Bella

Here's something new my stampers 10 made last week end, I think the name of this stamp is perfect as it's a beautiful stamp it's called bella toile, bella obviously in italian means beautiful and toile in french means canvas so this is a beautiful canvas...
I used all Stampin' Up! products:

Stamp sets: A touch of nature, Bella Toile back ground and Oval All

Card stock: Whisper Whiter and Brocade Blue

Ink: Brocade Blue, Night of Navy and Bordering Blue,

Punches: Scallop oval, Corner rounder and the new eyelet border punch.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Mojo bling

Thought I'd do the mojo monday sketch this week, I really wanted to play with all my new stash. If you'd like to join in with the sketch challenges there is a link in my side bar.
So this is the front of my card I used Very vanilla textured card stock and designer paper and die cut from the Christmas Jingle simply scrappin kit I also used the winter post stamp set with some white craft ink, the ribbon is Old olive and chocolate chip gros grain,
Here's the inside of my card, I'm not a real fan of paper inserts but I do believe that cards should be pretty inside and out so for this card I used a scrap of Old Olive card stock which I stamped Using the winter post stamp set again with white craft ink. I also used my Dazzlin Diamonds inside and out.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Christmas is coming!

I'm having a minimalistic week, I'm loving clean and simple right now and these are so quick and simple to make I might be tempted to make all my Christmas cards with this set.

Well these cards fit really nicely with the Funky Friday colour challenge and the one stop craft challenge

Stampin' Up! products I used:

Stamp sets: Tree trimmings, Wonderful Words

Card stock: Whisper White

Ink: Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive

Ribbon: Whisper White Taffeta

Accessories: Clear rhinestone brads, dimensionals, silver eyelets

Tools: Crop-o-dile, Scoring blade with Fiscars trimmer.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Thanks

Christmas presents

OK so here starts my Christmas present marathon, I'm going to try and make at least one different type of packaging every week from now until Christmas, and see how many different ideas I can come up with, Hopefully it will not only inspire you but also help you come up with some cheap alternatives ( plus help me be ready for Christmas lol )

This box is made using Handsome Hunter card stock with the woodcut Holly jumbo roller and Handsome hunter ink, The ribbon is vanilla taffeta. The tag was a scrap of very vanilla card stock sentiment from the occasional greetings stamp set. I also got to play with my new eyelet border punch.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Abi

Edited to add: I have now posted the pattern for this box here go check it out!

Christmas settings

well here is my entry for this weeks Funky Friday colour challenge to check out the challenges click the challenges link at the top of my blog.

I loved the butterfly place settings i made so much I thought I would have a go at some Christmas one's so here they are.

I used:

Stamps: Tree Trimmings

Card stock: Real Red, Old Olive, Whisper White

Ribbon: Chocolate Chip

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Real Red.

Thanks for stopping by Hope you have fun with the challenge colours let me know what you make!!

Abi

Just hanging around

Hi Just a quick post, I haven't had chance to do any really interesting crafting over the past week, I've been making party invites and card front swaps for Stampin' up! convention, along with organising my 4 year old's birthday party which if you go by how tired everyone is now must have been good fun :), so I'll upload a few things over the next couple of weeks for you.

We made the card above at my last class, it's really simple and every one either had the choice of leaving the ornaments to hang or using dimensional pads and they all got to play with the new Stampin' up! glitters which are gorgeous and i'm not really a glitter person i just make too much mess with it.

The stamp set used was tree trimmings.

Thanks for looking!!!

Abi

Get started with Stampin' Up!

How would you like to save money on your stampin up supplies, meet new people and may be pay for your craft habit with your hobby? YES then why not consider becoming a demonstrator, here are the details of the new starter kit offer. If you'd like to take advantage of this offer then let me know and I will forward all the relevant paper work and information to you!

Dates: 22 October-13 November 2009

Promotion details:
In conjunction with our participation in the Hobbycrafts show, Stampin’ Up! is offering a limited-time 10 percent discount on the Starter Kit to new recruits. When you join Stampin’ Up! as a new demonstrator during the promotion period, you’ll get over £240 worth of stamping and business supplies for only £125--10 percent off the regular price of £139! This is a perfect occasion for you to take advantage of the Stampin’ Up! opportunity.

Things to Remember:

• New recruit paperwork (Starter Kit order form and Independent Demonstrator Agreement [IDA]) must arrive in your local office by 13 November, 6:50 PM (CET):
• Discounted kit price will be automatically applied.
• Discount applies to all new recruits who sign up during the specified time frame, whether they attend the Hobbycrafts show or not.

Q: What does a new demonstrator need to do to qualify for the discounted kit?
A: All she has to do is sign up during the promotion period.

So If you would like more information about becoming a demonstrator and saving money on all your craft supplies then drop me a line at abi4380@gmail.com and find out more about joining my team!

Abi

Dinner time!

I Love these they are so cute just need to make a few more for my table now and I can change them according to my mood.

I used:

Stamp set: Flight of the butterfly

Card stock: Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Whisper White,

Ribbon: Chocolate Chip Gros Grain.

Tools: Scallop Square punch, Stamp a ma jig, snail adhesive, dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Virtual Hostess Club and Stampers 6 and 10 clubs

So by Now no doubt you've all checked out the fab new catalogue (if not click the link on the right hand side of my blog.) and you probably have a wish list the same size as mine which is huge, So why not work your way through that list spreading the cost of all those fantastic products by joining either my virtual hostess club or my stampers 10 club.

It's really easy to do and you will get the chance to earn all the free benefits that any hostess get when she holds a party without any of the work sounds good to me!

If you're interested click this link for more information

Groups will be starting in November and January so let me know if you'd like to join in!! email me at abi4380@gmail.com

Hugs Abi

Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant, Apricot Appeal and Pumpkin Pie, fancy a challenge??

Yes those are this weeks Funky Friday challenge! click here to see the challenge.
I love thee colours together but wanted it to be clean and simple too plus I just got this stamp set and was desperate to try it out so here is the card I made.

I used:

Stamp set: Flight of the Butterfly,

Card stock: Very Vanilla, Perfect Plum,

Paper: velum

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Apricot Appeal, Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum.

Tools: craft knife, Butterfly punch,

Accessories: Very Vanilla taffeta ribbon, dimensional foam pads.

Thanks for looking!

Abi

Book week monkey.

This week has been national book week in school and the children finished the week off by going to school as their favourite story book animal, My son could have gone as something which I already had like a crocodile or a sheep even a goat but no he wanted to be a monkey, so I set about making said monkey costume and for my first from scratch costume i was quite pleased with it.

So this is Willy the Wimp he is a monkey that has been picked on by the bigger monkeys, one day he decides that enough is enough and he goes to classes to learn how to not be a wimp, with a healthy diet and some exercise Willy develops some fantastic muscles ( see six pack on the monkey above) and all the mean monkeys are scared of him and they leave him alone.

I used polly cotton fabric probably should have been something thicker but that was all I could get, I used my acrylic paints to add the lighter tummy and used my precious SU card stock for the mask ( hope he looks after it!!)

Card stock: Close to cocoa, Creamy Caramel and confetti white,

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Who pinched the batteries???

Ok so normally I loose the camera...................... this time I know exactly where the camera is ( in my hand ) but it appears someone has pinched the batteries from it thus rendering it completely useless! arrrgg! feeling very frustrated!

So please mr battery pincher ( aka hubby) please get me some more batteries on your way home from work and stop pinching mine!!

OK since posting this my very clever 6 year old found said wii remote with pinched batteries so please mr battery pincher please still buy some batteries as I am hiding the camera so it doesn't get lost and you can't pinch my batteries!

Have a great day! :) xxx

a bit of glitz?

Hi hope you are all having a lovely day! the weather here in Cornwall is horrible it's so foggy we can't see the houses opposite us and they are really close! totally uninspiring and I'm having a creative block day, I have to make my son a monkey costume by Friday which at the moment is just looking a whole lot like a brown t shirt and trousers and my sewing machine is refusing to work so I'm not doing so well today :)

We made the card above on Saturday for world card making day and the new catalogue release and you'll never guess what stamp set we used :)

We Used:

Stamp set: circle circus, best yet phrases,

Card stock: Bashful Blue, Whisper White,

Ink: versa mark, basic gray

Accessories: Silver embossing powder, clear rhinestone brad, dimensional foam pads, 2 way glue pen and Silver fine galaxy glitter.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Christmas is only 80 days away! :)

Oh dear sorry did I say the C word :)

Here's another of the cards I made with the Christmas Jingle simply scrapin' kit,

I used:

Card stock: Real Red, Chocolate Chip, vellum

Ribbon: Chocolate Chip

Ink: Real Red

Stamps: Jumbo Woodcut Holly roller,

Scrappin' kit: Christmas Jingle

Accessories: Crystal effects

I'm Loving this simply scrappin' kit I might actually get around to using it for some scrap booking! :)

Thanks for stopping By!

Abi

Itty Bitty Buds

I absolutely love his hostess set from the new catalogue!! I haven't had a lot of chance recently to play with my new toys but I will :)

If you would like to get your hands on this set then you'll need to either host a party, place a qualifying order OR join my virtual hostess club which will start as soon as it's full so contact me for more information!

For this card I used:

Card stock: Rose Red, Whisper white,

Ink: So Saffron, Regal Rose, Rose Red and Always Artichoke

Ribbon: Pretty in Pink Taffeta,

Stamp sets: Itty Bitty Buds and curvy verses.

Accessories: corner rounder

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

More than one post in a day :) I must be ill :)

Guess what it's another challenge card Yay but I have to admit I really like this one.

This card was made for the sugar bowl challenge and also the Funky Friday colour challenge and I love these colours together.

Here's what I used:

Card stock: Not quite navy, Sahara sand, Whisper White, Bordering Blue,

Ink: Bordering Blue, Not quite Navy, Black Stayz on, Basic Gray,

accessories: Clear Rhine stone brads, Blender pen and silver fine galaxy glitter,

Su Set: good friend

Thanks for stopping by don't forget to check out all my other new posts today :) he he

Abi

Celebrate with circle circus

OK my Favourite stamp set again :) I made this card for the secret craft Saturday challenge and of course the colours are taken from the Funky Friday # 34 colour challenge

I used:

Card stock: Rose Red, Very Vanilla, So Saffron,

Ink: Basic Black, So Saffron, Regal Rose, Rose Red,

Stamp Sets: Curvy Verses, Circle Circus,

Accessories: Crystal effects, dimensional pads.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

A bit rusty

This card really makes me think of Bella's truck fro all those twilight fans out there. :)

I made this card for the Funky Friday #33 challenge and the one stop craft challenge their theme was autumn inspiration.
I used:

Card stock: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip

Paper: Spiced cider designer series paper

Ribbon: Chocolate chip gros grain

Ink: Really Rust, Chocolate chip, Regal Rose, Pumpkin Pie.

Stamp set: Loads of love

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Gone a bit Kraft crazy?!?

I'm loving Kraft card stock right now can you tell?

I made a card with this same set and layout last year but I thought I'd mix the colours up a little bit, I do love clean and simple and no matter what I try to do I always come back to it.

For this card I used:

Card stock: Kraft, Bashful Blue

Ribbon: Very vanilla taffeta

Stamp set: Best yet, A tree for all seasons,

Ink: White gel pen, Chocolate chip, bordering blue.

Thanks for stopping by!