CONTEMPORARY CHRISTMAS TREE BOOK MARK CARD

Hi Bloggers 

What started off to be a lovely day has now turned cloudy and rainy and hasn't it gone cold.  I've changed my plug in to Vanilla and bought some new Yankee candles in Asda yesterday Hot Cider and Cranberry Zest.  I'm burning Spiced Orange at the moment.  I love Yankee candles, I love Autumn and I love the Autumn fragrances - no I'm not on commission before you ask!  LOL!

Anyway, today I have a Christmas Tree Book Mark Card  to show.  Hope you like. 

This is another card I made with the ACL class I used to teach.

I made the card following a tutorial on the Hero Arts Website.

Supplies Used:-

Pale Blue Smooth Card - The Paper Mill Shop 

Snowflake Background Stamp - Anita's

White Ink - Ink It Up 

Corner Rounding Punch 

White Glitter Card - Local Craft Store 

Red Smooth Card - The Paper Mill Shop 

White Pearlescent Card - The Paper Mill Shop 

Tree Stamp - Anita's

Silver Embossing Powder - Heat It Up 

Whispers Brush Markers 

Red Stones  - Papermania 

Red Merry Christmas Peel Offs - Papermania 

Red Satin Ribbon - Local Craft Store

Thank you for all of the fabulous comments received on my last card.  I love reading the comments all my followers leave and appreciate every one.

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Enjoy your evening!

Sarah x

FALL LEAF SQUARE CARD USING HEIDI GRACE PAPERS

Hi Bloggers 

Firstly, I must say a warm welcome to all of my new followers.  I am fast approaching 100 followers and I intend to offer up some blog candy to all of the lovely people loyally following my blog.  I have been overwhelmed by the lovely comments and positivity about my work.  Thank You so much!

I am so sorry that I haven't been around that much this week posting or commenting.  Paul had the week off  Sam went back to school and I've been really busy sending out Spellbinder pre-orders taken in my Ebay shop so I've had quite a busy week and I can't motivate myself the same when Paul is at home.

The post I have today is of a card I made quite a while back with the ACL class I used to teach.  I love Autumn and leaves so I thought I would make a card with an Autumn theme to it.

Hope you like it:-

Supplies Used:-

Ivory Pearlescent Card - The Paper Mill Shop 

Colorbox Queues Chalk Ink - Blueberries and Chocolate

Green/Gold Pearlescent Paper - The Paper Mill Shop 

Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Ink 

Heidi Grace Wild Daisy Road Scrapbooking Papers 

Large Leaf Silhouette Stamp - Sarah Jayne

Mixture of Heat It Up Embossing Powders - Cranberry, Gold, Copper, Green 

Papermania Striped Gross Grain Ribbon 

3d Foam Pads 

Raffia 

Gold Lettering - Anna Griffin

I have entered this card into the following challenge:-

Art Without Boundaries - Anything Goes

Tammy's Scrapin Corner - Anything Goes

Bearly Mine Challenges - Fall Colours

Addicted to Stamps - Autumn Colours

One Stitch at a Time - Autumn Colours

Digi Stamps 4 Joy - All The Leaves Are Brown

The Paper Shelter - Autumn Colours

I love to receive your comments and read every one.  

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Have a great evening.

Sarah x

Digi Stamps 4 Joy - All The Leaves Are Brown

VARIATION ON TIM HOLTZ 12 TAGS OF CHRISTMAS 2007 TAG NUMBER 1

Hi Bloggers 

I've always admired and have drawn inspiration from the one and only Tim Holtz.  I've always loved his ideas and tutorials for the 12 tags of Christmas and  I thought that one day I would like to have a go at them.  Yesterday was that day.

  I got home from my 2nd SatScrap crop at The Rest Hotel in Porthcawl, where I had a great day it must be said, and decided to have a look at Tim's blog and start from the beginning - Well, that's a very good place to start don't you agree?  I took a look at his 12 Tags of Christmas from 2007 and decided to have a go at the 1st tag he gave a tutorial for.  I didn't have the stamps so had to do a variation on the design and this is what I came up with.

My Tag:-

Supplies Used:- 

Kraft Luggage Label - I bought these from The Post Office, they're not Tim's 

Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paints Picket Fence and Antiqued Bronze  

Tim Holtz Blending Tool and Foam Pad 

Tim Holtz Distress Ink:- Antique Linen, Festive Berries, Broken China, Black Soot

Tim Holtz Tonic Distressing Tool 

Letter E - Papermania Chipboard Letters 

Kanban Bling Black Adhesive Gemstones

Tim Holtz Muse Tokens 

Tim Holtz Eiffel Tower Clear Stamp 

Black Stranded Wool - From Stash 

Tim's Tag:-

I love the effect of the crackle paint and how the inks have blended together forming new colours.

I can't wait to have a go at tag number 2.   I really enjoyed this little project!

