Men and boys

 Hello blogland

It's Tuesday and we all know what means - it's a new challenge time over at Passion for Markers, and his week we are sponsored by Doctor Digi's House of Stamps, with the theme being 'Masculine'. 

It's actually my turn to pick the theme this week, so I am fingers crossed we get some entries, bearing in mind it was Father's Day a weekend ago, I'm a little worried everyone is 'masculined' out!  Also please do remember this is a markers challenge - so use your markers otherwise you'll not be in the draw for the prize.

Doctor Digi's always lets the DT have a pick, or two, of their images to use, and this is the card I made with my pick:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Doctor Digi's House of Stamps - Man about the House

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Creative Craft Products - Funny Sentiments

Dies:

Creative Expressions - Noble Collection : Double Stitched Squares

My Favorite Things: Inside and Out Stitched Rectangles

Paper:

echo park - A Boy's Life

Finally:

a very old piece of paper twine

Please do pop on over to the blog - my Teamies have made smashing cards and while you're there you could pop in a card yourself, if you feel like it! :-)

See you soon,

Sarah

All dies no punches

Morning blogland

It's rolled around to Tuesday again and so it's time for my DT card at the new Passion for Markers challenge.  

This week the theme was picked by Marlene who chose 'Dies and / or Punches' and our sponsor is Dr Digi's House of Stamps who are offering one lucky winner a prize of 2 digi stamps. As always this is a colouring challenge - so anything can be made and linked but you must have used markers on your project somewhere and followed the theme.

This is my card:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Dr Digi's House of Stamps - DumBell Derek

coloured with  my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Taylored Expressions: Simple Strips - Man, Myth, Legend

Dies:

Creative Expressions: Noble Collection - Double Stitched Squares

Memory Box - Trellis Border

MFT Stamp - Inside and Out stitched circles

Taylored Expressions: Simple Strips - well rounded

Paper:

echo park - A Boy's Life

Anything else:

Craftwork Cards - paper dots

some white paint and a paintbrush to splatter the black card

white gel pen for highlights

And that's it folks - there are some fabulous cards on display made by me Teamies over at the challenge and I'm looking forward to seeing everything you make too!

See you later,

Sarah

All about the men

 Morning blogland,

It's time for a new challenge over at Sweet Stampin' and this fortnight we'd like to see those 'Masculine Makes' - as always there does need to be stamping on your project (be that rubber or digital) but it doesn't need to be a card.  This is a 'for fun' challenge, so no sponsors or prizes - other than the kudos of being a Top 3 pick!

I've been running around a bit like a headless chicken again this week - you can blame that on the fact that we are now pulling down the the wall at the back half of our kitchen to open it all up.  What used to be on the other side of that wall was a corridor with small rooms and what will become is one big kitchen with integrated appliances, a 2nd sink, a large larder unit, coat cupboard, broom cupboard and bin storage  / shoe changing / bench perching area.  This all means that crafting time is a little compromised so this is a relatively quick card.

Supplies used:

Stamps:

Honey Bee - Bitty Buzzwords

Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips: Man, Myth, Legend

Dies:

Creative Expressions - Nobel Collection: double stitched squares

Creative Craft Products - Nestables stars die set

Creative Craft Products - A2 essentials: Landscape card die set (there are 'additions' to card blank die with this set and that's what I used to cut the happy birthday out)

Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips: well rounded

Anything else:

Lisa Horton Crafts - 3D embossing folder: numerical

bakers twine

Bo Bunny - Weekend Market 6x6 paper pad

Craftwork Cards - paper dots

I wouldn't have called it the most 'masculine' of cards, which is why the 2nd sentiment was added but I have to admit I like the look of a 'double' sentiment so I might well do that again.  Took all of 20 mins to make, once I'd actually decided what to do and that part took most of the afternoon!

Please take a wander over to Sweet Stampin' and see what my Teamies have made - there are some wonderful masculine cards on display.

To go back to life chez Sarah for a moment, we've had quite a lot of ongoing house renovation over the last few years, what with the gym extension, the upstairs bathroom renovation, and now the kitchen being re-done.  One day, I'm sure we will finish but that day isn't quite yet! I will post some progress pictures at some point as well of the kitchen work, so you can see the chaos we live in!

