Truly Scrumptious, A spoonfull of sugar & Simon says stamp

Sorry I have not posted again for a week but life has given us another kick in the teeth, my brother-in-laws sister collapsed suddenly on Sunday morning, it turned out she had an abscess on her brain, unfortunately it burst and we lost her the following day. She leaves behind a husband and 2 children aged 10 & 17!!

I am not sure what will happen on christmas day now as we had planned a big family christmas again this year, we usually spend christmas and boxing day with this poor family so I am not sure what we will do now, it really breaks my heart, she was only 49!!

I thought I would participate in a couple of challenges to cheer myself up today and I found a fab sketch over at Truly Scrumptious, they also have the option of Pearls, petals and bows, I managed the pearl bit....LOL

Here is my card, yes another baby one, not sure why I keep making them but at the moment I cannot face making christmas cards, just can't get into the spirit!



I thought I would use my very neglected Sizzix die, I cut the elephant out of felt.....sooooo cute!!! He is still available to buy here at Stampeezee

The paper is K & Co Itsy Bitsy and the nestie is Lacey circles available here, the sweet sentiment is by PTI's Baby Button Bits punched out with my SU word window punch

I am also entering my card into A spoonfull of Sugar & Simon says stamp which this week want to see us use our punches and die cuts

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.Hugs

Baby Baby

Happy Sunday everyone, hope everyone is well in blogland!

I am pleased to say my brother is recovering well from his heart attack and finds himself now having to make big lifestyle changes! Mainly diet and reducing the amount of hours he puts in at work as seemingly working long hours and not resting/sleeping enough does not give the body enough time to break down the bad fats!!

I will be cutting down on the bad stuff I eat now as this has scared me!!

Anyway on a brighter note I have made 2 cards!! Woo hoo. I am trying to use all my unloved, unused stamps to make at least 2 cards each with them and although I should be making christmas cards, I have to make what my mojo wants to make and last night it was baby cards!!!

I made 2 cards using an Elzybell's baby image and a Hero Arts stamp, the DP is from my stash and the punch is Martha Stewarts Doily

I am going to make these in Pink and lemon so I have cards for a girl and an either or, I am trying build up my go to card stash so I am creating some simple designs that I can make in a jiffy, although saying that I decoupaged the sling and baby's head which took a little extra time!

I am also making myself finish off the insides with inserts etc and pop them into cello bags with envies, I have made loads of cards in the past and they end up all crushed and bent so I am trying to be good!!!

The little bit of colouring was done with Promarkers, Blush, dusky pink and pastel Pink, all available from Stampeezee.

Anyhow, I am off to my sisters house, she is cooking us Sunday lunch today...woo hoo, my 2 year old fridge (just out of WA) finally had to be switched off as it was giving off a burning smell so all my food is either in the bin or in other peoples fridges/freezers!! Can't believe it has died already after I paid £1300 for it!!!!

Anyway, have a great day

Hugs

Sarah

Passion For Papertrey

Get me, 2 posts in 1 day!!!

I just had to play along with this weeks Passion for Papertrey!! The challenge this week is to CASE a card made by one of the actual PTI DT!! Er, how many times can I enter??? I just love everything they do, especially Nichole...........I especially love how she breaks down her projects into step by step instructions!!

Anyway, I chose to CASE this little beauty below



I kept mine pretty much exact, I changed the colour obviously and I left out stamping the dots on the background......only because I struggle to get a crisp image with my SU inks, I find chalk inks are much better and I like Versafine for my words. I added some glamour dust to the lacy edges of the cake and Voila, card CASED, although mine does not seem to look as classy as Nichole's, but i have to say it is much prettier IRL.

Anyways I am off to bed now,

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

What a week!!!

Hi Peeps,

Well, I have not done a good job of following through my pact to enter those challenges I talked about in my last post have I??? Last week was sooooooooo busy, I had some commitment or other every night and with working full time I had no time at all to craft!!!

To top it all off I had a phone call Friday morning from my mum telling me my eldest brother had suffered a heart attack!!! I think the whole office heard me scream and then burst into tears!! (I don't handle that kind of stuff to well!!).

Anyway, I am relieved to say, he is ok and back at home. They had to put a stent in as there was a problem with one of the valves to the heart. It was such a shock as my brother is a fit fella, lorry driver is his profession and he does not smoke or indulge in fatty fry ups etc, neither is he overweight - he is the last person you would put on the heart attack candidate list!!! His wife was with him when it happened, she thankfully went to see if he was ok and intervened just in time!!!! I gave her the biggest hug ever.

