Deck the Halls

All the eggs have been eaten.  Easter holidays are over.  So it's time to think of Christmas?  No not really but I've joined in with Merry Mondays today and now have another Christmas card for my box!

The challenge is to use Christmas words and decorate the letters.  I've used a sentiment from Christmas Messages as my focal point and decorated the letters with my Real Red and Basic Black Stampin' Write Markers.  I used Chalk Talk Framelits to make the label and decorated with the Little Leaves Sizzlits and Basic Pearls.  The background was made using the Music Note Wheel.  

Funnily enough we were listening to Christmas music today!  I seem to still have a Christmas CD in my car and my son thought it would be funny to put it on with the window down as we drove through our village.  My daughter, her friend and my son's girlfriend were all in the car cringing as Slade's Merry Xmas Everbody blasted out.  

What a giggle!! 

Merry Christmas, I mean Easter to everyone!! xx

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Very Vanilla, Real Red, Sahara Sand

Ink - Sahara Sand, Real Red

Stamp - Christmas Messages

Wheel - Music Notes

Framelit - Chalk Talk

Sizzlits- Little Leaves

Stampin' Write Markers - Real Red, Basic Black

Other - Basic Pearls

If you would like to order any of the above or the other supplies from the current catalogues then please get in touch either by e mail ails300@btinternet.com or call 07827923123.  I would be delighted to help you with your crafty projects.  A parcel of lovely goodies could be winging it's way direct to your home in the UK, Deutchsland, France, Nederland or Osterreich.

You can also order using the Shop Now button. 

Everything Eleanor New Home

Hi Folks.  A wet day here, best stay in and craft. 

I've made a card using a new technique to me.  I have to stay I didn't find this easy and it's not perfect but I'm pleased with it anyway.

I used a Bashful Blue card base with a Whisper White panel stamped with Everything Eleanor in Pumpkin Pie and Bashful Blue.  I stamped a second panel in the same way and to start with tried using my Timeless Type Alphabet Junior Sizzlits (retired) to cut out.  Didn't really work.  All back to front upside down etc.  So I re stamped another scrap.  Then separately cut out the letters in Whisper White then placed over the stamped scrap and re stamped onto the letters.  It means it doesn't match exactly and I'm sure there is a much easier way to do this.  

My colour combo was chosen so I could pop this into Dynamic Duos  - Pumpkin Pie and Bashful Blue. 

I'm also going to enter CASology this week which has a cue card - Word.  I'd been struggling to think what to do for the new home card that I needed but then I saw this and knew immediately I wanted to try out this technique.

Some news to pass on from Stampin' Up!  A super new promotion which puts more products in your stash!!  Come have a look -

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Ever wish you had more money to spend on Stampin’ Up! products? Consider it done. Between 15 April and 30 May just host a 350 €/£250 or higher party and earn an additional 35 €/£25 in FREE products! That’s on top of the hostess pounds and benefits you already get! Take a look at our already-awesome hostess benefits that you’ll get to ADD more hostess pounds to:

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A big Hi to my new follower Ji Hye and to a returning follower The Crafty Laydee.  Thanks for your visit.  Look forward to visiting you too.  x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Bashful Blue, Whisper White

Ink - Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue

Stamp - Everything Eleanor

Sizzlits - Timeless Type Alphabet Junior Sizzlits (retired)

If you would like to order any of the above or the other supplies from the current catalogues then please get in touch either by e mail ails300@btinternet.com or call 07827923123.  I would be delighted to help you with your crafty projects.  A parcel of lovely goodies could be winging it's way direct to your home in the UK, Deutchsland, France, Nederland or Osterreich.  

Only 1 space left in my Stampers 6 (Virtual Hostess) club starting in April.  Please get in touch by e mail - ails300@btinternet.com if you would like to take part. x

Stampin Up Die Cuts to the Rescue!

