celebrate the summer with blossoms....

Well, I wasn't lying, I am having a little bit of an obsession with wreathes at the moment! This is just the second, and there are more to come over the following days! Actually I think this one is very sweet!

Baby Blossoms Wreath

Stamp Set: Because I Care (Hostess Only), Baby Blossoms 

Ink: Real Red, Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Old Olive

Punches: 1 3/4" Circle

Accessories: Linen Thread

Extras: Tombo Multi Glue

So I started off by lightly drawing around a circle punch to get the basic outline of the wreath before beginning to fill it out! Then I went all around with the itty bitty flowers to fill it out, and went back over the top with the rose buds in a darker colour! Finally, I stamped the small leaf spray all around filling it gaps stamping twice before re-inking to give more variation to the leaf colour. I tied a small bow and adhered it in a gap at the bottom just off centre because its a casual summer wreath, nothing is perfect and putting it in the centre just didn't look right for the style of card. I finished it off by mounting it on some cardstock and stamping the because I care sentiment underneath with a few rose buds on either side. I love it because its such a elegant little summer card! And very cheerful too! 

Let me know what you think! Your comments make my day! 

'til next time, 

happy crafting! 

Amanda 

xx

catching up

Wow! cant believe how much I have been slacking this week...its been a busy one! So here I am catching up on my week. Most of it was spent decorating candles and making cards to sell. Here are a few photos of some of the candles I decorated and packaged up. They all come packaged in their own little bag tied with ribbon, they are the perfect treat for yourself, or make an excellent gift, and the best bit is they're all ready to give away when you buy them! ...

3 Bliss Votive Candles -- £3

Stamp Set: Bliss (Sale A Bration)

Ink: Elegant Eggplant

Accessories: Basic Rhinestones

Extras: Candle, Heat Gun, Tissue Paper

Branch with Birdie -- £3

Stamp Set: Sweet Summer (Sale A Bration)

Ink:Old Olive, Basic Black, Elegant Eggplant, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red

Extras: Candle, Heat Gun, Tissue Paper,, Blender Pen

Branch with Birdie (wrapped up and ready to sell) -- £3

Stamp Set: Sweet Summer

Ink: Basic Black, Old Olive, Real Red, Marina Mist, Pacific Point

Extras: Candle, Heat Gun, Tissue Paper, Blender Pen

A - Monogrammed - Sphere Candle -- £3 

Stamp Set: Broadsheet Alphabet

Ink: Elegant Eggplant

Accessories: Basic Rhinestones

Extras: Sphere Candle, Tissue Paper, Heat Gun

These can be made to order in the colour and monogram that you wish to have.

Sweet Summer Flowers -- £6

If you see anything that you would like to purchase or know more about, please get in touch! I'll be back a little later with more updates from my week and more photos of things I've made! I'm so excited to show you all! :D 

Hope you're all having a lovely day! 

Amanda xx

sale-a-bration candles

Woah, its been a few days! Thursday was an eventful day! The orders from my first two workshops last week came in the morning, at the unearthly time of 9am (well its unearthly for me!). So I had a fun day sorting out all the purchases and getting to play with mine a little! I was really excited to have the Sale-A-Bration sets which were available for every £45 spent 'till the end of February so I just had to have a play! 


It was all going really well and I was enjoying my day, I was even prepared enough to remember to put dinner in the oven to cook for 2 hours at 3:30 so it was ready in time to eat before church. I popped out briefly to the shops to get some salsa for dinner and on the way home managed to trip and fall over some steps near my house. Naturally my first instinct was to protect the glass jar I was carrying and as a result landed and skidded rather awkwardly. I have since learned that steps are not a good place to land as they are pointy, hard and allow one to get battered in several places (shoulder, elbow, hip and knee) all at once! Most of me is better now, just have a very sore and painful shoulder (with limited mobility) and a aching back. I am just thankful nothing is broken!


So, as a result things have been a bit slower the last couple of days, but I have a couple things to show you today. It was a nice day so I took the photos outside on our decking so they look so much better than the last couple candles I did and photographed!

Bliss Candle

Stamp Set: Bliss (SAB)

Ink: Elegant Eggplant

Accessories: Basic Rhinestones

Extras: Candle, Tissue paper

Just a really simple elegant little candle using the Bliss sentiment stamp and two butterflies. 

If you would like further instruction on how to decorate a candle like this, I am demonstrating one similar to this at my workshops this month, Friday 11th March and Friday 27th March. For more details please contact me! 

Sweet Summer Candle

Stamp Set: Sweet Summer (SAB)

Ink: Basic Black, Marina Mist, Pacific Point, Garden Green, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry, Elegant Eggplant, Pretty in Pink

Extras: Tissue Paper, Blender Pen

I wanted to have a little experiment with colouring in the images that I put on my candle. I wasn't sure how the blender pen would work on such a thin material as tissue paper but its worked out really beautifully and I am so please with how this candle has turned out! Definitely be making more of these now! I really like the flowers that circle around the entire candle with the cute little butterflies fluttering above, really makes me long for it to be summer now!

For more information on my workshops this month or to host your own please get in touch! 

Please feel free to leave a comment, I really love reading them and they make my day! Hope you're all having a lovely weekend! 

Amanda xoxo