Waltzingmouse PJ Party

Hello!

A quick post from me to play along with the fun Pyjama Party over at Waltzingmouse Stamps! 

This card is for the Bedtime Story Sketch:

 

I used my favourite ever woodgrain stamp stamped in brown ink on kraft for the tags which are also from Waltzingmouse.  The sentiment and wheels are from Waltzingmouse's Ocean Bound set and the rope borders are from Tying the Knot.  The middle tag is popped up. 

Here is the sketch that I was using:

 

I have a couple of other PJ party cards to add so will be back soon!

Sarah x

Time Out Challenge #31

Hello!

The weeks are flying by and we are back again with a brand new challenge at Time Out....the theme is:

Grunge with the optional twist of embossing

Here is my card:

I was inspired by the theme to use some of my fabulous Stamplorations stamps - Trendy Leaves and Grateful Beyond Words.  Stamplorations are sponsoring our challenge this time with a $10 gift voucher for the winner and a $10 gift voucher for a randomly drawn entry which uses the twist.

I'm not sure how grungy my card is but I love the grungy look of Shery's textured images and sentiments!  I masked off the central panel and stamped the leaves in a range of greens before adding the bold sentiment in the middle.  A very simple, one layer card.

The rest of the DT have lots more grungy inspiration to share with you too and I am delighted to say that we are joined by the talented Ksenija as our Guest Designer for this challenge.  Ksenija has an amazing blog - Sweet Kobylkin where she shares her fabulous CAS style.

I hope to see you will take Time Out to play along with us too!

I will also link up at Stamplorations May Challenge - Stamps and Leaves. 

and at Craft Stamper's May - Take a Stamp Challenge

Thanks, as always, for stopping by,

Sarah x

Birthday Fishes!

Hello!

Happy Tuesday to you - I hope your week has got off to a good start :)  This is a super quick post from me to share a card that I have made to play along with this week's Less Is More Challenge which is Water and a One Layer Card.

Here is what I came up with:

 

The cute fishes are from Mama Elephant's Cosmic Stars set.  I watercoloured them and added some bubbles using Winnie & Walter's Big Bang Confetti set.  The sentiment is from Paper Smooches.  I masked the fish and inked through a stencil from Create A Smile to create my water effect. 

 

I will also link up at AAA Cards 1st Birthday Challenge - I have loved playing along at AAA in its first year, it is a really fun challenge blog with a great DT.  Happy First Birthday :)

 

Thanks for stopping by - I really appreciate your visits!

 

Sarah x

Uniko Studio Release Day Blog Hop

Hello!

I hope you have enjoyed seeing the two lovely mini stamp sets that Bev from Uniko Studio has designed for us this month!  The florals and nautical stamps cover lots of occasions and have fabulous clean lines which make them wonderful to work with.

I have a few more cards to share with you today as you hop along with us.  First up are a couple of nautical treasures:

 

Here I paired the sailboat with a background sea stamp from Hero Arts which I inked up with one of their ombre inkpads to create variation in colour.

 

I white embossed the compass stamps from the set and washed over them with watercolours.  I die cut a square frame and popped it up over the sailboat.

And also a couple of cards made using Flower Power #7:

I stamped and masked the lovely flowers in pinks and yellows and popped a die cut curved panel over the top with a sentiment from Uniko's All Occasion Sentiments #1 set.

 

I stamped the stem and leaves several times to create a long stalk for the sweet flower and popped a sentiment from Uniko's Fontiments Birthday set over the top.

I won't keep you any longer as you will want to see what fantastic designs the rest of the DT have to share with you today.  Head over to the Uniko blog to hop along and remember that one lucky person will win this month's release for leaving a comment!

Thanks for celebrating the release with us!

Sarah x

Stars and Chevrons

Hello,

A super quick post from me with a few cards that I have made to play along with some of the current challenges before they close:

 

Here is a card that I made for CASology where the cue card is 'Shape'.  I die cut the star and popped it up over a Hero Arts starry background which had been white embossed and inked with Chipped Sapphire.  I coloured a little hero figure from Mama Elephant and added a simple sentiment underneath him.  I will also link up at Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge to use dies/punches.

 

This was a super quick card which I will link up at Simon's Wednesday Challenge to feature a sentiment.  The sentiment is from Mama Elephant and is embossed on vellum.  I layered it over some patterned paper from My Minds Eye.

 

That's it from me for tonight!  Do stop by tomorrow for Uniko Studio's release blog hop :)

 

Sarah x

Introducing Nautical Treasures

Hello!

I am back with a few cards that I have made with Uniko Studio's fabulous new nautical stamp set.  It is a mini set but so versatile :)

I do like nautical stamps and the focal ship image in this set is great to work with.  Here I have paper pieced the sails in patterned paper - the blue and green checks work perfectly for a CAS male card.

However, on my next card I have gone for a more sepia/vintage look by stamping the compass in coffee archival ink on white card.  I distressed it with Antique Linen and Frayed Burlap distress inks and tore the card.  The torn card is layered up over some patterned kraft paper and the ship was stamped and cut out on kraft.  Obviously the sails were stamped on white card and a bit of distressing has taken the sharp white off them.

Hopefully this gives you a feel for how the set can look clean or vintage and appeal to 'boys' of all ages.  This ship is so classic that it will also play nicely with lots of other stamps that you will have in your stash. 

Here are all of the images in the set:

 

I have other ideas to share with you tomorrow too on release day but for now there is lots more inspiration from the rest of the DT :)

Remember to stop by tomorrow for the release day blog hop!

Thanks for your visit,

Sarah x

A bit of christmas crafting!

Hello!

Have you seen the fab new challenge from Muse - Christmas Visions?  It is their first challenge this week and it is a totally stunning card from the talented Kimberly Weiner.  I don't often get time to play along with the original Muse challenge but I have been feeling guilty that I haven't made a start on my Christmas cards (!) and this was the perfect inspiration!

Here is my card:

 

I was inspired by the blue and gold colour combo and poinsettias on Kimberly's card.  I gold embossed the large poinsettia from Penny Black on vellum and on blue card and layered them up.  I added splatters in gold and blue along with a gold embossed sentiment (not sure where from).

 

Here is Kimberly's glorious card:

 

 

I will also link up at Addicted to Stamps where the current challenge is Holiday and at Merry Mondays where the challenge is to use embossing on your Christmas card.

 

Well, now I have got started hopefully I will be making a few more Christmas cards :)  Don't forget to stop by tomorrow where I will have more cards made using the new stamps from Uniko Studio!

 

Sarah x