Baroque Motifs meets the itty bitty punch

Phew I am not sure if I am coming or going today. Busy and you could say that i am not sure how I managed to go to work before LOL. I am  enjoying my full time demo status although is been a bit hectic this first week so I am looking forward getting into a routine. I am sharing a simple thank you card today. Last week working with night of navy inspired me to try another card. I love orange paired with navy and crisp white and that’s what I did for my card today.

Not much to it and I wish I stamped the sentiment a bit more to the right. I love this bitty punch here’s a close up to the flower heads.

Supplies: All Stampin’Up! unless otherwise stated.
PAPER: Night of Navy, Pumpkin Pie and Whisper white card stock, Night of Navy Designer paper stack

INK: Night of Navy and Versamark
STAMPS: Baroque Motifs, Thank you kindly
TOOLS: Itty Bitty punch
ACCESSORIES: flat pearls, night of navy grosgrain ribbon
Measurements:

Night of Navy A5 card blank

Whisper White layer measuring 9.5cm x 9.5cm stamped in navy ink with the Baroque Motifs stamp set from the main Stampin’Up! catalogue.

Punch some itty bitty flowers in pumpkin pie and arrange around the stamped flourish.

Cut a strip of navy dsp measuring 5cm x 10.5cm and adhere to the top of the blank, stamp sentiment in Versamark and heat emboss in white powder.

Next add your stamped and decorated layer and tie a bow at the joint between two layers.

Hope you like my quick card today.

See you tomorrow with another one. Till then big hugs xxx

 

 

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FRIDAY the 13!!!!!

Eeeks!! Hello there, how are you today and more importantly are you superstitious?
I cannot say I am but there were times in my life when certain spooky things have happened that made me go OMGOSH!!!!!
Anyway THANK GOD IS FRIDAY thirteen or no thirteen.
I am sharing our latest team training event today. We meet every month for stamping, swapping and sharing and this Tuesday we did just that.
Here's a few of the projects we did

We did Butterfly pansies!!
Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive and the speciality paper was misted using shimmer paints with reinkers added to it.
Our quick workshop suitable make n take was a Christmas card.

Love easel card and this baby is sparkly all over.
Bordering Blue(love this blue) with matching grosgrain ribbon and Old Olive.
Stamp sets Baroque Motifs and the fab Tree Trimmings.
I like this one simple but so pretty.
Our 3 D item was this delightful packaging idea.

Love this!!. Bravo Burgundy, Pumpkin Pie paper from the Petal Party scrapping  kit, sweet pea felt flowers and Razzleberry dotty ribbon!! I have to confess that my eyes and my poor lighting in my room failed me this time, the card was meant to be razzleberry and I didnt noticed I picked the wrong one till after everything was cut out oops.
I love this and wait have a look at what's inside.

A sampling of pretty ribbon, what a sweet gift idea for a hostess or a crafty friend.
Join me tomorrow when I will show you the swaps. Our theme this month was back to school.
WOW wait until you see what these demos came up with, you will love all the ideas.
Till next time Big hugs xxx

The coat...

Hi there yes you read that right is so blimmen freezing I need that winter coat back on!! hee hee but that's not what I mean with my title. I am talking about the lovely technique Joseph's coat.
I shot a video for our Stamp With Us members and I fell in love with it all over again. It is such a beautiful technique and like many others so little used.

I have used Apricot Appeal, Certainly Celery and Pale Plum for my background colours swirled across some Whisper White card stock, I then embossed in clear the Medallion and Baroque Motifs stamps. The final step was to sponge Elegant Eggplant ink all over the card including the embossed areas. The result dramatic and so very beautiful. I have since played with a fee variations of the same technique you will have to wait and see them soon.

And the flower....

...well the flower was simply made from 1 1/4"circles. Simply twirl the edges against something like a bone folder and bend into a cone shape. Stick in place onto a circle piece and add a centre. Love how this card ended up.