What is she talking about??!!  Well it's CASual Friday's fault because this week they would like you to use your own blog header as your inspiration.  Well I've just recently changed my design to a really clean and simple look with just a blue blog title.  Mmmm so I've come back to snow. 

I decided to have the word snow in blue with the letter o as a snowflake.  I've used Stampin' Up!'s Snow Flurry and Timeless Type Junior.  A basic Rhinestone decorated the middle and I spotted some Dazzling Details Silver Sparkle for added bling.  The panel is popped up on dimensionals. 

It's not snowy or cold, stormy, even autumnal here today in fact it's positively warm!  Gorgeous long may it last!  

Hi and welcome to Sue my recent follower, thanks for following.  Hope it's sunny with you. x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Whisper White, Bashful Blue

Die - Snow Flurry

Sizzlets - Timeless Type Junior

Other - Basic Rhinestone, Dazzling Details Silver Sparkle, Dimensionals

If you would like to order any of the above or the other supplies from the current catalogues then please get in touch either by e mail ails300@btinternet.com or call 07827923123.  I would be delighted to help you with your crafty projects.  A parcel of lovely goodies could be winging it's way direct to your home in the UK!  

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New York Country Club

I have a scrapbook layout to share with you today.  It's was great fun to use my Simply Scrappin' kit Country Club which includes papers, card stock and sticker elements.  

On this layout I used Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Sizzlit Dies for my title.  Everything else is from the kit.  

This is how it looks with the photos added.  I've since added my journalling to the white space and popped the date into the little circle.  You'll also notice I added the other half of the circle to the top of our couple photo to give a little unusual framing.

My Husband took me to New York for my 40th many years ago (now heading towards another big number!!).  The photos have just been sitting waiting to be scrapped all this time.  So it was lovely to look at them again.  I now need to get cracking and scrap the rest.  

Why don't you have a go at scrapping one of your favourite trips.  The Simply Scrappin' kits make it simply easy!  Join my Stampers 6 and you could be receiving a fresh kit of goodies each month and on your hostess month you can top up your stash with freebies.  Have a look at Virtual Hostess Page for more details.  Join Stampin' Up! and receive a discount on your purchases.  You can now join on line.  The Join the Coffee Morning Stampers Page explains more.  

Thanks for coming in past.  Have a crafty week. x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Simply Scrappin' - Country Club

Sizzlits - Timeless Type Junior Alphabet

If you would like to order any of the above or the other supplies from the current catalogues then please get in touch either by e mail ails300@btinternet.com or call 07827923123.  I would be delighted to help you with your crafty projects.  A parcel of lovely goodies could be winging it's way to you direct to your home in the UK!  

Remember your Reason To Smile!  Buy or receive your exclusive August stamp set for free (when you spend £60)

Up Up and Away Birthday Balloons

Well I may have thought I was getting back to normal but with holiday washings and the kids off on hols, crafting time has been limited.  

This is a card for my cousin's baby boy who will be one soon.  It doesn't seem that long ago i was telling you that I had some baby boy cards to make!

I've followed the challenge at CAS-ual Fridays which this week is to use the colours - Lime, Aqua and Navy.  Perfect for a little boy I thought.

The number one and letters are cut using Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Sizzlits.  The balloons are from Up Up and Away with the middle balloon popped up on Dimensionals.  I've drawn string using my Stampin' Write Marker to tether the balloons to the number 1.  The panel is matted onto Night of Navy before attaching to the Pool Party card base.

I must admit my thoughts are turning to Christmas.  Why you might ask when we've had a gorgeous sunny day today?  Well because as a Demonstrator I received my copy of the new Autumn/Winter Catalogue today.  It's full of gorgeous seasonal goodies.  You'll love it I'm sure.  

It's one of the perks of being a Demo to receive your copies of the new catalogues early and you have the opportunity to pre order before anyone else.  It's very easy to sign up and as of the 1st August it can all be done on line.  Have a look at my side bar and click on the picture "Join the Coffee Morning Stampers" for more details.

