Phoenix Inspirations

 So I have a card for you that I am entering into three challenges!!! (Thus continuing my resolution to take part in more challenges!!) I loved making this card - I had a really good play with sponging, masking, colouring and cutting out. And here it is I used up some of my retired DSP for this card as it had some lovely snowflakes on and I sponged the edges with Night of Navy ink. My middle panel is sponged to represent a snowy landscape with the foxes sleeping in their underground hole. The foxes are from the Wildly Happy stamp set and I water coloured them with Crajun Craze ink. I am entering this card into the following challenges Make My Monday HELLO Sunday Stamps The Paper Players That's it for today - join me on Facebook on Friday for my next live crafting video and I will see you soon - J xx

 Yep - more dragonflies. This is the last one for a while and was the subject of last Friday's Facebook Live video. I took inspiration from Christine Blain's card  HERE  but instead of using just one colour I used quite a few! come and see I took various strips of the Dandy Garden DSP and cut them into 1" squares. I then randomly attached them to a piece of Rich Razzelberry card sock. I couldn't fit four along so I added a piece of the Braided Linen Thread. I added two circles - one for the sentiment (from Dragonfly Garden) and one for the dragonflies. These were punched from the DSP. I finally added some gems coloured with a Night of Navy blend pen. You will be glad to know that I am moving on to another stamp set now - Art Gallery. Perhaps you saw my Facebook Live yesterday where I made three notecards with it? If not I will be live around 3pm this afternoon with some more live crafting - hope to see you there. Bye for now - J xx

 I am still in love with my dragonfly stamps and punch so any opportunity I get I am playing with them. Here's a card I made recently This time it was just the Dandy Garden DSP - I punched the dragonflies from the papers as the punch works with both the stamps and the papers. I distressed the paper using my scissors - an old blunt pair not my snips. It's something I haven't done for a while but it does add a bit of texture to the card. The sentiment is from the Dragonfly Garden set. All products can be ordered from me -why not take a look in the Mini Catalogue in my side bar. For every £45 or £90 spend you can choose a free Sale-a-bration gift. Thanks for stopping by - see you soon - J x

 I've made a pact with myself to take part in more challenges this year - so here goes. The challenge is over at  CAS Colours & Sketches And this is my card There were so many things that went wrong with this card! Firstly it was my second attempt at the sketch as the first was too fussy and not CAS enough. Then I tried to stamp my sentiment - it went wrong so I had to add another dragonfly - a small one. I then tried to stamp the sentiment again, messed up again and added a banner over the top of it! I was so glad when I'd finished it! Would you like to see my first attempt? Too much patterned paper don't you think? Details for all the products used can be found in the Mini Catalogue found in the side bar. If you would like to place an order do let me know - thanks. See you soon - J x

 Hello - it's time for another challenge over at CHRISTMAS 24 No other colours except black or gray for a sentiment. Here is my card Just a very clean and simple card using the Detailed Dove dies (now retired). I die cut the dove's wings and made them into angel wings just adding a simple pearl for embellishment. The sentimet is from the Dove of Hope stamp set (also retired). Do pop over and take a look at all the exquisite DT cards and I will see you soon - J x

 So, after I had made my cards yesterday I finished them off by stamping on the inside. This is something I have neglected to do for a while so I am making a conscious effort to do so now. Just a sentiment and a bit of floral stamping is all that's needed Don't forget your envelopes either - just think how excited someone would be recieving an envelope in the post that's been hand stamped And then on the back of your card you could stamp (or write) who the card has been hand stamped by. Don't forget that if you are selling a handmade card that has used Stampin' Up products it should also carry the Stampin' Up logo These are just extra little touches you can add to your cards to make them more professional which is great if you sell them at craft fairs - also means that if they love your work they can find you again to order more! Thanks for stopping by today - see you soon - J xx

 Hello - how are you? I do hope you are feeling safe and well. Today's post is all about my Facebook Live from yesterday. I did a one sheet wonder using a sheet of A4 card stock. This was cut up to make four A6 cards. I used my new set Art Gallery and the not so new All Things Fabulous - here are my cards The one sheet wonder is created by stamping multiple images on to the A4 card stock - mine started like this I had great fun stamping this as you can see in the video and if you take a look at the last card with the ribbon you will see how this was nearly a disaster - I was quite pleased with the way I managed to save it! Art Gallery is part of the Fine Art Floral suite in the Mini Catalogue and All Things Fabulous is in the Annual Catalogue - both can be found in my side tab. Join me later today for more live crafting - see you soon - J xx

