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Marry Me

2012-01-19T04:44:00.000-08:00

Hi there, hope your all keeping well, I have been having a few problems with my computer lately, spilled coffee argh, so it now has a life of its own, I'm just praying i get through this post lol. This is a card I've made with the 'Marry Me' stamp set from the new spring mini catalogue, I love this stamp set, so romantic, check out what stamps you get in the set by clicking here. The colour combo I've used is Party Pool and Crumb Cake, a beautiful combination, the decorative label punch coordinates with this set giving the sentiment a gorgeous scroll border.

Tissue Box Cover

2012-01-12T04:31:00.000-08:00

Hi Peeps, happy new year to you all, life is only just getting back to normal for me after the Christmas period, I have been crafting like crazy throughout but haven,t found the time to post. So here I am with a little tissue box cover that i made way back in December, seems a long time ago now. I have used the gorgeous Mocha Morning speciality papers again as they are my absolute favourite papers at the moment and the little stamp which I layered up is called Triple Treat Flower, all from Stampin Up of course, this little stamp is sold on its own and the fancy flowers, 5 petal flower and 1/2 circle punch co ordinate with it perfectly, so no cutting out at all, quick and easy. The cardstock and ribbon are both Crumb Cake colour which are the perfect match for these papers. To find out how to make a tissue box cover there are a few tutorials on you tube, have a go they really transform boring old tissue boxes.

Christmas Candle Table Display

2011-12-12T04:58:00.001-08:00

Hi Crafters, Just wanted to pop on some pics of my Christmas table centrepiece, now its not completely finished yet as I have to add some greenery around the bottom but I will be leaving that until the 23rd of December to keep it nice and fresh so I will take another picture of my centrepiece when it is complete. I made this using bits and bobs I had around the house, things all us crafters gather up, dried flowers, Christmas decorations, twine, string, ribbon and a little wooden heart I found in my stash which i distressed and stamped onto. How are your Christmas preparations coming along? I still have loads of shopping to do but I always get there in the end. Happy Crafting. x

Mocha Morning Christmas

2011-12-11T15:27:00.001-08:00

Hi Crafters, I’m sorry Its been a while from I’ve posted on my blog and thank you to those of you who have e mailed me to see if I’m still alive, the thing is I had been sent on a secret mission to the north pole to help out Santa lol, no truthfully I have been up to my ears in different projects that something had to give for a while and that had to be my blog. I have been crafting like crazy and have all the photo’s on my camera so over the next few days I will get them posted up, I also have a number of other crafty items I’ve been working on as its Christmas the crafting doesn’t just stop with cards, I’ve been making candles, cushion s, blankets, bags and tags etc some of the projects are still in the making but I’ll share them with you when I have them finished.

So what do you think of my Mocha Morning Christmas cards, far from the traditional Christmas colours but I Love these Mocha Morning Designer Papers from Stampin Up, they are so luxurious. Here’s some more:

and more…

a little close up …

And here is my little Reindeer covered in Dazzling Diamonds….

And to finish this post a little gift card.

Here are the products I’ve used on my cards:

Stamps ~ Dasher. Tree Trimmings.

Cardstock ~ Basic Black. Crumb Cake.

Ribbon ~ Crumb Cake Seam Binding.

Designer Paper ~ Mocha Morning Speciality.

Butterflies

2010-03-11T02:57:00.000-08:00

I have a new favorite colour, Sage Shadow and I don't think I've used it much before, isn't that strange but now I've discovered it I'm sure you'll be seeing a lot of it lol. I've already picked out my speciality designer series paper to go with it, P74 of the catalogue, order will be put in tonight. Anyway, this is a little card I've made for my sister's birthday its using the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set and the co ordinating punch. (Check out this months promotion for a special deal)

My colour combination is Sage Shadow, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa and Very Vanilla, Mmmm the very names make me think of chocolate . I have used the eyelet border punch on the Sage Shadow and if you look closely you will see that I have embossed parallel lines where my ribbon is going to be, I just think it looks neater and gives a more professional feel, this can be done with any scoring board or paper trimmer. I've finished the card by tying a nice knot of Very Vanilla Grosgrain Ribbon, you don't have to be good at bow's as a knot looks just as good to me. I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz ~ Butterflies

Colour Create Challenge ~ Mint, Chocolate and Cream

Cute Card Thursday ~ Celebrations

Scallop Circle Flower

2010-03-05T12:01:00.000-08:00

Hi, I've a little quickie card to show you today, that quick the crystal effects aren't even dry yet lol but I couldn't wait to try out Monica's flower, here is a link to her tutorial. All you need is a stampin up scallop circle punch and some cardstock, I've also added a rhinestone brad to mine but a button etc would suffice. The sentiment and stamped flower are from the One of a Kind stamp set and as you can see I've used crystal effects and dazzling diamonds on the centre of the stamped image (they are dry now and look far better lol) Cardstock~ Brocade Blue, Night of Navy and Very Vanilla.
I am entering this card into the following challenge
Crafty Creation~ One Colour

Star Book

2010-03-04T06:41:00.000-08:00

I'm back again, like a bus you wait for ages for one then you get two at once, so this is my second post of the day. I wanted to show you a little star book I made, I love these books and they are perfect to use as little scrap books for those special occasions such as birthdays, births, weddings etc. I am using this one to take with me to my workshops, I have stamped some images from the catalogue and wrote the name of the stamp, cardstock, punches used etc on the opposite page. Ok, I've taken a few photo's during the making of my star book to hopefully help you construct one of your own BUT to be honest there are far better tutorials on other blogs, you tube etc. this is a very brief version.

First you want to cut 7 pieces of card 12 x 4 inches, 7 pieces 10 x 4 inches and 7 pieces 8 x 4 inches then fold them all in half. (Cardstock colour is Really Rust, Pumpkin Pie and Summer Sun)

Now you want to take a piece of each size of the card and stick them together at the edges as shown above.

Do this with all the cardstock and you should have 7 of these points.

Now stick each of these points to each other but remember leave it so it can open like a book, you don't want stick the last two pieces together.

This is how it should look when it is closed.

Cut two pieces of chipboard/strong card at 12 x4 and cover these with designer paper. Take a metre of ribbon and fold this over the front and back of your book, now stick your front and back cover onto your book securing the ribbon at the same time.

Now decorate.

As you can see I have also edged each of the pages using cardstock and my eyelet border punch, oh and this is my book hanging on the wall lol.

Hope you understand my instructions, remember there is always you tube lol.

I am entering this into the following challenge,

Cute Card Thursday~ Lucky Green

Perfect Pair Promotion

2010-03-04T02:15:00.000-08:00

Hi, I can't believe it has been nearly a month since I blogged! I have just been so busy lately, its not that I haven't been crafting....thats just silly, I just haven't been blogging BUT I have pic's to post, it will just take me a while to catch up. First though I have to tell you about this months Stampin' Up promotion, do you love Punches? Do you love Punches that co ordinate with Stamps? Of course you do. So check out these perfect pairs.

