Sweet sixteen

Hello again!

 

I thought it was about time I updated this blog.....

Life has been challenging lately mainly due to my back problem and carpal tunnel in my hands but I'll get through it :)

 

A few challenges I should have told you about earlier although they run for a month so plenty of time to get creating :)

The first one is the mini challenge at Creative Craft World.

The theme is 'ANYTHING GOES' and it can be any project so long as it is smaller than 12"x12"

There is a fabulous prize to be won and the winner is chosen by the Design Team.

 

The second challenge is also at Creative Craft World and it's the Beat the Christmas Rush one.

If you'd like to get ahead with your Christmas cards this year then this challenge is for you!

 

I also have a card to share today.

It was my lovely daughter's 16th birthday last week and this is the card I made her.

Very quick and simple.

It was also my hubby's birthday too but he had to make do with a bought card :o

The papers are MME 'On the bright side' 6x6 pad and the 16 is cut out with the Silhouette Cameo.

I covered some chipboard with matching paper and cut out a heart with a Sizzix die.

The font is MTF cupcake.

 

 

Although I've been quiet on the blogging front all that will change over the weekend!

I've had the opportunity to play with the new March scrap kit (on sale from 1st March at CCW)

and I have 3 new scrapbook pages to share.

I'll upload them over the next few days and as Saturday sees the new scrap map challenge I'll also have a page to share for that too.

 

Thank you all for your support lately, I've had some lovely emails and comments and I appreciate them all.

 

Take care,

Sarah xx

18th Birthday card

Hello again!

 

Can you believe I'm managing to schedule a post every day!

It's amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it, isn't it?

( The housework has been put on hold though....lol)

 

This weekend is one of my nephew's (I have 10 of them!) 18th birthday.

As well as having a party with his friends he is having another party for family.

Sadly we won't be able to go because my brother (Nathan's dad) is in the middle of chemotherapy

treatment and Phoebe's chicken pox could be extremely dangerous for him.

 

This is the card I've made to send to Nathan.

Earlier in the year, I won a challenge at Ladybug Crafts Ink and my prize was a voucher for the shop.

I love digi images so that's what I bought with my voucher.  As soon as I saw this image it reminded me of my nephew and I knew it would be perfect for his birthday.

The papers are Echo Park 'Note to self'.  I didn't intend the card to have as many layers but they're covering up a few mistakes... things stuck in the wrong place and then the paper tearing as I removed them...you know how it is!  lol

The large star though is to cover up a sentiment on the background paper that I don't think Nathan would appreciate....

When I stuck the image down I realised that beside it,

it said in bold orange writing 'one thing after another'.

Well, Nathan like many teenagers gets into mild scrapes and lately it has been 'one thing after another' so I didn't think he'd appreciate it pointed out to him on his birthday!

 

The number and stars are cut with the Silhouette

and the sentiment is computer generated using 'Oleo' font.

I coloured the image with Copics.

Skin: E00, 11.....Hair: E51,53,33, YR20

Trousers: B93,45....Railings & Ground: C1,3,5

Cap:R17, YR07

a close up of the layers

I also have a reminder of the Christmas Countdown over at Creative Craft World.

Today is day 7 and it's Trish's turn to share some stunning Christmas cards

she's made using her Silhouette.

 

Here's a little peek.....pop over to her blog HERE for the tutorial.

 

I know I always say it but I really do appreciate you stopping by my blog.

Your comments are a treat to read :)

 

I'll be back again tomorrow

with another Christmas link and maybe a project of my own to share too.

Take care!

Sarah xx

 

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Cards for men ~ anything goes

Ladybug crafts Ink ~ In the office  (does the string wrapped around the star count?)

Lexi's Creations ~ special birthday

The Pink Elephant ~ favourite colouring medium (Copics)

Kaboodle Doodles ~ anything goes

Make it Monday ~ anything goes
Here come the Boys ~ Die cuts/punches
Allsorts ~ for men only

Day 6 and a birthday card

Good morning!

I'm back again today with another link

and this time it's for Lou's lovely Christmas scrapbook page.

You'll find it HERE with all the details.

 

 

 

My card today was another rush job, this time to send to Australia...

I'm getting into a bad habit of leaving things to the last minute!

It was for my wee nephew's birthday and although it's pretty simple I was pleased with it in the end :)

I used Woodware 'peeking over' stamps and I decoupaged the horse and sheep for some dimension.

Layered it on yellow card, added doodled stitching around the outside

and tied some twine around the top.  It was coloured with Copics.

 

That's it from me today.

