Phoenix Inspirations

It's time for another Sunday sketch over on SASSY SKETCHARINOS Here is this weeks sketch And here is my card I stamped my card with the large Pleasant Poppies stamp, marked off where the squares were on the sketch and then coloured within the squares. Tiny butterflies were added along with some pearls and a sentiment. Hope you like my card and I hope you can find time to join in this week - see you soon xx

It's a lovely spring day here in Bridgnorth and what makes it even better is that I have been crafting! It seems the new meds are taking effect and I'm starting to feel human again! The card I have for you today is for the challenge over on  Freshly Made Sketches Here is the sketch And here is my card I've used a scrap of Raspberry Ripple DSP to create my border on a background stamped with Pleasant Poppies. My squares have small glittery butterflies on them. Hope you are all having a great Bank Holiday Monday (if you are in the UK) See you soon xx

Here is a birthday card I made recently It was a fun card to make and it's inspired by one I found on Pinterest  HERE . I changed a few of the images and added the butterflies but the layout is the same. Mossy Meadow was used to sponge the background and stamp the leaves while Night of Navy was used to stamp the background poppies. The main poppies were coloured with markers as were the butterflies - they were cut out using a punch. I cut the flowers out by hand. A Sassy Salutations sentiment was added to finish it off. Hope you like it - see you soon xx

Good morning - it's a lovely sunny Monday morning here in Bridgnorth and I have a little card to show you made from some bits and pieces found in my stash drawer. Whenever I get packages in the post from friends that craft they are always beautifully decorated and I can't bear to throw them away. So I hang onto them and use them in my crafting. The card stock - Mint Macaron was sent to me by a lovely friend along with the rest of the new Stampin' Up In Colours and the ribbon and butterfly were on a package from one of my Facebook swap buddies. These snippets always come in useful so never throw them away! See you soon xx

I've been at mum and dad's two weeks now and unfortunately still no crafting. Good news though - daughter is visiting tomorrow hopefully bearing boxes full of craft stash! Meanwhile I've been getting used to my new surroundings and finding places to stash the stuff that I did bring. I have the little room I'm sleeping in (and sharing with the cat) and a corner in the garage. So while I haven't been crafting I do have some pics of cards on my pc that I haven't blogged and these are a couple of Valentine cards - they can very easily be converted to everyday greetings cards as I've used stamps not specific to Valentine's day. This one uses the very versatile Lotus Blossom (Sale-a-bration) and a variety of pink markers ranging from very light to very dark. A silver ribbon bow completes the ensemble. This one uses Pleasant Poppies again coloured with markers. This is another design that could be changed - just use a Happy Birthday sentiment o...

From time to time I have a sort out on my computer, I delete random pictures that I have uploaded and I create nice neat new files for the ones I like to keep. I also file all my card pics in files according to stamp sets. Well one such tidying up session occurred a couple of days ago and I found a picture of a card I had made a loooooong time ago when I had first bought some of the new Blendabilities markers. I bought a set of the Cherry Cobbler and a set of the Old Olive. I stamped out the Pleasant Poppies on to Very Vanilla card stock and set to work colouring Now there are lots of ways to colour - check out all the tutorials on YouTube but as a painter I have always gone in first with the lightest shade and then added details with the darker shades. Not bad for a first attempt! Well after all that playing I just had to make a card and this is the result I do believe that this was a sketch from a Mojo Monday challenge many weeks ago and in the end I think ...

The photos I am going to share with you today were taken a long time ago and the samples were made to demonstrate to a group of ladies at a local craft group. I only took one stamp with me to show them some of the different ways one stamp could be used - it worked as I received a few orders! The stamp was Pleasant Poppies Now of course you could just stamp it onto card stock and mount onto a card blank and that would give us 6 ways but I used the Triple Time Stamping technique and this was the first sample No colouring just basic stamping, matting and layering - looks pretty good. Here's sample number 2 The same card, matted onto a different colour card stock, coloured and embellished - the same stamp but a totally different card. Sample number 3 is a bookmark There are two layers of the green card stock joined together at the back with a scoreline near the top. In between the layers is a small magnet which holds the bookmark in place in your book...

