Phoenix Inspirations

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I'm all behind today but just before I head off to Brum for another week of hospital visits I can show you my card for this week's challenge over at  Make My Monday  - the theme this time around is a Grown Up Card - no cute images. Here's mine To me there is nothing more likely to make you feel grown than the loss of someone special, it hits you hard. So, this card is a sympathy card, very simple. A bit of sponging, an image and a sentiment. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Love and Sympathy Inks: Smoky Slate, Garden Green, Elegant Eggplant Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Silver Glitter Accessories: Bitty Butterfly 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 along with the NEW SPRING/SUMMER MINI. 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). Y

Just a very quick post this morning to tell you about the new challenge over at  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  where the theme is Here is my card I have embossed with gold onto gold and also used gold foil paper behind my aperture. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Holiday Ornaments Ink: Versamark Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Gold Foil, Real Red, Silver Glitter Accessories: Big Shot, Holiday Ornaments Dies, Gold EP, 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 along with the NEW SPRING/SUMMER MINI. 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. Please don't forget that if your orders total £45 or more you can choose FREE  SALE-A-BRATION  go

Today sees a new challenge over on the weekly challenge blog  CAS - Colours & Sketches  and this time we have these beautiful colours to use - take a look For my DT card this week I have used the new Banner Basics set which is one of the FREE sets you can receive if you spend £45 on catalogue orders. If you spend £90 you could get the matching punch too! Here is my card Don't you just love that teeny tiny flower - once stamped it can be perfectly punched using one of the Bitty Punches - brilliant for those finishing touches. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Banner Basics, Sweets for the Sweet, Morning Meadow Inks: Smoky Slate, Daffodil Delight, Strawberry Slush Card Stock: Whisper White, Naturals White Accessories: Basic Rhinestones, Bitty Punches (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 along with the NEW SPRING/SUMMER MI

Morning all - it's time for the next challenge over in  The Male Room  and this week our theme is 'RETIREMENT' For this card I have used my ever faithful Lovely as a Tree set - it was the first set I ever bought from Stampin' Up and it still stamps like the first time I used it. It's perfect for male cards - take a look Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Oh Goodie, Delightful Dozen Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Soft Suede, Sahara Sand (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 along with the NEW SPRING/SUMMER MINI. 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

Hi all - it's time for another challenge over on  Make My Monday  and this time it's my choice. I have a recipe for you - take a look 5 GEMS 4 COLOURS 3 STAMPED IMAGES 2 LAYERS 1 WORD  I have used my new set from the Spring/Summer mini catalogue - Peaceful Petals - to make this card. It's very clean and simple - and quick to make - take a look So - I followed the recipe like this: 5 Gems - centre of flower and dot on the 'i' 4 Colours - Tangerine Tango, Pear Pizzazz, Crushed Curry (flower centre) and Chocolate Chip 3 Stamped Images - Leaf Spray, Daisy Flower, Single Leaf - all from Peaceful Petals 2 Layers - Card Blank with a layer of Naturals White on top 1 Word - 'Smile' from Happy Day (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 along with the NEW SPRING/SUMMER MINI. Items can be delivered direct to y

Hello - it's Saturday so that means another Christmas challenge over at  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  and this week is a theme week - take a look And here is my card I love this moose stamp and I thought that he would be perfect for a Christmas landscape - I even considered giving him a red nose like Rudolf but I stopped myself just in time! There is lots of heat embossed white on this to give the impression of snow and I must admit it does look rather chilly! Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Walk in the Wild, Bells and Boughs, Lovely as a Tree Ink: Soft Sky, Midnight Muse, Island Indigo, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Versamark Card Stock: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Whisper White Accessories: Modern Label Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Basic Gems, White EP (Other non Stampin' Up - Ribbon, Kraft card blank) (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com - a

Hello all - a little bit late with this but will explain later (scroll down too for a couple of party pics!) - first here is the sketch for this week's challenge over on  CAS - Colours & Sketches And here is my card Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Language of Love, Delightful Dozen Ink: Tangerine Tango, Real Red, Coastal Cabana, Baked Brown Sugar Card Stock: Naturals Ivory, Baked Brown Sugar, Very Vanilla Paper: Retro Fresh DSP Accessories: Small Heart 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 along with the NEW SPRING/SUMMER MINI. 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. Please don't forget that if your orders tot

