It's been too long!!!!

Saturday, April 03, 2010 1 Comment »
Hello to everyone in blogland. It's been too long since my last post (hangs head in shame!).

Life has been very hectic with the wedding, honeymoon and Christmas all in the space of 2 months!!!

I'm back and raring to go. I went to the NEC with my lovely friend Katherine last weekend and I have to say we had an absolute blast. It was soo hard to choose what to buy in amongst all the crafty goodness!

Any hoo, back to reality! I thought i'd share some cards that I have made over the last few months:
I made this for my Dad's birthday in February. The square card was cut from the Cricut Wild Card cartridge, the present was cut from one of the Winnie the Pooh Cricut cartridge and "Dad" was cut from Cricut Accent Essentials.


Another card made with the Cricut Wild Card cartridge (gotta love that cart!). This is a gift card holder for someone at work leaving to have a baby. I love the way this turned out, super cute :-)


My stamps were feeling neglected (poor love's)! I love stamping and using my copics so I thought I would try something different and make an easel card for my friend Katherine's birthday. The stamp is by Magnolia and is called "Sweet Tilda". The paper is by Imaginisce (from Hobbycraft) and all the embellies are from my stash.

A close up of the Tilda:

Well, that's all from me for now, hope you have a fantastic Easter weekend with loads of chocolate!

Hugs
Sarah
xxxxx

Just experimenting....

Sunday, August 23, 2009 2 Comments »



Hi Everyone,
Hope you've all had a lovely weekend :-)

I'm super excited today because I have just brought the Sure Cuts a Lot software for my Cricut machine. It is absolutely fantastic and I don't think i'll need to buy another font cartridge ever again (woo, hoo!). I have been frantically downloading lots and lots of fonts and dingbats to try and here are some examples of what I have managed to cut out below:



Crazy, crazy nights: One of the band members from Kiss. I cut this out for my sister's friend as he adores the band. I think this is wicked!


"Autobots fall in" it's Optimus Prime from Transformers (now I am showing my geeky movie buff side!).


"One ring to rule them all" - says it all really, a little something from Lord of the Rings!

Well that's it from me. I'll post some more creations from Sure Cuts a Lot once i've had chance to play some more. Nite, nite.


Sarah
xxxx









Long Time, No Blog.....

Sunday, August 16, 2009 1 Comment »
Hi all,
I am so sorry it's been so long since my last post (too long really!!). I've been busy with preparations for mine and Paul's upcoming nuptials on 31st October. We decided because I make cards and jewellery that the wedding should be as handcrafted as possible drawing on all my so-called talents (Paul's words not mine!!!).

I've had a lovely week off this past week and my wonderful mum and sister helped me to make all the wedding invites and favours (thanks guys, you are the best!) but in my haste to post the invites out, I forgot to take photos (sorry!).

I also had a go at making my own tiara which I must admit isn't as easy as it may seem even though I make jewellery. Needless to say there were alot of tears and the first attempt ended up in the bin but, I stuck with it and am so excited with the results. I have included a couple of pictures below:


I hope you all like it. I used 170 Swarovski crystals on the band and flower and then some freshwater pearls for the band and flower stamens. The tiara band and gold wire were from Hobbycraft.

Well that's enough from me for now. Hope you all had a lovely weekend and I hope to blog again soon.

Take Care
Sarah xxx

Two in One Day......

Sunday, May 31, 2009 1 Comment »

Wow 2 posts in one day, I am doing well!!! Hope you are all enjoying the lovely sunshine.

Just a quickie to show you a card I made for my lovely Mother-In-Law to be for her b'day last weekend.

I have been going on about Copics for what seems an age and finally my wonderful fiance Paul said I could buy some. It was like Christmas when they all arrived so I had to get them out and play with them straight away on this card. I have to say they are so easy to use and I would highly recommend them. They are expensive but definately worth it!

Materials used:

Background Paper: DCWV Nana's Nursery (Girls)
Stamped Hanglar & Stanglar Image (from ebay) coloured with Copics
Green flower, sentiment and Green grosgrain ribbon (from stash)

It's Been a While......

Sunday, May 31, 2009 1 Comment »

I've been a very naughty blogger and not posted for a while so sorry everyone (hangs head in shame!!!).

Just thought i'd show you all a card I made for my georgeous nephew Oliver for his 3rd b'day.

Materials used:

Backing Paper - Doodlebug Designs (one of my fave companies!)
Ric Rac - Doodlebug Designs (are you detecting a theme yet!)
Number 3 cut from Base Camp Cart on Cricut & embossed with Swiss Dots Folder on Cuttlebug
Boat cut from New Arrivals Cart on Cricut & embossed with Swiss Dots Folder on Cuttlebug
Buttons - Doodlebug Designs
Cardstock - Bazzill Basics

Welcome....

Monday, May 04, 2009 0 Comments »

Hello Peeps,

Welcome to my new blog.

I will try my best to keep it updated!

To kick off, I thought i'd show you something I made for my dear friend Katherine for her birthday. I was so chuffed when I saw her face when she opened it!


Things I used:

Hello Kitty Greetings and Font Cricut cartridges
DCWV Nana's Kids paper
Bind It All
Ribbons from my stash

Phew, I think that's it for now, off to make some more creations :-) Enjoy the rest of your Bank Holiday weekend!

Sarah xx