Phoenix Inspirations

Don't you just love a gorgeous sketch to get your teeth into on a Thursday morning? You do? Well just take a look at Louise's last sketch of the month It's for  CAS - Colours & Sketches  and this is what I made from it Mmmmm yummy cupcakes! Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Create a Cup Cake, Oh Goodie Ink: Real Red, Pink Pirouette, Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip Accessories: Cup Cake Builder Punch, Dimensionals (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.

Hello - it's time for another challenge over at  CAS - Colours & Sketches  - take a look And here is my card This a sentiment from the Delightful Dozen set with a few added candles - I've used markers to ink the stamp so that I could chose which words to do in purple and which to do in yellow. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Delightful Dozen, Create a Cupcake Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum, Crushed Curry Card Stock: Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant Accessories: Scallop Trim Punch, Bitty Blossoms 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 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. Plea...

I have been meaning to take part in Mynnette's  Inkspirational  challenge for weeks now and sadly I have failed - big time. However, take a look at the challenge they have for us this week I have had this card floating around my files for a while now wondering what to do with it  - I thought that this might be the perfect time to post it ................ is that cheating??!!! Materials Stamps: Create a Cup Cake Inks: Wild Wasabi, Pretty in Pink, Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White Paper: Subtles DSP  Accessories: Cup Cake Builder punch, Scallop Edge punch, Dimensionals (All products listed above are Stampin' Up, please see the top tabs for details on how to place an order) I decided to have a play around today and change my blog background - it took absolutely ages and much gnashing of teeth but I succeeded and I'm actually very pleased with the results. I think 'cos I was taking so much time playing around with it...

It's the 5th Thursday of the month and over on  CAS - Colours and Sketches  challenge blog we celebrate such occasions by having - THE DOUBLE. Not only do we have a Colour Combination but we have a Sketch too - take a look Here is my card Materials Stamps; Patterned Occasions, Create a Cup Cake (sentiment) Ink: Island Indigo Card Stock: Very Vanilla, not Quite Navy, Tempting Turquoise Accessories: Boho Blossoms punch, Scallop Edge punch, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals (Please see the top tabs for info on how to place an order - all products are Stampin' Up) So I'm late again with this post - we have had very windy weather lately and that has been affecting our internet connection. I was being organised - ish last night and preparing my post when everything went off! When the power came back we had no internet, luckily we came back on this morning so I am frantically typing now just in case we lose everything again! I really will have to get organ...

That's right it's sketch week over on the  CAS - Colours & Sketches Blog  and take a look at what we have for you to create with So, with Valentine's Day looming on the horizon I decided to stay with the exact sketch and not change anything - here is my card Does anybody have any idea yet what my favourite stamp set is????????? How gorgeous does this rose look stamped in Real Red and Cherry Cobbler?? - Just take a look at this close up The flower was stamped and cut out as were the leaves, that way I could choose where to place my leaves behind the rose. I decorated the inside too - take a look Materials Stamps: Stippled Blossoms, Field Flowers, Create a Cup Cake Ink: Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive Card Stock: Whisper White, Crumb Cake Paper: Polka Dot Parade DSP (Please see the top tabs for details on how to order all Stampin' Up products, check out the Sale-a-bration promotions there too) Please do pop on over...

Who doesn't like cup cakes? I love them but I'm now on my New Year diet so instead of eating them I am creating them on cards!! It is so easy to create cup cakes like these using the fab stamp set Create a Cup Cake from Stampin' Up. Even easier is then punching out your stamped images with the new Cup Cake Builder punch - it even punches out the candles - how cool is that? Being crazy about polka dots I was really excited to see the gorgeous DSP in the current catalogue, it's double sided and I have just used part of one sheet for my card - front and back. The Marina Mist of the paper co-ordinates perfectly with the Midnight Muse card stock and I have also used Midnight Muse and Pool Party inks . I added a splash of red with Cherry Cobbler candles and Summer Starfruit flames. I also stamped the inside - very simply with a greeting and flower Materials Stamps: Create a Cup Cake Ink: Midnight Muse, Pool Party, Cherry Cobbler, Summer Starf...

It's time for another challenge over on the  CAS - Colours & Sketches Challenge Blog  and this week we have some colours for you - take a look These are such pretty colours so I chose one of my prettiest stamp sets - Stippled Blossoms This is a '2 Step' stamp set: the pale pink part of the rose was stamped first and then the darker pink detail stamp was stamped over the top. When stamping the leaves the paler green is still Old Olive it was stamped onto scrap paper first and then stamped onto the card stock before re-inking to stamp the detail stamp over the top. Materials Stamps:Stippled Blossoms, Create a Cupcake (sentiment) Sassy Salutations (inside) Inks: Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Old Olive Paper: Subtles Collection DSP - Pretty in Pink Card Stock - Very Vanilla Accessories: Dimensionals (all the above items can be ordered through me and delivered direct to your door - please see the details in the top tab). Here is a quick pic of ...

I am a little bit late (more like a lot late really!) for the challenge this week at  Make My Monday . The theme this week has been chosen by Fliss and it's Die Cuts and /or Punches - here is my card I have used my Cup Cake Builder punch to create my cup cake card and also the stamp set that matches it perfectly. Here is a close up Can you see that even the tiny cherries have been punched out making it so much easier to create the cup cakes? Materials Stamps: Create a Cup Cake Ink: Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake Accessories: Cup Cake Builder Punch, Dimensionals (Don't forget - if you would like to order any of the above Stampin' Up items please check the details above in the top tab bar) So .... clearing my Granddad's house - it hasn't been easy (and it isn't even done yet). He had soooooo much stuff, but stuff too that brought back so many happy memories so much so that I have ...