Birthday Passionette...........

Hello there, I hope you're all well, not the same can be said about me unfortunately as I am bedridden with a nasty throat infection *yuck*.
Sunday it was Tara's Happy Birthday, she has been a member of my team for nearly 2 years and I have yet to meet her. We speak plenty on Skype and the phone and it looks like Convention this year will be when we will finally get to hug each other, I cannot wait as she is such a sweetie.
My card for her was this creations

Tara loves lilac and I don't really (oops), I always find it hard working with lilacs so I chose Rich Razzleberry as a cross between lilac and purple and I paired it with Old Olive.
Now I totally cased this card from this very talented girl on Splitcoast, I am finding it easier to case something beautiful and perfect when I cannot come up with something myself instead of spending hours waiting for divine inspiration. I changed some things about it but the main elements are the same.
The stamp set I used is called Crazy for Cupcakes and I watercoloured them using ink pads, I have also added some glitter to the frosting.
Tara I hope you had a beautiful day and between hubby and the twins you ended up spoilt rotten. ((hugs))
Now recently I decided to purge my wardrobe a bit and sold some clothes that never seen the day for a while on that famous site. I made quite a bit of cash which I will keep for the pre order of the new catalogue which is looming soon. Yes you heard that right as a demo you get to see the new catty and pre order right ahead of time another fab reason to join up now.
Because I am crafter I wrapped everything in lovely tissue paper and made some thank you cards to go in the parcels. Here they are

Small 4x4 notes this time in Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise and Razzleberry again. the set used is called True Friend and is one I am not using half as much as I should as is gorgeous. I have used an ink pad and a blender pen for the razzleberry flowers and  an Old Olive marker pen for the stem.
Right I am off to rest some now please send me positive vibes, I have a big event on Sunday and I am poorly pants big time right now.
Till next time Hugs xxx

A gift for Josh...

Hello again, ooh I am sooooo excited, there s only 3 more sleeps till our first SWUS Retreat!!!!!!! I am still busy packing and double checking kits and I cannot wait, I just know we are going to have the best time ever, I love crafty get togethers. Sadly I cannot share anything with you yet but I have a few projects that I have done a few weeks ago. On 4th of July Claudia one of my bestest friends celebrated her Birthday, you may also remember from this blog that in January she gave birth to her first baby boy the ever so sweet Joshua. Here's a few items I have made her.

Firstly the card

Tempting Turquoise and So saffron, a really fresh and summery combo. The stamp set used *True Friend* is one I haven't touched in ages and what I've decided to use. I love how you can create your own beautiful backgrounds with just one stamp and some ink, and I have used Tempting Turquoise to stamp the main medallion onto whisper white, I have also added a clear gem to the center of each one. The saffron flower has been glittered using the heat and stick powder and dazzling diamonds, the turquoise circle was made with the tab punch, the slightly bigger saffron ones were cut out with the Coluzzle system. Some saffron striped grosgrain ribbon ties everything together.

Then I have made a waterfall album, using some photos of baby Josh. Some of them are not very good ones as I have pinched them off facebook so they were very small, but Clau and Leigh can easily replace those ones as they are only stuck down with repo adhesive.

The Cover

Of course I used Wild About You, this is probably my most loved set, I have made cards for 65 years old, men and women, children you name it, I just love it! And just how cute are those paisley elephants? To make them I have stamped the paisley background in Bashful Blue then I have clear embossed the elephants over and cut them out. The stick on letters come from my scrapbooking stash. Basic Gray, Bashful Blue and Certainly Celery is the colour combo.

First page

The photos I have worked with are absolutely adorable, Leigh( Josh's dad) is a wonderful photographer and I really wanted to keep the pages clean and simple. Not only that but because of the nature of the album pages needed to be flat with no bumpy embellishments. Next 2 pages, I have stamped the cute tiny owl from the Forest Friends in versamark and added a square clear button over it, the eyes lined up with the holes perfectly. I have also added some journalling labels for mum and dad to add a few facts and details.Next two pages and again simple accents and stamped backgrounds. Just how adorable is Josh? I cannot wait to meet him in September.A celery giraffe of course, what else? LOL, and the last two pagesThese are the ones that will need changing but how about that cheeky grin. I smiled putting every page together, such a cutie pie.!!

So I am hoping mum and dad will take some pleasure in browsing this little album, but I couldn't post those out without sending Josh something and after spending ages thinking what to get him I have finally settled onto a little elephant from Russ, a soft toy made from Eco friendly cotton.

I fell in love with him and I can just imagine baby Josh nibbling and sucking on his trunk. Too cute. Oh and apparently one of J Lo's babies was photographed with one of those recently, so I thought to myself, if is good enough for J Lo.... LOL.

Well that s it from me today, off to sort some clothes out for the weekend as I'm in work all day tomorrow, then Friday morning hairdresser and after that I am travelling down to Guildford. I will have some posts scheduled while I m away and I have some recent reasons to celebrate, so I might have some candy for grabs who knows? See you soon M xxx

Birthday Passionette !!!

Hello have you had a lovely weekend? I did the weather was nice although a bit breezy but the sun was shining nonetheless which is always nice.
Tina one of my lovely Passionettes is celebrating her HAPPY BIRTHDAY today so I have made her a card, Tina's favorite colour is pink and boy did I made her a PINK card!!! I combined it with a challenge set by my SCS sisters and that was to make a monotone card and here it is: Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink with a hint of black. I used the level 2 hostess stamp set Spring Solitude flowers coloured using the Marvellous Markers, Polka Dot background was stamped in Versamark and embossed in white, and the frilly punch is one I had for ages not sure who makes it though (it cuts and embosses), sentiment from the Sincere Salutations and striped grosgrain ribbon in Pretty in Pink. Tina Happy birthday sweetheart hope your day was full of nice surprises and i hope you liked your pinkified card. Hugs M xxx

Talking about birthdays I was still receiving card by Saturday, so here it goes I am sharing some more special cards kind friends have made for me.

