The Happy Crafter

Moody Blues

2011-11-20T13:15:00.002-08:00

This pretty image is from Sylvia Zet's Wee Stamps range. This one is a digi image and she is lovely to colour in. Papers are My Minds Eye, very delish. I had a go at sewing on this one. I bought the basic Argos sewing machine earlier this year and I was very pleased with how easy it is to use though I still need to practice. I think the sentiment is from Lili of The valley.

I would like to enter this for the following challenges;

Sir Stampalot - Blue and Green

Just Some Lines - Tic Tac Toe

One Stop Craft - Blue

Delightful Challenges - Bingo

Thanks for stopping by

Sarah

Holiday Homework

2011-09-04T10:17:00.000-07:00

Well finally back at work and not enjoying it much I can tell you. I have had car trouble this week so been relying on shanks' pony and the train, not much fun.

When I was away I took some basic bits with me and managed to make this card using a Kenny K digi image. I wanted to try creating a shadow round the image which was my homework! I used warm grey Promarkers 4 and 2 and blended them out then went over with Warm Grey one and blended out using the blender pen and you get a really nice soft shadow. You can see a great tutorial on Jane's Lovely cards blog.There is a link on my blog list to take you there. The papers are very pretty and by Echo Park with some Stampin Up Perfect plum.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

Birthday Sundaes - Birthday's

Alphabet Challenge Pretty Pastels

Thanks for stopping by

Back from holiday

2011-08-31T12:35:00.001-07:00

We had a lovely bank holiday break in Suffolk. We stayed in a really nice caravan park called Carlton Meres, very tranquil and pretty with a lovely fishing lake. The park was well situated about 7 miles from the seaside. My favourite place we visited was Southwold which has the most fantastic pier. You can see it in the picture here. All the shops on it were really tasteful and the cafe was just fabulous we had hot chocolate with marshmallows and a delicious chocolate peanut cake (well it was a British Summer's day so hot chocolate not so outlandish!)

Here is a picture of the kids and my husband sitting on the beach with the pier in the background.
The kids had a good time, the park has a small club house with a snooker table and gym so they had plenty to keep them busy.

We visited Framlingham Castle which was nearby and located in another gorgeous village of the same name.

There was a farmer's market in the village square so we bought some fresh fruit and crusty bread. It was all very English and civilised.

Finally a day out at Pleasure Wood Hills, the local theme park, small but with a couple of good rides.

We will definitely be visiting this part of the world again as only about 2 hours drive from home and such a pretty county.

Thanks for letting me ramble on, I will be back tomorrow with another card as I did smuggle some card making basics away and managed to finish one card!

Sarah

Hello Boys!

2011-08-24T10:17:00.001-07:00

You can tell I am on annual leave, the most posts I ever make is the month of August! Well into my second week now and not looking forward to going back to work boo hoo.

This fair charmer is a digi from Kenny K, called Showgirl, she looks a right minx. I have coloured her with copics and added lots of glitter and bling .

I have started decorating the inside of my cards not as fancy as some but simple enough to do every time.

I would like to enter this for the following challenges.

My Time to Craft - Here come the girls
An oldie but goodie - bling

Thanks for looking
Sarah

Another Sarah Kay

2011-08-22T12:20:00.000-07:00

I saw the most amazing card over on Bev Rochester's beautiful blog and I just had to have a go myself. The image was a Sarah Kay, Fleur gathering flowers with Manon and Bev had chosen the most stunning blue/red colour scheme. This card was inspired by her fabulous work. I have used my own papers and layout and teamed it with stampin Up crumb cake but kept the blue/red colour scheme.

The little fence is very cute. It is in old Xcut die I have had for ages and never used, I added a little white craft ink and all the edges of the papers have been distressed with scissors.

I created the cloudy background with die cut clouds (Dyenamics I think borrowed from my sister!), but used them as a mask and stippled blue ink to create the sky.

I would like to enter this for the following challenges:

Paper Creators Crafts - Red and Blue

Designed2Delight - Anything goes

Make it Monday - Anything goes

Thanks for stopping by

Sarah

Oh La La

2011-08-21T12:15:00.001-07:00

This gorgeous Sarah Kay stamp inspired me to make something really girly. She is such a stylish lady she must be French ! hence the sentiment, Amour. The papers are from the pretty Papermania Pampered Pets range, lovely soft chalky colours.

The border is punched with an Xcut border punch, great value and very robust.

I have coloured in with copics and added flowers to finish off.

I would like to enter this for the following challenges.

Crafty Ann's - Scallops or fancy borders
The Corrosive Challenge - Girly

Thanks for visiting

There Be Pirates!

2011-08-21T10:50:00.000-07:00

I hope this finds you well and enjoying the lovely sunshine. A beautiful day here in Kent and we have been out and had a lovely ploughman's lunch in a great pub in Wye called the Tickled Trout. The pub has a garden that has the River Stour running past, very picturesque.

Back to the card, I have had my LOTV pirate stamps for a while now and thought it was time to get some ink on it. I think the skull and crossbones papers are from the DCWV Rock Star paper pack but not sure. I distressed the edges and smudged some white craft ink around as well.

I punched out a small circle of the paper to fit in the star, hey presto a pirate embellishment.

The image is coloured with copics which I am struggling to master and finished with pencils.

I would like to enter this for the following challenges:

Sparkles - For the Boys

CES - Bunting, Banners and Flags

thanks for stopping by.

Sarah

Summer Roses

2011-08-04T13:40:00.000-07:00

I hope you have all enjoyed the sunshine recently, it is now gone and has been pouring with rain all day here in Kent, hopefully tomorrow will be better.

A lovely challenge at Lili of the Valley Challenge blog this week, a nice easy one, Roses.

I used some pretty blooms from Wild Orchid crafts and am still learning with the Copic Pens.

I used some magazine freebies for the rest of the Card, My Minds Eye papers and one of the Lili of the Valley images with last months Cardmaking and Papercraft Magazine.

I also tried distressing the edges a bit. Hope you like the card and back soon with another.

Thanks for stopping by

Sarah

Lili of the Valley

2011-06-03T12:45:00.000-07:00

Well folks we made it to Friday, hip hooray for the week-end. I am demoing tomorrow at the Range in Romford, please stop in to say hello if you are around.

I recently went to the fantastic Lili of the Valley colouring masterclass in Ashford. Jaqui and Bev were so lovely and as you can see the results they helped us achieve with colouring were fab.

I would like to enter this in the Lili of the Valley Challenge - Punch It up, I used my circle punch for the sentiment and a Xcut Impress die for the star.

Have a great week end and thanks for stopping by.

Nice Mice

2011-05-26T13:17:00.000-07:00

Back again, like a bus, you wait months for a posting then three come at once! May is sooo busy with Birthday's just a couple more this month. Here is the card I made for my lovely mother in law. Just love this Penny Black stamp so cute and my first go at colouring on my own with my new copics. The flowers are from Wild Orchid crafts sprayed with pearl glimmer mist - lush.

I would like to enter this for the following challenges:

Fab N Funky - Cute and Cuddly
Ladybug Crafts - Animals

thanks for stopping by

Best Friends

2011-05-24T15:03:00.000-07:00

Thank you all for visiting and leaving such lovely comments about my new craft room. I knew like minded peeps would understand why I love it so much! I did tidy it up for the photo's but I do try and keep it sort of tidy as I am so thrilled with it (novelty might ware off though)

Just back to load up a card I made for the May friendship swap over at Docrafts. Best Friends from Lili of the Valley. Pretty and girly. Used my new butterfly punch for the first time, it cuts and embosses and looks very 3D in real life.

thanks for looking

Welcome, come on in

2011-05-22T12:06:00.000-07:00

to my lovely craft room. Finally managed to take some pictures of my craft room created from the back part of our Garage. Took a lot of work by my husband, a new window, new door, fully insulated, new lighting, plastering etc. Here is a quick tour, the room is about 9ft x 10ft so I have packed loads in.

