Like buses....

 things come in three's don't they?

Good morning blogland,

And the reason for this rambling? It's because it's Tuesday and time for a new challenge over at Passion for Markers.  This week the theme has been set by our lovely Teamie Lorraine and now it's where the three thing comes from, she would like to see a project made where you use 'three of something'.  

As always our normal rules apply - you must use your markers (any brand); follow the theme and no backlinking. 

For this challenge we are sponsored by All Dressed Up stamps and there is a lovely prize for one lucky winner drawn at random.  Now ordinarily I would be saying that ADU also let the the Design Team use a digi - which did happen - but! I'm on the DT for ADU so I used one of the digis that I already own and, here's where the but comes in, it's no longer in the shop!!

There are, however, many other lovely images you can buy and then do a similar thing with that I've done.  Take a look at the card and I'll explain:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

All Dressed Up: Pool Ready

(edited to add - the digi has been restored to the shop!)

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Concord & 9TH : Fashion Shoppe stamp set

Dies:

Catherine Pooler : fabulous

un-branded stitched rectangle

Anything else:

another rectangular die to make the 3 line corner doodles

red self-adhesive gems

Copic fineliner

So, the digi, I took the whole image which is a full length stamp of a girl ready for the pool with tote bag and then zoomed in on the upper body.  I then cropped it when I was happy with the image I'd created and then spun it but then spun it back again once I decided on placement.  I then just printed, cut and coloured as normal. Oh and for added ingenuity - the stamp I used actually has the word 'fabulous' but I masked it and added 'fabulous' as a die-cut instead.

Now there are a few digis that you can do this with if you go have a wander around the etsy shop - Play Day; any one of the girls in Winter Walks; Love to Dance or Beret Girl, to name just a few.

I suppose you could say this is the perfect example of a 'Design Team' card - the actual stamp isn't currently for sale, but the idea is a spring board.

I really am very curious to see what you will all come up with!

See you soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

We Love Stamping: July 26 - Summertime or AG

Crafty Catz: #718 - AG

Just Add Ink: #790 - Dies and/or Stencils - as you can see no stencils but I have used 2 dies (or three if you count that I used a die to create the corner lines)

Tic Tac Toe: no:297 - Middle Row: Any colour / free / sentiment

Bit of a shaker

Morning blogland,

This was made for the All Dressed Up stamps July new release and shared over at the All Dressed Up facebook group.  As always Wendy (the designer) has presented us with some super cute digis and my Teamies have come up with some gorgeous cards.  I really would suggest you take a peak - even if you don't particularly want any ADU stamps - the cards made with the stamps are just gorgeous.

And here's my contribution to all this loveliness! 

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

All Dressed Up : Play Day

coloured with my Copics

Rubber Stamp:

Woodware : Word Fragments

Dies used:

un-branded stitched rectangles

My Favorite Things : Die-namics - Forever Friends

Papers:

First Edition - Blank Canvas

Extremely old piece of 12x12 patterned paper that I couldn't find a label on

Anything else:

gems and sequins for the shaker

And the ' bit of a shaker' - well I'm on a bit of a shaker maker roll at the minute, with this being the (I think) third shaker card I've made in probably three weeks.  It does come to a stop with the next one though, I got a bit pressed for time and went back to my usual clean lines style.

If you're not a Facebook fan we do also have a challenge blog where there is even more Design Team inspiration for you to take a look at.

Aaaaand I think that's about it for now folks.

Be seeing ya!

Sarah

Challenge/s:

AAA Colourful: colourboard #29

Gem of a Challenge: Challenge #7 - Anything Goes

All About Papercraft challenges: #7 All about friendship

Cardz 4 Girlz: #280 - For a friend or friendship

It's Summertime.....

 or is it?

Good morning blogland,

It's new challenge time over at Passion for Markers and the theme chosen this week by my Teamie Marie is 'Summertime'.  We are sponsored for this challenge by ColourofLove Digis with a lovely randomly drawn prize for one lucky winner.

