Phoenix Inspirations

So I was standing at my kitchen window looking out and I spied some tiny Muscari flowers framed beautifully against an old wooden sleeper.  The garden is terraced with sleepers as it's very steep and there is a layer of pebbles to stop the weeds - only it doesn't really work and loads of things keep coming up including the aforementioned Muscari. They did look very pretty though and inspired my card making today  - take a look  For my background I used Crumb Cake ink and the large Hardwood stamp. I then used the Tranquil Tulips set and the little stamps from that to create my Muscari. There are lots of leaves and spikey grass bits to use too. It's a very clean and simple card and I may add a sentiment later or I may just leave it as it is.  Hope you like my card today  - see you soon - J xxx 

Today I'm going to share with you my Facebook swap card for September. The brief was a cascade card, no flowers or butterflies and no pink, blue, orange or white colours! Here's what I came up with Two slanted pieces of card stock are intertwined to form this complicated looking card. I added a panel to the back of the card to make a little pocket to hold a tag for writing on. Stamp sets used are Papaya Collage and An Open Heart with the background being created with the Hardwood stamp. I used a scallop border punch down the sides and added a label to the front with the sentiment on. Thanks for looking today - see you soon xx

/////My good friend Mynette has started a new blog -  CASE-ing Christmas  and guess what??? It's another chance to get ahead on your Christmas crafting. It's all about CASEing - Mynette provides a sample card and the challenge is to CASE it - here's the card to CASE And here is my take on the card -  The elements I chose to CASE were the bird and foliage, the layout is pretty similar too. I added a sprinkling of glitter to the robin and berries to give that extra festive feel. thanks for looking today xx

I know I said I was gong to do some housework but I got a bit side tracked with this week's challenge at  Less is More  - it's Foliage one of my favourite things to stamp. Here's my card It's also a One Layer Week so I was so relieved when my sentiments stamped straight - no sticking a label over wonky ones this time! Materials - Stampin' Up (except for Kraft Card Base) Stamps: An Open Heart Ink: Black Memento, Light Old Olive Blendibility Marker, Perfect Plum, White Chalk Marker, Soft Suede 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 directly from my Stampin' Up website - click  HERE  to take a look. OK definitely off to do housework now!

It's Monday again and that means another challenge went live this morning on the  Make My Monday  blog. Fliss is our hostess this week and she chosen the theme of BIRDS - here is my card A very simple card for this one - inspired by one I found on Splitcoast Stampers a while ago. The design is the same but the stamps are the new An Open Heart set which can be found in the new Annual Catalogue. Materials - Stampin' Up (except Kraft card base) Stamps: An Open Heart Ink: Basic Black, Mossy Meadow, Crushed Curry, Pistashio Puddng, Crumb Cake, Elegant Eggplant Card Stock: Mossy Meadow, Very Vanilla Accessories: Dimensionals, 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. 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 directly...