Oh sooo cute!

Good morning blogworld,

Hope a good weekend was had by all?  We had a very busy one! Sat I took SWMbO'd swimming and then out to play with some friends for which my reward was a trip to a craft fair on Sunday!

I'm not entirely sure whether the craft fair was as good as last year's organised by the same people - this one just seemed a little 'limp' and I was wayyyy under budget!  Hubby thinks that's a good thing - I think it just means I've got to go on-line to get what I want!

And I'm not going to mention the weather - everytime I say how wonderful it is, it rains!!

So we will move right onto business.  It's Tuesday so it's another challenge over at Papertake Weekly, this week the theme is 'Oh so cute' - as always the DT have made wonderfully inspiring projects and the prize is fab!

I made this:
Front shot:

Her close up:

I used:

Stamp:

The Greeting Farm - Anya Styles

coloured with Copics and paper pieced

Dies:

Go-Kreate - which I chopped in half

Papers:

My Mind's Eye - Paris & Co

Anything else?

Ribbons - from my box

Create and Craft - bling

I started the Hair and Skin class over at Kit and Clowder and I'm trying but I'm not over impressed with my hair colouring.  I'm still struggling with where the shadows and highlights should be.  More practice required me thinks!

So that's me off now to recover from my mornings exercise,

See you again soon,

Sarah

Anything goes!

Good day blogworld,

So that would be over at Papertake Weekly for their new challenge - which I'm still having the pleasure of GDT'ing for.  Not in real life you understand, that would be worrying!!

So now that we've got that bit of waffle out of the way - sensible Sarah appears with details of this weeks' challenge.

As I said above the challenge is Anything Goes but with the added option of 'no patterned paper'. As always when that is thrown in, and when I'm short of time, I go for Clean and Simple.  There is fabulous inspiration, as always, from the ladies on the Design Team and a great prize on offer.

So here, you go - my card:

I used:

Stamp:

The Greeting Farm - Anya Celebrates

coloured with my Copics

Hearts border and sentiment - are stamps that have no name!

Anything else?

Bit of stickles glitter glue on the hearts

That's it really folks, for some reason I feel quite bleah today and am going to go and quietly colour to see if I can perk meself up!

See you soon,

Sarah

Wot no.......

papers?

Hi blogworld,

Well this one took a while to work out!  It's Thursday which means a new challenge over at Moving Along With The Times, our Teamie Sue picked the theme of 'No Design Papers'.  Arrrggghhh!!!  How can I cope without my PP's??  I did it but I'm not over pleased with how this one came out - it doesn't look like it did in my head, but I'm there!

Here you go - see what you think.
The Front Shot:

The Close Up:

The Arty Farty (trying to show here that I bent the die-cut out for a bit of depth):

I used:

Stamp:

The Greeting Farm - Miss Anya: Hats Off

coloured with my ProMarkers

Dies:

Memory Box

Anything else?

Just a pen for the doodling

 I'm sure that everyone out there will have much better ideas than me - I'm looking forward to seeing them.

Cheerio
Sarah

A challenge, or two:

I love Promarkers: Challenge #192 - Anything Goes

SimonSaysStamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

A thank you, an apology and finally a card

Hello blogworld

Firstly the thank you, well two thank you's really!  The first one is for the congrats I got for getting the Top 5 at Passion for Promarkers.  You are all very kind and the lovely comments are really appreciated, especially when I sometimes feel a bit my colour lacks something special.

The second thank you is for the comments on my previous cards (the new baby ones) I think it's the most comments I've ever had.  I obviously got something right!!  Or is it that Mo's images are just perfect and a joy to colour.  Oh and some news - my friend had her baby yesterday, a little boy!  So now she has three children under 6 - girls of 5, 3 and a new baby boy!  Doesn't it just sound a perfect little family - I am so pleased for her.

The apology is tied in with the second thank you for my previous cards - I've not managed to get back to any of you yet and for that I am sorry.  Things have been a bit hectic at home with my Father-in-Law staying but he has gone home today, so I've got my comfy chair back and 'puter time in the evenings.  Hopefully I will have caught up by the end of tomorrow.

And finally, (I'm sure by now you must be thinking phew, she has finally stopped wittering on!) a card.  This is for my daughters' friend who has also come down with Chicken Pox.

Front shot:

Detail shot of image:

Still not entirely sure about the blending on the skin tones, will have to try harder!

Details of card:

Image is The Greeting Farm - Anya; snuggle.
Coloured with my Promarkers and die-cut out with nesties.
Sentiment is a Lili of the Valley stamp, also die-cut out with nesties.
Martha Stewart deep edge punch.
Papers are all First Edition - Birdsong
Pearls from another one of my many boxes
Craftwork Cards card blank

Argggh, went and hit publish before I'd finished!!

So thanks for reading this long post and I will get round and reply to all your comments, promise!

Cheerio
Sarah

P.S. Faye - next card will be the Teddy Bea one - promise!

I'd like to enter this into:

Anyone for Anya - Sketch (great sketch!)