Red Space?

Wow What a fabulous effort  made by all the Limettes with last weeks challenge, far too many cards for me to comment on but there were some fabulous entries. And I think Chrissie and Mandi deserve a huge pat on the back for managing to look at all the entries and comment on hundreds.

This week the Less is More challenge is a sketch and another chance for me to get ahead with the family Christmas card list. This simple card is for my Daughter to give to my Nephew, I find making male cards difficult so usually keep them quite simple. 

I used a red card blank which is quite unusual (I mainly use white) and a Stampin' Up set (sorry I can't remember the name of it!) and finished with some MM alphabet stickers. Very quick and simple and another card crossed off the list!

Thanks for looking!
Sarah x

Less is more no.2......

I thought I would try and boost numbers at the Less is More challenge this week as the Limettes are trying to hit 1000 entries. So here is a quick card I made this evening using  the Waltzingmouse stamp set Festive Foilage, another set with endless possibilities. Very simple with a great little sentiment included in the set.

I added some Bakers twine in red for a little splash of colour from the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop. It is now available as part of these lovely Pretty Little Ribbon Packs in lots different colours;

And arrives packaged all neat and tidy;

I'm also entering this into the Truly Scrumptious challenge this week which is Clean and Simple.

Thanks for visiting
Sarah x

Merry and Bright....

Another Christmas card for you today, at this rate I will have my list of handmade cards finished in no time! this one uses my favourite Christmas colours - green, red and kraft.

I have used a mixture of old and new papers on this one, and a couple of snippets too. The new papers are from MME - Lost & Found Christmas (gorgeous traditional colours) and a scrap of Mellissa Frances paper that I have had years. The wreath is made with a stamp from Waltzingmouse Around Christmas time set. It's a single branch that I stamped into a wreath and then added some red pearls for the berries.  I finished off with a lovely strip of Moss Green satin ribbon from the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop I think this green is the perfect colour for Christmas cards and presents.

Challenges I am entering this card into are;

Pink Ink Sketch challenge - Sketch
Creative Inspirations - Let's Celebrate
Simon Says Stamp challenge - dies to Die for (scalloped circle and circle die)
Make it Monday - Anything goes
Jules Crafty Snippets challenge - use up your snippets

thanks so much for visiting my little blog,
Sarah x

Do You Believe in Santa?...

Unfortunately Christmases where my children believe are sadly long gone as both of my girls are now grown up, but remembering the joy in their faces when they came downstairs and saw the half eaten mince pie and nibbled carrot (well you can't leave Rudolf out can you?) they had left out for Santa is still a treasured memory.  Nowdays it's all about the excess of Christmas everywhere, presents aren't worth having unless they begin with the letter 'i' (iphone, ipad, ipod etc) if you'd told me when I was a teenager that in years to come everyone would carry mobile phones and there would be the internet I think I'd have thought you were a complete loon.

I'm waffling!!! Ok so today's card is for the Less is More challenge this week, Chrissie and Mandi have asked the Limettes to try and reach 1000 entries to celebrate 1000 followers. So the theme is Anything CAS Goes which is a nice easy one. I thought I would go for something I am comfortable with like ribbon and flowers but this morning I ended up doing a one layer card (by choice? it's unheard of) with a stamp I had on my desk from yesterday's cardmaking session.

I stamped Santa directly onto the card blank and just very lightly watercoloured his face and the holly in his hat and then used stickles glue on his hat and beard, you can't really see how it sparkles in the photo.  Finished off with this Believe stamp from PTI which I thought went well with Santa. I really like the simplicity of this card and I am thinking I might mass produce it for my Christmas card design this year.

Thanks so much for visiting.
Sarah x

Santa Baby....

My list of Christmas cards to make is slowly getting smaller thanks to all the challenges I have been entering lately. Today's make is another one off the list, a quick little card using a stamp I had forgotten I have.  I found it in the bottom of a basket of stamps and thought it was about time it saw some ink again. I started by using black ink but it looked to severe so I used brown instead and I am much happier with the result. I then used watercolours to very lightly colour Santa's face and the holly on his hat. Lastly I just added lots of Stickles glitter to his hat and beard.

I like this paper I found  in my paper rack, it's by MME. Finished off with some bakers twine from the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop and a little bell (my favourite Christmas embellishment). A really quick card!

I made this card for the following challenges;

Simon Says Stamp challenge - Use a Song for inspiration - 'Santa Baby'
Moving Along with the Times - Sparkle
Creative Inspirations - Anything goes
Crafty Boots Challenge - Anything Goes
One Stitch at a Time - Anything Goes

More Pinkness.........

Gosh two pink cards in a row!!! This card is totally out of my comfort zone, I 've had a few Tilda stamped images in my craft desk forever but have never used them before, and as I don't really do coloured images  they have just sat there so I thought it was time to try something different.

I would love to know how to use copics, I don't actually own any (I can hear you all gasping in disbelief) but I am thinking of buying some to try them out.  I would need to go to a few classes somewhere to learn about them. Unfortunately there are no craft shops anywhere in my town and I wouldn't have a clue where to start. Perhaps I will find some decent tutorials on Utube.

So this little Tilda was coloured with a few promarkers (I won 10 markers years ago and have to say they are still as good as new) and I watercoloured her face as I didn't have any suitable skintone colours.  Her wings are just decorated with some stickles glitter. Cutting her out was quite tricky I definitely need more practice.

I used another of my new circle stamps, this one has such a sweet little sentiment on it. I finished off with organza ribbon, a couple of die cut swirls, hydranga flower and a couple of pretty heart pins.

I have managed to combine a few challenges with this card;

Papertake Weekly - Things with Wings
Stampalot Challenge - It's a Frame Up
Allsorts Challenge - Flowers and Swirls
Crafts And Me - Add a Heart
St Lukes Charity Card Challenge - Card Buffet - embossing, flowers, ribbon, patterned paper


Magnolia Image
Sentiment stamp, ribbon and heart pins - Pretty Little Ribbon Shop
Flowers - Prima
Swirl die - Cuttlebug
Papers - MME

Don't forget to have a look at The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop's challenge this month - you can win some pretty ribbons!

Thanks so much for visiting,
Sarah x

Pink Christmas.....

A Christmas card for a little girl just has to be pink don't you think? This card was made for my next door neighbours grandaughter, she spends a lot of time chatting away to us all, I think she can manage to get our life history in about 10 minutes! Each year I like to get her a special little gift at Christmas and make her a card, hence this pink one.

I did enjoy making this even though it's not really my usual style. I have been using this snowman stamp quite a lot lately, I paper pieced the scarf as my colouring skills are poor, I can just about manage the carrot nose!
The papers are a mixture I sorted out my box of 6x6 paper pads the other day and found a few old sheets that I threw in my scraps box. I used two on this card with lots of little scraps of pink papers too. More scraps of white card for the sentiment stamp (another favourite at the moment - you can find the full range HERE) and I finished off with some glitter card swirls.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges;

Stampin for the Weekend - Tickled Pink
Crafty catz Weekly Challenge - Ribbon
My Mum's craft shop challenge - Lots of Layers
Charisma Cardz -Inspred by a Song -'Frosty the Snowman'
Jules Crafty Snippets - Use up your snippets

Merry Christmas stamp and ribbon - Pretty Little Ribbon Shop
Papers from scraps box
snowman stamp - purple onion

Thank you so much for visiting,
Sarah x