Sooo late!

 Good morning blogland,

You're not going to get much waffle from me today - this card was supposed to have been done for the challenge over at Sweet Stampin' that started Saturday just gone (12th Sept).

However, due to TTT shenanigans and her going back to University this coming weekend - can you believe it Year 2 already! - I'm seriously lacking in the old time for me department.

Anyways, with sincere apologies to my wonderful Teamies, here's my 'Clean and Simple' card for the the challenge.  As I'm sure you know by now, this is a 'for fun' challenge - so no prizes - but to get a badge for your blog you do have to follow some very simple rules.  Stamp somewhere on your project (can be rubber or digital stamps), don't backlink and follow the theme.

Here's my card:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Lili of the Valley - Lili of the Valley - Party Chimp

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Your Next Stamp - Cheeky Monkey

Dies:

un-branded stitched rectangle

MFT - Die-namics: Stitched Inside & Out Squares

Time for Tea Designs - Simple Birthday

Anything else:

scrap of designer paper

blue card

Tell you what tho, I hadn't realised until I finished colouring, just how sad I've made him look! I'm off to see if I can squeeze any 'me' time out of today, fingers crossed eh?

And that's it folks.

Sarah

challenge/s:

The Neglected Stuff Challenge: September 2026 - so in order of most neglected to pretty new.  The backing paper is probably more than 15 years old - it was brought as part of a set from a TV craft channel that no longer exists; the die-namics dies maybe 10 years old? not used very often at all (I lack inspiration for small square dies); the 'birthday' die is going to be a year old (brought in a sale and not used); the stamped sentiment, also part of a set, brought at a craft fair 18 months ago.  The newest thing is the digi stamp itself - that was brought in a sale earlier this month.

AAA cards: #323 It starts with 'M' - my 'M' is for monkey

Crafty Catz: #719 - AG

Simply Clean & Simple: September 26 - Jungle Animals

Seize the Birthday: #334 - AG Birthday / optional 'add a sentiment strip'. Awww I would say 90% of my cards have a sentiment strip, this one time not! So I'm going AG birthday only.

Not a cat person?

Then probably best to look away for this post!

Morning blogland,

It's Tuesday and so time for a new challenge over at Passion for Markers challenge, this week our Teamie Sue picked the theme and she's chosen 'Lots of layers'.  This weeks' sponsor is Clearly Besotted and there is a great prize on offer for one lucky, randomly chosen winner.

As always you do have to follow the rules to be in with a chance of winning the prize or being picked as a Top 5 Pasionista and those rules are : use your markers (any brand); follow the theme and don't backlink

As for the 'cat person' bit - well once you've looked at the card, I think you'll understand!

Said card:

Supplies used:

Digi stamp:

Polkadoodles - Cat Naps - Honeypie

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Taylored Expressions: Simple Strips - Meow

Dies:

Taylored Expressions: Simple Strips - Well Rounded

un-branded stitched rectangle

MFT - Die-namics: Blueprints - 1

Polkadoodles - Big Hello sentiment die set

Paper:

Dovecraft - Sugar & Spice

Anything else:

Indentz : Swirls embossing folder

sequins for the shaker

red card for matting

To be totally honest - I was more a dog person when I met 'Im Indoors but, with him being allergic to dog fur and so having always had cats as pets, I've turned into a cat/dog person. 

I'd really love to have the sort of dog we had in my childhood - a wonderfully daft Golden Lab or big shaggy Alsatian or (with our wonderful Sola) an Alsatian/Irish Wolfhound mix, but every time I mention it said 'Im Indoors asks me if I really would enjoy living on my own! 

Also TTT threatens to disown me if I get a dog, she's not frightened of dogs by any means but 100% prefers a cat. So I'm, by default, because of family commitments, a servant of cats.

Anyways - there's my many layered card and the story behind the meaning of the sentiment.  I hope you all have as much fun with the theme as I did, and I look forward to seeing your entries.

See you soon,

Sarah

Shopping our Stash: SOS582 - Who's Who.  So my stash items were the embossing folder, the die-namics dies, the patterned paper and the sequins.  Although to be fair everything else must be at least 6 months old as well.

Try it on Tuesday: Emboss it. My embossing is the back of the shaker pocket.

A Cut Above: Sept 26 - AG

Polkadoodles Challenge: Challenge 9, Wk 1 - AG

Splish, Splash

 Good morning blogland,

It's challenge time!  Crafty Calendar Challenge is back from our Summer holidays and a new challenge starts today.  

Even though it's officially the start of Autumn we are still holding onto those Summer vibes at CCC and so the theme this month is 'Summer', as always this is a very easy going challenge.  We only have a few rules, which are : follow the theme, no backlinking and a maximum of 3 entries per person.

As always everyone who enters and follows the rules is entered into a prize draw, with a randomly drawn winner and this time the prize is from Lili of the Valley.  We do also have Top 3 Picks chosen from all the entries by the Design Team.

Onto the card I made for this challenge:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Saturated Canary - Snorkelling

coloured with my copics

Polkadoodles - Coral Mermaid

for the sentiment

Dies:

un-branded stitched rectangles

Paper:

Papermania - Retro Florals paper pack

Anything else:

distress inks and blending brushes for the panel behind the image

vellum for the layer above the image

red and blue lightweight card for matting

self-adhesive gems

A much more layered card than I normally make but, from its start as a very clean and simple card, it just seemed to evolve into this!

On a personal note, did I tell anyone that I got a Cricut Joy Xtra for my birthday? It's something I'd thought about for a very long time, then saw a 2nd hand one on ebay for a very reasonable price and told 'Im Indoors that that was my birthday present.  I'm finding it a little erratic - not the machine itself, that works fine, but how the overall Design Space programme works and the results I then get.  

I do one thing that I think will get me 'that' and instead it seems to give me 'this' - I've still not worked out what it is I'm doing wrong. However, for this card, it gave me exactly what I wanted!  A nicely fussy cut out digi stamp (I'm a very messy fussy cutter!) and the sentiment looking like it had been cut with a die. 

I am also determined to not let it beat me!  I will learn!

So there, that's my little bit of sharing of a Summer event - now I'm looking forward to seeing all the left over Summer vibes that your projects conjure up!

See you soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Krafty Chicks Challenge: #836 - Birthsday

Creative Knockouts: #578 - Lots of Layers

Tic Tac Toe Challenge: TTTC300 - Bottom Row: Die-cut/Punch \ Patterned Paper \ Bright Colours

Crafty Gals Corner: #279 - AG / optional Summer Vibes