A sneaky peek of my new 'Daddy' images

Hi folks!

Here's a peek at 'Bonnie and Daddy' one of my new designs that will be available soon at Sandra Dry Digi-Stamps.  Lots more fun designs to add to your collection coming soon. 

For this card I used the Paper Take Weekly sketch, the Colour Create 'Sky Blue, Tan & Ecru' combo and The pink Elephant theme of 'Letters'.  The papers are a combination of DCWV and Papermania.  I also used my Cuttlebug  to emboss the cream panel. I used my 'Go-Kreate' alphabet dies for the letters.  The Velvet ribbon is from American Crafts,  the butterflies are a Martha Stewart punch (I love these... you may be seeing lots on my cards ;o) and  I dusted off my Prisma Colour pencils, Sansodor and paper stumps to colour the image. I finished off the card with some self adhesive pearls.

I think I'll save this card for my little girl to give to her 'Daddy'.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x 

Sketch Saturday #51 another Hanglar Wedding

Hi folks!

It's Saturday and time for another one of Jo's fabulous sketches on Sketch Saturday.  This week we are sponsored by All That Scraps, I wish I could enter there is a smashing prize up for grabs.  Our sparkly new Guest Designer for the next two weeks is Janneke.  Janneke and the rest of the team have come up with beautiful designs to inspire you.

For my card I have used DCWV papers; my Fiskars swirly embossing folder; my Martha Stewart doily border punch; my Nestabilities to cut the circles, rectangles and scallops; my Woodware leaf branch punch; a mixture of Prima flowers and paper roses and finally my Quickutz Phoebe, skinni mini, alphabet for the monograms.  The cute wedding couple are a Hanglar & Stanglar stamp and I have coloured them with distress inks.

This card is a commission for my friend who received my previous Hanglar Anniversary card....and it has turned out curiously similar ;o)

Hope you enjoy your weekend!

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Dare U 2 Digi Stamp #7 Lilac & Lemon

Hi folks!

It's a colour challenge over on Dare U 2 Digi Stamp this week and what a pretty combo it is too... Lilac and Lemon.  The DT have provided a great array of designs for your inspiration so don't forget to hop on over to the site.  My Rosabella has dusted off her wings and come out to play for this card.

For the background I used a large foliage/vines stamp (QVC Foam Stamp) that I stamped with versamark ink and swirled Lemon & Lilac Cosmic Shimmer mica powders over with a dry brush.  I couldn't really capture the beautiful shimmer on the photo but if you click on the image you will be able to see more detail.  I used the same technique for the sentiment which is from Whiff of Joy.  I have used the Martha Stewart Lattice Arch border punch and butterfly punch.  The ribbons are from my stash.  Rosabella has been coloured with Copics and the Cosmic Shimmer Mica powders that I mixed with a tiny bit of water to produce perfectly toned shimmer paint. I have also added glitter to her hair and wings and have used a self adhesive pearl for the centre of the flower in her hair.  I then covered the whole stamped and coloured image with Glossy Accents encasing the glitter and even the pearl.

I hope you are able to join in with this weeks 'Dare' and I look forward to seeing your take on Lemon & Lilac.

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

Sketch Saturday #50, Birthday Wishes

Hi folks!

A different sized card than my usual square card today. This one is an A5 card and I made it for my fellow DT Buddy *Wendy* who celebrated a special birthday yesterday.

The sketch is by the talented Jo for The Sketch Saturday Challenge. There is a smashing prize up for grabs. A $25 voucher for Simon Says Stamps could be yours if you are the lucky winner. Don't forget to check out all the fab crafty makes by the Sketch Saturday Design Team.

For my card I have used papers from the huge Cosmo Cricket set from QVC. The stamp is a Penny Black, I have coloured it in with my trusty Koi water colours. I have used a Martha Stewart border punch and the scallop blade for my carl trimmer to create the ornate border. The sentimement is Hot Off The Press. I finished off the card with some paper roses with green ribbon looped and adhered to suggest leaves. The ornate corners are die cut Cuttlebug shapes. You can hardly see them but I squeezed some three dimensional pearl paint onto the teddy's neck lace and the girls buttons.

If you would like to see some more detail to my cards then feel free to click on the picture to enlarge it.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Dare U 2 make a child smile this week

Hi folks!
This weeks challenge over on Dare U 2 Digi Stamp is all about Gingham and stitching. We're being sponsored by Post Pals (more about that in a mo) and there is a fabby prize on offer. If you like Martha Stewart's punches, then hop on over to the blog to see which one is up for grabs.
My card features Rosabella & Drake, they have been coloured in with Koi water colours and their wings have been glittered. The gingham paper is from a Joanna Sheen pack I've had for a long time. I hand stitched the swirls and added the butterfly button. I used a Martha Stewart punch to create the doily border.

As part of the challenge this week. We have been asked to send our cards to one of the children on Post Pals. I have chosen to send mine to Bethany B Bethany is in the process of transferring to Adult services. I work with adults with severe learning and physical disabilities and so was naturally drawn to Bethany's story.
I hope you will be able to join in with the challenge this week and brighten a child's day.
Have a great weekend
Sandra xx

Sketch Saturday #49

Hi folks!

