PTI Stash and a Card

Below is my pile of PTI Stash just before I put it into its new home yesterday....

Have stood all the inkpads up, but not sure how I will identify them without having to take each out of the drawer to see what colour it is.... any ideas? Was thinking of a coloured dot on the side coloured in the colour of the inkpad.... still thinking on that one... and guess what, there is another PTI release in the early hours of tomorrow morning which I am thinking of getting up for as I have a longish list yet again this month.... still trying to collect everything so a few more buttons and some new dies and stamp sets that are being released this month. Luckily I am selling some of my stash to fund it.... hopefully they wont take the money from my bank until I get the money through from my sold stash!!! lol

Anyway, still stroking my PTI stash so had to show you a card using more SU goodies. The new Bird Punch which was released in the mini catalogue... how cool is this and the Patterned Paper is from the new Sweet Pea Paper Stack, so is the wing of the bird and the flower... The cardstock used is Taken With Teal, Barely Banana, Whisper White and Chocolate Chip....

And the inside has been decorated too, again Barely Banana, Whisper White and Chocolate Chip and more Patterned Paper from the Sweet Pea Paper Stack, and the leaves punched from the Bird Punch.

Anyway, off to do some ironing and cooking dinner... cya all tomorrow... xxx

More Sneak Peeks.....

I attended a Stampin' Up! Training Day at Reading last Saturday and my wonderful downline Teri had made me this little box using new stash from the mini catalogue.....

and inside was two bottles of Sanctuary lushiousness which I have had my eye on for a while now and despite hinting didn't get any for Mother's Day or Valentines Day, so was doubly gorgeousness for me..

I just want to say thank you so much to Teri, it was a lovely surprise and it was absolutely brilliant to finally meet you at last...

 For this set Teri used the new Vintage Vogue Stamp Set and the new Very Vintage Wheel which I haven't actually bought yet.... I wasn't sure I wanted it until I saw this gorgeous box, now it is definitely on my wish list. But I do have the Vintage Vogue Stamp Set..... watch this space...

We all took swaps along too, and here is the swap I made...

I used the new Sweet Pea Paper Stack for the Patterned Paper and the little owl is from the Fox and Friends Stamp Set, all from the new catalogue. I used Whisper White, Taken With Teal and Rose Red Cardstock and grosgrain ribbon in More Mustard and Chocolate Chip... the sentiment is from the Trendy Trees stamp set....

Am sorting out some storage in my craft area this weekend, yet again, I really need to organise my stamps better and my nestabilities.... I also have a load of stamps to sell so keep your eye on here if you love Magnolia, KatzelKraft, Sugar Nellie, Autumn Leaves and a few other stamps.... I am also selling a hardly used Scor Pal which I bought but wasn't sure I liked.

Have a great weekend all xx

A Lovely Day..... thank you to my children...

I just wanted to thank all my children who came to my house (or still live here) who made yesterday a great Mother's Day for me.... I got some gorgeous prezzies and my son and daughter in law made me a very large cake, it tastes absolutely gorgeous. Another son bought me a Mini Albums book that I wanted and a photo frame, and 2 of my other daughters bought me a Mad Hatter purse and notebook which I so desperately wanted, my son also bought a nice roast dinner that we cooked at home and another son supplied the dessert as I did not know about the big cake, we then visited my mum and delivered her card and a bottle of wine. It was my daughter's wedding anniversary also, and she also bought me a massive big bunch of flowers, really gorgeous, and we bought them a Slow Cooker for their present. It is also her birthday today and I have been there for lunch and then we popped to my sons place to see his new tattoo that he had done this morning, and guess what? I forgot to take photos of any of this.

So you are stuck with a card totally unrelated to any of the above..... lol

I used Rose Red and Taken With Teal Cardstock from Stampin' Up!, the patterned Paper is from the Green Stack and the flowers and bling are from my stash... nice and quick recipe today, just as well as I need to get on and make 30 swaps for Saturday when I am off for some Stampin' Up! Training... have a great evening all xx

Cute Hamster - Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge

It is my daughter's birthday next week , it is also my Son In Law's birthday and their anniversary, so 13th Son In Law's Birthday, 14th, their anniversary and 15th Daughter's birthday..... and then my sisters on 24th, so will be pretty busy this week making cards and I also have 2 card classes this week too.... anyway, I thought I would make my daughter's card using the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge.

I used a digital image from Mo's Digital Pencil, isn't it just the cutest little hamster? I coloured with my copic markers as I have missed using them lately....

I used Stampin' Up! Kaleidescope Patterned Paper, strangely I didn't like these very much when I first saw them, but now I am loving them and could use them all the time, which I often do... ha ha. I also used Taken With Teal and Apricot Appeal, the little Sentiment is from a Saleabration Set which is no longer available and punched out using the Word Window Punch....