Do you see the new heart punch? That is a definate 'Must Have' for me. Oh and I have had a look at the new mini catalogue that will be released April 1st, all I can say is 'be excited........be very excited lol' I can't wait to show you the new products, you won't be disappointed I promise.

Contact me @ donnaferguson55@yahoo.co.uk

Clean and Simple

2010-02-10T03:56:00.000-08:00

This is a card that I've made for this weeks Clean and Simple Challenge FTL77. I thought the little swirl stamp from the Seasons of Joy stamp set go perfect with this Designer Paper and then I've used the gorgeous One of a Kind stamp set for the flowers, inked in Ruby Red, punched out with the Boho Blossoms Punch and a little silver brad popped in the middle. The colour combo for this card is Old Olive, Very Vanilla and Ruby Red. Oh and I managed to get a photo of my little easter baskets, the eggs managed to stay inside for the photo but two little faces watched eagerly for the click of the camera then in a flash the eggs disapeared lol.

I will try and get a tutorial done for these little baskets, a few people have asked me before how I make these because they can be adapted for lots of things, click here and here for examples.

Enjoy the rest of your day. x

Card Bag and Cards

2010-02-07T14:35:00.000-08:00

Hi, hope you all had a lovely weekend, mine was very quiet but I'm not complaining about that lol. This is a little card bag I made using my Sunny Day Simply Scrappin Kit, I've also made a cute little Easter basket but I haven't got the eggs to put inside it yet so I'll wait till I get those before I take a picture. Anyway, if you fancy making a little bag for your cards to give as a present click here for the tutorial. Do you know I still haven't made a scrapbook page with this kit yet and that was the main reason for buying it but I've made everything else but a scrapbook page lol. I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Stamp Something~ Love Something

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge~ Love is in the Air

The Crafty Pad Challenge~ Fancy Edge, Hearts and Papers

Happy Crafting x

Love is in the Air

2010-02-06T09:30:00.000-08:00

With so many Love/Heart/Valentines challenges going on I thought I would make a couple of cards something like the one I made earlier in the week, as I loved this little heart from the Darling Dots stamp set ( A Hostess Level 1 Set ) together with the Designer Paper from the Merry Moments set. The cute little dots on both the stamp and the paper go perfect together. So I am entering these cards into the following challenges:

By the cute and girly~ Love

Papertake Weekly Challenge~ Love Actually

Creative Card Crew~ Valentines

Charisma Cardz~ I love you

Cute Card Thursday~ Spots and Dots

Crafty Calender Challenge~ Love and Friendship

Stampin For The Weekend~ Love is in the Air

Stamp Something~ Love Something

Our Creative Corner~ Masculine Valentine

Secret Crafter~ Monochrome Tones

Wow, I think this must be a Challenge record for me. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. x

One of a Kind

2010-02-04T14:17:00.000-08:00

A card using my newest stamp set, One of a Kind, I love it! I know I'm going to get a lot of use out of this one, especially because it has the Boho Blossoms Punch that coordinates with it. The colour combo I went with is Ballet Blue and Night of Navy, unfortunately I didn't have any Night of Navy ink or I would have introduced that colour to the flowers too, Love the silver brads with these flowers they are the perfect finishing touch.

Sale a bration Stamps

2010-02-04T04:59:00.000-08:00

Hello! I'm on a roll this week with my cards, I've managed to get quite a few posts up and challenges entered. This card is for two challenges that are new to me the first is Inspiring Inkin Challenge and they had a fabulous sketch to follow, a nice simple one, the type I like and the second one is by a very talented lady, Linda/Purely Stamping, (her blog is like the best crafting magazine you could buy) anyway, Linda's challenge was a colour challenge, here are the colours:

I have used stamps from two of the Sale a Bration sets, Whimsical Words and Good Neighbors, remember you can get these for free up until the 28th February so don't miss out. Contact me for more details or click here

Enjoy the rest of your day.x

Darling Dots and FTL 76

2010-02-03T14:35:00.000-08:00

Hi Crafters, I've just discovered a new challenge blog called Clean and Simple Stamping and they had a fabulous sketch this week to follow, now I'm not a big fan of sketches to be honest but when they are simple one's like this, then they are great. (Its circles I don't like....don't know why, just don't like them on sketches)

Anyway, I have used a stamp from the hostess level 1 stamp set called 'Darling Dots' so you know what to do if you'd like this set for free.......just contact me for the details. I have also used Merry Moments Designer Paper on the squares, see Merry Moments isn't just for Christmas! The colour combo is Real Red and Very Vanilla, I was tempted to add some bling but then decided against it, thought it was lovely the way it was. I think I will use this as my Valentine card for my partner, so thats 1 down just another 5 to make...... I'm only joking!

Happy Mail

2010-02-02T13:52:00.000-08:00

Hi Crafters, I'm back today with a little card and cute mailbox (template by Lauren Meader) wouldn't this make a lovely Thank you gift for someone? Hey how about the postman lol well he/she deserves a little treat for all the hard work us crafters give them with our constant craft orders. (Personally i like to just keep them in work so I see it as doing my bit for the community) Anyway, I had a lot of fun making these projects, again using the 'Flight of the Butterfly' stamp set. I love this colour combo from the rich regals family, Taken with Teal, So Saffron and Rose Red, it just makes me think of the summer, oh roll on summer!

I am entering these projects into these challenges

Stamp with Us Challenge~ Thank You

Dutch Dare Card Challenge~ Summer in Winter

Everybody Art Challenge~ Thank You

Sweet Stampin Challenge~ Scallops

Happy Crafting x

Keeping my hands busy.

2010-02-01T07:37:00.000-08:00

Hi Everybody, February at long last lol, hasn't January gone slow? Well it has for me anyway, maybe its because I've been counting the days from when I quit smoking, did I say days? well...days, hours, minutes.. To be honest the last few days have been easy, I haven't given the dreaded weed much thought, so onward and upward. As you can see I've been keeping my hands busy, these are a few cards I had on order and I'm really pleased as to how they turned out. For the top one I used a retired stamp set that I still love called 'Best Blossoms' and I have used a technique called 'Gradation' this is when you use two or more colours and gradually blend them together where they meet on the stamp, you can get some gorgeous results especially when you use the Stampin' Write markers and a sponge dauber.

This second card is made using a technique called 'Spotlighting' this is when you take a section of an image and 'spotlight' it in some way eg. I took stamped a section of my main image and coloured it using the Stampin' Write markers, I then layered this onto some real red cardstock and using dimentionals I have placed it ontop of my main image. Just another cute technique to add to your collection and a totally new look for your stamps.

No special technique to this card, just plain matting and layering with a bit of embossing here and there but I love these colours together, they aren't colours I would use often but I think you'll be seeing a lot more of them from now on, they are Ballet Blue, Night of Navy and Very Vanilla. The stamp set used on this card is of course the Flight of the Butterfly, I love the swirling sentiments that come with this set and the fabulous butterfly punch that coordinates with it. I am entering these cards into a few challenges they are:

Creative Card Crew~ Punch it ( Big wave, hello girls!)

