Totally Gorjuss DT card #31

Well it is challenge #31 at Totally Gorjuss this week. And we want Bling, Bling, Bling!!!!!So Bling it on!!!!!!!

The DT have done some great cards so check them out
I have used  an image sent to me by my blogging friend Samantha. Hi Sweetie/ The lacey ribbon is also from her. I have used papers from my stash. The hearts are from my new Sizzix die Primitive hearts. These are a fantastic shape and can you believe they are now discontinued. A big mistake I think. You can buy it here. I cut the hearts from matboard and coloured them with 3 shades of Promarkers. The image was edged with a Martha Stewart punch. Finally I added gems to the flower centers, loopy bits on the image and on the heart. By the way the gems were rhinestones which I coloured yellow with my Promarkers. I look forward to reading your comments if you have the time
Have a lovely Saturday

Love sarah XXX

Say it with flowers - papertake Weekly

Good morning everyone
Hope you are all well and enjoying the sunshine.I am full of a cold today....not surprised though as i spent all of test week last week with 3 children who coughed, sneezed and blew their noses for England!!!! However I have to pull myself together and get on with some orders for more Exploding boxes. I have 4 to make, 2 for the smae wedding.And I need to get on with my little gift for my  blogging pal Samantha. I said yesterday that I made a card with some of the goodies she so kindly sent me. However I have made the card for next weeks Totally Gorjuss challenge so I can't show it until Saturday

This morning I am showing a card I made for Papertak Weekly - say it with flowers. I Have used the super Sweet Pea stamp I won as blog candy from another great blogging friend, Angela. I have made an easel card and covered it with papers from Papermania. The frame is cut from a Sizzix die, as are the leaves. The shape on the base is the "sign" part of the Tim Holtz hanging sign die and the flowers Wild Orchid crafts.
Speak to you soon and thank you for taking the time to comment
Love sarah XXX

Just Magnolia challenge card

Hello everyone
First I want to say THANKYOU to my dear blogging friend Samantha. She read on my blog about how ill Mum and dad have been and she emailed to ask if she could make them a get well card. Of course I said yes. She posted the card on her blog and you can see it here. And I commented on it not realising it was for my parents!!!!! I know that they will be thrilleed with it and to know that others have thought of them. Thank you Samantha. You are soooooo sweet. She also sent me a card and some craft goodies. I have already made a card with some of it and will post it shortly for you to see.
Here is my card for this weeks Just Magnolia challenge. - One for the girls
I have used one of my new Sizzix dies and made a bird box and attached Tilda with a present standing outside.
It's a bit different, don't you think?
By the way I am up and running now selling SIZZIX dies. You can go straight to my Ebay by clicking on the dies in my side bar. Some dies have sold out already and I didn't even put them on show! My first order was quite smalll as I am testing the water!. Feel free to email if there are any other dies you want and I will try to getv them for you.
Enjoy the rest of your day

Love sarah XXX

Whiff of joy challenge

Well I am trying hard NOT to eat! as I am fed up with being FAT!!! There now I have said it. So I thought to stop me eating I will make more and more cards instead. Keeps my fingers busy and out of the food cupboards!
I checked out the Whiff of Joy challenge, found a great sketch and here is my interpretation of it,. I hope you like it

Love sarah XXX

Chi Chi Memories DT card

I hope you all had a good weekend. The weather has been great ....so far!

We had test week at school last week so it's back to normal work this week!!!!! Roll on the 6 weeks holidays!!!!!
Here is my second DT card for Chi Chi Memories.
The stamp Natalie has given me to work with is "Hugs" which you can buy here
It is such a sweet image. I have coloured with Promarkers. My paper is from Papermania's Henbury Lane. The border is Martha Stewart and the sentiment Craftwork Cards. Being a digital image you can resize it to any size you like which is great. I do hope you like it.

