Happy Valentine's Day - Bloomin' Love

Happy Valentine's Day

From the new Spring/Summer catalogue comes Bloomin' Love.

I made this for my hubby so toned down the girly look by choosing Crumb Cake and Garden Green as my colour palette. Notice the designer paper matches the stamped border.  Love how easy it is to co-ordinate with Stampin' Up!

The heart was die cut twice, once in Garden Green and again in Whisper White.  I then snipped the white flowers and added them in to the green heart.   You could then embellish the flowers further but I didn't want it too frilly. 

Loving the delicate lacy feel to the heart but even more so that it is made up of flowers and leaves. 

Are you enjoying a lovely box of chocs or perhaps a glass of bubbly, maybe going out for dinner with you loved one?  No, me neither, on a stupid diet! 

Ah well a beautifully made card doesn't put calories on! Lol! 

xx

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. 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

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Have a Blast with Banners and Pennants!

Hello Peeps!

What a wet day we have had today!  Hope you are dry where you are. 

My card today shows off this super set of stamps that can be yours for free!  Yep that's what I said, and there's a matching punch that you can also have for free!!  Double wow!  

Sale-A-Bration time is here and with every £45 you spend you can choose a free gift.  Check out the leaflet on my side bar. 

So onto how I made the card.  I've started with a Sahara Sand card base added a mat of Real Red.  I stamped the banners from Banner Blast in Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Pink Pirouette, Raspberry Ripple and Primrose Petals onto Very Vanilla.  I stamped a little heart into one of the banners.  Then punched out using the matching Banner Punch.  I've popped the banners up on dimensionals and added a couple of Basic Rhinestones.  

I stamped the "you and me" from Perfect Pennants in Cherry Cobbler then added the heart from the same set in Sahara Sand. 

My card fits a few challenges on the go just now and I've listed them below. 

I'm busy preparing for my Cake and Craft night on Friday.  If you live in the area why not pop along and see some of the new products in action.  Craft, Cake and Chat, sound like fun?  

Also I've got spaces available in my next Stamper's 6 Club starting in April.  Let me know if this is something you'd be interested in. 

Okay so now to get on with my prep.  I have all my ideas just need to get them done!  

Take care!!   x

Challenges Entered

Addicted to CAS - Cue word Love
Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes
Casology - Cue Card And

Supplies Used
All Stampin' Up!

Card - Sahara Sand, Real Red, Very Vanilla
Ink - Sahara Sand, Cherry Cobbler, Real Red, Pink Pirouette, Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals
Stamp - Perfect Pennants, Banner Blast
Other - Basic Rhinestones, 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, Deutchsland, France, Nederland or Osterreich.

You can also order using the Shop Now button. 

Places available in my next Stampers 6 Group starting April.  Get in touch now to put your name down.  I'd love to help you build your stash! 

Stampin Up Perfect Pennants Sneak Peak from the Spring/Summer Catalogue

Och aye the noo!  Happy Burns Night Everyone! 

Have you had your haggis neeps and tatties tonight?  No!.......... well actually neither did we, we had a Chinese instead.  

I've made a super quick card tonight whilst hubby and daughter were out walking the dog.  It's for the Less is More challenge and you can see the sketch below.  

As a demonstrator I'm in the lucky position to be able to pre order goodies before the catalogues come out.  So I'm sharing a sneaky peak with you.  

Here's how I made the card.  I've started with a card blank and added a Whisper White panel embossed with the hearts from Adorning Accents.  I then added a banner using dimensionals.  The banner is from the new Perfect Pennants - You make me happy.  It was  cut out with the matching Banners Framelits.  I'm positive you are going to love the new catalogues.  Lots of bundles to save on.  To finish it off I added little silver hearts punched using the super versatile Owl Builder Punch. 

I'll leave you with a little Burns to go with my Valentine's Card. 

"My love is like a red, red rose

That's newly sprung in June" 

Less is More Sketch

Supplies used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Whisper White

ink - Real Red

Stamp - Perfect Pennants

Framelits - Banners

Embossing Folder - Adorning Accents

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.

Love and Laughter Hearts

Sometimes even the smallest stamps are all you need to make a card!  

