Phoenix Inspirations

Yep - it's time for another  Christmas 24 challenge. This time the theme is And here is my card This is another card made from the retiring Colourful Seasons. This time I have glittered the branch and added die cut snowflakes the centres of which are adorned with an epoxy droplet. The droplets have been coloured with a dark Night Of Navy blend marker. i found a scrap of silk ribbon in my stash and my stamped snowflakes were inked with Pacific Point ink. The whole card was mounted on to a Pacific Point card base. I did a Facebook Live video on how I made this card which can be found on my page Phoenix Inspirations. Thanks for looking - see you soon - J xx

Time for a new challenge over at the Rainbow Card Challenge Blog And this month we are looking for all things violet My card is quite clean and simple and uses one of Stampin' Up's retiring stamp sets - Colourful Seasons - take a look I started with a dark purple card base onto which I layered a piece of Whisper White card stock. The sentiment and blossom were stamped with Highland Heather ink and before I added the banner I attached my branch and die cut skeleton leaf. The banner is a piece of Whisper White card stock coloured with a Highland Heather blend pen. The card was then finished off with a Highland Heather leaf with Gorgeous Grape details. Hope everyone is staying safe and well at the moment - take care and I will see you soon - J xx

This card is a bit of a mish mash of images: Colourful Seasons, Artistically Asian and Waterfront. (Sorry can't remember where the sentiments came from!!) This was the card I made for a colleague at work who was leaving. She had a new job teaching in Japan - hence the oriental themed card. It turned out really well if I do say so myself and show off the perfect versatility of Stampin' Up products. Sophie loved her card - we all signed it for her and I believe she took it with her. I think it's really cool to know that one of my cards is all away across the world in Japan! That's all for today - thanks for taking a look - see you soon - j xx

I've finally found some time for crafting! Work has been pretty full on lately but I've treated myself to a week's holiday and boy am I enjoying myself: late nights, long lie ins and lunches out with family and friends. So in amongst all this frivolity I have crafted a card - take a look For this card I used my colourful Seasons Bundle which includes the Colourful Seasons stamp set and the Seasonal Layers Thinlits. My flowers were die cut from Dapper Denim card stock and three of them were stamped with the stamens and heat set with white embossing powder. The leaves are die cut from Soft Sky card stock and the branch and background mats are again Dapper Denim. This card was inspired by one I saw on  Narelle Farrugia  's blog and is going to be entered into the challenge over on Make My Monday Challenge # 62 Blue and White  Thanks for stopping by today - all products used on today's project are available in the current Stampin' Up ...

Colorful Seasons is a lovely set and I made a card today with some of the floral twig stamps. I did them in red as I thought that they looked a little festive - what do you think? It was a very quick and simple card to make - the green sprig was stamped four times in the corners of the card. The tiny flowers were stamped over the sprigs - they fit perfectly onto them - and then the larger flowers were stamped and die cut using the Seasonal Layers Thinlits. They were attached using dimensionals. Thanks for joining me today - hope to see you again soon - J xx

Although we are fast approaching Christmas I decided to make an autumnal card. Colourful Seasons is a beautiful set and has some lovely sentiments and this time I teamed it up with the Hometown Greetings Edgelits Dies - take a look I started with a Kraft card base and also die cut my houses from Kraft - they were attached with Dimensionals. My branch was die cut from Early Espresso card stock and my lovely leaves were cut from Pumpkin Pie and they are part of the Seasonal Layers Thinlits - love all these die cuts they are going to make some beautiful cards. I am entering this card into the challenge over on Lets Craft and Create #130 Anything Goes + option  Witchy/Autumn Colours   (Obviously I went for the Autumn Colors!) Thank you for joining me today - please come back soon - J xx

More crafting today and this time I was playing with my new Colourful Seasons bundle. Page 146/7 of the Annual Catalogue has the Colourful Seasons goodies. There is a whole suite - card stock, DSP and ribbon etc. Also if you purchase the stamp set and co-ordinating dies you save 10% on the price - bargain! Today's card use this bundle - take a look The white card base was stamped with the solid leaf stamp in Crumb Cake and then over stamped with the open leaf and Pumpkin Pie ink. The banner is Early Espresso and the die cut leaf is cut out of Pumpkin Pie and Cajun Craze card stock. The sentiment is stamped in Versa Mark ink and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. This card is being entered into the challenge over at The Paper Players All the products listed above are in the current Annual Catalogue and can be ordered direct from me and delivered to your door (p+p £4.95) anywhere in the UK. To place an order please email me of go to my on line shop...