Botanical Beauties

Hello again! 

Well, today is my birthday so I thought I would share a birthday card with you today :) I've used a wonderful new set of dies for this card, along with a free stamp. Yes you heard right...FREE! 

These are the Botanical Builder Framelits...aren't they fabulous?! There is so much potential for these! :) I cut the flowers out from Daffodil Delight card and inked them with Pumpkin Pie ink and a Sponge Dauber. The leaves are Always Artichoke and I used the matching stamp set, Botanical Blooms, to stamp the veins on them.

Now remember me mentioning the free stamp? Well the sentiment is from that set, which is Sky Is The Limit. I love how the sentiment makes it useful for girly cards as well as man cards! 

It's one of the Sale-a-Bration stamp sets and you can get it free simply by placing an order of £45! For more details, click on the link over there on the right>>> 

This is what I used...

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

If you would like to place an order then please do click on the pictures above :)

Right I'm off for a day out...enjoy your crafting and see you soon!

Pinkies Spring/Summer 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!® Spring/Summer Catalogue. Simply use the buttons at the end of each post to keep hopping!

I have decided to use the first stamp set and die bundle that popped out at me when I first set eyes on the new Spring/Summer catalogue!

Isn't this heart just gorgeous?? I fell in love straight away, but I didn't want to use it as a Valentine, so I decided it would be perfect for Mother's Day! The bundle is The Bloomin' Love Stamp set and the Bloomin' Heart Thinlit die. I attached the heart using only the middle bit so it left plenty of dimension. The tiny leaves from the set are stamped in Pear Pizzazz, and used Tempting Turquoise and Daffodil Delight for the extra flowers, finishing with matching Candy Dots. 

Do you see the gorgeous shimmer on some of the flowers? That was done using our brand new Clear Wink Of Stella pens... I. love. them! They are available in Gold too...eek! 

I created the sentiment using the 'happy' from Endless Birthday Wishes and Crazy About You.

There are lots of other gorgeous stamps, papers, dies and embellishments in this new Spring/Summer catalogue, so why don't you pop on over to Nicole's blog and see what gorgeous project she has created!

I hope you enjoy the hop and hope to see you again soon!

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Happy Birthday Shelli!!

Good morning Sketchy fans! 

It's time for our new challenge at Sketch Saturday, and this week Debra has designed our sketch...

As this post goes live, I shall be at the Stampin' Up! Convention in Brussels! It is Stampin' Up! founder Shelli's birthday this week so we were asked to design a card for her if we wanted to, and, all being well, they were all presented to her yesterday! 

So here is the card I made...

I started off with some DSP from the Back To Black paper stack and once I decided to use this sentiment from Feel Goods, I thought Daffodil Delight would brighten the card and give a lovely contrast.

I inked the stamp with Stampin' Write Markers so that I could highlight the word 'sunshine' in Daffodil Delight. I finished with some Basic Black Chevron Ribbon, Daffodil Delight Seam Binding, a stamped and punched flower from Petite Petals and a Rhinestone coloured with a black marker pen.

I chose this particular sentiment as, thanks to Shelli and Stampin' Up!, there are a lot of happy Demos and customers out there, and Shelli is one shining example of positivity! 

Happy Birthday Shelli!

Have a lovely weekend and hopefully I will be back with convention news on Monday!

Boho Birthday for CAS-Colours and Sketches #77

Well hello!

It is a new week over at CAS-Colours and Sketches and this month's host is Karen, and for our first challenge of the month she has picked a really gorgeous colour combo!

Isn't it a beautiful, clean combination?

So here is what I came up with...

As they are such fresh, clean colours, I went for a fresh, clean style of card. I used an old sentiment, and decorated it with flowers from Boho Blossoms, punched out of Wild Wasabi Core'dinations card, screwed up, then sanded. I like the textured effect it gives them, don't you? I then added a pearl and Candy Dots.

I sponged the Tea Lace Paper Doily using Tempting Turquoise ink, added some Daffodil Delight Stitched Grosgrain ribbon and Whisper White Bakers Twine. I CASEd the layout from the back of the Stampin' Up! Demo magazine, 'Impressions'.

Here is what I used...