Bye for now,

Sarah

Challenge time!

Good morning blogland,

It's rolled around another week, who would believe it!, to another Tuesday and so here I am with my Design Team post for Passion for Markers blog challenge.

This week we are sponsored by Dr Digi's and our lovely Teamie Marlene has picked the theme of 'Dry Embossing'. As always it's two very simple rules to join in the fun, use your markers and follow the theme.  If you do that you are in the prize draw for a great prize from our sponsor.

This is what I came up with:

Supplies used:

Digital Stamp:

Dr Digi's House of Stamps - Homebrew Herman

coloured with my Copics (what else!)

Rubber stamp:

taylored expressions - Simple Strips: Man, Myth, Legend

Dies:

Creative Expressions - Noble Collection: Double Stitched Squares

My Favorite Things - In & Out Stitched Circle

Embossing folders:
Lisa Horton Crafts - 3D Embossing Folder: Numerical

indentz - A6 Embossing Folder: Ellipse

And that's it folks - a simple, monochromatic, masculine birthday card.  It's the first time I'd used the Lisa Horton embossing folder, must say it gives a very definite impression! I wondered though why call it 3D? Isn't that the same as any embossing folder? Am I missing something very simple here? I'm not surprised if I am, I usually do!!

Right I'm off now, my new home gym is calling and, after around 18months out, I need to answer the call!

See you soon.

Sarah

Dies anyone?

 Good morning blogland,

It's time again for a new challenge at Passion for Markers challenge and this week the theme is 'Dies and/or Punches'.  Our wonderful sponsor is Dr Digi's House of Stamps with a lovely prize on offer of two digis.

The DT were lucky enough to be allowed a digi, or two, to use and this is my card with the digi I chose:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Dr  Digi's House of Stamps - Bob's Balloons

coloured with my Copics

The sentiment I created myself in Publisher

Dies:

Un-branded stitched rectangle

My Favorite Things - Fishtail Foundations (for the banner)

Whimsy Stamps: Balloon Cluster 

Anything else:

Random piece of designer paper

Paper dots

That's about it really, if you get a chance pop on over to the challenge and put in an entry - you might even end up with me meandering over and saying 'hi' on you blog!  Poor you!!

See you soon,

Sarah

Ooooh, super exicted!

Hello Blogland,

I was very lucky awhile back to have a card win over at AAA Birthday Challenges and, as the winner, was asked if I'd like to Guest Designer for their July challenge - well of course I said yes! Not going to turn down a lovely opportunity like that now am I now!

So we are in July and here I am a Guest Designer - the theme for the challenge this month is Where in the World? Which basically means your birthday card could be themed to where you live (a recognisable building / monument / location; colours of your flag; bit of landscape), somewhere you've been on holiday or somewhere you'd like to go in the world. However, it does have to be a birthday card.

I decided my inspiration would be what I like to refer to as my home town. I've lived in Lincolnshire in the countryside of the United Kingdom for just over 20 years, but I am originally from a much bigger town - in fact the Capital of the UK - a little place I used to call home but others call London!

This is what I made:

Supplies Used:

Digital stamp:

Lili of the Valley - Little Policeman

coloured with my Copics

Free downloaded London image

Rubber Stamp:

Catherine Pooler - All around Wishes (sentiment)

Dies:

Creative Expressions - stitched squares

Julie Hickey - Birthday

Once again I'd like to say thank you to the Design Team (and particularly Jane for all her help with the details of the challenge) over at AAA Birthdays for giving me the chance to GDT - their makes are always fabulous and I'm honoured to be included in the Team this once! 

See you soon,

Signing off for now,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Dream Valley Challenges: #273 - All Occasions

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge: #185 - Anything Goes

Gem of a Craft Challenge: Wk 14 - Anything Goes

Father's Day (or masculine makes)

Good morning blogland,

I'm here with my card for the new challenge starting today over at Sweet Stampin', the theme for the challenge this fortnight is Father's Day or show us your masculine makes.  As always, as we are a stamping challenge, please use some stamping (digital or old fashioned rubber) somewhere on your make.

