Phoenix Inspirations

The challenge this week at  Make My Monday  is numbers. I recently did a card class where we made number cards and here is one of the cards we made I'd made some number templates - large and small so that they 'nested' and the large ones formed both ends of the card. The word comes from the Project Life Day to Day photopolymer set and the baubles are from the now retired Holiday Ornaments set. There is actually loads of glitter on the baubles but the light hasn't been right for taking photos so it doesn't show up. Thanks for looking - see you soon xx

Just a very quick post this morning to tell you about the new challenge over at  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  where the theme is Here is my card I have embossed with gold onto gold and also used gold foil paper behind my aperture. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Holiday Ornaments Ink: Versamark Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Gold Foil, Real Red, Silver Glitter Accessories: Big Shot, Holiday Ornaments Dies, Gold EP, 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 along with the NEW SPRING/SUMMER MINI. 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 Stampin' Up website - click  HERE  to take a look. Please don't forget that if your orders total £45 or more you can choose FREE  SALE-A...

I was late making this card as I had ordered some new stamps that I really HAD to use for this challenge - I had seen seen something similar on Pinterest and it was that or nothing! The card in question is this week's  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  theme which is 'Bling It Up' Here is my card Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Daydream Medallions Ink: Always Artichoke, Pear Pizzazz Card Stock: Whisper White, Real Red Accessories: Big Shot, Floral Frames, Holiday Ornaments, Basic Rhinestones, Silver Glimmer Paper, Silver Ribbon. (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 Stampin' Up website - click  HERE  to take a look. Please don't forget ...

It's time for another  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown   challenge - gosh that came around quick again and golly did I make a mess of this one! I was out most of yesterday and came home exhausted, tried to make my card, ruined 2 pieces of card stock and went to bed in a very bad mood! I actually slept for 12 hours (!) woke up and made a new card - here it is You may be able to spot a sneaky peak of a new item coming in the new catalogue - more on that story later! Materials - Stampin' Up Card Stock: Whisper White, Naturals White, Rose Red, Certain Celery. Silver Glimmer Paper Accessories: Big Shot, Embossing Folder, Bitty Punch, Holiday Ornaments Die (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'm off to a local charity event later, it's called 'Strawberry Saturday' however...

It's sketch time at  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  and it's also Louise's turn to choose all our challenges. This week she has this fab sketch for us - take a look Here is my card All materials used are Stampin' Up Stamps: Keepsake Ornaments (Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue) Ink: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake Card Stock: Whisper White, Early Espresso Paper: Christmas Candlelight Speciality DSP Accessories: Holiday Ornaments Framelits Other non Stampin' Up: Red Bow (All current Stampin' Up items from the Annual Catalogue and Spring/Summer Mini can be ordered through me and delivered direct to your door - please see all the details in the top tabs). I STILL HAVE PLACES AVAILABLE IN MY NEXT STAMPERS 6 CLUB - PLEASE EMAIL ME ON deezinesart@gmail.com FOR DETAILS. We have 3 new DT members over on the  blog  this week - please pop over and say 'hi' I'm sure they would love to see you there - bye for now - Jacqueline xx

Over on the  Addicted to Stamps & More  challenge blog myself and the rest of the DT have been indulging in a spot of Bingo - take a look at the card we have been using For my card I chose the line: Green, Emboss (I did both dry and heat embossing) and DSP  I made a huge rosette onto which I added a die cut bauble. - I love the gold embossing on the green and I decided to leave it clean and simple and leave off a sentiment. The white panel behind my rosette has been embossed using a dotty EF and matted onto green card stock. Materials Stamps: Ornament Keepsakes Ink: Versamark Card Stock: Whisper White, Wild Wasabi Paper: Wild Wasabi DSP Accessories: Holiday Ornament Framelit Dies, Gold EP Other: Dotty EF (All Stampin' Up items listed above can be ordered through me and delivered direct to your door - see details above) ATS&M is taking a break now 'till after Christmas please do pop over and wish my fellow DT team mates a Happy ...

It's challenge time again at  Make My Monday  and DT member Caz would like to see White on White Christmas Cards. You may use another colour for accenting if you wish - here's what I came up with I love these kind of cards - they are awful to photograph though! I've tried to add lots of texture to this card by adding some embossing and piercing to my card stock. I also heat embossed my bauble using clear EP - you can just about see it! Here's a close up To finish off I added some white leaves and pearls. Materials Stamps: Ornament Keepsakes Ink: Versamark Card Stock: Whisper White Accessories: Holiday Ornament Framelit Dies, Clear EP, Paper Piercing Pack, 2 Step Bird Punch, Basic Pearls, Dimensionals Other: Dotty EF (See the top tab for details on how to order any of the above Stampin' Products and more) Please do pop over to the blog to see all the other wonderful white cards made by the DT and I will see you soon - Jacqueline xx

