Year End Closeout

Stampin' Up! is having a stocktake and are clearing some inventory, so you have an opportunity to take advantage of special year-end deals on retiring and surplus items.

You can SHOP HERE

Some items are heavily discounted (up to 50%) and supplies are while they last!!

You can view and print out the full list of items HERE

Online Extravagaza has started....

Stampin' Up! is having a Black Friday sale of their own from today 23 November 

until 28 November 2018.

For the first 2 days 23 - 24 November a discount on Cardstock, DSP, Ribbon and Embellishments from the Annual Catalogue, some exclusions apply.

You can check out the sale and order here.

Another sale starts for 2 days on Sunday for Stamps & Kits.  

The final sale is on Tuesday/Wednesday for Tools and Inks.

Happy Shopping and if you have any questions please let me know.

BB Christmas Peace

Just a quick card that I have created for Bizzy Bec's using a sweet Penny Black image called Holly Jolly.

The image has been coloured in with Copic Markers.

Here is my card:

The sentiment is from the SU Stylish Christmas stamp set and has been stamped in SU Real Red ink.

Then die cut using the Large Petra Oval die and added a little ink to the embossing with SU Sahara Sand.

I also added some snowflakes stamped in SU Real Red ink.  The snowflakes are from the SU Beautiful Blizzard stamp set.

Here is a close up of the sentiment and image:

Super cute and super quick card.

Have a wonderful day and hope you are having fun creating your Christmas cards.

SG Inks or Sprays

Hi everyone,

Just sharing with you the details of our new challenge at Southern Girls and we would love you to join us!

Theme: Inks or Sprays

Sponsor: A Day for Daisies and Neat & Tangled

I have used A Day for Daisies image called Christmas Winter Holiday and coloured the image in with Copic Markers. 

So to meet the theme I have used inks and even though the image is for Christmas I have not made my card full on Christmas but a little cooler where you need a coat.

Here is a my card:

These are some of the supplies used to create my card: 

Sentiment: SU Itty Bitty Greetings Stamp Set

Papers: Maja Design Vintage Frost Basics

Die: Memory Box Peaceful Snowflakes Frame Set

Punch: SU Classic Label

Cardstock: SU Powder Pink, Crumb Cake and Xpress It Blending cardstock

Other: SU Rhinestones

Here is another closer look at the image and sentiment

The copic markers used were:

Skin: E0000, 000, 00, 11

Coat & Boots: W00, 0, 1, 3, 5, R0000, 14, 22

Flowers & Grass: G20,24, Y11, 13, R0000, 81, 83, 85

Mail Box: N0, 2, 4, 5, E0000, 57, 55, 53, 51, 50

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Cardmarkers Challenge - #222 Lots of Layers

Dream Valley Challenge - #190 Use Dies and Punches

Dragonfly Dreams Monthly Challenge - Anything Goes

A Gem of A Challenge - #231 Anything Goes

Crafting with an Attitude Challenge - #45 Anything goes

Colour Crazy Challenge - Week 45 Anything Goes

Crafting with Friends Challenge - #75 Anything Goes

A Perfect Time to Craft Monthly Challenge - Anything Goes

Classic Design Team Monthly Challenge - Anything Goes

Love to Craft Monthly Challenge - Anything Goes

Have a super day and thanks for visiting.

Team Blog Hop

Hello everyone.

If you have joined my blog from Kristy's web site - welcome and I hope you are enjoying our little team blog hop.

Or if you are a regular visitor, welcome and please have a look at the teams fabulous creations 

using Stampin' Up! products.

For our first team blog hop we are using a sketch which is inspired from a card in the annual catalogue and this is the card I have created:

and here is the sketch:

The supplies used to create my card are:

Cardstock: Mint Macaron, Whisper White, Sahara Sand

Stamp Set: Beautiful Promenade

Ink: Sahara Sand, Powder Pink

Punch: Everyday Label, Sprig Punch

Other: Vellum

Here is list of the blog hop address if you want to check them out or get lost along the way.

Nikki Stalker

Olivia Liew

Melissa Gifford

Kerry Bunting

Kylie Page

Sharon Wilson

Marelle Taylor

Amanda Higgins

Kristy Davy

Meighan Wheller (you are here!)

Elizabeth Yager

We hope you enjoy your little tour and to continue on your way click Next Blog for Elizabeth's blog

or if you want to go back to Kirsty's blog click Previous Blog 

Stop by next month if you get a chance to see the new blog hop inspirations .

24 Hour Sale

How exciting Stampin' Up! is having a 24 hour sale TODAY on a selection of stamps.

I have added a link here to the list of stamps sets that are on sale.

The sale is for 24 hours on 23 October 2018.

A 15% discount will be offered on selected stamp sets. 