This pretty frame came from my dear friend Michelle, we share our birthday and I haven't got a photo of the card I made for MichelleI I sent it at the last minute as always LOL) but I made one exactely the same in a different colour that I will share in my next post so you can see it then.

How cool is this? I love everything about this, the Washington Apple ds paper is glorious, I adore it Michelle what a great way to showcase those papers!!! She also made me a cardMmm yummy colours and the sentiment made me go weak, thank you sweetheart so much.

Then the lovely and ever so generous Steph, this is the sweetest girl you will ever meet with a heart as big as the White House. She sent me this beauty here which I absolutely adore

Made from scratch stamp set and all new Washington Apple papers, isn't it gorgeous? I love it Steph and I also love the cute little tins you ve sent me. Thank you

And my sweet friend Paula made me this

Paula is my local crafting buddy, I introduced her to card making when I moved here 5 years ago, and since then she amassed a huge crafting collection THREE times the size of mine( I am not kidding you !!). her card is really beautiful, shame I cannot photograph the sparkle properly she used a dazzling diamonds along with the heath and stick powder over this gorgeous image, is it Rubber Romance? I don't think it is, will have to ask her. So huge thanks ladies it was very nice to have a prolonged birthday. Hugs Monica xxx

HAPPY 1 st of OCTOBER !!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAY!!!! Finally the day where the new catalogue is launched is HERE, I was up bright and early this morning getting all my pre orders ready to be placed into the system by 11 am. So if you ve pre ordered something from me you need to know that the mission is completed order is with SU and I will update you as soon as the status changes to Shipped, also I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your support. Of course I can now change my picture in my side bar and start work on more inspiring projects using the fantastic new product!! And my God have I got a lot of new stash coming from the new catalogue due to my promotion bonus. ( yes you get money to spend on yummy stuff when you reach certain promotion levels) EXCITED!!!

So I m showing you a card I have designed for my downline organized shoe box swap at High Wycombe last month. Is a simple card( we had to allow 15 min/project) and it was inspired by the old catalogue cover, over this last year with SU I wanted to case a few of the cards in the catalogue and never did so now was the time, the colours used are very autumnal and one of my favorites. Really Rust, Old Olive and Choc. Chip and the set used is the ever so beautiful Simply Said.

My next card features one of the new sets *True Friend* and it was made for a German friend and demo Irene. Irene is the German dream team member for UStamp has won a prize in one of my weekly UStamp chats, she got in touch saying she would rather have one of my cards than the prize and said that she could buy any SU product but she coudn t buy one of my cards anywhere (isn't that so sweet?) So here it is the card I made for her, colour combo is So Safrron and Basic Gray, the ribbon is Basic Gray taffeta. Two background stamps were used to make the background of this card, Paisley was stamped in So Saffron over Whisper White and the Sanded was stamped in Versamark and white embossed over the saffron layer, try this if you have the Sanded background the effect is just lovely. Pearls from the Pretties kit finish the card off.

Ok now I ve got some exciting news!!!!

I am so excited to let you know that Heather and Dawn are going to be hosting another round of UStamp......UStamp 08 Holidays which is "The 12 Gifts of the Holidays"!!!!! You guessed it, Holiday themed projects, that of course can be altered and modified to suit your needs!
The classes will run from October 13th to November 7th. During this almost four week time you will receive at least 12 PDFs from Dawn and I, bonus projects from from the Dream Team Members, videos, photos, chats and prizes!!!! I had so much fun the first round and i m sure we will have the same if not more the second time round, I am definitely missing those weekly chats and I ve got to make so many new friends from all over the world, if you re one of those that joined my chats, mwahh to you!!!!

Like the last time I have put together a selection of *Hot Picks* for you to purchase from myself at a exclusive price to go along with those classes and here s the content ( I will upload photos as soon as my goodies arrive)

STAMP SET SEASON OF JOY( set of 8 wonderful stamps).....................24.95

EARTH ELEMENTS A 4 ASSORTED CARDS TOCK ( full pack)...................6.75

HOLIDAY TREASURES DESIGNER PAPER ( full pack of 12 x12 double sided)......7.75

GOLD ELASTIC CORD ( a full reel)..........................3.50

DOUBLE STITCHED CHOCOLATE CHIP RIBBON ( full roll)....................6.95

SCALLOP EDGE PUNCH ( MUST HAVE)...................10.95

DAZZLING DIAMONDS (every girls needs diamonds)........3.25

OLD OLIVE INK PAD....................4.25
RUBY RED INK PAD.....................4.25

CHOCOLATE CHIP INK PAD..........4.25

Grand total.............76.85 plus £3.95 p&p

ORDER FROM ME AND GET THIS WHOLE BUNDLE FOR A SPECIAL PRICE OF £ 66.00 PLUS POSTAGE, ALSO EVERY ORDER WILL RECEIVE A SPECIAL PROJECT STAMPED BY MYSELF.

Also if you're part of one of my clubs you can order this towards your monthly minimum at the same special price and if you ve already have those ink pads or any items from the list you can swap and change them just get in touch. Email me to order one of those packs at telemech01@aol.com !! Hugs M xxxxxxxxx