Dashing aroud!

Hello,

OMG! I don't know about you but I can hardly believe that tomorrow is the last day of school!!! I haven't wrapped a thing yet either! eek!

So, this (not so fine) evening I have been frantically making teachers gift packaging too. I will photograph it in the daylight tomorrow morning (along with the 30,000 other things I need to do before school ;-)) I'm sure you understand... and if you are not running around like a headless chicken like I am then a big well done to you x and have a mince pie for me would you? :-D

Anyways, onto today's card, this one was a request from a friend (along with another which I will share tomorrow) for a relative so it had to be a special one, I am unsure as to why all my photos are so rubbish at the moment, the closer ones further down are better but unfortunately this is the only one I got of it in full....

Very Vanilla base with Jolly Holiday papers and yummy red striped grosgrain ribbon which you can still earn for free 'till the end of the month, see THIS post

Sentiment is Curly Cute and as you can see the spritzer has had a good airing the last few days, infact I think I spritzed everything that didn't move ;-) a yummy Cherry Cobbler button finishes it off,

Dasher was spritzed and blinged too. I just love this ribbon

And the inside was finished with the snowflake stamp from Winters Post

Well, thanks for stopping by tonight, unfortunately blogger won't let me schedule anything at the moment, boo! and as I have to go and visit my Mum in hospital tomorrow morning I would hope to get a post done later on tomorrow,

Thanks again and laters

Hugs,

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,

Henry's Birthday

Hello,

Josh had a birthday party to go to this last weekend and as it was for a 14 year old (not the easiest cards to make!) so I opted to keep it (very) simple,
Papers are some retired ones in Old Olive, Bashful Blue and Pumpkin Pie



Love this narrow ribbon, so cute,



Sentiment is from Perfect Punches, I inked the image with markers and then cut it out so I could layer using the XL Oval Punch,



On some of the spots I added Crystal Effects for a bit of texture,



and a little strip inside to finish it off,
Thanks for looking today, I will be back soon with a birthday card for my dad who's birthday it is today!
Happy Stampin'

Part Two December Class

Hello there this morning,

As promised here are the other projects we made on Monday at the Christmas Packaging class,
We stamped a plain paper bag with white craft ink using the snowflake from Sparkly and Bright,



and tied a lush bow with wide striped Marina Mist grosgrain ribbon



this image is from the set Gifted, inked with markers in Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler and Baja Breeze,



and my fave project from this month, a covered a peg.
I would like to make lots more of these before Christmas :-D .
Designer Papers are from the Jolly Holiday pack,




a side view showing the magnets we added with crystal effects so it can be used on your fridge...




and so we use it all year and not just for Christmas, we used tombow and waited 'till it was dry to make it re-positionable,



and all the projects together,



I really enjoyed this months class and I would like to thank all those ladies who were well enough to come this month and get well soon to a those who couldn't make it,
I am looking forward to many new and exciting classes next year if you would like to join us then please email me for more info
Stampin' Hugs,

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,