For our Anniversary

Good morning all!

It's another lovely sunny day here, and I have already been to the gym! So before I go to work I thought I would quickly share this card I made for my lovely Mike for our first anniversary back in July...

I saw a similar card shape somewhere online and decided to try and have a go. I used Hearts Framelits to cut the shape and trimmed it so it fit together.

Now, not many of you know, but Mike and I met on Tinder and if you like the look of someone you 'swipe right', so I used this idea to create a slider card!

I stamped the words inside so they would show through the window when the slider is moved.

A piece of Windiw Sheet popped on Dimensionals holds the slider in place. I used the Hostess set Happy Birthday Everyone and Teeny Tiny Sentiments for the wording. The tiny heart is from the Itty Bitty Accents punch set.

I hope you have a lovely day and I'll see you soon! :)

We just fit!

Good evening!

As promised, today I am going to show you my Valentine I made for Mike, plus the little gifts I made both Mike and Keiran. So here is the card...

Mike and I have always had a little thing that we say about being each other's missing piece and how we just fit together so well, so I decided to use that as my inspiration. At Christmas I bought him a jigsaw piece keyring so I decided to follow that theme for Valentine's, hence the two jigsaw pieces, which I created by drawing round 2 pieces from one of Keiran's jigsaws! 

The sentiment is made using the Simply Serif Alphabet set and is finished with a punched heart from Itty Bitty Accents punch pack and a Candy Dot.

As mentioned, I also made my two lovely boys a little gift each...

I got the marshmallow lollies pre-packed, but had to add my own little something, so I added the little topper. Here's a closer look...

I stamped the biggest heart from Groovy Love and cut round it, then I added the stamped and punched heart and circle, and added the sentiment which I die cut using the Bitty Banners Framelits.

I'm having a family day tomorrow, seeing my parents, Brother and Sis-in-Law and my gorgeous Niece and Nephew...I can't wait! I hope you have a lovely day too!

Irresistibly Groovy Love

Good morning all!

It's Thursday, (or 'the third day' according to Joey from Friends...I've been watching it a lot whilst decorating!), which means it's time for a new challenge at CAS-Colours and Sketches, and this week is a colour challenge...

I almost forgot to make my card this week, due to having been so busy with the painting, but I managed to pull this together at the last minute last night!

I decided to make a Valentine's card, and given the colours, I thought a male card would work well. I used some of the gorgeous free* Irresistibly Yours DSP from Sale-A-Bration as my background, on a Crumb Cake card base. I punched out a heart using the Sweetheart punch, then stamped one of the hearts from the Groovy Love stamp set inside the aperture.

I stamped 'you' from Happy Watercolor and 'me' using Simply Serif, both in black Stazon. I used Stazon as the stripes on the DSP would resist water based inks. I finished with a little heart punched from Cherry Cobbler using one of the Itty Bitty Accents punches.

*Irresistibly Yours DSP is one of the items you can choose free with each £45 spend!

It was lovely to see so many more entries to last week's challenge and we are looking forward to many more this week!

A little bit of Brussels!

Helllooo!

I realised yesterday that I haven't really shared a lot from my trip to Brussels earlier this month. I think much of the reason is because I, sadly, lost a lot of my photos. Somehow, my memory card got corrupted...it's a good job convention is in Brussels again next year then! I will share a few of the photos I do have at the end of my post.

Luckily, I do have photos of the beautiful pillow gift I gave to my lovely convention roomie, Paula! What do you think of this?

Yes, I played with the fabulous Curvy Keepsakes die again...sorry but I just can't resist! I used the stunning I Love Lace stamp in Silver Encore ink, and added some lovely Silver Glimmer Paper leaves, punched from the Bird Builder punch.

I finished with a couple of little flowers from the Pictogram Punches, and a couple of Rhinestones Basic Jewels. Can you see the candle inside? Don't worry, it's not a naked flame! It is a battery powered candle! I created some handmade Washi Tape to go round it using masking tape. I simply stamped the I Love Lace stamp onto the masking tape...it looks really effective and just finishes the candle nicely.

Oooh almost forgot! Can you see a little something else in there??

There was a beautiful Swarovski Crystal bracelet inside!

Ok, so, as promised, here are a few of my favourite pictures from Brussels...

First, the very beautiful square at night...

This fella was carved from pure chocolate!

Some veeerrrrry expensive chocolates!

Le Mannequin Pis...(yes...it's a little boy weeing!) (and I do mean little!)

Some of Pierre Marcolini's stunning chocolates and Macaroons...

 The very lovely Shelli being presented with all our birthday cards, especially made for her!

And finally, some of the lovely ladies who I enjoyed spending Sunday morning with...Tanya Paula, Shelley and Lisa...

We had the most wonderful time, (and a LOT of chocolate!) and I can't wait to do it all again next year!

Have a lovely Friday!

Convention is almost here!

Good morning!

