Happy Birthday Emma!

My lovely down line and sweet friend Emma has her special day today! Happy birthday Emma :-)

Of course I had to make her a special card for her special day and I wanted something that was a little different to the norm...

I saw THIS card on my hopping around blog land the other day, now many of you clever folks out there are great with inches, however they totally baffled me with this card! So, I re-designed this card into centimetres and I will post a little tutorial later in the week, time allowing ;-)

Take the belly band off ....

and stand the card up

a little pop up to which I added cakes, of course you can add whatever suits you, one of the Four Frames would be fab!

and the best thing is that it folds quite flat for posting too :-D

Well, I hope Emma has received this already and that she has a lovely day today. I love how I am now friends with ladies I would never have know without SU!

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Thanks for visiting me today,

Stampin' Hugs,

Gumballs!

Hello,

I have a cute little card today that would be fabulous for birthdays for boys and girls alike, just jiggle the colours around! I have used Kraft, Tempting Turquoise and Real Red for the most part of this card and just look at that cute gumball machine from the Every Little Bit set...



Sentiment is from Crazy for Cupcakes, perfect with this stamp don't you think?



and a close up showing more Crystal effects, I think I need to add another bottle of this fab stuff to my next order, I have used gallons on my swaps!



O.K. that's all from me today,
Have a great day,
Hugs,

Cupcake Crazy

Good afternoon,

Gee, it's wet and grotty here today, luckily for me I have been indoors today :0) holding my class again with the lovely Mandi as she couldn't make it Saturday.
Today I have a card with the yummy Crazy for Cupcakes set, I haven't used this one for a-ges!
This was the last card I made for Lucy, this one was for her daughter, Beth to give to her, papers are from the Sunny Day Scappin' Kit,

Arty angle shows the cakes which were water coloured with blender pens then topped with yummy shimmer paint, you will be seeing a LOT of this in the next few months ;-)

and finally the inside, sentiment from Sealed with a Kiss and envelope decorated with Cupcake small wheel.





O.K. must dash, it's school pick up time already! eek!
Bye for now, Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx

Another Sneak Peek and an Award!

Well helllloooo!

I hope you are all having a lovely day, I have got sooo much to do today, not least of all is to pack!!! (we are going away for 3 weeks on Sunday, eeek!) It is also my sisters birthday while we are away and my bestest friend Elaine's birthday on Friday!!!! So I suppose I had better get on with it :0)

First of all I must say I made this card after seeing this lovely creation by Kate- thanks for the inspiration Kate :0)

We will be making this and more on Saturday at my Cupcakes class...

Unfortunately they are not the worlds best piccies as it is raining here (again) but I will add the colours so you get the idea, right?

Choc Chip card base, Pumpkin Pie layer and Whisper White top layer with matching grosgrain ribbon. Sweet Always paper pieced balloons.

I stamped the balloons in Choc Chip ink, the sentiment in Pumpkin Pie and I also added a balloon to the inside.

Here you can see the lovely Spiral Punch detail, I really must use this punch more as I love the effect it gives.

Before I go I have been given an award from the super kind and talented Jan, thank-you Jan :0) If you don't know Jan then you really must pop over to her blog and take a look at her wonderful creations.

Right, that's it for today, Must get on....

Have a good one, and don't forget to come back tomorrow for another sneaky peek!!

Hugs Sarah-Jane xx

Better Late Than Never ;0)

Evening folks,

Hope you all had a lovely day today, we had a very enjoyable afternoon at Zoe's sports day and the family picnic before the races started ;0)

Anyhow today's (very late) card is a preview of one we will be making on Saturday....

We are making a lovely stand up card using the lovely "Crazy for Cupcakes" stamp set as requested by the lovely ladies who are coming.

Happy birthday from the Occasional Greetings set, cupcake paper pieced with Sweet Always and Choc Chip designer paper, Dazzling Diamonds for sprinkles.

Here is a side view,



and here it is folded ready to post,

Hope you like and I will be back much earlier tomorrow with another sneak peek using this set for a mans card!!!

Take care,
Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx

Friday Sketchers for Nicola

Morning all,

Sorry I have been a bit absent this week but I have had a really busy week again so far so I have unfortunately had no time to stamp :0( ... But .... I do finally have something to show you today :0)

I have used this weeks sketch from Friday Sketchers and I am also combining it with this weeks Papertake Weekly challenge which is "Favourite Things"

My favourite things on this card are definitely the cupcakes, who doesn't love cupcakes ?? and that ribbon is just sooo scrummy! love perfect pearls too, just haven't used it in a while. And my new favourite thing is the little pop up cake inside, I will be using this idea again I think :0) in fact, I already have something in mind. Cupcake stamp from the Crazy for Cupcakes set and Washington Apple and Choc Chip Designer Series Paper.