The discount does not apply to stamps sets purchased in a bundle.

If you want to place an order you can do so via the link on my blog or contact me via email or phone.

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BB In the Spotlight

I am sharing with you a card I created for Bizzy Bec's DT featuring the Spotlight technique.

I decided to spotlight part of the image and I wanted to use squares so I have used a square spotlight and dies to cut out the image.

Here is my card:

The image used is from Penny Black Fairy Sweet collection.  The image was stamped twice on Xpress It with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

The dies used were from SU Square Framelits and Spellbinders Nestablilities Captivating Squares collection.

Here is a close up of the spotlight image:

The image and the squares were layered up with SU Dimensionals.

The sentiment is from the SU Beautiful Promenade set and stamped in Fresh Fig ink Whisper White cardstock.

The sentiment was punched out with the SU retired Ticket Punch.

The copic markers used are:

Skin: E0000, 000, 00, 11, R21

Hair: E55

Flower: G20, 24, R0000, 81, 83, 85

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge: 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge - #92 Anything Goes

Corrosive Monthly Challenges - #10 Anything Goes

A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge - #78 Anything Goes

Classic Design Team Monthly Challenge - Anything Goes

Cards Galore Monthly Challenge - #56 Anything Goes

Love to Craft Challenge - #27 Anything Goes

Morgans Artworld Challenge - #10 Anything Goes

Scrap from your Heart Challenge - #26 Use Dies

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge - Anything Goes

Pink Gem Challenge - #228 Anything Goes

Have a super day!

PB Autumn Splendor

Hi everyone,

I was so lucky to be asked to create a card as a Guest Designer at the
Penny Black and More Challenges.

The theme for the challenge is Autumn Splendour and this theme can lend itself to so many fabulous ideas, from the colour, nature or even a combination of both.

I have used a floral image from the Penny Black Bouquets stamp set and stamped the image in
SU Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie and Cajan Craze inks on SU Very Vanilla cardstock to
create the back ground.

I then added another layer of the Cajan Craze cardstock, which has one site punched out to create a border.

Here is my card:

The sentiment is from the SU Painted Harvest stamp set and stamped in SU Old Olive.

I then added another image from the Penny Black Bouquets stamp set in the top corner of the sentiment cardstock.

Here is a close up of the sentiment.

Please visit the challenge if you get a chance, I am sure they Design Team would love to see your creations.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges.

Alphabet Challenge - N is for Nature

Craft Rocket Challenge - #53 Autumn/Halloween

Moving Along with the Times Challenge - #81 Autumn/Fall

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge - #175 Anything Fall Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters Monthly Challenge - Fall is in the Air

Creative with Stamps Challenge - #31 Halloween or leaves

House of Cards Monthly Challenge - Autumn Flowers and/or Colours

All the best.

Sentiment and Dies

Hello and welcome.

I decided to go through my stash and see what dies I could you use to create a card around a sentiment.

The dies that I have used are both Spellbinders and the sentiment is from the SU stamp set Floral Phrases.

Here is my card:

The sentiment was stamped on SU Whisper White with SU Highland Heather ink and then die cut using the Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Ten.

The other layered die is Spellbinders Nestabilities Opulent Ovals.

So just throwing a little challenge out there to see what you can create with a sentiment and some dies

The DSP used is the beautiful SU Petal Promenade.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Girls Creations Challenge - #50 Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut Pattern Papers Monthly Challenge - Use DSP

CCC Digi Creations Challenge - #96 Use Pearls/Gems

Creative Crafters Challenge - #81 Anything Goes

Have a super day!

SG Spots and Dots

Hello and welcome.

I am share with you a post for our new challenge at Southern Girls Challenges.

Our theme - Spots and Dots

Our sponsor - The Paper Shelter

I have used a sponsors pre-coloured digital image called She's Charming.

The image comes with a printed background and I adjusted the size to what I wanted and printed the image with the background.

I then printed the coloured images individually two (2) more times.

I then cut out various parts of the image and paper pieced them on the base image to add a little height and depth the card.

Here is my card: 

I layered the hair, makeup sponge, bow and dress.

Here is a close up of the image.

I stamped the sentiment which is from the SU Postcard Pals stamp set.

It reads " Hope your day is filled with fun and lots of Happy Surprises!"

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

A Snowflake Promise Monthly Challenge - Anything Goes

Creates and Makes Monthly Challenge - #24 Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter Challenge - #354 Sentimental

Crafting from the Heart Challenge - #220 Anything Goes

Pammies Inky Challenge - #1837 Anything Goes

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - Anything Goes

Creations in Pink Challenge - #2 Anything Goes in Mainly Pink

Crafting with Dragonflies Challenge - #113 Anything Goes Card Only

Hope you have a super day.