This time the card I've made is going to be used - can't remember the last time that happened - it's been made for The Best Dad in The House (possibly The World). I always know when it's Father's Day as it falls a couple of days before TTT's birthday - so no excuse for forgetting! It's just as well, also, that he doesn't read my blog otherwise he'd know the card he's getting!

So this is the card I made:

Supplies used:

Digital stamps:

Main Image:

Polkadoodles - Gnome for Men

coloured with my Copics

Sentiment:

Lili of the Valley - Grunge Stamp Sentiments

Dies:

Unbranded stitched rectangle

Anything Else?

extremely old tag embellishment

I do hope you get the chance to pop over to Sweet Stampin' to admire my Teamies cards - which are fabulous as always - and then pop your entry in!

Just a note here as well - this post is scheduled as it's the Big Day Trip out to Skegness for the Birthday Week Celebrations, so I'll be back later tonight (or tomorrow) to check it published and link up to challenges.

Signing off now,

See you soon,

Sarah

Challenges:

The Cutie Pies: Challenge #172 - Add a tag

Nearly there!

Good evening blogland,

Bit of a pause on colouring / crafting / card making there while the spare room slowly turned into a craft room. There is still a lot of (other people's) junk that needs clearing out - and some furniture - but I now have half of the room and am pretty much set up to craft.  I just need to tweak a bit (will probably be tweaking forever) and then live with it and see if I've put things in the right place.

Finally got to sit and make a card over the weekend and a couple more today. The one at the weekend was for a wedding (we went to the evening do) and then today's were for fun and a DT.

I'm sharing the 'for fun' one here:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Lili of the Valley - Oliver texting

coloured with Copics

Rubber stamp:

My Favorite Things - All the Encouragement

Dies:

Un-branded stitched rectangle

Anything else:

Lawn Fawn - brick stencil

Distress Ink

Black card to make (slimline) DL card blank

I have taken pictures of the craft room progress and I will share them very soon. Don't expect one of those wonderful rooms you see on Pinterest / YouTube though - I don't have an IKEA anywhere near me and all my things are either 2nd hand or well old!  It is my craft room though, I've never had one before and I'm more than happy!

One last thing before I go, I'm acutely aware of what's going on in the world and can't believe that it can happen in the 21st century. I feel so bad for the poor people caught up in the machinations of what appears to be egomaniacal leader. However, I'm going to try and keep the blog free of too much world news as I'm finding it all rather scary.

Signing off for now,

See you soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Passion for Markers: Week 631 - CAS

Cardz 4 Guyz: #291 Slimline Card

little red wagon: Challenge #644 - CAS

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge: Challenge #546 - Dies and Stencils

Happy Little Stampers: HLS March stencil challenge

No 1 Dad

Good afternoon blogland,

Am rushing in here with being extremely late to the party with a card for the new challenge over at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge, as always it's Anything Goes theme, but we are a colouring challenge so there has to be some element of hand colouring on your entry to be eligible to win the prize or a Top 3 pick.

For this week's challenge, I've used a brilliant image for those wonderful TBDHs (or The Best Dad in the Houses or, as no doubt more 'normal' people call them - fathers, dads, daddies, step-dads!), #1 Dad,  from our fabulous sponsor Jan's Digi Stamps. As it's a masculine card this time, I left off all the sparkly, glittery, shiny stuff and went with a more graphic, clean cut, design.

I won't bombard you with waffle this time (that can be saved for the next post - we had TTT's end of term report yesterday and projected GCSE grades - eeek!) as I'm super late.  Just point you in the direction of my card, and the challenge! Wonder if you'd like to come join in? I'd love to see your creation!! :-)

Supplies used:

Digital image:

Jan's Digital Stamp Shop - #1 Dad

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Taylored Expression - Simple Strips: Man, Myth, Legend (for the sentiment)

Dies:

Taylored Expression - Simple Strips: Well Rounded

Also one for the edge of dotty paper but that was a scrap and I can't remember what die I used.

Anything else?

Echo Park Paper - Splash

Gunmetal grey card

Woodware corner rounder punch 

What I did:

Re-sized, printed (on Copic friendly paper) and fussy cut out the digital stamp.

