And even closer

Good morning blogland

Christmas is getting even closer - is what! Ha, I even went and did minimal Christmas shopping, a great achievement for someone who really doesn't 'feel' it for Christmas! For me the day was really about spending time with a happy TTT and to raid charity shops in our nearest Market Town and I did get some good bargains whilst helping Charities as well.

Finally to the point of the post - yesterday was the first Saturday of a new month and so it's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge and the theme for the month of December is 'Christmas'.  

Our sponsor for this Challenge is the wonderful Polkadoodles who have given a fabulous prize for one lucky winner, they also allowed the DT to pick an image to use and this is my make with that digi stamp:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Polkadoodles - New Friends

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamps:

Altenew - Thanks for everything

Creative Expressions - Festive Wishes

Dies:

John Next Door - Twinkling Snowflakes

Un-branded stitched rectangles

Anything else:

flat backed gems

If there's anyone left who reads my blog - which considering how bad a blogger I've been for the past year I wouldn't be surprised if there was no-one left who looks at it! -  may have noticed I'm a day late with my post.  This was a combination of going out, as said, for a bit of Christmas shopping and coming home to a house that was leaking from the effects of Storm Darragh which meant no computer time at all yesterday.

The water leakage wasn't sandbags or flooding level, but a steady stream bubbling in under the front door meant me and the hubby were mopping continuously (in shifts) for the whole evening until quite late when the rain let up.  What fun for a Saturday evening!

Hope everyone else in the path of Storm Darragh has escaped the worst of it and I'm looking forward to not having blankets, towels and a mop piled behind my front door!

See you soon,

Sarah

It's all about the folding

 Good morning blogland,

Again I'm running super behind with my DT posts - life just keeps getting in the way (and sometimes in the way in very unexpected ways) - and so I won't waffle I'll just crack on with the bones of the post.

It's the first Saturday of the month - already this year feels like it's zooming past - and so we're up with a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge.  This month's theme is 'More than one fold' and we are sponsored by the wonderful Lawn Fawn with a prize of a gift certificate to spend in their store.

More than one fold, eh! Not something I do very often, and my Teamies are much, much better at it than I am, so here's my attempt.  I'll explain afterwards why I felt like I was cheating.

Supplies used:

Rubber stamps:

C.C. Designs - Pixi Lucy and Woodland Daisy

coloured with my Copics

Dies:

Lawn Fawn - You're Sweet Line Border

Creative Craft Products - Supersize Step On Up card creator

I can't remember who the Picket Fence is by (will check)

Paper:

Basic Grey - Hello Luscious

Anything else:

Gem shapes from my stuff

The reason I feel like I cheated is the step card creator die - all I did was use it to create a card blank and then decorate that blank! I still feel there's something missing but, as I don't make shaped cards very often, I wasn't sure what else to add to the design to make it work.  So I stopped where I was!

I would suggest you go pop over to the challenge and follow the links to my Teamies cards - they are all fabulous and heaps better than mine!

That, I think, is all folks for now, but I will be back!

Sarah

Crafty Catz: #666 - Anything Goes / More than one fold

It's all oval!

 Hello blogland,

I'm going to be super quick with post - just to get it out there as it was supposed to go up yesterday but the gremlins got in and it didn't happen.  I didn't notice as we've been busy with house stuff - old tile floor in dining / living / family room came up and new one laid (it's been chaos!).

So this post is for the new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge, the theme this month is 'Anything but square' - simples, eh! No sponsor this month either so the DT have all picked a stamp / image from their own stash but there is still a prize!

This is my card:

Supplies used:

Rubber stamp:

Stamping Bella - Oddball Cinderella

coloured with Copics 

used with matching sentiment

Dies:

Creative Craft Supplies - ovals and scalloped ovals

Papers:

Craftwork Cards

Anything else:

flat back gems

Just a quick note, I had to balance the card on a roll of washi tape because it wouldn't stand up in the lightbox - but, in real-life, it stood perfectly well on my desk!

Why not pop over to the challenge and admire all the inventive cards my Teamies have made and get your entry in at the same time?

Profuse apologies as well to my Teamies for being late with this post!

See you soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Krafty Chicks Challenge : #662 - Stamp Act

Gem of a Craft Challenge : Week 9 - Anything Goes

Di's Digi Designs Challenges: Use your scraps (my scraps are the very old Designer Paper)

As You See It Challenge: #298 - My most recent additions are the dies (they arrived the day before I made this card!)

April already?

Good morning blogland,

Can you believe it's a new month already, feels to me like this year is going past rather rapidly!  

As it is a new month, we have a new challenge from Crafty Calendar Challenge which this month is sponsored by Lawn Fawn and our theme is Die cuts. Fairly simple, yes? Just use die cuts on your project, link up to the challenge and you are in with a chance of a prize!

My inspiration card:

Products used:

Digital stamp:

Now there's a mystery - it's an ages old image (which I think is a digi stamp) but I've no idea where it's from!

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamps:

Catherine Pooler - All Around Wishes

Whimsy Stamps - Simple Sentiment Strips

Dies:

Creative Expressions - Noble Collection : Double Stitched Squares

Julie Hickey - birthday

My Favorite Things - Die-namics

un-branded stitched rectangle

Paper:

echo park - Sweet Girl

If anyone recognises the digi - I'd be be most grateful for the info and then I can amend the description.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend,

See you soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Krafty Chicks Challenge - #657 - Anything Goes

Not a Reindeer!

 Good morning blogland,

Running slightly late here, as TTT is not feeling well and I've been doing the whole yes/no school thing - which has ended with a 'no' and mucked up my morning. She's back in bed and asleep now so I can get on, but with less 'waffle' than normal.

And, getting on is telling you it's time for a new challenge over at Colour Crazy Challenge.  This week's wonderful sponsor is HettyClare.  The DT were very kindly given digis to pick from, this is my make with the super cute Pony Xmas Hat.  

My line of thinking went a bit like this - could someone be trying to dress the pony like Rudolph the Reindeer, and would that annoy a cute, but possibly grumpy, pony? Hmmmm, maybe! Let's go with that, it could be funny!

Card that arrived from that idea:

Supplies used:

Digital Stamp:

HettyClare - Pony Xmas Hat

coloured with my Copics

Sentiment I created in Publisher

Dies:

un-branded stitched DL set

Anything else:

Picket Fence Studios stencil - Artic Winter

Distress Ink

stencil brush

bit of twine

red card

So, I do hope all you colourists out there get a chance to pop over and join in with the Challenge, there are some fab inspiration cards from my Teamies and a great prize on offer.

See you soon,

Sarah

Challenges:

Hello there

Good morning blogland

I'm here this morning with my DT inspiration card for this week's challenge over at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge - as always the theme is Anything Goes but please remember we are a colouring challenge so your entry needs to have some form of hand colouring on it somewhere.  We do not accept pre-coloured images.

Our sponsor this time is All Dressed Up Stamps and the DT were very kindly allowed to use a couple of very cute, as always, images for the challenge.  This is the one I picked and the card I made with it.  

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

All Dressed Up - Little Treasure

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Neat & Tangled - Hello there

Dies:

un-branded rectangle stitched die set

Pretty Pink Posh - Eyelet borders and Hello Friend script

Anything else:

Some ages old brads

Yellow dotty card

I had thought this image / card could be either a new baby card (where you don't previously know the gender) or a 'hello friend' type thing - but at the end of the day the image is just super cute and I loved colouring it!

I do hope you get time to pop over to the challenge and see the wonderful cards my Teamies have created and maybe pop in one of your own while your there - as long as it's got some colouring on it, you're in!

Be back soon,

Sarah

Challenge /s:

A 'whale' of a time

 Good morning blogland

It's new challenge time over at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge, as always there are a fabulous selection of inspiration cards on show from my Teamies and a lovely prize from one of our fabulous sponsors.

