 or more! Here is a reminder of that wonderful set, which comes in clear mount or wood mount.

These are really lovely sized sentiments that fit brilliantly onto your A6 and 6x6in cards. 

Here is what I used for this card...

Wonderous Wreath Photopolymer Bundle

£37.25

Dictionary

£15.95

Good Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£15.00

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

£7.50

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

£4.95

Gold Sequin Trim

£4.50

1" Square Punch

£14.25

If you would like to order any of these products, just click on the pictures above, or you can use my online shop link over on my sidebar >>>>>

Or if you like, you can contact me for a chat and I can place your order for you!

One thing I love about being a demo is that I can fit it in around all the other craziness in my life! I am a single Mum to a wonderful 6 year old who has a lot of after school activities, I have a job, a new man to find time for, and yet I can still hold craft classes, craft, and run my Stampin' Up! business around all of that! It is a fun way to earn extra money to go towards more crafty goodies, a better craft room, or even extra money to go towards Christmas!

If you, or someone you know, would be interested in a wonderful opportunity to earn extra money doing something you love, please do contact me for more information. You can also find out more here.

Tomorrow is a bit of a special blog post as it is the famous Pinkie Blog Hop! Do come by and see all the inspired projects using products from the Autumn/Winter catalogue. I look forward to seeing you then!

Golden Poppies

Hello everyone!

As you may (or may not) know, I have a lot of commissioned projects that I am working on, which is really keeping me busy! I have got one of them to show you today. I have, as always, asked permission to show it so all's good :)

The brief for this one was to use the 2 photos, poppies and it was for a Golden Anniversary. I did struggle for a while, I think because I was trying to come up with something using red poppies. Then I realised that I needed to forget red, which is when I came up with stamping them in gold Encore, which I think really works, don't you?

I printed the photos in sepia which worked better than colour, then added the 'Mr & Mrs', which is gold embossed onto Vellum cardstock. The Crochet Trim and Gold Sequin Trim are perfectly placed to ground the poppies.

Here is what I used...

Pleasant Poppies Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£12.95

Gold Metallic Encore Pad

£8.95

Versamark Pad

£6.75

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

£3.95

5/8 Inch Crochet Trim Victoria

£6.25

Gold Sequin Trim

£4.50

Brushed Gold A4 Card Stock

£7.25

The customer has received the card and is thrilled with it...so another happy customer! :)

Erm....Christmas??

Good morning!

How has your week been? It feels like I have been away from crafting forever whilst I've been away this week! I am hoping to have a crafty day today, after I've been to the gym of course!

Anyway, last night I made my DT card for our new challenge at Sketch Saturday and it was nice to get back to it!

Oh and yes, I have gone and done it...I've made this year's first Christmas card!!

Now I don't know about you but I have a tonne of Washi Tape that I just am not using very much, so I thought it was about time I did! 

I have used Watercolour Wonder Washi Tape and as it is so lovely and gold, I thought it would be great for Christmas so I added a gold heat embossed bauble from Christmas Collectibles. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Sentiments.

Stampin' Up! products I used

Please click on the products to find them in my online shop.

Hope you enjoy playing with our sketch this week and don't forget to check out the other DT blogs to see what they have been making.