Phoenix Inspirations

I have another card for you today using my Sketch from the current challenge over on Sassy Sketcharinos And here it is I have created this card using stamp sets Flower Patch and Painted Petals. I had a very old die from Stampin' Up - an embosslits die of various sized butterflies and I die cut them using silver glitter paper. There are teeny tiny gems in the middle of the small flowers and a large one on the main flower. Colours used are: Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Old Olive and Certainly Celery. I am also entering this card into the following challenges: Crafty Boots Challenges  - Bees and/or Butterflies Craft Your Passion Challenges  - Always Anything Goes Crafting From The Heart  - Challenge 113 Anything Goes Thanks for looking today - see you soon xx

It's been another cold and wet day today in Bridgnorth but I have been crafty in my room of stash and that always cheers me up! My card for you this evening is for the challenge over on  CAS Colours & Sketches  and this week they have these colours for us to use Here is my card I've used Stampin' Up's Flowering Flourishes and I've added a couple of images from the Flower Patch set too. The frame was hand drawn and the sentiment from Loving Thoughts. I'm cutting it a bit fine for this challenge - hope I've made it in time! See you soon xx

Good morning blog readers. It's another soggy day in Bridgnorth - good job I live at the top of a hill as I don't think it will be long before the river bursts it's banks. Today's card is a simple birthday card made on a 4" x 4" card base - take a look These are photo polymer stamps from Stampin' Up - wish I could remember the name of it .......... ah it's just come to me - Flower Patch! I love how versatile it is, there are loads of combinations to making the flowers and they can be over stamped or fussy cut and built up with foam pads. This card is being entered into this week's challenge over on  Stampin' Royalty  where the theme is 'Birthdays'. Thanks for looking - bye for now xx

So this is my last Flower Patch post of the week and I have for you a cute little greetings card - come and take a look This card came about because I was scoring a note card but measured it wrongly - I had one half much larger than the other! Never mind I thought and punched with a scallop punch down the side to add a bit of interest. I teamed my Soft Sky background with Certain Celery and Pretty in Pink inks and added a Soft Sky seam binding ribbon - not bad for a nearly reject!! If you have fallen in love with this stamp set - like I have, there is still time to place an order with me. You have until the end of April to contact me and place your order - please email me on deezinesart@icloud.com See you soon xx

So I've really gone to town this week with my Flower Patch stamps - hope you are not getting bored with it! Today I have a cute little note book which I have decorated - come and take a look If you look closely you will see that I have combined my stamps with some matching die cuts. These dies are fab if you you don't like cutting - just run them through the Big Shot! Plain Kraft note books are very popular in the shops at the moment and can be picked up quite cheaply. The one above is from Stampin' Up however, take a look at this post  HERE  and you will see what I did with a couple of books I bought from a Supermaret. Tomorrow will be my last post of the week and also the last of my Flower Patch projects - I hope you can join me.

I love using the Hardwood stamp as a background especially with flowers. Here's two cards I made combining them both I've used various pinks and purples for these cards and also added a splash or two of Crumb Cake with one of the stamps from Gorgeous Grunge. I distressed the edges of the paper a little and sponged the edges with an ink pad - that's about as far as I will go when it comes to distressing - no inky fingers for me if I can help it! Thanks for stopping by today - see you soon.

Remember my note cards yesterday? Well I made a decorated box to put them in - take a look These note card sets make great gifts and matching gift tags can also be made. Hope you enjoyed looking at these - more tomorrow I hope!

I've had the Flower Patch stamp set for ages now and not really used it enough. So when I found I had some spare time I dug it out and had a play! I went for a C6 card base for these cards as they look better as note cards - it's also easier to make envelopes for this size too! My colour combo was blue and yellow - very fresh and spring like plus a pop of orange - take a look I've been filling skips all weekend - Mum decided she wanted a garden clear up so we gloved up and set too. Bags of garden rubbish, old pots and tubs and we even demolished an old dilapidated shed - it all went in the skip. My space in the garage has increased so I'm hoping to get back in there and do more crafting - just have to wait for the dust to settle. Don't worry I covered everything in dust sheets first - hopefully no dust has landed in the crafting area! Thanks for looking today - see you soon xx

Yep that's right - there's no stopping me at the moment. Actually it's the fact that I'm on my own so much in the evenings now that I can escape to the craft and play. And guess what? I'm on my own again tonight so I might just be making more cards - watch this space! Meanwhile - here's the card I made last night And the challengers I'm entering are Always Playing With Paper Just Us Girls Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge, Flower Patch Ink: Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight Card Stock: Very Vanilla Accessories: Project Life Washi Tape, Dimensionals, Basic Rhinestones 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 Thanks for stopping b...