Donna's Delightful Dare U 2 Digi Stamp Sketch

Hi folks!

It's Friday!!!! Dare U 2 Digi Stamp day and a delightful sketch from our very own Donna.  What a pleasure it has been working with this sketch.  Thank you Sweetie.  Also introducing 'Yolanda and Daddy' available soon from my Digi-Stamp Blog along with her brother Leo.

As well as following Donna's sketch I let Colour Create choose my colour scheme and I must say I really enjoyed using this combo.  The Background card is the totally yummy Co-Ordinations 'white wash' card that I embossed with a Fiskars embossing plate then distressed. The Brown card is by DCWV.  The ribbons and paper trim are a combination of American crafts and Doodlebug.  The flowers I cut with my fav Sizzix die.  I coloured the image in with a combination of Copics (for the skin) and Koi water colours (for the clothes). I finished off the the card with some pink self adhesive pearls and 'Go-Kreate' die cut letters.

I'll see you tomorrow for a really special Sketch Saturday Anniversary Celebration!!

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Cutie Sunday and Top '5' at Cupcake Craft Challenge

Hi Folks!

Blogger is not playing ball with me today so only managed to upload one piccie of this card.  I'm sure you can imagine all the lovely layers and textures I have used.  I followed the sketch over on the Cutie Sunday challenge, it was a fun one to use.  The papers are from Cosmo Cricket.  I have used my Nestabilities, Quickutz corners and Go-Kreate Alphabet dies.  The Velvet ribbon is by American Crafts.  The image is a Hanglar stamp that I coloured with Copics and a touch of glitter for the 'Shampoo' in the glass. I used the 'off-cut' wire from the paper roses and twirled them around my pricking tool to create the coils.  I've just remembered.... the scalloped card is from Craftwork Cards.  This was a commission for one of my work colleagues.  Hope she likes it!

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

In my haste I forgot to add........ my card made the top 5 at the Cupcake Craft Challenge!!!!  I can't believe it!!  Thank you so much Donna, I'm so thrilled you liked my card.  Your sketch was a real pleasure to work with.  What an amazing week I am having ;o)

 

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 #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

Ben's little Hanglar boy card

Hi folks!
Well here's Ben's card as promised. The twins had a great day yesterday. Had lots of fun and ate lots of cake. Thank you for all your kind birthday wishes which I passed on. Not forgetting a huge thank you to my good friend Chris. She made a little boy and girl very happy with some beautiful cards (if you'd like a peak they are on her blog)

This card is a little different for me. Not hugely embellished. I like to make my cards so that the card base groans with the weight ;o) I followed the fab sketch over on Paper take weekly and the Reuse, Recycle theme The Pink Elephant has set. I have used a piece of cardboard salvaged from a box that arrived with.... crafting goodies of course!

I snipped off the tiny line which was the string that the Hanglar boy is holding in his hand so I replaced it with some thread from my sewing box. I have also used some glossy accents on the truck to make it glossy.

Hope you are enjoying the sunshine.

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Introducing the Meerkats...Simples!

Hi folks!!
I've been meaning to draw these little fellas for a while now. The Meerkats are available now on my Digi Stamp blog. Hop on over to meet Meerkat Amigos, Meerkat Dancer and Meerkat Youngster. Something a little bit different that can be used for male cards too.

I followed three challenges when making this card. The sketch is another great one from Friday Sketchers. Cute Card Thursday's theme is 'family affair' they are asking for cards made for a member of the family, here I have made a card for Dad. Lastly Charisma Cardz have challenges us to use our favourite things. My favorite thing at the moment is making cards with my vary latest digi stamp releases.

The papers and tag embellishment are all K&Co. I have used my Nestabilities and WRMK compass cutter to cut the circles. All the embossing has been done on my Cuttlebug. I printed 'Love You Dad' on some ribbon using my Xyron Design Runner and cut the sentiment from funky foam using 'Amsterdam' a Go-kreate alphabet. As I have already mentioned 'Meerkat Simples!' is a digi-stamp and I have coloured him using koi watercolours. I have added glossy accents to his eyes and nose. Don't forget you can re size Digi stamps and print them out to whatever size suits your project.

I hope you like my Meerkats and look forward to reading your comments.

Ciao for now!

Sandra xx

Sketch Saturday #44 & 'Huggles' Kadoodle Candy

Hi folks!
It's Saturday and time for another one of Jo's fabulous sketches over on Sketch Saturday. Lots of lovely circles on this one. The Craft Barn are sponsoring this weeks challenge and the prize is, not one but, two splendid Whiff of Joy stamps. Our Guest DT, Dawn, has made a beautiful card to inspire you as have the rest of the Design Team so don't forget to visit their blogs for an abundance of creative ideas.

