Last Chance List

Hello everyone,

Just to let you all know that from 1st - 30th September many items from the
08-09 Stampin' Up! catalogue will be last chance items, some of them even discounted by up to 50%!!
If you want to have a look click here

Please feel free to contact me if you want to order any products, as they sell really fast and some have already gone for good.

Thanks for looking and will post again soon.

Take care,
Vanessa

Holidays and Birthdays

Hello everyone,
Sorry for not being in touch recently but I seem to be always busy at the moment, what with the school holidays and the children at home...
Don't really get much time to do any stamping and now we are going off to Norfolk camping tomorrow and after that I am going straight to Germany for a couple of weeks to see my family. Very excited about it and can't wait.
I've been invited to a birthday party of a friend of mine who lives in Austria whilst I am over there, so I did manage to do a quick card for her.

Here is what I used:
Cardstock: summer sun, rose red, taken with teal, old olive and whisper white
Ink: Pumpkin pie, basic gray and versamark
Stampset: All wrapped up
I even managed to do some stitching (I normally loathe it, but it just shows what you do if you have a hobby you love...!)
Hodgepodge hardware

Have a good time.
Speak soon.
Love as always,
Vanessa

Get well card

Hi,

I thought I share a card with you tonight I made for my sister in law who caught a nasty virus and isn't feeling very well at the moment. So I made her a card to cheer her up a bit. Hope you will like it. Let me know what you think....

Things I used:
Cardstock: rose red, pumpkin pie, olive green, whisper white and summer sun
Ink pads: bravo burgundy, always artichoke, pumpkin pie and rose red
Stamps: polka dot, all wrapped up, fun and fast notes
Ribbon in pumpkin pie, button in pale plum and vintage brads

Have a good night.
Love as always,
Vanessa xx

Wedding Anniversary Card

Hi everyone,

Sorry I haven't blogged for a long time but we've been on holiday in Cornwall for two weeks and then my sister was here to stay with us for a week. Had a lovely holiday though, Cornwall is just soo beautiful...

Anyway, was busy last night doing a card as it is my husbands and my 5th Wedding Anniversary coming up on Friday so I thought I better make a card for my lovely Johnny!

I used rose red, whisper white and basic gray cardstock and printed Happy Anniversary on the sides, using grey ink and my trusted Stamp-a-ma-jig! (words are from the Cheer and Wishes stamp set)
The hearts are from the Polka Dot Punches stampset and I used the following ink pads: rose red, barely banana, pumpkin pie, taken with teal, pixie pink and green galore on whisper white card stock. I embossed the first three, but you can't really see it, so I gave up in the end.

Hope John will like the card.

Will post again soon, I promise.
Vanessa x

June and July promotion

Hello ladies,
Just to let you know that we have a great promotion this month. If you host a workshop in June or July and the net sales of your workshop reaches £250 or more, you will receive a FREE background stamp (see catalogue page 56), worth £14.95 on top of the usual free products.
So a great opportunity if you are thinking of hosting a workshop, not to be missed.
Contact me if you are interested.

Kind regards,
Vanessa xx

Happy Birthday Jennie

Hi everyone,
Sorry I haven't been on the blog recently but I had a workshop last night and was busy preparing for it. The workshop went well, it was with a lady who had contacted me through the Demonstrator Finder from Stampin' Up! and it was nice to meet new people.

Anyway, it was my best friend's Birthday on Sunday and I made her a card which you can see here..
I used barely banana, rose red (my absolute favourite at the moment) and certainly celery cardstock. The tulips are from the 'Garden Whimsy' stampset, with rose red and green galore ink. I stamped the dots with my trusted 'Polka Dot' background stamp and Versa Mark ink on the card (you might not be able to really see it, sorry, took the picture late at night...)
Ribbon is in certainly celery and I also used 2 pewter jumbo eyelets.
Hope you like the card.

Cheers,
Vanessa

Get better soon Papi!

Tonight I also wanted to share another card I made the other day for my father as he hasn't been very well lately and had to spend some time in hospital... Luckily he is on the mend though and I am sure that was partly because of my lovely card..... ;-)
For this I used certainly celery cardstock as well as night of navy and tempting turquoise, I think this combination works really well and looks quite fresh and happy.
The big flower is from the 'On Board Blossoms & Basics' and I covered it with certainly celery paper. The smaller flowers are from the 'simply said' stamp set and I used tempting turquoise and brilliant blue ink. The ribbon I used is in whisper white and I punched a few holes in each corner of the card, using my piercing tool and template from the 'Crafter's tool kit'.
Hope you like it, let me know what you think.

Have a good evening and will post again soon.
Love,
Vanessa x