Let's Celebrate You! - Birthday Blooms

I have just taken delivery of the gorgeous Bloom And Grow Bundle, which is perfect timing for this week's  Inspire Create Challenge. 💕

Just how beautiful is this stamp set? The "Let's Celebrate You "sentiment is perfect for the birthday theme and the font is gorgeous!

I just love these flowers - they remind me of Dog Roses and were just begging to be watercoloured. 

 Lots of gorgeous images with the matching dies. I love that you can stamp out the different leaves, die-cut them and build your bouquet. Don't forget, if you purchase the stamps and dies together as a bundle you save 10% and also qualifies for Bonus Days too.   For every £45 you spend this month you get a voucher for  £4.50 off an order next month.

I stamped in the flowers on some Whisper White in Versamark and heat embossed in Silver and then water coloured using the ink from an ink pad and an aquapainter. I experimented a little before settling on Lovely Lipstick and Mossy Meadow. I carried on the Lovely Lipstick in the matching ribbon. What do you think?

You can see what the rest of the awesome Design Team came up with over at the Inspire Create Challenge #048 here, you can see all the entries and play along too if you'd like. It's easy to join in. We'd love to have you!

I hope you like my card, it's always lovely to give some beautiful blooms on a birthday.

You can purchase all the products I used in this project from Stampin' Up! by clicking the images here. It will take you straight to my online shop.

Shop with me online and use the hostess code at checkout if your order is between £20 - £150 for a thankyou gift from me.

I really hope you like seeing what I have been up to. Do drop back in to see what I will be making next!  Click on the subscribe button in the sidebar to follow my blog if you don't want to miss anything.

Hope to speak to you soon,

Kate x

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Good Morning Magnolia Wedding Acceptance. Inspire Create Challenge #45

Hello, welcome to my blog. I am just loving the new catalogue that has just launched and specifically the Magnolia Lane Suite. It's beautiful and with this week bringing us an embossing theme for the Inspire Create Challenge I couldn't resist using the Magnolia stamps.

Aren't they stunning, I took inspiration from the Kraft Magnolia Lane cards we have. They come with silver frames and wouldn't work for what I wanted so I recreated the idea with Crumb Cake card instead. I added a Petal Pink Layer underneath and used one of the dies to make a pretty border at the bottom in Petal Pink also.

My hubby is very excited to have been asked to be best man for a dear friend later in the summer and I'm also excited to be going. Maybe a new hat is in order! I've made this card for them to accept and say thank you for the invitation to their wedding. I hope they like it.

Heat embossing is totally my thing. I just love to see the powder melt and go all glossy. It was one of the first techniques I used years ago when I first started crafting and it never gets old. The small magnolia stamp is just stunning embossed in silver. Quite an easy card to make really. A few layers of card, some embossing and a Thanks sentiment with a little of the beautiful new ribbon to finish it off. I LOVE this font! I hope you like the card. Do leave me a comment, I love to read them.

You can hop over to the Inspire Create Challenge here and see what all the other awesome Design Team members have come up with for the Embossing Challenge. You can get lots of inspiration and join along too. We'd love to have you and it's great fun.

Here are all the products I have used on my card, including the gorgeous Magnolia stamps. Clickable images will take you straight to my online shop.

I am of course, very grateful if you choose me to be your demonstrator and you shop with me. If you shop with me online, don't forget to use the hostess code if your order is between £20 - £150 for a gift from me.

I really hope you like seeing what I have been up to. Do drop back in to see what I will be making next!  Click on the subscribe button in the side bar to follow my blog if you don't want to miss anything.

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Kate x

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Sunshine Wishes Congrats Card With You Tube Tutorial And Heat Embossing Tip.

A congrats card today using the Sunshine Wishes Dies and a little heat embossing! It's made using one of my favourite colour combo's of Daffodil Delight, Smoky Slate, and Whisper White.

Did you notice that there is absolutely no stamping on this card! Not sure how that happened but I do have a great embossing tip for you. This lovely set of dies is going away at the end of the month so pop it in your basket today, It's useful for so many occasions.

You can see exactly how I made it, including the tip here on my YouTube Tutorial.

I hope you like it. Do give me a thumbs up and subscribe if you do. Don't forget to click the little bell for notification of future videos.

The Sunshine Wishes dies will be retiring at the end of this month to make way for new products in the upcoming 2019 Annual catalogue so if you would like them, make sure to get them here before they are gone. You can purchase them here 

Here are all the products I used to make the card with clickable links straight to my online shop

I am of course, very grateful if you choose me to be your demonstrator and you shop with me. If you shop with me online, don't forget to use the hostess code if your order is between £20 - £150 for a gift from me.

I really hope you like seeing what I have been up to. Do drop back in to see what I will be making next!  Click on the subscribe button in the side bar to follow my blog if you don't want to miss anything.

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Kate x

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Goodbye Little Bee! Dragonfly Dreams.

Ink, stamps and paper, that's it, all you need to create a card. Stampin' Up issue us a challenge each month to create a card using just those three elements to show that you don't need to own everything to create a beautiful hand made card and that stamping is accessible to everyone, including brand new stampers. #simplestamping Challenge

The May challenge is to use one of your favourite retiring stamp sets, so of course I had to pull out Dragonfly Dreams and use the gorgeous little bee stamp. This little guy has appeared on many of my cards. 

For my simple stamping challenge I used the dots stamp with Calypso Coral and Bermuda Bay ink - both stamped off first. I stamped the bee on top twice in Black Memento ink and the sentiment in Bermuda Bay. I stamped the sentiment and the bees inside the card in Black Memento ink and added a stamped bee to the envelope to finish it off. But there's more ...

This is a slightly stepped up version of the card, more aimed at the casual crafter rather than the  beginner. The bees are heat embossed using Versamark and Copper Embossing Powder and the sentiment is stamped on Whisper White and raised on Dimensionals with some Copper Metallic Thread behind to finish it off.

Each of the cards is made using a 4"x4" card and a 3 3/4" square layer.

I have used the matching Detailed Dragonfly Thinlit dies for this card which is stepped up again and is more a card for the avid crafter, someone who has a Big Shot in their arsenal, giving them further scope to play.

Here is the You Tube Tutorial showing how I made it.

 I hope you like the video, do give me a thumbs up and subscribe if you do. Don't forget to press the little bell for notification of future videos.

You can see how I used this stamp set in previous projects here, here, here, here, here, and here. Such a gorgeous set, it's only available until the end of the month or whilst stocks last so don't leave it too late.

Here are the products used to make the card with clickable links to my online shop

I am of course, very grateful if you choose me to be your demonstrator and you shop with me. If you shop with me online, don't forget to use the hostess code if your order is between £20 - £150 for a gift from me.

I really hope you like seeing what I have been up to. Do drop back in to see what I will be making next!  Click on the subscribe button in the side bar to follow my blog if you don't want to miss anything.

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Kate x

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Dandelion Wishes - A Note For You

Dandelion Wishes - A Note For You

Inspire Create Challenge #040 

This week for the Inspire Create Challenge we have a colour theme of Black and White. 

I wanted a clean and simple card and I thought the Dandelion Wishes stamp set would be perfect for it.  I stamped it in Black to begin with but I felt there was something missing. I decided to stamp and emboss in Silver to compliment the monochrome without adding extra colour.

I added the "a note for you" from the Eastern palace stamp set in Black.  I wanted to see how the curve in the stamp would look like under the dandelion head. I love it! And I love the font in this stamp set too.

Just a simple card but very pretty, I added some of the black satin Ribbon to finish it off and tied a knot . I stamped dandelions inside the card and on the envelope too.

I hope you like it. You can see what the rest of the talented Design Team came up with for this challenge over at the Inspire Create Challenge #40 here. You can see all the entries and play along too. We'd love to have you!

Here are all the products I used for my card with clickable links to my online shop.

The new Spring Summer catalogue is in full swing and is full of beautiful, fresh, spring colours and is stuffed full of everything you need for your papercrafting.  Do let me know if you would like a copy wont you!

I am of course, very grateful if you choose me to be your demonstrator and you shop with me. If you shop with me online, don't forget to use the hostess code if your order is between £20 - £150 for a small gift from me.

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I also send a little hand made gift and card to all my customers . I really appreciate all my customers because without them I wouldn't be here.

Drop me an e mail or a message if you would like me to send you your own - theres nothing like browsing a paper copy 💕

I really hope you like seeing what I have been up to. Do drop back in to see what I will be making next!  Click on the subscribe button in the side bar to follow my blog if you don't want to miss anything.

Hope to speak to you soon, 

Kate x 

All That You Are Card - Stained Glass Technique

All That You Are

Kylie's International Demonstrator Training Blog Hop

I am so excited to be part of Kylie Bertucci's February Blog Hop! We are an international group of demonstrators all working towards growing our business's and sharing ideas and inspiration along the way.  Thank you so much for joining us !

You may be starting here or have come from another blog. The list is at the end of the post do you can hop along from blog to blog getting lots of ideas and inspiration as you go.

I've been playing with the new All That You Are stamp set and I just love it. This was one of the cards I designed for my all day craft day yesterday.

I wanted to show them how by heat embossing the flower image in White Emboss Powder and colouring in on the reverse with the Stampin' Blends it's easy to create a beautiful image. A little like stained glass.  I added a few of the self adhesive sequins and attached the vellum to the Whisper White layer using glue dots strategically placed under the sequins and sentiment. The sentiment is stamped in Black Memento and cut out using the new Stitched Rectangle Dies.  I've just got mine and can't put them down!

I used Powder Pink as the card base and stamped inside in Powder Pink and Soft Sea Foam ink. I repeated the stamping on the envelope too.

Dimensions

Card Base - A4 Powder Pink, Scored at 10.5 cm and cut at 14.9 cm

Whisper White Layer 10 cm x 14.3 cm

Vellum 10 cm x 14.3 cm

Inside Whisper White Layer 10cm x 14.3 cm

I do hope you like my card. You can start or continue hopping around here, so grab a cuppa, and enjoy!

Here are the products I used to make my card with clickable links to my online shop.

Browse all the free items from Saleabration here.

The new Spring Summer catalogue and the Saleabration brochure is in full swing with new items that were added on March 1st, including some from the Annual catalogue!.  It's full of beautiful, fresh, spring colours and is stuffed full of everything you need for your papercrafting.  Do let me know if you would like a copy wont you!

I am of course, very grateful if you choose me to be your demonstrator and you shop with me. If you shop with me online, don't forget to use the hostess code if your order is between £20 - £150 for a small gift from me.

Hostess Code This Month 

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I also send a little hand made gift and card to all my customers . I really appreciate all my customers because without them I wouldn't be here.

Drop me an e mail or a message if you would like me to send you your own - theres nothing like browsing a paper copy 💕

I really hope you like seeing what I have been up to. Do drop back in to see what I will be making next!  Click on the subscribe button in the side bar to follow my blog if you don't want to miss anything.

Hope to speak to you soon, 

Kate x