Evy's Crafty Creations

Floral treat

2011-10-29T08:33:00.000+01:00

How about a vase of flowers that are everlasting? It would certainly save hubby a small fortune!

I adore the new In colours in the new Stampin' Up! catalogue, they are just so delicious, so to cheer up the corner of my desk I put this little Ikea vase to good use.

I cut various sizes of flowers from the SU exclusive fast flowers die and mixed and matched them, I coloured some kebab skewers with an SU ink pad and spone to make them look more like flower stems, they were added to t he flower heads with sticky strip and voila! an evelasting bouquet!

Sentiment stamped in calypso coral (even the name sounds amazing!) and some of the new style ruffled ribbon in calypso coral was tied around kneck of vase

I'm Bats about You!

2011-10-28T08:05:00.000+01:00

Sorry people! - Halloween project again!

I will be one of the Scottish Independant Stampin' Up! demonstrators who have the stand at the Hobbycrafts show at the SECC from Thursday through to Sundaythis week and have had great fun making lots of project to display on our stand - we are going to have a dedicated Halloween corner, along with many other fab projects and themes, covering lots of the new catalogue projects -hence all the projects I have to show you - if you are coming along to the show please pop by and say hello.

This friendly bat was made from the petal cone die and is a shameless case from Stampin' Up!s CEO Shelli Gardiner - she posted this some time ago on her blog So Shelli and I just knew that it would be one I would have to try out - I have sprayed my bat with champagne shimmer mist to add a little sparkle and also used the stripes embossing folder for his wings - oh and he soes have some Halloween sweeties inside his tummy too!x

Bats and Boo Candy to you!

2011-10-27T13:20:00.000+01:00

Can you tell I love Halloween!

Here is a few of Stampin' Up!'s candy wrappers all dressed up for Halloween - the black one on the bottom has been extended to double the length - if you would like to make some of the projects or learn how to extend the use of your die size, then why not come along to one of my classes and let me show you how.

lots of SU products used here, Owl punch, candy wrapper big shot die, various circle punches, oval punch, timeless type SU alphabet , dotted scallop ribbon border punch, DSP and SU carstock - there is a bit of a knoack in folding the ends of the wrapper but, once you have done i a few times it is so easy - you just need to get the lightbulb moment!

As the simply challenge blog is still on Halloween - I have added these to the challenge too x

Christmas ribbon wreath

2011-10-27T08:48:00.000+01:00

From one Holiday to another - this one is for Christmas - I have used the deliciously coloured Cherry Cobbler cardstock for my base card, then cut some whisper white with the top note die, which I then popped back through the big shot with the vintage wallpaper embossing folder. I then sat with a length of ribbon and pleated it into a wreath ( found a tutorial on the net somewhere - when I remember I will post a link - sorry!) I love the dimension this give and can see me making a few of these as Christmas fast approaches, the sentiment is from Contempo Christmas and I just love the font on this stamp, one of my all time favourites - it is stamped in cherry cobbler ink to match the card, cut with the Su oval punch and matted onto the SU decorative label punch

close up of the wreath detail

Chocolate pumpkin slider

2011-10-26T01:37:00.001+01:00

Who doesn't love chocolate? this wa smy next Halloween treat, made some chocolate sliders, you just pull the ribbon and the bar of chocolate pops out the slider - simple technique but never fails to impress those that you give them too -

The fab new Frightful sight designer papers from Stampin' up! are jsut great for making loads of these in different designs as the whole pack of paper is double sided and great value at at only £9.95 for a pack of 12 sheets and the Jack of all trades stamp set has some fantastic pumpkins to create -

as its Halloween week over at simply challenge blog i just had to enter this too

More Hallowwen goodies

2011-10-25T01:36:00.000+01:00

My family and kids all love Halloween and we love to have a party and get dressed up and play some really fun games - the messier and stickier the better and I am on a roll with making some Halloween projects - love that Stampin' Up! have now got Halloween papers and stamps in their new catalogue - just gives me more excuse to go OTT!

I was super excited to see that my Halloween wreath made top 3 in last weeks Simply Stampin challenge and what a happy bunny I was to find that this week's challenge is a 'Halloween theme' ----YAY! Why not pop on over to simply stampin and join in with this weeks challenge

Here is my latest project to add to my collection - look out there is more to come too!

My witches hat was created using the fantastic exclusive Petal cone die from Stampin' up!

It has so many uses, and if you feel you need one - just contact me and I can order one for you

Halloween door wreath

2011-10-19T00:49:00.000+01:00

Wow! how fast is this year flying in!I can't quite believe it is nearly Halloween already - but with that in mind I decided to make myself a Halloween wreath for the occassion. It did take a wee bit of time to make but I am quite happy with how it looks now - and the big plus point is that the kids really like it and want to put it up - so I hope that means it is ok!!!

All the products used to make it are Stampin' Up! apart from the polystyrene ring! I punched out hundreds.....and I mean hundreds! of 5 star petal flowers in both pumkin pie and tangerine tango cardstock, sprayed them with water and scrunched them to create my covering for my wreath, they were then glued on using a hot glue gun and sponged with cajun craze and basic black ink to give some definition. All the ghosts, bats, spiders and pumpkins were made from a selection of Stampin' Up! punches and were good fun to make, the ever popular top note was added to the inside of my wreath, it was cut in whisper white and sponged with pumkin pie and the sentiment was cut from black cardstock with the sizzix timeless type alphabet, some of the lovley black striped grosgrain was added as a hanger and a matching bow was added to finish it off .

Another plus point for my project is that I was delighted to see that it also fit in with the simply stampin challenge this week which was a colour combo of old olive, cajun craze, whisper white and basic black - i hope you like it as much as the kids did

Fantastic New Catalogue Blog Hop

2011-10-02T04:14:00.001+01:00

Well Good morning everyone and welcome to my part of the In Love with Stamping Blog Hop which we are doing to mark the amazing new 2011-12 Idea Book and Catalogue which launched Yesterday, This is a fabulous opportunity to show you some of the samples myself and nearly 40 other demonstrators have been making.

You may have just come across my blog or have hopped over from Jan's blog - she had some great projects to show you and I hope you are enjoying the hop. If you started here, and you get lost anywhere along the way then you can just check out the complete list of those taking part at the end of this post, as we are all on a loop and would love for you to visit us all.
OK now to show you my projects - I hope you enjoy them -

First up is this card made using the new Frightful sight designer papers - I love Halloween and am so glad that we got some nice papers, stamp set and rollers to help us enjoy the fun of Halloween - this is an envelope style card which was made from a template, I have used the ever versatile owl punch to make my little ghostie, the oval punch created my pumpkin and the super timeless type big shot alphabet was used to say BOO!
And now here is a little pillow box to match, filled with chocolate pumpkins - sssshh! dont tell the kids!! I had to handcut my little pumpkins face!

Sticking with the Halloween theme , next up is a dracula Top Note box - this was created using one of the fabulous new In colours - Wisteria Wonder and basic black card stock - he was so much fun to create and I love how he turned out - he is a total case from an american demos blog which I can't remember at the moment, but will check it out and give credit - do you like him?

And for my last project on the blog hop I glammed up a plain boring brown paper lunch bag -

I have gone with papers from the Designer series paper stack in the subtles range, and don't you just love the banner? This is made using one of the fabulous new punches in the new catalogue - the pennant punch - I can see so many uses for this punch and just know it will become a favourite. A few punches used on this one too - seems to have been a bit of a theme for my projects for this hop! I have used the pennant punch, the bird punch and the decorative label punch which i have layered my sentiment onto..... and isn't it delicious? - this sentiment is from one of the totally awesome Hostess sets called Happiest Birthday Wishes.

I hope you have enjoyed my projects and feel free to leave me a comment - now you need to head on over to Donna's blog where she has more projects to entice you.

Enjoy!

p.s sorry my photos are a little dark - they were taken very late at night - I was so busy creating my projects that i had forgotten to photograph them until the dead of night and they are not the brightest!!

Here is the complete list of those taking part in the hop

1. Lauralou http://airingcupboardstamping.blogspot.com/

2 AlisonP www.craftyalisoninlyon.blogspot.com

3 Glittermum http://www.mygroovystampinup.blogspot.com/

4. Theresa M http://my-next-chapter.blogspot.com/

5. SarahLP http://stampingobsession.com/

6. Sassy Stamper (Elaine) http://www.thesassystampers.blogspot.com/

7. Sarastamper (http://craftingandstamping.com)

8. JJ66 http://jan-crippin.blogspot.com/

9. Evy c http://evyscraftycreations.blogspot.com/

10. DonnaM http://www.head-over-heels-by-dlm.blogspot.com/

11. Scrappydiva http://www.stampin-divas.blogspot.com/

12. Natalie http://www.natalieoshea.co.uk/blog.html

13.Dawn http://www.tartanstamper.blogspot.com/

14. Vicky www.vickylouscorner.blogspot.com

15. Maggie (maggiemae) http://thefineartofstampin.blogspot.com/

16. Julie H (The Crafty Bug) http://www.the-crafty-bug.blogspot.com

17. Elizabeth (Stash Fairy) http://elizabethscraftroom.blogspot.com/

18. Michelle (ShellieStamps) http://michellescraftypaper.typepad.com/

19. Keren. http://www.kerenbaker.wordpress.com

20. Emma (Daisydaye) http://emma-daye.blogspot.com/

21. Rachel (Rachel) http://www.stampingurl.blogspot.co.uk

22. Valerie (valmoody) http://stampingwithval.wordpress.com/

23. Kara (KaraM) http://karascraftycorner.blogspot.com/

24. Sarah (IOW Sarah http://www.stampinsarahiow.blogspot.com/

25. Tracey Rossos http://www.derbyshireducks.blogspot.com/

26. Patricia (Beckscraft) http://stampinbeckscraft.blogspot.com/

27. Sarah-Jane http://cardsandacuppa.blogspot.com/

28. Claire http://stampinupscrapper.blogspot.com/

29. Cupcake http://pinkycardsandcreations.blogspot.com/

30. Kimf http://kimfeecrafter.blogspot.com/

31. carolineskinner http://stampinupandbranchingout.blogspot.com/

32. Emma_H http://www.emma-letsstamp.blogspot.com/

33. Sally - Pink Sky. x http://pinkskysu.blogspot.com/

34. Carolyn http://stampaholix.blogspot.com/

35. Tina http://littlewhitehousecrafts.blogspot.com

36. Hayley (craftydevils) www.mycrafthaven.blogspot.com

37. allyf - http://serendipitypapercuts.blogspot.com

Its Here! Come Check out the New Stampin' Up! Catalogue

2011-10-01T01:38:00.001+01:00

The much awaited 2011 - 2012 Stampin' Up Catalogue is now here - bigger and better than before, with loads of new goodies to tempt you. We have new Big Shot products, more fantastic new stamps, some lovely new in colours and for the sewers amongst us, we even have Fabric too! Wow - how fab is that?
check it out here

or if you would like a real life copy of it to flick through contact me to purchase one and have it sent straight to your door - it makes excellent bedtime reading!!

