Hmmm, not sure!

 Good afternoon blogland

Just a quick flyer from me today - I wanted to join in with the current Less is More Challenge but didn't realise until I just went and looked that it only had hours until it finished!

I had two ideas in my head, I don't think this one worked so well and will have to try the other another time, when I have more time!

There's something about this card that doesn't sit right, the placement of the sentiment, the colouring (awful!) I don't know, but something about it doesn't gel for me.

Anyways - you know me, total overshare!, so here you go and I'm happy for constructive criticism.

Supplies used:

Rubber stamps:

Anita's -image (no design name)

Autumn Leaves - 'love'

Prismacolor pencils for the shading

Nothing else to say really, off to link up!

Signing off,

See you soon,

Sarah

OK, I'm a perfectionist! Just done Version Part The Two - like it better but still not brilliant, really got to go now - I've got dinner to make! Look no light box - no staging - no nothing!!  Rush, rush, rush!

Challenge/s:

Less is More: #459 - One Layer Card - Just One Word

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

Spots / Stripes / Easter

Hello Blogland,

I'm here today with my DT make for the new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge, this month the theme is 'Spots / Stripes / Easter'.  Our lovely sponsor this time is Digi Doodles and the Design Team were provided with some super cute images to use - this is my card with one of those images.

As said before, and probably enough to bore you, I don't 'do' religious celebrations so my make focuses on the 'spots / stripes' part of the challenge. Here's the card:

Supplies used:

Digital Image:

Digi Doodles - Daisy May and Sweet Pea

coloured with my Copics 

(I hand coloured the background - the image doesn't come with clouds)

Rubber stamp:

Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips: Backgrounds

Dies:

Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips: Asymmetrical

un-branded stitched rectangle die

Any thing else?

My Minds Eye free Spring paper pad

Normally I would do a 'This is what I did' bit here, but while floating about the many groups I belong to on Facebook I read a post saying from someone starting a blog who wondered if it was old-fashioned to do an explanation of how the card was created. Lots of people said they appreciated knowing what was used, but didn't need a step by step 'how to' guide. Hmmm, appears I maybe old fashioned then! So I thought I'd leave that bit off for now. I figure my pictures of my cards are very clear (I hope!) and probably people can figure out from them and the list of what I use how I make my cards.

Please do pop over to Crafty Calendar where you'll find my Teamies have made some stunning cards - as always! I look forward to seeing your entry as well!

On the craft room front, I'm almost there. Just got a few more drawers to move about, a lot of labelling to do and then tweaks as I work with it all - to see if I've got things in the right places, so should be back to normal cardmaking next week.

Signing off now,

See you soon,

Sarah

Challenge/s:

Passion for Markers: Week 630 - feminine

As You Like It Challenge: Favourite Interactive or Not (and why!) Ahhh now as much as I love looking at interactive cards, I've never actually tried one - oooooh confession time there! I'm not the most technical of people and I wonder if trying to make something move / wobble / pop would work for me. I gave up making my own card blanks as I couldn't get a straight edge on any of 'em! Also I take agggeeess to colour and place things 'just so', if I tried to add any other elements I'd be doing one card a year - so long story short, not!!

Polkadoodles Craft Challenge: Wk 9 - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge: #601 - Stamp Act

Critter Crazy Challenges: Challenge #60 - Anything Goes