This week we are sponsored by Patties Creations, who have very kindly given the Design Team some digi stamps to create with. This is the card I made with my pick of those images - the cute Wilma Whale digital stamp.

I thought the image would work well for a classic Clean and Simple card - so that's the route I took. The image (and a sentiment I created in Publisher) was printed onto Copic friendly lightweight card and then coloured in with my Copics. I then masked off a block around the image and inked with Distress Inks. I added embossing with both an embossing folder and an old-fashioned bone folder (on the image panel itself) for final touches, again the embossing is not showing very well in the picture - but I assure you it is there.

I think, with the decreasing light levels I will need to re-adjust my light box as I'm finding I'm having to play about too much editing the picture and some details are being lost.  Oh the joys of Autumn, eh!

Here is my card:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Patties Creations - Wilma Whale

coloured with my Copics

Anything else?

un-branded stitched rectangle dies

A4 embossing folder (un-named)

Distress Inks

Publisher (for the sentiment)

self-adhesive rhinestones

And that's it folks! I do hope you find time to join us over at the challenge - if you do please remember we are a colouring challenge, so as long as you've hand coloured something, anything goes!

Bye for now and see you soon,

Sarah

I'm a bus!

Good morning blogworld,

Yes I'm going to use that old chestnut! It's like buses you wait for ages and then three turn up at once! Sorry I'm still a bit absent from the blog - still got a lot going on, but as normality and routine reappear so will I.

This is my first of the three of my 'buses' and, hopefully, a start of return to routine.

It's my Team's turn for the new challenge over at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge and our sponsor this week is Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps, who very kindly gave the Design Team some images to use.  I love these wonderfully detailed stamps and the images provided for the Design Team this time are no exception, I'm using Purple Dragonfly and have coloured her with my Copics. I think the images are so detailed that they can work be the centre of attention and so I kept the rest of my card fairly simple - just some patterned paper, a bit of die-cutting, some rhinestones and sentiment.

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps - Purple Dragonfly

coloured with my Copics

Sentiment:

Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips: Birthday

Dies:

Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips: Well rounded

Pretty Pink Posh - Eyelet Borders

Anything else:

Patterned Paper - Prima: Fairy Flower

Gem flourish and flatback rhinestones - from my stash

And that's it folks - I hope you get a chance to pop over and join in the challenge - you'll be amazed by the gorgeous creations my talented Teamies have made!

See's ya soon,

Sarah

Fan-tastic

Good morning blogland,

It's Friday, which means it's time for a new challenge over at Colour Crazy Craft Challenges.  This week the Challenge is sponsored by Angie Blom Digital Designs.  As always the theme is Anything Goes, and your entry doesn't have to be a card, but as we are primarily a colouring challenge there does have to be some hand colouring somewhere.

The Design Team were very kindly given some digi stamps to pick from, this is my card from the image I chose - Biggest Fan.  I have to admit it's not the image I would naturally go for, I am a character person at heart, but it was nice to colour something different from my usual style, however, as always, I used my Copics to colour.  I thought, though, the image suited a classic Clean and Simple style, maybe a more masculine style as well?

I used a piece of linen card for the front of the card and printed the sentiment straight onto it, as well embossing a stitched square in the centre of the white card.  I then separately printed the image onto Copic friendly paper, coloured it in and fussy cut it out, then used 3d foam squares to mount it onto the embossed square on the linen card. It looks very good in real life but unfortunately the embossing doesn't show up very well in my pictures.

A close up of the embossed square:

Supplies used:

Digital image and sentiment:

Angie Blom Digital Designs - Biggest Fan

coloured with Copics

Dies:

un-branded stitched rectangle

Creative Expressions - Double Stitched squares

Why not pop over to the challenge, check put my Teamies creations, they are wonderful cards, and you could always join in yourself - you never know you could win the prize!

Signing off now,

See you soon,

Sarah

This is a scheduled post so will be back later to link up to some challenges.   I'm off to a local farm park with TTT and a couple of her friends.

