Sweet Sunday Sketch #51

I'm back!!!! And this time with a wonderful Sweet Sunday Sketch from Karen.

I have to admit that when Karen sent this one to me I did a little happy dance, actually it was a BIG one.... this folks was the sketch that seemed to give my MOJO a nice big BOOT!!!! Thankyou Karen ((HUGS)).

I decided to go with MY fave colour combo AGAIN... well I figured that if my MOJO had gone AWOL for a wee while, it would be best to go with a SAFE colour combo.

Sooo... here is my card for this weeks sketch:-


And here is the gorgeous and MOJO saving Sketch from Karen:-


I've used Pink Pirouette as my base and layered it with some Very Vanilla and then some DSP from my Candy Lane stash... Very Vanilla DSP on top and the gorgeous stripes on the bottom, broken up with an Apron Lace Punch border in Regal Rose and some Regal Rose ribbon. I've used my Butterfly Prints stampe set and Punch and stamped them butterflies in Close to Cocoa and Regal Rose and added some sponging around the edges and a little Pink Rhinestone to the centre. The sentiment is from my Sweet Little Sentiments set and is stamped in Cocoa, sponged with some Regal Rose and blinged with some Rhinestones.

Be sure to pop on over and visit the other AMAZING Sweet Sunday Stampers for some more inspiration:-

Jen Tapler
Karen Motz
Laura Fredrickson
Lynn Put
Nancy Riley
Vicki Burdick
and of course KAREN GIRON

And don't forget to link your card to Mr Linky over at Karen's blog so we can all see what you've created.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Sarah
xxx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Butterfly Prints, Sweet Little Sentiments
Ink:- Regal Rose, Close to Cocoa
Card:- Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose, Very Vanilla, Candy Lane DSP
Accessories:- Butterfly Punch, Dimensionals, Regal Rose Wide Grosgrain, Pink Rhinestones, Apron Lace Punch (Fiskars)

Kristina's Colour Challenge #57

Happy Sunday!!! Hope you've been enjoying your weekend. Today... well today here in Perth we've been given a NICE cool change... phew... it's been wee bit hot, however.... it's just a tease... this week is going to be a HOT one.

I can't even tell you how excited I was when I saw THIS Colour Inspiration Challenge from Kristina... I know, I know... it's just a one off one, but still very VERY EXCITEMENT!!!!

I thought I was going to struggle with this one, well OK I DID struggle with this one. WHY???... Well... you know how we all have some particular colours that we can never, ever, EVER seem to get to do what we want... well this here challenge had a couple of those said colours for me. One of those being Cameo Coral (*waving at ya Sair... I know you'll work wonders with it ;o)).. and More Mustard... actually Yellow.. never ever seem to get that one right.. hahaha.

Anyhoo.... never fear, I wasn't going to let my fears get the better of me, and I can quite comfortably say that I've gone HEAD FIRST with the Cameo Coral as you're about to see... forget about baby steps... this is one HUGE GIANT step!!!

Here's my card


And here is the Colour Inspiration pic that Kristina gave us.... GOtta LOVE those fabrics.:-


I've use Cameo Coral as the Base... I KNOW!!!!! then stamped my image from Framed with Love in Riding Hood Red. I added a piece of Whisper White which I punched using my FABULOUS Apron Lace Punch and added some Baja Breeze Ribbon. I made my flower using Whisper White and So Saffron and added my Mustard contribution in the form of a Button in the centre. The sentiment is from my Sweet Little Sentiment set and is stamped in Cameo Coral ( I told you!!) .
So there you go.. hope you like.

Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to pop back later for this weeks AWESOME Sweet Sunday Sketch Sample.

Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Sweet Little Sentiment, Framed with Love
Card:- Cameo Coral, Whisper White, So Saffron
Ink:- Riding Hood Red, Cameo Coral
Accessories:- Baja Breeze Ribbon, More Mustard Button, Linen Thread, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Apron Lace Punch (Fiskars)

Inkspiration Colour Challenge #14

Happy Friday!!!! Where has this week gone???? Keesh has set a BEAUTIFUL colour challenge for us this week. I LOVED working with these colours....so, so many possibilities... AND it of course includes my FAVE colour!!! ( you all know what that is, right?? hahahaha)

Here is my card for this week:-


And here is the colour combo to work with:-


GORGEOUS huh???

