Phoenix Inspirations

Fliss has created this week's theme over on  Make My Monday  and she wants a Vintage project in sepia tones using either pink or blue. Here is my card - I chose blue Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: The Open Sea Ink: Soft Suede, Midnight Muse Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede Accessories: Circle Punch, Dimensionals (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com - a catalogue pdf can be found in the side bar. Items can be delivered direct to you - just £4.95 p+p any size order. Also see the special offers above in the top tabs - thanks). You can also shop now directly from my Stampin' Up website - click  HERE  to take a look. Don't forget that during the month of September if you join my Stampin' Up team not only will you receive the wonderful Stampin' Up Starter Kit but a FREE gift from me - a stamp set of your choice (up to the value of £21.95). Email me now for m

Saturday again and it's Ruth's last challenge over on the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  and she has decreed that we employ the Emboss Resist technique (instructions over on the blog) Here is my card Oh crumbs - forgot to do the inside, sorry Ruth - I do have a close up of the resist though Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Special Season, Love and Joy Ink: Always Artichoke, Early Espresso, Versamark Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso Accessories: Big Shot, Window Framelits, Clear EP (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com - a catalogue pdf can be found in the side bar. Items can be delivered direct to you - just £4.95 p+p any size order. Also see the special offers above in the top tabs - thanks). You can also shop now directly from my Stampin' Up website - click  HERE  to take a look. Don't forget that during the month of September if you join

It's time for our weekly challenge at  CAS - Colours & Sketches  and Karen has this brilliant sketch for us - take a look I had great fun with this sketch but don't know if you can see the slant so much on my finished card - what do you think? Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Summer Silhouettes, One in a Million Ink: Sahara Sand, Always Artichoke, Strawberry Slush, Blushing Bride Card Stock: Whisper White (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com - a catalogue pdf can be found in the side bar. Items can be delivered direct to you - just £4.95 p+p any size order. Also see the special offers above in the top tabs - thanks). You can also shop now directly from my Stampin' Up website - click  HERE  to take a look. Don't forget that during the month of September if you join my Stampin' Up team not only will you receive the wonderful Stampin' Up Starter Ki

Or in other words - Animal, Bird or Fish/Underwater. That's this week's new challenge over in  The Male Room Now you have to choose one or the other not a mixture and if possible make your whole project reflect the theme - the rules are better explained over on the blog so please do pop over and check. So that being said my card is all about the underwater fishy things - take a look I made this card a while ago and was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest - however I've since lost my link and now can't find it to give it credit - sorry. The fish was stamped onto card stock and then masked with a post it note and the background script added. The square was then cut leaving the tail to be fussy cut so it hung over the side. The seahorse and shell were both fussy cut and attached using dimensionals. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: By the Tide Ink: Island Indigo, Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake Card Stock: Whisper White, Midnight Muse Accessories: Dim

I posted a card a couple of days ago that I demo'd at my last workshop. It was a Kick Stand card and you can go back and see it  HERE  - or you could hang around here a little longer and take a look at the other Kick Stand card that I made today Don't you just love these earthy tones along side the new Soft Sky? Perfect too with the lovely new Wetlands set. It also seemed the perfect opportunity to get out the Fine Feathers again - I've used them to create the background on the top flap. This card actually came about after another demo I did showing off printing with an acrylic block. It's very easy - just add ink straight from the pad directly to the block - huff on it a few times and then press down onto the card stock - here's what I made Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Wetlands, Fine Feathers Ink: Soft Sky, Baked Brown Sugar, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Early Espresso, Always Artichoke Card Stock: Naturals White, Whisper White, Soft

Morning all - it's Monday morning again and that means we have another challenge over on the Make My Monday  challenge blog. This week Laura has chosen our theme and she wants us to use Flowers and/ or Trees - one the other or both. Here is my card Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Simply Sketched Inks: Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding Card Stock: Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe Accessories: Bitty Blossoms Punch, Basic Pearls (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com - a catalogue pdf can be found in the side bar. Items can be delivered direct to you - just £4.95 p+p any size order. Also see the special offers above in the top tabs - thanks). Don't forget that during the month of September if you join my Stampin' Up team not only will you receive the wonderful Stampin' Up Starter Kit but a FREE gift from me - a stamp set of your choice (up to the value of £21.95). Email me no

It's time for another Christmas challenge over on the  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  and this week we want to see some Christmas Trees Here is my card (Message to Ruth - I did decorate inside but forgot to photograph it and I'm away all day tomorrow so will do it when I get home!) Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Special Season Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake, Real Red Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Naturals Ivory, Real Red, Basic Black Paper: Modern Medley DSP Accessories: Big Shot, Apothecary Accents, Dimesionals (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com - a catalogue pdf can be found in the side bar. Items can be delivered direct to you - just £4.95 p+p any size order. Also see the special offers above in the top tabs - thanks). Don't forget that during the month of September if you join my Stampin' Up team not only will you receive the wonderful Stampin' U

Last night was my monthly workshop and we made this 'Kick Stand' card Four lovely ladies came along and hopefully had loads of fun cutting on the Big Shot and punching out butterflies. It's a great card to make and I've written a step by step for you over on my  Craft Club Blog  - please do pop over and take a look. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, Petite Pairs Inks: Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Crisp Cantaloupe Card Stock: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Crisp Cantaloupe Paper: In Colour DSP Accessories: Big Shot, Apothecary Accents, Adorning Accents, Dress Up, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, Dimensionals (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com - a catalogue pdf can be found in the side bar. Items can be delivered direct to you - just £4.95 p+p any size order. Also see the special offers above in the top tabs - thanks).

