Fluttabyes

How bad has the weather been?  Never ending rain and looks like there'll not be really any let up for the rest of July.  On the up side of this, it means I've been beavering away in the craft room, making some lovely butterfly envelope cards.

I used the colour coach to match the daffodil delight card and the bashful blue to colours that would suit.  I can't tell you enough how useful the colour coach is especially for someone like me who can get it completely wrong! The daffodil delight was matched to early espresso and the bashful blue to the chocolate chip, as you can see I made the butterfly from the mixed bunch stamp set and blossom punch, I used the everything Eleanor set for the plaque and sincere salutations for the greeting.

For the insert I again used the mixed bunch stamp set finishing off with a little paper flower and I used round tab punch to make the pull tab at the top of the insert.  If you would like to order the items to make these projects please email me 


Hope you like my designs today


Happy crafting


Deb xxxx

Enchanting Times

Whooo hooo another great offer from stamping up for July.  From 1 to the 31 of July you will be able to obtain a ribbon and brad pack when you spend at least £45 on stampin up products.  Here it is

I whole pack of brads and two reals of  organsiza ribbon which are 10 yards each! Wow! The pack is worth £15.95 and goes with the everyday enchantment papers that were on offer during Sale-a-bration, don't worry if you didn't get the papers you can purchase them for a limited time for £9.95.

So what are you waiting for? Contact me to make an order today.

Happy Crafting

Deb XXX

Holiday scrapbooking

I've been busy this morning making a double scrapbook page.  I've made it of Scott's holdays, mine and my Dad's as a child, here's the double spread;












I've used Bashful Blue card, Big top party papers, Everythning Eleanor stamp set and the Broadsheet Alphabet stamp set. 

Again I really am sorry about the quality of the photos but I'm being forced to use my mobile to take the pictures.  I've stamped along the top and bottom of the pages with the florish from the Everything Eleanor Stamp Set, I stamped out the words "Holiday Memories Now and Then" using the Broadsheet Alphabet, Both the florish and the alphabet where stamped out using Bashful Blue ink.  I then punched out the letters using the scallop circle punch and inked the edges in Bashful Blue, and there you have it all done.

Happy Crafting

Deb xx

Blot on the landscape

I have some very mixed feelings over the last couple of days. I came home from work on Thursday to discover the house had been broken into :-(. They had only taken small things that could be concealed very easily. But this meant they had taken my mums jewelry.  They had also taken my spare set of car keys so I spent all day Friday trying to sort the car out. There is a silver lining however, Friday was the year 11 prom and I got to see all the students dressed in their finery

 This is Elizabeth and  unfortunatly I wasn't very 'on the ball' and hers was the only photo I manged to get :-$

And this is me and sherridan bless


I also have had a little time today to make a lovely card using so saffron and crumb cake I did get this idea from another demonstrator. Sorry about the photos but had to take them on my phone as my camera was one of the items stolen.

 
Happy crafting
 Deb xxx

Button Bracelet

Well today has been a very exciting day as the Olympic torch found it's way to Doncaster, even better a friend mine was carrying the torch!!  The lovely Julie Arnold carried the torch on a stretch through Warmsworth. Sadly I couldn't be there to cheer her on but in a queer twist of fate I did get caught up in the traffic jam she caused lol I was really spurring her on as I really needed the loo. Julie did pop into work afterwards and let me hold the torch lol.

So to what I've been making, as you can see from the title I've been playing with buttons, and have made a lovely button bracelet using the basic colours;

I've popped some Bling! into the middle of the Small buttons, here's what it looks like on;

It is so very easy to make and only takes only about 20 mins. There is a tutorial for it here

That's all for now

Happy Crafting

Deb xx

It's begining to look a lot like Christmas

Well it is in our house at the moment anyway :-) I've been getting together my swaps for our quarterly training and I've got them finished with a week to go would you believe!!  Yes I know Miss Disorganised here is pulling it together with time to spare! Mark this date in your diary it'll never happen again lol.  So here are my swaps, I mentioned I was doing these in an earlier blog;

My kitchen smelt Divine after heating all these tea lights as they are vanilla scented, I have also made a little gift bag to carry them all in ;

I used the broadsheet alphabet for the candles, and the Pennant Parade for the bag along with the Petite Pennants Builder punch. I've used Garden Green card and ink, Crumb Cake ink, and  Riding Hood Red card and Ink and also the Decorative Label punch.  I have also added either Cherry Cobbler or Always Artichoke seam binding ribbon on the candle packs.

Happy Crafting

Deb xx

Dragonfly Candles

Yes you've guessed it I've been busy stamping candles again, no idea why I choose to do something that involves heat when its so hot. So here they are, I've stamped using the natures nest stamp set and Marina Mist and Crumb Cake ink pads;

 If you're wondering how it's done you just stamp onto tissue paper, then place on your candle and heat, if you're not that brave place the stamped tissue paper on your candle then wrap tightly in greaseproof paper then heat, you can see the image 'turn' under the greaseproof paper so you will know when its done.

Happy Crafting

Deb xxx