Hmmmm, how do people think of good headings....

Have been busy making cards for my monthly card order and wanted to finish them by this weekend which I have done... woohoo, now next week I will concentrate on my next 2 card classes that I am doing which is going to be Men Cards and the 2nd one will be Cupcakes, I think... haven't definately made up my mind yet.

This card was made using Apricot Appeal, Pixie Pink and Certainly Celery Cardstock, the Patterned Paper is Kaleidescope, all from Stampin' Up!, a clear button and Certainly Celery Ribbon, I also used the Photo Corner Punch, the scallops were made using circles and sticking them under the curve. The Sentiment is from Verve Stamps.

And here is the inside, I used Pixie Pink, Apricot Appeal and Whisper White Cardstock, the Scallop Border Punch and the Five Petal Flower Punch.... Hope it gives you some inspiration...

Next week look out for something special on my blog every day, I am not going to tell you what yet... and I have a great tutorial for you for Why Not Make It Wednesday, so dont forget to check back then.

I would love to see some of your entries for my Colour Challenge #3 too.... dont forget to enter this fortnight.

Why Not Make It Wednesday - Lion Chocolate Bar Cover

So today on Why Not Make It Wednesday I am going to show you how to make a lion out of Stampin' Up! punches and how to cover a bar of chocolate so you can give these away to customers, friends etc.... It is so easy to make you could maybe use this idea to make more to amuse the children whilst off school next week during Half Term...

He does look a bit of a friendly lion with his tongue hanging out, better hope he doesn't eat the chocolate.... so check out the video tutorial below to see how it is made.... I know that the angle of the video camera is not too good, will try it in a different position next week....

Hope you have enjoyed it..... see you tomorrow xxx

18th Birthday

My son celebrated his 18th Birthday on 28th December...... we all went out for a meal the day before and surprised him by having his other siblings and their partners ready and waiting at the restaurant. Not being very organised I had to put together this card quickly before Church on the Sunday morning, I thought about buying one but cannot quite manage to actually buy a card when I am perfectly able to make them (Plus I have tons of stuff to use up.... lol).

Have used Bashful Blue and Night of Navy Cardstock, plus the Old Olive Patterned Paper edged with the Border Punch at the top and the bottom. The circles are stamped with the Circle Circus Stamp Set in Whisper White ink and the stars are cut out using the Star Punch and Bashful Blue Cardstock. The Sentiment was stamped using the Happy Everything Stamp Set. All these items are available from Stampin' Up!

Now the inside was a bit of a joke, he is a trainee butcher and always telling us about the meat he cuts up and he seems to cut up a lot of lamb, so what better to put inside his card than a little lamb.... lol. Inside was created using Whisper White, Bashful Blue and Night of Navy Cardstock. The sheep was made using Stampin' Up! punches, Scallop Circle, Oval, Five Petal Flower (for ears) and Word Window Punch for legs.

There is a Cup Challenge on ILWS tonight, check out my right hand side bar and scroll down for a link to In Love With Stamping, be there at 5pm to register for an evening of fun and crafting.

Take Care all xx

3 New Cards

I have 3 new cards to show you today... I have been really busy making 70 Christmas Cards for my 2 little boys to write for their friends at school, plus I am making 30 boxes for Saturday and haven't even started yet.... lol

Patterned paper is from stash, flowers are made using 2 of the Stampin' Up! Punches, 5 Petal Flower and BoHo Blossomes, Cardstock is Night of Navy and Whisper White from Stampin' Up! and the sentiment is from Verve Stamps.

Stampin' Up! Old Olive Cardstock, Summer Sun and Whisper White. Ribbon is Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Up! Ribbon. Isn't it wonderful how it all matches each other.

Stampin' Up! Bravo Burgundy and Whisper White Cardstock. A Tree For All Seasons Stampin' Up! Stamp Set and the sentiment is Computer Generated.

Will post a photo of my 70 Christmas Cards tomorrow, plus have 2 other projects I have been working on that I cannot post yet as I dont want people to see them until they receive them.

