SPELLBINDERS CLASSIC SCALLOPED OCTAGONS SMALL

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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