An old technique

Good morning blogland,

As it's the first Saturday of the month, can you believe it's August already!, we have a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge. This month our Sponsor is the super cute Paper Nest Dolls and our theme is a super easy 'Anything Goes'. 

The Design Team were very kindly allowed to pick a digi from the shop and this is my make with the image I chose. I also decided to do something different, for me anyway, a shaker card. I've haven't made one of these in the longest time - maybe something like 10 years. This is my second attempt as I made the silly basic mistake of gluing the acetate and the 3d foam on in the wrong order - made a basket not a frame and nowhere to put my beads!  Duh!! 

Here is attempt number two. Looking at it now I think I could've put more beads in but hey-ho, I'll know better next time!

Supplies used:

Digital Stamp:

Paper Nest Dolls - Cupcake Emma

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Taylored Expressions - Oh My Word: Happy Birthday

Dies:

Poppy Stamp - Scalloped Stitched Frames

Creative Expressions - Double stitched square frame

Papers:

First Edition - Let's Celebrate

I would strongly suggest you pop over to the blog and take a look at my Teamies work, they have made some stunning cards - I know you'll be super impressed, I was.  While you're there you could link up your latest project and be in with the chance to win a lovely prize!

Annnnd, that's all from me folks, I'll be back but it may not be soon!

See you around,

Sarah

Challenges:

Passion for Markers: Week 652 - Dies and/or punches

Krafty Chicks Challenge: #623 - Week 1: Stamp Act

Di's Digi Challenge: Die cuts and/or Punches

Tic Tac Toe Challenge: TTTC - 173 Middle row down: Frame It, Birthday, Free

Another throw back

Good morning blogland,

Another card I made earlier this year but haven't got round to blogging, this time for the wedding of the parent of a friend of TTT's.  When I realised it was time for a new challenge over at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge and there was no sponsor for this challenge, I decided to pop this card up as it was free choice of image and Mo's are, I believe, some of the best out there.

It's not my 'normal' style at all - so be prepared for something different! It was a wedding and I thought it needed to be a bit more bling than my usual pared back style.

As always the challenge theme is Anything Goes but it has to have some element of hand colouring in there.

Hope you like!

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Mo Manning - Mo's Digital Pencil - Wedding Couple

coloured with Copics

Digital sentiment

From a selection brought off of an Etsy seller

Dies:

Memory Box - Hearts

Pretty Pink Posh - Scallop

Anything else?

I can't remember remember whose the paper is made by

Flowers from my stash

Hobby House for the pearls

See you soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Krafty Chicks Challenge: #622 - All Occasions

Cardz 4 Galz: #178 - Black + White + 1 other colour. It's blue for me, hope it meets your criteria

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: #186 - The Paper Shelter sponsor

Gem of a Craft Challenge: Week 16 - Anything Goes

Anyone for marbles?

Good morning blogland,

Here I am, this fine morning, with my Design Team inspiration post for the new challenge starting over at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge.  As always, with our Challenges, we really don't mind what you make and the theme is always Anything Goes but you do have to have some element of hand colouring on your entry.

This week we've been sponsored by Scribbles Designs, who have a really great range of quirky and fun digital images.  The DT were given a couple of images to play with and this is what I came up with from my pick.  I don't know if anyone else recognises the saying about loosing their marbles for being angry with someone, or if it's just a saying from where I live, but I saw the images and that's what sprang to mind!

So here's my fairly Clean and Simple 'I'm sorry' card, hopefully said in a fun way!

Supplies used:

Digital Image:

Scribbles Designs - Marbles Mason jar

coloured with my Copics

Sentiment created in Word

Dies:

unbranded stitched rectangle

I do hope you find time to pop over to the challenge and take a peek at the lovely cards my Teamies have made, they have, as always, outdone themselves! Then maybe join in and colour something, if that's your thing, you never know you might get me waffling on at you!

