Kids Today

Are great!  Youngsters get such a bad press but it's not well deserved.  My daughter Amy has recently planned and managed a project as part of the O2 Think Big Scheme.  She worked with a local care home who look after people with Alzheimer to provide a make over of part of their garden.  The Home wanted a seaside theme as many people have happy memories of spending time at the seaside and it help's them remember good times.  The team supplied all the materials from the budget donated to them to design and make the wall hanging.

Plain Terracotta pots were painted and filled with pretty flowers, solar lights and windmills.

The whole team worked very hard and it shows volunteering can be fun and rewarding.

You can visit the projects blog at 02 Think Big.  

Thanks for dropping in

Sarah

Hubby's Card

I hope you are keeping well.  I thought spring was on the way as it was a lovely bright sunny day today, but it has now turned very cold.  I hope I don't need to scrape my car off tomorrow. I hate that!

Today's card is one I made for my husband's birthday recently, he loves his music so this seemed a good theme.  Papers are form Stampin Up and I love the Crumb Cake cardstock, this colour goes with anything.  I have used this guitar stamp loads (Inkadinkadoo I think?).

Thanks for dropping in.

Sarah

Entering the following Challenges:

Crafting for All Seasons - Dies and Punches (Tim Holtz Clock, Magnolia Doohickey Die, Stampin Up Punches)
Cardsund More Challenge Blogspot - Non Cute and Brown
Craft Room Challenge - Something for A Man

Pretty Lady

My lovely daughter Amy has just turned 18, OMG I am still in shock about it.  I wanted a real girly pretty card for her and finally used my Isabella Rubber Stamp.  I loved the colours they used on the packaging so just copied it for this card.  The tulle ribbon has been tied into an oversize bow as the card is an 8 inch square. Sorry about the blurry picture, taken in a rush before the battery in the camera died!

I am feeling a bit under the weather and have a nasty cold and cough so I think I will take a duvet day and try and get over it.

Thanks for stopping by
Sarah

Entering in the following challenges:
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Anything goes
Love to create challenge blog - Celebrate
Make it Monday - Anything goes
Cucake Inspirations - Kraft, Pink, Cream

New Tab Added

Found out how to add a page, yeah!  So there is now a new tab above to take you to my Demo Card Gallery.

Sarah

MIA Catching up with Christmas

Back again to my very neglected blog, my intentions are always good but it just does not happen!  Here we go with my first post of 2013, so a belated Happy New Year.

My daughter appreciates my cards so it is always a joy to make her a special one.  Here is the so cute Molly the Elf from Saturated Canary   Coloured with copics, I did struggle with reds as it did bleed a bit so any tips welcome.  The papers are from Papermania Home for Christmas I had as part of my Demo kit for Docrafts, they are a gorgeous Scandinavian style.  I have teamed it up with some Crumb Cake cardstock from Stampin Up and distressed all the edges with my scissors. I just love the little wooden reindeer. I cheated and used a ready done mini bow and threaded some twine with a little gold bell, so cute. Little selections of flowers to finish it off.

I am going to work out how to add a new page to this blog so I can upload my Docraft Demo cards, it might just make me post a little more often.

Thanks so much for dropping in.
Sarah..

Entering in the following challanges:
Challenges for everybody - anything goes
2 Sisters Challenge Blog  - White and Red
Totally Gorgeous - Anything goes with flowers

Nice Mice

I hope you are having a lovely week-end. Today we went to the Faversham Hop Festival and had a great day, lots of nice stalls to browse round, live music and lots of hops!

My card today is the ever so cute Lili of the Valley baking mice and the recipe sentiment.  I have had these for quiet a while so they are over due to see some ink.  I coloured with copics and then stippled Stampin Up Bashful Blue ink for the background colour.  The ribbon is from the Ribbon Girl.  If you look closely you can see a pin stuck in the ribbon, I added a couple of extra beads to it and secured them with a crimp pin.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The Secret Crafter - Animal Antics
Lili's Little Fairies - Anything but a square
City Crafter - Bake Sale

Thanks for looking
Sarah

Summer Memories

It's been a while since I posted anything on my blog.  Blogger has all changed!  I hope you had a great summer despite the weather this year, so much rain. There has been much to celebrate with the Jubilee and the Olympics and we were lucky enough to go the games.  It was an amazing experience, the park is beautiful, the volunteers outstanding and the atmosphere incredible.

Any how today's card is inspired by the Beach Huts at Whitstable, a place we enjoy visiting for fish and chips on the beach.  The stamp is from the Micheal Powell range which I demo'd recently for Docrafts and I just love this one.  I have stamped it twice, coloured with copics and decoupaged the Beach Huts for extra dimension.

The deck chair and cheeky seagull came from a freebie stamp set courtesy of Make it Magazine (I think).  The sentiment was also a freebie from the Whimsy Magazine.

 I would like to enter this for the following challenges.

Crafty Creations - Summer Scene
My Mum's Craft Shop - 3 Groups of 3 (3 buttons, 3 beach huts, 3 clouds)

Thanks for looking

Sarah