Phoenix Inspirations

It's Christmas card time again and this week it's time for some colours - take a look And here is my card My Three Wise Men have been embossed with clear embossing powder so that when I sponged my scene in blue they stood out better. I used a variety of blue inks from a very dark navy that was almost black to a pale sky blue used for the sky. You may notice that there is no silver - there was a silver gem on the star but it must have dropped off while I was setting it up to photograph it. I found it a while later stuck to the cat!! Don't forget to drop by at  52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  and take a look at all the other gorgeous DT cards. Meanwhile I'm off on my holidays for a week - see you soon xx

Good morning, firstly I'd like to apologise for my lack of blogging lately. Things have been a bit tough over the last few weeks but - there are good times on the horizon so I've just got to hold out for a few more days. On the plus side - I've got a new job. I'm working in one of the shops in the High Street in Bridgnorth. Working on the till at the moment which is fun but a little complicated too! OK - let's get down to business. Today is Saturday which means it's time for 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown This week we have a sketch - take a look I'm the Hostess this month so this is my sketch - I made it quite clean and simple as you can see - just three elements! Here is my card I stamped a piece of card stock with a music stamp a then die cut it with one of my Window Framelits. I sponged the edges before attaching it to my card blank. My tree was also stamped on to card stock and fussy cut before it too was sponged around the ...

It's Christmas card time again at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown I have picked  some colours for me and the rest of the DT to use - take a look I had a specific design in mind when I thought of these colours and I think it turned out OK - what do you think? All was going well until I tried to stamp the word 'Joy' - I smudged it big time!!!! So I re stamped it on to a label, added a silver bow and redeemed the situation! Here's a close up Thanks for stopping by today to take a look - see you soon xx

This is a very quick scheduled post. I am writing it on Thursday morning for you to see today - Saturday morning!! I am away with my daughter Briony for a pre-birthday treat! Today's card is for the new sketch challenge over on 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown For which I am the June hostess. Take a look Here is my card I was making this card at 6.00am this morning (Thursday) and I was a bit blurry eyed I can tell you! Don't forget to pop over to the blog to take a look at all the other DT inspiration and I will see you soon xx

This is a sticky post - please scroll down for all other posts - thank you. I have a new challenge blog just for sketches. Find us by clicking the link below - thanks xx Sassy Sketcharinos

I have another card for you today using my Sketch from the current challenge over on Sassy Sketcharinos And here it is I have created this card using stamp sets Flower Patch and Painted Petals. I had a very old die from Stampin' Up - an embosslits die of various sized butterflies and I die cut them using silver glitter paper. There are teeny tiny gems in the middle of the small flowers and a large one on the main flower. Colours used are: Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Old Olive and Certainly Celery. I am also entering this card into the following challenges: Crafty Boots Challenges  - Bees and/or Butterflies Craft Your Passion Challenges  - Always Anything Goes Crafting From The Heart  - Challenge 113 Anything Goes Thanks for looking today - see you soon xx

The challenge over on Sassy Sketcharinos has been extended for another couple of weeks so I decided to make another couple of cards using the current sketch I also used the colour/photo inspiration from the current challenge over on MHKDesigns I love these anemone type flowers and they look gorgeous in white - the perfect starting point for my card - take a look I used Stampin' Up's Blended Bloom and Fabulous Florets to make my flowers shading it with a Sahara Sand Marker. The large main flower also has some Dazzling Diamonds glitter added to it. My stripes are Sahara Sand, Always Artichoke and Pear Pizzazz with a couple of gems added as a finishing touch. I've had great fun in my craft room today and I made another card using the above sketch but that's for another day. Hope you all had a good weekend, I'm up with the lark in the morning for my first shift of the week at the Cancer Research UK shop. Hopefully when I get ho...