HEARTS & FLOWERS ANNIVERSARY CARD

Hello Bloggers!

This is only my second post this week.  I've been around commenting a little but not posting!  I have just had so much to do this week and haven't been able to fit in any blogging time really!

Sam is on his travels up in Perth in Scotland where he is on a football tour until Monday.  He hasn't called but I wasn't expecting him to really.  Too busy having a good time I expect!

Anyway, I'm keeping with my theme of cards from the past and I have really enjoyed this trip down memory lane!  I think this will be the last card from the past for now anyway!

So here it is!  Hope you like it!

I made this card whilst I was working at the Papermill shop back in April 2006 as a display card for a demonstration I did there using the Shapeboss and stamping and embossing techniques!  If only Nesties had been around then - my oval would have been perfect!  LOL!

Supplies Used:-

All Cardstock - The Paper Mill Shop

Patterned Paper - From a Pad by All Night Media 

Shapboss Embossing System 

Rubber Stamp - All Night Media 

Embossing Powder - Heat It Up 

Dome Alphabet Stickers - Papermania 

Metal Heart Embellishment - Papermania 

Ribbon - From Stash!

Colouring Medium - Sakura Stardust Gel Pens 

3d Foam Pads

Glitter 

Heart Gemstone - Papermania 

I would love to receive your comments!

Have a great weekend!

Sarah x

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40th RUBY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ACCORDIAN ALBUM

Hello Bloggers!

Well it's a little bit raining here this morning!  Billy my black cat is lying on my desk sleeping right besides me whilst I'm typing this post!  This is a regular thing for him he loves it but it can be annoying because he comes and lies on my hand or the mouse lead and I end up making all sorts of mistakes!

Anyway, this morning I'm posting an Accordion Album I made back in 2006 for my Mother An Father In Law's 40th Ruby Wedding Anniversary! 

Hope you like it!

A View of the Front Cover:

A View of the Whole Inside of the Album:

A Closer View of Pages 1 & 2:

A Closer View of Pages 3 & 4:

A Closer View of Pages 5 & 6:

This project was made about a year after I started card making and I remember that it took quite a lot of work and also that I felt quite pleased with myself because at the time it was a big achievement as it involved lots of different techniques!

There were lots of supplies used but I won't bore you with the details and list them!

My Mother and Father-In-Law were absolutely delighted with it! 

If you want a closer view of each picture just click on it!

I would love to receive your comments!

Sarah x

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SPELLBINDERS CLASSIC SCALLOPED OCTAGONS SMALL

FOR SALE:

A BRAND NEW SPELLBINDERS CLASSIC SCALLOPED OCTAGONS SMALL DIE

Evening Bloggers!

It's a lovely day here today in South Wales!  The forecast was heavy rain but it's turned out to be a gorgeous day!

I've done loads of washing as Sam is going away on a football tour to Scotland for 4 days on Thurday evening with the club he plays for!  Truth be told I'm going to miss him awfully!

I am posting for sale today a Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Scalloped Ocatagons  Small Die.

Achieve fantastic cutting, embossing and stenciling results using these extremely popular nested dies.

See Spellbinders dies in Action on Create and Craft Television. They are a fantastic tool to add to your crafting stash that you'll use in your crafting time and time again.

Create and Craft Price £19.99 Club Price £17.99 plus £2.99 P&P

Buy-It-Now at the amazing price of £11.00 plus £1.95 P&P

Thank you so much for taking the time to look, I be back tomorrow with another post.

RIBBON GIRL GIVEAWAY

This post has been copy and pasted from the Ribbon Girl Blog.  This is a fantastic candy to be won - look at those fabulous strawberries - good enough to eat!

It's Strawberries & Cream Giveaway Day ...

Hello, it should be summer at Ribbon Girl Headquarters but can you believe that we're more than halfway through June and we still have the central heating on!!  In the hope that we can bring on the summer sunshine we thought we'd have a giveaway and Summer means strawberries so our giveaway today has a strawberries and cream theme!

Today's giveaway includes lots of pretty ribbons, cluny lace, top stitching thread, organza rose ribbon, lace edged bias binding and charms - we've eaten the strawberries :)

To enter our giveaway simply make sure you are a follower of our blog and then leave us a comment on this post and mention the give away on your own blog - easy. The giveaway will close on Saturday evening (UK time) and we'll announce the winner just before the start of the new Card Challenge on Sunday,

Whilst you're here why not feast your eyes on some more beautiful creations from the Ribbon Girl Design Team - there is still a week for you to join in with the Ribbon Girl colour challenge here

60TH BIRTHDAY CARD FOR MY MOTHER IN LAW

Good Evening Bloggers from wet, windy and cold Bridgend, South Wales!