Cute Card Thursday~ Blooming Gorgegous

Dutch Dare~ Summer In Winter

Secret Crafter Challenge~ Hearts (Heart embellishement on Wife card)

One Stop Craft Challenge~ Make it Personal (big wave again)

Close as a Memory

2010-01-28T13:11:00.000-08:00

Hi there, hope your having a creative Thursday! This is a card I made last night using a stamp from the 'Close as a Memory' set, the sentiments from this set are for sympathy cards but the flowers can be used for anything, just add another sentiment and it can be used for birthdays, anniversary's etc this sentiment is from a retired set called 'Best Yet'.

Well do you like my little flower? I made this using the Boho Blossoms punch, cute eh? The 3 little flowers come from one punch and then I've just sponged some Cameo Coral ink around the edges, layered them up and added a little Old Olive button from the Playground Designer Button Pack. I'm entering this card into the Cute Card Thursday Challenge the theme is Blooming Gorgeous. Right, off to watch Big Brother and maybe get a card made during breaks lol. Enjoy your evening. x

Fun & Fast Notes

2010-01-27T08:55:00.000-08:00

Hi everybody, just thought I'd share a little card I made using the Fun & Fast Notes stamp set. This was one of the first stampin up sets that I got and its been a while from I've used it. The image is coloured using my Earth Elements markers, love these! and I've just matt and layered Really Rust and Summer Sun cardstock (also from the earth elements family) I seem to be doodling alot on my cards recentely, even trying out different faux stitches lol. I've took a few pictures of how I put my ribbon through my card so that my button doesn't sit out too much, you probably already knew to do this, so for those that didn't....

Punch two holes wide enough apart so that your button can fit snuggly. Thread ribbon through and cut. Using a glue dot place button between the ribbon. (Instead of trying to match up thread, cut a thin piece of matching cardstock, thread this through the button as I have done on my card)

I am entering this card into the following challenge

Crafty Creations ~ Celebration

Enjoy the rest of your day!

Animal Cards

2010-01-26T04:29:00.000-08:00

Hi Peeps, I can't believe its been so long from my last post! Its not that I haven't been crafting because I have, I just haven't been posting thats all. To be honest quitting smoking is really taking it out of me, I am totally exhausted and I feel so yucky I'm finding it hard to get myself motivated to do anything! Thought I was supposed to feel great! Well I'm staying positive and I KNOW I'm going to be feeling great any day now......do I sound convincing? lol. During a surge of energy I had, think it was day 23 and lasted about 4 hrs lol, I made a batch of cards to give to a local animal sanctuary so I took some quickie pics to show you, they are all animals and are coloured using different techniques, inks, pencils and markers etc. So here they are:

I have used the same colour combo with these cards, I think More Mustard and Ruby Red look great with the animals, all from the Earth Elements set.

How sweet are these little bunnies?

I've coloured these cats with markers and gone with a different colour combo, Old Olive and Ruby Red. There was also a lot of doodling going on in all these cards, especially faux stitching. I am entering these cards into a few challenges:

Cupcake Craft Challenge~ Matching Set

A Spoon Full of Sugar~ Freestyle

Penny Black Saturday~ Something Sweet

Trendy Tree's

2010-01-14T03:24:00.000-08:00

Hi there, hope your having a good week so far, to be honest I'm struggling a bit today with my quitting smoking campaign, I still haven't touched one, just feeling pretty low and agitated but I've been here that many times before I know what to expect so I'm trying to keep myself busy and positive. (Oh but its ssooooooooo difficult!!! A cigarette would cure it allllllllllllllll...........lol ) Anyhoo, what do you think of my Trendy Tree's? I really love this card, love the colours and the cute little stamps, I was thinking that I would maybe make some of these up and put them in little frames in the kitchen. Well off to make my daughter Natasha a birthday card, she is 24 tomorrow..........oh I'm so old...........where are those cigarettes!!!!!!!!

Catch ya later!

Stampin'Up Items used on this card:

Stamp Set~ Trendy Tree's and sentiment from Seasonal Greetings

Ink~ Old Olive, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Chocolate Chip

Cardstock~ Very Vanilla, Real Red and Tempting Turquoise

Ribbon~ Red Gingham Ribbon

Tree's Tree's and more Tree's

2010-01-12T02:28:00.000-08:00

Happy Tuesday to ya, hope your having a good week, so far its been a good one for me.(Day 12 of not smoking!) Right now my daughter Rebecca is doing her Maths GCSE so my thoughts are with her, I know she will do fantastically (She takes after her father as far as Maths is concerned which is a good thing for her.) So while Rebecca was revising last night at the kitchen table, I sat quietly and made some fabulous tree cards, I really love nature stamps especially tree's! I am entering this one into this weeks Stamp With Us Challenge which was a colour challenge. The Stamp set is of course 'Lovely as a Tree' and I have used a selection of SU earth element markers to ink up this little tree.

Moving on to the next card, same stamp different season lol, still using my earth element markers only this time sticking to Old Olive and Chocolate Chip.

And one for luck! Very natural, twine instead of ribbon and a bit of hand doodling around the frame of the close to cocoa cardstock. Enjoy the rest of your day whatever your doing, I'm thinking of hitting the sales in town as my sister has just shown me a lovely pair of boots she got yesterday, should I? .........watch this space!

More Butterflies today.

2010-01-11T06:37:00.000-08:00

Just a quickie card today using the 'Flight of the Butterfly' stamp set again, this time I have layered the butterfly with velum, its hard to notice it on this photo but its lovely in real life, I also added 3 little gems from my stash for the body, cute eh? Well I made this card for a challenge I have just found called Sweet Stampin Challenge and this week the theme was a colour combo, I've used Rose Red, Pretty In Pink and Certainly Celery. This is going to be a very short post as I'm being tortured by my 5 year old son to help him with the playstation lol Sometimes its just easier giving in! Enjoy your day. x

Flight of the Butterfly

2010-01-08T07:30:00.000-08:00

Hi Peeps, as you can see I've been playing with butterflies, I made this little card and box the other day, now, I don't know if its just me ( as I've not smoked in 7 days) but ........does that little box look like a cigarette box to you? lol Well it was intended to put these little cards in but would be just as nice filled with sweets or some other gift. I love the way stamps and punches can coordinate and this set 'Flight of the Butterfly' has a coordinating butterfly punch but not only that, this set is also a two step stampin set so you can perfectly stamp spots, flowers, dashes ontop of your basic butterfly image ( Remember the Stamp ma Jig will help position your image perfectly ) Ok, I have to venture out into the snow now, wouldn't mind if I just had to walk but I have to take the car, would much prefer a sleigh. Enjoy the rest of your day whatever you are doing and keep warm. x

Products Used:
Stamp Set~ Flight of the Butterfly
Punches~ Butterfly Punch, Word Window Punch and Eyelet Border Punch
Cardstock~ Lovely Lilac and Very Vanilla
Ink~ Chocolate Chip and Elegant Eggplant
Ribbon~ Chocolate Chip
Sponge Daubers for Distressing with Ink and Stamp a Ma Jig for Perfect positioning.

