Multi Challenge Card :o)

Hi folks! Hope you are all well...I'm still recovering after the busy Craft Extravaganza last weekend. Great to meet so many crafters and demo alongside so many crafting legends! Thanks and *waves* to everyone who came and said "Hi". I'll be sharing some of my creations with you soon. You'll be able to see the rest on the Craft Barn blog.

Anyway, on to today's card. I made this one for my wonderful sister-in-law and followed no less than 6 challenges in the process. The sketch and 2 Magnolia Butterflies are for Just Magnolia, A Spoon Full Of Sugar wanted to see Butterflies, The Saturday Challenge wanted 'Bling' ( I have used foiled card and added glitter to the wings) Cute Card Thursday urged us to use punches/dies (I used my Nestabilities and Woodware leaf punch) Lili of The Valley has a theme of 'Summer fun' (nothing says 'Summer' to me more than fluttery butterflies) and lastly Charisma Cardz has the colour challenge of Pink & Brown.

All the card, patterned paper and sentiment are from Craftwork Cards. I die cut the aperture and sandwiched between the layers a piece of acetate that I had first stamped with a decorative swirl stamp and Stazon Ink. I tied the ribbon bow and ribbon around some of the layers before adding the scalloped frame. My gorgeous character is a Hanglar stamp, coloured using Copic Markers and glitter. I have used Prisma flowers and topped them with self adhesive pearls.

Ciao for now!
Sandra x

Gorjuss Girlies

Hi folks!!  

Have finally got round to inking up these Gorjuss Girlies.  Tried to keep things simple on this card.  Followed the sketch from Mojo Monday. Colour Create wants us to use Blue & Green, The Pink Elephant has challenged us to use the same combo with the addition of white.  The theme over on A Spoon Full of Sugar is buttons.  You may need a magnifying glass for mine but I have added a tiny one to the sentiment (lost about half a dozen in the process!)   

The paper and sentiment are from K& Co, the punch is a Martha Stewart border punch and I have used a combination of Koi Water colours and Copic markers to colour the Gorjuss Girls. It's much more sparkly in real life with the blue foiling on the backing paper and the touch of glitter on each girl.

Please take a mo to scroll down and see my newly released 'Holy Communion Boy & Girl' digi stamps. Thank you!

Ciao for now ;o)

Sandra x

Hi folks!

There are lots of birthdays in May...I made this card for one of my DT buddies who celebrates her birthday today! HaPpY bIrThDaY *Kim*

I followed the sketch over on Papertake Weekly and am entering this card to the Spoon full of Sugar Challenge who have asked for 'touchy-feely' cards. I have used Imaginisce papers. The red and white polka dot paper has a lovely glossy sheen to it. In contrast I have die cut (Quickutz) fuzzy velour decorative corners. There is also some satin ribbon on my design and lastly a soft layer of mulbery paper behind the main image. The rubber stamp is my own design, 'Home Sweet Home', and is available exclusively at The Craft Barn. I coloured the image with Koi water colours and finished it off with some glitter for Loupy Lou's fairy wings.
Ciao for now!
Sandra xx

Introducing Adrian Dry, The Bollywood Collection, and a prize for me Yay!

Hi folks!

I hope you don't mind but I have lots to share with you today. Not long now before the kiddies go back to school... more crafty time for us mums ;o) I'll have more time to visit your blogs, please excuse my lack of commenting this week.

I am introducing my new range over on Sandra Dry Digi Stamps with a card I made with three challenges in mind. Cupcake Craft Challenges wants to see 1 layer cards, A Spoon Full of Sugar is asking us to use die cuts or punches and Lili of the Valley has a theme of 'fun' this week. I don't know about you but I always have fun when I'm dancing. Admittedly it's usually Salsa but Saloni looks like she's having fun on my card.

I printed The Royal Pavilion onto red card to create the background. The corners are a Cuttlebug die that I used to cut into gold mirri board. You can just about see the sheer gold ribbon and bow that I added (I didn't want to cover the background image too much this is also the reason the Tag didn't make it onto the card). Saloni has been coloured in using Koi watercolours. I used an embossing pen and gold embossing powder for the trim on her outfit and part of her headpiece. I added two tiny gems to her headpiece and one to her naval. I finished off the card by adding more gems to the black base layer.

My husband, Adrian, drew The Royal Pavilion years ago and I am thrilled that he has let me produce it as a digi stamp to compliment my Bollywood dancers. I remember it took him a very long time to draw but it was well worth it. I absolutely love it (puts my drawings to shame). Let me know what you think and I will pass on your thoughts to him.

(Edit: Have added the option to buy The Bollywood Collection as a set for only £4.99 here, scroll down to the bottom)


Lastly..... I'm this weeks winner over on The Pink Elephant Challenge!!!! I can't believe it!!! I am elated. Thank you so much for choosing me... I shall display the badge with pride. Click here if you would like to be taken to the winning card.

Ciao for now!
Sandra x

a card for my niece...

Hi folks!

