Love Actually

Hi Everyone

I hope everyone has had a great weekend. Mine has just flown by as I was working on Saturday, but I did manage to fit in a bit of me time today and made this card using the fab sketch on Mojo Monday The lovely colour combo of pink and cream over on Creative Inspirations and finally, used the theme of 'Love Actually' over on Papertake Weekly

I used this incredibly cute image from Belles and Whistles which is aptly named Sweet Love and had been sitting on my table just waiting to be inked up! I coloured them with Copics and then chalked the edges of the image in a pearlised pink to give an impression of soft focus, which I really like. As the light is still not good its not easy to see that I have used a heart embossing folder and a MS loop punch to add some additional texture.

Here is the romantic close up!

Recipe: Stamps: Sweet Love from Belles and Whistles, Sentiment from Crafts and Me, Hearts  from Hero Arts. Papers: Imaginisce - Perfectly Posh Fancy Hearts, Bazzill bling birthstone - June. Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Heart Blocks, Martha Stewart - Punch Around The Page Edge Punch - Loops. Ribbon from stash and lashings of stardust stickles.

Thanks for looking

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Loving wishes

Hi all

This was supposed to be a scheduled post yesterday , but whoops I pressed the wrong button when I was rushing so following a bit of tweaking you get two for the price of one today!
Well today certainly seems to have turned the corner when it comes to the weather. We have had fabulous blue skies all weekend and until we went outside it could have been mistaken for spring - Brrrr!! On Saturday I was at the Glitter Pot at another sumptuous Jane Gill class where we made some fabulous cards using her new Now and Forever set from Woodware . It was great to see all the usual suspects and catch up as many of us hadn't seen each other for over a month due to all the snow. On Sunday I took advantage of the great light and Dean being out at nets and had a little play with a load of new bits and pieces that have made their way to me over the last few weeks - I blame all the cabin fever from the snow!

So todays card uses the stamps from the Magnolia winter set which arrived a couple of weeks ago.
I also used the quilt card template, which has become a firm favourite following Jane Gills great demo last year. Thanks Jane, I really can't stop using this as it is so adaptable, addictive but mostly very relaxing to sit and fold in front of the TV at night!

I have also managed to cover off three challenges:

A Spoonful of sugar - Freestyle
ABC - Masking
Creative Inspirations - Feminine

The Tilda and the candlestick have been stamped onto the masked piano and coloured with copics. I then stamped and coloured another tilda and mounted her over the edge of the quilt to give her some depth.

On the second quilt I have used the Elegant heart and once again stamped another image, coloured it with copics, embossed the back and mounted it with pinflair glue.

A close up just to show that the stickles are back on my desk!

Recipe: Stamps: Magnolia - Noble Tilda, Elegant Heart, Champagne & Candelabra, Loving wishes, Janes Script. Papers: Bazzill basics, Papermania signature linen. Stardust stickles....

Thanks for looking
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New year, new challenge

Hi there

Well at last the snow has gone and as Dean is still in South Africa (watching us throw away the last cricket test to draw the series), I took the opportunity to take a little trip up to my parents in Lancs. My Mum is also a crafty little minx so I have spent the last two days crafting and shopping!
Today we went to the new outlet for Cardcraft Plus in Preston. Their old premises was very small and parking was a nightmare. Now they have a fabulously large place with loads of new products. Of course I had to have a little spend didn't I? LOL, but only bought some paper (as if I didn't have enough!) and some tape.

Todays card is another multi challenge entry for:

Cupcake Challenge - Going girly
Mojo Monday - Sketch
Creative Inspirations - New year, new products
Colour Create - Colour theme Kraft/White/Blue with an added requirement of texture

Because I was limited on the materials I had brought with me I had to use the reverse side of my lovely new Life Stories papers from Minds Eye for my piece of Kraft (basically looks like cardboard!). I did have a little whimper as I cut into it, but it was only a small piece so not too bad! I textured it with a new cuttlebug folder, that I had yet to use.

The very cute stamp is from Whiff of Joy and is coloured with copics. The rain drops and umbrella are highlighted with glass effect gel and stickles.

Recipe: Stamps: Whiff of Joy - Willow with Umberella, general sayings. Papers: Basic Grey - Mellow, Chocolate brown & Blue Co-ordinations, My Minds Eye - Life Stories. Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Distressed Stripes. Nesties  - large circles and large scalloped circles. Sentiment - Craftwork Cards. Viva Glass effect Gel in crystal Clear, Stardust Stickles and ribbon from stash

Thanks for looking

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Sparkle, Glitz & Bling

Hi all

Gosh when is this windy weather going to cease. Its been blowing all the leaves from my Magnolia tree into my neighbours garden and I keep getting these dirty looks thrown at me when I leave the house (although I do offer to help!). How embarrassing!! Thankfully there are hardly any leaves left on the tree so my troubles will be over soon.

