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I cant believe that last time i posted on here was way back in February!!

I have been busy trying to build up my online shop http://www.craftallday.co.uk/

This is a comissioned retirement card i made yesterday.

Hope to start bloggingh a bit more!!

Sarah

Card for a friends daughter

 Well I have had the computer man here again for 2 hours! I really hope we are sorted now. I have had to step down from The Cowgirls DT as I couldn't fulfill all my commitments to them because of the internet provider blocking us so often. I felt it wasn't fair to them. I have spoken to Net (who i saw at the Doncaster show) who runs the Totally Gorjuss blog is she is okay and aware of my problems.

One of the girls from school asked me to make a card for her daughter who is 16. She said she liked pink. I made a selection of cards and this is one of them. Papers are Paprmania, I forget where I had the digital image from. The flourish is Sizzix and the leaves are cut from a Leone Em punch.
Hope yoyu like her
If you get time please leave a comment and I will get back to you too
Love sarah XXX

Fancy a bargain?

One of the lovely ladies who comes to my card classes told me about a fantastic offer at  Imag-e-nation. They arec offering all 8 of the Flippin men stamps for £20!!!!!!  Yes that's right. What a bargain you think as they are normally £9.99 each set!
But it gets better, if you order the 8 sets for £20 they will give you for FREE all 8 of the womens stamps!!!!!!!!
So grab a bargain while stocks last.
Thank you Maggie for letting me know about this great bargain

Here is the card I made on behalf of school for the Deputy head who was retiring.

The papers are from Papermania. I really love these strong colours and they are great for mens cards. The image is LOTV coloured with Promarkers. The flowers and leaves I have made using the new Xcut punches and the "enjoy" is cut from a Sizzix die.
Have a great day
Love Sarah XXX

Kenny K card

This is my first first attempt at a Kenny K digital image. They are so great. The theme for their first challenge is PASTELS which is lovely.
My ingredients for this card are

• Papermania - Rose Garden papers
• Promakers
• Martha Stewart border punch
• gems from Poundland

I have also followed the sketch at Papertake weekly

I may not be able to blog for the next few days as I have just got back from Sarah's shop (High Town Art shop / Hotshotcrafts) with tons of goodies. I have to make 42 cards for Thursday and the majority of them need to be stamped and coloured!!!!! It's worth visiting their website as there is free p + p on most items!
Now where did I put those Promarkers?.............
See you Love sarah XXX

My parents 51st Anniversary card

 It was mum and dads 51st Anniversary a couple of weeks ago. For those of you who follow me regularly you will know my dad has not been well for a while. He is so much better now and we had a lovely family meal at Jimmy Spices in Solihull.

This is the card I made for them. It is a bit of a 2 in 1 card as it will stand up against the wall as you can see above. But, it is also an easel card

Sketch Saturday card

At last I have had the chance to do some challenges. Here is the card I have made for Sketch Saturday
I have coloured a Hanglar and Stanglar image with Copics. The papers are the new Hamstead collection by Papermania. These are Linen effect and are Gorgeous!. The other cardstock is from a DCWV stack, some of which I have embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. The loopy border is Martha Stewart ( well not her literally!) The sentiment is from Cardwork crafts.
Thank you for visiting and I hope you get the chance to leave a comment.
Love sarah XXX

Chi Chi Memories DT card

Good Morning everyone. hope you all had a good weekend.
Here is my DT card for Chi Chi Memories. Natalie sent me the "Elephant Love" image.You can buy this here. Isn't it cute? I coloured it with Promarkers and cut around it. I made an easel card which I covered with The New Papermania Hamstead papers. I used a Martha Around the Page punch set and the "sorry" sentiment was cut out using my new Tim Holtz Vintage Market die. You can buy it here.
I quite like the bolder colours
I hope you like it

Love sarah XXX

Whiff of Joy challenge

Here is my second post of the day. Please scroll down to see my previous post.
I can't remember the last time I entered a Whiff of Joy challenge. You have to use green, yellow and one other colour. I have added black to mine. I love this WOJ stamp and I have coloured her with Promarkers. The Paper is Papermania. I have been looking for a chance to use my black gems.

Totally Gorjuss challenge 23 - Hearts

Hi everyone

 I'm sorry I haven't commented on any blogs recently ( I will try and catch up on some tonight)
 but I have been so busy making more card samples for Sarah (Hotshotcrafts). I did the show at Olympia last weekend and of course this week we have the NEC. Thursday a.m. was MANIC!!!!. I have never sold so many Promarkers ever!. I didn't get the chance to do any demo's until lunchtime! And I have still had to go to school!!!!
It was lovely to see people who came to us at other shows and it was lovely to see Crystaltips too. She is one of my first followers and ALWAYS comes and says hello at the shows. Hope you had a good day Crystaltips.
Anyway I just got home and here is my card for this weeks hearts challenge. over at Totally Gorjuss. I've gone a bit dark on this one. Hope it is okay. You must check out the DT cards too. They are amazing
Love sarah XXX

Simon Says challenge - sketch

There's a fab sketch at Simon Says Challenge

This is my second post today
Please scroll down to see my previous entry for Totally Gorjuss

I hope I am in time with this entry. The sketch was lovely to follow. I used a Tilda stamp coloured with Promarkers. The flowers are Prima and the papers Papermania.
Do hope you like this one and would love to read your comments
Love sarah XXX

Totally Gorjuss DT card

Sorry I am late with this. I am fit and well now and, hopefully, back on track.
This week at Totally Gorjuss the theme is SWEET so it will be interesting to see how you interpret it. The DT have done some great cards.

