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

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

Sweet and Gorjuss

Morning ladies!

I hope you all had a great weekend, we didn't do much this weekend as Josh was pretty knackered after his week away, he really enjoyed himself though and came home with no broken bones ;0) .

And then, on Sunday my train card won Fave Five on Stamp with us !! whoop whoop!! That sure put a smile on my face let me tell you!! especially as I wasn't sure about it at first, unfortunately it didn't kick start the ol' mojo as I managed to start a couple of cards this weekend but only managed to finish one!

This is a card for my cousin who is 12 this week, the same age as Josh! and it is going all the way to New York :0) (note for nicki: contacts!! LOL!!)

I used the sketch from this weeks Just Magnolia blog, obviously I am not going to enter it ;0), I just thought it was such a nice layout, but as I don't have many Magnolia stamps I decided to use one of my slightly neglected Gorjuss Girls. Below are a couple of close ups of the buttons I put onto this card, really trying to use some of my stash instead of looking at it and saving it, he he!

I have used this lovely paper which is by DCWV from their "Sweet" pad as I thought it was cool enough for a (nearly) teenager and cute enough for a girly card IYKWIM!!! I layered it with Certainly Celery card and inked the edges in the same ink, which turned out to be a perfect match, yay! Girl coloured with pro-markers, thanks for the tips Sarah, how did I do ?

Lastly, here is the inside with another of those sweet Melon quarters,

Thanks everyone for your comments I really enjoy reading them,

Hope you have a lovely day,

Hugs Sarah-Jane xx

I'm a Winner !! and a Card too !

Morning all,

I came home from work last night and just had a quick check of my blog only to see I had won a goody bag from Toni over at Cards and Candles, she has been celebrating her husbands birthday and their Wedding Anniversary all week! I am so excited (woo hooo) Thank-you Toni x

You should really go and check out her blog she is very talented and even managed to post lovely cards this week in between all the celebrations !!

Now onto today's card and guess what? it's another card for Alan !!!! I bet your fed up with seeing cards for Alan aren't you?? This will (hopefully) be the last one, for this year anyway lol!

I used SU! basic grey and Pumpkin pie card stock and Pumpkin pie grosgrain ribbon, I stamped all over the Grey card with the beer jug from cheers to you with versa mark. I then did the jug with Staz on and water coloured it using So saffron ink pad and a water brush onto whisper white card. Double layer on the head of the beer was an idea I saw by the very clever Alex, hope you don't mind hun ?! Wording was die cut from BG paper, Mate was a specification from the sender !!

Just a little bit of stamping from the cheers to you set inside, to take away the starkness of a plain white middle IYKWIM!

Have a lovely day and I hope it is sunny where you are too (I've already got 2 loads of washing on the line!)

Hugs, Sarah-Jane xx

Another card for Alan and I've been Tagged!

Morning Ladies,

Hope you are all well today, I have been a very busy bee this week with orders and I've still got more to do ! Today I'm going to show you another one for Alan and last night I had to make him a third one!!! It's not easy making for men, as you all know, but 3 different ones!!!! Anyway I did manage it (with a little help from SU!) and don't forget I'll be doing "Lads and Dads" in May at my card making class, details in the side bar, if you want any more info please email me. I would love to see you there.

This one is for Alan from his 8 year old granddaughter. I have used Loads of Love set (again!) Had you noticed I really like this set ? well, it has so many uses ! I used a masking technique to make a trailer for the truck (an idea I saw in the American SU! catty) Bashful Blue card stock, scalloped edge punch, schoolbook serif alphabet (new and I already LOVE it!) Occasional Greetings set for the Happy Birthday, all SU! rest from stash.

Quick piccie of the inside, not really going to compare to the amazing Bev or Rach but a bit of colour non-the-less! Sentiment from Loads Of Love.

Now I've been Tagged by my lovely SU! sister Anne. You have to go to your 4th file and choose the 4th photo, so here is mine,

This photo was taken nearly 3 years ago, we moved into this house (a right doer-upper, check out that wallpaper!!) and we went on holiday 2 days later, we came home for Zoe's first day at school, Zack was not even a year old, and Josh just looks so young, my how the time flies! One thing I can tell you is that the swirly brown paper isn't still here, lol!
Now I have to choose 4 people to send it onto..

Steph,

Ruby,

Alex,

and Lainey,

Before I go I would just like to say a great big "Happy Birthday" to my SU! sis Sarah, hope your day is magical Sarah ((hugs))

Have fun and I'll be back tomorrow with more card yumminess!

Hugs, Sarah-Jane xx

Corner bookmark challenge

Hi all,

Well I've been trying to squeeze this challenge in all week set by 3D challenge blog and boy am I glad I did !! It was so easy and fun to do and now all my kids want one too, may whip them up in a mo ! I can see a lot of these being made in the not too distant future !