I made a bit of a whoopsie yesterday and forgot to to post my card so now I have missed the challenge I will post later in the week Oops!

Today my card followed the lovely sketch over at Friday sketchers, but also covers the challenges on Totally Gorjuss to use any girlie image, Creative Inspirations to Sparkle, Just Magnolia to use masking, a little bit of BG paper for the Basic Grey 'Glitz and Bling' challenge and finally Papertake Weekly to create use your favourite Christmas stamps

Recipe:  227/365 Stamps - Magnolia - Wrapped Tilda & Snowy circle coloured with Copics and the bow is watercoloured with Jellyroll pens. Papers Basic Grey - Snowbank, Sei -winter Song, Flocked snowflake vellum. Sentiment and Card candy -craftwork cards. Tulle and pins from stash. Plus loads of stickles !!

 Thanks for looking

Hugs

Sara xx

Very Distressing........

Hi all

Don't panic this is crafty distressing not anything bad.....  This weeks challenge over at Just Magnolia is to distress your card. I have to admit that this is not a technique I use often, but I thought I would have a go and when I looked at the card at the end I actually realised I could claim three ways of distressing. Firstly the standard distressing with my scissors around the edge of the card and sanding the embossed snowflakes. Secondly, I used ink to distress the edges of the image and the tag, but finally the third use of distressing was........ wait for it........ colouring with distress inks...LOL corny eh!

I used the recipe over at LOTV (3 papers, 2 stamps and one embellie), the colour way at Creative Inspirations (Black and red) and the theme over at Simon Says Stamp - Thankfulness.  I don't half pack them in don't I !! LOL

Black and red always reminds me of Santa Claus so I thought I would make a thank you card that santa might leave someone who had left him some very tasty mince pies......  I remember being left little notes when I was a child, but then maybe I the only one....

The tag pulls out to reveal a mini version of the Magnolia Santa, that I just so happened to pick up at the NEC to match the full size one I bought last year.

Recipe: 214/365 Stamps: Magnolia - Santa delivering presents large & small. Papers: Imaginisce - Polar Expressions, Flannel PJ's, Red Rose coordinations, Black Pearl card. Sentiment from Craftwork Cards. ribbon from stash and finally of course a liberal slurp of Stardust stickles...

Thanks for looking

Hugs

Sara xx

It started as one!

Back for my last post. Originally I intended to do a very quick challenge using the sketch at A Spoonful of Sugar and to ink up the 'Spooky' stamp set I had from Penny Black to fulfil the Halloween brief at Penny Black Saturday & to all intents and purposes it was, as it only took 20 minutes to make........


However, when I came to post the card I found that I was able to enter quite a few more challenges as follows:
Creative Inspirations - challenge 32 - Halloween
Stamping for the Weekend - Challenge 21 - Halloween
Secret Crafter - challenge 55 - Orange & one other colour (in my case black)
Stamptacular Sunday - Challenge 30 - Its Fall y'all (using traditional fall colours)
Hurrah - makes my life so much easier...
Here is a close up...

Recipe: 199/365 Stamps:Penny Black clear stamp set - Spooky coloured with Copics. Paper: Basic Grey - Indian Summer (quite apt given this weeks weather forecast !) Orange Bazzill Bling, Black Coordinations card. Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Skeleton Scroll & Pumpkin Harvest. Bit of stickles on the hat!
That really is me finished for today so thanks for looking
Hugs
Sara xx

Have a hoot

Hi all

This week I am up at my parents in the north of England, which is great as I always get spoiled rotten and as my mum is a fellow crafter I get to spend quite a bit of crafting and not worrying about chores...........

So today I am have been busy making Xmas cards (which I will put up on a slide show at the end of the week) and made a card for my brother for his birthday next month which just so happens to have a flying owl (ABC challenge), makes reference to family (Creative Inspirations), includes autumn colours (Secret Crafter) and uses a sketch (Just Magnolia). Phew I believe that covers 4 challenges.....

I had received these stamps in my order from the new Magnolia spooky range, but as we don't really celebrate Halloween I wanted to make a card that used the stamps a bit differently and men's cards are always a tough one for me.

So without further ado.....

Recipe: 184/365
Stamps: Magnolia - So Spooky; spooky moon and tree branch, flying owl. Kelly Panacci - Twit Twoo. Papers My minds eye - Andrea Victoria; Golden Beads & Sizzix little sizzles card stock neutrals. Embossed with Cuttlebug- Forest Branches. E line by Prima. Peel off from stash. Coloured with distressed inks.
OMG look at the time I must fly (LOL)
Hugs
Sarax