Sweet Sunday Sketch #119

Happy Sunday!!! It's time of course for another fabulous sketch from the lovely Karen. I hope you can play along!!

My card today is for one of the MOST AMAZING, KIND, GENEROUS, GENTLE, BRILLIANT and WONDERFUL people in my life... MY DAD!!!! :D

It was his birthday on Thursday and today we're taking him out for a FABULOUS Birthday Brekkie to celebrate!!.. I LOVE my DAD!!!

So here is his birthday card:-

And here is the sketch for you to play along with:-

I've used Bashful Blue, Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake, a splash of Real Red and Pacific Point!.. They're BOYS colours.. right??!

OOOhhh and NO stamping.. NOPE.. not one little bit.. I've actually used my VERY NEGLECTED B'day Party Rub-ons.
So all in all a VERY simple card today.

The rest of the Sweet Sunday Stamper's have some AMAZING cards to show you too... sooooo... off you go.. go visit them and be INSPIRED:-

• Jen Tapler
• Karen Motz
• Dana White is having this week off.. be sure to pop on over and say hi though!!
• Lynn Put 
• Vicki Burdick and of course
• KAREN GIRON

And don't forget to link your card to InLInkz over at Karen's blog so we can all see what you've created.

Thanks so much for stopping by.


Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-
Stamps:-  NONE!!!
Paper:- Crumb Cake, Bashful Blue, Pear Pizzazz DSP, Pacific Point, Crumb Cake DSP
Ink:- NONE
Accessories:- Dimensionals, B'day Party Rub-ons, Hemp Twine, Large Scallop Punch

Some more Sew Suite!!

Happy Friday!!!!

I know!!.. It's ONLY Friday and I have something to show you!!.. I hope you're still there!!... this may have caused you literally fall off your chair!! Sooo.. I'll give you a little moment to regain composure before I continue!! hhaha

Righty!.. I thought I'd show you a card I made for a very special someone!!.. It's in the post as we speak/read/look!! so I hope she likes it when it arrives!!
I've used my Sew Suite AGAIN.. I'm actually LOVING this set a whole lot more than I thought I would :D.
I saw this card and thought I'd have a go at creating something similar.. soooo.. here is what I came up with:-

I've used the gorgeous SSSC#118 AGAIN!!.. I told you I would!!!

My colour combo is Marina Mist, Melon Mambo, Blushing Bride and Crumb Cake!!

If you'd like any more info on this sweet little card.. I'm kinda in LOVE with it myself!! hahaha.. just leave me a comment and I'll let you know!!..

Thanks so much for stopping by.

xx SJ


Here's what I used:-
Stamps:-  Sew Suite, Create a Cupcake
Paper:- Crumb Cake,  Blushing Bride, Marina Mist DSP, Marina Mist
Ink:-  Early Espresso
Accessories:- Dimensionals,Victoria Crochet Trim, Pearl Jewels, Blushing Bride 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Rhinestone Jewels, Scallop circle PUnch.,

Sweet Sunday Sketch #118

Happy Sunday!!! I hope you've had a FABULOUS week.. it's time of course for another Sweet Sunday Sketch!!! I LOVED working with this one... perhaps it's because I think my MOJO has FINALLY returned!!.. It seemed to have gone into early retirement for a while... BUT... a BIG SU! COnvention has excited it enough to FINALLY come out!! YAY!!

Sooo.. here is my card for today's sketch:-

And here is the fabulous sketch for you to play along with:-

I've used my NEW Sew Suite stamp set today and gone a little bit girly vintage!!!
I'm SO pleased with how it turned out.. its not often an "IDEA" makes it to "CARD" and actually turns out as I'd planned.. so yep.. MAJOR happy dance going on here!!! hahaha

I thought it would be fun to make a little Vintage Lace skirt using my Victoria Crochet Trim and then made a little belt with some Early Espresso 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon with a little Pearl Jewel as the buckle and of course a little Pearl necklace.

Instead of scallops I made a lace ruffle and added another little Early Espresso 'belt" with a little Espresso bow.. which was made by colouring my retired Kraft (Crumb Cake) Taffeta Ribbon with my SU! Marker!! and because I was SO impatient I actually made the bow first and then coloured it in... see.. now waiting for it to dry!!! LOVE that!!! :D

The rest of the Sweet Sunday Stamper's have some AMAZING cards to show you too... sooooo... off you go.. go visit them and be INSPIRED:-

• Jen Tapler
• Karen Motz
• Dana White
• Lynn Put 
• Vicki Burdick and of course
• KAREN GIRON

And don't forget to link your card to InLInkz over at Karen's blog so we can all see what you've created.

