Phoenix Inspirations

Hello. How nice it is to have the time to blog again - one of the upsides to sick leave!  I have a little card to show to today that I made with some Altenew stamps that I purchased off Ebay. I must admit that they were a little on the small side and a little bit fiddly too. Take a look and see what you think They are two step stamping stamps: you stamp the outline with a dark ink and then fill in with a lighter ink. I used Flirty Flamingo and Powder Pink. The sentiment is absolutely years old from the retired set Sassy Salutations but I love the font style! If you like these tiny stamps and would like a play - leave me a comment and contact email and I will send them out to you - free! (First come first served) I am entering this card into the challenge over at Always Fun Challenges The theme is FLOWERS Thanks for stopping by today - see you soon - J xx

Yes I'm the one who used to post regularly! OK so things have been a bit tough lately but it looks like there may be light at the end of the tunnel even if it is just a pin prick at the moment. Today I have my DT card from  CAS - Colours & Sketches  to show you using these three fab colours chosen for us by Lizy And here is my card - one of the quickest I have made in a long time! I have used the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set - perfect for adding quick splashes of colour to your cards. I had to pretty it up a bit and add some Bitty Blossoms and pearls! Get these products and more by purchasing online at my shop Click HERE Thanks for stopping by today and taking a look - back soon with a Christmas card xx 

We have a recipe this week at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  - Louise has been quite fiendish with this one take a look Here is my card This took literally minutes to create - a little dry embossing followed by a little sponging, adding a greeting and some sparkles - simples! Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Sassy Salutations Ink: Soft Sky Card Stock: Whisper White Accessories: Big Shot Other: Snowflake EF, Blue Gems (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 ...

Good morning everyone - it's time for a new challenge over on  Make My Monday  and this week Laura has chosen the theme of 'Child's Play' for our challenge - this could be a child's birthday or new baby card. Here's my card I love this stamp set and I'm using it for the first time today as it's perfect for a child's birthday card don't you think? Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Bug Me, Sassy Salutations Ink: Stampin' Write Markers 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). 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 t...

It's my turn to do the mid-week motivation over on the  Make My Monday  challenge blog. The challenge this week is Balloons and today I have some party balloons for you - take a look Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Up, Up & Away (retired), Sassy Salutations Ink: Smoky Slate, Strawberry Slush, Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana Card Stock: Whisper White 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). Thanks for stopping by today to take a look - see you soon -

Here is another card I recently demo'd at a Hostess Party. It shows off this year's In Colours along with the Honeycomb embossing folder and butterfly punches - take a look I've also used the gorgeous Papillon Potpourri stamp set as it makes lovely butterflies and they match the punches perfectly And the inside - butterflies again along with the very popular Sassy Salutations Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, Sassy Salutations, Pretty Petites (SAB) Ink: Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit Card Stock: Whisper White, Gumball Green, Naturals White Accessories:Elegant and Bitty Butterfly Punches, Honeycomb Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Petite Curly Label 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) . Thanks fo...

Time for another challenge over on the  Make My Monday  blog and this week we want to see cards with more than one fold - take a look at mine Here's how the folds unfurl This is a card we made recently at one of my workshops and inspired by a tutorial I found on Splitcoast Stampers called a Six Fold Card. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Stippled Blossoms, Sassy Salutations Ink: Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Wild Wasabi, Gumball Green Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla Paper: Tea for Two DSP (Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you would like to order any of the lovely Stampin' Up products you see on my blog, e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com) All that's left now is for you to get creating - need more inspiration? Pop on over to the blog and take a look at all of the other wonderful DT work - see you soon - Jacqueline xx

The lovely Caz  has designed this week's fabulous challenge over on the  Make M y Monday  challenge blog and it is a colour challenge -Use the Colours - BLUE & BROWN. Here is my card I've kept things quite clean and simple with this card - mainly just matting and layering and then the addition of 2 stamped butterflies. The butterflies are available in the Papillon Potpourri set and to make things really easy both have co-ordinating punches. Here's a close up And a view of the inside Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, Delightful Dozen. Sassy Salutations Ink: Bashful Blue, Soft Suede Card Stock: Whisper White, Soft Suede Paper: Subtles DSP Accessories: Elegant and Bitty Butterfly punches (sold separately). (don't forget to drop me an e-mail if you would like to order any of the fabulous Stampin' Up products - or see all the details up in the top tabs - thanks). Please do pop over and take a look at all the other wonder...

