Phoenix Inspirations

I've not had much time for crafting lately, Jobseekers and job interviews are taking up most of my time and just recently I have started volunteer work in my local Cancer Research shop. So when I saw that the challenge this week over on  Addicted to Stamps and More  was 'Anything Goes', I remembered that I had a card floating around that I hadn't blogged. It was a card I had made for another challenge a while ago but missed the deadline (I have been doing a lot of that recently!) - take a look The stamps I have used are from the Summer Silhouettes sets from Stampin' Up and my colours are Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Cherry Cobbler and Poppy Parade - all Stampin' Up. Thanks for stopping by to take a look - see you soon xx

I have 19 minutes in which to upload my card for this week's challenge over on  CAS - Colours & Sketches  - so what's new, this is getting to be a habit! I have followed their sketch - take a look And also the colours on this week's  Color Throwdown Here is my card Love the skewed angle of this sketch! My stamp set of choice is Summer Silhouettes - hope you like it. 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

Today's card is one I did for a challenge ages ago and didn't get around to posting - hence the limited colour palette. It uses Summer Silhouettes - take a look I think the colours were just Sahara Sand and Strawberry Slush - but I can't be certain! Today is a very sad day for me as I will cease to be a Stampin' Up Demonstrator. Unfortunately if the orders don't come rolling in regularly then minimums aren't made and you drop off - sad but true. Hopefully one day I will sign up again but until then I shall still be using also my existing SU stash and hopefully buying a bit more if funds allow. Thanks for stopping by - xx

We lost a lot of lovely stamps with the launch of this year's Stampin' Up Annual Catalogue however here's one that survived the cut - Summer Silhouettes. I've used it for this week's challenge over on  CAS - Colours & Sketches  . I'm the hostess this month that means I get to choose the challenges and here are the colours I have chosen for you this week And here is my card I CASEd a few of the elements of this card from  THIS ONE  I found on Pinterest - it was so quick and easy to make, especially as I had the right tools for the job! I have invested in the Stampin' Trimmer - it makes cutting card stock a doddle (better still it means I'm not gouging tram lines on my cutting mat!). To round off my corners I did use a corner rounder (obviously!) although I also have the envelope punch board which has a corner rounder built in. Having the right tools at your fingertips not only makes crafter quicker and easier, it also makes them look p...

Good morning and welcome to Monday! I'm kicking off the week with my DT card for this week's challenge over on  Make My Monday  where the theme is SEASONAL FLOWERS - we even have an inspiration picture too - take a look Here is my card My card is a kind of back to front gatefold card using the Window Framelits. Can you see the woodgrain stamping in the background? That's the new Hardwood stamp available now in the Spring'Summer Mini - it's one of my new favourites! Find these items and more in my shop  HERE or drop me an e-mail at deezinesart@icloud.com Have a great Bank Holiday Monday folks - see you soon 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...

It's time for our weekly challenge at  CAS - Colours & Sketches  and Karen has this brilliant sketch for us - take a look I had great fun with this sketch but don't know if you can see the slant so much on my finished card - what do you think? Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Summer Silhouettes, One in a Million Ink: Sahara Sand, Always Artichoke, Strawberry Slush, Blushing Bride Card Stock: Whisper White (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. 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 Ki...

It's time for a new challenge over at  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  and this week it's a colour challenge You are allowed to use BLACK and WHITE (or off-white) in addition to the red and gold. No green! :) Please have fun with this one! For my metallic gold I chose to go with gold embossing powder and went very minimalist making my sentiment the main focal point - take a look I found some gorgeous ribbon my my stash drawer which was a perfect match for the Cherry Cobbler card stock I'd used so I used it to wrap around my card and add a large bow. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Delightful Dozen, Summer Silhouettes Ink: Versamark Card Stock: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler Accessories: Scallop Trim Border Punch, Big Shot, Apothecary Accents, Gold Embossing Powder (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...

I saw the challenge over on  Less is More  this morning and I decided to have a play. Time has been taken up so much lately with workshops, classes and DT cards so it was so good to make a card 'just because'. The theme of the challenge is HAND MADE FLOWERS and I have been having a play with some of the clay and moulds now available through Stampin' Up - here's what I have made The white clay is pressed into silicone moulds - removed and then left to air dry. You can add colour to the flowers using markers after they have dried or if you have any of the re-inkers add a few drops to the wet clay before pressing into the moulds. My flowers have also been mounted on to the Flower Fusion die cuts and some of the Little Leaves have been added too. Materials Used - Stampin' Up Stamps: Summer Silhouettes, Morning Meadow Ink: Crumb Cake, Crisp Cantaloupe (re-inker) Card Stock: Whisper White, Pistachio Pudding Accessories: Big Shot, Little Leaves, Flower Fusion, ...

Hello everyone - got a bit carried away this morning booking hotels and Convention places for a very special weekend away in November that I completely forgot to post this week's  CAS - Colours and Sketches  card. Here is the sketch we want you to use this week And here is my card I embossed my card with one of the folders from the Adorning Accents set across the bottom and then used my scoring plate to add two lines down the side. Elements from the Summer Silhouette set were stamped and cut out to decorate the card. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Summer Silhouetes Ink: Certain Celery, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink, Not Quite Navy Card Stock: Whisper White Accessories: Scoring Plate, Big Shot, Adorning Accents (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) . It will be m...

