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Another card commission for Hayley for a little girl who likes pink!
The lack of typical girly things such as princesses and fairies has never worried me and instead I turn to the Just Believe stamp set, Boho Blossoms Punch and Beautiful Wings Embosslit. 
Some Rhinestone Jewels for added bling, et voila!
Yes, I'm still in love with bunting. Must get round to making myself some proper bunting (Did I tell you I have a new sewing machine? A story foe another day!).
This card is another made at Julie's training, where we went to town with the Pennant Parade stamp set and matching Petite Pennants Punch.
Extra dimension thanks to the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder and flowers from the Boho Blossoms Punch. And Rhinestones for bling!
My friend Hayley seems to have gone to dozens of weddings this year. It's keeping me on my toes coming up with new cards for her to give to the happy couples!
Here's the latest one ...
I kept the colour scheme neutral with Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake and added some bling using the Gold Embossing Powder. I also used my Big Shot and the Square Lattice Embossing Folder to give texture.
The gold birdie is holding a tag featuring a sentiment from Tiny Tags and punched out with the matching Jewellery Tag Punch.
Swirls are from the Scribbles Swirls Die and the flowers are stamped in Versamark with the now retired Punch Potpourri hostess set, and embossed. The gold powder works brilliantly even on the fine details. The flowers are punched with the matching Boho Blossoms Punch.
I am reliably informed that the proceedings went off without a hitch and Hayley promises no more weddings until January!
YES! I have a card to show you. It's from a little while ago, and is only a quick and simple one that I CASEd from the amazingly talented Vicky at Crafting Clare's Paper Moments.
For this one, I ran with the idea of inking on to a clear acyrlic block and using that to create a spot of colour direct on the card blank. It's easy - just rub the ink pad on to the block then stamp it down!
I then drew on a stalk and added some yellow flowers, punched with the Boho Blossoms Punch out of Greenhouse Gala DSP. I secured them with Rhinestone Brads and finished with a sentiment from Sincere Salutations.
Now that I finally have all my craft stuff set up properly in my new room I really must make some new cards. Problem at the moment is I keep getting distracted too easily and want to try out lots of new things!
I finally managed to find a little time to make some cards the other day, so I did some very quick and easy ones.
Here I've used the Boho Blossoms Punch to make the small flowers in different colours, and added a tiny pearl centre. The sentiment is from the SAB set So Happy For You.
And this features a stamp from the hostess set Cute By The Inch and hearts made from the Brights DSP stack with the Small Hearts Punch.
Quick but effective! I'm at a craft fair in Chapel Allerton today so hoping I sell a few cards!
Yet another wedding card I'm afraid, this time an anniversary one for my brother and his missus. I made this for my mum to give to them.
Shamefully, I have no idea when their anniversary is, so I doubt they'll be getting a card from me! I might even have missed it!
Ah well, they get one of my creations via my mum anyway!
I used the Always Elegant here and created the background by repeatedly stamping the big swirly pattern on to Whisper White cardstock in Crum Cake ink. A subtle, beautiful pattern. It was mounted on to a square Crumb Cake card blank.
For the focal element, I used the sentiment from that set in Cherry Cobbler ink. I used te Word Window and Scallop Oval punches for the frame. Then, lots of flowers using the flower stamps from the Punch Potpourri hostess set, punched out with the matching Boho Blossoms Punch.
I made some tiny rose buds from Whisper White 3mm Taffeta Ribbon
and decorated with lots of Pearls.
A very pretty card, and the Cherry Cobbler just gives it that wow factor and brings it to life.
Today I'm off to our Buns & Roses WI 1940s/50s day and I have a very pretty dress to wear and dance around in! I will be back with tales and pics soon.
In the meantime, why not head over to our B&R blog to read all about the national AGM this week.
Here we go again, with three catch-up pics. These were from previous classes.
I love this bunting from the Party This Way set. I got these stamps FREE just for attending Convention. Two days of crafting fun with ace friends AND freebies. Heaven! The bunting was strung on to Linen Thread and secured with Brads. And check out all the balloons floating away!
