Exploding box card.

Another quickie post, this time showing the exploding box card I made using The Most Wonderful Time of The Year Digi kit by Sarah Hurley at Jessica Sprague.

 

I can safely say it took me hours to do with all the fussy cutting but it really was worth it when my niece opened it.

I really hope you like this one as much as my niece did.

Thanks for popping by, C xx

The Witch Is In!

Hello, today I am going to share a recent Halloween make. I decided to make a door hanger for a complete change.

Ingredients

Halloween Spooky Arched Window Scene by Sarah Hurley

Sarah Hurley Doodle Doll Halloween Edition Stamp Set

Spiders Web papers - Witching Hour by Sarah Hurley

Coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers.

Hope you like it, Carol x

A World Of Imagination Sneak Peeks

Hello! I am so excited to welcome you here from my lovely teamie Jaine's Blog as part of the Sarah Hurley World of Imagination blog hop Launch. Sarah has been working on this range for over a year, and we are all so excited to share some of the range with you!

I am delighted to share this amazing Tutu Crown with you!!!!! I LOVE it and cannot wait until I can get one for myself, after all who can resist a bit of princess chic when we are crafting? And best of all, they come in a range of colours.

 

Each of us teamies will be showing an exciting item that is part of the new range, and if you comment on all of the blogs, the Mayor of Make Believe will be waiting for you to comment on the final blog and he will pick one lucky winner to receive the item of their choice! But please don't wait as the draw closes on the 15th at midnight GMT.

It's time now for you to hop over to the lovely Ria's Blog. Thanks for popping by today x 

It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year!!

How exciting, 2 weeks today is Christmas Eve!! I love this time of year, always have, and always wondered if it is something to do with my name lol.

Yesterday I decided to finally make my Christmas cards that I have to post, and I used The Most Wonderful Time Digi Kit from Sarah Hurley.  As most of you know my style is mainly clean and simple, and I decided to stick with this for my Christmas cards. I adore the tree digi that I used on the front of this card and felt it really should be the focus of the card.  I printed it and the backing papers onto glossy photo paper and had to put the flash off when I took a picture, as it was just reflecting the flash too much!  I popped on some silver mirri card just to add something extra.

Ingredients

The Most Wonderful Time Digi Kit by Sarah Hurley

Glossy photo paper

silver mirri card

I hope everyone is getting into the festive spirit and is having The Most Wonderful Time. 

I would like to enter the following challenges;
Clear it Out - Anything goes with stash(mirri card)
Ladybug Crafts Ink - Keep it clean and simple
Paperminutes - Christmas with traditional symbols(tree)
SweetStamps - Simple Christmas
CAS on Sunday - Christmas

There is a new range on the block.

And I would like to say "Welcome to 31 Spook Street" . And the residents of this street are The Strange Family. I am soooo super excited and lucky to have had a sneaky play, and teased you all with a sneaky peek, with this spooktacular new range from Sarah Hurley.

I had a play with the Digi Kit to make this card, and a couple of the stamp sets are winging their way to me.  As soon as I saw them, I knew I had to have them, especially when I saw the really cute cat, owl and ghosts wooooooo. Though best of all is this little chap that I have coloured as he is called "Malcolm Strange" and I adore him, nothing to do with the fact my hubby is called Malcolm ;-) The digis in the set are coloured or black and white, so ideal if you want to make a quick card, or like me want to create a scene with one or more of the characters. I popped Poe the Owl and Muffin the Cat in, just so Malcolm wasn't alone.  You may have noticed the awesome skulls and bones on the background paper, that is also from the set and is featured in different colours, and they all work perfectly together.

 

Ingredients

31 Spook Street Digi Kit  Paper & Digital Stamps

Coloured with Promarkers and Flex Markers

Malcolm - Hair - Ice Grey 4 & 5

Face - Leaf, Apple & Meadow Green, 

Shirt - Cool Grey 1, 

Waist Coat - Aubergine, Plum & Purple

Buttons, Bow Tie & Hankie - Orange & Burnt Orange

Trousers - Warm Grey 4

Shoes - Warm Grey 5

Muffin - Cool Grey 1, 3 & 4, Bright Orange and Salmon Pink

Poe - Tawny Owl, Grey Squirrel and Purple

Post - Auburn(FM) and Burnt Sienna

Stampin Up Punch and Stamps

"Boo" sentiment made using Block Alpha Stamps

Bakers Twine, Pearlised card and orange paper from stash.

