Less is More Sketch

Hello,

I am posting this late this evening instead of early morning so I can link it up the fabulous LIM challenge blog as I out at the craft fair at Lyndhurst again Sunday morning, do pop in if you are in Lyndhurst, it is in the Community Centre, I would love to say Hi!

Anyway, I love this weeks sketch at LIM and wanted to play straight away but we have had a busy day today though baking cupcakes (pics to follow) and looking after puppy too ;-) So, I finished this just before I went to work tonight, I used a colour combo of Peach Parfait, Rose Red and a touch of Basic Black to take away some of the sweetness...

The flowers are die cut from the Fun Flowers Die and embossed with the perfect polka dots folder (both exclusive to SU!). I filled two flowers with Rose Red buttons tied with Silver Cord and made a little ribbon rose for the third, tutorial in side bar,

I love this pic showing the dimension of the flowers, I love my cards not to be too flat.... as you may have noticed ;-)

and a last little pic inside,

Well, that's it from me tonight, I have a very early start again tomorrow.

Thanks ever so for stopping by and thanks to Mandi and Chrissie for their inspiration again, mwah!

Stampin' Hugs,

Sketch Saturday right on the nose ;-)

Hello,

Thank goodness it's Friday! now, I have heard a lot of this today, it seems everyone is needing this weekend off, so what you all got planned then? we had last weekend off(ish) so this weekend much to hubby delight we have a *very* long list of jobs to be getting on with, but first of all a card, I have actually been a little inspired after doing a bit of challenge blog hopping, I went to the Sketch Saturday blog and I LOVED their sketch this week, all be it that I am a little late to get into it, but hey ho, here is what I came up with...

Colour combo is taken from the Colour Coach, it is Poppy Parade, So Saffron and Baja Breeze, very summery don't you think? the stamp set is On a Pedestal,

I used the gorgeous Play Date papers and made yummy ribbon roses with In Colour Poppy Parade poly ribbon [only £5 for 1.5mtrs of each colour in this share] and finished it with a Basic Rhinestone,

a smaller rose with the buttons from the subtles collection,

here is the arty angle showing lots more Rhinestones and the little bit of detailing inside,

So, that's all for today, I hope you have a fun and more exciting weekend than we will be having ;-) lol!

Stampin' Hugs,

Subtle Summers

Good Morning,

I have a very busy day today again, a long list of jobs to do! I hope at some point to make a card but I am not holding out too much hope as I have been trying for about 4 days now and my mojo appears to have disappeared completely!! Luckily I have a card I made last week to share with you today ;-) now, I used Sweet Summer (again) but this time I made a card in Subtle colours of the Blue, Pink and Green colourway I used before. So Pear Pizzaz, Pink Pirouette and Marina Mist for this one,



Super soft wide striped grosgrain ribbon with a button from the subtles collection wrapped around it,



sentiment from Basic Phrases punched with Word Window and finished with a Gem Brad,



and an arty angle to finish,



If you would like this (or any other FREE set from the SAB catalogue) then email me with your order :-D
Have a great stampin' day
Hugs,

January Class

Hi there,

As promised today I have the sneak peeks for this months class. We are making two cards and a desktop calender using the beautiful Just Believe stamp set with Sweet and Sour speciality papers, this paper is gorgeous as it is embossed on some of the patterns as you will see in the photos below,

So first of all the calender. Card base is Melon Mambo with Pumpkin Pie satin ribbon,

This is the first card we will be making and again the spotty paper is embossed,

and the third and final card for this months class using some lovely In Colour ribbon (in this share) and the spritzer tool,

and here they are all together,

I can still fit a couple of people in for Tuesday's 25th Jan class (see side bar for more details) so message me on sarah-janerae@sky.com asap to reserve your place for some crafty fun with a small and friendly group of ladies and come and have a play with some lovely SU! goodies.

Thanks for looking today and hope to see you here :-)

Stampin' Hugs,

Christmas Wishes

Hello,

And a very Merry Christmas to you all, I sincerely hope you all had a lovely day with friends and/or family. We had a reasonably quiet day with just 8 of us here, the only downside being that I had to work Christmas day and boxing day evenings, boo! the daytime was lovely though :-)

Last Christmas few Christmas cards to share with you today, these are the cards I made for some of my lovely customers using the ornament punch, Jolly Holiday papers and some super soft satin ribbon,

2 designs...

and for my class Ladies I made some little after eight mint holders with easel style toppers with 3 sections to open,

and I popped them in little cello bags before hand delivering them,

well, I hope you like and have a lovely bank holiday Monday today, I am hoping to not do very much at all just play with the kiddies,

Enjoy your day whatever you are up to :-D

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'