First Easter cards!

Good morning my lovely followers!

I am sorry for having been AWOL for a few days...apart from it being half term, towards the end of the week I got some sort of a virus and it knocked me sideways a bit and apart from the things I have to do, I haven't felt much like doing anything! I am feeling a whole lot more like myself now though, so I have a lovely set of Easter cards to show you...

I have used one of the lovely stamp sets from the Spring/Summer catalogue, Blessed Easter, combined with the Trefoil Cross from the annual catalogue.

The Blessed Easter stamp actually comes with gorgeous tulips as part of the stamp, which I will be showing you tomorrow, but for these cards I have only used the sentiment worked perfectly with the cross.

Isn't it a pretty cross? I can see that I will be using it lots, not just for Easter but for Christening, Baptism, Confirmation etc. I created a frame around my sentiment using the Paper Piercing Essentials pack. I think it gives it a little bit more interest and focus don't you?


Stampin' Up! supplies used


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Have you got some free Sale-a-Bration goodies yet? If not, why not place an order with me today and choose your free items for every £45 you spend with me? There are some really beautiful items available so why not treat yourself!

I had a lovely week off last week with Keiran. We went to Knowsley Safari Park, the cinema, baked bread and banana bread, visited friends and soft play centres and a farm....I'm glad to be back at work for a rest! ;)
Have a fab Tuesday and see you tomorrow! :)

Hostess and Hardwood

Hello hello!

How are you? I really hope you are safe and weathered last night's storm ok. Wasn't it vicious?! 

It's time for a new challenge over at CAS - Colours and Sketches and it's a sketch...



So here is what I came up with...

After being out of stock due to it's popularity my Hardwood stamp finally arrived this week so I couldn't resist having a play! Isn't it gorgeous?? I teamed it with the fab hostess set Nature's Hello and the complimentary Secret Garden set.

I stamped two sets of leaves onto the card base and added another two die cut sets.

The great thing is that this set is compatible with the Secret Garden Framelits, so I cut the flower out with my Bigshot nice and easily!

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I really do like how this card turned out...it has a nice clean, fresh feel about it!

The hostess only stamps are available when you spend £150 or if you host a party with total sales of £150 or more...so if you would like to book your party with me, please do contact me! (And I'll bring the cake too!)

Have a great day!

Adorable Baby

Good morning!

I love Saturdays, don't you? Especially as I have the day off and I'm re-organising my craft room, with Jen's help! We went to Ikea last night to get my new furniture. It should have been uneventful, but it wasn't! We got stuck in the lift! It is my first time and I can tell you, it will be my last because I do not plan to go in a lift again!! (or at least for a very long while!)

Another good thing about Saturdays is the new challenge at Less Is More, and this week it's 

NEW BABY

Now, as it happens, I made a new baby card for my DT card for our new sketch at Sketch Saturday this week, so I am entering it into this challenge.

I have used a stamp from a Stampin' Up! set called Sweetest Gift. It's stamped in Wisteria Wonder and I paper pierced the edge for interest.

I embossed the bottom half of the card blank with the Perfect Polka Dots EF and the banners are created using two of the FREE Sale-a-Bration products...Banner Blast stamps and Banner Punch. 

For more information about Sale-a-Bration, or joining my Stampers Six club, please contact me and I'd be very happy to help!

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Stampin' Up! supplies used

  

I love our sketch this week and I hope you do too!

Pewter embossed Thank You

Good morning! 

I had a bit of a crafting session with Jen yesterday, though I didn't get that much done...my mojo was a little missing due to tiredness I think. But I did make a card for the sketch challenge at CAS(E) This Sketch.

My card...

This was a very simple card...I stamped the flower stem in Pear Pizzazz and Wisteria Wonder and I stamped the sentiment with Versamark and heat embossed with Pewter Stampin' Emboss. I also distressed the edges of the image panel.

I have to say that the pictures do not give any idea of how perfectly shiny silver the embossing powder is...it is stunning! I finished my card with a few dots of Crystal Effects for a little shine and dimension.

Products used

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I'm taking Keiran to see a panto today...Robin Hood. We went to see Peter Pan last year, and he's really looking forward to seeing this one. It's our last Christmas treat before school starts again on Tuesday. Then it's back to reality for me too, and hopefully my ankle will be strong enough to get myself back to the gym! Trust me, I need to after all the cheese I have eaten this week! 

Have a lovely Monday!

A new baby Down Under!

Hiya peeps!

How is your week going? I'm having a busy one, but then I always seem to be busy lately! It's a good thing, honest!

I had a request for a new baby card the other day, with a rather unusual name request...

The card is to be sent to a Great Auntie and Great Uncle in Australia, who sadly will never be grandparents, so they are being Grauntie and Gruntle!

I have used the sadly retired Bundle of Love stamp and stamped it on Very Vanilla, Wisteria Wonder and Pink Pirouette card stock, then paper pieced parts of the pram. I added a little dimension with stitching, liquid pearls and a Basic Gray Candy Dot, and finished with a computer printed sentiment cut out with one of the framelits from the Chalk Talk set. The Basic Gray card was punched with the Scallop Trim Border Punch.

The background papers are available for My Digital Studio, which I am loving! I haven't created a card with it yet, but I am loving the printable elements! It is available with a FREE trial so why not give it a go? It comes with several elements included to get you started, including stamps, sentiments, papers and embellishments.

If you would like to purchase any of the products I have used here, please do visit my online store where you can also be entered into this month's Mystery Hostess club for your chance to win this month's hostess freebies!

Alternatively, please feel free to contact me with your order, or any queries you may have. 

Challenges

The Paper Players - #164

SUO Challenges - Welcome Baby

Partytime Tuesdays - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - No Coloured Images

Thanks for popping by today...see you tomorrow! :)

A little thank you

Hello!!

Wow...Monday again already?? Oh well...another one out of the way then eh?! ;)

So this morning I wanted to show you a little thank you set I made for a friend...

I was having a play with My Digital Studio last night, and I had a browse through the available downloads on my Online Shop and I discovered something that really made me smile! As you know, I totally loved last year's colour collections designer papers and was really sad when they retired. Well guess what?? You can buy them as a download for MDS! Yay!! You can even buy them in each colour, rather than having to buy the whole colour collection,  and they are only £1.50 each meaning I can just top up one of the colours I have almost used up!

So I used some of the Wisteria Wonder paper for this set, and layered it onto a Naturals White card base. I also stamped the image from Morning Meadow onto a piece of Naturals. 

The flower on the box is also from Morning meadow, stamped in Perfect Plum onto Wisteria Wonder cardstock and punched using the Pansy Punch.

The little box has a little gift inside...

Yup! A candle! Isn't it cute? 

This is another Demo's design, and by request, I cannot share the full details, sorry. But I really love these little boxes...I may have to make more of them! 

If you would like to download My Digital Studio, please visit my Online Shop...it is available for only £13.95 and you get plenty of papers, stamps, embellishments etc to get you started, then you can start to download all the papers, extra stamps...whatever you need/want/can't do without! ;)

And don't forget to add this month's Hostess Code for your chance to win the hostess credits!

Challenges

Freshly Made Sketches - #103

Designed To Colour - Anything Goes

Thank you all for visiting today...time to hit the gym now!