I will be back tomorrow with a link to Trish's Christmas cards.

 

I'll also be sharing a card I've made for my nephew's 18th birthday this weekend.

Thank you so much for stopping by,

Take care

Sarah xx

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

The Squirrel and the Fox ~ flowers, hats or horses

Make it Monday ~ anything goes

The Crafty Pad ~ anything goes

Kaboodle Doodles ~ anything goes

Christmas Countdown and a card

Good morning everyone,

 

I have to apologise for being a bad blogger...life is just busy with the children at the moment.

 

But... I have some exciting news!

At Creative Craft World, it has become a yearly tradition to have a Christmas project every day for the month of November.

 

 

I will be posting a link every day to one of the DT blogs and I hope you will visit them

to see the exciting goodies they have made.

My own projects will be shared over the next 4 Mondays.

 

To start us off today,

Sue has made some fabulous Christmas tree decorations

and you can find the tutorial on how to make them HERE
and there's also a prize to be won.

 

 

 

I also have a card to share today!

Phoebe was invited to a 6th birthday party on Saturday and I left it to the last minute to make the card so I hastily threw this together on Saturday morning...not a good idea!

I was stressed and Phoebe was 15 minutes late.... not that she even noticed!

 I cut the shaped card, paper, sentiment and butterflies with the Cameo.

Then tied some pink gingham ribbon in a bow and topped with a pink button.

 

As part of the present I bought this pink fluffy pencil case and made a personalised zipper pull.

This was much to Phoebe's relief....Phoebe has an identical pencil case and Rachel loved it so much that she took it home from school and was reluctant to give it back.

In the end (after a week of pleading) Phoebe told her if it wasn't brought in the next day that I was going to have to tell her Mum and teacher what she'd done and she would be in a lot of trouble!

Thankfully the pencil case was returned the next morning :)

 

 

It's made from felt and is lightly padded. I cut the 'R' from white felt using a Sizzix alphabet die,

then ironed it on with bondaweb and added a couple of 'x' stitches.

 

 

Now I have to make Phoebe a zipper pull too!

 

Thank you for joining me today.

I'd love you to come back tomorrow for the link to Ali's Christmas project.

 I might even have another of my own projects too...

Take care

Sarah xx

 

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

In the Pink ~ clean and simple pink (If mine is not CAS enough please delete it!)

Flutterby Wednesday ~ anything goes but must have butterfly or fairy on it

Nutcrafters ~ Ribbon or twine

Simon Says Stamp ~ shaped cards

Die Cuttin Diva's ~ anything goes (must use a die cut)

Make it Monday ~ anything goes (papercrafts)

 

Rosie by Digistamp Boutique

Hello again!

 

It's so easy to neglect your blog when life gets busy, isn't it?
 

My poor wee daughter is only back to school two weeks and is off sick already.

She had a miserable night on Wednesday so I kept her off school on Thursday and Friday as she really wasn't fit to go.

At the beginning of the week she was invited to go to her wee friend's birthday party, which was today and she was adamant that she was going.

'But you're not fit', I said.

'Oh I am mummy', was the reply. 'I'm as fit as a fillet!'
 

Needless to say, she got going to the party with a pocket full of tissues, and had a whale of a time.
So it's back to school on Monday!

 

Here's the card I made for her wee friend Rosie.

 

I know this card is pink, pink, pink!

But I deny all responsiblity for it, lol....Phoebe chose everything and I just coloured the image.

I have no idea what make the papers are, I bought them years ago from Poundstretcher when they used to do scrapbooking kits.
 

She wanted Rosie from Digistamp Boutique and she wanted her to have blond hair to match her friend :)

 

 The little crown is a brad from Making Memories and Phoebe has been begging to use it every time we craft, so you can imagine her delight when we were able to put it on Rosie's head!









The number '6' is cut with a Cuttlebug die 'Red tag sale' and I raised it on foam pads. The name 'Rosie' is stamped with Regal Rose SU ink using Elzybells alphabet stamps.
The ribbon is Dovecraft.

