Phoenix Inspirations

Today is a very special day as today is the first challenge of my new CAS challenge blog  CAS - Colours & Sketches  and we are kicking off with a double - an Colour and a Sketch, take a look Here is the card I have made for this challenge - hope you like it My four square panels have been embossed with a dotty embossing folder and my middle panel has been stamped with a sentiment using the Chocolate Chip ink. My leaves - from French Foliage have been coloured with Pumpkin Pie and Cherry Cobbler, cut out and attached using dimensionals I really hope you will join me in this new venture and I'm looking forward to visiting you all and seeing your CAS creations. Please do go and take a look at my fellow team mates' creations - they really are lovely, plus we have a very special Guest designer this week. Here's our blog badge - it would be great if you could add it to your blog to spread the word I would also like to say 'Hi' to Yvonne - my...

It's my turn to do the Midweek Motivation over on the  Make My Monday  blog - here is the car I made for your inspiration For details on how I made this please visit the blog in the mean time here's what I used Materials Stamps: Summer Silhouettes, Made for You Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso (marker) Card Stock: Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie Accessories: Very Vanilla Gross Grain Ribbon, Dimensionals Other: Button Twine (order your Stampin' Up products through me and have them delivered direct to your door - click the link at the top of the page) Thanks for looking - Jacqueline xx

Take a look at the fabulous sketch Kylie has designed for us this week at  Addicted to Stamps & More And here is my card Today I have teamed up Just Believe with Summer Silhouettes and some of the paper from the Twitterpatted series of DSP. I also added some of the basic rhinestones - you can't see on here but they are extremely sparkly. Materials Stamps: Just Believe, Summer Silhouettes, Precious Butterflies (retired) Inks: Gumball Green, Primrose Petals Card Stock: Whisper White, Raspberry Ripple Paper: Twittwepatted DSP Accessories: Basic Rhinestones (I am happy to order any of the products listed above (excluding retired items) or anything from the current catalogue, just get in touch by clicking the links above - don't forget the special offers too). Can't wait to see what you all do with this sketch - if you need more inspiration pop over to the blog and check out all the DT cards - you won't be disappointed. See you soon...

It's our last AUTUMN SUPPLIES themed challenge at  Make My Monday  and to finish with we want to see your RIBBONS & BUTTONS - here's my card This has to be one of my very favourite sets from Stampin' Up - it's called Summer Silhouettes but I've given it an Autumnal twist by stamping it in earthy colours with a splash of zingy yellow. Materials Stamps: Summer Silhouettes Ink: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso (marker), Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight Card Stock: Whisper White, Crumb Cake Accessories: Buttons (retired) Basic Rhinestones Other: Seam Binding Ribbon (get all your Stampin' Up stuff by placing an order through me - details at the top of the page) Don't for get to check out the other DT cards over on the blog and I will see you soon - Jacqueline xx

It's Saturday so that must mean time for another challenge over on the  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown . This week we want you to add PEARLS to your projects Here is my card Today I have turned my Summer Silhouettes into Winter Silhouettes!! My pearls have been added as berries on my leaves. Materials Stamps: Summer Silhouettes, Christmas Blessings Ink: Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Midnight Muse, Cherry Cobbler Card Stock: Naturals White Accessories: Basic Pearls (order any of these items and more - my details are above) Please do hop on over and check out all the other wonderful cards created by the DT and I will see you soon - Jacqueline xx

Another challenge card today for these two challenge blogs The Color Throwdown Stampin' Up Only Challenges 'A Clean & Simple Holiday Card' Here is my card I substituted a couple of colours that I didn't have: Island Indigo for the Bermuda Bay and Pool Party for Soft Sky. It was also said that the grey could be changed to silver so I did that too! All products used are Stampin' Up - see the list below for all the lovely products I used to make this card. Don't forget that there is a Special Offer this month - if you buy the Ornament Keepsake stamps (includes the bauble above) or the Bundle of stamps and matching dies plus the Candlelight Christmas Speciality DSP you will receive a Paper-piercing pack - FREE! - Offer ends at the end of the month. See the links in the side bar for more details. Materials Stamps: Ornament Keepsake, Flowering Flourishes, Christmas Blessings Inks: Lucky Limeade (marker), Pool Party (marke...