I'm joining in with Less is More this week which is a one layer card with hearts. 

I've used the little heart from Love and Laughter to make this Valentine's Card.  I stamped them in a heart shape in Cherry Cobbler onto a Real Red card base.  I then added a little highlight to each one with a White Gel Pen.   I also added a border around the card using the Gel Pen.  I punched some small hearts using the Owl Builder Punch from Silver Glimmer Card and decorated the border with them which gives a little sparkle.  The sentiment is from Itty Bitty Banners and is embossed in White.  I sponged some Cherry Cobbler around the heart inside the frame to give the one layer some added dimension. 

As I've gone all romantic, let me check if you have you seen our Whole Lot of Love range?  They are only available until the 27th January and are not just for Valentines so well worth taking a squint at.

Have a look at the flyers on my side bar for a closer look.  Also if (like me) you are not totally over Christmas, we still have the Christmas single stamps available until the end of January.

That's it for now.  Still chomping my way through boxes of chocolates.  That diet will have to start next week!

Hope you are all well. xx

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Real Red, Silver Glimmer

Ink - Cherry Cobbler, Versamark

Stamp - Love and Laughter, Itty Bitty Banners

Punch - Owl Builder

Embossing Powder - White

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.  A parcel of lovely goodies could be winging it's way direct to your home in the UK, Deutchsland, France, Nederland or Osterreich.

Sneak Peek at Stampin' Up!'s Hearts a Flutter

A quick post today, my Hubby gets back today after a fortnight away so my Heart is all a Flutter!! Hee Hee

I've followed the sketch at Less is More for my card. 

I started off by stamping this gorgeous sentiment from Vintage Verses in Cherry Cobbler.  You can get this set for FREE during Sale-A-Bration when you place an order for £45.  I'd love to organise your parcel of yummy goodies, drop me an email ails300@btinternet.com. 

I still had some Sahara Sand on my desk from my previous card so used it for my banner.  I rollered my Music Notes Wheel and embossed a line above and below.  Then attached it to my Whisper White card base.  

The banner and heart come from the Hearts A Flutter stamp set.  This is a new set from the Spring/Summer catalogue and has matching Framelits.  You can buy the two together in a bundle and save!  Don't worry you don't have long to wait to see the full catalogue as it starts on the 1st Feb. 

The heart is popped up on a Dimensional and a Basic Pearl finishes it off. 

I'm going to use this as a Valentine's card but it could easily suit a Birthday or an Anniversary. 

I can't believe we are almost at February.  I'll be organising my next Stampers 6 starting in April so here's a heads up.  I know I'm going to have spaces available so if you would like to receive a parcel of goodies each month with a small gift from me and hostess benefits in one of those months then please get in touch.  ails300@btinternet.com 

A big welcome to Ardyth thanks for choosing to follow me.  

Keep warm everyone. x

Supplies Used

All Stampin' up!

Card - Whisper White, Sahara Sand

Ink - Sahara Sand, Cherry Cobbler

Stamp - Hearts A Flutter, Vintage Verses

Framelit - Hearts A Flutter

Wheel - Music Notes

Other - Dimensional, Basic Pearl

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.  

Take part in Sale-A-Bration and chase away those winter blues! 

Sending a Kiss Perfect Postage

Good morning everyone!  

I've been playing with Perfect Postage again.  This time I stamped the hearts in Baja Breeze, Pool Party, Island Indigo and Not Quite Navy onto Very Vanilla.  I like the way the stamps line up, of course they are punched out using the Postage Stamp Punch.  The edges look fab.  

The stamps are layered on Elegant Eggplant with some Linen Thread wrapped around the end.  I made a tag with the I" and 1 1/4" Circle Punches, punching out Very Vanilla and Not Quite Navy.  I used a brass eyelet from my stash and attached it with more Linen Thread.  The sentiment is from Petite Pairs and stamped in Not Quite Navy. 

The background is Very Vanilla embossed with Perfect Polka Dots mounted onto Not Quite Navy.  The card base is Elegant Eggplant. 

I'm going to enter this card into Simply Stampin' challenge which for this week is heartfelt. 

