Overdone the Clean and Simple

Good morning blogland,

These Tuesdays are coming and going at an alarming rate! Today we have another one and so, also, another Passion for Markers challenge.

This week I'm in the driving seat and my chosen theme is 'Clean and Simple', with our sponsor being Dies to Die For, there is a great prize for one lucky random winner who pops in an entry and sticks to the rules.  With those aforementioned rules being: use your markers; follow the theme and no backlinking.

Now, I know a lot of you will probably be groaning at Clean and Simple (CaS) and I forgive you for it! :-) I will say that, honestly, it's one of my favourite styles of card making. I will also admit that I'm not always sure my take on the style is 'pure' CaS but maybe more a paired back look, but still it's a style that I really love.

Less waffle - more card!  And to prove that I really do like CaS - I made one more card than I needed to!

Without further ado - cards:

Card one

Supplies used:

Rubber stamps:

Image

Sugar Nellie Stamps - Gorjuss: A Little Birdie Told Me

coloured with my Copics

Sentiment

Inkylicious - Hello Stamp Set

Dies:

Lawn Fawn - lawn cuts: Hello Border

Anything else:

Time for Tea Designs - circle masking stencil

Distress Oxide ink pad

blending brush

tiny, weeny, little gems

Card two:

Supplies:

Rubber stamps:

Image

Sugar Nellie: Up Up and Away

coloured with my Copics

Border

Blonde Moments: Bordering on Love

Sentiment

Whimsy Stamps: Simple Sentiment Strips

Dies:

un-branded stitched rectangles

Anything else:

Lisa Horton crafts: Cloud 9 ink pad - mermaid lagoon shimmer

blending brush

more teeny, weeny gems

All joking aside, one of the serious reasons I made two cards was because I couldn't get the bleeding stencilled circle on the first card to show properly.  I mean it does fade towards the top of the circle - and that is intentional - but you can still see it in real life.  You cannot on the picture at whatever angle I went for, it was extremely annoying!

Anyways, I am seriously finger crossed here that we get even one entry for this challenge.  Otherwise I might have to contemplate retiring the old CaS when it comes to my turn for picking themes, and that would make me sad!

I will wait with baited breath. :-)

Sees ya soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Unicorn Challenge: #122 - No Designer Paper (Card 1)

Shopping Our Stash: SOS578 - Popsicle colours - Card 2 (I think it has enough of the colours to enter, but if not no worries if you delete it)

The Neglected Stuff Challenge: July 2026 -  Card 2 OK so both the stamps are old fashioned rubber and the packaging is dated 2009 - I've probably not used them since 2012! The border stamp on the 2nd card is about the same age.  The other stamps and dies are young 'uns at around 2 or 3 years old.  I'll be Instagramming the cards soon - photographic evidence will be included! :-)

Addicted to CAS: Up - Card 2

Simply Clean & Simple: July 2026 - Birthday Card 2

How old?!

 Good morning blogworld

I'm here today with my card for the new challenge over at Sweet Stampin', the theme of the challenge this fortnight is Use your older stash, so nothing too new please!  As always we accept any project but as, with the clue in the title, it's a stamping challenge so please use either rubber or digital stamps somewhere.

Now I'm sure you know I had a very long break from crafting and, although I have brought new stash since I re-joined the hobby, a lot (and I mean a lot) of my stuff is ages old - so, for me, this was a very easy challenge. I just had to decide which stamp to pick! That was helped by wanting to try and create an underwater scene, I don't think it's bad for a first attempt but does look like rain to me!!

Card:

Supplies used:

Rubber stamps:

Sugar Nellie - Oceans Gift (maybe a 2012/15? stamp something like that)

image coloured with Copics and does not come with the background - I created that freehand.

Sentiment: taylored expressions: Oh My Word - Happy Birthday

Paper:

Bo Bunny - County Garden Collection

Anything else?

HobbyHouse for the pearls

scrap of pink metallic card for the mount

Woodware corner rounder punch

So the newest thing on my list is the sentiment stamp and that's got to be either a year or 8 months old, I think - everything else is going to be at least 8 or 9 years old.  See - an easy challenge for me!!

I do hope you all get the time to dig through your older stash, stamp something, make something and come join in! It will be fun!!  My Teamies have made some fabulous inspiration cards, as always, and we're all looking forward to going through your stash collection!!

Signing off now,

See you soon,

Sarah

Krafty Chicks Challenge: #604 - All Occasions

Digi Choosday Challenge: Week 12 - Anything Goes

Polkadoodles Craft Challenge: Week 12 - Anything Goes

AAA Birthday: Game #35 - Under The Sea

The Cutie Pie Challenge Blog: #169 - Beginning with B - Bubbles,  boulder (that she's sitting on - or is it that taking it too far!?), bottom of the sea, belt

A Bumble Bee

 Hello blogworld,

Hope everyone had a good weekend and got the good weather the UK has been having? Here in Lincolnshire, it was sunny (for a change), which is good timing as TTT was invited to join a couple of friends in a local Aquapark,  Basically an obstacle course on water - she had great fun!

So onto today's card - I'm trying Instagram as well as Blogging and I saw this image being used just after I'd thought about stamping and colouring it. Had a conversation about how I should stamp it as well and, well here I am and will be on Instagram shortly! First time  I've tried creating my own pleats / folds on a dress - not done too badly I think, but obviously more work needed.

Without further ado - here's card:

I used:

Stamps: Sugar Nellie (Suzanne Woolcott) - Bumble Bee

Sentiment - Fiskars - Laugh With Me Sentiments

Coloured with Copics

Paper: First Edition - New Bloom

Dies: MFT - Die-namics - Stitched Rectangles Stax

Flower: Anne Marie Designs - Mount Board blooms

Can you believe this stamp was released in 2009!  I couldn't believe how many stamp companies had gone in my break from crafting - some of them my total favourites as well. 2009 wasn't even when I first started making cards, probably that was around the early 2000's.  Goodness it makes me feel old.

And that definitely is it from me today,

Signing off,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge: Week 23 - Anything Goes

Gem of A Craft Challenge: Challenge 12 - Anything Goes