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

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

A Little Peek at Project Life

I had planned to share a Project Life spread with you today but I've not had a chance to take the pictures! so instead, I'm going to share a little peek at a Project Life spread I started last night, I've been using my Doodle Doll stamps lots in my Project Life lately...

This one is coloured with Pentel watercolour pens and the wooden veneer feather is embossed with gold pearl WOW embossing powder.

I will be back to being a better blogger very soon (promise!) but for now I must get back to the drawing board, look out for sneak peeks of what I'm up to via Facebook, Twitter or Instagram :o)

Thank you for dropping by today!
Sarah x

Exciting Illustration News!

Today I can share with you one of the exciting things that happened recently, I've been sworn to secrecy but the event has happened now so I can spill the beans! A few weeks ago I had an email from UKTV (I know, right? squeee!) they had seen my work and loved it and wondered if I'd like to illustrate a few of their programmes (!!!!!) Of course I said yes, and ended up illustrating some fab shows including Dynamo, The Two Ronnies, Pride & Prejudice and David Attenborough among others, here are just a few of the illustrations I produced...

It was such a fun and exciting project to work on and they were so happy with the end result which of course, makes me very very happy!

Now I must get back to the drawing board, I'm working on a new range today and I think I'm nearly finished :o)

Thank you for dropping by today!
Sarah x

Halloween Sneaky Peek!

Just a very quick post as I wanted to share a sneaky peek with those of you who don't follow me on Facebook or Twitter, I'd like you to meet Angelica Strange...

You'll be seeing a lot more of her, her family and more from later this week!

Thank you for dropping by today
Sarah x

UK Scrappers End of Summer Blog Hop!

Welcome to the UK Scrappers end of Summer Blog Hop, you should have arrived here from Poohbear's blog (if you've stumbled across this by accident, you can start from the beginning here on the UK Scrappers forum)

Today I'm sharing a page made with the last 'A Few of My Favourite Things...' monthly kit (more about that later, I have a fab special offer for you!!) I've been doing mostly Project Life / Documented365 recently so I made a real effort to do some layouts this weekend and catch up and it was great to dig into my latest kit, here is my page...

I used the 8x8 papers layered together on a sheet of dark brown Bazzill, using these rich colours really pulls me out of my bright summer mindset, I'm ready for Autumn! I wasn't sure how I was going to incorporate the wooden journaling card but I used it as my title with some additional mini market letter stickers and I love the resin frame! Here are some close ups...

 

So now, I have two special things for you before sending you off to the next stage of the blog hop, firstly, every new kit subscriber during the blog hop (6am GMT on 9th September to 6am on 10th September) will receive a free add on kit for their first month (yay!) you can sign up here in time for the October kit.

Secondly, I have a free download for you, a printable version of that 'Hello' journaling card I've used on my page...

Download yours here!

Now, I'll send you off to the next stop on the hop, Scrapdolly's blog! before you head back to UK Scrappers (don't forget to finish there to be in with a chance of winning some fab prizes!)

Thank you for dropping by today
Sarah x

Complete Promarker Colour Chart - Updated for Winter 2013!

Lots of you have been asking me if I will be updating my complete Promarker chart with the seasonal Autumn / Winter colours for this year, and of course, the answer is yes! :o)

You can now download the charts here completely free

Download yours here!

I hope they prove useful! Don't forget to pop back tomorrow when I will be taking part in the UK Scrappers end of Summer blog hop where you could win some fab prizes!

Thank you for dropping by today
Sarah x

*Don't forget to 'like' my facebook page for more freebies, special offers, sneaky peeks and updates!*

Papercraft Inspirations Feature & some news!

This month I have some cards made with some cute Penny Black stamps in Papercraft Inspirations, here is a little peek that the magazine shared on their Facebook page...

I hope you can pick up  a copy to take a look!

I'm also super excited to tell you, I've joined the magazine as one of their crafty experts (so excited!) so if you have any questions for me, please send them to me or the magazine and you could see the solution featured in a future issue!

Thank you for dropping by today!
Sarah x

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