Thanks so much for stopping by.


Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-
Stamps:-  Sew Suite, Apple Blossom
Paper:- Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Blushing Bride, Blushing Bride DSP
Ink:- Crumb Cake,  Early Espresso
Accessories:- Dimensionals,Victoria Crochet Trim, Pearl Jewels, Early Espresso 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Crumb Cake Taffeta Ribbon (retired), Early Espresso Marker,

Some MORE Convention Excitement!!!

Hello!!!!!... It's Friday and it would appear that ALL the rain Perth has missed out on has fallen this morning!!.. Goodness.. that was a whole HEAP of rain is a very short time!!!

Soooo... given it's cold and wet today I thought I'd share some more Convention excitement with you... there will be more.. I've not got my Awards Dinner pics ready yet!! :D

Ok!.. lets go!!:-

 First up!!... The TWO SJK's... yep... same first name...ok.. so I don't have a second name.. but the J in my first name is the same as the J is Sarah's second name!!.. Confused!!??? hahaha... Different surname though ;-). LOVE, LOVE this GORGEOUS girl.... and although I hugged her at any given opportunity while we were away.. I'm LUCKY enough to live about hmmmm... 7mins away should I require a SJK cuddle at any time!!.. Mwah... Love ya to bits!!

 The BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL Sharnee!!!... Really... I simply ADORE her... and still don't think I got to HUG her enough at Convention... Sharnee really is one of the most beautiful, kind and AMAZING ladies I've had the pleasure in meeting. Unfortunately she lives a little too far away for impromptu cuddles... so I have to get my Sharnee hug fix via cyber space... Love you Sharnee!!!

 The AMAZINGLY talented Claire Daly!!... AMAZINGLY talented!!!.. I've stalked Claire's blog FOREVER!! It was SO lovely to catch up with her again this year!! xxx

 The gorgeous Fi!!... I had the pleasure of meeting and sharing a room with Fi last year at Convention!!!... She's absolutely GORGEOUS and it was AWESOME to catch up with her again this year!!.. xxx Fi

 The beautiful Inky LouLou!!!... who is NOT allowed to kill me for posting this GORGEOUS picture of her!!!... Beautiful girl inside and out.. this is the second Convention I've spent with her and I simply ADORE her!!!. xxxx

The FABULOUS and GORGEOUS Lulla!!!... Another amazing and wonderful lady.. NO.. wait FRIEND!!.. I've had the absolute pleasure of getting to know since joining SU!... Love her to BITS and was lucky enough to room with in Melbourne.. Crazy Shower (that's a whole other story!!) and all!!.. hahaha.
Love ya Lulla!!!

Ok!!.. So there you go.. a few pics of Convention!!.. I'll be back soon with the Awards Dinner pics.. quite possibly photos of the same fabulous ladies, only we'll all be in our BEST DRESSES!!!!

Thanks SO much for stopping by.

SJ
x

Some SU! Convention EXCITEMENT!!!

HELLO!!!.. HELLO!!!.. I'm BACK... I've just spent the most AMAZING 5 days in GORGEOUS Melbourne with the MOST AMAZING, GORGEOUS and INSPIRING ladies at the Stampin' Up! Convention!!! Did I mention I had an AMAZING time!!??

I thought I'd share just a couple of pics with you... there will be MORE.. I just have to edit them all!!

I made a couple of little gifts for some of the GORGEOUS gals I was going with and thought I'd show you those. I had SO much fun making these and only wish I'd come up with the idea to make them a little earlier than I had.. you know.. coming up with a fabulous idea 3 days BEFORE I'm due to fly out, doesn't leave a girl much time, to get things done.. hahaha.. NEXT year.. I'll be much more organised... well that's the plan!!

So.. here is what I made:-

 

This year we had a choice of Clear Mount or Wood MOunt stamp sets in our Convention Bag... the problem.. what to take your Clear Mount stamp blocks in!!... Sooooo.. I made a little pouch to store them in!!! Cool!! Huh!!! But I couldn't just make a pouch.. I HAD to make a little co-ordinating Flower Brooch too!!.. I was SO happy with how they turned out.. and YES I did A HUGE happy dance, which involved copious amounds of squealing, hand clapping, jumping in the air and a little more squealing!!.. Just ask my mum.. I think she thought I'd gone a little crazy!!.. hahaha

The brooches were made using my Big Shot and the Flower Folds XL Die... AMAZING!!

