A few challenges...

I managed to get a few more challenges completed for the JB forum.

This one is for the stripes, spots and wavy lines challenge;

Altered Coaster;

I made a name tag for my tote.

Tropical turquoise and pretty pink;

Sarah x

One word....

This week I dare you to use a Word as the main focal point to your card. It can be a name, a greeting or just a word that inspires you. You can use other text but only one word as a main embellishment. So dig out your dictionaries, die cutters, alphabet stamps, rubons or download a funky font and show us what you can do!


I started this card for the little extra this week but never got it finished , so I have finished it with this dare in mind. I have included a big and little flower(for the little extra) and the word Friend for the dare. This card also fits the gingham challenge on the JB forum.

pp - various scraps, chipboard flower SA kit, chipboard letters Heidi Swapp,mm clip and ribbon from stash.

I am on a mission to use up the ridiculous amount of scraps I have saved over the past couple of years, so the patchwork cards are great for doing this. And as this card is for a special friend of my daughter I used up a few more and made a tag to tie on the gift bag of her present. In fact I think I will try and make a tag with each card from now on to use up all those little bits and pieces I just can't seem to throw away!!

I don't seem to posting much at the moment, I have made lots of bits and pieces lately but I don't want to put them on here until I know that the people I made them for have received them!

Ok I really have to go tidy my craft room I cannot even find a space on the desk to work on!!

Sarah x

Altered Dominoes

I recently took part in an altered domino book swap. The theme was ' Your favourite style'.

Here is my book;

I used my favourite papers Crate Avunue and decorated with a few of my favourite things stitching, primas and ribbon. I haven't received my swap book yet but will post some piccies when I do.

Also I made a few cards challenges on the JB forum;

This one had to include a map;

Decorated letters;

Scalloped scissors;

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who left a lovely comment about my DCM purple card, I really appreciate them all!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Sarah x

Daring Cardmakers Christmas purple challenge...

So, we'd like you to make and show a Christmas card which incorporates the following:
Some Paper Tearing
The colour Purple
AND
It has to have at least one hole somewhere in the design!

Well this one was certainly a challenge!!!!! Purple sure ain't my thing!!!!! I don't use holes in cards either! So my card has turned out kind of PANTS really!!!!!!!!!!!!! Searched through my stash and didn't have any relevant purple Christmas bits, but eventually I found this purple pearlescent cardstock which I have never used before( nor will I ever use again!!) and some HOTP pp in a similar shade which I used for the tearing part of the dare.

I also found this silver embossed cardstock which is so old I didn't even know I had it but it did have a Christmas theme on so I thought I would use that up as well. I used a circle punch to cut the hole and also to cut out the 'celebrate' definition. I finished off with some organza ribbon in black, purple and white and a little Christmas charm.

Apologies for photo quality the light kept reflecting off the pearlesent card.

So I have completed the dare but I am far from happy with this one. I can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with!

Enjoy your weekend!

Sarah x

Big Softie....

We want you to use something soft on your card feathers, velvet paper, fluffy fibres all that soft, strokable stuff counts for this one and that's it, easy-peasy, lemon-squeezy!

I hope that felt counts as something soft 'coz that's what I used! I have been trying to use up these papers but I am failing miserably, I still have tons of them.

This card doubles up for the 'stitched up' challenge on the JB forum.

pp DCWV Christmas stack, felt star cut with sizzix star and hand stitched, letraset rub ons and plenty of machine stitching.

Sarah x

A few more cards...

I have made a few more cards for challenges over on Just Bex;

Word play;

'Button It'




How Charming;




Sarah x

|A few Challenge cards...

I haven't managed any of the challenges over on the Just Bex forum for a while so yesterday I had a whole day crafting!!!!!!!!

This one is for the traditional twist challenge;

Sue's template;


Fun with felt;



Nice and simple;


Succulent strawberry and Cool Kiwi;



Less is more;


Had fun with these, I think I will do a couple more today, before I go back to work tomorrow!

Sarah x