Here is close up of the paper pieced cakes, with the pearl accent and the pop up cake inside.

Last of all the arty farty shot for you!

Hope you all have a good day,

Hugs Sarah-Jane xx

A Garden Scene

Morning all,

First of all, just a reminder, you only have 2 days left to enter my candy draw, scroll up for details ;0)

I have scheduled this post so hopefully you will be reading this in the sun and I will be at the dentist having a filling (aaaargh!!)

I have a card for you today which is for a friend who's birthday it is on Thursday, she loves her garden.

I have used the Washington Apple papers from the mini catalogue and the very sweet wellies from the Scene in the Garden stamp set (also from the mini), I have a class using this set in August if you would like to have a little play with it.

Sorry about the photos, I have played around with them but they are still not a great colour match for the real thing. I have also just realised this one is a bit on the wonky side ;0) I also used the stripey grosgrain ribbon (available in this share), scallop border punch, and straight and scalloped circle punches.

I used my trusty Stamp-a-ma-jig to get the Happy Birthday in a circle and to get the wellies in a straight line and evenly spaced. I then coloured the wellies with a blender pen and ink pads. I got the very pretty flower from the florist wholesalers last week when I went there to get a roll of cellophane, pretty aren't they?

I used the sentiment from "Crazy for Cupcakes" as is the Happy birthday on the front. Swirls are from "Yummy" which is no longer available. Let me know what ou think.

I hope your morning is better than mine will be ;0)

Hugs Sarah-Jane xx

Saturday sneek peek

Morning all,

Lovely to see the sun back today, we had a lovely time yesterday with Peppa Pig, I hope all the dads out there enjoyed their day too ;0)

Today I have another sneaky peek at one of the cards we will be making at Saturdays Summer Fun class. There are only a couple of places left now so if you are interested in coming please get in touch ASAP, details in the side bar.

I have used certainly celery card to make today's Ice lolly card and I think it is absolutely darling! I love it and thing it would be great for a kids birthday or even as party invitations!
Also used were the fab Tart and Tangy stamps which, by the way, are a fantastic value stamp set! certainly celery grosgrain ribbon, sentiment from the Crazy for cupcake set. Scallop circle & 1+1/4 & 1+3/8 circle punches.

Here are a couple of close ups

The ribbon keeps the card closed and I have also added the same image inside.

I have another little something to show you today too, My friend Elaine LOVES chocolate raisins and when I saw these I just had to buy them for her but instead of just giving them to her I wanted to make a small box to put them in, This is what I came up with...

I have used tempting turquoise card with one of the level 1 hostess stamps, from the set "A Little Bit of Happiness" available to earn for FREE if you hold a workshop, contact me for further information. I coloured it in using the brill blender pens and my markers and as the images are small you don't flood them like you would when using a water brush. I matted onto Pixie Pink card and added some card candy across the bottom to finish.

That's all for today, we are going to Zacks new school today for an hour this afternoon, he is very excited! I hope you all have a lovey rest of the day.

Hugs Sarah-Jane xx

Pre-school teachers gifts

Morning all,

Sorry for the lack of post yesterday but I was busy, honest!

I have been working on this project for the teachers at Zacks pre-school...

I have quickly finished one of these so I have something to share with you today, I still have the other 6 to finish!!! I am also waiting on an order of clear bags to put the sweets into so it will be a little more polished than this when I give them to Zacks teachers!! I will share a photo of them all together when they are done and also one with the bag when it gets here ;0)

I have used my favourite set Crazy for cupcakes for these little round top boxes, template found here, I water-coloured the cakes with my blender pen, these are great for detailed water-colouring, with my inkpads in Pumpkin Pie, Regal Rose, Close to Cocoa, Basic Grey for the stand and Real Red for the cherry on the top :0)

Now, I know the card isn't an exact match but, like I have been saying, I am trying to use up my old stash of card, (Then I can get the lovely matching card from SU!) I also used Sweet Always DSP (Available in the Share) Regal Rose 5/8" and Very Vanilla 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, Oval All sentiment stamps with matching punches and my nesties.

Right must go and finish the rest! lol!

