Paper, paper, everywhere

 Hello blogland

It's the first Saturday in the month and so time for a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge and the challenge theme this month is 'Die cuts / paper pieced'.  As always there is a little prize on offer for a randomly chosen winner and a Top 5 spot from the DT for their favourite entries.

It's a very friendly challenge and the rules are very simple - follow the theme and don't backlink.  The only other thing we ask is that you keep to a maximum of 3 entries per person.  That's it - really simple and easy.

Now I, obviously, use dies / die cut pieces all the time - so I decided I'd go old fashioned and do some paper piecing along with using my dies.  It is a challenge, after all! What do you think of the result?

Supplies used:

Rubber stamps:

Time For Tea stamps for Whimsy Stamps: Ponytail

coloured with my Copics and paper pieced

taylored expressions: Simple Strips - Background

Dies:

Creative Expressions: Noble Collection - stitched squares

Spellbinders: A Little Hello

Time For Tea: Rounded Corner Dies

taylored expressions: Simple Strips - well rounded

Patterned Paper:

Basic Grey: Sultry

Anything else:

Distress Ink

Copic fineliner

It's been a long time since I made a card like this - rubber stamps, paper piecing, square card, 6x6 paper pack.  All I needed to add was some flowers and it'd be like I was in a time warp and had been taken back 20 years!

Anyways, a card I enjoyed making and liked when it was finished, which is a rarity for me!  Also I made variations on a theme - so you may well be seeing similar looking cards coming up in the future.

I wasn't sure at the beginning if I had the right idea using the patterned paper on the die-cut sentiment - but in the end I thought it come out quite well.  It also followed both the die-cuts and paper piecing theme.

So there we go, a card I'm pleased with.

My teamies have all made lovely cards as well - you really should go check them out!

I'm also looking forward to going around and seeing all your cards as well.

See you all soon,

Sarah

All square here

 Morning blogland,

As another Tuesday comes around we have a new challenge over at Passion for Markers, and this week theme is 'Square cards only'.

Our Teamie Marlene chose the theme and the sponsor for this challenge is Colour of Love Digis, who allowed the DT to pick a digi to use - I took advantage of the kind offer and chose a really cute image.

As always, you don't have to make a card to enter the challenge but you do have to follow the theme and the rules - which are use markers and don't backlink - if you want to be in with a chance to win a randomly chosen prize from our sponsor.

So, here's what I made, and to be honest it felt very odd using a square card blank again!  I used to use squares all the time, but in this incarnation as card maker I've moved on to rectangular - this did take a little re-adjustment, but it may have started a little streak!

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Colour of Love: Lil Bohos - Unicorn Friend

coloured with my Markers (also I added a mouth for the character - I have a 'thing' about mouthless character images!)

Rubber stamp:

taylored expressions: Simple Strips - Friendship 2

Dies:

taylored expressions: Simple Strips - Asymetrical

Pretty Pink Posh - Scallops Two

and a frame from a set that I don't know who made as I brought it second hand

Anything else:

random scraps of patterned paper

ages old pre-made border embelishment

And that's about it folks!

I think this should be a popular challenge, and I look forward to seeing what everyone cooks up!

See you soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Try it on Tuesday: Make it Magical (I hope Unicorns are magical enough for the challenge?)

Krafty Chicks Challenge: #844 - Anything Goes (optional twist 'coffee')

Time Out Challenges: #325 - Friendship

I love ProMarkers and other markers: #618  - Flowers or anything goes - obviously mine is really Anything Goes not flowers

Digi Chooseday: Challenge 11 / Wk 1 - Anything Goes

It's a kind of magic

 Good afternoon blogland,

I have been so remiss with posting my DT cards for All Dressed Up stamps - both for the monthly New Releases and for the Facebook challenges. I honestly don't know why they slip my mind to post - I certainly don't mean to, but life gets in the way, I suppose, and I just forget.  I always say to myself, oh for goodness sake you've forgotten - again! - don't do that again next month.  Then I forget again!

This is not me trying to make excuses, I know I should remember, it's more of an explanation.  Also, a promise to try harder.  Even if I have to start making lists, uggh! I never needed lists before, and I really am reluctant to give into the list now.

Anyways, I'm not going to try and overwhelm you with All Dressed Up missed posts - what I will do is post the card I made for this month's New Release Inspiration today.  Then I'll come back in the next couple of days and do the October Facebook challenge, before we loose the chance for you to enter! Then over the next few weeks, I'll do the cards I've missed over the last few months.

So October new release - there were two super cute images released (when are they not super cute?!) and this is the one I chose to colour:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

All Dressed Up - Bow Dress

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Inkylicious - Imagine Believe Stamp set

Dies :

un-branded stitched rectangle set

Anything else:

some designer paper to layer

Ink misting for the splatter

And that's it really!

I will be back another day with this month's challenge inspo card in a few days.

Cheers,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Creative Coloring Girlz: Challenge 9: Use a Sentiment

Allsorts challenge blog: Challenge 861: Feminine (or Anything Goes)

Crafty Gals Corner: Challenge ##281: Anything Goes (with optional twist Trick or Treat) - I'm obviously following the Anything Goes part