Ladybug Bloom d2d design challenge

Another week means another fantastic digi stamp from Faith at Designed 2 delight. I just love this stamp it feels so retro.

I decided to keep this one simple not only because it looks very arts and crafts but also because I was running out of time. Didn't realise we were on Thursday already, I swear someone has stolen a day from me and is playing a trick. I'm going to wake up in the morning and it will be Thursday won't it? NO! oh well I can only live in hope.



If you would like to join in the fun why not head over to Faiths Blog Delightful Inspiration and join in. If I'm not mistaken this weeks stamp will be free to all as it usually is on the first of the month. Play this week and recieve a free stamp again next week and the week after if you keep on playing. Every week we are all winners thanks to Faiths generousity.

D2D Caught a bug

Hi Everyone

This weeks free image from Faith is a wonderful image of a jar with a bug inside. You also get a few extra bugs to play with and sentiments.I decided not to colour this image this week but paper piece the challenge. I created the jar by creating a gradient fill of some paper in PSP and then just printed the relevent pieces onto whatever coloured card I needed. Quite effect and very quick to put together. I haven't added a sentiment yet as I am not sure to whom this card will be going to.

Every week you play along you are a winner as you will receive a new image free of charge to play in the following weeks challenge. Can't get better than that. A challenge where everyone is a winner. If you haven't played along before and would like to start now why not go along to Faiths digi shop Designed 2 Delight and purchase this image there and start your collection of fabulous images all the for the low low price of the joy of making a card each week.

I made flowers for the card because as a child I rememebered sitting amongst the daisies and the ladybugs would be there. Ladybugs are about the only insect that I can stand to be near. I am a total girl when it comes to little buggies. Although I have finally got over my fear of spiders!!!! YAY.

Thanks for looking and drop in again soon hugs and happy crafting.
Sarah
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Cute Angel Caroline

Hi Everyone

not been around much this month, just taking it easy but I thought I should get back into the flow of things so I decided to enter Faiths weekly chgallenge using her wonderful stamp Cute Angel Caroline. If you like the image you can purchase it from her shop which can be found by clicking here

thanks for looking really must dash as I have about 15 minutes before the challenge finishes. Nothing like leaving things to the last minute LOL.

Happy crafting everyone.
Hugs Sarah
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Appliqued tree

Hi Everyone

Had real fun with this one. I received this free from Faith this week for playing along in her challenge last week. If you like the design you can purchase it here. I thought also seeing how the image is called Appliqued tree then it just had to be paper pieced together instead of coloured in. I created the backing papers myself most of which are available at craftsuprint in various colours and kit forms. The ones that are not listed yet will be doing so very soon.

Why not take a look at both website and see what great things are on offer. Plus if you play along this week with Faith and the design team you will receive a brand new stamp to play with and join in the fun all over again this week only this time it will be for free and you can't get better than that!!!

Thanks again for looking at my blogg.
Hugs Sarah
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Kaela in spring D2D challenge

Hi Everyone

Here is a card that I made using Faiths brilliant Kaela in Spring set. It is for this weeks challenge over on her Blog. I have left the card sentiment free as I am not sure who is going to get this yet. I have 2 people in mind for 2 different occasions and I know if I put one sentiment on it I will have wished I had put the other so until both cards are made it will remain sentiment free.

Why not take a look and see what it is all about. If you play along every week every Friday you will find a free gift from Faith in your email box. There are some really lovely designs avaiable.

Thanks for looking and hope everyone has a good time playing along with us all.

Hugs Sarah
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Skatin Penguin

Well everyone it's that time of the week again. Making up Faiths fantastic digi stamp last minute as always. Although this week it really was not my intention I had planned to be early but my stinking cold had other ideas. I'm only just starting to feel human again and composed enough to even think about crafting, WOW I must have been unwell.

Anyway this card is not what I had in mind when I printed out the stamp but I think it turned out OK for a last minute rush together. I only hope that Faith feels I have done it justice. If you like the image you can purchase it in Faiths online store Designed2delight.. So although you may have missed out on it as a freebie you can still have fun playing with it.

