Teacher thank you cards

 

 

As it will soon be end of term here, it's time to start thinking about teacher cards and gifts.

These are some cards I made for the children's teachers but didn't get uploading them.

 

I made matching gifts too which I'll share tomorrow.

 

Thanks for visiting :)

Sarah xx

Well.........

after 4 months
I thought it was about time I updated my poor neglected blog!
*blush*

It's been a busy few months with GCSEs (my daughter - not me!)
and then the school holidays so crafting was put on hold AGAIN!

Now that they are all back to school, I'm itching to get crafting again :)

I have missed visiting you all so much and have a lot to catch up on.

I thought over the next few days I'd share some scrapbook pages
made in March for Creative Craft World.


This one is of Caleb when he was a few months old.


I found this vellum quote in a book by K & Co that I've had for ages and I love it!

The little banner came with the kit and I cut the paper hearts with my Silhouette.
The little wooden heart is by Studio Calico.

I cut the title with the Silhouette and layered the blue card over the kraft card on the word 'loved'

I love these MME buttons and I used a matching brad to hold back the folded corner of paper.

I'll be back soon with more projects.
and I'm looking forward to visiting your blogs too.

Thank you for stopping by!
Take care :)
Sarah xx 



Mini Scrapbook Album using CCW April mini kit.

Good Morning!

Following the little peek I gave of this yesterday,

here is the finished project! Did you guess what it was?

It's a little mini scrapbook album of my Grandparents Wedding Day.

Sadly, I never got to know either of them as they both died in tragic circumstances before I was born.

When Lou from Creative Craft World sent me this month's mini kit to have a play with,

I was delighted!

It's absolutely gorgeous and packed full of Prima yumminess :)

You can see the kit HERE and at only £7.99 it's a real bargain.

Or even better ~ if you subscribe it's £6.99 + free UK shipping!

You don't have to use the kit to enter the challenge.

All you have to do is make something smaller than 12x12 and add your link here.

It runs for a whole month, so no excuses!!

I've added loads of photos

so I do apologise if it takes a long time to load on your computer.

(especially to my Mum since hers takes forever!)

Regular readers of this blog will know that I am not known for being 'inky' or 'vintagey'

but I've surprised myself and loved getting messy :)

To make the book, I cut white chipboard with a Sizzix originals Album cover and page die

by Brenda Pinnick.

I inked the edges of the pages and photos with Vintage Photo distress ink.

Isn't the 'cherish' charm gorgeous! It's very solid and feels really good quality.

 I cut the flower and black border on this page with the Silhouette Cameo.

The background on this page is cream card which is inked with Vintage Photo distress ink and then stamped with a TH flourish stamp which was stamped off on scrap paper first.

I cut a piece of vellum with a nestabilities die, inked the edges and layered on top.

The envelope is cut with the Cameo and also the black 'lace'.

I'm amazed it cut it out so intricately!

If you're thinking of getting a Cameo all I can say is, you won't regret it!

 I really love the heart button!

It's Prima and was one of  a selection of beautiful buttons in the kit.

 The background on this page is plain Bazzill card which is inked and stamped with a TH script stamp.

The black paper 'lace' on this page is the same cut file that I used on the envelope page only this time I made it bigger.

 I left the back of the book plain so I can add more pages if I want to at a later date.

 Just a close up to show some of the texture on the pages.

There is too much detail on each of the pages to describe properly how I made it.

I think this post is already long enough!

If there's anything you see and you'd like to know how it was done

just send me a email and I'll do my best to help :)

I really enjoyed making this book and it is very special as we have very few photos of my grandparents.  It's good to keep their memory alive :)

In the 1940's
my Grandmother was in hospital and gave birth to a baby girl when she took a kidney infection.

At that time penicillin had just become available and she was given an injection to fight the infection.

Unfortunately she took an allergic reaction and died (aged just 24) leaving a husband and 4 young children. My Dad was only two at the time.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today :)

Why not pop over to the Creative Craft World blog and see what the other DT members have made with this month's kit.
I'm off to the Craft Show in Belfast today and I hope to get some nice goodies
(not that I really need them!)

Take care :)

Sarah xx

I'd like to enter this little book in the following challenges:

C.R.A.F.T ~ wedding/anniversary

Cropstop ~ handmade paper lace

Cute Card Thursday ~ metallica

Creatalicious #33 ~ butterflies and add some flowers

I Brake for Challenges ~ anything but a card

Just keep on Creating ~ anything goes

Allsorts ~ buttons and threads

Make it Monday ~ anything goes

Totally Papercrafts ~ all buttoned up

The Pretty little Ribbonshop ~ to die for
Divas by Design ~ anything but a card

Bunny Zoe's ~ ribbon or twine
Simon says Stamp and show ~ anything goes

Jasper digistamp

Good Morning!

I'm afraid I have to post this and run this morning.
I have a deadline to meet today and I'm waaay behind
Once I get it done I will be round to visit you all
and catch up on commenting.

Thank  you so much for all the very kind comments on my last cards
....you definitely made me feel better about them :)

Hope you have a great day!

'See you soon'

Sarah xx

Easter treat bags

I hope you're all enjoying your Easter break :)

I don't think we'll be going anywhere today.

Richard has put a disc out in his back and is hobbling about,
so maybe I'll get a chance to do some crafting today :)

I made these little treat bags last week to take with us

when we were visiting with friends.

I was in a bit of a hurry so I just made them in pink and blue.

