my cleaver girlies!

well my girls are doing so well at achieving their goals right now.....

for each promotion my team girlies achieve i make sure they get a little something extra and what better than to have your own special pinny to show off in!

I'm so proud of my girls well done all of you!  keep it up!

Abi x

I'm still here! honest!

Hi everyone thanks for the emails I am still here baby hasn't popped yet!

4 weeks to go, i've just been so busy getting ready for the baby and my son's 8th birthday that i forgot to post!

so this week i'm sharing some pretty thank you's that i've been making in preperation for the grand arrival

I used the Baby blossoms set from the mini catalogue with the beautiful wings embosslit, in pretty in pink, pink pirouette and regal rose with river rock which is absolutely gorgeous can't believe i've not used this more.....

and just thought i'd share this one with you too.....

this is our baby from the last scan we had, I have another booked for 2 weeks time just to check her growth but by that point she's going to be too big to get a good picture, the itching so far is under control, the swelling is well... swelling and i now look like i have a giant beach ball shoved up my top....  but on the bright side 4 weeks to go!  woop woop!  can't wait to meet her, I'm working on a few fabric projects so as soon as i get done with them i'll share those too!

will keep you all posted!

Abi

Fascinating paper crafts!

HI, just thought i'd share some of my teams fab creations!

last september we participated in the creative stitches show in exeter it was a great fun and we met some really lovely and fun people!

I blogged last October about the Fascinators made by the lady who we will always know as the fascinator lady ( she does have a name just no one could remember it sorry! )  you can see that post here 

any way we thought we would give it a go our selves with our card stock...

this one is by Hayley and I just love it very cleaver!

and this one is by kathy, very elegant....

and this last one is by me :)

although my butterflies wires got a bit squashed in transit but i think you get the idea!

I used the bigz flower die from the mini catalogue and i used the same tutorial as i did for the dress which we displayed at the show last year, you can see the tutorial here

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Thanks for stopping by!

hope we've inspired you to try something different!

silhouette butterflies

Morning!

more clean and simple today, you've probably seen these else where already but i just love them they are so pretty!

This was the first time i had played with the silhouette sentiment level 1 hostess set ( even though i've had it for months unmounted!!! too shock horror)  but it's just so pretty!

I used the Beautiful Butterflies bigz die and also the scallop envelope die  too.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Bigshot beauty

Well if you haven't figured out that i'm loving my bigshot by now let me just tell you again.......

I LOVE MY BIG SHOT!!!!  

if you're getting bored with my bigshot madness tuff luck i'm sorry  :)

I saw a gorgeous pillow created on one of the blogs which i hopped this week.. ( i hopped that many i have no idea which one it was) but the lady who made the cushion had used loads of crystals on the cushion and i thought it was gorgeous....

now although i have started my sewing again paper is just so much quicker so i had a go at something similar with this card.

hope you like it.

Thanks for stopping by.

Abi

A fab time with my lovely ladies!

Meeting with my stampers 10 group is always a bit of a giggle and last night was as fun as normal!

here's part of the project which my ladies got to make last night.

I absolutely love the elegant soiree papers....

and of course we had to use the big shot :)  with the scallop envelope die.

we used the four frames stamp set which they all love so this was bound to be a winner class!

Thanks for coming ladies!  and those that couldn't make it you were missed x

Abi

Butterfly invites

Morning!

just thought i'd share these with you...

one of my friends saw the butterfly card which i made a little while ago and asked if i could make some birthday invites for her little girl like them so here they are...

i used a selection of designer papers on them some retired papers which i thought were really cute and of course some with my favorite springtime vintage papers from the mini,

here's my favorite one.

I used the beautiful butterflies bigz die and the modern label punch.

Thanks for dropping by!

Abi

Edible butterflies!

So what else can i create with my big shot!!!!!

well more cake decorations of course... this time they are made from sugar paper! yum

So i love how they look and they taste great too :)

I used the beautiful butterflies bigz die and the embosslit beautiful wings and i love how it came out!

mmm now what else can i try lol

thanks for dropping by!

Abi

Giving the old bag a new lease of life.....

Shopping bag that is..... :) he he

So a while a go i bougth some of these plain fabric shopping bags and until now i haven't really done anything with them.... they were a bit too plain if you know what i mean..

So thought i'd liven a few up this bag i used the baby blossoms stamp set with the Fun flowers Bigz L die

really cute i think..

Thanks for stopping by!

Scallop envelope pouches

Hi 

well some of my ladies will recognise these already as they will have received one of these little treat pouches with their order this month...

I love the possibilities with this die.... you'll see what i mean over the coming weeks :)

I used bashful blue card stock with the confetti stamp set in expresso and soft suede ink which i combined with  very vanilla gros grain ribbon,

Thanks for stopping by!

Fluttering by

Hi 

I've been playing with my big shot again :)

I used the beautiful butterflies bigz die, with Rose red card stock, ribbon and ink and some of that gorgeous springtime vintage paper from the mini...

and here's the inside, i had a go at some decoupage haven't done that in a while but i like how it came out... i used the sentiment from the just believe stamp set and also the really cute  confetti stamp set..

Thanks for visiting... if you'd like more information about becoming a demonstrator or the classes and clubs which i run the drop me a line at abi4380@gmail.com

A little bit of fabric.....

Hi hope you've all been enjoying the sunshine!   we had a really fun bank holiday the kids really enjoyed them selves.... i on the other hand forgot to pre post to my blog sorry so this is a little late...

I've been trying out a few of my other crafts i decided to have a go at crochet...(need more practice) but it came out ok, I saew some gorgeous baby head bandsd and thought i'd give it a go with a Stampin' Up! twist so the top picture is of my crochet with one of the gorgeous Stampin' Up! flowers and one of the neutrals buttons..

For this one i played with my big shot and some scraps of fabric i had left over, I used the beautiful fun flowers bigz l die and added a button from my stash..

and last but not least i tried out the smaller flowers from the crochet flowers pack in the main catalogue but this time i knitted the head band... ( my knitting skills are far better than my crochet...) then added a few buttons from my stash.

Hope you like them..

thanks for stopping by!

Abi

I can see clearly now.....

ok hopefully you can see the detail in these...

these are a couple of wedding announcements which i made recently with the top note and manhatten flowers embossing folder on acetate..

they are gorgeous up close but super hard to photograph!

I combined the acetate with some of the springtime vintage dsp which i cut using the embosslit beautiful wings and the beautiful butterflies bigz die.

Thanks for stopping by!

Springtime top note

Happy Monday everyone!

thought i'd stop by and share my little top note book with you all, i'm loving all the different things you can cut through with the big shot!

I used some packs of a4 lined paper and used my top note die to cut the pages and used the card from the back of the pack for the front and back covers which i covered with the beautiful Springtime |Vintage designer series paper from the mini catalogue i also used the beautiful wings embosslit with some basic pearls.

(i've made a few more of these as gifts but this one is all mine! )

Just fluttering by !

 This is a little set which my ladies got to make this week with the big shot..

i think it's just so pretty and quick to do,

we used :

Big shot bigz dies Stampin' Up! top note and the pillow box die

Stampin' Up! beautiful wings Embosslits die,

The decorative label punch and the four frames stamp set all from the new mini

whisch we combined with not quite navy, so saffron, baja breeze and old olive card and ink and the sandy speckles roller.

Thanks for dropping by!