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For my mum

2011-09-20T21:44:00.006+01:00

Hi Bloggers, long time no blog!!

I have been AWOL for months, been really busy with work and life in generally, not had a lot of time for crafting of late and my Mojo has been non - existent.

Anyway, my sister has asked me to make her a card for her to give our mum for her birthday on Saturday (It's OK, she does not look at my blog), birds or butterflies was the theme so I could not resist using the Tim Holtz Birdcage die!! Gotta say, I am so pleased I got this die, it is so beautiful, I cut mine out of grungeboard and some really old DSP I bought when I first started crafting, not sure who the manufacturer is, it was a cheap deal if i remember rightly!! I overstamped the DSP on the Birdcage with Sanded background stamp by Stampin Up, love this stamp, such a must have!

The sentiment frame is also a Tim holtz die cut that comes with a tag, love it!! The mum sentiment is from a Waltzing mouse set, Roses in Bloom.

I am entering my card into the Cute Card Thursday challenge which this week is anything goes. I am hoping to start entering challenges again, I do miss it.

Anyway, I hope you like the card, thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Goodbye sweet Will

2011-06-16T22:57:00.004+01:00

RIP Will, i miss your cuddles already.x

Sorry I have been AWOL for so long, I really am finding it difficult to get any time to blog, make cards or even blog hop!!

Life is just so hectic for us lately and this week has been a tough one as on Monday evening we had to have our wonderful dog Will put to sleep unexpectedly. He was approx 15 years old, he was a rescue dog so his age was a guess, he had a long life but it still does not make it any easier. He was OK before I left for work on the morning, fighting his way through the younger ones in for his breakfast but when I got home and went to feed him he never came running into the kitchen as usual, he could not stand, his back legs would not let him, his breathing was very laboured and he was not the slightest bit interested in his food. He just lay down on the floor and I somehow knew that this was the end for him and I broke my heart there and then!!

We got an emergency appointment at the vet who told us that Will possibly had a tumour on his liver, he was retaining a lot of fluid and his breathing was difficult as a result, the vet said that Will was really struggling and had given up!! He was just lying on the vet table, no fight to keep him there like we usually have!! There was nothing that could be done and the kindest thing was to say goodbye to our wonderful companion and I think between myself, hubby and our son, we flooded the consultation room with tears whilst we said our goodbyes, the Vet was really patient with us.

We held him as he was put to sleep and out of pain, it was one of the most heartbreaking moments of my life!!

Will was a fantastic dog, great with kids, very loving, always comforted me when I was sad, he bought us and many of our family and friends so much joy..........and destruction when he was younger but he was worth it, such a trusting soul considering he was a rescue and we will never forget him.

The strange thing was that the night he died........Mon 13th of June was my late fathers Birthday, I like to think my dad has him up in heaven, it helps me to deal with the loss......coincidence maybe but I like to think they are looking after each other now.

I hope to get back to blogging soon.x

Passion for Promarkers

2011-05-24T09:00:00.004+01:00

Hi bloggers, hope you are all well!!

Welcome to another Passion for Promarkers challenge and this week we want to see 2 of something on your creations!!

I have used 2 stamps on my creation and i thought the theme of wedding 'two become one' was also quite apt for the theme!!

I used old Stampendous stamps that I have never used before, I am trying to use all my stamps at least once......I am not doing too well, I buy them faster than I use them and I just can't seem to stop!!!

The DSP is from a wedding themed making memories paper pack I got from Hobbycraft last year, I think it is still available.

I coloured the happy couple in Promarkers and dabbed some stickles on the brides dress, every bride needs a bit of bling right???

Hope you like my card, pop over to the PFP blog as team 1 and team 2 have joined forces this week and there are some stunning samples for your inspiration!!

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers - For a Teenager

2011-05-10T09:00:00.001+01:00

Howdy bloggers, I'm back at last!!!

Florida was fab and super hot and yes I found craft shops thanks to the lovely girls on Splitcoaststampers pointing me in the right direction. Hubby spoiled me rotten as usual and I came back with lots of copics, scrapbook papers, dies, embellishments and lots of stamps, I managed to get to Michaels, Hobby Lobby and Jo-annes, I would have loved to have gone to a dedicated stamping shop but I think I may have been pushing my luck......LOL
I just need to find the time to use it all now!!!

Anyway, this week over at Passion for Promarkers we want to see the theme 'For a Teenager'. I dusted off an old greeting farm stamp 'Edward', (in stock here) I forgot how much fun these guys are, I must ink up the others!!!

I teamed Edward up with some papers from my Basic Grey 'Oliver' pad, available here and coloured him in the following Promarkers:

Cool grey, 1, 3, 4, 5, warm grey 5, dusky pink, blush, pastel pink, sandstone, Ivory, Burgundy, crimson and my trusty blender, all the Promarkers I have used are in stock here

I kept the card simple, the sentiment is from the Free spirit sentiments set by Waltzing Mouse stamps, such a versatile set of sentiments!!! I added a some wonky stitching the the card to add interest.....LOL, I don't think I will ever master the sewing machine, it seems to have a mind of its own!!!

Hope you can join us this week

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers - WOW

2011-04-19T09:00:00.004+01:00

Hi bloggers, this is a scheduled post as I am still in Florida, hopefully enjoying the sunshine and spending quality time with my family and friends, (hope I have found the craft shops by now :0)

I had to make this card well in advance..........I don't do advance......I am a last minute.com kind of gal, this is a first for me....LOL

Anyway, this week at Passion for Promarkers the challenge is WOW (White on white), hope i got it right as I have never made a WOW card before!!!

My big sis asked me to make a baby card for a friend who has just had a baby girl on her last IVF attempt, I turned to this adorable Penny black stamp, 'Baby Hammock' that I have to tell you is the second time I have used this stamp..........that is a record for me....LOL, it makes such cute baby cards, well worth having in your stamp collection!!

I coloured Baby Hammock in the following Promarkers:

Lemon, Sunflower, cerise, pale pink, dusky pink, pastel pink, china blue, cinnamon, tan, cool grey 1, warm grey 3 and pastel blue, leaf green, forest green and blender

The border around the card was created with my Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch and I used the cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder for the embossed panel. The circle I stamped my image on and the frame around it are a Marianne design creatables set I got from Stampeezee, I love this set!!!

The ribbon is Seam Binding from Stampeezee, available here

I hope you like my card and would love you to leave a comment, I will visit you back when I return from my hols, no internet for me in Florida, hubby has banned it....LOL

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers, Embellishments

2011-04-12T09:00:00.002+01:00

Hi bloggers, Hope this finds you all well, by now I will be into my first week in Florida in theme park heaven with my lovely family so forgive me if I don't visit you this week, I am scheduling my next few posts - fingers crossed they work!!

Anyway, this week at Passion for Promarkers the challenge is 'make your own Embellishments' I chose to use an a la mode stamp from My Favourite Things, don't cha think that lil lady and that teddy are cute?? I love these a la modes, see them all here, the one I have used is 'Oh Baby' and it comes with 4 sentiments that stamp beautifully!!I had to paper piece that teddy and pop his head up on dimensionals, soooooooo adorable!!!

I coloured the rest of the image in the following Promarkers, all of which are available here: Blush, Dusky Pink, Rose pink, meadow green, apple, cocoa and caramel

The Rosette was made from this die here and the paper button using this die here.

My Favourite things are bringing out some fab lines at the moment, I think I have a slight obsession with this manufacturer at the moment...LOL

The sketch is an old Mojo Monday, fab layout.

Oh before I forget the DP is Imaginisce Baby Powder Baby's breath, so sweet!!

Hope you like my card, have a great week and thanks for looking.x

Passion for Promarkers Yellow & Pink

2011-04-05T09:00:00.001+01:00

Hi everyone, hope this finds you all well, I am super busy at the moment, we go to Orlando, Florida on Saturday for a much needed holiday, I have so much to do in advance and far too much ironing!!!!

I will try to do as much commenting as I can before I go but don't be offended if I don't stop by as I will be scheduling a few posts but I will have no access to a computer for 2 weeks!!! Hubby said I am banned....no mobile either.......not sure how I will cope...LOL

Anyway, this week at Passion for Promarkers we want to the colours Yellow and Pink, i took th oppurtunity to ink up my new Pure Innocence Daffodil stamp I got from Stampeezee!!

I used some old Basic Grey papers I had knocking about and I coloured Daffodil with the following colours:

Blush, dusky pink, pastel pink. sunflower, gold, caramel, cocoa, baby pink, cerise, bright green & leaf green

The sentiment came with the stamp set

I hope you like my card this week,Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers 'Bug' Challenge

2011-03-29T09:00:00.001+01:00

Hi bloggers, Time for Passion for Promarkers again and this week Ida want's to see 'Bugs' on our projects!!!!

I inked up my much neglected 'Tilda as Dragonfly' i thought she was perfect for this challnge.

The papers I used are from my stash, I think they are Pink Petticoat downloads but I cannot be sure!! The sentiment is by Papertrey Ink

I will try and get round everyones blogs this week, I have been so busy the last few weeks with work and life in general that I just don't have much time to myself!!

Anyway, have a great week, hope you can play along

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers In the Garden

2011-03-22T09:00:00.001Z

Hi Bloggers, I hope you are all well, Passion for Promarkers time again already, where is the time going?

This week our theme has been chosen by the boss Denise and it is 'in the Garden', I just had to ink up 'Carnation' from Pure Innocene that I got from Stampeezee on Saturday. I teamed this cutie up with some Cosmo Cricket Early Bird Paper available here and my Blossom nestabilities in stock here. I thought all of these floral elements fitted the challenge perfectly!!

The sentiment I used is from this Whimsy set here and the little embellishments I used are called 'Dew Drops' and are available in lots of colours here

Carnation was coloured with Promarkers in the following colours:

Burgundy, Red, Cocoa, Sandstone, cool grey 1, Duck egg blue, Turquoise, Blush, Pastel Pink, Dusky Pink, Leaf green, Forest Green and the Blender

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment so I know you stopped by.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for promarkers - Sketch

2011-03-15T09:00:00.001Z

Morning Bloggers, happy Tuesday to you all!!

Welcome to another Passion for Promarkers Challenge and this week we have a sketch for you to follow, designed by Gro.

I decided to use my new 'Toadstool Retreat' stamp by Tatty Button, see this super cute range on the Stampeezee website here, I just could not resist that little mouse sneaking out from the side of the toadstool!!

I popped some Glossy accents over the red bit of the mushroom, I just love that stuff!!

I coloured my image with the following Promarkers:

Pastel pink, Cool grey 1,2 & 4, Satin, Tan, Pastel Beige, Marsh Green, Cardinal Red, Poppy, Lipstick Red and Blender, the entire range of Promarkers are available here

The papers I used are My Minds Eye Stella Rose -Mabel, available here

The sentiment I used is from this Whimsy stamp set here

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers - Food & Drink

2011-03-08T09:00:00.002Z

Hi bloggers, hope you all had a great weekend, it's Passion for Promarkers time again and this week Denise has chosen the theme 'Food & Drink', so we need to see something food or drink related, or both.....simples!!

As soon as I saw this weeks challenge I knew that I wanted to use Birthday Flopsey from My Favourite Things, available here at Stampeezee, as you can see Flopsey's ears would not fit in my nestie so I made it so they stuck out, love that technique!!

I have got a bit addicted to MFT lately as Stampeezee are now stocking more of their fab products!! The border was created with the MFT open scallop die available here

The layout for my card is last weeks Mojo Monday sketch, I am a day late so I can't enter the challenge but I liked the sketch anyway.

I coloured Flopsey with the following Promarkers:

Pastel blue, pastel pink, Turquoise, cool aqua, Umber, Cinnamon, Sandstone, Gold, Tan & Blender

The sentiment is from the same set as Flopsey, you get the Flopsey and 3 sentiments, Bargain!!!

My papers are Basic Grey Hopscotch in Stock here

Anyway, I hope you like my card, thanks for stopping by, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them and I will know you have popped in and will stop by your place.x

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers - Sugar Rush

2011-03-01T09:00:00.006Z

Hi bloggers, hope you are all well, another week gone by and time again for Passion for Promarkers, this week Vix has chosen the theme 'Sugar Rush', I have gone for cute & girly.

I chose to use a cute image from La La Land Crafts, Ballarina Marci, some of this adoarable range will soon be available at Stampeezee....can't wait, they have some cute images!!

I made a trinket box using the tutorial I used last year from Kirsten's blog, hubby converted it to metric for me, details on this post here

The layout is from this weeks Friday Sketchers, fab sketch by Claudia

This is the view at the back, I used a Whimsy Stamp from the handmade letter seals set, in stock here at Stampeezee, I cut the image out with nesties

Look at the sentiment I used, it is perfect for this image. It is from a set called Sweet Spring Jolinne available here at Stampeezee, I stamped it in Rich Cocoa Memento.

The nesting die set I used for the sentiment is by Die-namics from MFT also from Stampeezee and should be back in stock any day now, I had the last one...isn't it just fab?? Check out the other MFT dies Debbie has in stock, they are fantastic.

Check out the pearls in Marci's hair below, they are by Stampin Up, they are tiny, love them, they come in a pack of all different sizes, I got mine from the lovely Rach

I also decoupaged her flower and skirt.......how adorable!!

I coloured my image in the following PM's:

Cerise, Baby Pink, Pale pink, Leaf green, Blush, Dusky pink, Pastel Pink, Cinnamon, Umber, Cool grey 1 & 2 and the blender.

I used papers from the Lost & Found collection from My Minds Eye, they have the range in Stock in Hobbycraft at the moment, bit pricey though!!! The cardstock is Stampin Up Chocolate Chip, I used my last few sheets on this project!!

The ribbon I used is seam binding available in 20 colours here at Stampeezee

Not sure if you can tell from the pics but I went a bit mad with the crystal stickles!!

My card also qualifies for the DYSU challenge which is 'anything goes' and I have entered my project into the La La Land Crafts very own Gallery for March.

Thanks for looking please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers - One for the boys

2011-02-22T09:00:00.002Z

Tuesday sure does come around quickly, bringing with it Passion for Promarkers!!

