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Hello there,

I am running late with my blog post today I'm afraid! Apologies :-)

A couple of weeks ago my friend and fellow Jems team mate Jeannette moved house so I of course had to get into my craft room and make her a little card wishing her well :-D

and so this is what I came up with...

It is a pocket style card and as I made it I photographed the process so tomorrows post will be a little tutorial for this ;-)

Here it is out of the pocket

the eagle eyed amongst you will have noticed it actually is very similar to Laura's card she made for Jeannette, I can promise you we didn't know about each others card 'till I saw hers on her blog yesterday and she will see mine in a minute I'm sure! Funny how it goes ;-)

Anyway, enough waffle for one day, I am busy getting ready for my All Day Class and booking up workshops, message me if you would like me to come along and share some SU! ideas with you and your friends :-)

Stampin' Hugs for today

Bottle Top Magnets

Hello,

What a fab class it was yesterday, lovely ladies and a good catch up after Christmas :-)

Today I have another left from December project for you, but it isn't just for Christmas this one!!

You might remember I made bottle top magnets as a swap for convention? Well, I decided to make lots more and give them out as Christmas gifts for my ladies at class :-)

So, I made several versions, these would be fab to use up any scraps you have!

First up is Timeless Portrait using the lovely tealy colour of  Island Indigo and Everything Elanor stamp set to decorate the card,

 Then the very pretty Paisley Petals on a Baja Breeze card layer with Simply Soft background,

 Then the Flirtatious speciality DSP with Pretty in Pink and the Every Little Bit crown to decorate,

 and finally Big Top Birthday papers with Real Red and the star, again from Every Little Bit,

The cards were all hand stamped with the very lovely Creatively Yours 'made just for you' stamp, I also added a small punched shape to one of the magnets and perhaps a pearl or rhinestone to decorate

 then covered them all liberally with Crystal Effects to protect them,

and just a small magnet on the back to make them useful as well as pretty ;-)

all together for you to finish,

Right, that's it from me, I will be back tomorrow with a birthday card for a change :-)

Stampin' Hugs,

Handmade Teachers Gifts

Hello there,

I thought I would share with you the bits I made for the little ones teachers, now I know that teachers get lots at this time of year but I tried to give them things that might be useful in a classroom if nothing else ;-)

Just a little warning though, lots of pictures for this post, you might wanna grab a cuppa!

O.K. do you remember when we did the Colour Coach Blog Hop? I made a bus card? Well, these littleies are to match that for the teachers assistants from Zoe,

and from Zack I made more Owl cards, slightly different from last weeks,

   

all together,

For the teachers I made...

some pretty covered pegs, (I use mine all the time)

 a Post it note holder,

covered tissue packs, everyone needs a tissue, right?

and a book mark, I gave the teachers assistants the tissues and bookmark too,

Well, the kids said their teachers liked their gifts so all's well and I hope you have enjoyed today's post too!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Back tomorrow with more craftyness,

Stampin' Hugs,

Colur Coach Blog Hop! Teacher Cards and more

Good Morning to you!

Well, if you have just stumbled onto my blog then Welcome! Today is a special day and I am very excited to be sharing my Colour Coach Projects with you all :-D

A small note before you start, I have a lot of pictures for you today, I have made them small for this post but you should be able to click on them to make them much bigger. So grab a cuppa (if you haven't got one already) and I hope you enjoy today's projects!

This blog hop today has been split into two rounds, so hopefully you will have come to me from Glittermum (Niki), thanks Niki :-)

Round two starts with Emily, I will also give you the link to round two again later ;-)

So, I have chosen the colour combos that are shown to go with Regal Rose, and combination number one teams it with Early Espresso and Daffodil Delight, yummy!

I decided to make a card many of us will be needing in the next few weeks! One for a teacher :-)

I used Every Little Bit for the cute bus and the flower background with Curly Cute for the sentiment.

I coloured the bus with ink pads and a blender pens adding Crystal Effects to the 'windows', finishing it off with some scrummy satin ribbon and a rhinestone.

 And a Sticky Note Holder to match with Number One die cut shapes on the back for your #1 teacher! :-D

 

O.K. onto combo number 2 and the colour coach shows Tempting Turquoise and Sahara Sand,

and for this combo I have made a special card with a gift box to match using the Level 1 hostess set A Slice of Life with the organza ribbon to finish,

Itty Bitty punches were used to create the background

and the matching box, I am working on a tutorial for this :-D

Well, I hope you like my projects today, your next stop today on round one is going to be Jane, I might even see you over there ;-)
**Edit to say** hop continues after Jane to HERE with Linz :-)

And as promised round two starts HERE with Emily.

Thanks again for visiting today,

Stampin' Hugs xxx

1st Birthday

Hello,

I am soo excited to show you the lovely box of Mini Catalogue goodies delivered yesterday! Unfortunately I was in the middle of cleaning the oven :-( but I am definitely going to have a long play with all the yumminess today, I cannot wait to show you what is in the new catalogue, but more on that soon, I promise..

Back to today's card, I was asked by a friend to make this 1st birthday card and the request was "Very Pink, please" I think I managed that O.K. ;-)

This card is 8"x8" with a base of pretty in pink and rose red DSP (retired)

I used the Party This Way banner with the Just Perfect Alphabet, I punched a tiny hole for the Silver Cord to go through and attached it to the card using Subtles buttons and glue dots,

the number one is from Schoolbook Serif numbers and the today is from Basic Phrases,

the pretty crown is from Every Little Bit blinged with glitter and a white satin bow to break up a little of the pink *wink*

and finally a picture of inside with the XL Fancy  Flower Punch, sentiment is from Afterthoughts the level one hostess set,

Thanks for visiting today,

I hope you like today's card, I am off to play with my new goodies :-D

Stampin' Hugs, 

A Card for Jess

Hello,

I had to make a card this week for Zoe who was going to her friend Jess' 10th birthday party on Saturday.

I made a card for fathers day last year with this same 9 square layout with different toppers in each square, so I thought I would have a go at making a girly one. I loved this paper from the Sweet and Sour speciality in Rose Red and Very Vanilla, it is from the pack we used for this months card class but I think quite different to all the ones we used then, scalloped squares are in Perfect Plum which co-ordinates perfectly, don't you think?? ...

The little images are from Every Little Bit, Heart to Heart punch, and Punch Bunch in the top left corner with a matching button in the bottom right, here you can also see I added Crystal Effects to some of the bits,



Inside I used Engraved Greetings with a little border,



Arty Angle, I popped up some of the squares and/or some of the images,

Well that's all for today, I hope you like today's card. I have a few cards/gifts to be making today so I will have something to share with you for the rest of the week (hopefully ;-))

Have a great day whatever you are up to,

Stampin' Hugs,

Monster of a Card

Hello,

In a week or so my friend and upline Julie is having a team training day, I cannot make it this time unfortunately but I am participating in the Card Candy swap so that's what I have been doing the last few days. I am pleased with the end result but I will have to wait to blog them until when the are going to be swapped so as not to spoil the surprise for the other members of the team ;-)

So, back to this card, I just fancied playing with this monster set the other day as I have had it for ages and not really gotten round to playing with it, I used the colour coach for the combo again, it is Rich Razzleberry, Pear Pizzaz and Tempting Turquoise,

The little banner is made using the star punch and the balloons are from Party this Way, it really is such a great set and the little star in the background is from Every Little Bit,

and an arty angle,

so a quick and easy little card for a boy today, I am going to clean my car this morning, boo, but then I hope to get inky later,

Have a great day whatever you are up to and thanks for stopping by to visit today xx