Merry Christmas!!!

Just thought I'd pop in and wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a safe, joyful and Happy New Year. I hope the new year brings you many, many  happy memories with those that you cherish.

I'm so looking forward to celebrating Christmas with my beautiful family, now that I have a chance to STOP and slow down and just be, I can watch the JOY and EXCITEMENT in their faces as they wake up on Christmas morning and ENJOY!!

I wanted to share with you our family Christmas Card this year and a few fun photos that came with it:-

This is my BEAUTIFUL family, and when I say beautiful, I truly mean beautiful inside and out. I know they're mine and I'm possibly (ok VERY) biased, but honestly I couldn't be prouder of how my gorgeous girls are growing up to be kind, considerate and caring of all those around them. I LOVE my little family so very much.

The outtakes, because they just make me SMILE!!

The GIGGLES!!

The DISCO!!.. This one was Miss J's idea.. notice she's REALLY working her pose.. hahaha, and Miss E.. well she just cracks me up!!

Look at the concentration on Miss Ella's face!

Hope you enjoyed a little Christmas cheer from the Kalé Clan.

I look forward to seeing you all in 2012.


Love

Sarah
xx

Sweet Sunday Sketch #148

Happy Sunday!!! I hope you're all ready for the Christmas festivities!!. This is our last Sweet Sunday Sketch for the year, while the Sweet Sunday Stampers and of course our fearless leader Karen take a little break. Don't worry though, we'll be BACK on January 1st with a new sketch to play along with.

Here is my card for today:-

And here is the sketch for you to play along with:-

I've used Concord Crush and my main colour today... not sure what came over me.. hahaha and some of the gorgeous Cheerful Treat (Hostess) DSP.
I thought I'd use my very underused Hello Blossom stamp today also. It's such a versatile stamp, I really must use it more!!.

To finish it off I added some buttons and  some ribbon and a little Happy Birthday sentiment.

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New year. Thankyou so very much for all of your lovely comments this year, I love hearing from you all. My new years resolution is to attempt to post much more regularly!!.

The rest of the Sweet Sunday Stamper's have some AMAZING cards to show you too... sooooo... off you go.. go visit them and be INSPIRED:-

• Jen Tapler
• Karen Motz 
• Dana White
• Lynn Put 
• Vicki Burdick  and of course
• KAREN GIRON

And don't forget to link your card to InLInkz over at Karen's blog so we can all see what you've created.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Sarah

xx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Hello Blossom

Paper:- Concord Crush, Concord Crush DSP, Cheerful Treat DSP
Ink:- Concord Crush, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo
Accessories:-Dimensionals,Buttons, Satin Ribbon

Sweet Sunday Sketch #147.... FINALLY!!

Hello!!. Thankyou for being patient with me.. It's been a CRAZY week here, but it's OFFICIALLY School Holidays in the Kalé abode (YIPPEE.. yep I LOVE school holidays.. because I get to have my biggest darling home everyday!! :D) Sooo... that means things might slow down for, well ok, a day, before I amp up again for Christmas!!

Righty.. I won't keep you waiting. Here is my card for the fabulous sketch this week:-

And the sketch again.. but i'm sure you've already seen it ;-) :-

I've gone all PINK CHRISTMAS with this one.. and well, you know, I'm kinda LOVING it!!. What do yo think?

I'm sure you've already seen the AMAZING creations the other Sweet Sunday Stampers have created, because they're awesome and ON TIME, unlike myself!!. But, if you haven't, then do pop on over and visit them and be INSPIRED:-

• Jen Tapler
• Karen Motz 
• Dana White
• Lynn Put 
• Vicki Burdick  and of course
• KAREN GIRON

And don't forget to link your card to InLInkz over at Karen's blog so we can all see what you've created.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Sarah

xx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:-  Season of Joy

Paper:- Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo, Melon Mambo DSP, Baja Breeze, Baja Breeze DSP
Ink:- Melon Mambo, Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette
Accessories:-Dimensionals,Dazzling Diamonds, 2-way glue pen,Vanilla Seam Binding

Sweet Sunday Sketch... coming Soon!!!

Happy Sunday!!! HOpe you've had a fabulous weekend. My SSSC card is going to be a little late today, but I have a good, a VERY good reason. I've been organising a little "Princess Party" this week and today was the day, and just so you believe me here are some pics:-

Princess Belle (aka Miss Jorja) and Princess Aurora (aka Miss Ella). THANKYOU Aunty Kiki for hunting down the Princess Belle finery....see, if she was the normal height of an almost 5yr old it would be the perfect length... hahha

Princess Belle... just as THE Princess Belle arrived bearing gifts. And yes.. Mummy here cried.. I know!!.. but I'm a SOOK and I can't help it! hahah

She was SO excited to see Princess Belle.. a little, well ok BIG suprise Mummy and Daddy had kept for her... "Mummy, how did you get Princess Belle to come to my Party!?"

And the cake!!.. Of course Princess Belle for Princess Belle (Jorja) and quite delicious if I do say so myself!!! ;-)

And so you can get a start of your Sweet Sunday Sketch card here is the sketch for you:-

And so you can get some inspiration from the AMAZING Sweet Sunday Stampers off you go.. go visit them and be INSPIRED (I'll be back soon with my card to share!!:-

• Jen Tapler
• Karen Motz 
• Dana White
• Lynn Put 
• Vicki Burdick  and of course
• KAREN GIRON

And don't forget to link your card to InLInkz over at Karen's blog so we can all see what you've created.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Sarah

xx

Sweet SUnday Sketch #146

Happy Sunday!!. It's time of course for another fabulous Sweet Sunday Sketch.

I can't guarantee that you'll be jumping in raptures over my sample today, but, for me it's a minor miracle that it's even made, let alone photographed and blogged. It's been a CRAZY week here... with Kindy Mum duties (which I LOVED by the way!!), swimming, dancing, more dancing, then some more dancing rehearsal, then a Dancing Concert, a Christmas Party thrown in there somewhere and then of course just normal everyday living and necessary things to do!!. CRAZY!!

Sooooo.... here is my sample (please be kind!!):-

And here is the fabulous sketch for you to play along with:-

I've gone and made another gift tag today. Yep, it's my go to thing now when my brain is overloaded. hahaha.

My colour combo is Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla and some retired SU! DSP!.

I've used my Contempo Christmas Set and stamped the Christmas Ornament out three times in Cherry Cobbler then punched it out and gave it a serious dunking into the Dazzing Diamonds pot. The "falalala" is from my Season of Joy set. I'm actually thinking of using this on my Advent Calendar this year, which is currently 4 days late in its putting up, but hopefully will be up by the end of tomorrow... hahha.. oops!!!

The rest of the Sweet Sunday Stamper's have some AMAZING cards to show you too... sooooo... off you go.. go visit them and be INSPIRED:-

• Jen Tapler (is having today off, but do pop over and say hi!)
• Karen Motz 
• Dana White
• Lynn Put 
• Vicki Burdick  and of course
• KAREN GIRON

And don't forget to link your card to InLInkz over at Karen's blog so we can all see what you've created.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Sarah

xx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Contempo Christmas, Season of Joy

Paper:- Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive , Very Vanilla, Jolly Holiday DSP (retired)
Ink:- Cherry Cobler, Old Olive
Accessories:-Dimensionals,Dazzling Diamonds, 2-way glue pen,Large Ornament Punch, scallop edge punch, Big Shot, Two Tags Die