Simply Stampin' Sketch

Hello there

and Welcome to another week of Simply Stampin' Challenges, this weeks challenge is a fabby sketch challenge

And I used the retiring set Cheers to You, love this little set and it's just £11.21 right now! see the entire retiring products list HERE as you can see I flipped the sketch around :-)

and I used the also retiring Sunny Garden Designer Series Paper,

with matching Peach Parfait ribbon and a Poppy Parade base card

covering the glasses with Crystal Effects after colouring them in using a blender pen,

and a little strip inside to finish

If you would like to order any of the products I have used today then please email me with your order, don't forget any order over £45 will receive the NEW SU! catalogue around the 1st October!

Also just 4 places left in my Virtual Hostess (Stampers 6) club, why not join in the fun? :-D

Stampin' Hugs,

More sell outs and a few cards too

Hello there,

I have the updated Retiring List HERE for you today with a couple more sell outs since yesterday,

12"x 12" Wild Wasabi Card and the Tart and Tangy stamp set.

So I will share with you a stamp set that are retiring today, and it's a great one for so many occasions-- it is Cheers to You and it's only £11.21 at the moment (while stocks last)

Great for CAS cards...

 Slightly more involved cards...

and full on "special" cards!

Click on the Cheers to you label at the bottom of this post for more ideas using this great set before it sells out forever!

Thanks for stopping by today, I will be back tomorrow with a Simply Stampin' challenge card for you at 8am and a Retiring products Blog Hop at 10am too! 

Please message me if you would like to place an order before all the stamps/accessories you "need" sell out ;-)

Or if you would like to join my Stampers 6 club starting in October, a little SU! loveliness delivered to your door each month for 6 months plus receive the hostess benefits for one of those months too! More details HERE

Stampin' Hugs for today,

Simply Stampin' Sketch

Hello and happy Saturday to you!

And Saturday means it's time for another Simply Stampin' Challenge. This week we have a fabby sketch for you to try out :-) Hop over for lots more inspiration from the very talented DT ladies,

and this is what I came up with, it's a bright one this week, in the vain hope of some summer eventually arriving!!

I used the lovely Cheers to You for the summer cocktails and Tart and Tangy for the background and cherries on the front panel,

After stamping and colouring a row of glasses I cut them out with the SU! exclusive Top Note Die and covered the "glass" part in crystal effects,

Summer bunting was stamped with Dot, Dot, Dot and punched out using the star punch, the string is crotchet thread and attached with brads,

and I used some of the scraps inside,

So, what do you think of this weeks sketch? Great huh?

I really hope you will be able to join in with us this week and I look forward to seeing your creations,

Thanks for dropping by today,

Stampin' Hugs,

Happy Birthday Zoe!

Good Morning,

No, it isn't my Zoe's birthday again! but my friend Zoe who's little boy Ben is in Zack's class. Now I didn't quite realise 'till about 1.45 on Friday that today was her special day! eek! and so I turned to 2 challenges to make this card in something of a hurry!

The first challenge was a cute little sketch by Your Next Stamp Challenges and a colour challenge with Connie and Mary using Peach Parfait, Baja Breeze and Riding hood Red and I just loved this colour combo, it just seemed so fresh and summery. I started with a Crumb Cake base and stitched round the first layer once the dsp (from the level 1 hostess pack) was added, In Colour ribbon was used to tie the bow, it is so soft and easy to tie :-)

When I saw the colours I immediately thought of the Cheers to You stamps, plus I think Zoe would be rather partial to a cocktail (just don't mention the robot dancing ;-)) Lol!

I did change the scallop edge to around the side and I punched out a background using the Decorative Label Punch instead of an oval ((if it does not fit the sketch well enough, please feel free to discount my entry)) I also added a layer of crystal effects to the glass.

I also stitched inside too and added a bit of decoration for good measure with the sentiment from Curly Cute.
I hope she likes her card and has a wonderful birthday! Happy Birthday Zoe!
Thanks for dropping by today and Stampin' Hugs to you,

One Layer for LIM

Good Morning,

I'm sure you will have noticed (ha ha ;-)) if you have been here before that I have been doing some tidying up on my lil'  blog this past day or so, I am trying not to have so much going on in the side bar and so it is easier to find what you are looking for... hopefully! I now have pages across the top of my blog with class details, catalogues, info about joining SU! with me and lots more, do go take a look :-)

Anyway, I am really trying hard to make a card to enter into the challenge blog Less is More, it is not a style I make a lot of but I always love the look of other peoples. Also, the lovely Mandi is one of my SU! downlines and great friend.

O.K. so I knew it was a one layer card but I didn't double check so I thought that was it. Doh! it's also embossing! which I clearly haven't done, I have however added crystal effects which sort of looks embossed (I know, it's a stretch!) but as I have made it I am going to pop it on there anyway, feel free to discount it if you feel it doesn't fulfil the requirements.

I was actually really pleased with my effort in the end, I did actually make it 4 times mind, I smudged one, messed up the lines on another, didn't like the colour on one... you get the picture, but it is also another reason I am still entering it, it would be a waste not to! ha ha! right, stop waffling!

