My Beautiful Ella - Day ONE!!!

Hi there!!! As promised in this post, during the week I'll be popping up the scrap pages I've made of my Beautiful Ella, who celebrated her FIRST birthday on Saturday. I made these pages for her scrap book, but also to have on display during her party, so that everyone could see just how much she's grown. Well OK, I think everyone already knew that, but it was fun making them, and made Mummy here a bit teary while searching the hundreds of pic we have of her to make each page.

So, today I've got her arrival and One Month pages.

Ella is literally minutes old in this photo.... she came so quickly that it was taken on Shane's mobile phone, because YES we didn't have time to get the camera out of the car... it was get ME out or have baby in the car... hahaha.

And here she is at One Month old.... smiley, happy and just adorable.


Hope you like these, be sure to pop back tomorrow for a couple more.

All supplies on these pages are from my SU! Simply Scrappin' Kit - Rock-a-Bye Girl. oooohhh I do LOVE this kit.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
xxx

Sweet Sunday Sketch #38 and a Raspberry Suite Colour Inspiration

Happy Sunday Everyone!!!! We've had a BUSY, BUSY week this week. My precious Ella turned one yesterday. Who would've thought planning a 1st birthday is soooo time consuming!!! Or perhaps it's just me and my Obsessive Compulsive behaviour!!! ... hmmmm could be that... hahaha.

I'm hoping today is going to be nice and relaxing... Ella has about a hundred (ok slight exageration!! haha) new toys to muddle her way through, with I might add the added enthusiasm of her older sister Jorja (almost 3), who thinks all her Christmases have come at once with such an influx of new goodies!!! And Shane and I, well I think a day of doing NOTHING is in order!!!

Anyhoo... the reason your here is to see what WONDERFUL sketch the lovely Karen has set for us to play along with this week. I've actually got TWO projects to show you today using Karen's sketch, one a Scrap page of Ella ( I made 13 pages to put up for her party, one for each month, which I'll post during the week), and thought I'd use Karen's sketch for the layout JUST incase I didn't get the opportunity to sit down and make a card. BUT... I've managed to sneak a bit of time and get one done too, and I'm so glad I did.

So first up the Scrap Page of Ella:-



And, now my card:-


And last but not least the fabulous sketch:-


I used my Simply Scrappin' Kit - Rock-a-Bye Girl Pack to make all of the pages for Ella's scrapbook, for this page I started with a Bashful Blue base and added some Pink Pirouette DSP and one of the Sticker embelishments in Kiwi Kiss. I layered her GORGEOUS photo (she is GORGEOUS isn't she... YES I am VERY biased!!... LOL) onto some Regal Rose before added the 11month sticker, some Regal Rose Ribbon and a little heart sticker.

For my card I used Dawn's Raspberry Suite Colour Challenge Colours of Kraft, Choc Chip, Red, Turquoise (Aqua) and Vanilla.
I used some Tempting Turquoise DSP mounted onto a piece of Choc Chip and stamped my image from my Party Hearty set in Choc Chip adding a Turquoise star to the centre and a Real Red hat which I stamped twice and mounted one on top of the other. Some Choc Chip grosgrain finished it off. Quite a simple card, but I'm really happy how it turned out.

Be sure to pop on over to the other Sweet Sunday Stamper's Blogs for some more FABULOUS inspiration:-

Jen Tapler
Karen Motz
Laura Fredrickson
Lynn Put
Nancy Riley
Vicki Burdick
and of course KAREN GIRON

Thanks for stopping by and ENJOY the rest of your Sunday.

Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-

Ella's Page

Stamps:- None
Paper:- Simply Scrappin' Kit - Rock-a-bye Girl

Card:-

Stamps:- Party Hearty
Paper:- Kraft, Choc Chip, Real Red, Very Vanilla, Tempting Turquoise DSP
Ink:- Choc Chip, Tempting Turquoise, Real Red
Accessories:- Dimensionals, Choc Chip Wide Grosgrain, Tempting Turquoise Grosgrain.

Inkspirations Inspiration Challenge #13

Hi There!!! Hope you are all well. It's been a CRAZY week here in the Kale' abode... trying to organise my little darling Ella's FIRST birthday party... ONE already... I'm still trying to accept the fact that she is growing up!!! There's still photos to be scrapped, balloons to be pumped, Cake to be made... OH and most importantly STAMPIN' to be done!!!

This week the GORGEOUS Keesh has set an Inspiration Challenge, and here is the little card I've made for it:-


Here is the lovely Inspiration picture:-


I started out with a base of Real Red, then added some Sahara Sand and some Real Red DSP from Summer Picnic (retired), to that I added another layer of Sahara Sand and some striped DSP from my Dashing pack (unfortunately also retired) ... SORRY about all the retired goodies today!!!!. I used this paper though because it resembled the stripes on the table cloth.
I stamped my flower image from my Circle Circus set in Real Red and stamped it slightly off the edge then stamped my sentiment in Sahara Sand.

