Wot no!

 Good morning blogland,

An unexpected appearance from me this morning - I'm joining in with Team Susan for the new challenge over at Sweet Stampin'.  The theme this fortnight is 'No Designer Paper' which is something I do a lot of and, as I have been churning out 16th birthday cards, I thought I'd join in.

As always, this is a 'Just for Fun' challenge and the only rules are - Follow the theme, use stamps (digital or rubber) and have fun! No need for a card either - enter any project as long as it's got stamping on it.

This is my card:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Saturated Canary - no point linking or naming the image as Krista closed the Etsy shop. :-(

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Concord & 9th - Fashion Shoppe stamp set

Dies:

Creative Expressions - Noble Collection: Double Stitched Square squares

Creative Expressions - Mix & Match Friendship

un-branded Alphabet / Number set

My Favorite Things - Die-namics

Anything Else:

Pretty Pink Posh - Stencil: Medium Polka Dots

Distress Ink

Aaand, that it for today folks.

I'll be back during the week to waffle on about TTT's 16th birthday and share the cards - which is more important than the waffle I know!

See you soon,

Sarah 

Challenge/s:

Cardz 4 Galz: #201 Dies/Punches

Seize the Birthday: #264 - Number crunching

Tic Tac Toe Challenge: TTTC #214 - end row down - Die cut / Bright Colour / CAS

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge: #575 Use a Sentiment

One for the boys

 Hello blogland,

Can you believe another month has rolled round and it's now time to share my All Dressed Up Facebook Group Challenge DT inspiration card? I know I can't! This year seems to be flying by to me, probably not helped by the fact that my daughter (TTT  - The Troublesome Teen) turned 16 this week. Eeek, I'm getting old!!

So as you may have guessed by the title of this post - the challenge theme this month is 'For the Boys', so all your masculine themed projects please.  As always following the theme and using an ADU image are the two requirements to enter the challenge.  Of course, if you're more a blogger than a Facebooker there's always a challenge going on over at ADU's blog as well.

Here's my card:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

All Dressed Up - Gaming Boy

coloured with my Copics

Dies:

Whimsy Stamps - OMG! word die set

un-branded stitched rectangle

Patterned Paper:

Basic Grey - archaic 

Aaand that's it folks!  

I'll be back soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Passion for Markers : Week 695 - Dies and/or punches

Krafty Chicks Thursday : #669 All Occasions 

The Cutie Pie Challenge : Challenge #183 - Dads and/or Lads (As you may have guessed this one is aimed at the Lads!)

Addicted to Stamps and More! : Birthdays

Music to dance to

Hello blogland,

I've made another card and for no reason! No DT, no particular birthday / occasion / person. Just made to have fun colouring in the image and putting a card together.

And here it is:

Supplies used:

Digital Stamps:

Lili of the Valley - Funky Flares

coloured with my Copics

Sentiment also Lili of the Valley - Everything's Better

Rubber stamp:

Autumn Leaves - swirls v.2 by Rhonna Farrer

Dies:

unbranded DL (slimline) stitched rectangle

I Googled 1970's fashion to get an idea of what colour to do the trousers - I didn't fancy colouring another pair of jeans - and my goodness it was a colourful decade, wasn't it! No wonder it's called the decade that fashion forgot. Though I have to say the fashion of my decade - the 80's - could be just as bad!

I can also report that TTT did her last GCSEs today - Physics and Geography - that's it all done! Now we have to wait until the 24th August for results, then we see if she got good enough results to get into Sixth Form. Hopefully it'll be a 'shoo-in' - the lowest grade she's predicted is a 7 and the highest a 9. Fingers crossed, eh!

I took a picture or two of her on her last day - I may share later, but I'd have to ask her first if it's OK.

Other than that - whose still enjoying the good weather? I am!

Aaaand that's about it for now,

I'll pop off now and be back later,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Passion for Markers: Week 694 - Clean and Simple

Krafty Chicks Challenge: #668 - Clean and Simple

Crafty Catz: #642 - Anything Goes (optional twist - fun)

As You Like It Challenge: Favourite Non-Birthday Occasion (and why). I like to make cards with 'Open' sentiments if they aren't for a Birthday. So I suppose, 'Just because I was thinking of you' cards? Don't know how else to describe them!

Pinkly pretty

Afternoon blogland,

Another missed post from me that should have gone up this morning! However, I was busy going from my weights / gym session, to getting ready to taking TTT for her hair appt, to actually going to this hair appt that I didn't get a chance to do the post.

Still better late than never, eh, and I'm here now.

To get on - this post is to let you all know there's a new challenge started today over at Sweet Stampin' Challenge. As always this is a 'just for fun' challenge, lasts for a fortnight and is all about the stamping - be it digital or old fashioned rubber stamp. The challenge theme this time is 'Pretty in Pink'. So anything with pink in it, on it or covered in it!! :-)

Now pink is not my favourite colour (give me blues / purples / greens any day) but I had thought it would be a good opportunity to get one of my 'girlie' stamps out. Well, it ended up not.  This is the card I made:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Alex Syberia - Full Bloom

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

taylored expressions - Simple Strips: Background

Dies:

taylored expressions - Simple Strips: Well Rounded

Creative Expressions - Noble Collection: double stitched squares

Aaaand that's it folks, I'm off again!

