Phoenix Inspirations

Hello all , Ruth has a lovely set of colours for you to use over on the  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  - take a look Not very traditional I know but do take a look at all the other DT cards over on the blog - they are stunning. Here's mine I have used the gorgeous Everything Eleanor stamp set with it's stunning swirl to suspend my Christmas ornaments and a load of tiny green gems to add some sparkle. My colours are Old Olive, Rich Razzelberry, Melon Mambo and Blushing Bride. Find the Everything Eleanor stamp set in my shop  HERE

It's the challenge of the year over on  CAS - Colours & Sketches  and we are finishing with this lovely sketch Here is my card I wasn't sure about this colour combo but I think it's growing on me now! I'm also falling in love with Every thing Eleanor again - I haven't used it for such a long time, doesn't it look good with the decorative label from Chalk Talk? Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Everything Eleanor, Chalk Talk Ink: Baked Brown Sugar, Crisp Cantaloupe Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Naturals Ivory Paper: In Colour DSP Accessories: Chalk Talk, Big Shot, Dimensionals, Basic Pearls (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 also shop now directly from my Stampi...

Morning all - it's time for a new challenge in  The Male Room  and this week's challenge is NATURE. Take a look at my card I have been having fun with my brayer again - it really is one of my favourite things to use and gives such a beautiful effect. I have a confession to make too - the stamps are not Stampin' Up!!!!!!!!! However I do think they compliment my Stampin' Up colours perfectly and I have had my eye on those hares for a long time now. Here's another piece I did with them - this isn't a card but I have framed it as a picture This was a practise piece as I followed an on line tutorial just to get the feel of the stamps but I loved the result so much at the end that I have framed it to go on my wall! Stampin' Up Materials Used Stamps: Everything Eleanor (Bird on the wire) Ink: Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive,Soft Sky, Not Quite Navy (retired) Midnight Muse, So Saffron, Black Stazon Card Stock: Wh...

Things have been a bit quiet here blogging wise as I had to dash away this weekend to my parents. It's always a mad scramble too to catch up with everything going on when I return! My card for this week's  Make My Monday  challenge didn't get posted so I will show you now along with the card I also made for the  Midweek Motivation . The challenge is Silhouettes - take a look Both cards have been inspired by the fabulously talented  Michelle Zindorf  and use a variety of Stampin' Up products Card 1 Stamps: Serene Silhouettes Ink: Midnight Muse, Soft Sky, Summer Starfruit Card Stock: Whisper White, Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit Paper: In Colour DSP stack 2013/15 Accessories: Big Shot, Apothecary Accents, Mosaic Madness EF, Brayer, Basic Rhinestones Card 2 Stamps: Fabulous Florets, Everything Eleanor Ink: Black Stazon, More Mustard, Cherry Cobbler, Baked Brown Sugar Card Stock: Whisper White, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray Accessories: Scallop Tri...

Edit: Guess who forgot to schedule this post?....... hmm that would be me then - sorry it's so late! We have a fabulous sketch for you this week at  CAS - Colours & Sketches  - take a look And here is my card I have used Everything Eleanor to create my card - it's nearly a one layer card too. The larger blue circles are stamped directly on to the card base, the flowers were stamped separately, cut out and then added to the card - flat. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Everything Eleanor, Just Believe, Field Flowers Inks: Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Pool Party, Summer Starfruit Card Stock: Whisper White (Don't forget to e-mail me if you would like to order any of the gorgeous Stampin' Up goodies - have you checked out the catalogues in the side bar? E-mail me if you would like a copy of your very own to hug and stroke! deezinesart@gmail.com). Please don't forget to pop over to the blog and check out the cards made by my wond...

We have a new look challenge this week at  Addicted to Stamps & More . this week we are Addicted to Colours - take a look Here is my card I stamped onto Sahara Sand card with my Versamark ink pad and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I did the same onto coloured card stock and cut out my flowers to attach to the card - I'm quite pleased with this effect! All materials used are Stampin' Up Stamps: Everything Eleanor, Field Flowers Ink: Versamark Card Stock: Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Tempting Turquoise, Regal rose Accessories: Basic Rhinestones (Please do get in touch if you would like to place a Stampin' Up order - all the details are above in the top tabs or you can e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com - thanks). Thanks for stopping by today to take a look - please also pop over to the blog to take a look at all the lovely DT work too - bye for now - Jacqueline xx

This week at  Make My Monday  Mynnette has chosen a book cover for a bit of Literary Inspiration - take a look Now not being a lover of the classics (I know shame on me as my daughter would say!) I haven't a clue what this book is all about so at first glance my card may not seem to go with the pic at all I have used a flourish stamp to echo the swirls in the dress and added some white punched flowers as they can be seen in the trees. A splash of yellow was added in the form of a couple of butterflies and my sentiment echos the book title quite nicely I think - do pop over to the blog as my team mates have made some stunning cards this week all of which do far better justice to the picture than mine. Materials Stamps: Everything Eleanor, Made for You Ink: Crumb Cake, Versamark Card Stock: Whisper White, Midnight Muse Paper: Subtles DSP Accessories: White Embossing Powder, Dimensionals, Basic Rhinestones Other: Label Die, Flower Punch, Butterfly P...