I have coloured Tilda with Promarkers which you can buy here.
I have also added Glossy Accents to the flowers and the ice lolly. My papers are Papermania Signature collection and the flowers from my stash.
I do hope you like her
Love Sarah XXX

Passion for Promarkers

 A quick post to show you this card.

 The theme over at Passion for Promarkers is " Buttons and Bows". I haven't used this image for a while. The buttons were from a carton of buttons I bought from Hobbycrafts. The papers is Papermania Capsule which I distressed the edges of. The bow is also Papermania Capsule collection.
See you soon
Love Sarah XXX

More flowers..... and a sad day

I think I have gone flower mad. I seem to be making a lot of cards and projects recently with flowers. I have a lot in my stash but bought a few more from Hobbycrafts. I have used some in my entry for Truly Scrumptious which is a sketch to follow ( check out Totally Gorjuss tomorrow too!!! nudge, nudge, wink, wink)
I have used one of my older images, coloured with Promarkers and the papers are Papermanias " Capsule"
The border is Martha Stewart. I distressed the papers with a paper distresser. I have also noticed that I have been using blue a lot. So this must be my " blue" period. Wonder what colour I will choose next.

Well it was a sad day today. A few weeks ago I told you that a girl Daniel went to school with died. Actually she took her own life, just aged 18. The funeral was today. Apparently there were over 500 in attendance. Many of her school friends from Infants, Junior and senior school as well as teachers were there.
 I hope this support helped her family through this very tragic time. My thoughts are with them all of them

Love sarah XXX

Tri shutter card

Here is another card I made for a teacher at school. He wanted an unusual card for his wife and well you have to admit that a Tri shutter card is not a normal card.

Anyway he really liked it. I have used some Papermania papers from my stack as are the flowers. and the sentiment is computer generated and then cut out with a Nestie

This is edited to include this card in to the Floral Fantasies/Sir Stampalot challenge. Thank you Brenda for letting me know. Why don't you give the challenge a go. The theme is moving

Thank you Juls

Here is a card I have made for Juls the( glitterchick ) to say Thank You for the blog candy I won. It is a gorgeous Funky Kits stamp. I have coloured her with Promarkers and paper pieced her too. The papers are Papermania "Capsule." The border is Martha Stewart and the sentiment computer generated.paper inside of the card too.

Love Sarah XXX

Hearts and flowers and Love!

Well 3 days and I haven't lot any weight! Well I haven't tried that hard yet. I am breaking myself in slowly!!!!!!!

Here is a card I made using a Tilda, Magnolia stamp which I have coloured with Promarkers. I decided to use blues again. The big heart I have embossed and put on some tiny gems. The flowers are from my stash and the leaves I made with a punch I have had forever. I penned in some faux stitching and distressed the edges of the Papermania, Capsule papers and voila!!!!

I am entering this for:

• Saturday challenge - hearts
• A spoon full of sugar - freestyle
• Just Magnolia - hearts and flowers
• 365 cards - the 3 B's
• Humble Pie - flowery(at least 5 )
• Cute card Thursday - bloomimg gorgeous
• Ooh La La - distressing
• Little red wagon - hearts
• Handful of stamps - hearts
• Fussy and fancy Friday - hearts
• Raise the Bar - the older the better ( I used an older Magnolia stamp and old flowers!)
• Sophisticat Challenge # 20 - love
• By the cute and Girly - Love
• Crafty Cardmakers - Hearts and romance
• Stamp something - love
  

Totally Gorjuss #15 - paper piecing

Hope your weekend has started off well. Mine has as I received my blog candy win , a lovely stamp from Juls and also a beautiful card from her too. Thanks Juls

Well pop over to Totally Gorjuss as we have a great theme this week....paper piecing. Have a look at what the DT have done. Some super cards I can tell you. Hope you like mine.
I used Whiff of Joy stamp from the Fall collection. The paper and flowers are Papermania Capsule collection and Promarkers.

We had a whopping 80 entries last week!!!!!! Come on girls ( and boys too) lets see if we can make 100 this week. The entries were all fantastic, and some were stunning Thanks for all your hard work.

Love Sarah XXX

other challenges

• CRAFT challenge - paper piecing
• A spoon full of sugar - freestyle
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Papertake Weekly challenge - sketch #33

There is a nice to sketch to follow at Papertake Weekly.
I have used a digital image ( I think it was Grabadoodledo now Digistamp Boutique) which I have coloured with Promakers.The papers are Papermania and the sentiment computer generated. I have used my paper edge distresser on all the papers.
Have a good evening
Love Sarah XXX


p.s. I am hoping to set up a web shop selling Sizzix dies. Would anyone out there be interested?

Just Magnolia - Jay Jay's sketch and other challenges

What a great sketch at Just Magnolia . I made this card whilst on the phone to a friend in Swindon who I met at a camp site nearly 40 years ago. Have you ever tried making a card with a phone stuck in your neck? Quite tricky I can tell you
Anyway I think this sketch is lovely and here is my take on it.
Love sarah XXX

Other challenges:

• Incy Wincy Designs - fave colour meduim
• Crazy 4 challenges - pretty in pink
• Think Ink challenge 12 - spring
  

Passion for Promarkers - any colour girls,girls,girls - and other challenges

It has been ages since I entered Passion for Promarkers challenge. The theme there this week is any colour ( great) and 'girls, girls, girls.' Sounds like an Elvis movie!!!!. Some of you are far to young to know what I am on about.
Here is my card. I have coloured the beautiful Anya with Promarkers and paired her up with my Cupcake stamps. The papers are Papermania 'Capsule'. I'm pleased with how she turned out. I might go over the icing on the cupcakes with Glossy Accents.
Hope you think she's 'sweet'.
I am also entering her for:

• Papertake Weekly - pink

Love Sarah XXX