Saturday 28 April 2018

InspireINK blog hop - Wedding card with Beautiful Bouquet

Hi there everyone,

I'm delighted to be back and taking part in the InspireINK blog hop for this month. Hopefully you have hopped here from the very talented Helzie's blog. The theme for this month's hop was chosen by the the lovely Hannah McCurley and is "Weddings"



And here is my project:


Handmade wedding card with beautiful bouquet from Stampin' Up!

I decided to combine two of my loves for this project - Stampin' Up! products with a little bit of quilling. Some of you might know that as well as being a Stampin' Up! demo, I also run a little shop on Etsy selling my quilled cards (just search for Paper Daisy Cards). So today I used some quilled spiral roses on my card. Tomorrow I'll be posting a video tutorial showing how I made my card, including the spiral roses - so make sure to pop back then (or sign up on the right to receive email notifications every time I post so you never miss anything!) 

Handmade wedding card with beautiful bouquet from Stampin' Up!

I'm not sure if it shows up well on the photos, but my card is actually silver and white. I have used our silver foil card to cut out the scallop oval and the leaves. The greeting is stamped and heat embossed in silver. 

As often happens, the card above was my second attempt. When I made the first one I used a smaller oval but decided it was too small. Here is the first card.

Handmade wedding card with beautiful bouquet from Stampin' Up!

Now I'm not so sure. Here they are together. Which one do you prefer?


Handmade wedding card with beautiful bouquet from Stampin' Up!

And now you can continue hopping to the very talented Hannah's blog. 



Back tomorrow,

Jill xx

All the products I have used to make this project are all available from my online shop. Simply click "Shop Now" button on the top of this page or click any of the images below to go direct to that item in my online Stampin’ Up! shop. If you order from my online shop please use my monthly shopping code (below) to receive a free thank you gift from me as I really appreciate your business. 



If you would prefer a more personal service, have any questions or need help with your order, please either send me an email or give me a ring. I'll be more than happy to help. You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube - links on the left of this page.


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Friday 27 April 2018

Retiring retrospective - Flirty Flowers from Stampin' Up!

Hi everyone,

I'm back today with another look back over some of the projects I've made with a retiring stamp set. Today I am focusing on Flirty Flowers (Annual Catalogue p25). 

Flirty Flowers from Stampin' Up!
   This such a pretty set with 7 sweet little floral images and two lovely         sentiments. 
Flirty Flowers from Stampin' Up!

So here are some of the projects I have made using the set. If you'd like to see more details about any of them, just click on Flirty Flowers in the "Labels" menu on the right and all the relevant blog posts should pop up. 


Flirty Flowers from Stampin' Up!

Flirty Flowers from Stampin' Up!

Flirty Flowers from Stampin' Up!

Flirty Flowers from Stampin' Up!

Flirty Flowers from Stampin' Up!

Flirty Flowers from Stampin' Up!

Flirty Flowers from Stampin' Up!

Don't forget that this set is only available until May 31st or until stocks last. 

Back soon 

Jill xx

All the products I have used to make this project are all available from my online shop. Simply click "Shop Now" button on the top of this page or click any of the images below to go direct to that item in my online Stampin’ Up! shop. If you order from my online shop please use my monthly shopping code (below) to receive a free thank you gift from me as I really appreciate your business. 



If you would prefer a more personal service, have any questions or need help with your order, please either send me an email or give me a ring. I'll be more than happy to help. You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube - links on the left of this page.


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Wednesday 25 April 2018

Bright and colourful birthday card with balloon bouquet punch from Stampin' Up!

Hello again,

Today, just for a change I have a project for you which uses a product which will NOT be retiring in June. Yes, the lovely Balloon Bouquet punch will still be in the catalogue when the new one is published in June.

Balloon Bouquet punch from Stampin' Up!

Balloon Bouquet punch from Stampin' Up!

However, having said that, several of the products I have used will be retiring - the Tempting Turquoise card stock, the Petal Passion DSP and the Big on Birthdays stamp set. I'll be so sad to see all of these go. Tempting Turquoise has always been one of my favourite colours :(

I have several balloon dies which I bought from other companies before I came across Stampin' Up! but the punch is so much easier and quicker to use, as you'll see in the video below.

Balloon Bouquet punch from Stampin' Up!

Would you like to see how I made my card? I've made a little video tutorial which you can watch by clicking HERE. 

As you'll see, in the video I used a different colour scheme - Melon Mambo, Flirty Flamingo and Berry Burst. Thankfully all these colours will still be here after June. 


Balloon Bouquet punch from Stampin' Up!

Mmm, I didn't get the placement of the balloons quite right on this and it is annoying me a bit!

But here are both cards together. Do you have a favourite?


Balloon Bouquet punch from Stampin' Up!

That's all for today. Back with another pretty project soon,

Jill xx
All the products I have used to make this project are all available from my online shop. Simply click "Shop Now" button on the top of this page or click any of the images below to go direct to that item in my online Stampin’ Up! shop. If you order from my online shop please use my monthly shopping code (below) to receive a free thank you gift from me as I really appreciate your business. 



If you would prefer a more personal service, have any questions or need help with your order, please either send me an email or give me a ring. I'll be more than happy to help. You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube - links on the left of this page.

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