Greenhouse Garden birthday card and a bit of my story

Here is a card we made at the Stampin' Up! party I did yesterday for some new ladies and we had a great time getting to know each other.

I think they have very quickly become fans of Stampin' Up! and like us all loved how everything co-ordinates so brilliantly.

When I first ordered from Stampin' Up! I know I wanted everything and it was the scallop border punch that I was sourcing, well I can tell you that was a very expensive punch!!! as my first order was around £90 lol 

Anyway, I knew then that I wanted more! so I joined up as a Demonstrator never thinking for one minute I would "demonstrate" I just wanted the discount!!!! but that was in July 2009 tee hee and here I am still going and yes of course I demonstrate but that was down to my friend Lesley who said "I'll have a party for you! as I want all the free hostess goodies"  and she invited 20 ladies!! phew! 2 make and take sessions that night, remember that Les? well now of course Les signed up as she too wanted the discount and guess what? she demonstrates as well!  Anyway I love doing the demonstrating and meeting lovely ladies on the way who become friends like Wendy, Shirley, Elsie and Lyn thank you for sticking with me and being friends and customers and making me laugh so much.... oh and to Shirley for the yummy cakes she makes.

So if you love Stampin' Up! and would like to join me then contact me for a friendly no obligation chat.  Take a look at the Join my Team button for a bit more information on that.

below is a gift box of Christmas Tags I made for the hostess

that's it for today

.............. Until tomorrow............ be crafty ...............

Greenhouse Garden Bright and Beautiful

Put your sun glasses on for this one!

something to cheer up the grey days we have been having; a little card made with some bright colours for a change Real Red, Daffodil Delight and Marina Mist (I think) .... doh! can't remember as I took the picture a while ago

Anyway I layered Marina Mist ribbon on daffodil delight satin on the scallop trim border punch.

Well a boring week for work this week working at home but still it's good to have my own bed at night and have my evenings for some crafty time.

.......... Until next time ............ be crafty ...............

Stampin' Up! Christmas Tree

Well not actually Stampin' Up! tree but mine.

I thought I would show you some pictures of my Christmas tree, it's not a real one but one we have had for some years.  We bought this when we lived in Windlesham, Surrey as we needed a tall thin one in our lounge/dining room and haven't got around to changing it for our house here in Rock....maybe next year.  Anyway when I took the picture (lower down) I couldn't see some of the ornaments so I took some close ups.  I got most of these decorations back in 1987 on a visit to North Carolina, USA.  they have lasted well and I love them all.

Above is my reindeer almost as dashing as Stampin' Up! Dasher

Love these ballet shoes and the little fairy I got in a garden centre in Windlesham

I think there are 4 of these fairies on the tree

On top my Queen Fairy

Above the tree in the corner of our kitchen 

above picture; outside in the garden today bloomin' cold it had just stopped snowing but more snow to come later according to the forecast but it's not always right at the moment.

and on to today's card Life is Beautiful from Style Beautiful and Greenhouse Garden

I really liked how these colours work together, the colour coach gave me these as a combination they are Not Quite Navy and Cajun Craze.  I dyed the ribbon Cajun Craze using the marker and ink pad.  for the bird I stamped the bird from the hostess set Punch Potpourri and punched it out using the 2 step bird punch.

Hope you enjoyed looking.

.............Until next time.............be crafty.........

Greenhouse Garden & Butterfly Punch

This is a card created using the butterfly punch for the flowers I spotted this on Created by You I did mine slightly different; punched out 2 butterflies per flower in whisper white card, spritzed the butterflies with water and inked with re:inkers using bashful blue, almost amethyst and lavender lace.  I then used the elegant eggplant marker around the edge and summer sun in the middle.  Scrunched everything while it was still wet and waited for it to dry... my picture is not that good of it but would recommend you try it.   The background I stamped with Greenhouse garden,  Hope you like?

Decided to add some loose petals and took another picture, I think this one shows up a bit better as the sun was shining when I took it!!

Until tomorrow........... be crafty