This week it was my turn to choose the challenge and I chose a theme

'One for the boys'

Here is my card:

Yes, I chose to use another Pink cat Studio image, I cannot resist them and when I saw this I just had to have it, don't ya just think those Dino's are the cutest?? It also gave me an excuse to use my new Whimsy balloon stamps and dies....how cool are they?

The close up: Awww, adorable!!

I coloured these cuties with the following Promarkers:

Pastel blue, Pumpkin, Forest Green, Amber, Bright green, Duck egg, Turquoise & blender........don't forget Promarkers are all available individually here at Stampeezee.

I added some faux stitching for interest, the star was created with Stampin Up's star punch and the papers are Imaginisce B-day bash It's a party & suprise, in stock here at Stampeezee

Hope you like my card, pop over to the PFP blog to check out the other cards for the boys, you won't be dissapointed!!!

My eyes are healing well from my Laser eye surgery, they are not getting as tired now so hopefully I will be able to visit everyone soon as I will be able to spend longer on the computer, so I will pop by soon to say hi.

Thanks for looking, leave a comment to say you have been by and I will pop by your place to say hi.

Hope you can join in with the challenge

Hugs

Sarah

An afternoon with Tim Holtz

2011-02-20T20:10:00.002Z

Yes, you read that correctly!!!

Yesterday afternoon my lovely friend Debbie from Stampeezee took me along to a Tim Holtz workshop at the NEC in Brirmingham, I had a FANTASTIC time, thank you Debbie!!

I got to use lots of new products and I learned loads of new techniques. We made 3 canvases in 3 hrs, this is the first one and is my favourite.

Just look at that dress form die behind the bird cage.........I need it!!!

This is going in pride of place in my craft room, the man himself even signed it for me, L@@k!!

This was the second one we made, this one was designed and taught by a lady called Dyan Reaveley, such fun to make! We coloured in the bird and the flowers with perfect pearls, i have never used them as paints before so this was a great tip to pick up! Dyan pre-printed the canvas, she had designed it with her new range of stamps.

Not showing you the third one, it didn't quite turn out as it should of....LOL, It was a Whimsical canvas using Claudine Hellmuth stamps and paints, I managed to make it look like a 3 year old had made it....He He!!! Great fun to have a play though!

I didn't want the day to be over, it was fantastic, thanks again Debbie! I also got to see the lovely Marlene, so nice to see you hun.x

You may wanna pop over to the Stampeezee website by the way, Debbie has loads of new godies in, new MME paper pads, more Greeting for Stamps, a new range of stamps called Bildmarlana.....so cute, some Whimsy stamps and Dies, including the sought after Ticket die and 20 colours of seam binding! Lots more goodies on the way to, so pop over and have a nose!

Hope you are having a great weekend.

Hugs

Sarah

Introducing Wee stamps

2011-02-15T19:50:00.002Z

How cute is this little honey?

Her name is Wee Suzi and the lovely Sylvia is offering her as a gift to anyone the helps spread the word about her adorable digi stamp company, check out Sylvia's blog here for details.

There are some cute digis already released and some adorable ones to come, I know I will be having a few of them they are amazing!!!

Pop over and have a look for yourself, you won't be dissapointed

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers Coffee & Cream

2011-02-15T09:00:00.000Z

Hi Bloggers, happy Tuesday to ya, sorry I never posted last week, had a few issues with my laptop power pack!!! I also had Lazer eye surgery on Thursday so I am spec free, woo hoo!! My eyes get tired when I look at the computer screen though so this will be a quick post as I have been at work all day and my eyes are worn out!!

Time for Passion for Promarkers again and this week we want to see the theme 'coffee & creme', my card is a quickie as I made next weeks card before my eye surgery then realised i had missed a week and had to make something last minute, so I am not at all happy with it.

I used a Pink Cat Studio Image, gotta love these cuties!! The sentiment was a freebie from to match the squirrel from Pink Cat.

I coloured Squirrel with my PM's, I have lost my list of colours, I wil try and add it tomorrow if i can find it but in the mean time I need to switch off as the old eyes are needing some rest.

Hope you can join us this week

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

sarah

Passion for Promarkers Challenge 85 Inspiration

2011-02-01T09:00:00.003Z

Hiya Bloggers, Passion for Promarkers time again....Yay!! This week Ida has given us a picture to use for inspiration, first thing I thought of doing was an image with clouds in the background, then I changed my mind and used the colours instead!!!!

Yes, I left my card making until the last minute again, I just don't seem to have any time to play these days, I spend 2-3 hrs a day travelling to and from my FT job so by the time I get home, get the house jobs done etc, the nights are gone!!! I am soooooooo tired!!!

Anyway, enough of my Waffling on, here is my card:

I used a LOTV image I got at the NEC in November, yes it is the first time this one has seen ink, the sentiment is from Stampin Up's Circle of Friendship Set as is the border punch I used. I coloured the image with Promarkers as follows:

Dusky Pink, Blush, Pastel Pink, Denim blue, Pastel blue, sandstone, cocoa, caramel, apple, meadow green, cool grey, 1, 3 & 5, ice grey 1, pastel yellow & blender

I hope you like my card enough to leave a comment

Have a great week, hope you can join in the challenge

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers - Let it Shine (Sparkle)

2011-01-25T09:00:00.002Z

Hi Bloggers, hope you are all well!!

Sorry another week has gone by without a post but I am finding it really hard to find time for myself these days, so much to do and so little time!!!

Anyway, this week at Passion for Promarkers we have the theme 'Let it Shine (Sparkle)', so get out the bling, glittered papers & glamour dust and get creating!

I chose to make a Valentine card this week and when I saw this Digi from Pink Cat Studio 'Blobby In love' I knew he would be perfect for this weeks challenge.

Not sure if you can tell but I have glamour dusted the hearts on the image, & used some glittered papers by Imaginesce. The hearts were cut from an old christmas DCWV stack using my Cuttlebug Concentric hearts die, love this die, first time I have used it. I believe it is discontinued now, I got mine from Ebay.

I had a go with my sewing machine on this card........yeah I know it's crooked but come on It's only my 2nd attempt, and they say practice makes perfect right??? Ahem, so I need a fair bit of practice....LOL

Cute Blobby was coloured with Promarkers in the following colours:

Pastel Blue, Denim Blue, Ruby, Ice grey 1, Cerise & Baby Pink

Hope you like my card

Have a great week, thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers

2011-01-18T09:00:00.002Z

Hi bloggers, hope you are all well and have survived 'Blue Monday', so well named, our Monday was awful but I won't bore you with all the details!!

Anyway, Tuesday sure comes around real quick & with it comes Passion For Promarkers challenge, Yay!!

This week the challenge is 'Love', I made a heart box, not sure who to give the credit to as these things are all over the Net!!

I used Whiff of Joy's Henry Mouse Hugging Heart for my image & coloured him with Promarkers, the sentiment is by Unity Stamps

Hope you can join us this week

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

sarah

Passion for Promarkers & Penny Black

2011-01-11T09:00:00.006Z

Hi bloggers, hope you are all ok, I have been a busy bee this past week trying to get organised!!! I have started with the finances, doing all that switching electric/gas providers etc, suprising how long it takes to sort out all that paperwork that accumulates over the year!!

The overtime ban at work has also been lifted to clear a backlog so I have been getting the extra pennies whilst it's available, so I have had very little crafting time again but I have made my Passion for Promarkers card this week, I could not resist this weeks challenge which is a 'Baby theme' my favourite!!!

It also gave me a chance to use my new Penny Black stamp I got from The NEC in November, another stamp crossed off my very long list of 'stamps still to be used' Another reason for using this particular stamp was so that I can enter this week's Penny Black challenge 'New Beginings', I will have to link up my card when I get home from work as this is a scheduled post.

Anyway here is my card:

I decided to make a card with my Nesties, these cards come out so small & cute, love em!!

Here's the close up:

Not sure if you can tell but I used seed beads for the flowers centres, totally forgot I had them. The little tag is a Stampin up set 'Tiny Tags' and co-ordinating punch, again something I have never used before, I know I am bad!!!

The cute image was coloured with Promarkers as follows: Dusky Pink, pastel Pink, Blush, cerise, baby pink, pale pink, leaf green, ice grey 1 & 3, cinnamon, Tan & Blender

I really hope you can join us this week

Our sponser is the fab Joanna sheen who is offering the winner a £10 voucher to spend on her fab website

Hope you like my card, please feel free to leave a comment so I know you have been

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers challenge 81

2011-01-04T09:00:00.004Z

Happy 2011 to you all, I hope you all had a great holiday. I managed to to catch the flu bug a few days before christmas and I still have the tail end of a cough, seems most people have been poorly at some stage over the christmas period, some nasty bugs going about!!!

On the bright side, my in-laws came to visit from Scotland, my mother in law is Lil-Daffodil, you may have noticed her about on your travels!! It was lovely to see them both and we got to do a little craft shopping and even made a few bits!

Santa kindly bought hubby an I Mac so I can upload photos from the digi camera again.....woo hoo, no more I-phone pics, the card reader on my laptop has been broken for a few months!!

Anyway, the first challenge of 2011 for Passion for Promarkers is here and the DT want to see the theme 'Thank you'.

Our sponser is the fab Letraset

Here is my first card of 2011:

I choose this adorable free Digi image from Motivet, how cute is that puddy cat? Don't tell my doggies I am drooling over a Kitty.......our house is strictly a kitty free zone!!!! The husband is very allergic to certain types of fur, cat hair does something very strange to his eyes!!!!

Sentiment: Stampin up Oval All
Papers: Basic Grey Green at Heart
Tools: SU Oval & scalloped oval punch
Embellishments: SU Ribbon, roses Hobbycraft & Stampeezee
Coloring: Promarkers, Blender, Warm grey 1, 3, 4 & 5, Plum, orchid, purple, Amethyst, pastel pink, cocoa & caramel

I hope you can join in the challenge, and good luck with the New Years resolutions, I have a few:

Loose weight, we go to Florida in a few months so I need to get into my shorts....LOL
Use all of my image stamps at least once!!! About 90% of my stamps have never seen ink!!!
Post at least once a week on my blog.
Be more organised!! That includes keeping a tidy house....erm craft room and not throwing away lots of gone off food I never got round to cooking. Working full time really does not suit me....LOL
Limit the amount of craft stuff I buy, I really need to use the mountain of patterned papers I already have and use all my dies etc at least once.....I bad!!!!

Anyway enough waffle from me, please leave me a comment so I know you have been, I will pop by and see you in return, I sometimes forget all the fab blogs I really should be perusing, I need a reminder now and again, my memory is awful!!!

Thanks for looking,

Hugs

Sarah

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

2010-12-24T18:10:00.003Z

I just wanted to pop on and wish you all a very Merry Christmas!!

Thank you to everyone that still comments, I know my posts have been a bit scarce this year and I have been a tad 'ignorant' to say the least, I hope to change that i the New Year, I will be glad to see the back of this one which I have found difficult!!

Anyway, What I haven't got now it's too late, I feel poorly with a cold and I am going to snuggle with my hubby, son & our 3 fur babies and watch the Wizard of Oz and eat junk!!

Tomorrow I am off to my sisters for Christmas lunch....although I am cooking the Turkey for 15 people......er no pressure then!!!

Anyway, I hope you all have a fantastic christmas and a wonderful New year

Love Sarah

P.S I popped in to Hobbycraft today and got some christmas MME glittered stacks half price, it's worth a look folks!!

Passion for Promarkers Christmas Extravaganza

2010-12-07T09:00:00.001Z

Good morning crafters, we hope you are surviving the very cold weather we’re having at the moment. It’s definitely the perfect weather for staying indoors and crafting!! If unfortunately you do have to venture outside, like me, make sure you wrap up warm and take care on the icy roads and pavements!

We would like to stay a massive thank you for all your support for our blog hop and special challenge over the past 2 weeks. It has been wonderful to visit all your blogs and see the fantastic talent and creativity around in blogland! You certainly made it a blog hop to remember. Please check back later this evening to find out if you are one of our lucky winners. As we stated at the start of the challenge we unfortunately won’t be choosing any top 5 passionista as we will be too busy sorting out all the prize winners – I’m sure you’ll understand.

Following on from our blog hop & special challenge we now have a Mega Christmas challenge for you which will last until January 4th 2011. I’m sure you’ll agree that the design team deserve a little break to catch up on their last minute gifts and cards. However to make up for the lack of challenges we again have some magnificent prizes up for grabs.

Our theme for the Mega Christmas challenge is a nice easy one “anything goes”, just remember to use your promarkers or aqua markers to be eligible for our prizes. Don’t forget you can enter as many times as you like and combine with any other challenges.

So now for the exciting bit – the prizes!

Letraset are generously offering a set of 40 promarkers in specific craft colours stored in two promarker wallets – fab eh!

Simon Says Stamp are generously offering 3 x $10.00 gift certificates to their online store!

Just Tracy’s are generously offering a variety of prizes including 3 promarkers, a memento ink pad, 10 sheets of suitable smooth white paper and a stamp from their own range

Whiff of Joy Stamps are generously offering 1 stamp of winner’s choice

Some Odd Girls are offering 3 digi images of the winner’s choice

if that wasn’t enough - they are also offering a 25% discount to everyone on any order placed on their site during the challenge period using code PRO25 (excluding sale items)!!

Wowzers, I am sure you will agree that is a fab line up of prizes so get your PM'S at the ready, pop by the PFP blog for some inspiration and get creating to be in with a chance!!

Here is my card, I used a fab Elzybells stamp as the main image and the sentiment is also by Elzybells, first time these have seen ink.......i will use all my stamps eventually...LOL

The DSP is Imaginisce Polar Expressions Frosted Forest, the little flecks of snow are glittered, this is last years paper, not sure if it is still available.

The Nesties I have used are called Lacey Circles and are available here at Stampeezee. For the snow I used Twinklets Diamond Dust, had that over 12 months and only just opened it....how rubbish am i??

Of course I coloured the image with Promarkers

Hope you can join in the fun, I am looking forward to seeing all your fab creations

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

I Re-discovered my cricut!!!!

