Dad's Birthday

Good Morning,

Hope all is well with you today, we are supposed to be having a BBQ today but it looks likely to be an indoor one unfortunately :-(

Anyway, I do have a little card for today, I made it for F.I.L birthday which was this week,as well as a Victoria sponge :-)

Card first, I used a colour combo of Certainly Celery and Soft Suede,

I spritzed the Soft Suede layer using the Crumb Cake marker for a subtle background and stitched around the edges adding a piece of Celery satin ribbon too

I used the ole faithful for a male card again, Engraved Greetings! You need this stamp set! and it's only £12.95, page 96 if you want to have a look. DSP is from the Elegant Soiree pack

and I stitched inside too, this time a Crumb Cake layer, and used the stamp to give a ghosted image inside to finish

and the cake, filled traditionally with strawberry jam and buttercream :-D yum!

Well, that's it for today,

I hope you have a fab weekend, whatever the weather ;-)

Thanks for stopping by today,

Stampin' Hugs,

A New Colour Challenge at Simply Stampin'

Good Morning to you!

Well, did you all enjoy the Colour Coach blog hop yesterday?? There were some fantastic projects along the way and I would like to say a few thank-yous. first of all to Anthea for suggesting and organising it, secondly to all the other ladies who took part and finally a big thanks to all of you for stopping by :-) If you have no idea what I am waffling on about then scroll down and take a look ;-)

Anyway, onto another week at Simply Stampin' Challenges and it is time for another colour challenge, this week we are using Night of Navy, Peach Parfait, Rich Razzleberry and Whisper White.

This is the card I made using the Funky Four stamp set...

I inked the mushroom stamp using markers to get the multi coloured look and layered it onto some Perfect Polka Dots embossed card which I sprayed with shimmer paint first, sentiment is from Basic Phrases and punched out with the curly label,

Some lush Rich Razzleberry satin ribbon, I love SU! satin ribbon, it is fab for tying bows like this :-D

I topped this one with a Navy button tied with Silver Cord,

and a bit of detail inside to finish,

Well, that's today's project for you, I have a table at the little ones school fair this afternoon but I am off work tomorrow night so am hoping to get cracking with typing up the tutorial of yesterdays projects for you. Watch this space!

Don't forget that today is THE LAST DAY to register and pay for your space at my charity card class next Saturday, 9th July, email me for more details of go HERE to read more, I am also doing this class by post, it will come all cut and prepped for you and I will email you the PDF tutorial so you can make the set of cards and a bonus box, more details on this PDF tutorial soon!

and finally don't forget you only have July left to get your special extra hostess benefits and postage discounts from me too, go HERE to read all about it :-D

Right, I'm off, thanks for stopping by today and have a great Saturday,

Stampin' Hugs,

Simply Stampin, Week 9, A Sketch

Good Morning!

I am so happy it's the weekend!! and here's to the sun shining too ;-)

So, onto this weeks challenge card, I am thrilled we had so many entries last week, well done to all who entered, there were some gorgeous creations for the Flower Frenzy Challenge, thank-you if you took the time to enter :-)

Anyway, onto this weeks Simply Stampin' Challenge and it's my favourite sort of challenge too, a sketch

And you know sometimes you are just really pleased with how a card turns out, well this is one of those times! O.K. so I have jigged this around a touch to make Z folding card, but it just felt right,

I love this colour combo, Crumb Cake, Marina Mist and Pretty in Pink too, Another reason I am particularly happy with this card is because it should be called my blog card... a card and a cuppa!!

this adorable image is again from the Level 1 hostess stamp set that the vase came from for this weeks LIM challenge, it's called A Slice of Life, and it could be yours for FREE, ask me how ;-) I coloured it with blender pens and ink pads with the froth on the Hot Choc (?) coloured with White Shimmer Paint,

Yummy Marina Mist satin ribbon,

and one final pic which I think shows the sketch shape a touch better,

Don't forget to visit the rest of the DT to see what they have come up with, and finally if you get 5 mins we would love it if you entered too :-)

Thanks, as ever, for stopping by to see me,

Stampin' Hugs

Hello there,

Last week I unfortunately had to make one of those card that nobody enjoys making, a sympathy card. 

I made it for a lady who comes to my card class who sadly lost her husband.

As I had not got a specific sympathy stamp set I decided to use the very versatile Just Believe set with the spotlight technique. Colours are Baja Breeze, Pretty in Pink and Early Espresso.

