Happy Birthday Dad

Hello there,
How's things with you? I have finally gotten back to (semi) normal after having my Dad come to visit for a week and all the kids being sick last week too, not thew best timing!
Friday was Dad's birthday so this is the card I made for him using the Elegant Soiree papers (in this share) ..

this present stamp is retired, they were from this years Sale-a-Bration, where you earn FREE stamp sets when you spend £45, this promotion ran during January and February.........

some paper piercing, paper piecing and an arty angle ;-)

and the inside using Perfect Punches,

Right really must get on with some Christmas cards, gift wrapping, teachers gifts, xmas decorating, you get the idea, loads still to do even though I have finished the shopping!!

Bear with me I will be back very soon with some more craftyness and have fun with your preperations for the big day with your festive songs on full blast!!
Stampin' Hugs,

Loads of Love

Hello,

I have a set which I haven't used in far too long to share with you today, it was one of the first few sets I bought from SU! and I had forgotten how cute it really is ;-) and don't forget there is 20% off this and many other 2 step sets for August only, please see top of blog for more details or email me with any questions or your order, addy is in side bar.

Anyway, here I have teamed it with Rich Razzleberry and the lovely Cottage Wall papers,

I paper pieced the truck and the hearts, I love doing this with this set! with a touch of piercing around the image,

I finished it by adding some crystal effects to the windows, wheels and some of the hearts.

We are having the steel put in across the back wall today, very exciting but also very dusty round here too!

Thanks for stopping by today I will be back tomorrow with a card using Blooming with Beauty,

Stampin' Hugs

Happy Birthday Elaine

Hello,

The other day was my dear friend Elaine's birthday, now as with most of my friends we often (but not often enough) enjoy a cuppa and a chat so I went with the cuppa theme using my new favourite set All for Friends, LOVE it! and it's a free one too! email me for details :-)

Anyway, here we go....

Colours used were Soft Suede (new colour) and Pretty in Pink,

I used the level 3 set Queue Up to make the background and then coloured some of the mugs using the Versamark pen, so handy,

I ruffled the spotty ribbon using dst,

and I coloured the mugs in the circle using ink pads and a blender pen, I actually decided to colour and cut out another layer of cups this morning before sending it to her, it just lifted it a bit more I think. I also for some reason didn't photograph the inside which I had also decorated, not sure why?? but it did match ;-)

For one of her gifts I got her a bracelet so decided to make a small pizza box to put it in, it was about 3" square and 1" deep just so you can get an idea of the size,

On the box I coloured a few bits with the white gel pen for a slightly different take,

So , I hope you like today's card and box, pop back tomorrow for another milk carton, (my fave box, I know!)

Hugs,

Another Graduation Card

Hello,

I was asked to make a Graduation card for a girl again this week, the hard part was that it was for the same girl as before! eek! Isn't that the hardest?? making more than 1 card for the same person is just the toughest. Anyway after looking round for some inspiration I found a template to make this Mortar Board card, I have changed it around a bit to suit what stamps I had and used a Rich Razzleberry colour scheme but all the measurements are the same,

Sentiment is from Live Your Dream, I thought it was very appropriate for graduation, glasses are from New Years Celebration which I coloured using a blender pen and Champagne Shimmer paint, I die cut a photo turn to keep the card closed and a simple Congratulations is inside,

and just a side view for you, Isn't the ribbon tassel great? I just unpicked and frayed some spotty Razzleberry Ribbon,

Well that's today's card for you, I have Zack's sports day this afternoon but I will be back tomorrow with Teachers cards and gifts before I go to Zoe's sports day,

Thanks for stopping by,

Stampin' Hugs,

A different take on Love you Much

Hello,

I have scheduled today's post as hopefully they will be here today to start the roof tiles, goody goody!

I have made this card using the set love you Much which is a valentines/lovey sort of a set but I am hopeful it works as a birthday card too??

I used the lovely Melon Mambo with Basic Black for this one,

Happy Birthday is from a retired sab set teamed with a filigree brad and punched out with the word window, DSP is the limited Night and Day, only available 'till end of Sept,

I paper pieced the two birds after inking them up (avoiding the heart which is normally between them), as you can see I paper pieced them but you may be wondering which Designer Paper I used?? None! I used the Dot Dot Dot stamp with Melon Ink and paper pieced using this, I love the effect,

Gorgeous Melon Mambo spotty ribbon finishes it off nicely I think,

inside piccie ;-) sentiment from A Bit of Birthday Cheer,

Well, that's all for today, I hope you have a fab day whatever you are up to.

If you want to order any Stampin' Up! products please do email me for more info, I also have a fab offer on 'till the end of July, please see top post for more info. This is an offer just from me, not SU!

Thanks for stopping by,

Stampin' Hugs,

Butterfly Birthday

Hello,

Another busy weekend round here, all the footings are dug out, I will pop a piccie or two on tomorrow of the *massive* pile of soil and rubble which is currently residing in our front garden and drive! They are pouring the concrete tomorrow, so exciting!