You can order your Stampin'Up products through me and get them delivered straight to your door, book a workshop or join my team, get in contact @
donnaferguson55@yahoo.co.uk

Sunny Day

2010-01-07T03:28:00.000-08:00

Hi Crafters, the title should really read Snowy Day instead of Sunny Day lol, are you enjoying all this lovely snow? Well, if your tucked up in the house with nowhere to go I'm sure the answer is yes but I really don't like driving in it at all, the main roads seem fine but I live in the country ontop of a hill, not too good unless you have a sleigh lol. Well I have eventually got round to posting some of my latest projects, I decided that I have not been doing enough scrapbooking, I save everything for my scrapbook, tickets, invitations, newspaper clippings, you name it I save it. SO, I ordered myself the lovely 'Sunny Days' simply scrappin kit...........and what do I do............make cards lol oh and little gifts.......well I couldn't help it and anyway there is loads of stuff left for my scrapbook.....I will eventually get round to it! But aren't these colours just GORGEOUS! Love them! and the cardstock that comes with the kit is textured, beautiful! If you have never had one of the Simply Scrappin Kits before here is what you get

3 sheets each of two designs of fabulous double sided designer paper (12x12)

2 sheets each of 4 colours of textured cardstock

2 sheets each of 3 designs of self adhesive die cuts

and everything is coordinating!

On the top picture you will see a little pot I made for a candle, I came up with this design last Christmas when I needed pots for plants I had bought for the childrens teachers, I sat with a 12x12 piece of paper, twisting and turning until eventually I got the pot I wanted and no glue or cuts is needed! I will come back with instructions for this as its so handy and easy to make in any size. Above you can see a little easel calender card I've made, this is my first easel card, think I must be the last person to try this out lol. Everything used is from the Simply Scrappin Kit except for the little happy day stamp.

And last but not least is my little tweet treat bag, I've seen these little bags on a few blogs, I've heard them called Diaper Fold Bags but for this one I was inspired by Monica Gale who made a little tutorial on the In Love With Stamping Forum. Loved how Monica used the word window punch to close the little treat bag, great idea.

I'm entering these projects into the following challenges

Cute Card Thursday Challenge~ All New (My new Sunny Day simply scrappin kit)

Stamp Something Challenge~ New Somethings

Daring Cardmakers~ New Beginnings

Papertake Weekly Challenge~ New Beginnings

A Spoon Full of Sugar~ Hearts (Hearts on my tag )

Remember you can order all your Stampin'Up products from me and get them delivered straight to your door and don't forget to claim your free stamp set (check out post below) Contact me on donnaferguson55@yahoo.co.uk

Its Sale-a-bration time!

2010-01-03T11:40:00.000-08:00

Don't you just love the January sales? Well, you know whats even better than a sale? Free Products! From now until the 28th February 2010 you can earn your free stamp sets by

1- Spending £45 on Stampin Up products means your entitled to 1 set of the sale-a-bration stamp sets for free. Remember too that you are not limited to one set! With every £45 spent you can pick yourself another set.

2 - Maybe you would prefer to Host a workshop to earn your free stamp set. All you need to do is host a workshop of at least £300 and ontop of all your usual hostess benefits you will also get your free stamp set. Woo Hoo!

3 - Join Stampin'Up as a demonstrator and you can choose any stamp set from the current idea book and catalogue up to the value of £38.95.

Love this Good Neighbors set, I have so many idea's for this one and the little tree's are so cute! My fav....I think!

I have seen some gorgeous samples made with the Happy Moments set, a great set that will suit so many different occasions.

I know this labels set is going to be very popular.

Ok...changed my mind....this is my fav!

You can place a your Stampin'Up order through me and get it delivered straight to your door. Flick through the online catalogue or you can order your own catalogue through me. All queries to donnaferguson55@yahoo.co.uk

Lovely as a Tree

2009-12-29T13:22:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone, hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, sorry for being awol, I had so much to do over the past few weeks I decided to give myself a blogging break. Anyway I had a fantastic Christmas and I'm ready to get back to the crafting, even my 5 year old thinks its about time I got back to it as he told me this morning that we should make cards again lol. These are two cards I made for Christmas but just didn't get them uploaded, they are both using one of the stamps from the 'Lovely as a Tree' set. The first card has just been stamped with Chocolate Chip ink onto Close to Cocoa cardstock, the second was more time consuming as I made a wreath style background using one of the smaller stamps from the set and brayered some card and stamped over the top, love this effect.

I am definately starting my Christmas cards early next year, talk about getting caught out! I was still making them on the 23rd lol. Well I have a beautiful new set to show you that arrived this morning and I can't wait to get to play with it so watch this space!

Trendy Tree's

2009-12-13T12:18:00.000-08:00

This is one of my new stamp sets from Stampin' Up called Trendy Tree's aren't they gorgeous? Have to say I love all the tree stamp sets that are in the catalogue at the moment, I also bought the very popular 'Lovely as a tree' set so I will be showing some of my projects using these later. I decided to use just two colours on these cards, Old Olive and Chocolate Chip, two of my favorite colours from my favorite colour family, earth elements. The designer paper used on the first card is from the Merry Moments set and I have used two punches on these cards, Word Window Punch on the first and Eyelet Border punch on the second. I am entering these cards into the Spoonful of Sugar Challenge the theme being Monochrome.

Season of Joy Candle Set

2009-12-13T11:57:00.000-08:00

This post is very short but sweet.

I told you that my candles were going well, so here is another set I had an order for. For this set I've used the Season of Joy stamp set, real red ribbon, red gingham ribbon and

silver brads. I still have more candles to make so you'll be sick of looking at them by the end of December lol. I am entering this set into the 'Our Creative Corner' Challenge, the theme is 'The holidays are here!', the Charisma Cardz challenge the theme is Red , Green and White and the Cupcake Craft Challenge the theme is Sing a Christmas Carol. ( Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree....)

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

2009-12-11T03:59:00.000-08:00

Hi Peeps, Its been a while but its not that I haven't been crafting, just not computing, my computer is so slow at the minute, don't know why, maybe it just needs a little holiday lol. Anyway, here are a few projects I've been making the last few weeks using the cute little Sparkly and Bright stamp set. These were all orders for other people, I've had so many orders lately that I don't have one card made for myself! Can't complain though as the money is handy at this time of year. If you've never tried stamping onto candles you really have to give it a try, matching your candles to cards and tags is a wonderful gift for someone. (There are tutorials on how to do this on you tube) Oh have you noticed my new Eyelet Border Punch? I love how it creates a beautiful lacy edge to my cardstock. I'm just noticing how many punches I've used on these projects, Eyelet Border Punch on my card, Scallop Border Punch on my tag bag topper, the tag punch, small tag punch, Scallop Circle Punch and the 1 3/4 Circle Punch on my tags! lol. And don't forget you can get the tag punch or the small tag punch for free with a qualifying order from the Gift Giving Guide, check it out here. I am entering these projects into the following challenges:

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge ~ Matching Set

Crafty Calender ~ Winter Sparkle

By the Cute and Girly~ Lets go to the movies.

