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Oh yes - it's Monday again and time for another  Make My Monday  challenge - this week it's all about the boys - we want to see your masculine creations please. I have reverted to my favourite card layout and gone for my squares - take a look I have taken the images from The Open Sea and stamped them off each of the squares and then sponged the edges to give it a slightly vintage feel. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: The Open Sea Ink: Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake Card Stock: crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on deezinesart@icloud.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 website - click  HERE  to take a look. I can't wait to visit...

We are Picking a Previous..... today at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  and the theme is a Previous Colour. I didn't delve too far back but went for this traditional colour palette from back in July I decided to have fun with this and dug out a couple of retired sets - take a look Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Bells and Boughs, Pines and Poinsettias (Both retired) Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Early Espresso Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler Accessories: Floral Frames (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on deezinesart@icloud.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 website - click  HERE  to take a look. Have a great weekend xx

Don't you just love a gorgeous sketch to get your teeth into on a Thursday morning? You do? Well just take a look at Louise's last sketch of the month It's for  CAS - Colours & Sketches  and this is what I made from it Mmmmm yummy cupcakes! Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Create a Cup Cake, Oh Goodie Ink: Real Red, Pink Pirouette, Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip Accessories: Cup Cake Builder Punch, Dimensionals (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on deezinesart@icloud.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 website - click  HERE  to take a look.

It's Monday again - comes around quick doesn't it?! But never fear 'cos today over on  Make My Monday  we are thinking ahead to Mother's Day - take a look at the card I have made for my Mum And just in case you can't see the gold embossing clearly - here is a close up Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Daydream Medallions, Stippled Blossoms, Delightful Dozen Ink: Versamark, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White Accessories: Gold EP, Dimensionals (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on deezinesart@icloud.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 website - click  HERE  to take a look.

Good morning - it's time for another Christmas Card challenge over on the  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  and this week is our Stash Challenge and the theme is Paper Flowers And here is my card I used the Petite Petals stamps for this and the matching punch to create some poinsettia flowers to adorn my green wreath. They were all shaped with an embossing tool on a squishy mat before attaching to the card with a glue pen. Materials - Stampin' Up Stamps: Petite Petals, Petite Pairs, Daydream Medallions Ink: Old Olive, Real Red Card Stock: Whisper White Accessories: Rhinestones (To order any of the above current items or items from the Annual Catalogue please e-mail me on deezinesart@icloud.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 S...

That's right folks don't let it pass you by - grab your FREE Sale-a-bration goodies now. Spend £45 or more before March 31st and choose your FREE items from the flyer  HERE . There are some beautiful stamp sets to choose from - I particularly like the Petal Parade set and I took it along to to show the ladies at Hilary's Stampin' Up party last night. Now although I love the set and 'I had to have it' as soon as I saw it but I had a bit of a last minute mental block as to what to do last night - eek! Luckily I had seen this beautiful card  HERE  on Vicky's blog and decided to steal  borrow the idea. (I did ask permission before hand!). I changed the colours and rotated the design and this is how they turned out: See that little pouch in the background? We made it to store our cards in. It's the Retro Fresh DSP and the colours on the cards match perfectly because that's what Stampin' Up does. (I was lucky enough to meet with a lady who ...