Stampin Up Timeless Textures/Botanical Blooms Fusion

I love using background stamps to create my own individual colour combinations. Timeless textures is my new absolute favourite.

This card combines the timeless textures with the botanical blooms in shades of blues. Night of navy and island indigo with matching night of navy cardstock.

The link above takes you to the Stampin up website for ordering and please use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

Stampin Up Retirement List

Just wanted to let you all know that the retirement list is up on th Stampin Up website (see link above) this is a fab opportunity to grab yourself some exclusive products which are for now retiring. Once they are gone they are gone, so have a look and see what is left.

The retirement list makes way for our fabulous new catalogue which launches on 1st June 2016. It is crammed with new and exciting products and I can't wait to showcase it for you.

If you are one of my regular customers I will be giving a free catalogue (priced at £4.95) however if anyone else would like one I am happy to post one out for £4.95 or if you live in the Farnham GU9 area then you can pick one up from me.

Exciting time of the year so pop over to the Stampin Up website, link above, and when ordering just use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

Thank you everyone for your custom.

Stampin Up Number of Years Masculine Card

The old story of how difficult it is to make good masculine cards. Now for someone who doesn't like the old fashioned ships, planes etc, the Number of Years bundle is fab. Stamp set and matching dies 140811 bundle with a saving of 15% is £44 It is great for birthdays, anniversaries or any other special date.

So it is my son's 35th birthday next months so I made this card using the Number of Years and the Timeless Textures for the background.  It has come out really well and using various tones of blues really makes the card pop.

So don't ever get stuck with a masculine birthday card. Think outside the box and create something like this.

All products used are from Stampin Up. Follow the link above and when ordering use me Jane Allmark as your Demonstrator of choice.

Stampin Up Working with textures and colours.

Putting a card together can be great fun, but I bet quite a few of you have sat with a blank work table just wondering where to start and what to do. So where do you start? Some start with a colour, or a piece of designer series paper. Today I decided to start with some burlap.  I adore the natural texture of the burlap ribbon (it's retiring and is on the retirement list so grab it before it's gone )

So with the piece of burlap down the centre of the card, I toned in the background using Timeless Textures a must have series of background stamps and used crumb cake. However I wanted just a splash of colour, so teamed the balloon sentiment and background spots in rose red which tied it all together.  A few pearls and candy dots and voila a card with texture, colour and depth.

All Stampin Up products are available through the link above and when ordering please use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice. Retired products are going super fast, as there are some bargains to be had to do hurry.

Stampin Up Curvy Trio Punch & Timeless Textures

I thought I would show you a girlie card using the timeless textures stamp set with wisteria wonder ink to create a lovely pale lilac background.  This teamed up with rich razzleberry is a lovely combination and I used some rich razzleberry cardstock for the butterfly.

By punching alternate corners with the curvy trio punch, I did each piece separately to give a slightly asymmetrical look.

All products used can be purchased through the Stampin Up website, link above, and please choose me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

Have a great day.

Stampin Up Using ribbon & embellishments

Cards are fun to make and receive in all shapes and colours and sometimes it is those finishing touches or embellishments that you add that really makes a card. The sense of touch is sometimes lovely to add to a card by way of a piece of ribbon or a few pearls.

So today I am showing you 2 cards using ribbon in different ways.

The first card was one I showcased yesterday. I cut two pieces of totally different ribbon and used them as a banner cutting an inverted "V" from the bottom. This become the focal point for the card and all the other elements colour coordinated accordingly.

The second card is using a wide piece of ribbon across the bottom of the card and then tying a thinner piece across the middle.  Again both pieces of ribbon are totally different contrasting colours yet by thing everything in to the ribbon it coordinates perfectly.

My favourite stamp set for doing this is Timeless Textures and if you are a Gorgeous Grunge fan then this will just take backgrounds to the next level. I could use this set all the time.

So to buy products by Stampin Up follow the link to the website and use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

Stampin Up From Land to Sea

Morning. This stamp set is really lovely as it has a turtle and other nautical stamps which are good for those make cards which can be so difficult to do.

I coloured and cut out the turtle to give a bit of depth and set it on some of the now retired sale a Bration dsp which is really quite sea like. The trio corner punch gives a good finish and I put a couple of pearls in the corners, although these could be removed for a really masculine look. With a piece of ribbon and a nice sentiment, this makes for a different card, but works really well.

Follow the link at the top of the blog for ordering and when you purchase choose me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

Stampin Up hearts embossing folder

Using an embossing folder adds a lovely texture to a card and the Stampin Up hearts embossing folder is fab. I've made the is CAS clean and simple card by colouring in one of the hearts with coordinating pen adding a small heart and a pearl ten coordinated the birthday sentiment. With a little piece of Stampin up ribbon it makes for a lovely card.

 For all your Stampin up orders click on link above and use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

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Stampin Up From Land To Sea fusion

I love using a variety of stamps and the By Land and Sea stamp set has a lovely lantern stamp which I used in this project. The greetings thinlets are great for this Thanks and the the embossing folder with the hearts on again just adds another level. Combined with some lovely Stampin Up ribbon and you have a delightful thank you card.

I sponged the lower half of the hearts in crumb cake making the division between the two halves of the card more defined.

All Stampin Up products can be purchased by using the link above and when ordering please use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

Thanks

Stampin Up Swallowtail

This is a gorgeous large background or focal stamp 131943 wood mount priced £18 and is great for colouring, whether sponging, watercolours, blender pens or washes.