See you soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Crafty Catz: #641 Anything Goes (optional use pink and purple). I got half the optional theme - there's pink in there!

Gem of a Craft Challenge: Wk 12 - Anything Goes

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: Anything Flowers Goes (optional mood board #5)

Creations in Pink: Challenge #58 - Anything Goes - as long as it's pink

June New Release

Good morning blogland,

I'm back today with my Design Team card for All Dressed Ups' June new release.  If you are a Facebooker you can pop over to the Facebook Group to have a look at the first batch of the inspiration cards - mine included! 

If you are more of a blogger, then there was a post there too - All Dressed Up Challenge blog, with lots more wonderful inspiration.

So without further ado, here's my card:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

All Dressed Up - Little Sports Champ

coloured with Copics

Rubber stamps:

My Favorite Things - Totally awesome!

taylored expressions - Simple Strips: birthday

Dies:

un-branded stitched rectangle set

taylored expressions - Simple Strips: well rounded

Anything else:

Lawn Fawn - lawn clippings stencils: brick

Distress Inks

black card

Aaaand that's it, for now, folks,

Be back soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Passion for Markers :Week 693 - For a man or boy

Gem of a Craft Challenge: Wk 11 - Anything Goes

Worldwide Crafters and Colourists Challenge: Challenge #5

Time Out Challenge: Challenge 240 - 'Sportive'. Well it could be the 'sport' side of things - football and skate-boarding.  It could be the 'fun' side of things - doesn't chap and his little pal look very happy together going off to play? It could also be that I really like using both ADU images and this stencil is my favourite, so these make me happy.  So many reasons this card is 'sportive'! :-)

All square here

Morning blogland

We are in the home straight of GCSE's at Chez Sarah now! TTT is in school today for two exams but she is also officially on 'study leave' which I don't remember being a thing from my days at school. Maybe it's such a long time ago I just can't remember! Basically 'study leave' means she only has to go in when there is an exam on. Not a problem - she says!

So for today she's in all day as she has English and French exams, but then she's in and out like a Jack-in-the-box! Half day here, not in there, full day other days - we've got her exam schedule up on the wall to keep track of who needs to be where to pick her up when for the next fortnight!

Phew, well after that little ramble, moving onto more interesting stuff - I made a card, which wasn't a DT inspiration! It was for an actual real person and was delivered yesterday. 

 not sure my photographic skills were good enough to pick up the sparkly dots I put on her dress - so here's her close-up.

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Mo's Digital Pencil - Zelda

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

taylored expressions - 'It's your day'

Dies:

Creative Expressions - Noble Collection: Stitched Squares

Spellbinders - squares / scalloped square

Whimsy Stamps - OMG! word die set

un-branded alphabet set

Anything else:

Allsorts paper pad

mixed up beads/glitter/brads (for the shaker part of the card)

acetate

red card

Hopefully I'm going to be getting more time and inclination to be going into my craft room soon - I do feel like it's been mildly neglected for probably the last 6 months or so!

That's it from me folks,

Hope everyone is well,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Passion for Markers - Week 692: make it square

Krafty Chicks Challenge - #666: week 1 (stamp act)

As You Like It Challenge - Favourite: Pastels or Brights. I think you might guess from this card (and a quick look back at previous cards) I go for Brights.  Pastels are not really my thing, I do dabble occasionally, but I always return to Bright colours.

Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge - June challenge

Di's Digi Designs Challenge - Birthdays

Summer incoming

Good morning blogland,

Had a busy day yesterday and totally forgot to post for the new challenge at Crafty Calendar Challenge, so (once again) this is a non-chatty post to catch up.

The challenge theme this month is 'Summertime', there are no other rules or restrictions on what you can enter into the challenge - but no more than 3 entries per person please! Fab prize on offer from Lili of the Valley and a wonderful selection of DT inspiration cards.

This is mine:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Lili of the Valley - Annabel Camping

coloured with my Copics

Dies:

Unbranded stitched rectangle

Creative Expressions - solid words: beautiful (also used some of the accompanying word stamps)

Pretty Pink Posh - Scallop Borders 1

Anything else:

My Favorite Things stencil - Sunrise Radiating Rays 

blending brush

Distress Ink

Blue pearl card

Aaaand, that's it folks! Please pop over to the admire my Teamies work - you won't be disappointed - then pop in an entry yourself if you've got time!

Back soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Polkadoodles Challenge: Wk 21 - Anything Goes

Digi Choosday Challenge: Wk 21 - Anything Goes

Craft Rocket Challenges: #104 - Use dies