My June candy.....Gorjuss Girl Stamp!!!

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As it is the 1st of June I will put up my June candy.
I am offering a brand new Gorjuss Girl stamp.
To enter all you have to do is

1. Leave me a comment below about your favourite stamp
2. Join my list of followers ( if you haven't already)
3. Link this candy post in your side bar.

This candy will end 14th June
Hugs Sarah x

Just for you - Gorjuss Girl Easel card

 

 

 

Good evening
Hope you have all had a good day.
Today I have another Gorjuss Girl card to show you. Another Easel card I am afraid but I do love them. All the papers and letters are from my stash. The big flower was from a bag of flowers I had from Hobbycraft
I have recently set up an Etsy shop but I'm not really sure how to advertise it. It refers to "circles" ( I thought that's what I teach the children in Numeracy!) and Treasuries ( not sure what this is either). Can anyone enlighten me and offer any advice on getting my stuff noticed. I hope some one out there will like them!
Anyway I am putting this card in my Etsy shop if you are interested.
Hugs sarah
p.s. Only 1 day left to enter my blog candy!

Flower power - Totally Gorjuss DT card

Happy weekend to all of you. It is sunny here in the West Midlands
My card today is my Totally Gorjuss DT card. I have used a Gorjuss Girl stamp (Don't forget to enter my Gorjuss Girl stamp candy - ends 14th June !)
I have made an easel card and used some Papermania papers that I had. The flowers were from a spray of flowers I had from a Cheapy shop. I have just taken the flowers of the stems and silicone glued them in place. I have then added some jewellery beads to the centres. The leaves were punched with a MS punch.

Our sponsor this week is Crafters Companion who are offering £10 to spend in their shop

So lets see all those gorgeous Flower cards!
hugs sarah x

Hanglar card

 

 

Here is a Hanglar card I made recently, She is coloured with Promarkers.
I am entering this into the following challenges
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Just Magnolia and Hanglar - Anything goes plus lace
Have a lovely day and thank you for looking
Sarah x

A present for teacher

 

 

 

 One of our teachers left before the holiday to start a new teaching job today. She was a good friend and came to card classes here with her mum for a few years. I will fondly remember a cold Saturday we spent together at a Local market with  cards for sale. We only made about £20 the whole day!!!!!
Anyway here is the gift I made her. It was from a kit I bought from Create and Craft. She loved it. Hopefully every time she looks at it she will think back to our card classes together. I filled it with chocolates and jewellery
Thank you for looking
Sarah x
p.s. I only have 8 entries for my Gorjuss Girl,  candy. Have you entered?

Totally gorjuss DT card - Sketch

 

I hope you are all enjoying the beautiful weather here in England.
I had a great day yesterday shopping ( and eating!!!) with my daughter and SIL Bought some more shoes!!!!. I will post a picture later but these ones are quite boring compared the usual ones I show you.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At Totally Gorjuss this week we have a super sketch for you to follow

Our sponsor this week is Joanna Sheen. So please join us. We can't wait to see what you do
Hugs sarah x

Lily of the Valley meets Wild Orchid

 

 

Good afternoon. gorgeous weather here in the Midlands.. Hope you have nice weather too.
Here is a card I made for some friends' anniversary.
I adore Lily of the Valley stamps AND Wild Orchid flowers too. So a combination of both is perfect for me. I have carried on the theme inside of the card too.. And of course seam binding is wonderful. I bought a stack recently but can't remember where I put it!!!!!
Don't forget to enter my Blog Candy..... a brand new Gorjuss Girl stamp!
Thank you for looking
hugs sarah x

 

Here is a card I made for  a teacher who has recently left. She came to card lessons a few times with some other teachers so I knew she would appreciate a handmade card. She did like it
Hope you like it too.
Hugs sarah x

Did you guess right in my little teaser?

Thank you to those of you who tried to work out what I used to make theheart on a recent post. All I said was I used a heart Nestie to cut it out.
Several thought it was a christmas lights die, some thought Pennants or border punch.
Well before I tell you what I used I will tell you who came closest

Cardmaking bird!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Marie...............................Congrats!!!!
Marie said
"The left over bits from a border? It looks fab whatever it is! Mxx  "

Well it was left over bits and it was a border. This is what I made it from
I cut the rick rack border off . I then layered it on some card starting from the bottom and working my way up. Finally I cut out the heart shape using a Heart Nestie.
Never throw anything away. You never know what ideas you can come up with.
The effect  made me think of Owls wings.

So Marie, can you email me your address and I will send you a little gift in the post
Hugs sarah xxx

Totally Gorjuss DT card - String!

