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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Home sweet home!

Hello!

We are just back from a few days in Scotland for half term - it was great to have a break and spend time with the boys.  We have been to St Andrews before and love it around that area as there is lots to see and do including walking along the amazing beach at Tentsmuir and going to visit the pandas at Edinburgh zoo.  The little fishing villages along the east coast are beautiful and we stayed in a cosy cottage in Anstruther.  I will share a few photos later....

However, it is always nice to be home - particularly when there is crafting to be done :)

 

I got a set of Dear Lizzy journaling cards on sale at Hobbycraft and thought that they would be useful as stencils.  However, with this one I coloured a sheet of vellum in a rainbow of colours behind the sentiment and coloured/glittered a number of Studio Calico wood veneer stars as an embellishment.  No stamps at all on this one!!

 

I will join up with the current challenge at Addicted to CAS to add texture.  There are some gorgeous cards in the gallery there.... I will also link up with Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge.

 

I'm off to play in my craft room so hopefully I will have more to share soon :)

 

Thanks for your visit!

 

Sarah x

 

A Few Challenges

Hello!

I have had the chance to catch up on a few challenges after a hectic week - here's what I have made :)

This card is my last entry for the Hero Arts Sketch Challenge which closes today.  This was the one sketch (Sketch #1) which I hadn't tried:

I stamped some of the lovely florals from Flower Garden on a die cut label and framed it with die cut leaves from Avery Elle.  A few pearls and a die cut circle finish the design.  I will also join in with the current challenge at Less Is More where the challenge is to use die cuts.  I have just remembered to link up with A2Z Scrapbooking's theme of How Does Your Garden Grow?  You have until 31 May to link up!

My next card plays along with Colour Throwdown - I just love this colour combo!

 

I inked up a new (to me) set of stamps from Paper Smooches, Cyber Café.  I masked the cups to stack them up.  Love the sentiment :)  I will also link up with The Card Concept which has a coffee themed challenge.

That's it from me for today.  Thanks for your visit - I really appreciate it!

Sarah x

Wet and Wild

Hello!

It is really wet and miserable here this weekend....and I have taken refuge in my craftroom :)

Given the wet weather it seemed like a good idea to make a card for the current challenge over at Keep It Simple - Maritime!

 

I used the large Simon Says Stamp stripes background white embossed in the background and a new stitched tag die from Waltzingmouse Stamps.  The sentiment is from WPlus9 and I think the anchor die is from Simon as well, I stacked up a few together for a bit of dimension.  I love the patterned paper which is from a 6x6 Dear Lizzy paper pad that I picked up on sale the other day.  The mint and navy colour scheme is lovely :)  Nothing very complicated but I like how it has turned out......

 

My second card to share is one I made whilst I had the navy cardstock out.  I have used a sketch from the Hero Arts Challenge which finishes tomorrow....I have used sketch #3:

 

 

I have used the gorgeous Constellation Background from Hero Arts clear embossed on the dark blue card.  The star and sentiment are silver embossed and from HA's Written in the Stars set.  They work so well together :)  Some silver sequins, thread and American Crafts glitter tape to finish.

 

Both cards feature embossing - remember the current challenge at A Blog Named Hero:

 

 

There is still time to enter and there are prizes from both Simon Says Stamp and Mama Elephant up for grabs!

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

Sarah x

 

 

Hello Flowers

Hello!

I am loving the Hello Flowers set by Hero Arts and have made this card to play along with Less Is More Challenge and CASology both of which are featuring a flowers theme this week.

 

I white embossed the flowers and inked them with Scattered Straw and Worn Lipstick distress inks.  The sentiment is from the fab Winnie and Walter, The Big, The Bold and The Happy stamp set.  I inked a Simon Says Stencil with Pumice Stone and added a few glitter enamel dots.

 

I hope you like it.  It is forecast to be a wet weekend so I should be able to get some time to play in my craftroom :)

 

See you soon.  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Sarah x

 

Time Flies, Love Lasts

Hello!

A quick post tonight for the Time Out Challenge based on the theme 'Time Flies, Love Lasts'.  I used my new Hero Arts Feathers set white embossed on watercolour card with a wash of blue and green distress inks.  The sentiment is made with my dymo.

 

That's it for me - another busy week at work so not much time for crafting so far!

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

 

Sarah x