FREE P & P in my shop all this weekend!!

It's a FREE Postage and Packing weekend at S J Crafts!!!

To receive FREE P & P on your order this weekend simply enter FREEDELIVERY in the coupon code box & select UK Standard delivery.

Minimum order is just £5!!

UK delivery only!

Offer valid until 11pm Sunday 11th March!

Click here to shop now!

Enjoy!! :)

20% off at S J Crafts This Weekend!!!!

I'm not sure if all the schools are on half term holiday this coming week or just us down here in the south of England!!!

If it is half term for you and you have children to keep occupied and entertained during the day why not treat yourself to a few crafty goodies for some well deserved " Me Time" once the little ones are tucked up in bed!!

Even if it's not half term for you, you can still enjoy our fantastic HALF TERM OFFER!!!

We have 20% off EVERYTHING in our shop all weekend up until 4pm on Sunday) - so why not treat yourself?!!

Enter the code HALFTERM in the coupon code box and select UK Standard delivery to activate the discount.

Click here to visit the shop!!

Have a lovely weekend!

The one I forgot to share ....

I hope you are having a fantastic weekend and have managed some crafting time!!

I have been having a little tidy up of my craft area. It really does need a serious sort out and reorganisation but today I only had time for a quick tidy. I came across a few layouts that need putting away in my albums and realised I hadn't shared this one with you.

I used the S J Crafts January kit and added some alphas from my stash for my title. The papers are My Minds Eye  Kraft Fun Day and as usual, all the edges are inked with Distress ink (Brushed Corduroy). The photos are from a few years ago, taken on holiday at a Haven Holiday Park where H loved the amusement park rides.

If you haven't already been over to the Shop Blog, why not pop over and join in the new monthly challenge - the first theme is "Happy" and there is some fab inspiration from the DT!! If you join in you could win yourself a £10 voucher to spend in the S J Crafts shop!!

Right, I'm off to settle down for Saturday night TV (Take Me Out!!) and a lasagne for tea!!

Monthly Kit Launch!!

I can't believe this is my first blog post for November!! As a result of getting laryngitis and feeling rather poorly I haven't really felt up to blogging the last week or so but I am feeling much better now and happy to say I'm almost back to 100%.

I have been asked by lots of scrappers if I could sell kits in my shop that are affordable and available without subscribing. So, as I always like to try and help I have been busy selecting some lovely products to create the very first S J Crafts Monthly Kit which goes on sale here from today.

The kit is packed with Echo Park's gorgeous Times & Seasons Papers and matching stickers and alphabet, kraft bazzill cardstock, along with some Tim Holtz tickets, brads and ribbons, all for just £12.99!!



Other sides of papers and close up of stickers!



This is the layout I made with the kit, the only extra thing I added that's not included was some blue shimmer mist to the background and I inked the edges of the papers with distress ink.

Sorry about the flash reflection! I took the photo early this morning!

The kit is limited in numbers and available here.

** Kit now sold out ... watch out for our December Kit coming soon! **

Have a fabulous evening!

Party Time!!

I haven't taken an on line class for a while so when I received an invite to Shimelle's Pretty Paper Party I decided to join in and sent back my RSVP. I have a ton of paper so some encouragement to cut into it and new ideas to use it up can only be a good thing!

So, my first page is using strips of paper. I gathered together my box of offcuts and scraps and this is the layout I came up with.

This really took be out of my comfort zone, with so many patterns and bold colours but I think I quite like the result. The photo is of me and H at Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, the scene of the famous Hovis advert!

I used my nestabilities dies to cut the scalloped circles, crumpled them up a bit, inked the edges and added a button, ric rac and red thread.

If you haven't visited my shop yet, please do pop over and have a browse at the new goodies including the lovely Echo Park Times and Seasons. Also keep an eye on the shop blog for a very special offer starting tomorrow!!

15% off at my shop!!

I try to ensure this blog doesn't just become full of shop news but I just had to tell you about the special offer happening over in my shop to celebrate the new design team!

Enter code TEAM5 in the discount code box to get 15% off your order!!

This offer will close at 11pm tonight (23 September) so be quick! Sorry, UK delivery only.

P & P is still free when you spend £15 or more and with goodies like Crate's Random Collection and SummersEnd from Fancy Pants Design hopefully you'll find something you like!

Stop Press ... MME 12 days of Christmas Collection and Lost & Found Paper Pads has just been delivered so I will try to get these uploaded today so that they can be included in the 15% discount offer!

Enjoy Your Day!!

Free P & P in My Shop And a New Design Team!

