It's Friday and it's also the end of term at school. Woo hoo! Such a sunny day too...

Today I've decided to show you a card that was made with a leftover kit from the Farnborough Make It! Show.The base is Concord Crush with a touch of Crumb Cake, Old Olive and Very Vanilla. The plant image in Nature Walk is just delightful to use with markers. To get the shaded look you just ink your stamp and stamp the main image. Then use the not-so-inky stamp a couple more times beside the full-colour image. Simple! Inside is a butterfly image and some text from Nature Walk. The sentiment on the front comes from Fun & Fast Notes. This set has sweet images and also nice words but you don't always want them at the same time! I used a mask so that just the words came out saying "get well soon".

All the preparations for my Mini Catalogue Launch party are done so I look forward to sharing all the Mini-loveliness with you tomorrow at St Peter's Hall!!!

Make It Show - Day 3

Today I thought I would share the cards we made in the card class we ran at the Make It Show this weekend. The above card is in Concord Crush with Very Vanilla and a mat of Crumb Cake CS. I'd never used this Fine Flourish stamp but I am now totally addicted. It looks amazing stamped with glitter too, so I will try and do that soon.

This card also featuring the words from Punch Bunch, a Sale-A-Bration set. I love this set and am really sad to say that TODAY is the LAST DAY you can earn/get hold of this set. The sets will never appear in a future catalogue or promotion. Boo hoo! Email me if you'd like to make a £45 order today and get your hands on one of the sets before it's too late.

This is the second card that we made in the card class. The main image is from Fun & Fast Notes stamp set, a super-useful set that covers pretty much most occasions. Everyone had fun with blender pens to colour in their image with Pumpkin Pie ink. The DSP is Sweet & Sour speciality papers and the words are from Sincere Salutations.

The lovely but sadly absent Mrs Wonka sent me this Business Card Holder made using the SAB set, Bliss. Isn't it divine? I have taken it home to use in pride of place at my next workshop. Thank you Mrs Wonka! (Get wells soon too)

There was lots of interest in my Retreat Day in Ash on the 19th March - don't forget to book your place soon to avoid disappointment. Booking closes on 5th March.

I'll be back tomorrow to share the new promotion that will be running in March to check back here soon!

Sweet Pea felt

Love love love the stitched felt! This has to be one of my absolute favourite things in the new Mini catalogue. The patterned paper is from the Sweet Pea DP stack (of course!) and the sentiment came from the Fun & Fast Notes set.
Little one was unwell last night and we were a bit worried. Lovely husband slept next to her all night, which was a relief as she woke up every couple of hours with her temperature and cold. So a bit knackered today but at least she's bit better today. Phew!

Boy birthday bugs

At long last here is a card from my Open House. This card has inspiration taken from the fabulous Mrs Wonka, who did a card a bit like this but her bugs were ladybirds. The other inspiration was a post on Andrea Walford's site.
The bug bodies are made from punched circles of Sweet Pea designer paper. Love that stack! The bug bodies are made from the word window punch and the small circle punches. The leaves come from the bird two-step punch. The magnifying glass contains Smarties mini eggs as they had the funkiest colours. The stamp set for the maginifying glass handle is from Something Sweet.
The tab has been punched out and the sentiment comes from the Fun & Fast Notes set.
TIP: Do not place a chocolate filled card in the sunshine! The poor little eggs on this card cracked from the heat!!
Hope you are outside plenty and enjoying the sunshine.