Occasional Getings

Good Moning,

As the title suggests I am going to share another retiring set with you today, Occasional Greetings

This is another fab set and right now there is 40% off too! Just £18.57 'till the end of September or while stocks last.

 For the full list (including sell outs) click HERE.

So onto (quite) a few cards I have made using this set, it would seem that the "Dear Friend" stamp is my most used stamp going by looking through the ones I have added lables to ;-)

The free tutorial for this flower is in my side bar if you want to know how to create one :-)

 

 Happy Mother's Day card with matching candle,

 Festive greetings with the bird punch,

 Dad's Day using Every Little Bit,

 More friends :-)

 And Happy Birthday with All in the Family,

So, you can see it is a very versatile set! If you would like your own set or if there is anything else you need from the retiring products list then please message me to place your order. Quite a lot has already sold out so please get in touch asap so you are not dissapointed if your "must have" items are gone.

One final note, I have a new Stampers 6 club starting in October, a little bit of SU! direct to your door each month with fabby hostess benefits all for you one of those months, again message me to reserve your place, 3 places already taken, just 3 left!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Stampin' Hugs,

Christmas Stamp-a-Stack

Hello,

I know I said I would be sharing this months class projects with you today but I decided first to show you the projects we will be making at the Stamp-a-Stack class I am holding later this month,

Monday 19th FULL, Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st September.

I only have a few spaces left for this class now so EMAIL me asap to reserve your place.

We will be making 10 post friendly cards in this class, this simply means they will not need a large letter stamp, they are so pricey now aren't they?! And I decided to use the soon to be retiring Jolly Holiday DSP for these projects so have gone with a co-ordinating and traditional colour scheme of Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke and Crumb Cake, retiring products can be found HERE.

We will be making 2 each of 5 designs:

 With envelopes and all materials included for just £12!

Class runs from 9.30-12.30 for this one as I don't want you to be too rushed. To reserve your place then please email me sarah-janerae@sky.com or call 023 8084 3597

I look forward to seeing you at this class ;-)

Stampin' Hugs,

Mojo Monday 197

Good Morning,

So, I promised you a paper creation today and I am happy to say I managed to make a card last night when I came home from work, I followed the Mojo sketch #197 this week and as soon as I saw it I thought of this greeting stamp from Occasional Greetings, it's such a lovely sentiment, I really must use it more often ;-)

The colours are Blush Blossom, Perfect Plum and Sahara Sand, this combo is taken from the Colour Coach, if you would like to see more combos from this great tool then don't forget to join us on FRIDAY for a great fun blog hop :-)

This flower comes from the Fun Flowers Die again, I will do a quick tutorial later in the week to show you how to achieve this look from them :-) Lovely bit of Poly In Colour ribbon under the flower,

and a little bit of decoration inside to finish it off

Well, that's it from me today, I have a list as long as your arm today as well as a sickly boy, poor Zack has about 100 chicken pox spots now! So who knows how much I will get done!

I'll let you know...

Thanks for dropping by today,

Stampin' Hugs,

Mother's Day Class '11

Hello there,

I have had a few days off from blogging as the kids a have been busy again, but normal service is resumed forthwith :-)

Today I have my Mother's Day class to share with you all, I still have a space or two for this class, dates are in my side bar <<<<< or email me for more info sarah-janerae@sky.com

So, at this class we will be stamping on a candle and making a matching card for your mum. Now, I know that everyone may not want to make this gift for Mother's Day so the sentiment can easily be changed for Birthday {or any other sentiment I have in my collection ;-)}

Here is the first sample for you, it uses the retired SAB set Sweet Summer, but it is just sooo perfect for this water colouring tecnique using the Blender Pens which are in this months promotion just so you know ....

 This sentiment is from Occasional Greetings and this one was blinged up with Dazzling Diamonds,

So, as the last set is retired I also made the gift set with a current stamp set called "Simply Said"

And I have used a sentiment from Curly Cute, (love it) and this one was embellished using the very sparkly Basic Rhinestones,

and here they are together, oh BTW, do you like my new little basket?? when I saw it I knew it would make a perfect pretty stand for my blog photos :-)

So, if you want to learn to make either of these gift sets and would like to come to this months class then please do get in touch :-D

Thanks for stopping by today, Hugs,

Easel Card

Hello there,

Here is the first sneaky peek at this months class, I have a couple of spaces still available for this Tuesdays class, please email me for directions, more details in the side bar>>>>>

So, onto the card, I have based this class around the gorgeous Jolly Holiday papers which have a colour combination of Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler (a firm favourite already) and Very Vanilla.

As you can see I made a base of Crumb Cake (formerly Kraft) then teamed it with this delicious Cherry Cobbler spotty paper and a hit of black to (hopefully??) modernise the whole look,

I then used the two step bird punch to create this adorable little robin red breast,

Finally the sentiment is from Occasional Greetings and all finished off with 5/8" grosgrain ribbon in black,

I hope you like this first of four cards and I will be back tomorrow with another one, of course first of all I need to re-take the photos of them as the ones I did today were totally roobish! lol!
Bye for now, Stampin' Hugs,

More Swaps

Hello,
This card today is another one I made to swap at convention in London, it was so much fun to share ideas and I got some amazing ones in return which I will photograph and share with you over the coming weeks, but back to my makes for now, I used a base of Night of Navy with Soft Suede scallop circles, ribbon is Very Vanilla grosgrain,

The little pie and hammer are from Every Little Bit stamp set, sooo brill, Love this set, I have made more with it which I will show you soon too...

I have this set in clear mount which is great because you can see exactly where you are stamping your image without having to use the Stamp-a-ma-jig every time, great when you are in a hurry,



Sentiment is from Occasional Greetings,

That's all for today, I am off to do the glossing in Josh's room but I hope you like today's card,

Stampin' Hugs,

Roomie Gift

Hello,

When we go to Convention you make a gift for the person we are sharing the hotel room with and I was sharing with my lovely up line and very good friend Jules. I wanted to make something a bit special for her and I decided on a ribbon wreath, I chose to make it in Old Olive and yummy Rich Razzleberry,

This is what it looked like inside the box,

I decorated the outside of the box to match the ribbon colours too ;-)

the only two bits of stampin' were the Very Vintage wheel and the sentiment from Occasional Greetings, so cute. It doesn't show but I sprayed shimmer paint mixed with alcohol to give a great pearly shine to the whole outside of the lid,

Well, that's it for today, I will let you know what she thinks when I get back,

See you again soon,

Hugs,

Milk Carton for Dad's Day

Hello to you all,

I have popped on here to share a few photos of another Milk Carton I have made to send to my dad for Father's Day, I have filled it with sweets for him, all ready to post on Monday. I hope it gets there in time (it's got to go to Spain!)

They are busy digging the footings today for the extension today so I have not got any jobs to do in the house without getting in someones way, so nothing else to do but play then eh?!

Here it is front and back, I covered the Kraft base using the Cheers to You wheel and versamark, star punched out from Sweet Pea Designer Paper, Beer Mug is from Cheers to you, sentiment is from the Occasional Greetings set, and the football and boot is Just Soccer. Yummy Old Olive Satin Ribbon wrapped with Linen Thread finishes off the top.

As you can see I made it to match the card I showed you a few weeks ago.

Milk Carton Tutorial link is in the side bar-> -> -> ->

Short and sweet today I'm afraid, hopefully I will be back tomorrow with some more cardy stuff to share with you all, in the mean time have a nice Saturday and if you watch the footie "Come on England" :-)

Stampin' Hugs to you all,

Hello,

I had to make a few cards for my mum this week and this one was for a life long friend of hers. I wanted to make something a bit special for her and came up with this, I love this sentiment from Occasional Greetings and really don't use it enough!

Colours are Rich Razzleberry (again!) with Old Olive using the cottage wall papers,

5 petal flower with the branch from the bird punch and a gem brad,

I added a flat flower with some DSP to finish the inside,

using the butterfly punch with more Cottage Wall DSP,

Thanks for stopping by today, super quick post, I know but I must dash and cook dinner now,

Back tomorrow,

Hugs S.J. xxx

2 Of The Same

Good morning,

Well, I am unpacked and all the washing done from our little trip, we had a nice time but boy, did we pick the coldest weekend to go away??? Unfortunately we didn't get to do much as we would have liked due to the cold, wet weather, but still it was nice to get away.

Just before we went away I was asked by a friend to make a card for her dads birthday, I had made one a week or so before ready for Fathers Day and she wanted the same but with birthday. Clear as mud? Yes? Well hopefully the photos will do a better job of explaining!! ;-) he he.

As you can see I layered up the images a bit more on the 2nd one and also added a bit of paper piercing to some of the squares, Football and boot are from Just Soccer, Beer mug is from Cheers to You, Fathers day sentiment is from Occasional Greetings, and Birthday one is from Cheer and Wishes.

I also used lashings of Crystal Effects on the top stars, love it!

and this is the inside of the birthday card...

Well, she was happy with it and I hope her Dad was pleased too.

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Before I go and do a few bits, just a quick reminder that I have just 5 shares left now for the new colour ribbon, card and paper share, please see top post or email me on sarah-janerae@sky.com for more info.

Good to be back and looking forward to hearing from you, my lovely blogging buddies :-)

Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx