Word Power

Hello!

A super quick post from me to share the cards that I made for my youngest, Jack's, 12th birthday this week.  He has had a great week and seems to have celebrations lined up for the next 3 weekends!

 

I painted the chipboard letters and numbers and covered in glossy accents and put them against a card panel which I have stamped with Hero Arts birthday definition stamp.  I will join this card up at AAA cards where the theme is to make words the focal point.

 

 

 

I also made a card featuring stamps from Uniko and Waltzingmouse for Jack.  The blue and grey colour combo looks really nice.

 

Thank you for stopping by :)

 

Sarah x

Less is More #335

Hello!

Here we are in July already.  It has been a very wet and chilly week in the UK so I am hoping that July brings the return of some sunshine.  We are back today with our latest challenge at Less is More which is to use colours from a country's flag:

Quite predictably my first card features the colours of the union jack - blue and white with just a touch of red:

 

 

I stamped some hearts from Waltzingmouse Stamps repeatedly across the top of the card in navy ink and combined it with a sentiment from Altenew.  A little red heart creates a pop of contrast.  I will also link up at Simon's Wednesday Challenge where it is Anything Goes.

I then decided to remove red from the mix and just focus on the blue and white of the Scottish flag.

This simply features some patterned paper combined with a die from Waltzingmouse and a sentiment stamp and die from Papertrey Ink.  I thought this would work well for a masculine birthday card. I will link this one up at Time Out where the theme is celebrations with the optional twist of one layer. 

The rest of the DT have other fab designs to share with you over at Less is More.  And, as we are at the start of the new month we have a new sponsor - the wonderful Happy Little Stampers. 

I look forward to seeing which flag you choose to take inspiration from :)

Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah x

Honey I Shrunk the Kit!

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It genuinely does only feel like a week or two ago when we were sharing our creations with the last mini kit which Shona put together for us but it was actually back at the beginning of May and we are in July already!

This time around the lovely Hazel did the honours and created such a sweet and quirky set of images and elements around the theme 'Going Up'.  I had such fun with this and have 4 makes to share today:

I absolutely fell in love with the sweet Bella Stamps in the kit:

 

I gently inked the middle of the card and added a strip of die cut clouds.  I coloured the girl with spectrum noir pencils and the balloon with zig brush marker and wink of stella.  The sentiment is from Stamploration and I thought it worked well with the girl floating away.  I will link this card up at Simon Wednesday's Challenge where the theme is Anything Goes.  I will also play along at CASology where the cue card is Fly.

 

 

I watercoloured the image and inked the card base with raindrops to add to the rainy scene.  The lovely sentiment is from the kit too.

This koala and accompanying sentiment from Gerda Steiner is such fun.  I inked some clouds in the background and coloured the image with pencils.  The die cut sentiment is from MFT.

 

Finally, Hazel included some gorgeous die cut butterflies in watercolour paper in the kit and I used zig markers and a lot of colour to create an ombre look on them.  The bright colours look cheerful against the crisp white.  The sentiment is another one from Stamplorations.

 

I was really inspired by this kit - thank you, Hazel!  Check out what the other honeys made with the kit here:

 

Shona Chambers

Sarah Platt

Hazel Hodgkins

Anita Bowden

 

Thank you for stopping by!

 

Sarah x

Less is More #334

Hello!

This week at Less is More we have a sketch challenge for you.  I do find sketches well, challenging so this was a tough one for me!

Here is the sketch:

When I looked at the sketch I saw a river running across the card so that is what I went with....

I stencilled a wave pattern on the card base and popped up white card on either side which was hand cut in to a wavy line.  The cute otter and baby are from MFT and are left over from the recent kit that Shona sent over for Honey I Shrunk the Kit.  The sentiment is from Uniko.

 

I then decided to try making a similar design as a one later card so I masked a wavy line, stamped and masked the fish (from Mama Elephant) and stencilled in the water.  I added some white highlights to the fish and added a sentiment from Altenew.

 

I hope that you like how I used the sketch for my designs this week.  The rest of the DT have other inspiration to share with you over at Less is More.

 

Thanks, as always, for stopping by,

 

Sarah x

Less is More #333

Hello!

I am back again after a glorious few weeks of sunshine in Spain....it is proving difficult to readjust to a damp and cool british summer!  However, it gives me an excuse to loiter in my craft room (ignoring the jungle outside in the garden) and to make some cards for this week's Less is More Challenge which is to Personalise It.

I made 2 cards.....the first one is for Father's Day which is tomorrow.  It is for my father in law who looks a bit like this but doesn't wear a bow tie :)

The die cut edge and sentiment are from Waltzingmouse Stamps which is now sadly closed.  The face is cut from a balloon die and the other features from Sizzix.  The patterned paper just brings a bit of colour and interest to the design.  I hope that it makes my father in law smile!

 

I made a card for my mum using Altenew stamps which I have watercoloured with distress inks.  The sentiment is Altenew and the Mum is from Waltzingmouse.

 

It is a lovely touch to personalise a card and I plan to invest in more alphabet stamps or dies to add individual names too.  The rest of the DT have great ideas for creating personalised designs which you can find over on the Less is More blog.

 

Thank you for stopping by,

 

Sarah x

Less is More #331

Hello!

I am popping in briefly to share the cards that I have made for the new challenge over at Less is More.  It is a colour challenge this week and we are looking for neopolitan ice cream colours!

If Mr Blogger is playing nicely, this post will go live while I am in Spain with my family for half term break so I am sure that there will be lots of ice cream consumed!  Making cards for this challenge got me in the mood for summer :)

 

I thought that I was going to struggle with these colours initially but actually found that they worked really well together!  On this card I have used some fab Concord and 9th leaf dies in each of the colours and added some splattering in gold and pale pink on the background.  The sentiment and banner are from Papertrey Ink.

 

More Concord and 9th on this card with the watercolour style butterfly.  I have combined it with a lovely sentiment from Stamplorations who are our generous sponsors for June.

 

 

Do check out lots more yummy inspiration from the DT and from the super talented Shery from Stamplorations who is our GD this week!  I hope that this has got you in the mood for ice cream and cardmaking.....although it can get messy if you try them together :)

 

Thanks for stopping by,

 

Sarah x

Uniko Challenge #41

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I am back with a reminder card for our current challenge at Uniko where the theme is masculine with the optional twist of father's day.

I think that this card could work for father's day.....

I wanted to reflect a 'tribal' look with the Triangulate Background Builders set and stamped the borders in Altenew's Fired Brick and Black in alternate rows.  I think that I must have been inspired by the challenge photo in terms of colours!  The sentiment is a combination from Explosion Additions and All Occasion Sentiments #2.

 

The rest of the DT and our fab GD, Hannelie from Desert Diva have more ideas to share with you.  The challenge is open until 23 June so you still have lots of time to play along!

 

Thanks for stopping by,

 

Sarah x