Autumnal

 Good morning blogland,

It's another Tuesday and so time for the latest challenge over at Passion for Markers and the theme this week, as picked by our lovely Teamie Marie is 'Autumn colours'.

Our sponsor, with a great prize for one lucky randomly picked winner, is Dies to Die For.  To be in with a chance of winning, or being picked as a Top 5, please use your markers and follow the theme.

Here's my inspiration card, although I have to say the colours are Autumnal the shades I ended up using (I feel) not so!

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Lee Holland Designs - but I couldn't find the image in the Etsy Shop so it is probably retired

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

My Favorite Things - Puddle Jumper

I just used one of the sentiments

Dies:

un-branded stitched rectangles

un-branded stitched tags

a very old 'file tab' die that I have long lost the packaging for

Papers:

First Edition - J'Adore

wood effect light card

Anything else:

various self-adhesive gems and pearls

And that's about it folks - I do hope you can find time to come join in and I look forward to having a wander around all the wonderful entries.

See you soon,

Sarah

Animal friends

 Good morning blogland,

Well after completely mucking it up for the last Passion for Markers challenge - where I mixed up dates and thought my challenge was a week later than it was, and then I couldn't participate because I was on holiday - I've got it right this fortnight and here I am!

As you might have guessed by the title of this post this week's theme for the challenge is 'Animal Friends' and was chosen by our teamie Lorraine.  We have The Paper Shelter as our sponsor and there is a lovely prize on offer for one lucky winner.

As always there are only two rules that need to be followed to be in with a chance at the prize - follow the theme and use your markers!  These can be any brand of markers but it does have to be markers, not pencils or watercolours.

Here's the card I made with the image supplied to the DT:

Supplies used:

Digital image:

The Paper Shelter - Cozy Winter Wishes

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

taylored expressions - Simple Strips: Friendship

Dies:

un-branded stitched rectangles

taylored expressions - Simple Strips: Well Rounded

Stencil:

My Favorite Things - Sunrise Radiating Rays

Anything else:

Distress Inks

blending brushes

backing card

On a personal note, TTT heads of to University on Saturday and I'm not sure how I feel about that, but it's happening so we all have to find ways to cope - TTT included!

See you one the other side folks - when this will be an empty nest!

And that's it from me this time - I hope you get a chance to pop on over to the challenge and get a card in, we always appreciate seeing your creations.

Sarah

Layering up

Morning blogland,

Couple of days late with this post - TTT and I were travelling all day Saturday and then Sunday was a full-on day of washing and sorting - now catching up with everything I missed last week / weekend.

This post is for the new challenge over at Crafty Calendar which runs for the whole of September with a theme of 'Lots of Layers'.  We do have a sponsor this time,  the fabulous Polkadoodles with a great prize for one lucky winner.

So moving onto my card, this was made for TTT's18th birthday in June and not shared until now.

Supplies used:

Digital stamps:

Character: an Etsy seller called zekesami -  Mia

coloured with my Copics

Balloons: an Etsy seller called ClipArt Vogue - 18th Birthday Balloons

pre-coloured

Rubber stamp and matching die:

taylored expressions - Simple Strips: Die - well rounded and Stamp - Birthdays

Dies:

Creative Expressions - Centre Stepper Die Set

Pretty Pink Posh - Eyelet Borders

Papers:

First Edition - Let's Celebrate

Random scraps of card

And I think that's it really, 

See you soon,

Sarah