Hi all, sorry this is late but had a bit of a crisis this week and had to have a quick visit to the Drs - all is well now but I didn't feel much like blogging. On top of that Briony my daughter is off back to uni tomorrow and the house looks like rummage sale at the moment! We are going with her in the morning right across the country to the coast of Wales - Aberystwyth. I really look forward to that journey as it's stunning scenery and I take charge of the CD player! OK so back on to this week's challenge at  CAS - Colours & Sketches  and this week it's colours - take a look Here is my card Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Polka Dot Pieces Ink: Indigo Island, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry Card Stock: Whisper White Accessories: Scallop Punches, Bitty Circle Punch, Dimensionals (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com - a catalogue pdf can be found in the side bar.

Morning all - it's time for a new challenge over at  Make My Monday  and the challenge this week is to include Pearls and Swirls - here's my card Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Flowering Flourishes, Best of Butterflies Ink: Black Stazon, rich Razzelberry, Versamark Card Stock: Whisper White, Rich Razzelberry, Basic Black Accessories: Wide Gros grain Ribbon (retired) Basic Pearls, Clear embossing powder, Big Shot, Window Framelits, Scallop Trim Punch. (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com - a catalogue pdf can be found in the side bar. Items can be delivered direct to you - just £4.95 p+p any size order. Also see the special offers above in the top tabs - thanks). Don't forget that during the month of September if you join my Stampin' Up team not only will you receive the wonderful Stampin' Up Starter Kit but a FREE gift from me - a stamp set of your choice. Emai

My workshops are starting up again soon but I remembered that I hadn't shared with you what we made way back in  July. We made Tunnel Cards using the Serene Silhouettes stamp set - take a look Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Serene Silhouettes, Petite Pairs Ink: Old Olive, Calypso Coral Card Stock: Whisper White, Old Olive Accessories: Big Shot, Apothecary Accents, Scallop Trim Punch, Vanilla Flower Trim (retired), Dimensionals. (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com - a catalogue pdf can be found in the side bar. Items can be delivered direct to you - just £4.95 p+p any size order. Also see the special offers above in the top tabs - thanks). Don't forget that during the month of September if you join my Stampin' Up team not only will you receive the wonderful Stampin' Up Starter Kit but a FREE gift from me - a stamp set of your choice. Email me now for more detail

Morning all - it's cold and miserable here in old Storridge and the great debate has started: when do we turn the heating on???? it won't be long that's for sure. Anyway here to warm the cockles of your heart are the wonderful cards made for this week's  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  - we've all had great fun this week playing with these colours Aren't they fab - here's my card And the inside Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Joyful Christmas Ink: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Versamark Card Stock: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler Accessories: White Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Dimensionals, Modern Label Punch, Basic Pearls (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com - a catalogue pdf can be found in the side bar. Items can be delivered direct to you - just £4.95 p+p any size order. Also see the special offers above in the top tabs - thanks).

Morning all - it's Thursday and that means a new challenge over on the  CAS - Colours & Sketches  blog. This week Karen has this inspiring sketch for us Kind and Cozy has the perfect circle shaped stamp for these kind of sketches and teamed up with some Gingham DSP makes the perfect card - take a look Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Kind and Cozy Inks: Melon Mambo, Pear Pizzazz, Indigo Island, Daffodil Delight Card Stock: Whisper White, Melon Mambo Paper: Gingham Garden DSP Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, Dimensionals (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com - a catalogue pdf can be found in the side bar. Items can be delivered direct to you - just £4.95 p+p any size order. Also see the special offers above in the top tabs - thanks). Please don't forget to pop over and see what the other DT ladies have to show you and I hope to be visiting your blogs soon to se

Hi - did you read my post  HERE  about joining my team?  Would you like a little extra incentive to make that decision? Well from now until September 30th if you join me and my team you can choose a stamp set of your choice (up to the value of £21.95) as a gift from me - email me on deezinesart@gmail.com or click the Join my Team tab above to find out more.

