A few little Thank-You's

A super quick post for you today as I am working on my Christmas Stamp-a-Stack Class, more details and dates HERE, book now to be sure to get the day you would like ;-)

Anyway, I needed a few little cards this week to pop in with orders, amongst other things, and these quick little designs were the end result. This one was made with an off cut of the One Sheet Wonder we will be making at my August Class, see full class details HERE

and this little one too, again using Baby Blossoms, sentiment is from the Level One set Afterthoughts, which I inked using a marker just to say Thanks,

and I made this card to go in with the prize I gave away at Netley Marsh Steam and Craft Fair last week,

Pretty in Pink flower (Daisy #2 die) with a Marina Mist button centre,

and the sentiment popped out over the "vase"

Right, back to the grindstone, hope you are enjoying the weather where you are, it's glorious here today! Yay!

Thanks for visiting,

Stampin' Hugs,

Baby Blossoms One Sheet Wonder Class

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Good Morning,

I have been busy getting samples ready for my August class ready to share with you guys, as I had so many people interested in classes at the Steam and Craft Fair I am adding to my dates, I will now be running this class on Saturday 20th, Monday 22nd, Tuesday 23rd, Wednesday24th and Thursday 25th August, I will be keeping the numbers at strictly 6 per class on a first come, first served basis. Please EMAIL me now to reserve your space on the day you would like :-)

So, do you want to see the projects we will be creating??

I have not used the One Sheet in the "traditional" way but I decided to use the pretty paper with punches and dies, making a pretty Milk Carton too :-)

Well, I really hope you can join us this month.

I am also working on dates and designs for my Christmas Stamp-a Stack starting in September, go HERE to see some dates and more information on classes too :-)

Thanks for joining me today and I look forward to hearing from you soon,

Stampin' Hugs

Chris' Special Birthday

Happy Bank Holiday to you all today,

and a BIG Happy Birthday to Chris, my SU! sister, I have scheduled this post as I am again at Lyndhurst Community Centre for their Craft and Gift Fair, I would love if you stopped by and said Hi!

So, back to Chris, she has a very special birthday today, I am not sure I should say how many years young she is but here is her blog and if she tells you then that's up to her ;-)

I used Crumb Cake (again) over the base of Rose Red and teamed it with Wild Wasabi and Rose Red accents made with the super cute Baby Blossoms stamp set,

included in this set is also this lovely frame as well as all the 2 step stamps to give your flowers and leaves that little extra something, sentiment is the ole' faithful Sincere Salutations, 

I made my first double bow with Seam Binding ribbon (available in this SHARE) in crumb cake then topped it with a flower from my stash after I stamped the Top Note die cut with Versamark and Crumb Cake ink to make the background. 

Arty angle to see the depth, this was definitely a large letter for the postman! I really hope she has gotten it in time for her special day, 

One last pic of the inside to finish,

Well, that's all for today, Thanks for visiting me today, I hope you like this one. I was really happy with it, but more importantly I hope Chris likes it and has a wonderful birthday!

Stampin' Hugs,

Simply Stampin' Challenges, Week 6, a sketch

Good Morning to you today!

Well, finally blogger is back up and running! and I have sooo much to share with you too, so for today I have to share with you the Simply Stampin' challenge card, and it's my favourite kind of challenge this week, a sketch, so great when you have creative block ;-) I hope you will join us with this weeks challenge.

Do pop over to the challenge blog and have a look at the other Dt members cards as they all do a wonderful job of inspiring us all.

Anyway, here is this weeks sketch for you to work with..

So, if you have come here from the challenge blog then you will know that I flipped this sketch to fit the card I made

I used the gorgeous colour combo of Rose Red and Pear Pizzazz, with the very lovely Springtime Vintage DSP too, HERE in this share if you "need" some, along with buttons and seam binding ribbon too.

I die cut the butterflies from the bigz die Beautiful Butterflies, once from Rose Red card and once from Vellum Card stock, I then embossed them both using the Vintage Wallpaper folder and sewed them onto the punched circle

Sentiment is from the Level 2 stamp set from the mini called  Something to Celebrate, with the background on the Pear Pizzazz card using the Baby Blossoms stamps using versamark and Pear ink,

 and finally a very blurry picture showing the layers inside, don't quite know what happened to this pic but I had written and sent the card before I realised, oopsie ;-)

Well, I hope you like today's card and we would love it if you could join in with our challenge,

Thanks for stopping by today,

Stampin' Hugs,

Simply Stampin' Buttons and Bows

Hello today,

I am so sorry this is such a late post today, I got in from work late last night and usually I schedule this post when I get home, but as I walked in the door DH went out, I completely forgot about my blog as it just threw me and I got on and made a few things ;-) ooopsie, sorry 'bout that!

Anyway, here we are. When I first heard that this weeks challenge was Buttons and Bows over at Simply Stampn' Challenge Blog <<< shameless link there! he he! I knew exactly the sort of card I wanted to make because a few weeks ago I purchased this gorgeous bag...

So inspired by both I made this

I used Springtime Vintage DSP (available in THIS share) for the background with some retired Rose Red paper under Vellum card stock in the corner. I embossed the vellum with the square lattice folder as I wanted to emulate the bag texture, it is very touchy feely with a fab mix of buttons and interesting bits ;-) 

This frame is from Baby Blossoms, the cute little buttons are Bitty Buttons from the mini and are clear, here I backed it with a matching shape made using the Heart to Heart punch and a scrap of Night of Navy card,

more buttons including Big Buttons (in share) and here I made a large ribbon flower using crumb cake seam binding ribbon last item in the same  SHARE 

and inside I copied the strap from the bag,

So that's this weeks challenge for you, I really hope you will be able to join in with us this week, the DT have lots of other fab ideas and inspiration for you too so do pop over and have a look! 

Ahh, P.J. day for us today, I need a day in, I have loads to make today! Have a lovely day what ever you are up to and thanks for stopping by my lil' ole blog, 

Stampin' Hugs,

Rose Water Cupcakes and Class News

Good Morning to you,

I am going to start by saying a huge thanks to the ladies who made it to class this month, I had a lovely time and I hope you all did too :-) As you know I always provide cakes at class, sometimes they are courtesy of Mr Kipling and sometimes I manage to make them myself. This month I made Rose Water cupcakes, now I have made these a few times before, usually in the summer and then I top them with a sugar coated rose petal, very pretty. Unfortunately there are no roses out in our garden yet so I decided to make little toppers using the Baby Blossoms stamp set,

I punched out Marina Mist scalloped circles and glued a cocktail stick in between,

and a close up of the little stamped roses,

Now, before I go I have some exciting news about my classes, I have unfortunately had to increase my price to £10 per class starting next month, however, in future all standard price classes (the £10 ones only) will be FREE with an order of £35 or more placed at class! How cool is that??!!

See side bar for details of my classes I have planned and keep an eye out for more to be added regularly too!

So, if you would like to join us at next months class(/cakes) then please email me for more details. I run the same class 3 times in a month so there should hopefully be a day to suit everyone, if not, then again please message me with any requests or questions :-)

I really hope you can join me here soon.

Stampin' Hugs,

Scallop Circle Easter treat

Hello!

I have been busy making Easter treat for the kids this week and thought I would share with you over the next few days some of the ideas I have had. This one (as the title suggests) was made using the new scallop circle die from SU! and the ever brilliant treat cups,

I stamped the So Saffron card all over using versamark and the cute bunny from "Little Additions" the punch art bunny was made with  the 1"circle and boho blossoms punches and stamped with the fine detail stamp from Baby Blossoms for some "fluffy" texture, 

I stamped Hoppy using Basic Phrases using my markers to miss the 'a' out and add the 'o' iykwim!

Easter was stamped using the Jumble Alphabet,

I used a Certainly Celery Scallop die cut for the reverse and stamped the same bunny all over that too, adding a scallop circle twist opening so the lucky finder (hubby?) will be able to get their eggs ;-)

{{sorry about the colour of this photo, I spent ages trying to get it right! tut!}}

Well, that's today's Easter treat, back tomorrow with another ready for the big hunt next week!

Stampin' Hugs,

A Different Take on Baby Blossoms

Good Morning!

Well, I managed to get loads done in the garden yesterday, the weather held off although a few times we thought we could feel a spot of rain (the kids were practically rain dancing! lol!) but boy did I ache last night!! I am hoping to get a bit more done today if the weather is kind again...

So today I have a card I made for a challenge Julie set to her team, the jems, it was to case a card from the mini but change 3 things: 1)  the colour combo, 2) an embellishment and 3) the size.

Now shall we have a bit of fun today?? Can you guess which card I cased from the MINI?? I will even give you a clue! I changed the embellishment from a die cut to a stamp ;-)

Answers in the comments section, I will even send out a little prize if anybody manages to guess correctly!

So this cards details, I wanted to see if I could use the yummy Baby Blossoms in a different colour way to the catty, not that I don't love the colour combo (I adore it, tbh) but we need as many different ideas as possible for our stamps, yes?

Card base is Soft Suede, with layers of Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake seam binding, and, as you can see the ole' sewing machine has been back out again ;-)

and this gorgeous spotty frame is in the Baby Blossoms stamp set too, such a great value set wouldn't you agree?

Well I hope you have fun guessing and I am really looking forward to seeing which card you guys think I "cased"

Thanks for stopping by today,

Stampin' Hugs,