Hi ya
Just wanted to let you know about a fab offer I have on my website !

.... "BACK TO SCHOOL OFFER" ....
** FREE UK Postage and Packing !! **

From now until 10pm on Saturday 10th September!!!
Enter the Code SCHOOL during checkout and P & P charge will be completely free!
No minimum spend!!

Click Here to Go Shopping Now!!

New Design Team ..... I'm currently looking for 2/3 talented Scrapbookers who would be interested in designing sample layouts for S J Crafts to be featured on the SJ Crafts Blog and in craft magazines and other publicity material. I will send you a package/kit of some of the new papers and stash .... all you have to do is design and make a layout or 2 and maybe a card (not essential as it's more about the layouts!!) and e mail me the images and details of the process and products you used. You will then need to post your layout on your blog and link back to the shop, and I'll link to your blog as well! You get to keep the rest of the kit too!!

I'm expecting delivery of some new scrapbooking collections in the next week or two from leading manufacturers so the new S J Crafts designers would receive their first package fairly quickly so you need to be available for the next few weeks at least.

If you think you may be interested in this, here's what you need to do:

1: send an e mail to me at this address ... sarah at sj papercrafts dot co dot uk (obv turn it into a proper e mail , just don't want loads of spammers!!)
2: Send me the link to your blog & more specifically layouts that you feel highlight your style.
3: Tell me a bit about yourself, how long you have been scrapping, any other design teams you have worked on, any other crafts you do etc...
4: Let me know if you could design on a regular basis (say monthly/bi monthly) or if you prefer to do a one off spot!

I have lots of plans for S J Crafts over the next few months and creating the new Design Team is the first step of this exciting time .... I can't wait to hear from you!

Update & 12" X 12" Papers for 25p!!!

Morning Blog Readers! I know, I know!! It has been a long time! No excuse really! Just busy with days out, 3 family birthdays, my in laws to stay, hubby had 2 weeks off work and we had a family weekend away!!

Thought I'd share a few of my fave pics from the 100's I have taken in the last few weeks. I need some fresh scrapbooking fodder so carried my camera everywhere!

This first one was taken on a day out to Tyneham Village and Warbarrow Bay. H loved looking through the binoculars at the stunning views!


After a look around Tyneham Village (More photos of the village to follow in a separate post!) we headed down to the bay where H had a paddle!



It's not often I like myself in photos but as I need a photo for a forthcoming project I got hubby to take a few whilst out for a walk and this is the one I'm kind of ok with! lol!

NEWS just In ...... 12" X 12" Scrapbook Papers now reduced at S J CRAFTS!!!

So, the 25p Papers mentioned in the post title!! I have been busy moving lots of scrapbook papers into the clearance section of my shop. There are some K & Co here and Fancy Pants here, all from 25p each!!! The rest of the Clearance section is here. Grab them quick as some are down to the last few left!

Have a fab Day, whatever you are up to! x

Fancy some stash shopping?

I just wanted to let you know that I am running a special offer at my shop for the next 48 hours!
All orders of £10 or more placed between 8pm tonight, Saturday 6th August and 8pm on Monday evening (8th August) will receive FREE DELIVERY!!

So if you want to stock up on distress inks or grab yourself a blending tool or get some stickles ready for your Christmas crafting or any other crafting goodies head on over to S J Crafts at 8pm tonight!!!

No code needed, the delivery charge will be taken off automatically! Offer is for UK delivery only.

I'll be back soon with a layout to share!!

* Big Bath *

There hasn't been an awful lot of scrapbooking on my blog lately so today I am really happy to actually have a layout to show you!

As a newborn my daughter had one of those little plastic baby baths. She loved bath times from the very start and would smile and giggle when she felt the water on her baby skin. After a while I started putting her little bath inside the big bath, mainly because she kicked and splashed so much water went everywhere and me, the cat and anyone else who ventured near would get a shower too!! Putting the bath in our main bath stopped the floor getting a soaking each time and also she got used to sitting in the big bath. Then as she outgrew the little bath we got one of those little seats that have suction thingys on the base to hold it still in the bath. Bath times became even more fun, as the seat freed up our hands (as we no longer need to support her) to play and splash and make funky hairstyles!!

I've used Girls Paperie patterned paper, Fancy Pants Rusted Sun border sticker, October Afternoon & Crate stickers, Jenni Bowlin label, Cosmo letter stickers, My Minds Eye letters and buttons from stash.
Hope everyone has a lovely day in the sunshine! Thanks (as always) for popping by.