Phoenix Inspirations

We had a rest last week at  Sassy Sketcharinos  but we are back with a great new sketch for you - take a look Here is my card - it's very blingy! Blended Bloom and Bitty Butterfly - it looks really sparkly in real life! Thanks for looking - please do pop over to the challenge blog HERE  to take a look at the other DT cards too. See you soon xx

It's time for another Sunday sketch over on SASSY SKETCHARINOS Here is this weeks sketch And here is my card I stamped my card with the large Pleasant Poppies stamp, marked off where the squares were on the sketch and then coloured within the squares. Tiny butterflies were added along with some pearls and a sentiment. Hope you like my card and I hope you can find time to join in this week - see you soon xx

It's a lovely spring day here in Bridgnorth and what makes it even better is that I have been crafting! It seems the new meds are taking effect and I'm starting to feel human again! The card I have for you today is for the challenge over on  Freshly Made Sketches Here is the sketch And here is my card I've used a scrap of Raspberry Ripple DSP to create my border on a background stamped with Pleasant Poppies. My squares have small glittery butterflies on them. Hope you are all having a great Bank Holiday Monday (if you are in the UK) See you soon xx

I'm here again with my weekly dash to enter my card into the  CAS - Colours & Sketches  challenge. One day I shall surprise every one and do it the day it goes live!!! The challenge this week is colours and here is my card I stamped my flourish in Soft Suede directly on to my card base. I then die cut a label on my Big Shot and embossed it with a rose embossing folder (free in a magazine ages ago) - this was done with So Saffron card stock. My butterflies were punched using Rose Red card stock and were finished off with a few gems. The sentiment was stamped in Rose Red ink. Here's a close up Thanks for stopping by to take a look - see you soon xx

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). ...

It's Thursday and that means a new sketch challenge over on  CAS - Colours and Sketches  - take a look And here is my card - I'm really pleased with this! This is such a lovely sketch - thanks Kylie - so I limited my colour palette to just a grey, blue and white (I did use a little black too to stamp my butterflies). Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Best of Butterflies, Papillon Potpourri Ink: Black Stazon, Soft Sky Card Stock: Whisper White, Smoky Slate Paper Eastern Elegance DSP Accessories: Bitty Butterfly 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...

Before I launch into my post can I just say - look at my fab new blog design!!! I had it specially designed for me by fellow SU demonstrator and Pinkie Catherine Carroll. She is going to add a link here to her site soon so do watch out for that. Now this time last week I was preparing for my catalogue launch Open House Event. I love to spoil my customers so the first thing I did with them when they arrived was sit them down to a free Make and Take - here it is I don't know if you can quite see in the photo but the black CS has been embossed in the Mosaic embossing folder making it super easy to add the mosaic punched tiles. How do you like the pop of yellow - it's a new colour called Crushed Curry - I love it! I've also used another new colour - Smoky Slate - also gorgeous! My lovely ladies also had a lucky dip on the day and a choice of retiring sets to purchase too plus a free gift for all orders over £25 on the day - I think they all went home happy! Materials -...

One of my favourite stamps is retiring at the end of this month, I'm not too sad though as I have had a sneak peak at the brand new catalogue and there is a lot of new and exciting products to take it's place. You my remember I used this set recently for my workshops - I also made an easel card in this style as easel cards are the subject of this month's workshops - take a look I didn't stop there either as I made this little gift box to complete the collection Thanks for looking today - I will be saying fond farewells to a few more sets later in the week so do pop back. Enjoy the rest the weekend - Jacqueline xx

I have had a bit of a trying week - again! My poor dad was rushed into hospital last week having suffered a stroke so of course I dropped everything to go and be with mum - luckily it wasn't a bad stroke and dad is now back at home. Apparently it's related to his lymphoma cancer so we will have to wait now to see what treatment he will need. The thing is though that there are soooooooo many exciting things happening at Stampin' Up that I am bursting to tell you about!!!! Don't be surprised if I post many times over the next few days! Firstly though I need to update you about this week's challenge over on CAS - Colours and Sketches  - we have some very lovely colours for you to use - take a look These are beautiful colours and this is how I used them My gorgeous sparkly butterflies are made using my Silver Glimmer paper and have been coloured with a Rich Razzlebery marker - here's what else I used Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Stipple...

