Fairytales!

Hello blogworld

Firstly I wanted to say thank you for all the lovely comments you left on my snowy pictures!  I'm glad to know that I'm not entirely biased and other people think Emily is a bit on the cute side ;-)

Also yes we do have a bit of a large garden - all told our land runs to 3/4 of an acre, large garden for non-gardeners, eh!!

And so onto business - it feels like it's been ages since I did a Divas by Design DT card, but here I am with my card for the new challenge.  Which explains the post title - the challenge theme this week is 'Fairytales', now all say ahhhh!  Who doesn't like imagining that life as a fairytale princess would be lovely - and there  doesn't even have to be pink at all either on the image or card - take mine, not an ounce of pink in sight!!

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So onto my card:
Front shot:

The arty farty:

Close up of glitter on her crown and wings:

 I used:

Stamp:

Kraftin Kimmie - Swan Princess

coloured with my Promarkers

Papers:

First Edition - Love Letters

Anything else?

Gems, ribbon and heart from my stuff

Glamour Dust for crown and wings

Craftwork Cards - sentiment

Boy I sweated over this colouring, really, really tried hard with all the folds on her dress, I'm not sure it worked but on the whole I think I'm improving!

I'm really looking forward to this challenge seeing all variations there can be on the theme - my Teamies cards aren't half bad either!!!

Cheerio

Sarah

A challenge, or two:

Sketch Saturday: Week #242

Totally Gorjuss: Challenge 167 - K.I.S.S.

I love Promarkers: Challenge #152 - Anything Goes

How many frogs?

Hi all,

If you are here hopping along with the Divas please scroll down a post.

This is post is all about the new challenge over at Sweet Stampin' and we've gone doodlie die crazy this week.  Which means, in non-Sarah talk, that we would like for you to use a die or dies and then doodle something on your entry - not forgetting that there has to be stamping somewhere on your project.

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So this is what I created:

Front shot:

Detail shot of image:

I used:

Stamp: Kraftin Kimmie - Lillith, coloured with my Promarkers and die-cut with a Go-Kreate die.  

Papers are a don't know for the backing paper and First Edition - New Leaf for the sparkly stuff.

I typed the sentiment and then die-cut it with with a Spellbinders Tags die

Craftwork cards for the card blank

Pearls from my stuff.

The doodling was done with the image still in the die for the first line, then out of the die for the second.  I also doodled around the backing patterned paper.

There you go, that's my contribution why not pop over to the challenge blog and see what my talented teamies have created and look forward to seeing your doodling!

Sarah

A challenge, or two:

Sketch N Stash: Challenge 84 - Angie's Sketch

Do You Stack Up: #66 - Friendly Critters, well the frog looks sort of friendly!

Simon Says Stamp: use you favourite tool - Cuttlebug

and joining in with Lisa's Waste Not Wednesdays - using up forgotten / neglected stash.  Week 14 already - my goodness times flying!

One of those days!

Hello everyone

Firstly I'd like to say hello to my new followers - it's lovely that you feel you would like to listen to my ramblings and look at my little creations.  Hope you're not disappointed!!

Anyhows onto today - well it has been one of those days.  All day to make one card, ages to pick image (with Lisa's Waste Not Wednesdays in mind), ages - in-between housework and baking - to colour and, oh silly me, decided to use a colour combo that I haven't used before then - super daft me - also decided to cut around the image rather than cutting it out with a die.

Guess what - I didn't like the colour, I'm rubbish (are you allowed to swear on blogger?  I do hope not, otherwise my posts would be blue!) at cutting and it looked dreadful, so then - lightbulb moment - decided to go round the outline with black Promarker.  What happened - I smudged it!

I think you can guess where that image ended up - oooh yes filed under 'b' for bin!!

Back to the drawing board and second attempt is below, still not 100% happy but happier.  I just can't seem to get back into the creating groove at the moment, everything is a hard slog.  I don't know maybe it's just the winter blues.

I also am not going into the temper tantrums we've had from little boss this evening, suffice to say (apart from being a good girl and eating all her dinner) she has gone to bed early!  Hubby and I are very grateful that she is now sound asleep and hoping that she spends the next 12 hours blissfully asleep - fat chance!!!

So my card:
Front shot:

Detail of image:

I used:
Kratin' Kimmie - Angry Ballerina; coloured with my Promarkers and Flexmarkers.  I Glamour Dusted her underskirt for a bit of sparkle and chalked around the image whilst in the die.  The sentiment came with the stamp.
Papers are all First Edition - Bird Song.
I'm rather pleased the 'kraft' backing paper - it's the inside of Christmas wrapping paper, got to be inventive if I'm not buying and I don't think it looks too bad.
Martha Stewart punch
Brad, gems and ribbon all from stuff.

So enough waffle from me (hope I haven't put the new followers off!).  Am off now to spend an hour or two before bed savouring the peace and quiet!

Hope everyone is keeping well and see you soon,

Sarah

A challenge or two:

Sketch Saturday - Week #190

Passion for Promarkers - Week 132; Theme - Humour

I love Promarkers - Challenge #100 - Anything Goes

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge - Challenge 40 - Favourite Colour Combo - well it does change a lot, but I do seem to go back to Pink and Green quite a lot, so I'm picking that!

And here I am again!

Hello blogworld

I'm being a fluke again and posting on a regular basis!  And I'm back to waffling, daughter has been in bed since 7pm, dishes done, adult bottoms happily parked in various chairs in the living room and lappy attached to lap (ha, that's why they are called lappys isn't it!).  Plus one cat now also squashed onto lap with lappy - making it difficult for me to type!

So dilemma of the day, is a school bus journey for daughter.  We've just found out that a friend of Emily's who lives fairly close is getting the school bus home.  This has put ideas into hubby's head!  Personally I think she is too young (at 4 1/2) to get the bus home on her own, even if it is a mini bus instead of a proper double decker.  Problem is that Emily is keen as well!  I fear I am a lone voice in the wilderness, I think I will insist tho on waiting until she is 5 and in Year 1.

Anyway, that's my problem of the day over with - now for card of the day.

This one was actually for someone and has been posted and received - I made a card I used!  So weird, eh.

Here is front shot of card:

 Detail shot of image:

I used:

Kraftin Kimmie - Charlotte stamp; coloured with Promarkers.  A little bit of Glamour Dust highlighting her choker and underskirt,
Die-cut with a Nestie and chalked while in die for the background.
Papers are unknown - Using It Up while digging through my big box of 12x12 papers.
Ribbon and gems from stuff.
Fanciful Flourish die
Sentiment computer generated and cut with a Shapeabilites die.

Maybe see you tomorrow?

Sarah

A challenge, or two:

Passion for Promarkers - Week 131 - Theme; "inspired by a song"; my song is Queens "Friends will be Friends" Great song, one of my favourites!

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 199; You're having a laugh! (well I thought my card was funny, maybe weird funny - but still funny!)

Moving along with the times - Challenge 130; Spots/Stripes

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge - Challenge 39; Here come the girls