Sweet Sunday Sketch #17 - Hi There!

Ooooh it's Sunday, which means it's time for Karen's lovely Sweet Sunday Sketch. I've had the loveliest day today... being Mother's Day my little darlings with the help of their gorgeous Daddy have spoilt me rotten. I do indeed LOVE being a Mummy! And I hope all the lovely Mummy's out there have had a wonderful day too.

Yet another fabulous sketch from Karen to work with, and here it is:-


Here's my card... and I'm so quick off the mark with this one, Karen might actually faint!!!... (Please don't though!!! hahaha) - I usually leave it until Wednesday night to get it finished you see. :o)


I've used the colour combo of Pretty in Pink, Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red and Very Vanilla (I'm assured by my SU! Colour Chart that it all goes together.
The stamp set I used is Cheep Talk and I've added some of the lovely Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon and a Button Bouquet Riding Hood Red button AND a bit of bling with some Rhinestone brads.. ( I just couldn't help myself!!!)

Hope you like. I'll be back soon with some more goodies.
Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
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Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Cheep Talk
Card:- Pretty in Pink, Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla, Candy Lane DSP
Ink:- Choc Chip, Old Olive, Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red and Pink Pirouette (ooops it was meant to be Pretty in Pink!!)
Accessories:- Riding Hood Red Tafetta Ribbon, Button Bouquet, Rhinestone Brads, Scallop Edge Punch, Piercing Tool, Dimensionals.

Inkspiration Sketch Challenge - LOVE YOU

I LOVE the new stamp set Trendy Trees, and when I saw Keesh's Inkspiration Challenge this week, I knew I HAD to use it for my card.

Here is the sketch that Keesh has set for us to use:-


And here is my card.


I've used Pink Pirouette as the base and layered it with some Regal Rose DSP (from the Hostess Set - Pattern Pack II), then on to that another layer of Pink Pirouette and Whisper White. Across the centre I've used Rose Red 1" Double Stitched Grosgrain and Certainly Celery Wide Grosgrain.
The Trees are stamped in Certainly Celery and Pink Pirouette with the trunks being in Close to Cocoa, and the sentiment 'Love You' is from Short and Sweet and stamped in Regal Rose.
I've done some piercing around the Whisper White cardstock just to finish it off an added a little Certainly Celery Brad to the pink tree.

I hope you like it. I'm giving it to my BEAUTIFUL Mum for Mother's Day tomorrow. And I think the sentiment fits perfectly... because I do indeed LOVE my MUM!!!!

Here's a little piccy of the two of us!!!!

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mummys out there too.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
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Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Trendy Trees, Short and Sweet
Card:- Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Regal Rose DSP
Ink:- Regal Rose, Certainly Celery, Pink Pirouette
Accessories:- 1" Rose Red Wide Dbl Stitched Grosgrain, Certainly Celery Wide Grosgrain, Cetainly Celery Brad, Paper Piercer and Mat, 2-way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Dimensionals, and White Gel Pen.

Cupcakes!

I figured that because the majority of my cards lately have had little or heaven forbid NO Pink in them at all *gasp*, that it was about time I went on a little PINK frenzy!!!. And what better challenge to do that with than one of Taylor's Cupcake Challenges.

I've used this sketch of Taylors to create my card, which is full of Cupcake PINKNESS!!!


I used Rose Red as the base with a layer of Regal Rose and some Pink Pirouette DSP, then added a layer of Close to Cocoa (All cupcakes need some chockie don't they??? hahha) and some Very Vanilla. The images is from Big Bold Birthday and I've stamped the cupcake base in Close to Cocoa and the cupcake top in Pink Pirouette, and outlined it before I stamped with my Regal Rose marker. I used the same method for the little flower which is stamped in Regal rose with a Rose Red outline and attached with a lovely Rhinestone Brad, the candle is stamped in Rose Red and the flame in So Saffron and that's been dunked in some Dazzling Diamonds, and all popped up on some Dimensionals.

In the corner I've got a lovely assortment of Rhinestones, Felt Fusion and little flower goodness.
The sentiment on the bottom is from the Hostess Set Sweet Little Sentiments and I used Close to Cocoa and my Regal Rose Marker for that one. Oh and the ribbon is Taupe, which is unfortunately retired.

So there you go my YUMMY Cupcake Challenge in all it's PINKNESS glory!!! hahaha.

Hope you like it, and thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
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Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Big Bold Birthday, Sweet Little Sentiments (Level 1 Hostess)
Card:- Rose Red, Regal Rose, Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa, Pink Pirouette DSP
Ink:- Close to Cocoa, Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette, So Saffron, Rose Red
Accessories:- Taupe Grosgrain (retired), Rhinestone Brads, Silver Brads, Felt Fusion Flowers, Dazzling Diamonds, 2-way Glue Pen, Dimensionals

Sweet Sunday Sketch #16 - Hello There

Sweet Sunday Sketch time again... Yay!!!!... Karen has set yet another wonderful sketch for us to play along with this week and here it is:-


This card is one of those cards that you start and have absolutely NO idea where you're going with it... and let me tell you I had ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA what I was doing, so I hope you like what I came up with:-


Pacific Point was the ONLY new colour that I hadn't made a card with... I find it a little ... mmmm... I'm not sure... a bit scary to work with at the moment... but never fear I'll warm to it eventually.
I used Kiwi Kiss as the little border and layered scalloped square in Choc Chip and Pacific Point on top of Kraft then used some Good Morning Sunshine DSP cut into squares on two of the scallops and the little birds from Cheep Talk stamped in Kiwi Kiss on the other two, the sentiment at the bottom is also from Cheep Talk.

