Love....

is in the air!

Good morning blogland,

Well, over at Crafty Calendar Challenge it certainly is! The February challenge has gone live and this month the theme is 'Love is in the air' so we are looking for all your romantic makes.

As always there's a great prize on offer for one lucky winner and this month it's from Dr. Digi's House of Stamps.  There are only a very few simple rules to enter this challenge and they are to follow the theme, don't backlink and a maximum of 3 entries per person.  Simples!

So here's my 'lovey dovey' card:

Supplies used:

Rubber stamp:

Stamping Bella - Lovey Gnomes

coloured with my Copics

Dies:

Time for Tea - Love You Lots large sentiment die

un-branded stitched rectangle die set

Paper:

First Edition - Up, Up and Away

striped light card

Anything else:

gems for the shaker element

I must confess I don't bother much with Valentines or Halloween or Easter cards and Christmas has so much stress and so many bad memories attached that I don't particularly like making Christmas cards either! In my defence I don't mind other people making a fuss, it's not like I want those celebrations to go away, I just note that they are happening and then I move on. 

My goodness, that really makes me sound like a right mardy so and so. Seriously, I promise I'm not - just ask TTT she's forever telling me to get a bit more serious and grow-up!

So that's about it now - just going to add, please pop along and take a look at the fab cards that my Teamies have made, they are fabulous.  Look forward to seeing your card!

See you soon,

Sarah

there's something about

 red!

Good morning blogland,

New Tuesday, new challenge! This week over at Passion for Markers the theme (as you might have guessed) is 'Add some red' and the theme was picked by our lovely Teamie Sue.  Now Sue probably thought, with it being February and Valentines coming up, that her daft Teamies might have gone with Valentines - ummm not entirely and me included. I just thought 'red' ooooh, I like red and didn't give a thought about it being Valentines!

We are sponsored this week by SheepSki Designs, who design the most wonderful digis and this is my make with one of their stamps. As always with the Passion for Markers challenge there is a lovely prize for one lucky winner, badges for another 5 and all you have to do to enter the challenge is use your markers and follow the theme.

Digital stamp:

SheepSki Designs - My Music

coloured with Copics

Rubber stamp:

Woodware Singles - Celebrating You

Dies:

un-branded stitched rectangles

Julie Hickey - Birthday Profile Die Set

And finally:

BoBunny 12x12 paper for the matt

a very old glittery flower

self-adhesive blue sparkle gems

I have to admit to loving colouring this image, and then being stuck on how to finish the actual card off.  That's why it's such a clean lined card - I get stuck on that part of the design process all the time!  I have so many dies and papers and stamps but I look at them and go 'nah, that doesn't work' and then end up just adding a couple of gems and walking away!  I feel some Pinterest or Instagram or Facebook inspiration time is well overdue!! :-)

Anyways, am off again - will be back in a few days.

Sarah

Love is...

Making a card, or two!

Good morning blogland,

It's time for a new challenge at Sweet Stampin' Challenge where the theme is (as you may have guessed) 'Love'. As always with Sweet Stampin' this is 'for fun' challenge - so no prize - but there is the kudos of being in with a chance of a Top 3 badge/spot.

We have only two rules - stamp (old fashioned rubber or fancy digi) and follow the theme!  Also 'Love' doesn't have to be 'Valentines', it can be any sort of 'love' - family, romantic, friendship, take your pick!

So here's my my Love themed card:

Supplies used:

Digital Stamp:

Pollycraft - Cuthbert Heart

coloured with my Copics

Pollycraft closed up shop many years ago (which was a real shame) so nothing to link to.

Rubber stamp:

A very old sentiment stamp that I masked bits off to use some of the sentiment

(please don't look too closely - it went a fair bit wobbly!)

Dies:

TimeForTea - Love Intertwined Sentiment Die

unbranded stitched rectangle

2026 is still being a bit of a pest so far, won't whinge on but I'll be happy when the equilibrium is restored, oh and I get my blooming car back!

Anyways, there's some lovely cards over at Sweet Stampin' - why not pop over to take a gander and get a card in, if you feel like it.

I will see you again soon,

Sarah