A New Colour Challenge at Simply Stampin'

Good Morning to you!

Well, did you all enjoy the Colour Coach blog hop yesterday?? There were some fantastic projects along the way and I would like to say a few thank-yous. first of all to Anthea for suggesting and organising it, secondly to all the other ladies who took part and finally a big thanks to all of you for stopping by :-) If you have no idea what I am waffling on about then scroll down and take a look ;-)

Anyway, onto another week at Simply Stampin' Challenges and it is time for another colour challenge, this week we are using Night of Navy, Peach Parfait, Rich Razzleberry and Whisper White.

This is the card I made using the Funky Four stamp set...

I inked the mushroom stamp using markers to get the multi coloured look and layered it onto some Perfect Polka Dots embossed card which I sprayed with shimmer paint first, sentiment is from Basic Phrases and punched out with the curly label,

Some lush Rich Razzleberry satin ribbon, I love SU! satin ribbon, it is fab for tying bows like this :-D

I topped this one with a Navy button tied with Silver Cord,

and a bit of detail inside to finish,

Well, that's today's project for you, I have a table at the little ones school fair this afternoon but I am off work tomorrow night so am hoping to get cracking with typing up the tutorial of yesterdays projects for you. Watch this space!

Don't forget that today is THE LAST DAY to register and pay for your space at my charity card class next Saturday, 9th July, email me for more details of go HERE to read more, I am also doing this class by post, it will come all cut and prepped for you and I will email you the PDF tutorial so you can make the set of cards and a bonus box, more details on this PDF tutorial soon!

and finally don't forget you only have July left to get your special extra hostess benefits and postage discounts from me too, go HERE to read all about it :-D

Right, I'm off, thanks for stopping by today and have a great Saturday,

Stampin' Hugs,

Owl Birthday

Hello,

I hope you had a great weekend, Zack had a party yesterday and I will share the card I made when I have cropped and edited it all up tomorrow. Today I am knee deep in preparing for the craft fayre I am attending, I will be there the next 3 Sundays (and possibly more), showing samples of SU! products and taking the Big Shot too! If you want to see it in action then please do come along and say Hi! I would love to meet you in person. It is in the Lyndhurst Community Centre, Main Car Park off High Street Lyndhurst, Hampshire, SO43 7NY.

Back to today's card though now, I made it after being inspired by a kids top I saw with an owl on it using these colors,

I used Funky Four stamp set again with a Pear Pizzazz base, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight and Tempting Turquoise,

Pear Pizzazz In Colour ribbon, and a Big Button in Melon Mambo,

Mr Owl with an embossed tum ;-)

and finally a bit more mushroom action inside!

I hope you like today's card, back to the grindstone after the school run fro me,

Have a great day whatever you are doing and thanks for stopping by today,

Stampin' Hugs,

Inspired by Orla

Good Morning!

It's not so sunny here today, which is never good, but even worse as we are having some friends over for a BBQ today :-( Hope it brightens up a bit or it could be oven cooked ;-)

But before I do the obligatory clean up then I thought I would pop on here and post this card, which today I am actually really pleased with. It is inspired by the mega talented Orla Keily who is just brilliant at the whole 70's retro chic homeware look, however, I took my inspiration from this little gift bag I spotted at a local garden centre of all places!

 

and here is my card, I used the Funky Four stamp set to make the background, which was made tons easier as I have it in clear mount ;-)

Colours used were; Early Espresso, Poppy parade, Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Pumpkin Pie and Pink Pirouette,

I stamped the Curly Cute sentiment straight onto a piece of {retired} twill tape,

and a quick picture of the inside

Well, that's today's card, do let me know what you think.

 I hope the sun shines for you today, whatever you are up to :-D

Stampin' Hugs,

Survival Kit!

Hello,

A little late today I'm afraid but I was so shattered last night after walking, chatting and shopping all day that I just didn't have the energy to upload and sort these piccies out!

I had such a lovely day out though, smooching around and looking at all the lovely home ideas, so inspiring it makes me want to get home and finish all those little jobs and make my home look as pretty as those at the show, and  to top it all I got to see/listen to my home hero, George Clarke. Swoon, he is just lovely!

  I was very good though, I didn't buy an awful lot, a gorgeous picture and a just few other little bits is all ;-)

In the end there were only 3 of us that went as a couple of the girls were poorly yesterday :-( wishing them well and here's hoping they are good to go next year!

So, back to the paper! I made a little survival kit for the two girls who did go, I used this photo from a magazine as inspiration...

here they are,

I decorated a pack of tissues, a Rice Crispie Square

and a roll of chewy sweets each, got to keep the energy levels up for all the shopping!

Paper is from Play Date DSP pack and images are from the cute "Funky Four" stamp set

And I popped them into a cello bag tied with Old Olive grosgrain ribbon to finish,

We had such a lovely day out that I am already planning next years trip ;-) 

I hope you liked my Survival Packs, back tomorrow with a card for a first birthday.

Quickly before I go have you "liked" my FB page for this blog?? I will be hosting some fun challenges and more on there very soon! See side bar <<<<<<<<

Stampin' Hugs,

Elegant Rose Breeze

Hiya folks,

Well, we finally got some of the white stuff everyone else seems to have been having so the kids have been off today, they had a great time out in it, I also really enjoyed looking out from my cosy craft room at them playing ;-) I managed to make 3 cards today (of the 5 I needed though) but still, it's been nice -in between drying and warming children.
So today's card was made using CPS sketch number 195, and the colour combo was from my trusty Colour Coach, great for new combos I hadn't even thought of! I used Elegant Eggplant, Rose Red and Baja Breeze with the Funky Four stamp set (thanks Monica xx I received this gorgeous set at out pre-convention party)

Bow tied in the yummy Organza ribbon,

I inked the mushrooms with Marker Pens (share starting in January) and accented them with Basic Rhinestones

and a little view of the inside to finish using the Hostess Level 1 stamp set called Afterthoughts,

so that's it for today, I hope you all keep warm and safe in the snow and thanks for stopping by today,

Stampin' Hugs
Sarah-Jane xxx