Must get this posted so I can sit back and watch the Olympics opening ceremony.  Are you watching it too?  

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up! 

Card - Pool Party, Night of Navy, Whisper White

Ink - Pool Party, Night of Navy, Lucky Limeade

Stamp - Up Up and Away

Stampin' Up Marker - Night of Navy

Sizzlits - Timeless Type Junior Alphabet

If you would like to order any of the above or the other supplies from the current catalogues then please get in touch either by e mail ails300@btinternet.com or call 07827923123.  I would be delighted to help you with your crafty projects.  A parcel of lovely goodies could be winging it's way to you direct to your home in the UK!  

Like receiving freebies?  Then check out the latest promotion of a ribbon and brads bundle if you spend £45.  Our fab new promotion for July.  Also still time to take part in the We {Heart} our hostesses for even more free goodies!! 

Punch Art Summer BBQ

First of all I would like to thank you for all your lovely comments whilst I've been on hols and I will try to get round you all over the next few days, to catch up with your lovely creations. 

This is a card I made for my Hubby's birthday which we celebrated whilst we were away.  He loves to have a BBQ and is currently looking to replace our old one with a new red one.  Hopefully there will be some dry days this summer to try it out! 

I followed the Punch Art BBQ design on Dawn's Blog which uses a variety of punches to create this fab BBQ.  The smoke is from Swirls Scribbles Sizzlit Die.  

I made a little garden by adding some grass in Old Olive with the top snipped to look like grass then sponged a sky with Tempting Turquoise.  I added the Whisper White panel to a Tempting Turquoise mat and then attached it to a Crumb Cake card base.  

Just for you is from Tea Shoppe and I hand wrote the rest using my Real Red Stampin' Write Marker.  

It's fun to use your punches in a different way.

We have a new super promotion on this month. Have a look

You can receive a ribbon and brad pack when you spend £45.  The ribbons and brads match the gorgeous Everyday Enchantment papers that were in the Sale-A-Bration Promotion.  If you didn't get the chance to pick up these papers at the time then no worries you can purchase them now whilst stocks last. 

Thought I'd share a photo from our hols 

Boa Vista Cape Verde

Hard to think we were there only a couple of days ago whilst I look outside at the rain.  Oh well back to the ironing mountain! 

But before I go, a big Hi to my new followers Chris and Ruth.  Thanks very much for choosing to follow my little blog.  Hope to see you drop by often. x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated

Card - Crumb Cake, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Old Olive, Real Red, Basic Black

Ink - Tempting Turquoise

Stamp - Tea Shoppe

Punch - 1 3/4" Circle, Word Window, Ornament, 1/2" Circle, Circle from Itty Bitty Shapes

Sizzlits - Swirls Scribbles

Other - Real Red Stampin' Write Marker, Silver Brad from my stash

Reading to Woof Woof

A bit of a change today.  I've got a scrapbooking page to share with you.  I recently demonstrated at a workshop and the hostess is a keen scrapbooker.   So I wanted to show that Stampin' Up! are not just for cards but have great products for scrapbooking too.

This is my daughter, aged 2, reading a story to Woof Woof on our summer holidays.  She didn't care that the book was upside down and wouldn't let me turn it round! 

I've started with a 12" by 12" sheet of Garden Green Card Stock.  I stamped the swirly branch from Everything Eleanor in the same colour of green.  I cut strips of Beyond the Garden Designer Series Paper to mimic the back of the couch and laid them behind one of the photos and the other is on a mat of melon mambo.  "Woof Woof" is Melon Mambo cut with the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet.  I then made a little panel along the bottom using some more Designer Series Paper and a set of punches to create little peak a boo journaling squares. 

Hopefully this has given you some inspiration.  Have a great day everyone! x

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Garden Green, Melon Mambo, Whisper White

Ink - Garden Green

Stamp - Everything Eleanor

Punch - Curly Cute, Tag, 11/4" Circle, 1" Circle

Sizzlit - Timeless Type Junior Alphabet

If you would like to order any of the above or the other supplies from the current catalogues then please get in touch either by e mail ails300@btinternet.com or call 07827923123.  I would be delighted to help you with your crafty projects. 

Triple Treat Opposites

Over at CAS-ual Fridays this week the challenge is to use colours at the opposite ends of the colour wheel.  

CFC48: Opposites attract- choose 2 opposite colors from the color wheel to design your Clean And Simple creation.  Opposite colors are determined by where the points meet.  Examples: green and red, or orange and aqua, or purple and yellow, etc.  

The colours I went with were Purple and Green.  My card base is Concord Crush with a mat of Pear Pizzazz.  I corner rounded each of the corners.  

The Triple Treat Flower was stamped twice with Pear Pizzazz and once in Concord Crush.  This is a super little stamp which you can use so many different ways.  I chose to layer up mine using Dimensionals and added a brad to the middle.  

I added some Little Leaves Sizzlits in Concord Crush.  My sentiment is from Curly Cute and I made a ribbon banner for it. 

Hope you've had a lovely weekend.  See you next time. x

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White

Ink - Pear Pizzazz, Concord Crush

Stamp - Triple Treat Flower, Curly Cute

Sizzlits - Little Leaves

If you would like to order any of the above or the other supplies from the current catalogues then please get in touch either by e mail ails300@btinternet.com or call 07827923123.  I would be delighted to help you with your crafty projects.  Oh and don't forget to let me know which one of the free paper sets from Aprils Gift with Purchase Event that you would like if your order reaches £45!

Zentangled Little Leaves

Two cards to show this morning, both for Less is more.  It is Saturday after all! 

This week is a one layer challenge and we have to include doodling.  I've tried my hand at Zentangle. 

I had a stencil from the Little Leaves Sizzlits on my desk from a card I'm going to show tomorrow so thought I would use this.  Normally it's just thrown away.  

On my first card I stuck with greens.  Outlining the stencil in Old Olive and using Pear Pizzazz and Certainly Celery Stampin' Write Markers.  I added the sentiment from Just Believe and coloured it with Wild Wasabi. 

Then thought as they are not "real" leaves what would it be like in bright colours so got to work with my set of In Colours Markers.  Then coloured up my sentiment with the markers too.  I like this version better but I'm interested to see what you think.

Thanks for coming past and Hello to my new followers Bonnie, Berni and Paayra.  I'm very flattered you've chosen to follow me. x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Whisper White

Sizzlits - Little Leaves

Stamp - Just Believe

Markers - Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Certainly Celery, Wild Wasabi, Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait, Concord Crush, Blushing Bride

If you would like to order any of the above or the other supplies from the current catalogues then please get in touch either by e mail ails300@btinternet.com or call 07827923123.  I would be delighted to help you with your crafty projects.  Oh and don't forget to let me know which one of the free paper sets from Aprils Gift with Purchase Event that you would like if your order reaches £45!

Punch Art Kermit - Yay!!

And Yay! again cos it's Friday!  

Here's the Friday Mashup for this week and isn't it fun? 

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge :

1. Make a project using "Your Favorite Muppet Color Combo".
2. Or Make a project " for kids".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a " Project for a Kid using your Favorite Muppet Colors".

Don't forget to tell us or Show us who your Favorite Muppet is!

Well I've not just made a kids card or just used muppet colours but made a muppet card!  It's Kermit of course.  You knew that didn't you?  I hope so!!

I first of all shaped my card by cutting triangles.  He is of course wearing Old Olive today sponged with Old Olive ink to give a slight textured look.  His frill is Certainly Celery made with the Petite Pennants Punch.  Just what all best dressed frogs are wearing this season! 

 His eyes are 1" circles punched out of Whisper White and popped back into the Round Tab Punch to create the curve at the bottom of his eyes.  The black centres are the four petal Itty Bitty Shapes Punch but with one petal snipped off. 