......................... to all my wonderful American friends and lovely followers. Have a great day - Jacqueline xx

I have for sale a large, second hand Photocentric Imagebox light box and a few accessories to go with it including some of the light sensitive gel for making clear acrylic stamps - it's a large light box for making sheets of stamps up to A4 in size. If you are interested please e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com for more details. I also have a smaller set of stampmaking equipment like the kit shown  here  again if you are interested in buying this from me (second hand) please e-mail me.

I love Clean and Simple challenges and this week at  Addicted to Stamps & More  we have just such a challenge - take a look at my card I have used the gorgeous new set Summer Silhouettes for this and some of the new In Colours - perfect for Clean and Simple stamping. The new Stampin' Up ink pads are excellent too - the new style pad inks up the stamps really well giving a great crisp image. Materials Stamps: Summer Silhouettes Inks: Gumball Green, Midnight Muse Card Stock: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Gumball Green (Have you seen the fabulous special offers from Stampin' Up this month - check the side bar for details. Plus I can place an order for you and have it delivered directly to your door - see the top tab for details). There are some gorgeous CAS DT cards for you to see this week - please do pop over and take a look - bye for now - Jacqueline xx

Two challenges tonight and one card made using my Ornament Keepsake bundle again and a bit of gold embossing powder - take a look Materials Stamps: Ornament Keepsake, Christmas Blessings Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Versamark Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White Accessories: Holiday Ornament Framelits, Gold Embossing Powder, Dimensionals Other: Snowflake Embossing Folder. (There's still time to take advantage of the Ornament Keepsake bundle and Candlelight Christmas Speciality DSP and get a Paper-piercing pack FREE - see the side bar for details). I am entering this card into these challenges The Paper Players Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge See you soon - Jacqueline xx

Over on the  Make My Monday  challenge blog today the theme is still AUTUMN SUPPLIES and this week we want to see projects using VELLUM. Here's my card I started with a card base measuring 5" x 5" and I added a layer of Pumpkin Pie card stock. On to this I added my vellum. It's some I have had in my stash box for many, many years! It's pre-embossed and I just added some colours using my Stampin' Write markers. I tried stamping my sentiment on to the vellum but it didn't work so I re-stamped it on to card stock and attached it with Dimensionals. My frame is made by stamping leaves on to white card stock, cutting them out and arranging around the edge of my vellum panel. Materials Stamps: French Foliage, Love and Sympathy Ink: So Saffron, Early Espresso (marker), Pumpkin Pie, Wild Wasabi, Lucky Limeade (marker), Peach Parfait (retired marker) Card Stock: Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie Accessories: Dimensionals Other: Vellum (Please feel free to ord...

It's Christmas challenge time over on the  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  and Mynnette has chosen the theme for today's challenge For my card I had to resort to some clip art that I had saved on my computer (it's an image I've used before) and I added my verse in my card making programme and then printed it out I coloured the card using my brayer and some blue Stampin' Up inks. Some fine detail was added with a Stampin' Write marker and a white gel pen. Materials Stamps: None Inks: Baja Breeze, Island Indigo, Midnight Muse (marker) Card Stock: Whisper White Accessories: Brayer Other: White Gel Pen (Details are at the top of the page should you wish to order any of the above products) Don't forget to pop over to the blog to take a look at the pother DT cards - they are stunning - promise. Bye for now - Jacqueline xx

I've had great fun today as I have been attempting to make the beautiful Christmas decoration from the front cover of the Holiday Mini (see side bar). I trawled YouTube for instructions - there are so many that I finally gave up and did my own thing! I don't have all the materials used either so I improvised - a lot! Take a look I used two ornament shapes plus the round centre piece along with Very Vanilla card stock, Crumb Cake and Cherry Cobbler ink. Here's a close up I added a pearl to the centre - one of the large ones from the Basic Pearls pack, only £4.50 and you get loads! Materials Stamps: Ornament keepsakes Ink: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler Card Stock: Very Vanilla Accessories: Holiday Ornaments Framelit Dies, Basic Pearls. (Don't for get if you buy the Ornament Keepsake bundle plus the Candlelight Christmas Speciality DSP you get a Paper-Piercing pack - FREE - check up top or the side bar for more details). Crafting is curtailed ov...