Anyway, I have a couple of days off work so I have made a card. This one was inspired by my friend Debbie at Stampeezee, whom aside from running her business more or less single handed, manages to make a few cards to sell in the shop.......well I hang around this section of the shop all the time as these cards are just fab, Debbie has a simple but elegant style and I love ALL of her cards and I often buy all the ingredients just to re-create one of her masterpieces. So the last time I was in there I found a wedding card on the shelf that used a Sizzix cake embossing folder and it to my basket it jumped!!! It came as a set of 4 and I made the cake card exactly as Deb did and using a very similar style (Same DP and Ribbon etc) I used one of the other embossing folders that came in the pack and produced this:



Apologies for the picture quality, I am having to take pics on my i-phone as my lap top won't read the memory cards from any of our cameras, I think it is on its way out, just like my American fridge that is 3 months out of warranty and requires a new Circuit board.......grrrrr BEWARE if you are buying an American fridge, the engineer that came out today said thay are very problematic, especially the make I have which is a market leader!!!! Anyway I have found the part on the internet for £70 and it is a relatively small job to do!!! It will be interesting to get the quote from todays visit to see how much they try and sting us for!!!

Anyway, back to the card, Sizzix embossing folder, smothered in glamour dust, Magnolia DSP from the wedding collection and you can't see in the photo but the ribbon has little diamonds on it, I love it!!! All items were available at Stampeezee but I think I had the last of everything...LOL

Anyway, I will try and stop by your blogs soon, thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Tilda & her horse

My friend asked me to make a card for her daughters birthday, she loves horses, I remembered Claudia Rosa's fab best friends card I saw on Splitcoaststampers, here and thought it would be perfect, so I took CASED it and came up with this:


The Happy Birthday stamp is Papertrey Ink's Birthday Bash sentiments and the Daughter text is from a Waltzing mouse set, Roses in bloom, the DSP is MME, Tilda and her lovely horse have been coloured with Promarkers.

My bathroom is coming on, the bath is half in so I managed to grab a bath but unfortunately it leaked and has gone through my kitchen ceiling which is brand new....grrrrrr, we caught it in time though so we just have a wet patch, I just want it all to be finished, we just seem to be hitting one problem after another!!

Anyway I am off to bed, got work in the morning....boo

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

They are all grown up!!!

Oh my, where have all the years gone? Today, my youngest nephew started big school and so did my best friends little chap....they seem too young!!! I was nervous for them but they have both got on great! I am still waiting for my son to get back, he goes to school 20 miles away, he has special schooling as he has mild Autism, so he is on his way back now, hope he has got on ok as he moves up to another campus today.

Anyway, I have made another card (very rare for me lately...LOL) my sister asked for a card for a 60 year old man who loves gardening and fine wines and this is what I came up with.

A pal suggested this fab image from Di's Digi Downloads, thanks sweetie.x The papers are My minds Eye, and the cardstock is Stampin Up, I have coloured the image with copics and Promarkers, I always print my digi's on Stampin up whisper white or Very Vanilla as it is thin enough to go through my printer and is my fave card to use with alcohol markers.

The sentiment is Papertrey Ink, stamped in SU ink and punched out with my new Woodware jumbo word window punch I got from Stampeezee, it has 4 sizes of windows to chose from, I love it, the one I have used is huge!! not sure if they are on the website, you may have to ring the shop to get one!

I am entering this card into this weeks Stampin for the weekend challenge which is 'Anything goes' and Crafty Emma's store have the same theme for their first ever challenge

Anyway, have a great Thursday, I am still wallowing in dust, my bathroom is getting there, the underfloor heating and floor tiles are just going down and tonight I can have a bath as we have hot water....yay a novelty, even a place to wash is a novelty at the moment...LOL

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.x

Sarah

Hurry 15% off at Stampeezee!!!!

Hi peeps, just had to give you the heads up on this one, Deb at Stampeezee is offering a massive 15% off on all web orders placed until 5th September, all you need to do when you check out is enter the code 'Summer' to make your saving, how generous is that??

As I was passing on my way home from work tonight I thought I would pop in for My Magnolia magazine and lookie what I got, Deb was just unpacking the new Basic grey pads, some fab new Kars pads and Cosmo Crickets Delovely pads amongst loads of other new yumminess, I could not leave without a little retail therapy, what with it being my first day back at work after a fab holiday and all.....LOL

These new paper pads are not on the website yet but keep checking as Deb will be popping them on soon. Also check out the craftwork cards goodies, loads of yummy card candy and card candy storage boxes, papers, toppers, just loads, check out the craftwork cards section here.

Don't forget Stampeezee also stock the fab Justrite stamps that are nestie friendly, some delish sets to be had, especially with that discount, check them out here

Anyway, I am off to do a bit of crafting, no housework at the mo, too much building going on, no point dusting etc it just comes back too quick!!!!

Have a great evening