Red Noses for Comic Relief

Today in the UK is Red Nose day for Comic Relief, unfortunately me and my little boys are poorly with sore throats and bad coughs so Zac has been off school. Yesterday he should have dressed up at school and donated some money to Comic Relief for doing so. He missed out on a day of fun bless him. I had made some cards for him to give out to a few of his freinds and teachers, he still can, just on Monday instead!

This features Poppy Parade, one of the lush In Colours. The spotty paper is from the Level One Hostess Gift - In Colour Paper Stack. I stamped my monsters in Basic Black using stamps from the fabulous Make a Monster set, so fitting for today as monsters are the theme for this year's red noses! The noses are actually a stamp from Something Sweet, stamped in Poppy Parade and then coated in Crystal Effects to give the lovely shiny look to them.

I've used a sentiment from Basic Phrases, I don't know what I'd do if Stampin' Up! ever decide to retire this set as I love it and all but one of the sentiments fit perfectly in to the Word Window Punch.

So as I said, my little man missed out on his school day of fun, but he still got to wear his costume at home. He dressed up as his favourite character 'Captain Rex' from Star Wars the Clone Wars. So here is my very own little clone warrier:

I imagine I'll be taking a clone warrier to the supermarket, the park, for walks etc as he loves his costume. He even has to take the helmet and 'pow' to bed with him so he can keep an eye on them!

Hope you have a fabulous weekend
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In Colour Baking

Boo-hiss we've now all got coughs and sore throats in this house. Zac is home from school and didn't get to go dressed up but I'll share more of that with you tomorrow. Earlier this week I did a spot of baking. Mainly because I thought I'd try my hand at some dairy free goodies for Blake to enjoy. He didn't by the way!

Anyway said baked goods inspired me to create this:

I wanted to go for a blueberry look and rather than turn to the Blueberry Crisp DSP which looks more denim to me, I opted for Concord Crush. So the large spotty paper is from the level one hostess gift In Colour DSP stack teamed up with coordinating Concord Crush Stitched Poly ribbon (flippin' eck do you get plenty on the reel!). Then to create my blueberry (not to be confused with blue jelly) girl I stamped the sweet from Something Sweet in Concord Crush and created the girl by using All in The Family in Crumb Cake and Concord Crush. Had to use Crumb Cake as I'd been baking you see. To make it look a bit more like a sweet, I added Crystal Effects over the ink to create a raised and glazed look:

The sentiment is stamped from Something Sweet too and popped in a Hodgepodge frame and held in place with rhinestone brads from Circle Fire:

I used Crystal Effects again on the sweet in the centre. So do you want to see the fruits of my labour? I'm going to share anyway.....

I thought I'd share the various stages of baking, I was so worried they wouldn't rise or that they'd be like bricks when they came out of the oven, but no. They are fluffy, light and just scrummy and gooey where the blueberries have cooked.

Here's a yummy close up and the photo that inspired my card:

Blake will eat the cakey parts of the muffins but picked out all the blueberries - how typical is that? If you'd like the recipe you can find it HERE. I substituted the soya milk in the recipe for oat milk and didn't add the lime juice.

Back tomorrow,
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Team Jelly Business Kits

I'm thrilled to say that during January and February, I have been lucky enough to recruit........
12 new members to Team Jelly. So there are now 15 of us (Lynda and Jacqueline signed together)! I've been busy over the last few weeks getting some business kits together for my lovely ladies and now that they are finished and en route in the post or ready to collect or deliver I can share them with you!

Firstly a thank you card from me:

The base is Melon Mambo, teamed with Tempting Turquoise and Whisper White. I've made my team logo here using the jelly bean from Something Sweet and the body parts from All in the Family! I'll be re-desiging my blog with this soon. I did print the sentiment on the PC as the alphabet stamps I have are all a bit large for a card this size!

I made cards for everyone in the team:

And a matching bookmark each too:

And finally a business kit of a Stampin' Up! bag, Stampin' Up! pen, a full set of ink, card and Marker swatches and some samples of designer paper too.

If you've been thinking of becoming a Stampin' Up! demonstrator too and getting the fabulous Starter Kit for just £119 for over £250 worth of product, why not email me at bluejellystampin@sky.com or give me a call on 07748 707845 for a no pressure chat about how joining Team Jelly could be just the thing you need!

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