This card is called a corner easel card and the backing paper was a feebie from a magazine I got last year but never used the papers. The snowflakes are a cuttlebug die and the gems are from a nail file I purchased from the pound shop. Yes a nail file I'm not kidding. Well not this time anyway.

Thanks for taking a look and I hope to be back again very soon.

Hugs Sarah
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Angel 'Kaela'

Hi Everyone

Well it's last minute again just like me LOL. Every week I print out everything I need to make up Faiths fabulous designs the minute I get them and then life just seems to get in the way as it does. One of these days I will be organised! NO Never happen I'm affraid we can all wish.

Well this image is another of Faiths digi stamps from Designed2delight.com I must admit though I had to add a mouth as no mouth gives me kind of the wiggins. Although it would be nice if we could remove my teenage daughters from time to time.

I also wanted to colour it using a different technique so I printed the design on plain white card twice one for the base layer and one to colour in the face using promarkers, and I also printed it out on to a couple of backing papers that I made up and then paper pieced it all together. On the base layer (1 of the white printed images) I used a quickie glue pen on the wings, halo and stars and coloured in using glitter.

Over all I am really happy with how it tuned out. My final embelishment was making a poinsettia out of the matching paper and adding a sentiment. I also made the card a slightly unusual shape to add another dimention to the overall look.

Thanks for looking people and hope you like what you see.

Hugs Sarah
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Harvest Basket

Just a made a quick card to enter into Designed 2 Delights weekly challenge. This is a lovely image and so easy to use. Thank you Faith for all your hard work.

Not so Beary Scary

Hi Everyone

How adorable is this stamp Not Beary Scary from Designed 2 Delight. It was given to us this week as our free digital stamp for participating in last week’s Delightful Inspiration challenge. After seeing the collection Faith created I had to have them all. I was able to purchase them all using the discount code Faith included with the free image a double reason to have participated. Thank you Faith.

Beautiful Blessings

Hi Everyone

It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month so I have decided to make a pink feeings book out of the beautiful image from Designed2Delight digital stamps. The image is called 'Beautiful Blessing' and was a gift for playing along in last weeks challenge. If you didn't play along last week, you can buy it here and join in the fun this week.

Breast Cancer awareness is a cause very close to my heart. I am one of the lucky ones. I only had to live with the fear of having breast cancer for a couple of weeks while all the test were being performed. My lump turned out to be just that. A lump, nothing life threatning but the fear it caused for those 2 weeks well I think you can guess. I had 2 small children and just seperated from my partner and my fear was what will happen to them if it is Cancer. I can not even imagine what I would have done if the tests had brought us a different result.

To those brave women and men who have to live with this terrible desease everyday and to all the families who have to be brave along with you I send out my thoughts and prayers and hope that all will be well in the end.

We can all hope, dream and beleive that one day this desease will be a thing of the past a bad memory in the history of man. Support Breast cancer awareness and donate what we can in hope that the doctors will find the cure and no one need suffer or live in fear again of not only breast cancer but other forms of cancer as well.

Hugs to all
Sarah
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Willow whimsy challenge

Hi everyone

I know it has been a while since I last put anything on here once again time has just got away from me. I really need days to be 48 hours long and then I might just about catch up on things lol. No who am I kidding I would still be behind but maybe not as far.

The challenge digi this week from Designed2Delight Digital Stamps is just gorgeous! I just couldn't stop myself from buying the whole set.

I just loved the whole concept of the full set and could not imagine making a card without putting all the elements together.

D2D weekly challenge "MEOW"

Hi Everyone

Well it is that time of the week again. Every week I say I am going to get this done early and every week I end up being last minute Annie. Mind you this week had loads to do in the normal life getting kids ready for school, meeting after meeting because my little one not well plus other added distractions which I can not go into all put paid to my endeavour to get this in early. Better late than never though right.

