Mother's Day, Dotties' World and an Easel

Happy Mother's Day to all mum's reading this and especially to my Mum (who probably won't see this post), but who I'll be seeing later.

Last week's challenge on Dottie's World was to create either a bright or pastel card. This card is as pastel as I could get. I used a charmed download (as required) from the sugar and spice collection, which I coloured using my pastel brush markers. The card itself is an easel card suggested to me by my friend Hayley, simply decorated thanks to my friend Jane's suggestion.

Thanks for looking. Take care. Love and hugs, Sarah xoxoxo

Wedding

Hopefully this is posting on Saturday, as I'm at a wedding and am safe showing you the card I've made for the couple.

The heart and flower have been cut on my ROBO using a template from a very kind lady on UKScrappers, but I never made a not of who. It's meant to be on the edge of a card, but I've used it as a topper. If anyone knows who designed it, please let me know and I'll give them the credit they deserve.

I've also cut the couple's entwined initials from the backing paper.

I found the verse below on this website, that I've used for the inside and printed onto heavy vellum. The word husband in my version actually says man on the site

May you cherish these moments

For all of your life

As you step out together

As husband and wife.

May the vows that you've taken

Remain true and strong

As you start on life's highway

And journey along.

Thanks for looking

UKS Weekly Challenge ~ August 09 week 1 and Kim's SATC August Sketch Challenge

Another 2 for 1 tonight.

The Scrapgoddesses set this week's team challenge on UKScrappers and challenged us to:

* Use travel or a journey as your theme (10 points) ~ journey to Scotland in 2000 and stayed at the Press Castle hotel on our last night

** Use handwritten / hidden journalling maybe in the form of a letter (10 points) ~ have handwritten a letter and hidden it behind the photo of me

*** Use ribbons (5 points) ~ pink organza

**** Use purple (5 points) ~ backing paper is purple

Full points for the Ruby Snippers and Gold Eyelets :D

I've also used the sketch Kim has made and challenged us with on Scrap Around The Clock for August

The floral PP and title have been cut on my ROBO.

Thanks for looking

It All Starts With Pink, White and Green

UKS Challenge this week is set by the RikRak Ravers. Their challenge is to:

Use the Sketch = 10pts

Use Pink, White & Green = 10pts

Use Brads = 5pts

Use RikRak = 5pts

I think you could say all elements are met, so full points once again for my team the Ruby Snippers.

Thanks for looking
Take care

Love and hugs

A is for Acetate

Dottie's World challenge this week was set by Nicola. She said:

A is for Acetate with a hint of pink!!

It can be a whole acetate card,an aperture of acetate,an embelishment as long as Acetate is there some where & as October is Breast Cancer awareness month I'd like to see some pink!!!

I stamped some acetate and cut the letters and corners, then stuck them on by using my Xyron 150 sticker maker. I added pink ribbon, Imaginisce blooms, brads and ink round the edge and of course a Dottie and George image. I'm turning this into an A4 birthday postcard for someone next year.

Thanks for looking. Love and hugs,
xxx

Think Pink

Dottie's World challenge last Sunday was set by Karen. She ws having internet connection problems, so Lou posted for her. This is what she said "Right, this week Karen wants us to go pink pink pink with our cards, she also wants us to add a bit of glam in the form of beads, jewels and/or charms you can use just one or loads it's up to you as long as your main colour is pink and you USE ONE OF THE CHARMED DOWNLOADS."

I've sort of missed the glam part of this challenge, although I did add stickles diamond glitter, so I'm hoping that by adding diamonds that way I've covered the whole challenge. The stickles are on the blades of her boots as well as on the ice and the commas on the word n'ice'

This started out as a Christmas card, but I can't find my Christmas rub-ons, so adapted another rub-on to fit with the card. The 2 patterned papers (striped and squares) came in a pack from a pound shop and I've just edges the squares with a silver metallic marker. Dottie is one of the bonus coloured images in the Christmas download bundle from Charmed that I've printed onto photo paper. Lastly I added a length of pink ribbon and tied it into a bow.

Yesterday

all my troubles seemed so far away ................... la la la la la ........... Sorry, I just had that song pop into my head.

Right, so, what about yesterday I hear you ask. You are asking aren't you? If not, why not? Do you already know what I got up to? For those of you who don't know, I went out with my sister again.

I took her to visit Tee and her mum as I was taking Tee some packing boxes. We had a lovely morning with them. After taking Tee to work for her afternoon/evening shift, Jo and I went to a farm shop (Tee had taken me there before) for a ploughman's lunch. We had a browse through the shop afterwards, then went a little further to the craft shop. Jo seemed to be drawn to all the pink - papers, flowers, brads, inks, embellies .................. Can you tell she likes pink? LOL

We left there at 5pm and decided to take the scenic route home. We stopped at a Tesco on the way, bought a tub of flake ice-cream and some spoons and found a nature place to sit and eat it. It was so lovely with the sun coming in the car too. Scenic routes are always longer and; taking out the stops for Tesco, the ice-cream and pizza, it took us about 4 - 5 hours to do what would normally take me 2. Still, it was a lovely drive with good company.

I got home at about 10:30pm and was in bed asleep by 11pm. Didn't wake until 9:30 this morning and felt so much better for it. I'd had 3 hours each on Sunday and Monday nights.

I've Managed One LO

What on earth's happened this week? I've managed the grand total of one LO and here it is:

On UKS, the weekly challenge set by the Lavender Lovelies is this:

1. Since 1967, on or around Hans Christian Andersen's birthday, 2 April, International Children's Book Day (ICBD) is celebrated to inspire a love of reading and to call attention to children's books, therefore we would like you to use a fairytale / fantasy / or children’s book title theme for your layout.
2. Its April Fools day on April 1st so please 'fool us’, you could include some hidden journalling or maybe use something surprising on your Layout that wouldn’t normally be used for scrapping.
3. Also in relation to April 1st..... in 1891 the Wrigley’s Company was started , As a bit of a giggle please use something 'wriggly ' on your layout , this could be ric-rac or wavy lines maybe.
4. As it is hopefully going to become more spring like please use spring colours on your layout, these do NOT have to be pastel, but we are thinking along the lines of blues, pinks, greens, yellows, white etc.
5. To celebrate the clocks changing this past weekend to British Summertime please use a clock or time on your layout, the time can be within the journalling.

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So to summarise:

1. Fairytale / fantasy / or children’s bok title theme - 10 points
2. April Fools element - something not as it seems or hidden etc - 5 points
   
3. To celebrate Wrigley’s company starting on 1st April 1891 use wavy lines on your layout - 5 points
4. Spring colours (do not have to be pastel) - 5 points
5. Use a clock or time on your layout - 5 point

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1. I've used one of my favourite books from my youth - The Famous Five
2. The white in the bottom right is actually the wire mesh used to repair cars, which I inked and heat embossed in white. There is also some journalling behind the photo
3. I cut the wire mesh wavy
4. I've used pinks, whites and blues with some red thrown in
5. I hand-cut the clock and set the hands to the year of the photo ('87)

Full marks to me for my team The Ruby Snippers. I just can't believe my family and I went to that wedding wearing so many colours between us, even matching the colour of our tights to our tops!! I cringe in shame!!! LOL