I really hope you can pop over to 31 Spook Street and say hello :D

I would like to enter the following challenges; 
Clear It Out Challenge- Let's Hear it for the boys 
Passion For Promarkers - For The Boys
Shopping Our Stash - For the kids
Cards For Men - String it Up
Digi Sketch Challenge - For The Boys
Cutie Pie Challenges - Cute one for the boys
Glitter n Sparkle  - Male cards
Opus Gluei - Boo!
Creative Corner - Happy Halloween

Sneak Peek Time

The seasons are changing, yippeeee, and Halloween is on its way.  And to celebrate this Sarah Hurley will be launching a brand new exciting range!! But, I have been playing with some of the kit (I know, how lucky am I?) and made something really cool!

I can't show you the completed project yet incase Sarah confiscates my kit!!! Though I will share a sneak peek of it.

 

How amazing are the wee skulls and bones...and there is a cat :D

I hope you are looking forward to the new kit, and I can't wait to share the completed project x

Let's look Through The Craft Room Door...

And this week I am delighted to be the Guest Designer over at Through The Craft Room Door, and the theme this week as always, is "Anything Goes" and the prize is from Oozak.

I thought I would make a card for any occasion and used the gorgeous hand drawn Roses Digi Stamps from  Sarah Hurley, I coloured it using Promarkers and Flexmarkers and fussy cut it out. I made the background paper using a stamp from Stampin Up and distressed the edges with some pink ink. I added a sentiment from Stampin Up and some ribbon and pearls. The rose is on 1mm foam to give the card some dimension.

Ingredients

Hand drawn rose digi stamp from Sarah Hurley

En Francais Stamp and Sentiment from Stampin Up

Coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers

Pink Memento Ink Pad

Ribbon and Pearls from stash.

I hope you can join us this week.

I would like to enter the following challenges;

Bunny Zoes Crafts - Pink and white

C is for Challenge - Flowers

Digi Makeover - Anything goes, use a digi

Kaboodle Doodles - Anything French(background stamp is French)

Crafting Musketeers - Ribbons and Pearls

Paper Creator's Crafts - Think Pink

Bloggers - Create your own background

Pink Sparkles.

Hello, it's time for a new challenge over at Sarah Hurley Challenges and the theme this month is "Pink Sparkles".

I decided to make a card that could be used for a new baby or just for someone who likes pink, sparkles, elephants and stars.  I used the Elephant Tinchie and distressed it with Memento ink, them popped her onto a sparkly star die cut.  I made the awesome chevrons using Borders, Banners and Corners stamp set, I used a pink Memento ink pad, then used the second generation ink to create the shadow chevron, it is the first time I have done this and I love it.  The pink stamped corners from the set too, they are so versatile.  The sentiment comes from the Wish Upon A Star stamp set.  I distressed around the card too, you can never have too much pink ;-) 

Ingredients

Elephant Tinchie Stamp

Borders, Banners & Corners Stamp Set

Wish Upon A Star Girl Stamp Set

Memento Ink pads

Sizzix and Memory Box Dies

Pink glitter card from stash.

I am delighted with this card, as it is my first real "inky" creation. I hope you join us this time.

I would like to enter the following challenges;

Divas by Design - Cute

Repeat Impressions DCC73 - Monochrome

Crafty Creations - Babies

Creative Card Crew - No designer paper

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes with an animal

Card & Scrap - Use a text stamp

Somewhere over the rainbow.

It's been a couple of weeks since I blogged, not been feeling great and haven't been crafting, a sure sign I'm poorly lol. Today I went into the craft room and decided to have a play with some new stash that arrived a couple of weeks ago, that has been lying unloved.

I decided to try something a bit different for me, and used the Borders, Corners and Banner Stamps from Sarah Hurley, and lots of different colours of ink.

I cut a piece of white card and stamped with the thin chevrons, I only inked each colour once, the paler colour is the second generation ink so it fades perfectly. I popped some small diamontes onto it, and contrasted it with navy thick chevrons at the bottom. The sentiment is one of my favourites from Stampin Up.

Ingredients

Borders, Corners & Banners Stamp Set from Sarah Hurley

Memento Ink Pads

Sentiment and matching punch from Stampin' Up

White card and diamontes from stash.