My Christmas Shopping that I did on Sunday is starting to turn up today, really pleased as that is another thing out of the way, just need to check now who else I need to buy for and to get on with the making of the gifts that I am making. And bigger bonus, my little boy's birthday present turned up today, was worried it wouldn't arrive in time for Saturday as he will be 7 then... just need to get around to making him a card now...

Have a great evening all, take care xx

A couple of Challenges...

I know, I have managed to post twice 2 days running, I think this is a record for me, but I just wanted to get this card entered for the Stamp With Us Challenge here and the Sketch Saturday Challenge here.


The Stamp With Us Challenge needed me to use 3 patterned papers, 3 brads, 3 coloured cards and 3 different stamps, which I have managed. The patterned papers are a new Stampin Up Set called Bella Bleu, and I used 3 different papers from this set. The 3 brads are from Stampin Up and are at the bottom of the Flower Image. The 3 coloured cards I used are Brocade Blue, Very Vanilla and Kraft which you can just see poking out from underneath the image. And the 3 different stamps are the sentiment stamp which comes from the Stampin Up Say It With Scallops Set, the little blue stamped circle just underneath the flower is from the Stampin Up Circle Circus Set and the flower image itself is from the Stampin Up Bloomin' With Beauty Set. The border punch is also the new Stampin Up Eyelet Border Punch and I used the 5-Petal Flower Punch for the flower. To finish it off I stuck a Kraft Taffeta bow onto the flower stem and layered the middle of the sentiment with dimensionals. Oooh one last thing, the holes around the edge of the image is made using the Tool Set from Stampin Up, although you can now buy the Template, Mat and Sticky Tool seperately.


And again I decorated the inside to match the outside.... If you click on the images they will be shown larger and will be much clearer.

And just so that you can see the how deep it is and how I have raised the images to give dimension...

The Sketch Saturday challenge looked like this...



Hopefully I have fulfilled this sketch too, the 3 circles I have used as a flower and 2 sets of leaves... hope this counts. Everything else is in order though.

Thanks everyone for the challenges, I have had great fun making this card today.

Take care all xx

Hope You All Had A Very Merry Christmas....

And a Happy New Year, here's me wishing you all a Prosperous New Year....

Just wanted to let you know more about Stampin' Up!s special Saleabration Offer. For every £45 you spend, you can choose a Limited Edition Stamp Set for Free....... if you spend £90 you can have 2 Free Limited Edition Stamp Sets... and so on. If you would like to hold a workshop and your workshop achieves sales of over £300 you will be entitled to a Free Saleabration set too... and if you would like to become a Demonstrator and claim 3 Free Stamp Sets, please read my post below....

Click on the Saleabration Link on the Left Hand Side of my blog and it will take you to an online Saleabration Leaflet, but just to give you a taster, here are the 4 Stamp Sets that you can collect.

Remember though, this offer is only good for orders placed before 28th February 2009!

This one is called Botanical Blooms and is a two way Stamp Set whereas you stamp the coloured bit first, then the edge over the top, it is a good idea to use a Stamp-a-ma-Jig for this, and the image can be coloured using the Stampin Up Waterproof Crayons, just click on the Saleabration Catalogue Cover on the Left Hand Side for ideas on using these Stamps.


Lovely Stamps to use if you are giving someone something edible as a gift, again see the catalogue for more ideas.


Excellent sentiment set, you can use the big Congratulations, then follow on with one of the smaller sayings.

These stamps can be used with the Scallop Circle Punch for the round flower and the 5 Petal Punch for the five petal Stamp, these are excellent for many occasions, but I will be using the heart for some Valentine Cards.

Hopefully once everyone goes back to school next week things will settle down to normal and I will get around to making cards again, that is only if my new computer that is turning up on Saturday behaves itself, I have never had an easy time of swapping all my information across and I will have the added problem this time of my new computer being a 64 bit and this one being a 32 bit, I will have to download updated drivers for most of my software.... and cutting machines...

I will leave you with a card I made recently...

I think the papers are Laura Ashley, and one of the cricut cartridges had a flower so similar I cut it out and stuck it over one of the flowers on the card, if you look carefully you can just about see it, I also sewed around the outside of the card, the sentiment is computer generated.

Have a great evening everyone xx