Phoenix Inspirations

I love making feature cards - clean and simple is great but layers, fancy folds, ribbon and bling are also great fun too! Here s one such card I have made Not only is this a Bookmark card - it has a removable corner bookmark attached to the front - but it is a tent fold card too Hope you like my effort for today - see you soon xx

Yesterday I showed you a special birthday card, well to go with that card there is a special present and I made a matching box and tag to put it in - take a look Not quite as ornate as the card it's just simply layered up with a bow made from the last of the ribbon and a little tag attached with white bakers twine. Inside is the present. This is a glimpse into one of my other crafting passions - beading. It's a necklace made in the favourite colours of the recipient with matching earrings - want to see? How nice to be able to combine both my love of paper crafting and jewellery making. Now that I'm no longer a SU demo I have a little bit more time to devote to building this up as business so watch this space for more creations! Thanks for stopping by today - see you soon xx

While I still had the Hey There Buds stamp out on my work surface, I thought I'd use it to create a special birthday card and really go to town on it - take a look The colour choice for this card started with the ribbon. It was tied around a pot plant mum bought a few days ago and matched the Soft Sky DSP rather well I thought. This time my image was mounted on a fancy scalloped mat and some of the flowers were layered up to give a more 3D effect. A couple of flowery details were added at the side and again a few gems were added to bling it up! I have a matching box to show you soon and a glimpse at my other crafting passion - hope you can join me. See you soon xx

Yes it's Monday morning again - doesn't it come around quick? I can't believe we are nearly half way through May already! So,it's been nearly a week since my last post but we have been experiencing Internet problems again. it keeps getting sorted and then it crashes again - it really is quite frustrating. But anyway today I am on and here is my card - hope you like it This card follows on from last week's post HERE  where I took a single stamp and made some quick and easy note cards. Again the image is stamped using the Hey There Buds stamp and using just two marker pens - a blue and a green. This time the card is dressed up with a ribbon and a few gems and a different sentiment taken from the Good Greetings set. I've also added some Dazzling Diamonds glitter but unfortunately this doesn't show up on the photo. Did everyone have a good weekend? I spent mine digging and sowing and now I'm quite sore! Crafting is a much gentler pass time don...

Good morning - Happy Bank Holiday Monday to you all - would you like to see what I have been up to? I have been making some more note cards - come and see These are so simple to make especially if you love colouring your stamps with markers like I do. The whole thing is just one stamp - including the sentiment and I just coloured the stems and leaves with green and the flowers and buds with colours. These are last year's Stampin' Up In Colours - can't wait to see the new ones for this year! I loved these cards so much that I made some more but this time mounted them on matching coloured card stock with a little white bakers twine as a finishing touch.  Here's a close up of the one using Lost Lagoon - my favourite colour at the moment Thanks for stopping by today and please don't forget to pop over to my new blog Crafting From The Ground Up - you can find it  HERE . It might not be to every one's taste but it may appeal to those of you j...