Allsorts #6, Papertake Weekly, My Time To Craft #66 and Sketch Saturday #56

1 card, 4 challenges.

Lou and Karen have put together two amazing new collections for us. Pixie Chicks 1 and 2. The images are so sweet, that it's so difficult choosing which to buy. I'd advise you to give up trying to decide and go for them both. You get pixies, backgrounds, sentiments and a card template in each set. The pixies and backgrounds come in black & white outlines and coloured. As always, I went for the GIF option so that I could print them onto anything I chose and also to layer them onto each other.

I've printed some images onto watercolour paper and made these 2 cards today. The first one is using Daisy 3 and Swing (both pre-coloured) which I layered before printing. This one is for the 4 challenges. The saying (life is beautiful) is a sticker which I've matted onto some scrap watercolour paper.

Allsorts ~ #6, Wings ~ Yep, Daisy 3 has wings

Papertake Weekly ~ delightful downloads ~ Both my cards have downloads on, but this is the one I'm entering into the challenge.

My Time To Craft ~ #66 In the garden ~ Daisy is on a tree swing - in the garden of course!

Sketch Saturday ~ sketch #56

Card 2 uses Water Lily and the Flower Frame pre-coloured images. I've drawn round a CD to get a circle before cutting the folded card. Lou I think gave us a tip a while back and said to cut off a small piece at the back to give a flat surface so that the card will stand. Thanks for that. The saying (wonderful) is another sticker that I've matted onto some scrap watercolour card. I've stuck the frame flat and added Water Lily using foam pads, then I've stuck gems to the frame and put some diamond stickles in the centre of the yellow flower.

Don't forget to check out Dottie's World for more ideas plus hints and tips.

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Take care, love and hugs

Sarah C xoxoxo

Madison goes to France for Sketch Saturday

This is the latest sketch from Sketch Saturday and they said: "as you can see, all squares this week! (of course you can use other shapes if you wish to)".

I've printed Madison onto watercolour paper and coloured her with my Prismacolours. I've also used blooms in place of the squares. And yes, I am cutting up my blooms a bit now. I've realised that by doing so, I get to use one bloom in more than one place which can only be a good thing.

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Sarah C xoxo

Sketch Saturday

One of my friends has moved home and I've made a card to send to her. She's an Elvis fan and this image from the Dottie & George Rock & Roll collection is perfect. I coloured it in using my watercolour paints as usual and used the latest sketch from SKETCH SATURDAY.

I then found out today that my Great-Aunt is 80 tomorrow, so I had an unexpcted card to make. She doesn't seem 80, so I decided to go for a youthful looking card using a Holly download also from Charmed and coloured it using my watercolour paints. I used the same sketch as I did for the Elvis card above.

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Take care, love and hugs
Sarah C xoxo

Challenges galore

I've had a crafty couple of days and managed to make a couple of LOs and cards. In doing so, I've joined in with a few challenges too.

On UKScrappers, Shimelle has started a year of challenges. Titles 'Scrap Like You Mean It', she's setting a different challenge each week. Here's my week 1 - scrap in your favourite colour. The smaller photos are passport ones and they certainly show the changing faces of me since 2005. Drag yours out and have a look at how you've changed. You may be surprised.


This LO is done for 2 challenges. On UKScrappers, the weekly challenge was a simple one to ease us into the new year gently. They challenged us to scrap a celebration using 12 of something and buttons. I've scrapped the couple I was a bridesmaid for 25 years ago at their Silver Wedding party and used 12 blooms and buttons.

Ruth's members challenge on 3C's was to use the sketch she provided, re-cycle Christmas wrapping/cards and add hand journalling. I hope the re-cycle bit's ok as I've written on the acetate window from a box of dairy and nut free chocolates I was given at Christmas.

Dottie's World challenge was set by Karen who said "Start the New Year with a Laugh" . I simply want to see "something funny" on your project, what you use and how you make it is up to you. Oh and of course you must use one of the Charmed downloads." I've used one of the pre-coloured Sarah images from Girls About Town and added the background using a programme I have on my computer. The sentiment says: He did say "Buy yourself some shoes". How was I to know he meant 1 pair? All entries get a free Scruff in the tub download.

One Stop Craft Challenge - totally missed the buttons or brads part so I can't enter the competition, but I did follow the sketch.

Sketch Saturday have a sketch competition.

Scrummy Stash Cafe have challenged us with the theme of NEW. I've used my NEW easter stamp so I hope that counts.

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Love and hugs to you all

Sketch Saturday

I made this card on Wednesday night for last Saturday's Sketch Saturday prize challenge and only just got to upload my entry. Am I in time to be entered for the goodies? We'll see, but I quite like the card I made anyway, so .............

here it is

Papers are all from My Mind's Eye Bohemian Paper Pack and the image is stamped in Stazon onto an inked piece of card. Card is completed with a rub-on sentiment.

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More Cards and Challenges

This must be a record for me. Usually if I've made this amoaunt of cards in a week, it's because I'm crafting for someone else or because I'm in a rush to get some done. This time it's because I've decided to join in with some card challenges and make some cards 'just because'. I've spent the last few months concentrating on scrapbooking and have made about 80 lay-outs since the middle of March this year. Card making took a back seat and now I've got re-newed interest in them.

Both images are pre-coloured from the fantastic and amazing animal magic download bundle available by Lou and available exclusively from Charmed. To see more, visit Dottie's World.

First card is using Donald Donkey and made for the Sketch Saturday 1st November challenge. They had an added challenge of using Autumn colurs too. I've used yellow, brown, rust, bronze and gold. The yellow is actually a little lighter, but no matter what I did, I could not get it to look any better. Even using an editing programme didn't help much. The ribbons are gold satin.

I'm just a little late with this next challenge, but I loved the look of the sketch and wanted to make a card using it. The sketch is from Papertake Weekly and is the 13th October challenge. Told you I was a little late didn't I? I have some new vellum glue and put too much on the left corner, so the vellum wrinkled. Because of this, I decided that I could cover it with the sentiment and that itself flipped the sketch over. Simple to change and problem solved.

The multi-toned blue organza ribbon is gorgeous and was in the blog candy I got a while ago from the lovely Emma. I also used red organza, brads and a rub-on sentiment. The image is 'Home Tweet Home'.

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