The blue one is for a friend and it matches his card, which I will post tomorrow, and the pink one I will give to my mum or sister-not sure yet...

The blue one uses SU! Not quite navy card stock randomly stamped with versmark ink with my fave set "Loads of Love" . I then stamped it with staz on onto white card and cut out, I paper pieced the truck with "Old olive" DP.

The pink one was made ising the "Cheers to you" set (Gasp! it's first use) and then I used my watercolour brush to colour the cocktail with the following SU! ink pads : Pumpkin pie, Pretty in pink, Old olive and Real red. Scalloped bottom done with SU! punch. Sweet Always Papers on triangle part.

All Stampin Up! products available through me , I can send to anywhere in the counry with no need for a party (unless you want one !) nor any minimum spend.

Thanks for looking, Happy Sunday to y'all !

Sarah-Jane xx

Calender Girl !!

Morning all,

Today I thought I would share with you... no, not a card... definately no, not a piccie of me posing for a calender (PHEW!!!)... but a calender top I made for a blank calender I found which I keep above my computer...

The first one was from January (surprise!!) but I never got round to posting it, sorry, It uses SU! grey card (from the neutrals pack) with BG paper and my lovely Sugar Nellie stamp 'Penpal' , coloured in with my watercolour pencils, Flower from stash, large brad mm I think.

Second month, yep you guessed it Feb !! he he. Using pink card from stash and my FREE SU!'Polka dot punches' stamp set I had when I spent £45. This month is pretty basic but I think it is quite effective. Stamped the heart all along the centre and them stamped some more hearts onto spare card then cut them out and layered them up with foam pads. Ribbon from stash, hearts with added bling in the form of glitter glue.

Well I hope you like todays post, don't forget to leave me a comment so I know, and thank-you if you do !!

Have a great weekend, Hugs,

Sarah-Jane xx

Sorry and a card

Hi Folks !

First of all an apology for not posting anything for ages... sorry !!! No excuses, just been having fun with the kiddies. I have however, got a card to show you- yey! This one is another for Josh only this time it's from us.

This card is a proper recycled jobby !! I made the pop up style like here only this time I enlarged it quite a bit, which I discovered is O.K. if you wont need to post it as I had to strengthen it with extra card so it stood up (fine for this luckily !!) The main star wars mask is actually a tag off a jumper I bought Josh for Christmas, which I threaded with some silver thread (also from a label from a top I had!) and then glued on another piece of card to the back to cover it, and then trimmed round the edges !! Light sabers made from straws with silver card round (incase you couldn't guess!!) Die cut lettering and arrows and punched stars, from holographic card with stars on, 'cause that doesn't show very well on the photo.

Thanks for stopping by and I do have some more to show you tomorrow,

Hugs and hope you are all enjoying 1/2 term too !

Sarah-Jane xx

P.S. Scroll down to see the other card I made for Josh, which won the prize on CCC !!

Mojo Monday #73

Good afternoon all,

Todays card is for my hubby who's birthday it is in less than 2 weeks ! Please, lets hope he doesn't read this before then !! I have used the mojo sketch for this week, it is so much quicker to make a card following a sketch !

I am really happy with how this card turned out. I have used my new SU! stamp set "All in the Family " what a fantastic set ! so cool to make exactly the people you want. This is meant to be us 5 ! (incase you wondering...)

I made the card base from a sheet of white A4 card just folded in half and layered it with SU sahara sand cardstock (available in the neutrals assorted card pack) Paper is BG all edged with chocolate chip ink, Ribbon SU 1/4" Night of Navy, Sentiment from the Occaisional Greetings set, Button from stash. All Stampin Up! goods available through me, I can ship anywhere in the country, Please email me for more info.

Edit to say: You really need the Stamp-a-ma jig to use this set properly, such a useful tool for all your stamping, and only£9.50 !

I hope you like it, do let me know,

Bye for now, Sarah-Jane x

Josh's Birthday Card

Hi all,

Thanks for stopping by today, two posts in one day ! that's amazing eh ?! Here is the card I have made for my son Josh's 12th Birthday in a couple of weeks. I have loosely followed the sketch on the Sketch Saturday blog and when I was looking around the lovely Jeannettes blog I saw that she is a guest designer on the Cupcakes craft challenge blog (well done you!) and this card fits their challenge this week which is to make a scene.

I have made this with SU! Basic black cardstock and some red card from stash, all distressed around the edges. The image was created with a comic making kit Josh had last year for his birthday, but I then scanned it on my printer so I could watercolour it with my felt tip pens, I am quite pleased with how it turned out in the end... Few buttons fron stash and a knot of ribbon added with glossy accents.

Let me know what you think and please, don't forget to enter my candy giveaway,

Sarah-Jane xx

Edit to say, WOOO HOOO !!!! My card was chosen at random to win the prize on Cupcakes craft challenge blog. Thank-you CCC, I'm so excited, my first win from a blog !!