This is my main work area I have all my flowers and pretty embellishments in jars on the window cill and and my Promarkers in the plastic tower of drawers.

My Bigshot lives in this corner and the tower unit has all my Stampin Up stored away.

More storage, we arranged the cupboards in an L shape to make the most of the space and I can get loads of stash inside. The middle on has a few shelves where I keep more of my flowers in pretty bottles (I do like dinky storage!). The paper shelf I bought from a shop that closed down and store all my 12 x 12 papers nice and tidy.

This old K&Co scrapbook kit box makes a super storage unit. There are spaces in the back where I can store my paper cutter, cutting mat and ruler. The top holds all my glitter, Stickles and spritzer sprays and the drawers are perfect for my stash of flowers.

I hope you have enjoyed your little tour round my craft retreat. I would just like to say a big thank you to my husband for all his hard work making this fab room for me.

Sarah

Boy oh Boy!

2011-03-28T13:12:00.000-07:00

My gorgeous son Oliver was 15 this month and this is the card I made for him. He is xbox mad so this Mo Manning digi image was perfect for him. He has the same expression on his face!

I used a Lili of the Valley calender stamp for the date of his birthday. In all my stash (mountains of it) I could not find a large star punch, so hand cut one and finished off with buttons and brads.

I am going to try and post a bit more often I am now working nearly full time again so time is a precious commodity at the moment and I have not felt like doing much crafting. But my lovely hubby finished a project he has been working on for 18 months, converting part of our garage into a work room for me.

It is now finished and it is fab so I hope to get lots of inspiration looking over my garden. I will post some pictures shortly so be prepared!

Hope you like the card

I am entering this card in the CES challenge - diecuts.

Sweet Sixteen

2011-01-12T14:06:00.000-08:00

Not me! my lovely daughter Amy turned 16 just after Christmas. I wanted to make a really special card for her. She is a brilliant dancer so I had to use this Whiff of Joy stamp. I made it into an easel card and finished it with a fab jewel flourish I brought at Alexendra Palace.

My apologies for the long break in posts but I had flu just after Christmas and have been a bit down in the dumps, but hopefully back to normal(ish) now.

I have demos coming up this month so will be posting samples. If you are in Clacton on 15th January I will be at The Range on Valleybridge Road between 10 am and 4pm, pop in if you can

Thanks for looking

Something different

2010-12-05T08:21:00.001-08:00

This card was made as a commission for a lady who loves hearts. I have gone for a vintage style which is not something I usually tackle! But I love how it turned out. The doily was inked with Stampin Up Crumbcake and Pretty in Pink inks. I used a lovely Pearl flourish and a mixture of flowers from Hobby Craft.

I had two cards to make this week so had a complete change of style with the next one for a young lady who is going to be 11.

Like most girls she loves shopping, shoes and handbags so I went with that for the theme. I have had these fresh and pretty Doodlebug papers for ages but they seemed a good match for this card. The image is Winnie from Digistamp Boutique and I have paper pieced her dress and boots to match.

Thanks for looking

Festive Fairy

2010-11-23T08:13:00.000-08:00

I made this card at a Craft get together I went to a couple of weeks ago, we followed a sketch provided by Banshee on the Docrafts forum. I used a stamp set that was a free cover gift from a magazine. Lots of Stickles to cover up my rubbish colouring. I found it very tricky!

The gingham ribbon is one of my favourites and the flowers are from Wild Orchid crafts. I added to red gems to the leaves to look like winter berries.

I am entering this on the Cupcake Challenge Blog, theme Fairytales and Panto.

thanks for looking

For the man in your life

2010-11-06T09:18:00.001-07:00

A Christmas card ! The scribble snowman would be easy to colour with his team's favourite colours, this one would work for Liverpool or Man United. I am loving Kraft cardstock at the moment and teaming it with red and white gives a Scandinavian feel.

I stamped the background with Stampin Up's serene snowflakes stamp set and spot lighted one of the snowflakes to make an embellishment and the edges have been sponged with white craft ink. A bit of faux stitching with a white gel pen to finish it off.