All in all a pretty simple card this week, but for fear of over crowding or over embelishing ( is there such a thing??? hahaha) I opted to leave it nice and simple. I hope you like.

Don't forget to pop on over to the other Inkspiration DT girls blogs for some AMAZING inspiration:-

Renee'
Cindy
Chantelle
Kirsty
Amy
and of course KEESH

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Best Yet (Hostess), Circle Circus
Paper:- Real Red, Sahara Sand textured, Very Vanilla, Dashing DSP (retired), Summer Picnic DSP (retired)
Ink:- Real Red, Sahara Sand
Accessories:- Dimensionals.

Sweet Sunday Sketch #37

Hello There.... It's time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch. What a BEAUTIFUL day we are having here in Perth today... the sun is shining and even the shorts and t-shirts have made an appearance.... unfortunately quite possibly short lived as I believe it is going to be cold and RAINING tomorrow... hmmmm!!!! But never the less we are all going to enjoy the beautiful sunshine while it is here.

Karen has set yet another fabulous sketch for us this week, and all nice and straight too... phew... hahaha.. just kiddin' Karen!!! (waving at ya!!!).
Here is the card I came up with:-


ANd here is our gorgeous sketch:-


At this rate I'm going to have ALL of my Chrissy cards done and ready to post before December even gets here.... I'm quite liking that!!!!

With this card today I started with Choc Chip as the base and added some Ski Slope DSP using the Real Red piece... ( I seriously LOVE this Paper... I think I should get a neat little stash of it!!!)
Then I added another panel of Choc Chip with some of the Striped paper from the same DSP pack. I've been wanting to make my own little christmas tree for ages, and thought this would be the card to give it a whirl on, so I used some Choc Chip and then some of the Old Olive DSP from Ski Slope added some Choc Chip Grosgrain for the trunk and a little Baja Breeze flower from Flower Fusion Too with a Rhinestone Brad on the top. I stamped the flourish from my Season of Joy set in Old Olive underneath and the sentiment is from Best Yet using Choc Chip and Real Red. I used some Baja Breeze Wide Ribbon and some Old Olive Grosgrain just to tie in the colours a little better.

I hope you like this one, and don't forget to check out the other Sweet Sunday Stamper Girls blogs too for some amazingly gorgeous cards:-

Jen Tapler
Karen Motz
Laura Fredrickson
Lynn Put
Nancy Riley
Vicki Burdick
and of course KAREN GIRON

And of course don't forget to make your own little creation using this Sweet Sketch and link it with Mr Linky on Karen's Blog.

Have a wonderful rest of your Sunday and for those in WA enjoy the long weekend.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Season of Joy, Best Yet (Hostess)
Card:- Choc Chip, Old Olive, Whisper White, Ski Slope DSP
Ink:- Choc Chip, Real Red, Old Olive
Accessories:- Baja Breeze 1" Grosgrain, Old Olive Wide Grosgrain, Flower Fusion Too, Choc Chip Wide Grosgrain, Rhinestone Brad, White Gel Pen, Dimensionals, Sponge Daubers

Inkspiration Colour Challege #13

It's Friday (ALREADY!!!!) and it's time for another one of Keesh's Inkspiration Challenges!!! This week it's a COLOUR challenge. I was SO prepared for this one... I've had this card made for three weeks... YEP... Well ok, it's been ready for three weeks because I made it for this post before I realised an hour before it went live that I'd made the wrong week... ooops... but NOW it's here for showing.

I really enjoyed these colours, they work so nicely together and I think quite often a combo that I wouldn't normally choose for myself.

Anyhoo... here is my card:-


And here is the gorgeous Colour Combo from Keesh:-


I started with a base of Old Olive then added some unfortunately retired DSP from Falls Flowers. I stamped my image from Cheep Talk onto Very Vanilla using Old Olive, Not Quite Navy and Choc Chip Inks and also added a little flower from my Flower Fusion Too pack in Choc Chip with a little silver brad.
Some Choc Chip ribbon and a bit of Paper Piercing and all done.

Don't forget to pop on over to the other Design Team girls blogs and see what GORGEOUS creations they've all come up with:-

Renee'
Cindy
Chantelle
Kirsty
Amy
and of course KEESH

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to visit Keesh's blog and play along.

Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Cheep Talk
Paper:- Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Choc Chip, Falls Flowers DSP (retired)
Ink:- Not Quite Navy, Choc Chip, Old Olive
Accessories:- Choc Chip Wide Grosgrain, Scallop Edge Punch, Paper Piercer and Mat, Dimensionals, Brads, Flower Fusion Too.

Sweet Sunday EXCITEMENT!!!!! and a Sweet Sketch!!!

