Grace's Garden #1

Loving my Grace's Garden... can I count the ways!!!?

Well about 6 so far... and lots more on my list to make!

Short and sweet today...

But - for those of you in the UK... a Grace's Garden Class in the Mail is coming... More details to follow ... but free with a purchase of the Grace's Garden bundle for £45... and oh you get to select a free Sale A Bration product too...

And apologies as my series of Team Training Swaps has had to come to a temporary halt... The ways of the technical world have stopped my photos transferring over... and the Tax Return still isn't finished so sorting photos will have to wait for a few more hours... but luckily I had these photos all ready to go...

3D Thursday Trio Valentine Treat

Short and sweet today... as I appear to have a technical hitch! 

With the quickest Valentine project we have ever made... Care of the Heart Foil Tins and Heart Doilies... just had to be done... Simples!

Greeting care of Meant To Be... and hearts die cut using the now retired Hearts dies... as the shape was more similar to the Doilies...

And this year... the chocolate filling will be different to the usual red foil wrapped hearts or Lindor Balls... as I have just bought the new Maltesers Truffles....

And very nice I must say!! Although at 5 WW points a truffle... Big Oops! But a girl has to try something new.... though I really don't know how something so small can be so many points!

Well good job only 3 fit in the tin neatly!! I may have to top up with lots of messy confetti!!!

And just realised that my photos don't really show the lovely tin... so here you go...

Wouldn't a heart shaped cupcake look amazing in one of these... maybe I need to become a baker before Valentine's Day

Power of Hope - Team Training Swap #2

So following on from this earlier post... here is my other swap for Team Training...

This time featuring Power of Hope - free with a qualifying £90 purchase during Sale A Bration.... along with the Stone 3D embossing folder... which is also featured... though blink and you will miss it!

Created in Poppy Parade, Flirty Flamingo, Mossy Meadow and Very Vanilla...  A combination that I started off really struggling with... but I love the final result!

So how to...? As not everything will be obvious...

• Stone embossing folder inked up with Poppy Parade ink and then a Flirty Flamingo card panel embossed/inked... (Bonus tip - I ink up both sides of the embossing folder... as then I can choose which way I prefer!)
• Lady stamped in Memento Black onto panel, Light Mossy Meadow Stampin Blend coloured cumberband. Shoulders and body fussy cut... Gives the kimono great texture as well as an interesting pattern...
  
• Grass under pagoda inked up with Mossy Meadow Stampin Marker and stamped on Very Vanilla panel
• Memento Black lady stamped on top
• Stampin Blends colouring - Poppy Parade Dark and Light on parasol; Light Basic Black hair (as I could not cope with the concept of pink/red/green hair!!!), Light Flirty Flamingo skin, Light Mossy Meadow collar
  
• Greeting inked up with Poppy Parade and Mossy Meadow Stampin Markers
  
• Mossy Meadow string drawn across top right using a ruler and thin end of Stampin Marker
• And a couple of lanterns inked, stamped and hand cut... Mossy Meadow on Mossy Meadow card... and Poppy Parade on Flirty Flamingo

And an admittance... and I laughed my head off when I realised this... and my fellow demonstrators were very polite on Saturday as I am sure someone will have realised!!

But.... my lanterns are upside down! Tassels hang down from the bottom... and hooks are at the top!! Doh! Only me...!

And so here are my 2 swaps together...

Have you guessed what these will be "put in" yet? Though I do actually have some alternative ideas for you too...

Grace's Garden - Team Training Swaps #1

So we tried out something different for our Team Training swaps this time round... and huge thanks again to Donna for organising us...

But more of that on another day...

This was one of my swaps... featuring the lovely Grace's Garden... in Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Grey Granite and Whisper White...

And for a bit of fun... what do you think these are for?

Monday Makeover

 

Upgrading the Parisian Flourish embossed card classic shared last week...

Butterfly Wish flowers in Pretty Peacock, Balmy Blue and Gray Granite

Finished off with Rhinestone Basics Jewels

Simples!

And can't wait to share my Graces Garden makes... series starting soon!

