Phoenix Inspirations

In honour of our Dads this week  The Male Room  have a Father's Day themed challenge - here's my card Very clean and simple this card just using monochrome off cuts of DSP, a label from the Apothecary Accents die set and a sentiment from the Delightful Dozen set. The label is tied on using white bakers twine. Hope you have fun looking at all the other dt cards today over on the blog! (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. Please don't forget that for a limited time you can join my Stampin' Up Team of deeziners for just £50 - take a look at the details -  HERE ...

It's Monday again - comes around quick doesn't it?! But never fear 'cos today over on  Make My Monday  we are thinking ahead to Mother's Day - take a look at the card I have made for my Mum And just in case you can't see the gold embossing clearly - here is a close up Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Daydream Medallions, Stippled Blossoms, Delightful Dozen Ink: Versamark, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White Accessories: Gold EP, 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...

Morning all - it's time for the next challenge over in  The Male Room  and this week our theme is 'RETIREMENT' For this card I have used my ever faithful Lovely as a Tree set - it was the first set I ever bought from Stampin' Up and it still stamps like the first time I used it. It's perfect for male cards - take a look Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Oh Goodie, Delightful Dozen Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Soft Suede, Sahara Sand (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 ...

Hello all - a little bit late with this but will explain later (scroll down too for a couple of party pics!) - first here is the sketch for this week's challenge over on  CAS - Colours & Sketches And here is my card Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Language of Love, Delightful Dozen Ink: Tangerine Tango, Real Red, Coastal Cabana, Baked Brown Sugar Card Stock: Naturals Ivory, Baked Brown Sugar, Very Vanilla Paper: Retro Fresh DSP Accessories: Small Heart 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 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. Please don't forget that if your orders tot...

LOVE is the theme over on  Make My Monday  this week and as it's Valentine's Day on Friday I expect I shall be seeing plenty of Valentine's cards when I visit your blogs! Here's mine The cupcake punch makes beautiful clouds and looks perfect with the Cloudy Day EF - a lovely blue sky for my heart balloons. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Delightful Dozen Ink: Basic Gray, Real Red Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Naturals White, Pool Party, Real Red Accessories: Cupcake Punch, Modern Label Punch, Small Heart Punch, Big Shot, Cloudy Day EF (retired) (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  ...

It's a new challenge in  The Male Room  and this week we are going with Valentine - for men only of course! This is the card I've made for my hubby - he never reads my blog (I know how rude!) so I know he won't see it before next Friday! Clive loves hares - the more mystical the better, so I've created this one in the moon light - heart shaped. I haven't used all Stampin' Up stamps this time but I will list the ones I did use Walk on the Wild Side (grass on the moose stamp) Love and Sympathy (upside down stems on the flower stamp) Delightful Dozen (sentiment) The background and moon were sponged using Midnight Muse, Pear Pizzazz, Always Artichoke, Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler and Black Stazon ink. (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...

We are celebrating in  The Male Room  this week and we want to see your celebration cards or projects. It doesn't necessarily need to be Christmas related - mine isn't - take a look I've made it as clean and simple as possible - I do like the silver cup though don't you? All the cards have to be male for this challenge but the celebration type is up to you - can't wait to see what you come up with. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Tag It, Delightful Dozen Ink: Real Red, Smoky Slate Card Stock: Whisper White, Naturals White, Real Red, Gumball Green Paper: In Colour DSP Accessories: Big Shot, Chalk Talk, Modern Label 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). You can al...

It's time for a new challenge over at  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  and this week it's a colour challenge You are allowed to use BLACK and WHITE (or off-white) in addition to the red and gold. No green! :) Please have fun with this one! For my metallic gold I chose to go with gold embossing powder and went very minimalist making my sentiment the main focal point - take a look I found some gorgeous ribbon my my stash drawer which was a perfect match for the Cherry Cobbler card stock I'd used so I used it to wrap around my card and add a large bow. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Delightful Dozen, Summer Silhouettes Ink: Versamark Card Stock: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler Accessories: Scallop Trim Border Punch, Big Shot, Apothecary Accents, Gold Embossing Powder (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...

Hello - it's Saturday and that means another Christmas challenge over on the  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  and this week Patricia would like to see some stitching on our cards - real or faux Here is my card Needles and thread are hard to find in my house so I went with the faux stitching! I drew the stitches on with a fine end of a marker pen. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Delightful Dozen, Pines and Poinsettias (retired) Ink: Early Espresso, Chery Cobbler, Always Artichoke Card Stock:Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke, Naturals Ivory Accessories: Big Shot, Window Framelits (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...