Totally Gorjuss DT card #30

I can't believe we are on week 30 of the Totally Gorjuss challenge blog. It has been great to see so many of you entering with your fantastic projects.
The theme we have this week is" circles". The DT have really excelled this week so make sure you check them out.
For my entry I have made a wall hanging.The scalloped circle is from the Papermania Back to Basics chipboard covers. I have covered it with paper from the Henbury Lane collection. I have sanded it and roughed it up a bit to give it a bit of a vintage feel. It has then been edged with silver pen. The image is Sweet Pea stamps which was part of the candy I won from the lovely Angela.http://inmyquiettime.blogspot.com/
I have coloured it with Promarkers, added the Gem swirl and finally threaded some ribbon for it to hang from.
What do you think?

I look forward to your comments
Have a good weekend
Love sarah XXX

Little box using Chi Chi Memories stamp

You know how my dad and then my mum have been ill?. Well today I took my son, Daniel to the Doctors and he has Tonsilittis!!!!! I wonder who will be ill next!!!!

Here is a little gift box I made using one of my Sizzix dies. I should get my order of dies today and will post them in my side bar if you would like to order any. Payment is by Paypal
I cut the box from chipboard and covered it with Tim Holtz papers. The "metal" edges are silver card cut with Sizzix photo corners die. The image is Chi Chi memories Flower babies which you can get here http://www.chichimemories.com/digital-stamp-set---baby-flower-collection.html
I added a piece of velcro to the lad so that I can close it and some spotty ribbon. Because it is made with chipboard the box is quite sturdy. I have coloured the image with grey Promarkers

 Have a good day
Love sarah XXX

Update on my Dad and Sketch Saturday challenge

 We visited mum and dad on Sunday. Dad is still not well at all. Although he looks a lot better his breathing is the worst I have ever known. After that week in hospital and being told he has had Ecoli for 15 years(!) (It wasn't picked up until this recent stay in hospital), he has had a bad chest infection. Mum has also the same and she says it is the worst she has ever had. She too is on antiibiotics. Lets hope they both start to pick up soon.

What an interesting sketch at Sketch Saturday challenge. I have used one of my new Whiff of Joy stamps from the Get Well collection. I have actually made this card for someone I know who has just had a hip reoplaced. I know that the bandage on the image is NOT on the hip but It's close. Good thing I am not a Doctor isn't it?!
I also used the lovely K and Co Baby papers. The lace I bought from Hobbycrafts. It didn't stick successfully with tape so I used PVA glue. I think it is quite a nice cheery card. Hope my friend will like it too.
Love Sarah XXX

My first DT card for Chi Chi Memories

Well here it is my first DT card for Chi Chi Memories.

I have made this card following Natalies sketch for this week

These are the stamps I used lhttp://www.chichimemories.com/digital-stamp-set---baby-flower-collection.html

 To create this card these are the items I used

• K & Co - papers
• DCWV textured card stock. One piece was cut with a Nestie and the other embossed with a cuttlebug and sanded
• the image was coloured with Promarkers - Ivory, satin, blush, leaf green, apple, sandstone, cinnamon, cool aqua and denim blue
• 3 flat backed gems.

Chi Chi Memories is quite a new blog so I do hope you will visit it and join in the challenges....oh and don't forget to check out the fab digital images too
I would certainly appreciate any feedback as this is different to my normal style
Love sarah XXX

Totally Gorjuss challenge #29

My don't these weeks go by quickly!
It's Saturday so that means there is a new challenge at Totally Gorjuss. This week we want your cards to be "Pink and Green". Now I'm afraid this card is very plain and boring as I seem to have lost my creative juices!!!

But do check out the DT cards as they are all great
And do check my blog on Monday as I will be posting my first DT card for Chi Chi Memories. I do hope Natalie likes what I have done with her images
Have a great weekend
Love Sarah XXX

Card for fun

Here is a card I made the other day. It isn't for anything in particular. The stamp is one kindly donated by one of the girls who comes to my card club. I think it is such a cute stamp.
I coloured the image with distress inks which I purposely coloured roughly to tie in with the " rough"  looking papers.
Thank you for taking the time to comment
Love sarah XXX

2nd post of the day!

