Ornate Flowers

I love the ornate flowers set, it goes so well with the Greenhouse Gala papers and the new colours!


I decided to create 2 cards, this one uses the new Marina Mist cardstock and ink

and this one uses the new Wild Wasabi. I also used the gorgeous new Stampin UP! Basic Pearls.

I then used The ever faithful Chocolate Chip cardstock together with the Greenhouse Gala papers to create this really simple no-cut bag.

I am having lots of fun with my new products and you can too. Order anything from me before the end of October and I will post it to you FREE! How good is that? E-Mail you order to me at

Ruthwareing@aol.com or call me on 07590568117. I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Have a great day

Christmas Cards!

I love the Christmas sets in the new Stampin UP! catalogue. I particularly liked the greeting that came with this set which is Contempo Christmas.

Christmas is without doubt my most favourite time of the year and I am always looking for new ideas for my cards.

Dasher first appeared in the mini catalogue and I was really pleased to see that they had brought him into the new main catalogue, he is so cute don't you think?


I used a red brad to make his nose "jump out" at you.

Well, it's a gorgeous day here today, I have just let our 5 new rescue chickens out into the main garden along with the other girls and our cockerel Ethan and so far it seems they are coping.

I am off to put my wellies on and make sure that they are all still there.

Have a great day

New Catalogue

Just look at this gorgeous paper! It's so lovely - just like everything in the new catalogue. Some of the old favourites are still there but there are son many new fantastic items that it's a joy to read.


I LOVE this paper and I love the fact that there is a stamp set to match - and do you know what? Stampin UP! have introduced all their stamp sets in either wood backed or clear! Now you can choose which style you would prefer.


This is one of the stamps in the set. It's called ornate flowers and it's yummy!

All the new colours are in there and the layout is much easier with all the colours listed together with the ribbons and embellishments etc on the same page.

I can't wait to show you the new products over the coming weeks.

Why not grab yourself a cuppa and sit down and take a good look through the new catalogue on line, or if you'd prefer, you can order one online using the buy now button on my blog.

Have a great day

Mr & Mrs

I was asked to do a wedding card for my friend and she wanted something a bit different so I went for my Melon Mambo which is a gorgeous new colour from Stampin UP!


I stamped the circle from the MR and Mrs set and then embossed it with silver. I then stamped the Mr & Mrs in Melon Mambo.


I used the flowers from the set and the Now and Forever stamp for the inside.

I also embossed the tiny hearts from the Tiny Tags set.

I hope that she likes the card.

I am now off to look at Slimming World recipes as even though I've had food poisoning I still need to lose a stone or 4! Wish me luck.

Have a great day

Lydia

It's my nieces birthday tomorrow and I wanted to send her some money. I took the wonderful Jenny Moors idea of creating a card with a perforated section but instead of making it into a bookmark I changed the dimensions and made it into a removable money holder!


The bit which says Amazing, thoughtful etc is the pocket that I can put her money in and she can then tear it off so that she can keep the card.

I then decorated the envelope to match.


I'm not usually this creative. I am very good at copying other peoples ideas but with the Stampin UP! stash it's so easy to be creative.

We went to Heythrop Zoological Gardens this weekend for their open day. My friend Mims father in law owns it and is a very famous lion tamer. He is often spotted on the Discovery Channel.


He has been training some white lions and Saturday was their first public outing and they were amazing.
He had the lions waving, jumping through hoops, running on barrels and the girls were in awe as were Mark and I.
After the lions we took them out to have a camel ride each which they both loved.
They love the fact that my friend lives at such a cool place and they can go there anytime. Unfortunately for me, Thalia fell in love in the reptile house and is now asking for a snake......

Have a great day