I've been having a play with my Ornament keepsake bundle and apart from the 'normal' Christmas ornament style projects I have made this poinsettia flower from some of the die cut shapes I stamped and die cut 8 of the red ornament shapes and then a further 5 of the green - the ornament tops have been hidden by adding the centre. This is the small round stamp from the set and I cut out the very middle part to create the flower centre. Here's a close up Materials Stamps: Ornament Keepsakes, Christmas Blessings (sentiment) Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso (marker) Card Stock: Naturals White, Crumb Cake, Paper: Candlelight Christmas Speciality DSP Accessories: Holiday Ornaments Framelits (If you would like to make a card like this there is a special offer this month with the Ornament Keepsake bundle - see the side bar for details). I will be entering this card in this week's  Freshly Made Sketches  challenge and ...

I actually had time for a play today - no DT or workshop cards just a card for a couple of challenges - take a look I am entering two challenges with this card Dynamic Duos Retro Sketches Here's what I used to make this card Stamps: Flowering Flourishes Ink: Cherry Cobbler Card Stock: Whisper White, Sahara Sand Accessories: Basic Pearls Other: Twine Thanks for stopping by to take a look today - don't forget that any Stampin' Up product can be ordered through me and delivered direct to your door - just see the link at the top of the page - Jacqueline xx

It's time again for another challenge over on  Addicted to Stamps & More  and this week we are Addicted to Red & White - take a look at my card It's a rather Clean and Simple design this week using the circular stamp from Just Believe simply stamped in Real Red ink and cut out using a circular punch. Layers of red and white card stock were used to create my border and I used a scallop edge punch to make it a bit more interesting. A little sentiment was added as a finishing touch. Materials Stamps: just Believe, Made for You Inks: Real Red Card stock: Whisper White, Real Red Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch (All of the above and more can be ordered through me - all the details are in the top tab bar. Don't for get to check out the special offers too - there's freebies!!). Please do go and visit the challenge blog - there are some lovely entries from the rest of the fabulous DT for you to see. Bye for now - Jacqueline xx

It's  Make My Monday  time again and this week our Autumnal Supplies are to include STITCHING - REAL OR FAUX. Here is my card I have chosen faux stitching for my card today - this has been made very easy by the use of my new paper piercing template - I just placed it on my card stock and pierced through the holes with my pokey tool. I then connected the holes with the thin end of an Early Espresso marker. It makes the perfect frame for my autumnal scene which uses the recently retired Autumn Days stamp set. I make no apologies for using a retired set - I love Stampin' Up products but most of all I love crafting and these sets are far too nice to lie neglected on my shelves! Here's what I used: Stamps: Autumn Days (retired) Ink: Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso (marker), Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler (marker). Card Stock: Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Naturals White Accessories: Dimensionals, Paper-Piercing Pack (the paper-pierc...

Who doesn't love a prettily decorated notebook, especially if it has a matching pen too? Little notebooks are available in most shops - I picked these up at my local supermarket, all that was needed was a small piece of decorative paper to give them a festive feel - take a look I've used some of the Stampin' Up Festival Prints DSP  which can be found in the current Holiday Mini catalogue (there's a link in the side bar). With my notebooks I also purchased a pack of pens. With these I just unscrewed the barrels and inserted some matching paper rolled up very tightly. My favourite is the the red polka dots - I think that might just make it in to my handbag! Please do get in touch if you would like to order any of the lovely Stampin' up goodies from either of the catalogues featured in my side bar, my contact details are at the top of the page. See you soon - Jacqueline xx

It's  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  time again and this week we have a colour challenge for you - take a look This month Stampin' Up have an offer on - if you click  HERE  or in the side bar and you will see that if you order the Ornaments Keepsakes stamps plus the Candlelight Christmas Speciality DSP you will receive a FREE paper piercing pack. My card this week shows you what  you could make with the stamps plus the matching dies - take a look See the background paper? That's some of the Candlelight Christmas Speciality DSP - isn't it lovely? It's so easy to create pretty baubles like these as there is no tedious cutting involved - of course you will need a die cutting machine. Here is a view of the front of the card This is an easel card and I used four each of the bauble shapes to make the ones on the card. Here's what I used to make my card Materials Stamps: Ornament Keepsakes, Sassy Salutations Ink: Primrose Petals, Rega...