Watch this space!

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Enjoy your evening!

Sarah x

CARD USING HERO ARTS FLOWER STAMP AND SHRINK PLASTIC

Hi Bloggers

OMW!  Haven't the nights drawn in?  It is really starting to feel like Autumn now.  Sam goes back to school next Wednesday so we're gearing up for that at the moment, then it's downhill to Christmas all the way.  

I go to my 2nd SatScrap Scrapbooking Crop this Saturday so I have to prepare for that this evening as I'm at work tomorrow.  I've got lots of unfinished projects so I think I'll be concentrating on those this time.

Anyway, today I'm posting a card that I made when I was teaching for ACL.  It's using the same flower stamp that I used on the black/red/white tag I posted a couple of posts back.  This time I stamped the flower onto shrink plastic and coloured it in with Sakura Stardust Gel Pens.  I used Papermania paper that I've had forever and my Nestabilities Standard Circles Large to create the frame, the aperture and the mat for the computer generated greeting inside.  My class really liked this card and were Wowed by the shrink plastic.

My MIL starts her next session of Chemotherapy next Wednesday so she goes for blood tests on the Monday then if her blood is good she starts treatment of the Wednesday.  She does that for 3 consecutive weeks then she has a week off then the same again until the specialist says she's good for a break.

Hope you like!

As Always, I love to receive your comments and read each and every one.

Please take a look at the items I have listed in my Ebay Shop at the following link:-

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I'll be back soon with another post.

Enjoy your Day!

Sarah x

JOLLY NATION WESTIE CHRISTMAS TOPPER/TAG

Hi Bloggers 

I haven't done anything exciting this weekend.  I was working Friday night and Saturday and today its been like a laundry here.  I did make this little project last night whilst watching the X-Factor.  Its using up more scraps on my work desk.  I'm enjoying these little challenges.  I'm working again tomorrow night so won't have anything fun to report for tomorrow either.  Oh well needs must I suppose.  Anyway, here's my project for today.

Supplies Used:- 

Jolly Nation Westie Decoupage Kit 

3d Foam Pads

Red Card - From Stash 

Spellbinders Beaded Circles - Largest Die in Set 

Making Memories Vine Dot Patterned Paper 

Spellbinders Standard Circles Die 

Black Polka Dot Ribbon - Craft Fairy 

Glue Dots 

Black Adhesive Pearls - Unsure of Brand

Clear Adhesive Gemstones - Papermania 

Crystal Stickles 

Glossy Accents 

Dk Green Card - DCWV 

Holly Punch - X-Cut 

Xmas Red Stickles 

Hope you like my little topper.  Have a great Bank Holiday and please check out my Ebay store at the following link:

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Sarah x

RED, BLACK WHITE TAG MADE WITH SCRAPS ON MY WORKDESK

Hi Bloggers 

Thank you for all of your congratulations for Sam yesterday.  They were much appreciated.  

This week I was looking at a some of the piles of bits I have lying around my workspace and I thought I would use what was kind of in front of me to create something.  In other words I gave myself a little challenge.

I started of with a scrap of black glossy card and drew around a tag template and made a tag shape.  I punched a hole with a small circle punch at the top of the tag.  On my desk was a stamped image of a Hero Arts Flower which hadn't been stamped very well and was heading for the bin.  I coloured it with Pro Markers in Ruby and Black, added some black glitter using a quickie glue pen and some Crystal Stickles .

I embossed the tag with a Fiskars Swirl Texture Plate.  Cut half a red heart shaped doily and stuck it to the tag.  I then tied a scrap piece of black tuille in the middle with some DMC black tread and stuck it onto the tag using a glue dot.  I stuck a Black Pearl Pin from the Ribbon Girl through the tuille.  I added a co-ordinating selection of scraps of ribbon through the hole in the tag.  I cut white leaves using my Sizzix Sizzlits Flowers, Branches and Leaves set and stuck on top of the voille.  I stuck the coloured Hero Arts flower to top it off and added a red gemstone to the centre. 

I'm really pleased with the result.  I've never made a tag topper myself before but Christine Emberson has been inspiring me on her fabulous blog Hopes and Chances.  It was quite quick and easy to do and I liked that about it.  I could sort of put it down and pick it up again when I wanted.

Hope you like it!

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Enjoy your weekend!

Sarah x

SAM'S 1ST YEAR GCSE RESULTS

Hello Bloggers 

Well, the results are in!  

Sam went over to school this morning to collect his 1st year G.C.S.E results and the grades he got are as follows:- 

ENGLISH LITERATURE - B 

PHYSICS - D This pushes his over all general science grade up to a C 

HISTORY - A 

R.E. - A* 

GEOGRAPHY - D 3 marks off a C 

I am over the moon and I think he is pleased aswell judging by the tone of his voice on the phone this morning!

As you can see he is happily posing for this photo!

Enjoy your day!

Sarah x