Monday, November 11, 2024

Gnome home

 Morning blogland,

With apologies to my Sweet Stampin' Teamies for being late - life really got in the way before this challenge - I'm here to share my card for this fortnight's challenge. 

As the saying goes, better late than never and I'm here now with the card for this fortnights challenge for which the theme is 'Give a Gnome a Home'! Translated this means can we see your - stamped! - cards / projects that feature gnomes please. As always this is a 'for fun' challenge so no prizes but still it is fun so why not pop in an entry in!

Here's my card:


Supplies used:
Rubber stamp:
Stamping Bella - Gnome in a Tree
coloured with my Copics
(sentiment from the same set)

Dies:
Creative Craft Products - A2 essentials: portrait card die set
(I turned the card blank made onto it's side and into a top fold card blank)
Poppy Stamps - Scalloped Stitch Frames

Anything else:
Spotty olive green light card
flat backed pearls

I had my card in pieces on my desk but basically ran out of time to get it put together and finished before the deadline. Happens sometimes doesn't it - the idea is there, it's almost together then life comes along and - bang a card sitting in pieces on the desk! Still I get there in the end. :-)

As you can see I'm still on the use your un-inked old rubber stamps kick, so the small American sized cards are featuring.  I don't know that I'm ever going to get used, though, to how dinky they are! I'm going to have to take a picture of this month's makes and you'll see what I mean about the size difference of 'my' cards compared to American sizes.

Anyways, job done so I'm off now to do those life things that get in the way.

See you soon.
Sarah

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

It's getting closer

 But I'm still trying very hard to ignore it - Christmas that is!

Good morning blogland

Another Tuesday has rolled around and so it's time for a new challenge over at Passion for Markers, this week our lovely Teamie Marie has picked the theme - she went for 'Christmas', very appropriate if you are gearing up for the coming Christmas season.  Our sponsor is Polkadoodles and a lovely prize is waiting for one lucky winner!

Now I won't bang on about how I'm not that enthused either by Christmas cards or Christmas itself.  Just suffice it to say that it's a might too early to be talking about Christmas for me and you won't be seeing that many of these themed cards on my blog!

In the meantime - and in the spirit of I love colouring and will colour pretty much any digi, themed or not - this is my card made for the challenge:


Supplies used:

Digital stamp:
Polkadoodles - Santa Snowman gift
coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp (sentiment):
Creative Expressions - Festive Wishes

Dies:
un-branded stitched rectangles
Creative Expressions - Pearly Snowflake Border

Anything else:
blue light card
flat backed glittery gems


You should really pop over to the challenge blog, my Teamies have produced some wonderful Christmas themed cards - and don't moan about Christmas either! 

And that's it folks - I'll see you next time.
Sarah

Monday, November 4, 2024

Who turned 17 then!

Well sometime ago now - but it was TTT!

Good morning blogland,

It's the first Saturday of the month, and so it's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge, this month we are sponsored by Lawn Fawn with a great prize for one lucky winner!

The theme is also easy this month - we're doing 'Anything Goes', doesn't really need explaining that does it! My card is one from the recent vault - it's the second one I made for my daughter's 17th birthday that was in June and I'm sharing in November.  For me, that's actually quite quick!

And here it is:


Supplies used:

Digital stamp:
coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp (and matching die)
taylored expressions - Simple Strips: Birthday
die-cut with Simple Strips: asymmetrical

Anything else:
'birthday' embossing folder
Distress Inks and blending brush
glitter / sequins
largish piece of acetate to create the full front shaker
very old chipboard numbers

The image is very much my daughter - laptop always on the go and a black cat hanging around somewhere close. The only difference is we don't have a great big armchair like this one, wish we did though it looks very comfy!

It's also the first time I've tried a full front shaker card, not as hard as I'd thought to make, but my goodness the glitter I added was a beggar for escaping!

And that's it folks, it is a very easy theme and a lovely prize- my Teamies are wonderful crafters and their inspirations are fabulous. 

See you soon,
Sarah