Last of the Jubilee

Hya

Well finally we can get out in the garden. The weather is a bit brighter today so I decided to get on with a few jobs that needed doing. It's quite theraputic, just like crafting.

So I thought I would show you my last offering towards the Jubilee. I can't say that I got into the spirit of things as I had to work,but never mind.

Here is a card my ladies made in the last class and they seemed to love it. The stamp set was The Tea Shoppe stamp set and I stamped in Real Red and Night of Navy onto Whisper White card. I added some Gross grain Ribbon and of course a little bling.

So what do you think?
Have a good week.

Lynda.x

Jubilee Weekend

Hya,

Well I know you haven't heard from me for some time but I have been so busy. Like yourselves it's hard to be able to fit it all in so something has had to give. To be honest I think my craft mojo left me for a while too. I am pleased to say that it looks like it is back again and boy have I missed it.

So on that note, here is one of my offerings for the Jubilee Weekend.

The colours used are Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy and Whisper White. The stamp set used is from the new summer mini catalogue and is Tea Shoppe.

And of course it wouldn't be mine if it didn't have a little bling on it, lol.

I hope your having a good party weekend,

Lynda.x

Roomies prezzies

Hya

How has your week been? Mine hasn't been too bad. Been busy at work and then in my madness decided to go christmas shopping yesturday. I thought I would try and get most of it out of the way before the real madness begins. Too late. People are so rude shoving each other out of the way!!

Anyway, back to the calm. I wanted to show you what I made for my roomies while we where in paris. I bought some Journals from Stampin' Up and decided to decorate them so that Kate and Karen could jot down anything they wanted to whilst there. I covered the jornals with Hostess DSP papers Cheerful Treat. Then layered their names onto Melon Mambo card. I punched out some Concord Crush with the Lace Ribbon Border Punch. I then inked some Paper Daises in the Concord Crush and Old Olive and attached to the front. I then covered some chocolates so they co-ordinated and added ribbon to match.

Here is a close up of Kates.





Meet Bazill.




Bazill is my roomie gift from Karen. He is a fox from the Blue Nose family and when I saw him I just fell in love with him. Now you will see lots of Bazill as he also had his own adventures. This is his first having his breakfast ahead of a very busy day in Paris Disneyland.

This last photo is from our first night there. We had gone to the Rainforrest Cafe with some other Jems for dinner. At the front left is Kate, then Sarah-Jane, our Stampin' Up mummy Julie, Me, Karen, Jill and then Nicky.

I hope you likes. Have a good week.

Lynda.x

Just back from Paris

Hya

Have you had a good week end?

Guess what? I have. I have been on the Stampin' Up Convention which was held in DisneyLand Paris. What a weekend. It certainly has been a hectic weekend. From leaving Leeds on thursday till returning on monday evening. So much has happened I have had to have a couple of days chillin out.

I am going to show you what I gave as general swaps. The die I used wasn't a Stampin' Up die but the card, stamps and inks were.

This one is made with Old Olive but the others have been made with various card and colours. On this one I used was Season of Joy. I punched a flower using the Itty Bitty Punch and then put a rhinestone jewel for the bling factor. I then decorated with a little bit of Real Red Ribbon. Inside the box was a little block of chocolate just for a treat.

Some of the Jems made gifts for each other. I really couldn't decide what to do and then came up with the idea of using some of the brown wrapping that we recieve in our parcels when we order Stampin' Up products. I stamped flowers from the Simply Said stamp set in Island Indigo onto the brown paper. On Pool Party I stamped using Island Indigo again with Cute By The Inch and punch out with Scallop Square. To decorate I have punched out an Itty Bitty flower and used the Rhinestone Jewel for bling. Here are all the prezzies together.

Here is just one of them on their own so you can see it clearly.

Right I'm off now. Karen and I are having a chillin out afternoon to recover.
Hope you likey.

Lynda.x

A birthday card

Hya,

What a lovely day it has been here in Leeds today. I took myself off to a farmers markey this morning and had a great time taste testing and buying local produce. I'm a sucker for nice cheese and a fancy cake. :) Then this afternoon I have been to a wool factory with Karen, who was having a big sale on. I have got in to knitting as much as card making. I have found it very relaxing.

So I have a card to show you today that was done for a friends birthday.

The colour combo is Whisper White and Island Indigo. The back ground is a stamp called En Francais, with the coloured circles layered on top. The greeting is from the Curly Cute stamp set, which I have used quite alot. The edging was made using the Scallop Trim Border Punch. I have then finished off with a bow made from the Whisper White Organza Ribbon and the Pearl Jewels.

Well that's me for now. I hope you likey. I'm off to get a few things ready for work for tomorrow.

Have a good week.

Lynda.x

A New Start

Hya

Hello to you in blogland. I am sorry I haven't blogged in so long. I have been quite poorly. I am starting to get on my feet now, thanks to having support from some wonderfull friends. I couldn't have managed with out them.

So I decided it's time to put the blog back on it's feet.

Back in the summer I attended an all day training session with my Stampin' Up mum Julie and fellow Jems. At this training was Victoria Rogers who showed us some framed pictures that she had made using the Stampin' Up products. Well I totally fell in love with these pictures and decided I had to have a go myself.

So here is my take on them,

On this one my main colours were Melon Mambo, Basic Black and Whisper White. This picture I love as it's girly. I have been able to use loads of bling.

On this second one I love the christmas theme and colours. I have used the base colours being Real Red, Old Olive and Very Vanilla. Again I have used bling and also some glitter but you can't see that so much.

I really enjoyed making these pictures and the good thing was that I could use up all sorts of bits and pieces that I had left over.

Right, first blog done now. I will try my best to keep it going.

Thanks for having a look see and if you liked please let me know.

Lynda.x

A new class

Hya

Morning peeps in blogland. Where has the time gone. Sorry for not blogging for a while but I have just had to take a little time out for myself. Have you ever had where you just need to switch off and re-focus? Well that's just what I have done for a bit. That doesn't mean to say I haven't been busy doing.

Last week I did a new class with some lovely ladies. Hi to Moyra, Elaine and Lesley-Anne. We had a lovely afternoon making and talking crafts. They are the sort of afternoons I love.

I had been told that Mora is a big fan of butterflies, so with that in mind we made a card using the Flight of The Butterflies stamp set. I haven't used this set for quite a while and absolutley loved it (and so did they!!) The colour way we used was Pacific Point, Bashfull Blue and Night of Navy.

They also made a little gift box that was then filled with gorgeous chocs (which we then demolished later!!)

So a few things to do before I go off to do a class at Julies today.

Have a good week.

Lynda.x