As always to be in with a chance to win the prize we do ask that you follow the simple rules - use your markers (any brand), follow the theme and don't backlink.

Now even a few days ago this theme would have been very relevant - as most of the UK has been basking in an early heatwave - that broke for us today.  Currently it is pelting it down here in not so sunny Lincolnshire, so lets cheer ourselves up by looking at this nice summery card I made!

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

ColourofLove - Rory's Summer Fun

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Daisy Bucket Designs - Happy Thoughts

Dies:

un-branded stitched rectangle

Anything else:

spotty card to matt

And that's it folks - it was a lot of colouring for this digi image, so the actual card I kept it really simple and just layered onto a matt and done!

I definiately am not hoping that the overly hot weather comes back but I wouldn't mind a little less rain and a little more sun again!

Hope everyone everywhere has got the weather they enjoy - and that you all wander over to the challenge and, if colouring is your thing, pop an entry in! 

See you again soon,

Sarah

It's anniversary time!

 Morning blogland,

It's Tuesday and time for a new challenge over at Passion for Markers and normally you wouldn't see me there this week but it's a special one and so both Teams are involved!

And why is it special I might hear you asking - well it's because it's Passion for Markers 17th Anniversary!  I do actually remember the blog challenge starting - and it being a ProMarker challenge blog, I might even have entered, I can't remember but I probably did.  

As it's such a big number - it's also a big prize week.  I'm not going to repeat all the prizes on offer - best to go visit the blog for that - what I will say is it's an 'Anything Goes' themed week to make it easy for you to pop an entry in.  The rules do still apply - use your markers, don't backlink and follow the theme - but such an easy theme this week.

My card for this week is:

Supplies used:

Rubber stamp:

Kanban Crafts : Urban Belles - birthday

Catherine Pooler - Hey, Hey, Hey sentiment stamp set

as always my stamp was coloured with my Copics

Dies:

un-branded stitched rectangles

Catherine Pooler - Hey word die

Paper:

My Mind's Eye - Bloom & Grow

Limetree Craft - blue light card for the matt

Now I started out with ProMarkers and quickly found that I preferred Copics so I drifted a bit, then I stopped crafting for a number of  years and so I wouldn't have participated in every challenge over these 17 years, but I'm pretty sure I have entered a lot and I was so super proud when I was asked to be on the Design Team.  I also think it will take an Earthquake to get me to leave! Even if my crafting at the minute is restricted to 30 mins slots to take account of a DVT in my leg!

I also thought, seeing as how it was a card for a challenge that has been going for a long time - I'd also use supplies that I've had for a long time.  That would be the stamp, That has 2010 as the date printed on the packet, and the paper also looks like 2010 from a quick Google search!

See when I say I've been crafting forever I mean forever - those supplies are new, as far as I'm concerned!  The Catherine Pooler stuff is the proper newest supplies!

So there, I've waffled on for ages - I'll finish by saying both pop on over to the challenge blog there are some wonderful cards on display and - Many Happy Returns Passion for Markers and here's to another 17 years!!

Sarah

Challenge/s:

The Neglected Stuff Challenge - May 2026: The only even 'newish' thing is the 'hey' die. Everything else on the card varies from 1 year to 16 years old..

Dragonfly Dreams: May challenge - use die-cuts.

Just Us Girls: #823 - Word Week: Flowers.  Hopefully flowers on the paper is OK?

Allsorts Challenge: Challenge 849 - Monochromatic (or AG - as you can see I'm going with AG)

It's all white

 Good morning blogland

So it's the first Saturday of a new month which means it's also time for a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge. This month the theme is 'All White' - so all your white on white layers will be most welcome!  

As always this is a very easy going challenge, with simple rules which are: follow the theme, don't backlink and a maximum of 3 entries per person. There is a lovely randomly drawn prize on offer and Top 3 picks as well at the end of the month when the challenge ends.