2010-12-05T22:17:00.003Z

Happy Sunday bloggers, sorry I have been AWOL again not sure where the time goes!!

Anyway, I was thinking of selling my cricut, after all it just sits in my craft room collecting dust!!! I borrowed New Arrival from a friend and found some great baby cuts on it so I started looking at what else was available!

I am overwhelmed by the amount of cartridges out there now and the cuts in my opinion have got so much better than they used to be. I fancied the Hello Kitty Greetings cartridge so i ordered it from Ebay Thursday night and postie delivered it Saturday.......Yay

The first thing I wanted to make was this cute Kitty card, yes this cartridge has fab card feature on it, this one is from page 74, I thought this cute shaped card was perfect for all the kiddies I need to send cards to. I cut Kitty and all the layers at 8 1/4", this gave me a great sized card and I had envelopes that were perfect (I will check size and post it later).

The cartridge has Kitty cuts for all occassions of the year, even a graduation!!!
I know I will use them all, every single cut on this cartridge is just too cute for words and the accessories are adorable, they include, cherries, a strawberry, a sun, butterfly, cupcake, a present, a teddy baloon amongst others!!!

If you like Hello Kitty this cartride is a must, I will be posting more Kitty cards soon!!

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Cheaters card!!!

2010-11-25T22:06:00.002Z

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Hi peeps,

Hope you are all well, we are mega busy of late and I hardly get near the computer these days, I have to fine my son and hubby for my own laptop!!!

Anyway, I thought I would show you a quick card I made using a portion of a DCWV 12x12 paper, I just cut the patterned image off the card and mounted it on to red and green cardstock and then onto a s
heet of A4 card folded in half and voila a quick easy card!!!

I have picked up this idea from Deb at Stampeezee, she makes some amazing cards for sale in her shop from patterned papers with just a few embellishments, just quick and simple but effective!! I love this DCWV stack, some great papers in it.

Anyway, I am off to bed now, I am worn out, had a long day today, well everday is a long day as moving offices means I am travelling for 2hrs a day now...yuk!!!

Hope to get round some blogs at the weekend to see what you have all been up to.

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers Blog Hop

2010-11-23T09:00:00.001Z

WELCOME TO THE PASSION FOR PROMARKERS BLOG HOP!!

Over at Passion for promarkers challenge this week we are celebrating the change of design teams with a blog hop. I’m sure you are as excited as I am as there are lots of lovely goodies up for grabs!! We also have a few new faces on the design team so I hope you will leave them a nice comment to welcome them.

Firstly if you’ve arrived at my blog from Nic's blog you are in the right place, if not return to the challenge blog and start your hop again. Our blog hop challenge will last for 2 weeks so you have plenty of time to enter your card (or cards) and hop around the whole design team.

Our challenge theme for the next two weeks is “old & new” i.e. a brand new stamp/digi with old papers etc. Please can you tell us your old and new items in your post. Don’t forget to use your promarkers or aqua markers to be included in our prize draw.

My card uses on old Magnolia stamp, old Magnolia papers & my new Cuttlebug folder that I think looks like snow. My sentiment is also old, it is from a set by Kelly Panacci but this is the first time I have used it so is that new or old?....LOL

I kept my card really simple , I was having a few issues with embellishment placement. I have used Vintage photo Distress Ink to add a bit of colour to the Papers and added some stickles for sparkles, the silver cord is by Stampin Up.

As you’ve read on the challenge blog the design team are also offering some candy of their own, so please leave me a comment on this post and I will randomly draw a winner for a promarker prize courtesy of Letraset.

You also have a “mystery word” to find and my contribution is the letter “S”. Make a note of my letter and then proceed to the mega talented Sue C for the next part of the hop. If you get lost on the hop at all just return to the challenge blog for full directions.

I just want to let you know the wonderful prizes up for grabs for our blog hop challenge:

Letraset are offering a full set of Aqua Markers to one lucky winner *woohoo*.

Wendy at The Secret Crafter is offering a Basic Grey ‘Oliver’ paper pad

Emma at Crafty Emma’s Store is offering a 12 pack of Aqua Markers

Sally-Ann from DigiStamp Boutique is offering 6 digi images from her shop

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge and also have fun taking part in our blog hop. Don’t forget you need to “hop” on over to Anja now and leave her a comment and collect your next “mystery” letter. Have fun and good luck!

Hugs

Sarah

Magnolia Stamp Alert!!!!

2010-11-22T20:50:00.002Z

Just a quick post to let you all know that Stampeezee have just taken delivery of some more Magnolia Christmas stamps, a couple from the new collection and and some from older collections so take a look here

They also have a couple of designs of the new papers and the Ponsettia and misletoe dies which I don't think have been loaded yet!! Anyway take a look here but be quick as Deb has only ordered about 6 of each of these cuties and some of her regulars have already snapped some of them up!!

Not another baby card Surely???

2010-11-01T20:03:00.003Z

Yes I am afraid so another baby card, no idea what I am playing at but I can't help but churn these out, they make me happy and we seem to be having a bit of a baby boom in the office at the moment so I will need them all!!!!

Anyway, I am using my unloved stash, yes shock horror, I have had that cuttlebug folder for more than 12 months and I have never used it, the bear comes from PTI's Baby Button Bits set, got to say I have used a couple of the stamps from that set now.......go me!!!!

The dark and light pink panels are from a co-ordinations stack, they are both mounted onto PTI's fab Kraft card. I coloured bear with my very neglected Promarkers!!

Hope you like it!!

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Truly Scrumptious, A spoonfull of sugar & Simon says stamp

2010-10-30T17:30:00.003+01:00

Sorry I have not posted again for a week but life has given us another kick in the teeth, my brother-in-laws sister collapsed suddenly on Sunday morning, it turned out she had an abscess on her brain, unfortunately it burst and we lost her the following day. She leaves behind a husband and 2 children aged 10 & 17!!

I am not sure what will happen on christmas day now as we had planned a big family christmas again this year, we usually spend christmas and boxing day with this poor family so I am not sure what we will do now, it really breaks my heart, she was only 49!!

I thought I would participate in a couple of challenges to cheer myself up today and I found a fab sketch over at Truly Scrumptious, they also have the option of Pearls, petals and bows, I managed the pearl bit....LOL

Here is my card, yes another baby one, not sure why I keep making them but at the moment I cannot face making christmas cards, just can't get into the spirit!

I thought I would use my very neglected Sizzix die, I cut the elephant out of felt.....sooooo cute!!! He is still available to buy here at Stampeezee

The paper is K & Co Itsy Bitsy and the nestie is Lacey circles available here, the sweet sentiment is by PTI's Baby Button Bits punched out with my SU word window punch

I am also entering my card into A spoonfull of Sugar & Simon says stamp which this week want to see us use our punches and die cuts

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.Hugs

Baby Baby

2010-10-24T11:59:00.004+01:00

Happy Sunday everyone, hope everyone is well in blogland!

I am pleased to say my brother is recovering well from his heart attack and finds himself now having to make big lifestyle changes! Mainly diet and reducing the amount of hours he puts in at work as seemingly working long hours and not resting/sleeping enough does not give the body enough time to break down the bad fats!!

I will be cutting down on the bad stuff I eat now as this has scared me!!

Anyway on a brighter note I have made 2 cards!! Woo hoo. I am trying to use all my unloved, unused stamps to make at least 2 cards each with them and although I should be making christmas cards, I have to make what my mojo wants to make and last night it was baby cards!!!

I made 2 cards using an Elzybell's baby image and a Hero Arts stamp, the DP is from my stash and the punch is Martha Stewarts Doily

I am going to make these in Pink and lemon so I have cards for a girl and an either or, I am trying build up my go to card stash so I am creating some simple designs that I can make in a jiffy, although saying that I decoupaged the sling and baby's head which took a little extra time!

I am also making myself finish off the insides with inserts etc and pop them into cello bags with envies, I have made loads of cards in the past and they end up all crushed and bent so I am trying to be good!!!

The little bit of colouring was done with Promarkers, Blush, dusky pink and pastel Pink, all available from Stampeezee.

Anyhow, I am off to my sisters house, she is cooking us Sunday lunch today...woo hoo, my 2 year old fridge (just out of WA) finally had to be switched off as it was giving off a burning smell so all my food is either in the bin or in other peoples fridges/freezers!! Can't believe it has died already after I paid £1300 for it!!!!

Anyway, have a great day

Hugs

Sarah

Passion For Papertrey

2010-10-19T22:31:00.005+01:00

Get me, 2 posts in 1 day!!!

I just had to play along with this weeks Passion for Papertrey!! The challenge this week is to CASE a card made by one of the actual PTI DT!! Er, how many times can I enter??? I just love everything they do, especially Nichole...........I especially love how she breaks down her projects into step by step instructions!!

Anyway, I chose to CASE this little beauty below

I kept mine pretty much exact, I changed the colour obviously and I left out stamping the dots on the background......only because I struggle to get a crisp image with my SU inks, I find chalk inks are much better and I like Versafine for my words. I added some glamour dust to the lacy edges of the cake and Voila, card CASED, although mine does not seem to look as classy as Nichole's, but i have to say it is much prettier IRL.

Anyways I am off to bed now,

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

What a week!!!

2010-10-19T13:33:00.003+01:00

Hi Peeps,

Well, I have not done a good job of following through my pact to enter those challenges I talked about in my last post have I??? Last week was sooooooooo busy, I had some commitment or other every night and with working full time I had no time at all to craft!!!

To top it all off I had a phone call Friday morning from my mum telling me my eldest brother had suffered a heart attack!!! I think the whole office heard me scream and then burst into tears!! (I don't handle that kind of stuff to well!!).

Anyway, I am relieved to say, he is ok and back at home. They had to put a stent in as there was a problem with one of the valves to the heart. It was such a shock as my brother is a fit fella, lorry driver is his profession and he does not smoke or indulge in fatty fry ups etc, neither is he overweight - he is the last person you would put on the heart attack candidate list!!! His wife was with him when it happened, she thankfully went to see if he was ok and intervened just in time!!!! I gave her the biggest hug ever.

Anyway, I have a couple of days off work so I have made a card. This one was inspired by my friend Debbie at Stampeezee, whom aside from running her business more or less single handed, manages to make a few cards to sell in the shop.......well I hang around this section of the shop all the time as these cards are just fab, Debbie has a simple but elegant style and I love ALL of her cards and I often buy all the ingredients just to re-create one of her masterpieces. So the last time I was in there I found a wedding card on the shelf that used a Sizzix cake embossing folder and it to my basket it jumped!!! It came as a set of 4 and I made the cake card exactly as Deb did and using a very similar style (Same DP and Ribbon etc) I used one of the other embossing folders that came in the pack and produced this:

Apologies for the picture quality, I am having to take pics on my i-phone as my lap top won't read the memory cards from any of our cameras, I think it is on its way out, just like my American fridge that is 3 months out of warranty and requires a new Circuit board.......grrrrr BEWARE if you are buying an American fridge, the engineer that came out today said thay are very problematic, especially the make I have which is a market leader!!!! Anyway I have found the part on the internet for £70 and it is a relatively small job to do!!! It will be interesting to get the quote from todays visit to see how much they try and sting us for!!!

Anyway, back to the card, Sizzix embossing folder, smothered in glamour dust, Magnolia DSP from the wedding collection and you can't see in the photo but the ribbon has little diamonds on it, I love it!!! All items were available at Stampeezee but I think I had the last of everything...LOL

Anyway, I will try and stop by your blogs soon, thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

CASE Study & PTI Make & take

2010-10-10T19:41:00.007+01:00

Hi bloggers,

I am still alive, just really really busy, looking forward to finding crafting and blog hopping time some time soon!!! I do still look at all your fab creations but I am usually browsing from my I-Phone whilst I am out and about and its not easy to leave comments but I do still love you all!!

Anyway, I have made a card!!! Yes, shock horror, I played along with this weeks CASE Study,
this week we had to CASE this fantastic card by Barbara Anders, here is my take on it

I used PTI's Damask Design stamp set and Stampin up's Sage Shadow cardstock and ink (now retired...sob), mounted onto PTI's fab Vintage cream card as my base. The ribbon and Flower are from hobbycraft and I dusted some Tattered Rose Distress Ink around the edges to co-ordinate with the ribbon. The punch is available from Stampin up (only just out for purchase in the UK this month).

I made more of these cards for swaps for the PTI make & take day today that Kate & Aimes arranged for us, I made pink, blue & Peach ones and just changed my distress ink to suit!

I had sooooooooo much fun with the girls at the make & take and I got to meet people I have been in contact with through blogging over the last 18 months and some new faces. Kate, Aimes & Caryn worked so hard making the day a success, thank you sweeties and big hugs to all the girls I met today, especially Ginger Claire who let me use all her inks and saved one of my cards from the bin, LOL, I always do something wrong!!!

Anyway, I am making a pact to enter the CASE Study Challenge and Passion for Papertrey (aspromised to Kate) on a weekly basis, oh but then I fancy having a go at the WMS Challenge to.......mmmmm then there are all the older challenge I used to enter......Sigh!!! So many challenges, so lilltle time!

Finally, the fantastic Sonia did a big demo at Stampeezee yesterday using some of the new Woodware christmas stamps, it was fab, I managed to spend the entire day in the shop, had such a fab time! Hop over to Sonia's blog to see some of the fab samples that Sonia created for us! Everything Sonia used is available to buy on the Stampeezee Website.

Anyway folks, I am off to bed, it has been a hectic but fab craft filled weekend and I have loved every minute of it.x

Hugs

Sarah

Tilda & her horse

2010-09-02T22:43:00.005+01:00

My friend asked me to make a card for her daughters birthday, she loves horses, I remembered Claudia Rosa's fab best friends card I saw on Splitcoaststampers, here and thought it would be perfect, so I took CASED it and came up with this:

The Happy Birthday stamp is Papertrey Ink's Birthday Bash sentiments and the Daughter text is from a Waltzing mouse set, Roses in bloom, the DSP is MME, Tilda and her lovely horse have been coloured with Promarkers.

My bathroom is coming on, the bath is half in so I managed to grab a bath but unfortunately it leaked and has gone through my kitchen ceiling which is brand new....grrrrrr, we caught it in time though so we just have a wet patch, I just want it all to be finished, we just seem to be hitting one problem after another!!

