So much ice-cream!

Good morning blogland,

It's time for a new challenge over at Passion for Makers and this week the theme, picked by Lisa, is 'Birthdays'.  As always you are welcome to enter whatever project you decide to make as long as it's following the theme and you use your markers on your entry.

Our sponsor is Colour of Love, the prize for one lucky person is their choice of 3 digis and the Design Team were allowed to choose a Digi to use on their cards.

This is my make with my choice:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Colour of Love - L'il Possum Sundae Bellyfull

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Taylored Expressions - Think Happy Thoughts

Dies:

Unbranded stitched rectangle

Julie Hickey - Birthday Profile Die Set

Anything else:

stripe card

black card

Would be lovely to have you join in our challenge, and I look forward to popping over and visiting as many of your blogs as I can!

See you soon,

Sarah

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Big announcement incoming...

Good morning blogland,

It's the 9th of January 2024 and my first blog post in my new Design Team job at Passion for Markers! 

I've been playing along for years and it was such an ego boost to be asked to join the Team on a blog for crafters who love to use their markers.  So without any further ado here's the theme for this week: 'Use a stencil' the sponsor is Di's Digi Stamps and the prize a £6.00 voucher. 

Voila, my card:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

From an etsy shop which no longer exists

image coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips: Birthday

Dies:

Creative Craft Products - DL Card Builder Set

Stencil:

Creative Expressions - DL stencil: Bunting

Anything else:

Distress Inks

black card for mount

random tiny hearts, discard from a hole punch

So that's my first post as a DT, please pop over to the challenge and take a look at my new Teamies creations - they are fab. I'm also looking forward to wandering around all your blogs and taking peak at your entries!

See you soon,

Sarah

Aud Sentiments Challenge blog: #309 - Make your own background and/or Birthday  + a sentiment

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: #221 - Anything Goes

We Love Stamping: January 24 - Something New - the DL dies and the bunting stencil are both new

The Paper Players: PP671- Cheer to the Years (birthday)

Anything goes!

Aaand a second Good Morning to you blogworld!

Just so happens that there are two challenges starting today that I'm in the DT of, and if you are looking for the Sweet Stampin' one it's in the previous post.  If you are looking for the post for the new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge then this is the post for you!

So what's happening for the first challenge for Crafty Calendar of 2024? It is a nice easy one to get those creative juices flowing - it's 'Anything Goes' and we have a prize from the lovely Polkadoodles for our lucky winner of this challenge.  In addition the Design Team were allowed to pick an image to use - this is my card with my image:

Supplies used:

Digital image:

Polkadoodles - Love you this much

zoomed in and coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Neat and Tangled - Love notes

Dies:

Creative Expressions - Sue Wilson: Noble Collection - double stitched squares

Time for Tea - Love Intertwined

Anything else:

Designer paper - First Edition: Love Letters

acetate and sparkly stuff!

black card

Here's a second look at the 'sparkly stuff'!

I'm not so sure on the colouring of the rabbit on this one - even TTT said it looked like I'd starting colouring him/her(?) with hair and then changed my mind! I do, however, like how the T-shirt came out and the design, I may even add a sparkly shaker card with an oversized image to my repertoire!

That is definitely that from me today - but, again, I will be back quicker than you think!

In the meantime, I strongly encourage you to come join in with the challenges - either one!! :-) - they both have some fabulous inspiration from my fabulous Teamies and we'd love to see you there.

See you soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Gem of a Craft Challenge: Wk 1 - Anything Goes

Polkadoodles Challenge: Wk 1 - Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge: #703 - Anything Goes

Moving Along with The Times: Challenge 162 - New Craft Item - which is both the digi and the die-cut

Hello 2024...

Good morning blogland 

And a very Happy New Year to you all!

I'm here with my first DT card of the year and it's for the new challenge over at Sweet Stampin' with everyone from both Teams welcome to play along and the theme is 'What's new with you?'  Which basically means New Year - new things. Whether that is new stash, new technique, new job, new house, new baby - just something new!

As I don't know anyone doing any of the physical 'new' things and I don't need any New Year cards, I went with new stash and also New Years promise to self (I don't do New Year Resolutions - too much pressure  and then the disappointment when I break them 3 weeks in, well!).

So the new stash - it's the dies I used; the New Year promise - to use my smaller physical stamps.  I have drawers and drawers full of rubber stamps a lot of which just don't work on the top fold 5x7" cards that I make in a fairly clean lined style - stamps are too small! Whilst surfing sales I saw Craft Stash dies in American sized A2 landscape and portrait sets to make the base card and with additional shapes to create the front as well - only £9.99 each - who could resist.  Perfect thinks me - little diddy sized cards for little diddy sized stamps! 

I know I won't get that much use out of the fancy shapes - I don't think - but the card bases and the square / rectangle shapes, those I will use!  I also got the matching envelope die set, I'm terrible at measuring and cutting and thought it sounded like a quick fix just die-cutting the shape out.

This, therefore, is my card - whaddya think??

Supplies used:

Rubber stamps:

Lilli of the Valley - Party Girl

(although mine is the rubber stamp version so old that they don't sell it anymore!)

coloured with Copics

taylored expressions - simple strips: Birthday

Dies used:

Creative Craft Products - A2 Landscape Card die set

Creative Craft Products - envelope set

taylored expressions - simple strips: asymmetrical

Papers:

First Edition - Dreamcatcher

Anything else:

coloured card for matting / layering

scrap of ribbon

Oh, and the diary is new as well!  Another thing I'm going to get right this year is being on time with DT cards and also I need to keep track of what days I'm working - so a new diary was called for! 

There that's my first post of the New Year - I'm going to be back sooner than you think!

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Krafty Chicks Challenge: #697 - Stamps

Time Out Challenges: Challenge #254 - New

Creative Inspiration Challenges: #10 - Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon: Challenge #737 - What's New