So this is my 'All white' card I made for the challenge:

Supplies used:

Dies:

Polkadoodles Crafts: - 

Pretty Anemone Flowers

Botanical Foliage

Big Hello Sentiment

Pretty Pink Posh - Lattice Background Die

Creative Craft Products - A2 Essentials Landscape Card Die set

Anything else:

White Linen effect light card

white card

Feels very strange to have not stamped at all or to have done any colouring with my Copics - but a change is as good as a rest, eh!  I do also really like how this one came out - for once quite pleased with a card I made!

My Teamies have made some fabulous cards as well - why take a wander over to the blog and have a gander - you'll be pleased you did!

See you soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Polkadoodles Challenge: Challenge 5 Wk2 - Anything Goes

NBUS: #86 - This card is pretty much all never used before!  The only thing I 100% know I have used before is the die set that I use to make the card blank.  Everything from Polkadoodles is new, and unopened, the Pretty Pink Posh die is not new - but I don't think I've used it before (it's difficult to remember it is a rather old die).

Just Us Girls Challenge: #821 - CASE a DT week - It's Bobby's card that mine takes inspiration from - the flowers on the card (whilst mine is only one flower) and the sentiment across the bottom of the card.  Also I dispensed with the colour on Bobby's card and gone down the WOW route for mine.

Krafty Chicks Challenge: #818 ATG - with a twist (mine is without the twist)

Flowers everywhere

 almost - anyway!

Morning blogland,

It's time for a new challenge over at Passion for Markers and this week our Teamie Marie has her pick of theme and she's chosen 'make it bloom'.  So for this week we'd love to see your creations with flowers - in the image, on the paper, embellishments - everywhere or where ever you like, just as long as there are flowers some where on your project.

We are sponsored this week by the always super cute All Dressed Up Stamps and, as always, there is a lovely prize for one lucky winner from our sponsor and Top 5 badges on offer as well.  Although please do make sure you keep to the rules - use your makers, follow the theme and don't backlink - to be in with a chance at the prize.

So my card:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

All Dressed Up - Potted Plants

coloured with my Copics

Dies:

un-branded stitched rectangle set

My Favorite Things - Big Hugs Circle Frame

Creative Craft Products - Nestables Circles set

Anything else:

Scraps of wrapping paper for the shaker background

some linen effect light card

sparkly things for shaker 'sprinkles'

I'm not 100% sure why I've made a few shaker cards lately - probably because I'm short on time and haven't cleared my desk since the first shaker card.  I keep using bits that I have lying about on my desk! Once I have a little more 'me' time I will no doubt clear my desk and move on from shakers. For now though it's fun.

Anyways, there you go.  And I'm looking forward to seeing all the flowery entries.

See you soon,

Sarah

Spring-y, spring, spring, Spring!

Good morning blogland,

It's a new month! That means it's a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge and the theme for this month is 'Spring'.  

As always there is a great prize on offer for one lucky randomly drawn winner and all you have to do to be in with a chance at the prize is follow the rules.  Rules that are very simple - follow the theme; no backlinking and a maximum of 3 entries each.

Sooo - my Spring themed card:

Supplies used:

Digital stamps:

Polkadoodles - Spring Has Sprung - collection

(both coloured and black/white images - I used the black/white and coloured with my Copics)

Sentiment:

Polkadoodles - Spring into Easter messages

Dies:

un-branded stitched rectangles

Pretty Pink Posh - Scalloped Borders 1

Papers:

Papermania - Retro Floral

And that's about it mostly - it's a really cute image and I didn't really think it needed much added to it. Spring is quite appropriate though as it is nice to see in 'real life' to some bright coming back into gardens.

Looking forward to all your Spring themed cards!