That's the challenge this week at  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  - take a look Here is my card I stamped my flourish on to my card stock before I ran it through my embossing machine in my dotty folder and then I attached my silver bauble. A few flat backed gems were added too along with the sentiment from Christmas Blessings. There's only one more challenge after this at 52CCT and then we will be back in January - please do pop over to take a look at the other beautiful entries from the DT and I will see you soon - Jacqueline xx Materials Stamps: Flowering Flourishes, Christmas Blessings, Ornament Keepsakes Ink: Basic Black, Versamark Card Stock: Whisper White, Basic Black Accessories: Silver EP, Holiday Ornament Framelit Dies, Dimensionals, Basic Rhinestones Other: Dotty EF (Please e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com to order any of the Stampin' Up products listed above)

Back at the end of November I did a workshop and we made Stepper cards - here's a pic of one of the cards we made This is using my ornament Keepsake bundle - don't for get if you want these sets they are only available 'til the end of January. Check out the Holiday Mini catalogue in my side bar. If you would like to see the other cards we made please pop over and take a look at the Craft Club Blog  where there are pictures and to help with the tutorial I have made some pdf instructions for you to download. Materials Stamps: Ornament keepsake, Sassy Salutations Ink: Raspberry Ripple, Gumball Green. Summer Starfruit Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla Accessories: Holiday Ornament Framelits dies (See the top tab for details on how to order your Stampin' Up goodies) Thanks for looking - 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

Another challenge card today for these two challenge blogs The Color Throwdown Stampin' Up Only Challenges 'A Clean & Simple Holiday Card' Here is my card I substituted a couple of colours that I didn't have: Island Indigo for the Bermuda Bay and Pool Party for Soft Sky. It was also said that the grey could be changed to silver so I did that too! All products used are Stampin' Up - see the list below for all the lovely products I used to make this card. Don't forget that there is a Special Offer this month - if you buy the Ornament Keepsake stamps (includes the bauble above) or the Bundle of stamps and matching dies plus the Candlelight Christmas Speciality DSP you will receive a Paper-piercing pack - FREE! - Offer ends at the end of the month. See the links in the side bar for more details. Materials Stamps: Ornament Keepsake, Flowering Flourishes, Christmas Blessings Inks: Lucky Limeade (marker), Pool Party (marke...

Two challenges tonight and one card made using my Ornament Keepsake bundle again and a bit of gold embossing powder - take a look Materials Stamps: Ornament Keepsake, Christmas Blessings Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Versamark Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White Accessories: Holiday Ornament Framelits, Gold Embossing Powder, Dimensionals Other: Snowflake Embossing Folder. (There's still time to take advantage of the Ornament Keepsake bundle and Candlelight Christmas Speciality DSP and get a Paper-piercing pack FREE - see the side bar for details). I am entering this card into these challenges The Paper Players Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge See you soon - Jacqueline xx

I've had great fun today as I have been attempting to make the beautiful Christmas decoration from the front cover of the Holiday Mini (see side bar). I trawled YouTube for instructions - there are so many that I finally gave up and did my own thing! I don't have all the materials used either so I improvised - a lot! Take a look I used two ornament shapes plus the round centre piece along with Very Vanilla card stock, Crumb Cake and Cherry Cobbler ink. Here's a close up I added a pearl to the centre - one of the large ones from the Basic Pearls pack, only £4.50 and you get loads! Materials Stamps: Ornament keepsakes Ink: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler Card Stock: Very Vanilla Accessories: Holiday Ornaments Framelit Dies, Basic Pearls. (Don't for get if you buy the Ornament Keepsake bundle plus the Candlelight Christmas Speciality DSP you get a Paper-Piercing pack - FREE - check up top or the side bar for more details). Crafting is curtailed ov...

I've been having a play with my Ornament keepsake bundle and apart from the 'normal' Christmas ornament style projects I have made this poinsettia flower from some of the die cut shapes I stamped and die cut 8 of the red ornament shapes and then a further 5 of the green - the ornament tops have been hidden by adding the centre. This is the small round stamp from the set and I cut out the very middle part to create the flower centre. Here's a close up Materials Stamps: Ornament Keepsakes, Christmas Blessings (sentiment) Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso (marker) Card Stock: Naturals White, Crumb Cake, Paper: Candlelight Christmas Speciality DSP Accessories: Holiday Ornaments Framelits (If you would like to make a card like this there is a special offer this month with the Ornament Keepsake bundle - see the side bar for details). I will be entering this card in this week's  Freshly Made Sketches  challenge and ...

It's  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  time again and this week we have a colour challenge for you - take a look This month Stampin' Up have an offer on - if you click  HERE  or in the side bar and you will see that if you order the Ornaments Keepsakes stamps plus the Candlelight Christmas Speciality DSP you will receive a FREE paper piercing pack. My card this week shows you what  you could make with the stamps plus the matching dies - take a look See the background paper? That's some of the Candlelight Christmas Speciality DSP - isn't it lovely? It's so easy to create pretty baubles like these as there is no tedious cutting involved - of course you will need a die cutting machine. Here is a view of the front of the card This is an easel card and I used four each of the bauble shapes to make the ones on the card. Here's what I used to make my card Materials Stamps: Ornament Keepsakes, Sassy Salutations Ink: Primrose Petals, Rega...