Totally Gorjuss (DT) - Sparkle

Hello again and welcome to another challenge at Totally Gorjuss.  What beautiful creations for our last challenge. Congratulations to the winner.

This week we want you to **SPARKLE** up those cards.  Our wonderful sponsor this week is Wee Stamps and the stunning digi image I've used is Angie, by artist Sylvia Zet.  Sylvia's images are very popular in Blogland, so do pay her Store a visit.

As the theme is **SPARKLE**, I just had to take another pic from a different angle so that you could see the Star Dust stickles I've used on the stars, clouds, her wings and around the sentiment.

Just peeking our beneath the nestie is my new Divine Bakers Twine which I collected from the PO this past week.  I purchased a few other goodies which I'll share on my blog soon. The nice thing is that I received a Sew Sweet business card and a few felt snowflakes as a small gift with my purchase. Now isn't that a sweet (excuse the pun) thought?  Makes one want to shop there again....soon!

Thanks for popping by. I'd love you to leave a comment if you have the time and do visit the Totally Gorjuss blog to view the other Gorjusettes creations. You're going to be so inspired to join us again this week.

Happy crafting!  hugs Sharon xx

An Altered Notebook

Good Evening or Morning to you, whichever part of the world you're from... It is  late Tuesday evening in South Africa and I have just completed altering a notebook for a colleague who asked me to make one for her daughter.  As usual there is always a time limit and she needs this by Friday, so inbetween DT commitments and other orders, I managed to put this together.  Hope Mom and Daughter like it!

The brief was that I use pink and red.  We aim to please and I was fortunate to find this last piece of pink designer paper with cherries on them...shew!  The rest just followed.  It's the first time I'm using King Tilda... she's actually adorable, thanks so much to my dear friend for stamping her for me!  Not quite sure what the notebook is going to be used for i.e. Notes or a Diary, hence the stamped sentiments.  I quite like using the little wooden stamps, lends a little bit of grunginess to the whole shabby look... even if you smudge it a bit or the letters are not quite straight, it just adds to the uniqueness of the handmade project.

Tilda has been coloured with Copics and her crown was coloured in with Pebbles Pearlescent Chalks. They have a beautiful shimmer to them. I used a glittery gold gel pen to ink around the crown just to add some definition.

I had some beautiful red stars in a small jar and these came in quite handy. Love the Martha Stewart Garden Trellis border punch, which I use far too seldom.

That's it for me.  Must hit the sack to catch a few zzzzzzzz's before work tomorrow.  Thanks so much for popping by, your visits and comments really make my day ;)..... hugs Sharon x

Bookmark for Sir

Good morning friends... wow, it's slightly cooler today, but still incredibly humid.  Going to be another stinker!

I was commissioned to make another bookmark and this one is for the Guidance Teacher. Hope Sir likes it. 

Inbetween making the bookmarks I have been busy with DT work and most of them will probably be Christmas themed, seeing that I've left my Christmas card making until the last minute, so I'm panicking a bit here!

Enjoy your Monday, hope the week turns out to be a good one for you.  We have Board meetings the whole week and our product partner year-end function to arrange for next week, so it's busy busy busy on the work-front!   ...roll on holidays ;)

Happy crafting, hugs Sharon x

Totally Gorjuss (DT) - Swirly Wirly

Oh happy days....  It is going to be a scorcher today, with some cooler weather on Sunday, I believe.  Spare a thought for me please. Summer is not my favourite month as I get older...

Well, weather issues aside.... Welcome to another challenge at the Totally Gorjuss blog.  We have a super one for you this week... It's Swirly Wirly time.  The Gorjusettes have created some stunning creations for your inspiration, so do pop around to view them.

Here's my little effort... hope you like it...

I have never regretted purchasing this gorgeous Marianne Die.  It is just so beautiful.  The swirl and snowflake are additional dies with the large one.  The paper is from my favourite W&M range of papers purchased from Merrypak, a local store.  The pearlised flat backed pearls were purchased from Paola.

And here's another peek from a different angle which I hope will have picked up the Star Dust glitter on Tilda's wings.  She has been coloured in with Copics.

I haven't entered a challenge in a while, so let's try a few...
    Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Christmas challenge
    Magnolia-licious - Colour challenge
    7 Kids College Fund - A photo inspiration (Edit:  Woohooooo, this card made the Top 3!)

Our wonderful sponsors this week are Simon Says Stamp.  Please visit them for all your crafty needs.

Enjoy your weekend, happy crafting!  hugs Sharon x

2 Bookmarks to Share

Hello friends... it's midweek...yay!!!!  In just over a month,  I go on leave...woohoooo!  I've been doing some shop..ping and am anxiously awaiting my purchases from overseas.  Nice Christmas prezzies from Me to Me... ;)

OK, so here we go with another 2 bookmarks I was asked to make and this evening before leaving the office, I was asked to make another one for a friend.... Can you please make me one, she asked, the holidays are almost here and I plan to read a lot you know !! hahaha  Now how can one say No to that !

I am really not complaining as it keeps me out of mischief and I'm doing something I love to do... It's giving me the opportunity to try new styles, so I really hope the people who ordered these (and YOU my lovely bloggy friends) are happy with the new designs.

Just loved using Willow writing Recipies again.  Haven't used her in while!  She really is a beautiful stamp by Elisabeth Bell. You can purchase her from Whiff of Joy.

And here's another Elisabeth Bell image, called Flower Power.  You can purchase her from Susanna's Custom Art and Design.  Another one that hasn't seen the light of day for quite some time.  These EB girlies are very popular with my small circle of bookmark addicts! (smile)

OK and now for a final pic of the back of each bookmark.

The plain white is for a message which still needs to be written and the other one was just covered with nice designer paper to match the front.

Thanks so much for popping by my blog today.  As always, I'd love for you to leave a comment as it really makes this blogging all the more worthwhile.  Just knowing that someone took the time to pop by is so very special.


Before I go, I must just share this cute little story... It just goes to show that if you're not a crafter, you really have no idea how much work is involved in putting these cards/bookmarks/projects, which we love to do, together.  A colleague bought one of my cards for her Granny and when she returned the box of cards which she'd chosen hers from, she said "Your cards are so beautiful, do you print those pictures from the internet? "  Uhhh, helloooo....that stopped me in my tracks a bit.  My initial reaction was "Hell NO!", but then I realised, how the heck is she supposed to know when she's not a crafter. To her it's just a pretty card with a nicely coloured picture.  Then I went on to explain that the images are stamps which you ink and stamp, then colour with VERY EXPENSIVE copic pens.  Everything is imported from overseas... blah blah blah, you know the drill.  Then the eyes widened as I heard the penny drop and I could see a hint of respect shine through her beautiful eyes.  It must be hard work then, she said... bless her!  hahaha, now isn't that a lovely story!  I am sure you have plenty of your own, feel free to share.

Now I really have taken up enough of your time... I am going to bed...  sleep tight.  Happy crafting, hugs Sharon x