 In my Facebook live yesterday I used the new stamp set Garden Wishes. It's part of the Dandy garden suite which includes the Dragonfly Garden set that I have previously used. Here is my card This is actually a Z-fold card (I really don't know why I didn't photograph it open!). I used some of the Dandy Garden DSP again in the colours of Bumble Bee and Mossy Meadow. My stamped images were coloured with my Stampin' Write Markers and I added a couple of bees too because they are so cute! The Mossy Meadow twine is rather good too don't you think? Thanks for stopping by and taking a look today - see you soon - J xx

 It's 'Wing it Wednesday'! Join me at around 3pm this afternoon when I will create something off the top of my head. I don't know what stamps I shall use or what colours I will choose - I will just 'wing it' I look forward to seeing you. J xx

 While I had the Dragonfly Garden set out on my desk I decided to have another play. Here's what I made I am in love with these dragonflies especially as they can so easily be punched out with the matching punch. Colours used are Mossy Meadow, Bumble Bee and Crushed Curry. Don't you just love the little Lady Bugs? They can be coloured with alcohol markers so you can make then red if you wish! Thanks for stopping by today - see you soon - J xx

 Just a little reminder - I will be going live today around 3pm on my FB page - Phoenix Inspirations. Hope you can join me - J x

 Today in my Facebook Live I used the new set Dragonfly Garden. It can be found in the new Mini Catalogue (see my side tab) and I have used it alongside the matching Dandy Garden DSP. Here is my card Mossy Meadow card stock was used along with Bumble Bee and Whisper White and Mossy Meadow and Crushed Curry ink was used for the images. There is a beautiful co-ordinating punch for the dragonfly which also punches out teeny tiny ones too. Don't forget to get in touch if you would like to place an order. See you soon - J xx

 Hello and Happy Monday to you all. It’s extremely cold here today as our central heating and gas fire are on the blink however, the daily Facebook Live videos will commence this afternoon at 3pm. I will be using some new stamps from the new Mini Catalogue along with some matching DSP. Please join me on my Phoenix Inspirations Facebook page. See you there - J x

 The card I have to show you this time only has a stamped sentiment - the rest is DSP - and a lot of fussy cutting. I must admit that I do find a bit of fussy cutting very theraputic and calming. However I did this particular card live on Facebook so the cutting may have been a bit boring to watch! Here is my card Each daisy was individually cut out and then attached to the card. The DSP is double sided and the daisies were on the reverse of the lovely leafy paper used on the above card. Granny Apple Green is the main colour and used for the banner (not Stampin' Up). All being well I will resume my live videos on Monday afternoon at 3pm - I hope you can join me. See you soon - J xx

 I wasn't sure of this set at first but now I've had a chance to play with it I am finding that it's not so bad after all! This time when I used it I used my Stampin' Write Markers to colour the stamp - come and have a look I used the Flower and Field DSP again and the sentiment is from Garden Wishes - one of the new sets in the Mini catalogue. The main colour used is Cherry Cobbler with a little Poppy Parade and Crushed Curry thrown in for good measure! If you pop on to my Phoenix Inspirations Facebook page you will find a video on how I made this card using my Stamparatus - it makes stamping large images so easy. See you soon - J xx

 Who is up for a freebie?! If you spend £45 or more in the mini or annual catalogue you can choose a FREE item from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. Spends of £90 or more qualify for larger iems or two of the smaller items. This week I have stamping with the free set - Corner Bouquet and the free DSP Flower and Field - take a look The image was heat embossed onto the paper and then I used one of my Stitched so Sweetly dies to die cut a label. The label was attached using dimensionals. To see more of the free items - see the leaflet link in the side bar. See you soon - J xx

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 It's all systems go for our Christmas card challenge over at Christmas 24 The idea is to start making your Christmas cards now and then hopefully when it comes to the end of the year you will a nice pile of Christmas cards ready to send out. The first challenge of the year is  That's right as long as it's a Christmas card it can be entered into our challenge. Here's my card Would you believe that the poinsettia petals are made from the two leaf stamps in the Rooted in Nature set ? I thought that they worked pretty well - don't you? Watch out for our next challenge coming on the 15th of January. Bye for now - J xx

 Good morning and Happy New Year! Who would have thought that we would be in Lockdown No 3? I do hope everyone is safe and well, I'm isolating with my mum as I can't get anyone to sit with her. Work are not happy but I have to put mum first. So we are a week into 2021 and I have been busy crafting. We have a new mini catalogloue to take us into Spring and of course it's Sale-a-bration time again with lots of lovely free goodies. Watch out for details coming soon. Don't forget I do regular Facebook Live videos on my page HERE See you soon - J xx