Yes, I know...I have been a bit MIA this week. I am sorry...I have had so much to do that I'm afraid blogging and crafting have taken a bit of a back step. There is a very good reason...I am very excited about an upcoming event...

CONVENTION!!!!

Yes, this time tomorrow I shall be on my way to the airport to catch my flight to Brussels, where I shall be meeting up with Paula and lots and lots of other Stampin' Up! Demos for our annual convention! And I can't wait!

We each get a bag when we arrive, with free stamp sets, a lanyard, a pen, and maybe other goodies too, but as they are all the same, we each make a tag for our bags so we don't get them mixed up!

Here is mine...

I like to keep things simple, as you know, so I also kept my tag simple. I started by printing my name out from MDS onto Very Vanilla cardstock.

I then used the Bird Builder punch to add some leaves punched from super sparkly Champagne Glimmer Paper, and finished with some flowers from Pictogram Punches stamped in Cherry Cobbler and punch with the cute matching punch from itty Bitty Accents. I mounted the whole panel onto a piece of our new Kraft cardstock.

Here is what I used...

Convention is a fun time for all demos, hobby and business, whatever level!

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As an active Demonstrator you get to attend all Stampin' Up! events, giving you the chance to meet so many wonderful people from fellow demos to the Stampin' Up! team. 

And now is an even more perfect time to join!

If you join before 24th October you get a FREE Designer Paper Stack EVERY month for 6 months!!  

So if you would like to join the fun, simply click here and become a part of the wonderful Stampin' Up! team, and my team of lovely t'Inkerbelles!

Keep popping back over the weekend to see the swaps I made and hopefully to hear any news, plus see what we have been getting up to!

Pictogram Thank You

Hello!!

It's our new challenge over at CAS-Colours and Sketches this week, and it is sketch week...

So I made my card in the 15 minutes I had spare yesterday lol! How is life sooooo busy??

Anyway, here is my card...

I happened to have this strip of  Moonlight DSP laying on my desk so I based my design on that! 

I stamped a few little flowers from Pictogram Punches, in Blackberry Bliss, and punched them using the matching punch from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack. The sentiment is from Lots of Thanks. I finished with a strip of Watercolour Wonder Washi Tape.

Here is what I used...

I think this is quite a fun sketch...what are you going to make with it? We look forward to seeing you creations!

Bright & Beautiful on a Friday!

Good morning!

I have a lovely card to show you using the lovely new Bright & Beautiful stamp set from the brand new Autumn/Winter catalogue today!

Isn't that star just gorgeous?!! I have stamped it in Lost Lagoon, then heat embossed the sentiment from the same set in silver Stampin' Emboss Powder, after first stamping in Versamark.

You can see the embossing better here. It is really lovely and gives quite a shimmer to the card. I finished with some stars punch from Silver Glimmer paper using the punch from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack. The whole panel was then popped up on Dimensionals onto a Lost Lagoon card blank.

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Do you have anything planned for today? I am working, gym, then crafting some commissions, then it's the final of Got To Dance...yay!

Enjoy your Friday!

Pictogram Thank You!

Good morning!

I hope you are having a good week so far?

I have been very busy making commission cards and working on 2 sets of wedding invitations, but I managed to very quickly make this sweet little 10cm x 10cm card using my new stamps and new In Colours!

See if you can guess the stamp set...

I used this yesterday too; it's Pictogram Punches ...I can see me using this one quite a lot! 

I scored 2 lines across the topper piece of card which is 9cm square. I then used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to position the sentiment (from Work of Art) and vase just where I wanted them. The flowers were then stamped and punched using the matching punch from Itty Bitty Accents punches. I curled the petals and popped them onto the vase. All the colours are the new In Colours...they work really well together don't they?

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It's a lovely day today, so I hope you get chance to enjoy it! 

Have a good one!

You're a Star!!

Good morning and a huge welcome to my newest follower aussie aNNie...I hope you enjoy visiting me from time to time! :)

On Saturday I told you that Keiran and I would be doing the Race for Life on Sunday, if you remember? Well we did it! More to the point, Keiran did it! And he totally blew me away!! We completed it in 34:47mins!!! I am so very, very proud of him! He jogged away and didn't complain...my little hero!

Doesn't he look proud??

Ok, back to crafty news!

I got a new delivery of Stampin' Up! goodies yesterday, and I have another coming today too...exciting times! :)

I love playing with new stash, and within seconds of Mr. Brown (UPS man) coming, I had ripped open my package and got straight to making this card! I think I was inspired by Keiran when I made this!

I used 2 of the new stamp sets I ordered to make this...Work of Art and Pictogram Punches. I punched the stars out using one of my new Itty Bitty Accents Punches and stuck them back into the holes after curling them up a little for dimension.

I also used new colours...the new In Colors are really zesty and I thought these went well together for a male card. I used Mossy Meadow, Tangelo Twist and Hello Honey. 

All the lovely new products from the catalogue are now available to buy and if you need a catalogue, please do contact me and I'd be happy to pop one in the post for you! :)

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