Stampin' Up! Fresh Florals Twist top Box

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

Welcome to the Crafty Cupcakes Team Stampin' Up! Blog Hop for March 2018. Each month members of the Team take part in our Team Blog Hop to share with you our cards and projects made using the fabulous Stampin' Up! products. You are currently visiting Jillian Selwood from the UK and below you will see the full list of everyone taking part. To move to the next blog just click the name after mine in the list. This month our theme is Boxes and Bags.

I wanted to gift some of my homemade biscuits and decided it would be nice to put them in a box instead of a cellophane bag. I'm still in love with these twist top boxes so that's what I've made.

I used three of the 2017 - 2019 In-Colours, Powder Pink, Fresh Fig and Lemon Lime Twist and I decorated them with the Fresh Florals DSP. The sentiment comes from the Just add Text Stamp Set and I used the Stampin' Up! White Embossing Powder, although I do think it looks better on the Fresh Fig box as it stands out a bit more.

The boxes are huge so I will be able to fit a lot of biscuits in them, I hope the recipients are hungry!!

The Team have worked really hard on our Blog Hop to bring you a variety of creativity and inspiration. Make sure you click the next name on the list to carry on through the Hop.

Thank you once again for visiting my blog and taking part in our blog hop, there are so many amazing ideas and inspiration you don't want to miss so make sure you carry on hopping through the list. Remember that currently you are at my blog Jillian Selwood so check the blog hop line up list to see who is next.

Until next week

Jillian xx

Stampin' Up! Picture Perfect Birthday Card

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

Welcome to the Crafty Cupcakes Team Stampin' Up! Blog Hop for December 2017. Each month members of the Team take part in our Team Blog Hop to share with you our cards and projects made using the fabulous Stampin' Up! products. You are currently visiting Jillian Selwood from the UK and below you will see the full list of everyone taking part. To move to the next blog just click the name after mine in the list. This month our theme is a Sneak peek at the brand new Stampin' Up! Spring / Summer catalogue which goes live on 3rd January.

I decided to use the Picture Perfect Birthday stamp set which I was lucky enough to receive at the Stampin' Up! OnStage event in November. It's a fabulous stamp set and can be used for many different occasions, not just birthdays. I've actually cased this card from the new catalogue.

I started off with a base of Bermuda Bay, a layer of Lemon Lime Twist which I dry embossed with the Simple Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The DSP is one of the stunning designs from the Picture Perfect Party DSP. I also used the Berry Burst 3-8" Metallic Edge Ribbon under the Peekaboo Peach sentiment layer. I finished the card off with some Glitter enamel dots.

The Team have worked really hard on our Blog Hop to bring you a variety of creativeness and inspiration. Make sure you click the next name on the list to carry on through the Hop.



Thank you once again for visiting my blog and taking part in our blog hop, there are so many amazing ideas and inspiration you don't want to miss so make sure you carry on hopping through the list. Remember that currently you are at my blog Jillian Selwood so check the blog hop line up list to see who is next.

Until next week
Jillian xx

Stampin' Up! This Little Piggy OnStage Swaps

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

This time last week I was in Birmingham at the Stampin' Up! OnStage convention. This is a twice yearly event. It's great to meet up with all my crafting friends, and create with them.

 It is a tradition of Stampin' Up! that at all their events you make swaps which you hand out to other crafters and they give you one of their swaps. It's a fabulous way to get lots of inspiration as everyone seems to see different things in the stamp sets and dies.

These are the cards I made. I used the five new In Colours for 2017-2019. Berry Burst, Fresh Fig, Lemon Lime Twist, Powder Pink and Tranquil Tide. I also used the This Little Piggy Stamp set and the Playful Backgrounds stamp set.

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

Jillian xx

Stampin' Up! Lovely as a Tree Retiform Card

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

Welcome to the Crafty Cupcakes Team Stampin' Up! Blog Hop for October 2017. Each month members of the Team take part in our Team Blog Hop to share with you our cards and projects made using the fabulous Stampin' Up! products. You are currently visiting Jillian Selwood from the UK and below you will see the full list of everyone taking part. To move to the next blog just click the name after mine in the list. 

This month our theme is Inspired by nature. I worked in the Falkland Islands for 14 months years ago and it was so strange to live somewhere with absolutely no trees.  When I came home I really noticed them and I realised how much I had taken them for granted before. Now I love watching the buds appearing in the Spring and equally love watching the leaves turn colour in the Autumn. Isn't nature amazing?

Anyway I digress, I've wanted to make a Retiform card for a while so this seemed the perfect opportunity. What is Retiform I hear you ask? Well the official Definition of retiform is crossing lines and interstices, reticular, netlike.

I used the gorgeous Stamp Set Lovely as a tree and managed to use all the stamps in the set so that was a bonus as well. The sentiment comes from the Colourful Seasons stamp set.

For the inks I used Lemon Lime Twist, So Saffron, Peekaboo Peach and Basic Black Archival.

Thank you once again for visiting my blog and taking part in our blog hop, there are so many amazing ideas and inspiration you don't want to miss so make sure you carry on hopping through the list. Remember that currently you are at my blog Jillian Selwood so check the blog hop line up list to see who is next.

Jillian xx

Stampin' Up! Daisy Delight card

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

I love receiving handmade cards so jumped at the chance to join Fiona Whitehead and her group called Pootlers RAK. RAK standing for Random Act of Kindness. The idea is that you send a handmade card to as many people in the group as you like.

In July I sent out three cards and this is the design I chose.

The lovely Sacha Van de Kerkhof of Stampin' Sacha, designed this card as a Make and Take months ago and I've been meaning to make it again using new Stampin' Up! products. 

The Daisy worked perfectly. 

Since the New In Colours came out earlier this year I have wanted to use Elegant Eggplant and Lemon Lime Twist together as I thought they would look stunning. I'm really pleased with how it looks, what do you think?

I used the sadly retired stamp set called Grateful Bunch and the sentiment 'You are totally Awesome' only because all the ladies in the group really are totally awesome.

I was lucky enough to receive two beautiful Cards.

The first from Sarah Crankshaw, 

And the second from Deb Steele.

Thanks so much Sarah and Deb I love them both very much.

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

Jillian xx

Pootlers RAK Group

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

Last month I joined the Pootler RAK group. RAK standing for Random Act of Kindness. The idea is you send as many cards as you like to other people in the group. It is so nice to receive beautiful handmade cards.

This is the card I made, I made two of them. One I sent to Fiona Whitehead as she is organising the group and the second to Christine Bettany who is lovely and always so helpful to everyone.

I love this piggy, I can see me using him so much.

I was lucky enough to receive three cards.  

The first from Sally Shaw of Sally Stampers, Thanks Sally I love it.

The second card I received was from Christine Bettany of Christines Crafting. Thanks Christine I love it.

The third card I received was from Samantha Bretherick. Thanks Samantha I love it.

I now need to start thinking about what I can make for the July swap.

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

Jillian xx