Retiring List is Here!

2011-09-30T12:15:00.002+01:00

Stampin' Up have just released their
LAST CHANCE LIST!!!

Here is a link to the list of products that are retiring at the 30th of September 2011 to make way for some fabulous new goodies in the exciting new 2011-12 catalogue. Stocks are limited with some items discounted but only whilst stocks last. I will be placing orders on a regular basis throughout September so if you want anything let me know asap. If you would like any orders from this list them be quick before they go...when they are gone ....they are gone for good.! Some items are discounted up to 40% - don't you just love that!

AND

My Special Offer To You -

anyone who orders through me during September over £50 plus postage (from the retirement list or any current catalogue items) will receive a FREE 2011-2012 catalogue as soon as they are shipped to me (should be mid to end sept) Worth £5.95, make a list of the new goodies in the comfort of your own home!

Call me to place your orders - don't delay, stock reduces by the day!

UPDATE - THE ITEMS LISTED BELOW ARE NOW NO LONGER AVAILABLE - THEY HAVE ALREADY SOLD OUT - Don't miss out!!!!

Stamps

* Sense of Time stamp set

* Afterthoughts hostess stamp set (wood)

* Cute By The Inch hostess stamp set (wood)

* Choo Choo stamp set

* Tart & Tangy

* Sanded background stamp

* Right On Track Stampin' Around wheel

Paper/cardstock

* Riding Hood Red 12x12 cardstock (being reconfigured)

* Jolly Holiday Designer Series Paper

* Wild Wasabi 12x12 (being reconfigured)

* Tempting Turquoise 12x12 (being reconfigured)

* Whisper White 12x12 (being reconfigured)

Tools/accessories

* Antique Brass Jumbo Eyelets

* Pewter Jumbo Eyelets

* 2010-2011 In Color ink refills (will still be available individually)

* Star Punch

* Silver Elastic Cord

* Spiral Punch

* On Board Art Journal (large)

* 1/8" Taffeta ribbon - Real Red

Last chance blog hop

2011-09-10T12:11:00.005+01:00

Welcome to the In Love With Stamping ‘Say Goodbye’ Blog Hop.

If you are starting here, or have popped over from the lovely Maggie

who I am sure you will agree, showed you some fabulous creations, pull up a chair and grab a cup of coffee/tea and get settled, as we have some amazing projects to show you, many of the items used in the making of these projects are now retiring.

The set used here is Kimono Kids, a fab little set which is great for colouring in - This little 4 x 4 card was one I made for a SU training day swop - item no. 117000 wood £21.95 clear mount £16.95

I have used the ever versatile Cheers to You set for this card -it has a beer mug, cocktail glass etc and is great for many occasions - item No:- 111037 £11.21

This card uses Strength & Hope which was our Breast Cancer Charity set, for every set sold a £1 was donated to to Breast cancer research -this butterfly is stunning and looks fabulous in lots of different colours - get yours now and help a good cause at the same time

item no 118100 wood £15.95 item no 123660 clear mount £12.95

This Communion card was made with the retiring set Special Blessings - sorry for the glare from the mirri card! item no113411 £17.95

The next person on the hop is the delightful Nikki please pop on over and see what she has to show you.

The last chance list runs through the month of September and the items will no longer be available after that – it is definitely a case of when its gone its gone!Don't leave it too long to order if you would like anything as they are only availle while stocks last.......some things are already sold out and gone forever.

I hope you have enjoyed my projects and that they give you a taste of what additional products I can offer you.

Just in case you get lost or interrupted on your cruise through our blog hop I have listed all those taking part , that way you definitely won’t miss anyone! Why not just spend the day relaxing and blog hopping and don't forget a pen and paper as if you are anything like me your list will grow and grow and grow once you have seen all the girls creations!!

1. AlisonP http://craftyalisoninlyon.blogspot.com/

2. Twintrouble (Erika) http://twintroublescreations.blogspot.com/

3. Lauralou http://airingcupboardstamping.blogspot.com/

4. Sarah (IOW Sarah) http://www.stampinsarahiow.blogspot.com/

5. Theresa M http://my-next-chapter.blogspot.com/

6. Rozelle (LittleMoo6) http://thepapercraftsessions.blogspot.com/

7. Valerie (valmoody) http://stampingwithval.wordpress.com/

8. Emma (Daisydaye) http://emma-daye.blogspot.com/

9. EmmaH http://emma-letsstamp.blogspot.com/

10. Donna (DonnaM) http://www.head-over-heels-by-dlm.blogspot.com/

11. Julie H (The Crafty Bug http://the-crafty-bug.blogspot.com/

12. Elaine (Sassy Stamper) http://www.thesassystampers.blogspot.com/

13. Sandra (Sarnie) http://www.kraftybiker.blogspot.com/

14. Natalie http://www.natalieoshea.co.uk/blog.html

15. Kimf http://kimfeecrafter.blogspot.com/

16. CarolineSkinner http://stampinupandbranchingout.blogspot.com/

17. VickyLou http://www.vickylouscorner.blogspot.com/

18. Michelle (ShellieStamps) http://michellescraftypaper.typepad.com/

19. allyf http://www.serendipitypapercuts.blogspot.com/

20. Maggiemae http://thefineartofstampin.blogspot.com/

21. Evy C http://www.evyscraftycreations.blogspot.com/

22. Niki http://www.mygroovystampinup.blogspot.com/

23. Sarah-Jane www.cardsandacuppa.blogspot.com

Fabulous August Offer - Freebies from SU!

2011-08-31T23:59:00.000+01:00

Aren't Stampin' Up! just amazing?

Look at the fabulous offer that you can now get your hands on -

Simply place an order of £75 or host a workshop totalling over £250 this month and you will receive the items pictured above -here is what you get totally FREE

This gorgeous gift includes an exclusive cosmetics purse - you could carry your favourite SU tools in it too!

A whole roll of super soft Rich Razzleberry wide striped ribbon - which is to die for and ties beautifully

AND a pack of 24 mini clips- great for adding that little something to a project!

email me now evsline@hotmail.com with your order or to book a workshop during August

to get your very own FREE gifts,

I look forward to hearing from you soon

Fabulous Offer!

2011-07-31T23:30:00.001+01:00

The already fantastic hostess benefits have increased for these 2 months only - check out the table above.

If you host a workshop of £250 you will earn a level 1 set AND £45 worth of free goddies of YOUR choice from the current catalogues - How fantastic is that!

Contact me to book your workshop now - don't miss this superb offer!

Fluttering Baroque

2011-07-19T09:30:00.003+01:00

Back to my colour combo from last week, it just kind of stuck with me - I have also used the large swirl and small flower from Baroque Motifs on this one to create the background, the sentiment is once again from the Occasional greetings set, the butterfly is All of a Flutter and the colour combo is rose red, perfect plum and so saffron, added some bling to the butterflies wings and also to the sentiment corners - our basic rhinestones gems are just so super sparkly, better thank any others I have used in the past.

this shows the added dimension to the butterflies by stamping a second one, cutting it out and mounting over the first stamped image with foam pads.

Wedded Bliss

2011-07-18T08:00:00.001+01:00

Mr & Mrs owl - just love the owl punch, you can do so much with it and at only £15.50 everyone should have one! If you would like one to add to your crafty stash drop me a line and I can order one for you

Julies Birthday

2011-07-17T08:20:00.001+01:00

It was my SU mummy's birthday last week and this was the card I sent to her - sher is a lovely person inside and out and I am so glad to have her as my SU upline, she makes everything seem so achievable! My card was just one of many beautiful creations she received - check out her blog to see them all!

I have had my strength and Hope set for some time now and never inked it up, but now that I have I am sure I will use it loads, the butterfly is amazingly detailed, the scroll is going to be so useful too. I have used a lot of the in colours lately and this is no exception, pear pizzaz and blushing bride were my colours of choice, teamed with some very vanilla, the sentiment is from the curly cute set and was inked in both the colours, using my markers and cut around by hand.

Catherine's Birthday

2011-07-16T09:09:00.004+01:00

This is the card I sent Catherine for her Birthday, she is another one of Julies Jems that lives North of the border like me, her Birthday was on Thursday so I should be ok to post it on here,as it should have arrived by now - I hope it got there ok and that she had a lovely day whatever she did.

I used the SU Growing Green stamp set and stuck with two of the' in colours' pear pizzazz and blushing bride, I used my marvellous markers and my waterbrush to colour the images in, the flowers were then cut out and raised on foam pads -the sentiment is from the perfect punches set

tweet tweet

2011-07-15T09:12:00.002+01:00

The big shot was back out again..........surprise, surprise! Love it! can you tell?

I used the vintage wallpaper embossing folder for this one, scalloped cirlce which I then cut the scallops again with the cropodile to give a slightly differnt look. I have used the bird punch after stamping the bird from the punch potpourri hostess set (ask me how you can earn this set free!)the flowers were stamped with the same hostess set and punched out with the SU boho blossoms punch.

This is one of the things I love best about Stampin' Up! we have so many stamp sets that have co-ordinating punches, and this makes the cutting out so much easier and quicker!

And here's another! #3

2011-07-14T09:17:00.011+01:00

Guess what this is? Yep another card for the Less is more challenge again, this is the third card this week, all completely different. I quite enjoyed the challenge once I got thinking about it and now that I have raked through my non SU stamps, I have found loads of things I could use! but I think 3 cards for the same challenge is quite enough! Gosh some weeks I don't even manage ANY challenges!

This stamp was one I have had for years and can't quite remeber her name!............it will come to me....I stamped her in basic grey and coloured her with riding hood red ink and a touch of bravo burgundy and my waterbrush, basic grey was used to ground my image and my sentiment was from the Artistic Etching SU set........ and she definately has legs, even although they are hiding under her dress!!!!

