Phoenix Inspirations

 To a Wild Rose is retiring at the end of this month. It's a beautiful floral set that has various ways to stamp. Here are a few cards I made with it Message me on  deezinesart@gmail.com to place an order. J x

Today's post is a tutorial on making a Penny Slider card - very easy to do and very effective. Let's go! Gather a few items - card base, coloured and white card stock, inks and a stamp set with large floral images. I used To a Wild Rose. Take your card base and mat and layer coloured and white card stock. Next take a piece of card stock and create a piece to cover at least half of the card front - the wavy line is optional - you can leave it straight if you wish. Now we are going to make a small slot - use a die, punch or do it just by eye but the width must be narrower than your penny. I did mine with a circle punch: punch the holes at the ends of the slot and connect them using a craft knife. Now it's time to do some stamping. Add a background to your card and then make some elements to add to the front of your card and most importantly the things that you want to be able to slide. I want my sentiment to slide and I will also add the bu...

OK - who stole June? Where did it go? I can't believe it's July already - and it's time for anther challenge over at The Rainbow Card Challenge Here is my take on this challenge Quite a simple one - just Night of Navy cardstock and some white embossing. The stamp set I have used is To a Wild Rose I do hope you head on over and take a look at the other work provided by my dt team mates - we have a new member too -  Nandini  - her work is superb and well worth a look. All products above are available from my Stampin' Up shop HERE Thanks for looking - see you soon - J xx

Today I have for you one of the very new sets from the new catalogue. It's going to be one of my many favourites as it's so pretty and feminine. It's called To a Wild Rose and here is the card I created I've used a very simple colour palette and made it very clean and simple by making the card one layer only. Colours are: Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Crushed Curry and Pear Pizzazz. This card was made for a Stampin' Up Facebook swap. I made nine cards like the one above and got nine different ones in return. I will showcase these a little later on as they all feature new stash from the catalogue! As always the above products can be ordered from me or my shop SHOP jacquelinenm68@gmail.com Thanks for stopping by today to take a look - see you soon - J x