Phoenix Inspirations

I have been meaning to take part in Mynnette's  Inkspirational  challenge for weeks now and sadly I have failed - big time. However, take a look at the challenge they have for us this week I have had this card floating around my files for a while now wondering what to do with it  - I thought that this might be the perfect time to post it ................ is that cheating??!!! Materials Stamps: Create a Cup Cake Inks: Wild Wasabi, Pretty in Pink, Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White Paper: Subtles DSP  Accessories: Cup Cake Builder punch, Scallop Edge punch, Dimensionals (All products listed above are Stampin' Up, please see the top tabs for details on how to place an order) I decided to have a play around today and change my blog background - it took absolutely ages and much gnashing of teeth but I succeeded and I'm actually very pleased with the results. I think 'cos I was taking so much time playing around with it...

It's the 5th Thursday of the month and over on  CAS - Colours and Sketches  challenge blog we celebrate such occasions by having - THE DOUBLE. Not only do we have a Colour Combination but we have a Sketch too - take a look Here is my card Materials Stamps; Patterned Occasions, Create a Cup Cake (sentiment) Ink: Island Indigo Card Stock: Very Vanilla, not Quite Navy, Tempting Turquoise Accessories: Boho Blossoms punch, Scallop Edge punch, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals (Please see the top tabs for info on how to place an order - all products are Stampin' Up) So I'm late again with this post - we have had very windy weather lately and that has been affecting our internet connection. I was being organised - ish last night and preparing my post when everything went off! When the power came back we had no internet, luckily we came back on this morning so I am frantically typing now just in case we lose everything again! I really will have to get organ...

It's my turn again to do the Mid-week Motivation spot over on the  Make My Monday  challenge blog. The challenge this week is 'One for the Boys' so I have made a little congratulations note card to send to a new mum - take a look This is a single stamp (from Stampin' Up of course!) and it was one of those stamps I just had to have! Usually I'm very sensible and think very carefully before making a purchase, thinking very hard about all the possibilities so that I can make the most of my money. Not so this time - as I said I just had to have it! Today I have stamped it onto Naturals White card stock with Midnight Muse ink. I then used an aqua painter to gently move the ink around and colour the image in. No other colours are needed. Here's a pic of the inside - I couldn't resist using my Sale-a-bration elephant again! Materials Stamps: Two by Two, Sassy Salutations, Patterned Occasions Ink: Midnight Muse, Gumball Green, Marina Mist Card Stock: ...

Tomorrow (31st) is the last day for ordering from the Holiday Mini Catalogue - please e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com to place an order. Don't forget - orders of £45.00 or more before p+p qualify for FREE Sale-a-bration products. Please see all the details in the top tabs. Jacqueline xx

Good morning all, it's been a bit blustery around the old Malvern Hills of late but this morning we have blue skies and a little sunshine - wonder how long it will last?! This morning I have my DT card for  Addicted to Stamps and More  to show you - take a look And here is the sketch I used which of course is this week's new challenge Just a tiny bit of stamping on this card, mostly I've used my Polka Dot parade DSP but I also used my Sweets for the Sweet set to paper piece my windmills. Materials Stamps: Sweets for the Sweet, Just Believe (sentiment) Ink: Basic Black, Daffodil Delight Card Stock: Whisper White, Marina Mist Paper: Polka Dot Parade DSP Accessories: Basic Rhinestones Other: Seam Binding Ribbon (Don't for get if you would like to place an order for anything Stampin' Up please take a look in the top tabs for details - thank you) There are some fantastic cards by the DT again this week so please do pop over and take...

We have a masculine themed challenge this week at  Make My Monday  - take a look at what I have made I have even decorated the inside (my resolution is lasting!!) Materials Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Made for You Ink: Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake Card Stock: Whisper White, Crumb Cake (All items Stampin' Up - please see the top tabs for details on how to place an order) Please do pop over and take a look at all the fab DT cards and I will see you soon - Jacqueline xx

It's Ruth's last challenge this week at  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  and this time we have a 'Technique' challenge - take a look I love these style of cards and so does Ruth by the seem of things!! Ruth has added a link to a tutorial on how to achieve this technique and i too have a tutorial -  HERE  if you are interested. Here is my card And (especially for Ruth) - the inside! Materials Stamps: Everything Eleanor, Ornament Keepsakes, Sassy Salutations Ink: Wild Wasabi (I think - it's a long time since I made this card!), Raspberry Ripple Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Raspberry Ripple Accessories: Basic Rhinestones (All of the above items are Stampin' Up and can be ordered through me - please see the details in the top tabs). Please pop over to the blog and check out this week's challenge and all the lovely cards made by the DT this week - bye for now - Jacqueline xx