It seems ages since I have played in a challenge but today I have managed it! My husband came out of hospital Monday and it's been a long and tiring week but I have snatched moments in my craft room and this is what I have come up with I have combined Crumb Cake with Wild Wasabi for this card and one of my favourite flower stamp sets - Fabulous Florets. I made this card using the sketch from this week's  Mojo Monday  challenge Materials Stamps: Fabulous Florets Ink: Wild Wasabi, Primrose Petals, Crumb Cake Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White,  Paper: Subtles DSP - Wild Wasabi (please do get in touch if you would like to order any of the above Stampin' Up products or anything from the current catalogue - details in the top tab bar). So, my husband is confined to the settee this week convalescing. The cat loves this - he's close to the fire and he has a cosy duvet to curl up on - take a look Thanks for looking - see you ...

Yes that's right it's a Theme Challenge this week at  Addicted to Stamps & More  and this week we want to see your flowers I have dug out my Fabulous Florets for this card - it's new for the current catalogue but I managed to snaffle one from a friend in America so I have had it a while now! My leaves were stamped 5 times and then cut out and arranged on some embossed Whisper White card stock, I cut out my flower heads and they were attached using Dimensionals to hide all the joins in the middle. Some red satin ribbon was added to the side. Materials Stamps: Fabulous Florets Ink: Wild Wasabi, Real Red Card Stock: Whisper White, Real Red Accessories: Dimentionals Other: Red ribbon, dotty embossing folder. (don't forget to click the tab a the top if you would like to order any of the current Stampin' Up products - check out the side bar too for this month's special offers). This is a lovely challenge - every one likes flowers don't ...

ooops indeed - guess who didn't read the brief this week?.................erm that would be me then! It's a new month at  Make My Monday  and it's quite complicated (well it was complicated for me!!) The theme is AUTUMN,  and also CRAFT SUPPLIES,  and the challenge is to create a card or project following the themes and using KRAFT & STRING (TWINE). Here is my card - So I used my Kraft and I used some Twine - I just forgot the Autumn bit. Sorry but as I really don't have time to change it you will have to make do with this. I layered my white and Kraft card stock and also cut smaller squares to stamp onto. My little coloured flowers have been stamped, cut out by hand and attached using Dimensionals. The sentiment panel has also been attached the same way so it stands up over the twine which can be a bit bulky. Please do pop over to the blog and take a look at the DT cards - they are so much more appropriate than mine. We also have a prize this month so i...

It's a colour challenge this week at  Less is More  and the colour is PINK . Take a look at my card I have taken some white card stock and made a 5" x 5" card base - I then stamped directly on to the card using the fabulous 'Happy Birthday' sentiment from Sassy Salutations with different shades of pink ink. I then punched out some teeny tiny flowers in matching coloured card stock and added a pearl to the centres. I also scored two lines either side of the sentiments. Materials Stamps: Sassy Salutations Ink: Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Primrose Petals Card Stock: Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Primrose Petals Accessories: Basic Pearls Other: Flower Punch (all products are Stampin' Up, see the catalogue in the side bar for details and place an order by clicking the link at the top of the page). See you soon folks - have a great rest of the weekend - Jacqueline xx

I did this cute little Step Card last week as a Make and Take at a workshop, when folded it measures just 4" x 3.5" - take a look Made using Crumb Cake card stock it also use my new favourite set Summer Silhouettes. here's a side view It was so quick and easy to make and if you are good I will create a down loadable template so you can make one too! I used the new In Colour ink pads on this card too along with Sassy Salutations for the sentiment - they work so well with these images don't you think? Materials Stamps: Summer Silhouettes, Sassy Salutations Inks: Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals, Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Naturals White (all the above items and more can be ordered through me and delivered direct to you door - don't forget the exciting special offers too. All the details can be found in the side bar). Thanks for taking the time to stop by and take a look today, see you soon - Jacqueline xx

It's a new month at the  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  and it's Mynnette's turn to choose all our challenges, starting with this fabulous sketch Today I decided to use my lovely 'Christmas Blessings' set along with the label stamp from Everything Eleanor - take a look My trusty Stampin' Write markers were used to colour my images and the flowers were cut out and attached using some Dimensionals. Materials Stamps: Christmas Blessings, Everything Eleanor Inks: Certain Celery, Crumb Cake, Markers: Cherry Cobbler, Poppy Parade (retired), Lucky limeade, Pear Pizzazz (retired). Card Stock: Whisper White, Naturals White. Accessories: Dimensionals, Basic Rhinestones Other: Red Ribbon (all the above Stampin' Up products unless retired can be ordered through me and delivered direct to you door. Why not take a look a the catalogue and special offers in the side bar). Have a great weekend folks and don't forget to check out all th...