Earth tones

Hi Blogworld,

Well this is unusual for me at the minute isn't it - posting once a day!  Pure fluke, I can promise you.  However, with the end of the school holidays in sight, I should be back to posting more frequently from next week (well once I've tided up the tip that is my house!).

So here I am again with a card for the new challenge over at Dream Valley Challenges and, as my title suggests, the challenge this time is to use Earth Tones on your project.  Now as those of you who follow me regularly will know I am useless with colour!  I'm getting better at colouring but picking tones and contrasts and knowing what they are called - useless!  So this one was quite a challenge for me, in the end I quite liked the card even if I'm not sure that it is really 'Earth Tones'!

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And my card:

Detail shot of image:

Detail of sentiment and charm:

I used:

Ladybug Crafts Ink stamp - Nikki and Friends: Shopping Nikki coloured with my Promarkers

Image die-cut with and mounted onto Nestie circles

Papers: First Edition - New Leaf

Memory Box die - Madera Corner

Thread and charm - from my stuff

Craftwork cards: card blank and sentiment (which I cut down to fit the card)

I'm so enjoying being on the DT over at Dream Valley, with some wonderful Teamies and great entries to the challenges to have a wander through.  Why don't you pop over and see what wonderful inspiration there is for you this time and have a go at the challenge while you're there.

Looking forward to seeing you,
Sarah

PS - Slight confession to make - the die is another new purchase!  Well I've been wanting it for ages then saw Teresa (My Crafty Heart) had it in stock so over I rushed and into my basket it fell (along with the one from yesterday and another one that will make an appearance soon!).

A challenge, or two:

Sketch N Stash: Challenge 85 - Kevin's Sketch - my stash could be either the image, sentiment or charm (I've had them all for quite a long time!)

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT challenge: Challenge #58 - Shapes.  Well the card blank is a square, the image on a circle, the corner and banner bit are triangles, the charm and sentiment oblongs - hope that's enough shapes!!

Peek-a-boo!

Hello blogworld

I'm being sneaky here!  It's not my week over at Sweet Stampin, but I loved the challenge theme so much that I had to sneak onto Abi's team and join in.

So what is the theme then that got me so intrigued?  It's girly but NO pink!  How fab is that - almost every girly card I do has pink on it somewhere and I wondered if I could make a card without.  In the end I took a very easy route and made a White on White - and thoroughly enjoyed myself going overboard with glitter and flowers.

Our regular monthly sponsor, with the prize a £10 voucher for the on-line shop:

and this week's sponsor, a the prize being 5 digis of your choice:

Here is my creation - what do you think then?  Is it maybe a touch girly?

I used:

Pollycraft stamp (yes I have stamps as well as digis!  I got a bit obsessed at one point!): Sharing Sherbet - Seeds of Love.  Coloured with my Promarkers, then die-cut with and mounted onto nestie circles. The scalloped circle I embossed as well.

Cuttlebug embossing folders - Swiss Dots / Birds and Swirls, both edged with ink.

Martha Stewart punch for the border and butterflies.

Memory Box dies - Elegant Scrollwork (which I got myself as treat, not good UiU but I'm in dire need of a treat!)

Wild Orchid Crafts - roses, shame they are cream but I've run out of white.

Bow lace trim, from a seller on e-bay

Craftwork card blank

There are a few of us Team Fi girls going over to Team Abi this week - so why not pop over, have a peek at the fab inspiration and then join us!  Go on, you can make a girly card without pink ;-)

See you there!

Sarah

A challenge, or two:

I love Promarkers: Challenge #112 - White on White

Passion for Promarkers: Week 144 - Theme, White on White

Pollycraft Monday Challenge: Challenge #135 - Fabric (the bow trim is lace)

Charmed I'm sure!

Good morning blogworld!

Well wasn't that an exciting week over at the Divas 1st birthday / anniversary celebration blog hop!  I've never had so many comments on a post!  I'm also so pleased that some of you lovely people liked what you saw so much that you've decided to stay to listen to my inane waffle and look at my OK-ish cards for yourselves!

Thanks ever so much for stopping and a very warm welcome to you. I'll say again that I'm always astounded when I get new followers and I really do hope that you see something you like in my averagey cards.

So, just as with life, the excitement of a birthday is over and ordinary life goes on - and here we are again with a new challenge at Divas by Design.  This time we'd like you to use a charm or charms somewhere on your entry.

Now for this week's exciting news - we are sponsored by the brilliant artist Krista Smith who is the person behind the gorgeous images at:

I have to confess to having just  a couple (or more!) of Krista's images - altho (due to the stash diet) nothing from her newest releases, but enough that I had a difficult time to pick which one I'd use!  What swung it for me was the charm that I decided to use.

And, without further ado - here is my little creation:
Front shot:

Detail shot of image:

I used:

Saturated Canary digi - 'cell'; coloured with my Promarkers and die-cut out with a Go-Kreate die.  As pretty much normal for me I chalked the image while still in the die for definition.

Touch of Stickles glitter on the fringe on the handbag

Papers: Basic Grey - sultry 

Flourish: Cheery Lyn die - Fanciful Flourish (yes I know, again!)

Flowers - Prima

Pin - I made it!!!

Ribbon, charm, gems - from my stuff

Craftwork cards - card blank

I do hope you will pop over and have a peek at the wonderful creations my Teamies have made and give the challenge a go.  As always, am really looking forward to seeing all the charming (couldn't resist it!) entries I know there will be this week!

See you soon,
Sarah

A challenge, or two:

Tuesday Throwdown: #93 - Stick pins

Twisted Tuesday Challenge: I never promised you a rose garden - flowers but not roses

Use it Tuesday: Challenge 29 - Anything goes - everything is from my stash (apart from the beads in the pin - they are new) but the paper and flowers would be the oldest.  Hmmmm, a year or more?!