Phoenix Inspirations

Hello all - how many of you have browsed through the catalogues in my side bar and thought "I want this, this, this and this"? But then thought "but how can I afford all this lovely stuff"? Well that's where my Stampers Six Club comes in. Join my Stampers Six Club and spread the cost of your stamping addiction over six months - plus you get FREE stuff too. Interested? - then read on Email me on deezinesart@gmail.com to let me know you would like to join. Be prepared to committ to spending £25.00 each month for six months. (There will also be an additional charge for p&p). When I have six people ready I will begin the club. You will then belong to a group of six other like minded crafters who will each receive a complimentary copy of the current catalogue and any other published during the six month period. Also during the six months you will each take a turn at being a Hostess - this means that when it is your Hostess month in addition to your £25....

Hello friends - long time no blog! Well things have not been so good lately. My poor dad who has been battling cancer for many years is not going to be with us much longer. It's been a terrible shock and it's taking time for it to sink in. I'm with mum and dad in Bridgnorth at the moment as we are seeing someone today who will discuss how we are going to proceed in the next few weeks. As you can imagine crafting is last thing on my mind however I do have a few DT cards made for the next few weeks . Whether or not I will have the chance to up load them we will have to see. Thanks for listening xx

Good morning - it's a Wednesday and we have another new challenge ready for you in  The Male Room . This week the theme is SHADES OF BLUE. Blue always reminds me of water so that's what I did. I used the Wetlands stamp set with that gorgeous goose image - take a look Night of Navy is the main blue used on this card with some Soft Sky thrown in for good measure! Thanks for looking - see you soon xx

Last week I held my monthly workshop and we made screen cards. So easy to make but wonderful to decorate - here's one of the samples I took on the night I love creating scenes too - mostly with my brayer but this one was created by sponging ink over torn copy paper. Start off with a light distance slowly getting darker as the foreground comes into focus. Finally add the details - in this case Sheltering Tree. This is from the new Spring/Summer mini which can be viewed in my side bar - want to order it? Simply drop me an email for more information - deezinesart@icloud.com. Thanks for looking today xx

The challenge this week at  52{Christmas} Card Throwdown  is ................. And here is my card I love the Bells and Boughs set sadly now retired - it makes such a lovely card. I loved colouring all the elements in too. The bells were stamped cut out and attached using dimensionals and I drew a frame around the edge in which to place my sentiment. Please do pop over to the 52 blog and take a look at all the other DT work - it really is stunning this week - thanks for looking xx

Hmmm - this one nearly had me stumped! It's this week's challenge at  Make My Monday  and Marina's choice and actually I think that I made a pretty good attempt at some Pop Art - take a look I went back in time to my A Level art days remembering how I used to love all things Andy Warhol especially his Marilyn Monroe artwork and decided to give the Lotus Blossom the same treatment! I think I even impressed my hubby too - when I told him yesterday that I was going to do a Pop Art card with Stampin' Up stamps he sort of snorted and replies 'good luck with that one' - how rude! He had to eat his words when he saw my card!! So - tell me what you think, I love to read your comments and then please pop over to see the other works of art over on the blog - thanks for looking xx

I'm very pressed for time today as it's my monthly workshop tonight and I'm running around like a headless chicken trying to get everything sorted! Plus I was in the middle of making a cake and I noticed that the cooking wasn't working!! That's bad. Anyhow back to the business in hand - I'm attempting to do this on my iPad as it takes too long to get the laptop going so - bear with - and  I'll see if it works! Today's card is for our latest challenge over on  CAS - Colours & Sketches   and it's a colour - take a look And here is my card I used the Cherry Cobbler and Basic Black on the flower and Crumb Cake ink for the sentiment. Crumb Cake is very much like Kraft which is what I used for my card base and I also used a little natural twine. Thanks for looking - hope you can pop over and take a look at all the other lovely DT work xx