That's it for tonight!
I'm off to bed with a hot toddy (Lemsip, honey & whisky)...I think I've caught Phoebe's bug :(

I hope you're all having a relaxing weekend
and thank you for joining me here.
I'm so sorry I haven't got caught up with commenting yet but there just aren't enough hours in the day to fit everything in...
I will catch up with you soon though :)

Take care,
Sarah xx

I'd like to enter this card in these challenges:

Jellypark challenges ~ all about the children

Digistamp Boutique ~ Sept monthy challenge

Digitally sweet ~ anything goes with flowers

QKR stampede ~ birthday celebration

Dutch Dare CC ~ sugar & spice
Make it Monday ~ linky party

 

Felt & paper flower for a special birthday

 

It was my lovely Mum's 65th birthday two weeks ago

and this is the card I made for her.
I was making a Christmas table runner from felt and because I had the felt already out on the table I thought I'd try it out on the card.
I loved the effect and I'm pleased to say, Mum loved her card too :)

 Sizzix, Nestablilities, and Cuttlebug dies cut through felt very well and I used Sizzix dies for the flower and the flourish.
The hexagons are from a sheet of Echo Park paper (Sweet Day) and I cut them out individually and arranged them on the card blank.

I cut a rough spiral from a circle of patterned paper and rolled it into a flower and layered it on top of the yellow felt flower.
The sentiment is printed on the computer using 'Delius' font.

 

 

That's it for today,
I'd better go now and rustle up something for tea!

I'd love you to join me tomorrow for my project in Creative Craft World's rainbow blog hop!
I'm also having a prize draw.
Check out all the details here tomorrow (from 7am).

Thanks for visiting today :)
Take care
Sarah xx

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

The pink elephant ~ patterned paper

Ladybug Crafts ~ anything goes

Stamp & Create ~ anything goes

Challenges4everybody ~ anything goes
MIM #105 ~ anything goes

Papertake Weekly ~ anything goes
Tuesday Alchemy ~ anything goes

30th Birthday

Good morning!

 

I hope you're all having a lovely weekend :)

 

As it's the beginning of September I would normally be sharing a new scrap map for

Creative Craft World but our blog hop started last Thursday and will continue this week, so the scrap map is postponed until next Saturday.

You can check out the details of the blog hop here and there are some fab prizes to be won!

My project will be on Wednesday.....

 

Over the summer I've been asked to make some projects which I'm only able to share after the event has passed and this birthday card is one of them.

 

 

 I didn't have much time to make it as I had to post it to England in time for them to hand deliver it to their daughter in Scotland, so I turned to my trusty Cameo!

The sentiment is printed on the computer (I didn't use print and cut for this one) and then I loaded the 10x10cm square in the Cameo and cut out the '30'

On the 15cm base card I layered swirly pink card near the bottom right corner and then layered the square on top using foam pads for dimension.

 

The butterflies are a mixture of Cameo die cuts and punches and I adhered them with a thin line of glue to the body and then raised the wings. Next I put a tiny blob of pinflair glue gel underneath each wing to keep them raised. To finish I doodled little antenna on each and made a butterfly trail of tiny adhesive gems from Meiflower.

 

I'm glad to say the recipent loved it!

 

Friday was a big day for us as our two youngest returned to school.

 

 

After 9 weeks of school holidays, it's nice to have a little bit of quiet in the house again.....  :)

I made Phoebe a P.E. bag for last year which she wants to use again this year. I never got round to posting it on this blog but if you'd like to see it, you can find it here.

 

Thank you for visiting today

and I'll be back tomorrow with another card.

Sarah xx

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Catch the Bug ~ anything goes

The Cameo Spotlight #2 ~ numbers

Little Red Wagon #148 ~ use a number 

  

Best Friends ~ Lili of the Valley

Good Afternoon!

I hope your weather is as lovely as ours is here.

We've had sunshine all day :)

I've had a lovely morning shopping for fabric and got a few wee bargains too!

Thank you so much for all your lovely comments on my quilt yesterday :)

Clare if you'd like some help,  get in touch ~ sarahmcards@hotmail.com.

My card today is using papers and a stamp that I've had for ages

and I'd like to enter it in Lisa's (Wishcraft) Waste not Wednesday challenge.

 The papers are Laura Ashley and the image is from Lili of the Valley.

The lace and button I've had for ages too.

The flowers and leaves are cut out with the Silhouette.

After cutting the flowers, I crumpled them up, then opened them out and layered them.

Then sponged ink around the edges and added a pearl to the centre.

The sentiment is also by Lili of the Valley,

stamped using SU Elegant Eggplant marker and then layered on bazzill card.

I sponged the edges of the papers with Antique Linen distress ink.

Thank you for visiting again today :)

I'll be round tonight to catch up on some overdue commenting.....

'See you soon'

Sarah xx

I'd also like to enter the following:

Creative Monday ~ anything goes

Crafting for all seasons ~ handmade flowers

Truly Scrumptious ~ distressing & die cuts/punches

Little Darlings ~ Flowers

Papertake Weekly ~ anything goes with optional extra of lace

Sassy Cheryl's #113 ~ May flowers

Craft your passion ~ texture

DYSU ~ circles

Incy Wincy ~ Mother's day or girly

Lili's little Fairies ~ anything goes

Daisy with present

Good Morning ~ I hope you weren't rained out this weekend!

