Phoenix Inspirations

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). ...

The new challenge over on  CAS - Cards & Sketches  is well under way. It's the 5th Thursday too so that means colours and a sketch - take a look Here is my card Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Kind and Cosy, Papillon Potpourri Ink: Night of Navy Card Stock: Whisper White Paper: Marina Mist DSP Accessories: Circle Punch, Elegant Butterfly 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). 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 - I've had a little bit of good news about my dad - the cancer hasn't moved to his lungs but is a recurrence of his lymphoma which is in the gl...

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

Happy Bank Holiday Monday everyone - hope you enjoy the extra day. Today's challenge at  Make My Monday  is to make a handmade embellishment for your card  - I had great fun with this and ended up making loads! I made this card for a lovely customer of mine who has recently celebrated a birthday and it's actually a butterfly brooch that's been attached to the card - you can see that in the second photo. I got the idea from my upline Vicky and another fellow demonstrator Helen who had made theirs using the bird punch. I punched about 5 black, card stock butterflies and glued then one on top of another with Tombow glue. I then punched the butterfly from silver Glimmer paper and also glued that with Tombow. The pin was attached to the back with Crystal Effects. To attach it to the card I punched two small holes and joined then with a cut with a craft knife - the pin then slotted through very easily. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Fabulous Florets Ink: Certain...

This is a card I recently demo'd at a Hostess party, it's quick and easy but has great impact - take a look This is such a versatile stamp that sometimes it looks good just stamped - all that was needed on this card was the red card stock. It went down really well as a demo too and the Hostess was extremely pleased when I passed it over to her to keep! Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Pleasant Poppies Ink: Black Stazon Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Riding Hood Red Accessories: Very Vanilla Ribbon, Elegant 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) . I've had a great day today as I went to a workshop run run by my crafty friend  Jane  - I made a gorgeous mirror frame which I shall show you tomorrow so please do pop back! See you son - Jacqueline xx

Morning all - this is a scheduled post as I'm away at the moment having fun catching up with family. It's Monday so that means another challenge at Make My Monday and this week Mynnette has a bit of Literary Inspiration for you     It's the cover from the Charlotte Bronte novel - Jane Eyer. here is my card   I've used Sahara Sand as my background with a Whisper white label cut on the Big Shot using the Window framelits. I then added an Elegant Butterfly silhouette and some Basic Pearls. Don't forget to visit the blog to see how the rest of the DT have tackled this and I will see you when I get home tomorrow with pics of my Telford swaps - bye for now - Jacqueline xx

OK I was up super early (couldn't sleep) and I was on the web messaging with my friend and  DT colleague Louise and I thought 'right better get on with my CAS post and flippin' eck! Internet went down - so very late (and after making big decisions about changing our internet provider) here is my post. At CAS - Colours & Sketches  we have a sketch for you - take a look   And here is my card Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Just Believe Ink: Gumball Green, Calypso Coral Card Stock: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Accessories: Honeycomb Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Tangerine Tango Ribbon, Elegant 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) . Don't forget to pop over to take a look at the rest of the DT cards and I will see you soon -...

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...

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...