Have a lovely day,

Hugs Sarah-Jane xx

May calender page

Hello,

I hope you have all had a lovely long weekend! I unfortunately had to work :( but I did have a lovely day on Saturday and thank-you for your kind wishes for our anniversary. Hubby really did spoil me this year and as we don't normally do presents it was a real surprise! Here are the lovely flowers he got me

and here are my kiddies when we went out for tea, this was thier choice of pose for the camera, honest! at least I can show them this when they are older and say "look, you were friends sometimes !" lol!

Anyway onto the calender, I have used my very favourite stamps, which I haven't used nearly enough...yet! Crazy for cupcakes, which I coloured in using my ink pads and a blender pen. I also used schoolbook serif alphabet, 5 petal and Boho Blossoms punches and not forgetting the very lovely SWEET ALWAYS Papers which are on offer at the moment! (4 for 3 bargain!) I know I shall be stocking up on these this month!

Well thanks for stopping by and lisening to me go on about my anniversary!

and don't forget only 4 days 'till the weekend again!

We are going for a look round Zacks "big school" this afternoon ( OMG! what will I do when my baby goes to school too?!!?!! ) but I will have to be brave...

Have a good day,

Hugs Sarah-Jane xx

Alan's 60

Hello,

I'm back again to see if I can get this card to upload !

Yey! it worked...

I used my lovely new Washington Apple DSP for this card and I made it the same shape as yesterdays, The balloon and streamer are from the crazy for cupcakes set which I paper pieced onto the card, Pumpkin Pie ribbon, Glitter glue on the 60 and Glossy accents on DAD.

Quite simple really, but it is hard to make for a man who doesn't really have any hobbies!

I would love to know what you think of this one,

Hugs, Sarah-Jane xx

Loads of goings on

Morning, and what a lovely morning it is !!

Well what a lovely day we had yesterday, got loads done... both mothers day cards (mum + mil) One card ordered for a friend some colouring in, you are reading the blog of one happy bunny !!!

First of all today I have been given an award... twice ! So double thanks to you both, Sarah and Ruby, for thinking of me ((hugs)) Go check out their blogs they are both fantastic, Ruby does the most amazing things with die cuts (but I am slowly converting her to stamping, lol !!) and my fab SU! sis Sarah who is brill at making ,well, just about anything- boxes etc, Go look...

Now, onto the card !!! Today I'm going to show you the card I made for my Mum-in-law for her birthday which was on Sunday. I used an old Friday sketchers sketch for this as Iwas running really behind this weekend and just couldn't get into it. I think it turned out alright tho and she was chuffed with it, which is the main thing I suppose !! Papers are BG, Image is Gorjuss girl (which I had already coloured and so determined the paper) Ribbon from stash and the lovely brown flower came from.... the pound shop !! yes, I know, how good is that ? it was a long stem with about 20 flowers on it for a quid !!! Just took them off carefully and hey presto, brown flowers !!

Finally today I am going to show you one of the cards I made yesterday , now before I do I would like to say to Julie that I didn't visit any blods yesterday 'till the afternon (no time between gassing !) but I think this card is pretty similar to the one Julie posted !! The only thing I added after I saw Julies was the oval sentiment (thanks Julie for the inspiration!) but the rest I promise you was already done !! I am entering this for the Papertake weekly challenge too , which this week is something edible...

I used the crazy for cupcakes set which I watercoloured using inkapads, linen thread, and the oval all stamps* and matching punches* (*available 1st April, contact me to pre-order and get a free little something...)

Have a lovely day in the sun everyone ! I have a list of about 5 cards which I need to get finished today and Hubby has just rung from work to say can he have another 2 mother's day cards *eek* so I really must go and crack on !!

Please stop by tomorrow as I have some exciting news for you all especially if you live in the Southampton area....

Hugs for now ,

Sarah-Jane xxx

Brown, Orange and Pink !!

Hi all,

When I saw this challenge at Papertake Weekly I just knew I would have to squeeze some time between jobs this week !!!! I bet it's a really popular one too !!

I LOVE this colour combo and I've been dying to use my new stamp set too, so win, win !!

Most of the stuff used on this card is SU! Sweet always double sided papers, Choc Chip card stock, Choc Chip grosgrain ribbon, Stamp set- Crazy for cupcakes coloured with SU! ink pads and a water brush, and some very lovely felt flowers called Accents and Elements in cattie (no, I don't know why either !!)
Only other item used is another newbie (slap wrists, no more spending !!), Yes, I got a Martha Stewart punch (gasp!)

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you likey,

Hugs,

Sarah-Jane xxx