I can't believe it is the longest day today, we've hardly had any Summer!

Anyway, staying with cards from yesteryear this is a card I made for my Mother In Law's 60th birthday which was 7 years ago so back in 2005.  This has got to be one of my very first cards and I remember feeling quite proud of myself because I dreamt this up myself!

I've been to my weekly Scrapbooking class this morning which I've been attending for about 6 years so sometime in the future I will post some pictures of my layouts.  There's not enough hours in the day! 

If you would like to see a bigger picture of the card just click on it to enlarge!

Front View of Card:

Inside View of Card:

Supplies Used:

Lilac Flat Matt Card - The Paper Mill Shop - I was working for them part time then so there was an endless supply of card!

Silver Metalic Card

Rainbow Paper - The Paper Mill Shop

Gift Topper, Twine, Pearls Sequins, Padded Butterfly - embellishment kit from local craft store

Silver Peel Offs - The Paper Mill Shop

Mini Envelopes - local craft store

Greeting - local craft store

Ribbon - from stash!

I would love to receive your comments! 

A BIRTHDAY CARD FOR MY MOTHER-IN-LAW 2006

I was thinking today! Should I show you a card that I've most recently made or should I go into my back catalogue as I have so many photos of cards that I have made and haven't seen the light of day for years.  So what I thought I would do is spend the next 5 days showing some cards that I've made in the past.

I made this card for my Mother-in-Law's birthday back in June 2006 - so only just after I made the last one I posted a couple of days ago.  Another card pre-Spellbinders, Promarkers, etc!

My MIL keeps all my cards that I've given her over the years.  They really mean a lot to her and I think she loves the fact that someone has spent the time making them for her.

I just want to thank everyone who has taken time to read my posts and leave comments on my blog.  They are very much appreciated and I have been absolutely delighted with the positivity shown towards my work!

I would love to receive your comments!

Supplies Used:

Ivory Pearlescent Card - The Paper Mill Shop 

Vintage Ladies Stamps - Hero Arts 

Inks - Pretty Color

Pearlescent Paper - Craftwork Cards 

Skelton Leaves - Papermania 

Corner Stamps - Not Sure of Brand 

Handmade Paper 

Purple Gemstones - Papermania 

Ribbon - From Stash 

3d Foam Pads 

Gold Rub On Lettering - Not Sure of Brand 

Looking Back, I think this is quite a technical card considering I was still a beginner.  There's lots of different techniques and details.  Personally I think its strong points are the colours used and the tag and the over stamping of the vintage ladies.

You can tell I used to teach for Adult Education, I'm even giving myself constructive feedback!

Sarah x

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SPELLBINDERS GRAND NESTABILITIES

Evening Bloggers!  Just to say Hello and thank you to my new followers who have joined this blog!

  I just wanted to let you know that I have just listed some brand new Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities in my ebay shop.

Below is a picture of the ones I have already listed:

From Top Left Across and Down They Are As Follows:

Grand Scalloped Ovals

Grand Big Scalloped Ovals

Grand Scalloped Circles

Grand Scalloped Squares

Grand Ovals

Grand Labels Once

Grand Big Scalloped Circles

Grand Squares

Grand Circles

They are priced at either £25.95 or £26.95 plus £2.25 for the Labels which is an amazing price. 

I have also listed some of these on aution along with a few other Shapeabilities dies!

I have more to list tomorrow so please check out my Ebay store!

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/blackcatscrapbooking

Back tomorrow with another post!

Sarah x

MAM'S BIRTHDAY CARD 2006

Hi Bloggers from windy and very wet pouring down South Wales!

The card I'm going to post today I made back in April 2006 when I first started paper crafting way back in the days before Nestabilities or Promarkers, etc.

I gave this card to my Mother for her birthday which is at the end of April.