Anyway I am off to bed, got work in the morning....boo

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

They are all grown up!!!

2010-09-02T16:11:00.004+01:00

Oh my, where have all the years gone? Today, my youngest nephew started big school and so did my best friends little chap....they seem too young!!! I was nervous for them but they have both got on great! I am still waiting for my son to get back, he goes to school 20 miles away, he has special schooling as he has mild Autism, so he is on his way back now, hope he has got on ok as he moves up to another campus today.

Anyway, I have made another card (very rare for me lately...LOL) my sister asked for a card for a 60 year old man who loves gardening and fine wines and this is what I came up with.

A pal suggested this fab image from Di's Digi Downloads, thanks sweetie.x The papers are My minds Eye, and the cardstock is Stampin Up, I have coloured the image with copics and Promarkers, I always print my digi's on Stampin up whisper white or Very Vanilla as it is thin enough to go through my printer and is my fave card to use with alcohol markers.

The sentiment is Papertrey Ink, stamped in SU ink and punched out with my new Woodware jumbo word window punch I got from Stampeezee, it has 4 sizes of windows to chose from, I love it, the one I have used is huge!! not sure if they are on the website, you may have to ring the shop to get one!

I am entering this card into this weeks Stampin for the weekend challenge which is 'Anything goes' and Crafty Emma's store have the same theme for their first ever challenge

Anyway, have a great Thursday, I am still wallowing in dust, my bathroom is getting there, the underfloor heating and floor tiles are just going down and tonight I can have a bath as we have hot water....yay a novelty, even a place to wash is a novelty at the moment...LOL

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.x

Sarah

Hurry 15% off at Stampeezee!!!!

2010-08-31T19:00:00.003+01:00

Hi peeps, just had to give you the heads up on this one, Deb at Stampeezee is offering a massive 15% off on all web orders placed until 5th September, all you need to do when you check out is enter the code 'Summer' to make your saving, how generous is that??

As I was passing on my way home from work tonight I thought I would pop in for My Magnolia magazine and lookie what I got, Deb was just unpacking the new Basic grey pads, some fab new Kars pads and Cosmo Crickets Delovely pads amongst loads of other new yumminess, I could not leave without a little retail therapy, what with it being my first day back at work after a fab holiday and all.....LOL

These new paper pads are not on the website yet but keep checking as Deb will be popping them on soon. Also check out the craftwork cards goodies, loads of yummy card candy and card candy storage boxes, papers, toppers, just loads, check out the craftwork cards section here.

Don't forget Stampeezee also stock the fab Justrite stamps that are nestie friendly, some delish sets to be had, especially with that discount, check them out here

Anyway, I am off to do a bit of crafting, no housework at the mo, too much building going on, no point dusting etc it just comes back too quick!!!!

Have a great evening

I am home........sob

2010-08-30T09:49:00.007+01:00

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Morning bloggers, I am sooooooooo glad we have a Bank Holiday today, we got back from a fantastic week in Scotland visiting family yesterday and its nice to have a day catching up on washing etc.........I could live up in Scotland, It is soooooooo pretty and I would be close to my adopted mum (my mother in law Little Daffodil), so I could raid her stash every day!!!! Lol. Hubby got loads of quality time with his dad too, they both love Photography so managed to teach each other loads of tips and tricks with the cameras.

Whilst we were away we decided we would have our bathroom done, we sold our caravan to raise the pennies for this venture as we wanted two rooms completely gutted and merged into one and I wanted all pipes and electrics hidden in wall cavities etc..........well I had dreams of coming home to my dream bathroom but I knew it would not happen in a week, I had hoped that some things would have been in, but this was what we came home to last night!!!!

Walls have had to be reinforced for the hanging vanity unit, toilet re-routed as we wanted it moved (more of a problem than we first thought due to our Kitchen extension!!! Just loads of preparation work really......oh well I am hoping it will be worth it when its done, I have waited for this bathroom for 5 years!!! These pics don't really show how big this room is going to be, can't get the angle to photograph it all.

BTW, that is our old loo not the new one......I am somewhat confused about that as we are have a corner loo.......the soil pipe looks in the wrong place to me but then again I am no toilet expert!!

Anyway I just had to share this pic, it is my youngest fur baby Kevin, yes this is that fluffy guy in my sidebar after I clipped him last week for his holidays.....yes all the fur babies come to Scotland, my poor in-laws were decended upon by 4 humans and 3 fur babies....LOL, talk about a full house, we take over their entire home when we go.....it's a good job they are such lovely people, I don't know many people that would let 3 dogs stay in their home....LOL, especially disfunctional ones, all my dogs have had some kind of unpleasent past they are rescues so they all have some quirk or other!

So Jeanie, you think he is still cute without his curls? I think he looks cute both with both hairstyles.....LOL

Right, onto my card, I made this whilst in Scotland, using my adopted mummy's Mermaid Tilda stamp and copics to colour her....oh and I pinched all the embellies, I just provided the DSP which is MME Penny Lane.....Lol, love you mummy!! I am entering this card into this weeks Stampin for the weekend challenge which is 'anything goes' and creative card crew want to see our cards sparkle and shine, the paper is soooooo sparkly but the camera has not really picked it up.

Anyway, I have loads of organising to do before I go back to work tomorrow......BOO, have a great bank holiday Monday for those who it applies to, everyone else have a great Monday.x

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Sweet Baby

2010-08-28T10:23:00.003+01:00

Hi bloggers, I am back with 2 more cards, I love being on my holidays here in Scotland, I have spent loads of time with the family and got to spend hours and hours crafting with my fabulous mother in law. Whilst in her craft room last night I saw a list of challenges on her desk, one of which was Cute Card Thursday which this week is 'Dieing for a punch'..............shock, horror, how can the CCT team be so cruel, I rely on punches and nesties (when I get to play) so this was a big challenge but I thought I would give it a whirl.

I created 2 baby cards, I kept them really simple........I am starting to love simple cards.....so much quicker to make. These cards were created with Papertrey Ink's Itty Bitty Blessings and PTI's DSP, I am loving Papertrey at the moment.

Not much to say about them really, I stamped the sentiment for the boy card in Stampin up's Bashful Blue, the camera struggled to pick it up!

The next card is the girly one, i had a disaster with this sentiment, it only half stamped so i had to go over it with a pink tombow pen that the mummy in law had, the sentiment is from the same PTI set.

I am also entering this one into Crafty Emma's first ever challenge which is this week is 'anything goes', if you have not already had a mooch around Emma's store you are in for a treat, Emma is stocking some delish items you won't find in just any store including cats life press stamps, just fab!

Hugs

Sarah

40th Birthday Commission

2010-08-27T09:12:00.002+01:00

Hi peeps, long time no blog, life is just way to hectic to craft at the moment, what with work, housework and a bathroom renovation I just cannot seem to find anytime for myself these days.

Anyhow, I am in Scotland at the moment with my in-laws and as my mother in law is a fellow crafter, I get to spend time taking over her craft room and stash and I have managed to complete this comission for a 4oth birthday, I decided on an easel card.

The image is a digi download available from the Digi shack, i first saw it on Jeanie's blog and I just had to have it, I also copied Jeanie's fab phrase to go with the image....thanks Jeanie!!

The lush glittery papers are My minds eye and the happy birthday and 40 are from Papertrey Ink sets as is the die I used to cut the sentiment out.

Fairy godmother is coloured with my mother in law's copics, her wings are covered with glitter. sooooo sparkly, hope you like her.

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them, I hope to get some time to visit you all soon.

Hugs

Sarah

I'm Back !!!!!!!

2010-07-17T13:02:00.004+01:00

Hi peeps,

Thought I would pop on to let you now that I have not vanished off the face of the earth, life has been getting in the way of my favourite hobby and I have spent little time on the computer visiting my fave blogs or making cards!!!

Hope you are all well, promise I will pop over and see my usuals as soon as I can, we have another busy weekend in store catching up with family and friends, cleaning and running errands, I am sure you all know what I mean.

Anyway my sis text me the other night to ask if I had a wedding card she could send to a special couple, well I didn't......in fact I have very few 'ready to go' cards, I really want to change all that but never seem to get the time!!

I decided to CASE this stunner by Julie Lacey, I copied it more or less exact, don't you just love Papertrey Ink's Big & Bold wishes set and SU night and day DSP really compliments it, I just love black and white. The flutterby is Papertrey's butterfly die, love it!!!

Whilst I had the stamp set out I thought I would make a couple more using Julies fab idea, I made another wedding card, this time in cream and gold and I embossed the Mr & Mrs this time, the DSP is Magnolia, available here, I must get more it.

Finally I made a thank you card, again I used Papertrey's Big and Bold wishes set, just love it, the DSP is MME Lush Red medium polka dot paper, i got mine in Hobbycraft.

Anyway, hope you like them, must dash got housework to do.....groan!!

Hugs

Sarah

Happy Ruby Wedding

2010-06-20T17:24:00.002+01:00

Happy Ruby wedding anniversary (40 years of marriage) to my wonderful in-laws, big congrats to you both.

I have used the fabulous Baroque Motifs by Stampin Up to create the swirl, I have stamped it onto parchment paper in silver ink and matted it onto SU Bravo Burgundy cardstock.

I took inspiration from a card I saw on splitcoast a while ago, I need to look for the link to give proper credit.

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Dance Tilda Dance

2010-06-05T14:07:00.006+01:00

Hi peeps, hope you are all well, we are back from a lovely week in Scotland spent with the family. Lots of craft shopping was done, I even managed a visit to the fabulous Simply Create in rural Aberdeen, er well 2 actually the first time it was half day closing...........I just assumed it would be open!!! Oh well it's only a 250 mile round trip from Kinross.......Lol. Yes I am a tad mad but I tell you once I had seen the yumminess through the windows I had to get in that shop!!!

Anyhow we managed to make a day of it the second time around and the first visit was combined with a visit to see the fab Deb (Wiccababe), loved meeting you and the little one Debz.

Anyway, whilst I was in my mother in-laws local craft shop, Stampaholics in Perth I saw a card I just had to case, I made a few minor changes but here it is:

How cute is Tilda, she is still in stock here, I just had to snap mine up.
The sentiment is from a My Favourite things set I got from Stampeezee, here. I thought it went perfect with this Tilda.

The punch is Martha Stewarts Pinking Scallop, my mother in law pipped me to the last one in Stampaholics, but I discovered Stampeezee have them to, Yay!!

Anyhow, some bling and some Diamond stickles later and voila, it was finished..........well actually it took me hours!!!!! Lol. I just loved the simplicity of this card, hope you like it.

Have a great wekend.

Hugs

Sarah

I love Heart Stripes!!!!!!

2010-06-01T21:54:00.004+01:00

Hi bloggers, hope you are all well, I am still enjoying time with the family up in Scotland, I have had loads of time to craft it has been great. Tomorrow I am off to Aberdeen to meet Debbi (Wiccababe) I am soooooo looking forward to it.

Anyway, onto my card, I have followed this weeks Sweet Sunday Sketch by Karen Giron, I have used another Pure Innocence Stamp from MFT, called Heart Stripes available here, I have coloured her with Promarkers as usual and paper pieced her dress.

The paper is Basic grey Kioshi I got from Stampeezee and the scallop punch is by EK Success.

Hope you like it, have a great rest of the week.

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Anyone for Anya - Sketch

2010-05-30T21:23:00.003+01:00

Hey peeps, happy Sunday to everyone, personally I am glad this week is over as It has been horrid!!! It started with my big sis being rushed to hospital with what turned outto be Pneumonia and fluid on her lung and then Friday I was told yet another of my work colleagues had passed away, he was in his forties, I still don't know how he passed, I was so upset at work on Friday I had to go home, we were pretty close as far as work colleagues go, I have cried buckets this weekend.

Anyway on a happy note, on Saturday we travelled up to Scotland to see the in-laws. My mother in law is Lil-Daffodil so she is into crafting in a big way, so it is lovely to get together and spend a few hours crafting even if she is still poorly.

Today I have ran 7.5 miles round Loch Leven and I have managed to squeeze in some crafting. I loved the Anyone for Anya sketch so I played along with the 1 and only Greeting Farm stamp my mother in law owns, anyway here is the card:

I have used The Greeting Farm's Ruby and coloured her with my Promarkers, the paper is Basic Grey Green at heart and the sentiment is from PTI's Everyday Button Bits Set.

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Caseing Emma

2010-05-27T15:00:00.000+01:00

Ok, I just had to case this card I saw on Emma's blog, I just fell in love. First though I had to accquire the Quickcutz doll and accessory die first, I managed to track both down on ebay and I snapped them up super fast.

Deb from Stampeezee has the same die and made a card using this Doodlebug DP for the dress, of course I just had to copy......sorry Deb. The sentiment is by stampendous, i really enjoyed making this card, so simple, thanks Emma. I can see all my pals getting one of these, LOL

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

WOYWW

2010-05-26T20:59:00.003+01:00

I thought I would join in another what's on your work desk wednesday, i just love nosing at what other people are up to...LOL.

Anyway, mine is much the same as last week apart from a few things that seem to have landed that I have yet to put away.

You can see my copy of the new Magnolia Magazine that arrived today from Stampeezee along with another Pure Innocence stamp,seen to the right of the mag, oh my I just lurve these babies.

To the left of the mag is a pile of stamps I am determined to use them all once before I put them away and my fab Stampin Up Stamp a ma jig, me just love my ma jig, i don't do straight!!!!!

You may also spy a basic grey pad, my most used acrylic block, a discarded card I was not happy with (the lady on the white card at the back - don't like the DP I used for her dress).

Glad you can't see the rest of the room, you cannot really see the floor, why can't I make anything without the room looking like I have been burgled??

Anyway, quick update on my sis, she has some fragments of blood (Docs are questioning trauma now but she cannot think how it may have happened). She may have to have surgry to have it removed and her lung washed out, we are now not going ahead with the trip to Brighton to celebrate her 50th as she will be in hospital until at least next week and she will take at least 4-6 weeksto get over this!!