Tea Lace Paper Doilies

£2.75

Boho Blossoms Punch

£15.50

Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad

£4.95

Brights Candy Dots

£5.50

Daffodil Delight 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon

£4.50

White Baker's Twine

£2.50

Basic Pearls Jewel Accents

£4.50

I spent yesterday making thank you cards and packaging up little gifts for my customers and Stampers 6 ladies...that is part of what I love about being a demo....sending my lovely customers a little something to say thank you for shopping with me! Another thing I love is that I get to play with gorgeous goodies and get 20% too! 

There is currently a brilliant offer where you can join Stampin' Up! for only £50!! It is a wonderful opportunity and so much fun! I can't remember what life was like before SU!

If you would like to know more about my story and how I got started as a Demo, see my blog post here...

Right, now I get to go to my 'day job'...hope you have a lovely day! :)

CASEd Papillon Potpourri...is it yours?!

Helloooo!

Are you enjoying the bank holiday in the UK? I am, even though I have been working. Keiran has been with his Dad all weekend and while I miss him like crazy, it has been nice to have some evenings to myself.

During one of my evenings 'off', I made this card, which was inspired Amanda's card I found on Pinterest, which you can find here.

I have used En Francais, (in fact, this is a piece that was laying on my desk already stamped - Frugal Friday!) I cut out an aperture using the Labels Collection Framelits and paper pierced around both the inner and outer of the shape. 

I then used a Papillon Potpourri butterfly, stamped in Daffodil Delight onto So Saffron Cardstock and cut out using the matching punch. I finished with some Daffodil Delight Seam Binding.

Here are links to each of the products I used...

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you'll pop back again soon :)

Papillon Potpourri Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£13.95

Elegant Butterfly Punch

£14.25

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

£6.25

Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate

£6.25

En Français

£15.95

Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad

£4.95

Daffodil Delight 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon

£6.25

So Saffron A4 Card Stock

£6.25

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

£4.95

Labels Collection Framelits Dies

£22.95

Frugal Friday #1

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Frugal Friday Challenge #1! 
*If you would like to see my other posts this week, please scroll down*

The idea of my little challenge is to get you all to use up those tiny little bits that are lying all over your desk, instead of chucking them in the bin! 

Each Friday in May I will start a new linky and each week I will choose a top 3. Then on 7th June I will choose a winner who will receive a little prize from me!

Remember the photo of scraps from yesterday's blog post? Well here is what I did with some of it...

This is created using only scraps from my desk with no extra stamping or punching other than the sentiment, and only a Candy Dot for added embellishment.

I'm quite chuffed that I used up so many bits...these could just as easily have ended up in the bin...what a waste that would have been! I sent this to a friend who is feeling a bit 'under it' at the moment. Hope you feel better soon hun :)

Stampin' Up! supplies used

 

Please click on the pictures to order directly from my online shop.

I'm also entering my card into the challenge at CAS-ual Friday this week where the theme is Three Thirds. I have used a 3 word sentiment and used only 1 third of my card.

CFC131: Three Thirds? The idea is to use three of something, could be colors, sequins, etc
on just 1/3 of the card, and keep it clean and simple.

Do you have scraps lying around your desk? Ok...well why not show me what you've made with yours? Blog a picture of the bits lying on your desk and then your completed card, or 3D item...whatever you choose, and link your project in the linky below for us all to see. 

This is my first Frugal Friday and I'd love you to join in...who knows, it might helps you get desk looking a little clearer!

Have a lovely Frugal Friday!

Frugal Friday reminder

Hello everyone and happy Bank Holiday Monday to all of you in the UK!

So how many of you are planning on a crafty day today? Well here's a thought...why not have a look around your craft desk and show me what's there? As may know, I am running a challenge on here called Frugal Friday, so I thought I would take the opportunity to remind you about it.

I took this photo last week to show you all the little bits on my desk that I plan to use up.

So here is another card I made from it...

The strip of DSP is from the Sale-a-Bration promotion, the butterflies are Papillon Potpourri and Beautiful Wings Embosslits, and the coloured panel is die cut from Pool Party card.

The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Sentiments and I stamped it on Bermuda Bay (had to get some in somewhere!) The stamped butterfly is Daffodil Delight.

It really is incredible how much of those teeny, tiny, seemingly useless bits you can use up! Go on, give it a go and link it up here!

If you would like to order any of the current items I have used, or would like to try MDS, please do click on my shop logo over on the right >>>>>>>>

Alternatively, you can contact me and I will be more than happy to place your order for you!

Have a lovely day and I shall see you tomorrow (if I can drag myself up after watching the premiere 2 episodes of 24 at 1am tonight...too excited...I love Jack Bauer!!)