Wedding Bears

My computer had a funny 5 when I tried posting yesterday - bless it!

This little picture frame has the lovely baby bears in again in a design we were shown at OnStage:

Another really great idea and an ideal gift.

And then a little Peekaboo Peach curvy keepsake.  I've used some of the Playful Palette DSP on 2 of the sides and a flower from the Flower Shop and Petite Petals stamp set - both punched out with matching punches of course.

Just Peachy!

Another quick catch up.
Firstly, a frame I've decorated in the style of one we did at one of Jenny's Extravaganzas a while ago. Sadly the spiral flower die is now retired but I have used the new colour Peekaboo Peach for them (next to Very Vanilla):

And just a teeny notebook I decorated with the ever cute penguin - not just for Christmas - and the bow punch.

Team Gifts

When we went to Telford last week 5 of the Bloomin' Buds met up from all over the country and we exchanged gifts.

This was mine:

The box is made from the envelope punch board and I've stamped over it with Awesomely Artistic.

The colours used are Tempting Turquoise, Pool Party, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight and Mossy Meadow.

I have also used:

Endless Birthday Wishes
Beautiful Bunch
Flower Shop
Petite Petals
Flower Fair Framelits
Punches: Petite Petals, Pansy, Fun Flower, Large Oval

Most importantly each box had a few Ferrero Rocher in them!

Cup of warmth

Get saving for the new Spring catalogue everyone.  There are some great things in there and you will so want one of the punches - trust me!!!

I've had a slight dabble in pre-order purchasing but (apart from a quick punch to test the fabulousness of said punch)  am now trying to focus on sorting out this Christmas business!

Anyway, a lovely Bloomin' Buds meeting this week.  We all took a secret santa gift, this was mine:

I've made a box using the gift box board but folded the openings back on themselves.

I've used the fun flower punch and matching stamps and the petite petals set too.

I chose the 2013-2015 in colours to keep the gift away from being strictly Christmas.

Leaves were from the Flower Fair framelits set.

Inside the box sat this little cup to which I've added a decorated stirrer, hot choc sachet and marshmallows.

A great idea I saw the lovely Clare Rowlands demo on tv and you can get the instructions here on the Hobby House website.

Remember to ask for punch money for Christmas!!  hee hee.

Deals and Swaps!

New weekly deals are here and they are great this week.

You can buy the Texture Boutique embossing machine for only £20.21 instead of £26.95 AND to make it an ideal present or treat there are also 6 embossing folders reduced from £7.50 each to just £5.63 each.  Some great prices to build your stash.

The embossing folders on offer are:
Beautifully Baroque, Lucky Stars, Northern Flurry, Perfect Polka Dots, Tiny Triangles and Zig Zag.

Click on the link on my side bar to view the deals.

Let me know if you 'have' to have anything AND click here to view the Clearance Rack - from Friday there are going to be some great deals whilst stocks last I believe.

I have an order going in later tomorrow for a first stock up so let me know.

Finally this is how my owls transformed from the previous post:

These were swaps for an event I went to this week so I will also share the swaps I got in return when I have taken a picture of them.

I had a few comments that the owl badge I made for Telford would make a good swap - so I did!

Materials used:

Cardstock: Natural White, Baked Brown Sugar, Pistachio Pudding, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Basic Black

Ink: Early Espresso, Crisp Cantaloupe, Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana

Stamps: Petite Petals, Hardwood, Six-Sided Sampler

Punches: Owl Builder, Bird Builder, 1 3/8" Circle, 1 3/4" Scallop Circle, Modern Label, Word Window, Petite Petals 

2013-2015 DSP

Rather a lot of items when you list them like that - but so worth it!

Enjoy checking out the deals.

Jill

Mossy Meadow Flowers

Not the greatest picture (apols for that!) but this is one of the cards that I took as an option to Crafty Bunch last week - thanks to Jenny for this idea which I slightly simplified for card & stamp usage!!

The card just uses Mossy Meadow ink, card and ribbon for simplicity - so effective though.

Stamp sets used are:
Gorgeous Grunge
Petite Petals (with matching punch)
Label Love (with matching punch)

The artisan label punch used for the sentiment is on offer this week for only £10.69 instead of £14.25 - bargain!

Some gems to finish and a very quick card - try it in all the new in colours!!

Lovely Lace

Today's card is one I made all the components for when I went to Telford.  We weren't allowed to share at the time anyway because it had new product on it but I finally stuck it together today.

This is just a little notecard size again.  The embossed piece of sahara sand card is using a new folder called Lovely Lace - one of the items in my delivery from UPS tomorrow!!

The sentiment is also in a new set called Something to Say and punched out with the Artisan Label punch.

The ever popular Petite Petals used again and finished with a little ribbon and twine.
I will have to make time to preview some cards this week as I have to play with my goodies - it's very exciting.

Weekly Sketch

Jenny my upline has been giving us a sketch each week as a challenge to see what we all create, it's great to see how everyone interprets the design with different stamp sets, colours & ideas.

This is mine for this week:

The base card is crumb cake which picks up one of the colours in the Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Stack which I've used on either side of the card.

I've added some whisper white card in the centre and cut a circle using the Circle Framelits, then edged it with the pricking tool and Essentials paper-piercing pack.

Flowers both stamped in coastal cabana - the larger from Flower Shop, smaller from Petite Petals and yes, with matching punches!

Flower centre is a real red candy dot in a brad base - so effective.

The crumb cake banner is more 3D than the picture gives it credit for and I've added an Itty Bitty Banner sentiment to this to finish.

Thank you bag

A thank you gift bag today I have just made for a commission after making one for my sample selection.

The base of the bag is a little box with 2 Label collection framelits around it.  I have used a Petite Petal stamp in Rich Razzleberry on these pieces of card in the same colour.

Other items used:
Blushing Bride card
Whisper White card
Petite Petals punch
Express Yourself stamp set
Large Oval punch
Organza ribbon

The base project for this is available on a set of instructions over at Jenny's blog.

Owl badge

Hello - I have returned (and am still rather exhausted).

A quick post today just to share my name badge which I made to take to the Telford Stampin' Up training day yesterday.

The badges had to be no smaller than A7 size (mine is a teensy bit bigger) and have a hole punched for the lanyard we got on registration.

The base card is naturals white and has been overlaid with some baked brown sugar with the hardwood stamp stamped in early espresso.

I've used a circle punch & scallop circle punch to make the 'hole' for the very cute owl to peer out of - so cute!  His chest has a bit of in colour DSP.

I printed my name on the base card and have used the word window and modern label to make a window feature of this too.

Pistachio pudding leaves from the bird punch and some more gorgeous petite petals in crisp cantaloupe & strawberry slush - finished with pearls.

I was quite pleased with it and it's always nice when someone likes it so much they want to take a picture!

Loads more to share another day (what I am allowed to share anyway - I can't show you my lovely free gifts yet, hee hee).

Flourishes!

A sample today using the very, very popular petite petals punch!

Card uses the current in colours again, base card is Crisp Cantaloupe.

I've used some 'foliage' from the Flowering Flourishes stamp set in Pistachio Pudding and stamped and punched some little Petite Petals and placed them on top - with some pearls to finish.

Sentiment from one of my favourite sets called Sassy Salutations.

Lots of updates to follow in the next week with all the stamping I have been doing this week & don't forget to check in tomorrow for the latest weekly deals.
Jill

Fresh Print Flowers

A cheery card today in real red featuring the Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Stack from the seasonal catalogue.

The lovely paper pack features Whisper White, Real Red, Coastal Cabana & Crumb Cake.  The paper is layered on a strip of crumb cake and the 3 big flowers are stamped from the Flower Shop set in ink to match, as are the flower centres from the Petite Petals set - all before being punched with the matching punch of course!

Sentiment from Four You and cut with the Banners Framelits.

The flower centres are finished with the Candy Dots from the catalogue which fit in brad bases if required or can be used as seen here for accents.