Colour Challenge #19

Here is another Colour Challenge from Kristina Werner. Unfortunately I haven't been able to play with the last couple, and then Kristina was unable to play because she had injured her back, BUT we are ALL back on board now.... PHEW!!!!

Here is the challenge this week:-

The colours this week were Basic Black, Basic Grey, Whisper White and a colour of choice... I've decided to go with River Rock.

And here is my card:-


Oki... I've used Whisper White as the base of the card and then layered it with Basic Black, which I've stamped in Veramark Ink with the 'Circles' from my Boho Backgrounds Stamp set. Unfortunately you can't see it in the photo.... might need to get some clear embossing powder for next time!!! The top layer is made with Basic Grey Textured Cardstock which I've Faux Stitched using my Gel Pen. The word 'love is made with my Big Deal Alphabet in Basic Black and the 'o' I've made using the my 'Boho Background' set (AGAIN!!!) geees.... you've gotta love this set!!!! I've punched out the flower in the centre and cut it out and then popped it up on a dimensional.

All that and not an ounce of PINK!!!!

So here are all the tools:-

Stamps:- Boho Backgrounds, Big Deal Alphabet
Paper:- Whisper White, Basic Black, Basic Grey Textured
Ink:- Versamark, Basic Black, River Rock
Accessories:- Dimensionals, Circle Punch, Piercing Mat/Needle.

LOVE!!!! Scrapbook Layout!!!!

Here is a Scrapbook Layout I made as a Challenge for the Demo's online group. It was set by the very talented Makessha, and considering I don't often make Scrapbook pages, it was indeed a challenge for me..... BUT!!!! I REALLY did enjoy making it.

I used a photo I'd taken of my gorgeous little Jorja on Sunday at Daniel's Birthday Party in the park. The minute I saw the Challenge, I knew exactly this was the photo for the job. Firstly here is the Challenge Layout for you to see:-


And here is my creation:-


It's EXTREMELY hard to get a good photo of Miss Jorja at the moment, she is either too busy running around or too busy trying to get to the other side of the camera to see what photo I've taken, so I was quite proud of ME for actually getting TWO photos of her, one on the slide as she got to the bottom and one walking with Daddy... which she wouldn't actually known I was taking... but I'm still going to pretend I was clever!!! hahaha. Anyway... those who know the beautiful Jorja will also know that at the moment, we can't go anywhere without her most FAVOURITE hat... she wears it everywhere... from around the house, in the car, shopping even to bed... yes BED!!!! so I used the colours of her hat as the inspiration for the colours on the page.
Here is a shot of the page with her HAT!!!! (well I couldn't leave it out...)

I've used River Rock Textured Cardstock for the base and used Pretty in Pink as the first border, which I've done some Faux Stitching using my Piercing Mat and Needle. Then the square is Rose Red and you probably wont be able to see it in the photo but I've used the 'Flower' stamp from my Boho Background Stampset to decorate it. The circle is made with Pretty in Pink and again I've used my Boho Background set, this time the 'Circles' to decorate.
The flowers are from my Bodacious Bouquet Set and I've created the two on the left using the 'Rock and Roll' Technique using Pretty in Pink and Rose Red Ink and a Rose Red flower and Pretty in Pink Brad for the centre, the swirl is made with River Rock Ink (stamp from Bodacious Bouquet. The flower on the right is stamped in Rose Red with a Pretty in Pink and silver brad for the centre.
The title is made using my 'Big Deal Alphabet' stamp set and has been stamped in Pretty in Pink and River Rock, I've just added a Rose Red Flower and Pretty in Pink brad to highlight the 'O'. I've written my journaling on Pretty in Pink cardstock strips, which I've 'Faux Stitched'.

Sooooo.... I hope you like my little creation.

Sarah
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Here are all the tools:-

Stamps:- Bodacious Bouquet, Boho Backgrounds, Big Deal Alphabet
Card:- River Rock Textured 12x12 Cardstock, Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White
Ink:- Pretty in Pink, River Rock, Rose Red
Accessories:- Soft Subtle Brads (Pretty in Pink), Silver Brads, Piercing Mat/Needle, Dimensionals, Paper Snips, White Gel Pen.

Tart and Tangy!!!