Here's hoping the rainbow is a sign of improvement for me, I also discovered today I had won the Masculine Challenge over at Jellypark Challenges and have been invited to be on the DT for One Stitch At A Time, so it's been an exciting day for me :)

Hope you like the card, have a good weekend. Carol xx

I would like to enter the following challenges;

Card Crafters Circle - Happy Birthday

Inspire me Fridays - Anything Goes

Stampin For The Weekend - Anything Goes

A.R.T. Card Challenges - Anything Goes

Cupcake Craft - CAS, not for flowers.

It's all about the dads.

This time over at the Digi Galore the theme is "Fathers Day", and our sponsors are the fabulous Kenny K with the lucky winner picking 5 of their cool digis.

I used Remote Control Digi, and coloured him using Promarkers and Flexmarkers. I then VERY CAREFULLY cut him out, my word my hand and fingers were sore after this lol. I used papers from the Britannia kit by Sarah Hurley to add lots of colour. I finished it off using my Sizzix Corner Die and a wee sentiment from Lili of The Valley.

Ingredients

Remote Control Digi by Kenny K

 Papers - Britannia Digi Kit by Sarah Hurley

Coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers

Lili of The Valley Sentiment

Sizzix corner die, Nestie die, circle punch, star punch.

Blue and red card from stash.

I hope you like the card and join in with us this time.

I would like to enter him into the following challenges;

Jellypark Challenges - Masculine

Kitty Bee Designs - Fathers Day

Pattie's Creations - Fathers Day

QKR Stampede - For Dad

Milk Coffee - Fathers Day

Crafting By Designs - Anything goes with a Male twist

Digistamps4Joy - Masculine

The Stamping Chef - For Dad

Craft Your Passion - Fathers Day

Eureka Stamps - Fathers Day

Stars in our eyes.

It's time for a new challenge over at Digi Sketch Challenges, and the theme is "Stargazing" and anyone who knows me will know how much I LOVE stars, so much so I even have a tattoo of them. This time we are sponsored by LEJ Designs and the lucky winner will get 4 digis of their choice. As always there is a sketch too, and I followed it with my card.

I used the Sentiment sheet and made a starry birthday card.  For my backing paper I really was spoiled for choice, but in the end opted for a teal starry one from Scrap Basics Christmas Stars digi papers pack from Sarah Hurley, because stars are for life not just for Christmas.  To give the card some texture I used a starry embossing folder and some Tim Holtz Kraft Core paper, and die cut some stars using Sizzix Framelits. I popped the sentiment on some 1mm foam to give the card some dimension.

Ingredients

Sentiment by LEJ Designs

Star papers from Sarah Hurley

Star embossing folder,Tim Holtz Kraft Core paper

Sizzix Star Framelits.

I hope you can join us this time, and we look forward to seeing your creations.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges;

CAS on Sundays - Make it masculine

Brown Sugar - Masculine birhday

Creative Corner  - Boy oh boy

Paper Crafting Journey - Masculine

Launch day for the "All Crafts Challenge Blog"

Hi there, today is a very exciting day for my lovely friend Elaine as she relaunches her fab All Crafts Challenge Blog. I am honoured to have been asked to be part of it, and exicited about the blog hop.  You should have arrived here from the lovely Natalies blog.  There are lots of prizes up for grabs too from Stix2, Sassy Designs, Sarah Hurley and Crafty Ribbons.

The first challenge is sponsored by Sarah Hurley , the theme is " Anything but a card" and I have made a tag using some of Sarah's lovely range. I decided on the "Perfect Day" theme, as it will be for Elaine's Launch :)  I used a paper from the versatile Kissing Booth Digi Kit and made it into a hot air balloon, and stamped a cloud with the beautiful "Perfect Day" stamp from Aprils A Few of My Favourite Things Kit to finish off the theme.

Ingredients

Red Arrow paper - Kissing Booth Digi Kit by Sarah Hurley

"Perfect Day" cloud stamps - A Few of My Favourite Things April Kit by Sarah Hurley

Memory Box and Sizzix Dies

Memento ink

Ribbon and card from stash.