That's right it's sketch week over on the  CAS - Colours & Sketches Blog  and take a look at what we have for you to create with So, with Valentine's Day looming on the horizon I decided to stay with the exact sketch and not change anything - here is my card Does anybody have any idea yet what my favourite stamp set is????????? How gorgeous does this rose look stamped in Real Red and Cherry Cobbler?? - Just take a look at this close up The flower was stamped and cut out as were the leaves, that way I could choose where to place my leaves behind the rose. I decorated the inside too - take a look Materials Stamps: Stippled Blossoms, Field Flowers, Create a Cup Cake Ink: Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive Card Stock: Whisper White, Crumb Cake Paper: Polka Dot Parade DSP (Please see the top tabs for details on how to order all Stampin' Up products, check out the Sale-a-bration promotions there too) Please do pop on over...

It's my turn to do the Mid-week Motivation over on  Make My Monday  this week. We have a great sketch challenge for you with the added element of making it CAS (Clean and Simple) too. Here's the card I made using one of the stamps from one of the FREE Sale-a-bration stamp sets - take a look This is just one from a set of 5 This delightful little elephant is so easy to ink up with markers so that each individual element of the stamp is perfectly coloured. It also means that you don't have to include the sentiment sitting just below the image however, that too can be inked with a marker This image works perfectly for the inside of the card Materials Stamps: Patterned Occasions Inks: Island Indigo, Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple, Early Espresso - all makers Card Stock: Whisper White, Island indigo This is just a tiny part of what you could be receiving  FOR FREE - just spend £45.00 or more (excluding p+p) from the current Annual Ca...

This week it's a CAS week at  Addicted to Stamps & More  and I have been having a play with my Fine Feathers again - take a look Now this is one of those cards that turned out totally different to how I wanted it to however, I was having coffee and a girly chat with my friend Louise at the time so I may have been a little distracted! Here's what I used to make my card Materials Stamps: Fine Feathers, Sassy Salutations, French Foliage Ink: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Gumball Green, Midnight Muse Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Naturals Ivory Accessories: Dimensionals Other: Twine (All Stampin' Up products can be ordered through me and delivered direct to your door - please see the details in the top tab). Now I know I'm supposed to be decorating the insides of my card - and I did, but my camera batteries died on me as I was taking the above picture hence the lack of inside pics! I am hoping to steal  borrow the ones from the TV remote tomorrow so I can photo...

Spend £45.00 or more on products from the current Stampin' Up Annual catalogue and choose an exclusive Sale-a-bration item for FREE Click  HERE  to see the promotional leaflet or e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com with your address details and I will pop one in the post to you. Pop back tomorrow to see what I've made with mine - Jacqueline xx

It's Monday and time for a new challenge at  Make My Monday . This week it's my turn to choose the challenge and I have a sketch for you - a CAS Sketch no less - take a look You can flip it or rotate it and even change the shapes but we must still be able to see the basic sketch in your projects. Also this week it must be Clean and Simple - no distressing this week please! Here is my card I have used my Bright Blossoms for this card along with polka dot paper from the Polka Dot Parade series. Here is a close up of my vase and flower - each stamp is separate so that it can be easily inked in a different colour - also making the design possibilities endless. Materials Stamps: Bright Blossoms Ink: Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi, Cherry Cobbler Card Stock: Whisper White Paper: Polka Dot Parade DSP Accessories: Dimensionals (All the above materials are Stampin' Up and can be ordered through me and delivered direct to your door - please see the details above in...

I didn't think I would be able to take part in this week's  Inkspirational Challenge  but I managed to grab a few minutes this morning to create a card. This week Mynnette wants us to CASE this card Here is my card I have used a mixture of Nature Walk and Fine Feathers - here is another view to show my embossing and another view to show my stamped panel Materials Stamps: Nature Walk, Fine Feathers Ink: Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip Card Stock: Whisper White, Crumb Cake Accessories: Dimensionals (All Stampin' Up products can be ordered through me and delivered direct to your door - please see the details in the top tab).  Thanks so much for stopping by to take a look - see you soon - Jacqueline xx