That's it for now,

Signing off and see you later,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Daring Cardmakers: Less is More

little red wagon: Challenge #662 - Make Me Laugh - I'm still hoping that someone will find my 'I'm sorry' card fun!

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: #185 - Anything Goes

Tea Party anyone?

 Good morning blogland,

I'm here, but I'm also not here - this is another scheduled post to let you all know that as it's the first Saturday of the month (my goodness it's July already - this year is flying!) it's the start of a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge.  

The theme this month is 'Add some ribbon', nice simple challenge there! Our Sponsors  are the lovely HettyClare Art and Crafty Ribbons.  HettyClare allowed the DT to choose an image to use on our cards, this is my make with my choice.

Supplies Used:

Digital stamp:

HettyClare Art - Tea Party Pony

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Whimsy Stamps - Fantabulous

Die:

Stitched edge slimline die

Anything else?

a bit of ribbon from my stash

Hope you get a chance to both pop over to Crafty Calendar and take a peek at my Teamies makes for they are fabulous - as always! We'd love to see you joining in as well - as always there is a great prize on offer for this month's lucky winner!

On a personal note, reason for this post being scheduled is that TTT has joined a Community Orchestra and it's practice day today, therefore a morning trip off to wonderful Skegness is on the cards.  Was surprised when she came home from school last month and said she'd like to try the orchestra and even more surprised that she's going back again - but am more than happy to be the joint proprietor of Mum&Dad Taxis Ltd!

I'll let you all know when the public performance is!

Look out Skeg-vegas, here I am!

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Critter Crazy Challenge: Challenge #64

Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog: #75 - Clean and Simple

Krafty Chicks Challenge: #618 - Anything Goes

Tic Tac Toe Challenge: #168 - Any Colour / Free / CAS

Just because

Good morning blogland,

I'm back today to let you know it's the start of a new challenge over at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge and, as always, the theme is Anything Goes, as long as there is something hand coloured on your project.

This week we are sponsored by Jan's Digital Stamps, the Design Team were very kindly allowed to use some of their images and this is my make with Sweetheart Candy.  There is also a sentiment with this set, which I didn't use. As always I coloured the image with my Copics, but for once I fussy cut it out instead of using a whole panel to cover the front of the card!

A bit of stencilling, some stripy paper and some gemstones and card done!

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Jan's Digital Stamps - Sweetheart Candy

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp and die:

Creative Expressions - Bold Shadowed Stamp and Die Set : BECAUSE

Stencil:

Pretty Pink Posh - Layered Hearts stencil

Anything else:

striped paper

gem hearts

Distress Oxide and Ink

blending brush

Hope you get a chance to pop over to the challenge and see the fabulous cards my fellow Teamies have made, and then maybe join in with the challenge as well.  There's always prizes on offer and you never know, you might just win!

Signing off for now, but back again tomorrow!

See you soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Dino the Dragon

Good evening blogland,

And another long absence! Life just seems to be full of little things happening that add up to big things and then get in the way of my crafting. I do not approve!

This card is for the new challenge over at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge, where, as always, the theme is Anything Goes, as long as there is some hand colouring on your entry!  This week our sponsor is Connie Fong and the Design Team were very kindly allowed to use a digi or two from the shop - I couldn't resist this little cutie!

Things are still going to be a little on the busy side for the next couple of weeks, as we build up to the 15th birthday celebrations for TTT.  The celebrations themselves are fairly low key, however, so far, there's a trip planned to Scunthorpe this Sat to go to an Asian supermarket for more Japanese groceries, then a trip to Skegness next Sat to the local fun-fair, a birthday meal on the day itself (mid-week) and, finally, a sleep over and shopping trip to Horncastle for the charity shops! Phew! It's not even a birthday week, it's a birthday fortnight! 

Plus add in researching and buying birthday presents, oh and Father's Day, and I spent 2 hours in the hairdressers Thurs afternoon (going highlighted blonde and pink!), I think you might see how life has got busy! 