That's right - join us in The Male Room  this week and share with us your male Sports and Hobbies - take a look at my card My card is all about Lepidoptera - that's collecting butterflies to you and me! A little while ago I was helping my Mum and Dad clear out their attic and Mum was horrified to find some boxes of dead mounted butterflies from my Dad's childhood especially that  he is a naturalist and conservationist now! Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: French Foliage & Nature Walk - both retired and Papillon Potpourri and Best of Butterflies Ink: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Early Espresso, Black Stazon, plus various markers Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso Accessories: Dimensionals (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com - a catalogue pdf can be found in the side bar. Items can be delivered direct to you - just £4.95 p+p any size order. Also see the special o

How would you like to join my Stampin' Up team? We are a very small and select group at the moment but would welcome some new members, and now is a great time to think about joining. I'm coming up to the end of my first year of demonstrating and it's been a blast. I've made new friends and done what every demonstrator strives to do: Now I have lots of info above in the  TOP TABS  and you should read that (it's also where you need to go to sign up) but here are some other points you may want to consider. Being a demonstrator is great for working from home, it's perfect for fitting around family life making it enjoyable and convenient. It has relatively low start up costs and it's easy to meet the minimum sales requirements. Stampin' Up let you choose the products for your starter kit - choose wisely and you could start and continue your business for as little as £99 - take a look at this pdf for products ideas  HERE . Stampin' Up offer g

This is the theme for the challenge this week at  Make My Monday . I love making cards with a scene on them and Stampin' Up do the perfect stamp set too. I have chosen two: Wetlands and Lovely as a Tree - take a look I've tried to create a river scene with the trees on the far shore reflected in the water and I do love the birds wading in the foreground. There is a reflected sun in there too but I think it got covered by the reeds! Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Wetlands, Lovely as a Tree, Loving Thoughts Inks: Soft Sky, Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip Accessories: Very Vanilla Ribbon, Scallop Trim Punch, Modern Label Punch, Basic Pearls (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com - a catalogue pdf can be found in the side bar. Items can be delivered direct to you - just £4.95 p+p any size orde

Did I tell you how much I love this set? These are the Thank You cards I made for my August orders They measure just 4" square and are perfect to adding to a bag of goodies and they were relatively quick and easy to make too. I had a production line of cards all being stamped in turn! Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Papaya Collage, One in a Million Inks: Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz, Always Artichoke, Raspberry Ripple, Early Espresso, Pool Party Card Stock: Whisper White Accessories: Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com - a catalogue pdf can be found in the side bar. Items can be delivered direct to you - just £4.95 p+p any size order. Also see the special offers above in the top tabs - thanks). Back home tomorrow - hope you had a lovely weekend, see you soon -

Good morning all - I have scheduled this post because I have having a few days break in exotic Shropshire. Actually I'm visiting Mum and Dad but it's good to get away. Today is the start of a new month of challenges over on the  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  and it's the turn of Ruth to choose the challenges. This week we have this lovely sketch And here is my card I've kept it very clean and simple and let the sentiment take centre stage and as it's Ruth's month I thought that I had better show the inside too - take a look Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Joyful Christmas Ink: Gumball Green, Real Red Card Stock: Whisper White, Real Red, Gumball Green Accessories: Scallop Trim Punch, Corner Rounder,Big Shot, Apothecary Accents, Basic Rhinestones, Seam Binding Ribbon, Antique Brad (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com - a catalogue pdf can be found

I can't believe that it took me over a year to actually buy this stamp set! I've been in love with it forever and had great fun creating this card - come a see For the first time ever too I've used some of the Core'dinations card stock. I ran it through the Big Shot in the Mosaic embossing folder and then sand it to make the embossing stand out - quite messy (for me!) but a great result. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Papaya Collage Inks: Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Early Espresso Card Stock: Whisper White, Midnight Muse Paper: In Colour DSP Accessories:Scallop Trim, Big Shot, Modern Mosaic EF, Dimensionals (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com - a catalogue pdf can be found in the side bar. Items can be delivered direct to you - just £4.95 p+p any size order. Also see the special offers above in the top tabs - thanks). I'm away for the w

September is here and this means that my monthly workshops will be starting again - this what we are making this month For more details drop me an e-mail on deezinesart@gmail.com Materials used to make this card and a tutorial will be posted later in the month.

I used to love that song as a child - can't remember the words though now! Rainbow is the theme of this week's challenge at  CAS - Colours & Sketches  - it's Karen's choice of challenge and here's what she wants to see: Rainbows are my favorite color! With the graphic above, my intent was to show that you could do any value: pastel, bright, or jewel. I'm also looking forward to seeing all the ways you can interpret this "color". As long as the card has 5 or more different colors, it counts! The colors don't have to be arranged like a rainbow, you can just use lots of colors on the card. Here is my card I've used all the colours of the rainbow to create my card - hope you like it. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, Butterfly Collection (wheel), Petite Pairs Inks: Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Tempting Turquoise, Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder Card Stock: Whisper White,

We are almost half way through this week's challenge at  Make My Monday  and this week the theme is 'Childhood Memories' My card on first appearance my not seem very childish but the images do bring back many fond memories for me. Both my Granddads were gardeners and both grew huge amounts of bedding plants which by this time of the year would be blooming madly. My favourites were always the marigolds and more specifically the french marigolds - take a look These stamps I believe are more likely to be scabious flowers however inked with the gold and red do look very much like the marigolds from my memories. I remember too my one Granddad in his greenhouse collecting the seeds from the dead flower heads and the smell was amazing! Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Field Flowers, Nature Walk (retired) Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Soft Sky, Crushed Curry, Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip Card Stock: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler Accessories: Dimensionals (To order an