Nautical Thanks

Hello!

A really quick post from me today with a card for this week's CASology where the cue card is Sea.  It was the perfect excuse to get out my Ocean Bound stamp set from Waltzingmouse Stamps:

I stamped the rope image repeatedly in navy to create the background and stamped the lifesaver and sentiment on a stitched die from Waltzingmouse too.  I coloured it in with my Chameleon pens - still working on the blending :)

I will also link up with Addicted to CAS's current challenge where the codeword is Tag.

It was nice to take a break from Christmas cards to use a fresh, nautical colour scheme.  I hope you like it! 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Sarah x

A Blog Named Hero Christmas Event

Hello!

ABNH has got a great Christmas event running every day this month:

There is fabulous festive inspiration every day and the chance to win prizes from Simon Says Stamp and Hero Arts .  You must check it out!

Today is my day on the blog and I have two cards featuring Christmas baubles - here is one of them:

A card featuring HA's lovely Christmas Crystals set - coloured in with my Chameleon pens.  A strip of black glitter tape and some wink of stella to add the essential Christmas bling!

I would love for you to visit me over at ABNH and let me know what you think of my cards - remember you could be in with a chance of winning :)

I will also link this card up with the current holiday challenge over at Hero Arts under the Anything Goes category and at A2Z's Anything Goes November challenge.

Thanks for stopping by - I really appreciate your visit!

Sarah x

Time Out Challenge #18

Hello!

Thursday already?!  That means it's time for another Time Out Challenge :)  This time we have a fab photo inspiration:

I was inspired by all of the beautiful rustic details - so warm!  Here is my rustic Christmas card...

 

I used my PTI wreaths on kraft and clear embossed some of the berries for some shine.  I pierced a line to look that they are hanging.  I thought the warm colours and rustic look reflect the photo.

Be sure to head on over to Time Out to see what inspiration the rest of the design team have in store for you :)  We are lucky to have Toni from Frankie Helps Craft as our Guest Designer for this challenge - she has a great CAS and fun style! 

I will also link this card up with the rustic Christmas theme at Merry Mondays.

I hope you will take Time Out to play along with us.

See you again soon :)

Sarah x

Merry Bauble

Hello!

I am really enjoying the current Holiday Class from Online Card Classes.  I love the inspiration but don't often manage to keep up with the homework.....BUT I have managed to make a card inspired by Jennifer's fabulous word Christmas tree from Day One:

 

 

I die cut a bauble to create my mask and stamped various 'merry' stamps in shades of purple and then went round the outside with a light lilac to give the shape a bit more definition.  I really like the effect!  It is a very simple design but nice and CAS and flat for posting....

 

I will link up at Less is More where the challenge is to use non traditional Christmas colours - this is my last card, promise!  I will throw it in to the Anything Goes Challenge at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge too although there are a gazillion cards in the gallery :)

 

Anyway, I better crash....another busy day tomorrow!

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

 

Sarah x

Lots of Glitter

Hello,

Monday is back to work so I have decided to brighten up my day with lots of glitter :)

 

I used clear embossing paste on my favourite Simon Says Stamp diagonal stencil and covered with gold glitter.  Love the bling and texture!  I embossed the ornaments form SSS in gold and silver and combined with a PTI sentiment.  This has more bling than I would usually use but that's ok for Christmas, right?! 

I will link up with the fifth challenge at the SSS Flickr Group to use embossing and with Virginia's View Challenge to feature metal elements - I think there is plenty of gold on here!  Finally I will link up with Less is More's challenge to use non traditional Christmas colours for a second time - this card definitely doesn't have any red or green on it.  So sorry that the last card I linked up had red on it....I had thought that red and green were banned not red or green - doh :)

 

 

I made a second card on the same theme with the SSS ornaments die cut from my glittery background.  I clear embossed through the SSS stencil on the black base to add a bit more interest.

 

I hope you like my black and gold Christmas cards.

 

See you again soon :)

 

Sarah x

Cheery Owls

Hello,

I wanted to play along with the current challenge at Inkspirational which is a really fun photo inspiration.  I was inspired by the bright colours and cute owls:

I found a cute owl stamp from Hero Arts and coloured it with my Chameleon Pens.  Layered up on some bright stripy paper and combined with a sentiment from WPlus9.

 

I will join up at Simon Wednesday's Challenge which is Anything Goes.

That's it from me - thanks for stopping by :)

Sarah x

Patterned Paper

Hello!

I hope you are having a good weekend....I have been playing in my craft room this afternoon and have made some cards to join in with this week's Muse challenge.  The lovely Michele from icardeveryone set the challenge to make 3 cards using the same patterned paper.

I don't often use patterned paper (although I have loads of it) so this was a real challenge.  I found a fresh stripy print and made 3 Christmas cards:

The first card features my current favourite snowflake die from Hero Arts stacked up on several layers and covered in a generous layer of Wink of Stella.  The lovely sentiment is from Clearly Besotted.  I used some Winnie & Walter stamps to create my trees on the second card and a Spellbinders ornament die on the last card.

I will also link up at Less Is More where this week's challenge is to use non traditional Christmas colours and at the Anything Goes Challenge at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge.

Finally, I will join in the November challenge at Make The Day Special which is to make a Christmas card using one of their colour combos.  I bought my HA Snowflake die from the store....

I hope you like these designs.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sarah x