Monday, March 28, 2016

The Artful Stampers -Team Challenge Blog Hop - Theme Challenge #78

Number 78. A clean slate or a ready to go blackboard, Hurry Miss Jane... remind you of? 

A Happy Mother's Day Swallotail, but any sentiment would suit the Butterfly.

AND I rather liked the idea in reverse with a few metallic brads...

The Artful Stampers -Team Challenge Blog Hop - Theme Challenge #78

HOP onto the next lovely Artful Stamper : Annette Sullivan

Cheers Tamsin Adams
Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator and lover of all crafty things...

Sunday, March 27, 2016

Airplant holders

I sat down this easter morning, ate a pile of chocolate and dreamed of crocheting something quick and easy, before we got on with the day. Here's what I played with.

I'll pop up a pattern when I write it up correctly. How much fun and I think so cute. Love the white cotton against the pale greens of these gorgeous little guys. Its like dressing up really, just for plants.

Have fun and a happy filled easter weekend.

Cheers Tamsin Adams

Monday, March 21, 2016

The Artful Stampers -Team Challenge Blog Hop - Colour Challenge #77

Here is a Colour Challenge number 77 aren't they lovely colours.

Here you go another MDS Colour Scrapbook Page. Maybe I should really try Project Life as an
Artful Stampers Challenge. Now that would be a good one to challenge...

The Artful Stampers -Team Challenge Blog Hop - Colour Challenge #77

HOP onto the next lovely Artful Stamper : Annette Sullivan

Cheers Tamsin Adams
Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator and lover of all crafty things...


Monday, March 14, 2016

The Artful Stampers -Team Challenge Blog Hop - Sketch Challenge #76

A really quick card as I race around my sickie babe...
getting tea ready for everyone and you know EVERYTHING...




The Artful Stampers -Team Challenge Blog Hop - Sketch Challenge #76
HOP onto the next lovely Artful Stamper : Annette Sullivan

Cheers Tamsin Adams
Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator and lover of all crafty things...






Monday, March 7, 2016

The Artful Stampers -Team Challenge Blog Hop - Theme Challenge #75

I loved making this little card. It is turning autumn and we have rain...So welcoming, more time to clean the inside of the house now...OR Craft ya guts out...

In with the new and using the old. I coloured in the buds after I sponged the background using a template
 with the hexagon thinlit die cut. Love the little bees as we get ready to harvest our honey. I can't wait.
I have even used some washi tape. WOW, I don't normally use it but thought it would be fun to add some colour. 

The Artful Stampers -Team Challenge Blog Hop - Theme Challenge #75

HOP onto the next lovely Artful Stamper : Anna Foster

Cheers Tamsin Adams
Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator and lover of all crafty things...

Monday, February 29, 2016

Baby cards.

I love them to bits, just gorgeousness. I do hope you enjoy these...


Have fun looking around and if you need anything just holler. Email me here for more enquiries

AND you can check into my online shop for Stampin' Up! goodies.

Cheers Tamsin Adams
Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator and lover of all crafty things...

The Artful Stampers -Team Challenge Blog Hop - Colour Challenge #74

The Artful Stampers -Team Challenge Blog Hop - Colour Challenge #74

Quite a quick and simple card, with love. Stamp image and sentiment. Add the bird punch leaves and itty bitty flowers, and bling it with pearls. Don't you love simple? I do.

HOP onto the next lovely Artful Stamper : Leah Andersson

Cheers Tamsin Adams
Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator and lover of all crafty things...

Friday, February 26, 2016

Plums Prunes Damsons - Wozzie Sauce

For my records: I have researched a little and think that these are all a similar plum - Plums Prunes Damsons. Blue plum colour with a yellow green, very dense flesh. Yummy to eat fresh as well.

We have picked a huge amount from a friends place in Gunns Plains. Dried a lot to make a chocolate brownie slice throughout the winter, as well as for cocoa balls. We have eaten a lot fresh and will make jam out of the rest.

I have always wanted to make my own Worcestershire sauce and have followed a Recipe from Sally Wise's website. here

Like she says it smells amazing while cooking....



The garlic, ginger, cloves let alone the brown malt vinegar. amazing...




I think most dark skinned plums would work for this recipe...I'd really like to try out dark fleshy ones next year. Since pruning we haven't got as many plums this year, but we are learning.

I started this post on the weekend and made another batch today. I've made beef stroganoff for tea tonight and have used only two tablespoons of sauce. I must say it tastes amazing. No need for beef stock, and it is so much thicker and richer than the bought one. This will definitely be on my yearly processing recipe list. Yummo.
Have fun looking around and if you need anything just holler. Email me here for more enquiries

AND you can check into my online shop for Stampin' Up! goodies.

Cheers Tamsin Adams
Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator and lover of all crafty things...

Monday, February 22, 2016

The Artful Stampers -Team Challenge Blog Hop - Sketch Challenge #73


The Artful Stampers -Team Challenge Blog Hop - Sketch Challenge #73
A gorgeous easy pop together card. A square one at that...easy to make with beautiful Designer Series Paper. Solid coloured flowers and a flagged sentiment. Add sparkle and ready to send. I did change the layout a tiny bit, by overlaying the flag instead. 
HOP onto the next lovely Artful Stamper : Alison Barclay

Cheers Tamsin Adams
Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator and lover of all crafty things...


Monday, February 15, 2016

SAB Card Class for 2016

Wow, I have made so many cards and decided on three of my faves for todays class.

The third one I posted here on the Artful Stampers Blog Hop. (click here) yay...
A total CASE from the SALE-A-Bration Catalogue. A fabulous practice on placement of little stamps to decorate your card.
I love this. Slightly different colours. AND it was fun. Handmade messiness is part of the whole process.

A couple of Pinterest cards in varying ideas mashed together in this one. I adore it.

A little silver heat embossing, on watercolour using ink pad and brush, spritzed in the lid with a water spritzer.
Stamped and hand cut the plane and added the most gorgeous tip from Alisa Tilsner using her propeller idea.
The little love heart with extra accent. I think it came together quite well.

Have fun looking around and if you need anything just holler. Email me here for more enquiries

AND you can check into my online shop for Stampin' Up! goodies.

Cheers Tamsin Adams
Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator and lover of all crafty things...

The Artful Stampers -Team Challenge Blog Hop - Theme Challenge #72

I played with numbered cards this hop. There are so many ways to use this set.

The Artful Stampers -Team Challenge Blog Hop - Theme Challenge #72

Watermelon Wonder and Old Olive...I love how this turned out. you can do anything with these numbers.
I loved and cased a card from Pinterest with the sentiment, such a cute idea.

Pacific Point and Old Olive. The darker blue
 background is a scrap of OLD Midnight Muse.

Works well for a boy too, what do you think??

HOP onto the next lovely Artful Stamper : Kathryn Carr
Cheers Tamsin Adams
Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator and lover of all crafty things...