And lucky for me this also fits this weeks challenge over at creative inspirations which was a card with no flowers, well this certainly fits the bill as it is such a CAS card.

lovely surprise!

2011-07-14T09:00:00.002+01:00

Well what a lovely surprise I got at the end of the week - one of my crafting friends arrived with this beautiful boxed bouquet from the ladies that attend my wednesday morning craft class - they are a lovely bunch of ladies that always keep me on my toes every wednesday -

I would like to say a HUGE thank you to them all for the beautiful flowers and good wishes after my operation, hopefully it won't be too long till I can get back to running my classes again xx

Less is More card#2

2011-07-13T17:48:00.000+01:00

Decided to have another go at the Less is More challenge this week, only thought outside the box this time, well the Eiffel Tower has four 'legs' has it not? As it was to be a one layer card I added some dimension to my card by masking off the top and bottom of the card and sponging tempting turqoise and pacific point ink for the blue block of colour, the Tower is from the SU set Artistic Etchings and the sentiment is from the heard from the heart set and they have both been inked in the darker pacific point

Less is More challenge - week 23 card#1

2011-07-13T17:29:00.001+01:00

Over At Less is More this week the challenge is a one layer card and has to incorporate 'legs' - really had to think about this one, but once I was started I really enjoyed this challenge! The legs for this card challenge came in the form of the couple on the bike which is a Stampin' Up! a la carte stamp called Wedding Wheels which is available from the current catalogue, My path/hills were created by tearing some scrap paper and sponging and masking and using 2 colours of ink, sentiment from a retired SU set and the lines drawn in with SU marvellous markers and a ruler.

notebook and pencil holder

2011-07-13T08:54:00.001+01:00

Not a card today, something a little different, I have covered a small inexpensive notebook with poppy parade card which I have stamped with the French Foilage stamp set in the same colour - I have made a pencil holder in whisper white and stamped it with the same stamp set as the notebook in the same colour of ink,poppy parade. I also sprayed them all over with champagenw shimmer mist to give them a little bit of sparkle - have still to cover a pencil to match and fit in the holder - hope you like them x

zingy summer colours

2011-07-12T09:08:00.001+01:00

Wow - you might need your sunglasses for this one!

My colour combo is tempting turquoise, whisper white, melon mambo and daffodil delight.

Having the big shot availble to us now is just so handy - it makes your cards have loads of dimension and makes cutting so much quicker and easier - I certainly wouldn't have wanted to cut these lovely flowers out by hand. This is one of the new dies available from the stampin Up mini catalogue, as is the dots embossing folder used for the background, and lets not forget the ever versatile top note die - this has so many uses and i just can't get enought of it.

Hope i havent't dazzled your eyes with my zingy bright card

Kind Friend

2011-07-11T09:01:00.001+01:00

Hi all

I decided to use the same colour combo as yesterdays card, and the fabulous sentiment stamp from the occasional greetings set - this has to be one of my most loved stamps......ever!

2011-07-10T08:50:00.000+01:00

Another card using the a la carte butterfly from the SU main catalogue - used my fantastic colour coach to pick the colours, perfect plum, more mustard and whisper white - not colours I would normally use, but was quite pleased with the results, the kind thanks sentimentt has been coloured with 2 markers in the same colours as the card

Couldn't leave the inside without any decoration, so a little strip of dsp and another butterfly just to finish it off.

Curly tree & Wreath

2011-07-09T10:07:00.004+01:00

this is my curly paper Christmas tree, I have seen lots of the Curly paper wreaths on various blogs and thought i'd have a go. I did buy the polystyrene wreath and cones last October but never got around to making them. As i am recovering from a major op at the moment there are somethings i cannot still do yet, so this was the perfect project to sit down with. I have used Stampin' Up! jolly Holly designer paper which is just amazing, the ribbon is also stampin' Up! and the jingley bells are from my stash and this fits right in with the theme over at http://simplystampinchallenge.blogspot.com/ which this week challenge#15 is anything but a card.

simply stampin challenge card #14

2011-07-09T02:14:00.002+01:00

Well, nothing like leaving it late! The challenge this week at http://simplystampinchallenge.blogspot.com/ was to use the following colours -

so here is my card -

Rich Razzleberry A6 base card, night of navy and whisper white border strips punched with the SU eyelet border punch, stip of peach parfait dsp(hostess set dsp) and peach parfait ribbon. I decided to use the label punch to create my flower, 6 labels, folded and glued onto a 1" circle to hold together, edges inked with peach parfait and peach parfait dsp 1"circle punched and added to centre of my flower.I then twisted a strip of dsp and atttached to my flower to create a stem, night of navy hand cut plant pot with peach dsp for trim, stamped 'for you' sentiment from the occasional greetings set onto label punch in rich razzleberry and inked its edges.

hope it fits the bill!...............oops! just re read the rules when Mr linky wouldn't let me add my card..........duh! submissions closed at 6pm!!, well never mind it kept me busy when I couldn't sleep at 2am!!!

Butterfly Blue

2011-07-08T18:00:00.002+01:00

I needed a Birthday card for a friend and as she is also an SU demo it had to be SU products for her card. I noticed that over at http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/ their challenge this week was shades of blue, so decided that this would be my colour way for my card. I have used the a la carte butterfly and colured it with SU markers - this makes it sooooo easy to add little details of colour to your stamp, I love using my markers direct on my stamps, give it a try and if you need any markers or advice just drop me a line.

2011-07-02T08:15:00.001+01:00

One of the cards I made for my hubby from the kids for Father's Day - fabulously simple, but quite effective and hubby loved the bright colours!
All Stampin' Up products used on this one, DSP, old olive ribbon, card stock, circle punches and exclusive SU sizzix alphabet

pocket silhouettes

2011-07-01T08:44:00.001+01:00

This was a card I made some time ago for a dear SU friend and I realised I had never added it to my blog until now -
a favourite set of mine pocket silhouettes was used, this is a great versatile set and looks so different by just changing the colours and the sentiment was from a retired Su set, but was apt as I had been naughty and was a few days late in sending this card!

Another musical 80th

2011-06-30T09:34:00.000+01:00

This is the second card which was commissioned for the gentleman who was 80 (see yesterday's post) He was an avid music fan and taught the fiddle and was head of the local fiddle orchestra - the caption was a rub on I had in my stash and fitted the bill perfectly!

SU punches and DSP used here along with embossing folders and card stock from my stash

twisted 80th

2011-06-29T09:12:00.003+01:00

This was a commission for an 80 year gentleman who loves music - The SU newsperint DSP jumped straight to mind, it is a great pack with lots of different designs in the pack, maps, music score, letters. writing, its great for lots of occasions.

I made a twisted easel card for the basis of my card, I used various SU circle punches and the SU star punch to create the embellishments, a die cut 80 and a few sparkly gems finished it off.

The gentleman who received this card liked it so much he has since contacted me to arrange to make his golden wedding party invites!

Plane and Simple Father's Day

2011-06-28T01:02:00.000+01:00

My Mum and dad are off on holiday at the moment, so I had to be well prepared and have my Dad's card made well in advance so it could be packed to go with them.

I used the fabby Stampin Up! Plane and simple set from the Mini Catalogue, this is a super set as it also has 2 brill borders that could be used for lots of occasions, I finished the card off by adding some detail to the inside, my colour combo was Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive and Kraft.

My 'Dad' sentiment was cut using the new sizzix alphabet( SU exclusive design) which is also available in the mini catalogue.

Apologies and Huge Thank You

2011-06-28T00:40:00.000+01:00

Firstly an apology for being a bad blogger and falling from the face of the planet! Sorry!-I have had major computer problems which took ages to get sorted out, then once that was fixed my broadband internet decided to be the next thing to take a vacation! how very inconvenient, 2 new routers later and loads of hours on the telephone and I am at last now fixed and up and running again YAAAY!!

and now for my Huge thank you -

I would like to send a HUGE thank you to all my family, friends and wonderful SU family for the lovely cards and gifts which were sent to me after my operation and Hospital stay, I am now recovering slowly and getting better each day, I am now 3 weeks down the line and some things are starting to almost return to normal......well a little anyway - not allowed to drive for another 4/5 weeks , so that is a real pain. My 2 kids that are still school age start their school holidays on Thursday for seven weeks, so I am hoping that them being at home will speed my recovery and not hinder it any!!!........How many days do you think I will get before I hear.....'I'm Bored!.......

Thanks everyone for all my delicious cards .......I will post them on here very soon xxx

Mother's Day card

2011-04-13T08:23:00.002+01:00

Forgot to add this card last week, so thought I'd show you it now - sorry the pics are a bit dull, my photography skills need a lot of improvement!!

I went for lots of embossing on this card and it was all made so easy with our new embossing folders and embosslit dies from the mini catalogue. I have used the manhattan rose folder and embossed both sides of my base card, it just gives such a subtle embossed effect to then add my layers onto - I have then used the new top note die cutter which was then embossed with the square lattice folder, the little dinky butterlies are cut and embossed with the Beautiful Wings embosslit die -this die is fast becoming a best seller- it cuts and embosses no less than 5 differnt sizes and patterns of butterfly in the one go, there is one butterfly smaller and two larger butterflies than the ones I have used on my card on the same embosslit - great value!

My big flower was created by cutting a few flowers with the fun flowers sizzix die that we now sell and I just felt that I wanted to add more detail, so the flowers were also embossed with the manhattan flower embossing folder, I then rubbed my ink pad over them to pick up colour on the embossed detail.I added a little button from our brights collection of buttons and the setiment was from our occasional greetings set and cut with the decoartive label punch, and a little bow of taffeta ribbon to finish.

Hope you like all my embossing - Mum certainly did!

A manhattan rose bookmark

2011-04-12T09:09:00.003+01:00

In this day and age where we have loads of electronic gadgets and new ways to read books and newsapapers etc, but for me there is nothing nice and more calming than sitting down and curling up on the sofa with a good book to read - a real book -one where i can turn the pages! So if like me you like to read 'real' books, it is always handy to have a nice bookmark to keep your spot, when the dreaded Housew..k or the kids need to be attended to!

I have used tempting turquoise, whisper whie and soft suede as my colour combo on this one, and as I have used the stunning manhattan flower embossing folder on it (isn't it just amazing!) I didn't feel it need a great deal else - my sentiment is the same one as yesterday and cut again with the decoraive label, - this punch is great as it fits loads of our sentiments from lots of the sets in both our current catalogues -the finishing touch was to add a few gems for some sparkle

Love Bikes?

