Male Good Friend

Afternoon all,

Sorry for the delay in posting but hubby went out yesterday and I took the opportunity of the good weather (yay) to take my kiddies out to Paultons Park (like a small Chessington and much closer to me) for the afternoon and then we stopped off at Morrisons on the way home to get Pizza for a proper "Saturday night tea" ie: no real cooking and very little washing up!!! lol !!!

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend, it's homework day today in our house. Josh also got a new desk yesterday so we will be putting that together in a little while, maybe I'll even get some stamping time later...

Anyway as promised, even though it is a bit later than I first anticipated, today I have a men's version of the card from the Friday again using "Good Friend" you sooooo need this set!! I love it...

Same fold as Friday,

Bird stamped in Brocade Blue for the body (twice, then layered), Basic Grey for his legs, Pumpkin Pie for his beak,Sentiment from Occasional Greetings

This circle stamp is also from Good Friend, Card stock colours are Really Rust, Basic Grey and Brocade Blue.

And finally here is how it folds flat(ish) for posting.

Well I hope you like this set as much as I do? If you also need it drop me an email and let me know, you can order this set from 1st October, and if you pre-order anything with me 'till the end of September (or any order including Last Chance list goodies) I will send you a special little something with your order, don't forget post is also capped at £3.95 'till the end of September as my special offer to you also :0)

Have a lovely Sunday,

Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx

Todays Sneak Peek !

Afternoon all,

Hope you are all enjoying this lovely weather, or are you all busy stamping? I promised myself last year I would start my Christmas cards in August, but so far nothing! not a single one, looks like I better crack on or it will be the usual last minute panic, not great eh? anyway I have been playing again with my lovely new stamp sets :0)

Today I have the lovely Good Friend stamp set to share with you and let me say, I LOVE this set, very modern and great fun. And the shape of the card? it is called "easel" I have not seen this one before but it is my new favourite shape! I found a couple of samples on SCS and followed a link to here for the template if you want to try it for yourself. I didn't follow the measurements just used 1/2 A4 card cut lenghthways IYKWIM!!

I will be doing a class with this in October if you live near I would love to see you...

Today's sample card is a girly way of using this set I think, Kraft base, Tempting Turquoise and Real Red as the main colours.I heat embossed using SU! white embossing powder to make the background

I will have a boyish one for you tomorrow using the same set....

It is really very versatile and I haven't used all the stamps yet even!!

I hope you like and I will be back tomorrow with another, Thanks for stopping by today,

Hugs Sarah-Jane xx

Sneek Peek and Sad Goodbye

Evening all,

Well, my lovely new SU! goodies arrived yesterday so today I just had to have a little play, Unfortunately the photos are not great as it was, believe it or not, too sunny, even after playing around with them in photo editing, so I apologise in advance ;0) Colours used are Bashful Blue and SO Saffron.

I had to make a birthday card for my nan so I took the opportunity to test out this lovely set...

It is from the NEW catalogue and will be a Level 3 Hostess set and is called Queue Up.
How lovely is this stamp? There are also another 5 in the set which I will show you over the next few days


I stamped the image with Staz on and water coloured the image using blender pens (great for water colouring small, intricate images) and ink pads.

So the stamps are the sneak peek so that makes the lovely papers the sad goodbye, they are the fab Washington Apple which are in the mini catalogue and as with everything in the mini which doesn't get into the new catalogue, they are ONLY available until 30th September,

Bashful Blue 1" grosgrain ribbon, button from stash, linen thread tied through,

Here you can see I have double stamped some of the birds and layered them up for some dimension. I also added Dazzlin Diamonds to some of the wings and the leaves,

Right that's all for tonight, I have made a couple of others today so will be back in the morning to show you

Have a good evening, Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx

Woo Hoo! upto 50% off!!!!

Hello all,
Well today has been an exciting one for all us SU! fans!

SU! have released their last chance list from the current catalogue so if you have had your eye on any of the sets you really need to check out this list

BUT the bonus is that they have also reduced some of the items by up to 50% !!! Wowzers, how exciting is that?!!!!

So, if you NEED anything just drop me a line and we can get something sorted.

As an added bonus to all my lovely friends and followers if you order anything, through me, from the retirement list or the catalogue during September you can get it delivered to your home for just £3.95 max. plus I will also send you a special "Thank-You" gift from me. This offer is a gift from me and not SU! email sarah-janerae@sky.com

Thanks for popping by and look forward to hearing from you soon

Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx

Get Well Soon

Hello all,

How's things with you today? It's a fantastic day here, as you will see from the photos in a mo, the sun is shining and doesn't it just make everything seem so much better when the sun comes out? :0) shame it comes out once the kids go back to school!!