Sincere Salutations for the sentiment, inked to make it pop a bit more,

I added a subtles button to the satin ribbon across the bottom, tied on with linen thread,

and a stamped off image for the inside to finish

Not a lot of chat today, I think I went on enough yesterday ;-) lol!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Stampin' Hugs,

Eva's Birthday

Good Morning to you today,

As promised I have the birthday card I made for Zack's friend Eva who's party we went to on Sunday, she was just 6 so I went with the traditional girly style and the pretty colours of Daffodil Delight, Pretty in Pink and  Marina Mist, a colour combo from the Colour Coach,

Stamp set used was On a Pedestal I haven't used this set in ages and had almost forgotten how lovely it was! I used my markers to ink the stamps up,

I used some of the super soft Daffodil Delight satin ribbon to make a lush bow and hung some tiny tags punched with Jewellery punch, another set I haven't used for a while,

and added rhinestones to the corners

lastly inside with the lovely sentiment from the new mini, the level 2 hostess set called Something to Celebrate, if you need this gorgeous set then message me to arrange a date for a workshop ;-)

Well, thanks for stopping by today, I have another busy one ahead more getting ready for Sundays craft show plus a list of cards I need made today!

Hope you have a great day,

Stampin' Hugs, 

 

Gift Card holder

Hello,

I have scheduled this post as I am going to be up and watching the Wedding. I am getting really excited actually, which I didn't think I would but here I am  ;-)

Anyway I have a gift card holder to show you today. Oooh, and it would be perfect for giving a wedding gift card in too! lol! I used the SU! exclusive Top Note Die and the super cute Owl Punch to make this,

Decorated using the subtles DSP Stack and the very pretty flower brads to hinge it at the top,

Swung open to show the (club) card, it might be better if you changed this for a gift card before giving it as a gift ;-) ha ha!

and of course the sentiment, this one is from Just Believe and punched with the Word Window and Modern Label punches,

Well that's it for today, I will be back tomorrow with a very different card for you, enjoy the Wedding if you are watching :-D

Thanks for dropping by,
Stampin' Hugs,

Surprise Card

Good Morning to you!

I have a very different card to show you today, it is one we made at training in Fareham. Gosh, it seems like an age ago now, when we first found out about the Big Shot!

However this card doesn't use said machine, it does use the new builder wheels from the mini though! The base is Night of Navy with Melon Mambo panel and Old Olive ink finished with Daffodil Delight Satin ribbon and the obligatory rhinestones, yum!

and the inside was stamped with the same wheel adding the middle starry wheel too,

So, I bet you're wondering what sort of surprise is that eh?? apart from seeing the great new builder wheels of course ;-)

Ta dah! there is a secret place to write when you open up the centre panels, clever huh?

If you would like to know how this was made then why not book a workshop and I will come along and share with you and your friends the secrets to making it!

Well, super quick post today as I am off out soon for lunch with my friend :-D

 Have a lovely day whatever you are up to!

Stampin' Hugs,

Little Thank-You's

Hi there,

I have a much simpler design to share with you today using the Daisy Die#2 from the Mini Catalogue, I made them for the ladies who placed an order with me at this months class and popped them in with a little goodie bag (which I forgot to photograph! doh!) to thank them for their continued support :-D

I die cut the daisy from Daffodil Delight card (loving this colour and I don't usually "do" yellow) I first saw this card by a lovely demo called Kirsteen and was inspired to make a (very) similar card, thanks Kirsteen x

I inked the edges of the daisy with More Mustard and added a Square Lattice embossed centre too, sentiment is from the Thank You Kindly stamp set,

And here they are all together,

Thanks again ladies and I know you are all going to love this new catalogue :-)

Please email me if you too would like to place an order, host a party with friends, come to a class or are interested in joining my Stampers 6 club starting very soon,
Thanks for stopping by today,

Stampin' Hugs,

Punch Bunch Owl

Hello there,

How was your weekend? We had a nice relaxing one and I got to craft :-D

I made this card last week though, when I had complete crafters block! so I turned to my Colour Coach for a little help and my quick jot book of sketches, I do a rough copy of a sketch when I go onto a challenge site with the date it finishes, just in case I get a chance of entering in time ;-) (rare) and then I have a reference for times when I get stumped too!

Right, back to this one, Colours here are Rose Red, Not Quite Navy and River Rock,

and the super sweet Owl stamp from the sale-a-bration set Punch Bunch, squares are stamped with Dot, Dot, Dot,

this little sentiment is again from Punch Bunch and it fits perfectly in the frame from Hodgepodge Hardware, over the top of Marine Mist satin ribbon HERE in a share,

and here you can see I popped all the owls on dimensionals but the pink ones layer is popped too,

Well, I hope you like today's card, I will be back tomorrow with a Monster of a card :-)

Stampin' 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,