Phoenix Inspirations

It's my monthly workshop this week (Thursday) and we are making a Screen Card - you may remember this one from a previous post I did I also made this one with a matching envelope This one uses the new Painted Petals which can be found in the new Spring/Summer Mini - it's my new favourite!!!! if you live in or around the Malvern area and would like to join us - email me on deezinesart@icloud.com and I will reserve you a place.

It's nearly time for my monthly craft workshop - here's what we will be making I found the inspiration for these cards on Monica's  BLOG  - she had used a different stamp set but I CASEd the colours and layout. So - if you are in or around the Malvern area and fancy a fun evening of craft, conversation and cake please get in touch on deezinesart@icloud.com.

I have been planning my next monthly workshop which will be taking place on Thursday September 18th. This time we will be working on a background technique I saw demonstrated by the lovely  Lucy Tustian  at one of our quarterly meetings. I've made four cards but at the workshop we shall be re-creating two of them - take a look Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: World of Dreams Ink: Baked Brown Sugar, Lost Lagoon, Black Stazon Card Stock: Whisper White, Baked Brown Sugar, Lost Lagoon Accessories: Corner Rounder,  Don't forget to drop me an email if you would like to order any of the above items or indeed anything from the two current catalogues - see my side bar for catalogues. If you live in or around the Malvern/ Worcester area and would like to come along to one of my workshops please do email me for details - deezinesart@icloud.com See you soon xx

Just a quick post to show off the cards I will be demonstrating at my workshop next week. Using the very versatile Polka Dot Pieces and matching punches. Anyone interested in joining in please leave a comment or email me on deezinesart@icloud.com xx

It was my regular monthly workshop last night although this is the first for a long time. It was a lovely gathering and I'm hoping that all the ladies enjoyed themselves! We made three items - two cards and a tag with the Hardwood stamp being the focus of the projects and my inspiration for these makes came from the lovely Julie Kettlewell of  Julie's Japes  - she has done some wonderful work with this stamp and I couldn't resist CASEing a couple! As always when I do a workshop I put a step by step tutorial on my  Craft Club Blog  and the first of them - the Seagull card is  HERE Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Hardwood, The Open Sea Ink: Baked Brown Sugar, Basic Grey, Basic Black, Summer Starfruit Card Stock: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Baked Brown Sugar, Island Indigo, Garden Green, Blushing Bride, Crisp Cantaloupe Accessories: Punches - Cupcake Builder, 2 Step Bird, Circle, Scallop Edge, Bitty Blossoms (retired), Scallop Top T...

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

It's been a long time but I have completed the tutorial for the January workshop I held. We made these cute little pouches to hold mini note cards and envelopes Find this tutorial and many more over on my  Craft Club Blog

Next Thursday (October 17th) will be my monthly workshop and this time we will be making 'Bookmark Cards' We meet in Storridge Village Hall so if you are in or around the Malvern, Worcestershire area and would like to come along please email me on deezinesart@gmail.com - thanks

My workshops are starting up again soon but I remembered that I hadn't shared with you what we made way back in  July. We made Tunnel Cards using the Serene Silhouettes stamp set - take a look Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Serene Silhouettes, Petite Pairs Ink: Old Olive, Calypso Coral Card Stock: Whisper White, Old Olive Accessories: Big Shot, Apothecary Accents, Scallop Trim Punch, Vanilla Flower Trim (retired), 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). 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 Kit but a FREE gift from me - a stamp set of your choice. Email me now for more detail...

September is here and this means that my monthly workshops will be starting again - this what we are making this month For more details drop me an e-mail on deezinesart@gmail.com Materials used to make this card and a tutorial will be posted later in the month.

Hello - hope everyone is having a great Bank Holiday weekend. I am enjoying the calm and the quiet and making the most of having a tidy house as next week my daughter Briony is returning home from uni. She always brings chaos and drama in her wake along with loads of washing and ironing! Hello too to my new followers - thanks for finding me and I do hope you will continue to visit and like what I do. OK - onwards, I promised you some pics of things I had made recently at one of the workshops I regularly attend. They are run by a fellow demonstrator and you can find Jane's lovely blog -  HERE . So last week I made this beautiful mirror frame - well when I say I made it I mean I decorated it and made it pretty! - take a look Now I do apologise for the poor quality of my photos - I am in the process of clearing a better space for such purposes. Jane pre-painted the frame first for us then let us loose on her stamps and embossing powders - that's the Vanilla Flower Trim aro...

As promised my tutorial on how to make this card - - is now up on my Craft Club Blog  HERE . We made made these at my workshop last Thursday night and here is the one I made during the demonstration I've used some Really Rust card stock and various autumnal coloured inks - I also sponged around the edges of my Vanilla card stock with a bit of Crumb Cake ink too, - Chocolate Chip was used for the tags. My French Foliage set was used for the stamping and I also used my Scallop Edge punch for my middle border. This is such an easy card to make - one piece of card stock, one cut, about six folds - and no measuring!- It takes no time at all to make - all the fun is in the decoration, hope you have time to have a go! Bye for now - Jacqueline xx

Take a look at these photos and see if you can guess what I have recycled to make my mini album Well it's actually a chewing gum box! After the contents were consumed I carefully took it apart and re-covered it with some decorative papers (this is a great way of using up scraps). I then die cut some tag shapes and covered them using matching paper and adding a few flat embellishment too. This is a great little project to do and one I shared with some ladies who came along one day last week to a workshop. Here is the one I made in the demonstration It was so lovely yesterday when one of the ladies who had made this showed me the one she had finished making already decorated with pictures of her beautiful Granddaughter - don't you just love it when a plan comes together! - bye for now - Jacqueline xx

Next Thursday night will be my Double Diagonal Pocket Card workshop - all the details are  HERE  on my Craft Club Blog but here are a couple of pics to show you what we will be making This has been made using Cherry Cobbler and Crumb Cake card stock, Chocolate Chip and Crumb Cake ink and the My Friend stamp set. As usual a full step by step tutorial will be up loaded on to the blog after the workshop - just look for the link in the side bar - thanks - Jacqueline xx

I had to cancel a lot of my workshops last month but as you know they started back up today and as a little thank you for their patience (and for coming back!) I made all my ladies a little gift (everyone who attends one of my workshops in September will get one too). These are little 2" x 2" pads of post it notes that I have covered with card stock, some scraps of decorative papers and then a punched Blossom flower. Boho Blossoms punch was also called into action together with a bit of bling and a keyring. If you live in and around the Malvern area and would like to come along to one of my workshops (the next one is on Sept 18th) e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com for details and you too could get one of these pretty keyrings. See you soon - Jacqueline xx

As promised the tutorial for the Slider Card is now uploaded on The Craft Club Blog. Click  HERE  or the pic in the side bar to make this card We had the workshop today and this is the card I made along with the lovely ladies who came along The image is a digi drawn by myself which will be available as a download very soon - coloured with Promarkers. Thanks for taking the time to stop by today - see you soon - Jacqueline xx

It's been a long break but September sees the return of my workshops starting with next Tuesday and Slider Cards - take a look I have used some Stampin' Up DSP to decorate my card and my flower is punched using the Blossom Punch. My stamped sentiments are from the Field Flowers set and are stamped in Tangerine Tango ink. If you are not able to make my workshops you can still make this card, the materials that you will need are listed  HERE  on my Craft Club Blog. Gather them up together and then on Tuesday a step by step tutorial will be posted showing you what to do. Look out for the link in the side bar. Bye for now - Jacqueline xx

A short step by step tutorial is now on my  Craft Club Blog  (there's also a link in the side bar) - here's the one we made at last week's workshop using the Stampin' Up 2 Step Owl Punch this card is also being entered into Mynnette's  Technique Tuesday Challenge Bye for now - Jacqueline xx

Next Thursday evening I will be having a workshop where we are going to be making Cascade Cards - here's one I made earlier using some Crumb Cake card stock, Everyday Enchantment DSP, Boho Blossoms, 5 Petal Punch and the 2 Step Bird Punch. All the details of what you will need to make this card (should you wish to play along) are over on my  Craft Club Blog  - please do pop over and take a look. Spookily Cascade cards are also the subject of this month's  Technique Tuesday  so I have entered my card there and if you do play along with me next Thursday be sure and post the results there too. Bye for now - Jacqueline xx