Morning all - time for another sketch challenge over on the  CAS Colours & Sketches Blog  - take a look Here is my card Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Nature Walk, Summer Silhouettes, Petite Pairs, Bloomin' Marvelous (Retired SAB set) Ink: Always Artichoke, Elegant Eggplant Card Stock: Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant Accessories: Dimensionals, Bitty Butterfly Punch (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 pop over and say 'hi' to the other DT ladies - they have made some fabulous cards this week - bye for now - Jacqueline xx

Today was my monthly Tuesday morning workshop - a bit later in the month than usual but not one to be missed as I used the gorgeous Bordering on Romance as my inspiration. Today we made a Pop-up Accordion card - take a look As a special favour to the ladies in my craft group I write up a tutorial of our makes, that way they can recreate their card again at home. It's also useful as well if for some reason they are unable to come to the class on the day. You too can take advantage of these tutorials by visiting my Craft Club Blog -  HERE . So now you know what you can make - here's what I used to make it Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps - Bordering on Romance, Kindness Matters Ink: Basic Gray, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, Certain Celery - all Stampin' Write Markers Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue Paper: Silver Glimmer Accessories: Big Shot, Window Framelits, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Very Vanilla Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch ...

I am running a workshop on Tuesday (21st) so if you live in the Malvern area and want to come along check out all the details -  HERE . This time we are making a POP-UP ACCORDION CARD - take a look Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Bordering on Romance, Kindness Matters Ink: Basic Gray, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, Certain Celery Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue Paper: Silver Glimmer Accessories: Big Shot, Window Framelits, Bitty Butterfly Punch,Scallop Edge Punch, Very Vanilla Ribbon (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) . As always with my workshop makes there will be a step by step tutorial on my  Craft Club Blog  so please do pop back for that after the workshop on Tuesday morning. Bye for now - Jacqueline xx

Hi all - hope you are enjoying your weekend - this is just a short post to update you on one of my workshop makes - it's a folded frame card here's a photo A tutorials for this card can be found -  HERE Materials Used - Stampin' Up Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, Kindness Matters Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Card Stock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Summer Starfruit Paper: Sycamore Street DSP (Retired SAB) Accessories: Dimensionals, Bitty Butterfly Punch (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) . Thanks for looking - enjoy the rest of the week end - Jacqueline xx

Here is another card I recently demo'd at a Hostess Party. It shows off this year's In Colours along with the Honeycomb embossing folder and butterfly punches - take a look I've also used the gorgeous Papillon Potpourri stamp set as it makes lovely butterflies and they match the punches perfectly And the inside - butterflies again along with the very popular Sassy Salutations Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, Sassy Salutations, Pretty Petites (SAB) Ink: Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit Card Stock: Whisper White, Gumball Green, Naturals White Accessories:Elegant and Bitty Butterfly Punches, Honeycomb Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Petite Curly Label Punch (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) . Thanks fo...

It colour time at  CAS - Colours & Sketches  and do we have some lovely ones for you this week - come and take a look Don't forget that you don't have to use Stampin' Up colours - just use the shades you have closest in your stash. Also your cards should be clean and simple and include stamping - simples. Here is my card I made a sympathy card with the Love and Sympathy set - a good one for clean and simple I think. I added some stamping inside too - take a look Materials: Stampin' Up Stamps: Love and Sympathy Ink: Midnight Muse, So Saffron. Card Stock: Whisper White, Midnight Muse, Tangerine Tango Accessories: Bitty Butterfly Punch, Basic Pearls (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) . This is the part when you pop over to the challenge blog to take a l...

Hello all, oh the joys and woes of a new lap top! The joys are a lovely clean and fast running computer but the woes are not having all your other stuff at your finger tips and it's such a faff to reload all my programs! I know I am being a grouch but I was rudely awakened by the phone at 7 this morning! The card I am about to show you is for  CAS - Colours and Sketches  and the reason I'm late posting (again) is that the card on the challenge blog was taken in the dark! So I re-photo'd it this morning but then remembered that I still had to load my photo editing program to get it on to my blog but it's done now and here it is The colours are Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, Vintage Verses (retired SAB set) Inks: Rich Razzleberry, Primrose Petals, Pool Party Card Stock: Whisper White Accessories: Bitty Butterfly Punch (You can order any of the current Stampin' Up items listed above or indeed from either of the two c...

The lovely Caz  has designed this week's fabulous challenge over on the  Make M y Monday  challenge blog and it is a colour challenge -Use the Colours - BLUE & BROWN. Here is my card I've kept things quite clean and simple with this card - mainly just matting and layering and then the addition of 2 stamped butterflies. The butterflies are available in the Papillon Potpourri set and to make things really easy both have co-ordinating punches. Here's a close up And a view of the inside Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, Delightful Dozen. Sassy Salutations Ink: Bashful Blue, Soft Suede Card Stock: Whisper White, Soft Suede Paper: Subtles DSP Accessories: Elegant and Bitty Butterfly punches (sold separately). (don't forget to drop me an e-mail if you would like to order any of the fabulous Stampin' Up products - or see all the details up in the top tabs - thanks). Please do pop over and take a look at all the other wonder...