I've been a busy little (mmm OK... Big) person this week, and have sat down and made the box and cards we'll be making at my upcoming 'Tart and Tangy' Night. Oh and lets not forget that I took the photos too... now if you can imagine me outside, 8month pregnant belly, kneeling on the decking trying to get a good photo!!!!... you will truly appreciate my efforts and of course I'm sure get a nice little giggle out of it, while you're trying to visualise all that!!!! hahaha.

Anyway, I've made four cards and the gift box and they are REALLY simple to do. So here they all are:-
First up.... the gorgeous little box that all of the cards we make will fit nicely into. I've use Old Olive cardstock as the base of the box and then layered Bashful Blue and pieces of Summer Picnic DSP onto the top. I've also used Red Wide Grosgrain and the Cherry Stamp from 'Tart and Tangy' cut it out with my circle punches and layered it onto a circle of Old Olive and a Red Scallop.

Now for the cards:-
First up.... this one is made with the Apple stamp and the Apple Print paper from Summer Picnic. I've used some Old Olive Wide Grosgrain and layered the apple image onto an Old Olive circle. The base of the card is Whisper white and there is also another layer of Real Red. The sentiment is from the Level 1 Hostess Set 'So Many Sayings' and it says Thanks SO Much.

Next card:-
STRAWBERRY!!!! mmmm.... this one again has a base of Whisper White (actually they all do). Here I've used a piece of the Flowers and Bashful Blue Print from Summer Picnic DSP with a strip of Real Red and then a piece of Real Red Wide Grosgrain to finish it off. The Strawberry stamp is layered on a circle of Real Red and an Old Olive Scallop. Again the sentiment (hugs & kisses) is from the Level 1 Hostess set 'So Many Sayings'.... Interested in this Hostess set YET.... well why not book a workshop and it could be yours.

Card No. 3 is.....
CHERRIES!!!!.... This one is done by layering Real Red, Bashful Blue, Old Olive and a piece of the Cherry paper from Summer Picnic. Add a knotted piece of Real Red Wide Grosgrain and the Cherry stamp layered on an Old Olive cirlce and Real Red Scallop, it's done. The Happy Birthday Sentiment is from 'It's your Birthday.

And last but not least..... Card No. 4:-
ORANGES!!!!! This card I've made by using a layer of Old Olive, some Whisper White and the Stripes from Summer Picnic, then finished it off with the Orange stamp layered on a Bashful Blue circle and Groovy Guava Scallop, then a piece of Groovy Guava Double stitched Ribbon to finish it. The sentiment again is from 'It's your Birthday'.

Oh and we must have a GROUP SHOT.... so here they all are together!!!!

Ok.... so I had to cheat here and remove myself and my BUMP from the ground and relocate to higher ground and use the Barbie!!!!! Sorry Girls, but I didn't think I could handle another photo on the ground.... well my BUMP couldn't anyway... hahahah.

Now I MUST thank the lovely Rebecca Ross who shared her ideas for this Tart and Tangy class with me.... THANKYOU Rebecca!!!!! I've just adapted a few of the cards.

Sooooo.... there you have it your official SNEAK PEEK at what you'll get to make. Let me know if you are interested in coming... but be quick... you don't want to miss out. I can't wait to get us all together again to do this set.... It really is a cute little stamp set and the Summer Picnic Designer Paper is GORGEOUS.

I'll have more pics soon.... I must get started on some Chrissy ones now!!!! For another Sneak Peek!!!!

Sarah
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Here is everything I used:-

Stamps:- Tart and Tangy (Spring Mini), So Many Sayings (Level 1 Hostess Set), It's your Birthday.
Paper:- Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Real Red, Whisper White, Summer Picnic DSP
Ink:- Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Groovy Guava
Accessories:- Real Red Wide Grosgrain, Old Olive Wide Grosgrain, Groovy Guava Double Stitched Ribbon, Scallop Punch, Circle Punches, Dimensionals.

Happy Birthday Daniel!

Yesterday was the party of our nephew Daniel. And quite a special party, because he will be turning ONE this week. We all gathered at a park to help him celebrate and here is a pic of the card I made for him. Happy Birthday little man, and we all hope you had a WONDERFUL day!!!!