I hope you like it and are enjoying the blog hop, your next stop is the lovely Nicole. Thanks for popping by *waves*

I would like to enter the following challenges;

My Time To Craft - Bookmarks

Stampin With Dragon - Tags

Gold ahhh, always believe in your soul!

Can you guess what the theme is over at the Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog? It is "All That Glitters is Gold", as if we need an excuse to look out our glitter and sparklies :D 

I decided to go for a clean and simple card, with LOTS of gold glitter. I used the jar stamp from the Odds & Ends Stamp Set, it is so versatile, and I love how you can colour it, fill it with stickles, die cuts and I could go on and on. I stamped out 4 jars onto some white card, and cut one out and popped it on top of the middle one to give the card some dimension.  I decided to use gold Stickles to fill the jar, if I had used loose my cat would have looked like the Cat of a Different Colour ;)  

To make the sentiment I used the "Fan'Tashe'Tic" stamp from the March "A Few of My Favourite Things" Kit. I used some gold ink for the Tashe, and black ink for the sentiment to make it a wee bit different.

I added some more gold by using mirri card for my layers.

Ingredients

Jar Stamp - Odds & Ends Stamp Set

Sentiment - A Few of My Favourite Things Kit

Gold Stickles

Gold Brilliance Ink

Black Memento

Promarkers

White & Gold card.

I hope you can join us over at the Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog with your gold creation.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges;

Happy Campers - Use Metal

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Nutcrafters - Monochrome

Stampin Chef - Metal

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Get Inky! - Glitter

Stamps & Fun=Creativity - Clean & Simple

Amusing Challenges - Anything Goes

Cute as a bug.

Hello, today we have a new challenge over at Digi Sketch Challenges and the theme is "Cute".  We have a sketch for you to play along with too, but you don't need to use it if you don't want to.  We are sponsored by Cedar Chest Designs, who have gorgeous digital images and the prize is a $10 voucher for their online store.

I chose to use "Love Bug", and at only $1 it is a complete bargain!! I coloured it up using my trusty Promarkers, and decided to make the heart on his back a wee bit different so used Black Diamond Stickles. I used polka dot papers from the "Back to School" digi kit by Sarah Hurley as the background, and layered it up with the Ladybug Freebie from Shery K Designs. I used a sentiment from a stamp set, that I thought was perfect.

Ingredients

"Love Bug" from Cedar Chest Designs

Polka Dot paper from Back to School Digi Kit from Sarah Hurley

Ladybug Paper Kit  from Shery K Designs

Promarkers

Black Diamond Stickles

Spellbinders dies

Red Grosgrain ribbon, green card from stash.

I hope you join us this time at Digi Sketch Challenges.

I would like to enter the following challenges;

Cupcake Inspirations - Ladybugs

One Stitch At A Time - Use a digi.

Corrosive Challenges 174 - Sentiment on the front

Picture & Scrap - Lots of layers

Natalie & Amy - Things with wings

Crafts and Me - Use a digi

Digistamps 4 Joy - Spring

CD Case with a difference.

Hi, I thought I would share another project I made for the Sarah Hurley Lookbook 3.  This time I came out of my comfort zone and chose to alter something, and used a background from  Journaled 365, Journal Basics and a stamp from the fabulous Odds and End stamp set.

There are a few pictures, and I will explain as I go.

I took a blank CD and CD case, and made them "retro" using the Cassette stamp from the Odds and Ends set.  I used lots of different colours of Memento ink pads to make it really bright and funky.  

I stamped the CD too, to make it match the CD case.

I printed out a paper from the Journaled 365 digi kit, and to make it even more vivid I printed it onto photo paper and it looks amazing.

It is truly inky fun, without all the mess which suits me fine *happy face*

Ingredients

Journaled 365 - Journaled Basics by Sarah Hurley

Odds & Ends Stamp Set by Sarah Hurley

Memento Ink Pads

Photo paper, CD Case and CD from stash.

It is a great way to personalise gifts, or update the old "Mix Tape" and bring it right up to date.

I hope this inspires you to try something different in your craft room.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges;

That Craft Place - Makes for Men

My Time To Craft - Show us The Inside

Delicious Doodles - Anything But a Card

Crafting By Designs - Remembering Our Childhood(Mix Tapes)

Whimsical Designs - Alter It

Shades of blue.

Is the theme over at the Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog this month, and I am always amazed at how many different creations we come up with for a theme, but especially when it is a monochrome one. 

