Have a Happy Day

I'm late again for the Clean and Simple sketch this week!  Here is FTL 103





and this is what I made

I love these little birds :)

The stamps used are Unity and I used Stampin Up's Stamp-a-ma-jig to place them.  The folded paper down the side is by Daisy Bucket and the string in the button is coloured with Victorian Velvet distress inks to match the sentiment.

The background of the card is embossed with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder and inked with Pumice Stone distress ink. The birds are coloured with distress inks as well.

Have a lovely day :)

Sarah

CAS sketch - Quick Thank You card

Here is this weeks great sketch FTL 102 on the Clean and Simple stamping blog.

This card was very quick and simple to do. I created a template for the card in a Word Document and printed it. (The font is Pea Stacey Tunibug)
My friend Freda gave me some strips of felt flowers (I love felt!) and I cut a flower from each strip and glued them to the card and added pink gems to finish.

Sarah xx

Another sketch challenge

It's time for another sketch challenge FTL101 from the Clean and Simple Stamping blog :)  

To attach the flowers to the card,  I tied the ribbon around the patterned paper first and threaded it up through all 3 flowers. Then just tied it in a little bow and finished with a pearl. 

 I wanted to add some texture to tag, so I raised it up in the middle and glued it down at each end.  I didn't have a large pale grey flower (plenty of white ones though!) I took one of those and coloured it with a grey Copic marker.

                     FTL 101 sketch

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you have a great day :)

Sarah xx

Supplies

Cream & Grey cardstock

DP - October Afternoon - This Little Piggy

Flowers - Green Tara & Poppicrafts

Flourish die cut - Marianne Creatables LR0116

Tag die cut - Cuttlebug

Stamp - Technique Tuesday

Ink - Versacolor cube - Sky Gray

Pearls & Ribbon

FTL100 using a Sugar Nellie stamp

It's been ages since I followed a sketch from the Clean & Simple Stamping blog, so here is this week's lovely sketch FTL100

I can't remember the name of this little stamp but she reminds me so much of Phoebe.  She's always dressing up (when she's not messing in the craft room!) sometimes doing both at the same time :p

This card was very quick to make because I had the image coloured and cut out earlier in the week.  My lovely husband bought me Copic Markers for our 15th Wedding Anniversary a couple of weeks ago and I've just got around to playing with them now.  I really love them though, they are so easy to use :) Don't look too closely at the coloured image.....it's hard to keep inside the lines!  The sentiment is Doodlebug clear stamps.

Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by :)

Sarah xx

Wishful thinking....

Sketch FTL95

Another gorgeous sketch this week from Natasha at the Clean & Simple stamping blog :)  This is FTL 95.

When I made this card Lydia said "Who's it for?" so it just goes to show I'm in the habit of just making cards when I have to!

This time though I made it just for fun.  The stamps were on my desk, the scrap paper nearby, a great sketch and no pressure of a deadline :)  I am tempted though to set it up for a day or two and everytime someone wants something, I'll just point to it......(I think there'd be quite a few whinges!)

Supplies

Card - White, Yellow

DP - Bella BLVD~Pack your bags

Stamps - Hampton Art~Bon Voyage

Inks - Stazon~Black, ColorBox Chalk~Lipstick Red

Ribbon from stash

Punch - Martha Stewart Embossed Zig Zag

Enjoy your day!

Sarah x

Get Well card

FTL 94 sketch

I haven't had time to follow a sketch from the Clean & Simple blog for ages but I took 10 mins to myself and made a card with this week's lovely sketch ~ FTL 94

My poor Dad is very ill on holiday in Australia and is waiting to have heart surgery on Tuesday.  I've made this card just to let him know we care and wish we were over there with him.

Supplies

Bazzill Kraft card - cut to A6 size

Designer Paper - K&Co ~ Greenhouse mat pad

Stamps - Unity

Whispers pens

Nestabilities - Labels 1

Ribbon - Ribbons Galore

Thanks for visiting today!

Sarah x

Go ahead Wish - using Unity Stamps

For this card I'm using this weeks lovely sketch from Clean & Simple Stamping FTL89.

It was very quick to make but part of me wants to add doodles to the white spaces ~ I'm resisting the temptation.....for now!

Supplies

Card - Turquoise, Cerise pink, White

Stamps - Unity

Inks - Stazon/Timber brown, Versacolor/Opera pink

Punch - EKS Retro flower/small

Pink gems

Glossy Accents (for the bird's wings)

Distress inks - Thank you

I  ordered some of the new Tim Holtz alterations dies last week from cuttingedgecrafts and they came this morning.  I was dying to try them out and I love them!  They will be great for making my own mini chipboard books.

For this card, I'm using a great sketch from clean & simple FTL88

Supplies

Bazzill kraft card

Brown card - cuttlebug embossing folder (sorry can't remember the name)

Tim Holtz alterations die -Plaque

Clock stamps - Kelly Panacci

Thanks stamp -Stampendous

Distress inks - Pumice stone, Brushed Corduroy

Distressing tool, String, Button
I am a little overdue with this thank you card (so much for being organised!!) :o

Thanks for stopping by today!

Clean & Simple FTL87 sketch

A quick card today!

I'm always full of good intentions when it comes to making cards on time but usually end up doing it at the last minute  :(  not good for stress levels!

So just for a change I thought I'd  be really organised (lol) with Teacher thank you cards for June using this lovely sketch from Clean & Simple 

The red apple is darker in reality!

Supplies
White card
DP - DCWV school stack
Stamp - Imaginisce
Brilliance Inks
Chipboard apple - Sizzix original die / paper pieced
White gel pen
Nestabilites circle/scalloped circle dies
Scoring lines scored using Scor-pal

Thanks for visiting today :)
Sarah x

Birthday wishes & Thank you cards

I love this sketch ~ Fall-To Layout 83 on the Clean & Simple blog, and as I need two cards for this week, it is perfect for both:)

Birthday Wishes

The base card is white and the yellow paper is American Crafts. The other side of the paper is flowery, so I cut 3 different sized flowers and curled the petals up slightly. The centre of the flowers are 3 colours of card candy from Craftworkcards. The sentiment is stamped with pinecone versacolor ink and the stamp is from Printworks Clearly Defined. The green punched edge is made using the Martha Stewart 'doily lace' edger punch. 

Thanks

The base card is Bazzill 'vanilla' cardstock (I love that colour!) and the paper is DCWV  'Once upon a time'.  The pink card along the side is punched with the EKSuccess scalloped scallop edge punch. The sentiment is computer generated using 'primer print' and 'scriptina' fonts and raised with foam pads.  The three flowers I made by cutting irregular circles in different sizes, distressing the edges and crumpling them a little.  Then layered together and secured with a pearl brad in each.

The Flowers

Thanks for stopping by :)

x