I am off to bed now as I am shattered from all the running about to hospitals, Vets, work etc, bit of a busy day really

Have a great rest of the week

Hugs

Sarah

Happy Birthday Uncle Smith

2010-05-25T21:13:00.001+01:00

Happy Wednesday peeps, we are half way to the weekend, Yay!!! I am off to see the family in Scotland on Friday, well I nearly wasn't for a minute, my big sis was rushed into hospital yesterday, turns out she has Pneumonia and fluid on her lung that they are having to drain off, not pleasant and extremely painful, we are supposed to be off to Brighton the weekend after this coming one as well to celebrate her 50th, not sure she will be well enough to go, poor sis!!!!

Anyway, this card is for hubby's Uncle Smith, for his birthday, I love him to bits, one of the nicest men you could ever meet, I hope he likes his card.

The card is very similar to my post on Sunday, I liked the layout so I used it again but changed a few of the finer details. The tree image is from Stampin Up's Lovely as a Tree set and the papers are Stampin up To the Nines.

The sentiment is from SU Very Versatile punched out with the word window punch and layered onto the Modern label punch, both by Stampin Up. The modern label punch is not available in the UK at the moment so you won't find it in the current catty, fingers crossed we get it in the next one.

I am entering this card into a couple of fab challenges, the first being Tuesday Taggers where the theme is 'It's a mans world' and a Spoonfull of Sugar where the theme is 'celebration'

I hope you like the card, thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion or Promarkers

2010-05-25T09:00:00.003+01:00

Happy Tuesday again peeps, hope the weather is being kind where you are today, what a scorcher the weekend has been!!!

Anyway it's time for another Passion for Promarkers challenge and this week is exciting but sad, today we announce design team 2, these fab girls are taking over for 6 months, team 1 are having a bit of respite, can you believe the challenge has been running over 12 months now, I can't, time sure does fly. I am goona miss the team for the next 6 months...sob

Anyway, this is my farewell card if you like, I have used another stamp from The Pure Innocence Range from My favourite things, this one is 'Fairy girl', find her here, I think she might be my fave so far, such a sweet image for girlie cards!!

I stamped her with Memento Tuxedo black Ink & coloured her with Promarkers of course, find the whole range here

I kept this card really simple, adding some texture to the white panel with the cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder and I used circle nesties to cut the image out then mounted it onto a blossom nestie. The gorgeous DP is by Basic Grey from the 6x6 pad currently in stock here

I hope you like my card and I really hope you can join in this week, we have oodles of prizes on offer, just look at this list:

Joanna Sheen - £50 worth of Joanna Sheen branded stamps
www.joannasheen.com

Sugar Nellie - Complete set of 6 Mary Hall - Fairies stamps (c/o Debbi)
www.funkykits.co.uk

Secret Crafter - collection of Secret Crafter Manga stamps
www.secretcrafter.co.uk

Letraset - complete set of 148 Promarkers
www.letraset.com

Just Tracys - this set of Olivers Orchard stamps

www.justtracys.co.uk

The Craft Garden - £10 Gift certificate

www.thecraftgarden.co.uk

Emma (DT member) - 5x Ronnie , digital images

Whiff of Joy - Little Doctor & Little Nurse stamps from the Get Well Collection
www.whiffofjoy.com

Wow what an impressive way to introduce the fab DT and celebrate our anniversary, all you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is to make a card using Promarkers

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment to let me know you have stopped by and good luck with the challenge.

Sarah

More Pure Innocence

2010-05-23T20:55:00.005+01:00

Phew, the temperatures have soared here in the Midlands!! Far too hot for me to sit out in so I got another Pure Innocence stamp Inky to show you, this one is called Tree Swing, how cute is this lil fella?

He even comes with 3 sentiments and a little dog, find him and his friends here

I coloured him stamped him in Memento Tuxedo black Ink, in stock here and coloured him with Promarkers, all available here

The paper is Stampin Up's To the Nines, the punch is by EK Success, I have used card candy to compliment the paper, but I didn't have the colour I wanted so I coloured white ones with my Promarkers, cool huh??

I am so impressed with myself, I only got these MFT stamps the other day and I have inked up 2 of them already, that is just so good for me!!! Actually I have had a really productive day, got loads of housework done, including shampooing the lounge carpet (don't have cream with 3 dogs) and I have made 2 cards the other is a DT card, you can see that one Tuesday)

Anyway, gonna curl up on the sofa with hubby and watch some criminal minds, love anything like that!!!

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave me a comment to let me know you have visited and I will pop over to your little bit of space on the WWW.

Hugs

Sarah

Pure Innocence!!!

2010-05-21T16:25:00.004+01:00

Oh my, I feel another obsession coming on!!!!

Hi peeps, hope you are all well on this lovely sunny day, I have taken a half day holiday from work to be out and about in it but I got distracted by Stampeezee, they have just taken delivery of a selection of the adorable Pure Innocence Stamps from My Favourite things, check them out here, you best be quick though as these cutie patooties won't hang around for long I'm sure!! I just had to hot foot it to the store to grab mine before they all sell out!!

I inked up Blooming good day and coloured her with my Promarkers, all in stock here, the sentiment came with the stamp and I stamped them both together on a large acrylic block, just love that, no lining up to do. They are such good quality by the way they stamp beautifully.

The adorable DP is by Imaginisce called Twitterpated Lady Bug Ball, so cute!!! The buttons are from my stash and I have threaded them with Bakers Twine available here in 3 colours, I just love the little pegs they come on and for 99p for 20 metres they are a steal!!!

By the way Deb at Stampeezee is re-launching her blog, sign up as a follower here to keep up to date with all the new arrivals and news from the shop, Deb tries to stock the more hard to get stamps such as Unity, My favourite things, Artful Stamper and Justrite and she carries a fantastic range of Martha Stewart and EK Success punches!!! I think she may be posting candy soon to so keep em peeled!!!

Anyway, I am off back to my craft room to play with the rest of my delicious Pure Innocence stamps, have a great day in the sun.

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

What's on your work desk Wednesday

2010-05-19T19:25:00.004+01:00

Hi guys,
Hope you are all having a good week, I have just got back from a run, so I am ready for bed already!!!! I was sat here in my jim jams doing a bit of blog hopping and noticed everyone is posting what is on their work desks for What's on your work desk Wednesday so I thought I would play along this week so I snatched hubbys camera and snapped away!!

Not much going on really and it is tidy!!! Woo hoo it's a first for me!! You can't see much really, the pic is pretty bad but my Promarkers from my last card are still out (sat on my scorpal), waiting to be put away.

To the left is a few stamps I got from Stampeezee last night, Deb has the new MFT stamps in, the Pure Innocence range, check them out here, I could not resist snatching a few, I promise I will use these and not just hord them, I am trying to turn over a new leaf and use my stash instead of just buying and buying...Lol.

The pile of papers behind the stamps are tutorials and ideas I have printed, that pile of things to do and try just gets bigger and bigger, you guys have far too many brilliant ideas.

You can also see my Promarker airbrush system that I have played with once and left out, must play more as it is fab!!! The trusty Promarkers live in the corner and never move and to the right of the desk are a few distress inks that I have still to find a home for.

So that's it really, it's all pretty boring, I haven't had chance to play since making my last card on Sunday.

Anyway, have a great rest of the week.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers

2010-05-18T09:00:00.004+01:00

Passion for Promarkers time again and this week and Tracy has chosen the theme fantasy/mythology, I have just love that theme, the DT have some fab projects to inspire you, check them out here

I chose to use Mermaid Anya (in stock here) I have had her ages and I don't think I have ever used her before but that's not really unusual for me!!!

I coloured her in the following Promarkers, all available here:

Skin: Blush, Dusky Pink, Pastel Pink

Hair: Burnt Sienna, cocoa & caramel

Bikini top: cocktail pink, baby pink, pale pink

Tail: Bright green, meadow green

The fabulous swirl is from the Tim Holtz Elegant Flourishes Bigz Sizzix die, you get 2 swirls on the die, this is the smaller of the 2, I got mine here, Deb still has some in stock as she has just had a new delivery, be quick though they won't hang about for long!!

The fab papers I have used are Euphoria by Basic Grey, still available here and co-incidently Stampeezee have based their kit of the month on this very collection, check it out here

The border was created with an EK Success punch, the flowers are from my stash and the sentiment is from one of Amy Rysay's collections punch out with my new Stampin Up modern label punch. I just love the sentiment, I get more and more like Dori from Finding Nemo every day!!!! My memory is awful these days, I am suprised I remember my way home of an evening!!!

Anyway, have a great week peeps, I will be working and running as usual, the half marathon is now only weeks away and I am only up to 7 miles, I best get cracking eh!!! I have lost 8lb in weight since I started though so it's all worth it to me, makes me feel better about myself and elevates my mood!!

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Happy Birthday Hubby

2010-05-11T19:50:00.004+01:00

My second post of the day......go me!!!!

Today is my lovely husbands birthday and I always leave everything to the last minute!!! I tried to make him a card on Sunday but things just were not going my way so I threw it in the bin, so hubby woke up to no card on the morning of his birthday.....cruel of me huh??

As I had booked a day off work today, I made a quick card whilst he was at work and here it is:

The cute image is a digi from Hambo Stamps called 'Silly Birds with hats', yes I seem to have gone digi mad of late!!!! I coloured them with Promarkers & Copics and the paper & cardstock is from Stampin Up, the sentiment is Hero Arts punched out with my SU word window punch. Hubby liked it, he said the birds look like they have attitude!!!

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers Strawberries & Cream

2010-05-11T09:00:00.001+01:00

Wow Tuesday again already!!!! Where did my weekend go??

Time for another Passion for Promarkers challenge & this week Sue has chosen the theme 'Strawberries & Cream' I chose to use this strawberry cupcake digi from 'creations by Penny' and it was only a dollar....bargain!! I coloured the sweet cupcake in the following colours:

Red, salmon pink, baby pink, pale pink, Bright green, leaf green, caramel & sandstone

I cut it out with my Circle nesties and mounted it on to Stampin up old olive cardstock cut out with oval nesties. The strawberry paper is from the Nana's Nursery Baby Girl 6x6 paper pad and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Cupcake Collection, i used some more old olive for matting & layering along with some Kraft. I finished the card off with some Old Olive satin Ribbon, currently available in Stampin Up's mini catty.

I have some news by the way, I announced a few weeks ago that I was doing a half marathon in July for the Charity Cardiac Risk in the Young, well I have been training hard and I am running up to 6.5miles now. I have always wanted to do a full marathon and on Friday I got confirmation that I have a charity place running in next years Edinburgh marathon for the RNLI. I am so excited but nervous to........not quite sure what I am letting myself in for!!!! Anyway I will keep you posted.

Thanks for stopping by, please feel free to leave a comment to let me know you have popped in and I will stop by and see you

Thanks

Sarah

My New Storage Solutions!!

2010-05-10T22:08:00.008+01:00

Happy Monday everyone, this is just a quick post to show you my new storage solution for my Stampin Up Stamps, I did have them stored on an Ikea Expedit unit but I kept knocking them all over when I wanted the stamp set from the bottom....and my collection had outgrown the 4 cubes they were living in.

I noticed a few peeps were storing them in DVD towers so I had a flick through the Argos book yesterday and found this:

I managed to get ALL my wood mounted SU sets in here, the shelves are adjustable so I was able to tailor the unit to the height of the sets....I love it, I had one shelf left over afterwards. You can get at least 18 sets side by side on each shelf . It cost £44.99, I paid half of it with my nectar points so I only paid £22.50. It fits behind my craft room door and now I have 4 cubes free in my expedit unit....yay!!!
Information about the unit can be found here

You can see I store my Stampin Up ribbons, wheels (in the special cases that SU now stock) and the new Stampin Up un-mounted stamps of which I only have 3 so far on the top of the unit. I have also put my new style SU punches on here to as they don't sit on my utensil rail like the old style ones do!! Any tips for storing these welcome.

I found the stacking containers for my ribbons in Lakeland, I bought 2 packs at £9.99 each, you get 2 per pack and they stack, they are Ok until I find something better....I have to lift them off to get the ribbon reels out but I can cope with that at the moment.

Anyway, I thought I would share my new storage with you, I have also been busy cataloguing and storing my unmounted stamps but I will show you that another time as that is still a work in progress!!! One day I will have a lovely organised room and I will know what stamps I actually have....Lol. I took some pics of my craft room last year when I first re-vamped it, pics can be seen in this post here, the room looks a bit different to this now though as I have acquired more stuff and it is very untidy, I will re-photograph it soon to show the changes!!

Anyway, I am off to bed now, I will be back tomorrow with my Passion For Promarkers card, night, night.x

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers - Gratitude

2010-05-04T09:00:00.001+01:00

Hi Peeps,

Yes it's me, I am back and I have made a card, I have been a bit stressed out of late and had to take a break from blogging, thanks to the girls at PFP for being soooooooo understanding, love you all heaps.
Anyway, this week at Passion for Promarkers is co-incidently my choice of challenge and I chose the theme 'Gratitude', so get your Promarkers to work and create any type of thank you/appreciation card, the DT have created some great samples for you to peruse for inspiration so why not hop over to the PFP blog and take a peek.

For my card, I used a Pink Petticoat image from the 'Too Tweet' collection, not sure if this kit is still available you would have to check the site. I printed birdie onto Stampin Up whisper white cardstock and coloured her with my PM's of course, i used, Antique pink, pale pink & Baby pink, I cut out the image with a labels nestie and sponged the edges with pink chalk ink.

I dug the DP out of my scrap box (i never do that, I m trying to be good - found some great bits in there to). It is by EK Success, i think it was from a scrapbook stack, I mounted it on some pale pink cardstock and then onto Kraft. The rickrack is from my stash, I was supposed to decorate the flower centres and I totally forgot....Doh.......can you just pretend I have? Lol

Anyway, have a great day whatever you are doing, I booked an extra day off work, so I might craft today.

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Half Marathon

2010-04-17T16:09:00.003+01:00

Hey peeps, hope you are all okay, so sorry about my lack of blogging/comment leaving etc. I have had a hectic few weeks...well months actually, I just don't seem to get time to craft and blog hop these days!!! A lottery win sure would help as I could ditch the full time job, but hey I don't play so not chance of that happening soon!!!