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 a little chilly again this morning but here is something to cheer you up - it's time for another challenge at  CAS - Colours & Sketches . Take a look at what we have for you today And here is my card Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Summer Silhouettes, Vintage Verses (retired SAB set) Ink: Always Artichoke, Primrose Petals Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Always Artichoke, Pink Pirouette Accessories: Big Shot, Apothecary Accents, Little Leaves, Boho Blossoms Punch, Basic Pearls (Please see my details in the top tabs if you would like to place a Stampin' Up order through me - thanks). Thanks for stopping by today to take a look, please do pop over and take a look at the DT cards on the challenge blog and I will see you soon - Jacqueline xx 

I have a scrap book page to show you today made using the Summer Silhouettes stamp set - I love it so much! I also have a great fondness for Crumb Cake card stock and so I used that as my base - take a look My banners were actually scrap pieces - I just stamped and sponged them (much better than binning them don't you think?) The photos are of my Grandma and Granddad - no longer with us now, Granddad passed away at Christmas so this was quite an emotional piece to do. I will add some journaling later before I put it in my album. Here's a close up Aren't those flower heads stunning? My little journaling tabs were made by inserting more scrap strips into  the Blossom punch half way so it only partially punches I think it gives an interesting shape and also uses up more scraps! Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Summer Silhouettes Ink: Crumb Cake, Gumball Green, Pumpkin Pie Card Stock: Crumb Cake (12" x 12") Naturals Ivory Accesso...

Hello - hope everyone had a good weekend - it's Monday and that means it's time for another challenge over on the  Make My Monday  challenge blog. this week the theme is to use HEAT EMBOSSING - take a look at my card I used the utterly gorgeous Summer Silhouettes for this card. The flower stems were stamped ion Early Espresso ink and then the flower heads were ink and stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with white embossing powder. Here is a close up All materials used are Stampin' Up Stamps: Summer Silhouettes Ink: Early Espresso, Baja Breeze, Versamark Card Stock: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Early Espresso Accessories: Windows Framelits, White Embossing Powder Other Non Stampin' Up: Flat backed Gems (All Stampin' Up items can be ordered through me and delivered direct to your door - please see all the details in the top tabs - thanks). Why don't you pop over to the blog and take a look at all the other heat embossed loveliness produced ...

I recently demo'd this card at one of my workshops and based it on this card  HERE . We used the Summer Silhouettes set and some lovely shades of blue. Along with the blue we added some Wild Wasabi - isn't that a great name for a colour? Take a look at the side panels And here is the box we made to put it in Stampin' Up materials used Stamps:Summer Silhouettes Ink: Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi Card Stock: Whisper White, Marina Mist Paper: Subtles DSP Accessories: Windows Framelits, Scallop Edge Punch, Basics Rhinestones Other Non Stampin' Up items: Acetate (Don't forget that you can order any of the Stampin' Up items through me and I can arrange to have them delivered direct to you door. Check out the Sale-a-bration deals too - all the details are above in the top tabs). As always when i do a workshop I write a step by step tutorial to accompany it - you can find it now on my  Craft Club Blog  - hope you like it - Jacqueline xx

I have actually done a bit of crafting just for me - just lately I've been catching up with DT work and workshops which although is highly enjoyable is very time consuming......... but now I am up to date and I am able to join in a challenge! Today my card is for the challenge over on the  Inkspirational  blog, it's a sketch - take a look I also used the colours from this weeks  Colour Q   Here is my card All materials are Stampin'Up Stamps: Summer Silhouettes, Made for You Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Summer Starfruit, Midnight Muse, Pool Party Card Stock: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise Accessories: Dimesionals (Don't forget to drop me an e-mail if you would like to order any Stampin' Up items - all the details are above in the top tabs). Sorry about the quality of my photograph - the light wasn't very good today in my craft room - I need to find a good place with natural light I think! Thanks for looking - see you soon...

It's my turn to do the Midweek Motivation over on the  Make My Monday  blog - here is the car I made for your inspiration For details on how I made this please visit the blog in the mean time here's what I used Materials Stamps: Summer Silhouettes, Made for You Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso (marker) Card Stock: Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie Accessories: Very Vanilla Gross Grain Ribbon, Dimensionals Other: Button Twine (order your Stampin' Up products through me and have them delivered direct to your door - click the link at the top of the page) Thanks for looking - Jacqueline xx

Take a look at the fabulous sketch Kylie has designed for us this week at  Addicted to Stamps & More And here is my card Today I have teamed up Just Believe with Summer Silhouettes and some of the paper from the Twitterpatted series of DSP. I also added some of the basic rhinestones - you can't see on here but they are extremely sparkly. Materials Stamps: Just Believe, Summer Silhouettes, Precious Butterflies (retired) Inks: Gumball Green, Primrose Petals Card Stock: Whisper White, Raspberry Ripple Paper: Twittwepatted DSP Accessories: Basic Rhinestones (I am happy to order any of the products listed above (excluding retired items) or anything from the current catalogue, just get in touch by clicking the links above - don't forget the special offers too). Can't wait to see what you all do with this sketch - if you need more inspiration pop over to the blog and check out all the DT cards - you won't be disappointed. See you soon...

It's our last AUTUMN SUPPLIES themed challenge at  Make My Monday  and to finish with we want to see your RIBBONS & BUTTONS - here's my card This has to be one of my very favourite sets from Stampin' Up - it's called Summer Silhouettes but I've given it an Autumnal twist by stamping it in earthy colours with a splash of zingy yellow. Materials Stamps: Summer Silhouettes Ink: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso (marker), Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight Card Stock: Whisper White, Crumb Cake Accessories: Buttons (retired) Basic Rhinestones Other: Seam Binding Ribbon (get all your Stampin' Up stuff by placing an order through me - details at the top of the page) Don't for get to check out the other DT cards over on the blog and I will see you soon - Jacqueline xx