I am entering this for this week's challenge on Papertake Challenge blog, cards for men.

Thanks for looking

Rosie Posie

2010-11-05T03:16:00.001-07:00

This sweetie is a stamp from Lili of The Valley, Rosie Posie. I have coloured in with promarkers and used some flowers from my local 99p shop, what a bargain!

I am entering this for a couple of challenges

Fab N Funky - Lime, pink and Kraft
Lili of the Valley - For the girls

I will be back later with a Christmas card and some blog candy news!

Thanks for looking

Think Pink

2010-10-26T02:50:00.001-07:00

I borrowed this gorgeous fairytale Magnolia from my sister, thanks Karen. The image is lovely to colour in and I think I have finally found a way to colour blond hair I like. I used vanilla and sandstone Promarkers.

The card is very 3D, a bit like the side steppers but with one long panel standing out at the front.
The lovely white rose is also a donation from my sister, great we can share stash!

I have entered this for the following challenges:

Just Magnolia- Think Pink
Wild Orchid Crafts - Pastels

Thanks for looking

Xmas Shopping

2010-10-25T09:00:00.000-07:00

Back with another challenge card, love this stamp from Lili of the Valley. I used heat and stick powder and glitter to get the wintry finish.

I am entering it for
Lili of the Valley - Winter Fun
Colour Create - Purple, Aqua and white

Sorry it's such a dark photo the dark colour is a really pretty purple, but looks black in the picture.

Hope you are having a good day

Cute and Girly

2010-10-24T09:33:00.000-07:00

Back again, I am spoiling you! This little poppet from Pink Gem is really cute and a joy to colour in. I used my Promakers and lots of Stickles for this one. Being green today and re-cylced some ribbon from a box of chocolates (all now eaten!)

I am entering it in two challenges

A Gem of a Challenge - sketch and optional autumn colours
C.E.S - theme buttons and bows

thanks for looking

Spooky Greetings

2010-10-24T09:20:00.000-07:00

This little chap from the Pumpkin and Aubergine set by Papermania is my entry to the Things that go bump in the night over at Fab 'N Funky, great challenge and I really enjoyed getting creative with this one. No Halloween type papers so made my own with distress inks and then stamped spooky words over the top, I think it worked really well, if I say so myself!

Finally used my Quickutz spiders web to make the corner embellishments.

thanks for looking.

Shoes and Shopping

2010-10-20T09:59:00.000-07:00

What girl doesn't like a day shopping for new Shoes? I have had this stamp for ages and was pleased to get some ink on it for this card.

Not had time to surf round the challenges so not entered for any this time.

I added some 3d Gloss to her dress for a bit of shine and definition and red glitter to the handbag.

Thanks for looking

A White Christmas

2010-09-28T11:18:00.000-07:00

I had a lot of fun with this card, though a real pain to photograph so much white. The glitter card is white,but against the bright white papers looks a bit grey/silver. I have entered it in a couple of challenges

Lili of the Valley - Non traditional Christmas colours (taken that to mean red/green, blue/silver)
Colour Create - All white except the image

CES Challenge Blog - Animal Antics

The frame around the oval nestie is a Marianne designs frame and I also used the gorgeous swirl from the same set.

The second photo shows the colours better. I added twinklets to the snowflake and flower soft to the pompom and the fur around the stocking.

Thanks for looking

Happy Anniversary

2010-09-27T09:00:00.000-07:00

To me and my hubby, 21 years last week. Here is the card I made, as ever, cards for nearest and dearest are always last minute.. I downloaded the image from Digistamp Boutique. The papers are from last year's Forever Friends textured Christmas paper pack, love those dots.

I am entering this in the challenge at Charisma Cardz, theme anything goes

Back in the next few days to upload some of my recent demo cards.

thanks for looking

Christmas Card Challenge

2010-08-27T08:19:00.000-07:00

A sweet stamp set I received free with a Magazine last year I think. Bentley Bear and friend sledging, so cute. The papers are from a Papermania Forever Friends Christmas pad and have a nice texture. I finished it off with some organza ribbon and a pearl ribbon slider.

