Phoenix Inspirations

Yay - the day has arrived. It's the very first challenge over on my new challenge blog Sassy Sketcharinos Here is your first sketch And here is my card This is such a versatile layout and I've come over all manly for this and used By The Tide and Traveler stamp sets. Two colours were used: Pool Party and Chocolate Chip. It would be great to see you over there taking part and please do pop over to take a look at the other fab dt cards. Sassy Sketcharinos See you soon xx

Today I have some cards to show you made for the men in our lives. Really quick and simple card made with one stamp set and a background stamp - take a look My background stamp is the gorgeous World Map from Stampin' Up and it has been stamped directly onto the card bases. Using some earthy colours and a bit of blue I sponged the maps and inked the edges of the cards. Another fantastic set is Traveler and I stamped each individual image onto a square of card stock which was again sponged around the edges. Now these could have just been attached to the cards but I decided to die cut some labels, add holes at each end and add some frayed twine. These were stuck behind the images and then attached with 3D foam pads Thanks for stopping by today - have a great weekend xx 

The card I am showing off today looks very CAS but was a little complicated to make and actually took me quite a long time! It's a ship at sea - take a look So - how was it made? I'll tell you: firstly I inked up my stamp (from the stamp set Traveler) and I then took my brayer and rolled it carefully over my stamp - transferring the image. I then rolled my brayer over my piece of card stock. This gives a very faint image but more importantly when the image is upside down and the stamp is inked up again and stamped directly over it - it becomes the perfect mirror image. The top half of the picture was masked off and the sea was sponged in. I then decided I wanted the sun behind my ship - that meant making a mask of the ship - did I tell you this was complicated???? Once the ship was masked off the sun from Kinda Eclectic was stamped and the sky sponged in. The sentiment is from Painted Petals. Thanks for popping by today - see you soon xx

I managed to make a few DT cards before I came to mum and dad's last week, mainly because I was commissioned to make some Valentine's cards. I based them around my DT requirements and here's one created for  The Male Room  - the theme being VALENTINE I used World Map, Traveler, Gorgeous Grunge and One in a Million stamp sets and a colour combo of Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso inks. I punched a small heart from Glimmer Paper and coloured it with a Cherry Cobbler Blendie. Dad is not so bad today and has gone out to lunch with mum - leaving me a little time to get this post up - thanks for stopping by xx

Golly it's cold this morning in my little cottage. The garden is looking very bleak and the wind is making the trees sound very spooky indeed - I can't wait for Spring! Meanwhile we have a new challenge this morning in  The Male Room  - the theme for the next two weeks is - NEW BEGINNINGS. I didn't make a card this time but another desk calendar -take a look I cannot take credit for this as I followed the video tutorial over on Paula's blog  HERE  -it's a lovely clear tutorial and very easy to make so do have a go! I have used Soft Suede and Early Espresso card stock for this with a little Very Vanilla too and the image is from the Traveler set. The base has also been stamped with the World Map stamp - it's huge and perfect for manly backgrounds such as this. Don't forget that this is a very special time at Stampin' Up - if you want FREE goodies take a look at my post  HERE  and drop me an email to place your orders.

Do you have difficulty creating cards for the men in your lives? Well if you do why not hop over to  The Male Room . We run fortnightly challenges and at the moment we have a lovely sketch designed for us by dt member Deborah - take a look Here is my card Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Traveler, Loving Thoughts Ink: Basic Gray, Early Espresso Card Stock: Kraft, Basic Gray, Very Vanilla Accessories:Washi Tape, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Basic Rhinestones To place an order for Stampin' Up products please email me on deezinesart@icloud.com - there will be a charge of £4.95 for p+p but anything you order can be dispatched direct to you anywhere in the UK So today is World Cardmaking Day - I shall be celebrating this by posting all the cards I have missed posting over the last few days - the above was no.1 - might also have a play too! Happy crafting folks xx

Well we had the End of Term last week and now this week at  Make My Monday  we are celebrating the Great Getaway with the theme of VACATIONS So can you imagine setting sail across the ocean in a big cruise liner, sailing off into the sunset and ending up who knows where? That was sort of my idea when I created this card although a deserted island would suit me perfectly just now! Here is my card Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Traveler, The Open Sea, Basic Alphabet Ink: Pool Party, Chocolate Chip Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Pool Party Accessories: Dimensionals, White Bakers Twine (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 directly from my Stampin' Up website - click  HERE  t...