A review of 2016.....welcome to this month's Jem's blog....the last one of 2016. For this months blog hop I have chosen to share with you one of my favourite sets - Sheltering tree. I love this set because it is a real all rounder. It can be used for so many occasions throughout the year. It's a real four seasons stamp set. The ladies who come to my craft classes love this set too -it is one of their favourites. So much so that a friend chose to come and join me for an afternoon and make wedding invitations for her Dad's wedding.  Aren't the invites gorgeous... A little bit a dazzling detail -gold really lifts those crumb cake hearts (from the perpetual birthday calendar stamp set) My friend also made a co-ordinating wedding gift for her Dad and his wife-to-be too...                                            (you can also see another of my favourite products in this shot too - tombo couldn't live without that). During February 2016 

Christmas Decorations. Welcome to the November Jems Blog Hop. This month I opted to make a Christmas Tree Ornament and a Christmas Candle. Christmoose ornament I purchased a non-glazed ceramic flat bauble blank and stamped onto the ornament using black stazon ink . The Moose (coloured in using markers) is from the set  Jolly Friends and the sentiment is from a retired SU set  Endless Wishes.  I added snowflakes ( Endless Wishes)  in Pool Party ink  and added some diamantes (coloured purple). My second Christmas decoration will be a nice addition to the mantle piece this year...I do love seeing the garland hanging over the fireplace, held in place by a variety of Christmas trinkets.  Christmas Candle -let the light shine. I stamped the trees from Lovely as a Tree onto tissue paper using Old Olive ink . I then used my heat tool to melt the tissue paper onto the candle. I used dazzling details glue to add some Christmas sparkle to the trees.

All that Glitters Welcome to the October Jem's "All that Glitters" Blog Hop! I trust that you have been dazzled and inkspired by some wonderful creations today on the Jem's Monthly Blog Hop and what an amazing day to have a blog hop -World Card Making Day (be sure to check out the amazing card making offers from Stampin Up -loads of card making items on sale 1st-5th October -don't miss out). Here are my all that glitters creations Love & Affection meets Wink of Stella . I was commissioned to create a glitzy wedding card for a friend. I chose a crumb cake cardstock base , stamped Mixed Boarders in Pacific point ink,  and coloured all the flowers in with Tempting Turquoise all stamped onto  Very Vanilla card stock. The larger flowers, that I cut out, come from the stamp set Love & Affection. I raised them up on Stampin Up dimensionals and added a diamante in the middle of the flowers, to give the card that extra sparkle.

Welcome to the Autumn-Winter Catalogue...or should that be our Cata-blog?? Welcome. I trust that you are well and enjoying your blog hopping through some wonderful makes using products from the AMAZING new Stampin' UP  autumn-winter catalogue that went live on the first of September. My makes today involve the Jolly Friends Bundle. This is my favourite bundle in the whole catalogue. I was drawn to it when my catalogue arrived. The bundle is comprised of the Jolly Friends Photopolymer stamp set and the Jolly Hat Builder punch. I have had some time off over the summer and so am just getting back into the crafty zone. I have kept today's projects simple, but I hope, effective. Hope you like today's Jolly Friends (with a little help from annual catalogue products  Peaceful Pines and gold wink of stella) Christmas ornaments.  Jolly Friends Elf on slate heart Christmas Tree Ornament Slate Heart. Elf face stamped in soft suede ink , scarf in real

Welcome once again to the Jems' Monthly Blog Hop. Grab yourself a nice cuppa and hop from one blog to the next and be INK-spired by what you see.  Our theme for this month, is the new In Colours 2016-2018..... so, here they are the new and gorgeous colours from Stampin Up. Which is your favourite? My favourite is the Emerald Envy. This colour (as you will see) has totally ink-spired my blog today. For me, today is Everything Emerald. My first little project came about when I fell in love with the new hostess stamp set Love you lots. If you want to get your hands on this adorable set, then contact your Stampin' Up demonstrator. If you currently don't have a Stampin Up demonstrator ,  then, don't miss out contact me to find out more about hosting Stampin up events and how to earn freebies too. Back to Love you lots. I think this frog is so cute...                                For my first little project, I stamped the frog image fro