Sunday Suite - Best Dressed

Feeling more girlie? Then the Best Dressed suite could be the one for you...

Buy the whole suite in one go....

Get the stamps and dies with 10% off

Or separately

Gorgeous papers... Spot the flowery images on the one side... but the lipstick/shoe/handbag etc images on the other... suitable for all ages!

Click here for the flick-through video...or here for more details and the sheet by sheet images...

And a few carefully chosen accessories to co-ordinate too...

And here are a few samples to whet your appetite... 

Parisian Flourish Embossed Card

Another short and sweet post for today...

An incredibly simple embossed card using the wonderful new Parisian Flourish embossing folder... definitely one of my all time favourite embossing folders...

Hopefully the card just says it all... care of the Beautiful Bouquet greeting...

Meant to Bee....

Or should I say... when is a "bee" not a "be"...

Short and sweet for today... as I am full of cold this week... so nothing has quite gone to plan! But I just had to pop on and share...

Easel Spinner card tutorial and more details here... and today's papers are just the reverse of the papers used in that card...

Bee fussy cut from the Golden Honey papers (from the centre of the die cut heart)

And extra "e" from the "Be" on the Meant To Be stamp - just the "e" inked up using a marker pen... and lined up using my tried and trusted (but sadly retired) Stamp A Ma Jig....

But do make sure your stamp is VERY clean before you do this...

Wednesday Wideo - By The Dock

Introducing the new By The Dock bundle... which I am sure will pop into my Shopping Cart on a future order...  as it is one that has really caught my eye.... and not only for the menfolk...

As it really reminds me of many of my early years in an idyllic location at the side of Windermere lake in the Lake District... and later years with our family camping buddies on the side of Ullswater! Just messing about on the water as they say! So it is a scrapbooking dream for me!

Wonderful lakeside images... though I think the word "dock" may mean something a bit different over here... as I reckon the main image is much more of a jetty or pontoon in our speak!

Click here  - or on the arrow below - for the feature video...

Or click here for all the details...

BY THE DOCK CLING STAMP SET
The By the Dock Stamp Set includes outdoor, lakeside images you can use to create scrapbooks and greeting cards. The variety of greetings means you can use it for many occasions.
* 12 cling stamps
* Suggested clear blocks (sold separately): a, b, c, d, e, h

DOCKSIDE DIES
Create a custom die-cut row boat, dock, leaping frog, water plants, and more using the Dockside Dies. Pair with the coordinating By the Dock Stamp Set to quickly cut out stamped images from the set. Great for gender neutral and masculine cards or cards for those who like fishing.
* 11 dies
* Largest die: 3-1/2" x 2-1/4" (8.9 x 5.7 cm)
* Use with a die-cutting & embossing machine

Sunday Suite - Aloha! Tropical Oasis... with 12 projects for inspiration...

Think Summer... Think beach... Think Caribbean... or Far Eastern... or indeed anywhere with palm trees!

Then think  - and dream - Tropical Oasis! A stunning new suite from Stampin' Up! And now I have Club Tropicana singing along in my head!!!

Everything you need to make something very special... to remember a special trip... to prepare for a new one... or just because! Just email me by clicking here if you are interested in a Suite Kit.... as I do love to buy everything in a suite and split amongst  a few of us!

Tropical Oasis Papers...

Click here for the details and an image of every sheet in the Online Store....or here for a video of the pack...

Timeless Tropical Bundle (with the 10% off)

Combining the Timeless Tropical Stamps

And the In The Tropics dies...

The Memories & More Card Pack... how easy do these make a card or a memory album!? Click here for the video to see so much more!

Mmmm.... I can see a fabulous Wedding Anniversary album coming along with these (as we went to Jamaica on honeymoon)... Yup sold! (to me!!!)

The gorgeous Coastal Weave embossing folder... also think parquet flooring!!

The Saddle Brown Staz On ink pad (with an Ink Refill to follow soon) ... delighted to see another permanent ink colour option... 

The Tropical Oasis Trinkets

And last but not least the 5/8" Braided Burlap Ribbon...

And ... not forgetting... some gorgeous samples for your inspiration...