I've seen it....do you want to see it too?

Wow what an exciting day the other day, not only did I find out that Ikea has started their build works so it will be only 15 mins walk away but I also got to see the new 2015-16 Stampin' Up! Catalogue.

That's right, if you are a demonstrator one of the great benefits is you get to see the catalogue in advance of the general public.

To me the catalogue is like Pandora's Box ....the goodies just kept coming.  There are some lovely new additions coming which I think will make you very happy.  There are some things that didn't make it over from the Spring/Summer catalogue that I thought might...but the new additions make up for that.  Some price increases but also some decreases so that is good.

I'm not allowed to share much at the moment online, but as soon as I get a hard copy of the catalogue I can send it out......would you like one???? Just let me know.

Anticipation, can be hard...but sometimes the wait is worth it......



Happy Crafting


Sarah 

Perpetual Birthday Calender

Sometimes a stamp set comes along that is very addictive, for me this is that stamp set.  In fact think I need to put it away for a while to give other ago!

Here is a small selection of the cards I have created, and it could go on and on and on.  And, I haven't even used the month stamps in the set! A couple of the stamps aren't from the set but you will figure it out when you look at the set.
 

At the moment this is only available until 2nd June so if you would like a set you need to grab it quick.


Happy Crafting

Sarah

Main Ingredient

Retired List now live

Evening All

Well what a day it has been, the retired list came out and it seems that the website went down.  A number of the items originally on it are no longer available, they seemed to just disappear.  Good news there is still lots to chose from at a discounted price.

Click the link to go directly to my online shop, any problems let me know, not my shop (you can see in right hand corner) also let me know or go to the link on my home page and choose Shop.  Cookies can do weird things to links.

I hope you find what you want and if you can't please let me know

Happy Crafting

Sarah

Retired list out soon....

Not long now. 

The retired list, what leaving, the 2014/15 catalogue is due out tomorrow.  Check back here to see what's on it, and also what fantastic deals you can get...some items are likely to be up to 50% off!!! BUT they do sell FAST.  So if you want something pop over to my shop and buy it when you see it.


See you soon

Sarah

Great British Sewing Bee Inspiration

I loved this dress that Lorna completed for the Avant-Garde section of the final. I know that the judges had some comments about the tulle - but I loved it and loved the colour combination.

I used colour combinations as the inspiration for these cards - what do you think?

It was also an excuse to use some of the new products that I had recently had delivered.  The Boho Blossom Punch, gives you three flowers all in one go and the ribbon is stampable!  Something that you don't find too often.

What are you favourite colour combinations - would love it if you shared them on my Facebook Page


Happy creating

Sarah

Simple, with an origami twist

I found the origami fold for this card on Dawn Olchefske's site - she has some wonderful stuff. Took me a while to realise what her HSDT acronomyn means, but it stands for How'd She DO That and there are some great videos available also.


I love the simplicity of this card, with a twist of the centre piece on the front.

The centre piece is easy to make; 

Card Stock - 4 " x 4"
Fold in half horizontally
Open
Fold in half the other way
Fold each corner into the centre point
On each of those triangles fold it back to the edge of the paper


Easy!

Any problems let me know.

Happy Crafting

Sarah

Hexagonal Box

A beautiful hexagonal box and lid - isn't this stylish!

I found the idea on Crafty Hallett, but changed the dimensions of the lid as the original one had quite a large lid, and I preferred one that didn't cover the box so much.


It was simpler to make than I thought; you just need to remember where to put the tape or glue!


Dimensions I used:

 

 

LID:  11" x 3 3/4"

Score long; 1 3/4, 3 1/2, 5 1/4, 7, 8 3/4, 10 1/2

Score short: 3/4, 1 3/4

 

BASE:  7" x 10 1/4"

Score long:  1 5/8, 3 1/4, 4 7/8, 6 1/2, 8 1/8, 9 3/4

Score short:  1 3/4, 5 1/2

 

 

Cut off the bottom and top small rectangles to make a tab

 

 



Taping- now the fun begins

Tape the tab

Cut the pieces at the bottom (2" deep ones) up to the first score line - put tape on 2nd, 4th and 6th one

 

Then turn it over and tape the whole of the top

 

 

Burnish all the folds well - helps give it a neat finish.

 

 

Then make up the box :

 

Pull the long sticky strip off and stick down

 

This is the inside of the box and won't be seen

 

 

 

Then fold the box around and stick the tab to the far side on the inside - it will make sense!

 

 

 

I found the bottom fun to put together.

 

 

 You will see that each taped tab has a non taped partner - just get the partners together.

 

 

 

 

 

And voilà - the box is made and for the lid - exactly the same directions but different dimensions!

 

You can now decorate to your hearts content.

 

MY TOP TIP:  I used sticky tape to start with to get the where it needs to go sorted  but on the lid I found it much easier to work with Tombow; thought it gave me more control when putting it together as there is a bit of wiggle room before it sets.

 

 

 

Happy box making

 

Sarah