Just nipping on quickly in between horrendously long shifts at work this weekend to share my Sketch Saturday DT card with you.  This week is Debbie's DT week and she has come up with a fabulous sketch.  Our fab new GDT for the next 2 weeks needs no introduction as it is the talented Jacqui whom we all know and love.  If you are craving more inspiration then check out my fellow DT as they have all come up with stunning cards following Debbie's sketch.  There also a prize up for grabs with this weeks challenge, so hop on over to the blog to see what you could win.  When I saw there was a lovely circle on it I new exactly which stamp I was going to ink up...

I wanted to try something a little bit different with this card and I'm sure you have already noticed that I have not used any patterned papers.  I stamped the base card with a swirly stamp using a stamp & stick glue pad ( have had it for ages so am quite surprised that it still works) and sprinkled over some glitter. I used my Nestabilities to cut the circle for the aperture on the next panel.  I also used the Circle Nestie as a template for the rounded edges.  (You can actually see the next step better on the top picture.)  I die cut some small stars.  Glued two together and stuck to the panel (for height) repeated this until I was happy with the number of stars.  Then, using wet glue, I adhered dark blue mulberry paper over the whole aperture panel gently rubbing around the stars with an embossing tool.  I used my latest Martha Stewart punch for the scalloped boarder and Quickutz die for the corners.  The stamped image is one of my favourite Hanglars.  I have coloured him using koi watercolours and glitter for his star.  As you can imagine the whole card glistens a lot more than I have managed to capture in the photo.

Hope you are all enjoying the Bank Holiday weekend....have some fun for me!

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Sketch Saturday #48, an Anniversary card

Hi folks!!

I love this weeks sketch over on Sketch Saturday, such a pleasure to work with. A huge thanks to Jo for giving us such great sketches to use every week. It's the last Saturday of the month and so The Craft Barn are sponsoring us. There are two stamps up for grabs. One of them is 'Huggles' which I drew for the Kadoodle range. There is lots of fabulous inspiration from the DT and also a beautiful card made by our Guest DT Diane *thanks* for being such a star Diane :o)

I made this card a little while ago as I knew I would be busy this weekend. It's the twins birthday party today and we've got 19 kids coming to their Peter Pan & Tinkerbell bouncy castle party.

Anyway, back to the card.... I love the base layer of this card, it's a DCWV embossed white card blank which I chalked. I've used my Nestabilities, Martha Stewart border punch, Prima flowers, Woodware punches, self adhesive pearls, Velvet ribbon and Go Kreate alphabet dies. The image is the gorgeous Hanglar and Stanglar wedding couple which I have coloured with distress inks.

I was asked to make this card by my friend Lee. He has already given it to his wife, and I'm thrilled to report that she loves it so much she's framing it!!

Hope you are enjoying your weekend.

Ciao for now!
Sandra xx

Sketch Saturday #46

Hi Folks!!

Hope you are having a great Easter weekend and still managing to squeeze a bit of crafting and blog hopping too :o) Over on Sketch Saturday this week Jo has come up with another fabby Sketch. Clare Chanter who owns Thread Bare is sponsoring this weeks challenge, more details on the blog about the prize. It's also Broceliane's second week as our Guest DT. Be sure to check out her beautiful card and that of the rest of my fellow Designers.

I made this card for my buddy Christine Dark. Please join me in wishing her a HaPpy bIrThDaY today!!!! The papers for this card are by Imaginese. I punched a strip of vellum with my Martha Stewart punch. I think the ribbon was a freebie from a magazine. The cute Tilda is from the Spring kit. As usual I have chopped of the ladybirds antennae and replaced with curled wire ones. I coloured the image with my koi water colours. The flower and leaves are from my button box and have been adhered with dimensional glue gel. The sentiment is a Papermania sticker and I have finished the card off with some lush red self adhesive pearls. Not sure if you can see or not but I gave Tilda some eyelashes which help her to look ultra cute ;o)

Ciao for now!

Sandra xx

...grab your tea and biscuits for this post!

Hi folks!

As the title suggests, this is gonna be a long post. I have so much to share with you, I hope you don't mind. Firstly my card. I followed 3 challenges when creating this one. The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge is asking for stripes, one of my favorite types of paper (along with floral and gingham) The Colour Create Challenge this week is Duck Egg Blue and Rose and the optional extra is stitching. I stitched the little 'New Home' sentiment. Stamptacular would like to see cards made on a theme of 'New Beginnings'.

I have used one of my lastest designs 'Home Sweet Home' which is exclusively available as a rubber stamp at The Craft Barn. If you like the stamp then hop on over to the Kadoodle blog where it is up for candy this week. I coloured this image with my koi watercolours and a little glitter for Loupy's wings. The gorgeous paper is by The Paper Company and the sheet I used is has flocked flowers across the bottom. The swirls I die cut from an adhesive sheet and glittered. The fabric flower is from a 'Mother's Day' craft kit from Sainsbury's. I layered this with a flock flower cut from the paper and a floral gem. I hand stitched the sentiment on Martha Stewart punched scalloped hearts and finished off the card by adding flower gems to the middle of each flocked flower.