I've kept mine pretty clean and simple this week, and pulled out one of my FAVE sets too... Circle Circus... LOVE IT!!!

I started out with some Whisper White as my base and to that used some Basic Grey textured card and some Pretty in Pink DSP from the retired pack Spring Fling. I added some black ribbon and a Pretty in Pink button and then stamped my imaged in Pretty in Pink onto Whisper White and layered it onto a Basic Grey scallop. ooooh and added a little black button just to balance it up a bit. The sentiment is from my hostess set Sweet LIttle Sentiments.

Hope you like this one, and be sure to pop on over to Keesh's blog and leave YOUR card with Mr Linky so that we can all see what you've created.

And you MUST visit the other DT gals for some AMAZING inspiration:-

Renee'
Cindy
Chantelle
Kirsty
Amy
and of course KEESH

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Circle Circus, Sweet LIttle Sentiments
Paper:- Whisper White, Basic Grey Textured, Spring Fling DSP (retired)
Ink:- Pretty in Pink, Basic Black
Accessories:- Black ribbon, Soft Subtle Buttons, Natural buttons, Dimensionals.

Inkspirations Sketch Challenge {13}

Hi there!! It's Friday, which means it's time for another Inkspiration Challenge. Today.... Keesh has set a SKETCH challenge for you... and who doesn't LOVE a good Sketch Challenge!!!

Here is the card I came up with:-


Here is the Sketch to play along with:-


I've used Regal Rose, Always Artichoke, Choc Chip and Very Vanilla as my colours today.... and a delicious combo they are too.

I started with some Regal Rose and to that added a layer of Always Artichoke which I sponged around the edges with Choc Chip and also added some Faux Stitching with my Choc Chip marker.
I cut some squares using my Scallop Square punch in Regal Rose and to those added some squares of Au Chocolat (retired) DSP... sponged the outside of those too.... hmmmm it would appear that I've been on somewhat of a 'SPONGING Frenzy' with this card... hahaha... I'm not usually one to do a lot of sponging, but I quite like it!!!! LOL
The main image is stamped on Very Vanilla and mounted again onto some Regal Rose... and yep you guessed it... MORE sponging. The stamp set I used is Live Like you Mean it ( Hostess Set) and I've used Regal Rose and Always Artichoke ink. I used my slot punch to cut a slot in the Vanilla card before adding some Choc Chip Ribbon and to that a wee touch of Kraft taffeta ribbon. The sentiment is from Sweet Little Sentiments (Hostess Set) and is stamped in Regal Rose onto Vanilla... yep more sponging and then cut using my Word Window punch.... what on earth did I do with out that punch for so long????

Be sure to pop on over to the other Design Team Members blogs for more gorgeous CARD EYE CANDY, I'm sure you wont be disappointed:-

Renee'
Cindy
Chantelle
Kirsty
Amy
and of course KEESH

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Live like you mean it, Sweet little Sentiments (Hostess sets)
Card:- Regal Rose, Choc Chip, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla, Au Chocolat DSP (retired)
Ink:- Choc Chip, Regal Rose, Always Artichoke
Accessories:- Slot Punch, Word Window Punch, Choc Chip Wide Grosgrain, Kraft Taffeta Ribbon, Dimensionals, Sponge, Choc Chip Marker, Square Punch, Scallop Square Punch

Sweet Sunday Sketch 35 {just}

Well!!!!.... Talk about scrapping in just in the nick of time!!!!! Good Grief!!!... This would almost be a record... a record of lateness that is. I've been so busy this week that I ALMOST didn't get a chance to play along with Karen's GORGEOUS Sweet Sunday Sketch!!!!...

Here is the little card I made... and it is indeed little... slightly bigger than a love note. I had these colours out on my desk, if you could call it a desk at the moment, it looks like a Natural Disaster sight!!!!, so I thought I'd use up what I had, moreso because I couldn't actually find anything else.. hahaha.


And here is the sweet sketch Karen gave us this week to play along with.


The base is Regal Rose and to that I added some Always Artichoke which I sponged around the edges with Choc Chip. I then added another layer of Regal Rose with some Au Chocolat (retired) DSP. Some Choc chip and Kraft ribbon and then a large circle of Regal Rose, a Vanilla scallop and the floral circle from my Circle Circus set, stamped in Choc Chip. The sentiment is from Sweet Little Sentiments.

Sorry it's so quick tonight!!!!