I also decorated the inside which I often do, using Taken With Teal Cardstock and Pixie Pink.... the papers are the same, the flowers are from my stash... Hope you like it...

Just an update on the girls bedroom, I have been sticking notes on their door each day with a small job to do each day, so far I have all their dirty washing and am finishing the last lot today, they have clean bedding, there is no dirty crockery and the floor is clear.... today one is clearing off her desk and the other will be sorting out 3 of the blue boxes.... so onwards and upwards, we do get some protesting, but they still seem to do it, so all going well so far...

Have a great evening all, take care xx

What Would Jesus Do?

Yet another card made for my monthly order, this time I have used some of the Faux Buttons that I made and showed you in my video tutorial....

For this card I used Elegant Eggplant Ribbon, Taken With Teal, Elegant Eggplant, Real Read, Sage Shadow and Whisper White Cardstock. The Lace Border Punch was used to make the scallop edge and the Patterned Paper is from the Spiced Cider set...

Hope you like it... dont forget to enter my colour challenge #3, the link is in the left hand side Column, under Tackle it Tuesday.... have a great day all xx

Mojo Monday Challenge Card

I am sadly lacking in card making at the moment, but the children have gone back to school today, and I have a 12 card order to fulfill so thought I had better get stuck in. I have stamped lots of images today, now I just need to colour them and make some cards.... definitely need to start on some Christmas Cards for myself and for the small boys to give to their classmates.

Anyway, I used some of my new Stampin' Up! stamps called A Flower For All Seasons... if you want to be the last person to sign up to my Stampers 10 Club then you can get this set free on your Hostess Month. I used Taken With Teal Cardstock and the sentiment is from Verve Stamps, I just love their scripture stamps. The Patterned Paper is Cosmo Cricket Early Bird.

And here is a photo of the inside, just used the same papers as on the outside to give it some continuity. I find it easier to make cards from a sketch so thought I would make this card using the Mojo Monday Card Sketch which you can find here.

Thanks for looking everyone... have a great evening. xx

Free Postage and Packing until Midnight tonight.

Free postage and packing until midnight tonight. Dont forget the buy 3 get the 4th free on the Patterned Paper on page 72-73 of the catalogue. This is not your cheap paper, this is thick, quality patterned paper, makes gorgeous boxes and bags.



Also dont forget that once the new catalogue comes out on 1st October you will no longer be able to buy from the old catalogue, so make sure you get all you need before then.



Here's a card I made the other day using Real Red and Taken With Teal Cardstock, also using black and white card, and cut using my nestabilities, I also used Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon. Stamp Sets used are Carte Postale and Occasional Greetings.

Have a good evening all xx

At last...

I have managed to update my blog, been really busy sorting out my 10 ladies for the 10 month club. I also did my first workshop which I was told went well, here are the things I made for it and the make and takes too..

This was made using the Unfrogettable Stamp set and Green Galore and Only Orange cardstock, the big paperclip I got from Staples, I stuck it all together using Stampin Up dimensionals.

This was an example that I showed using the chalks to colour in the butterfly and the blender pen, I used Elegant Eggplant and Lavender Lace cardstock and Elegant Eggplant grosgrain ribbon, I used the Touch of Nature stamp set. I used the white pearls from the Pretties kit.

This little bucket was purchased from Woolworths, I decorated it with Taken with Teal and Elegant Eggplant cardstock, and stamped it using Be Happy, Seeing Spots and the In the Spotlight level 2 hostess stamp sets. I then filled a large cello bag with cookies and handed them to the hostess at tea time so everyone could have some biscuits.

Another card I used as an example on watercolouring with the inkpads. You just squidge the inkpads slightly before opening and then lift the colour from the lid with a watercolour brush. For this I used Old Olive Patterned Paper, Real Red cardstock and grosgrain ribbon, I used Old Olive, Bordering Blue and Black Inkpads for the colouring and coloured the flowers again with blender pens and chalks. The stamp sets I used were Loads of Love and the centre of the flower was Little Pieces. The sentiment was the one from Loads of Love but by using the Stamp-a-ma-Jig I managed to stamp it in a straight line instead of the square it normally is.... excellent.

This was my make and take, I found this brilliant template from Karin on Inlovewithstamping, and made my own photo wallet using her instructions. The top picture is the outside and the one with the photos are the inside.

I used Fall Flowers Patterned paper, always artichoke ribbon, I punched white circles out and stuck underneath to make the scallops in whisper white cardstock and the little stamped circle is from the Seeing Spots stamp set. The little green scallop is Old Olive cardstock, I punched a scallop circle, then a plain circle just inside and made my own scallop by cutting slightly and putting around the edge of the plain circle.

So that is about it for now, will be working hard once I get back from my holiday.

Have a good day xx