Here is my card for Just Magnolia. I hope I am not to late! Bev has done a great sketch to follow.
I have kept this card quite clean looking. Because the paper is quite busy and there are strong colours on the image I felt it was better not to add anything else to the card. I do hope you like it
Love Sarah XXX

Please scroll down to see my earlier post today. It is my entry for Papertake Weekly

Exciting News!!!!! and papertake Weekly challenge

 Over at Papertake Weekly there is a great sketch by Dawny P. I have used one of Mo Manning's great images which I have coloured with Promarkers. The lovely papers are from a K & Co pad I bought from Hobbycrafts.
Now for my exciting news. I had an email from Natalie at Chi Chi Memories and she has asked me to be a  Guest designer for May and June!!!!! Wow was I surprised. She has some fab images and the creations by her Design Team are amazing. Her images are digital ones, which is great because they are great to store and you can resize them! Natalie's blog is quite new so it would be wonderful if you could support her by visiting, joining her challenges and maybe buying some of her gorgeous images. I am hoping to post for first project next Monday.
Enjoy the rest of the day
Love sarah XXX

A card with not a Tilda in sight!

Hello all you lovely bloggers out there
here is a card I made with some stamps I ordered from Create and Craft when they had free P + P. It is the Joanna Sheen fruits range of stamps.. I have coloured with Promarkers and Distress inks. On the close up picture you just might be able to see that I have added Glossy Accents to the red berries.
It's a bit different to my normal cards but, I quite like it

Another black and white project

Hope you all had a good weekend even if it was cold and wet. Mike and I went to a local gardencentre where, funnily enough, they sell crafty things. Of course I had to buy a few things and i will post later a couple of things i have made. Daniel was sent home ill from work and has been in bed ever since and Emma went with friends to Liverpool for the day.
But today it is back to reality. I had a card class today which was very varied. One made a card, others did scrapbooking and another used the the time to stamp up some of my images.
I never got to make anything but i thought i would show you a project i made a while ago.
This started life as a key box but i have made it to put my ear rings in. I covered the box with papers which i then distressed with Rangers distress inks. I cut out a black vine from a Sizzix die and a circle of self adhesive silver glitter paper. I made the black flower which sits on top of the circle. And there you have it. A very quick and easy make.
I do hope you like it

Love Sarah XXX

Baby cards

Hello everyone in blogland
I had 2 lovely card classes  yesterday.I thought i would show you some of the Baby cards we were making in the first session.
I used the Sizzix baby romper die. I cut it out of K & Co double sided cardstock, Tim Holotz Vintge Shabby, and the red one out of card that was coloured on just one side.
With the red romper I embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder 3/4 of the way up the romper. The message is from a Cuttlebug die. On the others i have used MS border punches, Sizzlets letterv dies, buttons etc. On the last one i embossed "little bundle" and sanded it slightly and cutb it out with Nesties.
I think these are a nice change to ordinary baby cards. i hope you like them too
Love Sarah XXX

Love sarah XXX

Totally Gorjuss DT card - stitching

There is a new challenge at Totally Gorjuss today. We want to see your beautiful cards with STITCHING on it. Now these can be faux stitching or you can do what I did, get the sewing machine down from the loft and see if there is any life in it!!! Fortunately, after i blew off all the dust, it worked. So here is my creation. the papers are Tim Holtz, again! I made my flower using Sizzix texture papers. If you double click on the photo (twice, i think) you will get a close up of the flower and the twirls of gold embriodery wire that i added. You can't see them on the ordinary photo.The sentiment is from a set of stamps i bought recently in a sale
Hope you like it. Don't forget to check out the other DT cards too. They are fab

Loving all your kind comments
Love sarah XXX.
challenges

• Sweet Stampin - summer
• Spoonful of sugar - 3D  ( my flowers)