Baked Brown Sugar in the Spotlight !

Aah , my little brown lovely , I forgot you yesterday so today you can have your moment !

Baked Brown Sugar is the super soft, sweet brown shade in the current In Colors, it looks so good combined with it's sister colours and is perfect as a wood effect when the cardstock and ink are used together with the Hardwood stamp...

This card uses the Label Framelits layered with a sentiment from Perfect Pennants and flowers stamped from Petite Petals and punched with the elusive Petite Petals punch, I think all my Ladies have finally received theirs, this was such a popular item from the Spring catalogue it just kept selling out !

Here's a little close up, for artistic reasons , of course !!

Enjoy your Tuesday everyone.

Nicola xx

Fresh Prints Variation on a Theme

You know the saying 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' ? Well this is kind of how this card is in relation to yesterdays design, exactly the same technique and layout just flipped upright and with different colours and papers. When something works just make a bunch of them , cool !

This is a base of Coastal Cabana inked in the same colour using the Hardwood stamp , believe me you NEED this stamp, I keep reaching for it over and over again for background and it looks great in every colour!

The papers are from the Fresh Prints Stack, I love it when Stampin' Up! come up with paper stacks as you get loads of designs in a smaller format for such a small price ....perfect. This particular stack is available in the Spring Catalogue if you fancy one.

The sentiment is from Perfect Pennants, again a really versatile stamp set that seems to work for everything.

I hope you are enjoying the designs I'm sharing with you on my blog, please let me know if you'd like anything that I've used, I'm always happy to help.

See you all again soon

Nicola xx

Birthday Bright !

So, we had a little chat yesterday about saying goodbye to some of the retiring products making way for the new Annual Catalogue in July , I thought it would be nice to share another card with some of the Birthday Basics DSP whilst they are still with us...

This card is bright and cheery with a Tempting Turquoise base which has been embossed with the Chevron Embossing folder, I've created a 'window' of cardstock covered with strips of the patterned paper which a great way to use up scraps, this has a die cut aperture using a die from the Chalk Talk Framelits.

The sentiment is so cool , this is part of the Hip Hip Hooray Card Kit really great value at £17.95 as you can make 20 cards and then still have 3 great stamps left to add to your sentiment collection!

I've finished the card with Summer Starfruit ribbon which is a retiring In Color and sum stamped stars.

Hope you like it :)

*NEWSFLASH ...CARD CLASS DETAILS COMING SOON LOOK OUT FOR BOOKING DETAILS*

Have a great weekend everyone I'll be back tomorrow with more to share.

Nicola xx

Birthday Coupon Book

Hi again everyone, Friday at last !! 

I promised I'd share the Coupon Book I made for Justin's Birthday with you all and here it is ...

I used Midnight Muse cardstock on my Silhouette to create this fab little coupon book, it looks great with splashes of Real Red and Sahara Sand on the Whisper White pages.

I've used the Perfect Pennants Stamps and Gorgeous Grunge to make 'controlled' splodges and splatters 

A matching perfectly sized envelope decorated with Starburst Sayings stamps and Framelits too. The front had a little rhinestone bling and some Real Red ribbon.

A little sneak here of the 'coupons' :)

I think it's a really nice way to give some special treats or favours as a gift.

I'm going to be working on some Easter pretties at the weekend so please come back and have a look next time.

Nicola xx

Oh Happy Day !

Hi again everyone, the sun was shining today and it sure does make you feel happy !

Quite fitting that I should share this card I made with the gorgeous Starburst Sayings stamp set from the Spring Summer Mini Catalogue, cutting out the pinked circles is all taken care of with the matching Starburst Framelit dies, I LOVE our dies and it's my mission to have them all !

I made a fold back style card to give the sentiment pride of place and mounted it on a Gumball Green cardstock circle embossed with the Chevron folder...

The gorgeous Designer Series Paper is the Watercolour Wonder and as they are all double sided you get even more mix and matchability !

Here's the inside with a stamped greeting from the Perfect Pennants set.

A matching envelope made with my Envelope Punch board an another sheet of Watercolour Wonder and I think this card would brighten anyones day :)

That's all for now, thanks for joining me...

Nicola x

Scalloped Tag Punch Class - Take 2 !

Hi everyone, thanks for dropping by again. I almost forgot to share the other variation I taught at my Scalloped Tag Punch Class earlier this month with the lovely Eclectic Keepsakes Ladies !

The projects were exactly the same but how different they look in a different colour pallette of Real Red, Pool Party and Crumb Cake and with a more classic feminine theme ...

The scalloped closure card with a beautiful paper rose made from the Spiral Flower die 

Here's a closer look , I also embossed the rose first using the Sale A Bration freebie Dots folder.

Next to a simpler card with the Hardwood Stamp background and sentiments and banners from the Perfect Pennants and Banners Framelits bundle. 

And finally a little scalloped top treat box embellished with a die cut and stamped sentiment from the Chalk Talk bundle.

All the Ladies had a lovely time creating these projects and I even managed to convert some first time stampers into Stampin' Up! fans :)

I have lots to share with you over the next few days so please keep an eye out for more posts.

See you soon

Nicola xx

Happy Saturday !

Hello everyone , its a lovely day here for the moment ...I seized the opportunity to snap some pics of a card I made this week.

A lovely fresh combination of Real Red, Pool Party and Crumb Cake which are the deliciously Spring like colours in the Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Block, available in the Spring Catalogue. I've used the Banners Framelits Dies to get perfectly cut banners and stamped the sentiment using the Perfect Pennants stamps. A few little flowers from the Petite Petals bundle of punch and stamps at a bargainous  £18.95 completes a really pretty card.

I hope you like it ! 

If you'd like to treat yourself to anything from the Spring catalogue simply click on the 'Shop Online' button at the top left of my blog to take you straight to my online Stampin' Up! shop, or contact me directly , I'd love to hear from you :) And don't forget for every £45 spend during Sale A Bration you get a FREEBIE too !!!

Have a great day and thanks for reading 

Nicola xx