Phoenix Inspirations

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

We are Picking a Previous..... today at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  and the theme is a Previous Colour. I didn't delve too far back but went for this traditional colour palette from back in July I decided to have fun with this and dug out a couple of retired sets - take a look Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Bells and Boughs, Pines and Poinsettias (Both retired) Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Early Espresso Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler Accessories: Floral Frames (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on deezinesart@icloud.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. Have a great weekend xx

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...

This is our last challenge of the year at  Make My Monday  and we are ending on a good one - CAS Christmas. I love clean and simple so this was great for me - take a look at my card Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Bells and Boughs, Special Season Ink: Real Red, Certain Celery (retired), Crushed Curry Card Stock: Whisper White, Real Red Accessories: Big Shot, Circle Die, 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. 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 see what you have created -

That's right it's the last challenge of the year over on the  52 {Christmas} Cars Throwdown  and this time it is to choose ANY previous challenge. I have chosen the Holly theme from back in August - take a look This very nearly turned out to be a one layer card - I added the label right at the last minute as I felt it lacked a little something. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Joyful Christmas, Bells and Boughs Ink: Certain Celery (retired), Real Red, Basic Gray Card Stock: Whisper White, Naturals White, Real Red Accessories: Dimensionals, Decorative Label 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). You can also shop now directly from my Stampin' Up website - click  HERE  to take a look. ...

Crumbs - is it Saturday already? Must be time for another challenge over on  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  then! This week the theme is - Here is my card Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Bells & Boughs, Special Season (available Sept 2013) Ink: Markers - Basic Gray, Pear Pizzazz, Cherry Cobbler, So Saffron 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). 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 see what you have created -

Good morning all I have another Christmas card to show you today - take a look Sadly this set has now retired - I made this card a while ago but it uses the sketch that is this week's 'Pick a Previous - Sketch' at  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  - do pop over and take a look there is still plenty of time to take part. I used the most recent sketch from the beginning of June as I missed that challenge completely. I've also just this minute announced last week's winners so do please take a look. I am also using this card over on  Make My Monday  for this week's Midweek Motivation - I've also decorated inside this one - have a look There's still time to enter this challenge too - take a look  HERE  for all the details. And finally I shall be entering this card into the fab Make your Mark challenge over on Addicted to Stamps & More  - I've used Basic Gray, Always Artichoke, Poppy Parade, Cherry Cobbler and Pear Pizzazz Stampin' W...

Morning all - sorry I missed last week's Christmas challenge, I will maybe show you that card a bit later. This week we have a colour challenge for you - take a look Here is my card Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Bells and Boughs, Lovely as a Tree Ink: Certain Celery, Always Artichoke Card Stock: Whisper White, Always Artichoke Accessories: Lucky Limeade Bakers Twine, Dimensionals (Please do drop me an e-mail if you would like to order any of the above items or indeed any Stampin' Up product from the two current catalogues found in my side bar - all my details are above in the top tabs - thanks) . If you like the look of this challenge and need more inspiration then do pop over to take a look at all the other fab DT cards - the challenge can be found -  HERE See you soon - Jacqueline xx

Morning all - it's been a busy week what with me running two workshops for my regular craft group and having a play at fellow demonstrator  Jane's  workshop yesterday and time started running out for me to make my  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown . I did intend getting up early to finish it this morning but as I was out quite late last night revelling at a concert I slept in - oops guess who's on the naughty stair again?! Anyway it's finished now and I can show you. Our challenge this week is to add an embellishment - and that is....... Here is my card Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Bells and Boughs Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Poppy Parade (retired) Basic Gray Card Stock: Pear Pizzazz, Poppy Parade (retired), Naturals White Accessories: Lucky Limeade Bakers Twine, Big Sot, Two Tags Bigz Die, Dimensionals (Please do drop me an e-mail if you would like to order any of the above items or indeed any Stampin' Up product from the two current catalog...

Morning all - Mynnette has a rather fine sketch this week over on the  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown , take a look And here is my card - outside, close up and inside Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Bells and Boughs, Delightful Dozen Ink: Basic Gray, Cherry Cobbler Card Stock: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler Accessories:Big Shot, Apothecary Accents,Basic Gray Ribbon, Dimensionals (Please do drop me an e-mail if you would like to order any of the above items or indeed any Stampin' Up product from the two current catalogues found in my side bar - all my details are above in the top tabs - thanks) . Please don't forget to pop over to see all the other wonderful work created by the DT this week - Jacqueline xx

It's time for another Christmas challenge at  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  and this week we want to see your cards with images of Father Christmas Here is my card As I don't have any stamps with Father Christmas images I had to have a mad rummage through my old (and I mean old!) crafting stash which I had condemned to the far reaches of my craft room to find a sticker. I mounted him on to some green card stock and added him to a card I had stamped with an image from the Bells and Boughs set - coloured in with various markers. Quite simple - and quick but not a bad effort in the end! (No pictures of close ups or inside - still trying to transfer all my files from my old lap top!) Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Bells and Boughs Inks: Basic Gray, Pear Pizzazz (Retired) Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler - all Stampin' Write Markers Card Stock: Whisper White, Garden Green Accessories: White Gel Pen (Please do e-mail me or see my details in the top ...

Good morning all I hope it's warm where you are 'cos this week at  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  we have some very cool colours for you - take a look Please remember to only use these 3 colours on your Christmas cards - thanks. Here's mine I had great fun making this card as I used my favourite tool - the brayer. Brayering makes such lovely backgrounds but I just used it here to create the sky, the hills were created by sponging over torn copy paper. After creating my main picture panel I mounted it on to Midnight Muse card stock which I had run through the Big Shot with a scallop edge die, this was mounted onto my card blank which had been stamped with the top of a fir tree stamp. Now Ruth I know what you are going to say - no decoration inside! There is I promise you. This card (along with others) was made a few weeks ago just before I did a craft fair and I quickly photographed the fronts of the cards before packaging them up in their cellophane bags ...

Hi all - it's sketch time at  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  - here's what we have for you this week Here is my card The keen eyed among you may have noticed that I have a new stamp set - Bells and Boughs. Isn't it gorgeous? Just right too for colouring with Stampin' Write Markers. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Bells and Boughs Ink: Basic Grey, Always Artichoke, Poppy Parade, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight - all markers Card Stock: Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White Paper: Candlelight Christmas DSP Accessories: Basic Rhinestones (Don't forget to e-mail me at deezinesart@gmail.com to place an order for any of the Stampin' Up items listed above. See also all the details in the top tabs - thanks). Please do pop over and take a look at all the wonderful cards for the rest of the DT and I will see you soon - Jacqueline xx