Smoky Slate Stamp a Stack

Good morning! A little late today as I had a lie in following yesterdays celebrations! Thank you again to all for your lovely wishes and messages! 

Today I am sharing one of the cards from our Stamp a Stack last week. This one uses the flower from the Best of Flowers promo stamp set (which is still available) along with the "congratulations" stamp which is from Sweet Essentials - which has 25% off this month!!

The card blank was stamped all over in Smoky Slate, a new colour which was part of our colour refresh. I must say it got a lot of positive comments at the Stamp a Stack, the ladies were loving it! We used the Bigz Lattice die and then mounted the flowers and sentiment on top.

I love this flower as the 1 1/4 scallop circle punch can punch it out for you!! No cutting required!!

Talking of "Best of Flowers" just look at these beauties that my lovely Aunty Carole sent me for my birthday! Aren't they gorgeous?

Back tomorrow!

Card – Smoky Slate, Whisper White
Stamps – Sweet Essentials, Best of Flowers
Embellishments – Rhinestones
Tools – Bigz Lattice Die, 1 1/4 Scallop Circle punch
Mediums – Smoky Slate ink, Melon Mambo ink

Little extras with Best of Flowers

Good morning! Quick little post from me today as I have to take Evan to dancing this morning and then sort my craft room out for a This and That class I am hosting this afternoon!

Whilst making the cards I shared over the last couple of days I decided to make some 3D scrunched flowers from the same stamp which I punched out with the 1 1/4 scallop circle punch.

I spritzed them all over with water and then I screwed them up into little balls and left to dry. I then added 3 on top of each other to create the scrunched flower and added a large Rhinestone.

I also made this cute little gift package using the same flower and a labels framelit.

Right I must dash to sort out my dancing boy!

Card – Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Whisper White

Stamps – Best of Flowers, Perfectly Penned

Embellishments – Large Rhinestone

Tools – 1 1/4 scallop circle punch, Labels Framelits

Mediums – Midnight Muse ink

Simple version of yesterdays card

Good morning to you. I am a little late in updating my blog today as I have walked Evan to school (then back for me). Mow that we have moved we live 1 mile from his primary school so we try and walk it at least twice a week! Its mostly uphill on the way there so it's great exercise for both of us!

Today I am sharing a simple version of the card I shared yesterday.

Here they are together.

Hope you excuse the short post today but look what arrived yesterday!! My new catalogue goodies and my catalogues!! I have 2 places left on my Stampers 10 hostess club starting on 24th July. If you would like more information please visit the Hostess Club page which you will find at the top of my blog.

Card – Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Whisper White
Stamps – Best of Flowers, Perfectly Penned
Embellishments – Linen Thread
Tools – 1 1/4 Scallop Circle punch
Mediums – Crumb Cake ink, Pool Party ink, Midnight Muse ink

Best of Flowers Team Training

Good morning. Really quick post from me today as I am a little late typing this up and I have still got to nip in the shower before the school run!

On Tuesday night and Wednesday morning I ran our monthly team training events. As well as covering all the business topics we also do some crafting!! Here is one of the cards we made using the Best of Flowers stamp set which you can order now.

The colour combo is Crumb Cake, Pool Party and Midnight Muse and I have to say I am liking this combo, came across it purely by accident and I think it works!

As you can see I have used my trusty Seam Binding (so pleased it isnt retiring!!)

I have an order going in today if anyone would like to add to it, just call me or email me (all details are at the top of the blog!)

Card – Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Whisper White

Stamps – Best of Flowers, Perfectly Penned

Embellishments – Crumb Cake Seam Binding, Pearls

Tools – 1 1/4 Scallop Circle punch

Mediums – Pool Party ink, Midnight Muse ink, Crumb Cake ink

Last of the Best of Flowers (for now!)

Good morning and it's another scorcher today! I am sharing the last of the set of Best of Flowers cards I made last Monday using this gorgeous image from the set.

The card base is Island Indigo and we added some Crumb Cake and Early Espresso. Little bit of paper pricking and embossing on the layered ovals for a little more interest.

I have used my trusty Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon again - its my "go to" ribbon and I always have lots in my ribbon basket. The sentiment is from Perfectly Penned again which is a new fave of mine (I seem to have a lot of "new faves")

Here are all 4 cards together. I hope you have enjoyed these cards?

Stamp set is available while stocks last and is a bargain at £13.95 - IN CLEAR ONLY. The Retirement List is going well and we already have some sell outs. Please do contact me if you would like to treat yourself!

Card – Island Indigo, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso

Stamps – Best of Flowers, Perfectly Penned

Embellishments – Crumb Cake Seam Binding

Tools – Oval Framelits, Paper Piercing Tool and Template

Mediums – Early Espresso ink, Island Indigo ink, Crumb Cake ink

Even more Best of Flowers

Hello there and welcome to my blog today! I am sharing another card using the Upsy Daisy style stamp from the Best of Flowers set. This lovely technique was demonstrated by Lynn Fahey at our training event in Telford!

I inked a clear block with the ink pads and then spritzed it with water then stamped it onto my Whisper White card. We made a few of these and every one was different

Doesn't the sky look atmospheric???

If you would like to add this to my order I will be placing one this evening.

Our Retirement Lists are on the blog post above this. PLEASE NOTE THAT IF THE STAMP SETS SAY DE OR FRA IT DOESNT MEAN THAT THESE ARE ONLY AVAILABLE IN GERMAN AND FRENCH, THEY ARE AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH TOO!

Card – Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Stamps – Best of Flowers
Embellishments – Crumb Cake Seam Binding
Tools – Clear Block
Mediums – Melon Mambo ink, Island Indigo ink, Crumb Cake ink

More Best of Flowers

Good morning, what a glorious day it is today in Yorkshire! I am still struggling as I have a really bad sore throat and cough which finally came to a head yesterday - I could hardly speak! Some may say thats a good thing though!!

On Monday evening I had a little crafty challenge session with my downline Sally Jo. I have got loads of these lovely napkins from my local bargain store which I use in classes etc when serving cakes and I keep saying what a fab colour combo they are!! SO we set ourselves a challenge to make 4 cards with this combo using the new Best of Flowers stamp set! The colours we chose for the combo were Early Espresso, Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo, Crumb Cake, Island Indigo and Whisper White.

I shared one of the cards yesterday but here is the first one we made. We also decided to use a greeting from the Perfectly Penned stamp set on each of them. It was great to bounce ideas off each other. This design was Sally Jo's concept and I just copied!!!

We did fussy cut around the flower but did you know the 1 1/4 scallop circle fits around it? How cool!

Right thats all from me today as I have to do chores and such like!!! I'll be back tomorrow with another one from our challenge. 

I am still placing orders for the Retirement List so please do get in touch if you require anything!

Stamp sets HERE

Accessories HERE

Card – Early Espresso, Melon Mambo, Whisper White
Stamps – Best of Flowers, Perfectly Penned
Embellishments – Linen Thread
Tools – Distress Tool
Mediums – Melon Mambo ink, Pink Pirouette ink, Island Indigo ink, Crumb Cake ink, Early Espresso ink