That's right folks - it's Saturday and time for a new challenge at  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  and this month Danielle is choosing our challenges. This week it's Sketch week - take a look For my card this week I have used some retired stamps and my Stampin' Write markers Such a lovely set don't you agree? I decorated inside too - take a look Materials Stamps: Pines and Poinsettias (retired), Sassy Salutations Ink: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green, Lucky Limeade - all Stampin' Write Markers Card Stock: Whisper White, Naturals White, Early Espresso Paper: Candlelight Christmas DSP Accessories: Dimensionals (See the tabs at the top of the page for all the details on placing orders and special offers). I'm off now - visiting my Mum and Dad, they are finding it hard sorting and closing granddad's house so I am going to lend a hand. Granddad's ashes are also going to be interred while I'm there but...

It's my turn again to do the Mid-week Motivation spot over on the  Make My Monday  challenge blog. The challenge this week is 'One for the Boys' so I have made a little congratulations note card to send to a new mum - take a look This is a single stamp (from Stampin' Up of course!) and it was one of those stamps I just had to have! Usually I'm very sensible and think very carefully before making a purchase, thinking very hard about all the possibilities so that I can make the most of my money. Not so this time - as I said I just had to have it! Today I have stamped it onto Naturals White card stock with Midnight Muse ink. I then used an aqua painter to gently move the ink around and colour the image in. No other colours are needed. Here's a pic of the inside - I couldn't resist using my Sale-a-bration elephant again! Materials Stamps: Two by Two, Sassy Salutations, Patterned Occasions Ink: Midnight Muse, Gumball Green, Marina Mist Card Stock: ...

It's Ruth's last challenge this week at  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  and this time we have a 'Technique' challenge - take a look I love these style of cards and so does Ruth by the seem of things!! Ruth has added a link to a tutorial on how to achieve this technique and i too have a tutorial -  HERE  if you are interested. Here is my card And (especially for Ruth) - the inside! Materials Stamps: Everything Eleanor, Ornament Keepsakes, Sassy Salutations Ink: Wild Wasabi (I think - it's a long time since I made this card!), Raspberry Ripple Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Raspberry Ripple Accessories: Basic Rhinestones (All of the above items are Stampin' Up and can be ordered through me - please see the details in the top tabs). Please pop over to the blog and check out this week's challenge and all the lovely cards made by the DT this week - bye for now - Jacqueline xx

This week it's a CAS week at  Addicted to Stamps & More  and I have been having a play with my Fine Feathers again - take a look Now this is one of those cards that turned out totally different to how I wanted it to however, I was having coffee and a girly chat with my friend Louise at the time so I may have been a little distracted! Here's what I used to make my card Materials Stamps: Fine Feathers, Sassy Salutations, French Foliage Ink: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Gumball Green, Midnight Muse Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Naturals Ivory Accessories: Dimensionals Other: Twine (All Stampin' Up products can be ordered through me and delivered direct to your door - please see the details in the top tab). Now I know I'm supposed to be decorating the insides of my card - and I did, but my camera batteries died on me as I was taking the above picture hence the lack of inside pics! I am hoping to steal  borrow the ones from the TV remote tomorrow so I can photo...

It's time for another challenge over on the  CAS - Colours & Sketches Challenge Blog  and this week we have some colours for you - take a look These are such pretty colours so I chose one of my prettiest stamp sets - Stippled Blossoms This is a '2 Step' stamp set: the pale pink part of the rose was stamped first and then the darker pink detail stamp was stamped over the top. When stamping the leaves the paler green is still Old Olive it was stamped onto scrap paper first and then stamped onto the card stock before re-inking to stamp the detail stamp over the top. Materials Stamps:Stippled Blossoms, Create a Cupcake (sentiment) Sassy Salutations (inside) Inks: Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Old Olive Paper: Subtles Collection DSP - Pretty in Pink Card Stock - Very Vanilla Accessories: Dimensionals (all the above items can be ordered through me and delivered direct to your door - please see the details in the top tab). Here is a quick pic of ...

All last year at the  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  challenge blog Mynnette and I created the weekly challenges - this year the rest of the dt have had the chance to get their own back and this month Ruth has created the challenges starting with this fantastic sketch - take a look Here is my card I have used some of the fabulous Candlelight Christmas Speciality DSP for my background and then used some Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla to mat and layer. I stamped the lone pine from Lovely as a Tree with Versamark ink and then heat embossed it with gold embossing powder . Some natural coloured ribbon (scavenged from Christmas wrapping) was tied around the Crumb Cake mat. I've not made many resolutions this year but one of the few is to decorate the insides of my cards - take a look I stamped the pine tree again this time using Chocolate Chip ink and stamping twice and even three times before re-inking. I then used some Cherry Cobbler ink to stamp my ...