Thanks for coming in past, I really do value your visit. x 

Card - Elegant Eggplant, Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla

Ink - Baja Breeze, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Not Quite Navy

Stamps - Perfect Postage, Petite Pairs

Punch - Postage Stamp, 1" Circle, 1 1/4" Circle 

Embossing Folder - Perfect Polka Dots

Other - Linen Thread, Brass Eyelet from stash

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

Perfect Postage Hearts

Another Perfect Postage creation today this time using the heart stamp.  I was in town yesterday and was inspired by the navy and red colour scheme in one of the shops.  So decided to try it out on this card. 

I love the heart stamp from Perfect Postage, it's perfect for this time of year.  I stamped it out four times in Real Red then punched it out using the Postage Stamp Punch.  The four stamps were attached to a Night of Navy panel on Dimensionals which in turn was mounted onto a Whisper White panel.  I then attached some Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon over one corner and added a Red Rhinestone Brad.  

I love that Stampin' Up! has so many products that match and co-ordinate.  No more hunting around for that perfectly matching embellishment! 

My sentiment is from Delightful Dozen.  I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to position the sentiment at the top left and bottom right corners.  I inked the sentiment with my Real Red Stampin' Write Marker so I could just pick up the words I wanted.  I then went over them using the nib end to define the words a little more. 

Here's another formula for Sale-A-Bration - 

Perfect Postage £ 8.95 clear + Postage Stamp Punch £14.25 + Brights Stampin' Write Markers £ 23.95 = 1 free set 

It's so easy to earn free stamp sets during Sale-A-Bration and who doesn't like a freebie?!! 

It may be -3 outside but the sun is shining and that makes me happy.  Hope you are feeling happy too. x 

I'm going to enter this card into The Friday Mashup - "All you need is love" which for this week is an inspiration photo.  All I saw was all those gorgeous hearts.  

You can also mash it up with the following colours - Cherry Cobbler, Regal Rose, Whisper White.  If I have time this week I may have another go using these gorgeous colours. 

Here's the supply list - 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up! 

Card - Real Red, Whisper White, Night of Navy

Ink - Real Red

Stamps - Perfect Postage, Delightful Dozen

Other - Dimensionals, Real Red Stampin Write Marker, 1/4" Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon, Red Rhinestone Brad

I {heart} Hearts Valentine's

More fun using the I (heart} Hearts stamp set this time using more of the hearts in the set.  

I've teamed up Early Espresso, Real Red and Blushing Bride.  The Real Red panel was embossed with Perfect Polka Dots.  

My front panel was Spritzed using Poppy Parade and Blushing Bride.  I then stamped and masked my hearts.  The woodgrain heart was stamped again, cut out and popped up on some Dimensionals.  I added some Real Red 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon.  The wooden button was salvaged from a Christmas card I received and attached to the ribbon with some glue dots.  I stamped the little heart and sentiment from Tiny Tags and punched out with the Jewellery Tag.  

Want to earn some free stamps?  You can through Sale-A-Bration.  For every £45 you can choose one of four stamp sets or a set of designer series papers.  Check out the leaflet on my side bar.  Hostesses can also earn free stamps in addition to their normal benefits.  It's a great time to join Stampin' Up! add a free stamp set to your starter kit. 

Been a strange day.  Kept dot off school as she was sent home yesterday with a note saying she hadn't been feeling well.  Sore throat and a bit dehydrated.  Then got call at lunch time today to pick up my son as he wasn't feeling well.  He did look a funny colour and promptly threw up when we got home.  So not much normal work done.  But thankfully both have perked up now. 

Supply List

All Stampin' Up!

Card - Early Espresso, Real Red, Whipser White

Ink - Real Red, Early Espresso, Blushing Bride

Stamps - I {heart} hearts, Tiny Tags

Embossing Folder - Perfect Polka Dots

Punch - Jewellery Tag

Other - 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Spritzer Tool, Button from my stash, Glue Dots

Be my Valentine Owls

Feeling romantic?  My little owls are.  They are gazing at each other adoringly!  

I've made this card for the Less is More challenge blog which has a theme of "cut it out" for this week.  

Here's the inside of my card.  

I started with a Crumb Cake card blank and stamped it with Woodgrain in Early Espresso.  I also stamped the back of the card with this.  I then trimmed the front panel to roughly half.  I punched a hole with the 1 3/4" circle punch.  I attached a Whisper White panel.  Then it was time to have fun making up my little owls using the Owl Builder punch.  One was punched out using Early Espresso card and the other Crumb Cake.  The vests came from the Brights Paper Stack.  For my Owl in the tree I placed him on a branch of Certainly Celery punch using the Bird Builder punch.  I added my sentiment below in Early Espresso from the Delightful Dozen stamp set.   

We have such a lot of lovely sentiment stamp sets in the catalogue this year.  They really are worth a look.  This particular set has 12 stamps covering most occasions with a super variety of fonts.  (122650 Wood £29.95 or 122652 Clear £23.95)

I thought I'd share with you a conversation I had with my 9 year old daughter the other morning.  I was reading out the school menu to see if she wanted a dinner ticket or a pack lunch.  I got down to the puddings and had barely finished when she said "School".  "Mmmm", I said "Perhaps I didn't need to read the whole menu only the puddings!".   "Yes", she said "All I heard was Blah, Blah, Blah apple crumble!"  Cheeky monkey!! 

I'd also like to say Thank You to Simpy stampin' for choosing my card as one of their top 3.  Thanks girls x. You can see my card here. 

Hope you are having a good day.  I'm enjoying our sunshine even with the hard frost and small amount of snow.  Take care. x 

Here's the supply list -
All Stampin' Up!

Card - Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Certainly Celery, Real Red, Blushing Bride
Ink - Early Espresso
Stamp - Delightful Dozen, Woodgrain
Punch - Owl Builder, Bird Builder, 1 3/4" circle

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 craft projects. x

A little birdy says Happy Valentine's

Well I don't really know what he's saying!  But it doesn't matter cos it's in French and that's the language of love....

For this card I've put together a few stamp sets.  The french words are from French Foliage (so he's probably twittering on about autumn!!) and my little hero is from one of the frames in Four Frames.  I used my Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker to just pick out the little bird and stamped onto my Whisper White card base.  I then again using a Stampin' Write Marker this time in Real Red I inked up the heart from Tiny Tags.  I like the way the ink pools on the stamp and gives a bit of depth when stamping.  Stampin' Write Markers are great for this and picking out just the details you want stamped.  I then masked both the heart and bird and stamped the word in Basic Grey after stamping off first.  This was to make the background a little more subtle.  The Mr & Mrs also from Tiny Tags was again inked with my black marker then stamped off a couple of times before punching out using the Jewellery Tag Punch.  A Basic Rhinestone gem anchors the tag to the heart.

This is for the LESS IS MORE challenge this week to use birds.

Thanks for stopping in by.  I love to read your comments they are very much appreciated. x

Supplies used
All Stampin' Up!

Card - Whisper White
Ink - Basic Grey
Stamps - Four Frames, French Foliage, Tiny Tags
Punch - Jewellery Tag
Other - Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker, Real Red Stampin' Write Marker, Basic Rhinestone

Create a Cupcake Valentine's Card

And no frosting or a single calorie in sight!  Let me explain -   

As I've already said I really like purple so thought I would have another go at LESS IS MORE which is predominantly purple week. 

On my desk was the Create A Cupcake stamp set and the fabby Cupcake Builder Punch.  You can get both of these in the new Spring Mini Catalogue.  I love it when stamp sets have co-ordinating punches.  However you'll notice that I haven't built a cupcake after all.  Although I'm sure it would also make a fantastic Valentine's card.  

Instead I noticed that the cupcake topping stamp looks a lot like a cloud and it all went from there.  I used the punch to punch out a post it mask and sponged Concord Crush around it.  I placed this onto a matt of Elegant Eggplant. This was in turn mounted onto Whisper White and attached to the Perfect Plum card base.  The hearts are also from Create a Cupcake and were stamped in Blushing Bride then cut out with some glitter added.  One heart was popped up on a Dimensional. 

I'm so excited to tell you about how I made the sentiment.  It's also from Create A Cupcake but I only stamped part of it.  The full sentiment is "There's something fabulous about your birthday (must be you!)".  For the front I only used There's something fabulous by colouring directly onto the stamp using my Concord Crush Stampin' Write Marker pen. It was then punched out with the Modern Label Punch and popped up on dimensionals. 

I then got to wondering how it would look as a one layer.  So here's the result.  Same as before but only 3 clouds and this time I sponged with Elegant Eggplant and Perfect Plum as well as the Concord Crush.  The hearts were stamped with Blushing Bride onto the same card stock and cut out.  I covered these hearts with Glossy Accents and sprinkled on some Dazzling Diamonds Glitter.  

Here's a picture of how I finished the sentiment inside.

So that's it for me tonight.  Next time your looking at your stamp sets see if you find something else you can do with them.  Hope your week is going well and thanks for coming over.  I really appreciate your visit. x 

Supplies Used

All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated

Card - Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum, Blushing Bride

Ink - Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum, Concord Crush, Blushing Bride

Stamps - Create a Cupcake 

Punch - Cupcake Builder, Modern Label

Other - Sponge Daubers, Glitter, Glossy Accents, Dimensionals

Note to self...............

 









......after spending all the time and effort in making my husband's valentines card remember to put words in the middle!

Oh dear - the WoW moment kinda got lost!




Happy Valentine's Day to everyone
Thanks for looking x



Materials Used
All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated

Card Stock - Basic Black, Whisper White, Riding Hood Red
Stamp Set - Butterfly Prints
Punch - Scallop Trim Corner, Butterfly Punch
Embellishments - A few sparkly gems from my stash, Dimensionals for butterflies

A very special Valentine's card

This Valentine's card looks more complicated than it is, as my card class found out.  It's really very easy.

Oh dear I think I could open a Valentines Card shop with all the cards I've made!  Never mind it was fun making it.

The cherry cobbler card base is folded in a Z fold and the front panel can be tucked behind the butterfly or left open.

The inside sentiment reads "love is like a butterfly it goes where it pleases and pleases where it goes".  I stamped the heart from the Hostess Level 1 set, Punch Potpourri and sponged the edges with riding hood red ink.  It was then matted onto riding hood red card stock and mounted again onto basic black.  I used the scallop trim border punch along the bottom.  Love Letter designer paper was used to put two panels on the card - one under the front panel and one on the inside of the card.  The butterflies are from the Butterfly Print stamp set and punched out using the butterfly punch.

Materials used
All supplies are stampin' up! unless otherwise stated

Card Stock - Cherry Cobbler, Red Riding Hood, Basic Black, Very Vanilla
Ink - Basic Black, Riding Hood Red
Stamp Sets - Butterfly Prints, Punch Potpourri
Paper - Love Letter Designer Paper
Punches - Butterfly, Scallop Trim Border

Very easy Valentine's Card

This card was so easy to do and isn't necessarily just for valentine's.  It would also make a good birthday card or anniversary card.  I deliberately didn't put a sentiment on so I can decide later.  

The colours are chocolate chip, old olive and poppy parade.  The owl is from the Sale-A-Bration set Punch Bunch.  (the owl punch will be available when the new mini catalogue comes out in April) I lined the second owl up next to the first by using a Stamp-a-ma-jig.  The branch they are sitting on is punched using the 2 step bird punch. The scallop edge border gives a nice trim to the bottom of the old olive card.  The two little hearts are stamped using the So happy For You set, another free set available during Sale-A-Bration. 

If you haven't already got your hands on these fantastic free sets then now is the time to place your orders or host your own workshop as Sale-A-Bration ends on the 28th February. 

Now to decide what to do with my sweet little owl card!! Thanks for looking. x 

Faux silk Valentine's Card

This card came about because I thought I would try out a technique shown in the Stampin' Up! monthly demonstrator magazine.  The flower panel has been given a faux silk effect!

I stamped the images using the Simply Said stamp set, then spread the card stock with multipurpose liquid glue and covered it with paper tissue.  Viola!   The card stock used is whisper white and real red.  I like the effect of double mounting especially when using one main colour.

Happy stamping. x