A Christening!!

WOW!!! Two posts in one night!!! AMAZING. Even more amazing given I'm sick at the moment. BUT... I had to get these invitation made for my Beautiful Ella who is getting Christened later in April.

You would've thought I'd learnt my 'cutting out' lesson after my recent post for my sister's Baby Shower invites (check it out here and here), but NO I didn't and I've just spent the last hour or so cutting out little butterflies for Ella's invitations... call me CRAZY!!!

I wasn't sure what to do for these, but this is what I eventually came up with. Hope you like it.


Here is a close up of the butterflies... I cut out 50 odd of these!!!!

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Live your Dreams Ink:- Blush Blossom Card:- Blush Blossom, Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa Accessories:- Dimensionals.

Sweet Sunday Sketch #11 - Welcome Little One

Hi There!!!

I'm back!!!! Still not 100%, but functioning well enough to have a play with Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch... Have I mentioned how much I LOVE her sketches.... I'm sure I have, but just in case... I ADORE them! hahaha.

Here is the gorgeous sketch we had to play along with this week:-


And here is my card.


Last week I made this card for the Challenge ( A Baby Boy card) and just in case my beautiful friend's sister has a little pink person, I've used this weeks Sketch Challenge to make 'A Baby Girl Card'.

I've used Very Vanilla as the base and some Au Chocolat DSP (very very retired), but I LOvE the colour!! I've also used some Pretty in Pink... well what else for a little girl and my Nursery Necessities set for the little elephant. Oh the flowers are from my Forever in my Heart set (which by the way RETIRES tomorrow!!!!) I've stamped the elephant in Pretty in Pink and then restamped and cut out the ear which I coloured in using my Regal Rose marker and then covered with a bit of Dazzling Diamonds and popped it up on a dimensional. The flowers are stamped in Pretty in Pink and have buttons from my Earth Elements button collection, they've all been popped up too.

I used some Regal Rose and Pretty in Pink ribbons and that's pretty much it.

I hope you like, and thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
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Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Nursery Necessities, Forever in My Heart (retires tomorrow) Card:- Very Vanilla, Pretty In Pink, Au Chocolat DSP (very very retired) Ink:- Pretty In Pink, Choc Chip Accessories:- Scallop Edge Punch, Dazzling Diamonds, 2-way Glue Pen, Regal Rose Wide Grosgrain, Pretty In Pink Grosgrain, Dimensionals, Earth Elements buttons.

A Wedding!

Hi There, hope you are all having a wonderful weekend. This one is going to be pretty quick unfortunately.... I'm currently fighting a NASTY Bug, which seems to have knocked me for a SIX, hopefully I'll make it to bed early and feel better in the morning.. technically I should get an extra hour sleep tonight, given Day Light Savings finishes at 2am here in WA... here's hoping my little darlings SLEEP for the extra hour!!!! Well one can hope can't they..hahaha.

Anyway lets get back on track... some of our dear friends (Craig and Kellee) are getting married tomorrow so I had to make a card for them on their very special day. Given I'm not feeling the best, I just wanted it to be quick and simple but classy and elegant. Well, here's what I came up with, and I think I managed to achieve my FOUR wants.


I dont often make ALL White cards, but I figured what could be more simple that white. I've used my Boho Background and Forever in My Heart stamp sets (Forever in my Heart is being retired in3 days!!!!). After sitting at my desk pondering or perhaps procrastinating for a bit I came up with the idea of Heat Embossing one of the background stamps (Boho Backgrounds) onto the card, so I inked up the Flower stamp with my VersaMark Pad and then used some White Embossing powder and my Heat Tool to get the effect on the bottom of the card. Then I used my Forever in my Heart set and stamped the 'love' heart stamp in versamark and the solid spotted heart in versamark and used some Silver Embossing Powder and my Heat Tool, then I popped them all up on some dimensionals. A touch of white ribbon and some silver cord and Voila.... there you have it my 'quick, simple, classy and elegant' Wedding Card.

Oh and if you'd LOVE to get your hands on the 'Forever in Your Heart' stamp set then email me before Tuesday, because on Tuesday this gorgeous set will be retired!!!

HOpe you like it.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
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Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Forever in my Heart (soon to be retired), Boho Backgrounds
Card:- Whisper White
Ink:- VersaMark
Accessories:- Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool, White Embossing Powder, Silver Embossing Powder, WHite Ribbon, Silver Cord.

Sweet Sunday Sketch #10 - It's a Boy!!!

