Orange is the new orange!

Morning blogland,

It's Tuesday and therefore challenge time over at Passion for Markers and this week the theme has been picked by our Teamie Lorraine who chose 'use orange'.  Obviously this lends itself very well to all those Halloween themed cards, it can also be used in your Autumn cards or just as a colour choice.

We are sponsored this week by SheepSki Designs, the Etsy shop was shut but all the digis can be found on the blog here and there are some crackers!

This is the card I made with my digi stamp:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

SheepSki Designs - Shopping in Yorkshire

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

TimeForTea - City Break

Creative Expressions - Bold Words: Fabulous

Dies:

un-branded stitched rectangles set

Creative Expressions - Bold Words: Fabulous

Anything else:

Distress Ink

blending brushes

pearlescent misting spray

As you can see, I didn't go with either of the possible orange themes of Halloween or Autumn - I just went orange!  I was trying to create a bit of a shopping scene, and ended up with some sort of rainy evening glow cityscape.

It didn't go exactly as planned, but in the end I don't think it ended up too badly.

Looking forward to see what everyone else makes of the 'orange' theme.

See you soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Colourful Options: Oct 26 - as you can see my card concentrates on orange

The Neglected Stuff Challenge: October 26 - everything on my card is at least a year old.  Special mention must be made for the Distress Ink pads though, they must be at least 8 years old and I'm surprised they still have ink in them!

Krafty Chicks Challenge: #840 Birthday

A Cut Above: October Challenge 2026

Inspiration Station: Oct 26 - photo prompt.  Tho I love that cat - it's the colour that I'm using for inspiration.

October already!

 Good morning blogland,

Well as you can tell I'm surprised (again) that this year is going past so fast - to the degree that we are in October already!

Which also leads me onto - this is the first Saturday in the month and so time for a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge.  This month the theme is 'Autumn/Halloween', so you could go either theme and, even though the DT have all made cards, you don't have to enter a card.  The only rules are : follow the theme, don't backlink and a maximum of 3 entries per person.

This is the card I made and, as you can see, I did go Halloween.

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Sweet November Stamps - Black Cat Bess

Sweet November Stamps - Digital Scene Builder: Spooky Full Moon and Forest stump and hollow log

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

taylored expressions: Simple Strips - Birthday

Dies:

taylored expressions: Simple Strips - Scalloped Edge

un-branded stitched rectangles

Anything else:

Distress Inks

blender brushes

green sparkle embossing powder

This could be the first of a couple of Halloween cards - unless I change my mind - and I really have no need of Halloween cards at all.  I had thought this year I wouldn't even bother, but it's the images that got me - I saw this one and my fingers itched to colour it!  I suppose it could be used for a birthday card? Maybe? I don't know!

Anyways, I will be looking forward to going round all the blogs and seeing how other people interpret the theme.

See you soon,

Sarah

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge: Oct 26 Anything Goes Halloween

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers: ~279 - W is for Witch

Crafty Catz: #720 - ATG

I love ProMarkers (and other mediums) Challenge: #616 - Christmas or Anything Goes - as you can see I went Anything Goes  - I really don't do Christmas unless I am forced to or it's the 1st of December!

Up, up and away

 Good morning blogland,

With it being a Tuesday, again, it's also time for the new challenge over at Passion for Markers and this week it was my turn to pick the the theme.  As RAM Stamps is our sponsor this week - and Rachelle designs such pretty, quirky, cute images - I thought they would work perfectly with a 'for a child' theme. So, surprise, that's this weeks theme!

As always, one lucky randomly picked entry will win a great prize from our sponsor and five others will be picked from the entries to be our Top 5 Passionista.  However, to be in with a chance at either of those, you must follow the rules - use your markers, follow the theme and don't backlink.

Here's the card I made with the the super cute image that some of us DT were given from RAM Stamps.

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

RAM - Space Rocket

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Honey Doo Crafts - Balloon corner

Dies:

Creative Craft Products - A2 essentials; landscape card die set

Julie Hickey - You're a Star (set)

Anything else:

Distress Inks

blending brush

white ink

gel pen

embossing powder

This is actually the second card that I made for this challenge - I ended up completely dismantling the first, everything that could go wrong did.  I tried to retrieve it and, I'm sure if you looked at it now you'd say what on earth is wrong with it, but I know! I may share it one day, but not today.

Anyways I hope I picked a good theme for this weeks challenge - my themes have been a bit hit and miss in the past.  I am really looking forward to going around all your blogs and taking a peek into your crafting lives.

See you soon,

Sarah

A place to Start: Challenge202609 AG/optional - relates to a song / 'Rocket Man' by Elton John

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge: #286 / September - AG

All About: Challenge #9 / All about masculine