Sarah

Challenges:

Crafty Animals - Challenge #103: Anything Goes (with an animal)

Moving Along with the Times - Challenge 187: The Birds and/or The Bees (ducks are birds - right?! :-) )

Gem of a Craft Challenge - Week 3: Anything Goes

There's layers to it

 Good morning blogland,

Time for a new Passion for Markers challenge and this week my lovely Teamie Lorraine picked the theme of 'lots of layers'.  We have a great prize on offer for one lucky winner from this week's sponsor Dies to Die For.

As always there very simple rules to enter our challenges - follow the theme, use your markers (any brand), let us know what markers you used and don't backlink.

So, lots of layers, hmmm? Not the easiest for me but I put my thinking cap on and dug out a great paper pack, coloured the image to match the papers, looked at lots of layered cards (for inspiration only, of course!) and set to it.  This is what I ended up with:

For me, it is lots of layers - not sure how everyone else would class it!

Supplies used:

Rubber stamp:

Stamping Bella - Tiny Townie Unicorn

coloured with my Copics

matching sentiment from the set used as well

Dies used:

Poppy Stamps - Scalloped Stitched Frames

Creative Craft Products - A2 Essentials Landscape Card die set

(one of their layering dies makes the perfect background blank and matching acetate sheet for the Poppy die)

un-named notched corner rectangle

Anything else:

Stripy light card

spotty light card

sequins and beads for the shaker part

I had a bit of a melt down making this card - the layout I was going to use didn't work, the papers didn't work, I just couldn't see past the 'lots of layers' part of the instructions!  

So, with apologies to my Teamies, this is best I could do for lots of layers.  Nothing like I had in my head originally, but I counted 4 layers (if you include the stamped image) and hopefully, technically, these layers work!

Still it's a great theme and my Teamies actually made much better cards than me - with more layers! - you really should pop on over to the blog and check them out.

That's it from me for the minute,

See you soon,

Sarah

Hearts and (or) flowers

 Good morning blogland

This is a rather late post for the current challenge over in the Facebook Group for All Dressed Up stamps.

Currently the February challenge is live and - obviously - runs until the end of February so you do have a few days to get an entry in, if you feel like it.

The theme is 'Hearts and/or flowers' and there are really very minimal rules - you do have to join the group, use an ADU digi and follow the theme but that's it.  Also if you do pop in an entry you are in with a chance of winning a lovely ADU digi stamp prize.

At the point this challenge launched I'd had enough of making cards with either red, or love, or any combination of the above and so I made a card concentrating solely on the flowers part of the challenge.

This is what I made:

Supplies used:

Digital Stamp:

All Dressed Up Stamps - Jam Jars with flowers

coloured with my Copics

Rubber Stamp:

PaperRose - Hello 4x6" stamp set

taylored expressions - Simple Strips: Friendship

Dies:

taylored expressions - Simple Strips: asymmetrical

un-branded stitched rectangles

anything else:

spotty card

self-adhesive gems

If you don't 'do' Facebook there's always a challenge going on over at the ADU blog - I'd have to check if it is the same theme, but it will be the same rules, follow the theme and use ADU stamps.  Well worth a look, even if I do say so myself.

And that's it from me for a bit folks, I'll be back but probably not for a week (I think that's when the next challenge is).  I seriously am going to have to think about making a card for no reason - I used to do that, but haven't in ages!

See you soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Krafty Chicks Challenge - CaS (Clean and Simple) week Hello - I'm not actually sure if you would class this as CaS (to me it's more clean lines) so feel free to disregard my entry if it's too busy for you.

Crafty Catz: #707 - Anything Goes

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges: #631 - Dies or Punches

Stash used!

Good morning blogland

It's time for a new challenge over at Passion for Markers and this week it's my turn to pick the theme! First off we are sponsored by Polkadoodles with a great prize for one lucky randomly drawn winner.  To be in with a chance to win it doesn't matter what you make, but you do have to use your markers (whatever brand) and follow the theme.  