Supplies Used:

Cream or Ivory Hammered Card - The Paper Mill Shop 

Handmade Pearl Paper - The Paper Mill Shop 

Burgundy Card - The Paper Mill Shop 

Pink Card - The Paper Mill Shop 

Ink - Black - Not Sure What Brand

Computer Generated Image 

Brads - Dovecraft

Organza Ribbon - Local Craft Store 

Charm - Making Memories 

Colouring Medium - Chalks or Pencils

I used Cream or Ivory Hammered card as the base then added a sheet of pearl handmade paper as a mat on the top which I distressed using black ink!  I added teal brads to the corners of the mat!  I printed off a computer image of a vintage lady and painstakingly cut her out and coloured her with either chalk or pencil.  I added french knots embroidered to her dress and cut a flower from some patterned paper and placed it in her hair!  I added some of my own real blusher to give her a rosy glow!  She was then matted  onto a co-ordinating coloured  oval and then used the matting and layering idea from the printed image to make templates then drew this onto co-ordinating papers to make the mats behind the oval! I Added some organza ribbon and a Making Memories charm to finish!

It probably looks quite amateurish now but I think its not bad for a beginner which was what I was then!

I would love to receive your comments!

Back soon with another post!

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SPELLBINDERS

Hello Bloggers

Just letting you know I have just listed some fabulous new Spellbinders dies in my ebay shop.

Click the link below to take you there!

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/blackcatscrapbooking

Be back soon with another post.

Sarah x

STAF WESENBEEK BIRDS & BUTTERFLIES CARD

This is my second post today! I haven't done a double posting before!  Anyway,  I was looking through the cards that I have photographed and thought this was quite a seasonal one to showcase!

The kit I purchased from Ebay.  If I remember correctly there were a set of three cards - different designs, the decoupage, pyrimage sheets and envelopes.  The artwork is by an artist called STAF WESNBEEK.  The kit incorporates decoupage, invertage and pyrimage so I thought this was a great card to do with my class when I was teaching. 

I found out that birds - even on cards were a matter of taste!  I love them anyway!  I gave this card away to my Mother-In-Law for her birthday a couple of years back and she loved it!

I would love to receive your comments!

Supplies Used:

Staff Wesenbeek Birds Decoupage, Invertage & Pyrimage Kit

Scissors

3d Foam Pads

I am entering this card into the following challenge:-

Crafting For All Seasons - Things With Wings

Hope you like!

Sarah x

SPELLBINDERS NESTABILITIES CLASSIC SCALLOPED RECTANGLES SMALL

FOR SALE:

A BRAND NEW SPELLBINDERS CLASSIC SCALLOPED RECTANGLES SMALL DIE

 
Afternoon Bloggers!
It's just the weather I like here today.  Dry!  Warm enough so that I can have my conservatory door open but not hot.  We are supposed to be having rain but its holding off for now!

I am posting for sale today a Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Scalloped Rectangles Small Die.

Achieve fantastic cutting, embossing and stenciling results using these extremely popular nested dies.

See Spellbinders dies in Action on Create and Craft Television. They are a fantastic tool to add to your crafting stash that you'll use in your crafting time and time again.

There are Spellbinders shows on Create and Craft on Thursday 14th June 2012 with the amazing Sue Wilson!  So be sure to check them out!

Create and Craft Price £19.99 Club Price £17.99 plus £2.99 P&P

Buy-It-Now at the amazing price of £11.00 plus £1.95 P&P

Thank you so much for taking the time to look, I be back tomorrow with another post.

HAIWAIAN HIBISCUS SQUARE CARD

Hello Bloggers

Thanks for joining me I would love to receive your comments!

Hope you had a lovely weekend!

I would just like to say thank you so much for the lovely comments I have received about my projects and welcome my new followers to the blog!

Since it's supposed to be Summer, I have a very summery Hawaian Hibiscus card to share with you today.

Hope you like!

Supplies Used

Yellow Ribbed Card - Bazzil from QVC

Patterned Paper - K&Co Citreonella

Lime Strip - DCWV

Hibbiscus Flower - Cut From a Sheet of K&Co Citreonella Paper

White Linen Mat Cut With Spellbinders Labels 2

Stitching Done on My Machine

Card Lining - White Printer Paper

Hot Pink Gemstones - Papermania

I made this from a sketch from Card Patterns Blog!

I love using sketches as inspiration - it just takes away all the hardship of planning so you can see progress straight away!

I have left the card blank as I think it could be suitable for many different occassions!

Sarah x

SPELLBINDERS @ BLACK CAT SCRAPBOOKING £9.99 PLUS £1.95 P&P

Hello Bloggers

Just letting you know that I have listed some sets of Spellbinders in my store Black Cat Scrapbooking for £9.99 plus £1.95 P&P.

So why not pop and have a look and grab yourself a crafting bargain!

Sarah x

FATHER'S DAY CARDS

Hello Bloggers

Thanks for joining me I would love to receive your comments!

