I did manage to tick a couple of jobs off my list.

Since Yesterday I did manage to tick off a couple of jobs on my list, no doubt I will add a couple more jobs to the list by the end of the day.
I managed to make Harvey's birthday card & get that in the post, I managed to make some samples using product from the new mini catalogue and also prepare my Stampers 6/7 kits ready for Monday night, so all in all a good day.
I'm sat here writing this post 7 editing pictures of the cards I've made & realised I got a little carried away as this card doesn't fit into any of the above categories.

To make this card I've used
Stamps
All a flutter
En francais
Bella Toille
Cheers & Wishes
Inks
Pacific Point
Pumpkin Pie
Crumb Cake
Daffodil delight
Cardstock

Pacific Point

Pumpkin Pie

Crumb Cake

Daffodil delight

Very Vanilla

DSP paper stack in Brights

Pretties

Silver Brads

Pumpkin Pie striped Grosgrain

Tools

Big Shot

Scallop oval punch

Oval punch

Paper piercing tool

Mat Pack

Elegant Bouquet embossing Folder.

If you are interested in purchasing any of the above products to make this project then please contact me.

First Card of the day

I have so much to do today in the craft room I have had to make one of my famous lists, These lists are everywhere at home and at work.
On my Crafting list today are
1. Masculine cards
2. Card samples for forthcoming all day event
3. Grandsons Birthday card
4. Wedding card for forthcoming family wedding
5. Prepare for Monday nights Stampers 7


So here is one of the first cards I've made this morning.

To Make this card I've used 
Cardstock
Whisper White
Chocolate Chip
Ink
Chocolate Chip
Crumb Cake
Red Riding hood
Versamark
Basic Black
Stamps
Medallion Background Stamp
En Francais Background Stamp
Artistic Etchings
Tools
Crop o dile
Top Note Die
Distressing Essentials Kit
Embossing Heat tool
Pretties
Gold embossing powder
Metallic eyelets
Linen Thread

Everything used in this project is available from Stampin' Up & Can be purchased through me.

On countdown to the new Mini catalogue

Just adding the last couple of cards made yesterday before I start to upload the samples made from the Yummy new stash from the Mini catalogue that goes live on Friday.


The first card is from a dusty stamp set that I've not used for a while called Fresh Cuts with the addition of some mini tags stamped from the Tint tags set that I also haven't used in a while.


Card 1

Cardstock
Whisper White
Chocolate Chip


Ink
Wild wasabi
Basic Grey
Soft Suede
baja Breeze
Asstd Stampin Write pens


Tools
Blender Pen
Scallop trim border punch
Jewelery tag medium
Colour Spritzer tool


Pretties
Linen thread


Stamps
Fresh Cuts
Tiny Tags




Card 2

Cardstock
Baja Breeze
Whisper White
Poppy Parade
So saffron


Ink
Blushing Bride
Versamark


Tools
Butterfly punch
Large tag punch
1" circle punch
1/2" circle punch


Stamps
Butterfly prints
En Francais
Medallion


Pretties
White embossing Powder
Dazzling Diamonds
Basic Rhinestones
1/2" Blushing Bride stitched poly Ribbon


Not long to go now until the new mini catalogue, Check back on Friday 1st April, this not not a fools day joke, but you would be a fool to miss the unveiling of the new catalogue.

Convention Swapping

Well the theme of convention & part of the Stampin' Up ethos is about sharing. What better way to share what we love is to make swap cards to swap with other demonstrators throughout Europe.
I have to say that 24 hours before I left for convention I had just 2 swaps completed , yes that was what I said just 2 in my defence I did have everything cut & ready to assemble, that bit had taken me two weeks to get to that stage. I was getting frustrated because as you can imagine I am not just a creative coach for Stampin' Up & I was rapidly running out of time.
With a little help from DH & Abi I managed to finish 65 cards to swap.
Here is my Swap card

The card is 4" square the base is chocolate chip cardstock. The next layer is very vanilla & that was stamped with the En francais stamp in Crumb cake ink, the layer was then torn for the aged look. The border is Old olive cardstock punched with the scallop trim border. The whole of the base layers was spritzed with Champagne frost that is mixed in a spray bottle with isopropyl Alcohol & then lightly shaken before spraying.
The bird & scallop oval are punched from Bashful blue cardstock. The birds wings are Bashful blue card stock stamper with the Bella toille stamp before being punched & the branch was punched with Wild Wasabi.

I will upload some pictures of the swaps I received over the weekend for you to see what a beautiful tallented bunch the european demo's are.

From Pukka pad to beautiful designer notebook

When I finished work yesterday I had to go with Abi  buy yet more stationery for school & being a paper crafter I am a sucker for stationery, I think I always have been as a little girl I loved being surrounded by paper & pencils & glue & scissors. I remember opening my Christmas stocking one year & finding a glue pen, but Father Christmas forgot to put any paper in my stocking, so I used the glue pen on all the pages of a comic magazine, my Mum was so cross.

From this

Well back to the story I came home in such a bad mood I decided to go straight up too my craft room until I calmed down, & decided to give my Pukka pad a makeover. If you are careful you can take the covers off the pad.

Using Bashful blue cardstock, Creamy caramel ink pad on the en francais background stamp all over the from cover. Then using Chocolate chip ink I stamped the Baroque Motifs swirl in two corners. Then with Pink Pixie I stamped the single flowers randomly around the swirl. On a spare piece of card I stamped the flowers again & punched them out with the Boho blossoms punch & popped them up with glue dots.

