Happy halloween...

I have been busy making Christmas cards, they will follow soon but for now...

Here is a simple card using one of the lovely gorjuss girl stamps (I love this stamp). I used stampin' up! pumpkin pie card on top of a shimmery white card base, stamped with my lovely spider stamp in black. I added a border cut from black using a martha stewart deep punch, then the gorjuss girl as the focal point in the middle, cut out leaving a small white edge. Simple!

Happy stamping, Dawn x

Celebrate with.....

We all celebrated the fantastic new products with chocolate cupcakes and hot chocolate with marshmallows on the top, mmm yum!

Everyone who attended entered a draw with a chance to win an amazing Stampin' Up! prize worth over £50 including a wood mounted stamp set, jumbo wheel and handle, two packs of new colour card and co-ordinating ink pads, and the winner was.....

.....Lesley,

who was very pleased with her prize, well done to you.

Thank you to everyone who came and supported me, I couldn't do this without you.

Until next time Happy crafting Dawn x

Buttons, yum!

Buttons...yum! these are gorgeous and well, look at the colours, I love Stampin' Up! for co-ordination of its products!

Gorgeous stamp sets...

These stamp sets are gorgeous, Contempo Christmas and Ornate flowers both in the "clear" option. They come in their own dvd case for easy storage with a full size picture on the front cover and an icon of each stamp on the spine, much easier to find what your looking for without taking them off the shelf. I will show you the sample I made in the future, you can see it in the bottom of this picture for now. You can also see Delightful Decorations, a versatile set that makes lovely 3D baubles to hang up as well as adding to your cards or scrapbook pages.

Bright colours

Look at these gorgeous colours...

More goodies!

More goodies...this time some wood mounted stamp sets, the amazing new paper stack and buttons, new catties and the lovely ornament bauble punch.

New toys...

Here you can see some of the new colours of card and ink along with the new clear stamps sets (they are more like unmounted than clear, as they are red rubber on mount foam...lovely, and a little cheaper per set than wood mounted, so, if you're watching the pennies these maybe an option for you) Oh and the amazing rhinestones and pearls, these are perfect!! I think you will be seeing these on lots of my cards...soon.

New catalogue launch party..

Well, hello everyone and thank you to all of you who came to my Stampin' Up! launch party yesterday, I think it is fair to say we had lots of fun, here are a few photos of the "goodies" everyone was able to touch, stroke and buy if they wanted. Fortunately my delivery of new products made it just in time.

Retired..brilliant blue card

Hi, here I have used the now retired brilliant blue as a card base, yes I know square again. I cut my mat and layers using nestabilities, they are so versatile. I have stamped using white craft ink all over the base card. I have used the largest stamp from the serene snowflake set like a medallion style and decoupaged it but twisted the top layer a quarter turn and added a matching button in the centre. Navy ribbon was added onto a strip of white card across the centre.

Thanks for looking, Happy crafting Dawn x

Pastel Christmas

I usually choose bright or bold colours so this was something a little different for me, I used certainly celery for the base card, a small piece of bashful blue cut using the eyelet border punch and some snowflakes stamped using my fav serene snowflake stamp set onto whisper white and then cut using different sized circle punches, I added a simple knot of bashful blue taffeta ribbon down one side to complete the look. Although this is very different to my usual style, I like it. I also don't think it has to be used as a Christmas card because of the colours.

Happy crafting Dawn x

Serene snowflake stamp set

Here is another simple Christmas card using old olive as the base card and of course serene snowflake stamp set, I love this set.

Happy crafting Dawn x

Christmas cards...

Yes, it's that time of year when, if you make cards, you are planning your Christmas cards, I will be putting photos of cards on here that I have been making over the last few months, it didn't feel right putting them on before.

Here is a simple small square card using soft suede as the base card and my fav serene snowflake stamp set, you will see lots of cards using this set. Happy crafting Dawn x

Christmas workshop 3

Christmas workshop number three...

Yes, that's right Christmas workshop number three, today. Another group of lovely people but I can't say ladies this time as my one male crafter joined us today, well done John, come on guys we are not that scary really! I would like to say Hi! and welcome to a new face amongst us, I hope you enjoyed your crafting time with us, Sandra.

We made three Christmas cards all using the Serene snowflake stamp set, I adore this set. Take a look at previous posts for more details of the cards.

Stampin' Up! new catalogue...

As you may have noticed from the picture near the top right of my blog, Stampin' Up! have a new catalogue and wow they have loads of gorgeous new items, please feel free to click on the picture it will take you to an online catalogue where you can browse the wonderful items and maybe start jotting down a wish list. If you would like to purchase any item/s from the catalogue please email me at DawnStrickland20@sky.com or alternatively if you live locally and would like to host a workshop where you can earn free goodies give me a call on 07779071588

Cupcake Catty Launch Party!

Anyone wishing to see Stampin' Up! products and catalogue in the flesh are welcome to contact me for details of my launch party next Saturday (9th October) where I will be serving hot chocolate, homemade cupcakes and showing some of the new products from the catalogue. This is being held at my house so booking a place is essential...I would hate to run out of cupcakes!! I am selling raffle tickets on the day, for your chance to win £50 of Stampin' Up! products call me for details, hope to see some new faces.

Happy crafting,

Dawn x

Christmas workshop 2

Well, we are getting well on our way to making all things Christmas and on Wednesday evening was my second Christmas workshop. Here are two photos of the evening, everyone crafting away happily, using their own Serene snowflakes stamp set which was included in the price. Thank you to all my wonderful crafter's for joining me on this workshop, if you would like to join us with crafting drop me a line and I will send you details of what we are doing and when. Thanks for browsing, Happy crafting, Dawn x