Sentiment is from Hello You on page 86 of the main catty, it is easily overlooked tucked in there and I used the Rose Red marker to make the line border,

the cute cocktail is from Cheers to You and I watercoloured it using an aqua painter in Baja Breeze and Rose Red  ink pads, here you can see the Crystal Effects giving the embossed look ;-)

and inside I added some more one layer touches of lines and a sentiment again from Cheers to You,

Well that's today's card, I will not keep you any longer, I have waffled enough at the beginning of this post,

Thanks for stopping by today,

Stampin' Hugs,

Rich's Birthday

Hello there!

I have been very busy with classes the last two days and what a fun time we have had making candles and matching cards for Mother's Day! Thanks to all the ladies who came this month, and if you want to join us next month the dates are in my side panel, I would love to see you here :-)

Anyways, Saturday was our friend Richard's birthday and this is the card I made for him..

I used the Greenhouse Gala papers which are in the March Frenzy offer this month with 20% off! just £7.00, email me if you "need" some of these ;-) or any other SU! products.

This sentiment is from Perfect Punches and is designed to fit the XL oval punch with a little border, as you can see I chose to cut the first layer out {as there are lines to follow} and then layer the punched oval underneath.

R, C, and H were stamped onto SU! Vellum Card stock using Schoolbook Serif Alpha in Choc Chip. The beer mug is from Cheers to You and the froth was drenched in Dazzling Diamonds with the actual mug being coloured with blender pens (which are also in the March Frenzy promotion)

I also decorated the inside with a strip of off-cut DSP and two lines drawn with the Marker Pens, as you can see from the tiny photo I forgot to photograph the inside before I wrote in the card! doh! but you get the idea, right?

Well, that's today's card for you, I will be back tomorrow with Zoe's invites I have made for her sleepover this weekend, 4 girly girls on a sleepover, that's gonna be such fun, and they want to make a card at some point too ;-)  I will let you know how it goes!

Thanks for visiting today,

Stampin' Hugs

Milk Carton for Dad's Day

Hello to you all,

I have popped on here to share a few photos of another Milk Carton I have made to send to my dad for Father's Day, I have filled it with sweets for him, all ready to post on Monday. I hope it gets there in time (it's got to go to Spain!)

They are busy digging the footings today for the extension today so I have not got any jobs to do in the house without getting in someones way, so nothing else to do but play then eh?!

Here it is front and back, I covered the Kraft base using the Cheers to You wheel and versamark, star punched out from Sweet Pea Designer Paper, Beer Mug is from Cheers to you, sentiment is from the Occasional Greetings set, and the football and boot is Just Soccer. Yummy Old Olive Satin Ribbon wrapped with Linen Thread finishes off the top.

As you can see I made it to match the card I showed you a few weeks ago.

Milk Carton Tutorial link is in the side bar-> -> -> ->

Short and sweet today I'm afraid, hopefully I will be back tomorrow with some more cardy stuff to share with you all, in the mean time have a nice Saturday and if you watch the footie "Come on England" :-)

Stampin' Hugs to you all,

2 Of The Same

Good morning,

Well, I am unpacked and all the washing done from our little trip, we had a nice time but boy, did we pick the coldest weekend to go away??? Unfortunately we didn't get to do much as we would have liked due to the cold, wet weather, but still it was nice to get away.

Just before we went away I was asked by a friend to make a card for her dads birthday, I had made one a week or so before ready for Fathers Day and she wanted the same but with birthday. Clear as mud? Yes? Well hopefully the photos will do a better job of explaining!! ;-) he he.

As you can see I layered up the images a bit more on the 2nd one and also added a bit of paper piercing to some of the squares, Football and boot are from Just Soccer, Beer mug is from Cheers to You, Fathers day sentiment is from Occasional Greetings, and Birthday one is from Cheer and Wishes.

I also used lashings of Crystal Effects on the top stars, love it!

and this is the inside of the birthday card...

Well, she was happy with it and I hope her Dad was pleased too.

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Before I go and do a few bits, just a quick reminder that I have just 5 shares left now for the new colour ribbon, card and paper share, please see top post or email me on sarah-janerae@sky.com for more info.

Good to be back and looking forward to hearing from you, my lovely blogging buddies :-)

Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx

Golden Mojo

Morning Folks,

I hope you all had a fabby weekend, I have a small card to share with you today, it was made for hubby's Aunt and Uncle who this weekend celebrated 50 years of marriage! I used last weeks mojo sketch as inspiration but unfortunately ran out of time to post and link it, doh! never mind, I will share it with you lovely peeps anyway...

I used the fab Cheers to You set for the image and some lovely So Saffron DSP

I colored the champagne glasses with a blender pen and Ink Pad,

Sentiment is from Cheer and Wishes,

So Saffron Grosgrain Ribbon,
Dazzling Diamonds glitter to finish off.

Hope you like, We are going back into town this afternoon to try again to get some shoes for Zack, wish us luck! lol! Hope your day is good.

Hugs Sarah-Jane

xxx

Cheers!

As I promised yesterday, todays card is made using a wheel, the "Cheers" wheel to be more specific! It goes with the "Cheers to You" set also used on this card. I think it is a great wheel to colour but you could also use it with a tone on tone ink and card for a different look or to make it a speedier card.

I used summer picnic papers for the background, {Love these they are so summery ;0)} then I coloured the wheel and the cocktail using a blender pen and ink pads, decoupaging the umbrella and lemon. I also used glossy accents on the glass.

Here is the special view....

Well, that's it for today,

I hope you all have a good one and thanks for dropping by, I really love that you visit my little blog :0)

Hugs, Sarah-Jane xx