Tuesday 28 October 2014

A Few Challenges

Hello!

I hope your week is going well.  The kids are on half term and spending a few days with their grandparents so life is a bit less hectic this week....which means that I have had time to make cards for a few challenges.

Here is a card for the current challenge over at Altenew:


I was inspired by the flowers, colours and gold elements in the inspiration photo and gold embossed some flowers from Henna Elements.  I coloured them with Festive Berries and Tumbled Glass Distress Inks and matted on dark brown cardstock.  The sentiment is from Avery Elle.


October challenge

Have you seen the amazing new release from Altenew - it is fantastic.  So many gorgeous stamp sets :)

Next up is a card that I made for the current challenge at Festive Fridays - I love all of the beautifully gift wrapped presents:



I used a gorgeous sentiment from Waltzingmouse Stamps and combined with a bow die.  I white embossed some dots from Winnie & Walter on the red cardstock at the back to mirror the dotty bow. 


Thanks as always for stopping by - I really appreciate your visit!

Sarah x

12 comments:

  1. both wonderful cards, Sarah - especially love the Christmas one! have you spent your win at a2z scrapbooking yet - i'm anxiously waiting for my win order to come in the mail!

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  2. Fabulous Christmas card! Love the design, wonderfully CAS. Thanks for joining us over at Festive Friday! :-)

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  3. The kids are with their grandparents, you have time to make fabulous cards and share them with us - everybody wins!

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  4. Oh enjoy the quiet time Sarah! Love the gold on the first card...so elegant...and the polka dots on the second are adorable. Thanks so much for playing with us at Festive Friday!

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  5. Two beautiful cards! The flowers on the first are stunning and I love the dots on your second card! Hugs, Gerrina

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  6. Wow, you've had so many amazing cards lately. You must be able to sneak back into your craft room a bit more at the moment, which is brilliant for all of us followers!!! I totally agree about the new releases from Altenew, just amazing. Your card is beautiful and so well inspired by the photo. Love all the gold embossing with those colours. And your second card really is like a wrapped present. Crisp, modern and lots of white....love it!!!

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  7. I ove your FF card-so perfect for the photo, what a fun and eye catching card x

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  8. Clean, crisp, gorgeous! So glad you joined us at Festive Friday!

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  9. :) Pretty card ! great balance!

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  10. Two gorgeous cards, Sarah! I love that you used gold embossing on the flowers and leaves on your first card...so elegant! Your red and white card is so fun! I love the polka dots and that darling bow, and the Waltzingmouse sentiment is divine! Fabulous Christmas card!

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  11. Your take on the inspiration photos are fabulous, Sarah.

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  12. Your first card is very pretty, the gold embossed flowers look gorgeous! Thank you very much for playing along at Altenew's October challenge!

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