Do you wanna build a snowman?

Good Morning all and Happy Sunday!

I've had a very busy cardmaking session for the last few days catching up on my DT work for

 Wild Rose Studio

 and doing some of my own research into stamps and drawing a few doodles...

I will be sharing those soon but first another Christmas card using the beautiful new stamps, dies and papers from WRS.

 I've used 

Girl and Snowman stamp

Christmas sentiments stamp

Frosty Corner die

Frosted lace paper pack

Coloured with promarkers and Spectrum Noir pencils.

I added glitter glue to the hats and her outfit and ultra fine shake on snow glitter underneath.

 This frosty corner die was glittered and jewelled up too!

Snowflake charm, lace and gingham ribbon and flower for the finishing touches.

 

Some challenges;

Allsorts Challenge...Early Christmas makes

Let's Craft and Create...Anything Goese

Top Tip Tuesday...Anything Goes

Craftyhazelnuts Patterned paper Challenge....Any Occasion

Craftyhazelnuts patterned paper extra...Christmas

So thanks for dropping by...please leave a comment or become a follower especially if you love WRS stamps. I've lots more Christmas makes to show too!

I'm back to school on Wednesday getting ready for the new school year...lots of new Yr 3's and a couple of new teachers, some familiar faces too among the upper juniors.

Looking forward to hearing all their news and seeing the holiday snaps.

TTFN

Sally

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Summer Holidays and Christmas Cards?

Good Morning!

I'm back again...

Summer Holidays have kept me away from my laptop, however, crafting has been taking place in between various activities...

Daughters birthday, trip to Egypt and a Wedding!

Just a couple of holiday phots for you...

 Resort pool...

Snorkelling in the Red Sea...

 

Desert Dune Buggy!

My youngest swimming with the Dolpins!

It's all about Christmas now to most cardmakers especially if you are on a DT for a wonderful stamp company called Wild Rose Studio.

So much gorgeousness popping through my door that its impossible not to be inspired to start the Christmas cards even if it's hot and sunny outside.

Too much cuteness!

Basically everything is from Wild Rose Studio...

Stamp, papers and dies and I really encourage you to look at the new christmas dies.

They arrived literally the day I went on my hols so I haven't managed to use them yet but the snowflakes and frames are beautiful.

Coloured with promarkers first and then with my Spectrum Noir pencils...

Organza bow and the ivory with a sparkle and pearl flower.

This postage stamp sentiment is from a set and I coloured it in which I've never done before.

Love how it looks!

Obviously had to add glitter and jewels to the bouquet!

Challenges...

 

Winter Wonderland...Anything goes for Christmas

Let's Craft and Create...Ribbon or Twine

So were heading towards the last week and wow how quick has that gone?

As usual I will be cramming everything in...school shoes shopping and hopefully another beach walk.

We have movie and Pizza night tonight for 5 eleven year olds...

and then a 50th Garden party on Sunday!

 

Hope you all have a FAB weekend!

 

TTFN

 

 

Sally

 

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A Christmas Delivery...

Good Morning!

I'm up early on a holiday day to show you my weekend makes...

I had to forget the sunshine pouring into my craftroom window and transport myself to a Winter Wonderland of snow ...

Can you guess what I was making?

Yep...First Christmas Card of 2014 for Wild Rose Studio using the New releases...

Paper- from Festive Wishes pack

Stamp- Girl with Xmas presents

Sentiments- Christmas Labels

Coloured with Promarkers and Spectrum Noir pencils.

It was fun re-visiting my Christmas box of Ribbon and sparkles...

My glitter is always being used so I was squeezing the last of the snow one...

I decided to go for a really icy blue tone card for this little cutie...and matched up all the blue papers from the pack...I couldn't decide on which paper so I used a strip from each...

First time out for this Snowflake charm and the little silver stars are from a nail kit wheel...
Amazing what you can pick up in the £1 shop!

Ric Rac Ribbon and white 3mm satin ribbon are always in my stash.

Very sweet North Pole stamp from a sentiment stamp set which are so useful!