So onto the card for today. I made this for Chris, my SU! sis. Oooh, that rhymes! lol! but seriously I just cant seem to get enough of this gorgeous new colour Rich Razzleberry and the matching papers Cottage Wall, only available while stocks last, as with the spotty ribbon! Highly recommend them both before they sell out!!

Here I have stamped with Flight of the Butterfly the top layer straight onto the DSP and then punched, but just punched the bottom layer, sponging all the edges in co-ordinating inks,

A little decoration on the inside,

And the arty angle, lots of dimension on this one! I stuck the tags down with dimensionals so they stayed in place when stood up,

Well, that's all for today, I hope you like.

Back tomorrow with a boy graduation card,

Thanks for stopping by today and

sending you all stampin' hugs,

Pocket Silhouettes

Good Morning,

How's your weekend been? We haven't done much, a drive into town to give some friends a lift to their cruise (lucky ducks) which should have taken about 25 mins which actually took me a whole hour as everyone around Southampton decided as it was raining that shopping in town seemed like a great idea ;-) and just pottering round Sunday, a bit of cleaning and washing and then some prep for next months class, how's that for organised?! I am going to make up the sample to take with me to the Papercraft show next Saturday, I hope to see some of you there? email me for more details and directions if you need them.

Enough waffling, here's today's card, I haven't used Pocket Silhouettes for absolutely ages and I really don't know why 'cause it's lovely??! I was inspired to use it by my SU! sis Sarah, Thanks for the reminder hun x

Colours used are Basic Grey, Melon Mambo and Taken with Teal, Love this combo!

A little {blurry} picture of the inside,

And finally I layered the sentiment and the Melon panel, adding crystal effects to the punched circle to make a faux brad,

Well, that's it for today, Have a great Bank Holiday Monday.

Back tomorrow with more crafty goodness,

Thanks for stopping by, Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx

Hello,

I had to make a few cards for my mum this week and this one was for a life long friend of hers. I wanted to make something a bit special for her and came up with this, I love this sentiment from Occasional Greetings and really don't use it enough!

Colours are Rich Razzleberry (again!) with Old Olive using the cottage wall papers,

5 petal flower with the branch from the bird punch and a gem brad,

I added a flat flower with some DSP to finish the inside,

using the butterfly punch with more Cottage Wall DSP,

Thanks for stopping by today, super quick post, I know but I must dash and cook dinner now,

Back tomorrow,

Hugs S.J. xxx

Milk Carton in Melon

Good Morning,

I trust you are all well, I must apologise for lack of posts again this week but DH has been in hospital, he is home now and (hopefully) on the mend so normal service should resume presently :-)

I made a new Milk Carton last week after seeing one in this colour made by my lovely friend Nicky. Thanks for the inspiration hun x

It uses the yummy new Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry card stocks and Inks, they are lovely together aren't they? Contact me for info on getting a little of all the new colours in my SHARE, only 3 left, hurry!

Please see side bar for my step-by-step tutorial on how you can make this carton,

I stamped the box before scoring with matching Ink using the spotty heart from the I {heart} Hearts set,

This tab is not glued so as not to spoil the box when removing any contents. I made it using the Tab Punch and scrap of ribbon, the cute clip holding it all together is accessorised with yummy tags made using Tiny Tags stamps and matching punch tied on with Silver thread,

The large heart is made using the full heart punch and the spotty one was cut out by hand and inked all over with Versamark, I then used Heat and Stick powder and Dazzling Diamonds to make it gorgeous and sparkly,

Finally I must share this with you. The day I made this Milk Carton Zoe was going dancing, she went up to get changed and came down in this! Totally her own choice but I thought she just matched my Carton perfectly? What do you think??

{{P.S. Don't mind the garden behind, it is very much a work in progress at the moment, may even get some work done out there this weekend...}}

Well, that's all today, have a great Thursday and here's to the sun shining again today,

Hugs S.J. xxx

A Card to match Zoe's top and a Winner

Good afternoon,
I hope you all had a lovely weekend, I had a lovely time with my class ladies this Saturday where they all enjoyed making their Fathers Day cards and folded pouch. See HERE for the card.

Onto today's inspiration, Zoe has a lovely checked top which she was wearing when we were away last weekend, I looked at it and saw the lovely new colour Soft Suede which are teamed in the top with Pretty in Pink and Bashful Blue ;-)

and this is what I made using my new set 'I {heart} Hearts' punched with the 'Heart to Heart' punch,

I layered some with dimensionals and coated some with crystal effects,

and a close up of the gem brad which I used to hold a little loop in the ribbon.

I hope you like my little card I sent it to my SU! sister Lynda who's birthday it was on Saturday. Happy Birthday Lynda xx

Have a good rest of the day and I will be back tomorrow with another milk carton :-)

Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx