Style Beautiful in Naturals Ivory and Basic Grey!

Hello !
Hope you are having a relaxing Sunday ! After a well earned lie, in Richard and I decided to be pro-active and groom and clip the doggies this morning ! So after lots of wiggling, woofy protestations and bribing with dog treats we now have two smart little girls with new hair cuts ! We're exhausted and the whole process makes so much mess that we have had to have baths/showers/hairwashes and Richard has hoovered and steam cleaned the entire kitchen/breakfast room and utility ! Thankfully we only have to go through this battle four times a year ! Our eighteen year old daughter slept through the whole thing and is finally emerging at 12.30; the stresses and strains of being a uni student !!!
I have two cards to share with you today made from one sheet of A4 naturals ivory card stock. I have also used the gorgeous style beautiful stamp set which you don't see featured often ! I think it is really elegant and I have stamped in basic grey ink to keep it all quite subtle.

I have added edgings made from the eyelet  and scallop edge border punches and used the patterns stack DSP in neutrals for some contrast. Pearls and ribbon add texture to a very simple card.

A similar format with this card with the addition of a punched decorative label and stamping from the very useful four frames set ( the first stamp set I ever sold to a customer ! ). I have changed how I draw attention to SU products used in my projects by highlighting in a different colour; do let me know if this is helpful.

Sorry that my photos are a little underexposed; the light levels are terrible here today so I have edited and therefore the colours are a little out !!

Off to get Sunday lunch done and then a relax and maybe a movie; it's too cold and foggy here today for outdoor excursions, even the dogs prefer to be in !

May I just say a special hello and thank you to Helen " down under ", I have no way of contacting you so hope you get this message, your comment was lovely and much appreciated !

Thank you for your visit, have a good day !

Hugs Jane x

P.S. Have re-done these photos today ! Not sure if they are any better but at least they are more colour accurate !!!

Quick and Easy Valentines !

Good Morning !
Bright, cold and sunny here in Worcestershire today and I hope it lasts into the weekend as it would be nice to get out and enjoy some fresh air as I have felt rather cooped up this week as it's been cold and dank !
The upside of this is lots of crafting has taken place and I had lots of fun putting in a nice big order to SU and I am looking forward to receiving lots of free merchandise and two half price items !!!!

The Valentines I have for you today are quick and easy cards ! I have used the following stamp sets : Valentine Love , Notably Ornate and Vintage Vogue. Whisper white card stock was used as a clean and simple base and I added regal rose and rose red card to accent. The butchers twine is from my own stash and was just right for this card ! The hearts are made using the scalloped heart of hearts embosslit die.

This card again uses the same die as a mask, which was stamped around and over to reveal a white blank heart in the centre when the mask was removed ( use a low tack dry adhesive to attach the heart ). Then I simply stamped the sentiment in the centre.

Here is a little more detail, I added some tiny SU pearls to the foliage for a bit of texture. 

I make little flowers ( punched from the itty bitty punch set ) from every scrap of waste card and store them for use later, so I've used some to make a heart. I just drew a heart and made a template and transferred the shape by lightly dotting in in pencil onto my card. Dots don't need rubbing out like a line does and just disappear, which is quite convenient !

Vary the colours and patterns on your flowers and don't try to make a pattern ! Random is best but keep it balanced ; I've added some SU pearls but not to every flower !

 There are huge benefits to being a Stampin' Up demonstrator and if you join in the next few weeks there is the additional bonus of an extra stamp set offered by SU ( value up to £44.95 ) and of course there is also the advantage of the Sale- A -Bration at the moment. Too much to detail here but if you are tempted to join my team I am also offering an extra bonus of my own until the 31st March so please do contact me via the e-mail address on my profile and I will gladly get back to you with more details.

Thank you for your lovely comments; they are very much appreciated and I love to read them !

Have a wonderful weekend !

Hugs Jane x

Sweet Floral and Rich Razzleberry !

I was just about to wish you Good Morning and realise it's actually afternoon ! Where did the morning go ? I also seem to have missed lunch !
I have  one card to share with you today; we made this plus one other in my little class yesterday and whilst I have blogged this card design before thought I would show the one I did for my demo in a different colourway !
It showcases the gorgeous sweet floral stamp on crumb cake card stock and is stamped in rich razzleberry and early expresso inks. 

I love this combination and have added some chocolate pearls from my own stash for a bit of definition. I also used my water brush and RR ink to enhance the petals and added some stamens using my write marker in elegant eggplant. The inside of this gatefold card is lined with crumb  cake DSP ( patterns stack - neutrals )

The oversized label is stamped from my lovely Everything Eleanor set and the sentiment is from Sincere Salutations. It has been nice to have a day off pink, but I still have more ideas for Valentines !!!

Welcome to my new visitors from around the globe ; it is really exciting when I check my stats and see that you have paid me a visit !

Happy crafting !

Hugs Jane x

Petal Cone Valentine !

Good Morning !
Chilly and dull here in Worcestershire today and once I have got the chores done I hope to get some crafting in as it's not an outdoor kind of day !

I have been using the petal cone die to make valentines and it makes a very nice little gift pocket / card. Lots of demos have made a petal cone die valentine and this one is my version ! 

Starting with pink pirouette card stock  I cut out the main cone and then used pretty in pink for the scalloped half circles, the heart ( embosslit die - scalloped heart of hearts ) and the Eiffel Tower ! I also backed the heart with another cut from chocolate chip card. I inked up my stamps with chocolate chip and crumb cake ( stamp set used are : artistic etchings and french foliage ). My ribbon is retired but pink pirouette is available in the taffeta.

This photo gives a peek of the inside and shows the gorgeous antique brad I added to neaten up the join and hold the ribbon in place. I really enjoyed making this and thought that some little postcards with messages on could be put in the pouch along with some chocolates !

I plan to do some simpler cards for Valentines Day so do visit again !

Also, the Sale-a Bration starts tomorrow with a free stamp set or DSP for every £45 that you spend; there are four stamp sets to choose from and a lovely vintage style paper set ( I want them all !!! ).

Have a good Monday , wherever you are and thank you for stopping by !

Hugs Jane x

Valentine Love Take Two !

Good Afternoon ! 
I just don't know where the week has gone ! Obviously one of those weeks where I should have made a list !!! I have found time to craft though ( it's the business side that always seems to suffer ! ) and I've got an A5 card to share with you today. I have been using the petal cone die to make valentines and this is the first to be finished. This extra large bigz die has been such a good buy from SU as it is so versatile and lots of demos have used it for valentines ( just Google it !!! ); more recently the lovely Monica Gale has featured a beautiful valentine pouch on her blog made from the die and it prompted me to go and play !

I started with a base of pink pirouette card and cut out my heart from the die in Beau Chateau DSP; I used some scraps to make the banners and the pink scallop around the heart ( punched using the scallop edge punch ).
The stamps used were : valentine love and vintage vogue and I hand pleated the rosette from a strip of DSP, neutrals patterns stack. My eyelet border punch was used to frill the edge of the rosette before pleating and I finished off the card with some pearls ( note the loop made from one row of pearls ). All supplies are from Stampin' Up !

Here is a bit more detail; I used three inks : pretty in pink for inking the edges and crumb cake and soft suede for the stamping .

I hope you have a good weekend ! I will be doing my usual farm shop tomorrow  and as we will be quite near might have a look round Stratford; we have't been to see a production at the newly re-vamped theatre yet, but I quite fancy having a look around and it's always lovely to have a walk along the riverside there.

Thanks for stopping by !

 Hugs Jane x