Thanks for stopping by, and PLEASE come back tomorrow, there's a BRAND new Inkspirations Challenge and on the weekend WELL some VERY exciting news, so be sure to pop back to find out.

Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Circle Circus, Sweet Little Sentiments
Card:- Regal Rose, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla, Au Chocolat DSP(retired)
Ink:- Choc Chip
Accessories:- Choc Chip Wide Grosgrain, Kraft Taffeta Ribbon, Dimensionals, Round Tab Punch, Scallop Circle Punch.

Sweet Sunday Sketch #29

Can you hear me panting?.... I think I may have JUST scraped in by the hair of my chinny, chin, chin with this one!!!!! Good Grief!!!! Talk about leaving it to the last second!!!!

The lovely Karen has once again set a fabulous sketch for us to play with, this week a lovely Loooonnnngggg card!!!! oooohh it's very nice and very FUN!!!!

Here is my creation:-


And here is the fabulous Karen sketch:-

Nice huh!!!!

Now by looking at this card would you believe me if I told you that I had EVERY intention of making a BOYSIE card!!!! Oh yes indeed I did!!! But, well, I guess you can see how successful I was at that. The reason... well my littlest poppet is not very well, and it would appear that she was coming down with this NASTY last night, which in turn led to her not sleeping very well, which of course meant that Mummy didn't get any sleep either..... soooooo... making something out of my comfort zone, by that I mean anything other than PINK....well kinda wasn't happening today... LOL... so I pulled out my PINK and off I went.

I started with Riding Hood Red (which I was going to use anyway if this had been my BOYSIE card) then added some Very Vanilla and a layer of Pink Pirouette DSP from the Candy Lane pack (MY FAVE!!!) . There's some more Vanilla in the form of scallops then some more Riding Hood Red which I stamped using the Branch from.... wait for it.... "Great Friend" (it's stamped in Riding Hood Red). Then I added a little more Pink DSP and another little bit of Vanilla which I'd stamped the frame from Great Friend in Close to Cocoa. The GORGEOUS Flutterby is stamped in Riding Hood Red and the entire section, each and every layer is popped up on dimensionals. The sentiment is from my Hostess set "Sweet Little Sentiments" and is stamped in Close to Cocoa onto some Vanilla and then mounted onto some Riding Hood Red and I then added a little Pink Pirouette flower from my Felt Fusion Too and a little Rhinestone Brad.

Given the night/day/night I've had I'm actually REALLY pleased with how this one turned out. THANKYOU my dear friend Karen, for providing us with such wonderful sketches each week!!!!

Hope you like this one.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Great Friend, Sweet LIttle Sentiments
Ink:- Riding Hood Red, Close to Cocoa
Paper:- Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla, Candy Lane DSP
Accessories:- Felt Fusion Too, Dimensionals, Scallop Edge Punch, Rhinestone Brads.

Travellers Inspiration {four}:-

Hello Again... yep I'm back!!!!

I missed playing with Tina's Travellers Inspiration Challenge last week (bad blogging friend... bad, bad!!!) so I vowed to NOT miss this weeks.

The Inspiration photo this week is from the very talented Savitri and this photo... Oh my!!!! Absolutely GORGEOUS. One of those pics that you look at and can feel yourself floating away in a day dream (or Night Dream - whichever time of day it is... hahaha).

This is the photo that Savitri so very kindly gave us to play along with.... GORGEOUS huh???


And here is my card:-

I've used Fall to Layout #52 for my Layout and I've actually used the 'Door' as my main inspiration, WHY??? I can hear you ask... well that unbelievably GORGEOUS big Red Bow on the wreath that is hanging on it.... YUMMY!!!!

I started with a base of Really Rust (to match the building) and then layered it with Sahara Sand, Choc Chip and Sage Shadow then I used my Circle Circus set, stamping the image in Choc Chip onto some Sahara Sand cardstock and mounting it onto a Choc Chip circle before attaching a BIG Real Red Bow, with a lovely Real Red button and some linen thread. The sentiment is from my Sweet Little Sentiments set and is stamped in Choc Chip onto Sage Shadow.

So there you go.. I hope you like it. And if you haven't played along with Tina's Travellers Inspiration Challenge...then pop on over and have a go.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Sweet Little Sentiments, Circle Circus
Ink:- Choc Chip
Paper:- Really Rust, Sahara Sand, Choc Chip, Sage Shadow
Accessories:- Real Red Wide Grosgrain, Real Red Button, linen Thread, Flower Fusion Too, Dimensionals, Scallop Edge Punch, Circle Punches.