Good morning all - it's time for another challenge over at  Make My Monday . Rosie is our Hostess this week at she would like to see some dimension in our projects - here's mine I've been playing with my clay again this time adding some Strawberry Slush re-inker to colour it. I also coloured a flat backed gem with a black marker for the centre. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Pleasant Poppies Ink: Basic Gray. Pink Pirouette, Strawberry Slush, Old Olive, Basic Black - all markers Card Stock: Whisper White, Blushing Bride, Strawberry Slush, Old Olive Accessories: Big Shot, Chalk Talk, Little Leaves, Adorning Accents, Clay, Seam Binding 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). Please don't forg...

I fell in love with the colour combination that  Dynamic Duos  have for us this week and decided to combine it with the sketch challenge over on  The Paper Players I loved making this card as I love colouring in and these poppies are perfect for that - take a look I love the butterfly - he's from this month's 'Best of ... Butterflies' set (details  HERE ) Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Pleasant Poppies, Best of Butterflies Ink: Black Stazon, Calypso Coral Card Stock: Whisper White, Basic Black 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). It's much cooler here today but I'm hoping for a quieter night after the terrific thunderstorm we had last nig...

For my Midweek Motivation card for  Make My Monday  this week I have been inspired by my garden. We are inundated at the moment with hoards of yellow and orange Welsh Poppies. This week's challenge is CAS Flowers and all the challenge details can be found HERE Here is my card Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Pleasant Poppies Ink: Tangerine Tango, So Saffron, Certain Celery, Basic Gray Card Stock: Whisper White, Tangerine Tango Accessories: Scallop Punch, Tangerine Tango Ribbon, Dimesionals (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) . If you like my Twisted Easel card and would like to see more pics of it please do pop over to the challenge blog - Jacqueline xx

This is a card I recently demo'd at a Hostess party, it's quick and easy but has great impact - take a look This is such a versatile stamp that sometimes it looks good just stamped - all that was needed on this card was the red card stock. It went down really well as a demo too and the Hostess was extremely pleased when I passed it over to her to keep! Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Pleasant Poppies Ink: Black Stazon Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Riding Hood Red Accessories: Very Vanilla Ribbon, Elegant 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) . I've had a great day today as I went to a workshop run run by my crafty friend  Jane  - I made a gorgeous mirror frame which I shall show you tomorrow so please do pop back! See you son - Jacqueline xx

Morning all - time for a new challenge over on the  CAS - Colours & Sketches  blog. This week we have a sketch for you - take a look Please remember that we are a cards only challenge blog and that they should also be clean and simple in their design. Here's my card And the inside too Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Pleasant Poppies, Delightful Dozen, My Friend Ink: Stazon Black Card Stock: Raspberry Ripple, Whisper White Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Wings Embosslits Folder (Don't forget that if you would like to order any of the Stampin' Up products listed above or from the Annual Catalogue you can do so through me - e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com or see all the details in the top tabs - thank you). The weekend is in sight and I'm looking forward to a rest. Don't get me wrong life is 'such fun' at the moment and I am having a great time however, my husband's health is still an issue I am working around hospital and...

Morning all - it's my turn to do the Midweek Motivation over on the  Make My Monday  blog. his week the challenge is a One Layer CAS card - here is what I have made I have used my gorgeous Pleasant Poppies stamp as it pretty much covers the whole of a 5" x 5" card base and coloured it with various Stampin' Write markers. I did manage to stamp it a little off centre so I added an embossed border down the side to even it up a bit! I have actually remembered to photograph the inside of this one - take a look - Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Pleasant Poppies, Delightful Dozen Inks (Stampin' Write Markers): Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Wild Wasabi plus Black Stazon Card Stock: Whisper White Accessories: Big Shot, Adorning Accents embossing folder (All Stampin' Up items including those listed above can be ordered through me and delivered direct to your door - please e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com or see all the details above i...

I've been having a play with some new stash today - my Pleasant Poppies stamp. It's huge but gives a beautiful crisp image nevertheless. I also added just a bit of colour with a So Saffron Stampin' Write marker. Yellow poppies remind me of my Mum's garden in the summer - it's literally festooned with yellow and orange Welsh poppies. As I am entering this into the  Less is More  'Frame It' challenge I added a die cut frame using my Window Framelits dies. I will also be entering this week's challenge over on the  Dynamic Duos  blog Here is my card And a close up Materials: Stampin' Up Stamps: Pleasant Poppies Ink: Black Stazon, So Saffron (marker), Basic Black (marker) Card Stock: Whisper White Accessories: Windows Framelits, Big Shot (yes I have one now!!), Dimensionals, White Gel Pen. (Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you would like to order any of the above products - all my details are in the top tabs)...