We've had such a contrast to the weather on the mainland, it's been lovely and sunny here.

I have another Daisy card to share today and the colours on this one are a lot more muted compared to the last one!

I started with A4 white card scored in half, landscape style.

I covered the front with bazzill kraft card and inked around the edges with seedless preserves distress ink.

The DP is by Fancy Pants and the

image is from digistampboutique . I coloured her with Copics.

 The flourishes are cut with a Sizzix die and the flowers are Prima.

The ticket is cut with a TH ticket decorative strip die and stamped with a Printworks birthday stamp.

The responses I got at home about this card ranged from:

Lydia ~ it's cool Mum...

Richard ~ it's not your usual style....

Caleb ~ I like anthing you make Mum...(he doesn't like to offend...)

Phoebe ~ Who made that card?  lol

It's for a teenager so I hope she likes it!

Thank you for visiting today and hello to my new followers!

You're very welcome:)

Take care

Sarah xx

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges :

Make it Monday ~ anything goes

Little Claire ~ Spots and Dots

Sentimental Sundays #100 ~ Cards for kids

Opus Gluei ~ use flourishes

CI Paints ~ flowers

SSDS ~ Birthday

Love to Create ~ buttons and flowers
Digistamp Boutique ~ April anything goes (with DSB image)

Cupcake and mouse birthday card

Good morning everyone :)

I hope you all had a good weekend and if you didn't, I hope the week ahead is full of good things.

While looking at the digi images over at Sassy Cheryl's Digis I came across this little mouse and it sort of ended up in my basket along with the stamp that I really needed.

Well.....it is the kind of image you could use a lot......isn't it?...... :)

Do you know what I also really love digi stamps for?.....Colouring pages for my 5 year old, Phoebe!

I can make them full size on the page or squeeze in loads of images and it keeps her quiet for ages......

My card today is made using papers by Echo Park ~ Sweet Summertime.

The Happy Birthday ribbon is (I think) by Dovecraft.

 Coloured with Copics : Mouse - E31, E37, E50, E53, R20

Cupcake case - Y00, Y02, Y11, Y17

Candles - B00, B12, R05, R17, R27

Party Hat - YG03, YG06

I added Glamour Dust to some of the frosting on the cupcake after I took this photo (on Friday) but I can't get a decent photo of it today as it's not sunny enough and the photos are turning out very dark.

I'm sure you can imagine what it looks like anyway :)

Right.....the housework is calling

but so is the craft room.... wonder which I should answer.... ;)

Thank you for visiting today and for all the lovely comments:)

Hi new followers!

you're very welcome here and I'll come and visit you soon.

I'll be back tomorrow with this little mini book that I gave a sneak peek of months ago...

See you then

Take care!

Sarah x

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Sassy Cheryl's  - spots and dots

Divas By Design - spots and/or stripes

Bunny Zoe's - celebrations

Clearly I Stamp - anything goes

Craft us Crazy - colour me inspired

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Not sure if it qualifies for this but if not, let me know! Cupcake craft challenges - yellow and red

Have a Snappy birthday

Hi everyone, Happy World Book Day today!

I love books but just don't get the time (or peace) to read as much I used to - now it's usually craft magazines, read during a car journey ~ with Richard driving though!

......I'll never forget the day we were driving down the motorway and as we passed a car, the driver was reading a magzine that she had draped over her steering wheel!

For my card today I've used a Stampin' Up hostess set called Long Fellows.  I printed the sentiment on the computer and then stamped the crocodile image using the stamp-a-ma-jig for placement.  I punched the holes in the blue card using the Cinch and tied gingham ribbons through them.

I coloured the crocodile with Copics - YG03, YG06, G14

The lines around the outside of the base card were doodled with a SU marker ~ real red.

This card is on it's way to Australia, for my little nephew's birthday :)

Thank you for stopping by today.

Hope you have a lovely evening!

Sarah xx

I'd like to enter this card in the following:

Make it Monday ~ anything goes

Simon Says Stamp ~ anything goes

Creative Inspirations ~ anything goes

Card for Grandson's 4th birthday

I know I said I would post a gift bag and tutorial today, but......when I went to edit my photos last night they weren't very clear, so I'm going to redo them today and hopefully I will have it ready for tomorrow :)

Mum asked me to make a card for my wee nephew who lives in Australia and because she prefers to give large cards I've made this one A5.  The image is a digi from Sassy Cheryl's digis.  The paper is from a K&Co - Hopscotch paper pad I've had for ages.

I've missed entering the challenges over at Less is More so I'm joining in again :)

 It's punches/die cuts theme this week and I've punched the circles on my card.

Copic Colours

Hair & Bear - E31, E50, E.53

Skin - E00, E11, E20

T-shirt - R05,R17,R27

Trousers & Cap - B93, B95, B97

Shoes - E31, E37, E57

Cap & Patches on bear - YG91, YG95

 I doodled dots around the circles with Marina Mist Stampin' Up marker.

The sentiment is computer generated using MTF sweet cheeks and MTF playtime fonts.

I'd also like to enter this in Papertake Weekly - get krafty

and Delightful Challenges - use pattern paper.

Thanks for visiting :)

Have a lovely day!

Sarah xx

40th Birthday card

Hi everyone :)

It's my friend's 40th birthday tomorrow and this is the card I've made for her.

The papers I've used are Echo Park - Victoria Gardens. The sentiment and age are cut out with the Silhouette Cameo and layered on a journaling card (from the reverse side of one of the papers).  The flourishes are die cut with the Marianne frames and swirls die in the Big Shot and the flowers are Green Tara.  I added a tiny strip of paper through the holes of the button instead of thread.

I'm off now to try and get a birthday card made before the children come home from school

~ the dishes and housework will have to wait!

Thank you for visiting today

I'll be back tomorrow with a gift bag for a baby

(and a tutorial for it, if I can get my photos sorted and the instructions written up in time!).

Take care

Sarah xx

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges

Lollipop Crafts - anything goes

Divas by design - bling it up

Simon Says Stamp - use 3 different papers

My Mum's Craft Shop - buttons & ribbons

Supplies 

Card blank 15x15cms

DP - Echo Park - Victoria Gardens

Bazzill card - pink

Dies - Marianne D Creatables - Frames and swirls

Ribbon - Poppicrafts

Adhesive gems

Flowers - Green Tara

Button - from stash

Birthday card using Wryn digi stamp

Hi everyone :)

It's my eldest daughter Lydia's birthday today and this is the card I made. I discovered this little image over at Tiddly Inks and I think she's a wee cutie.  The papers I used for the card are, Echo Park - playground.

 I used the leftover scraps to cover this little notebook

  

  For the  butterfly, I covered chipboard with spotty paper and cut it out using this Tim Holtz movers and shapers die in the Bigshot

 Just a quick post for today but I'll be back tomorrow with my project for the Creative Craft World mini challenge - it's a mini book :)

Thank you for stopping by today!

See you soon

Sarah xx

I'd like to enter this card to the following challenges,

Sweet Stampin - 3 in a row (ribbon, button, spots)

Allsorts - anthing goes

Card Makin' Mamas - birthday

Totally Papercrafts - ribbons &/or bows

ABC dt - red, white, pink (2nd entry)

DYSU - layers

Supplies

White card base - 7" x 5"

DP - Echo Park - Playground

Image & Sentiment - Tiddlyinks.com

White tulle

Divine twine - peppermint

Clear adhesive gems

Button - Cosmo Cricket

Coloured with Copics

...ANOTHER 2 months and some sock monkeys!

Hello everyone!

The blog scheduling went well, didn't it......! lol

I can tell you that in between looking after sick children, I have managed to do a little papercrafting and sewing , just not got it posted yet.  Here's a few of the cards and some sock monkeys:

For this card I used the Long Fellows hostess set from Stampin' Up and the sentiment was coloured using Stampin' Up markers (I love them!) The balloon is a cuttlebug kids die cut, embossed with the swiss dots folder and edged with stardust stickles.

I used an Elzybells stamp for this card and the spotty paper is doodlebug.  

I made this bag ages ago and found the photos when transferring them from one computer to the other.  I used adhesive backed funky foam for the embellishements and cut them out using the Cuttlebug 'Olivia' die set.

My Mum went to Australia for 6 weeks in September and I made these sock monkeys for her to take to my little nephews.  I made the hats from Ikea's fleece blankets.

This was the first monkey I made for them but it turned out a bit girly, so Phoebe claimed it!

At the minute I'm decorating a wooden advent calendar and I'd better get a move on since the first day will be tomorrow!  I'll post pics of it as soon as I can and also pics of the mini book I gave a sneak peek of, in the last post.

I'll try and be back soon, thank you for bearing with me  :)

Sarah x