Only because the flowers are blue - I'm really happy at the moment, I'm sat in front of the fire blogging, my husband made cupcakes and he is making curry for tea - yum. Here are my blue flowers This set - Stippled Blossoms is fast becoming one of my favourites. I am a great fan of the 2 Step Stamping technique, I love the detail that can be achieved and the colour combinations are infinite. With this card I used Pool Party and Island Indigo for my flowers and Old Olive for the leaves. I stamped onto a piece of scrap paper before I stamped the first layer of green and then used it full strength for the detail stamping. I used the Triple Timed Stamping technique for my card - I actually made this for our first workshop of the year a couple of weeks ago - there is a tutorial  HERE  if you would like to make one yourself. Here's a close up of the middle I shall be entering this card into the 'LAYERS' challenge over at the  Card Crafters Circle Materia...

Here is this week's new challenge at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  - in the words of Ruth who has chosen this month's challenges:- Hello friends , thank you to everyone who joined us last week , we loved seeing  your purple, silver & white cards!  We've updated our challenges for 2013, we'll be having theme OR recipe challenge weeks.  This week it's a recipe challenge - a Ruth recipe in fact! The recipe ingredients are: * patterned paper * glitter * and you must decorate the INSIDE of your card as well as the card front.                                                            Told you it was a Ruth recipe!   Here is my card - inside and out! Here's a close up of my glittery bits Isn't is great that the snowflake image on my paper fits so nicely in my die cut frame? ...

I have up-dated my Craft Club Blog with the tutorial for last week's workshop make. We made this card The tutorial can be found -  HERE Materials Stamps: Nature Walk, Fine Feathers Ink: Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake Accessories: Dimensionals Other: Twine (All materials - Stampin' Up - please see the details in the top tab to place an order)

Who doesn't like cup cakes? I love them but I'm now on my New Year diet so instead of eating them I am creating them on cards!! It is so easy to create cup cakes like these using the fab stamp set Create a Cup Cake from Stampin' Up. Even easier is then punching out your stamped images with the new Cup Cake Builder punch - it even punches out the candles - how cool is that? Being crazy about polka dots I was really excited to see the gorgeous DSP in the current catalogue, it's double sided and I have just used part of one sheet for my card - front and back. The Marina Mist of the paper co-ordinates perfectly with the Midnight Muse card stock and I have also used Midnight Muse and Pool Party inks . I added a splash of red with Cherry Cobbler candles and Summer Starfruit flames. I also stamped the inside - very simply with a greeting and flower Materials Stamps: Create a Cup Cake Ink: Midnight Muse, Pool Party, Cherry Cobbler, Summer Starf...

It's time for another challenge over on the  CAS - Colours & Sketches Challenge Blog  and this week we have some colours for you - take a look These are such pretty colours so I chose one of my prettiest stamp sets - Stippled Blossoms This is a '2 Step' stamp set: the pale pink part of the rose was stamped first and then the darker pink detail stamp was stamped over the top. When stamping the leaves the paler green is still Old Olive it was stamped onto scrap paper first and then stamped onto the card stock before re-inking to stamp the detail stamp over the top. Materials Stamps:Stippled Blossoms, Create a Cupcake (sentiment) Sassy Salutations (inside) Inks: Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Old Olive Paper: Subtles Collection DSP - Pretty in Pink Card Stock - Very Vanilla Accessories: Dimensionals (all the above items can be ordered through me and delivered direct to your door - please see the details in the top tab). Here is a quick pic of ...

I am a little bit late (more like a lot late really!) for the challenge this week at  Make My Monday . The theme this week has been chosen by Fliss and it's Die Cuts and /or Punches - here is my card I have used my Cup Cake Builder punch to create my cup cake card and also the stamp set that matches it perfectly. Here is a close up Can you see that even the tiny cherries have been punched out making it so much easier to create the cup cakes? Materials Stamps: Create a Cup Cake Ink: Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake Accessories: Cup Cake Builder Punch, Dimensionals (Don't forget - if you would like to order any of the above Stampin' Up items please check the details above in the top tab bar) So .... clearing my Granddad's house - it hasn't been easy (and it isn't even done yet). He had soooooo much stuff, but stuff too that brought back so many happy memories so much so that I have ...

Morning all and welcome to another challenge over at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown . Ruth has a stunning colour combination for us this week - take a look Here is my card All my materials are Stampin' Up - except the white ribbon and gems. I'm sorry this is a short post, my lap top is running on empty and I have no power cable 'til Monday to revive it! Normal service will be resumed Monday and I will explain all I promise but for now - see you soon - Jacqueline xx