Aha, I hear you say, but what is the theme you have picked Sarah? Well I thought it can't be too hard for you to 'shop your stash'.  What with it only having been Christmas recently (maybe you treated yourself) then the January Sales (another treat) but then, oh no! it's February and I've no money for craft shopping.

So why not go shopping in what you already have, but haven't used?  So all I would really like you to do is tell us what you pulled out of those deep, dark, crafty drawers and used on your projects.  Here, I'll go first:

Supplies used:

Digital Stamp:

Polkadoodles - Bookworm / study Rebel

coloured with my Copics 

Dies:

un-branded rectangle stitched dies 

Pretty Pink Posh - Eyelet Borders 

PaperRose - Hello Large Layered Die 

Paper:

First Edition - New Bloom

black card

stripey card

And how did I shop my stash? Well, the Copics are over 10 years old; the stitched dies are at least 5 years old, as is the Pretty Pink Posh eyelets, but used all the time.  The perfect 'shop your stash' bit is the 'Hello' die - now I brought that at least 2 years ago, but this is the first time it's been out the packet - I am soooo bad!

The paper pack has got to be at least 7 years old, then the black card and black/white stripe card maybe 3 or 4?  Not sure there.

The only new thing on this card is the image - which I was allowed to have as part of Passion for Markers DT.  Not bad, eh!

I really am looking forward to this one - I do hope we get more than 5 entries because I'm truly looking forward to see what people can dig out of their craft stash to see the light of day!

Hope to see you soon,

Sarah

Challenge /s :

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Gem of A Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

As You Like It - Cute or Elegant (and why) Hello - long time no see!  I'm finally trying to get back to entering challenges and here I am!  Whilst I do like making elegant cards, more often than not I do Cute.  So I'd have to say Cute - it's who I am!! :-)

What's your favourite then?

 Good morning blogland

What a start we've had to 2026 Chez Sarah - so many things gone wrong, but deep breath and motor on, put it all to one side and make this post is all about the new challenge over at Passion for Markers. 

This week our lovely Teamie Marlene has set the challenge which is 'Favourite colours' and our sponsor - with a great prize for one lucky winner  - is 

The DT are very kindly always allowed a digi to use and this is my make with that digi:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Colour of Love - Wish upon a Star Dreamer

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

taylored expressions: Simple Strips - Birthday

Dies:

unbranded stitched rectangle

taylored expressions: Simple Strips - asymmetrical

And, other than some 3d foam pads, that's it folks!  This time I concentrated on creating a scene (the digi is just the girl on the cloud with stars dotted about), rather than using lots of dies and papers.  I did that mostly because I was running late with this card and I get more enjoyment out of colouring than 'arranging'!

Also, the challenge part of the card - my favourite colours.  I find I tend to go for the purples and greens in my Copics, time after time, sometimes a bit of blue gets thrown in but not always.  Something I do use quite a lot, and is a favourite, is colour my character with red hair, so my favourite colours have evolved as purple, green and red (hair)!

Anyways got to go, got to drive a daughter back to University!

See you soon,

Sarah

More newness

Morning blogland

And with the start of a New Year comes another 1st of January 2026 - the 1st challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge.

So this first challenge of 2026 sees us asking for you to use something 'new' - now that new could be a card for something 'new' - New Year / New Baby / New Job / New Home, etc - or using something 'new' - new craft stash, new piece of craft equipment, it doesn't matter, we just need 'new'.  

As always there is only one simple rule to enter - follow the theme, the only other conditions, which are to be fair to all, is that we restrict entries to a maximum of 3 per person and don't allow backlinking.

