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,

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

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,

A Simple Thanks

Hello,

Super quick post to go with a quick card today, it was made as I mentioned the other day with the same colour combo as Evelyns card, and actually nearly the same layout too, I don't have too much explaining to do with this as it's sooo similar ;-)

Old Olive satin ribbon (available in this share) finished off with a matching button tied on with linen thread,

and the other stamp from Engraved Greetings,

and I added a little thank-you for the lovely lady who ordered the Paper Share,

Thanks for looking

Hugs Sarah-Jane xx

Mini Pop-Up Card

Good morning to you,

I have another of the makes for Saturday to share with you today, It was based on one of the cards in the actual mini catalogue but when I go back and look it is quite different! funny how you remember things isn't it? If you would like to see the inspiration drop me an email and I will post one out to you today ;-)

Anyway, back to the card, I have used the new mini heart punch, great new design these new punches are too, nice and small for storage, (mini p,6)

DS Paper is Sweet Pea, (LOVE it, and yes, you do need some!! 48 sheets of double sided yumminess) (mini p,13)

mini pop up is made using a scalloped square (IB&C p,89) of punched paper,

"4 U" and crown are from Tiny Tags (mini p,15), White gel pen ( IB&C p,91) spotted down the scalloped border (IB&C p,89),

Card used was Kraft, Old Olive and Pretty in Pink (IB&C p,72, 73 & 80)

Well, that's it for today, I hope you like,

Thanks for stopping by, Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx

Colour Inspiration Cards

Good Morning,

I have to warn you, before you start, this post is very picture heavy (again!) I would grab a cuppa if I were you, I just have ;0)

Soooo, here is the rubber (eraser) which inspired these 4 cards, Zoe was drawing and when I saw it and knew I had to use these colours, which , like I said yesterday is unusual as I am not normally very good at colour challenges! Well, I will let you decide if I am any good ????

I am also entering these into Cupcake Craft Challenges which this week is to make a set of something, perfect!

So, here it is, Tempting Turquoise, More Mustard, Basic Black and Whisper White.

First one using Trendy Trees and scallop square punch, White Satin Rbbon and a button from the Playground pack,

These three are made using Sale-a-Bration set Good Neighbours, all slightly different, Mat Pack and scalloped border punch used on this one,

Sentiment on this one is from Pocket Silhouettes,

and of course I have used my Stamp-a-ma-Jig on all the cards to position the little houses perfectly!

And here they are all together,

So finally for today I am throwing the challenge out to you!!!! yup, that's right, why not have a go at making a card in these colours and I will send out a small prize to one lucky blog reader, anywhere in the world, so everyone can enter. I will give you a week or so to have a go, link it back to this post so I can go and see ;0)

I really hope you will have a go and I really look forward to seeing how it inspires you too,

Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx

Darling Dots Birthday

Hello everyone,
I have had a really quiet day today, so this post is a bit late really, but I did want to share with you the card I made for a friend's daughters birthday which was was last week. I am afraid the photos are not great as the light was fading fast and of course I left it 'till the last minute to finish making it, even though I had the idea for a good week or so before....

Anyways, Stamps used were Darling Dots (cute don't you think?) FREE if you spend over £150 or maybe if you live near me you could host a workshop and earn them?? email me for more info.

The colours used are Real Red and Night of Navy with a bit of Choc Chip thrown in there to ground it a little, DSP is retired from the last catty hostess gifts,

Sentiment from FREE Sale-a-Bration set Happy Moments (spend over £45 to qualify) punched out with the word window punch,

Arty angle, {dodgy colour!!}

Well, that's all for today, I have a set of 4 cards for you tomorrow which I made after seeing one of Zoe's rubbers! colour inspiration doesn't happen to me very often so I am quite pleased with the result!

Bye for now, Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx

Love you much

Hiya,

As promised here is the card I mentioned earlier, I have been having a little play around with this yummy new set which I got for Christmas along with it's matching punch,

For this set of 4 cards (more of which I will be showing you over the next few days) I have used a colour combination of Kraft, Real Red and Chocolate Chip, Love this combo :0)

Stamped using Choc Chip ink, the hearts are punched out then dropped through the Kraft and stuck straight onto the Real Red base, small clear brad added to the middle of the flower,

the side is scored and held together with linen thread, Choc Chip card along the bottom scalloped with the scallop edge punch.

All supplies used are SU! and available through lil' ole me :0)

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finally here is a piccie of the kids once they had come home from school and went out to make their snowman,

Take care in the snow,

I'll be back tomorrow with some more from this set and all schools are closed! yay! no early morning!

Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx

Punch Cupcake

Hello,

Hope you are all doing well.I have a card today using the punch cupcake we made at my Crazy for Cupcakes class a few weeks ago (although at the time of writing this it is tomorrow, how freaky is this, not to mention actually quite hard to do)

I made a couple of extra cupcakes when planning for the class and then joined them together with foam pads with some fine fishing wire between to make a suspension card,

Here it is open so you can see the cake movement, Pearls from stash,

and here is the inside

Papers used are Sweet Always (again!) stamps are from the Crazy for Cupcakes set, Scallop border, Tab and Scallop Circle punches used,

That's it for today, Thanks for popping by

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