The other thing I wanted to share was my NEW COLOURS. My order arrived last week and I was gutted as I couldn't play till the weekend. Jane a Joanne came over and we all chatted more than crafted but we did manage to make a few cards. This was the first one I made

Finally I managed to ink my Bird on the branch. I adore this set and I love RICH RAZLEBERRY!! But I have to confess I love Melon Mambo more *shock* as I really thought razzle will be my fave.
So Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo and Summer Sun, the branch was stamped in Soft Suede and the dots in the softer So Saffron.
Right I am off now, thanks for stopping by  hope to see you again soon. Till next time Hugs xxx

Birthday Passionette !!!

I HAVE SCHEDULED THIS POST BEFORE i LEFT FOR MY WEEKEND AND IT DIDN'T WORK, SO APOLOGIES TARA THIS IS SO LATE!!! M xxx

YAY!! Is sweet Tara's birthday today!!!!
You know I'm having fun and games at our first SWUS Retreat but I have scheduled this post before I left . Here is the card I have made for Tara


Her favourite colour is lilac, and I have to say I still struggle with this colour. I can only think to pair it with Green and it took all I had to steer away from that. But I am pleased with how it turned up in the end, even thought it took me ages to decide. Sorry about the bad angle I was trying to get it photographed in my lunch hour on Thursday before I have sent it, so I have rushed and only took a few shots unfortunately none were very good. The colours used here are Lavender Lace and So saffron. The lavender lace layer was stamped with the Baroque Motifs and the edges were sponged with Orchid Opulence. Martha Stewart fancy punch and the flowers are from the stamp set Happiness Always (level 3 hostess). Tara HAPPY BIRTHDAY my love, I hope you like your card and I hope you will have a super day. Hugs M xxx

Joshua's card

......and Carole's colour challenge. Hello I am back with a cute baby card I have made for the cute baby Joshua.
Isn't it just so adorable ?, me loves baby cards a lot!!! I have used Wild about you ( and I am wild about you set!! I am) and the colours are from a challenge my fabby downline Carole posted on ILWS. Colour combo was Basic Grey, Certainly Celery and Ballet Blue. Lovely combo and I am pleased with my card however the numpty that I am instead of Ballet Blue I have used Bashful Blue, not because I haven't got ballet cos I do, but because I never read things properly. still is still blue and I loves it. hope Joshie's mummy will to ( wink,wink). The sentiment I have made from 2 separate ones using the SAMJ, and the frames with the flourish medallion was stamped around it then punched out and layered onto a scallop circle layer.

I am also sharing a mini book I have designed for the latest round of UStamp.

The Fabulous Baroque Motifs set have been used in this split negative technique. Orchid Opulence, Basic Black and Whisper White is the combo. Frame from the *Frames with a Flourish* set (I use this a lot ), pearls and crystal beads from the pretties kit, taffeta s ribbon and gingham ribbon too, make this little wedding book a sweetie.

Now there are TWO MORE DAYS left to order during the SALE A BRATION period and I have a SU party booked for tonight, if you place an order with me today or tomorrow till lunch time, (12.00) I will offer you FREE POSTAGE on everything you buy, remember for every £45.00 spend you receive a FREE SAB set of stamps of your choice, Or want to join as a demo, became PASIONETTE and get 2 free stamp sets from the catalogue?anyone you like? EMAIL me before 3pm TODAY !!!! at this email address telemech01ataoldotcom. Got to go now, I have fun things to prepare for my excited ladies at tonight s party. Cheerio M xxx

View from my............

.............sunbed!!!!

Hello guys, OMG!!! Sorry it has been so long since I have update you all, I have tried for 4 nights in a row to publish this post and Blogger was having none of it. I am hoping is not going to be so late next time. Anyway here s a view from my sunbed and I apologise if you are experiencing snow at the minute where you are( couldn't believe the forecast back home when we've seen it on the news)
This has got to be the biggest resort I have ever stayed at( 808 rooms and hotel is fully booked, eek!), butbecause it covers such a huge area it feels very intimate and not busy at all. My days are spent half at the beach snorkelling and the other half around the pool and every day I make sure I get a 30 minutes session on the water slides( those are massive and so much fun, very fast and I ve ended up with my bikini bottom up my bottom several times LOL, not entirely sure you wanted to know about that)
I have a few cards to share with you today, first one is one I have made for my BIL s birthday before we left.

Extremely quick to make, I took inspiration from his favorite footbal team *Juventus*. Basic Black, Yoyo Yellow and Whisper White. Added some black gingham and a punched out star. Five minutes but I love it, really striking.
My second one is one of a batch I have made and brought with me to give me something to blog about while on holiday. I took a few colour combos from the SU catalgoues and scribbled a few layouts and made them all the night before I left. If only blogger would let me upload them.
Choc Chip designer paper, Old olive stripy from the Haiku collection, Basful Blue overstamped in Versamark with the Baroque Motifs and the outline of a Rose is a Rose stamped and embossed in clear powder over Rose Red card stock( just like the card on the cover of our current catalogue). Now I love this combo but I am not convinced the card I have ended up with totally works. I would have liked a bit of green around the rose I think. I have added some glitter glue to the rose as well and that didn't come out well at all in the photo. White taffeta ribbon tied in a bow finished off my little beauty that s not so beautiful. I will try and better it once I get home so might see it again in the future. Ok got to dash I have a date with my hubby. He is taking me out for dinner LOL
Hugs Monica xxxxx

Samples...

Hello to you all, last week I have received an email form a lovely lady asking me if I would design some wedding invites samples for her using StampinUp products. The brief was clean and elegant without anything *gushy*, frilly or frivolous. Now I was quite nervous , I think is very hard when you design for other people and in fact I don't expect her to choose any of them as THE final design , but what I hope I achieved is something close to the brief and I hope that from here she can take some inspiration and add or take away elements to suit their taste. Another thing when designing invites you have to consider is time, as we all know card making is not fast and when you have lots of them to do it can become a nightmare, again I have done 3 different style some more involved than others time wise but I think your invites are very important is the first glimpse your guests get of your day before the event to come .




The couple share a love for the outdoors so this sample in earthy tones is very elegant. My favorite too. Chocolate Chip Old Olive and the Baroque Motifs stamp set embossed in white powder. Baroque Motifs again, simple stamping on this one, the easiest to reproduce time wise, Bashful Blue Chocolate Chip, and taffeta Choc Chip ribbon.My final one is a close design to the invites I have designed for my nieces wedding 4 years ago. Mr and Mrs stamp set in Elegant Eggplant and stamped in Lavender Lace, some tiny crystals for extra sparkle and Elegant Eggplant grosgrain ribbon to keep it all in place.
What do you think? I would like to hear which one is your favorite if you have time to leave me comment. Hugs to you alll Monica xxxx

Christmas gifts!!

There aren't that many gifts I buy for friends now a days, I find that I can always make them something inexpensive and something that means a lot more then a shop bought something. So today post is all about hand made gifts. I have stamped a candle and made a stunning bookmark using the gorgeous silver hodgepodge hardware from Stampin'Up!

I have stamped the Baroque Motifs swirls in black Staz on and the small flowers Old Olive I have also sponged some Old Olive at the bottom of the candle and I have added some green crystals to the centre of flowers. I have made a simple box from acetate and some black card stock and tied some wide grosgrain ribbon on the top lid. I know you are probably looking at that ribbon and think that I haven't took any notice of you if you asked me for a tutorial, bear with me I will shoot one soon I promise.

The next gift idea is a gorgeous bookmark, those were demonstrated at the SU convention in the States this year and I loved them at once after seeing them over at SCS. I have shoot a tutorial that is uploading to Youtube as I type this so hopefully I will have a link soon.

Stamps used are Pocket Silhouettes and Daily Flexible Phrases. Colours used Regal rose, Rose red and Old Olive for the main image and Bashful Blue for the grass in the background. Used the Rose Red double stitched ribbon for the bookmark itself. It will all become clear when you see the video. Till then take care Monica xxx

ooh nearly forgot I have managed to add another pin to my collection, I have just promoted to Silver 3, I am the first one to reach this title in the whole of Europe so I have to say a massive thanks to my FAB team ( Monica's Passionettes) and to each and every one my equally FAB customers, thank you so much for your continued support you all rock and I am a very lucky girlie!!! Hugs M xxxx