I don't kiss & tell!!

Don't panic....No need to send out the search party.....I'm still here......I just got lost in the tidying and sorting of my craft room!
In preparation for the new catalogue launch in a couple of weeks, I thought I would have a full craft room, tidy up, thinking I would have it all over in an evening, I started last Friday, and it finished Last night.

'AArrrrghhh' you scream....she has been tidying for nearly a week...SIX whole days???? Well no.....I kept getting kind of sidetracked.....phone calls, trips to the post office, mounting stamps, trying out new ink pads, melting stuff.......well embossing powder in a pan, all I can say is that was one distraction that didn't help the tidying!!

Anyway last night, the desks were clear and I had a bit of a play, I have opened a couple of things from my 'Sneak Peak' Order, and teamed them with two of my 'go to...never fails to please...kinda stamps' that are retiring at the end of the month.

Page 61 Friendly Item No:110528

40% off the original price!!) Now £10.17

Page 112 Flower Accent Item No:117686 £7.95

I can't believe that these two items are still in stock, and even though I say it all the time, you do get so much rubber for your money, with the 'Friendly' stamp...

it will easily cover a whole card front!!

To get the text on to the 'Flower accent' SU stamp, I did a bit of kissing........and no, it wasn't with the Cute Mr UPS or even Johnnie!! This is a legitimate stamping technique!!

And the colour combo is something to swoon over too...'Basic Black', 'Whisper White', 'Basic Grey' & 'oooo' well at this moment in time, I can't tell you about the other two....

All I did was ink up the solid flower image in the coloured ink........I then had the huge 'Friendly' SU stamp, waiting on the desk top, ready inked in 'Basic Black'.....I took the flower stamp and 'Kissed' it to the ready inked, rubber text of friendly....and then I stamped the image down....and 'hey presto'....

you get lovely detail and interest on your solid rubber stamps!!

Please don't miss out, if you would like to purchase the stamps I used then get in touch with me: sally-johoughton@hotmail.co.uk
There is free P&P, if you can collect from me in Preston.

Currently the below items have already sold out, from the retirement list:

Page 34 Choo Choo

Page 61 Sanded
Page 63 Sense of Time
Page 68 Tart & Tangy
Page 90 Jolly Holiday Designer Series Paper
Page 96 Silver Elastic Cord
Page 98 Antique Brass Jumbo Eyelets
Page 98 Pewter Jumbo Eyelets
Page 104 Star Punch
Page 111 Right on Track Standard Stampin' Around Wheel

And at the end of the month all items on the list will be discontinued, so if there is something you like,,,,get it while you can.

Thanks

Sally-Jo

xXx

PS. And the colours of ink I used on the flower stamp.......well lets just say they are a 'Sneak Peak' of what's to come......because I don't kiss and tell!! xXx

More of a 'Mist'!

Well I did as I said I would on Saturday, and created a Layout to match the card, all the products and techniques are the same, so I won't bore you with a load of waffle, I will just leave you with the pictures!!I am off now to entertain the children, and in Matthew's case he is sat waiting for me to strip the wallpaper in his new room, good job it is 'Creative Cafe' tonight, I will be looking forward to leaving the children at home and having some grown-up craft time! Everyone is welcome, the doors open at 6.30pm and we are at Delicachix's, Lane Ends, Ashton.

In a bit of a 'Mist'!

Yesterday I had fun playing with a canvas kit a facebook friend had given me, to complete it, I had to add spray inks, when I received my starter kit there was a re-fill of the 'Marina Mist' SU ink, so I added a few drops to a mister and had a fantastic spray ink to match the 'Stampin' Up!' Ink pads......note to self, I need more ink refills to make more colour mists!

The canvas kit called for me to colour a doily with the spray ink, but my scrap paper was left with a delicate silhouette, and it inspired me to make this card.

The card base is made from 'Crumb Cake' SU card stock, cut to fit a DL envelope. The doily is one from my stash....hmmm she hoards doilies....well the local village 'Flower, Produce & Handicraft show' have a Children's doily colouring class, and my two love to enter this, so when I see nice doilies I pick them up.....believe me not all doilies are pretty!! Anyway here is a close up of the 'Marina Mist' sprayed over the doily.
I then created a collage of items to create a focal point, across the lower third of the card base. The band of corrugated card was salvaged from some packaging, and a strip was ripped to fit across the card.

I gathered a short piece of 'Old Olive' ribbon and stuck it to the right, of the band.

I stamped the rose frame from the 'Stampin' Up! Four Frames' stamp set, with chocolate chip ink, on to a scrap of 'Crumb Cake' card and punched it out using the coordinating punch, I then splattered it with 'Old olive' ink and stuck it, so it was peeping out from under the top left edge of the band.
I stamped 'Friend' and 'Love' from the 'Tiny Tags' SU stamp set, in 'Old Olive' ink, on to 'Crumb Cake' Card stock, they were then punched out using the 'Jewellery Tag' Punch. the 'Heart from the same stamp set was stamped with 'Chocolate Chip' Ink and punched out using the smallest heart from the 'Heart to Heart' punch. This was mounted with a small foam pad on to another jewellery tag. I knotted these on to a piece of linen thread that had been wrapped around the band.

Just peeking out from under the bottom right edge of the band, is the bird frame, stamped as the rose one, and on top of this is a flower made with the 'Flower Accent'. It was stamped in 'Old Olive' ink, on to 'Crumb Cake' card stock, this was trimmed out and stuck on top of the bird label with a foam pad, the large glass pebble is from my stash, I picked a whole bag of them up for a couple of pounds, they are the ones used for putting in the bottom of bowls of flowers!

Before sticking the collage band to the card base I added some splatters of the 'Old Olive' Ink.
As my SU mum Julie would say...'here is an arty farty angle' of the completed card!

Right! I am off to re-work this in to a

Lay out for a scrapbook page.....

while the urge to mist is upon me! xxx