This example I have used the Stampin up ink pads with a blender pen in lovely earthy tones. Just add a sentiment the teeny tiny sentiments set is perfect and you have a stunning card.

Click on the link at the top of the page for ordering and use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice. Thanks

Stampin Up Rose Garden thinlets Day 3

Today is the final day of a trilogy of the Rose Garden thinlets from Stampin Up. Today is using the die cut as a mask.

First cut out the Rose and leaf die the just using the flower sponge through using Stampin Up sponge daubers. I used primrose petals, blushing bride, and a little rich razzleberry for depth.

Click on the link above to order and choose me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

Stampin Up Rose Garden Day 2

Die cut rose in light dsp, mounted on velum and mount on black cardstock, cut around image and mount on white. Add sentiment of choice.

See yesterday's blog for details of this set and click on the link to order. You will be ask to choose a demonstrator so Jane Allmark is me.

Have a good day, and catch you all tomorrow for day 3

Stampin Up Rose Garden thinlets

Morning everyone and a lovely sunny morning it is. Love the lighter days as rise early with sunshine and not dark now till nearly 8pm. So with Spring really on its way and Summer just round the corner the roses will soon be out for such a short time, but the smell is always lovely.

My recommendation for today is the rose garden thinlets by Stampin Up. See the link above to order and use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

140619 priced £28 for 5 dies

As you can see they are big and versatile as you can cut into them to give colour variation.

First example cut the die out in black and colour in to give a stained glass effect.

Come back tomorrow for other examples and ideas to use the fab die set.

Stampin Up Happy Days

Happy days and it is a really happy day. Have some fantastic news I'm adopting a gorgeous little spaniel cross girl on Friday this week. It has been a long year since I lost my beloved Labrador from old age and it has taken me a long time to find a special companion. So very excited and today's card is a lovely scene builder set.

It takes three element stamps the bench, the child & kite and tree, put together to make the scene. Simply sponged with daubers for a muted look.

All Stampin up products are avilabkenthrough the link above. Use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

Stampin Up Creating your own backgrounds.

Morning everyone. What a lovely weekend it is proving to be. Weather has been really spring like with sunshine and the lighter evenings are really fab.

Today I thought I'd talk about backgrounds. Creating a background is fun, easy and totally unique. It is a great way to colour coordinate or to just add a different dimension or texture to a card.

I have recently bought some burlap ribbon. It's a huge one and a quarter inches wide catalogue number 132140 is 4.6m long so if perfect as a border or wide trim on a card. As I'm not too much of a ribbon person as is a little twee for me this burlap is right up my street.

The background I used crumb cake probably the best neutral colour as goes with everything. Primrose petals added the colour accent to tone with the balloon. Pearls and candy dots added the final touch.

Simple, pretty with loads of texture a really fun card to do.

To order follow the catalogue link at top of page to go to Stampin Up official website and when ordering use Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

Stampin Up Greetings Thinlets

Just a quickie to say a big thank you to everyone who bought from me during The last three months of Saleabration. Your custom is very much appreciated and I'm so glad that I have been able to introduce some of you to the wonderful world of Stampin Up.

The card is a mixture of the old and new. A lovely piece of dsp which was one of the freebies together with the Greetings Thinlets "thanks"

Ordering is simple as many of you know. Click on the catalogue link at the top of the page which will take you to the Stampin Up website and when ordering use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

Have a wonderful golden day.

Stampin Up The last day to get your freebies.

Well the day has come after three glorious months of Saleabration it is now 31st March and it really is the last chance to get some fabulous free products from Stampin Up.

Follow the link at the top of the page which will take you to Stampin Up official website, choose whatever products you would like from the amazing ranges in the annual and Spring/summer catalogues and for every £45 you spend you can you can choose from a range of stamp sets, designer series papers, embellishments and many more.

The are just a few of the cards made using some of the products.

The gorgeous flowers ready for watercolouring another stamp set for free.

So last chance, when it's gone it's gone and tomorrow it will be GONE

Stampin' Up! Last chance FREE products

Saleabration ends tomorrow so it is your last chance to get free products for every £45 spend in the annual or Spring/Summer catalogues.

Click on the catalogue link above to see all Stampin' Up! products and when ordering use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator.

There are some gorgeous free products including wood mounted stamp sets so please don't miss out.

These are just a few of the products that are free. Never been a better time to order.

Stampin Up Coordinating Colours

Well storm Katie has blown threw at last. My goodness did enhance some winds over 100mph. I came off lightly with just a side of glass blown out of the greenhouse. Other family members lost fence panels and whole greenhouses blown away.

This morning there are clear blue skies, for now, as rain is expected later.

So a marina mist coordinated blue card, with lots of lovely Spring colours thrown in. I took the colours of the dsp as the basis of the theme and then used the marina mist for the ribbon and flower.

I really love the mask "happy" it is one of a series of different masks that make fab backgrounds or focal points for a card. Check out the link above and when ordering use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

Stampin Up how to use masks

This is a lovely effect using the happy mask from Stampin up. I used a variety of ink pads to achieve a rainbow effect. Secure the mask in place with low tack tape and the. Using the sponge daubers ink through the mask in a variety of different colours to get rainbow effect.

By adding a birthday and too you from the Endless Wishes stamp set it makes a lovely birthday card.

For all Stampin Up products use the link above and me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.