Sara’s Crafting and Stamping Studio

Stampin’ Up! Independent Demonstrator

Retro Fresh for a sketch challenge

Retro Fresh for a sketch challenge

On Monday you may have seen that I took part in the SUDSOL Blog Tour. SUDSOL is a great forum for Stampin' Up! demonstrators and one that I turn to often for inspiration. Whenever I need to kick start my mojo or challenge myself to move beyond my usual style, I turn...

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Happy Watercolor thank you

Happy Watercolor thank you

This water coloured thank you card is quick and simple to make as the stamp does the "water colouring" for you. The base card is an A6 portrait of Blushing Bride card, matted with pistachio Pudding. Using the Blushing Bride ink and the large blotch stamp from Happy...

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Tip – avoiding caught edges

Tip – avoiding caught edges

It happens to us all at some time or other. You just catch the edge of the rubber stamp with your ink pad, it transfers to your stamped image and has the potential to spoil your card. You can see in the stamped image below that I caught the edge of the large flower...

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Gold Trimmed Birthday Card

Gold Trimmed Birthday Card

This is a special project that I sent out as a sample card to some of my crafting friends, along with their invite to our Sale-a-bration Open House on 8 February. The card base is an A6 portrait of Crumb Cake. A sentiment from Bring on the Cake (Wood 128490 or Clear...

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Sale-a-bration Open House – reminder

Sale-a-bration Open House – reminder

Just a quick reminder that we’re holding an Open House at St Saviours Church Hall, a week today, on Saturday 8 February, (before our regular class). We'll be demonstrating a variety of the new products from both the Spring/Summer catalogue and the Sale-a-bration...

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