Oh those boys!

 Good evening blogland,

I'm trying really hard to keep up with posting as I should, and I'm not doing too badly but I'm afraid I'm still falling down badly on commenting on everyone else's blogs for which I sincerely apologise.  

This job I'm doing at the moment is holding steady at 4 days a week, and it should come to an end when the girl off on maternity leave comes back at the end of July.  I'm enjoying the job but my goodness I'm going to be glad to get some of 'my' time back!

Anyways, in spirit of trying to keep up with posts / cards that I should be making and blogging.  This card is for the current All Dressed Up Facebook challenge  - I'm nearly out of time (challenge finishes at the end of May) but it is still May, so I am in the right month just!!  The theme is 'For the boys!' and as always you need to use an ADU image to join in.

Stamps used:

Digital Stamp:

All Dressed Up - Monsterific

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Catherine Poole - Everybody Say Happy Sentiments Stamp Set

Dies:

un-branded stitched rectangle dies

My Favorite Things - In and Out stitched circles

Anything else:

Striped card

paper dots

OK, I'm off again now, been a nice Bank Holiday weekend but work is back on tomorrow so I'm off to bed soon.

See you later,

Sarah

Bullseye!

Good morning blogland

It's Saturday, which means it's time for a new challenge over at Sweet Stampin'.  As always this is a 'just for fun' challenge so we have no sponsors or prize, but we do have a theme and the theme this week is 'Clean and Simple (CaS)'.  The only requirements for the challenge is to follow the theme, stamp somewhere on your entry and have fun!

I like looking at CaS cards, I also like making CaS cards - it's the challenge of having so little on the card that you have to place the die/stamp/sentiment/embellishment/ etc in just the right place to balance the design out.  I have to admit they take me longer than just, print image, colour image, plonk on card base - done, but I really do enjoy the process.

I carried on theme of my Sweet Stampin' DT cards for this year of using proper rubber stamps and, this time, a very old, never inked, rubber stamp out of my 'collection'.

This is the result:

Supplies:

Rubber stamps:

Stamping Bella - Gwendolyn  LULU

coloured with my Copics

taylored expressions - Simple Strips: Birthdays

Dies:

taylored expression: Simple Strips: well rounded

un-branded stitched rectangle die

MFT - circles

This is such an old Stamping Bella stamp, that it's in the old style packaging - a little zip lock bag, with a pink paper insert and a paper sleeve.  I'm guessing it could be anything up to 15 years old and never inked! Bad Sarah! Anyways, a stamp is a stamp and here it is, finally been used. 

I've already admired all my Teamies gorgeous cards, so now I'm looking forward to seeing all the CaS entries in the challenge this fortnight.

Gotta go now,

See you later,

Sarah

One of a kind!

Good morning blogland,

I'm back again and, for me, in super quick time!  This is because it's a new challenge over at Passion for Markers and it's a Special Anniversary one at that!  Both Teams were invited to join in the fun so I'm getting in an extra card for the challenge.

There's so many sponsors that I can't remember them all, best off if you take a wander over to the challenge and look at the huge list yourself and while you're there, and assuming you use markers of some sort, get yourself an entry in the challenge to win some fabulous prizes!  The theme this week is a super simple - 'Anything Goes'.  

As there are so many sponsors the DT were allowed make whatever they felt like, so I went for one of my all time favourite stamp ranges Saturated Canary and this is my card.  I'm hoping that is shows my love of both using my markers (Copics in my case) and the Saturated Canary range of digis - I think I will be a little sad forever that Krista closed her etsy shop!

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Saturated Canary digi - Steampunk Time

coloured with my Copies

Rubber stamp:

Random one brought from a bargain bin at a craft fair years ago

Anything else:

taylored designs - 6x6 stencil: Scattered Stars

blending brush

Distress Ink

fkat-back gems

wood effect card

un-branded stitched rectangle dies

And that's it folks - I won't keep you hanging around here.  Get yourselves off to the challenge blog and get entering!

See you soon,

Sarah

Blooming lovely

 Good morning blogland,

And isn't it just - blooming lovely that is, in more ways than one! I love this warmer weather we are having, it's so much more me and really cheers me up from the Winter doldrums.

The other way it's blooming lovely is that's the theme for this week's Passion for Markers - actually to get it technically right it's 'Let it bloom' but basically we're looking for flowers on your projects this week and, always, please use your markers! :-)

We're sponsored by the lovely HettyClare with a prize of two digi stamps on offer.  The DT were given a couple of images to create with and this is my card with the image I got to use:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Hetty Clare - Cat Flowerpot

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

taylored expressions - 'Big Thanks'

Dies:

un-branded stitched rectangles

Poppy - Thanks outline

I like the overall card, but my goodness what did I do to that cat!  I gave it a nearly human looking nose and face, not good, not good at all! Hey ho, we live and learn, eh and live to fight (or colour!) another day.

Hope no-one is melting - like the hubby and TTT - in this heat and see you all soon.

Sarah

In the pond

Good morning blogland,

Today I'm sharing a digi from one of Mays' All Dressed Up Stamps New Release images.

I was given Water Lily to play with and this is what I came up with.  The sentiment is actually a happy accident, I'd stamped it straight onto the scene I'd just coloured and the damn thing didn't stamp clearly! Luckily I've taken to using a stamping platform, rather than a good old fashioned acrylic block, and so I could lift and re-stamp.  Even then though the paper I'd created my scene on had moved a fraction, and so when it re-stamped I made a little shadow effect.  Initially I thought 'ruined', but, no, I re-stamped again and made the new impression as dark and bold as I could, and I ended up with this shadow effect.  Rather good I think, for something that started as a mistake!

Supplies used:

Digital Stamp:

All Dressed Up - Water Lily

coloured with my Copics

Rubber Stamps:

Woodware: 'Double Birthdays' and 'Just to Say'

Stencil:

Creative Expressions - Scattered Hearts

Anything Else:

Distress Inks

Blending Brush

flat backed gems

This image is just one of this months New Releases, the others are just as cute and superbly showcased by my Teamies - here on the group for Facebook People and here on the blog for Bloggers.  If you are in need of super cute sweetness - I'd go take a look-see!

Hope everyone is doing well and I'll be back when I can.

Sarah

Thanks for

Good morning blogland

Can you believe another month has gone by - I honestly don't know where 2024 is going to.  It's not going to be long before I'm cardmaking for TTT's 17th birthday and then it's into school Summer Holidays! My goodness, what a thought!

As another month has gone by, it means it's time for the new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge. This month we're sponsored by the wonderful Di's Digital Stamps with a great prize of $6 to spend in the shop. It's also a very easy challenge theme this month of 'Anything Goes'.

The Design Team were allowed to choose images to use and this is my card with one of those images. As always these days I was running out of time to make my card, so I used a pre-coloured image which feels a little like cheating, but quickness was of the essence!

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Di's Digi Stamps: Koala Flowers

a pre-coloured digi (which I flipped for better placement on my card)

Rubber stamps:

taylored expressions - 'In & Out - Thanks'

Dies:

unbranded stitched rectangles

Pretty Pink Posh - Scalloped Borders

Anything else:

MDF flower embellishment

Aaand, again, that's it folks,

I'll be back again at some point, hope to see you when I do re-surface!

Sarah