Everyday Enchantment with Elementary Elegance

WOW! That's a lot of E's!! but for today's card that's just what I used, the gorgeous FREE stamps and papers available exclusively during sale-a-bration (untill the end of March)

I made a square card with a very basic layout but with a lot of details on each section so plenty of pics for you today ;-)

Fun flowers die made the flower with an antique brad in the centre

a mini vintage tag filled with the friends stamp from the tiny tags stamp set

some crowns....

and butterflies...

and the frame and sentiment, all from the Elementary Elegance SAB stamp set,

Poppy Parade twill ribbon ruffle across the centre adds a splash of colour

and another fun flower inside to finish

Well, that's today's card for you,

If you are interested in coming along to a class (last day tomorrow to book for Feb all day class) and playing with some stamps, placing an order to get your own FREE stamps or thinking about joining SU! and getting even more FREE stamps then please email me sarah-janerae*at*sky*dot*com for more details or just a chat. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Thanks for visiting today, I love that you visit me :-)

Stampin' Hugs for today,

Welcome to the team Emma :-)

Hello there,

A few days ago I had another lovely downline join my team The Southern Belles, her name is Emma (in case you didn't read the title!) and when any new member joins my team I always like to send them a little "Welcome" gift, some things to help them on their SU! journey!

This is the card I made for Emma in a Cameo Coral and Soft Suede colour way, I am loving both of these colours right now, both together and separately, I can't seem to use anything else! Lol!

Background DSP is the yummy Newsprint, loving this too! and the Fun Flowers Die with an antique brad in the centre,

I used the sadly neglected Vintage Vogue for the vines with Itty Bitty Punched flowers filled with Pearls,

and a little decoration inside too

She liked it, so once again Emma, Welcome!

That's it for today, I will be back tomorrow with more gifts for Emma, if you would like to discuss the benefits of join SU! and turning your crafting hobby into a business or just purchasing your stash a a discount then please email me with any questions or queries and I will call or email you for a chat :-)

Stampin' hugs for today,

ILWS Retirement list blog hop!

Hello again!

And welcome to my second post today, and now for the ILWS retirement list blog hop! You should have joined me from Niki's Blog, if not then just follow the hop on from me to make the loop or start at the beginning, full list is at the bottom of this post :-)

I have decided not to showcase a stamp set but rather the beautiful Springtime Vintage Designer Series Paper which will also be leaving us at the end of the month (or before). I will be sad to see this one go so I have made lots of cute things today using it!

First up is a card, I will be sending this one to my Nan, luckily she won't be joining in on the hop ;-)

 and inside

A small box, there is a tutorial for the 3d flower I have put on the top of the box in my side bar >>>

 the box is actually the top part only of the Ferrero Rocher box available in my Dazzling Dozen Tutorials,

and finally another card, I made this one for the lovely Anna's birthday, the sketch is an old Mojo one,

 Hodgepodge Hardware, another thing leaving us at the end of the month, here I lined a frame with DSP and then filled it with Crystal Effects,

 and how about this flower? I made it using the Scallop Circle die from SU! after seeing it in the Demo magazine we receive monthly. Mine does look a bit different to theirs but I like it, you will be seeing lots more of these, that's for sure! The baja breeze glitter will also be retiring at the end of September too, if there is anything you would like to order then please get in touch asap as lots has sold out already.

 and just a little bit of decoration inside to finish,

All the projects together..

Well, I hope you like my projects today, I will be hopping around later on as I have team training this morning.

Thanks as ever for stopping by here today, I hope you enjoy the rest of the hop, next up is Tina, Happy Hopping!

Full list of blogs :-D

1. AlisonP http://craftyalisoninlyon.blogspot.com/

2. Twintrouble (Erika) http://twintroublescreations.blogspot.com/

3. Lauralou http://airingcupboardstamping.blogspot.com/

4. Sarah (IOW Sarah) http://www.stampinsarahiow.blogspot.com/

5. Theresa M http://my-next-chapter.blogspot.com/

6. Rozelle (LittleMoo6) http://thepapercraftsessions.blogspot.com/

7. Valerie (valmoody) http://stampingwithval.wordpress.com/

8. EmmaH http://emma-letsstamp.blogspot.com/

9. Donna (DonnaM) http://www.head-over-heels-by-dlm.blogspot.com/

10. Julie H (The Crafty Bug http://the-crafty-bug.blogspot.com/

11. Elaine (Sassy Stamper) http://www.thesassystampers.blogspot.com/

12. Sandra (Sarnie) http://www.kraftybiker.blogspot.com/

13. Natalie http://www.natalieoshea.co.uk/blog.html

14. Kimf http://kimfeecrafter.blogspot.com/

15. CarolineSkinner http://stampinupandbranchingout.blogspot.com/

16. VickyLou http://www.vickylouscorner.blogspot.com/

17. Michelle (ShellieStamps) http://michellescraftypaper.typepad.com/

18. allyf http://www.serendipitypapercuts.blogspot.com/

19. Maggiemae http://thefineartofstampin.blogspot.com/

20. Evy C http://www.evyscraftycreations.blogspot.com/

21. Niki http://www.mygroovystampinup.blogspot.com/

22. Sarah-Jane www.cardsandacuppa.blogspot.com

23. Tina( Tina Faghy) http://littlewhitehousecrafts.blogspot.com/
24. Sally (Pink Sky) http://pinkskysu.blogspot.com/

Postable 3d Flower Tutorial

Hi there,

I love it when you make projects using my tutorials but please be sure to link back here and give credit when you make and post to your blog.