Here's a card that is great for men. They can be so difficult even doing something nice for them is hard sometimes! I love the wheels and this one is right up my street! The DSP is Blueberry Crisp.
Finally, a gift tag in my favourite colour and a bit of glitter. Yum!
Well yesterday was super awesome. Stampin' Up! events are always great fun and it's brill to spend time with fellow demos.
At Leeds yesterday there were about 70 amazing women, together to play with some new goodies and learn lots about SU products and building our businesses. We were also priveleged to be joined by Derek from SU's head office in the US. He is a fab bloke and a very motivational speaker.
We got to see and try out the items coming in the Mini Catalogue in April, but unfortunately I'm not allowed to show you those yet! It's worth the wait though, so hang around until April!
In the meantime, here's one of my latest cards.
My good friend Helen (hi again!) needed a birthday card for her sister. Green and funky were the instructions so this is what I came up with!
The stamp set is On A Pedestal - one I got in my Starter Kit when I signed up last July. I lined the parts up using the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to make sure the cake wasn't wonky!
The colours are Rich Razzleberry, Pear Pizazz and Daffodil Delight. The hearts and flowers were punched out with the Small Heart and Boho Blossoms punch. I added the highlight detail with a white gel pen.
I hope Helen's sister liked it!
Today I am off for a whole day of crafting fun with my good friends at the Stampin' Up! regional training tour.
We will be seeing and playing with some new products. And talking and laughing lots too! I am so excited, we always have such a great time together.
Of course, we always do swaps. We each make a stack of one design of card and swap with each other. This gives us lots of inspiration - they are a really talented bunch of ladies.
So here is mine ...
I have used the Always Elegant set, which is very pretty and particularly good for weddings. 
There are slight variations as I tried out different combos of colours, DSP and ribbon. Some of the DSP is the coordinating Elegant Soiree. And my fave ribbon is the Striped Grosgrain.
As soon as I've recovered from all the excitement I'll be back to tell you all about it!
yesterday, mummy Julie held her first all-day training so I got to spend a whole day crafting and nattering with great friends! I had a fantastic time and made lots of yummy projects, as well as gathering plenty of ideas!
Here are all the beautiful swaps I received ...
And this is me crafting away with Jules, mumm Jules and Allie.
Here is one of the projects I made - a quick and easy gift bag and a matching card!
Can't wait for the next one in April.
Now, I seem to have been bitten by the scrapbooking bug, so I will be spending the afternoon trawling through photographs and playing with layouts!
Yesterday before my SAB workshop I sat down for an awesome craft session and decided to make a meander book. I saw the idea at the blog of a fellow SU demo Peg Coombes. She made this and it was so lovely I had to give it a go.
Luckily the actual pocket pages are really easy to do with a piece of DSP, then it was the decorating and filling that took the most time!
Here is my effort, using my favourite Newsprint DSP and my newest stamp set Notably Ornate.
This is the front, and no surprise I have also used the Twill Tape stamped with the Music Notes Wheel and the beautiful Striped Grosgrain Ribbon.
Controversially, the back is decorated in portrait orientation.
I have used the pearls all over as they are just too damn pretty.
This is how it looks inside. The DSP is folded to create five little pockets.
And these are the tags. I have done it as a kind of life book for 2011, with words to inspire and motivate me. I have space for one more though so suggestions on a postcard please!
If you would like to have a go at making one go here and ask Peg nicely! Thanks again to her for making the tutorial!
Well this evening I have been very busy and made some bits that I am incredibly pleased with. And I'm still in bed before 10pm! Win!
I bought these tins from Wilkinsons. Inside were 15 little cards and envelopes (which are now heading for the recyling bin, of course!).
Instead, I made my own selection of cards as well as a calendar mini-journal for making note of important dates and anniversaries. So there's no excuse to forget or fail to send a card - it's all written down and the cards are ready and waiting!
I will post pics of the innards over the next few days.
The top tin I am keeping and the second one is one of my items for the Craft Swaparama in Leeds this Sunday. I hope the recipient likes it!
They're my new favourite thing and I'm going back to Wilko's tomorrow to buy as many as I can so everyone will be getting them as presents!
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