Anyhows, now that I've got that off my chest - onto card.

 

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Connie Fong - Torri the Dragon - Up

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

taylored expressions - Think Happy Thoughts

Dies:

Matching taylored expressions die to the stamp set

un-branded stitched rectangle

Anything else:

spotty paper

home made cloud stencil

Momento ink

I do hope you can find time to pop over to the challenge and take a peek at my Teamies cards - they are gorgeous!

I'm going now, I think I've probably waffled on for long enough, so I'll just say, hope you all are well and getting some time to craft!

Signing off now,

See you soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Passion for Markers: Week 644 - Birthdays

Fab 'n' Funky: Challenge #533 - Celebrations

Crafty Catz: Anything Goes - optional twist: cute animals

Seize the Birthday: #240 - Favourite technique - has to be stencilling and colouring (though I don't know if that's a technique!)

Sleepy friends

 Good Morning blogland,

I'm here with my DT inspiration for the new challenge starting today over at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge, as always the theme is Anything Goes but as we are a colouring challenge there does have to be some element of hand colouring on your project.

This week's sponsor is Sweet November Stamps, who very kindly allowed the Design Team to use some super cute digis. Have to say, I love Sweet November, the stamps are so versatile - they can be used stand-alone or merged to make wonderful scenes. 

For this card I decided to use two elements from Tree Friend: Sycamore, the bear and the tree - I flipped and merged them in Publisher until I was happy with how they looked then coloured them and created a simple background with my Copics.

A very simple card, but so pretty - I hope you'll agree!

Supplies used:

Digital stamps:

Sweet November Stamps - Tree Friend: Sycamore

my hand drawn background

coloured with Copics

Rubber stamps:

Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips : Friendship

random hot-air balloon

Dies:

un-branded stitched rectangle

Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips : Well Rounded

Copic fineliner to draw the birds

Please pop over to the challenge and see what my Teamies have made - they are fab-u-lus, as usual - and why not join in while you're there! Your make doesn't need to be a card, just colour something and you're away!

Signing off now,

see you later,

Sarah

Challenges:

Digi Choosday: Wk 19 - Anything Goes

Cardz 4 Guyz: #296 - Wildlife

little red wagon: Challenge #654 - With a little help from my Friends

A G-llama-rous day!

Good morning blogland,

Apologies for being absent again this week - it's just been one of those weeks that has flown by with not much opportunity for crafting. Hopefully next week will be different!

Today, however, there is a new challenge on the Colour Crazy Craft Challenge blog and I'm joining in with a DT inspiration, even though it's not officially my turn. I had to join in when I saw the super cute images that our wonderful sponsor, All Dressed Up Stamps, were allowing the Design Team to play with - I've never coloured a Llama before!

As always the challenge theme is Anything Goes but please remember that we are a colouring challenge, so there does need to be some hand coloured part of your entry.

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

All Dressed Up Stamps - Llama

coloured with my Copics

Sentiment created in Word

Dies:

Un-branded stitched rectangle die

Pretty Pink Posh - Scalloped Borders One

I did actually use some patterned paper on this card, but it's so hidden it's not even worth mentioning! I tried doing an interesting spaced die-cut thing to create a border - total fail! I don't know where my brain was at but it wasn't working out where to use a die, so the paper got totally hidden. Although I have to say I did actually like the end effect even if it wasn't intentional.

That's it from me today folks,

Signing off,

See you soon.

Sarah

Challenge/s:

All Dressed Up Challenges: #127 April - Anything Goes

Digi Choosday Challenge: Week 17 - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge: #610 - Week 1 (Stamp Act)

Cupcake Inspirations: #543 - Mother's Day / Someone Special Feminine 

Daffodils and a hedgehog!

Good Morning Blogland

I'm here with my DT inspiration for the new challenge starting today at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge, as always the theme is Anything Goes, but there has to be some hand coloured element on your entry.  Your entry doesn't have to be a card, that's just my go to, but something on it does need to be hand coloured.