Travellers Inspiration Challenge {one}!!

Hello There my Lovely Blogging Buddies!!!! I'm so very sorry it's been VERY quiet around here this week. I've had a terrible week, with my two little poppets both coming down with this NASTY Gastro bug, myself getting sick, and then hubby being sick too. So the only things I've had time to do are look after my darling family and CLEAN, CLEAN and CLEAN a bit more!!!! Finally though I've managed to sit down and make a CARD.... woo hoo!!!!

Tina aka TravelingMama has just started her own challenge over at her blog, which I might say is a FABULOUS blog... I love visiting Tina and having a giggle, a smile or an "UH HUH" moment. Sooo I was very VERY excited when I found out I had another wonderful challenge to play along with.

Tina is going to give us a photograph of a place travelled as our inspiration each week, and then all we have to do is come up with something creative... anything, as long as it is creative.... sounds wonderful huh... well pop on over and visit Tina for ALL of the deets... trust me you wont be disappointed.

Soooo... here is the card I came up with for her VERY FIRST challenge:-


Here is the GORGEOUS photo we had as our inspiration:-


Isn't it GORGEOUS!!!!

So I used the BRIGHT colours as my inspiration on my card. I started with Cool Caribbean (retired) as my base and added a layers of Regal Rose and Kraft.... why Kraft you ask... well the shoes seem to be sitting on the ground, which I thought resembled Kraft.... uh huh!!!! hahaha.
I've used my Circle Circus Set to create my own background and that is stamped in Close to Cocoa. The embelishment I've made by cutting two tabs from my Round Tab punch and joining them together to create a large circle then stamped another image from Circle Circus onto some Whisper White in Regal Rose and joined them together with a Rhinestone Brad. Add a touch of Regal Rose Ribbon and pop it up on some dimensionals and all done. The sentiment is from Sweet Little Sentiments and is stamped in Regal Rose.
This card is actually a CASE of this card I made a few weeks ago. I just LOVE the layout and given my week needed something quick and easy.

Hope you like and don't forget to visit Tina over at TravelingMama!!!!

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Circle Circus, Sweet Little Sentiments (hostess)
Card:- Cool Caribbean (retired), Regal Rose, Kraft, Whisper White
Ink:- Close to Cocoa, Regal Rose
Accessories:- Rhinestone Brads, Regal Rose Wide Grosgrain, ROund Tab Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Dimensionals.

Stamp-A-Stack Creations!!!!

Last night my 'tiny' dining table was squished FULL of lovely lovely ladies all there to Stamp up a Storm. It was our regular 'Stamp-a-Stack' night. I'd been asked by the lovely Sammy (HELLOOOOOO Sammy!!!!) to come up with 'Occassions' cards. Now let me tell you, under normal circumstances I'd come up with a whole collection of cards that could be used for any occassion, but with the 'Occassions' title, my brain seemed to turn to mush and I had a few moments of 'What on earth am I going to do!!!!'. Never fear though, my stamping brain FINALLY returned, after copious amounts of Milo and Chocolate and here are the cards we all made.

Of course you've already seen the first two on this post here, one for 'CONGRATS' and the other for perhaps a House Warming.

The girls wanted occassions such as Wedding, Engagement, Sympathy, Get Well, Good Luck.

Here is the one I came up with for the Wedding/Engagement Card:-


It's quite similar to this one I made a little while ago, but I got the idea of using Boho Backgrounds from here.

This one I came up with to use for a Get Well or Good Luck (really any occassion is good for this one), It's nice and bright and I used Cameo Coral... WOW, been wanting to tackle my fear of this colour for a long time... I'm quite proud of myself. hahaha You may have seen this card before on my blog in different colours here.


This next one I had 'Sympathy' card in mind when I came up with it, but again, it can be used for any occassion.