It's Ruth's last challenge this week at  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  and this time we have a 'Technique' challenge - take a look I love these style of cards and so does Ruth by the seem of things!! Ruth has added a link to a tutorial on how to achieve this technique and i too have a tutorial -  HERE  if you are interested. Here is my card And (especially for Ruth) - the inside! Materials Stamps: Everything Eleanor, Ornament Keepsakes, Sassy Salutations Ink: Wild Wasabi (I think - it's a long time since I made this card!), Raspberry Ripple Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Raspberry Ripple Accessories: Basic Rhinestones (All of the above items are Stampin' Up and can be ordered through me - please see the details in the top tabs). Please pop over to the blog and check out this week's challenge and all the lovely cards made by the DT this week - bye for now - Jacqueline xx

It's time for a Colour challenge over on the  CAS - Colours & Sketches  blog, here they are And here is my card And here is what I used to make it Stamps: Everything Eleanor, Fabulous Florettes Ink: Crumb Cake, Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Other: Gross Grain Ribbon (All Stampin' Up products can be ordered through me and delivered direct to your door - please see the details in the top tabs) I'm quite excited today - I'm waiting for a Stampin' Up order. It's a huge box full of goodies some for my customers and some for me (belated Christmas pressies!). I've also had in my possession  some products from this year's Sale-a-bration range. It starts later in January and I have been working on  some samples to show you soon. I will also have news later of an offer that you can get your hands on right now so please do pop back soon - Jacqueline xx

It's colour challenge time at  CAS - Colours & Sketches  - take a look Here is my card This is made using my Ornament Keepsake bundle and the flourish from Everything Eleanor - I also added a few flowers punch from the Boho Blossoms punch and some gems coloured with a green marker. Don't for get that this challenge is cards only but you don't have to use Stampin' Up colours - just the closest you have. There are more lovely cards from the DT - please do pop over and take a look. Bye for now - Jacqueline xx

It's a new month at the  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  and it's Mynnette's turn to choose all our challenges, starting with this fabulous sketch Today I decided to use my lovely 'Christmas Blessings' set along with the label stamp from Everything Eleanor - take a look My trusty Stampin' Write markers were used to colour my images and the flowers were cut out and attached using some Dimensionals. Materials Stamps: Christmas Blessings, Everything Eleanor Inks: Certain Celery, Crumb Cake, Markers: Cherry Cobbler, Poppy Parade (retired), Lucky limeade, Pear Pizzazz (retired). Card Stock: Whisper White, Naturals White. Accessories: Dimensionals, Basic Rhinestones Other: Red Ribbon (all the above Stampin' Up products unless retired can be ordered through me and delivered direct to you door. Why not take a look a the catalogue and special offers in the side bar). Have a great weekend folks and don't forget to check out all th...

Hello - before I show you what I made today may I just welcome my new followers, thanks for joining me and I hope you continue to like what you see. So, yesterday was one of my workshops and this time we made a Never Ending Card. These are really fun to make and a great way to use up your scraps of patterned papers. I have loads of scraps at the moment but I can't bear to throw them away no matter how small they are! Here are some pics of my card My papers are from the retired collection 'Just Add Cake' and my stamp set is Everything Eleanor. The inks I have used are - Pretty in Pink, Wild Wasabi and Marina Mist. I'm having a big clear out in my craft room at the moment and you know the saying 'it has to get worse before it gets better'? Well, the mess couldn't get much worse - I have sooooo much stuff!! Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to sort it all out but I am running out of hidey holes in which to stash it. Maybe I should have a craft...

