A week of giveaways, DAY 1

***EDIT TO SAY THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW FINISHED, PLEASE GO TO THE TOP OF MY BLOG FOR MORE GOODIES***

Hello lovely bloggers,

Well, as my post yesterday said today is the first day of a whole week of giveaways to celebrate my 1 year anniversary as both a SU! demo and a blogger.

I have got 4 small lots which contain a selection of 10 6x6" double sided SU! papers (please note the selections are similar but NOT the same) with some ribbon and felt flowers in a little pillow box as below.

and here they are out of the box,

All you have to do is put a comment on the bottom of this post and I will draw a name tomorrow morning when another lot will be posted, please feel free to add a link on your blog to tell everyone about my celebration candy but you do not need to have a blog to enter.

Unfortunately I can only ship to the U.K.

You can enter everyday but you can only win once from Mon to Thurs, on Friday there will be a different Candy on offer more details then,

So what you waiting for?? get your comment in now :0)

Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx

More Candles....

Hello,

Well, first of all I realised today I have been blogging (reaching the amazing total of 21,000+ hits, thank-you x) and also a SU! demo for a year around...NOW!!! so to celebrate, all this week I shall be having a series of giveaways, be sure to pop back every day to be in with a chance to win :0)

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Before that though, today's card -- made using 2 sets of FREE stamps, and we all love free don't we?? see this post for more details on how you can get your hands on these and other great sets,

This sweet cake is from the Happy Moments set of 7 stamps and I water coloured it using Ink pads and a water brush,

Sentiment is from Whimsical Words and was inked using my newly acquired SU! markers, fantastic!

Oval Punches make a welcome return after having a little break and as you can see the mat pack is still out too ;0)

Finally sort of arty shot to see the bits that are raised and the Z fold of this card,

******We will be making a very similar card to this at my Sale-a-bration Celebration class this Saturday, I still have 2 places left so if you are interested in coming round for a play and live near Southampton/New Forest, details are in my side bar or email me on sarah-janerae@sky.com *******

Well, that's it for today be sure to come by next week for my wonderful celebration of SU! and blogging,

Have a good evening, Sarah-Jane xxx

From our House...

Hello,

So sorry for yesterdays lack of post but I spent the whole day creating! I have gotten so behind in my cards for blogging so I thought I would have a blitz so I had cards to share with you all, also all my lovely Sale-a-Bration stamps came, yay! and I promise you, you need them, all of them!!! I had a really enjoyable day getting back into my crafting as I hadn't really done much during or even since Christmas, eek!

First card for today is made with the super cute set Good Neighbours with the Sentiment being from Bellas Bloom,

this set contains these little houses, seperate roofs and trees plus more not sown on here, such a great little set, Designer Paper is from the Christmas set Merry Moments again, all put together with the lovely Stamp-a-ma-ig, {{couldn't live without that now ;0)}}

I stamped the clouds in Bashful Blue onto the same colour card to make a subtle background,

Do you like the super cute clip?? it is from the clip assortment on Page 84, lovely. I looped through some Regal Rose double stitched grosgrain ribbon and the wound round some linen thread to secure,

Well I hope you had as much fun looking as I did creating?!

Have a lovely day and thanks for stopping by,

Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx

Valentines Milk Carton

Good Afternoon,

I hope you are all warm and safe today as there seems to be yet more snow across the country, we have just had a dusting overnight but not much at all today.

Well, onto the carton, this is made using the Love You Much set to match the cards from earlier this week,

I have made it out of Kraft (my fave!) card with a scalloped strip of Real Red card around the bottom edge and a strip of Choc chip around that to break it up a bit, the set of 3 hearts is stamped randomly all over the carton in both Real Red and Choc Chip inks,

The tag was stamped, punched and layered using Choc Chip ink with a Real Red 1+3/4" circle to back it, tied on with 1/4" grosgrain and linen thread,

And finally for this week here is the whole set together, all made using SU! goods and available to buy through me.

I hope I have inspired you a little with this stamp set, please let me know and if there is a current SU! set you would like me to showcase then drop me a line and I will do my best (if I have it!!) to help.

Have a good rest of the day and thanks for stopping by, I love to read your comments ;0)

Hugs, Sarah-Jane xxx

3 Hearts

Hello,

How's the snow with you then?? ours is almost gone, still icy on the back roads though as I found out when I went round the corner of our road on the way to work last night! just a wobble but it certainly made me jump...
Anyways, these are the last 2 cards I made the other day as the set of 4 with a matching milk carton too, I will show you that tomorrow ;0)

They both use the Love You Much stamp set with matching Heart to Heart punch used for the hearts on this first one, layered up with 1+1/4" and 1+3/8" circle punches, I also added some Twill Tape to the background, Sentiment at the bottom is from the Sealed with a Kiss set,

This second card for today uses last weeks CPS sketch :0) I am too late now to enter it though, doh!