Ooohh and just to get you in the mood for a barrage of COnvention Pics.. I thought I'd show you a couple of pics taken at the Airport just before we boarded our plane:-


Can you see how excited we were.... That's ME.. the GORGEOUS Sarah Klass and FABULOUS Lee (Lulla!!). It's a miracle we didn't get separated on the plane... all that EXCITEMENT!!! hahahha

And this last shot!!.. Well while she didn't come to Convention with me... and I'm sure she would've LOVED to have come.. she did mention it a few times... this is my GORGEOUS little Jorja... Miss Ella was hiding from the camera.. but everytime I got a little HOMESICK.. I just looked at this gorgeous pic.. and SMILED!!!..
And ... was SO excited to get to SQUEEZE her when I got back home!!!

 I'll be back soon with MORE excitement and photos from Convention!!

Thanks for stopping by.

SJ
xx

Sweet Sunday Sketch #116

Happy Sunday!! and Happy Mother's Day!!! It's time of course for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

TOday I've gone for Clean and Simple..although I'm thinking I probably should've added a little more something.. something!! hmmmm... Unfortunately given I'm going to be out galavanting ALL day visiting MUM'S I haven't had a chance to add that 'Something.. something!!" I can't quite figure out what it is.. but it's something.. so perhaps I'll tackle it again later!! :D

Anyhoo.... here is my card (minus the something.. something!!):-

 
And here is the sketch:-

I've used my new Autumn Mini Hostess Set today "A Slice of Life" ...It's such a sweet set and I can't wait to ink it up some more.
My colour combo is Crumb Cake, Blushing Bride, Early Espresso, Marina Mist.. Such a lovely combo!!

Now I know that the rest of the Sweet Sunday Stampers are going to have PLENTY of "something.. something" on their cards, so off you go and check them out.. and why not leave them some comment love too!! :D

• Jen Tapler
• Karen Motz
• Dana White
• Lynn Put 
• Vicki Burdick and of course
• KAREN GIRON

And don't forget to link your card to InLInkz over at Karen's blog so we can all see what you've created.

Thanks so much for stopping by.


Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-
Stamps:- A Slice of Life
Paper:- Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, Water colour paper, Blushing Bride DSP
Ink:-  Stazon Black, Marina Mist, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizazz,Melon Mambo
Accessories:- Dimensionals,Rhinestone Jewels, Marina Mist Satin Ribbon, Jewellery Tag Punch

FINALLY!!! Sweet Sunday Sketch #115

HellO!!!.. Again, I must apologise for this being late... LATE!!! I won't bore you with the details, rather say, I've had quite the week and am just starting to catch up now!. Never fear though, and if you've been patient enough with me to pop on back and see my card THANKYOU!!.

Soooo.. as you already know it's Sweet Sunday Sketch time and this weeks sketch was FUN!! I can definately see myself using this one over and over again.

HEre is my card:-

And here is the fabulous sketch:-

I've made a little Gift Card/Money holder pouch on the front using my Scallop Envelope Die then using my NEW and SO cute Create a Cupcake stamp set made a little Cupcake embellishment. Oh and someone remind me why I thought twice about getting that stamp set.. I mean seriously.. it's SO cute!!!

I won't continue to bore you, rather send you off if you haven't already been, to visit the rest of the AMAZING Sweet Sunday Stampers:-

• Jen Tapler
• Karen Motz
• Dana White
• Lynn Put 
• Vicki Burdick and of course
• KAREN GIRON

And don't forget to link your card to InLInkz over at Karen's blog so we can all see what you've created.

Thanks so much for stopping by.


Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-
Stamps:- Create a CupCake
Paper:- Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Blushing Bride, Whisper White
Ink:-  Crumb Cake, Blushing Bride, Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, Early Espresso,
Accessories:- Dimensionals,Rhinestone Jewels, Early Espresso Satin Ribbon, Scallop Envelope Die, Big Shot, 1 3/4" Circle Punch

Sweet Sunday Sketch is COMING!!!

I'm SO, SO Sorry!!!.. I promise it's coming.. My Sweet Sunday Sketch card.. it really is. This week has been ... well a little full on... but I am in the process of getting my card finished and photographed for you.

Please STOP BACK soon.. it will be here.

Thanks for understanding.

xx SJ