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Christmas Boxes

2009-12-04T06:39:00.000-08:00

Its been a while from my last post, I've just been so busy with one thing and another but I know I'm not on my own there as the town is just chocka block with people but hey!..isn't the internet great? I've managed to get the most important things online and the delivery has been so quick too. Anyway here are a few chocolate boxes I've been making, cute eh? Filled with some Lindt chocolates, good thing I don't like these, thought it was safer buying chocolates that I don't like after what happened when I made my chocolate tree decorations lol. I've made the boxes using Real Red cardstock and Merry Moments Designer paper. The sentiment is from the Seasonal Wishes stamp set and finished by a lovely Real Red Ribbon. Thought these would be lovely for teachers helpers etc. Right off to make more Christmas cards my batch is getting very low now as they have been selling like hot cakes, only trouble is that I've none left for myself but can't complain as I've a nice little wad of money lol.

Christmas Bauble Cards

2009-11-28T10:04:00.000-08:00

Hi, hope your all having a lovely weekend, its very cold and foggy here, nice when your in the house looking out at it though. I made these little bauble cards the other day so I thought I'd share them with you. I have used the 1 3/8 circle punch for these projects. The first card I made was a simple circle embossed, some elastic cord attached to the back with a dimentional and a little piece of ribbon tied into a bow. The second card is a little 3d bauble, I have used 5 circles, fold them in half and stick each these together with some tombow glue, then attach some elastic cord to the back as before and a little bow, they fold easily to put in an envelope and then pop up again. The papers I have used are from the Merry Moments designer paper range. I am entering these cards into this weeks Papertake Weekly Challenge.

Products used:

Stamp Set~ Sentiment/Seasonal Wishes. Snowflake/ Seasons of Joy

Designer Paper~ Merry Moments

Ink~ Basic Black and Real Red

Ribbon~ Real Red and Chocolate Chip

Cardstock~ Real Red and Chocolate Chip

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Merry Moments

2009-11-27T15:33:00.000-08:00

Hi all, I'm still busy with my Christmas cards as you can see and I'm loving the Merry Moments designer papers. There is nothing too exciting about these cards, very basic but when you have so many to make its best to just keep them simple. I've used the Season of Joy stamp set again but I've just received my new Sparkly and Bright stamp set through the post and can't wait to play with it, I've so many idea's for this one but it will have to wait until tomorrow as I'm sitting here with hair dye on my head and if I don't wash it off soon it'll be Only Orange instead of Auburn lol. I will be back with some more of my Christmas makes shortly, I've been so busy making things I haven't left myself time to upload them too my blog. Hope your having as much fun with your Christmas crafting as I am.

Products Used:

Stamp Set~ Seasons of Joy

Designer Paper~ Merry Moments

Cardstock~ Real Red, Chocolate Chip

Ribbon~ Real Red, Old Olive

Ink~ Chocolate Chip, Real Red

Stamp With Us Challenge Card

2009-11-24T05:41:00.000-08:00

Oops I didn't put that watermark in a very good place did I? lol. Wow two posts in one day, not bad for me. I have made this card for the Stamp With Us Challenge, they had a recipe this week of

3 Brads

2 Designer Papers

1 Stamp

So out came the little snowflake stamp again. (actually it was still sitting on the table from my last project) The designer paper is from the Merry Moments set, infact its one piece of designer paper showing both sides but think that counts.

Products used on this card:

Stamp Set~ Seasons of Joy

Cardstock~ Real Red and Chocolate Chip

Designer Paper~ Merry Moments

Ribbon~ Chocolate Chip

Punches~ Scallop Circle, 1 1/4 Circle, 1 3/8 Circle

Christmas Goodies

2009-11-24T03:00:00.000-08:00

Hi Crafters, Sorry its been a while from I posted but I've been making projects in bulk for Christmas and for a craft fair I have coming up, here are just a few of the things I have been working on. This set is using my favorite SU colours for Christmas, Real Red and Old Olive and the little snowflake stamp from the 'Seasons of Joy' stamp set.

Inside the little altered box I have put some Christmas Chocolate Decorations, aren't they cute? The chocolates are Elizabeth Shaw and out of one pack you should be able to make about 40 decorations, I'm getting about 10 lol, I can't even blame it on the kids! But they are so yummy!

Like I said the little snowflake stamp is from the 'Seasons of Joy' stamp set and the sentiment I have used is from the 'Seasonal Wishes' set. The gorgeous designer paper is from the 'Merry Moments' pack which I have matted onto Real Red cardstock and tied a lovely Real Red Ribbon around.

These little decorations are so simple to make, all you need to do is stamp your image onto some Old Olive cardstock, punch out with 1 1/4 inch punch, layer onto Real Red cardstock using the 1 3/8 punch, then layer onto Old Olive punched with the Scallop Punch. Make two of these, add glue dots to the inside of both, place your Gold Elastic Cord on top, then stick to both sides of your chocolate, if you haven't already ate it!

And this is the top of my altered box, again using the 'Merry Moments' designer paper, Real red Ribbon and Card stock, sentiment from 'Seasonal Wishes'.

I am entering these projects into the following challenge

Colour Create Challenge~ Green, Red and White.

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Chocolate Milk

2009-11-17T05:56:00.000-08:00

Hi Peeps, Sorry about this terrible photo its so dark here its difficult to get a decent one, I think I might have to invest in a light box. I've made this little milk carton using my Season's of Joy stamp set, I'm getting so much out of this set, so far I've made cards, boxes, candles and gift voucher holders and I'm still not bored with it. I thought I'd try out a colour combo I've not used before but I really like it, its Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel and Not Quite Navy, I will be filling these little cartons with some Chocolate Caramel Sweets so they go with the theme lol. I'm entering this project into the Crafty Calender Challenge, the theme is Weather and I think the snowflakes and swirls on this carton fits perfectly.