Finally the prize this month for one lucky winner is from the wonderful Polkadoodles and finally, finally here is my inspiration card:

Supplies used:

Digtial stamp:

Transvectors - Floral Frames (these are an etsy seller 

the images are my 'new')

Rubber stamp and die set:

Creative Expressions - Bold Shadowed Sentiments: because

Dies:

un branded stitched rectangle set

I printed the floral frames twice onto white Copic friendly paper, die-cut one set out with my rectangles and coloured the background flowers.  With the other printed image I coloured the front flowers only, then cut them out, popped them onto some foam squares and mounted them onto the matching flowers on the same image that I had previously die-cut. I thought this gave what could be a bit of a simple, or boring, image a bit of a pop! Other than that, the card is self-explanatory - I think. 

So am looking forward to seeing what you do with the 'new' theme and, as 2025 has been a bit of a rollercoaster for us - I'm also really hoping 2026 is happier and easier going!

See you soon.

Sarah

Clean lines

 Good morning blogland,

With apologies for being a little tardy - hairdressers this morning put the blogpost straight out of my head - here I am with my post for this week's challenge over at Passion for Markers.

It's actually my turn to host this week and the theme I've chosen is 'Clean and Simple (CaS)' I know that makes a few people tremble but I have to say CaS - or a variation which I like to think of as a clean lines design - is one of my favourite styles.  So let's get to it!

Our sponsor this week is the wonderful Polkadoodles who are offering one lucky winner a lovely prize and who have allowed the DT their pick of an image to use.  Please do remember, when making your entry, that this is a markers challenge - so you must use your markers, any brand but there must be colouring in there somewhere - and you do have to follow my theme.

Here's my contribution:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Polkadoodles - Cat Naps - Honeypie

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

taylored expressions - Simple Strips: Background

Dies:

taylored expressions - Simple Strips: well rounded

Whimsy Stamps - Connected Rectangle

Anything else:

Creative Expressions Stencil - Scattered Hearts

Polkadoodles - Stencil Butter Frosting: Sugared Pink

And that really is it folks - I wonder if the purists in the CaS world would probably say this is too busy to be properly Clean and Simple, but hey it's my challenge so I get to make the rules this time! ;-)

Looking forward to looking around every-ones blogs for their take on my theme, so 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

Dreaming

 Hi blogland

And here I am catching up, again! This time I'm a week late with my card for the Sweet Stampin' Challenge that started last Saturday.  It does run until the end of the week, so you do still have time to join in.

It's a really simple challenge - use a stamp (digital or rubber) and follow the theme, it's a 'for fun' challenge so there's no prize but you do get to be in with a chance to be a Top 3!

So the theme this fortnight is 'Rainbow Creations' and this is what I made:

Supplies used:

Rubber stamp:

Lili of the Valley - So Mice

coloured with my Copics

Sentiment is a rubber stamp but I've no idea who by - it was a bargain buy dump bin at a Lincoln stamp show.

Dies:

un-branded stitched rectangle set

Stencil:

Lawn Fawn - Corner Rainbow Stencils

Anything else:

Distress Inks

blending brushes

I really feel the proportions are out on this card, either the mouse is too big or the rainbow too small, but it doesn't quite give the look I was going for.  But then, that's a constant whine of mine, I know, that 'it doesn't look quite right'! Please there ignore me and pop on over to the challenge blog - my Teamies have a done much better things with their cards!

Anyways, off again now.  Gotta sort something out for Father's Day - tomorrow! - with TTT who doesn't actually, really, honestly want to get out of bed!

See you all later.

Sarah

Round like a...

 circle

Hi blogland

New Tuesday, new challenge.  This week over at Passion for Markers it's Team 1 with you again and my wonderful Teamie Sue picked the challenge theme of 'use a circle'.  We also have a fabulous sponsor in the shape of RAM Stamps with a lovely prize for the winner.

Just a gentle reminder here that we are a marker challenge and to be in with a chance of winning the prize you have to use your markers (any brand) and follow the theme.

