Project Life - Week 3

Today I'm sharing another of my Project Life spreads, this is the 3rd week of my album (I started in June)...

I used a mixture of the Jade and Honey Core kits along with a few Documented365 cards and some other bits and pieces which I'll show in close up.

I've used a Documented365 card as my title card with the dates stamped in neon pink in the centre of the arrow. You can see on the grey card below (from the Jade core kit) I've cut around the text with an x-acto knife so it sits over my picture.

That week I was mostly working and travelling, though I did manage to get a pic of my Earl Grey into my album finally - would be weird if it wasn't in there somewhere! lol

 

In fact I've just realised my Hot Chocolate and Chai Tea Latte feature this week too - How many Starbucks cups can you spot? ;o)

Here are some more close ups of the right page...

The cork card was cut from some leftover paper, I think from a Simple Stories collection - I love to mix and match!

Here I've used a card from a Doodlebug collection, the blue pin would have been hidden by my picture so I used an x-acto knife to trim it out and attach it to the front as if it was pinning my picture.

Here are close ups of each page, first the left...

and the right...

I'm hoping to get some scrappy time tomorrow, it's been so very busy here at Hurley HQ with lots of exciting developments (will start filling you in on them all next week!) that I've not had as much crafty time as I'd like, that needs to be put right this weekend!

Have a lovely weekend and thank you for dropping by today

Sarah x

A Few of My Favourite Things... August Kit Reveal!

This months kit and add ons have now been revealed! Here is a little peek at what the August kit contains...

Here are some close ups of the kit and the Documented365 add on...

 

There are just a couple available for sale now, here in my shop or there is still time to subscribe to next months kit here.

Thank you for dropping by today!
Sarah x

My Project Life Organisation & Free Download!

  

I've been sharing lots of my Project Life / Documented365 pics on Instagram and had lots of people ask me about my process, I wanted to try and share some details so today I'm starting with how I get organised.

I used to keep my weekly notes scribbled on scraps of paper, post it notes, basically anything I had laying around, but I kept losing things and having to go back over my twitter / facebook / text messages / diary to fill in the gaps, so I came up with a solution! I had a chipboard binder and plastic wallets I had bought from Paperchase a few months ago so I turned them into my Project Life / Documented365 organiser...

To give you a proper look through it without a ton of pictures I made a little video on my iPhone (first one I've made for a while! lots of you have been asking for more videos - I'm getting braver! so watch this space... lol) which you can see here...

The printable sheets that I've used in my organiser are available as free download in A4 and A5 (2 to an A4 sheet) ready for you to print and use, you can download them here...

Download your kit here

I will be sharing the next stage of my process very soon! I'd love to see your organisers or how you use these printables to organise your scrapping or Project Life, please leave me your links or share over on my Facebook page.

Thank you for dropping by today!
Sarah x

Sneak Peeks! New Craft Kits

If you are on my Facebook page, you may have already seen a few little peeks I've been sharing this week, but I wanted to post them all here too for those of you who aren't!

Firstly, my new Storybook Craft Kit, contains a Cinderella storybook (rewritten and illustrated by me!) as well as everything you need to make a Cinderella doll and 2 outfits - her raggedy outfit and her ballgown...

This will be available in around 2 weeks. The storybook is available now though as a kindle download on Amazon, you can find it here! A big thank you to everyone who has downloaded it already, your support means so much!

Secondly, this little robin will be joining the softie kit line up next week...

Now, I must get back to work, I'm working on a whole new range of kits for a brand new stockist who I will be telling you about next week - exciting times!

Thank you for dropping by today!
Sarah x

Sister Scrapbooking with American Crafts

Today I'm sharing a page I made a couple of weeks ago using some lovely American Crafts collections, most of the papers used are from the Dear Lizzy 'Lucky Charm' collection (love this one!)...

I used white Bazzill cardstock for the background, topped with this strong floral pattern - it was too much for me as a whole sheet so I added the watercolour wash paper to the top. I then layered up lots of scraps from previous projects (probably the most layering I've ever done!)

The picture is an Instagram print from Printed.com I added one of my Chipboard frames (available here in my shop) which I coloured with a neon pink Hero Arts dauber (how did I live without these??) and then gold glitter stickles to match the glitter thickers used in the title. The 'Grateful for this Day' stamp is also from one of my stamp sets as are the butterflies!