For his mouth I cut a triangle of Real Red and added a 1" circle punch of Blushing Bride lightly sponged and snipped to give a straight edge. 

I cut the Yay! using Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Sizzlits in Basic Black.  

Here's the middle - 

I carried the frill round into the middle and stamped It's Your Day!  from Happiest Birthday Wishes.  This is one of most versatile sets for birthdays ever!  You can earn this set with your hostess pounds when you place a qualifying order. 

I stamped Happy Birthday from For My Family and punched it out with the Word Window Punch before attaching it to a little ribbon banner.

I hope you've enjoyed your little visit to Kermit and will hop on over to the Friday Mashup to see some really inspiring cards. 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up! 

Card - Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red, Blushing Bride

Ink - Basic Black

Stamp - Happiest Birthday Wishes, For My Family

Punch - Petite Pennants, 1" Circle, Round Tab, Itty Bitty Shapes, Word Window

Sizzlits - Timeless Type Junior Alphabet  

If you would like to order any of the above or the other supplies from the current catalogues then please get in touch either by e mail ails300@btinternet.com or call 07827923123.  I would be delighted to help you with your crafty projects.  Oh and don't forget to let me know which one of the free paper sets from Aprils Gift with Purchase Event that you would like if your order reaches £45!

Baby Quilt

Good Morning!  Hope the sun is shining where you are today.

I've a baby card to share with you.  The Friday Mashup are asking you to

Make a project using the "Quilted Cards Technique"

Or Make a project using "Something that's been forgotten (sitting in your stash forever)"

Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Quilted card with something you've forgotten about"                            

So I had great fun making my quilted card.  I stamped Fox and Friends animals in Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, So Saffron and Certainly Celery.  Then punched out the animals using 1 1/4" Punch.  I also punched another 4 squares.  Then die cut the letters using Timeless Type Junior Alphabets and attached these to the squares.  I also punched squares out of Beau Chateau Designer Series Paper and cut these in half.  Then formed a pattern onto copier paper and attached the squares to it.  I ran this through the Square Lattice Embossing Folder.  Then further trimmed my "quilt" to fit the card base.  

I added a border of So Saffron and edged the bottom with the Scallop Edge Punch.  Then added another border of Certainly Celery before attaching to a Marina Mist card base. 

To finish I attached a rhinestone brad to one corner, which is my forgotten item.

Thanks for dropping by today and Welcome to Victoria.  I appreciate you following my little blog.  Hope you pop by often. 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Marina Mist, Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Whisper White, Bashful Blue

Ink - Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Certainly Celery, So Saffron

Stamp - Fox and Friends

Sizzlits - Timeless Type Junior Alphabet

Embossing Folders - Square Lattice

Punch - 1 1/4" Square, Scallop edge 

Designer Series Paper - Beau Chateau

If you would like to order any of the above or the other supplies from the current catalogues then please get in touch either by e mail ails300@btinternet.com or call 07827923123.  I would be delighted to help you with your crafty projects.  Oh and don't forget to let me know which one of the free sets from Sale-A-Bration that you would like if your order reaches £45.

Last week!! x

Fox and Friends play Tig and Tag

A fun card for you today.  

I was having a little shot of the fab Fox and Friends set.  

I punched out tags in Whisper White using the Large Tag Punch.  I then stamped some fun Fox and Friends slightly off the edge as if they are peeking out.  They were stamped in Real Red, Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie.  They were then mounted onto the same colour card punched using the Extra Large Tag Punch.  I then die cut some letters using the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Sizzlits.  

I don't know if you can see but I textured the Basic Black mount with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder.  This was then attached to a Whisper White mat and then onto a Daffodil Delight card base. 

Last few remaining days of Sale-A-Bration.  Have you got your free set?  If not there is still time to take advantage of this fab event.  You also still have time to join my Stampers 6 starting in April.  Only 2 places left! 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up! 