 

 

 Happy weekend to all of you. What is the weather like by you?
This is a timed post so by now I will know who has one American Idol. The 2 young singers, Lauren and Scotty are fabulous. In fact they make a great duo!I don't mind who wins.
At Totally Gorjuss this week we want you to use string on your cards. No problems I thought until I started to make mine! The sponsor this week is Horseshoe Crafts

I have wrapped string around my card twice. What connection string has with a boy astronaut I don't know . But in Blogland anything is possible
I have coloured one of my new LOTV boy stamps (with the new Marvy Le Plume alcohol pens.)  Aren't they just adorable. I wish I was on their DT so that I could play with them all the time. The ticket ( you need one if you are to travel in a  space rocket) is a Magnolia stamp.
I have made a few other boy cads so I will post them soon.

Have you answered my teaser on the previous post? I will be sending a little prize to the winning answer

Can you guess what I made this with?

Here's a teaser for you
Can you guess what I have used to make this heart? I have cut it out with a Nestie
If there is more than one correct answer I will pull a name out of a bag and send the winner a little gift
Please spread the word
Can't wait to see your answers!

hugs Sarah

LOTV "summer romance " card

 

 

 After what seems like an age I have made a card for a challenge! LOTV challenge "Summer"
This is a card is for some friends' anniversary. My papers are from a stack I have had forever!. I have used Promarkers to colour it. The sentiment is a LOTV one. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.
I have just had some of the boy LOTV stamps. I will be posting what I have done with them soon. They are FAB!!!!!
Tomorrow I am running a Craft day. I have several of my ladies coming. One is doing scrapbooking whilst the rest are making cards. I will post their lovely cards for you to see
hugs Sarah x
Other challenges entered
Papertake Weekly - Pastel colours

A striking Wedding Card!

 

My SIL recently asked me to make a wedding card. She had seen a card I made (which I will post tomorrow) with these 2 striking colours and said they were the colours of the bridesmaid dresses.

So out come some Spellbinders and Distress inks and a card was born. Not your traditional wedding card but she liked it 

I hope you do too

hugs sarah x

My 2nd Blogaversary candy winner

 Thank you to all of you who entered my 2nd Blogaversary.

The winner is .......................................................................no. 26

And that is you SQUIRREL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Congrats to you.
Can you email me your address and I will send it out to you

Warm Hugs
sarah x

I will be posting a LOTV candy any day now so keep checking back

It is my 2nd Blogaversary Candy

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April saw my 2nd Blogaversary and as promised I have a little Blog Candy on offer

It consists of

• 4 Kanban mens toppers
• A set of black /white mens toppers
• 2 Hobbycraft punches ( snowflake/straight corner punch
• 2 packs old fashioned decoupage die cuts
• a pack of 36 christmas papers " the Enlish paper company"
• paper charms ( stickers0
• Chipboard buttons by Cratepaper
• Snowflake dome stickers by Papermania
• 6 wood mounted stamps ( 2 background, palm tree, plaster, wine bottle)
• glittered toppers
• 5 rolls of thin ribbon

(All items are brand new)

To enter all you have to do is

1. become a follower
2. Leave a comment on this post
3. Advertise this candy on your blog.

This candy will end May 21st 2011

If my candy proves to be popular I will add some more to it, maybe a bit of Sizzix or Tim Holtz?!!!!! Flowers and ribbons!!!

Thank you
hugs sarah x

Totally Gorjuss DTcard

Hi
At Totally Gorjuss we want to see cards with some connection to WATER.
The sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp with a £10 voucher. You should see all the DT cards this week. FANTASTIC!. So many variations on a theme
So we can't wait to see what you do this week. Just have a go
For mine I have got out an older Sizzix die ( the ship) and the Pirate is a stamp I bought years ago from Funky Kits
I hope you liked it
hugs Sarah x

A really good evening..........................and something new

Hello
Last night we went to the screening of some of the films picked from the first and 2nd year students at Stafford Uni, Stoke Campus. Daniels was the first individual film shown. It was really strange seeing it on the Big screen instead of the computer. We were very proud. Above is the award he received.
In fact all the films shown were excellent. All students should be proud of what they have achieved. The students whose films were screened received an award from the Dean of the Uni. The first time she had attended a screening

Now for something new
The new trend is to use Safmat by Letraset in your craft projects.

An acid free, self-adhesive, transparent film for use with your desktop printer.

Safmat film is virtually invisible when applied, so only your printed text or image can be seen!

Suitable for Inkjet printers or black and white Laser printers.

I did have a problem though. One sheet got caught up in my printer and it took of the whole sheet of film and it got stuck in side . I had to take the printer apart to release it. 

NOTE . Make sure you put the Safmat into your printer correctly with no edges lifting!!!!!

Hope you find this interesting

hugs sarah x

 

 

Here I have stuck the Safmat straight on to some poly plastic sheeting to make a bookmark in

I have stuck the Safmat sentiment onto Seam Binding. I should have cut around the wording first so that you couldn't see the film. Naughty me!!!

Here I have printed my Blog Profile straight onto Safmat and then adhered it to white cardstock