Swaps part 2

Hiya,
2nd lot of swaps I have made coming up...

Bookmark; Kraft card, white embossing Powder and Versamark, Kraft taffeta ribbon, scallop square punch, Punches 3 stamps, linen thread,

Next 3 are sweetie holders, would be fab on the christmas table using slightly different stamps, I will do a tutorial when I get back if you like??

Rose red card and ink, Old Olive card and ink, Stamp sets are Circle of friendship, Baroque motifs, Circle and scallop circle punches, sweets are in small cello bags, 5/8" grosgrain ribbon,

Tempting Turquoise and Regal Rose card , Regal Rose ink and 5/8" ribbon, Stamps used are Good Friend and Oval all with it's matching punches, versamark and white embossing powder, linen thread,

So Saffron card and ink, versamark ink used for flower in background, wide double stitched grosgrain ribbon, Oval all stamps and matching punches, also Live Your Dream stamp set, Choc Chip DSP and tab Punch,

Hope you likey, back tomorrow with roomie Karin and SU mum Jules and sis Jeannettes gifts,

Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx

Another Invite

Good morning to you,

I hope you all had a fab Halloween on Saturday? we had a lovely evening a bit of trick or treating and lots of decorating :0) great fun. Now I do warn you I have lots of photos for you today...

First up here is the other sample I made for my friend to see as she liked this colour combo which you may remember from my open day a few weeks ago,

She went for the other one as it is her mums favourite colour.

For this one I used the fab new eyelet border punch along the outside edge and stamped with versamark and clear embossing powder to give it some extra texture.

I used a colour combination of Rose Red and Old Olive with Baroque Motifs stamp set.

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Next up are a few pictures of my 3 (and Neil!) with their pumpkins which we carved on Friday,

Zoe, Josh,

and Zack,

all together :0)

And finally here is the front of the house as promised...

That's all for today, thanks for stopping by and have a good one,

Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx

Medallion Engagement

Helloooo to you all,

I have an Engagement card for you today.

It was a request for my sister and her other half to give to a relative on his side, no particular colour just "They are young, so modern please"

I am thrilled with how this one came out, I LOVE this new Medallion stamp too. I haven't bought any I don't like yet tho, have I? rofl!

Basic black card to layer the Whisper White onto, Sentiment from Baroque Motifs, Ribbon from my stash,

I printed the inside words from my computer and prettied it up in the corner with the same Medallion stamp again in Basic Black,

Close up of brad which is from my stash~but SU! have added clear rhinestone brads to the new catty, yay! (I will be adding these to my next order as this is one of my last! If you want to join me please email me for more info)

Finally an angled shot,

I used foam dimensionals to lift the whole panel on the front,

I hope Amber and Rich (and the happy couple of course) like it, What do you think?? do let me know :0)

Have a lovely day,

Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx

Hello honey, I'm home!!!

Hello all,

Well, what a weekend I've had! as you may know I went away with my SU! family this last weekend for 3 days of laughing and crafting :0) I had such a blast and made some lovely things, picking up tips and inspiration at every turn,

Thank-You all Ladies (((hugs)))

Here we all are- piccie borrowed from Marlene's blog, hope that's O.K. hun ;0)

L-R ... Jules, Toni, Jeannette, me, Marlene, Sarah B, Siobhan, Sonia, Nikki and my roomie Sarah P,Well, I have so many things to share with you but today I will show you the little gifts I made for all the lovely ladies who went, I left one of these on each of their beds,

Outside of the gift bag was stamped with Baroque Motifs,

Here is what was inside, A bath bomb in a sizzix cupcake holder wrapped in cellophane, jelly beans and a decorated candle,

All the jelly beans together, ribbon and sentiment SU!

A little closer look at the candles and bath bombs, paper is SU! but from a candy I won which came from USA, sadly it's not available here :0( Ribbon is from August offer,

Here it all is together before I bagged it up and, well, they all seemed to like their little gifts, I hope you do too,

I will be back tomorrow to share some of the card we made in our "Shoe Box Swap" on Saturday {{9 in all!!}} Such fun and so inspiring,

Thanks for looking,

Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx

Wanna Come and Play on Thursday???

Morning all,

Do you live near to Southampton or the New Forest (Dibden Purlieu on the Waterside to be more exact) ??? Not doing much this Thursday between 10 and 2??? Fancy a cuppa and a chat and not forgetting a little crafty time too?? Well why not pop round as Thursday is my very special "Open House" day.

We will have a cuppa and a piece of cake, take a last look at the retiring stamp sets before they go forever at the end of the month and of course we will be making a card something like this....

I would love to see you here on Thursday and do feel free to bring a friend or two. Do drop me an email { sarah-janerae@sky.com } with any questions and some numbers if you know them, so I can be fully prepared for everyone, but this is not essential :0)

Looking forward to seeing you on Thursday,

Take care, Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx

Baroque in Plum

Morning all,

Hope you are all having a good morning so far, Zack is at school but this is his last day finishing early so I thought I may take him to the play place this afternoon as a special treat :0)

SO here I am trying to be a good blogger and give you something to look at every (ish) day...

I have used the lovely Baroque Motifs set which I finally got this month after having my eye on it for a very long time, and I have to say I am sooo glad I did get it and also that it isn't retiring (yay) so that means it will be in the lovely *new* catalogue very soon... hope you are as excited as I am??

Onto the deets... Perfect Plum card stock and ink for the main swirl which is stamped onto the very lovely Vellum Card stock, Pale Plum for the little flowers and also the shrink plastic charm, Whisper White 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, Linen thread through the charm. Martha Stewart Border punch.

Side view to show the vellum is loose on the front, I can see many uses for this set, great for weddings, anniversaries {both for men and women just using different colours}, Simple thank-yous and birthdays too, oooh the list goes on... I will have some more of a play and share with you soon, Thanks for popping by,

Bye for now, Hugs Sarah-Jane xx