The A5 covers were held against the original covers & carefully lined up the holes on the Crop o dile, carefully I reconstructed the pad with its new covers & using the Bind it all I clamped the spiral spin back together, this can however be done by hand.

The ribbons tied around the spine Are bashful blue Striped Grosgrain & Taffeta ribbon on Bashful blue.

Sadly both of the ribbons are retiring, but one the happy side they are making way for lovely new stash.

Inky fingers

I have an aching neck from sitting at the sewing machine making bunting so I decided to take a break and get Inky and make a couple of Christmas cards. I am loving the Dasher stamp from the mini catalogue & I really hope that he will stay with us in the New Stampin' Up catalogue.

The cardstock is Kraft that is soon to be renamed Crumb cake & Garden Green. The inks are Versamark Garden Green & Creamy caramel. The stamp sets are Wondrous gift, Dasher & En Francais. The backing papers are from the great value scrappin kit called Christmas Jingle. The images are hi-lighted using the shimmer mists that are in the current mini catalogue, I have a sneaking suspicion that they may appear in the new catalogue as the are beautiful & very versatile.

The cardstock used in this card is Kraft & Ruby red. The inks are Versamark, Creamy caramel & Old olive, I love old olive it just keeps sneaking onto my cards I am so glad that it isn't one of the retiring colours at the end of September. The stamps used are Large medallion, Spotlight on Christmas & Dasher.The backing papers are from the scrappin kit Christmas Jingle. Dasher is stamped in Versamark & covered with the Heat & stick powder, heated with the heat tool & then covered in the dazzling diamonds glitter & reheated briefly. Very vanilla Taffeta ribbon is tied around the backing paper with a fake bow. The sentiment joy is from the spotlight on Christmas set & stamped in Old olive onto craft card & punched out using the 1 1/4" punch & mounted on a 1 3/8" circle of Ruby red card, I used a blender pen & the shimmer mist in Champagne to hi-light the sentiment.

Fond Farewell ~ 14

Another day another Fond farewell challenge card



Stamps
En Francais
Bloomin' with beauty
Ink
Close to cocoa (FF)
Cardstock
Night of navy
Very vanilla
Close to cocoa (FF)
Accessories
Chocolate chip 5 /8" grosgrain ribbon
Oval scallop punch
Large oval punch
Watercolour crayons
Aqua painter

All of the above products are from Stampin' Up & are available to purchase through me.

Fond farewell ~ 13

Day 13 of my Fond farewell challenge, with not one but four of the fond farewell colours.

On theis card I have used one of my least used techniques using the Stampin' pastels called " poppin pastels" The background uses both of the background stamps French filigree & En francais which really complement each other.
Stamps
Greenhouse Garden
En francais
French filigree
Inks
Ruby red (FF)
Bordering blue (FF)
Pale plum (FF)
Mellow moss (FF)
Versamark
Cardstock
Bordering blue (FF)
Whisper white
Ruby Red (FF)
Tools
Stamp a ma jig
Colouring
Stampin' Pastels

All of the above items are from Stampin' Up and are available to purchase through me.

Cards for the Mini magazine file

A beautiful sunny saturday here in Norwich, but that sun as beautiful as it is to see it is very deceptive as it's freezing outside. I have braved it out & hung some washing on the line for the first time in 2010, wether it dries remains to be seen.
Abi is still unwell but is beginning to look brighter, so we have the craft stuff on the dining table & I'm making the cards to go in the 2nd mini magazine file that I made yesterday.

The cards are all c6 size or in inches 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Stamps
Flight of the butterfly
En Francais
Baroque Motifs
SAB Happy moments
Cardstock
Apricot appeal
Very vanilla
Rose redCertainly celery
Almost amethyst
Designer series papers
Patterns in Rose red
Inks
Basic grey
Rose red
Certainly celery
Versamark
Accents
Dazzling diamonds glitter
Tools
Scallop border punch
Eyelet border punch
Scallop cirle punch
Paper piercing tool
Paper piercing template

An easel card for day 3

Day three of find my card making mojo
Todays card is an easel fold card
Tutorial for the fold
Colour family
Earth elements

Cardstock
Cameo coralRuby Red
Garden green
Choc chip
Very vanilla

Ink
Garden green
Cameo coralVersamark

Punches
Word window 117402
Scallop border 113654
Word window 117406
Corner rounder 109969
1/2" circle 110103

Stamps
En Francais 109521
One of a kind 113624

Trimmings
Dazzling diamonds

Cardmakers Mojo! Where can I buy some

My cardmakers mojo is struggling to come to the surface at the moment I am finding it incredibly hard to make the cards i need for family & friends at the moment.
I also need to find inspiration for my Stampin' up samples. This all started just after I had finished my Christmas cards. Since Scrapbooking became my favourite past time I have really struggled.

My personal challenge is 1 card
1 Stampin' Up set of stamps
1 colour family
Each day for a whole week.

Day 1

So to start the creative juices flowing I have lifted the idea from a sample made by my upline Michelle.

Stamps
wow flowers 111714
Live your dream 111486
En francais 109521

Inks
So saffron
Basic grey
versamark

Cardstock
Whisper White
So saffron
Basic Grey

Papers
So Saffron 113645

Punches
Large Oval 115156
Scallop oval 115429
Scallop Border 113654

Trimming
Very vanilla Tafetta ribbon 110135
Dazzling diamonds glitter 110194
Heat & stick powder 110101