Very late!

 Morning blogland,

It's just dawned on me that I haven't posted my card made for this month's All Dressed Up new release! There are two drops of New Releases per month and I'm with the 7th of the month crew - just look at the date today! I'm 13 days late with this post / card!

So, without further ado, here's my take on my image for the November New Release from ADU:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

All Dressed Up - Skater

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Creative Expressions - Festive Wishes

Dies:

My Favorite Things - Fishtail Foundations

Memory Box - Snowflake Corner

un=branded stitched rectangles

Anything else:

random piece of patterned paper

flat backed gems

I'm not going to bang on, seeing as I'm incredibly late with this post, but I will say I did disappear off into the new home gym yesterday and, by gum, I'm feeling it today.  My legs are feeling 18months of lack of work!!  I remember this feeling from when I first started on my fitness journey 5 years ago and all I can say is - bring on 18 months time future me when it doesn't ache so much!!

See you soon,

Sarah

Challenge time!

Good morning blogland,

It's rolled around another week, who would believe it!, to another Tuesday and so here I am with my Design Team post for Passion for Markers blog challenge.

This week we are sponsored by Dr Digi's and our lovely Teamie Marlene has picked the theme of 'Dry Embossing'. As always it's two very simple rules to join in the fun, use your markers and follow the theme.  If you do that you are in the prize draw for a great prize from our sponsor.

This is what I came up with:

Supplies used:

Digital Stamp:

Dr Digi's House of Stamps - Homebrew Herman

coloured with my Copics (what else!)

Rubber stamp:

taylored expressions - Simple Strips: Man, Myth, Legend

Dies:

Creative Expressions - Noble Collection: Double Stitched Squares

My Favorite Things - In & Out Stitched Circle

Embossing folders:
Lisa Horton Crafts - 3D Embossing Folder: Numerical

indentz - A6 Embossing Folder: Ellipse

And that's it folks - a simple, monochromatic, masculine birthday card.  It's the first time I'd used the Lisa Horton embossing folder, must say it gives a very definite impression! I wondered though why call it 3D? Isn't that the same as any embossing folder? Am I missing something very simple here? I'm not surprised if I am, I usually do!!

Right I'm off now, my new home gym is calling and, after around 18months out, I need to answer the call!

See you soon.

Sarah

Gnome home

 Morning blogland,

With apologies to my Sweet Stampin' Teamies for being late - life really got in the way before this challenge - I'm here to share my card for this fortnight's challenge. 

As the saying goes, better late than never and I'm here now with the card for this fortnights challenge for which the theme is 'Give a Gnome a Home'! Translated this means can we see your - stamped! - cards / projects that feature gnomes please. As always this is a 'for fun' challenge so no prizes but still it is fun so why not pop in an entry in!

Here's my card:

Supplies used:

Rubber stamp:

Stamping Bella - Gnome in a Tree

coloured with my Copics

(sentiment from the same set)

Dies:

Creative Craft Products - A2 essentials: portrait card die set

(I turned the card blank made onto it's side and into a top fold card blank)

Poppy Stamps - Scalloped Stitch Frames

Anything else:

Spotty olive green light card

flat backed pearls

I had my card in pieces on my desk but basically ran out of time to get it put together and finished before the deadline. Happens sometimes doesn't it - the idea is there, it's almost together then life comes along and - bang a card sitting in pieces on the desk! Still I get there in the end. :-)

As you can see I'm still on the use your un-inked old rubber stamps kick, so the small American sized cards are featuring.  I don't know that I'm ever going to get used, though, to how dinky they are! I'm going to have to take a picture of this month's makes and you'll see what I mean about the size difference of 'my' cards compared to American sizes.

Anyways, job done so I'm off now to do those life things that get in the way.

See you soon.

Sarah