6th & 7th June

Extravaganza Weekend

at

The Craft Barn

I am pleased to announce that for the second year running I have been invited to demonstrate at the June Extravaganza Weekend at The Craft Barn in Lingfield. I am so excited!! There will be 17 demonstrators there for the whole weekend, tonnes of inspiration and something for everyone. It's being held at different premises this year, I'm looking forward to that :o) Please hop over to The Craft Barn website for more details and to be able to book onto workshops.

I am currently working on some exciting new designs that I'm hoping we'll be able to launch at the Extravaganza weekend.

Here is a list of the ladies you won't want to miss!

Carol Cann

Kay Carley

Carol Cockbain

Jane Colleman

Christine Dark

Sandra Dry

Leandra Francik (PaperArtsy)

Jayne Harvey (Stamposaurus)

Lindsay Mason

Jenny Mayes (Hobby Art)

Beatrice Neumeister (KatzelKraft)

Paula Pascual

Christine 'Kiki' Quincy

Francoise Read

Sue Roddis

Carol Staples

Lexie Wilson

I do hope you will be able to come and share in the weekend. If you do please introduce yourself, I would love to meet some of my blogging friends.

Top 5 for CupCake Craft Challenge

I am also excited to anounce that my Hanglar card was chosen as one of the Top 5 cards of the week over on the CupCake Craft Challenge....Thank you!!

Have you finished your cuppa yet? I'm off to make myself one now..

Ciao for now!

Sandra xx

Sketch Saturday #42 and some News

Hi folks!
It's Saturday again, and I don't know about you but for me it seems like March is speeding along at a cracking pace. It'll be Easter before we know it. I'm scheduling this post as on Saturday morning I shall be travelling up to The Craft Barn in Lingfield to demo Whiff of Joy stamps. That's right, you can buy Whiff of Joy Stamps at The Craft Barn, just give them a call and they will sort it out for you.
Have got lots to share with you if you haven't had a chance to scroll down at my previous posts, but more about that a little later.
Firstly, this week over on Sketch Saturday Jo had given us a wonderful sketch to work with. I hope you like my take on it. The DT have come up with some fab creations. Quite a few of us have gone a bit MS doily punch mad! It's the first time I've used it on a card and I love the delicate effect it gives. Our talented Guest Designer Shary had made such a cute card you need to hop over and check it out. While you are there you will see the fabulous prize kindly offered by this weeks sponsor The Cutting Cafe.


My card has been made using Rosabella Waterlily, a digi-stamp available at Sandra Dry Digi Stamps (that's my first bit of exciting news :o) I have coloured her using Prismas, Sansodor and paper stumps. Her wings have been glittered. For the dots and vertical panel I have used Velacetate (sp?) which is, I think, what they call self adhesive vellum. I didn't want to completely cover the pretty background paper so this was perfect. The ribbon is from my stash mountain and the butterfly and corner stickers are K&Co.
My last bit of news is of the Dare U 2 Digi Stamp, a new challenge blog. My good friend Chris and I have put out a Design Team call for your chance to come and join us for some good, clean digi stamp fun. Details of the DT call are on the blog. The weekly challenges commence Friday 3rd of April. Hope you come and play.....go on....I dare you ;o)
Ciao for now!
Sandra xx

Sketch Saturday #40

Hi folks!!

Lots happening today, I'll be posting again a little later about the launch of my new collection, Kadoodle Loupy Loo & Bobo, at the Craft Barn.

But for now here's my DT card for the Challenge over on Sketch Saturday. This week we are being sponsored by The Craft Barn who have kindly given some Paper Artsy mini stamps as this weeks prize. Hop over to the Sketch Saturday blog for lots more details and to be inspired by the wonderful creations by my fellow DT. Not forgetting Susan, our fabulous Guest DT who has come up trumps again with this weeks sketch designed by Jo.

For this card I needed to use a smaller image which meant I had to abandon my usual style of cutting closely around the character and adhering with glue gel. It would have been impossible to cut out all those tiny flowers! I couldn't resist a bit of dimension so the little bird is adhered with dimensional glue gel. The images themselves are Precious Moments. I just adore these. I was lucky enough to get these from the US via ebay. I have coloured them using my Koi watercolours. The designer papers are Paper Adventures and I have used pastel green glitter board for the matting and layering. My Martha Stewart border punch had finally made an appearance. It's been sat on the side for a couple of weeks. I'm very naughty..... I think I just like 'getting' hot products. It then takes me an age to use them.

I stamped the dotty border with a HOTP stamp. The corner flourish is my fav Cuttlebug die (can you tell) and this time I have cut pink funky foam. The sentiment is a metal embellishment that says 'That face!' which I thought was quite apt and I have finished the card of with some self adhesive pink pearls.

That's all for now folks!

I'll be back soon.

Hugs

Sandra xx