2011-04-11T07:53:00.001+01:00

Well if you love motorbikes or the man in your life does then you are sorted! This is a cracking motorcycle stamp that is now available in the mini catalogue, and priced at only £7.95 it is fabulous value for money. Not all our men are into football and golf etc, so this stamp makes a nice change.

I have kept my card very simple - gone withe 2 colours and used whisper white and soft suede, the bike has been coloured using our watercolour brush and the ink from the inkpad, the edges have been sponged a little to give a distressed look - the texture on the card has been added with another new product from the mini catalogue - the square lattice embossing folder - i do find myself using this one a lot - think it could be a new favourite!!!!

The sentiment is from the cottage garden set and is stamped with the same soft suede ink and has been cut out with one of the new punches, the decorative label.I then embossed it too and inked its edge, a little bit of twill ribbon and job done!

Bundle of Love

2011-04-10T08:31:00.003+01:00

Well, what did you think of our team blog hop yesterday? I do hope you enjoyed it and managed to get the chance to have a good look around all the blogs - we have some very talented girls on our team of Jems and it is so lovely to see all the fantastic new creations with new products from the mini.

My card for today is a very similar layout to one that Charlotte Harding from our European office showed at the regional training recently - I only used 2 colors of pink and changed the stamp set , I used Bundle of Love and added a sentiment from the same set, some of our lovely Whisper white satin ribbon and a couple of our super sparkly gems to finish it off, and isn't our new perfect polka dosts embossing folder just so versatile - a must have - as you can use it on cards and projects for all occasions - if you would like to add one to your crafty stash contact me at evsline@hotmail.com and i will be happy to order it for you.

Julies Jems Mini Catalogue Blog hop

2011-04-09T08:50:00.009+01:00

Are you all set and ready to rumble! Here we go again on a fabulous rollercoaster of fantastic swops created from the amazing new Stampin' Up! Mini Catalogue.

I am a member of the fantastic Julies Jems team of demonstrators, led by the lovely Julie Kettlewell and as a team we decided to do a swop to share ideas on the new products available. My SU sister, Sarah-Jane organised the swop and did a great job at collating them all and sending them back out to us - thanks so much SJ!

As they were all so delicious it seemed only fair to share them with the rest of you - so please join us on our hop and tell us what you think.

If you started at the begining you will have began with Sarah Jane's lovely offering and if you are doing the loop you will have arrived at me from Laura's blog - love what she chose for her swop - it showcases the papers beautifully!

Here are my cards, same format, same colours just swopped them around a bit:-

I chose the button, button stamp and the fun flowers sizzix die - my colours were bashful blue and pretty in pink, the sentiment is from the hello you stamp set and punched with the modern label punch, finished it off with a basic gem and and bow of pretty in pink narrow taffetta ribbon.

After having a peek at my card for the swop you need to head on over to Angela's blog and have a look at her lovely project, she has used some fantastic colours.
If you get lost anywhere along the line you can always check out the list of 'hoppers' below.

1. Sarah-Jane - http://cardsandacuppa.blogspot.com/

2. Jules - http://www.juliesjapes.blogspot.com/

3. Sarah B - http://www.madewithlove-sarahb.blogspot.com/

4.Gemma - http://www.makedoandgem.blogspot.com/

5.Laura - http://www.airingcupboardstamping.blogspot.com/

6.Evelyn - http://evyscraftycreations.blogspot.com/

7.Angela - http://www.sparklycards.blogspot.com/

8.Kate - http://kraftsbykatemartin.blogspot.com/
9.Sharon - http://www.shari-anne-happycrafter.blogspot.com/

10.Karyn - http://kdcrafts.blogspot.com/

Have fun and pop back soon xx

Heart of hearts

2011-04-08T08:56:00.001+01:00

A perk of being a Stampin' Up! demo is that we get to take part in regional training events, these events give us the chance to meet up with lots of other demos to swop and share ideas with........and sometimes the organisers arrange little lucky surprises for us - yay! At the last training day we were all instructed to pick a numbered butterfly, well what happened next ......well throughout the day they decided to offer little prizes to randomly picked numbers....guess what....... I was one of the lucky ones, and was gifted the new Scalloped Heart of Hearts embosslit die!! woohoo, I'm not normally lucky and was over the moon to have my number picked, and my gift was one of the items that I hadn't yet ordered from the mini catalogue.

The embosslit dies not only emboss but they cut out the shape too - the heart has a lovely scalloped edge and really defined dotty embossing - I chose one of my favourite colours melon mambo and made a really quick card - made my base card from melon mambo too and the fabby new top note die was used to cut a very vanilla mat to add my hearts onto - added some detail wuith some linen thread - quite a simple card - but effective!

Simply Stampin' Challenge card

2011-04-07T23:41:00.001+01:00

Why not pop on over to the fabulous new simply stampin challenge blog

you need to use at least one Stampin' Up! item on your card or project to enter and a new challenge will be set every Saturday - so if you love SU products this would be the perfect place to be for loads of inspiration.

this week is week number 1 and the challenge is to follow this sketch:-

you can rotate the sketch if you like but I decided to follow it just as it is - here is my card

I am so loving getting to use some more new products from our delicious new mini catalogue - here i have used the new owl punch, the square lattice embossing folder and the lush new seam binding ribbon. I have used the pear pizzaz seam binding ribbon which ruches so easily and gives loads of dimension to any card, and who can resist this cute little owl - twit ta woo - not me!

Why not come and join in the fun and help support some fellow demos on their inspirational blog

fly away

2011-04-07T09:00:00.001+01:00

More new goodies have been used on this card - I just can't stop playing with them.

The square lattice embossing folder ceated the background for this card and the Beutiful butterflies die cutter cut out the butterflies, the colours used are whisper white and bashful blue, I have used the sentiment from the butterfly prints set and cut it out with the decorative lable punch, the butterflies have been embellished with basic gems xx

Thank You Sarah-Jane

2011-04-06T09:00:00.000+01:00

This is a similar card to one I posted ealier this week, I used springtime vintage DSP and used similar cardstock colours to the card in my previuos post. Changed the colour of my scrunched flower to very vanilla and used the Thank You from the Curly Cute stamp set and up pops the top note die again!

The lovely Sarah Jane who is another of Julies Jems, organised a mini catalogue swop for the rest of us, so this was my card that I sent to her along with my swops - hope she liked it! I certainly appreciated her hard work in getting the swops all out to us - my display board is looking fab - thanks again SJ xx

Sail Away

2011-04-05T09:05:00.000+01:00

This was my swop for the ILWS mini catalogue swop round 1,which the lovely Emma H organised - thank you for all your hard work sorting everything out. Thirty SU demos took part in this one, we split into groups of 10 and Emma was inundated with envelopes of loveliness which she had to then sort out ans send back to everyone. We were to all choose a product from the new mini catalogue and make our swops with it.........my choice was Sail Away, this is one of our a la carte stamps , whic you can purchase singularly, and great value at only £8.95 and oh so perfect for male cards - especially those who don't like football!

I used a 4" x 4" square of whisper white cardstock and stamped in bashful blue with one of our large background stamps called sanded, this is a great stamp for subtle backgrounds and works for all occasions. I cut a smaller square of whisper white cardstock and edged it with the scallop trim border punch, I stamped my image with soft suede ink which I also used to distress the edges of the smaller matt and used the same ink again to stamp Hello, which is a sentiment from the Basic phrases set. Button button is a new stamp set in the mini catalogue and I can think of so many uses for it, and on this card I punched out four 3/4" circles from whisper white and glued them together and then stamped one of the button stamps in bashful blue and punched it out and added it on top of the white cirlles, i treaded some of our linen thread through it to add dimension. I do hope all the girls liked my swop, the ones I received in return were amazing! thanks everyone.

PLEASE POP BACK SOON- and don't miss looking in on Saturday 9th April, I am a member of Julie Jems team of demonstrators and we have arranged a blog hop for Saturday at 9am - some more amazing crations from the mini catalogue for you to look at! see you then!!

Elegant Build a blossom

2011-04-04T09:05:00.001+01:00

What a superb set the Build a Blossom is, you can put it together so many ways to achieve so many different looks, this is using the skinny blossom petal which i have stamped in Elegan Eggplant ink, this no cutting gift bag came together so quickly. The fact that we have a blossom punch to match the stamp set makes it so quick to complete projects like these, stamp and punch - job done. I have punched a small circle for the middle of my flower and added a sparkly gem from our basic gems - nothing basic about these beauties, they really sparkle like no others! I have added a little decoration to the top and bottom of the gift bag by using the stamp that is meant to be the flower centre, stamped in matching elegant eggplant...........is your wish list growing.......I know mine is!

Flutterby, Butterfly

2011-04-03T09:15:00.004+01:00

Well, continuing the mini launch theme, here is a card made with some more of the lovely new products now available. In October, Stampin' Up! revamped there colour palette and brought the colour families bang up to date and on trend with their new colours. One of my favourites since the revamp has been this delicious pink, its called Melon Mambo and I have to confess to being a fan!

I have used Melon mambo cardstock to make my card base into a C6 card, I have cut a piece of whisper white and run it through one of the new embossing folders - this one ie elegant bouquet, another which will be so versatile and cover lots of occasions. I have used my water brush and used melon mambo ink and coloured the centres of the flowers, the butterflies are cut using our butterfly punch and i have embossed them with the same embossing folder and added some of our super sparkly basic gems.

The sentiment mat is from the new decorative label stamp set and inked up with matching melon mambo ink and the little thank you is from our Bundle of Love stamp set, it is then cut with the matching decorative label punch......till tomorrow xx

In Love With Stamping Mini Catalogue Blog Hop

2011-04-02T09:00:00.003+01:00

Welcome to the In Love With StampingMINI BLOG HOP. If you are starrting here, or have popped over from the lovely Theresa who I am sure you will agree showed you some fabulous creations, pull up a chair and grab a cup of coffee/tea and get settled, as we have some amazing projects to show you, showcasing the stunning new products in the Mini Catalogue which launched yesterday!

It is so exciting to bring you our biggest Mini catalogue to date, we have 10 extra pages and they are filled with lush products.......a big delight to us all was that we now have the Big Shot and dies and embossing folders to go with it - 17 of them are exclusive to Stampin' Up!

