Simply Sassy Set and SOG Goodies

Morning friends, how has the start of your week been? We actually had glorious sunshine here yesterday, so my and the boyfriend went out for a drive do to the quayside. When we came home we stuck Michael McIntyre - Live in Wembley on.. aaaand.. he fell asleep. So I snook to my craft desk and set about making some more goodies for the fayre next month! :)

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Before I get onto the gooey stuff, I just wanna let all you lovey ladies.. and gents know that there is now a call for a July GD for Simply Sassy. See THIS post for all the details. You do NOT want to miss out. Plus, there is some good news - no more mandatory tutorials. I can see you all breathing a sigh of relief. I can remember thinking to myself before I applied for the last term.. tutorials? You gotta be kidding me!! Well no more worries in that department! What are you waiting for?! Head on over NOW!!

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Now.. I need you honest opinion ladies.. and gents.. no feelings spared, okay?

I have made this set of five cards.. because I have been told by a few people (non-crafters) that they would be interested in buying sets, more so than OOAK cards, which kinda peed me off.. but the customers always right blah blah. So.. I thought about.. sets of.. less intensive.. perhaps even CAS (for me) cards that may just hit the spot.

Here's the first batch I've come up with.

I have used Simply Sassy Carnival Balloon. Because I love her. No other reason is needed, quite frankly. The base of each card is Bazzill Kraft and to make each one different I have used different cardstock, ink and markers from SU! to make colour coordinated cards. You get it.

I went with:
Pumpkin Pie
Taken with Teal
Old Olive
Bashful Blue
Pretty in Pink

I left the images uncoloured for two reasons. Firstly to keep costs down, I didn't want to spend ages colouring up five images for them to sell for next to nothing and secondly, colouring only small elements in the chosen SU! colour helped to coordinate each card even more.

I doodled around the outside of the image panel and again around the cardbase, just to add the little Lou Mac touch! ;) I guess the whole doodling with a brown fineliner is becoming my thing now - I think I can safely say it isn't just a fad. When I first started card making I was a huge fan of the whole faux stitching.. like - - -.. with a white gel pen, but I went off that because my white gel pen was a bit poo and also it didn't work as well on some patterned papers and cardstock as it did on others.

So a massive thank you to Paula (PEP) for sourcing me a place on the world wide web that sell the staedtler fineliners individually - I'll need to be purchasing another one ASAP to keep this little trend I got going! ;)

 The sentiments both inside and out are from a Papertrey Ink set. I have cut an oval from coordinating cardstock and added that to the inside along with another stamped image of Carnival Balloon this time in SU! Crumb Cake ink.

I have added my signature stamp to the back of each card - like I always do - again in the coordinating SU! colour.

So.. verdict time..

Do you think non-crafters would be into this sort of set up?! I honestly don't think many people who don't craft appriciate the time and effort that goes into each creation. In all honesty these took me over an hour to churn out - so it's not like I rushed the job just because they are simpler than the things I usually make.

Would you say £5 is a fair price to buy all five?! I was planning on adding envelopes for each with the Carnival Balloon stamped off the side too and making a box to keep them in. Crikey - I think £5 is a bargain. Or am I just totally off my trolley?!

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Hopefully.. if I still have your attention.. I'd like to show you a little surprise which arrived in the post for me yesterday..

Enter Big Day Tobie from Some Odd Girl

I SCREAMED when my mam threw the envelope at me. I read the whole customs thing and knew straight away what it was! AWESOMEEE!! Look how it's packaged mannn!! Like a freakin' Christmas present! Kristy sent me a cute little notecard with Sweet Thinkin' Mae on too. Ohhh, I melted!!

Have you guys seen Big Day Tobie from the latest release of Clear Stamps?!

He's AWESOME! Look at the sentiment you get with him?! Hello!! He would be so perfect for doing this sort of deal again with the whole card set. *lightbulb*

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Sorry if I've prattled on a little this morning - hopefully you've already had your coffee - but I mean.. is it just me? Or do you fellow crafters think non crafters are utterly unappreciative?! Not meaning to be rude.. but HELLO?! This is more than just a hobby.. it's a lifestyle! LOL!!

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I'll be back later on with a little pole sort of thing. I wanna know how much you guys would charge/ be willing to pay for my cards and stuff. I just need to get pictures of things and organise the post! :)