Mojo Monday To my square card base I added some DSP from the Just Add Cake collection along with some Cherry Cobbler - I really do think that this is my most favourite Stampin' Up colour!! A panel of Basic Black was also added. To my round Vanilla circle I added some stamped images: my leaves are from French Foliage and are stamped in Wild Wasbi ink. The Cherry Cobbler flowers are from Everything Eleanor (another favourite). Finally I added a black silk bow and some flat backed black gems. That's all for tonight - click the link under the sketch to check out the challenge and I will see you again soon. Bye for now - Jacqueline xx 

I saw  THIS  card last week on  Ruth's  blog and just had to have a go. I love Ruth's cards, not only are they beautifully designed and made - she always decorates the inside and makes a matching envelope. On Ruth's blog there is also a link to a video on how to make a card like this The Triple Time Stamped card is made by stamping on three panels of card and mounting them on to card stock mats - it's easier if you watch the video and I just tell you what I used to make my card! Card stock is Taken with Teal and my stamped panels are Whisper White. My swirls are from Everything Eleanor and are stamped with Crumb Cake ink. I stamped the flowers in Tempting Turquoise and they are from the Fabulous Florets set.  Before sticking down the middle two panels I added some white organza ribbon and a blue button and bow. We cleaned our chimney today ready for when winter comes although judging by the weather we have had today I'm sure it won't be long...

I have another challenge card for you today - again for two challenges In The Pink  - 50 Shades of Pink Come and Get it Challenges  - sketch Here is my card - hope I've used enough pink I have used more of my Twitterpated DSP and this time I have teamed it up with Rich Razzleberry card card - a gorgeous deep raspberry pink colour. My flowers are from the Everything Eleanor set and have been stamped with Pretty In Pink ink and they have been attached around a small lacy doily. My sentiment label is from Baby Blossoms and I have used one of the sentiments from Just Believe. Thanks so much for stopping by to take a look today - see you soon - Jacqueline xx

One of the ladies of my craft club had a 'special' birthday last week and this is the card I made for her I have combined Everything Eleanor with French Foliage for this one and used Pretty in Pink, Certain Celery and Wild Wasabi inks. The numbers are peel offs (which I don't normally use) and they were silver 'til I coloured them with a pink Promarker. Hope everyone is in the mood for a good weekend - I myself am holding my husband hostage until he has cleaned out the porch - we were all set to do it last weekend but he had to work instead. Next on the agenda - make himself an office. At the moment he uses the kitchen - most inconvenient when he's in an on-line meeting with Japan - 'konichiwa'! See you soon - Jacqueline xx

There is a sketch this week at  Simply Stampin'  - have a look I had such fun with this sketch and as my title suggests - I used my Everything Eleanor set. Take a look at my card I also used a leaf stamp from my French Foliage set and a sentiment from Field Flowers. The colours I used are Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Certain Celery and Wild Wasabi. Also added to the mix were some flat backed gems and some seam binding ribbon. Here's a close up of my flowers - I cut out several layers to make them Well that's it - have a great weekend everyone, see you soon - Jacqueline xx

I find sympathy cards very difficult to do - I don't want to make them too dark and depressing but then I don't want to go over the top either. Hopefully I got the balance right with this one Fortunately for me it was for no one that I knew, a past Chairman of our local Village Hall passed away and this was the card I sent his wife on behalf of the present committee. It's very simply done - matting and layering with navy and cream card stock, the flourish stamped from Everything Eleanor and a few tiny flowers with gems. My sentiment stamp is a 99p find at my local craft shop. Right I'm off now to build me an ark - we have had thunder and torrential rain since early this morning and as I live on a hill we are now an island - the lane is flooded both ends!!!! - Bye for now - Jacqueline xx

Continuing our RED/GREEN/CREAM themed challenge, for this week's Mid-week Motivation on  Make My Monday  I have created a waterfall card with...................strawberries!!! (I have included a pic of the inside but you must visit the  Challenge blog  to find out why!) I used card stock from my stash drawer for this card however I did use the Everything Eleanor and Precious Butterflies stamp sets. My strawberry is an old Craft Stamper mag freebie coloured with markers. There's still time to take part in the challenge - it doesn't have to be a summery card - these colours look great for Christmas too - see you over there? - Jacqueline xx

So how did you enjoy our first challenge - did you take the plunge and dust off your marker pens - will you get an Honourable Mention??? Go and check out the  Addicted to Stamps blog  and find out! Our second challenge is a 'BINGO' board - take a look You choose a line - across, down or diagonal and create your card or project using those three squares - here's mine I chose the bottom line - Flowers/Buttons/Blue - here's what I used to make it: A 5" x 5" card base, Pacific point, Baja Breeze and Whisper White card stock, Fabulous Florets and Everything Eleanor stamp sets, Boho Blossoms punch, 3 blue buttons, 3 flat backed pearls and Pacific Point, Bashful Blue and Marina Mist inks. Now I'm really hoping that you will immediately hop over to take a look at all the gorgeousness provided by my team mates and I hope to be visiting your blogs too to see what you have made - oooh before I go have you seen that we are running a monthly  ...