Convention Eve!

WOW!!!

What a wonderful weekend I had at Convention!

Over the next few days I'll show you pictures of what we got up to.

Today I'm going to show you some lovely gifts.

The first is the gift I gave to my room mate and downline,

Anthea.

 I used Baja Breeze card to make a cute little triangle box

which I put some miniture smellies in.

The box was distressed with Crumb Cake ink and decorated

using the heart from the Level 1 hostess set, Punch Popourri,

and the flowers from the Vintage Vouge set.

 I added one of the lovely new flat backed pearls to

finish it off.

 When I arrived at the hotel and got to my room I found these

lovely gifts on my pillow from Anthea.

They are lovely! Thank you again Anthea!

 My lovely Stampin'Up "Grandma" Monica had organised a lovely

pre convention party for the Thursday night.

But sadly due to the horrible journey down, in all the

wind and rain, I didn't arrive in time the rest of the team.

But Monica gave me a lovely goody bag with these bits inside!

And this is the cute bag they were in!!

I'll pop back tomorrow to show you all the pics I took

from the first day of convention.

But I'll leave you with one lovely piece of news.

Next year's convention will be in France, well to be more precise

a very magical part of France!

Any ideas as to where??????

DISNEY LAND PARIS!!!!!!!

And you can be there too to share the fun and magic.

How, I hear you cry????

Join my lovely team, Sarah's sweet stampers and you could be

on your way to see Mickey and his friends while also sharing some stampin' fun.

Email me for more information

sarah.pitts@blueyonder.co.uk

Have a wonderful day

Sarah x



Wedding Set

Some of you may have seen the lovely wedding set that

Julie made using the Mr & Mrs stamp set.

Well we have a wedding to go to today so I've used

Julie's wonderful tutorial to make a similar set

using the Vintage Vogue set, as I don't have the Mr & Mrs

stamp set.

I have changed the design slightly to fit with the stash that

I have.

Here is the box for the card.

I've used the Bride luxury papers and Chocolate Chip.

The card used to make the box is the packageing card

from the Stampin'Up 12x12 paper packs.

Here is the front of the box.

This is the gift card I made to go inside the box as well

as the greeting card.

And here is the card.

The sentiment on the front is from the Special Blessings

stamp set, the swirls in the corners are stamped using the

Vintage Vogue set.

The flowers are are stamped using the fab rock and roll technique

with Chocolate chip and Close to Cocoa and are layered up

using dimentionals.

There is a bit of bling too with a rhinestone brad in

the centre.

To buy the tutorial pop over to Julie's blog.

I'm having a girly weekend with my sister so I'll be back on

Monday!

Sarah x

Felt Buttons

Hello!

I've another card to show you today, and yes you can guess

the stamp set I used can't you???

Although there is not as much stamping on this one as the last!

I've used the Rose Red designer paper, Pretty in Pink card with a scallop

edge that I've added holes to using my cropodile.

The buttons are felt buttons from the Sweet Pea felt pack.

I love using it as it adds great texture to a project.

I'll be back soon with another project to show

you.

Sarah x

Vintage Flowers

At last a post with some craft!

I'm hoping that over these next few weeks I can get back on

top of things craft wise, particularly as I have now

sorted and tidied out my craft desk and I can now find things again!!

This is card I made a few weeks ago.

And yes it uses the Vintage Vogue set again!!

The colours used are Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Old Olive

and Pumpkin Pie.

The flower brads finish of the flowers nicely.

Sarah x

Teachers Gifts

The boys have taken their gifts for their teachers to school today.

So here is what they took.

A cute little decorated note pad.

I did 2 designs, I'm not sure which is my favourite.

They both use the Sweet Pea papers and the Vintage Vogue

stamp set.

I added some glitz using a rhinestone brad from the

Pretties Kit.

Then they have a handmade keyring/bagcharm.

These were very quick and easy to make.

I've the stuff for making these for ages, just sat in a cupboard.

Think I might get the kids making some over the holidays.

And here they are all baged up with chocolates and gift tag.

I hope they like them!

Sarah x

Friends

Just a quick post today to show you the gift bag I made

for the coasters to go in.

I prettied up this simple box by using the Very Vintage jumbo wheel

down the one side using Pretty in Pink ink to match the card.

The friends stamped image is from the Vintage Vouge set and is stamped in

Chocolate Chip and layered on a piece of Barely Banana card.

I also used the flowers and stamped them in Barely Banana and

Pretty in Pink using the rock and roll technique.

I layered them up using 3d foam and I added a pearl

to the centre for a touch of class!

Yesterday I spent the day with my lovely upline Jules, some of my fellow Jems

and Julies lovely crafty ladies.

I had a fab day, lots of craft, lovely food and loads

of laughs!

I'll be back tomorrow to show you the first project

I made.

Sarah x

RSVP!

My wonderful friends Woody and Rachel are

getting married during the summer,

and a few days ago this lovely invitation drop through

the letterbox.

So of course I needed to make and RSVP card and took my

inspiration from the the invitation

and made this.... 

....and I am really pleased with the result!

The colours I've used are Chocolate Chip, Soft Suede,

Blush Blossom and Pumpkin Pie.

Yummy!!

They work really well together, but I honestly wouldn't have thought of

the combination myself.

I've used the border stamp from the Vintage Vogue set with the White

Craft ink to re-create the swirly white border.

All I need to do is now is design a wedding card ready for the

big day.

Sarah x

New Colour Workshop

Wow what a lovely weekend of sun!

It was busy though.

It started off with a a fab workshop at my firiend Rebecca's.

Here is the card we all made using the 3 new Stampin'Up colours,

Rich Razzelberry, Soft Suede and Melon Mambo!

And there is some yummy new dotty ribbon too!

We used the vintage wheel and the flower from the Vintage Vogue stamp set.

We the used a punch to create 2 small holes like a button in the

centre of the flowers to thread the ribbon through.

The flower is the stuck down with dimentionals.

Right I'm off to take the boys to school then it's off to work!

See ya later x

Sarah

Criss Cross Cross!

Good Morning!!

Wow what a fab sunny day!

We are off out to take the boys and the bikes onto the viaduct for some fresh air and sunshine!

Here is another of the sunny spring inspired cards from

this weeks card class.

A criss cross note card using the Special Blessings

stamp set.

We used the Vintage Vogue set too at create the background on the pocket

and the insert.

No tying of bows or knots here!!

The ribbon just wraps round and the join is hidden under

the cross.

Perfect card for a wedding, baptism of just a special day!

Right I'm off to get my running stuff on so that I can keep up the boys on there bikes!!

Enjoy your sunny weekend.

Sarah x

On Your Special Day

Morning!

Hope you are enjoying the warmer weather.

This card is inspired by all the lovely blossom colours around.

Barely Banana, Certainly Celery and Chocolate Chip work so well

together and remind me of blossoms on trees with new, fresh

green leaves.

This is one of the cards that my lovely ladies will be making tomorrow evening

at my card class.

Here you can see that I have used the Vintage Vogue stamp set

along with the Special Blessings set.

The dove has been cut out and raised up slightly using dimentionals.

Oh and the ribbon adds a touch of class!!!

Right I'm off to get some card and paper cut as I have

a busy crafting week.

Sarah x