Make My Monday Purple!

It's challenge time again at Make My Monday and this week the lovely Caz has chosen Purples and Neutrals for her challenge. You can only choose one neutral though so please do check out the rules before you link up!

Here is my card

Now I would love to say this was all my own work but no - I followed a tutorial HERE with Dawn 'hi stampers' Griffith! I chose white as my neutral.

Materials - Stampin' Up
Stamps: Swallowtail
Ink: Concord Crush (retired), Perfect Plum
Card Stock: Whisper White, Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant
Paper: Silver Glimmer
Accessories: Big Shot, Windows Framelits, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, White Gel Pen

Thanks for looking - bye for now - Jacqueline xx

New Challenge Blog and DT Call

I know I must be mad but this is something I have been thinking about for a while now - my new challenge blog - The Male Room. It does exactly what it says - it's a challenge for men only cards. Do check it out - I need a design team and all you have to do to qualify is make a male card/project - simples. Oh and if you could spread the word a bit for me that would be great please.
Speaking of male cards - here's the card I made for my husband today

This set is being carried over from the Spring/Summer mini into the new catalogue - isn't it lovely, can't wait to use it some more.

Materials - Stampin' Up
Stamps: The Open Sea, Delightful Dozen
Ink: Crumb Cake, Not Quite Navy
Card Stock: Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Riding Hood Red
Accessories: Decorative Label Punch

Thanks for looking, see you soon - Jacqueline xx

A Sad Farewell

One of my favourite stamps is retiring at the end of this month, I'm not too sad though as I have had a sneak peak at the brand new catalogue and there is a lot of new and exciting products to take it's place.
You my remember I used this set recently for my workshops -

I also made an easel card in this style as easel cards are the subject of this month's workshops - take a look

I didn't stop there either as I made this little gift box to complete the collection

Thanks for looking today - I will be saying fond farewells to a few more sets later in the week so do pop back. Enjoy the rest the weekend - Jacqueline xx

Glitter Bauble

It's time for another 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  challenge - gosh that came around quick again and golly did I make a mess of this one!
I was out most of yesterday and came home exhausted, tried to make my card, ruined 2 pieces of card stock and went to bed in a very bad mood! I actually slept for 12 hours (!) woke up and made a new card - here it is

You may be able to spot a sneaky peak of a new item coming in the new catalogue - more on that story later!

Materials - Stampin' Up
Card Stock: Whisper White, Naturals White, Rose Red, Certain Celery. Silver Glimmer Paper
Accessories: Big Shot, Embossing Folder, Bitty Punch, Holiday Ornaments Die
(Please do drop me an e-mail if you would like to order any of the above items or indeed any Stampin' Up product from the two current catalogues found in my side bar - all my details are above in the top tabs - thanks).

I'm off to a local charity event later, it's called 'Strawberry Saturday' however there will be no strawberries! I found that to be very strange so I'm taking my own! It's local musical artists playing outdoors so I am hoping that the weather will stay dry too - have a great weekend - Jacqueline xx

CAS - Summer Silhouettes Sketch

Hello everyone - got a bit carried away this morning booking hotels and Convention places for a very special weekend away in November that I completely forgot to post this week's CAS - Colours and Sketches card. Here is the sketch we want you to use this week

And here is my card

I embossed my card with one of the folders from the Adorning Accents set across the bottom and then used my scoring plate to add two lines down the side.

Elements from the Summer Silhouette set were stamped and cut out to decorate the card.

Materials - Stampin' Up

Stamps: Summer Silhouetes

Ink: Certain Celery, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink, Not Quite Navy

Card Stock: Whisper White

Accessories: Scoring Plate, Big Shot, Adorning Accents

(Please do drop me an e-mail if you would like to order any of the above items or indeed any Stampin' Up product from the two current catalogues found in my side bar - all my details are above in the top tabs - thanks).

It will be my first Stampin' Up Convention in November and I'm really excited - Stampin' Up are also celebrating their 25th Anniversary so I'm sure this one is going to be extra special. You could be a part of the celebrations too - e-mail me on deezinesart@gmail.com for details on becoming a demonstrator - I'd love to have you in my team - Jacqueline xx