This is what I made with the digi that, as part of the DT, I was allowed to pick:

Supplies used:

Digi stamp:

RAM Stamps - 'You Can Do It'

coloured with my Copics

Dies:

un-branded stitched rectangle

I&O Stitched Circles - My Favorite Things: Die-namics

Big Hug Circle Frame - My Favorite Things: Die-namics

Anything else:

glitter

acetate

flower mdf embellishment

Phew - I am glad this card is done.  It was really more a case of 'can I do it?' rather than 'You Cand Do It'! My printer gave me gyp (to the point of swearing), then gave up the ghost.  The shaker part decided to go both wonky and dictate where I put the image as you could see the 3d foam through the acetate.  The 'Big Hugs' die just would not cut cleanly - I ended up going over it 3 times with light card to get a good impression and the flower embellishment got glue all over it!  The list of woes just goes on and on!  Still I did get there in the end.

TTT likes it - she has a really strange liking for shaker cards.  You'd think at almost 18 she'd grown out of liking to shake a card and watch the glitter move, but no that's what she does on the rare occasion I make a shaker card - shakes it!

And that's it folks, please pop on over to the challenge to admire my Teamies gorgeous cards and I'll see you back here at some point.

Cheerio

Sarah

Doubling it

Hello blogland

I'm back with another doubling up post - this time for my makes with All Dressed Up stamps as part of the Facebook Group DT.

So first up is the card inspiration for the current challenge over on the Facebook Group which for this month the theme to follow is 'We love flowers'.  There are only a very few rules to join in with the challenge, and a lucky winner gets a great prize of digi stamps from the shop as well, those rules being 1. Be a member of the Facebook group; 2. Use an ADU digi stamp and 3. follow the theme.

This is my inspiration card:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

All Dressed Up stamp - Flower Fairy

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Little Darlings Rubber stamps - Garden Sentiments

Dies:

un-branded stitched rectangle dies

Anything else:

flat backed gems

Then this card below is my inspiration for this month's ADU's New Release - and what a cute image it is. You really should pop on over to either the Facebook Group or the Blog and have a look at these images, if you like cute you'll love these!

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

All Dressed Up digi - Little lamb

coloured with my Copics

The 'ewe are' was text added in with Publisher

Dies:

un-branded stitched rectangles

Made to Surprise by Sam Calcott - Chunky Alphabet Die

flat backed self-adhesive pearls

Distress Inks and a home-made cloud stencil

I've got a funny feeling that I've missed blogging more All Dressed Up cards, but if I have I'll catch-up (again!) in a different post otherwise I'll feel like I've overwhelmed you all.

So I'm off again now, but I'll be back at some point and no doubt with more catching up posts!

See you soon,

Sarah

Easter is a-coming!

Good morning blogland

Still here, even if I don't post that often, and still playing catch-up.  The catch-up part is that this is a joint post for one challenge, the challenge being Sweet Stampin' Challenge the joint part being that my first card is for the current challenge and my second card for a challenge that my blog never made live.

So current challenge is 'Easter Creations' as always this is a 'for fun' challenge so there is no prize but you could get picked for a 'spotlight' badge.  There are two rules as well for the challenge, which are use a stamp (rubber or digital) and follow the theme.

My card for the current challenge:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

It's an image brought off of an etsy seller - these are sold as 'wraps' and/or svg cutting files but they work perfectly well as digi stamps for card making.

All I did was add a little bit of shading with my Copics to ground the image.

Rubber stamp:

An ancient 'Happy Easter' sentiment that I'd almost forgotten I had and don't know the make of

Dies:

Pretty Pink Posh : eyelet borders

Creative Craft Products : A2 essentials portrait card die set

Anything else:

self-adhesive pearls

I do like these random etsy sellers I come across - this  one had a sale on their shop and I got 26 little unicorns coming out of eggs and a 'mega bundle' of various Easter images for around £2.00.  All delivered digitally and ready to use within the space of 5 minutes. Win, win!

Shame is, I don't use Easter cards - never have and don't know anyone who does - so this is going to be another card sitting in a box that I don't use!

