COFFEE anyone?? My latest Ustamp with Dawn project

Yesterday my project was featured on the latest round of Ustamp with Dawn & friends. The theme is "COOL MOVES" and all the projects are cards and have some sort of unique 'moving' feature. It is an AWESOME round and it's not to late to join as it's only just started.

My main card is a 'shaker' card and I filled it with semi ground coffee beans and pierced the 'window' so not only does it 'shake' but it smells too!! and a yummy smell at that! hehe

Each card is decorated on the inside and has a matching envelope.

This card is 3" x 6" so I made an envelope to match. I pulled apart an envelope and used that as a template.

Again I made the envelope for this one, adds a real WOW to the card. Thanks so much for visiting my blog and remember there is still time to join this Ustamp with Dawn and Friends Cool Moves round HERE

angel watching over you

here is more product from the upcoming Autumn-Winter mini catalogue. The wings are from a Big Shot Bigz die called Elegant Bird - but as soon as I saw them I thought they would make beautiful angel wings!!! I haven't had a lot of time to play with all my new toys so haven't come up with lots of ideas for it yet but watch this space! hehe.

The DSP is Attic Boutique, isn't it pretty! and the stamp is two stamps from the set that goes with the DSP called Rue Des Fleurs, it has so many awesome stamps that I can't wait to play more!

See you tomorrow!!!

"THANKS- for the support" card

hee hee I know this is a bit cheeky but I love these type of cards! This paper is new in the Autumn-Winter mini catalogue that starts on Sunday 1st April. The hearts are embossed above the red and it's so "lush" (using a teenage term! LOL) I coloured the thin ribbon with the Poppy Parade marker pen to match. The Stamp (well it's two stamps actually) works perfectly for this type of card. I haven't made one of these for a while so thought it was fun to revisit them.

The bottom bit is the 'back' of the card! lool

FAT FREE EASTER EGGS!!!

Aren't these the cutest little eggs you've ever seen!! They are made by covering egg shaped foam and little pieces of fabric. I am working on another project with this new fabric called Twitterpated, and had some little scraps which I am SOOO pleased I didn't throw away! I used the Stampin' Up! glue stick to attach the fabric to the eggs. Added some ribbon which finishes it off but I had to colour some of it to match. I have done a ribbon share with the pleated ribbon and only had the green and blue, so I used my Blushing Bride marker pen to colour some Very Vanilla ribbon - perfect!!!

I used some more fabric on the card plus a few more products that are coming in the new Autumn-Winter mini. Bet you can't wait to play with new toys!! hehe

thanks for visiting! :)

I'm being published in a quilting magazine!!!! YEEEHAAAAA

I submitted all of these projects (which I have posted before) into a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator competition and I was selected!! Along with the way more talented than I Deb Speijer - visit her blog HERE

I might end up making another project as I have to send it in to be professional photographed at the magazine, and I want them not to laugh at my lack of sewing/quilting skills!! hehe The projects had to be made out of either the Christmas Candy Cane or Timeless Portrait fabric so I need to put the thinking cap on again.

Meanwhile I am still doing the happy dance! thanks for visiting my blog!!

more little snippets of fun

This is the hostess gift I gave to my host for the last workshop. It was along the lines of the make and take we did but I used a different Sale-a-bration stamp set and this one included envelopes. Stampin' Up! sell a selection of different sized envelope for all your cards. Of cause they have the fabulous stamping surface that we love.



I have had a FANTASTIC day today playing with all the new Stampin' Up! products that will be released on the 1st April in the new Autumn-Winter mini catalogue. Can't wait to show you over the next few days/weeks.

happy crafting!!

A little bit of loveliness!

I designed this set for the make and take at my workshop last week. Many of the ladies hadn't done ANYTHING like this before so I wanted it to be simple and achievable. I demonstrated the little box made out of the scallop envelope die and then we all made the four cards.

We used the Sale-a-bration DSP and the colours that went with that. They stamped, punched, cutted and snipped! It was a great success and we have another workshop booked for next month! I got some of the inspiration for these from a "using up scraps" presentation that Delys Cram showed us at Stamp Camp - thanks "D"!! click HERE for a link to her stunning blog