Blossom Designs

Only Days Left.......

........for you to purchase 6 selected stamp sets and get the matching wheel free.

• 113968 - Merry, Merry ($45.95)
• 113969 - Artfully Asian ($45.95)
• 113970 - Nursery Necessities ($56.95)
• 113971 - Bodacious Bouquet ($58.95)
• 113972 - Carte Postale ($48.95)
• 113973 - Priceless ($48.95)

Contact meto place your order before the 30th September.

Happy Stamping,

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No Stamping

First of all, I want to thank all of you for your comments on my card in the post below.  You'll be pleased to know I wasn't going down the 'red ribbon' road !!  LOL  I have realised that I don't have the 5/8" grosgrain ribbon in white but only in the 1/4" so I thought that might stand out more than the blue.

So, as the title suggests, there's been no stamping for me.  There has however been a lot of painting!  I am even painting in my dreams.  LOL.  Luckily, Oliver hasn't touched any of the wet paint.  Phew!  Rob has been doing his chores too but there is still more to do before we leave.

It is almost 10pm and after Oliver waking me up at 5am for some water, then not getting back to sleep for an hour, I'm going to have an early night.

I hope you all have a lovely week.

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Too Blue?

Yes, the title is my question to you!

I am normally a very traditional coloured person for Christmas but for some reason, I wanted to be different this year.

I made this last night as a start on my Christmas cards.  I CASEd this layout from my friend and name sake Kylie - no, no THATKylie!  LOL.  Although who wouldn't want her body or her money?!  ROFLOL

Anyway, back to my card!  After putting this together, I'm now thinking that instead of the lighter blue (Brocade Blue) layered on top of the base card stock (Brilliant Blue), I could use white and then the blue ribbon would stand out more.  My husband suggested using a 'red' ribbon instead?  Hmm, not sure.

Here is my tree all glittered!  There has to be some kind of glitter on Christmas cards - right?  LOL

Tell me what you think or if you would do something else.

Happy Stamping,

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Petal Flower

Yay, here is my card!  And yes, I did find the missing photo!  I have two folders, one I put the raw photo in and the other for the edited photos as they are re-sized.

Anyway, I cased the flower from Jenny's blog HERE.  I was doing my usual blog surfing and saw what Jenny did with her Polka Dot & Paisley stamp.  I loved it.  This is what is so great about blogging.  There are so many inspirational talented people out there.  I'm pretty sure there hasn't been one day where I haven't been inspired by someone's project.

Here is a close up of the flower.

I stamped everything with chocolate chip ink just to make it stand out a bit more.

EDIT: forgot to add that this was a challenge from Makeesha Byl. It was to use a stamp set we haven't used in a while, which for me is the Polka Dot & Paisley set and also a colour.  Brown was my favourite colour and I don't really use it all that much anymore but as I don't have alot of supplies with me, this is my colour for today.

Happy Stamping,

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Supplies
Stamps: Polka Dots & Paisley, Seeing Spots. 
Ink: Chocolate Chip.
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Whisper White, Close to Cocoa DSP.
Accessories: 5/8" Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon.

Where Does The Time Go?

Wow, it feels like I haven't been on here for ages, but it was only on Monday!  LOL.

Yesterday was a busy day with the house and although I managed to make a card on Monday night, it seems to have gone missing - well the photo has so I will take another one today and post in a little while.  You watch, I will find the missing photo after I post!  LOL  Always the way isn't it?

I'm in charge of painting, so you know what I will be doing today - hubby doesn't like painting but I do, hence why I am in charge!  LOL.  I find it relaxing.  I'm also in charge of all the admin stuff to do with our house, so I was on the phone a bit yesterday sorting things out.  We have and letting agent but I always like to know things for myself.

Have a good day!

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I'm Back!

...well back in the UK again.  We arrived home very late last night (Saturday) and today I was out so this is the first opportunity I've had to get on a pc.  We had a lovely time in France even though the weather wasn't the best.  It was lovely and sunny on Wednesday when we arrived (after our 5am start!) just after lunch (Europe time).  Oliver had a sleep in the car and was then full of energy so he played soccer with his dad and granddad to wear him out a bit - no such luck!  LOL.  As we were in a strange place (again), we took the stair gate to keep him from wondering about after going to bed.  We usually put him to bed and walk away and he happily talks to his soft toys for a while then all of a sudden it is quiet - he is asleep.  Not so on Wednesday night.  I ended up lying down with him and we fell asleep together!  LOL  We also went to a zoo, Mont Saint-Michele and the beach.  Normadie is such a lovely place if you are ever in the area, I would recommend you stay and have a look around! LOL

Happy Stamping,

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P.S. - no stamping yet, hopefully might get time tomorrow.  I'm off to bed now.