I finished with some splashes of ink from Studio Calico and more neon pink dabs from the Hero Arts dauber, some sequins and enamel dots and a wooden arrow from the lovely Freckled Fawn, also painted neon pink with the dauber.

You can definitely see my gold / neon pink obsession coming through again can't you?!

Today I gave a little peek at a new product I've been working on, coming in 2-3 weeks over on my Facebook page, if you'd like to pop by and take a look, I'll post it on my blog later in the week :o)

Now, I must get back to work, a very busy and exciting week here at Hurley HQ this week - watch this space!!

Thank you for dropping by today!
Sarah x

Stamp & Stitch in Cardmaking & Papercraft Magazine!

At the weekend I had a lovely surprise when I was flicking through my copy of the new Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine, I spotted a project I'd done a few weeks ago, I didn't realise it was in this months issue, here is a little peek...

My brief for this set was to create a set of cards showcasing exactly how my Stamp & Stitch! stamps work. I used them in conjunction with my Expedition stamps and my Volume One paper pack (all available from my shop) Here is a closer look at one of the cards in the set...

To see all of them in more detail, I hope you'll pick up a copy in your local craft shop, Hobbycraft, WH Smiths or supermarket and let me know what you think.

Thank you for dropping by today!
Sarah x

My First Ever Project Life Weekly Spread!

I've already shared with you all one of my Project Life spreads here in a previous post but that was actually my second week (as I was showing you how I incorporated the new Documented365 bits) today I'm sharing my first ever Project Life spread which is the week before the one you've seen (confused yet? lol)

This  one was made using my Project Life Honey core kit and some Sn@p from Simple Stories bits and pieces, there is no Documented365 except for a few stamped bits as the new things weren't here yet! Here are a few close ups...

This was my Birthday week so includes pics of some of my cards and presents (including my Project Life kit that B got for me!) and my very own Birthday Google doodle.

The second page has my trip to Westfield, some more birthday bits, work things and another little peek at the big project I've been working on...

 

I've used a mixture of design a and design d page protectors - so far it's a week of all one, then a mixed week, then a week of the other (I hope that makes sense!) I like to keep some variety to my spreads as I mentioned before so I use a mix of layouts and materials for each one.

Here is a close up of the left page...

 

and the right page...

I was asked a couple of questions about my spread last time, so, my instagram prints are from Printed.com and regular prints from Photobox and my album is from WRMK in aqua leather finish. As ever, if you have any questions at all please leave them here and I will answer them in a future post!

Now, I must get back to my stamp designs, lots of deadlines and tea drinking!

Thank you for dropping by today!

Sarah x

A Few of My Favourite Things... July Kit Reveal!

This months kit and add ons have now been revealed! Here is a little peek at what the July kit contains...

Jaine joined me again to guest design a stamp (the anchor, I know I'll use that loads!) and once again there was a Documented365 add on...

I hope to get some time tonight to use mine, can't wait!

There is still time to subscribe to next months kit here.

Thank you for dropping by today!
Sarah x

Hunkydory Floating in Space Card

Today I'm sharing with you another card made with a Hunkydory kit - this one is also just made with one of the little taster kits but these elements are available in some of the larger kits. Today I used the little space boy set which can be found here to create this 3D card...

Firstly, I made the 3D card (I call it a box easel card) from 2 6x6" card blanks, I covered the front section with a square of the star card matted on some silver card and used my Martha Stewart circle cutter to cut a hole in the centre.

I then added the portion of the star card with the planet on to the back part of my card, and added some more star card matted on silver to the sticky out bit of card at the bottom (I'm sure there is a more technical name for that!)

I then used a scrap of the leftover star card, folded in half, to make a step at the back of the card to attach the rocket and planet to - I used a strip of acetate to attach the rocket so it still moves around a little bit, I also added some of the tiny die cut planets to the back section of the card using Pinflair glue.

I then attached a strip of acetate to the astronaut boy, I added some glossy accents to one end and tucked him in behind my front panel (snip off any excess acetate that pokes through to the circle once the glossy accents is dry) once dry bend the acetate slightly so that the boy bobs around in front of the card so he's floating in space!

As a finishing touch I added the die cut circle sentiment (matted onto silver and then punched out with a circle punch) and some dots of liquid pearls in black and white for some extra stars!

I hope you like my little space scene, it was certainly fun to create - I knew exactly what I wanted to do with this little set as soon as I saw it behind the scenes at Create & Craft, it was great to get to put it all together!

Thank you for dropping by today!
Sarah x