This week we are sponsored by the wonderful Lee Holland Art, and the Design Team were very kindly allowed a stamp or two to play with.  This is my card using this super sweet image - Hedgehog with Daffodils.

Supplies used:

Digital Stamp:

Lee Holland Art - Hedgehog with Daffodils

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

tyalored expressions - Big Thanks

Dies:

unbranded stitched rectangles

Memory Box - thank you

I do hope you find time to pop over to the challenge and see the gorgeous creations my Teamies have made.  Maybe they might inspire you to join in as well!

Thanks for popping by and I'll be back soon,

Sarah

Challenges:

As You Like it Challenge: Favourite: Floral or Cute - Pretty sure you can tell from all my posts - Cute! Not always creatures, more often people, but definitely cute over floral any day. I have been known to colour flowers, it's just not my thing - so I always return to cute.

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges: Challenge #549 - Feature a Creature

Time Out Challenges: Challenge 212 - Spring

Use Your Stuff: #446 Spring/Easter - New digi, but everything else is from my 'stuff'

Unicorn Challenge: Challenge #75 - Include an Animal

Di's Digi Challenge: Welcome Spring

Floral Doodles

 Good morning blogland,

Here bright and early with my card for this week's challenge over at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge, with the wonderful Fred She Said Digis as our sponsor this week.

As always the theme is Anything Goes but please remember, as we are a colouring challenge, there does need to be an element of hand colouring on your project - but your project can be anything you like, it doesn't have to be only a card.

Here is my card:

Supplies used:

Digital image and Sentiment:

Fred She Said - Doodled Floral Corner 1

floral images coloured with Copics

Dies used:

Pretty Pink Posh - Lattice Background

Spellbinders - Opulent Ovals

Anything else?

Distress Inks

Chalks

 Flat backed gems

Copic fineliner

Liquid Pearls

This time I've used a side fold 5x7 Kraft card blank and decided to get inky / chalky - which I don't do often enough!  I coloured the image with my Copics then used Distress Inks on the panel behind the lattice and chalks for the background of the sentiment.

Hope you have a chance to pop over to the Challenge, as always there is fabulous inspiration from my Teamies and a great prize on offer.

Signing off now,

See you soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Cardz 4 Galz: #169 Spring Flowers for Mother's Day or Spring Flowers

Addicted to Stamps and More!: Challenge #425 - Die Cuts and/or Stencils.  I have die-cuts, I also used a die-cut as a stencil (for the sentiment) but I don't think that's shown very well in the photo.

Crafty Cals Corner: Challenge #229 - Add a flower

Digi Choosday Craft Challenge: Week 11 - Anything Goes

Misty this morning!

Not in the real world, you understand, but here in my blog!

Good morning blogland,

I'm here today to let you know about the new challenge over at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge as always it's an Anything Goes theme but, as we are a colouring challenge, there must be some hand colouring on your project.

Our Sponsor this week is Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps and the DT were kindly allowed an image, or two, to choose from.  I chose to use the simply gorgeous image Misty Allure, which I coloured with my Copics. I couldn't decide what the card for, so I just added a bit of bling and left off a sentiment.

Here's my card:

Supplies used:

Digital image:

Ching-Chou Kuik - Misty Allure

coloured with Copics

Dies used:

Un-branded rectangle die set

Whimsy Stamps - Slimline Zig Zag Edger die set

Anything else?

DCWV - Garden Party pad

rhinestone flourish

dotted paper

I hope those of you who enjoy colouring, can find some time to pop over to the challenge - both to see the fabulous things my Teamies have made and also to enter the challenge yourselves as well.

Signing off now,

See you soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges: #547 - Hand Coloured Image

Crafty Catz: Challenge 587 - Anything Goes - option: sparkle or glitter (bit of sparkle on my card!)

little red wagon: Challenge #645 - Die cuts

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge: Challenge #03 - Anything Goes

Unicorn Challenge: Challenge #74 - Dots and/or stripes