Card - Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie

Ink - Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie

Stamps - Fox and Friends

Punch - Large Tag, Extra Large Tag

Sizzlits - Timeless Type Junior Alphabet 

Embossing - Square Lattice

If you would like to order any of the above or the other supplies from the current catalogues then please get in touch either by e mail ails300@btinternet.com or call 07827923123.  I would be delighted to help you with your crafty projects.  Oh and don't forget to let me know which one of the free sets from Sale-A-Bration that you would like if your order reaches £45.

Last week!! x

Have a Whale of a time!

Here's a card I was having a play with today.  

I started having some fun with the whale from Fox and Friends stamping him first in Tempting Turquoise then straight into Pacific Point before stamping him on Whisper White.  I then masked him and using a stencil scrap from Swirls and Scribbles Sizzlit, I sponged both Tempting Turquoise and Pacific Point to create a splashy background.  

The background cards are also scraps in both colours.  Stamped the border stamp from Fresh Vintage in Pacific Point onto the Tempting Turquoise card and the jumbled Birthday stamp from Happiest Birthday Wishes in Pacific Point onto the same coloured card stock.  I used a White Gel Pen to make some faux stitching.

The sentiment is also from Happiest Birthday Wishes and is stamped in Pacific Point and punched out using the Modern Label Punch.  It just fits without the exclamation mark. 

Here's how I finished off the inside -

I repeated the process of stamping the whales in both colours along some Whisper White card and using the 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch I made a choppy wave effect along the top.  Whale was die cut with the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet.  I cut out the word in both colours then snipped a wavy edge and attached the Tempting Turquoise onto the Pacific Point letters.  The rest was handwritten with the White Gel Pen. 

As I've used masking I'm going to pop this into Less is More

Thanks for stopping in by.  Hope it's sunny where you are.  We are having a lovely day in Aberdeen.  

Remember still time to place an order for the Sale-A-Bration freebies which finishes at the end of this month.  Also still time to join my Stampers 6 starting in April.  There will be another fab promotion in April. Lots more exciting things to come in the next few months too! 

Supplies used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Crumb cake, Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point

Ink - Pacific Point, Tempting Turquoise

Stamp- Fox and Friends, Happiest Birthday Wishes, Fresh Vintage

Sizzlits - Timeless Type Junior Alphabet, Swirls Scribbles

Punch - 2 3/8" Scallop Circle, Modern Label

Other - White Gel Pen

If you would like to order any of the above or the other supplies from the current catalogues then please get in touch either by e mail ails300@btinternet.com or call 07827923123.  I would be delighted to help you with your crafty projects.  Oh and don't forget to let me know which one of the free sets from Sale-A-Bration that you would like if your order reaches £45. x

More Fun Flowers

A quick post today to show you more Fun Flowers using the Bigz Die and Everday Enchantment Designer Papers.  This is very similar to my earlier post just using different colours and a stamped panel on each side of the gatefold. 

The card base is Lucky Limeade and the mats are Peach Parfait.  Two panels of Whisper White stamped using Fresh Vintage in Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, and Calypso Coral.  Don't the In Colours look great together? 

The card stock on the flowers was run through Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder and Everyday Enchantment for the other layers.  A Calypso Coral Brad finishes the centre.  I added swirls from Scribbles and Swirls Sizzlit Die in Lucky Limeade. 

Here's how it opens -

This second card is just to show the flower used on a normal fold card.

Card base is Chocolate Chip with Peach Parfait as a mat and a strip of Everyday Enchantment on the top.  The flower was made up the same as above. 

Almost the weekend and it's the middle of March.  Only a few weeks left of Sale-A-Bration.  However there is still time to join my Stampers 6.  

Hope you have a good day.  Thanks for dropping in by. x 

If you would like to order any of the above or the other supplies from the current catalogues then please get in touch either by e mail ails300@btinternet.com or call 07827923123.  I would be delighted to help you with your crafty projects.  Oh and don't forget to let me know which one of the free sets you would like if your order reaches £45. x