Hope everyone is managing to find time to craft over the school Easter break. My kiddies are keeping me busy during the day.... by night I become a secret crafter (tee hee). Was up until 3am crafting last night! Made this card for my niece. I followed the sketch on the new challenge blog Stamp with Fun. My Time To Craft was asking for projects jeans/denim inspired. A Spoon Full of Sugar would like to see a card with the recipients age on. Lastly The Pink Elephant is asking for stamping, embossing and punching on a project. I actually stamped and embossed both of the images, I find it really helps when water colouring and I quite like the glossy slightly raised line on the image too.

The papers I have used are K&Co ( I have stacks of these to use up as they came bundled into a lovely storage file... you guessed it I bought more than one as I like the file. Doh!) The cute cat is a Whiff of Joy stamp and the Sweet girl is from Artful Inkables. I have coloured them in with distress inks. I have used my Martha Stewart Doily punch and die cut Quickutz photo corners and number dies for this card. The panel behind the cat I made by sponging some white linen card with Antique Linen Distress ink. I stamped the swirls on (QVC foam backed stamp), punched it using my Bind-it-all and ripped through the neatly punched holes so it looked like it had been torn out of a notebook. I finished this card off with some self adhesive pearls and a sheer ribbon bow.

Hope you like it :o)

Ciao for now!

Sandra xx

Multi Challenge Birthday Card

Hi folks!

I made this card for a friend of mine over on the Crafttelly forum and had fun following lots of challenges to complete it. The first being Sketch and Stash who have a wonderful Sketch up this week. It's the first time I've inked up this Whiff of Joy stamp and I've had it such a long time. Next is Papertake Weekly Challenge who have asked for something edible. The Pink Elephant wants to see buttons on our creations this week. It's Gems for a Spoon Full of Sugar and lastly a request for flowers from the ABC challenge.

The papers for this card are made by 'My Mind's Eye'. As mentioned above, the image is by Whiff of Joy and I have coloured her using Coloursoft pencils, Sansador and paper stumps. The Flower is punched, inked, curled, glued and finished off with a blue gem. The vines, decorative corners and faux buttons are all Quickutz. I have threaded and knotted some sheer ribbon through the button holes. The Scalloped strip is from the Doodlebug range.

Thanks for stopping by,

Ciao for now!
Sandra xx

Multi Challenge Card featuring Tara and more Awards!

Hi folks!!

I made this card following quite a few challenges. The First being the great sketch over on Mojo Monday. This weeks Cuttlebug Spot Challenge is to use Bows. Papertake weekly has set a challenge to use Orange, Pink and Brown. The Pink Elephant challenge blog is asking for Ribbons and die cuts and A Spoon full of Sugar is looking out for torn edges.

For this card I used DCWV designer papers, (one of them had all different words for 'Mother' on it) I thought it would make a nice Mother's day card. I die cut the corner flourishes with my Cuttlebug. I think the ribbon came free with a magazine. It's been in my stash mountain for a long time. All the layers are adhered with dimensional glue gel. The beautiful image is one of Chris' new release Digital Stamps. If you haven't used a digi-download before why not consider having a go for one of these challenges. They are easy to use. You can download them instantly (no more waiting for the postie) and one of the greatest advantages is that you can re size them to fit with your project. I coloured the beautiful Tara with koi watercolours and rubbed some 'fruit punch' stickles over the flower petals. I think you can just about see in the close up that I have used glossy accents on her eyes to make the most of her wonderful features. I finished off the card with some self adhesive pearls.

Awards!

I have been chosen by fellow Sketch Saturday DT member Ria for the above two awards, thank you so much!, and would like to pass them on to:

Phree over on Ink Stain Survivor

Brandi over on Barely banana days

Dawn over on Crafty Ramblings

Lyn over on MickysMate

Poupette over on Le Blog de Poupetteval

Pinky over on Pinky's World

Alison over on Ali's Stamping Heaven

Desire over on Doing Life

Tara over on Happily Ever Crafting

Tara over on Inking on the Edge.

We are so lucky to have so many talented ladies blogging and sharing their ideas. You are such an inspiration to me. Keep up the good work.
Hugs
Sandra xx

Hanglar & Stanglar - Love

Hi folks!

It's been ages since this little beauty has been inked. Isn't she adorable! I followed three challenges to make this swirly girly card. The Sketch is from Ismaki, A Spoon full of Sugar is calling for 'Doodle-do's' or swirl stamps and the first challenge over on The Pink Elephant is 'Pink, Black and White' I'm sure they won't mind some flesh tones and hair colour too.

The papers are from Basic Grey Two Scoops range. I have used my Nestabilities to cut the centre rectangle and scalloped rectangle. I have also embossed the white panel using my Cuttlebug. The swirl stamp was a freebie from a magazine. I have coloured the image with my Koi watercolours and highlighted the heart with glossy accents and sprinkled some glitter on. Hopefuly on the second picture you can see that I have decoupaged her arms and heart. I tried this out having been inspired by the talented Debby. You need to hop on over to her blog, her creations are amazing. I think maybe I should have decoupaged the little Hanglar girl's face and hair, but I'm pleased how it turned out. The letters are a Quickutz alphabet and I finished off the design with some black brads.

Thanks for looking.

Hugs
Sandra xx