Took a sheet of the patterned paper, cut it to size and rounded the corners with a punch.

Matted the paper onto card, cut to size and rounded the edges of that with the same punch.

Glued the patterned paper and card onto the card blank, then glued the die-cut onto the bottom of them.

Added 3d foam to the image and sentiment then popped them onto the front of the card.

et voila, job done!

I'll be back soon!

Signing off,

Sarah

Challenge /s:

Tic Tac Toe Challenge: I picked horizontal - White/free/sentiment

TIME OUT Challenges: Challenge 207 - CASe a card : Now I know at first glance it doesn't look anything like the original card, but! I took inspiration from a main 'image' and the 'spray' behind that image. Although, yes, the sentiment is off to one corner! Artistic licence maybe??

Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with dies: February Challenge

Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge: February - Anything Goes

Polkadoodles Craft Challenge: Week 7 - Anything Goes

Dad Dancing

Good morning blogland,

As promised (or threatened?) I'm back again super quick!

This post is to let you all know there's a new challenge over starting today at Colour Crazy Craft Challenge - as always the theme is Anything Goes.  Please remember though, as it's a colouring challenge, we only accept anything that has some hand colouring part to it.

This week the challenge is sponsored by Doctor Digi, who very kindly allowed us to pick an image to use.  I was very happy to be able to use Dad Dancing and isn't it a brilliant image! The Best Dad in the World in our house doesn't dance - but I'm sure if he did he'd do something like this and TTT would be doing exactly the same thing, though, probably with added rolling eyes! And you've got to use a sarcastic tone in your internal voice when you read the sentiment - TTT would certainly be doing that!

This is my make:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Doctor Digi - Dad Dancing

coloured with Copics

Rubber stamp:

Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips: Birthday

Dies:

Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips: Well rounded

Un-branded stitched die rectangles

Anything else?

Computer generated sentiment (DAD The Man, The Myth, The Legend.)

Striped card

What I did:

Re-sized the digi and created a sentiment above it with Word then printed out, on Copic friendly paper, and coloured in the image.

Die-cut out the coloured image and striped card with co-ordinating dies from the set.

Glued the striped card to the card blank, then glued the coloured image to the striped card.

Finally added 3d foam to the die-cut sentiment and attached that to the coloured image.

et voila, job done!

Would love if you could find time to pop over to the challenge and join in - I love looking at other peoples cards and my Teamies have created some great inspiration to kick off the creative juices!

Right I'm off now and will be back tomorrow!

See you soon,

Signing off,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Krafty Chicks Challenge: #596 - All Occasions

Cardz 4 Guyz: #288 - Something beginning with 'P' - mine is Polo shirt (or even, more cheekily Proper Embarrassment!)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge: C#174 Anything Goes

It's all new!

Good morning blogland and Happy New Year!

Anyone aware it's the 1st of January 2022? I bet there's one or two who know and I hope there aren't too many sore heads from last night's parties! I'm not a late night person so I'm sure I'll be in bed long before the bells ring in the New Year. However, with being an early to bed person, I'm also an early to rise person - so while this scheduled post appears I'll no doubt be at the beach going for my first jog of 2022!

Now onto the reason for this post - as well as it being the 1st day of the New Year it's also the first challenge of the year for Sweet Stampin'! The theme this challenge is 'New' - so either new goodies - stamps/pens/papers, anything! Or there's always a card to celebrate the New Year, a new baby, new house or any other 'new' happening.

For my contribution I've used a new digi, new sentiment stamp and celebrated 'a' new year - not The New Year - hubby's birthday, which is also a new decade (which he's a bit touchy about!).

This is my card:

I used:

Digi stamp:

Dr. Digi's - Napping Neville (new!)

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamps (sentiments)

Rare Earth - Inspirational (new!)

Catherine Pooler - All Around Wishes (for Happy Birthday)

Anything else:

Anna Marie Designs - striped paper

Creative Expressions - Noble collection: double stitched squares

What I did:

Re-sized and printed the digi onto Copic friendly paper, coloured in with my Copics and fussy cut out.

Stamped the sentiments onto some linen card and die-cut it out with the stitched die. Also die-cut a piece of stripy paper with the same die, then tore off the top edge.

Stuck the paper to the panel, then used 3d foam to add it to the card blank,

Finally added 3d foam to the image and added that to the top of everything.

et voila, job done!

Am so hoping that 2022 is much better than the last couple years - we've been incredibly lucky not (so far) to have been made ill by Covid-19 but, my goodness, the isolation and being unable to go anywhere is really getting to me now.  Anyhoo, enough being miserable.

On a happier note my Teamies have made some really gorgeous cards for this challenge, please pop over and take a look. I also really like wandering about everyone's blogs and seeing what you talented lot come up with for our themes - just remember, as it's a stamping challenge, there has to be stamping on your project somewhere! 

Signing off now,

See you soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Passion for Markers: Week 621 - Christmas Mega Challenge (2nd entry)

Gem of a Challenge: Anything Goes - Challenge 1

Polkadoodles Craft Challenge: Wk 1 - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge: Challenge #592 - Anything Goes

Gotta get my skates on

Good afternoon blogland,

Minimal chatting today - want to get this post linked up to a couple of challenges - so only subject of conversation is, isn't it turned cold!!!! Weather seemed to change overnight from 'ooh it's too warm to be November, feels more like September' to 'where's me blooming woolly hat at then, I'm freezing!'.

Also in my head I've taken a decision with those blooming Christmas cards, I will be separating making them out from the actual thing of Christmas itself - I mean I make all types of cards with no-one particularly in mind to send them to, just do it for the fun of 'making' so why not the same with Christmas cards? Makes me feel better than all the angst I have over not particularly liking Christmas itself.

So to join in with a challenge or two, here's my latest creation (please try to ignore the dodgy printing - my printer wants new ink and so is throwing it's dummy out of the pram):

Digital stamps:

Image:

Pollycraft - Maurice Christmas Socks

(coloured with Copics)

Sentiment:

From an etsy seller - a set of them listed as for making vinyl signage but I thought they're .pdf's so why wouldn't they work as sentiments. Proof in the pudding!

Patterned Paper:

First Edition - Arctic Wonder

Dies:

Creative Expressions - Noble Collection: Double Stitched Squares

Anything else:

MDF glittery triangles

What I did:

Re-sized and mooched around a bit with the image and sentiment until I was happy with how it looked, printed off onto Copic friendly paper (after swearing at the machine a couple of times because it's being a pest).

Coloured with Copics.

Die-cut with square die.

Die-cut a bit of patterned paper out with different sized die from same set.

Glued paper to 5x5 card base, popped 3d foam on the image panel and popped that onto the base.

Glued the corners onto the image panel.

et voila, job done!

I showed this card to TTT she actually laughed and said 'that's good!', of course then carried on with 'why are you making Christmas cards this early, don't you know it's a month off?' It seems parents are sooooo dim they don't know when Christmas is!!  Here's hoping someone can tell me, when should I expect it to be Christmas - please help out an old, out of date parent, eh! ;-)

Hope you are all well in blogland and I'm signing off now,

See you soon,

Sarah

Challenge /s:

Passion for Markers: Week 618 - Anything Christmas

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges: Challenge #540 - Check it Out

Watercooler Wednesday: WWC 329 - Cathy's Challenge - All Things Masculine

As You Like It Challenge: Favourite - Dies v Stencils - for me dies all the time!  I have a few stencils (a steadily growing collection it has to be said!) but I'm much more of a die person, I just feel they either create a great embellishment or hide the fact I really cannot cut straight when used for matting and layering. 

 

Not for me

 Good evening blogworld,

This is not for my anniversary - I've still got the card that I didn't give him this year put away for next year.  This purely made for fun and joining in with challenges.

So how's your week been going? Mine has been pretty quiet, which is nice really after half-term chaos last week. The biggest event in our world is that TTT's flute teacher has changed - the new lady is 'more organised and just as nice', so we're told, as the previous lady! Em's done pretty well with flute - she's quite a musical kid - and played cello and recorder at Primary School but dropped them when she moved into Secondary.  Then she chose the flute last September, in Year 9, when she picked options for GCSE and one of her choices was music for which you need an instrument.  She's just about to take her Grade 3 which to me, who enjoys music but is not musical as such, seems to have been quite quick progress. Am I right, or just a biased mum??

So enough waffle, time to share a different thing - my card!

Supplies Used:

Rubber Stamps:

Stamping Bella - Lovey Gnomes

Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips : Background

Dies:

Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips : Rounded

un-branded heart

Whimsy Stamps - Zig Zag Edger Die Set

Anything else:

Papermania - Hampstead paper pack

What I did:

Stamped the image on Copic friendly paper, then coloured in with my Copics and fussy cut it out.

Used the Whimsy die to cut strips from three different patterned papers from the paper pack.

Cut the heart from some red card.

Stamped and die-cut out the sentiment.

Glued the three strips of patterned paper across the bottom third of my card blank, then glued the heart on top of the papers.

Put 3d foam on the image and sentiment and popped them on the card too.

et voila, job done!

That's me for today folks, will be back soon!

Signing off,

Sarah

Challenge / s:

Passion for Markers: Week 616 - 3 or more papers

The Male Room: Challenge #156 Gnomes

Krafty Chicks Challenge: #584 Week 1 - (Stamp Act)

AAA Cards: Game #202 - Sketch + optional twist gnomes

Not Monday

Morning Blogland,

Nope - it's Tuesday! Thought I'd give you a day off from my chit-chat, but I still do have a card to get into a couple of challenges so I'm here but I'll keep it short (a real accomplishment for me!).

Not much has happened since Sunday - other than TTT is back at school and so life is falling back into it's school day routine.  She's off on the bus, I've got a sourdough loaf just out of the oven, then it's a bit of stretching, James Bond film this pm and a jog with a friend this evening.  Ahhh, life is back in it's normal curve!

So no more chit-chat - onto card:

Supplies used|:

Rubber stamps:

Un-named ages old Papermania wooden backed rubber stamp for the robot

Catherine Pooler - Happy Birthday Many Ways for the sentiment

Anything else:

Pretty Pink Posh - Polka Dots Stencil

Tim Holtz - Distress Ink : black soot

Versamark black ink

Linen card

Copic Fineliner

What I did:

Stamped and cut out the robot.

Cut out a panel of linen card to fit my card blank, then inked through the stencil with Distress Ink to get the pattern.

Stamped the sentiment in the corner and attached the panel to the card base.

Popped the image on 3d foam and attached it to the panel.

Looked at the card for a bit and decided it might be too plain so doodled around the edge. Now I'm not so sure!

Hmmmm, job done, but do I like it? Not sure!

I might just do this one again and see if I can re-arrange it a bit to look better to me.  Which would either be something to do with the stencil or the doodling.  Maybe another layer, don't know, but something just doesn't look right.

Anyhooo, moving on! Time to get on with my exercise - stretching today, in readiness for my jog this evening.  Doing rather well with that, even if it is blowing my own trumpet, me and the friend that I jog with are up to just under 7km in just under the hour.

Signing off now,

Sarah

Challenge / s:

The Male Room: Challenge #155 - Black & White

So many layers!

Hello blogworld,

Been a busy wee while chez Sarah which explains the absence - will catch you all up with the adventures of me another post - this post is dedicated to Sweet Stampin' Challenge.

I can't believe how quickly it's come round to Team Wendy's challenge time but it has and so here I am! This fortnight our challenge is Lots of Layers.

I've no idea why I tend to make boys / masculine cards with layers, but I do and I've proved it this time as well. Photographic proof:

My card:

Supplies used:

Rubber stamp:

C.C. Designs - Sugarplums: Balloon Trevor

coloured with Copics

Papers:

Bo Bunny - Surprise! collection

Dies:

Die-namics - Rectangle Stax

Stacking Stars and circles - but can't remember the name of the companies

Anything else:

Kraft card

Pre-printed sentiment

Wot I did!

Stamped and coloured the image then die-cut it out.

I had no plan or sketch in mind, just played around with pieces of paper until I liked the way they looked and mounted them on Kraft card.

Added the sentiment to a circle of Kraft card then popped it and the image up on 3d foam.

et voila!

My Teamies have made some fabulous creations and we'd love to see what you make as well! Please remember though, this is a stamping challenge so we need to see some stamping on your projects - they don't need to be cards - just include some stamping.