This really was a little cutie to make up I loved him. I must admit that this was my second attempt as my first did not go to plan and did end up in the bin. It was a good idea just didn't look right at all. Well you have to have a play every now and then and experiment LOL. I hope that you think he has turned out OK this time thanks for looking and happy crafting

Hugs Sarah
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Fishin' Around with Designed2Delight

Well it was that time of the week again for the Design2Delight challenge. I must admit that this one was hard for me. I never know what to do with images with a sporting theme. Mens cards are always hard for me, no idea why just are LOL.

Well thanks for stopping by see you again soon.

Hugs Sarah
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D2D pumpkin autumn is close.

Hi All

Well another crafty week has passed how quickly time flies. This is for the design2delight weekly challenge. As I played along last week this was my free gift which enabled me to play again this week for free. I just love the pumpkin design. I loved being able to play with the rich autumnal colours as they are the best. So warm and conforting. Yes I am one of the crazy ones who love autumn and winter and not really into summer to hot.

Well I hope that you like what I have created with the pumpkin digi stamp really had fun with this one.

Thanks for looking
and happy crafting to you all
Sarah xxxx

Design2Delight Teddy

Well what can I say about this little chappie except that I love him. He reminds me so much of my much loved and rather tatty looking teddy when he was new. And yes I still have him no way would I be parting with my Teddy Eddy. I know sad but I don't care.

This image was created by Faith over at designed2 delight and I think she has created a very versatile image Thank you Faith for offering it as a freebie up until Thusday 12th August 2010. Why not head over their and grab this great freebie whilst it's there and have a look around at the same time. You could also join in her weekly challenge and receive even more free digital stamps. Go on give it a go you still have 24 hours.

This was a lovely little image that I just had to colour golden. Added some stitching to the nose and eyes to give it a little texture plus I think it makes his little face pop.

I cut him out and mounted him simply onto an 8"x8" card as I thought the image really didn't need anything elaborate. It really did all it's own talking. Just added a simple sentiment and card was finished. This digital stamp is stutable for both males and females. Just how you dress him will decide who he/she is for. Great for the kids after all what child does not like teddies and want to celebrate a new addition to the family just add a bib or pacifier.

Thank you for taking a look hope you liked what you saw. Big hugs to all and keep on crafting.

Sarah
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Christmas In July

Hi Everyone

If you played along in last weeks challenge over at Designed to Delight you would have received this adorable "Heartfelt Wishes" digi stamp from Faith to celebrate Christmas in July! and as a prize for playing along. Christmas is my favorite holiday even if it get hectic and you end up biting your nails down to bloody stumps LOL. Joys of having children and everyone you know expecting a handmade card. Can't get away with buying shop bought anymore.

I didn't play along last week as I was busy with life you know how it is but I like the stamp so much I purchased her with the special voucher that faith sent out to all the followers of her blog for attaining 200 followers way to go Faith so he was free anyway. Thank you Faith you have enabled me to play along again.

I usually leave my Christmas cards to the last minute no matter how many times I tell myself each year that I 'm not going to do that, this year I will make so many every week, but no never happens. Faith deciding to use this little cutie has kicked me into starting my Christmas cards and this is the first of many. I will make so many every week from now on I will I will I will?

Well better get crafting and keep my promise.

Hugs to you all.
Sarah
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Delightful Inspirations June week 3 challenge

Hello All

Well I spent some of today just chillin out and colouring in some digi stamps. Need to enhance my calm and this always works.

This is a free stamp I received for entering in last weeks challenge over on Delightful Inspiration. They have a weekly challenge and you receive a free stamp for entering. You will need this stamp if you wish to enter the following weeks challenge. Well worth entering the challenges for the lovely stamps.

I loved making this card it all fell into place even the flowers which I created using HOTP blooms template. I only got it yesterday morning so I had to have a play with it. They worked out a lot better than I thought. I inked the edges of the flowers to give them more dimension and instead of placing a gem in the middle I put a paper flower I had bought and that finished it off lovely. Also if you look closely you will See that I have 3D the bird on the branch to give more depth.

Once again thanks for stopping by and happy crafting.

Hugs Sarah
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