Phoenix Inspirations

 Oh my goodness it’s July already - half way through the year. So big announcement - my daughter gave birth to my first grandchild. A beautiful bonny baby girl named Penelope Beatrice. She’s absolutely gorgeous and just like her mummy! In other news Stampin’ Up have just released the July - December mini catalogue and it’s jam packed with loveliness. We also have a Sale-a-bration which means that for every £45 spend (excluding p+p) you get to choose a FREE product. There is a fabulous SAB joining offer too - check out my Facebook page or Instagram for more details   I am a Stampin' Up Demonstrator - if you would like to purchase any of the items you have seen in my post or the current catalogues please get in touch. You can leave a comment or send me an email: jacquelinenm68@gmail.com Items can be ordered through me and delivered directly to your door (p+p is £6.95) I have a business Facebook page  HERE  and customers will be invited to a private Facebook group ...

 Can you believe it - Stampin' Up are having a second period of Sale A Bration!!! That's right - spend at least £45 (excluding p+p) and you can choose a FREE GIFT from this lovely little brochure: SAB A £90 spend can earn multiple goodies or items of a higher value.  I am a Stampin' Up Demonstrator - if you would like to purchase any of the items you have seen in my post or the catalogue in the side bar - please get in touch. You can leave a comment or send me an email: jacquelinenm68@gmail.com Items can be ordered through me and delivered directly to your door (p+p is £4.95) I have a business Facebook page  HERE  and customers will be invited to a private Facebook group to share their projects, ask questions and generally interact with other crafters. I am also on Instagram. If you are an avid crafter and would like to become a demonstrator yourself (you get discount on all your purchases and earn commission on anything that you sell) - I would love to have you in m...

Have you taken a look at the new catalogues in my side bar yet? - Just click on the pictures and you can peruse an online catalogue. Don't forget too that for every £45 you spend you can choose a FREE Sle-a-bration item. Perhaps the Lotus Blossom stamp set? This is a very simple set of three images which make up the flower. It's really easy to do too - I did this without a Stamp-a-ma-jig (stamp positioner), all you need are three colours similar in shade that go from light to dark. It works too by stamping off on a piece of scrap paper before stamping the first image. Here are some more - I made a set I teamed these up with the very useful Gorgeous Grunge set along with a multitude of Stampin' Write Makers. Thanks for stopping by today - pop back tomorrow for anther Christmas challenge xx

Good morning - it's the first challenge of the New Year over at  CAS - Colours & Sketches  and we have a sketch for you - take a look And here is my card I have used my FREE Sale-a-bration set Lotus Blossom, isn't it lovely? Three stamps layered up create this beautiful flower. I stamped the first image in white craft ink onto Crumb Cake card stock. The next layer was added in Crisp Cantaloupe and the third in Calypso Coral. I then cut it out and attached it using dimensionals. Thanks for looking today - please do pop over to the blog to take a look at all the other wonderful cards from the dt - we have two new dt ladies too so do say 'hi'.

Well you can have it because today is the day that Stampin' Up launches it's annual Sale-a-bration event. Just spend £45 on Stampin' Up catalogue items and then choose a FREE item from the Sale-a-bration leaflet. Nothing you want in the main catalogue?? But wait....... today Stampin' Up have also launched their NEW Spring/Summer Mini catalogue Host a party and get even more FREE stuff Join my team and still get more FREE stuff If you're interested in starting a Stampin' Up direct sales business, there are plenty of incentives to do so during Sale-a-bration. You will pay just £99 for your starter kit and choose £130 worth of products to put in it. Catalogues, business stationery and delivery is included in the price and, during Sale-a-bration only, you'll also get to choose two Sale-a-bration items OR any project kit from the spring summer catalogue as an extra bonus.  Just pop over to the side bar to take a closer look at the c...

Last month's Box Card tutorial is now up over on my Craft Club Blog -  HERE

and all the 'Best of ....' sets too. If you haven't already done so now is the time to place your qualifying orders for the FREE Sale-a-bration goodies. Make sure your order is £45 or more before p+p and then e-mail me the details - or go to my online shop. You will never see these stamps again - just look at what you could be missing out on Place your order now on deezinesart@icloud.com.

That's right folks don't let it pass you by - grab your FREE Sale-a-bration goodies now. Spend £45 or more before March 31st and choose your FREE items from the flyer  HERE . There are some beautiful stamp sets to choose from - I particularly like the Petal Parade set and I took it along to to show the ladies at Hilary's Stampin' Up party last night. Now although I love the set and 'I had to have it' as soon as I saw it but I had a bit of a last minute mental block as to what to do last night - eek! Luckily I had seen this beautiful card  HERE  on Vicky's blog and decided to steal  borrow the idea. (I did ask permission before hand!). I changed the colours and rotated the design and this is how they turned out: See that little pouch in the background? We made it to store our cards in. It's the Retro Fresh DSP and the colours on the cards match perfectly because that's what Stampin' Up does. (I was lucky enough to meet with a lady who ...

Hi all - I'm back home again after over 3 weeks away. In case you didn't know my dad was having some pretty intensive chemotherapy treatment and I was staying with my mum till he came out of hospital. And he did - after nearly 3 weeks. The journeys to and from Birmingham have been quite exhausting and mum and I have felt very stressed and stained especially on the days when he had a very bad reaction to his treatment. But that is behind us now and we now have the task of building his strength back up and keeping him positive. As you know I am on the design team of 4 challenge blogs and while I have been away my fellow teamies have kept everything running so smoothly and efficiently and I would like to thank them all - it's a privilege to work alongside you all. Thank you too to all my lovely followers who have stayed with me and left me such lovely comments -and hi to all my new followers I promise my posts will get better from now on! Right then talking of posts I had ...

