a special commission

i was asked some time ago to come up with a card for an 18th birthday. now, this is not the norm, the young lady in question is a real girlie girl. she has loved cinderella since she was tiny and her grandmother really wanted this reflected in the card.

i made a side step card, complete with fairy castle, carriage and pumpkins, there are even tiny mice running around the castle!

a close-up view of the left hand side

a close up of the castle

and of the pumpkins and horses

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gift card holders

these are new at oxford tattoo, if you want a gift certificate, they will now be presented in a range of gift card holders. at present, there are three to choose from, more will come soon!

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a 50 year celebration

my parents celebrated their golden wedding anniversary yesterday and had a celebration for them. we held a party of close friends and family at the didcot railway centre. my dad has been involved with the society from before i was born and so it seemed a fitting venue, especially as many of their friends are involved with it too. we used two of the coaches which were originally dining coaches. i love these with a passion, they are simply beautiful and i knew that when dressing these for the occasion i wanted it to be simple and classic, but stunning at the same time.

obviously i wanted to make a card that matched the occasion and this is the design that i came up with. i'm thinking that you might be seeing more of this style soon as i need to start planning for christmas!!

so, here are some images of the coaches when we had finished. i managed to find my mum's wedding dress and so we had this on display in one corner, together with a canvas i made. the picture doesn't really show the detail of this, i used the same flowers and leaves as in the card above and entwined a t&e (my parents initials) onto one of the numbers.

i also displayed their wedding photographs and a mini album i made for them.

on each of the heating vents we made some beautiful ribbon bows in gold and white.

and in the other coach, we had the food. a table laden with cupcakes made by a work friend of mine. she made several designs, but 2 special ones with a t & e decorated on the top. the wreath was bought from peter harvey in high wycombe (my new favourite shop!), i used some simple white and gold roses, sone gold ribbon and another papier mache 50, which i painted up and attached with one of their wedding photo's.

for the food, we had a 1962 themed finger buffet, it was surprising when i researched this, how much of the popular items around then are still now seen in traditional buffets.

we also made a stunning flower display as the centre piece for the buffet table.

we even had a cheese and pineapple hedgehogs!!

red & white bunting and a 50 mortar board completed the look.
we had a lovely day. it was lovely to see my mum's childhood friend and bridesmaid again, she made the journey all the way from kent, many friends and of course, all my wonderful family.
thank you to everyone who came and made the day really special. xx
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lucy's wedding

so, i've been busy over the last few weeks preparing for lucy's wedding. lucy is a good work pal and so when she asked me to make her invitations, i knew i wanted something classic, simple and in black and white. her husband to be is a big newcastle united fan and so i knew the magpie's colours had to be in there somewhere!

these are the daytime invites, they open in the centre with the panel overlapping the two sides.

i used the same papers for the evening invites, but these were easel cards

i have to say i'm particularly fond of the favours! i used a pillow box shape, the same black and white theme and a punched shape for the name-tags, it was quite a good idea to have the favours double up as the place names. inside the favours were tiny white organza bags stuffed with black & white m&m's.

next we have the seating plan and table name cards, these were too big to get a really good picture unfortunately, but you get the gist!

here is a close up of the table names, there are all paul weller songs, the groom is a fan!

i also incorporated the same roses and pearls into the seating plan. i have to say that i have thoroughly enjoyed creating all the different elements of this wedding. i managed to incorporate lucy's desire to clean and classic with elements of the groom's interests.

congratulations lucy and steven, i hope you have had a truly lovely day xx

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show preparation

i've been so busy preparing for the show that i forgot to blog my creations, so warning, this post is picture heavy!! some of the cards i have recreated from those already on sale at oxford tattoo, so they may look familiar, but these are the ones that have been popular so far.

all the cards i have made are ready for personalisation and sentiments will be added on the day.

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a few more cards to share

so, as promised here are the cards i made today.....

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getting ready for manchester

i'm busy preparing for the manchester tattoo show and as it draws nearer, i'm getting more and more nervous. i've been busy making cards like a crazy person, and i'm getting there. this is the state of my studio at present, it doesn't matter how big my desk is, i still end up working in a tiny space right on the edge!!

i'll be personalising cards over the weekend too, so i'm open to special requests, no matter how wacky!!

my tattoo cards are available currently only at oxford tattoo, i have a good selection on show in the store, but if there's anything specific you would like, please contact me and i'm sure i'll be able to help!

i'll be back with more cards to show tomorrow.

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so......

if you've been following me on Facebook recently, you will know that i've been planning and scheming and after a small (and it was a very small amount) of deliberating i have decided to exhibit here:-

I will be trading as scrapsy@oxford tattoo and handing out flyers promoting the studio, as well as selling my own hand made tattoo inspired greetings cards. i'll be making cards at the show and taking special orders, so if you are after something specific, be sure to come by.

i'll also be taking orders for sculptures and will have some on display for inspiration. every one will be unique and personally designed, if you have an idea in mind, give me the basics and let my imagination take over, i guarantee you won't be disappointed!!

so, if you're in the area on 4/5 august, come and say hi and buy a card for someone special!

invitations, invitations and more invitations...

i've been tied up lately and don't really have much to show apart from these two special invitations, and they are both wedding related and at two ends of the spectrum. the first one is a golden wedding invitation. my parents have been married for 50 years in september and so we are having a party to celebrate.

i kept my granny's photo albums and found this wedding picture of my mum and dad with the bridesmaids, the one on the right is my aunty pat - my mum's sister (and i got an 'oh sarah, did you have to?') when i gave the invite to her!! 

the second invitation is for a work friend, lucy, who is getting married in august. i made 60 of these and have at least the same number of favours and order or service still to make. i'm pleased with how they turned out and lucy absolutely loves them (thank goodness!!).

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a special friends birthday and a commission

i've been busy card making again, scrapbooking has definitely taken a back seat lately, it's all in a good cause though!!

here is a card i made for my lovely friend, Alison's birthday. i used the spice cake collection from su for this card, along with old olive, soft suede and pool party card stock. 

for my commission, i wanted to create something soft but stunning. the paper collection is from prima, along with the flowers, i actually want to keep this one!!!

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