Anyway, I am also busy training for my first half marathon, I am raising money for the charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young). I have chosen this one in memory of my young work colleague and friend Stuart Hudson who collapsed and died last year whilst playing football from an undiagnosed heart condition.

If you are able to sponser me to help raise money for this wonderful cause I would be very grateful, I have a web page where you can donate securley...no sponser forms, no collecting money etc....it's fab!!! You can find my page here

Anyway, thank you for reading this post, I hope to get back into regular blogging/comment leaving a.s.a.p

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers

2010-03-16T09:00:00.000Z

Passion for Promarkers time again and this week Debbi has designed a fab sketch for us to follow. I have used a Hanglar image I had stamped from a friend and the papers are Bloom & Grow. The sentiment is Penny Black.

Sorry for the short post, I have so much on at the moment.

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers

2010-03-09T09:00:00.000Z

Howdy peeps,

Tuesday again, thank goodnes Monday is behind us that's all I can say. Anyway, time for another Passion for Promarkers challenge and this week is a colour challenge for ya, Mango & Bright Green, got to say I struggled with this one and I am not at all happy with my offering but I ran out of time again.......I have been so busy this year!!!!

I used this digi clown which I think is a Dustin Pike image....correct me if I am wrong!!! The sentiment is from a Stampin Up set called Birthday Cheers & Wishes, I thought he was perfect for party invites.

Anyway, have a great week

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers

2010-02-23T09:00:00.003Z

Hey peeps, hope you are all ok, Passion for Promarkers is here again and this week the colours are Tulip Yellow & Baby Pink and we would also like to see stitching on your cards, faux or real.

Anyway, here is my card:

I have used this sweet chick from the Digistamp Boutique and coloured her in the following Promarkers:

cerise, pale pink, baby pink, sunflower, tulip yellow, bright green & meadow greem

The sentiment is computer generated, I have used white craftwork card candy dots for the embellies, coloured with the baby pink Promarker, The ribbon is from my stash and the green panel has been embossed with the swiss dots cuttlebug folder.

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers Buttons & Bows

2010-02-16T09:00:00.002Z

Tuesday rolls around so quickly & along with it comes Passion for Promarkers, this week Sue wants us to use buttons & Bows on our cards. I decided a baby card was in order for this challenge so I inked up a rather neglected Elzybells stamp I have had collecting dust for a while, such a cute stamp, I do like Elzybells products, I must get more!!!!

The paper is Imaginecse & the ribbon & button are from my stash. I am not sure where I have seen this layout before but it was defo on someone's blog........if it's yours let me know so I can give you proper credit.

Hope you have a great day, I will be working.....Yawn

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Another CASE

2010-02-14T13:55:00.005Z

Happy Valentines day to you all, hope cupid got his aim right for you!!! My hubby is such a romantic, he has gone off roading with his pals today....LOL. I don't mind, I am not a romantic person myself, so he is forgiven.

Anyway forgive me for being such a copy cat with the last 2 cards I have posted but sometimes I like to just make a card without having to think for myself!! I could not resist CASEing this card from the fab Maria Bell, Maria has hundreds of wonderful cards on her blog...............I would love to CASE them all!!!!!

Anyway, I changed a few subtle things, such as added a button to the bow & used Basic grey backing paper as I did not have the one Maria used...LOL.... I have inked up my poor neglected GF stamps at last, they are sooooooo sweet.

Anyway, I best get the housework done, got loads to do today!!

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

CASED Valentine

2010-02-12T19:30:00.002Z

Happy Friday to you all, I am glad it's the weekend but I am working all day again tomorrow, I have worked 6 days a week since the New Year, it's beginning to take it's toll but got to get the overtime whilst it's on offer, it won't last long considering there are more job cuts on the horizon..........or will it??? The overtime is required as a result of the last batch of job cuts so if we lose any more peeps it will only get worse!!

Anyway here is another Valentine card, CASED from the fab Ilina Crouse, I couldn't resist, I love it. On the inside I have hid the ribbon and patching with another piece of Kraft cut to size, such a simple but effective card me thinks.

Supplies used:

Stampin up, well scripted (not available in the UK), Heart punch, Kraft card
Non SU - DP, Ribbon & heart nesties, paper piercer

Hope you like it, I am hoping to catch up on my commenting soon, I am just struggling to fit everything in on a Sunday.......need more hours in the day!!!

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Valentine challenges

2010-02-11T20:07:00.007Z

Well, it's been ages since I entered any challenges & today I am entering my card into 3!!!!

I have really enjoyed using this weeks fab sketch from Friday Sketchers which came in handy when a colleague of mine at work asked me to make a last minute.com Valentine card for the love of his life..................I did say no more comissions but he is a good pal & I could not say no!!!!

I set about making a cute Tilda card & it has just occurred to me that I have used a Tilda blowing kisses, should I have used an Edwin???? I am not sure that this is the kind of card that a man would send a woman.....what do you think? Please be honest, if all else fails, I have a back up card that I will post on here tomorrow, i never think things through......LOL.....bull in a china shop........anyway, here is the card:

The inside:

The delish papers are Making Memories, I had a bit of a splurge at Stampeezee and they fell into my basket...........oops...... the stamps are all Magnolia and I have used my cuttlebug and nesties to create the heart shapes. I have coloured Tilda with Promarkers and used stickles on her wings. The cardstock & ink is from Stampin Up..............I just love the co-ordination of their products!!!!!

You may notice the card is a tad similar to one in a previous post.......I sort of CASED myself.........LOL

I also think my card qualifies for the Tuesday Taggers challenge which is themed 'Love is all around', fab theme if I do say so myself, cute card Thursday are also running an 'In the name of Love' theme this week, so I am going to sneak it in there to.

Anyway, I am off to have my tea now I have made cards to take to work tomorrow!!

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers

2010-02-09T09:00:00.001Z

Happy Tuesday everyone and time for another Passion for Promarkers challenge and this week are guest designer Emma has chosen the colours Agean, Sky blue & Cool Aqua.
I decided my Whipper Snapper Nurse was perfect for this challenge and was a dream to colour. I was a little dissapointed though as I wanted a get well soon stamp to go into a circle but I didn't have one, A suprise consediring the size of my collection!!!! I had to use this Thinking of you sentiment from a clear Penny Black set I have, got to say I am not to impressed with small clear stamps, they will all be making their way to EBAY soon to make room and pennies for other stash.

The paper I have used is Imaginesce and the border, scallop circle & circle punches are from Stampin Up, love em, the cardstock I have used is also SU. The embossed panel was done with my trusty cuttlebug and swiss dots embossing folder

Have a great week

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers

2010-02-02T09:15:00.002Z

Happy Tuesday everyone, firstly apologies for my lack of blogging and commenting, I have had a few things going on this past month but I won't bore you with all the details. I hope things are on the up now and that I can get back to regular posting & blog visiting starting with this weeks Passion for Promarkers challenge which incidently I have chosen the them as

'All creatures great & small'

So dig out your animal/insect stamps and join in the fun, I have chosen the delish Magnolia elephant, he is a dream to colour, i used the ice Greys & pastel pink for his cheeks.

The sentiment is by Unity and has been punched out with Stampin Up's word window punch, love that punch, the DP is Dovecraft by Kate Knight

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers

2010-01-05T09:30:00.002Z

Happy New Year to all my blog readers, I hope you all had a great christmas, I got some new nesties of my lovely in-laws and a fab Hanglar stamp of my pal Debbie from Stampeezee........love em thanks, I also got the first 3 Twilight books that I wanted and a few other nice bits and bobs, some from crafty friends.....thank you to all of you. I also had some fantastic handmade cards which I shall be displaying in my craft room so I can look at them all the time.

Anyway it's time for Passion for Promarkers and this week we have a sketch for you and a theme of Love/Romance.

It has taken me an age to make this card, I had to keep leaving it and coming back etc and it has finished up nothing like it was intended!!! The mojo is AWOL

I have used adorable Magnolia stamps again apart from the 'with love' sentiment which is a retired SAB set by Stampin Up, the papers are Daisy bucket Love, mounted on SU real red cardstock. The ribbon and heart button are from by stash and the silver twine is SU, the edging to the papers was created with an MS punch and the heart cut with nesties.

I cannot wait to see all your romantic creations, thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Simon Says Stamp

2009-12-22T16:11:00.004Z

Hiya bloggers, hope you are all nearly ready for Santa coming, I have finished all my cards and posted them out, I had to miss a few people out due to lack of time and for that I am sorry..........I am going to try and be more organised next year, hopefully things will be a little better for us in 2010.

Anyway I am hoping it is safe to post this card now as it should have arrived safely in Scotland as it is for my wonderful in-laws......................however, I rushed to finish this card that I have had sat half made for a week, popped it in the envelope and took it to the post office and waved goodbye to it..................I then realised that I had forgotten to write in it..........Doh!!!! I am so losing my marbles........i was rushing to get out the door on Saturday morning though in the midst of our heating breaking down and a million and one errands to run.......LOL...........good job my in-laws know what I am like................some would take offence to that, but that's just little old me.....He He!!!!

All of the supplies used on this Easel card are Magnolia apart from the Merry Christmas sentiment which is a Penny Black and the flower, fronds and brads are from my stash. Sweet Tilda has been coloured with Promarkers, I hope my in-laws like it.

I am entering this card into the Simon Says Stamp challenge which this week is 'Merry christmas'

Wishing you all a great christmas & New year

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers Mega challenge

2009-12-15T09:00:00.008Z

Happy Tuesday bloggers, sorry I have been a lazy blogger but I have been mega busy and my mojo has been awol........how rude at this time of year with all these cards to make!!!! I am nowhere near finishing them and I have to say I have bought a box from Sainsbury's......I know, I know, hopefully I can make a few next week as I finish work until New Years Eve on Friday....woo hoo....anyway it's time to reveal our second batch of 'anything but a card' items for the Passion for Promarkers Mega challenge.

I have had this chocolate box under construction since I knew we were doing 3D items, but it has taken me ages to finish, I spent all day Sunday faffing with it, I had to change the measurements to fit my A4 card, or should I say hubby has.......I found the tutorial on Kirsten's blog, she has some fab examples.......hubby has converted the inches to cm's, here they are if anyone wants them, hope you find them useful, you will need to refer to Kirsten's blog for the main tutorial, then these measurements should make sense!!!!

The main cardboard lid and base 14.5cm x 14.5cm

Drawers 10cm x 13cm, scored on short side at 2.5cm & 7.5cm and long side at 2.5cm & 10.5cm

Drawer surrounds 8.0cm x 18cm, scored at 2.6cm, 7.8cm, 10.4cm & 15.5cm

The card on top measures 14.5 x 14.5cm

I found the tutorial on Kirsten's blog, she has some fab examples, you can just decorate the top of the box or have a card type arrangement on the top of it, I choose the card/box option as I am sending this to my big sis as her christmas card, the pic below shows half of the inside of the card on top of the box, the verse is by Magnolia & holly has been created with my Martha Stewart punch.

There are four drawers in the box that open that you can put things in, I am going to put chocolates in for my big sis. The little handles are Tim Holtz hitch fastners (got mine on e-bay) & the stamp is Wee with Reindeer by WOJ, coloured with the following Promarkers:

Pine, Blush, Denim blue, Powder blue, Salmon pink, Sunkissed pink, Pastel pink, sandstone, lipstick red, tan, caramel, cocoa & Umber

All of the papers used are from a 6x6 book called Webster's pages - Holiday collection combo pack, I got them from a craft show and I am sure I got them from a company called Oyster stamps the papers are fab for the inside of cards as well as the outsides!!!

The sentiment is Santa is coming to Town by Magnolia & that Stampin up ribbon bow unties to reveal the inside of the card

Hope you like it, it sure is really sturdy and quite heavy, hope my big sis likes it!!!!

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers

2009-12-01T09:00:00.002Z

Happy Tuesday everyone, apologies for my serious lack of blog hopping of late, I have had a horrible cold/chest infection and have not made anything or felt like doing much lately at all!!!

Anyway, you are in for such a treat this month over at Passion for Promarkers, the new challenge runs from 9am today (1st December) until 9am on the 5th January 2010
You can use ANY COLOURS of ProMarkers and you can make ANYTHING BUT A CARD.

Check out the fab prize list

Grand Prize: 148 ProMarkers from the fabulously generous Letraset - that's the entire collection including all the old and new colours

Plus they have donated another 2 x 5 Promarker Theme Packs

Sugar Nellie/Funky Kits have donated 8 prizes of Sugar Nellie stamps:
4x Maggie & Hamish stamps PLUS 4x Home Grown stamps

Joanna Sheen has donated a £10 voucher to spend in her online shop

Stampeezee have also donated a £10 voucher to spend with them

Whiff of Joy have donated a Fred, Celebrating Elephant stamp designed by Alison Acton

Julie is an Independent Stampin Up! Demonstator and she is giving away a stamp set and ribbon

What a fab selection of prizes to be had, so worth a go huh????

I made another gift box, this time with my scallop square Nesties & I have decorated my box with the fab MME signature xmas papers again.

I couldn't resist using xmas Eve Tilda as my topper, I coloured her in the following Promarkers:

Skin: Ivory, Blush, Dusky pink, pastel pink
Clothes: pastel blue & denim blue, caramel & Tan
Hair: sandstone, cinnamon & Umber

Hope you have a fab rest of the week, thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers

2009-11-24T09:00:00.001Z

Happy Tuesday blogging pals, the weeks sure do fly by, not long to xmas now & I am way behind on the xmas card making!!!! Looks like I will be making an emergency trip to the shops for some boxed cards....................although I feel bad as most of my pals know about my habit & may be offended if I don't make them a card!!!! What do you do???

Anyway, on to this weeks Passion for Promarkers challenge & this week Helen has chosen the theme 'Vintage'

This one got me thinking...........In the end I decided on a blue & cream theme, this colour scheme is everywhere at the moment and I love it!!!! My papers are from the My Minds Eye Signature range............love these papers, so yummy.

