Stampin Up at Brighton!

11th-13th Feb sees the Creative Stitches and Hobbycraft Show at the Brighton Centre - and Stampin Up! will be there - I have been asked to provide some LO's for the display - so make sure you go along and say hello to Amanda on her stand at B04.

Here is one of my LO's - I have used Soft Suede 12 x 12 CS and Old Olive and Soft Suede A4 CS. Designer Series - Brights PP. Soft Suede ink, Neutral buttons, and Pear Pizzazz poly-ribbon.

the flowers are Old Olive CS that have been inked using a swirl pattern wheel and then punched out using the 5 petal flower punch
I have used sentiment from the set Heard from the Heart - and finished off using a few pearls. Everything is available from Stampin Up!
Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek - and come back tomorrow to look at another page I have created - and don't forget to pop along to the show and say hi to Amanda and the team!

Hugs Sarah x x x x

ps - just edited to say I used Pocket Silhouettes too - thanks Clare for spying them!!!

Red and White Layout

I was set a challenge to use red, stars, and 'who' in the title! Here is the result - photos of me with a new haircut - I went to London in November to have it cut at Charles Worthington.

I have used patterned paper and ribbon left over from the Christmas bundle. Whisper White 12 x 12 cardstock, Real Red cardstock and ink, Seeing Stars (115352) stamp set, title is Schoolbook Serif Alphabet (113510) and the smaller letters are stickers but they are the same as Just Perfect Alphabet (115358) - this set is on my wish list!! I have finished off the page with Basic Pearls (119247) - 150 pearls, 3 diff sizes - for £4.50 - bargin!!
Thanks for looking
Hugs Sarah x x x

Color Coach!

Hello fellow stampers and Happy New Year!!

I am hoping to keep this blog more updated this year as this will be my first full year as a Stampin Up demonstrator - so make sure you pop back every so often!

I cannot recommend this little item so much - as it makes me experiment with colours! I decided to make some quick Thank you cards for the boys Christmas presents - and decided I wanted to used my new Daffodil Delight ribbon - so I looked at my Color Coach (122228) and went from there!
I used Whisper White C/S as the base of my card and the used the Color Coach combination of Daffodil Yellow, Early Expresso and Cherry Cobbler
A gorgeous Christmas photo of my boys, a Thank you stamp and Word Window punch (119857) and 30 Thank you cards put together in minutes!

Thanks for taking a peek - and come back soon for some more Sale-A-Bration news and free stamps!!

Love and Hugs

Sarah xxx

Christmas Layout

A Christmas LO from the Stampin Up catalogue - this is a scraplift of the LO on page 26 of the current catalogue. I have used the Color coach (121046) to choose my colour combination of Real Red, Bashful Blue and Crumb Cake cardstock and Red Real and Bashful Blue Ink.

I have used Delightful Decorations (116517) and Ornament Punch (119847) - but this month and December you can buy the set as a bundle (124058) and you get some free ribbon and I have used Real Red Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon (115608). I have also used some Papers on this LO that are only avaliable as a Christmas Bundle - they are from the Christmas Cocoa Speciality Designer Series Paper set. The sentiment is from Heard From The Heart stamp set (111644) and I have used Basic Rhinestones (119246) to add some sparkle to my page.
Happy Stampin!!
Hugs Sarah x x x x

Friends Scrapbook Page

Many of you know that my first love is scrapbooking - and I've only crossed over to cardmaking in the last couple of years, but now as a Stampin Up demonstrator I need to make some scrapbooking pages using the wonderful products that Stampin Up have to offer to the scrapbookers amongst us!

I have used Crumb Cake 12 x 12 cardstock (119929), PP is from Designer series PP stack, brights (117155) - which is double-sided, and A4 Old Olive cardstock (106576).

Paper Daisies (119243) have been stamped with Early Expresso ink (119670) using En Francais stamp (109521) and finished off with a Neutral Button (119743)
I have also used the same stamp on Vanilla Cardstock and punched out using the butterfly punch (119848) and Basic pearls (119247) for the body. The stamp set used is Flight of the butterfly (111564) and have used Early Expresso ink and Old Olive ink (102277). Under the photo is a piece of Crumb Cake CS and I have crimped it using my new Crimper tool (101618).
I have used the new SU Color Spritzer tool (107066) using Old Olive marker. The title is stamped and hand cut using Early Expresso ink and School Book Serif Alphabet (113510) stamp set.

Thanks for looking and as well as card making - Go and get scrapbooking too!!

Hugs Sarah x x x x

Sparkly and Bright

This set of one of the most popular sets I have sold and it also happens to be Jack's favourite too!! - Sparkly & Bright (115346). I wanted to show how you can make a few different and simple cards using this set.

Along with the stamp set I have used the following cardstock - Crumb Cake, Early Expresso, Real Red and Whisper White. Inks - Crumb Cake, Early Expresso, Real Red and Whisper White (Craft ink) and Real Red and Early Expresso satin ribbon

The above card is Crumb Cake(121685), and Whisper White(106549), Whisper White craft ink(101731) and Early Expresso ink(119670), I have coloured in his nose using a Real Red marker(100052). Early Expresso satin ribbon(119753) and punches Scallop Circle (119854) and large circle(119860).
The above card is Whisper White(106549) and Crumb cake(121685), Crumb Cake ink(121030) and Real Red ink(103133), Real Red satin ribbon (117286) and punches large oval(119855) and Scallop oval (119856).

last but not least my final card - Real Red (106578), Whisper White(106549) and Early Expresso(121686) cardstock, Real Red(103133) and Early Expresso(119670) ink pad and punches Scallop circle(119854) and large circle(119860).

With all the inks and co-ordinating cardstock - you could make some lovely tags too!!

Happy Cardmaking!

Hugs Sarah x x x

Thank you!

A little thank you card for everyone that supported me at my launch workshop

I have used Whisper white, Early expresso and Cherry cobbler cardstock, Early expresso ribbon and Cherry cobbler ink - stamp is So Many Thanks (120173)
and thanks to the wonderful people who supported me I got lots of wonderful goodies!!

Come back tomorrow for a card using one of the most popular sets I have sold!

Love and Hugs

Sarah x x x