Phoenix Inspirations

It's time for our weekly challenge at  CAS - Colours & Sketches  to commence and this week we have some lovely colours for you to use - take a look Now these colours had me stumped for a while and while I was gazing at my stamp sets looking for inspiration to strike my eyes settled on the Serene Silhouettes and an idea was born - here is my card I love the trees in this set and I thought that the perfect sunset backdrop would be one of my Gorgeous Grunge stamps and the Cherry Cobbler red. The stamp was stamped closer together at the top of the card to create a darker more concentrated colour. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Serene Silhouettes, Gorgeous Grunge, Petite Pairs Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy Card Stock: Very Vanilla Accessories: Modern Label Punch, 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...

So not only did I miss Thursday's post but I missed Saturday's too. The Christmas in July blog hop over on the  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  has now ended and we are back to normal with our usual sketch challenge brought to us this week by our August hostess Gill. Here is my card Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Petite Pairs Ink: Wild Wasabi Card Stock: Gold Foil, Very Vanilla Accessories: Gold Washi Tape, Gold Sequins 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 directly from my Stampin' Up website - click  HERE  to take a look. Thanks for looking xx

Yep - ti's that time again! The first Saturday of the month at  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  is always a sketch - take a look In case you haven't noticed I am trying to make all my cards for the 52CCT sketches match and here is the next one in the series This is very simple to do - a few strips of washi tape, a stamped label and a few gold sequins - check out the Christmas link in my labels to see the others I have made like this. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Hello Lovely, Petite Pairs Ink: Real Red, Pear Pizzazz Card Stock: Gold Foil, Very Vanilla, Naturals White, Real Red Accessories: Gold Washi Tape, Decorative Label Punch, Gold Sequins, Basic Rhinestones, Dimentionals (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on deezinesart@icloud.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...

Morning all - it's my turn to host the month's challenges at  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  and as always we kick off with a sketch - take a look And here is my card You will be forgiven for thinking that it is very close to my last card for the 52CCT sketch but I am having an idea (yes I know it's frightening!). I am thinking that I will do all the sketches similar so that come December I will have a nice little pack of similar styled cards to give as a gift or use as a raffle prize. That's the idea anyway! Washi tape is perfect for this design and so quick too, and I do love the gold sequins that are now in the new Spring/Summer mini. Along with the gold foil card stock they add a lovely touch of glamour to my cards. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Hello Lovely, Petite Pairs Ink: Pear Pizzazz Card Stock: Naturals White, Very Vanilla, Gold Foil Card, Real Red Accessories: God Washi Tape, Gold Sequins, Dimensionals (To order any of th...

Good morning and welcome to a brand new challenge over at  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  - we have brand new challenges, a brand new blog look and brand new DT members - how exciting! And here is the first sketch challenge designed for us by Mynette And here is my card There are one or two sneaky peeks at some new products here - can you spot them? I will be telling you more about these towards the end of the month so you must be patient! There are exciting things coming our way soon from Stampin' Up - don't want to miss out? Drop me an email (deezinesart@gmail.com) and leave me your address and then as soon as they are ready I will be able to pop in the post to you the new Sale-a-bration leaflet and the new Spring/Summer mini. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Hello Lovely, Petite Pairs Ink: Real Red, Wild Wasabi Card Stock: Naturals White, Very Vanilla, Real Red (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please...

We have a lovely theme for you this week at  Make My Monday , we want you to create a Frosty Scene. This is one of my favourite things to do and I had such fun creating this card - take a look I recently had the great pleasure if playing with the new Thinlits Circle card die and couldn't resist using it for this card. Loads of glitter was added to the branches of my trees and this is the first time I have used this particular stamp - isn't it lovely? Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Serene Silhouettes, Petite Pairs Ink: Island Indigo, Midnight Muse Card Stock: Island Indigo, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer Paper: In Colour DSP Accessories: Big Shot, Thinlits die, Scallop Trim Punch,Modern Label Punch, Dazzling Diamonds (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. ...

Over on  Make My Monday  this week our new theme is 'CONTEMPORY CHRISTMAS' - nothing traditional - here is my card - hope it fits the bill! I've used the Mosaic Madness set and matching punch for this and added some extra bling behind my baubles with some silver glimmer paper - should have used a ruler for my hanging bits though the lines look a bit wonky! Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Mosaic Madness, Petite Pairs Ink: Island Indigo, Pool Party Card Stock: Island Indigo, Pool Party, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer Accessories: Mosaic Punch, White Bakers Twine, Scallop Trim Punch, White Gel Pen, Bitty Blossoms 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). You can also shop now directly from my ...

