Phoenix Inspirations

I managed to make a few DT cards before I came to mum and dad's last week, mainly because I was commissioned to make some Valentine's cards. I based them around my DT requirements and here's one created for  The Male Room  - the theme being VALENTINE I used World Map, Traveler, Gorgeous Grunge and One in a Million stamp sets and a colour combo of Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso inks. I punched a small heart from Glimmer Paper and coloured it with a Cherry Cobbler Blendie. Dad is not so bad today and has gone out to lunch with mum - leaving me a little time to get this post up - thanks for stopping by xx

Oh crumbs - it's Monday again, doesn't time fly?! So that means it's time for a new  Make My Monday  challenge and this week the theme is SPORTS. Now I'm not a very sporty person at all - I don't even watch much on the tv so this was quite a challenge for me! Here's what I've come up with A pail of golf balls! Very simple I know but I did emboss the balls with my dotty folder even though it's difficult to see! Materials - Stampin' Up (except Kraft card base) Stamps: One in a Million (retired),  Ink: Basic Grey Card Stock: Wild Wasabi, Real Red, Whisper White Accessories: Circle Punch, Dots EF, Decorative Label Punch 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 looking -...

It's time for another challenge and this time it's for  CAS - Colours & Sketches . We have a beautiful set of colours for you this week - very earthy and very masculine too - here's what I created And here are these gorgeous colours I was telling you about I coloured an acrylic block with markers to create my background - a great technique don't you think? Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Walk on the Wild Side, One in a Million Ink: Marina Mist, Chocolate Chip, Pear Pizzazz Card Stock: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Marina Mist, Pear Pizzazz Accessories: Modern Label Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Natural Twine (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 - tha...

We have a very interesting sketch this week at  CAS - Colours & Sketches . It's been designed for us by Karen and I can't wait to see what you make of it Here is my card and a couple of close ups Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Flowering Flourishes, One in a Million Ink: Versamark, Baked Brown Sugar Card Stock:  Baked Brown Sugar, Very Vanilla Accessories: Basic Pearls, Gold EP, Heat Gun (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 to pop over and see what the other DT ladies have to show you and I hope to be visiting your blogs soon to see what you have created -

It's time for our weekly challenge at  CAS - Colours & Sketches  and Karen has this brilliant sketch for us - take a look I had great fun with this sketch but don't know if you can see the slant so much on my finished card - what do you think? Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Summer Silhouettes, One in a Million Ink: Sahara Sand, Always Artichoke, Strawberry Slush, Blushing Bride Card Stock: Whisper White (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. Don't forget that during the month of September if you join my Stampin' Up team not only will you receive the wonderful Stampin' Up Starter Ki...

Did I tell you how much I love this set? These are the Thank You cards I made for my August orders They measure just 4" square and are perfect to adding to a bag of goodies and they were relatively quick and easy to make too. I had a production line of cards all being stamped in turn! Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Papaya Collage, One in a Million Inks: Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz, Always Artichoke, Raspberry Ripple, Early Espresso, Pool Party Card Stock: Whisper White Accessories: Basic Rhinestones, 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. 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). Back home tomorrow - hope you had a lovely weekend, see you soon -

Today is the first day of the first challenge over at  The Male Room . Me and my team are inviting you to join us in making 'man cards' or anything else associated with men and boys. Today's challenge is ANYTHING GOES and you have two weeks nearly to take part. Here is my card I've used one of my new favourites - By the Tide and I had great fun colouring my lobster - he's been mounted onto embossed card with 3D Dimensionals. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: By the Tide, One in a Million Ink: Smoky Slate, Calypso Coral & Cajun Craze Markers Card Stock: Whisper White, Basic Gray Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Modern Label Punch, Big Shot, Hexagon EF, 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. Items can be delivered direct to you - just £4.95 p+p any size order. Also see the special offers above in the ...

Good morning - these Monday mornings roll around quick don't they?! And rolling around again is this week's new challenge at  Make My Monday . It's Fliss's turn this week and she has chosen PAPER PIECING for us - here is my card My stamp set of choice today is Fabulous Florets and I have paper pieced my flowers with some odd scraps of DSP from my ever growing pile! Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Fabulous Florets, One in a Million Inks: Gumball Green, Basic Gray Card Stock: Whisper White Paper: Subtles DSP (retired) Accessories: 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. 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). Please don't forget to pop over and see what the other DT ladies have to show you and I will see you soon -