So some challenges for this card

Winter Wonderland...Anything Goes for Christmas

I love Promarkers...Ribbons

Allsorts...My favourite things
(My Wild Rose Studio Stamps, My Promarkers, Ribbons and glitter)

I have to say this is the earliest I have started my Christmas makes.
I usually wait until I've been on holiday!

Hope you can pop back again to see some more Christmas cards...
Leave me a comment so I know you have been...and I will come visit you too.

   TTFN...
SallyB

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Passion for Promarkers...Weddings

Hello there...

It's the Summer Holiday!!!!

Oh my, I have been looking forward to this for sooo long!

 

Mixed bag of weather here in the South Coast of England...high temperatures one day and flash floods the next but I've spent the first few days with friends and the kids in the sun and various garden pools...with a Pimms or Sangria in hand!

So I'm showing a wedding card today. 

I know I have a work colleagues wedding coming soon.

 

The stamp is Wedding Arch and the paper is from the Peach Blossom pack. The beautiful dies are new this year and they all come from Wild Rose Studio...

I coloured in with Promarkers and used a little bit of pencil shading for the grooms jacket and hat.

You can also find this sentiment stamp in a set at Wild Rose Studio.

 Butterfly punch, pearls and glitter.

As you can see from my post title, this weeks Passion for Promarkers challenge is Weddings.

 

I know we are all just starting the summer holiday season but I can't go without showing you these little cuties...

 

 

 

Wild Rose Studio Christmas 2014!!!!

Aren't they adorable?

I have been colouring these in so expect some cards soon...

 

Thanks for visiting!

 

love from SallyB

 

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Less is more..

Hello peeps!

Another mixed bag of British summer weather for us this week.

It was so hot here yesterday and today we have had torrential rain all afternoon.

 

Todays card is a simple one for me and features this fantastic new Peacock butterfly die from 

Wild Rose Studio.

I used some glitter card to cut it out and matched it up with this Peach paper taken from a 

Wild Rose Studio paper pack

Vintage Rose

Layered onto a sentiment panel and a few pearls along the bottom...simple!

My WRS DT team mate, the wonderfully talented Kate Wiles, 

currently has this die as candy on her blog...

 

Downrightcrafty

(Why not pop across and put your name down.)

 

I added some black flat back pearls for the centre body section.

I'm entering this card into the Less is More challenge which has a colour challenge of Earth Tones.

 

Happy crafting all and hope you find time to visit Kate.

The new dies really are something special!

Thanks for visiting me!

SallyB

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Elsie...Roses and lace

Happy Sunday everyone...

Just popped in from the garden to do a post and show you a new make.

I used an Elsie panel from Wild Rose Studio and scallop nestabilities. 

Just a little touch of ochre chalk around the edge.

The papers are from the new Bluebell pack and the Gingham pack from WRS also.

Lace trim and a lace doilly make this such a romantic card.

I used a Promarker to colour in a light green leaf that just wasn't the right colour to match the ribbon on the pink roses.

These little roses I think I must have had in my sewing stash for about 10 years...

 

I'm entering this card into the Papertake weekly challenge of 

Lace/Pearls.

Hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend and Thanks for coming to see me.

Sally

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Happy Fathers Day...

 HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!!

 

 Hope all the Dads have had a good day!

This is the card I made for my Dad. 

This great photo was taken on my parents wedding day, April 1961.

My dad was 23 and had just finished his National Service with the Royal Marines.

Great to have this image of him in his prime.

I kept it simple mounting onto white and then using this fantastic patriotic paper from

 The man about town paper pack from Wild Rose Studio

I'm entering this card into the Papertake Weekly Challenge...For the boys

I've had a super ladies only weekend away with a friend...

Can you guess where?

A lovely Country Spa Hotel...

Breakfast included..

Great views...

 

A spot of shopping... Always time to find a paper shop...

Pop up cards... there's a clue here.

The last picture is a bit of a giveaway!

Beautiful Sunny CARDIFF!!

What a lovely place with lovely people.

Can't wait to visit again!

Back to work tomorrow...but I may have to go to bed fairly soon.

That Welsh fresh air has worn me out!