I used my 'Wild About You' stamp set for this one. The card base is Confetti White and the images are all stuck on with Dimensionals just to lift them off the page a tad. The ear on the elephant I created by stamping the image twice to get the lighter colour and then just cut out the extra ear and attached it with a dimensional. The grass at the bottom was done using a strip of Old Olive cardstock and my paper snips, then stuck down and I added a strip of grosgrain just to finish it off. The sentiment is from the 'It's Your Birthday' stamp set and I've then used my scallop punch and then reinserted it to get the extra detail. I'll list all of the tools below for you.

Hope you like.

Sarah
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Stamp Set:- Wild About You, It's your Birthday
Card:- Confetti White, Old Olive
Ink:- Brilliant Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Summer Sun, Soft Sky.
Accessories:- Dimensionals, Paper Snips, Mellow Moss Grosgrain, Scallop Punch

A New Baby!!!

No.... not mine YET!!!! For those of you who just held your breath momentarily.... still got a couple of months to wait. hahaha

Our next door neighbours just welcomed a little baby boy into the world so I thought I'd make a little card to give to them and here it is.

This card is the same sort of layout I used for one of Kristina's colour challenges in this post except I've changed the colours. I started with Very Vanilla as the base and then used Blue Bayou and River Rock for the larger layers. The River Rock piece I've stamped with a stamp from the Boho Backgrounds Stamp set and then tied some Blue Bayou Double Stitched Ribbon around it before sticking it to the card base. The Giraffe and Bird are of course from my FAVE 'Wild About You' and stamped in Soft Sky and Blue Bayou and layered on Soft Sky and Blue Bayou Cardstock. The words are from the hostess set 'So Many Sayings' and I've just cut it into small sections and mounted them onto the same layers as the Giraffe.

This is such a simple but effective layout and you just can't beat the Wild About You set to make some baby cards.... well I can't anyway.... If not the Giraffe then the Elephant... mmm... maybe I should try this card out with the elephant now.... might just do that!!

Hope you like.

Sarah
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Here's a list of everything I used:-

Stamps:- Wild About You, Boho Backgrounds, So Many Sayings
Card:- Very Vanilla, Soft Sky, Blue Bayou, River Rock
Ink:- Soft Sky, Blue Bayou, River Rock
Accessories:- Blue Bayou Double Stitched Ribbon.

All About Gifts!!!

Well lastnight was the second 'All About Gifts' night and I think (hope) it's safe to say that everyone on both nights enjoyed themselves and loved what they created. (Hello Lovely Ladies!!!).
Needless to say there was an excessive amount of M&M's consumed, together with homemade muffins and of course (for me) not ONE but TWO evening full of chatter!!!... oh and the occasional BOOT from Baby Kale', when I was least expecting it... hahaha.... makes for an interesting night when I'm half way through explaining something and I let out a little YELP!!!!.

Well here are the goodies that we all made, plus a couple of extras.

First up.... we made a CD Holder, I got the tutorial and colour ideas from the very talented Makessha Byl (who had sent me a CD Holder she had made earlier this year.... all beautifully decorated, just so that I could see how it was made... so THANKYOU Makeesha!!!!).


The girls got to fight over who got what paper... the flowers or the dots, but then some were even VERY brave and turned their paper over and made a CD Holder completely different to the two I showed them. AWESOME. Both of these have been made using Real Red card stock for the base and strips of the Summer Picnic DSP (available in the SPRING MINI!!) with some Old Olive Grosgrain, which I have just realised in the picture has slipped down...oops!!!!
Then I've used my Scallop and circle punches for the embelishment and on the flower one I've used the flower stamp from the Level 2 Hostess set 'Cause for Celebration'.

Next up we made these gorgeous little 'Gift Card Holders':-

This has Really Rust as the card base and then we used some of the DSP Apple Cider (again from the new Mini Catalogue). The saying is from the Level 1 Hostess Set 'So Many Sayings' and the embelishment has been made using the Boho Backgrounds stamp set (LOVE this set!!) and my Scallop and Circle punches. The pattern on the scallop (green) was done by reinserting the scallop once cut back into the punch and turning it slightly and then punching it again. Then we added some River Rock Double Stitched Ribbon and a couple of Brads to secure the 'Gift Card Pouch' and the job was done. These can also be adapted to a larger size to allow you to fit a photo into them if you wanted to send photos to friends.