Fun Times

I don't know how much creating I will be doing over the next month.  We are in the UK until the beginning of October and I have limited supplies with me but I do know some demos here if I really need supplies!  LOL 

We are giving our house the once over (new coat of paint and some repairs) in readiness for new tenants.  We are very lucky that we have this property here to come back to.  We are even thinking of coming over for the 2012 Olympics in London.  We are only a short train ride away from central London.

The weather isn't great - rain.....and if you have seen any reports on the tv or internet, you may well know that a lot of places were flooded in Wales a few days ago and unfortunately, there is more rain to come!  Our house is up high so we have no danger of flooding but I do feel so sorry for those that have.

I won't be posting for the next 4 days at least as we are driving across to Normandie, France to where Rob's parents are.  They know the owner of the cottage and Dennis does some repair work on it while they are there - usuall for about 10 days.  I think they go about twice a year.  We are up very early in the morning to drive to Portsmouth where we will get on a ferry to Cherbourg, France.  Then it is a hour or two to Brehal (our destination).  I will be taking lots of photos as it is supposed to be very pretty but just having a look at the weather report, I don't know how much outdoor activities we will do.  We will return back to the UK on Saturday evening.

Okay, I am off to bed to get some sleep.  Have a great week!

Happy Stamping,

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Happy Birthday Brother!

Today is my brother's 29th birthday!  Oh my, how did he ever make it to 29!?  LOL.  I know I will also be asking myself this question with my Oliver long before he gets to 10!!

So, "Happy Birthday Michael".  I hope you have lovely dinner with Laura (they are going out to a nice seafood restaurant).

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Happy Father's Day

I know my parents go online to look at my blogs so apart from speaking to dad today, I want to also wish him here on his blog a very "Happy Father's Day".

Here is a great photo of my dad with my son, Oliver!

This was taken last year just before dad had his operation to have two stents put in.

I hope all the dad's out there have a great day!

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Thumping Technique

What a great name for a technique!  LOL  I finally got around to doing this (another technique completed to cross off my list!) as a few weeks ago Jayne, my upline, challenged us to try it.  I had no idea what 'thumping'was or what it involved.  For those of you more advanced stampers, you probably know this but I will go over it very quickly for those that haven't heard of it (like me!).  The way I did it for this card was I inked up my tree image with old olive, then using my chocolate chip marker (the brush tip end), I dotted it over the image randomly.  So randomly in fact, I turned me head once while my son was talking to me!  LOL  It is that simple.

I CASEd the colours of this card from the UK catalogue and the image of the tree but changed the layout a bit. 

I needed another 'male' card, this time for my brother whose birthday is next week.  I really should do more cards for men and keep them aside so they are ready to use but if you are like me, you find male cards hard to do.

Look, I even stamped the envelope.  I usually forget to do this!  LOL  All I did was 'huff' (is that the right word?) on the stamp - even though it had been sitting there for a while, I didn't re-ink it.  The image isn't as strong at the card but a very nice subtle image.

You can see the thumping technique better in the photo.

I'm pretty sure my brother doesn't look at my blog so I think I am safe posting it here!  LOL  I guess I will soon find out!

Happy Stamping,

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Supplies
Stamps: Lovely As A Tree.
Ink: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip.
Paper:More Mustard, Old Olive, Really Rust, Very Vanilla, Brocade Background DSP.
Accessories: Pewter Hodgepodge, More Mustard Brads, 5/8" Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon.

Free Wheelin'

Oh yes, you can now order any of the six stamp sets and receive the matching wheel for FREE!  That is a $15.95 saving.

The six stamps are:

• 113968 - Merry, Merry ($45.95)
• 113969 - Artfully Asian ($45.95)
• 113970 - Nursery Necissities ($56.95)
• 113971 - Bodacious Bouquet ($58.95)
• 113972 - Carte Postale ($48.95)

• 113973 - Priceless ($48.95)

This great offer runs until the 30th September 2008.  If you would like to place your order, contact me and I will have it delivered straight to your door.

Happy Stamping,

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I'm Back!

We had a lovely time away but it is always nice to be home.  I did manage to get into my studio to create after getting home.

As it is Father's Day this Sunday, I had to whip up a card last night to be able to give to my dad.

Mind you, this wasn't the first card I made - well half made.   I wanted to keep the card A5 size and I knew I wanted to use the lovely as a tree stamp set.

I really do like how this turned out.  I also bought the round up simply scrappin' kitwhich led me to this colour scheme.  You can see the stripped paper behind the tree image.  Very masculine too.

The happy father's day sentiment is from the occasional greetings set.  It is one stamp which I have cut up into 3 pieces so they would fit on the card.

I think my colouring has improved (much to my delight!) LOL.

I know my dad will like it, so that is all that matters.

Happy Stamping,

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Supplies
Stamps: Lovely As A Tree, Occasional Greetings.
Ink: Basic Black, Soft Sky, Close To Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive.
Paper: Watercolour Paper, Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, Close To Cocoa, Round Up (Simply Scrappin' Kit).
Accessories: 5/8" Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Pewter Hodgepodge Hardware.