I have entered this in a challenge over at Creative Inspirations where the theme is Christmas cards.

Thanks for looking

Wild Orchid Crafts Challenge

2010-08-25T12:32:00.000-07:00

Another new challenge over at Wild Orchid Crafts Challenge blog, this week the theme is sparkle. My sister gave me some of these lovely sparkly dew drop sprays and white roses from Wild Orchid and I have used them on my card.

I thought a blue theme would suit this skating Tilda image and had fun colouring her in shades of blue. I wanted to use up some scraps so found 3 different papers that all went together. I finished it off with lots of star dust stickles.

Thanks for looking

Basic Grey

2010-08-24T04:00:00.001-07:00

A simple card for the Basic Grey Challenge blog, the theme is to use fabric on your card. Sadly I have no proper fabric bits but thought tulle might pass, I hope so. I attached the bow with a big blingy brad and used the beautiful Basic Grey Scarlett's Letter paper. I like how the flourish in the right corner of the paper was very similar to one of my Stampin Up sets.

The middle panel of paper I covered with some glittered vellum for a bit of interest. A very quick card to make.

Thanks for looking

Lili of the Valley Challenge

2010-08-23T01:29:00.000-07:00

Here is my card for the Lili of the Valley challenge, using a sketch by Bev Rochester. The stamp is the very cute Tea Party, I followed a tutorial on the Lili of the Valley site for blending a colour into white using promarkers.

I used my Xcut punches to make the flowers and my Stampin Up Jewellery tag punch and stamps for the sentiment.

Thanks for looking

What are little girls made of?

2010-08-19T07:34:00.000-07:00

This is my entry for another couple of fun challenge one on the Docrafts Forum, OTT Tilda, and the challenge on the Secret Crafter's blog, what are little girls made of. I am a kind of less is more gal (really!) so find it quiet difficult to pile on the embellies, I went for an OTT bow. Girlie pink and lots of glitter of course.

I made this into an easel card to get more room to play. The papers are from an old SEI paper pack. The first time I have used my labels 10 nesties as well.

Thanks for looking

2 Challenge Cards Today

2010-08-18T07:47:00.000-07:00

First picture is the outside of a gatefold card for a Gorjuss Girls challenge over on the Docrafts site. There are lots of challenges hosted by members of the forum and a great selection of themes/styles. I used those fab papers again from My Minds Eye which were a freebie with Cardmaking and Papercrafts magazine a few issues ago.
I decorated the inside of the card to match, the stamp was yet another freebie, a subscription gift from Craft Stamper Mag (quiet some time ago). I coloured in with promarkers and paper pieced the dress. Paper piecing is one of my favourite techniques and helps if you find colouring large areas tricky (like me). Lots of gems in the centre of the flowers and my flourish punch finished off the design. The card is a mini card at only 10.5 cm square but very cute all the same!

My next challenge was again on Docrafts for a black, white and silver floral card. You could not use ribbon, so I used my Stampin Up eyelet border punch and some black and white paper for the bottom of the card. My Stampin up oval punches and matching stamp set were used for the greeting. This card took very little time to make, one of those designs that just came together and I am very pleased with the result. I finished it with stickles and black glitter.

The stamp is a well loved favourite from Stampendous.

Thanks for looking

Millie in the Garden

2010-08-17T02:54:00.000-07:00

I Borrowed this pretty Wild Rose Studio stamp from my sister, thanks Karen! She has a brand new blog, My crafty cupboard so please go over and take a look, I have a link on my blog list.

I love green and pink together so found some papers and came up with this. The papers are from a Forever Friends paper pack I think. I coloured in with Promarkers and paper pieced the dress. Finally lots of flowers with stickles Star Dust and and an organza bow. I felt it looked a bit bland to tell the truth, so I also finished off with some faux black stitching to give a bit more contrast.

