Decembers Packaging Class

Hello,

Just call me Nurse S.J.! I have been here looking after two sick children this last few days, first off Zoe started on Friday with a temperature and feeling ill then by Sunday Zack had it too. Zoe has finally gone back to school this morning with just a tickly cough but as it is her Christingle service today and also the school disco tonight so she was desperate to go back *smile*

I did manage to do the packaging class on Monday, unfortunately it was very reduced in numbers due to lots of illnesses, it seems it is everywhere at the moment, but we did have a lovely time with festering music and warm mince pies to lift our spirits!

We made this little gift card holder which Jules shared with us at convention, I also made a very similar one HERE for a friends birthday, I have prettied this one up a little ;-)

Card is Baja Breeze, lovely white organza ribbon (p 96) and the main image is from the set Gifted which was used on all the projects in this months class and is also in the current SU! promotion, I inked it using the markers, share starting soon, the little images are from the set Every Little Bit which I have used loads.

I used the eyelet border punch on the front and inside flaps, the 'to' and 'from' is from Winters Post, and Word Window and Tab Punch were used to do the slots for the gift card to sit in,

and here is the arty angle, the oval in the middle of this image fits the XL Oval Punch perfectly so we punched and layered it. We also sprayed everything we made with shimmer spray (shimmer paint mixed with alcohol) as it is Christmas you gotta have plenty of sparkle!

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We also made mini milk cartons (filled with Celebrations, yum) I was inspired by a swap from Jo D at convention, {hers is a cute birdhouse}, I just adapted the Milk Carton Tutorial I made to fit A5 card instead of A4, change measurements to score at 5, 10, 15 and 20cm then flip to score at 3, 10 and 13.5cm, these worked for me, the only other change I made to the original design was to clip the top before you seal the bottom of your carton so you can get your fingers in to push out the corners (iykwim?) so your folds are crisp as where it is small it is not so easy to manipulate,

back to this carton, same 2 sets used as before and also the scallop trim border punch to decorate the bottom edge in Cherry Cobbler card, doesn't ti work well with either modern or traditional colour schemes, great colour ;-) finished with clips and some 3mm taffeta ribbon.

and finally a view of the layers on the front of the greeting, this stamp would be perfect for making all your tags too...hmmm, another thing to add to my list...

Thanks for stopping by today and be sure to come back tomorrow for the other projects from this class,

Stampin' hugs,

A Simple Thanks

Hello,

Super quick post to go with a quick card today, it was made as I mentioned the other day with the same colour combo as Evelyns card, and actually nearly the same layout too, I don't have too much explaining to do with this as it's sooo similar ;-)

Old Olive satin ribbon (available in this share) finished off with a matching button tied on with linen thread,

and the other stamp from Engraved Greetings,

and I added a little thank-you for the lovely lady who ordered the Paper Share,

Thanks for looking

Hugs Sarah-Jane xx

Happy Birthday Jack

Hello,

Zack has another party on Sunday and so I made this card for his friend Jack, I used this weeks Mojo Monday sketch n0 167 using the Make a Monster set, I have had this stamp set now for a few weeks and just haven't had a chance to play with it.. also I foolishly thought it would take ages to design and colour... how wrong I was!! it was actually super quick! {P.S. I will deny I ever said I was wrong if you tell anyone else, I am never wrong, ask my hubby ;-D lol!}

the colours I used for this were chosen totally from this little number 6 which is from the Play Date DSP (in this share) Tempting Turquoise, So Saffron and a touch of Choc Chip. I made the today from Basic Phrases by inking the to and day using Marker Pens then punched it out with the Word Window,

Here is a close up of the first monster, they were both coloured with blender pens,

and the second,

and a piccie of the inside,

Josh has a party on Saturday too so I will share the card for that with you as soon as I get it photographed as it was dark by the time I finished tonight, another busy weekend, lets hope the snow stays off a bit so they can both go ;-)

Thanks for stopping by today

Stampin Hugs,

Sarah-Jane xxx

Zoe's Dancing awards Night

Hi,

I have a few pics to share with you today of my lil' girl, Zoe, she had her awards night at Ballroom this week to receive her certificates for her dancing exams, always a highlight for the girls who go (and the parents/grandparents/aunties etc, you get the idea ;-)
First one is her with one of her certificates,



Having a dance with Mel, the lovely man who runs the dance school,



with Auntie Amber and Nanny,



and finally with her dad,



I missed some of the action unfortunately as I had to got to work :-( boo, but she had a lovely night.
Well, thanks for stopping by today and sharing Zoes happy night!
I will be back soon with a card,
Stampin' Hugs, Sarah-Jane xxx

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

Harry S's Birthday and an update

Hello this morning,

How's ya doin'? I have a class tomorrow morning so better get this posted now so I can tidy around first thing ;-)

Today's card is the other Harry's card I mentioned the other day, this one uses the excellent papers Celebrations, they are sooo great for boys cards and as so many of us struggle with those then that can only be a good thing, these truly make it easy.

