Wednesday, 15 December 2010
hand made christmas trees
i've not had time to craft this week so far, been busy with school concerts and playgroup christmas parties, hopefully i will have time over the next few days as i have no cards made yet. i thought i'd share these decorations i made last year but never blogged
this wooden tree is my favorite decoration (my merry christmas banner is a close second) it really catches the light with all the glitter along the egdes of the papers
Sunday, 5 December 2010
christmas blog hop
Hi, welcome to the tartan stampers christmas themed blog hop, you should have come from lorraone at http://lorrainecardsandmore.blogspot.com
this is a polystyrene cone decoration, its about a fot high, made with real red and old olive dsp cut with the oval punch- this is for my gran, she dosn't put a tree anymore but likes a few decorations dotted about and its traditional colours just as she likes.
a6 sized note pad covered on baja breeze, early espresso and vary vanilla ribbon- i have a stack of these made for small gifts, the note book below uses melon mambo card and baja breezed dsp from a greenhouse gala pack

Jars of bath salts decorated with (left)old olive card and real red ribbon (right) dsp from simply scrapping kit, old olive card and very vanilla ribbon, they still need tags listing the ingredients
This is a pizza box styled box only its longer than normal to hold 2 bars of home made soap, its real red, with old olive and very vanilla card, and a strip of dsp from a simply scrapping kit

wooden heart, painted blue with marina mist ink, baroque motif stamps and marina mist and rich razzleberry ribbons, it was covered in dazzling diamonds
now hop over to Diane at http://craftwithstyle.blogspot.com
wooden heart, painted blue with marina mist ink, baroque motif stamps and marina mist and rich razzleberry ribbons, it was covered in dazzling diamonds
now hop over to Diane at http://craftwithstyle.blogspot.com
Saturday, 4 December 2010
mdf christmas tree
Jacqui over at www.simply-create-alford.blogspot.com set a challenge - something festive with sparkle - well this tree has very fine glitter embedded in the embossing but its not showing in the photos, the edges of the branches also have blobs of stickles down them to try and look like frost/snow - again it dosn't show well but it is really very sparkly in real life.
stamps used - serene snowflakes and baroque motifs
ink pacific point, baja breeze and bashful blue
clear embossing powder (all over) dazzling diamonds glitter and stickles
Saturday, 27 November 2010
stamped christmas decorations
Labels:
christams,
snowflakes
Thursday, 25 November 2010
christmas glitz
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
This is a cheap canvas from poundland, i sponged rich razzleberry ink around the sides of the canvas and also sponged shimmer paint (but it dosn't show in the photo) it gives a lovely rich shimmery effect. i thin stamped using Baroqu Motifs and made a flower using the scallop circle punch, i also used the yelet border punch a length of taffeta ribbon - it's well worth a pound!
Heres a 12x12 page using real red card and greenhouse gala papers- i kept the page simple although i will add journalling to it once its out of my sample book and into my scrapbook

Now this wee box is away to go into mass production for christmas. i used cherry cobbler a. ind old olive card. i cut an aparture using the ornament punch and used acetate as a window. i stamped using white stazon and used dazzling diamonds on the image while the ink was still wet so it stuck without glue. it holds 4 chocolates- perfect for the christmas table instead of crackers, or as small gifts, i would also be perfect for jewellery.
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
convention swaps
the photos were taken in the marquee so the colour is terrible- sorry. i realised i had better get photos of my swaps before they were all gone.
top- is pretty in pink and melon mambo, with greenhouse garden flowers and pocket sils for the background
middle - baha breeze background with real red
bottom- crunb cake (kraft) background with early espresso, beware pirates stamp set- i embossed the images with clear embossng powder (twice) then put them in the freezer so it would crack like broken glass
Saturday, 13 November 2010
stampin up convention
I thought I'd share a couple of photos from the gala dinner/awards night. We were at Addington Palace, it was beautiful inside the building but as there were so many of us we used their huge marquee, the atmosphere was amazing, everyone was genuinely happy for each others achievements

the photo above is me up on the stage meeting Shelli who is CEO of SU. i was placed in the top 25 demonstrators of the year, Dawn and Elaine were also in Demo of the year, and they both received awards for their sales aswell (photos below) Dawn had a stunning teal dress on and Elaine wore her favorite - Ness, she looked fabulous and was so easy for me to spot on the stage so i could zoom in for photos.

i came home with over 150 swaps, so instead of blogging this week i've been sorting through them and doing some crafting- i came home so inspired i didn't want to waste my evenings on the computer.
the photo above is me up on the stage meeting Shelli who is CEO of SU. i was placed in the top 25 demonstrators of the year, Dawn and Elaine were also in Demo of the year, and they both received awards for their sales aswell (photos below) Dawn had a stunning teal dress on and Elaine wore her favorite - Ness, she looked fabulous and was so easy for me to spot on the stage so i could zoom in for photos.
i would like to thank my customers and hostesses for their support and custom since i started, i am so lucky to be able to do the job i do, i meet so many lovely people and i'm lucky enough to now count many of them as my friends.
Monday, 1 November 2010
Thursday, 21 October 2010
catch up
Real Red and the new Pacific Point
My new favorite colour combo, Rich Razzleberry and Baja Breeze

Perfect Pear and Red Riding Hood

Real Red and Pacific Point again, with Shimmer painted stars in the background

Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake(kraft) and Very Vanilla, with a dazzling diamond swirl

All suplies are stamping up, some of these cards are from a 4 hour class i did in Huntly, the ladies worked very hard and we just had a short tea break but they all completed the 7 cards and gift bag bang on time.
Perfect Pear and Red Riding Hood
Real Red and Pacific Point again, with Shimmer painted stars in the background
Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake(kraft) and Very Vanilla, with a dazzling diamond swirl
All suplies are stamping up, some of these cards are from a 4 hour class i did in Huntly, the ladies worked very hard and we just had a short tea break but they all completed the 7 cards and gift bag bang on time.
appologies for not posting for so long, i'm off to london in a couple of weeks and i've been very busy making swaps for the SU convention, i'm doing cards, card candy, 3d projects and gift item swaps, so far i've done 120 but i'm aiming for more.
Tuesday, 7 September 2010
stampin up blog hop
welcome to the retiring product blog hop
you should have come here from Kim at http://kimfeecrafter.blogspot.com/
the church is from Silent Night, which is being retired. i used bashful blue (which is still current) and brocade blue which is being retired on the 1st Oct.
the bottom card used Lovely as a Tree, the card is sage shaddow and always amethyst which are going and bashful blue again
from here please hop over to Emma at http://emma-daye.blogshop.com
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
stamping on canvas
the butterflies are made with the Flight of the Butterfly stamps and punch. i sponged on bashful blue and pretty in pink inks then stamped in pretty in pink using the background Bella toile stamp and the swirl from Baroque motifs in regal rose ink.
the christmas tree was made from handmade card buttons(this was not my idea - a friend showed me it and she'd seen it on a blog- i can't remember the blog but if i find it i'll link to it) , I used Crystal Effects to add the sheen. i sponged close to coco ink and champange shimmer paint and used the En Francais background stamp (which i use on everything at the moment) some of the buttons have a sprinkling of dazzling diamonds to give them a bit of christmas sparkle.
thanks for looking - i will be doing the christmas tree as a class shortly, so drop me a note if you fancy making one yourself
Monday, 23 August 2010
Stampin Up Retirement Party
i'm going to have an evening of make and takes and demonstrations on Friday the 3rd September. It will be a nice way to catch up with some of my customers i don't see as much as i'd like- i've met so many lovely ladies over the last year and a bit and many have become friends- so this will be a chance for me to say thanks to my customers with a goodie bag and a chance for all my guests to grab their last chance to order the retiring products before they are gone forever.
if you'd like to come along please call or email me, i have to know numbers for preparing make and takes and goodie bags- so get your name down- spaces are limited
The cards above were made with the Greenhouse Garden Set, pretty in pink, melon mambo and rich razzleberry inks. i used the left overs from the patterned paper i made for my scrapbook page i posted last week.
Sunday, 15 August 2010
2 step stamping blog hop
Big Bold Birthday in Bashfull blue and certainly celery
greenhouse garden in pretty in pink and melon mambo
i'm part of a stampin up blog hop today, if your already doing it you'll have come from Jo at http://stampinmidlands.blogspot.com/
if your new to blog hops - there are 10 of us in a ring each linking to the person before and after us in the ring so you can follow either way to get round and get lots of new ideas
next in the ring is Sue at http://frankiesue.blogspot.com
Thursday, 5 August 2010
Jelly Roll Quilt
i've been busy sewing this week, just a break from my normal paper crafts. i only ever get a chance to do big projects like this in the holidays, next i have to do the boarders- i have dozens of wee squares waiting to be sewn up - hopefully tonight so i can get my kitchen back to normal. 
Monday, 2 August 2010
20% off 2-step stamping
Augusts Promotion is a fab 20% of the stamp sets below - time to grab a bargin!
Loads of love £15.16
Big bold birthday £19.16
Trendy trees £10.36
Greenhouse Garden £18.36
Something sweet £19.16
Tiny tags £15.16
Bird on branch £11.96

Big bold birthday £19.16
Trendy trees £10.36
Greenhouse Garden £18.36
Something sweet £19.16
Tiny tags £15.16
Bird on branch £11.96
Thursday, 22 July 2010
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