We've gone all boy-ey!!

As my Emily would say!

It's Saturday and that means a new challenge over at Sweet Stampin' and this week we're looking for your masculine cards.

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So masculine cards, eh!  Not really my strong point, cards for men / boys.  I struggled along making one card - wonderful image, terrible colouring - couldn't decide how to lay it out - did something very boring!  This is the result:

 No close up on image as I hated the way the cushions came out!  And, Abi, I really couldn't do paper piecing - I can't cut out detail, really I can't I'm just rubbish at it.  Depend completely on my nesties!!!

I used:

TeddyBo & Co digi stamp: Teddybo_053 - Just resting my eyes; coloured with my Promarkers
Papers are all from a Papermania pad - Henbury Lane
Sentiment from Craftwork Cards

So I had another go and this I prefer - it's still not brilliant, but I am happier with it:

I used:

Lili of the Valley stamp: Lazy Afternoon; coloured with my Promarkers and cut / mounted with nesties.  Date stamp is also from Lili of the Valley and, again, cut out with a circular nestie.
The papers are all Basic Grey: Archaic pad (one of my fav masculine paper pads and I'm running out them - arrrggghhh!!).
The brads are from Basic Grey.
Paper string from my stuff.

So there you go - this one was really a challenge for me!  Not for my team-mates though, you should pop over to the blog and see the wonderful cards they came up with.

Am sure it won't be a struggle for you either - looking forward to seeing all your wonderful masculine cards.

See you again soon,
Sarah

PS - The deliberate mistake on my card in the previous post?  The only people who got it were Anita and Helen - I accidentally put the patterned paper on upside down!  Hopefully if you didn't notice my friend and her daughter won't either!!!

A challenge, or two:

Hotshot Craft blog: Challenge #4 one for the boys

Moving Along with the Times: Lots of layers - my second card

Truly Scrumptious: Challenge 74 - All creatures great and small - my 1st card

Here come the Boys: #21 Vintage feel - hope my 2nd card is OK for the theme!

Tuesday not Monday

but I'm here!

Hello blogworld

Firstly hello to my new followers - hopefully you will find something interesting in my cards and waffle.  Normally more waffle than cards it has to be said!

Another early start this morning - Emily decided that 4am was a good time to wake.  Bit of a shock after 8 days of sleeping through and waking up at 6!  Looking on the good side at least we've had over a week of good sleep so maybe this is just a blip.  Fingers crossed, eh!

I did make a card yesterday but, shock of shocks, it was actually for someones birthday and I don't want to show it until I know it's arrived.

So onto card.  I, in the interests of Using it Up and having a lots of images sitting waiting to be coloured on my 'desk', decided to raid one of my boxes of 12x12 papers and try something - colour wise - out of my normal comfort zone.

This is the result:

I used:

Teddy Bo digi image: TeddyBo_076 'afternoon nap' - coloured with my Promarkers.
Papers are Basic Grey - Phoebe for the plain and Mellow for the stripes.
Grommet is from We Are Memory Keepers.
Happy Birthday is a Lili of the Valley stamp
Saying is from Fiskars
String is from my stuff

Much darker colours than I usually use and a male card to boot.  Not sure about the phrase on the bottom, but then when am I ever really happy with any card - very rarely!!  Also not sure about the quality of the picture - I made some adjustments to my camera and I think I'm going to adjust it back again!  I'll try for a better picture tomorrow and re-do it.  By the way there is supposed to be a light grey outline to the image - it just looks smudged on my screen!!!  Apologies.

I know I'm a bit behind with commenting, got to do one more thing tonight and then I'm onto commenting.

Back tomorrow with my Divas by Design Design Team card - 'cause we're a weekly challenge now, did you know that?  Hope so!

See you tomorrow then,

Sarah

A challenge, or two:

The Teddy Bo Challenge - Challenge #24; Anything Goes

Sketch N Stash - Challenge 80 - free choice.  I picked sketch No 29

Cards for men - Challenge 3 - Seeing Red

Production has started!

Hello blogworld

So how are we all keeping then?  Hasn't it turned cold?  So hard to believe that last week we were still wandering around in our T-shirts and this week it's hats, gloves and scarves.  Saw on the news that Scotland has had their first fall of snow - hope none of my Scottish bloggy friends are too badly affected.  Have I ever mention before that I lived in Scotland for 5ish years - loved it!  Would move there again tomorrow if I could, but hubby is not keen!

What's the title all about then?  Well those darned Christmas cards are now in production in chez Sarah and I've done not too bad so far, I think anyway.  I started this morning and I have 11 done already, nothing fancy you understand - just plain simple (I hope stylishly plain and simple, not boring!) they must be fairly simple as hubby likes 'em!  Am moving onto a different design tomorrow and hope to make another 10 then same again all week so will be all done by weekend.

I do have a few fancier ones, and have to decide who they go to.  The masses get the mass produced one!

And so here is one of my 'fancier' ones:

Detail shot of image:

I used:

TeddbyBo & Co digi image: TeddyBea_132 - Snowflake flight; coloured with my Flexmarkers and Promarkers and then Glamour dusted to within an inch of her life!
Various embossing folders.
Memory Box die: Meridian Border
Craftwork Cards card blank and sentiment

And here is a little treat for those of you who read this far.  Emily has been colouring in, what do you think?

Not bad for four and a half eh!, she picked this one from all my Saturated Canary images and said she liked it as she was so pretty!

Anyhow, will wander now and see you all again soon.