......... to let you know that I am still taking orders for Sale-a-bration goodies - you have 'till 6pm so if you want any of the beautiful products up for grabs you'd better get your skates on! Don't for get too that if you sign up with me during Sale-a-bration you get to choose a whopping £162.50 worth of catalogue items for your starter kit for just £99.00!!!!! Please do take a look in the tabs at the top of the page - all the details you need are there or e-mail me at deezinesart@gmail.com - Jacqueline xx

Have a look at  what I have been playing with and making today I have used the very gorgeous Swallowtail stamp to decorate my box. A fabulous stamp - it's huge but stamps beautifully especially using Stazon ink. This project also uses one of the FREE Sale-a-bration sets - I've used them on some matching note cards - take a look These super sentiments come in a set called Vintage Verses and are FREE with an order of £45.00 or more. Are you interested? Here's what you could buy to qualify for your FREE set Simply Scored Scoring Tool - £25.95 Swallowtail Stamp - £12.95 Basic Black A4 Card Stock - £6.25 Vintage Verses - FREE (or any Sale-a-bration item) Total - £45.15 Time is running out to get your FREE Sale-a-bration items - you have 'til 5pm on Friday to place your order. Drop me an e-mail or see my details in the top tabs and don't miss out - Jacqueline xx

I have another Sale-a-bration bundle for you look at today - don't forget that the event ends on Friday 22nd so please do hurry with your orders. Here is what I have made My card and gift box have been made using the FREE Sale-a-bration set Bloomin' Marvelous. Just two inks were used - Pool Party and Island Indigo. All the embellishments and card stock match perfectly in colour to give a really professional look to your card making. If you would like to recreate this project I have a bundle of products for you so that you can receive this stamp set FREE! Bitty Butterfly Punch -                £14.95 Roll of Ruffled Ribbon -             £8.95 2 Ink Pads -                              £9.95 Pack of Cardstock -                 £6.25 Pack of Bakers Twine -       ...

There are only a few days left of this year's Stampin' Up Sale-a-bration event. So, over the next few days I am going to show you a few projects using the SAB items and the materials needed to make the projects. The materials will be grouped into bundles so you can see at a glance what you need to make them but most importantly should you wish to order them they will add up in price to the amount needed to qualify for the free stamp set or paper etc. Today's project is an easel card box - take a look Can you see the drawer? Here's what I made to put in the drawer Five mini cards each using  an image from the Patterned Occasions stamp set Here's the bundle I have put together for this project Of course you will need other items but these were the ones that I felt were the most important. This is my own promotion - not Stampin' Up but you can order these items through me and receive a free Sale-a-bration item, just drop me an e-mail ...

I recently had the great pleasure of visiting a friend who was holding a Stampin' Up Open House Event. She - Jane, has recently rejoined as a demonstrator - just in time for Sale-a-bration! She had a beautiful display table of goodies all showing how amazingly talented she is. You can take a look  HERE , or visit her whole blog  HERE . While I was there I had a go at Jane's 'Make and Take', here's what I made This card uses products from this years Sale-a-bration promotion Madison Avenue Stamp Set, plus co-ordinating Sycamore Street DSP, Ribbons and Buttons - all available as a bundle when you place an order of £300.00 or more before p+p. I have a lot of 'catch-up' posts for you to see, I hope you will pop back soon to see what I have been up to - Jacqueline xx

I'm a day late for this week's challenge at  Make My Monday  - I've been a little unwell but as I know of a couple of ladies who have far worse medical problems to cope with - I won't complain about a mere head cold. This week's challenge is set set by Fliss and she has chosen the theme of 'Ribbons and Buttons' - here is my card I have used the jeans from one of this year's Sale-a-bration sets - Patterned Occasions. I have also used my new 'Cloudy Day embossing folder. My ribbon is attached as a border with a flower with a button centre - I've tied the middle with some bakers twine. All materials from Stampin' Up Stamps: Patterned Occasions Ink: Rose Red, Wild Wasabi, Marina Mist, So Saffron, Pretty in Pink Card Stock: Whisper White, Marina Mist, So Saffron, Certain Celery Accessories: Cloudy Day embossing folder, Button (retired), Scallop Dots Border ribbon, Bakers Twine, (All current Stampin' Up items can be ordered through...

It's my turn to do the Mid-week Motivation over on  Make My Monday  this week. We have a great sketch challenge for you with the added element of making it CAS (Clean and Simple) too. Here's the card I made using one of the stamps from one of the FREE Sale-a-bration stamp sets - take a look This is just one from a set of 5 This delightful little elephant is so easy to ink up with markers so that each individual element of the stamp is perfectly coloured. It also means that you don't have to include the sentiment sitting just below the image however, that too can be inked with a marker This image works perfectly for the inside of the card Materials Stamps: Patterned Occasions Inks: Island Indigo, Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple, Early Espresso - all makers Card Stock: Whisper White, Island indigo This is just a tiny part of what you could be receiving  FOR FREE - just spend £45.00 or more (excluding p+p) from the current Annual Ca...

Spend £45.00 or more on products from the current Stampin' Up Annual catalogue and choose an exclusive Sale-a-bration item for FREE Click  HERE  to see the promotional leaflet or e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com with your address details and I will pop one in the post to you. Pop back tomorrow to see what I've made with mine - Jacqueline xx