I chose to make a card using different blue papers, and made my theme the sky.  I took the gingham paper from Oz, and made it my base layer. Used some gorgeous polka dot papers from Secret Rose Garden and die cut them to be wee hot air balloons, this is one of my favourite dies as it makes me think of floating away to Oz. My sentiment "Enjoy the Journey" comes from the Expedition kit.  I also managed to play with this months A Few of My Favourite Things Kit, which is full of gorgeous cloudy papers, bright coloured papers, journalling cards and stamps. I used one of the stamps on my cloud die cut, and I love the result.

Ingredients

Gingham paper - Oz

Polka dot paper - Secret Rose Garden

Enjoy the Journey sentiment - Expedition

Perfect Day Stamp - A Few Of My Favourite Things Kit

Hot air balloon and cloud dies.

Blue pearlised card, white card and card base from stash

Baskets on hot air balloon coloured with a flexmarker.

We also have lots of exciting creations in the third edition of Lookbook, why not have a browse?

I really hope you can join us this month, and don't be blue about it if you can't :)

I would also like to enter the following challenges;
As You Like It - Dies 
Southern Girls Challenge - Say that again
Crafting For All Seasons - Monochromatic
Stampavie and More - Lots of Die Cuts
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments - The Letter B(Balloons & Blue)
Die Cuttin Divas - Anything Goes
Love to Create - Dies
Glitter N Sparkle - White & One other colour.

Lookbook Issue 3 and a gorgeous new range.

Hiya, hope you are all well. Very exciting times for us DT members of the Sarah Hurley Team, as Issue 3 of the  Lookbook went live yesterday, it is crammed full of great creations from the very talented team that I am lucky to be a part of :D

Here is one of my creations, I can show it off now that this gorgeous new range has been launched and it is called Gatsby. There is a digi kit and a set of matching stamps, a must have if you love all the glamour and glitz of a bygone era.

I altered a photo album with the kit and really love the result.

Ingredients

Gatsby Digi Kit  by Sarah Hurley

Silver paper, pearls , butterfly punchies and die cuts from stash.

I hope the Lookbook inspires you to make something different.

I would like to enter it into the following challenges;

DRS Designs - Butterflies

Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Goes
Unstampabelles - Anything but a card

Moustache you a question?

Are you as crazy about the moustache trend as I am? I adore them and can't get enough of them.  You can imagine how delighted I was when Sarah Hurley added moustache stamps to the range.  Last months "A Few of my Favourite Things" kit was simply fan"tash"tic :D, it was packed full of moustache papers, embellishments and this fab sentiment and a moustache stamp. I also have the Odds & Ends Stamp Set which is choc full of yummy stamps.  I decided to make my own backing paper using the 'tash stamp and popped the sentiment onto some 1mm foam to give the card dimension.

Ingredients

Moustache Stamp - Sarah Hurley, Odds & Ends Stamp Set

Moustache Stamp & Sentiment - Sarah Hurley, A Few of My Favourite Things Kit

Memento Ink and pen

Silver paper from The Papeterie.

This week is a very exciting week for us all, as the third edition of LookBook goes live and it will be full of inspiration to get you making beautiful things using Sarahs amazing ranges.

Another card from my colouring in fest last week.

And this time it is one of the beautiful hand drawn Rose Digi Stamps from Sarah Hurley. I am starting to get a wee bit more confident with my colouring and loved the results I got from colouring this.  I also coloured one in shades of purple and will blog that once I have made it into a card. 

 

I used papers from the Secret Rose Garden Kit, as there are lovely polka dot papers in the kit. I cut the rose out with scalpel so you could really see all the details in it.

 

Ingredients

Sarah Hurley Hand Drawn Rose Digi Stamp

Papers from Secret Rose Garden Kit

Coloured with Promarkers and Fexmarkers

Sentiment from Whimsy

Gems and plain papers from stash.

 



There is still plenty of time to join in at the Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog, where the theme is "Projects with character" and it is sponsored by Letraset.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges;
Broken Box Stock - Florals
Happy Campers - Flower Power
Moving Along With the Times - song or film..."Kiss from a rose" by Seal
Passion For Promarkers - Week 193, "cut out your image"
House of Gilli -Anything goes with a flower
Sparkle N Sprinkle - SNSSC18 - Use a digi.