If you haven't seen the Big Shot before or would just like to know more about it and how to get the best from it contact me evsline@hotmail.com

and I will be happy to show you at a workshop and you can have a hands on try!

Here are a few projects I have made using some of the new goodies :-

Build a blossom stamp set, springtime vintage buttons, occasional greeting sentiment, melon mambo ink, basic gems, matt pack and night of Navy cardstock

Flower burst embosslits, square lattice embossing folder, basic pearls, whisper white taffetta ribbon, old olive, perfect plum and bashful blue cardstock

very vanilla, pumpkin pie and old olive card stock, eyelet border punch, crimper, basic pearl, tea stain ink from distressing kit, old olive ribbon and the very versatile perfect polka dots embossing folder

Pillow Box die, the first one is cut in Melon mambo cardstock, sentiment from Basic Phrases, certainly celery ribbon and the topper is made with certainly celery, basic black and melon mambo cardstock, basic gem and heart punched from the 3 heart punch( for any demo who went to convention last year,and went to Monica and Natalies pre convention party, you might recognise the little topper, I saved it from the triangle box that Nat and Monica gave us!!) Recycle, recylcle recycle!

The second pillow box cardstock is cut in Pumkin pie and stamped over in matching punkin pie ink with the itty bitty stamp set(as a demo we get little perks and this set was given to us free at this years regional training! woo hoo! - contact me if you are interested in becoming a demo) Butterflies are cut and embossed from our brand new beautidul wings embosslits, cuts and embosses at the same time - simply fab to use and tied with daffodil delight satin ribbon.

These lovely felt flowers are made with our new fun flowers sizzix bigz l die cutter, the die can cut through felt, chipboard, cork, to name but a few mediums, not just paper and card, so i decided to make some brooches to show it off, I have used felt from my stash and the buttons are the springtime vintage set and the bold brights buttons which I used for the first two brooches. The third brooch I made to go on my Stampin' Up! apron and as the postie brought me my new bronze level 3 pin yesterday, I decided to use it as the centre for this brooch - will be able to use it as a recruiting statement tool!!!

This is my last set of projects for todays hop - The springtime vintage papers are just beautiful and as they are double sided, you can always find something to suit your taste. I have used very vanilla and old olive card stock for all 3 items, the seam binding ribbon is just pure lush! it ties beautifully, ruches easily and can be frayed simply.......and it comes in 3 other colours too! the square box is made by attaching 4 of our new envelope dies together, how simple, but so effective, the mini milk carton is cut from another of our new sizzix dies, aptly named the mini milk carton! I have used our scallop circle punch to create the flower on the card, and the crimper to make the leaves, the sentiment is from the thanks for everything stamp set and punched with the decorative label punch - another new product!

I hope you have enjoyed my projects and that they give you a taste of what additional products I can offer you, next on this fabulous blog hop is Donna who has some more delicious projects to show you.

This is a huge blog hop with no less than 56 SU! demonstrators taking part - we have split it into 4 groups and I will list below the starting point in each group, then if you have the time you can do them all - its Mother's Day on sunday, just spend the day relaxing and blog hopping and don't forget a pen and paper as if you are anything like me your list will grow and grow and grow once you have seen all the girls creations!!

Group 1 - Erika - http://www.twintroublescreations.blogspot.com/

Group 2 -Angela - http://www.sparklycards.blogspot.com/

Group 3 -Rita - http://www.ritasstampinblog.blogspot.com/

Group 4 -Seriousstamper - http://www.seriousstamper.blogspot.com/

Have fun and if you need to order anything, drop me a line xx

Ready, Steady......Launch....The New MINI CATALOGUE is here!!

2011-04-01T02:11:00.002+01:00

We have the brand new Mini Catalogue Release today... it is jam packed with some absolutely amazing new goodies... As a Demonstrator I had the opportunity to pre- order them a month ago ( a benefit of becoming a demonstrator!!)and have had the pleasure of playing with some of them and getting creative with all the lush new products. If you would like me to send you a copy of the mini catalogue please get in touch.

Here is one of the projects I had fun creating -

I have used the beautiful Sprintime vintage papers which are just a delight, such beautiful colours, some of my favourite colours are used in this design series paper pack, I have used Rich razzleberry base card matted with the old faithf ul old olive textued card stock. And how might you add did I manage to cut the fabulous shape that is on my card........well wait for it........Stampin' Up! have introduced the Sizzix Big Shot in our Mini Catalogue, along with some superb SU exclusive dies.....ooooooerrrrr! this one is called the top note and will be ever so useful, I have also used another fantastic new product, seam binding, rose red to be exact to make my ribbon rose centre for my flower.

Mini Catalogue here

That's it for today, I hope you love the Mini Catalogue as much as I do and come back soon and see what else I have been making. Don't miss popping back on Saturday as I am taking part in a huge blog hop with 55 other SU demonstartors from the ILWS, it starts at 10am and is not be missed as I am sure there will be some fantastic projects on display throughout the various blogs, details will be here on Saturday!!

Mad March Frenzy

2011-03-31T11:41:00.000+01:00

After a wonderful 2 months of the delicious Sale a Bration offers, Stampin' Up! have done it again- they have a fabulous new offer running in March, some of the items have upto 30% off - how can you resist! Check out the list below to find the items on special 'March frenzy'. Please note that there are limited stocks of the items on special offer - so hurry - don't miss these fabulous prices.

If you would like to order or need to get your hands on our current catalogue, please contact me at evsline@hotmail.com and i will try my best to meet your needs. xx

SU regional training - Edinburgh

2011-03-29T12:09:00.001+01:00

Wow - had a fab day on Saturday at the Holiday Inn, Edinburgh with some amazing ladies. It was the last day of the Stampin'Up! Regional training tour and we all had a great time. It was lovely to meet up with like minded people and share our love of crafting - especially all the new loveliness in the upcoming launch of the new Mini Catalogue which goes live on Friday 1 April..............woohoo not long to wait now.......and let me tell you you will not be disapointed!!! Get in touch if you would like me to send you a copy of the new Mini catalogue xx

Training days like these give us the opportunity to share ideas and do some 'swopping' to the un initiated we all make a card design or 3d project and make enought to swop with everyone attending - its a great way to get new ideas and to make you look at the products from someone elses view. I have came home with a pile of delicious swops and will share them with you over the next couple of days......might need to wait till after the 1 April as some have been made with new product............ooooh the suspense - can't wait to show you all the new goodies we have for you.

Here was my swop for Edinburgh training-

Chose to do it in 2 colourways - old olive and real red, used the crimper and eyelet border punch to make a canopy for my little lanterns, cut out and decopaged my little geishas's kimono

I bought this set Kimono Kids some time ago but hadn't inked it up - so decided that as it may be a set that the other girls wouldn't have, so I chose it for my swop.

Lovely Day Out

2011-03-04T12:35:00.000Z

Well, what can I say, to a crafter there is nothing better than spending a day with like minded people doing some crafty shopping. I had a fabulous day yesterday with my mum and 2 friends from my craft class when we hopped in the car and headed to Glasgow to the SECC for our twice yearly jaunt out to the big Craft show to oooh and aahhh! over some delicious craftiness!

I am sorry to say that my blog has been a bit neglected lately as i haven't been too well and was panicking at the thought of not getting to the craft show too! I am so glad that I was able to go and so were the rest of them........as I was the driver!!

Lovely to see all the fabulous stalls and displays and to stock up on some craft goodies.

I love to try new crafts all the time and treated myself to a couple of things i haven't done before, so bought a set to knit wire beaded bracelets, another set to learn tatting and a set to do some painting with - looks like i paln to be busy!!!!

And to top off a lovely day out when i arrived home, just after 8pm I had a lovely box of Stampin' Up! goodies to open, oooooh the joy!

SALE-A-BRATION - The fun starts here!

2011-02-28T22:32:00.001Z

This post will stay at the top of my blog until 28th February - please scroll down for newer posts - thanks x

Who can resist getting free stamps?.........Not Me and neither should you!

Everyone can benefit during our Sale-A-Bration months January and February

SALE-A-BRATION is HERE!!!!

CUSTOMERS - For every £45 you spend you can earn one limited edition free stamp set from a choice of 4 lovely sets and you can earn another set for each subsequent £45 spent

HOSTESS - Host a Stampin Up Sale A Bration workshop and if the sales are over £300 you will get an extra free Sale A Bration stamp set!

RECRUITS- Thinking of joining our Stampin Up family?? If you sign up before the end of February you will get a FREE STAMP SET in your Starter Kit, OF ANY VALUE. Taking the value of the kit to over £270 for only £119!!!!!!A fabulous time to join the Stampin' Up! family, Please contact me for more info.

So Happy For You

Bliss

Sweet Summer

Punch Bunch

Once you have earned the chance to have one of these sets, you can choose to order the above sets in either wooden mount or our new clear mount style. How can you resist, the hardest part will be choosing which set to pick!!! And check out the punch bunch set........we have punches for them all.......as the little owl will be getting a matching punch for you to purchase from the mini catalogue when it launches in april!!!! isn't he a cutey!

If you would like to place an order and be one of the first to earn a free stamp set drop me a line at evsline@hotmail.com

Growing Green

2011-01-26T08:11:00.001Z

We all need thank you cards and it is nice to have a little stash of them handy, so set about adding some to my box to have on hand, White base card matted with Rich razzleberry DSP from the Brights stack, used the delicious matching Rich razzleberry ribbon - this ribbon is amazing it ties so wonderfully well, think i will need to invest in some other colours!

I have stamped the flower in matching SU Rich Razzleberry ink and used my water brush to pull some colour into the petals and then torn the edges to distress it a little, the sentiment is from the very versatile For Everything set. This would be a quick and simple card to make in batches and would look equally as good in a whole range of colours.

see you soon

Selection of Just Believe Cards

2011-01-25T08:50:00.002Z

Another mixed selection of cards, using the Just Believe set, various inks,markers and dsp from SU used

Woo Hoo! Card Challenge winner!

2011-01-24T13:15:00.001Z

A few posts back i posted a card i had made with the Buttefly prints and Growing green SU sets, I entered this card over on enfys blog in a card challenge - she was celebrating last week and had a different competition on every day.........well i am delighted to say that my card won the challenge! Yaaay!