It's Bingo time at  Make My Monday  - take a look at the card and choose a line: up, down, side to side or horizontal - it's up to you I have gone for the line with Patterned Paper, Punches or Dies and Distressing - take a look I have two cute little Christmas owls just about to kiss under the mistletoe - here's what I used Materials Stamps: Sassy Salutations, Christmas Blessings Ink: Lucky Limeade, Early Espresso Card Stock: Whisper White, Crumb Cake Paper: Christmas Candlelight Speciality DSP Accessories: 2 Step Owl Punch, Dimensionals, Sponges, Lucky Limeade organza ribbon, Basic Pearls (All items are from Stampin' Up - please see my details at the top of the page for ordering purposes) This is the last MMM challenge of the year so please pop over and wish the rest of the DT a Happy Christmas. Bye for now - Jacqueline xx

Back at the end of November I did a workshop and we made Stepper cards - here's a pic of one of the cards we made This is using my ornament Keepsake bundle - don't for get if you want these sets they are only available 'til the end of January. Check out the Holiday Mini catalogue in my side bar. If you would like to see the other cards we made please pop over and take a look at the Craft Club Blog  where there are pictures and to help with the tutorial I have made some pdf instructions for you to download. Materials Stamps: Ornament keepsake, Sassy Salutations Ink: Raspberry Ripple, Gumball Green. Summer Starfruit Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla Accessories: Holiday Ornament Framelits dies (See the top tab for details on how to order your Stampin' Up goodies) Thanks for looking - Jacqueline xx

It's  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  time again and this week we have a colour challenge for you - take a look This month Stampin' Up have an offer on - if you click  HERE  or in the side bar and you will see that if you order the Ornaments Keepsakes stamps plus the Candlelight Christmas Speciality DSP you will receive a FREE paper piercing pack. My card this week shows you what  you could make with the stamps plus the matching dies - take a look See the background paper? That's some of the Candlelight Christmas Speciality DSP - isn't it lovely? It's so easy to create pretty baubles like these as there is no tedious cutting involved - of course you will need a die cutting machine. Here is a view of the front of the card This is an easel card and I used four each of the bauble shapes to make the ones on the card. Here's what I used to make my card Materials Stamps: Ornament Keepsakes, Sassy Salutations Ink: Primrose Petals, Rega...

ooops indeed - guess who didn't read the brief this week?.................erm that would be me then! It's a new month at  Make My Monday  and it's quite complicated (well it was complicated for me!!) The theme is AUTUMN,  and also CRAFT SUPPLIES,  and the challenge is to create a card or project following the themes and using KRAFT & STRING (TWINE). Here is my card - So I used my Kraft and I used some Twine - I just forgot the Autumn bit. Sorry but as I really don't have time to change it you will have to make do with this. I layered my white and Kraft card stock and also cut smaller squares to stamp onto. My little coloured flowers have been stamped, cut out by hand and attached using Dimensionals. The sentiment panel has also been attached the same way so it stands up over the twine which can be a bit bulky. Please do pop over to the blog and take a look at the DT cards - they are so much more appropriate than mine. We also have a prize this month so i...

It's a colour challenge this week at  Less is More  and the colour is PINK . Take a look at my card I have taken some white card stock and made a 5" x 5" card base - I then stamped directly on to the card using the fabulous 'Happy Birthday' sentiment from Sassy Salutations with different shades of pink ink. I then punched out some teeny tiny flowers in matching coloured card stock and added a pearl to the centres. I also scored two lines either side of the sentiments. Materials Stamps: Sassy Salutations Ink: Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Primrose Petals Card Stock: Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Primrose Petals Accessories: Basic Pearls Other: Flower Punch (all products are Stampin' Up, see the catalogue in the side bar for details and place an order by clicking the link at the top of the page). See you soon folks - have a great rest of the weekend - Jacqueline xx

I did this cute little Step Card last week as a Make and Take at a workshop, when folded it measures just 4" x 3.5" - take a look Made using Crumb Cake card stock it also use my new favourite set Summer Silhouettes. here's a side view It was so quick and easy to make and if you are good I will create a down loadable template so you can make one too! I used the new In Colour ink pads on this card too along with Sassy Salutations for the sentiment - they work so well with these images don't you think? Materials Stamps: Summer Silhouettes, Sassy Salutations Inks: Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals, Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Naturals White (all the above items and more can be ordered through me and delivered direct to you door - don't forget the exciting special offers too. All the details can be found in the side bar). Thanks for taking the time to stop by and take a look today, see you soon - Jacqueline xx