Anyway, I have made a quick card this morning. It is for the lovely Eunice who comes to my monthly card classes, she has been feeling a bit under the weather the last few weeks.

I have used the very pretty "Live your Dream" stamp set today, inked in SO Saffron and Always Artichoke inks to match the Tea Party DSP. I used a glue pen and Dazzling Diamonds glitter on the flower and butterflies.

I have also used matching ribbon topped with a fab felt flower and earth elements button, tied with linen thread. Sentiment is from "Sincere Salutations"

Here's the arty farty angle!

Right off to the P.O. now and then to pop Eunices card through to her,

Hope you have a great day too,

Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx

Golden Mojo

Morning Folks,

I hope you all had a fabby weekend, I have a small card to share with you today, it was made for hubby's Aunt and Uncle who this weekend celebrated 50 years of marriage! I used last weeks mojo sketch as inspiration but unfortunately ran out of time to post and link it, doh! never mind, I will share it with you lovely peeps anyway...

I used the fab Cheers to You set for the image and some lovely So Saffron DSP

I colored the champagne glasses with a blender pen and Ink Pad,

Sentiment is from Cheer and Wishes,

So Saffron Grosgrain Ribbon,
Dazzling Diamonds glitter to finish off.

Hope you like, We are going back into town this afternoon to try again to get some shoes for Zack, wish us luck! lol! Hope your day is good.

Hugs Sarah-Jane

xxx

Another card for 2 challenges!

Hello again,

This card covers the Stamp with Us which is a sketch challenge (my fave!) and Crafty Creations challenge which is to use 3 or more papers.

Here I have used Ski Slope papers from SU! which are in the mini catty at the moment, only available till the 30th Sept....

If you would like some, please email me for info or why not take the LAST share in my paper share, all details in the side bar :0)

5 petal punch used for the flower,

Plaque from the Hodgepodge Hardware(available as a share, details in side bar) Sentiment Stamp is a FREE hostess gift, only available with qualifying order until end of September

Arty Farty angle :0)

Right must dash, going to get kids some trainers today, not looking forward to town but hey ho, got to be done, back later to add some more details to these posts ;0)

Hugs Sarah-Jane xx

2 challenges, 1 card

Hello all,

This is going to be a super quick posy, I will pop back later with all the ingredients for this card. It covers 2 challenges which are Anyone for Anya which is a fab sketch this week and Passion for promarkers which is girly and glittery,

Edit to say papers are SU! Tea Party, stamp is the lovely Miss Anya coloured with pro markers, ribbon is the lovely free gift from last months SU! promo, rest is from stash,

Sorry for the rush job, but I still have another card to post too!!!

Back Later,

Hugs Sarah-Jane xx

SU Summer Design Challenge

Hello folks,

Thought I would share with you today my entry into the SU! summer design challenge.

I took my inspiration from summers, as a kid, going and picking fresh strawberries, still warm from the sun, mmmmmm,

So here is my strawberry basket! All supplies are SU! (and available through me) Tart and Tangy stamp set inked with SU! markers and Short Order Alphabet (On Last chance list with 25%off at mo) for the P.Y.O. lettering. I cut 2cm strips of Kraft card and just made a basic basket shape, then weaved more Kraft card through to finish.

Punches used were Scallop circle, 1+3/8" circle, 1+1/4" circle , Large and small Tag

Well, I didn't want to use mints for the little Strawberries so I used strawberry flavoured chewits instead :0) . Linen thread to attach label.

I shredded paper from the packing SU! use in their parcels as the "Straw" in the basket and a couple of lovely brads to attach the handle from the Hodge podge Hardware set (available in THIS share)

Well that's it, let me know what you think and I would love to see what you made if you entered.

Thanks for looking and have a great day,

Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx

Cheers to You

Morning all,

I have a quick card to show you today, I made it in a bit of a hurry on Saturday morning for my sisters fiances birthday (which sort of crept up on me really!! eeek)

I used a card blank made from Bashful Blue card which I had already folded to make this Z shape.

I stamped the background using Seeing Spots stamps in matching Blue ink and the sentiment was printed with my DYMO label maker {do you remember these from school? :0), so fun!}

The little beer jug is from the Cheers to you set which I have water coloured using the aqua brush and So Saffron Ink Pad. Froth was made with Woodware fluffy stuff sprinkled with Dazzling Diamonds glitter and heated to give texture.

Here is the side view, I used dimensionals to attach the beer,

Well that's it for today, it's the last day off school (booo!) and now it's raining here (double booo!) Plus I still have lots of name sewing still to do and then all back to normal tomorrow morning.

Will try to get something made to share with you tomorrow, Have a good day

Hugs Sarah-Jane xxx