Products Used On This Project:

Stamp Set~ Seasons Of Joy

Cardstock~ Creamy Caramel and Not Quite Navy

Ink~ Chocolate Chip

Ribbon~ Chocolate Chip

Punches~ Scalloped Oval and Large Oval

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Candles In A Bag

2009-11-14T12:15:00.000-08:00

Hi there, Just a quick post as I'm absolutely exhausted, I can hardly keep my eyes focussed on the screen at the moment, usually I get a bit of a lie in at the weekends but one of my daughter has a winter event on at horse's which means early starts on Saturday and Sunday for 5 weeks, its catching up with me now. Anyway, I made these little candles yesterday, I thought they would make lovely teachers gifts for Christmas and they are so easy to make. There are many you tube video and tutorials on how to make them but basically you stamp your image on some tissues/ tissue paper, cut around the image, place it on the candle, wrap some greaseproof/ wax paper around the candle tightly, heat the image with a heat gun and repeat the process if your using more than one image. You can also embellish your candle like I have by pushing brads into the centre of the flowers. I then popped the candle into a cellophane bag, added a little tag and tied with ribbon. Now you can make candles to match your cards!
I am entering these candles into the Cute and Girly Challenge which is 'Winter Wonderland'

All Products Used are Stampin'Up:

Stamp Set~ Seasons of Joy

Ink~ Real Red and Old Olive

Ribbon~ Real Red and Old Olive

Cardstock~ Real Red and Old Olive

Punches~ Tag Punch and Small Tag Punch

Medium Cellophane bags

Silver and Real Red Brads

E Mail me if you would like to place an order or would like more Information on Stampin'Up

donnaferguson55@yahoo.co.uk

Handmade Christmas Tree Decorations

2009-11-12T06:38:00.000-08:00

Hi there, I thought I'd share some pictures of little decorations I have been making recently. I just love handmade decorations and these are easy enough so the kids/grandchildren can join in too. I remember when I was young...younger lol I would sit and make snowflake and chain decorations, this is just one of the lovely childhood memories I have of Christmas and one I pass onto my children. Every Christmas when we unpack the decorations and come across our handmade ones we remember who made it, what age they were and how proud they were when they handed us their decoration, well thats what Christmas is about isn't it? That doesn't happen when you pop on the one's you bought at Tesco lol. Picture the scene....sitting around the table with the children...Christmas music in the background...table covered with crafty bits and the smell of cinammon in the air (always have our Christmas candles burning) These are the things money just can't buy eh? Ok, back to the decorations, I've seen these on loads of peoples blogs but I was lucky enough to win a place on the 'Stamp With Us' winter online class and these were just part of one of the projects that Monica Gale shared with us, I think Monica might have the tutorial on her blog you should really check it out, Monica's blog is fantastic! As you can see these have been made using some of the Stampin' Up punches and Stampin' Up designer paper in Always Artichoke but I can't wait to try out the new speciality paper which is foiled, I plan on making my Christmas Crackers with these too.

Black, White and Red

2009-11-09T08:47:00.000-08:00

Hi everybody, here is a little card I made last night using the 'Season of Joy' stamp set. I have just stamped the little tree using basic black ink onto Whisper White card which has been layered onto Whisper White card again. I've then added 4 red brads from the Bold Bright Brad Set (try saying that 3 times lol) and mounted this onto some Basic Black cardstock which I randomly stamped with a little snowflake (also Season of Joy set) using the new Whisper White Ink (Love this!) I finished by tying some Real Red Ribbon and a sentiment stamped on Real Red cardstock. These cards are simple enough to make in bulk but will still stand out from all the other cards on the mantlepiece. I am entering this card into the Stamp With Us Challenge the theme this week is Christmas.

10% off Starter Kit

2009-11-05T01:59:00.000-08:00

In conjunction with Stampin' Ups participation at the HobbyCraft Show, they are offering new demonstrators 10% off their Starter Kit, thats over £240 worth of stamping and business supplies for £125. This offer only lasts until the 13th November, so if you have been thinking of becoming a demonstrator or would like information on joining Stampin Up then don't hesitate to contact me. I am a Stampin Up demonstrator in N.Ireland and would love to expand my team and why wouldn't you want to join? Just look at all the benefits of becoming a demonstrator here whether you wish to make a career of stampin up or to simply get discount on your Stampin Supplies now is the time to join. Remember, you can also personalise your kit and choose the stamp sets you love. Check out the Starter Kit here.

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Earn A Free Punch!

2009-11-05T01:43:00.000-08:00

From 1st November - 29 December 2009 you can earn yourself a Free tag or small tag valued at £12.50 with a purchase of £45 from the gift giving guide and the good news is that you are not limited to one punch, for every £45 you spend from the guide you will recieve a new punch! Just think of the lovely personalised tags you could be making for all your gifts.

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Season of Joy

2009-10-10T15:53:00.000-07:00

Can you tell that I love this little 'Season of Joy' stamp set? lol. I have been meaning to get these cards posted all week but for some reason or other the week just went Monday, Thursday, Saturday, strange eh? Anyway, I really enjoyed making these cards as I managed them all in one night lol, thats good for me! I have used Just two colours, Real Red and Old Olive and all I did was change the design around a little each time. Its nice to sit with one stamp set, two colours and cardstock, no getting up to hunt for other items to use and hardly any mojo used up at all, so relaxing. Think I'll do this again sometime soon.

Products used on these cards:

Stamp Set~ Season Of Joy

Cardstock~ Old Olive, Real Red and Whisper White

Ink~ Real Red and Old Olive

Ribbon~ Old Olive and Real Red

Punches~ Scallop Oval and Large Scallop Oval

Uni Ball Signo Gel Pen

Would you like to see the new catalogue?

2009-10-04T13:31:00.000-07:00

I don't know about you but I was itching to see the new Idea's Book and Catalogue and I wasn't disapointed when I eventually did. I was just hoping that they would introduce the window punch....................AND THEY DID! Yay!

The catalogue is packed with gorgeous goodies, beautiful new stamps, punches and some fabulous new tools, you just have to check it out!

You can do this by making yourself a cuppa, pulling up a chair and clicking on the catalogue on my sidebar or you can hold a workshop and get your own catalogue for free and in return you will also get your new hostess gift, free goodies with your commision and a fun night of crafting or you can request a catalogue from me, click on the paypal sign at the top of my blog and your catalogue will be posted out to you.

Autumn Inspiration

2009-10-04T13:15:00.000-07:00

Hi there, this is a card I made for my other blog as part of the One Stop Craft Challenge design team but as it is using all SU products it has a place on this blog too. I have used a hostess stamp set from the old catalogue called ' A little bit of happiness' and I have stamped it with Old Olive ink. The card is pretty simple but aren't the colours just gorgeous!

If you have any questions or requests about Stampin'Up and the products please don't hesitate to e mail me. x

Items Used On This Card:

Stamp Set~ A little bit of happiness

Cardstock~ Old Olive, Ruby Red and More Mustard

Ribbon~ Old Olive

Ink~ Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Real Red.

Embellishments~ Vintage Brads

Punches~ Round Tab

Milk Made

2009-09-22T05:36:00.000-07:00

Hi Crafters, I just wanted to show you my little cartons, aren't they so cute? I can see me making a load of these for little gifts. I'm planning on filling these with some sweets but they can be filled with anything really, candles, craft goodies, etc I've even made a smaller one for little trick or treat sweets. The templates for these, and many more, can be bought here, My Timeless Templates. The cardstock I've used for the main carton is 'Close to Cocoa' and 'Whisper White', I've used my stampin' wheel on the whisper white using 'Tempting Turquoise' ink. As you can see I've 'sponged' around the edges to give a distressed look. These are so simple to make, you really should give them a go.

