In the spotlight!

Oh how I wish I was!!

Hi blogworld,

Well, ummm, no not really!!  I'm not one for hogging the spotlight!  I did however really want to have a go at the spotlight challenge over at Passion for Promarkers but problem is I've had no time this last week,

So this was knocked out in a couple hours this morning - but it's the only card you'll see this week.

I've now got DT cards to make for challenges next week and I can't see me having time to do that and make random cards, plus I've got painting and then the housework I neglected last week -  so this'll be it for this week blogworld!

Me card:
Front shot:

Her Close Up:

 I used:

Stamp:

Stampin Bella - Uptown Girl: Isabella loves ice-cream

coloured with my ProMarkers

Sentiment - Lili of the Valley: Set 25 - Handwritten Phrases

not sure if you can see that I popped the cutout and image up onto 3d foam pads? Hope so.

Die:

Go-Kreate

Papers:

Basic Grey - porcelain

Anything else?

Bit of really ancient trim from doodlebug

flowers from me stuff

That's the fat lady singing folks,

I'll see you next week,

Sarah

A challenge or two:

Passion for Promarkers: In the spotlight

Sketch Saturday: Week #285 - I rotated the sketch

Graph'It Markers: Wk 21 - Lucky 7/Anything Goes (I don't have any Graph'Its so it's Anything Goes for me)

D.I.Y. on a Sunday

Good morning blogworld,

Hope y'all have had good weeks, we've had a very productive one.  Not cards at all, I've been terribly remiss with those, but on the D.I.Y. front it's been a good week.

We might be having a day off today, but you never know as the skirting board is calling.  But that's only if hubby wakes up soon (he's napping on the sofa - one of trials of getting old it would seem is being tired when you are doing a lot of decorating!).

I thought I'd do my now semi-regular Sunday update on SWMbO's new bedroom.

Painting - (ceiling and walls) tick
flooring - tick
skirting boards - see above!
glossing - waiting for skirting boards
child wanting to move in - tick

So here come the piccies:

You can see she's already starting to move in - even tho there is no radiator yet and there are things to be finished off!!  I think if we don't hurry up we will find her bed in there one morning!!!

Hope everyone else is well.  I can't even say see you with cards next week, as I'm soooo behind with those it's unreal, but hopefully now we are on to the finishing touches I'll be back to normal in a couple of weeks.  Tho when have I've ever been normal - hmmmmm, never????

See ya

Sarah

PS - Although you will spot the lighting, it's not what I really wanted.  You may recall that I put out a plea for advice?  Well hubby persuaded me to go with what we've got to get SWMbO moved in, he said we can 'tart it up' later.  It certainly does need tarting up as far as I'm concerned!!!!  The two lights do give enough light, but the light fittings are just not right for that room.

Any furry friends?

Hi blogworld,

You'll be glad to hear (I'm sure!) that I am nearing the end of painting duties.  Second coat on the two end walls today and then the only painting left to do is woodwork, which there is still a lot of but nowhere near as much as those walls and darn ceiling (5 coats on that ceiling - just goes to show you should buy good quality paint.  Which we did not!!!).

Anyway I'm supposed to be here showing you my DT card for Moving Along With the Times not going on about our D.I.Y. efforts!

This week my Teamie Tammy has chosen the theme of 'Furry Friends' - so we'd like to see animals on your cards / projects please.

You would not believe how tortuous this card was to make!  It started out with loads of layers and patterned paper - but ended up as you see it now, very little paper and no embellies.  I don't know what I did (wrong papers, wrong colour card used to matt the layers, wrong Mojo!!) but it just didn't work - so I took it apart and started again.

Here have a looksie.

The front shot:

The close up:

The Arty Farty:

I used:

Stamp:

Lili of the Valley - Milly Cuddle Time

coloured with my ProMarkers

Dies:

Nestie (for the image)

Papers:

Not sure - it's a scrap

Anything else?

Frame from my stuff

We Are Memory Keepers - White Out collection; rub-on sentiment

Ha, and just as I'd finished it I decided to add the rub-on sentiment - well I almost went through the card rubbing on!!  It still looks rather dodgy in real life!

Hope you get a chance to come join in and will be back at the weekend probably with more D.I.Y. in progress pictures.

See you soon,

Sarah

Graph'It Marker Colour challenge: Wk 20 - Furry Friends

Crafty Little Fairies:  Top of the Pops (inspired by a song) - Queen's  You're my Best Friend (best band in the world - ever, well apart from Bon Jovi that is!)

Little Miss Muffet Challenges: Challenbe #73 - seeing dots