LOVE is the theme over on  Make My Monday  this week and as it's Valentine's Day on Friday I expect I shall be seeing plenty of Valentine's cards when I visit your blogs! Here's mine The cupcake punch makes beautiful clouds and looks perfect with the Cloudy Day EF - a lovely blue sky for my heart balloons. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Delightful Dozen Ink: Basic Gray, Real Red Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Naturals White, Pool Party, Real Red Accessories: Cupcake Punch, Modern Label Punch, Small Heart Punch, Big Shot, Cloudy Day EF (retired) (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 along with the NEW SPRING/SUMMER MINI. 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 

Blogger has not played nice these last couple of days and it has not let me sign into my blog. However after a bit of tinkering by my hubby I'm back in and ready to post my  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  card - take a look And here are the colours you get to choose from - chosen by me this month The colours I chose were red, green, black and the compulsory gold. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Joyful Christmas Ink: Versamark Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Real Red, Gold Mirri, Gumball Green Accessories: Gold EP, Dimensionals, Decorative Label Punch, Small Circle 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 along with the NEW SPRING/SUMMER MINI. 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 S

It's time for another challenge and this time it's for  CAS - Colours & Sketches . We have a beautiful set of colours for you this week - very earthy and very masculine too - here's what I created And here are these gorgeous colours I was telling you about I coloured an acrylic block with markers to create my background - a great technique don't you think? Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Walk on the Wild Side, One in a Million Ink: Marina Mist, Chocolate Chip, Pear Pizzazz Card Stock: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Marina Mist, Pear Pizzazz Accessories: Modern Label Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Natural Twine (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 along with the NEW SPRING/SUMMER MINI. 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 - tha

It's a new challenge in  The Male Room  and this week we are going with Valentine - for men only of course! This is the card I've made for my hubby - he never reads my blog (I know how rude!) so I know he won't see it before next Friday! Clive loves hares - the more mystical the better, so I've created this one in the moon light - heart shaped. I haven't used all Stampin' Up stamps this time but I will list the ones I did use Walk on the Wild Side (grass on the moose stamp) Love and Sympathy (upside down stems on the flower stamp) Delightful Dozen (sentiment) The background and moon were sponged using Midnight Muse, Pear Pizzazz, Always Artichoke, Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler and Black Stazon ink. (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 along with the NEW SPRING/SUMMER MINI. Items can be delivered direct to you

It's Monday again and that means another challenge over on  Make My Monday . This week Fliss is shaking things up a bit with an 'Anything But A Card' theme - no cards this week! Here's what I made A set of decorated pegs - they have magnetic strips on the back so they are handy for attaching to the fridge. I got my air drying clay out for these too, they are extremely light embellishments so won't pull the pegs down with their weight. There are some outstanding projects over on the  MMM blog  so please do pop over and take a look. Materials - Stampin' Up (Except for pegs and magnets) Birthday Basics DSP, Silver Glimmer Paper, Air Drying Clay, Strawberry Slush Re-inker. (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 along with the NEW SPRING/SUMMER MINI. Items can be delivered direct to you - just £4.95 p+p any size order. Also s

Morning all - it's my turn to host the month's challenges at  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  and as always we kick off with a sketch - take a look And here is my card You will be forgiven for thinking that it is very close to my last card for the 52CCT sketch but I am having an idea (yes I know it's frightening!). I am thinking that I will do all the sketches similar so that come December I will have a nice little pack of similar styled cards to give as a gift or use as a raffle prize. That's the idea anyway! Washi tape is perfect for this design and so quick too, and I do love the gold sequins that are now in the new Spring/Summer mini. Along with the gold foil card stock they add a lovely touch of glamour to my cards. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Hello Lovely, Petite Pairs Ink: Pear Pizzazz Card Stock: Naturals White, Very Vanilla, Gold Foil Card, Real Red Accessories: God Washi Tape, Gold Sequins, Dimensionals (To order any of th