My workshops are starting up again soon but I remembered that I hadn't shared with you what we made way back in  July. We made Tunnel Cards using the Serene Silhouettes stamp set - take a look Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Serene Silhouettes, Petite Pairs Ink: Old Olive, Calypso Coral Card Stock: Whisper White, Old Olive Accessories: Big Shot, Apothecary Accents, Scallop Trim Punch, Vanilla Flower Trim (retired), 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). 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 Kit but a FREE gift from me - a stamp set of your choice. Email me now for more detail...

I used to love that song as a child - can't remember the words though now! Rainbow is the theme of this week's challenge at  CAS - Colours & Sketches  - it's Karen's choice of challenge and here's what she wants to see: Rainbows are my favorite color! With the graphic above, my intent was to show that you could do any value: pastel, bright, or jewel. I'm also looking forward to seeing all the ways you can interpret this "color". As long as the card has 5 or more different colors, it counts! The colors don't have to be arranged like a rainbow, you can just use lots of colors on the card. Here is my card I've used all the colours of the rainbow to create my card - hope you like it. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, Butterfly Collection (wheel), Petite Pairs Inks: Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Tempting Turquoise, Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder Card Stock: Whisper White,...

It's another sunny morning here in Malvern - our hills do look lovely in the morning sunshine. It's also Thursday morning and that means another challenge at  CAS - Colours & Sketches . Louise is the hostess this month and she has given us this sketch to use Here is my card I've stayed true to the sketch as a usually do and used the tripe timed stamping technique with my Swallowtail stamp. Materials - Stamping Up Stamps: Swallowtail, Petite Pairs Ink: Midnight Muse, Raspberry Ripple Card Stock: Whisper White, Raspberry Ripple, Very Vanilla Accessories: White Bakers 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. 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...

What will you choose - or will you go for both? I ask because this is the new challenge over on  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown Here is my card - I chose pearls Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Christmas Blessings, Petite Pairs Ink: Smoky Slate, Certain Celery, Riding Hood Red Card Stock: Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Certain Celery Accessories: Border Punch, Word Window and Modern Label Punches, Basic Pearls Hope you are all having a great weekend - I'm decorating. It's a job I hate but since my husband's illness he has not been up to such jobs (hmmmmm) so it;s down to me - best get back to it then! See you soon - Jacqueline xx

Morning all - it's time for another colour challenge at  CAS - Colours & Sketches , take a look at our colours for this week And here is my card I dug out my Fabulous Florets for this one ad I was going to do it all one layer but in the end I stamped the foliage directly on to the card stock and then stamped the flowers on to scraps and cut them out and attached them with dimensionals. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps - Fabulous Florets, Petite Pairs Ink: Gumball Green, Cajun Craze, Primrose Petals Card Stock: Whisper white, Primrose Petals Accessories: Dimensionals Have a great day - see you soon - Jacqueline xx

Morning all - time for another sketch challenge over on the  CAS Colours & Sketches Blog  - take a look Here is my card Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Nature Walk, Summer Silhouettes, Petite Pairs, Bloomin' Marvelous (Retired SAB set) Ink: Always Artichoke, Elegant Eggplant Card Stock: Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant Accessories: Dimensionals, Bitty Butterfly Punch (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) . Please pop over and say 'hi' to the other DT ladies - they have made some fabulous cards this week - bye for now - Jacqueline xx

It's Saturday and that means it's time for our weekly Christmas Challenge at  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown . It's Mynnette's month and for this week's theme she has chosen this I've chosen to make a card with a Christmas Pud - take a look Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Petite Pairs Ink: Early Espresso Card Stock: Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip, Gumball Green Accessories: Big Shot, Window Framelits, Adorning Accents, 2 Step Bird Punch, Owl Builder Punch. (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) . Please don't forget to visit the other DT ladies' blogs to see what they have made this week - see you son - Jacqueline xx

It's my turn this week to do the Midweek Motivation for  Make My Monday . The theme is Fancy Folds and anything goes as long as there is more than one fold on your project. Here's what I have made Not many folds there I hear you cry! But look what happens when you open it And turn it to the side The folds become platforms for the rose images making a pop-up card. There are more pics over on the blog so please hop on over and take a look. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Stippled Rose, Petite Pairs Ink: Bashful Blue,Not Quite Navy, Certain Celery, Always Artichoke Card Stock: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink Paper: Sunshine and Sprinkles DSP Accessories: Big Shot, Lots of Tags Sizzlets, Scallop Edge Punch, Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon (I can order any of the above Stampin' Up items for you or indeed any from either of the catalogues shown in my side bar - please e-mail me for details deezinesart@gmail.com or see the details in the top tabs - Thanks) ...