More butterflies !

Morning all,

Can't believe we've got to February and I'm still sticking to my New Year's Resolution of blogging on Mon, Wednesday and Friday ! Must admit it's still not my favourite activity but I'm starting to get into more of a routine and hopefully you are enjoying the more regular posts ?

Today's card shows of the beautiful butterfly embossing folder which I have then just gently sponged with the sponge brayer. If you've tried a traditional brayer before and found it difficult, I suggest you try this as it is so much more forgiving - and a bargain price too !

Do you like how the butterflies are only attached in the centre so they look like they're fluttering ? I seem to have a thing for flying insects this week lol !

Pop back tomorrow for a bonus post as I'm taking part in the Jems Monthly Blog Hop again and I know there will be lots of inspiring projects

Julie x

Sale-a-bration freebies

Good morning all,

Today's card uses a lot of the sets that are part of the Sale-a-bration offer,  FREE with an order of £45 .

I'm really busy with classes this week and when I design for them I have a lot of constraints - time needed, difficulty, amount of product used versus how much I've got or profitability, whether or not there will be a queue at the Big Shot, how many inkpads I've got, how long it will take to prep all the pieces etc etc, you get the idea.

But this card I made, just because. It's not for a class or an order, I just made it because I could, something I think I don't do enough of these days. Not my usual choice of colours so a bit of a challenge but I really enjoyed my little play and may be I need to schedule in a regular just because card ?

What do you think ? The centrepiece is made with the Inside the Lines pack of colouring papers and coloured with the lovely new watercolour pencils- very therapeutic.

I also used the Delicate Details set for the lacy stamping in Peekaboo Peach and Soft Suede.

The greeting inside and the spots are from Avant Garden and I love how the little bee looks likes he's just settled there !

Lots of my customers have already taken advantage of the Sale-a-bration offers and I think Avant Garden has been the most popular choice so far but I hope I've given you an idea for using some of the others. If you would like any more info about the offers available please get in touch or have a look at my online store www.juliewade.stampinup.net

Happy Stampin

Julie x

Papillon Potpourri

Happy Monday morning to you !

It's very grey and miserable here at the moment but I'm off to my Card and a Cuppa event at the local tea room so I'm looking forward to that.

Today's card features the gorgeous butterflies from Papillion Potpourri and the matching punches

And I just love that large sentiment from Balloon Adventures but one of my favourite things to make just has to be scrunched flowers....

Isn't that pretty ? I could make those all day and it's very therapeutic !

Better go and get my bag packed - and see if I can manage not to be tempted by the gorgeous cake at the tea room !

Julie x

Lift Me Up

Morning and thanks for visiting my blog today !

I've had a very busy few days, 3 classes in 2 days and lots of orders to process and most of them include the stamp set I've used in today's card, Lift Me Up.

Colours are Night of Navy, Mint Macaron, Calypso Coral and Peekaboo Peach. To make the balloon 3 dimensional I stamped it 3 times, scored each one down the middle and then stuck them together. Very effective but still folds flat for easy posting.

Lots of these made in classes this week and a set I know I will be using again . The paper is also from a pack that is one of the free Sale-a-bration items and perfect to accompany the Lift Me Up bundle.

Right, better get on, got some admin jobs that I need to get done today. The sooner they're done , the sooner I can play again.

Have a good weekend

Julie x

Beautiful You

Morning all,

Wednesday and middle of the week again already ! I really enjoy Wednesdays as I get to spend it with my class ladies and especially this time of the year when we get to play with some new products.

Beautiful You has been a very popular set and perfect for various techniques but I've been paper piecing again in today's card

Love these colours and the papers also match the Blooms and Wishes stamp set.

Right, better go and get my things ready, I might show you one of our class makes on Friday

Happy Stampin

Julie x

Hey Chick

Oh dear, I've surpassed myself with lateness today but I do have a good excuse !

I've had a lovely day at Jems Team Training in Leeds but that meant leaving home at 6.45am and I got back at 7.30pm - but it was definitely worth it ! Good company and fantastic projects although I do have a bit of homework to put mine together tomorrow.

Today's card uses another SAB freebie option , the Hey Chick stamps. I must confess this wasn't one of my first choices but as usual I've seen lots of lovely projects made with it and it has grown on me...

What do you think ? Like that chicken or not ?

Better go and unpack my bag and get my PJs on. It's been a long day but I was determined to not break my blogging routine ! See you Wednesday

Julie x

Beautiful You

Morning,

 Sorry I'm a little later than usual posting this morning but I had a new class yesterday and by the time I got home it was too dark to take a photo - can't wait for the lighter nights again ! It wasn't even much lighter this morning ...

This card uses the paper piecing technique but I made the patterned paper for the clothes  and umbrella by just stamping on plain card - about the closest I'm ever going to get to making clothes !  Stampin' Up! do some lovely papers  but sometimes the colours aren't what I need so I love that I can use my stamps to make paper in any colour combination I want.

The background was stamped repeatedly with the large flower image from the Avant Garden stamp set and then sponged. This set is really versatile and even better it's free with an order of £45 or more. I have used it lots already.

For those that like the colour combinations I have used Sweet Sugarplum, Blushing Bride, Tip Top Taupe , Soft Sky and Very Vanilla.

Thank you to the lovely new ladies that came to class today, hope you enjoyed it !

Julie x