So, back to this card then,

I made a banner with Harry's name on it, Shelli showed us this idea at convention using the Modern Label Punch and I used the Just Perfect Alpha wrapped it around Silver Cord and sprayed it with Shimmer Paint spray,

Here I cut out the arrows and layered them on black card and cut them out again to point to number 6 (I like to add their age as I didn't once for Zack and that's all he kept saying all his birthday, won't make that mistake again!!)

finally a bad picture of the inside ;-)

And before I sign off I would just like to mention that the Satin Ribbons AND In Colour Ribbons are all here and cut up ready to go, email me if you would like to purchase some, most details at the top of my blog.

Thanks for looking today and I promise now I have finished most of the painting at home to try to be a better blog visitor to you all xx,

Hugs,

Happy Birthday Evelyn

Hello,

Today is the lovely Evelyn's birthday, Evelyn is a Jem team member and I was lucky enough to meet her at convention this year. I love how you get a chance to meet lots of different people you wouldn't normally know (Evelyn lives in Scotland) all though the love of Stampin' Up! I know, I know, it sounds dead cheesy but it is great when you get to spend time with Ladies (and Gents) who all enjoy the same thing as you do :-D

Anyway enough of the cheese, back to the card. So, I was thinking about what card to make for Evelyn and I had one of those "duuurr" moments and my mind went blank (not so unusual you might say ;-)) anyway I turned to the trusty Colour Coach and as I didn't want the card to have any sort of Christmassy feel to it. I started out with Melon Mambo and it told me to get out Elegant Eggplant and Old Olive and this was the result...

I think it is my new favourite colour combo!! In fact I made a thank-you card along the same lines of this one which I will share with you later this week, LOVE this Happy B.day stamp, it is on Page 86 in a place you may just pass it by but please don't, It's just gorgeous and the two stamps are just £12,95 ;-)

I inked the stamp using my Marker Pens to get the two colour effect, and it just so happens I am hosting a Marker Club starting in January if you need them too (I would say you definately do! they are just great for multi coloured images) see this post for more details,

The crown and background were stamped using the Artistic Etchings set, Paper is retired Night and Day but you could use Love Letter papers (in my share) or even the Neutrals Paper Patterns Stack on page 91,

and the satin ribbon (also in a share) was finished off with a button which was from the subtles collection tied on with trusty Linen Thread, couldn't live without this now!

Lastly a dodgy picture of the inside, it's really blurry, sorry, but you get the idea right?

Thanks for looking today and I really hope Evelyn likes her card and has a fab day :-D

Happy Sampin'

Caitlin's Happy Birthday

Hello, today,

Have you got snow yet??? we haven't...yet anyway ;-) keeping our fingers crossed tho.

It was Caitlins birthday last week and this is the card I made for her, unfortunately it was dark when I took these photos so the colours aren't great, so FYI they are Rich Razzleberry, Pear Pizzaz with a base of Crumb Cake, I again used Party This Way, can you tell I love it?

I made the number 10 using the candle and balloon, the today is from Basic Phrases with a basic Rhinestone on the flame, flower is from Boho Blossoms punch,

Sentiment layered with Word Window and Oval punches,

and her name was stamped with Basic Grey using the Just Perfect alphabet and accented using Tiny Tags and punched out with the Jewelery Punch.

So, thats all for today, keep warm whatever you are doing,

Stampin' hugs,

Harry H's Birthday

Hello,

What you up to today? I am busy again, I made a card for a special friend this morning and now I must get back to painting , this time it's Zack's new room! he is soooo excited at finally getting "his very own bedroom" aww, bless!

Anyway, speaking of Zack he had 2 parties this last weekend one on Saturday, one on Sunday, with both the boys being called Harry ;-) So I had to make 2 different cards of course! I used a colour combo based on the lovely Celebrations DSP, {In my paper share, see top of bog} Marina Mist, Real Red and Pear Pizzaz, Brilliant stamp set used was Party This Way,

Harry was stamped using Schoolbook Serif alpha punched with the Scallop Square and then layered with the new straight square punch,

I picked out the 6 on this balloon with the 1/2" circle punch,

and I inked the sentiment using Marker Pens, doesn't it look cool? If you need the Markers (and you really do ;-))I have a Marker Club starting in January, see post at top of blog :-D

Arty Angle to finish,
Sorry for a quick post today but I really must get painty again, lol.

Hugs,

Last Card for Novembers Class

Hello,
So, yesterday I held my Christmas card class and over the last few days I have been sharing with you the makes and here is the final one. I have a lady who couldn't make it this week so I am running this class again on Tuesday 30th November so if you would like to come along and make the 4 cards I have shown then please drop me a line sarah-janerae@sky.com

Back to this card, Old Olive base with Delightful Decorations ornaments, sentiment from Sparkly and Bright and lashings of Dazzling Diamonds- well its not Christmas without a generous helping of glitter is it??

I used the Sparkle and Shine wheel across the bottom of the base and the pretty Scallop Trim Border punch on the edge of the mat too,

That's it for today, don't forget to check out the fantastic value shares I added to the top of my blog last night,

Stampin' Hugs,