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Are you organised for Christmas - no boo-ing!

Oh my gosh! did I have a lovely time making these cards yesterday! (yes I did). It was raining drizzle fashion in the morning and then the sun came out - so I had to go outside and abandon card making for the sunshine and some blackberry picking activity. Then it got colder and I was back indoors finishing the cards off. All of the cards I made were using the 'Bells are Ringing' bundle from the new Stampin' Up seasonal catalogue. I posted some catalogues out this monday to current customers but if you didn't get one and would like one just contact me. This bundle is one of the cheapest stamp set + dies bundles in the catalogue and so I decided it was a good one to choose. You can see it meets my criteria for a stamp set - i.e. it has images, background stamping capability and sentiments all in one stamp set. I also thought I could use it for Christmas, weddings and christenings, so it will fulfil more than once purpose. I can make my Christmas cards, tags and als

Getting the crafting off to a new start

I had quite an interesting day today because I wanted to make some cards with a particular stamp set and I have not tried out working in my new craft room which is now shared with Si as a study (although I noticed mostly my craft stuff!). It took all day to get going and I wanted to create something really pretty so I had set myself a tricky goal. I used the 'Beautiful You' stamp set which my lovely friend Cayleigh May gave to me as a present and it is a wooden set, which I treasure because Stampin' Up don't make wood sets anymore. I have wanted to make some cards with this set for ages. I also used some lovely papers that I won in a raffle before I moved to Devon at my friend Rachael's monthly workshop in Southsea. The papers are called 'See a Silhouette' Designer Series Paper (DSP) I love the jewel colours and marbled patterns they are so rich! The images are stamped once onto 'very vanilla' cardstock and once onto the DSP and then I

Making Cards with Memories and More Packs

 Sometimes just a small packet of loveliness is what you need to rekindle your mo-jo. I used the Come Sail Away Memories and More Card Pack from Stampin' Up to make this card. Usually reserved for decorating my photo albums, this pack had just what I need to make, a certain sailor I know, a tailored birthday card. To make the card I folded a card base and added a navy blue mat with 'Stampin' dimensionals' and then added the lovely laser cut waves from the pack and some of the cut out images and stickers giving some of them dimension with 'stampin' dimensionals'. (by the way these will, from the 4th September, be available in black - see the new autumn / winter seasonal catalogue). A finishing touch was to add an anchor charm with bakers twine to the top right hand corner. The charms are also available - visit my shop and type in 'sail away trinkets' A little pot of 20 is yours for £7.50. 10 anchors and 10 ships wheels. I have this August