The very Patricia is hosting this month's challenges at  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  and she kicks off with this fab sketch This is such a lovely sketch - you can really go to town with backing papers and layers or keep it clean and simple - here's what I did with it Now I don't know if any of you have had the chance to peruse the new catalogue (sneakily placed in my side bar) but you may have noticed the lack of Christmas stamp sets so I'm afraid I've had to resort to a retired set - Come to Bethlehem. The gorgeous sentiment is current though - phew! Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Come to Bethlehem, Delightful Dozen Ink: Crumb Cake, Real Red Card Stock: Whisper White, Real Red, Crumb Cake (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 s...

I know I must be mad but this is something I have been thinking about for a while now - my new challenge blog -  The Male Room . It does exactly what it says - it's a challenge for men only cards. Do check it out - I need a design team and all you have to do to qualify is make a male card/project - simples. Oh and if you could spread the word a bit for me that would be great please. Speaking of male cards - here's the card I made for my husband today This set is being carried over from the Spring/Summer mini into the new catalogue - isn't it lovely, can't wait to use it some more. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: The Open Sea, Delightful Dozen Ink: Crumb Cake, Not Quite Navy Card Stock: Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Riding Hood Red Accessories: Decorative Label Punch Thanks for looking, see you soon - Jacqueline xx

Life as a Stampin' Up demonstrator is great fun and one of the best things is meeting new customers at the Hostess Parties. I love demo-ing all the lovely products and watching them creating their little Make and Takes. Of course it's lovely too when they place an order and I like to pop a little 'thank you' note card into their bags when the order arrives. Here are some I've made recently These are made using the Decorate a Daisy set and the little birds have been popped up on Dimensionals. The greeting inside the banner is from the set Delightful Dozen. I also run a Stampers 6 Club - you can find details of this  HERE  and to these special ladies I like to give a gift each month. It's not big but it's just a little something to say 'thanks' This month my ladies are getting these post-it-note holders These have been made using my Big Shot goodies: Two Tags die, Lots of Tags Sizzlits,Little Leaves Sizzlits and Beautiful Wings Embo...

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

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...

Morning all - time for a new challenge over on the  CAS - Colours & Sketches  blog. This week we have a sketch for you - take a look Please remember that we are a cards only challenge blog and that they should also be clean and simple in their design. Here's my card And the inside too Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Pleasant Poppies, Delightful Dozen, My Friend Ink: Stazon Black Card Stock: Raspberry Ripple, Whisper White Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Wings Embosslits Folder (Don't forget that if you would like to order any of the Stampin' Up products listed above or from the Annual Catalogue you can do so through me - e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com or see all the details in the top tabs - thank you). The weekend is in sight and I'm looking forward to a rest. Don't get me wrong life is 'such fun' at the moment and I am having a great time however, my husband's health is still an issue I am working around hospital and...

Morning all - it's my turn to do the Midweek Motivation over on the  Make My Monday  blog. his week the challenge is a One Layer CAS card - here is what I have made I have used my gorgeous Pleasant Poppies stamp as it pretty much covers the whole of a 5" x 5" card base and coloured it with various Stampin' Write markers. I did manage to stamp it a little off centre so I added an embossed border down the side to even it up a bit! I have actually remembered to photograph the inside of this one - take a look - Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Pleasant Poppies, Delightful Dozen Inks (Stampin' Write Markers): Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Wild Wasabi plus Black Stazon Card Stock: Whisper White Accessories: Big Shot, Adorning Accents embossing folder (All Stampin' Up items including those listed above can be ordered through me and delivered direct to your door - please e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com or see all the details above i...

Good morning all - hope no body's been caught out by an April fool joke. I haven't yet but I'm keeping my wits about me as my hubby is a bit of a joker! It's also Monday and that means another challenge over on the  Make My Monday  blog - this week the challenge is to make a One Layer CAS Card - no matting and layering and no embellishing - take a look at my card I love this stamp - it has huge impact and is so easy to use. i decided not to colour it in but added a little shading and a sentiment. I drew a frame with the thin end of a marker. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Swallowtail, Delightful Dozen Ink: Black Stazon, Sahara Sand & Basic Black Stampin' Write markers Card Stock: Whisper White This gorgeous Butterfly stamp could be yours for just £12.95 (plus p+p) - just e-mail me or see all the details in the top tabs if you would like to place an order - OR join my next stampers 6 club details can be found  HERE . Don't forget ...