Phoenix Inspirations

I have been trying to stretch myself recently - creatively. In a recent card swap I was sent a certain amount of materials which I had to use. They included die cuts, mesh, gems and cotton. I was stumped for a while but not one to give up I set out to find a style of card first. I thought about an easel card and then decided to go a bit further and do a twisted easel card. Great I thought - perfect. But then I thought what if ........... and then I made this Instead of a flat panel I made a box frame. Around my frame I added the mesh and inside it I stamped my panel with images from Stampin' Up's Papaya Collage. The die cuts were added along with the gems and the cotton twine. Now for the base. More mesh, more die cuts and gems and to prop up the easel a square panel stamped with Papaya Collage. I don't usually make cards with this much on it - I'm a clean and simple kind of crafter however, every once in a while I surprise myself!...

I have a love card to share with you today although not necessarily for Valentine's Day. I won't be celebrating this year unfortunately but never mind - let's take a look at my card This card was inspired by the picture inspiration over on the  Inkspirational Challenge Blog I used the Hardwood stamp for my background and the frame from Papaya Collage. I die cut my letters in white and added a tiny gold heart. Thanks for looking - see you soon xx

Today I'm going to share with you my Facebook swap card for September. The brief was a cascade card, no flowers or butterflies and no pink, blue, orange or white colours! Here's what I came up with Two slanted pieces of card stock are intertwined to form this complicated looking card. I added a panel to the back of the card to make a little pocket to hold a tag for writing on. Stamp sets used are Papaya Collage and An Open Heart with the background being created with the Hardwood stamp. I used a scallop border punch down the sides and added a label to the front with the sentiment on. Thanks for looking today - see you soon xx

The card I have made for you today uses the now retired Papaya Collage - I purchased it just before it was retired so didn't use it much - I really must dust it off more often as it's one of my favourites! Although you can't tell from the piccie - this has been made on cream card stock! It's very clean and simple - one of my favourite styles of card making and is almost one layer. The rose is attached using a single dimensional. Thanks for looking xx

I am so late with this - I've been catching up with my commenting! Today is a new challenge over on  CAS - Colours and Sketches  - it's a sketch take a look And here is my card I love how this turned out, it only took minutes but my desk was covered in stamps and stamp boxes - I used 3 different sets! Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Papaya Collage, Summer Silhouettes, Loving Thoughts Ink: Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Early Espresso, Island Indigo, Pool Party Card Stock: Kraft (not Stampin' Up), Whisper White Accessories: 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 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 we...

I am a little late getting this post up as I had a bit of an accident over the weekend - I burnt my wrist. It's been very sore and I have it bandaged up - good thing is I can't get the bandage wet so no washing up woohoo! So -  Make My Monday  are this week looking for cards made with KRAFT card and here is my contribution to the dt line up I am giving you a sneaky peek at some new stash coming your way soon - some gorgeous new DSP. It's coming in the new Spring/Summer Mini and you don't have that long to wait so stay tuned! Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Papaya Collage, Loving Thoughts Ink: Crumb Cake Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake Paper: Retro Fresh DSP Accessories: Punches: Scallop Trim, Decorative Label, Modern Label, Blossom, 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...

We have another gorgeous sketch for our last challenge in November designed for us by the lovely  Lizy . Lizy has also set up a Facebook page for this challenge blog  HERE  so please do 'like' and stay updated. So -  CAS - Colours & Sketches  - here is the sketch And here is my card It is a little unfinished as I couldn't decide on what sentiment to stamp inside my frame - that may be added when I decide who I will send it to. Materials - Stampin Up Stamps: Papaya Collage Ink: Smoky Slate, Strawberry Slush, Pink Pirouette, Wild Wasabi Card Stoke: Very Vanilla, Basic Gray, Strawberry Slush, Pink Pirouette Accessories: Dimentionals (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...

My fellow team mates on the DT at  Make My Monday  will not be surprised when I whine and moan at the subject of this week's challenge - STEAMPUNK!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't do Steampunk as a rule as I don't really understand it however, here is my card for this week - what do you think? Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps; Best of Butterflies, The Open Sea, Papaya Collage Ink: Black Stazon, Crumb Cake, Real Red, Versamark Card Stock: Basic Black, Real Red, Crumb Cake,Naturals Ivory Paper: Modern Medley DSP Accessories: Scallop Trim Punch, Gold EP, Big Shot, Dress Up Framelits, Apothecary Accents, 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). You can also shop now directly from my Stampin' Up web...

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 -

I can't believe that it took me over a year to actually buy this stamp set! I've been in love with it forever and had great fun creating this card - come a see For the first time ever too I've used some of the Core'dinations card stock. I ran it through the Big Shot in the Mosaic embossing folder and then sand it to make the embossing stand out - quite messy (for me!) but a great result. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Papaya Collage Inks: Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Early Espresso Card Stock: Whisper White, Midnight Muse Paper: In Colour DSP Accessories:Scallop Trim, Big Shot, Modern Mosaic 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 top tabs - thanks). I'm away for the w...