So what do you think.... be honest!!!!

Be back soon... I have a Stamp-A-Stack class to get ready for tonight... which I seem to be quite organised for at the moment... I'll probably realise about 5 mins before that I've forgotten something... hopefully not!.. hahaha

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
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Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Cheep Talk
Card:- Pacific Point, Choc Chip, Kraft, Whisper White, Good Morning Sunshine DSP
Ink:- Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss
Accessories:- Dimensionals, 1 1/4" Square Punch, Scallop Edge Square Punch

Trendy Trees

Just thought I'd show you a card I've made for my Stamp-a-Stack class tomorrow night... ooohh a little sneeky peeky!!!

I've used the lovely Trendy Trees stamp set... I really REALLY love this little set, it is so versatile, and I can see me getting a lot of use out of it.

Anyway... I seemed to have used every one of the NEW In-Colors except Tangerine Tango.... so without further adieu here is 'Tangerine Tango' and Trendy Trees:-


Well now you know, that I've used Tangerine Tango as the base... hahaha... I stamped the background with one of the round stamps in the set in Tangerine Tango and then layered some pieces of Very Vanilla. The Trees are stamped in Tangerine Tango and Kiwi Kiss with the trunks being Choc Chip. The sentiment is also from the same set and stamped in Choc Chip and I've added a little bit of paper piercing underneath it, a little button and some ribbon and all done.

I've got to sort out the rest of the cards for tomorrow night, but will be back to show you what we made.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
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Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Trendy Trees
Card:- Tangerine Tango, Very Vanilla
Ink:- Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss, Choc Chip
Accessories:- Neutral Buttons - Very Vanilla (retired), Paper piercer and Mat, Dimensionals, Choc Chip Wide Grosgrain

Baby Shower Goodies

Hi There!!! As you probably know my sister is having her very first 'delicious' bundle of joy in June, and tomorrow I am throwing her a Baby Shower. You've probably seen the invitations I made for her here, and today I thought I'd show you a few bits and pieces I've made for the big day.

First up... how about some Baby Shower Thankyou Favours... I've gone with the same theme as the Invites here but with a LOT less cutting out (Phew!!!), however I must be honest and say that I was indeed tempted to cut out more manes for the lion like I had in the invites, but decided after a long talking to myself that NO!!! enough is enough... hahaha (Don't you love it when you tell yourself off... or am I the only one that does that.. haha.
Anyhoo here are the favours I made... there are 20 odd here:-


A little close up of the Giraffe and the Lion... aren't they just the most adorable little creatures?


And here are a couple of gifts I made for prizes for some of the party games we'll play:-

A little bundle of 'Thankyou Notes and Envelopes'


And a Chip Board Journal, which I covered with some DSP and used my Cheep Talk Stamp set.


I hope the ladies coming enjoy the afternoon and those that are lucky winners like there little prizes.

Be back soon with some more, but I must go and ice my cake!!!!

Sarah
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Here's what I used:-

Baby Shower Favours
Stamps:- Wild About You
Card:- Certainly Celery DSP (retired), Whisper White, Kraft and Certainly Celery
Ink:- So Saffron, Choc Chip Marker
Accessories:- Scallop Circle Punch, Circle Punches (13/8" and 1 1/4")

Thankyou Card Bundle:-
Stamps:- Pocket Silhouettes, Short and Sweet
Card:- Choc Chip, Baja Breeze, Baja Breeze DSP, Whisper White
Ink:- Choc Chip, Baja Breeze
Accessories:- Square Punch, Square Scallop Punch, Choc Chip Ribbon

Book:-
Stamps:- Cheep Talk, Live Like You Mean It (Hostess Set)
Card:- Pacific Point, Good Morning Sunshine DSP, Whisper White
Ink:- Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point
Accessories:- 1" Double Stiched Grosgrain (Rose Red), Dimensionals

Stamps for Sale

Here is a list of stamp sets I have for sale.

I've been going through my treasure trove of stamp sets and am making way for some new goodies, so thought I'd offer you some of my retired stamp sets for sale.

The prices DON'T include postage, but we can work that out depending on what sets and how many take your fancy.

All stamp sets are in excellent condition, some may have some staining to the rubber or to the wooden blocks due to use.

If you are interested in purchasing any of them just Email me and I can forward you a PayPal invoice.

Happy Browsing, and I hope you find something you like.

Sarah
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$20 Sets
Art of Life - SOLD
Delight in Life (Unmounted) - SOLD
Love Ya Bunches
Mixed Greetings
Teriffic Tags
Lots of Thoughts - SOLD

$25 Sets
Friends are like Flowers
Very Punny

$40 Sets
Greetings Galore (Has my initials on the Wooden Blocks)
Cause for Celebration (2008/2009 Level 2 Hostess Set) - SOLD

$50 Sets
Time Well Spent (2008/2009 Level Three Hostess Set) - SOLD


Here are some pictures of the stamp sets for sale.



Friends are Like Flowers Very Punny Luv Ya Bunches Art of Life



Delight in Life Cause for Celebration Time Well Spent Lots of Thoughts



Mixed Greetings Teriffic Tags Greetings Galore