Thanks for looking

New Baby

2010-08-16T01:32:00.001-07:00

I saw this Wild Rose Studio stamp and thought he was so cute and would make a really sweet image for a baby card. I used my Stampin Up jewellery tag punch and tiny tags sentiments and added a tiny button.

I felt there was a lot of white space around the sheep so punched out some tiny flowers with my old and trusty xcut flower punch. I have inked the edges of the nesties circle and then gone over with Star Light stickles.

Thanks for looking

Gem of a Challenge

2010-08-15T11:50:00.001-07:00

I followed the sketch over at the Pink Gem Challenge blog, what a fun sketch. I had this freebie Pink Gem stamp from a back issue of Craft Stamper Mag, so used it for my image. I have used a mixture of roses from Wild Orchid crafts and Hobbycraft and my Martha Stewart Punches. The sentiment is from a Stampin Up Set, and I used my Papermania Build a Brad set to make a custom brad. The papers are from the lovely Summer Bloom pack by Papermania as well.

I added some Start Light stickles around the image for a bit of bling

I will be back later with a New Baby card.

Thanks for looking

Lili of the Valley

2010-08-12T10:39:00.000-07:00

Here is my entry to the sketch challenge over at Lili of the Valley, just love this cat! I used a my minds eye paper pack I got as a freebie with Cardmaking and Papercrafts magazine a few issues ago. I love these colours together. Again I used some flowers from Wild Orchid crafts kindly donated by my sister Karen, thanks sis. I added a bit of glitter just to bling them up.

Sorry about the photo quality, I have lost my photo editor programme and don't know how to get it back, but will keep trying!

Hope you like it and I will be back again soon with some cards from my last set of demonstrations.

thanks for looking

New Challenge Blog

2010-08-11T09:25:00.000-07:00

Managed to grab some 'me' time in the last couple of days and made some cards just because I wanted to not 'cos I needed to for a commission or for a demo (fun though that is). I have had this Wild Rose studio stamp for a while, I have a teenage daughter and thought it would be a good one to keep on hand. Wild Orchid crafts, the peeps that do the lovely embellishments and flowers - they now have a challenge blog so this is my entry, the theme, Its a Girl Thing. My lovely sister, Karen, gave me some roses she bought from Wild Orchid and they are lovely, I inked the edges to match my card and added some strawberry frost glitter. The dress is paper pieced to match the card.

I have another challenge card for Lili of the Valley to upload tomorrow so hope you can pop back.

thanks for looking

Back Again so quickly!

2010-06-29T13:26:00.001-07:00

As promised I am uploading a couple more cards from my May demonstrations for Docrafts, this time it is Bramble and Hawthorn, the latest additions to the Daisy and Dandelion group of cute animal stamps.

I just love this little guy, very easy to colour in, I just used watercolour pencils, you forget how easy and effective they are and yes I do love my promarkers as well!

Next a very quick and easy card using stickers, you get loads of images for 99p and could make loads of cards from one pack.

Just received my next lot of demo supplies for Docrafts July Demonstrations. I have posted on the side bar my next of lot of dates if you are able to come along.

There is a little bit of Christmas but loads of other really beautiful stuff. I felt very lucky when I received my box and saw all the lovely goodies Docrafts sent me.

I will be back again with the last few cards to post, including Tea Cups Decoupage and an acetate card.

thanks for looking

I am still here!

2010-06-28T12:38:00.000-07:00

Sadly a lack of posting for the last couple of months due to the usual family commitments, work, all the other boring stuff. I have finally grabbed the camera and taken some pictures of the cards I made for my last lot of Docrafts Demonstrations in May. I will not spoil you with them all at once, just a few today, the rest to follow!

This was my favourite stamp from the Henbury Lane range, just lovely. The papers have special finishes on them and were just such gorgeous colours.

A different style of card for me a bit vintage and scrappy, the papers are from the Hampton Range, I used copper embossing powder for the greeting and finished it with a glittery rub on butterfly. The flower as made by crimping a punched strip of paper and pleating it to make a circle. The leaves were just hand cut and then put through the crimper which gives them a great texture.