So there you go, hope you like them, the lovely ladies last night assurred me that they enjoyed making all of them.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-

Card 1
Stamps:- Boho Backgrounds, Sweet Little Sentiments (Hostess)
Ink:- Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy
Card:- Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze (the other card was made with Not Quite Navy as the Blue Background)
Accessories:- Baja Breeze 1" Double Stitched Ribbon, Silver Brads, 2-way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Scallop Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Dimensionals


Card 2
Stamps:- Pick a Petal, Curvy Verses
Ink:- Cameo Coral, Rose Red, Barely Banana
Card:- Certainly Celery, Rose Red, Confetti White
Accessories:- Circle Punches

Card 3
Stamps:- Pocket Silhouettes, Short and Sweet
Ink:- Bashful Blue, Pacific Point
Card:- Bashful Blue, Pacific Point, Whisper White
Accessories:- Scallop Edge Punch, Bashful Blue Grosgrain Ribbon

Cupcakes!

I figured that because the majority of my cards lately have had little or heaven forbid NO Pink in them at all *gasp*, that it was about time I went on a little PINK frenzy!!!. And what better challenge to do that with than one of Taylor's Cupcake Challenges.

I've used this sketch of Taylors to create my card, which is full of Cupcake PINKNESS!!!


I used Rose Red as the base with a layer of Regal Rose and some Pink Pirouette DSP, then added a layer of Close to Cocoa (All cupcakes need some chockie don't they??? hahha) and some Very Vanilla. The images is from Big Bold Birthday and I've stamped the cupcake base in Close to Cocoa and the cupcake top in Pink Pirouette, and outlined it before I stamped with my Regal Rose marker. I used the same method for the little flower which is stamped in Regal rose with a Rose Red outline and attached with a lovely Rhinestone Brad, the candle is stamped in Rose Red and the flame in So Saffron and that's been dunked in some Dazzling Diamonds, and all popped up on some Dimensionals.

In the corner I've got a lovely assortment of Rhinestones, Felt Fusion and little flower goodness.
The sentiment on the bottom is from the Hostess Set Sweet Little Sentiments and I used Close to Cocoa and my Regal Rose Marker for that one. Oh and the ribbon is Taupe, which is unfortunately retired.

So there you go my YUMMY Cupcake Challenge in all it's PINKNESS glory!!! hahaha.

Hope you like it, and thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Big Bold Birthday, Sweet Little Sentiments (Level 1 Hostess)
Card:- Rose Red, Regal Rose, Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa, Pink Pirouette DSP
Ink:- Close to Cocoa, Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette, So Saffron, Rose Red
Accessories:- Taupe Grosgrain (retired), Rhinestone Brads, Silver Brads, Felt Fusion Flowers, Dazzling Diamonds, 2-way Glue Pen, Dimensionals

Sweet Sunday Sketch #14

Hello Again!!! Are you sick of me yet? Gosh Please say NO!!! hahha
Another Sunday and another TWO posts in one night!!!! (Shell, I may need my Blankie AGAIN!!! hahaha).

The lovely Karen has set another BEAUTIFUL sketch for us to work with this week... here it is:-


And here is my card:-


Another Newbie for you to see. I'm trying to ink up all of my new sets at least once each this week... so far so good!!!

This time I've used 'Live Like You Mean It' a Level One Hostess Set. I've used Kiwi Kiss as the Base with a layer of Very Vanilla and some Riding Hood Red DSP from the Candy Lane Pack... ooohh do LOVE that pack... lots of PINK in it you see!!! oh and some Close to Cocoa... oooppss I digress from my card... back on track!!!! then I cut a square in Riding Hood Red and another in Very Vanilla and stamped my flower directly onto the card. I found it needed a bit of a lift so I (the Queen of Cutting small delicate little numbers!!!!) decided to restamp the flower and cut it out and pop in on some dimensionals... much better. Oh and just to make things a tad more difficult for myself, I decided AFTER I'd stuck it all together that it should probably have a bit of Dazzling Diamonds in the centre of each flower... so I'll leave it to you to picture in your mind how I attempted to do this without having the whole card covered in glitter!!!!
Oh and I mustn't forget the GORGEOUS new Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla (aaaHaa...it's Double Sided) Satin Ribbon...ooohhh it's lovely!! Again I digress... well that's it tied around the centre. Hahaha.

The sentiment is another Level One Hostess Set called Sweet Little Sentiments, and I've stamped that in Kiwi Kiss.

Hope you like.

Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Live Like you Mean It, Sweet Little Sentiments (both Level One Hostess Sets) Card:- Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red DSP (from Candy Lane Pack), Very Vanilla
Ink:- Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss
Accessories:- Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals, 2-way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds.