Classes Launched

 

If you want to know more pop over to my Greetings from Guernsey blogspot

Join me in Guernsey?

Hello all,


I've now started my Greetings from Guernsey blog so look out for classes and retreats in Guernsey.

In the mean time here's some more Stampin' Up! using Wedding Sweet. The first is a Mother's Day card, yes I know it was a while back, but it would be so easy to change 'mum' to any name.

The second photo shows the 40 wedding invitations I did for Rhiannon and Tom's Wedding. As you know I rarely do two cards the same, so 40 of exactly the same was a challenge to my patience...I ended up stamping first thing in the morning, before the stresses of the day kicked in. When do you like to craft?

Greetings from Guenrsey

Hello all,

I guess you may be wondering where I've been?  Well, I've been on the move with no regular computer access, so now I'm based in Guernsey.  Unfortunately this means I have had to give up demonstrating and selling Stampin' Up! products as Guernsey lies out side the UK, but with in the British Isles and SU only currently operate in the UK.  However, I did stock up before I came out here...so the SU theme will continue, at least until I run out of stuff...LOL.

I hope to get some more projects on here soon.
Love to here from you...

Card Candy 1

More card candy...

And the winner is...

Well I hope your 2011 got of with a bang and you are enjoying the three day break.

I've started with a cold, which oddly knocks you out on the first day...The Bee movie, Wall E and then Indianna Jones infront of the TV was all I could manage.  I was very surprised how the BBC pulled that little lot off with all the cometition in broadcasting.

A drum roll please...the winner of the blog candy is Donna Keene...being comment number 8, which was the number created by an online random number generator.

Donna, please email me

Happy New Year!

A little bit of card candy and best wishes for the 2011

New Year's Celebration

 a little bit of card candy...enjoy your new years celebration where ever in the world you might be....

More free stamps?...Sale-a-bration 2011

Have you left a comment on my blog to win a set of stamps from last year's sale-a-bration?  If not scroll down...not long to the closing date....

Woo hoo...more free stamps?

Place an order over £45 to take part in this offer.  If you place an order for £90 you can order two sets and so on!...and much much more, click on the poster to find out.

Happy Christmas Blog Candy

I would love to wish you all Merry Christmas with a chance to win this set of 6 stamps from Stampin' Up!

These stamps were only available in the UK as a free gift in last year's Sale-a-bration.

If you would like to win this set of stamps, and live in the UK, please leave a comment on my blog before 31st December.  A winner will be drawn at random. Good luck!

 

It's Christmas tomorrow!  So here's a little card, that's to wish you all a safe and peaceful Christmas.

More Pear Pizzazz and Poppy Parade, joined by Crumb Cake and Early Espresso.  The colour spritz tool is great fro creating this aged background in Pear Pizzazz. I've used Early Espresso to over stamp the children and sled and added decoration with the wreathstamp.  All stamps are from the Welcome Christmas set. 

Do check out tomorrow's post.

Merry Christmas!



Joy to the World 2

 

Pear Pizzazz again, this time with the most glittery glitter I have ever seen, it's mirror like! I stamped the wreath from Welcome Christmas in versamark, covered in heat and stick, heated, covered in glitter and reheated to set the glitter...I stamped the letters individually from the same set in Old Olive, and added a gem to each. A bow of Pear Pizzazz finishes it off.

Don't forget to check out my blog over the Christmas period...if you live in the UK you might be in for a surprise...



Joy to the World

Individually colour the letteres on the Joy stamp from Welcome Christmas and punch out using the decoration punch, stick some gold elastic cord to the the back and secure under a boarder created with the scallop boarder punch. I've picked Poppy Parade and Pear Pizzazz for my colour theme over the next few posts, look how it can be very modern, but traditional Christmas at the same time.

Merry Christmas Pooch

 

This little dog is taken from the Hostess Level 2 free stamp set called Long Fellows, this is not a Christmas themed set at all, but it just goes to show how with the use of a Christmas sentiment and Christmassy colours how you can adapt them for use this season.  The background is created with the Sassy Sparkles wheel. The sentiment comes from Contempo Christmas. Real Red and Early Espresso are highlighted with Whisper White. An Early Espresso brad and crinkled Real Red ribbon (use Sticky Strip for the best results) complete the look.

Ornament Dangle Card

 

I hope you all survived the snow.  Here's a little card I created with Contempo Christmas and the coordinating Contempo Wheel, Poppy Parade ink and designer series paper and the amazing Stampin' Up! gold embossing powder.  Amazing? why...I have often found gold embossing powder to be a bit patchy, this one forms a really great even raise layer of elegant sheen, no pitting at all.  The baubble fits within the 1 3/4 inch (4.4cm) circle punch when cut out.



Concord Crush Christmas Card



Merry Christmas everyone, what a simple quick and easy card.  Stamp Seasons Greetings from Welcome Christmas on to Whisper White and cut out, create two slots at either end of the sentiment.  Wrap Concord Crush ribbon around a piece of Concord Crush card folded to 4"x4", thread through the slots and tie in a knot.  The simplicity is created by using only two colours and the elegant sentiment. Of course the colour coordination is perfect, as this is one of Stampin' Up!'s strong points, another is the quality of their rubber stamps, which are so deeply etched, whether you choose the new clear mount or the wooden backed stamps the quality doesn't vary. 

I inked the stamp using the Concord Crush Stampin' Write Marker. 

 

This beautiful scroll frame is highlighted with the swallow and Really Red satin ribbon.  The just because sentiment is also from the Notably Ornate stamp set the final stamp in the set is an oval, which coordinates with our oval punches and says 'take note', amazing.  The Love Letters papers have 2 sheets with the scroll frame enlarged, ideal for a large central photo (more later).



Contempo Christmas Scrap page

Contempo Christmas and the new In Colours make up this page.  Poppy Parade and Pear Pizzazz and Early Espresso with a touch of Very Vanilla and Bashful Blue make up the colour theme, just a slight variation on the dark red and dark green that is so often used for Chritsmas, just a little edge to it.  I love the 1/8" (3mm) Early Espresso ribbon with it's white trimmed edges. 

The sentiment says, Christmas is love with all the trimmings, part of the Contempo Christmas Stamp Set.

Playdate in the Park

Here's a quick scrapbook page I knocked up in an hour.  There's a rare picture of me...in the glasses, if you've ever wondered what I look like...LOL  I'm sorry about the 'flare' on the photograph, I'm finding it increasingly difficult to photograph items well with the lower autumn light levels, I hope it doesn't spoil your enjoyment of the page.

Isn't it amazing what you can create from three squares of 6x6 patterend paper?  These patterns are from the Playdate Designer Series Paper, a little Real Red satin ribbon, Real Red button and card and Old Olive buttons with Linen Thread complete the look.  Circle punches and the Scallop Boarder punch are a must for this project.

There's a hidden journaling panel with a scalloped edge slipped in behind the photo to the right.

The Real Red compliments the red and pink coats in the photograph, pick up on colours within your own photographs to tie in with your paper colours.

Don't forget to use strong double sided tape to create the folded ribbon look, alternatively use a running sewing stitch and gather the ribbon that way.

This is a no stamp scrap page.

Dasher gets out and about

 

If you loved the Dasher bottle tag, ideal for Christmas, why not come and see him close up?

I'm taking Pink Cottage Craft to the Craft Fair at Eaton Village Hall, Norwich on Saturday 27th November 11-3 and to the Craft Fair at Hadleigh Guildhall, Suffolk on Saturday 28th November, look out for the bright pink table cloth and lots of hand crafted papercraft goodies. The Dasher bottle tag will be available to buy, jazz up any bottle and add your personallised message.

At Eaton there will be a raffle for the Pakistan Flood Relief Fund. I have given this lovely Dasher Candle gift set for a prize, pop in and take part in the raffle to try to win him.

Sassy Sparkle's wheel completes the look.

Beware Pirates Scrap page

 

I was inspired by this photograph of a musical friend, who with her orchestral collegues, often takes part in a themed last night, of course only where the orchestra is hidden.  AAAArrrrrrrr!

The Beware Pirates stamp set and the Newsprint DSP go so well together, add Basic Black card and ink and assemble on a 6x6 Real Red card base, a very quick page indeed..