I will be back later this week with some very cute hedgehogs.

Thanks for looking

Need to be a bit quicker....

2010-04-29T12:07:00.000-07:00

Entering the challenges as I keep missing the deadlines. The new challenge over at Lili of the Valley is for a summer themed card, here is my entry. Another outing for my fav Sarah Kay stamp and some lovely bright colours. I was very pleased with it as I made it late at night and my lighting is not good so was not sure all the colours went together!

I coloured the stamp with promarkers and finished it off with some Prima Pearls.

As I was saying I need to be a bit quicker posting as I also made this card.

For the last challenge, the stamp is one I bought from Lili of the Valley at Alexandra Palace, isn't she gorgeous! I used some Kate Knight papers I received free with Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine. Love these berry bright colours. I teamed them with black to make a bit of an impact The flowers were made with a Marianne Designs stencil, they emboss as well though you can't see that very well in the picture.

Thanks for looking

I Have Been Busy

2010-04-28T12:05:00.001-07:00

Finally had time to play with some bits I bought at Ally Pally a few weeks ago. I had been itching to spend a bit of time card making but as usual real life (kids, housework, work, DH) kept getting in the way!

I used my new Distress inks to colour in this image from Magnolia and have entered it in their challenge, they are lovely to use and I love the effect they give.

I followed the sketch by Bev Rochester for the challenge.

I also made a matching gift bag (bag was 20P from my local cake supplies shop - what a bargain).

The papers are from the very gorgeous Rose Garden range from Papermania, you get tags and die cuts with it as well.

I have also managed to make a challenge card for Lilli of the Valley, will be back to upload this later.

Thanks for looking

Long Time No See

2010-04-12T02:26:00.000-07:00

Apologies for the long break in posts, have had such a busy few months with Demos for Docrafts taking up time and family commitments.

Here is a card I am entering for the Promarker Challenge, my little man looks as though he has a bit of sunburn but he has been out fishing all day. It's not the best photo but I added so 3d gloss to his bucket and the fish which adds a nice accent.

I will get my camera out again and take some photo's of the cards I made for the last lot of Demo's as I had many requests to get them on my blog.

Back soon

Valentines

2010-02-17T11:03:00.001-08:00

I used an old papermania heart stamp from a few years ago on this one, still looks good and my new Martha Stewart deep border punch.

I had some freebie cadstock with Cards Magazine, which was perfect for these projects. I made one for my hubby and a couple of mini cards for my kids, a tradition I started a few years ago when they used to like to get some chocolates on valentines day!

My son's card below was very quick, just a couple of die cuts and a bit of faux stitching.

Still loving these easel cards, used a forever friends sticker stuck on acetate for this one for my daughter.

Will be back later to upload a friendship card I made for Ann over on the Docrafts forum, had a great swap as ever.

TFL

Finally a new card!

2010-01-26T01:50:00.000-08:00

After such a busy time over Christmas and New Year I have finally had time to play with some lovely new stash. I love this image of the Fairy on Tip Toes from Lili of the Valley. I also had the New Docrafts Goody Bag with gorgeous papers and flowers (plus loads of other gorgeous bits and bobs). So I have combined the two to make this card. The glittered image is made by applying Stampin Up heat and stick powder and then Dazzling Diamonds glitter.

It was partly inspired by the friendship card Aunty Sue on the Docrafts forum sent me, using vibrant yellow and green. So refreshing after all the Christmas colours.

This card is for Aunty Sue, I hope she likes it.

I have entered this card in the Pollycraft Challenge, things with wings, and My Time to Craft, Fairy Folk Challenge.

I have already had 3 demo's for Docrafts this month, the last one for this loop is at The Chatham Dockside Outlet on Saturday 30th January. This is the demo that had to be postponed due to the snow. Please come along and say hello if you are in the area.

I will post on the side bar future dates as I am booked up for the whole year!

TFL

Blog Candy Winner

2009-12-06T12:47:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the late draw but finally got my daughter to pull the names out of a hat and the winner of the Blog Candy is Maureen, I will be in touch for your details. Thanks to everyone who entered and for leaving such lovely comments, always appreciated.