(how original! lol)

I cut the bag out with the Cameo (but you could easily do it by hand)

Then folded it over and added self adhesive velcro to keep it closed.

I love this little chickie!

It's a cut file from Silhouette and I added the name to the eggshell using print and cut on the Cameo.

Then tied twine around the top to finish it off.

 I filled cellophane bags with chocolate eggs and taped them to the inside with a strip of DS tape.

I made this bag with 2 sheets of Echo Park springtime paper and it was just the perfect size to hold the treat bags :)

You can find the tutorial for it here.

Blog awards!

I am sorry to say I have neglected to mention these.

Linda gave me the versatlie blogger award and Margaret the liebster award

and Jenny gave me the liebster award last year.

I am delighted you think my blog is good enough to have been given these awards

and I really do appreciate them.

Unfortunately I just don't have time to participate but if I were to,

I would have a hard time choosing as there are so many stunning blogs out there!

I had some other exciting news this morning.....I won the monthly challenge at Bunny Zoe's Crafts!

Oh wow £25 to spend guilt free on craft goodies :) Thank you Nikki.

Thank you for joining me today :)

I'll be back tomorrow with a post-it note and pen holder.

Take care

Sarah xx

Scrapbook page for Creative Craft World

Good morning!

It's the first Saturday of April and there's a new challenge at

Creative Craft World today.

Take at peek at this month's sketch

I still get butterflies in my stomach when I see a big blank page and wonder how on earth I am going to fill it.

I must admit that although I had reservations about the sketch, once I got started...

I loved it.

 I used DCWV Green Stack papers for this layout.

The coloured brads on each corner are by Papermania and I was trying to give the effect of 

the layout being pinned to the tree background.

The little owl on the branch was cut out from a separate sheet of paper.

 I cut the cloud shape with the Silhouette Cameo and machine stitched around the outside.

The word 'girls' was also cut with the Cameo.

Now, I do have to clarify that Lydia is not in the habit of walking around holding her Dad's hand but she was happy to oblige for the photo :)

'At least', she says

'you can't see my face' lol

We would love you to join in with our challenge and

take a minute to have a look

at the fabulous layouts the other ladies in the Design Team have made :)

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

See you soon.

Sarah xx

I'd like to enter this LO in the following challenges :)

Papertake weekly ~ anything goes

Anything Goes Challenge #64 ~ anything goes

Simon Says Stamp ~ use your favourite tool (Silhouette Cameo)

Make It Monday #83 ~ anything goes

Craft Us Crazy ~ anything but a card/altered item

Creative Monday - anything but a card

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year

everyone!

I hope you all have a great evening and I wish you many blessings for 2012.

Thank you for your support this year and for all the lovely comments left

I appreciate every one of them.

*whispers* I've been a bad blogger at updating so here's hoping I can keep a New Year's resolution to update at least twice once a week from now on.....

So, to finish off the year I'm posting the last of the Christmas things I've made...

These were for Lydia's best friend, a felt keyring, brooch and bookmark.

This has been a very popular image from Digistamp Boutique and I love it. Though when I made this card, I asked my 5 year old if she liked it  and after looking at it critically for a minute she said, 'Nah, you've made a mistake'.  Really?, I said....Yes...only one reindeer should have a red nose....lol

I made the same card for my own Mum and Dad but it's minus the red background.

The red postbox on this card is a Molly Blooms stamp which I borrowed from my friend. I added glossy accents to the snow and sprinkled it with Glamour dust.

and the baubles digi image on the last card is from a Passion for Stamps. I coloured it with Stampin' Up markers and the sentiment is from Pink Petticoat.

See you next year!

Sarah x

Reindeer boxes

Hello again!

Back with more projects today :)
Thank you so much for the lovely comments yesterday - I really appreciate them :)
My back is improving, so much so that I'm back to my normal level of medication (I have an ongoing back problem from a car accident). I hope to be crafting again soon.  Helen - you would never regret buying a Silhouette Cameo - it's an amazing machine!

I made this little treat box (with the Cameo) for my father in law from the children.  He loves wine gums so we filled a cello bag and tied it with christmas twine.  The cutting file is from Silhouette's online store.  I added gingham ribbon around the bottom and two adhesive pearls for his eyes.

Warning! They can be addictive....I made four more for my nephews using googly eyes this time and bow ties.

We usually give them money for Christmas so I made mini envelopes to put it in and attached them to the back of the boxes.  I downloaded Echo Park christmas paper and cut them out using the print and cut feature in the Cameo.

I got the idea for this tic tac box here and downloaded the poem to add to the back of the packet.  I measured the tic tac box and designed the file in Silhouette Studio, cutting out the circle in the snowman and the background card to match - a circle punch would work just as well. The snowman image is from here.

I only added the poem to the ones I gave to family just in case anyone would be offended!

 I found the tutorial for this lovely lip balm holder here.

To save time cutting and scoring I made a file in Silhouette Studio which did all the hard work for me :)

 
This year Lydia's form class decided (at the last minute) to do secret santa and this is what she gave. Lip balm, tic tacs, Paperchase pen and tissues.

I made some fabric and felt Christmas tree decorations 

 and this is the bag I put them in. 

The paper is Echo Park and the bag was cut out with the Cameo, I think I bought the file from Silhouette online.

That's it for today!  I still have more but I'll save it for tomorrow :)
I've got a little time to spare so I'm off now to see your blogs.

Thank you for visiting today
Sarah x