Very Bright and Beautiful Stars!

Hi all! Wow it's a cold one out there today isn't it? I hope you don't have any disruption due to the weather.

Now I know that there are some stunning new products now available in the Spring/Summer catalogue, but did you know that quite a few of the items from the Autumn/Winter catalogue have carried over too?? I have used one of these sets today...

This is the gorgeous Bright and Beautiful stamp set and I stamped it and heat embossed it in Wild Wasabi powder onto Pumpkin Pie cardstock. This is one of those unusual coloured cards I was asked to make!

The sentiment was coloured using my Stampin' Write Markers before stamping onto my card.

There are quite a few Autumn/Winter stamp sets and punches/Framelits still available, so if you thought you had missed out, the good news is you didn't!

I have more decorating to do today...glossing...oh joy!

Have a lovely day!

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 ;)

Farewell Sketch Saturday :(

Hello everyone :)

I have a (hopefully) busy day today at a Christmas fair at the lovely Worsley Road United Reformed Church. I am hoping to sell lots of my candles, mirrors, Stampin' Framed etc! If you're nearby, pop in and see all the gorgeous products on display from all the stallholders!

Today's blog post is a little sad....it's my last day as a Saturday Girl. Life has got too busy to keep up with it so I have had to step down. I have loved my time designing for them and I really do wish the girls and the challenge well for the future!

So this week is the 5th week which makes it an open challenge so you can choose any sketch from number #215. I chose sketch #332...

Here is my card...

I have used Trim The Tree DSP and the sentiment from Bright and Beautiful, which I heat embossed with Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Emboss Powder.

I added a little sparkle using some Red Glimmer Paper.

I do hope you will enter the challenge this week, and continue to support it in the future!

Pinkies Autumn/Winter 2014 blog hop!

Thank you for joining us on another Pinkies Blog Hop! We're showcasing lots of gorgeous projects 

using products from the new Stampin' Up!® Autumn/Winter Catalogue. Simply use the buttons at the 

end of each post to keep hopping!

Hi everyone!

Did you come from Kim's blog? Wasn't her project gorgeous?

I bought so many products from this gorgeous new catalogue that it was a tough decision what to use for this blog hop! I eventually decided that I wanted to use the Bright and Beautiful stamp set and matching Framelits.

I decided to try something a bit special, so this is what I came up with...

I always make some sort of Christmas decoration for my home every year, so this is where the idea came from. I used Champagne Glimmer Paper for the hollow part of the star, and die cut 6 of them using the largest of the Star Framelits. I then heat embossed 6 of the medium star stamp in Gold Stampin' Emboss and die cut them with the matching Framelit. Each of the stars were then stuck together, and the centre one was hung in the middle using invisible thread. I finished with Rhinestone Basics Jewels, coloured using the darkest Cherry Cobbler Blendie.

I made a matching box out of our new 12x12in Kraft cardstock and decorated it with matching stars and Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding. 

I also decided to make a matching card as I love this set so much! A Cherry Cobbler card blank, a layer that I inked with matching ink, and lots of stars. 

The word Noel is die cut from Very Vanilla using the Wondrous Wreath Framelits.

That Champagne Glimmer Paper is so super sparkly...I just can't get it to show properly in a photo!

I hope you enjoyed my projects today and that they have helped to inspired you!

It's time for you to move on to the next wonderful Pinkie on the blog hop, our very lovely Michelle! She has made something really beautiful for you to see!

I hope you have a wonderful Saturday and enjoy the rest of the hop!

A Christmas star!

Good morning Sketchers! 

It is my DT week over at Sketch Saturday this week, so not only have I designed our sketch, but I have also donated the prize!

This is what you could win!

So here is this week's sketch...

As you know, I like quite clean and simple cards, so the sketch, and my card, reflect that. 

I used the lovely Bright & Beautiful stamp set and matching Stars Framelits, teamed with Champagne Glimmer Paper. That paper really is sparkly, honestly!

The word 'Noel' is die cut from the Wondrous Wreath Framelits set and finishes the card nicely I think. I inked the Cherry Cobbler cardstock with matching ink to give some depth. I finished by colouring a Basic Rhinestone with a Cherry Cobbler Blendabilities pen.

This card is actually just one part of a larger project I have made, the rest of which you can see here. It is a beautiful 3D hanging Christmas decoration and matching box using the same Bright & Beautiful bundle...it really is stunning so do go have a look...here is a little sneak peek!

Enjoy the sketch and I will see you tomorrow!

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.

If you would like to order anything from any of the catalogues, please do feel free to contact me, or click on the links on my sidebar >>>>>>>>

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!