I stamped my new xmas eve Tilda in Black Impress Ink onto SU Very Vanilla cardstock & coloured her in the following Promarkers:

Skin: Ivory, Blush, Dusky pink, pastel pink
Clothes: pastel blue & denim blue, caramel & Tan
Hair: sandstone, cinnamon & Umber

The sentiment is an Old Magnolia one, stamped in SU Close to Cocoa onto SU Very vanilla cardstock.

I have sanded & used my paper distresser on the edges of the papers to give them an older appearance.

Hope you like it, we are making it in my card class tonight as some of my ladies want to play colouring in and some have asked how I build my cards, so I thought I would show them!!!!

Thanks for looking, have a great week, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Happy 50th Birthday

2009-11-20T16:55:00.005Z

Thank goodness its Friday, sorry I have not visited this week.........I have felt really unwell all week, I have been at work but by the time I got home every night I was ready for bed!!! I feel no better today and I am working all day tomorrow as well!!!!

Anyway.....I made this card for hubby's work pal who is celebrating her 50th birthday this week. the design is based on this card from the Splitcoast stamper gallery of Treasureoiler.

I had a go at the Featured stamper challenge on Splitcoast stampers where you get to CASE a card from a chosen gallery but the rules are that you must chage at least 2 things............as you can see I changed quite a few, including the DP, colour, stamps etc

The DP is Craftwork cards from Stampeezee & I used my Martha Stewart Arch Lattice punch to create the border at the bottom..........the Martha Stuart punches are on offer by the way at Stampeezee.........15% off & they have the punch around the page ones back in stock - if you can't see them on the web site they may have them in the shop stock so give them a call.

I cut the numbers on my Cricut & covered them with glitter.......this card looks so much nicer IRL, I just can't get a decent pic in this dark weather!!!!

Anyway I hope his pal likes the card.........I am going to lie on the settee now & sleep as I am worn out!!!

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers

2009-11-17T09:00:00.003Z

Good day blogging pals...........another Passion for Promarkers challenge is upon us & this week our Guest DT Barbara has chosen the colours Marsh Green & Burnt Umber, I immediately decided to ink up my Greeting Farm Peter Pan that I have had for months & never used.

These colours look fantastic with the Archaic papers from Basic Grey, I used the following Promarkers to colour Peter:

Blush, pastel pink, dusky pink, burnt umber, sandstone, caramel, cinnamon & blender

The sentiment is from the same set as Peter Pan........'never ever' & has been punched out with the Stampin Up word window punch & layered on to the SU Oval & scallop oval shapes.

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

7th Wedding Anniversary

2009-11-14T21:51:00.004Z

Happy Saturday everyone, just had to show you my suprises from hubby for our 7th anniversary!!! This is us on that magical day in Clearwater, Florida, our photographer was amazing, hired about 3 days before the wedding as Virgins photo package was awful, this firm were in Safety Harbour...........v.expensive but it is was our only chance to catch the special memories.........yuk........how soppy do I sound & they were the only firm available at such short notice.....LOL.......good job I had our flexi friend to assist in an emergency!!!!

He suprised me with a hand made card.............yes, no help from at me at all, he designed it all him self, no sketch, no inspiration.........he's a natural don't ya think???? He must get it from his taleted mummy Fiona.

It has an acetate window & everything, he used 3 stamps of mine that have never ever seen ink........LOL. The flower is a Penny Black, the flower is Papermania & the Sentiment is from an SU SAB set. He coloured the flowers in Promarkers.........I think its a fab card don't you?

and a knock at the door........................

I never get flowers as the last time (about 8 years ago) I moaned about how much they had cost so he never bothered again.........until today...........I was a bit more grateful today....LOL, I still think flowers from florists are too expensive but these are beautiful & they sit lovely in my bay window and will hopefully last longer to as it is cool there.

The rest of the day was a bit of a nightmare........we were going shopping this morning & then to the German Market in Birmingham with my Brother & Sis this afternoon but we could not get our hands on OUR cash as Halifax were having technical probs as a result of the bad weather last night so shopping was abandoned. My mom lent us cash to go into Birmingham tho but after walking over a mile to the train station found the trains to Birmingham cancelled as someone had been hit by a train...........how awful!!!!

We ended up getting the bus and just sat in heavy traffic trying to get into Birmingham. Once there we could not move in the German Market........turns out the light switch on on the other side of town had been abandoned as someone had been stabbed and there was a bit of a fight from what I heard........shame as people were looking forward to seeing JLS & Sugababes.......well, all these dissapointed folk must all have been in that market!!!

We left after about 50 mins of being pushed & shoved but then could not get back on public transport......Trains to busy......buses all full......thank goodness for Taxi's that's all I can say!!!!

Anyway enough of my ranting I am off to bed as I still feel a bit poorly!!!

Hugs

Sarah

passion for Promarkers

2009-11-10T09:00:00.004Z

Another hectic week has flown by & time again for another Passion for Promarkers challenge and this week the lovely Ida has provided us with a fab sketch to follow.

I decided to use my WOJ Henry skating mouse that I bought weeks ago and have neglected to use, poor little mite. I stamped him in Black Impress ink onto whisper white card and coloured him in the following Promarkers:

Cinnamon, Cocoa, Umber, Pine, Forest Green, Tea green, Ice Grey 1, Ice grey 5, Cool grey 1, Artic blue, Duck egg, Oatmeal, Tan, Poppy, Lipstick Red & Blender

The paper is Bo Bunny from Hobbycraft, I have inked the edges with SU real red ink, the sentiment is by Elzybells & the fancy border was created with my new EK Success punch that I got from the NEC on Saturday

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Awards

2009-11-03T22:54:00.007Z

I have been given some awards lately that I am a bit late mentioning, the first is from the fabulous Marlene, thanks hun, this award has rules as follows:

I need to pass this award on to five people, post on their blog to let them know I left this award, and then I need to answer a list of questions in ONE word.

1. Where is your cell phone? Kitchen

2. Your hair? Blonde

3. Your mother? Petite

4. Your father? Heaven

5. Your favorite food? Junk

6. Your dream last night? scary

7. Your favorite drink? Coke

8. Your dream/goal? Health

9. What room are you in? Lounge

10. Your hobby? crafting

11. Your fear? Fire

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Alive

13. Where were you last night? Home

14. Something that you aren't? organised

15. Muffins? Yuk

16. Wish list item? Dad

17. Where did you grow up? Birmingham

18. Last thing you did? Facebook

19. What are you wearing? Clothes

20. Your TV? Big

21. Your Pets? Doggies

22. Friends? Many

23. Your life? Manic

24. Your mood? Stressed

25. Missing Someone? Dad

26. Vehicle? Volvo

27. Something your not wearing? Armour

28. Your favorite store? Stampeezee

29. Your favorite color? Black

30. When was the last time you laughed? Today

31. Last time you cried? funeral

32. Your best friend? Hubby

33. One place that I go to over and over? Craftroom

34. Facebook? Yes

35. Favorite place to eat? Nando's

The second is from my wonderful mother in law Fiona & my friend Grace from Stampeezee, thank you both

I will pass these on later, got to run and get my son from Scouts

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers

2009-11-03T09:00:00.004Z

Happy Tuesday to you all, I am sooooo tired this week after our hectic but fun visit to Scotland, we got to see a lot of the family this trip and my MIL and I even managed a craft session at her local craft shop Stampaholics.................back to reality now though and back to work.....still a girl has to earn the pennies to spend at the NEC on Friday and Saturday right?? Woo hoo I am sooooooo excited, let me know if you are gonna be there and I will look out for you.

Anyway onto this weeks Passion for Promarkers challenge & this time we want to see the colours grass & canary on your creations........mmmmm this one got me thinking, i had a look around the digi stamp sites and found this Itty Bitty Bobby Dinosaur costume cutie from Pink cat Studio and thought he was perfect, the sentiment was from the same site and was a freebie.

I coloured Itty Bitty Bobby in the following promarkers:

Grass, meadow green, canary, sunflower, lemon, blush, dusky pink, pastel pink, sandstone & umber.

I cut him out with Small & large oval nesties and made a box sized to fit my label nesties. I was going to put some treats in the box but the postie bought a big box today and I put it on the table on top of my project by accident........oops........its a little on the flat side now!!!!

Anyway have a great week and I hope to see some of you at the NEC

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Crafting fun at Stampaholics

2009-10-29T15:09:00.002Z

As you know I am in Scotland visitings my in-laws & today my mother-in-law and I were booked into a craft class at the fab Stampaholics.

This is one of the cards I made, designed by Siobhan (owner of the shop) I will not be showing you the other as I a managed to make a complete mess of it!!!!

I had to make it with no cutter, just a craft knife and mat................the colour must have drained from my face when I was told that ...LOL. It was pretty easy actually so I have conqured a fear today (I won't be throwing away my cutter tho)

The main image is by Crafty Individuals, the frame is a nestie (which I just had to buy), the sentiment is from an Inkadinkado clear set and the background swirls and snowflakes were created with various wooden stamps that were available for us to play with.

This is not my usual style of card so I really enjoyed doing something a little different, I managed a little bit of shopping at the end of the class but I was being rushed by men to hurry so I had to leave precious stash behind that should now be mine............SOB................still I am going to the NEC next week..........oh I am soooooooooooo excited.

Anyway, my MIL has just purchased the new Magnolia magazine so I am going to curl up on the sofa with it now as I cannot wait until I get hold of mine that Deb from Stampeezee is saving for me.

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Frankie's Monsters

2009-10-28T06:00:00.002Z

Halloween is nearly upon us, but I will miss all the neighbourhood fun as we will be on our way back from Scotland on the night of Halloween so I have made some monster treat boxes for my usual visitors to hand out beforehand!!!!!

The fab Tutorial is here

I have used everything the same although I did not have the Top note die but I did have a nestie die that is more or less exact so I used that.

Anyway, we are off out to visit family today & stopping my Luca's fab ice cream shop in Musselburgh (Scotland)...........best ice cream ever!!!

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers

2009-10-27T09:00:00.003Z

Happy Tuesday bloggers, hope you are all well, I am excited today as I am off up to Scotland when I finish work with my hubby & our 3 doggies to see his parents, my son is there already, he flew up on Thursday lunch time for the holidays. My mother -in-law (Lildaff) is a crafter so we have some crafty time planned which includes a class at the fab Stampoholics and a visit to Aberdeen to meet my Passion ForPromarkers DT mate Debbi, it should be a great few days.

Anyway onto this weeks Passion for Promarkers challenge which this week is 'Animals', you can use any colours for this one so I chose to do a Halloween card using 'Bat cat' by Mo Manning, available here . I coloured the puddy cat in the following Promarkers:

Pumpkins: Mandarin, Pumpkin & gold, Umber & cocoa
Mask: Plum, Amethyst & Orchid
Kitty: Cool grey 1, 3, 4 & 5
Ears, nose & mouth: Sunkissed pink
Eyes: Emerald

The DP is DCWV, it's holographic but the pic does not show it!!! The fab sentiment is from an Amy R Halloween collection I got from Sily Monkey crafts, you get loads of sentiments and they stamp perfectly!!!

We are being sponsered by Letraset themselves this week who are giving away a pack of 5 promarkers, so get colouring in to be in with a chance to win!!!!

Have a great week, thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Happy Birthday Barry 'The Bear' Kempton

2009-10-23T19:00:00.005+01:00

Hiya bloggers, what a week this has been, so glad it's the weekend!!!! Another different type of card from me, tomorrow is my friend Barry's birthday and he just loves bears..............in fact if he existed in another life form before this life then he was a bear as his stature resembles that of a bear stood on its hind legs.

I needed a Bear image for his card & my Canadian friend Diana came to the rescue with this Bear from Stampin Up's Wildlife Reserve Set (not available in the UK), I had a nose on splitcoast and found this card from which I took my inspiration.

The Bear is stamped in Black Ink & mounted onto Black (yes I know it looks brown, camera is telling lies) and Kraft cardstock. I used my SU corner ticket punch to snip the corners of the middle panel away and my houndstooth embossing folder on the background, I added some silver brads & twine & hey presto.

This card looks so much better IRL honest, I hope Barry likes it!!!!

Have a great weekend, I am having my hair done tomorrow, highlights and a cut...........I hate it........I could be doing so many other things whilst sat in that place but I cannot leave it no longer, people are starting to comment about the amount of roots I have showing............I have been shamed into it....LOL

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Happy birthday to you...............

2009-10-22T09:41:00.003+01:00

Happy Birthday to you.............Happy birthday dear Gina.................Happy birthday to you!!!!!

Yay Gina is 40 today, happy birthday sweetie, have a fantastic day!!!!

I met Gina in the flesh for the first time yesterday, I turned up unnanounced at her house with birthday prezzies from all us girls on the Passion For Promarkers design team....................bit of a suprise I think it was!!!!! We had a lovely chat, and I even got to speak to Debby on the webcam (hi hun - will be landing on your doorstep too soon....LOL). Gina opened her prezzies (yes you guessed it.............craft stuff) and I got to mooch in her fab craft room

This is the card I made for Gina:

The Base card is Kraft that I got from Emma at Something Sweet....................fab quality and I got the envelopes to match.......I will be having more of these!!!!! The papers MME Bloom & Grow & the stamp is a Greeting Farm Miss Anya from Stampeezee.............who buy the way have some new Greeting Farm stamps in and did have some Martha Stuart punch around the page punches.........if out of stock on the site, call the shop as Deb keeps shop and internet stock separate so she may still have some!!!!!!

Hope you like my card, thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers

2009-10-20T09:00:00.004+01:00

Happy Tuesday to everyone, hope you are all well. This week at Passion for Promarkers our guest DT Claire has chosen the colours Poppy & Forest Green and as soon as I saw these colours I knew I wanted to use Mo Manning's Christmas Fairy Holly, isn't she adorable, Mo is unbelievably talented!!!

I coloured Holly in the following Promarkers:

Blush, Dusky pink, pastel pink, lipstick red, crimson, pine, meadow green, leaf green, cinnamon, cocoa, sandstone, Poppy, Forest green, pastel blue & Blender

The DP is Imaginesce from Stampeezee

Hope you all have a great week, I have a sad day ahead tomorrow as it is the funeral of my young colleague Stuart who died a couple of weeks ago during a football game, it was discovered he had an unknown underlying heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy which is an enlarged heart, no-one could ever have known!!!

