Four legged friends

Good morning blogland,

Feels very strange to be back here again so quickly with another Passion for Markers challenge DT card but that's how it's worked out - after the excitement of the special anniversary last week it's back to regular broadcasts now!

So this week the theme for the challenge is '4 legged friends' (basically anything featuring an animal) chosen by the lovely Marlene and sponsored by Polkadoodles.  As always, as we are a challenge for those using markers, you must use your markers somewhere on your project (it doesn't have to be a card) and also follow the theme of the challenge to be in with a chance of winning the prize.

This is the card I made:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Polkadoodles - Surprise Cake - Horace & Boo

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips: Birthday

Dies:

Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips: Well Rounded

Pretty Pink Posh - Eyelet Borders

un-branded stitched rectangles

Paper:

First Edition - Let's Celebrate

Anything else:

linen look light card

self-adhesive pearls

And that's mostly it folks.  Other than to say in real-time (at 9am when this is scheduled to publish) TTT will be taking her driving test.  Fingers will be crossed, finger-nails bitten to the base and pacing will have been taking place!

That really is it.

See you soon,

Sarah

16 today!

Good morning blogland,

It's time for a new challenge over at Passion for Markers this week, and it's a special week as well - the challenge blog officially turns 16! 

So because this is officially a 'big thing' it's a big challenge this week - both teams are participating and there are loads of prizes on offer from lots of sponsors.  In with these wonderful prizes the challenge is very easy going and this week we'd like to see 'anything goes' but you must still use your markers.

The sponsors and their prizes are too many to list here, so pop on over to the challenge blog and have a look, while you're there take a look at the wonderful cards my Teamies have created and even, why not, enter the challenge yourself! There is a limit of 3 entries per person this week, but then who's got time to create 3 cards in one week - I know I haven't!

Speaking of cards - here's mine (and it's a total coincidence that it's for a 16th birthday!).

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Saturated Canary - soda shop introvert (there's no point linking to it as the etsy shop is closed, if you want to find Krista's images you have to subscribe to her Patreon account).

I coloured with my Copic markers

Rubber stamps:

Kaiser Craft - today (it's part of much bigger sentiment and I masked off the rest to get 'today')

taylored expressions - simple strips : birthday

Dies:

Poppy Stamps - scalloped stitch frames

un-branded stitched rectangle

taylored expression - simple strips: well rounded

Anything else:

scrap piece of very old scrapbook patterned paper

acetate

sprinkles

very, very, very old chipboard numbers

And that's about it folks - it's all still all go at home and very out of routine, which if I ever get to make a card 'just because' I will do an accompanying post and explain.  Unfortunately at the moment, I only make cards for challenges, as that's all the time I have - and even then I'm forever running late.

See you soon,

Sarah

Has Spring sprung?

 Evening blogland,

This is me - still catching up, so I'm not going to hang about and waffle on, just get the post up and head on out.

This post was supposed to done when the current challenge over at Sweet Stampin' started a week ago, but my card wasn't ready in time.  I got the card done - three days late! - but then forgot to do this post to go with it.  I only remembered when I did the post yesterday for another card I hadn't shared!

So here's the things you need to know - there is a challenge over at Sweet Stampin'. it runs until Friday.  The theme is 'Spring has sprung', so anything Spring.  It's a stamping challenge, so use a stamp (digital or rubber) please and that's about it! No sponsors, no prize - just a friendly challenge and the knowledge you can display our badge if you are one of the top picks!

Here's the card:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Polkadoodles - Butterfly Chick

coloured with my Copics

The sentiment is also from Polkadoodles - Easter messages

Dies:

unbranded stitched rectangles

Time for Tea - Clouds Die Set

Anything else:

striped card

And that's it folks.  Life is really getting in the way of crafting right now and my mojo seems to have done a bunk, I'm keeping my fingers crossed it all works out soon.

Sarah

Children

Hello Blogland

And again I'm so behind with posting - this time I'm taking responsibility for not getting posts up. I'll explain what's going on after I catch up with things that I was meant to do.

With it being a new month - well relatively now - there's a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge with the theme for May being 'for a child'.  We don't have sponsors anymore but there is, instead, always a lovely prize on offer and this the prize for May.

So the rules for this challenge are always super simple - follow the theme and create something! 

OK, so my card, it's not at all like I normally make (partially time constraints, partially I was rummaging!) so I'm warning you if you're looking for stamping it's not here! This is it:

From the outside:

From the inside:

Supplies used:

Pretty much everything:

Kanban - Patchwork Pals

The only other thing I used was a My Favorite Things Die-namic die - 'Big Hugs'

The only explanation for this card I can give is that I was rummaging for something else and came across a whole drawer of Kanban stuff - which I think I brought off of the TV shopping channel Create and Craft probably around 12 to 15 years ago.  I used some, didn't like most of it, and dumped it in the drawer of doom and that's where it stayed until now.

Anyways for a theme of 'for a child' I thought it worked perfectly.

I'm off now to do all those Saturday things that don't get done during the week - which also includes catching up on other posts and then the domestic stuff like washing and cleaning and inducing a nearly 18 year old to get out of bed!

A final note, please pop on over to the challenge - my Teamies have made some lovely cards and it would be a shame to miss them.

Sarah

Life in bloom

 Morning blogland,

Time for a new challenge over at Passion for Markers with this week sponsored by Clearly Besotted Stamps and a theme set by Marie.

The theme is 'Make it bloom' so anything floral - along with using your markers! The prize for one lucky winner is a £15.00 voucher to spend over at our sponsors web-site.

Without any further ado, here's my floral offering:

Supplies used:

Digital Stamp:

DreamFlare Studios - there isn't a name for this it's a selection of 30 'line-art' wildflower files

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Taylored Expressions - Simply Strips: Background

Dies:

Taylored Expressions - Simply Strips: well-rounded

un-branded stitched rectangle die

Anything else:

white paint

paintbrush (for the splatters)

I have to say I don't colour flowers very often but I'm not too unhappy with how this one turned out.  I didn't let the splatters dry before I started mounting the panel, so they are a little more squashed than splattered - but not too noticeable, I hope anyways!

And that's about it folks - please pop on by the challenge blog, there are some fabulous floral cards on show.

See you soon,

Sarah