Simple Shimmer

Time to play with me new goodies from the mini catalogue again!  this time I've been playing with my shimmer paints and the gorgeous vintage vogue stamp set, I used Whisper White card stock with chocolate chip and mellow moss ink loving clean and simple again at the moment......... must be because I'm in a spring cleaning mood!  less clutter please!!!

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Abi

Easter Chick pop up treat card tutorial.....

Hi every one,

 Just a quick up date for everyone that emailed me about this easter treat card which i posted a little while ago I now  have a tutorial for this card on my tutorials page so go check it out,  I was really surprised by the number of people who emailed me abut it so thank you!

click here to go to the tutorials

Abi

Mini suit case

Mini in more than one way!  not only is this box tiny .....

but also gives you another sneak peak from the mini catalogue ....

aren't these felt flowers gorgeous?? you've probably seen them around quite a bit on some of the U S demo blogs but they are completely new to us in the UK and I am really excited about them,  I also used the brand new my sweet pea stamp set which is really cute!    oh  and some of the new Chocolate chip satin ribbon.....and to top it all off I coloured some of my  silver hodgepodge so it looked a little more antiqued.

Love it!

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Abi

Black and white

Friday again!  at least that means we don't have to get up tomorrow!  ( well that's the theory any way!)

This project was made for my son to take to school for his non school uniform black and white donation for the school fayre, I'm quite pleased with how it turned out actually and it doubled up as my Funky Friday project too!  which was perfect!

I used whisper white and basic black card, black stayz on ink, black gingham ribbon and the seeing spots stamp set.

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Abi

Seriously shattered!

but happy and itching to  get crafting!   we had a great weekend really loved seeing all the things that the other demo's had created this weekend finding out about new products!.....................  so keep watching for those!

But really had a great tie and can't wait for the next one which is a little more local in Plymouth!   so if you would like to join us on April 10th in Plymouth for a fun free crafting event then  let me know as space is slowly running out and i don't want any one to be disappointed!

Any way thought i'd share a card with you today this card uses the scallop square and butterfly punch with Kraft, Bordering blue card stocks and the bella bleu designer paper.

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Abi

Cupcake gift set.. Oh and a link to blog candy!

So I've seen a few of these around and thought I'd give it a go,

I made this set to match this weeks Funky Friday colours  where we a er celebrating our 50th challenge with some blog candy so if you'd like to have a chance to win some goodies then pop on over to the blog and have a go at this weeks challenge!  Click here to see the challenges

So I used:

Choclage chip, close to cocoa, barely banana, pretty in pink and white, card stock, ribbon and ink!

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Abi

Lisa's LOVEly bag

Morning every one!  I'm feeling abit over excitable today!  This week me and a couple of my team are going to a field training event in reading, it looks like it is going to be the biggest field training event so far this year which will be great and after going to convention in November ( yes i know this is not actually convention) I have high hopes and am a bit excited.

Any way enough about my uncontrollable excitement!  YAY

The project above was made by my lovely down line Lisa for a team training session about a month ago and it was really fun to make,   this week are all planning to make a project for show and tell  with the rest of the team so we have something to do in our pj's on saturday night in the hotel and we all agreed to take extra supplies so we can all have a go ......... really excited!.....  so roll on Friday!

For this project we used:

Naturals ivory card stock, chocolate chip and ruby red, ink and card stock and some linen thread.

Punches used were 1 3/8" circle 1 1/4" circle scalloped circle.

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Abi

Happy mothers day mum!

I could've posted this before today really as my mum only checks my blog when i show her how to but thought i'd save this for today as it is mothers day!

If you check out my tutorials page you'll find the tutorial on how to make these flowers, I used the Large heart punch with some designer series paper.

I used the water colour vine Jumbo roller with always artichoke ink and i like the  way it all turned out.

Thanks for stopping by!

and Thanks for being my mum mum!

Abi

Baroque butterfly

Here's my card for the Funky Friday challenge again, I love working to sketches it just makes putting a card together so much simpler ( well i think it does)  If you'd like to check out the challenges then click here

I used:

Bella bleu designer series paper,
Butterfly punch
Baroque motifs stamp set,
Brocade Blue and Bordering blue ink,
Very Vanilla card stock and ribbon.
Pretties kit pearls.


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Abi

Pop up hidden treat card

Here's one of the projects my lovely ladies got to make last week, I always think that there's wasted space with the free standing pop up card so decided we should utalize it and make the space into mini draws so we could add some yummy mini eggs,   This project kept them all very busy and quiet!!!  but we had fun making it.

Stamp set:  A good egg
Card stock:  Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Whisper White,
Accessories: Bashful blue designer series paper, So Saffron brads, Whisper white taffeta ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Happy!

Just a quick male card today, I still have poorly kids at home and no matter how much I love them I am having craft room withdrawal symptoms and it's not good!

So thought I should start on my male cards, Never really sure what to put on men's cards so I guess this card could be used for either male or female,  thought I'd use up some of my chipboard letters I now have no A, I or E's left!  so we could see some interesting words appearing soon, I feel an order coming on soon!

Plus my Mini pre order has shipped and the delivery report says it will arrive tomorrow so I am super excited to get my hands on all the gorgeous new stamps and punches that you'll all get to see next month!

Any how hope you get chance to craft today!

Abi

Funky Friday again!

Seriously i really don't know where the week has disappeared to!  although i believe most of this week has actually been spent  holding a bucket for a sick 6 year old!  but he's feeling better now and everyone else looks like they have gotten away without catching the bug too which is great!

Any how here is my dt entry for the funky friday challenge which this week is a theme challenge:  Spring

Pop on over to the challenge blog to see what the rest of the team have created!

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Perfect pairs ???

Just stopping in today to remind you about the new promotion for this month from Stampin' Up! 

This month you can get 20% off selected punches when you purchase the coordinating stamp set plus a chance to purchase the brand new full heart punch not available again until the release of the 2010-2011  UK catalogue.

click on the link in the side bar for more information! then contact me to place your order!

in the mean time here's a creation i made recently these were invites to someone's birthday party...  I used the Flight of the butterfly stamp set with the coordinating butterfly punch  which are included in this months promotion from Stampin' up!

Also very quick experience event update!    Sheffield and Coventry experience events are both now full!  so don't miss you chance to attend  an event near you!  click here for more details 

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

full of love...

Love you much stamp set?

How many different looks from one stamp set??

well lets see shall we here's just a few....

How cute are these cards ad they were all made from scraps i had laying around my craft room!

I used off cuts of: rose red, bella bleu and chocolate chip designer series papers,

Three heart punch  and the Love you much stamp set  Chocolate Chip ink and  some off cuts of Chocolate chip taffeta and gros grain ribbons.  

I left these all over our house for my husband to find on valentines day but they would be great designs for any occasion.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi