Swirly Bird Stampin' Up! Sneak Peek Blog Hop

Stampin' Up! 2016 Mediterranean Cruise sets sail this Sunday. I'm counting down the days with excitement and trepidation as I'm not sure about this kind of travel, but i'm looking forward to spending time with all the other lovely demonstrators from across the world including those who have joined this and other blog hops over the past few months.  If you are starting here with me today, Zoe Tant, our blog theme is new annual catalogue. As most of us don't have very much of it so far it was a limited choice, but I went with the new Swirly Bird stamp set and Swirly Scribbles dies. 

I encourage you to visit all the blogs on the hop to get a taste of things to come and to start making your wish list for the new catalogue which goes live on 1 June.  There will be a bonus spend on offer to all qualifying hostesses in June so be sure to book your party with me very soon. 

So a little more detail about my card. It features the new in colour Dapper Denim teamed with one of your favourites Blushing Bride and of course that bling that you know I love in the form of rhinestones and dazzling diamonds glimmer paper cut using the dies. Isn't it effective...... Love it! 

The flowers are made using the Petite Petals and Tree Builder punch and gently teased for texture using the stampin' pierce mat and a bone folder.  Using tone on tone you can create fun backgrounds with the Swirly Bird stamp set.  

Wish me luck for my first cruise and don't forget to check out the hop and get loads of inspiration.  I'll be hoping to have some fun posts for you next week too so check back for more sneak peeks.

Thanks for visiting here remember you're at Zoe Tant on the list. 

Happy day Zx

TGIF - Back to School Challenge #layeredlettersalphabet

I'm enjoying having a go at a few challenges and this is my latest card for just such a challenge over at TGIF Challenges where this week it is a theme challenge asking for projects with a 'School Days' link.  These chalk boards are nothing new, but I really enjoyed making it and it was fun to make and will be sent to my cheeky nephews Elliott and Will for when they return to school soon.

The Hardwood background stamp from Stampin' Up! makes it easy to decorate the frame and just basic black card stock is needed for the chalk board itself.  I stamped with the Layered Letters Alphabet stamp and hand wrote the 'for' using the chalk board marker pen.  My lovely new Tree Builder punch provided the apple and the long time favourite of many Papillon Potpourri and matching punch provided the butterfly. With it being 'back to school' I've used some solid bold colours for some cute banner decoration and linen thread to bring them together.

The sentiment is from a long retired set called Basic Phrases and I used my Stampin' Write Markers to vary the colour of the letters.

Why not have a go at this fun challenge and go check out what others have done!

More soon.
Zx

You can purchase many of the products used for this card now in my Stampin' Up! UK Online Shop right now and remember if you add the stampin' rewards code in the top right of my sidebar and spend £25 or more up to £150 you will be sent a gift in early September by me after I have closed the code and ordered some rewards for everyone who has a qualifying shop on this code.