Sarah

A challenge, or two:

TeddyBo Challenge - Challenge #23: White Christmas

Sketch Saturday - Week #184

The jury is still out....

on the haircut!

Hello blogworld

Am I the only person in the world who stresses about their haircut?  It's been a week now and I'm still not sure I like it, especially as me and hubby had words about it, or, to be more accurate, how it makes me look!  I decided, since the little make up session the other week, that I would try new make-up and, with the haircut, he decided that I now look like Theresa May (the Home Secretary!).  I don't know do I really want a haircut that, so hubby says, makes me look like someone probably 20 years older than me (don't know that for sure, but I'm guessing here!) - if I feel brave enough I may post a picture and you can tell me what you all think.

But enough of my waffle, onto the card (I know it's a Christmas card, and I still don't feel Christmassy, but I wanted to use one of the TeddyBo images that I won the other week - so here I am):
Front shot:

Detail of image:

I used:
Teddybo & Co digi image: Teddybea_116 'Your wish will come true', coloured with my Promarkers and Flexmarkers.
Die-cut and matted with nesties.
The papers are from Craft House - Winter Wonderland.
Wild Orchid Crafts for the flowers.
Card blank, sentiment: from Craftwork Cards (again mounted onto a nestie shape)

So I hope everyone is well and I'll be back tomorrow with my DT for Sweet Stampin'.  It's a good one, so be sure to pop back.

Cheerio

Sarah

A challenge, or two,:

Sketch Saturday - Week #181 - 12th November

The Cutie Pie Challenge - #5 - Bears

The TeddyBo Challenge - #22 - Christmas (but red and green should not be seen) - Ladies, there is green in my image and papers, but I'm hoping it's not Christmas green!!

Got to be quick

Hi all,

This is going to be a really quick post from me - I've dinner in the oven as we speak and it's about to go ping!

We've had another busy day - hence me and hubby eating way after Em has gone to bed, I'll be back at some point to waffle on about it all - including me freaking over something that happened - but for now I just want to join in with a challenge and then have me dinner and got a pile of ironing to do ready for Em going back to school next week.

So here's me cards (still doing the make two at one go!):

Card one:

Cards two:

Like the second one best, but quite pleased with them both.

Teddy Bo & Co image: Teddy Bea - Balloon Bea, coloured with my Prisma pencils.
The sentiment I've had for ages, no idea where it came from.
Pearls from Hobby House.
Made my own square blank and bits of coloured paper from my drawers.
Thats it!

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Sarah

A challenge, or two:

Teddy Bo challenge - Challenge #20 - CAS (Clean and Simple)

Something different

Hello blogworld

Well for me anyway!  An easel card, I've only done one or two of these before, but a friend has asked for a special card for her sisters 40th birthday (too close for comfort for me - still not sure I like being 40!).  So I brought out the big guns and try an easel again.

This time I took inspiration from Hazel's blog and gave it a go.  I'm wondering if the base needs more or not, I even made a box for it!

So this is what I did - be warned lots of photos!

Front shot:

Bit closer in:

Side view:

This going to have to be really short as I have my daughter at home with a stomach bug and she is very upset at having to run to the loo at short notice!  Poor thing, she hasn't been at school for very long and already has missed a week and a couple of days.  She has really taken to school too.

Anyway I will go get details on the card later, but for now I know this:

Teddy Bo & Co: - TeddyBea_144, coloured with my Prismas
Patterned paper: Daisy Bucket, Whimsical Ladies - Princess Caroline
Die cut with my Go-Kreate dies
Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts
Ribbon from my stuff
Sentiment computer generated and die cut with Shapeabilities - Fancy Tags Two.

Best wishes all,
Sarah

I'd like to join in with:

Creative Card Crew - Easel Card Challenge
Come and Get it Challenges - Easel Card Challenge

Ooh I've news!!! and Faye - this card is for you!

Hi blogworld (and Faye ;-) )

So the news I've been having great difficulties holding in - I really, really, really, don't do secrets!! - is out.  I replied to the DT call on Sweet Stampin' Challenge and, I don't how, I got in!!!  Am so excited!

I am really surprised the lovely ladies at Sweet Stampin' even looked at my email, I've never entered the challenge and didn't really know much about them - I'm hoping to be a quick learner!

I'm going to have to go do dishes in a mo, but after that I'm going to take a look at my new team mates blogs - some I already know - and introduce myself to those I've not met before.

I wonder if they know what they've let themselves in for!!  I'd be running for the hills if it was me!!!

Now for the card.  cooooeeeee! Faye - my turn.

So this is my first attempt at a Teddy Bea - I did try Promarkers at first, but I felt they were too strong for this image so I turned instead to my Prismas.  I'm 'quite' happy at the main image, except that I think the boots run into the image a bit to my eye it looks like she's got some weird sort of ankle bracelets on (does anyone wear ankle bracelets anymore - or toe rings (or am I just showing my age here!)).

I've got another image on the go, which I hope to have finished by tomorrow.

Anyway got to go and do those dishes, back soon.

Main shot of card:

Detail shot of image:

Image is from Teddy Bo & Co - TEDDYBEA_014, coloured with Prisma pencils and wings glittered with Stickles.  Edge of die chalked for definition.
Die cut with a nestie.
Papers all from Docrafts - Tulip Linen Paper Pack
Border is CC Designs Teardrop die (one of my new toys from the lovely Tracy at Dies to Die for).
Gems from my stuff
Craftwork Cards card blank.

Sarah

I like to enter the card into the following challenge:

The Teddy Bo Challenge blog - Challenge #18 - Things with wings