Well Hello there!!!! It's Sunday, and that means Sweet Sunday Sketch time.... BUT!!!! there is more.... YES MORE!!!! I have some SUPER EXCITING news to share with you... I've been busting to share this oh so SWEET news with you, but have been sworn to secrecy until TODAY!!!! Right... so onto the EXCITMENT. I am extremely honoured and privileged to tell you that I have been asked by the GORGEOUS Karen to be a Design Team member or rather a 'Sweet Sunday Stamper' for the Sweet Sunday Sketch!!!!.. I'm still pinching myself, and was questioning at one point if Karen had asked the right "Sarah" given the AMAZINGLY TALENTED ladies that make up the rest of the "Sweet Sunday Stamper" gang.... SERIOUSLY, you must check them all out, the are AMAZING!!!!!

Now onto today's Sweet Sunday Sketch... and let me assure you this is a GOODIE!!!

I sat and pondered over this card for ages... well ok DAYS... and FINALLY came up with this:-



Oh and of course for Karen's GORGEOUS sketch:-


Oh I almost forgot... MORE EXCITEMENT... can you handle MORE!!! Of course you can!!!... Karen is giving away some BLOG CANDY this week for the Sketch winner..... sooooo wait no longer... pop on over to her fabulous blog and play along.... it really is FUN.

Now to tell you what I did.... well... I started with some Kraft cardstock and to that added a layer of Baja Breeze which I sponged a little with Choc Chip and then added some Baja Breeze DSP from the Ski Slope pack. I then tackled the Off Centre panel... hmmmm... what to do with that little beauty!!!! Well I opted to make that with some Choc Chip and some more of the gorgeous patterned paper from Ski Slope. I used my Best Yet (Hostess set) for the sentiment (the little square) and stamped that in Old Olive and Real Red with some more sponging in choc chip and added a little Choc Chip Ribbon tag. I stamped the Poinsetta from Seasons of Joy twice once on White cardstock and then on Real Red card and then joined them and the little Old Olive ribbon tag with a Rhinestone brad. I'm still a little uncertain of this little beauty... I'm not sure whether it needs a little something else... but in fear of totally ruining it, I opted for the "less is more" option.... hahaha.

Now... YOU MUST pop on over to the most amazingly talented Blogs of the other Sweet Sunday Stampers:-

Jen Tapler
Karen Motz
Laura Fredrickson
Lynn Put
Nancy Riley
Vicki Burdick
and of course KAREN GIRON

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Best Yet (Hostess), Season of Joy
Card:- Kraft, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Choc Chip, Ski Slope DSP
Ink:- Old Olive, Real Red, Choc Chip
Accessories:- Choc Chip Wide Grosgrain, Old Olive Wide Grosgrain, Dimensionals, Square Punch, Scallop Square Punch, Rhinestone Brads, White Gel Pen

Inkspirations Sketch Challenge {13}

Hi there!! It's Friday, which means it's time for another Inkspiration Challenge. Today.... Keesh has set a SKETCH challenge for you... and who doesn't LOVE a good Sketch Challenge!!!

Here is the card I came up with:-


Here is the Sketch to play along with:-


I've used Regal Rose, Always Artichoke, Choc Chip and Very Vanilla as my colours today.... and a delicious combo they are too.

I started with some Regal Rose and to that added a layer of Always Artichoke which I sponged around the edges with Choc Chip and also added some Faux Stitching with my Choc Chip marker.
I cut some squares using my Scallop Square punch in Regal Rose and to those added some squares of Au Chocolat (retired) DSP... sponged the outside of those too.... hmmmm it would appear that I've been on somewhat of a 'SPONGING Frenzy' with this card... hahaha... I'm not usually one to do a lot of sponging, but I quite like it!!!! LOL
The main image is stamped on Very Vanilla and mounted again onto some Regal Rose... and yep you guessed it... MORE sponging. The stamp set I used is Live Like you Mean it ( Hostess Set) and I've used Regal Rose and Always Artichoke ink. I used my slot punch to cut a slot in the Vanilla card before adding some Choc Chip Ribbon and to that a wee touch of Kraft taffeta ribbon. The sentiment is from Sweet Little Sentiments (Hostess Set) and is stamped in Regal Rose onto Vanilla... yep more sponging and then cut using my Word Window punch.... what on earth did I do with out that punch for so long????

Be sure to pop on over to the other Design Team Members blogs for more gorgeous CARD EYE CANDY, I'm sure you wont be disappointed:-

Renee'
Cindy
Chantelle
Kirsty
Amy
and of course KEESH

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Live like you mean it, Sweet little Sentiments (Hostess sets)
Card:- Regal Rose, Choc Chip, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla, Au Chocolat DSP (retired)
Ink:- Choc Chip, Regal Rose, Always Artichoke
Accessories:- Slot Punch, Word Window Punch, Choc Chip Wide Grosgrain, Kraft Taffeta Ribbon, Dimensionals, Sponge, Choc Chip Marker, Square Punch, Scallop Square Punch