Hi There!!

I wasn't sure that I was going to make it in time for Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch.... but I HAVE managed to sit myself down and get my card done, just in the nick of time!!! Phew.

Here is the sketch the lovely Karen gave us this week:-

And here is the card I came up with... oh and you won't believe it... there is NO Pink on it...nope not one trace!!! But then again, you're probably not shocked given the title of my post.. hahaha.

My beautiful friend Bec's sister is having a little baby in a couple of weeks... and nope I'm not even sure she is having a boy, I was actually hoping to get two cards made for this challenge one Blue and one Pink... but I just ran out of time... I will though make it and post it up here for you to see, so be sure to pop back and check it out. If though she does indeed have a boy... well this will be the sweet card she will get.

Thanks for stopping by and if you haven't had a go at Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch yet, then pop on over... you won't be able to help yourself.

Sarah
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ETA:- I've also entered this card into Jen Tapler's Blogoversary Challenge. Go and Check it out here. All cards entered are going towards Jen's Stampin' out Alzheimer's event.

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Nursery Necesseties
Ink:- Bashful Blue, Barely Banana, Choc Chip
Card:- Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Jersey Shore DSP (soon to be retired), Summer Picnin DSP (retired)
Accessories:- Dimensionals, Bashful Blue Grosgrain Ribbon, Soft Subtle Buttons, Scallop Edge Punch.

A Baby Shower!!!

Hello.... I'm Back!!!! as as promised I have a picture of the 'FINISHED' Baby Shower invite I was talking about in this post, earlier today.

Hope you like them.... but most importantly i REALLY hope that Kate Jemma LOVES them!!!

The Base of the invite is Certainly Celery, with a layer of Kraft Cardstock. I recently had a Birthday Book Class and had a HUGE amount of Kraft pieces left over, so I really wanted to use them, and I think they were PERFECT for these invites. I used my White Gel pen to create some faux stitching around the edge.

Now for the little animals (all from Wild About You!), I stamped the lion in So Safron, then restamped his head in Pumpkin Pie and cut out the mane, then restamped his head again in So Saffron and cut out the head part and then used my Choc Chip marker to colour in his face features. All the layers are popped up on dimensionals. The Elephant is stamped in Soft Sky and I also restamped his ear and attached that with a dimensional and the Giraffe is stamped in So Saffron and again I used my Choc Chip Marker to colour in his face and tail.

Although there was an AWFUL amount of cutting out involved in these little darlings... I REALLY did enjoy creating them.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
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Want to see what I've been doing????

Just thought I'd pop in and show you oh so quickly what I've been up to recently.

I'm organising a Baby Shower for my darling sister and opted (of course) to make her Baby Shower invites as well as all the prizes and any other bits and bobs needed for the special day. Sooo....I had this idea in my head for some cute little invites, thinking that I wanted to keep it nice and simple... well hold on to your hats because I'm about to show you my idea of 'SIMPLE'..... (not!!!).


Quite the simple little exercise when you are creating just one invitation, not the 26 or so that I have had to do. Here is the pic of all the little animals from my FAVE 'Wild About You' set... they are absolutely adoarable aren't they... so now can you see how I just couldn't resist... hahaha

And here is a little close up of the little lion... YES that is THREE different layers on his head... CRAZY I know!!!!

Now that I've stamped them and cut them all out, It's time to assemble the invitations... so be sure to pop back soon, to see the finished product.. I SOOOOOO hope they turn out how i've imagined them and I hope that KJ loves them too.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
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Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Wild About You
Card:- Whisper White
Ink:- Soft Sky, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories:- Choc Chip Marker, Dimensionals and Paper Snips (gotta just LOVE these!!!!)

Happy Engagement!!!

Hi there!!!

Our gorgeous friends Bec and Rory recently got engaged and we celebrated with them last night at their engagement party, which was very exciting... not as exciting as the news that I'm also going to be one of Bec's Bridesmaids...oooohhh very exciting, and where's the wedding...well... none other than Hamilton Island... ooohhh... even more exciting.

I thought I'd share with you the card I made for them both.


I actually, cased Kristina's gorgeous creation, I just loved the simplistic nature of it.

I hope you like my version of it.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
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Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Forever in my Heart, So Many Sayings Card:- Basic Black Textured Card, Bashful Blue DSP (Summer Picnic), Whisper White Ink:- Bashful Blue Accessories:- Bashful Blue Grosgrain Ribbon, White Ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds, 2-way Glue Pen, Dimensionals.