And here endeth the first post! :-)

Moving onto the card that was for a previous Sweet Stampin' challenge and that it now appears never made it to my blog:

This challenge was for a 15th March 'St Patricks or feature a drink' challenge.  I am not Irish and don't 'do' St Patricks so that was a nope for me, and therefore ended up with the 'feature a drink' part of the challenge.

I was, again, running behind hence another pretty simple card, again, supplies used were:

Digi stamp:

Another etsy seller and just a few additions, for depth, with my Copics

Lili of the Valley - watercolour background

Rubber stamp:

taylored expressions: Simple Strips - background

Dies:

Creative Expressions - Noble Collection: double stitched squares

Sunny Collection - Stitched circles

taylored expressions: Simple Strips - well rounded

One of these days I'm actually going to be on time, or even (draw in sharp breath!) ready early, for a challenge and it'll be something better than 'running late, did something simple'!

If I were you I'd pop on over to the challenge and take a peep at my Teamies makes, they are all so much better than mine - and they even blogged them!

Right am off again,

Seez ya later,

Sarah

Playing serious catch-up here

 Good evening blogland,

I have to be honest and say, as you've probably noticed, that I'm not doing much with my blog at the minute.  What with working (supposedly part-time but more like 3/4 time just recently) and running around taking TTT to Uni Open Days and Offer Holder Days over the last few months, I've not had that much time, or that much inclination to blog.  So I've been scheduling posts and then not really coming back to the blog in-between times - that system is wonderful when it works, I've just noticed it's not been working perfectly!

I seem to missing two cards for one challenge and one (possibly more I'm going to have to check) for another challenge. It appears I've been a bit silly and the mistake is that I'm rushing and I think I've put the wrong year for the post to be published! But now double checking that I'm not sure it is that and if it isn't I've no idea what I've done - maybe it's Blogger not me!

So I'm here to play catch-up with the latest Crafty Calendar Challenge and then I'll do a separate post with the other cards I've missed.

The current challenge theme for this month (just to be clear that is April 2025!) is 'Feminine' - this is a very easy going challenge, no special rules or use something in particular, just create something crafty and share it. 

To follow the theme of my running out of time, this is a card I made but never shared.

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Saturated Canary - Teensized

coloured with my Copics

Rubber Stamps:

Whimsy Stamps - Fantabulous phrases

Anything else:

a Honey Doo stencil

Distress Inks

Blender brush

dotty card

pearl drops

Confession time over now! Let's hope that I manage to keep up with Challenges and manage to blog on time now that I know what I'm doing wrong - but, me being me, I doubt it!

I'll be back shortly, in the meantime thanks for bearing with me and why not pop over to the Challenge blog and pop in an entry. you'd be most welcome!

Sarah

Is Spring sprung?

Good morning blogland,

Am here today with my post for the new challenge starting today at Passion for Markers, the theme this week is 'Spring colours' picked by our Teamie Sue.  Our sponsor is Colour of Love and there is a great prize of 3 digi images on offer for one lucky winner. 

Please do remember to follow the theme and that this is a challenge for those of you who love your markers and so those must be used on your project.  

As the sponsor for this week's challenge Colour of Love allowed the DT to have a digi and this is my card made with that digi:

Supplies used:

Digital Stamp:

Colour of Love - Sugi Spring Blossom Dress

coloured with my Copics

Stamps used:

Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips: Friendship

Dies:

Pretty Pink Posh- Scallop Borders 1

Suny Studio Stamps - Stitched circles

Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips: well rounded

Paper:

BoBunny - Country Garden Collection

Anything else:

self-adhesive gems

And that's about it folks, do pop over to the challenge blog and admire my Teamies cards.  They've all interpreted Spring colours much better than I have (I feel I've gone a little too Summer!) and then add your own card - it's fun to join in!

See you soon,

Sarah