Pootlers Sale-A-Bration Blog Hop January 2017

Jillian Selwood, Purple Jelly Designs, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

Welcome to our second blog hop of 2017. This time we are celebrating the fabulous Sale-A-Bration catalogue. For every £45 you spend in January - March you get to choose a free gift, how amazing is that?

For this card I have used two different stamp sets; So very much and Delicate Details, both of which are free stamp sets.

I do like clean and simple cards. I think sometimes less is definitely more and you can't get more clean and simple than this card, can you? 

I started off with a base of thick Whisper White and then on Bermuda Bay cardstock I used Versamark ink and white embossing powder to stamp the lace edges, the large Thank you and smaller so very much.

I absolutely the detail on the lacy edge, it's absolutely gorgeous.

Like last time we are using the links below to hop around. Do visit the other blogs as we have some very talented crafters in our group.

Thank you for stopping by this week and reading my blog, I do hope you’ve enjoyed it. Until next week.

Jillian xx

An InLinkz Link-up

Card Swap November 2016

Jillian Selwood, Purple Jelly Designs, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

The theme for the November card swap was Butterflies and Rainbows. I had no idea how I was going to stick to this theme until I saw this brilliant technique from Jennifer McGuire. I think this is the third month in a row I've used this technique, yes it is quite addictive!  Unfortunately as most people were really busy in November we decided to not to go ahead with the swap, which was good news for me as it meant I got to keep mine.

I could have adhered the large butterfly on top of the grey cardstock but I decided to do it the hard way so the butterfly was actually flush with the grey cardstock. It took ages putting all the little grey pieces into the butterfly wings, so glad I did though as I think it looks stunning. I finished it off with my wink of Stella pen to give it some sparkle.

I did have three rhinestones on both of the small butterflies I have only just noticed that one has fallen off the left hand one.

Thank you for stopping by this week and reading my blog, I do hope you’ve enjoyed it. Don't forget if you don't want to miss any of my blog posts you can subscribe using the button on the right.

Until next week.

 Jillian xx

Pootlers Spring Summer catalogue Blog hop January 2017

Jillian Selwood, Purple Jelly Designs, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

Welcome to another Pootlers Blog Hop, this time we are celebrating the new Spring / Summer 2017 Catalogue which went live last week. 

The Beautiful You stamp set has got to be my absolute favourite out of the new Spring and Summer Stampin' Up! catalogue. I was lucky enough to win it on the Prize Patrol at On Stage in Telford. When I first saw it I have to admit I was a little underwhelmed but as soon as I got home and started using it I fell in love.

I've made quite a few variations using the different ladies but I think this is my favourite. I have used Tip Top Taupe which is one of my favourite colours from the 15-17 In Colours. With the sponged edges it looks sepia and I just love that effect.

For the dress and hat I stamped on a piece of Tip Top Taupe Colour stack DSP and then fussy cut, not something I usually do but I think it was worth the effort.

I ended up making five different colourways although I think this is my favourite.

Here it is in Mint Macaron

This blog hop is slightly different to our normal ones, just click on a names below to be taken to that blog. Happy hopping.

Thank you for stopping by this week and reading my blog, I do hope you’ve enjoyed it. Until next week.

Jillian xx

Sam Hammond Donald

Jill Chapman

Lynn Ellis

Anna Sposato

Lisa Emslie

Laurie Jennings

Heidi Smith

Justyna Cieslinska

Jerim Dickens

Fiona Whitehead

Hannah McCurley

Jillian Selwood

Keila Carver

Dee Copus-Read

Anna Krol

Helen Griffin

Karen Taylor

Angelina Clark

Card Swap October

Jillian Selwood, Purple Jelly Designs, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

A very Happy New Year to you all. I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas, let's hope that 2017 is a great year for us all.

I'm a little bit behind showing you the Card Swap cards.  The Theme for October was Fluffy, frilly and pink. A difficult card for me as I've never been a fluffy, frilly or pink girl!

Anyway here's my attempt

I watched a You Tube Tutorial by Jennifer McGuire, she used different coloured strips of cardstock to make a card base, I just love the effect and the possibilities are endless.

The card I received from Karen Kilner is here and is absolutely beautiful. I love how she has heat embossed the leaves and heart with clear embossing powder it look stunning in real life although very difficult to photograph.

Thank you for stopping by this week and reading my blog, I do hope you’ve enjoyed it. Until next week.

Jillian xx