Products used on the Milkmade Cartons;

Cardstock~ Close to Cocoa, Whisper White and Tempting Turquoise.

Ink~ Chocolate Chip and Tempting Turquoise.

Stamps~ Pocket Silhouettes

Ribbon~ Tempting Turquoise

Punches~ Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Scallop Border Punch

Stampin' Wheel~ Its Beautiful

Remember, you can order all your stampin'up products through me. x

Spring Card and Box

2009-09-11T13:46:00.000-07:00

If you fancy a change from the regular fold cards why not try a Spring card, they are so simple to make and fun to decorate, I didn't take a picture of the back of this card but there is room to put a verse on the reverse which makes it even pretty from behind. These cards can easily go into an envelope as they just squash down and pop up when taken out but as this was a special birthday card I decided on a box.
For a little change I put the ribbon on the bottom half of the box and I used the large oval punch on the top so that the bow would show through.
The flowers are made using little punches then I have embossed them from behind causing the leaves to curl, they were finished off by placing a little pearl bead in the centre.

Stampin Up Products Used On These Projects

Stamp Set~ Pocket Silhouettes
Ink~ Chocolate Chip
Background~ Stampin Pastels
Ribbon~ Certainly Celery
Cardstock~ Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White
Punches~ Scallop Oval and Large Oval

Tag It.

2009-09-07T15:26:00.000-07:00

Ok, you've got your card made, you've made your little gift box and now all you need to do is tag it! A little tag like this adds that finishing touch to your creations and with Christmas just around the corner we'll be needing plenty of these. I love the background on this image, this is done just using an ink pad and the Stampin'Up daubers, by wiping the dauber, which fits onto your finger, over the ink pad and then in circle movements over your cardstock you can create fabulous backgrounds. To finish off all you do is stamp your image ontop. These little daubers are invaluable to us crafters, for a pack of 12 they cost only £7.75 and can be used on ink or the poppin pastels.

Stampin'Up products used on this tag

Stamp Set~ Pocket Silhouette

Cardstock~ Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip

Ribbon~ Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive

Ink~ Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive

Punches~ Handheld and Scallop Square

What can you do with 1 stamp?

2009-09-07T07:38:00.000-07:00

You can NEVER have too many stamps can you? Of course not!
BUT what can you do with one tiny little stamp? I set myself the challenge, as you can tell I had my Real Red cardstock already sitting at the table lol. With this little flower from the Simply Said stamp set, I made my own designer paper by stamping, then stamping and blotting to fade the image using Real Red ink, then I stamped the little flower again and added a brad to the centre, simple. Ok, I may have cheated a bit by adding the sentiment! Actually, I should have used the heart stamp instead of the flower that comes in the same set as it would have made a lovely valentine card. Oh well, plenty of time for that one.
Stampin'Up Items used on this card
Stamp set~ Simply Said (Heart) Fresh Cuts (Sentiment)
Ink~ Real Red
Cardstock~ Real Red and Whisper White
Ribbon~ Real Red
Punches~ Scallop Circle, Circle, Scallop Oval, Large Oval

Box In a Bag

2009-09-07T07:18:00.000-07:00

Make personalised gift bags to go with your cards, how great is that! For these two boxes I have only used 1 piece of Stampin'Up designer paper but I've reversed it on the second box, I love double sided designer paper. I also made these in two sizes, the first box I made taller so as to fit a bottle of perfume in it. They are sooo easy to make and take only minutes, click here for your instructions. Just think of the lovely gifts you can put into these, from sweets to Jewelry they really make a gift extra special.

Stampin'Up Items used on these projects

Stamp Sets~ Tart and Tangy (Cherry) Simply Said (Flower)

Ink~Bold Brights Stampin' Write Pens

Cardstock~ Whisper White, Real Red

Designer Paper~ Summer Picnic

Ribbon~ Whisper White, Real Red

Punches~ Scallop Border, Scallop Circle, Circles 3.5, 3.18, Round Tab, Handheld Punch.

All Spruced Up

2009-09-07T06:49:00.000-07:00

I made this card about a month ago when I was asked to be a guest designer on Creative Card Crew Challenge, it was posted on my other blog but I totally forgot to put it on here. (I was too busy thinking of my upcoming holiday lol) I have coloured the image using Stampin' pastels, great for adding quick colour to an image and so easy to use. The star embossing on the background was using my cuttlebug and star folder, fabulous for Christmas cards. Well thats the Christmas cards started hopefully this year I will be more organised than last, some people were getting their cards from me on the 24th December, talk about a close one!

Stampin'Up Products used on this card

Stamp Set~Fun & Fast Notes

Cardstock~ Real Red and Certainly Celery

Ribbon~ Real Red and Certainly Celery

Embellishments~ Real Red Brads

Colouring Medium~ Stampin' Pastels

September~ Last Chance

2009-09-07T06:18:00.000-07:00

Hi, Just keeping you updated with the latest Stampin'Up news. Due to the launch of the new Stampin'Up Idea book and catalogue next month, this is your last chance to get some of your favourite stamps from the current catalogue BUT the good news is some of these goodies are up to 50% off! You'll have to hurry though because once there gone, there gone.

You can check out the Last Chance List Here

Remember you can order all your Stampin'Up products through me and get them delivered straight to your door.

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Little Purple Notelet

2009-08-04T11:34:00.000-07:00

Hi Peeps, I have a super 'quickie' card to show you today. Sometimes the simplest cards are my favourite, don't get me wrong I love spending time on my cards but sometimes a quickie is needed, right? Just to say 'hi, how's things with you? Do you remember that fiver I lent you?' Kidding! Hope your having a lovely day and finding some time to craft, if you live in the uk you probably are, lets face it, it doens't look like we'll be taking many day trips to the beach does it? lol. x

Items Used On This Project:

Cardstock~Orchid Opulence, Lavender Lace, Whisper White

Stamp Set~ Pocket Silhouette

Ink~ Orchid Opulence Stampin Write Marker

Punches~ Large Oval Punch, Scallop Punch

Purple Organza Ribbon (Not SU)

Oh So Fruity!

2009-08-03T16:03:00.000-07:00

Hi Crafters, Just a couple of little cards I've made using one of my favourite stamp set's 'Tart and Tangy' cute eh? They just go perfect with the 'Summer Picnic' designer papers too. These cards are so quick and easy to make that I've made 1 of each fruit in an hour, hey, thats good for me lol, I have spent many hours on 1 card only to be disappointed with it in the end. Don't forget our August offer, its too good to miss out on, details are on the post below. Happy Crafting. x

Items Used On This Project:
Stamp Set~ Tart and Tangy
Designer Papers~ Summer Picnic
Cardstock~ Green Galore, Old Olive, Real Red, Whisper White
Ribbon~ Real Red Grosgrain
Ink~Real Red, Green Galore Stampin Write Markers
Punches~ Large Oval, Scallop Oval, Scallop Circle, Circle (3.18cm and 3.5cm)
Other Tools~ Paper Piercing Tool

August Special~ Free Ribbon

2009-08-02T12:13:00.000-07:00

Hi Crafters
Stampin'Up have a fabulous August offer for on for its lovely customers, Its an exclusive Ribbon bundle FREE with a qualifying purchase or workshop!

