Wedded Bliss

Hello!

I am glad to have got to another weekend.....I just have a quick card to share which I made for friends of my mother's who are celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary!!  That is pretty amazing - what a lovely milestone to celebrate.  My card is fairly clean and simple:

 

I die cut lots of numbers with Memory Box dies and adhered them to the card based in a design that I saw Jennifer Mcguire use.  I coloured and glittered the main numbers and covered them with glossy accents to create a focal point.  I gold embossed the sentiment from Waltzingmouse Stamps on to a vellum banner and finished with a few gold hearts and glittered dots. 

 

I was pleased with the finished effect.  My Mum couldn't find a 65th wedding anniversary card in the shops and didn't want anything too fussy so I hope this fits the bill!

 

I will also link up with CASology's current challenge with the cue card - Anniversary.  Quite handy really :)

 

Thanks for your visit and kind comments.

 

Hope to see you again soon!

 

Sarah x

NBUS!

Hello!

Flying in with a quick post to share some cards that have been inspired by the fabulous Darnell's challenge to break out that unloved stash:

I love visiting Darnell's happy Playhouse - she has an army of followers and is always generous with kind words and encouragement.  I am learning lots of new words as well from her unique written style :)

I am afflicted by the common crafter's condition of impulse buying and often buy supplies inspired by amazing cards that I see in blogland.  However, once the products arrive I have no idea what to do with them!!

I recently got some great stamps from Waltzingmouse Stamps and here are the two cards that I have made:

 

I have combined this lovely stamp set with a sentiment from Mama Elephant.  It is a very straightforward design with the roses popped up along the leafy vine which I have stamped twice.  The punched border in pink card adds a bit of interest.

 

I love the modern look of these leaves from Waltzingmouse and think they lend themselves to a more masculine card which I have paired with a sentiment from Hero Arts.  The leaf is stamped in shades of green which match the colours of my bedroom so I can play along with this week's Less Is More challenge too :)

 

I hope that you like these cards and are inspired to break out your new/unused goodies to play along with Darnell's NBUS challenge!

 

See you again at the weekend :)

 

Sarah x

Hearts and Flowers

Hello!

Just a quick post today with a card for the current challenge at Uniko Studio which has a gorgeous colour combo and the theme of Thinking of You:

Here is my card:

 

I combined sentiments from All Occasion Sentiments #3 and #5 and gold embossed them.  I cut a heart stencil from acetate and stamped round the edges in the lovely florals from Background Builders Vines.  I don't often make one layer cards but like the look that the heart gives.

 

I am looking forward to the next release of Uniko's stamps which is on 11 June this week - check out the sneak peaks that Bev is sharing on the blog.

 

I will also join up with the Time Out Challenge which has a summer theme with a twist of flowers.

 

Thanks for your visit :)

 

Sarah x

Rain or Shine

Hello!

I hope you have been enjoying your weekend!  It has been a typical English summer weekend here - sunshine and showers :)  My two cards are both influenced by the weather (and some lovely papers from Studio Calico).

 

I used a lovely balloon set from Clearly Besotted Stamps white embossed on to patterned paper and to kraft.  The hills are die cut circles and the sentiment is white embossed on vellum.  I will play along with the Time Out Challenge which has a summer theme.

 

Whilst I had these papers out I made a second card:

 

 

I used the lovely Avery Elle Weather It set on this card which I will link up with CASology's current challenge where the Cue Card is Shine. 

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

 

Sarah x

 

Over at A Blog Named Hero

Hello!

Things have been a bit quiet on the blog lately - partly with our recent trip away combined with a busy week at work.  However, I am over at ABNH today sharing some cards for Father's Day.

This month we have been lucky enough to play with some lovely products from:

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I love the quirky embellishments and washi tape from Finding Nana which are really worth checking out and Faber Castell don't really need any introduction but I have to say that gelatos are my new favourite craft product :)

 

 

These are two of the cards I have made - cute and cool :)  Go and check out the others at A Blog Named Hero.

 

I will also link up with the Father's Day Challenge at Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge!

 

Talking of challenges - there is still time to play along with the challenge to make anything but a card at A Blog Named Hero which comes with the chance to win $25 from our fab sponsors, Simon Says Stamp :)

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for your visit and support!

Bye for now,







 

Hello Moose

Hello!

I hope you are well and having a good week so far.  A quick post today with a few cards I made at the weekend.....

I was playing with my new Spectrum Noir blendable pencils to colour in the cute moose from Hero Arts.  I used a fun chalkboard element that came free with a magazine and some die cuts from Lawn Fawn and Memory Box.  I have had the patterned paper forever :)  I will link up with Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge of Anything Goes - there are over 800 entries!!

My next card is for Less Is More's Challenge to use more than one stamp:

 

I used die cuts from Simon Says Stamp and Clearly Besotted and a range of sentiments from Waltzingmouse Stamps, Clearly Besotted and Winnie & Walter.  I was inspired by this awesome card from Laura Bassen - I so love her use of bright colours and clean, fresh designs!

 

 

Thanks so much for your visit - I do appreciate it :)

 

Sarah x

A few snaps

Hello!

Just a few photos from our recent trip to Scotland. The Fife coastline is a lovely part of Scotland - I'm not much of a photographer but it was lovely to see blue skies and such gorgeous scenery!

Bamburgh Castle on the North East Coast on way to Scotland

My boys on Tentsmuir beach

Anstruther Harbour on Fife coast

 

Since we got back I have made a few cards to play along with some of my favourite challenges:

 

The cue card at CASology is Bee which also works well with the colour combo over at The Card Concept.

 

 

I used the honeycomb stencil from Memory Box inked through a circle die cut and combined it with a bee die from Spellbinders.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts and seemed to go with the bee image!

 

This card plays along with the colour combo at The Colour Throwdown:

 

 

 

 

I have used the butterfly from Altenew's Ori Kami set and coloured them in with my new Spectrum Noir blendable pencils which are great - they give a really smooth look.  The sentiment is from Mama Elephant embossed on to vellum.  I will also link up with Less Is More's challenge which this week is to use more than one stamp and at Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge which is Anything Goes.

Thank you if you have stayed with me to the end of this post!  A shorter post to follow tomorrow :)

Bye for now, Sarah x