Happy Birthday to....

 TTT!

Good morning blogland

That the new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge is a 'Happy Birthday' one is a nice coincidence for me as it was also TTT's birthday a couple of Monday's ago - just when I needed to be making a birthday card for this challenge! 

Dealing with the challenge first - we are a very easy going blog with really simple rules which are follow the theme, don't backlink and a maximum of 3 entries per person.  That's it really - doesn't have to be a card, doesn't have a to have a particular type of product or crafty item; just make something yourself and enter.

Moving onto the card:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

DreamFlare Studios - Mythical Creatures

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Woodware Craft Collection - Just to Say; Birthday

Dies:

Un-branded stitched rectangle set

Catherine Pooler - Wishes

Anything else:

very old 12x12 patterned paper

Now for TTT's birthday.  Well what do I say - she turned 19! It feels so strange that this is her last year of being TTT (The Troublesome Teen).  To be totally honest her birthday was a bit of a non-event; we spent the day at home, no party, no friends, just her opening presents and then her favourite meal for dinner. Oh and homemade cake that took me ages to make and no time to eat!

When I was her age it would have been a big party - but it would appear she just wanted a quiet day in.  Not sure I will ever get why a 19 year old doesn't want to party, but hey, who knows maybe that will be her 20s!

I am also open to suggestions as to what she is known as once she's no longer a Teen! Maybe we go back to SheWhoMustBeObeyed (SWMbO)!

Please do pop on over to the challenge blog - my Teamies have made some lovely Birthday cards! 

See you soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Crafty Catz: #717 Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge: #827 Birthday

Seize the Birthday: #329 Birthday

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge: #640 Something beginning with a 'b' - I hope 'Birthday' counts!  No problems if not.

Who's doing the driving then?

 Good morning blogland

It's time for a new challenge over at Passion for Markers with the theme (as chosen by my Teamie Sue) as 'Transport'.

As always there a few simple rules for this challenge, with those being: use your markers, follow the theme and don't backlink.  If you do that you are in with a chance at a randomly drawn prize from this week's sponsor RAM Stamps and/or a Top 5 Passionista badge for your blog.

Here's the card I made with a super cute stamp the RAM Stamps allowed the DT to use:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

RAM Stamps Paper boat (girl)

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

For the Love of Stamps - Autumn Harvest sentiment set

(I masked over the 'autumn' part of the 'hello Autumn' stamp)

Dies:

un-branded stitched dies

Polkadoodles - heartstrings

Stencil:

My Favorite Things - mix-ables stencils: make waves

Anything else:

Distress Ink

blending brush

spotty paper

And that's it for the challenge folks.

On a personal note however, life is hectic - a birthday just gone, a birthday coming up far too fast for my liking, work (being work), life (being life and including having a induction at a local gym) makes for a busy chez Sarah!

See you all soon.

Challenge/s:

Polkadoodles Challenge blog: Challenge 7 / Wk 1: Anything Goes

Crafty Catz: Challenge 716: Anything Goes

Cut it Up: Challenge #359 - Critters

Just us Girls: #829 - Stencil Week

As You Like It: Favourite Colour Combo (2 colours) and why: Wheeelll I think I have a few favourite combos but this one I've used here of Blue and Green is in my Top Ten.

Not birthday wishes!

 Hello blogland,

Apologies for being late with this post, Chez Sarah is in chaos mode right now. I will get business out of the way and then explain.

So, why the blog post title?  Well that's because it's time for a new challenge over at Sweet Stampin' and the theme this week is 'Anything but a birthday' - not such a bad theme, eh!  Let all the other stamps and sentiments shine for once - and that is a big part of this challenge; stamps!  To join in you must stamp somewhere on your entry, which does not have to be a card.  The stamp can be digi or rubber, sentiment or image, but it must be there somewhere.

So my card:

Supplies used:

Digi stamp:

Pollycraft (long since shut down) - Love Monster

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Neat & Tangled - Together

Dies:

Creative Craft Expressions - Sue Noble: Double Stitched Squares

MFT - Inside & Out circles

Paper:

My Mind's Eye - Lucky in Love

Anything else:

self-adhesive pearls

So there we are - a Valentines, Love or Anniversary card, not birthday. I am looking forward to what cards people go for and it was lovely looking at my Teamies wonderful cards.

So why is Chez Sarah in chaos?  Well, as you know today is Father's Day but what you don't know is that tomorrow (Monday 22nd) is Trouble's birthday.  Her last year as a teenager is coming, no idea what nickname I'm going to give her from next year.

So Father's Day meant presents; Birthday means cards, cake, presents and the eternal question; what does a quiet only child with minimal friends want to do on her birthday!

I've been making cards since last week (in-between being interrupted by said young person  - who is home from Uni and wants company - and having to go to work), I've been baking all day today (in this heat!) and I'll not be finished until this evening.  We've still got the wrapping to do (seems almost pointless now).

Add into that we went to a concert in Lincoln Castle Thursday evening and didn't get back until early Friday morning, oh and we are going to another one next Thursday - anyone up for a Rick Astley concert! This week has been especially busy and not much time for DT cards to be made.

There's that's almost my life story and now I'm going to go decorate some cakes!

Hope to see you at the challenge,

Sarah