All about the die-cuts

 Good morning blogland

Well routine is well and truly back on the menu and I can't be more pleased! A structured day is much more to my liking than the total chaos of not knowing which day of the week it is!

Whilst talking routine and structure I'm happy to say that the first Passion for Markers challenge of 2026 is here! The details - this week the theme of 'Dies or punches' has been set by my Teamie Marie and the sponsor for this challenge is the wonderful The Paper Shelter with a lovely prize for one lucky winner.

So onto my card - as always The Paper Shelter allows the Design Team a digi to use and this is my make with that digi:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

The Paper Shelter - Daises on my Hat

coloured with Copics

Rubber stamp:

taylored expressions - It's Your Day stamp set

Paper:

Making Memories - Boho Chic

Dies:

Creative Expressions - Noble Collection: Double Stitched Squares

My Favorite Things - Inside & Out Circles

un-branded stitched tag die

Memory Box - Riviera Corner

Anything else:

Yellow striped light card

MDF flower

self-adhesive pearl

As always the rules for this challenge are very simple - follow the theme and use your markers, it can be any brand of marker (Copics are my choice) but you do have to use markers somewhere/somehow.

So there you go, hopefully I've given you some sort of inspiration and, if you want more, please pop on over to the challenge and take a look at my Teamies cards which are fabulous!

See you again soon,

Sarah

With a New Year finally here

 We start the New Year with a bang - two new challenges!

So to kick things off here's my card for the new Sweet Stampin' Challenge, as it's New Year we'd like to see your 'new' theme cards.  So that could be a card for a new home / baby / job / year or how about some new stash?

Not needing a card for any 'new' reason - I went with the new craft supplies theme.  This is what I've made:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

DigitalLenaStamp (an etsy seller) - Peeking cats

my 'new' part of the challenge

Rubber stamp:

taylored expressions: Simple Strips - Man, Myth, Legend

Dies:

taylored expressions: Simple Strips - Well Rounded

unbranded stitched rectangle

Whimsy Stamps: OMG! word die set

This is super easy challenge to take part in - there are only two rules which are follow the theme and use a stamp (digital or rubber) and that's it!

Would be great to see your entry and your take on 'new'.

Sarah