Anyway, thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Merry wishes

2009-10-16T20:07:00.005+01:00

Something a little different from me!!!!

I have all my new Stampin Up goodies & thought I best start playing with them, I could not wait to make a crimbo card with the 'Tree Trimmings' set & 'Merry Moments' DSP

I stamped the baubles on to Stampin Up Very Vanilla cardstock in Real red & old olive & Chocolate chip inks, used my stamp -a-ma jig to align them of course & cut out with my Oval Nesties. The DSP is layered onto ......yes you guessed it Old Olive & Real red cardstock

The sentiment is 'A little Merry' by Stampendous, stamped onto Very Vanilla cardstock & punched out with the fab new SU word window punch & layered onto a real red tag cut out with a nestie, the ribbon is 1/4" chocolate chip grossgrain.

Hope you like it, I am so pleased I have made a crimbo card, 1 down 2 billion to go....LOL.

Have a great weekend, I am off to the Stampeezee Justrite demo tomorrow morning, crafting with a friend in the afternoon & off out for a meal with a workpal on the night so busy but fun weekend ahead for me.

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

FREE DEMO

2009-10-15T14:32:00.003+01:00

Just a quick note to let you know that Stampeezee are having a FREE demonstraion of the fab JUSTRITE stamps that they have started stocking.

The lovely Sonia will be showing us the versatility of these amazing stamps between 10am & 4pm on 17th October at the Stampeezee store and you are all welcome. I intend to be there at 10am to soak in all the ideas I can, it would be lovely if you could make it.

Click here to visit Sonia's blog to see some of the fab creations she has been working hard to create for us on Saturday.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers

2009-10-13T09:00:00.004+01:00

Hi to all in blogland and apologies for my lack of blogging and comment leaving, I have been rushed off my feet lately & working late hours I just don't seem to have time for my fave hobby & I am constantly fighting for the computer with hubby and my 13 year old!!!

Anyway over at Passion For Promarkers the lovely Gina has created us a lovely sketch to use this week and has let us have a free run on the colours. Hubby surprised me with some of the new Magnolia Halloween collection so I just had to use one of my Tilda witches, isn't she just adorable............I am a bit Halloween obsessed to be honest, not sure why, I think its just a fun time of the year...............sometimes spoiled by 'Hoodies' knocking your door with only a mask on with their hands out......LOL

Anyway, I stamped Tilda in black memento Ink onto Stampin Up Whisper White cardstock & coloured her in the following Promarkers:

Cool grey 1, 2 & 5, Aubergine, amber, gold, pumpkin, pastel pink, dusky pink, lavender, purple, caramel, sandstone, cocoa, umber & Blush.

I used the delish Pixie sticks Halloween Imaginisce papers available here, the web is an old Magnolia stamp & the sentiment is by CC designs available here

The inside:

The sentiment is from the same CC design set & the spider is again an old Magnolia stamp, I used my new Martha Stewart Drippy Goo punch that the fab Deb of Stampeezee got me, thanks Deb you are a star

Do check out the rest of the DT cards, they are all fab as usual

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers & Secret Crafter

2009-10-06T09:00:00.003+01:00

Hiya blogging pals, its only Tuesday and what a horrid week I am having already!!!! I arrived at work yesterday to be whisked off into a meeting room only to be told that one of my team had collapsed & died playing football at the weekend, he was 31, I cannot believe it, so tragic & he was such a lovely lad!!!
To make it worse the girl who I gave the post it note holder to (a few posts ago) who is going through a rough time is his girlfriend!!!

As you can imagine the atmosphere at work yesterday was rather sombre.

Anyway onto a happier subject & time for the Passion for Promarkers challenge & this week Denise has chosen a recipe:

'Any colours + 3 different shapes, 2 papers, 1 ribbon'

I have used Imaginisce double sided DP Wild Things hip-hippo-ray available from Stampeezee, my shapes are my squares of the card, tags for the sentiment &my 3rd shape are the craftwork card candy dot circles, my ribbon is the twine across the card.

I coloured the adorable Magnolia Lion in the following Promarkers:

Tan, Sandstone, caramel cocoa, cinnamon, umber, warm grey 4 & 5, sunkissed pink, dusky pink & Ivory

I have decorated the inside of this one as I never seem to finish my cards off & I want to start selling them (to get some pennies back for more stash) so I am trying to be organised....LOL

I am also entering this card into the Secret Crafter Challenge which this week has the theme of 'Celebration', I will link it when I get home as this is a scheduled post

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers & Friday Sketchers

2009-09-29T09:00:00.002+01:00

Happy Tuesday to you all, so glad Monday is over......I hate Monday's & I had a big shift at work............not good!!!!!

Anyway onto this weeks Passion for Promarkers card, which I have to say I am not a happy bunny about, I made it on Sunday (although I had coloured the image a while back), I felt a bit under the weather, headache etc (which I now know was withdrawal symptoms from diet coke........how bad is that???), well I felt a distinct abscence of Mojo whilst putting this together, not one of my best cards!!!

Anyhoo, this weeks challenge was set by our Guest Designer Sam & is Cool Aqua & Apricot with the added challenge to make your own flowers.

The image is a Hanglar & Stanglar from my stamped images I have been sent (don't know her name). She is coloured in Promarkers as follows:

Blush, dusky pink, pastel pink, apricot, pumpkin, cool aqua, cinnamon, cocoa & Sandstone

The paper, ribbon & sentiment are stampin up, my flowers were made with the large & medium retro punches

The layout is Friday Sketchers, i will use this one again.

Our sponser this week is Craft Obsessions who are offering 1 lucky winner a fab Martha Stewart Cosmos Punch

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

BLOG CANDY WINNER

2009-09-25T18:00:00.003+01:00

Thank you to everyone who entered my blog candy & helped spread the word, the winner of the pack of 5 cool grey Promarkers generated by Random.org is

Card Making Nut Jo

Please e-mail me with your address hun & I will post the Promarkers out to you.

Hope you all have a great weekend

Hugs

Sarah

Hobbycraft celebration candy

2009-09-24T18:15:00.003+01:00

BLOG CANDY IS NOW CLOSED, THANK YOU TO ALL THAT ENTERED, I WILL POST THE WINNER SHORTLY

You may think i am mad and you are probably right but i am offering a pack of 5 Promarkers to celebrate the opening of Solihull Hobbycraft. This monster Superstore has opened within walking distance from me.............yes within walking distance!!!

I visited yesterday and stocked up on Tulle & flowers & treated myself to a pad of DCWV papers - the Travel stack..............for stroking of course.............although you may see 1 sheet appear on a card...LOL

Anyway, these are the cool grey Promarkers & all you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is leave a comment under this post & spread the word on your blog (sidebar is fine). I will close the candy at 8pm on 24/09/09 & randomly pick a winner soon after.

Hugs

Sarah

Happy birthday to my mom

2009-09-24T07:57:00.002+01:00

A really swift post this morning as on my way out to work via my moms who's bithday it is today. I was up until all ours finishing this card so I am sooooooooo tired. I will pop back later to finish this post. Hope you all have a great day...........I have a big long shift at work ***sob***

The inside

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers - Anything but a card

2009-09-22T09:00:00.001+01:00

This weeks at Passion for Promarkers our guest designer Sarah B has chosen the colours Emerald & Marine with an additional challenge to create 'anything but a card'!!!!

I have a friend at work that is having a tough time at the moment & really needs a bit of fairy magic so I set about making her a post it note holder for her desk, instructions here

I stamped my Ketto image available from the Stampeezee bricks & mortar shop (not online) onto Stampin Up Whisper white card stock layered onto SU Pumkin Pie & Taken with Teal cardstock & coloured with Orange, Emerald, Marine, & Blush Promarkers.

I have added stickles to her hair & a gem to her wand, the flower is Prima

I gave it to my friend yesterday, she was over the moon, I might do some more of these, they would make fab gifts for teachers.

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Blog candy alert

2009-09-20T22:59:00.003+01:00

L@@K at this fab candy on offer over at Rach Jakes blog, I would so love to win these yummy goodies, I am keeping everything crossed.

Anyway off to bed now as I have work in the morning *sob*, where did the weekend go???.

Hugs

Sarah

My Individual Blog candy winner

2009-09-18T17:21:00.006+01:00

Well the Passion for Promarker blog hop is sadly over, I really enjoyed reading all your lovely comments and thank you to all of you that have become new followers.

To find out who the lucky winner of the 56 new colours was check out the Passion For Promarker Blog

Each of the DT had a mini individual prize to give out & mine was my blog hop card & a Lime zest Promarker

So the winner of my card & Promarker generated by Random org is:

Scrappinlil

Please contact me with your address sweetie & I will post your card & pen out to you.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers

2009-09-15T09:15:00.004+01:00

***Click Here to get to my blog hop post***

It's Tuesday again & time for Passion for Promarkers, there is still time to enter our blog hop where there are lots of prizes on offer incuding the 56 new Promarker colours so hop on over

to the PFP blog for more details.

On to this weeks challenge, Debbi has chosen a Polkodot theme, I have used this Hanglar image that I have had in my stamped image collection for a while.........if anyone knows her

name please can you let me know.

I have coloured her in the following Promarkers:

Rose Pink, Blossom, Magenta, cocoa, sandstone, sky blue, cool aqua, dusky pink, pstel pink & Blush (no new colours as I coloured this image before I got them)

The papers are Imaginisce from Stampeezee & the sentiment is by Hero arts.

Our sponser this week is Letraset themselves who are offering a pack of 5 promarkers
sorry about the untidy post - blogger has been playing me up and would not let me format it!!!!!

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers Blog Hop

2009-09-13T09:22:00.010+01:00

THIS BLOG HOP HAS NOW ENDED, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PLAYED ALONG & LEFT LOVELY COMMENTS

Well here it is the Passion for Promarkers first ever blog hop!!!

We are celebrating the launch of 56 new colours to the Promarker range & we have all 56 up for grabs as a prize courtesy of Letraset themselves!!!

So how can I win this fabby prize I hear you say??

Starting at the Passion for Promarkers blog Visit follow the instructions to each of the 11 design teams blogs and leave a comment on their posts, if you are following the hop correctly you should have just come from Natalie's blog, once you have left your comment here then you need to hop on over to Sue's blog and then follow her directions from there. To make things a little more interesting, each of the DT has a word for you to pick up along the way. Mine is “Blog”.

If you are not sure you are visiting the design team blogs in the right order you can go back to the PFP blog and start from the beginning!

As a bonus each of the DT will be giving away their card and one of the new Promarkers to one blogger who leaves a comment on their posts, so lots of chances to win something!!!!!

All winners will be drawn by Random org
So on to my card:

I have used a swiss pixie digi download printed onto Stampin Up Whisper white cardstock (Hewlett Packard printer used - ink fantastic with PM's), she has been coloured with new & old PM's as follows:

Hair: Cocoa & walnut (New)
Face: Blush, Dusky pink, pastel pink
Skirt & boots: Burgundy (New) & Crimson (New)
Top: Pumpkin & Amber (New)

The DP is Basic Grey Indian Summer & punch is Martha Stewart Embossed Zig Zag both available from Stampeezee, the sentiment was cut out with a nestie tag die

Hope you are enjoying the hop, click here to visit the lovely Sue for the next stage of the hop

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

PFP Blog hop tomorrow!!!!!!

2009-09-12T10:53:00.004+01:00

The new Promarkers are about to hit the shops, the DT have been lucky enough to get our hands on a set each to play with beforehand..............soooooooooooo to celebrate the new colours we are having a blog hop starting tomorrow at 10am on the Passion for Promarkers Blog, the DT will be showing off some creations using the new colours and we have prizes on offer!!!!

Here is a sneak peak of the main prize:

Well we don't want reveal all the suprises before the big day do we??? The DT will also be giving away individual prizes along the hop to so please join us tomorrow if you can.

Right off to hang out my washing and make my hop card.

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers

2009-09-08T09:00:00.003+01:00

Tuesday rolls around so fast and with it comes the Passion for Promarker challenge & this week Caroline has chosen the colours 'Sandstone & Blue pearl'

Our sponser this week is the Digistamp Boutique who are offering £10 to spend in the online store, they have some fab designs, the design team were allowed a digi image of their choice from the yummy selection to use this week . I chose 'Chloe with Snowball', how cute is she??? I know I will be using her again for some of my xmas cards.

The paper is from my stash to which I added faux stiching around the edge. The snowflakes were created with nestie dies & the sentiment Little merry is by Stampendous

Promarkers used: Blush, Dusky pink, sandstone, cinnamon, Blue Pearl & Pastel blue

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah

Last chance for some oldies but goodies!!!!!!

2009-09-02T17:25:00.002+01:00

*******NEWSFLASH*******

Stampin Up have published the retirement list & we are saying goodbye to some fab sets but the excitement of new stamp sets more than compensates sooooooooo grab yourself some bargain items some of which are 50% off. You will have to be quick before as once they are gone they are gone and the list is only available to order from until September 30th!!!

To see the retirement list click here

Any order placed with me over £40 will qualify for FREE delivery!!!!

Enjoy shopping!!!

Hugs

Sarah

Passion for Promarkers

2009-09-01T09:00:00.004+01:00

Boo hoo I am back at work today after some yummy time off, no more hols to look forward to until October now when I will grab a few days to visit my lovely in-laws in Scotland, anyway looking on the bright side it's time for Passion for Promarkers again & Caryn has chosen the theme 'glittery & girly', I just had to use my new Diana Duda image sent to me by my blogging pal Andie, thanks sweetie........she is so cute that I jumped straight on the Funky Kits website & order her.......LOL.........Andie is to blame!!!!!

I used MME Laundry line papers from Stampeezee matted onto SU cardstock. I added faux stitching & Tulle................got a thing about Tulle at the moment!!!!! The sentiment is a Tim Holtz adage ticket & the flower was created with retro punches & button & more Tulle.

Promarkers used:

I hope you can join us, our sponser this week is Secret Crafter who are offering the lucky winner 6 Promarkers!!!

Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

Hugs

Sarah