I was thinking that a week on Sunday it will be Father's Day June 17th so I went digging around in my 'cards already made box' and found a choice of 5 cards.  I made all of these when I was teaching Card Making classes for Adult Community Education so I thought I would use 3/5 of these as this years offering!  I have to send one to my Dad one to Paul's Dad and one to Paul from Sam.  So pressure off this year as they're already done!

Shirt Pocket Card With Tag

Supplies Used:

Brown Leather Textured Card - The Paper Mill Shop

Striped Patterned Paper - Not Sure of Brand

Double Sided Tape

Computer Generated Text Box and Greeting

Cappacino Pearl Card for Matting and Layering on Tag

Piece of Firm Twine

Black Fine Liner for Faux Stitching

Patterned Tie Card

Supplies Used:

Black Smooth Card - The Paper Mill Shop

Patterned Paper - 7gypsies

Double Sided Tape

Computer Generated Text Box and Greeting

Gold Metalic Card for Matting and Layering

Scarlett Pearlescent Card for Matting and Layering

Black Satin Ribbon

Glue Dot

Collared Shirt With Origami Tie

Supplies Used:

White Pearlescent Card - The Paper Mill Shop

Double Sided Tape

Patterned Papers - DCWV Retro Stack

Casual Patterned Collar Shirt

Supplies Used:

White Pearlescent Card - The Paper Mill Shop

Double Sided Tape

Patterned Papers - DCWV Retro Stack

Buttons - From Old Shirt

Black Fineliner for Faux Stitching Effect

Formal Jacket and Tie Card:

Supplies Used:

White Pearlescent Card - The Paper Mill Shop

Black Linen Textured Card - The Paper Mill Shop

Patterned Paper - K&Co

Couble Sided Tape

I'M AFRAID THIS ITEM IS NOW SOLD


FOR SALE:

A BRAND NEW SPELLBINDERS FLOWER CREATIONS DIE

Hello Bloggers!  Hope you are well!

Firstly, I would like to say thank you so much to my new blog followers and also for all of the lovely comments I have received.

Have you been enjoying all of the Jubilee celebrations?  I have!  but I have to say I don't think Paul or Sam are too impressed.

I am listing for sale today a fabulous dies by Spellbinders called Flower Creations.  The pack contains 17 dies so is excellent value.

Achieve fantastic cutting, embossing and stenciling results using these extremely popular dies.

See Spellbinders dies in Action on Create and Craft Television. They are a fantastic tool to add to your crafting stash that you'll use in your crafting time and time again.

Create and Craft Price £19.99 Club Price £17.99 plus £2.99 P&P

Buy-It-Now at the amazing price of £11.00 plus £1.95 P&P SOLD

Thank you so much for taking the time to look, I be back tomorrow with another post.

Black & Ivory Wedding Card & Album Made With Free Papers

Hello Bloggers

Thanks for joining me I would love to receive your comments!

I was looking through my photographs deciding what to feature next and I came across a few photos of a Wedding Card and an 8" x 8" Memory Album that I made for Paul's (my partner) Cousin and her husband.  As it is almost 3 years to the date of their wedding I thought I would post these.

All of the patterned papers I used were from Creative Cardmaking Magazine  and I think they really helped me achieve the elegant professional end result I was hoping for!

A really inexpensive card and gift.  The couple were absolutely delighted to receive them!

The Wedding Card - Front View:

And a View From Above to Show the Inside:

Supplies Used:

Ivory Linen Card -The Paper Mill Shop

Black Smooth Card - The Paper Mill Shop

Patterned Paper - Free With Creative Cardmaking Magazine

Topper and Alphabet - Free With Creative Cardmaking Magazine

Black Satin Ribbon - Local Craft Store

Silver Heart Charms - Ebay

Clear Diamante Gemstones - Papermania

3d Foam Pads

The Wedding Memory Album - Front View:

And a View From The Back to Show The Co-ordinating Paper Used:

Supplies Used:

2 Sheets of 8" x 8" Mountboard Squares

2 sheets Co-ordinating Papers - Free With Creative Card Making Magazine

20 Sheets Ivory Linen Card - The Paper Mill Shop

Bind it All Machine

Black Bind it All Wires - Zutter 

Computer Generated Plaque

Gold Gemstones - Papermaning

Co-ordinating Organza Ribbons - Local Craft Store

Black Pearlescent and Gold Pearlescent Papers for Matting and Layering!

I sell White and Silver A4 5/8" binding wires in my ebay shop Black Cat Scrapbooking that are perfect for binding your own handcrafted albums they are £3.25 for 6 plus £1.75 p&p.