Thank-you for your understanding and I hope you enjoy this tutorial xx

So, I am finally getting to show you this postable 3d flower. I say postable, it will be a large letter here in the U.K. but smaller than my other 3d flower which is HERE.

First of all you will need:

2 large flowers die cut from the Fun Flower Die, 1 medium flower from the same die and a large flower from the Boho Blossoms punch, other products needed are glue, snips, dimensionals and rhinestones to finish, all products used are SU! and available through your demonstrator, if you don't have a demo message me for more details :-)

So to begin ink the edges of all your flowers. Use the bone folder to curve the first two flowers gently down and the second two flowers upwards,

working left to right, take the first flower and fold gently into four, without creasing, and snip the bottom off

take the next flower and snip a line into the centre

run a line of glue down the edge of the cut 

fold over and adhere to give it some depth

add a line of glue around the hole you made in the first flower and adhere the second one on top

add TWO dimensionals to the centre of the flower and adhere the medium size die cut flower to these

then glue the centre of this flower to add the punched flower layer

 finish with rhinestones or perhaps a button would look nice

to adhere this flower to your card add two dimensionals at three points around the base

and there you have it, this is the card I used it on, there are more details HERE 

and I also used it on THIS card, THIS card and THIS card,

Well, I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and I hope you give it a go, I am looking forward to seeing your version :-)

Stampin' Hugs for today,

More FREE gifts :-)

Hello,

I have some more Rich Razzleberry ribbon and mini clips for you today.

I have teamed this lovely colour with Marina Mist and Sahara Sand, I really like this colour combo and will definitely be using it a lot more,

I made this card for a friend using my flatter 3d flower. I really will post the tutorial for this on Sunday, I promise! It is all done, I just need to upload it but I have so much I want to show you it just keeps getting bumped!

I used the Marina Mist Designer Series Paper from the Subtles stack for this card. 

Curly Cute for the sentiment again, held onto a scallop circle die cut with a mini bulldog clip, also free this month, see HERE for more details.

I also added a few embossed butterflies made with the Beautiful Wings Embosslit, another SU! exclusive.

and a bit of pretty inside too

That's today's card for you, I hope you like?

Back tomorrow with my Simply Stampin' Challenge card

But don't forget there is still time to enter this weeks challenge :-)

Stampin' Hugs for today,

Nicolas birthday

Hello and happy Sunday's to you!

I have finally got Nicolas card to share with you but there is a good reason it has taken me this long to share it! I was busy editing and saving my pics the other day and I only went and deleted Nicolas before sending them to my computer! Doh! So, these are not a fantastic colour but they at least give you an idea,

In Colours used again, Concord Crush and Blushing Bride, these papers are Level 1 hostess papers, that means FREE! ask me how you can get some ;-) Notice the Die Cut button next to the sentiment? Blogger won't let me upload the close up!

This pic is a bad colour but a good look at my new post friendly(er) 3d flower

But this one is a much better colour ;-)

and a bit of decoration inside,

Well, that's me for today, I am at the craft fair again in Lyndhurst today but I will be back tomorrow with a NEW tutorial for my Strength and Hope Class from last week with a bonus too, do come and have a look but don't forget today is the last day to get 20% off the Colour Coach Tutorial!

Thanks for visiting me today,
Stampin' Hugs,

Simply Stampin' Sketch Challenge

Hello,

Hello and welcome to another Saturday (yay, the weekend!!) and another Simply Stampin' Challenge! and it's my favourite sort this week again, a sketch!

So, I have gone for some more summery colours, although, at 11.30pm Friday night when I am scheduling this post, it's chucking it down again! Perhaps when this post goes up at 8am it will be nice and sunny again?? Ha ha! Best not hold my breath eh? Anyway the card...

As you can see I flipped the sketch and made it square, another "loose" interpretation of a sketch ;-)

I made another of the post friendly 3d flowers using the Fun Flowers Die, I have photographed the tutorial ready for this and should get it written up for you some time this week (hopefully)

a bit of ribbon pleating and sewing too, love this Marina Mist satin ribbon,

and Curly Cute sentiment again, finished with a flower brad,

and finally a bit of decor inside, I sent this card to my SU! sis Terri so I hope she has opened it before reading blogs! Happy Birthday Terri :-D Have a lovely day x

Well, that's it for today, I am off out today and at Lyndhurst Community Centre for the craft and gift fair on Sunday, pop in of you are in the area as I will not be there again for a while ;-)

Thanks for dropping by and don't forget to visit the other DT's blogs, there will be plenty of fab inspiration, I'm sure,

Stampin' Hugs,