Here is a card I made from a Sketch by Bev Rochester, unfortunately it has not turned out as I hoped so I did not enter it in the challenge. The flowers are far too big but I like the image so decided to post it anyway! The stamp is by Sarah Kay which I coloured with promarkers.

TFL Sarah

Secret Crafter Challenge

2009-11-23T09:32:00.000-08:00

This is my entry for the Secret Crafter Challenge, http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ make a calender. I have used a Little Claire stamp and some Daisy Bucket papers. The easel card makes a great calender and after seeing the lovely examples from the design team, I had to make one!

I did not have any flowers to match these papers so I used a craft knife to cut round the petals of the flowers printed on the papers so I could 3D them a little.

I had the little calenders in a recent Docrafts Goody bag, brilliant value at 99p for a pack of 10, so will definitely be making some more of these as little gifts for friends.

Sorry about the photo quality, it has been raining all day today, very difficult to get any good light.

TFL Sarah

Graduation Card

2009-11-17T07:17:00.001-08:00

This card was made as a commission for a friend at works daughter. She is having her graduation ceremony next week. The colours are black and magenta (looks a bit red in the picture). I used a stamp by Penny Black - Graduates for the image. I also made a matching box.

TFL Sarah

Promarker Challenge Card

2009-11-16T07:49:00.001-08:00

I was supposed to do my housework today but this little beauty arrived in the post over the week-end and I was itching to make something! So instead of ironing and cleaning I have been playing truant! I wanted to really traditional card so chose Old Olive and Real red cardstock from Stampin Up as my starting point. I used my new Nellie Snellern die to. I have entered this card in the Promarker challenge using the sketch provided.
TFL Sarah

Easel Card

2009-11-07T05:50:00.001-08:00

This is my entry in the Secret Crafter Saturday challenge for an Easel style card, here is the link http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/
I chose to use my new Pink Gem Stamp, isn't she sweet! I coloured her in with Promarkers, and used my Stampin Up word window punch to make cute accents. I have had the Cuttlebug Ice Crystal die for a while, don't know why I waited to so long to use it.
I added some polar white flower soft to the furry bits on her outfit. Last but not least a snowflake charm as inspired by Bev Rochester's wonderful creations.

I have posted some blog candy as well today. I will make the draw on 30/11/09, please leave me a comment to enter and if you can mention the blog candy on your blog.

You can win a Cuttlebug cut and emboss snowman, Little Claire Stamp, Papermania clear stamp, Wooden block medallion stamp, Dimensions Star Stickers, Motifications, Self Adhesive Ribbon and some mini pigment ink pads.
See the side Bar for a picture.

Good luck !

TFL Sarah

Promarker Challenge

2009-10-25T02:13:00.000-07:00

Just returned from a lovely break at Centre Parcs. We had a great time and the kids loved it. The weather was beautiful, only one rainy day, the rest of the time we could sit out side and enjoy the scenery. Thought I would up load this card made for a friendship swap on the Docrafts Forum. I also entered it in the Promarker Challenge at few weeks ago and got a top 5 award. As this was my first entry I was very chuffed.

I have ordered some new Promarkers from Little Claire's they are new colours in colour themed packs, winter, spring, summer and autumn. The colours look lush, can't wait to play.

TFL Sarah

2009-10-06T12:50:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to upload this card. Been practicing with my Promarkers and was quiet pleased how this image turned out. I added a little flowersoft and used my new Martha Stewart punch. Glad I waited til I could buy it in the UK as it was going for silly money in the US on a certain well known autction site. Well worth the wait though.

First Post

2009-10-06T07:00:00.000-07:00

I have fallen in love with all the lovely cute stamp images out there and this will now be a new home to post my creations. I am hoping to enter lots of challenges as it gives you a good reason to make the cards and try new things.

Here is my first entry for the Just Magnolia Challenge. You had to make a card using a flower you made yourself. This was punched using the EK success retro flower and a button in the middle.