Be back soon, with an update on my antics shortly - once the current antics are over!

Signing off,

See you soon,

Sarah

Challenge / s:

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge: Week 34 - Anything Goes

The Male Room: Challenge #153 - 8th Birthday

Gem of a Craft Challenge: Challenge 18 - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge: Week 4 #574 All Occasions

Today is your day

Good morning blogworld

Been a quiet weekend chez Sarah, TTT went off on Saturday afternoon for a sleepover at a friends' house and wasn't collected until lunchtime Sunday - she doesn't do sleepovers very often at all (if she does the girls normally come to us) so it was very quiet, dare we say peaceful? Until she came back Sunday afternoon, then it was lots of homework and walk with friends (and their very cute puppy!)! She crashed Sunday evening and I'm just about to go up and 'try' to get her up for school!

The hubby and I also went and got my bike back from it's service - so all the quiet meant I had time to fit in both colouring and a quick bike ride in the glorious weather!

I thought I might add photographic evidence that when I talk about living in the middle of nowhere I do mean nowhere - a couple of photos from my bike ride, I only went on a 25 min loop around our house:

This is on far end of the loop, furthest from our house:

This is coming back home, you may just be able to see a house with chimney pots on it's own between a couple of trees - that's us!

Now, of much more interest, my card:

I used:

Image (digi):

Pollycraft - Retro Chester

coloured with Copics

Sentiment (inked):

Kaisercraft - Today

Dies:

Sunny Studio - Stitched circles: large and small

Creative Expressions - Noble Collection: double stitched squares

Anything else:

red card

And that's it folks. 

Off to deal with the bus rush - wish me luck!

Signing off,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Passion for markers: Week 599 - animals

Allsorts challenge blog: Week 632 - masculine

Crafty Catz: #559 - Anything Goes (option - CAS with a sentiment)

Best Dad ever!

 Hello blogworld,

Well I guess that most people think their Dad is the best Dad ever - but TTT (The Troublesome Teen also known as our Emily) thinks hers is the best Dad ever.  That is until she's being told off about something or other - then we're the meanest meanies ever!! Sounds about right with kids, am I right?

Card today is her's to give to Peter for Father's Day.  I asked if she wanted to help, but nope - the little flatterer said I had good taste and she would be happy with what ever I made.  In the end she did have some input, picking the silver/black combo for the backing card, but everything else are my picks.

So today's card:

I used:

Stamps / Digis:

Stamping Bella - Daddy's Girl

Background and sentiment - LoTV : Watercolour Pastels and Grunge Stamp Sentiment

Image coloured with Copics

Anything else:

Black and silver card

That's is for today folks, be back at the end of the week.
Signing off for now,
Sarah

Challenge/s:

Always fun Challenges: Challenge #218 - I love my Dad

A Bit More Time To Craft: #142 - Anything Goes

The Male Room: Challenge #151 - Dads and Grandads

Digi Chooseday: Wk 24 - Anything Goes

Running late today

 Hello blogworld,

This is very late in the day for me to be posting! I started making this card yesterday, but I had one of those which image was I going to use wobbles, then when I picked a stamp I couldn't think how to layout the card - just a total bleugh day.

I blame it on I decided to do a masculine card - not something I do very often. When I last made cards for the boys all the boys I knew were boys! Now they are teenagers and I haven't got a lot I can use, most of my images are a bit childish.  I'm told by their mums that teenage boys are difficult in more ways than one!!

So this is attempt number one.  Attempt number two will appear at a later date.

Without further ado card:

I used:

Stamps: The Greeting Farm - My Guy Ian

Coloured with Copics

Catherine Pooler - All Around Wishes Sentiments

Papers: echo park paper co - A Boy's Life

Dies: Sunny Studio - Stitched Circles

MFT - Die-namics: Photo Corners

And that's all folks!

Hope you are enjoying, and not melting in, this mini heat weave we are having - have a good weekend.

Signing off,

Sarah

Challenge / s:

Always Fun Challenges: Challenge #217 - 'Layers'

Passion for Markers: Week 595 - Masculine

Crafty Catz: Challenge #555 - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Masculine Makes