Thanks for visiting

Sally

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The Wedding car....

Hello!

What a mixed bag of weather for a week off!

I've spent most of the time at home trying to get the garden ready for summer.

More of that later....

Here's a card I made especially for those couples getting married soon.

As usual, I used all my lovely Wild Rose Studio DT stash

Floral frame

Small butterfly

Wedding card stamp

Icing on the cake paper pack

I coloured with Promarkers and used some blending pencils to add some shade.

Lots of glitter and pearls...

and some glossy accents to make that car really shiny!

Organza blue ribbon and some white ribbon with silver hearts...and a lace doilly underneath for some texture.

Some challenges...
Simon says Wednesday challenge... Anything Goes

I love Promarkers...Flowers
(Bouquet, edge of frame and on the paper)

The Shabby tearoom...Lets go for a ride
(has to include something with wheels, pink flowers and background texture)


Now to show you the next stage of our garden makeover....
A Lazy lawn...

It has made such a difference and given the garden a new fresh warm feel to it.
It really feels like another room.
We still have a new table and chairs to put out and I'm also making new seat cushions for a bench.
Next step is sealing the patio and re-staining the decking area.
getting some night lights and a few plants in pots!

Thanks for coming to visit my blog...I hope you like my work.
Please leave a comment before you go!
TTFN

Sally
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Tinkerbell's pixie dust...

Hello again!

Hope everyone is well!

I'm back again to share a recent card order that I was asked to make for a 30th Birthday.

I was given the choice of Tinkerbell or VW Vans...

Well...I'm not really into doing car cards...

but I love Disney.....

so Tinkerbell it was...

 Any excuse to get out the glitter really!

I coloured in a Tinkerbell colouring page image with Promarkers and added a little bit of grass with some flowers.

Sizzix numbers die cuts and my new

 Wild Rose Studio little Butterfly die which I just knew would easily become my favourite die ever!!!!

Lots  and lots of magical pixie dust added!

I layered up and custom made the card and envelope to fit the image!

Finishing touch was some white heart ribbon threaded through the side.

One very happy cardmaker, customer and hopefully the Birthday girl will like it too!

Some challenges...

I love Promarkers...Anything Goes

Passion for Promarkers...Use your die cuts

Papertake Weekly...Oh so cute!

I'll be back again with some of the large Butterflies soon...

Thanks for coming to see me!

TTFN

Love from Sally

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Icing on the cake...

Hello!

Happy, sunny Sunday to you all!

What a marvellous weekend.

I so love the month of May...

It was my birthday last weekend so lots of celebrations beginnning on Friday night with Spanish tapas ladies night, then Saturday in Brighton, shopping and lunching with my sister and my daughters and then Sunday lunch out with hubby and my girls!

Summer gardening has begun,  getting everything ready for the BBQs and Tea parties...

So today I'm showing you something that all the Wild Rose Studio DT are very excited about!

Summer release paperpack called Icing on the Cake

 and new dies....

which are Butterflies and Poppies...

All from Wild Rose Studio

So here's my first card and I've used the small butterfly die and this gorgeous cake and doilly paper!

I used some glitter card for the butterfly and mixed and matched blue and pink so I could used the contrasting centre...then added mini pearls.

Coloured a stamped cupcake and sentiment then glittered and added more pearls!

Added a small lace doilly behind the sentiment panel to match the paper.

Here's a peek of all the papers together!

Just so delicious!

Just a couple of challenges...

Simon Wednesday Challenge...Die Crazy

The Shabby Tearoom...Tea Party

If you want to see more gorgeous cards from the other DT ladies...click on the Wild Rose Studio link and you can connect to the Inspirational blog.

Kate has used the Poppy die, and Victoria has been playing with the large butterflies!

Their personal blogs are also on my side bar!

I'm afraid the lovely weather has kept me outside gardening this morning but I'm sure I will venture in later!

My new cosy corner unit looks rather inviting!

Patio was jet washed last night...

My new Butterfly stakes...I have a pink one too!

Thanks for popping by! Please come back soon.

Lots more things to share!

TTFN

love from Sally

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