The little love birds are paper pieced using Merry Moments Christmas paper, I think it looks O.K. though and not Christmassey, what do you think? Real Red base, Choc Chip and Kraft layers with some yummy stitched Grosgrain chocolate ribbon, punches used were 1+3/4 circle and scalloped circle, Mat Pack makes a welcome return ;0)

Arty angle for this one,

Well better get cracking, I am so hoping my delivery of SU! yumminess comes today, it has been held up for nearly a week now! and I am just desperate to get my hands on it! I know you understand....

Have a good one and keep warm,

Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx

Not just for girls!

Good morning to you today,

Well, as I write this at 6pm Sunday we haven't had the promised snow! although I can't say as I am too disappointed as I think my kids need to go to school this week (getting bored) and more importantly I am waiting on a delivery from SU! I am desperate for my yummy new SAB stamps to play with but it has been held up at the delivery depot everyday since last Tuesday thanks to the snow! so "No Snow" for us please, at least not till Tuesday anyway ;0)

Right onto the mans card I have made using .....On a pedestal, now, I know this is not usually the first set you would pick for a card for a man but I think this card shows that it does work!

I inked the stamp with Choc Chip and Creamy Caramel markers, the stand was inked along the top only using Pumpkin pie as were with the candle flames, Mat Pack used again! Happy Birthday is from Occasional Greetings,

I did the cake a second time a layered it up for a bit of dimension, Background paper is Choc Chip with Pumpkin Pie 1/4" grosgrain ribbon to finish,

Well I hope you have a nice day and I will be back tomorrow with some more cards made with the Love You Much set,

Keep Warm, Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx

I still love you much!

Hello,

How was your day in the snow? It didn't snow at all today here but boy was it cold! it has frozen all the snow and the compacted stuff is like an ice rink on the roads and I have to go to work tonight! eek, not looking forward to that let me tell you!!

BTW has anyone else had any trouble with blogger?? it won't let me move piccies down the page unless it is showing (won't scroll down) if that makes sense?!

Anyways, here is today's card, this time using the fab hearts stamp from Love You Much, I can see I am going to love this for weddings this summer :0)

I stamped the heart in Real Red straight onto the white card and then in Choc Chip onto scrap card and then layered it using dimensionals, the brown strip was left over from doing the border at the bottom of the panel,

Window was made using the word window punch which was a little too short for the (retired) sentiment, I just punched the original window, measured it up against the stamp and then moved the punch across to make it long enough, I added the sentiment with the cards closed using the trusty stamp-a-ma-jig, sorted ;0)

Right better go and get ready for work, wish me luck, I may even be home very soon!

Take Care in the snow,

Hugs Sarah-Jane xx

Love you much

Hiya,

As promised here is the card I mentioned earlier, I have been having a little play around with this yummy new set which I got for Christmas along with it's matching punch,

For this set of 4 cards (more of which I will be showing you over the next few days) I have used a colour combination of Kraft, Real Red and Chocolate Chip, Love this combo :0)

Stamped using Choc Chip ink, the hearts are punched out then dropped through the Kraft and stuck straight onto the Real Red base, small clear brad added to the middle of the flower,

the side is scored and held together with linen thread, Choc Chip card along the bottom scalloped with the scallop edge punch.

All supplies used are SU! and available through lil' ole me :0)

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finally here is a piccie of the kids once they had come home from school and went out to make their snowman,

Take care in the snow,

I'll be back tomorrow with some more from this set and all schools are closed! yay! no early morning!

Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx

We've got proper snow too!!

Hello!

I just had to come on and show you we have actually got real snow and it is still coming! now compared to the rest of the country this is all probably very boring but here in the very South of England I have really never seen snow like this in the 24 years I have lived down here!! and my kids definitely haven't! woooo hoooooo!!!

Here is my back garden,

my bamboo outside the back door can't even stand up straight

and here is view out of Josh's window to the front--the car you can see is Neil going to pick up the ids, Josh was sent home about 1/2 hr ago and now the other 2 schools are shutting too,

We are just wondering now if Neils little visit to the docs is in question???

Right, back later with a card, I have been a busy bee the last few days, but first we are going to get changed and go and make a snowman, got to get the flasks out ready for when we have finished!! mmm kids love hot chocolate :0)

Bye for now, Sarah-Jane xxx

Happy Everything to You!

First up... Happy New Year to all my lovely readers xxx

and here is my first offering for this- the new year!

I received this lovely set of rubber in my Christmas stocking this year, it is called On a Pedestal (and a few more which I will show you in the next few days! whoop whoop!) what did you all get?? leave me a comment, I would love to know :0)

I also got the yummy new mat pack, fab little invention, how did I ever live without it?? perfect for getting your holes in a straight line and nice and even, one for all you OCD peeps! lol!

As you can see, I have gone for another easel card ;0) Photograph taken in my nice new Light Tent, (thanks to DH)

and finally, a close up of my "Julie" bow and another new set Basic Phrases combined with Word Window punch,

DSP is Pink Flamingo, with Tempting Turquoise and Cameo Coral card.

Well, that's all for today, we are going to be boarding out our loft later so hopefully, I will get to have a play on Monday and have something to show you,

Enjoy your last day of the school holidays whatever you are doing,

Hugs, Sarah-Jane xxx