And then.... we made a 'CHOCKIE SLIDER' mmmmmm!!!!!! oh and fully adapted in size to fit a 'Cadbury Block' into it.... YUM!!!!


This is the one that the girls made.... and we've used Brilliant Blue as the base and the layers are Wild Wasabi, some paper from the Jersey Shore DSP range and Soft Sky and Whisper white.... the stamp set I used was from Boho Backgrounds, but the girls were all super creative and some of them chose a slightly different layout and different sentiment using the Cheery Chat stampset. It was all finished off with some Soft Sky Double Stitched Ribbon and a little tag.

I thought I'd make a chrissy one too, so here it is.

I've used Old Olive as the base and then some Real Red as the bottom layer with a strip of paper from the Dashing DSP range, then another layer of Old Olive and the stamp from 'Seasons of Joy (Mini Catalogue) was stamped in Real Red on Very Vanilla Cardstock. Add some Real Red Grosgrain and a little tag, again the stamp was from Seasons of Joy, and that is my first Christmas Gift ready to go.... and 5months early!!!!

I'm nearly done!!! PROMISE. But I couldn't resist making this next card. From the minute I saw it on Kristina's blog, I just had to make one.

My very own PINK christmas card....

I've used Pretty In Pink as the card base and stamped it with stamps from the Seasons of Joy stamp set (you MUST get this set... it is just GORGEOUS!!!) Then added some Wild Wasabi textured card stock and another layer of Whisper White with the the sentiment stamped in Regal Rose. Add a splash of Regal Rose Wide Grosgrain and WHOLLA..... who said you couldn't have a PINK Chrissy Card???

So there you go..... all the goss on two jam packed evenings of Chatter, M&M consumption and 'All About Gifts' making and stampin', oh and of course ONE pink Chrissy Card. All the lovely ladies who came to both nights should be sooooo proud of themselves.... they did a wonderful job.

Hope you like.

Here is a list of everything used:-

CD Holders
Stamps:- Cause for Celebration, Forever in my Heart (Flower), Boho Backgrounds
Cardstock:- Real Red, Summer Picnic DSP, Bashful Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Whisper White
Ink:- Real Red, Old Olive
Accessories:- Scallop Punch, Circle Punches, Old Olive Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals

Gift Card Holder
Stamps:- Boho Backgrounds, So Many Sayings (Level 1 Hostess)
Cardstock:- Really Rust, Apple Cider DSP, Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa, Wild Wasabi, River Rock
Ink:- Wild Wasabi, Really Rust, Close to Cocoa, River Rock
Accessories:- River Rock Double Stitched Ribbon, Silver Brads, Scallop Punch, Circle Punches, Dimensionals.

Chockie Slider
Stamps:- Boho Backgrounds, So Many Sayings, Seasons of Joy
Cardstock:- FIRST SLIDER:- Brilliant Blue, Wild Wasabi, Soft Sky, Whisper White, Jersey Shore DSP - SECOND SLIDER:- Old Olive, Real Red, Very Vanilla, Dashing DSP.
Ink:- FIRST SLIDER:- Soft Sky, Pumpkin Pie - SECOND SLIDER:- Real Red
Accessories:- Soft Sky Double Stitched Ribbon, Linen Thread, Real Red Grosgrain.

Pink Chrissy Card:-
Stamps:- Seasons of Joy (Spring Mini)
Cardstock:- Pretty in Pink, Wild Wasabi Textured, Very Vanilla
Ink:- Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose
Accessories:- Regal Rose Wide Grosgrain, Dimensionals.

Colour Challenge #17 - Take 2!!

Hello Again!!!

If you read my post from last night about Kristina's GORGEOUS Colour Challenge for this week, you'll know that I wasn't really happy with it. Soooo.... I've given it another shot and come up with this one.



Pretty much the same layout and colours as the previous one, this time I've used Bodacious Bouquet and the words are from So Many Sayings (Hostess Set).

Sorry to rush off, but I have to get Jorja to Swimming Lesson... can't be late for the start of the new term...hahaha. I'm sure I'll come out of the pool and lot more WET than she will!!! haha

Hope you like this one. I'm much happier with this one.

Sarah
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