Peterborough Training Day

Evening all

Every quarter we have a Training Day in Peterborough filled with inspiration. Todays event was no exception.

Demo booths crammed with amazing projects and cards, fantastic make and takes, scrapbook pages, business talks and prizes.

Here are a few pics of the projects we made

 I still have two more projects to finish yet, there's so to do on the day that I couldn't fit it all in. I will post pics of the finished projects. Watch this space!!!

Here's a list of the products used for the projects we made:

Filter paper £2.75 (12 sheets 4 rectangles and 8 circles)
 Melon Mambo Cardstock £6.25 ( 24 sheets)
Sunshine and Sprinkles Designer Series Paper £9.95 ( 12 sheets double sided)
Basic Grey Cardstock £6.25 ( 24 sheets)
Basic Grey Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon £4.50 (9.1m)
Rhinestones £4.50 (150 gems in 3 sizes 3mm, 4mm, 5mm)
Oh Hello Stamp Set £17.95 (set of 7 stamps)
Rain or Shine Stamp Set £14.95 (set of 10 stamps)
Cute Clips £4.50 ( 24 pieces 8 each of 3 designs)
Scallop Trim Border Punch £14.25
En Francais Background Stamp £15.95 (approx 11.4 x 14.6 cm)
Melon Mambo Ink Pad £4.95
Basic Grey Ink Pad £4.95
Midnight Muse Ink Pad £4.95
Stampin' Write Markers (used for Rainbow Effect Filter Paper) From £2.95 each



To order any of the products used in these projects contact me and get a free p&p on your first order if £35 or more

Thanks for looking and happy crafting
J

Swallowtail Butterfly

Hi

My Mum and dad came over for a combination of Easter dinner and my birthday (although it's not til Wednesday but i'll tell you all about that in another post!).

We had a scrummy dinner cooked by moi! Lamb in red wine, dumplings and mash for those who didn't like the dumplings, ie my son! Followed by mini strawberry pavlova.

My parents got me the most chocolatey cake I think I have ever eaten, it was to die for!

My dad got my good side!!!

Anyway, this is not about me, yet! I'm here to show you pictures of some Swallowtail Butterflies I was stamping for my mum. I was showing her part of my birthday present from my husband, a whopping stash from Stampin' Up!. She saw the Swallowtail Butterfly stamp and fell in love! However, my mum is not a stamper, she is very crafty but more into sewing crafts and making plaques with hearts and butterflies. So, I proceeded to show her how easy and beautiful this stamp was, and she fell in love. She asked me to stamp her a few, I went a step further and embossed them too with scented embossing powder.

I wanted to show her a technique I especially like at the moment, Resist. Versamark and clear embossing powder then daubering over the picture. the ink resists the image and creates a wonderful effect. 

The next image is a bit naughty of me to put on here although is it still using my lush swallowtail butterfly.

I used a special kind of tacky glue and some gilding flakes to create this butterfly to add to her collection.

Thanks for reading, hoping that you are all having a fab Easter.

Happy craftin'

J

xxx

Postage Due

Hi everyone, hope you are having a wonderful Easter, even if it's a bit white and cold out there. As we speak we are having yet another snow 'flurry'!

This morning, I had a little play with a card that I've been thinking about for a while. Wasn't sure if it would work but I'm happy with the end result.

Typeset Alphabet Bigz Dies

Hi all,

I've been playing with one of my birthday presents, Stampin' Up! Typeset Alphabet Bigz Dies. They are amazing. Cut them, stamp them, emboss them, do whatever you want to them, they always come up trumps. 

Here are a few things I made yesterday with them. 

 this started off just Whisper White but  I started to play with smudging colours with my daubers and got carried away with the stamping. 

This one features the Swallowtail stamp. I am in love with this stamp and keep trying to find new ways to use it.

I love the colours in this tag, Pumpkin Pie and Real Red, nice and warm. We all need a bit of warmth in our lives at the moment with this cold snap we are experiencing. 

That's why I am doing a give away with these tags, email me your name and address inkyfingerswithjenie@gmail.com and I'll put all the names in a hat and send it one lucky follower.

And the winner is.........................

Hi

Thanks for all your competition entries, here is a few of them

I love this little entry, such a cute spring twinchie 

It was very hard to choose but the winner is ................

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Mrs Pamela Taylor of Newcastle

Watch out for Mr Postman

Your goodies

Will be on there way.

Spring Competition Closed

Hello. The Spring Card Competition is now closed, I want to thank everybody who entered. I have been  hard at work judging the entries, I will post the winners' name by the end of Monday 25th March.

EXPERIMENTING WITH COLOUR

Hi guys, hope this nasty weather isn't keeping you from enjoying your weekend! My sons' football was cancelled yesterday and my husband had his wisdom tooth out so it was pretty much a stay in day, apart from the not pleasant trip to and fro the clinic!

While the kids played and my husband was feeling sorry for himself on the sofa ( quiet rightly too) I thought I'd entertain myself and got some bits out to play with.

I can't remember how I combined Pool Party and Rich Razzleberry together but I actually quite like it!

I've used several techniques in these cards, bleaching, spritzing, distressing to name a few. I particularly like stamping and then punching from the images, makes the butterflies more unique.

That's it for this afternoon, I may have another play tonight!
Happy crafting,
J xxx