From the 1st-31st of August get a Free bundle of ribbon when you either

a) Spend £45 on Stampin'Up products

or

b) Host a £300 workshop

Orders can be made through me by e mail and delivered straight to your door or you can arrange to hold a workshop with me.

donnaferguson55@yahoo.co.uk

Challenge 36 ~ Stars and Stripes

2009-07-04T09:00:00.000-07:00

It's time for a new theme at the One Stop Craft Challenge and It was my turn to choose it, well, being the 4th of July I just had to pick 'Stars and Stripes' didn't I? As I have used all Stampin Up products on my card I am able to post it on this blog too (incase you don't know I have another blog for non stampin up creations) Anyhoo, the beautiful 'Summer Picnic' designer papers were perfect for my stripes, I have used the 'Fun and Fast Notes' stamp set for my Stars and last but not least the sentiment is from the 'Cheers to You' Stamp set. I would love you to join in our challenge this week, there is a fabulous stamp set up for grabs for the lucky winner, pop over to the challenge blog for a nosey. Enjoy your weekend. x

And a few more gifts.

2009-07-02T13:41:00.000-07:00

Well, I'm really getting some use out of these gorgeous papers aren't I? lol. These are just a few more bits I made for teacher's and helpers. A little box of chocolates means so much more with the personal touch so I just added a strip of Pumpkin Pie card, designer paper, ribbon and Thank You tag to decorate. I came up with the little purse one evening when I was playing about with my papers, a happy accident, I filled this with little chocolate coins. Last but not least is a simple Thank You card using 'Fresh Cut Notes' and 'Fresh Cuts' Stamp Set.

Gifts~ Post It Organiser

2009-06-27T08:42:00.001-07:00

This is another little gift I made for the childrens teachers, well this is one of them as I made 4. I have got the design from a wonderful blog I visit by a very talented Lady called Angie, you can see all her tutorials here but be warned! If you have never been to this fabulous blog before you may prepare yourself a flask of tea lol. Anyway, this is another very simple project but doesn't it look great! It took about 5 minutes to make (well.......the second, third and fourth one took 5 minutes each but the first took a bit longer) and the post it pads were all bought from tesco's for pennies.

Stamps~ Tart and Tangy

Designer Paper~ Summer Picnic

Cardstock~ Whisper White, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie

Ink~ Stampin Write Markers~ Bold Brights

Punches~ Scalloped Circle, Circle (3.5cms)

Post It Notes and Pens from Tesco's

Gifts~ Plant Pot Holder

2009-06-25T07:34:00.000-07:00

I've made this little pot holder using Patterns Designer Series Paper~Pumpkin Pie, this is my favourite paper and colour for this week, I change my mind everytime I use a new paper lol. I came up with this design by accident, don't know if it has been thought of before but I needed boxes for the plants I bought for the childrens teachers and came up with this, it took 5 minutes to make, no adhesive, no cutting and best of all it shows up the reverse side of the paper too, so I ended up making 3.

Patterns Designer Series Paper~ Pumpkin Pie

Stamps~ Fresh Cuts Sentiment

Punches~ Large Oval, Scallop Oval

Tart and Tangy Ice Lolly Invitations

2009-06-20T10:01:00.000-07:00

Its my son's 5th birthday soon so I decided to make these simple but oh so cute invitations for his classmates, he can't wait to bring them in to nursery. There are 26 of them in all but they were so quick and rewarding to make. I got the little lolly sticks from e bay for pennies and everything else is from Stampin'Up, oh there is one ribbon that isn't from Stampin'Up due to running out but only had to make two of the lollys with that and thats the coloured spotty one.

Stamps~ Tart and Tangy

Cardstock~ Bold and Bright, Whisper White

Ink~ Bold Bright Stampin' Write pens, Chocolate Chip

Ribbon~Striped Grosgrain

Punches~Corner Rounder, Scallop Circle, Circle (3.5cm)

Adhesive~ Tombow Multi Purpose, Snail Adhesive

Simply Said...

2009-06-06T09:50:00.001-07:00

These are some of the cards I have made using the 'Simply Said..' stamp set. Altogether there are 11 stamps in this set priced at £22.95. On this card I have only used 3 of the stamps, 1 being the sentiment.

Stamp Set~ Simply Said..

Card~ Whisper White, Old Olive, Only Orange

Designer Paper~ Summer Picnic

Ribbon~ Real Red Grosgrain

Ink~ Only Orange, Real Red, Green Galore

I have used 4 stamps from the 'Simply Said..' stamp set on this card. I have also cut and layered the flowers and added some flat backed pearls for a little bit of bling.

Stamp Set~ Simply Said..

Card~ Whisper White, Real Red, Only Orange, Green Galore

Ink~ Real Red, Only Orange, Green Galore

Ribbon~ Whisper White Grosgrain

Punches~ Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch

On this card I have used two of the stamps to make a background border, I have also used the Stamp~a~ma~jig on the heart image to fit the Green Galore heart image inside the Pink Passion sentiment heart. Do you know you can get this stamp set for free by just holding a £250 workshop, also you will recieve the level 1 hostess set AND for this month only a free background stamp worth £14.95 (see p.56 of the Idea Book and Catalogue) For more information e mail me and I will get straight back to you.

Stamp Set~ Simply Said..

Card~ Pink Passion, Green Galore, Whisper White,

Ink~ Pink Passion, Green Galore

Ribbon~ Whisper White Grosgrain

Pocket Silhouettes ~ Thanks So Much

2009-06-03T13:54:00.000-07:00

A close up of the card
This is a simple little card, tag and envelope using the 'Pocket Silhouettes' stamp set, in order to line up the images at the bottom of the designer paper I have used a Stamp-a-ma-jig, what a fantastic invention, I don't know what I did without it, this tool lets me put my image exactly where it is needed, it is especially good when your trying to put an image close beside a sentiment as I have done on my card.
I am entering this card into the Cute Card Thursday Challenge.

Cardstock~ Close To Cocoa, Whisper White

Ink~ Chocolate Chip

Ribbon~ Chocolate Chip

Designer Paper~ Summer Picnic

Stamp Set~ Pocket Silhouettes

Embellishments~ On Board Batch Of Blooms

Punches~ Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch

June/July Special Offer

2009-06-03T11:32:00.000-07:00

Hi Crafters, I just wanted you to know about this fantastic Hostess offer which run's through June and July. In addition to the usual hostess benefits of holding a £250 workshop (Level 1 Hostess Gift and Free Products worth £25) you will also receive one of these wonderful background stamps which retail at £14.95, there are a choice of 7 beautiful stamps which can be viewed on page 56 of the Idea Book and Catalogue. If you are interested in booking a workshop don't hesitate to contact me.