Phoenix Inspirations

Hello - I'm back!!! Don't know for how long because we are experiencing terrible internet problems. It keeps dropping out which makes blogging very difficult! Anyway - I'm here and I have a blue card to share with you - come and take a look For this card I made my own background paper with the Fine Feathers set. It's turned out very masculine as I used a variety of blues and greys - my absolute favourite being the Lost Lagoon background card. The lone goose was stamped in Basic Gray and a simple 'Happy Birthday' sentiment was added and the panel was attached with some 3D foam pads. In light of my recent internet problems I have scheduled all my posts for next week - that means it will be working perfectly!! Thanks for looking - have a great rest of the weekend xx

It's a new challenge at  Make My Monday  and this week Rosie has chosen BIRDS for our theme. I had to get up at 7am this morning to make this card - I hate getting up early so I do hope you like my card - please take a look My background was created directly onto the card base - I masked off the middle so I could sponge my scene and then masked that while I stamped my feathers above and below. My main panel was also sponged and the bird was cut out separately and attached with dimensions before being carefully lined up with the background (actually that happened by accident and I didn't notice it 'till I just looked at my photo!!) Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Wetlands, Fine Feathers, Simply Sketched Ink: Soft Sky, Midnight Muse, Always Artichoke, Early Espresso Card Stock: Whisper White, Midnight Muse Accessories: Scallop Trim Punch, Dimensionals (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on dee...

Over at  Make My Monday  Laura is our first Hostess of the year and she has chosen EMBOSSING for our challenge this week. I've used loads on my card - dry embossing with a folder through the Big Shot and some gold and clear embossing using my heat gun. I also went outside of my comfort zone a little for this one and I'm still not sure whether I like it or not - the idea worked anyway - take a look I managed to make the ink look wet by using some clear embossing powder I used a Versamark pen and repeated the process about 3 times to achieve the look I was aiming for Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: World Map, The Open Sea, Fine Feathers, Loving Thoughts Ink: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Basic Black, Early Espresso, Versamark Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip Accessories: Gold and Clear Embossing Powder, Dimensionals, Big Shot, Heat Gun (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on deezinesart...

I posted a card a couple of days ago that I demo'd at my last workshop. It was a Kick Stand card and you can go back and see it  HERE  - or you could hang around here a little longer and take a look at the other Kick Stand card that I made today Don't you just love these earthy tones along side the new Soft Sky? Perfect too with the lovely new Wetlands set. It also seemed the perfect opportunity to get out the Fine Feathers again - I've used them to create the background on the top flap. This card actually came about after another demo I did showing off printing with an acrylic block. It's very easy - just add ink straight from the pad directly to the block - huff on it a few times and then press down onto the card stock - here's what I made Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Wetlands, Fine Feathers Ink: Soft Sky, Baked Brown Sugar, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Early Espresso, Always Artichoke Card Stock: Naturals White, Whisper White, Soft ...

It's time for another  Make My Monday  challenge and this week the theme is - Inspired by Nature: no cute images this week - naturalistic subjects only. Take a look at my card A good excuse then to get out one of my favourite stamp sets - Nature Walk. I also added some of the feathers from fine Feather, a set just made for matching with it. I used a masculine colour scheme with just white, black and blue and one of my other favourite things - squares. All materials are Stampin' Up Stamps: Nature Walk, Fine Feathers Ink: Basic Black, Baja Breeze Card Stock: Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Basic Black (All Stampin' Up items can be ordered through me and delivered direct to your door - please see all the details in the top tabs). Thanks for stopping by to take a look today - it's great to see you and I hope you like what you see. Please do take the time to pop over to the blog to check out the challenge and all the stunning work produced by the DT this week - bye...

It's time for another challenge at  Make My Monday  and this week Suzi has chosen the theme and it is to 'Add a Charm' Here is my card After rootling around in my stash drawer I found this little feather charm and decided to base my card around that. Nature Walk and Fine Feathers worked perfectly don't you think? I kept my colour palette limited to just three colours and attached my charm to a neutral coloured ribbon. Here is a close up Materials Stamps: Nature Walk, Fine feathers Ink: Early Espresso, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake Card Stock: Whisper White, Crumb Cake (All items listed are Stampin' Up - for details on how to place an order please see the top tabs). Hopefully you will be seeing this post at the correct time - we have been experiencing a few gremlins in our internet, it seems to have a mind of it's own and picks and chooses when it wants to work - very inconvenient! Please do pop on over and take a look at the ...

This week it's a CAS week at  Addicted to Stamps & More  and I have been having a play with my Fine Feathers again - take a look Now this is one of those cards that turned out totally different to how I wanted it to however, I was having coffee and a girly chat with my friend Louise at the time so I may have been a little distracted! Here's what I used to make my card Materials Stamps: Fine Feathers, Sassy Salutations, French Foliage Ink: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Gumball Green, Midnight Muse Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Naturals Ivory Accessories: Dimensionals Other: Twine (All Stampin' Up products can be ordered through me and delivered direct to your door - please see the details in the top tab). Now I know I'm supposed to be decorating the insides of my card - and I did, but my camera batteries died on me as I was taking the above picture hence the lack of inside pics! I am hoping to steal  borrow the ones from the TV remote tomorrow so I can photo...

I didn't think I would be able to take part in this week's  Inkspirational Challenge  but I managed to grab a few minutes this morning to create a card. This week Mynnette wants us to CASE this card Here is my card I have used a mixture of Nature Walk and Fine Feathers - here is another view to show my embossing and another view to show my stamped panel Materials Stamps: Nature Walk, Fine Feathers Ink: Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip Card Stock: Whisper White, Crumb Cake Accessories: Dimensionals (All Stampin' Up products can be ordered through me and delivered direct to your door - please see the details in the top tab).  Thanks so much for stopping by to take a look - see you soon - Jacqueline xx

I have up-dated my Craft Club Blog with the tutorial for last week's workshop make. We made this card The tutorial can be found -  HERE Materials Stamps: Nature Walk, Fine Feathers Ink: Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake Accessories: Dimensionals Other: Twine (All materials - Stampin' Up - please see the details in the top tab to place an order)

Sorry - this has to be a short post, I'm away and although I took my laptop with me I've left the power cable at home and I'm low on juice! Here is my card for this week's challenge over on the  Addicted to Stamps & More There is a tutorial coming up very soon for this card over on my Craft Club blog as this was the theme of our workshop this morning so please come back for that. Materials Stamps: Nature Walk, Fine Feathers Ink: Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip Card Stock:: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake (All materials - Stampin' Up - please see the details in the top tab to place an order) Thanks for looking, see you soon - Jacqueline xx