I have had an email from the lovely Enfys (check out her blog, she has some amazing creations to show you)and she is popping my goodies in the post ( wow, how excited am I, here are the goodies I won -can't wait. Will be stalking the postie!!!

Well done to all the other winners and a huge thank you to all and any of my crafty friends who voted for my card - can't thank you enough!xxx

Just For You

2011-01-24T02:12:00.000Z

A very simple card using the Just believe set and the Neutral DSP stack

Well I never!

2011-01-23T11:07:00.001Z

Just had to tell you this story - About 10 days ago the postie dropped a Royal Mail Card through my door saying that i had a charge of £1.32 to pay for a letter they were holding at the sorting office..........this seems to happen fairly often now, since they changed the letter sizes etc!!!!

Well off I went to the post office to collect my letter, drove into town, paid for parking and went to the sorting office, only to be handed a dl envelope with a big yellow sticker- no postage paid - no stamp and no frank mark. When i opened the letter is was a bleeding bog standard mail shot from a large nationwide company! aaaaaaaaggggghhhhhh!!! how annoying!! It had cost me time and money .......for nothing!

At Dinner that evening I was telling my hubby and that i thought i would complain to the company concerned - his reply was - 'don't excpect them to do anything about it, they probably won't even get back to you'

I called the company in the morning to explain what happened and request my refund - told them i was happy for them to send me some first class stamps to cover it, they said that i wasn't the first to complain and they weren't sure how it happened, but they would be in touch.

WELL..........what dropped through my letter box yesteday morning, a lovley letter of apology for causing

me all the inconvenience AND a gift card for £10 from Marks an Spencer! To say i was gobsmacked was an understatement.........and the delight i took in showing my hubby when he came in from work was, shall we say pleasing! Now thats what i call a result.

I don't often complain, but it was certainly worth it this time! I dread to think how much it may have cost them if there were a few complaints!

Is it a little late OR mega early?

2011-01-23T09:00:00.003Z

This is a pop up Christmas tree that i made with the ladies at my class before Christmas, i decided to be a little different and go for a totally different colour theme from the traditional red and green. I just love the SU melon mambo colour and decided to be daring and use it for the top of my tree. I have kept mine fairly simple here, but it is one of those projects that you could really go to town on.

i have added organaz ribbon through the top pieces to make it easier to lift away from the base, i have added gems to decorate and the SU ex large flower punch to create my flower in the centre. All the ladies made some lovely trees and they were all very different, i just wish i had taken a picture to show you all. I could have cheated and told you that i was just SO super organised and made this for next Christmas.........but well......anyone who knows me would know that i would NEVER be THAT organised!

Just Believe

2011-01-22T09:16:00.001Z

This stamp set - Just Believe - is fantastic and is so vesatile for lots of occasions - i just love it. One of the many benefits of being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator is that when you attend any of the SU Training days or convention you normally are lucky enough to be given some freebies - all those who attended this years convention got two lovely sets free and this was one of them - what a delight!

The main image is from Just Believe and the sentiment is from Perfect Punches, colours used are Rich Razzleberry and old olive

Penny Black Saturday challenge week 134

2011-01-21T22:01:00.003Z

Been ages since i did any challenges, but as Penny Blacks are one of my all time favourite stamps, i thought i would ease myself into some challenges again by starting with the Penny Black Saturday challenge wk 134 this week it was a buffet choice -never done one of them before, quite ingenious! You had to pick 4 items from their buffet cart and make a card with your items.

The four items i went for were - patterened papers, 3 flowers, 3 gems and ribbon.

My papers were all Stampin' Up! and the flowers were handmade with an SU punch and scrunchedwith little flower brads in the centres, image coloured with copics and edges dusted with chalks, corners punche with the new SU scallop edge corner punch, ribbon and 3 gems from my stash and SU sentiment. Hope it fits the bill xx

Growing Green

2011-01-21T03:26:00.002Z

Hi everyone

I have had a couple of stamp sets that hadn't seen any ink and decided that the time had come to introduce them to each other! Both sets are currently available from the SU catalogue and can be ordered through me if you would like them. The sets, are called Growing Green and buterfly prints and i am sure the detectives amongst you will be able to decide which is which!

I have used the gorgeous SU Rich razzleberry design series paper from the Brights DSPstack and have used the matching Rich razleberry ink - my favourite thing about Stampin' Up! is that they have everything that co-ordinates,card, papers, ribbons,ink,buttons, pens - it just makes it all soooooo much easier!

i have randomly stamepd around the edge of some whisper white card - and used my waterbrush to pull the colour into the flower design, i have then stamped 2 butterflies on another piece of card, which have been punched out with the matching punch and have had some pearls added. The sentiment is from the butterfly prints set and is just perfect.

i have added this card to enfys week long party challenge for day 1 - your card was to have a bug/butterfly etc - hope she likes it x

2011-01-16T08:45:00.000Z

Well....... did i mention that this could quickly become one of my favourite stamps.....think i may have!!!

It is so veratile and lovley in so many differnt colours!

Have gone wirh Melon Mambo and Old Olive as my colours for today and i think they go great together!

A very simple card for today and i have used the same papers( Brights DSP stack) as before and added some of the lovely old olive satin ribbon. xx

toodlepip........ till tomorrow x

Sweet Summer Cards in a bag

2011-01-15T09:00:00.000Z

This was a project for my craft class last week - happy to say that they all seemed to love it and they all made some lovely variations of the cards.

My colour combo was Concord Crush and Melon Mambo and I used the lovely Sweet Summer Sale-a- bration set again. For the mini cards I have used a selection of Stampin'Up! thank you stamp sentiments, the scalloped square punch, boho blossom punch and faithful scalloped circleall had an outing too!

Made it a box of mini thank you cards, as at this time of year we normally have lots of peole to say thank you to. One of my big thanks goes to Samantha-Marie who kindly shared her tutorial for this little bag -

hope i did it justice x

ILWS January DT Challenge

2011-01-14T09:13:00.002Z

This card was my entry for one of this months challenges over on ILWS.

This was this months colour challenge, where we were challenged to use Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Chocolate Chip and Pumpkin Pie.

My base card is chocolate chip, but looks darker in photo somehow?!? I used papers from the fabulous new Brights paper stack (40 double sided patterend paper for only £15.50) happy to order these for anyone in need of a paper fix! I have used a lovely flower and sentiment stamp from one of the Sale-a-bration sets called Punch Bunch - i love this stamp and will use it loads, it is quickly becoming a favourite. And the bonus is that as the set name, PUNCH BUNCH may give it away - it matches 2 of our most popular punches, the scallop circle and the matching 1 3/8 plain circle punch. I have coloured directly onto my stamp with my markers in melon mambo and pumkin pie and added some lilttle flowers using the boho blossom punch with some plain brads.

Now i just need to have a go at the other challenges, a sketch, a technique using wax and a scrapook layout - best get my thinking cap on!

Sweet Summer

2011-01-13T20:59:00.002Z

At last, a camera cable! I can get back to uploading some of the things i have made recently.

As you may have seen from the post at the stop of my blog Stampin' Up! currently have this years Sale- a Bration Offer on for the months of January and February. This card was made with one of the four stamp sets that you can earn free when spending £45 from the catalogue.

I was lucky enough to be given one of these fabulous sets free when attending The Stampin'Up! convention last November - what a very welcome surprise that was!!I just love FREE stamps - don't you? This year convention is heading to Disneyland Paris, so if you would like to be there and get lots freebies too, contact me and let me tell you how you can be there too.

This card was made using Whisper white card stock for the base card and also for the flower and stamped image. I created some backgound card by stamping a couple of the stamps from the sweet summer set in tangerine tango and daffodil delight ink to create a background for the base of the card , the image was stamped using the 2 step stamping technique and the flower was watercoloured , I sprayed my punched flowers with water and scrunched them up, inked the edges and added the centre, which was stamped using another stamp from another one of the sale a bration sets called punch bunch. Finished off with the delightful pear pizzaz ribbon - hope you like it x

I won Candy!

2011-01-11T12:52:00.001Z

Wowee what a surprise for me when i popped over to Claudia Rose's blog - Pretty Pressings to find that I had been lucky enough to win her fabulous Elizabeth Arden Blog candy - wooohoo!

I don't often win anything so this was a super surprise and can't thank Claudia enough - thanks so much hunni xx What a lovely ' For Me' treat, can't wait till it arrives now, will be stalking my poor postie!!

Back Soon with some piccies...........honest!

2011-01-10T00:33:00.000Z

I have been a bit of a naughty blogger and not been keeping my blog as upto date lately as i would like - have made a concious decision to try and do much better at keeping my blog up to date!! The biggest problem is that my lot keep using my camera cable and my phone cable and not putting it back where it should be...aaaaaggghhhh so when i have something to upload I can never find my cables - think the solution might be to invest in a spare set and hide them!!!! Have lots to show you!

Anyway i have a few blogs that i love to pop around and low and behold the delight when i was hopping tonight -check out the blogs below for some amazing candy they are all offering - not to be missed -

I would love to win and i am sure you all would too -

jacqui -

Dawny P

Bev

Kathy

Lena Katrine

Dena

Claudia Rosa

Jacque

Marlene

Heather

Moni

Fingers and everything else crossed xxx

Get set for Christmas- time to Bundle Up

2010-12-29T10:13:00.003Z

Christmas is fast approaching and now is a great time to start and get organised and Stampin' Up! has made it so much easier! - We now have some fabulous Christmas Bundles for you to take advantage of.........and the best bit is you get freebies too!! The bundles are available from 1st November until 29 December 2010, For every bundle purchased you get to choose a limited edition free roll of Christmas ribbon - not to be missed!! Check out the bundles below and see if we can tempt you- if you are interested in ordering you can contact me at evsline@hotmail.com and i will be happy to help xx

Just look at them! They are just Soooooo yummy! I want them all!!

But please remember, they are not available for purchase separately so get them with the bundles while you can.What are in these bundles, I hear you ask?

The Gifted Bundle:

Gifted Stamp Set and a pack of Jolly Holiday Designer Series papers.

Wood mount £35.70 Clear Mount £30.70

The Welcome Christmas Bundle:

Welcome Christmas Stamp Set and Christmas Cocoa Speciality Designer Series Paper.

Wood Mount £36.90 Clear Mount £31.90

This Designer Series Paper is only available as part of this bundle and only while stocks last!

The Season of Joy Bundle:

Season of Joy Stamp Set and So Swirly Stampin’ Around Wheel.

£36.45 Wood Mount only

The Delightful Decorations Bundle:

Delightful Decorations Stamp Set and the Ornament Punch

£37.45 Wood Mount only.

And here are the free ribbons you get to choose - you get one reel of free ribbon per bundle - only available while stocks last - so hurry don't miss out!

Are these ribbons not just delicious! don't miss out!

Amazing 4 days at Convention

2010-11-09T12:02:00.000Z

Wow - what an amazing 4 days i had at the 2nd European Stampin' Up Convention in London- oooohh where do i begin to tell you the fun I had!

My fun began with meeting up with the lovely Debbi and Helen and Gatwick airport on the Thursday lunch time and then a mega thanks has to go to StampingCaz(Caroline) for arranging to collect us from Gatwick - thank you so much - you made it so easy! Caz dropped off Debbi and Helen at the Croydon Park Hotel and then we continued on to our Hotel, the Hilton Croydon. It was here that i had the chance to meet up (for the first time!) with my SU mummy - the lovely Jules and all the rest of my teamies. It was a delight to meet up with them all at last, face to face, they were all lovely and so welcoming, so thanks girls for making me feel part of it all! I also met up with my roomie Claire who i had not met before, so thanks Claire for putting up with me for 4 days - hope it wasn't too unbearable!

We all trotted off to Pizza Hut for an early dinner, which turned out to be a treat from our SU mummy - thanks again Julie, we had lots of fun and 'talking tommy' certainly raised a few laughs! We returned to our Hotel to join in Monica's pre- convention party- as we are part of Monicas downline were were presented with a delicious bag of goodies - a free stamp set, a lovely little sports watch and the must have sweeties,thanks Monica x We did a couple of M&T's, loads of swopping and mega amounts of chatting before turning in for the night, we had an early start the next day!!

Early breakfast, then onto our buses to head to the amazing AddingtonPalace, where we were met by our lovley CEO Shelli Gardiner - what a delight she is!

We had to register and queue up for our Convention bags - can you imagine the noise of almost 300 eager and excited ladies waiting in line!! OOOh the fun of all the swopping - it got rather frenzied at times! We had some informative classes and the chance to check out memento mall before lunch - the goodies were beckoning us all, so another queue formed and the swopping fun began all over again! I got speaking to a lovley French demo while standing in line and she has asked me to be her penfriend, how wonderful and i am looking forward to hearing from her. I have had some lovely swops from some very talented ladies and will treasure them all - so mega thanks goes to everyone who i managed to swop with xxxx

My lovley supportive SU Mummy, Julie Kettlewell did a fabby presentation and kept us all thoroughly entertained, she even managed to rope in Chris the cameraman - what a hoot! well done Ma - you did us proud xx

The awards dinner was superb - everyone dressed up in their finery and we had a lovely evening, This is just some of the girls in our team, Me,Jules, Melanie(adopted jem for the weekend) Kate and Lynda.

Day 2 followed with more swopping and we got the chance to do some stamping - we had received 2 new stamp sets in our convention bags - wooohooo! We made four projects - well some did - others were so busy chatting that they took there projects home to complete! Some more fantastic presentations, both Shelli and Pam Morgans demo's were inspiring. We were also told about next years convention - well we all knew that we would be heading to France as we were in Germany last year and the Uk this year - but oooooohhhh the excitement and the cheers when the venue for next year was announced.........we are off to DISNEYLAND PARIS for convention next year - so if you to would like to join the fun contact me soon to find out about becoming an SU Demonstrator - you won't regret it!

will catch up soon with more piccies from an amazing weekend

2010-11-09T11:01:00.001Z

Virtual Hostess Club

Love Stampin' Up! goodies then how about spreading the cost of all these fabulous items by joining one of my Stampers Groups. All Stampers Clubs will commence when they are full, and are open to anyone in the U.K. This is how it works:

STAMPERS 6

Needs 6 members

Runs for 6 months

Each member agrees to spend £25 per month plus postage

Each of the members will receive the hostess benefits one month of the 6

A FREE level one stamp set + £15 product from the catalogue

A Free copy of the catalogue plus any supplements that occur during the club

STAMPERS 10

Needs 10 members

Runs for 10 months

Each member agrees to spend £15 per month (plus postage)

Each of the members will receive the hostess benefits one month of the 10

A FREE level one stamp set + £15 product from the catalogue

A FREE copy of the catalogue plus any supplements that occur during the club

This is an excellent way of building up your stash of Stampin Up! goodies and enjoying the Hostess benefits that this club provides....everyone loves freebies....... so if you are interested in joining us then don't delay!

Contact me today

It's Here - the waiting is over

2010-10-01T12:30:00.000+01:00

It's here! The new Stampin' Up! Catalogue launches itself today....woooohoo!!

The much awaited launch date is upon us and you will NOT be disapointed, lots of lovely new stamp sets, available for the first time with a choice of unmounted or the original wood mounted - so many more options and some truly amazing punches!

It is a pleasure to be able to share it with you all - if you would like a copy of the new Idea Book & Catalogue 2010-2011 then let me know and i can post one off to you for the special discounted price of £4.50(including postage) or if you would like to place an order contact me on

evsline@hotmail.com

Last Chance for You and them! Don't Miss It

2010-09-30T00:36:00.002+01:00

Woww.....Stampin Up have just released their last chance list for their current catalogue - Grab some

goodies while you can - they are only available until the 30 September and then they will be gone forever -lots of bargains to be had some have 25% off and others have 50% off- don't miss them, check them out on the

LAST CHANCE LIST -CLICK HERE

All the items on the list are only available WHILE STOCKS LAST - so if there is something you are after don't delay as when they are gone they are gone! I am more than happy to order anything you would like from the last chance list or indeed anything else you would like you can contact me Here

The new catalogue launches on the 1st October 2010 and you will not be disapointed - and having had a sneak peak it is bigger and better and better than ever -the new catalogue prices have increased ever so slightly to take into account the ecconomic climate and the forthcoming vat increase - these new prices will not be effected by any other increase----------------grab anything you want this month and get yourself a bargain a slighlty cheaper price .

Be one of the first to get your hands on the new catalogue

2010-09-30T00:32:00.000+01:00

Don't you just love flicking the pages of a new catalogue especially when it is one that is filled to the brim with new goodies to make our eyes twinkle -the new Stampin Up 2010-2011 catalogue is soon to be released on the 1st October and you don't want to miss it - it is bigger and better than ever, some old favourites are still there and some fabulous new stamps and punches to wet our appetite.

If you would like to be one of the first to get your hands on the new catty and have it sent direct to your door contact me to pre- order one at evsline@hotmail.com and for a special cost of £4.50(normal price£5.95 from October) I will ship it to you at the end of September when they will be released - you'll be amazed at all the new goodies, secure yours now by pre-ordering and have it for the 1st October

1 Week Left to grab a bargain

2010-09-23T19:00:00.001+01:00

Gosh only 1 week left to grab a argain from the Stampin' Up! last chance list - when the 30 September rolls around all these lovely goodies will be gone forever! The list has also been reduced further, so even more bargains for you, check out the updated reduced last chance list here

Kathy has some fabby candy

2010-09-04T21:12:00.000+01:00

Check out Kathy's amazing blog and see the delicious candy she has on offer - Who woudn't love to have these brill Halloween images to play with - i will be keeping my fingers well and truly crossed!

An award from the lovely Whisper

2010-09-03T00:13:00.002+01:00

The lovely Sam has sent me this super award - thank you so much babe -

I have now to pass it on to7 people who's blog i most admire and fill me with renewed inspiration everytime i look at their wonderful creations - truly amazing blogs - could have had a huge list but as had to pick only 7 here they are:-

I am sure anyone who checks these blogs out will agree with me how great they are xx

I won some surprise candy - woo hoo

2010-09-02T23:28:00.000+01:00

How lucky i am.....don't you all love surprises...I know i do...I entered frankiesue's Birthday blog candy and have been lucky enough along with 2 others to win a surprise candy from Sue......Thank you so much Sue.....now i can't wait to find out what it is?!?

Fabulous 2 Step stamping offer this Month

2010-08-31T22:34:00.003+01:00

This post will stay at the top until the offer ends at the end of August - please scroll down for newer posts - thanks!

What a great way to introduce yourself to two step stamping - Stampin' Up! are offering you an amazing deal to buy the sets listed below at the special dicounted price of 20% off - this offer will run for the month of August - so definately and offer not to be missed -

if you would like to get your hands on any of the sets on offer,or any other SU items please drop me a line and i will happily order them for you. I will be posting some samples over the coming month using some of these great sets and you will see how easy they are to use and how effortlessly they create lovely cards and projects x

Happy two step stamping!

Trendy Trees punch sample tag booklet

2010-08-07T21:30:00.002+01:00

Hi been out all day at my sons footie tournament.......and guess what ......no rain -the sun actually shined instead, certainly makes it much more enjoyable not to get soaked!! First game tomorrow at 9am, so he has to be there for 8.15, so another early start!

I was tidying up some bits and found a little box of skateoard stickers and books etc and as I had no use for them was about to bin them when I changed my mind - the little sticker book had plastic coated pages and i had a light bulb moment! The other day i had been wondering what stamps would fit inside some of my SU punches, so i decided to make myself a punch sampler booklet. I split the pages and cut them in half and separated the cover into two pieces. I covered the covers with retired SU d/p and added a stamped trendy tree to the centre of 2 co-ordinating punched scallop circles, I then took all my punches and punched the plastic coated pages with them - i wrote beside each punched hole what the name of the punch was - this allows me to show customers what the punches all punch out like and also allows me to place the sample over text to see what punch fits best. It is kept alltogether with a binding ring and have added some bits of SU ribbon to make it pretty. Hope you like it x

Trendy Trees

2010-08-06T10:36:00.000+01:00

Today it is the turn of tendy trees to have an outing - this is another of the August 2 step stamping offers,another great set at only £10.36 for this month only.Email me on evsline@hotmail.com if you are interested in having this set.

Whisper white base card with layer of retired d/p, used direct to paper technique to colour strip of whisper white card to rose red, attached this to bottom of another layer of d/p, trees stamped with rose red,barely banana and certainly celery ink, edges softened with sponge dauber and certainly celery ink, sentiment from the same stamp set inked in rose red ,pearls added from stash

second card,using the same colours as the card above, chose 2 colours of d/p and the eyelet border punch, I also used the speckle stamp from the bird on a brach set from yesterday to create background(can't stop using this, as it makes such a subtle background) the sentiment is the second sentiment stamp from the trendy trees set, pearls added from stash

Off to organise sons footie kit as he has a football tournament this weekend - hope the weather improves as it's very grey here today - whats the betting i will be getting soaked through for the next 3 days!!!

see you soon

Evelyn xx

Bird on A branch # 2

2010-08-05T13:03:00.002+01:00

Another card using the same products as the previous card, the only added extra was the matt of chocolate chip designer paper. I brayerds the base card and used a post it note to create the moon, and used the branch to create the detail at the bottom of the card the sentiment is from the thank you kindly set

Bird on a Branch

2010-08-05T12:20:00.000+01:00

Morning everyone - This is my offering for today -

I have used the versatile Bird on a branch set -its one of the 2 step stamping sets on promotion this month, and at only £11.96 it is super value-

Base card is whisper white folded to create A6 card, this has its edges distressed with a spong dauber using bareyl banana, the little speckle dots in this stamp set is just soooooo useful,makes a great textured background in seconds, have then over stamped this with the tiny flower cluster around one side edge and the opposite corner. Smaller panel created by using whisper white and sponging the edges with bashful blue ink to soften the line and again over stamping with the little speckle dots in the same ink, used close tococoa for the branch and so saffron ink for the bird - sentiment also from the same set, stamped in close to cocoa and edged with the same bashful blue ink as before-gems added from stash

A little Thank you

2010-08-04T09:33:00.002+01:00

A couple of small thank you cards to pop in with cutomer orders - the stamp is one of the new single stamps available from the current mini catalogue -which is only available till end of september - so don't miss out, get this super handy stamp now. It fits perfectly inside the SU scalloped square punch too, papers are from a retired set of SU dp

My dear friend

2010-08-03T15:57:00.003+01:00

The colours in this card just make me thinkof autumn - tilda coloured with promarkers and copics, MME paper, fabulous large sentiment from SU Occasional greetings set (a real multi use set with a stamp to cover most occasions,let me know if youwould be interested in purchasing it - you won't be disapointed)greeting and flowers stamped on SU dp, brads from stash and corners created with square scalloped punch again from Stampin'Up!

This card fits a fewchallenges too-

cute card thursday #123- include text

simon says stamp - going dotty

YAAAAY! UPS man just been!

2010-08-03T15:36:00.001+01:00

You will can tell from the title of this post that it doesn't take much to get me excited!

The lovely man in brown has just been and delivered some more Stampin' Up! goodies, some for me and some for some lovely customers I have--new stamps, ribbon and d/p for me - looks like i may have to go and play....oooh the hardship!.........good thing i prepared dinner earlier in between stalking the delivery man from the window and pretending to tidy up!

Maybe have something to show you later- ta ta for now x

Anyone for cake?

2010-08-03T15:03:00.005+01:00

This is one of my all time favourite stamped images - ittranscends all age groupsaswe all like Birthday and most of us all like cake, and he is such a cheeky little chappie

Image has been coloured with copics and cut out with circle nesties, the dp is MME and cut with SU eyelet border punch, and the lovely grosgrain is SU regal rose and a few faceted gems from my stash - i have a very dear friends Birthday in the next couple of days so this is going to be winging its way to her -

this little cutie fits a few challenges this week:-

ooh la la creations challenge-59 - Birthday

charismacardz.challenge #30- something with a tail

cinspirations challenge #71 animals

bythecuteandgirly - animal antics

stampinbschallenge -#69 birthday

rosie dees challenge#76 all creatures great and small

In the MOO'd for a swing?

2010-08-03T02:35:00.002+01:00

This fabby image just makes me smile every time I use it - and it is so quick and easy to colour too! The
image is coloured with promarkers and copics, and die cut with nesties, the edges of which were distressed with SU pretty in pink and bordering blue inks, this blended in too a muted purple which blended in with the d/p i had chosen from my stash. Oval label cut with a nellie snellen die and SU grosgrain ribbon threaded through it to add a splash of colour

Animals were the Challenge theme over at cinspirations.#71

Flowers for you

2010-08-03T02:21:00.001+01:00

This tilda stamp is such a mutli use stamp -covers sooooo many occasions - just love her to bits and totally different depending on the d/p and colours you use . This image was coloured with copics, glittery dotty paper from stash, have aded some diamond dust to the roses - this is like crystal glitter - doesn't show up too well on piccie but sure makes the roses shine when the light hits them, sentiment from retired SU sale-a-baration set and some white grosgraon to finish it off

As i have gone Dotty with this card too - it fits in with the challenge over at

simon says stamp challenge

Sweet as Sugar

2010-08-03T01:49:00.007+01:00

Bright,zingy colours for this little piece of sugar - coloured with promarkers and copics - swiss dots embossing folder used on base card, olive paper - retired Su d/p and MME orange dotty paper. Used some of the delicious old olive satin ribbon from SU and added some matching prima flowers with little beaded centres .

challenges that this card fit are:-

sugar bowl blog challenge #40-do-it-yourself - great challenge this week as you were to pick your own choice of sketch ( i chose sketch #20) from the gallery(loads to choose from!) and it was to be a do it yourself style of card

simon says stamps challenge - going dotty - they wanted you to go Dotty - did that with base card and paper

C.R.A.F.T challenge#61 -hot and spicy colours - hope these colours fit the bill

Tilda Has a pressie!

2010-08-03T01:17:00.003+01:00

Love this Tilda image, as although she was a Christmas stamp, I think she can be used all year round, after all we all love pressies at our Birthday;s too - don't we? I know i do

I have used Happy Birthday embossing folder and made the wording pop by rubbing over with SUpretty in pink ink, edges around the nestie cut image also coloured with pretty in pink ink, tilda coloured with copics and i also added some lovely SU striped pretty in pink ribbon to finish it off

I have enterd this card into the following challenges:-

cute card thursdaychallenge-123-texting-crazy

magnolia down under challenges~57 Birthday

creative inspirations challenge #39 Anything goes

dutchdare #83--anything-goes

Back with some challenges!

2010-08-03T00:44:00.001+01:00

It's been a long time since i entered any cards into some challenges -so I have had a crafty day to myself and put some cards together to fit some challenges that are out there in blogland at the moment.

Here is the first card I made :-

image coloured with promarker,copics and distress ink, SU sweet pea designer paper, SU rich razzleberry ribbon, handmade flower and brads from stash.

entering this one into :-

Sarah Hurley - anything goes - sketch to follow

Sarah Hurley blog hop

2010-07-30T11:36:00.000+01:00

Wow, How lucky am I!! - I joined in Sarah's blog hop at the weekend and i have been lucky enough to be picked as one of the blog hop winners and have won one of Sarah's new Crafty CD's - chuffed to bits and will stalk the postie until it arrives - can't wait to play with it

Teacher card

2010-07-27T09:13:00.004+01:00

School holidays for our Scottish kiddies started at the end of June - so we are half way there now!

My daughter had a lovely male teacher this year, who seemed to bring out the best in her and all the other kids in the class too! He made learning fun for them all - and unfortunately for our school he is moving on to pastures new - good luck to him wherever he ends up. He had the kids learning their geography by bringing in Guitar Hero and having them do a wold tour - inspirational! the kids loved it

With this in mind, it made making his card a lot easier than it might have been! I always find it difficult to buy for male teachers so incorporated a gift card pocket on the underside of my easel card and that let him choose a gift of his own - used my fabulous Su alphabet for his name and the 'U Rock' which was cut out with my circle punch........................he made a point of coming over to me at the end of school to say he ws delighted with his card and thought it was quite ingenious the way the gift card was hidden..........gold star for me then.....it feels so nice when a plan all comes together!

Mum's Birthday today

2010-07-27T08:35:00.002+01:00

It is my lovely Mum's Birthday today -

HAPPY 65th BIRTHDAY MUM!!
from all of us xxxxxx

She eventually decided to retire this year, so lots more crafting time for her! - mind you since she came back her holidays, i think she has baked every day!! The kids are loving it.......dad is too!!!!

Not going to put her card on here just yet - she might have a sneaky peek on here before i get over to hers! pop back later to see it. will post my daughters teachers card for you to look at for now

see you later xx

A vintage get well wish

2010-07-26T09:15:00.002+01:00

Hi everyone,

hope your weather is ok, its a bit up and down here, one minutes its rain then the sun comes out!

I made this card for a very dear crafty friend - she had waited a little while to have a hip op and now she has eventually had it done and is no longer in any pain - hope it all keeps improving Marlene. Picked the ever popular vintage vogue and used the rock n roll technique - this must surely go into the new catty when it comes out in October- it is so poular(and versatile!) I also used some of the fabby rich razzleberry ribbon(and cardstock) too and sentiment from the sincere salutations - this is a set i use almost daily - it covers soooooo many occasions and of course ......my scalloped edge punch

having fun with my butterfly punch!

2010-07-25T10:15:00.003+01:00

Been playing around with my punches over the last couple of days, and these flowers came about purely by accident! I was punching lots of things out and just sitting them to the side and when i turned and looked again, 2 of the butterflies i had punched were sitting across one another, looked similar to another flower punch i have - but you could make these ones multi layered. Rolled my sandy speckled roller on them and the centres were from the boho blossoms punch - really liked these when they were done!

items used :-

butterfly punch

very vintage roller

sany specles roller

sincere salutations stanp set

rich razzleberry ink

orchid opulence c/s

ex large bird punch - for the leaves

Mini Post-it note keyring

2010-07-25T08:00:00.003+01:00

Great little gift to give away to friends, prospective customers and hostesses - really simple and quick to make -

here's how:-

make a wrap with some cardstock, add your post it note inside, punch hole through the c/s and post it note with a cropadile and add a spltr ring to keep it all together - you can decorate the ring it with some lovely co-ordinating ribbons - i've used a punched scallop circle and the flight of the butterfly stamp set - hope you like it!

Dear Friend card

2010-07-24T08:00:00.002+01:00

This is a card i made for a challenge a few weeks back,but wasn't able to upload because of camera problems, created my own background by using a couple of stamps and inks, the challenge was based around a sketch - hence the layout - the sentiment is one of my all time favourites, have also used the new rich razzleberry spotty ribbon on this too - aren't the new ribbons just delicious!