For this card I used Papermania designer papers from their 'Sweet Nothings' range. I added iridescent sequins to some of the dots on the patterned paper. The ribbon is by American crafts. I cut the circle and scalloped circle using my Nestabilities. I then embossed the lilac layer using my Cuttlebug and lightly inked with Crimson copper Brilliance ink. The fabric flower was a bit if a find. I was in my local Sainsbury's yesterday and they had reduced their Mother's Day lines. In amongst the chocolate and scented candles were a couple of kits to be made up as flower garlands for mum. The kit was £1.24 reduced from £4.99 and contained about 20 fabric flowers, in 4 colours, 1 yard of pink ribbon, some glitter glue, thread and a bag of sequins. Great value! (I just had to have it) I have layered the fabric flower with a felt flower cut with my Cuttlebug and finished off with a plastic pink dot (not sure what these are called) I cut the sentiment with Go-Kreate dies. The stamp, coloured in with Koi watercolours, is one of my own designs available at The Craft Barn. 'Huggles' is also being offered as Blog Candy on the Kadoodle blog this week.

That's enough rambling from me. Have a great weekend.

Ciao for now!

Sandra xx

Kadoodle blog Candy and Charisma Cardz Challenge

Hi folks!

Here's a card I made using one of my new Kadoodle designs 'let it grow'. This particular stamp is being offered as blog candy over on the Kadoodle blog. Hop on over if you would like to enter. It's open until Friday as new candy will be up again on Saturday. Good job it's not 'Sweetie' candy, our teeth would have rotted away ages ago.

I am entering this card in to the Charisma Cardz Challenge as this week the theme is 'something for the guys'. Have lost the label strip for the patterned papers, sorry, but I know they are available from The Craft Barn. I cut the rectangles and scalloped rectangles using my Nestabilities. The flowers are made using a Cuttlebug retro flower die set. They have been die cut, inked, curled glued and finished off with a self adhesive pearl. I looped some green ribbon and poked it into the dimensional glue behind the flowers. The sentiment is die cut funky foam and I have used the Go-Kreate 'London' alphabet. I coloured the image using a mixture of copics and watercolour paints. (I have to make do with this combination until I am able to buy more copics)

Ciao for now ;o)

Sandra xx

New Look Blog & Bobo kickin' back

Hi Folks!!

What do you think of my New Look Blog? It as all courtesy of my fabulous friend Christine. I couldn't have done it without you...thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU!!!!

For this card I followed the sketch over on Cutie Sunday. It's a great one if you are partial to circles. I have used one of my new stamps available at The Craft Barn called Kickin Back. I wanted to create a dreamy, floaty feel hence the calm serene colour pallet. The designer paper is Cosmo Cricket. I have inked the edges with blue brilliance ink pad. I stamped and coloured the image with my Koi watercolours; cut it out with my scalloped circle Nestabilities and inked the edges with black ink. I cut a two vellum circles with Nesties, embossed them with my Cuttlebug. I adhered using wacky tack and added a little glitter glue to the velum. This did crinkle the vellum slightly but I quite like the effect. It glistens much more in real life. The sentiment is die cut using the Amsterdam Go-Kreate die adhered to a metal rimmed tag which has been threaded with ribbon. I finished off the card with white brads in the corners.

My new Digi-Download-Design blog is near completion...I'll keep you posted regards the launch!! (I'm soooo excited..... can you tell? :o)

Hugs
Sandra xx

Multi Challenges and more from Demo Day

Hi folks!
Here are more cards from the demo day I had at the Craft Barn last Saturday. For the Cowboy one I followed the sketch from the Sketch and Stash challenge. I thought the Sizzix belt and buckle were just the ticket for my little Cowboy Dan, from the Kadoodle range at The Craft Barn. The black & white paper is available at the shop and the white swirly hearts are made using my Cuttlebug. I have used the Go-Kreate alphabet, Amsterdam, and die cut letters out of funky foam for the sentiment. Cowboy Dan has been coloured in using Derwent coloursoft pencils and glitter.

It's too late to enter this challenge as they have moved on to the next week but I did follow the Cutie Sunday sketch #25. There is some movement on the card as the image is only held onto the card using the ribbon. The papers are DCWV and I have used my Nestabilities to cut the label shapes. My Clown, part of the Kadoodle range, has been coloured in as above and this time I have used the 'London' Go-Kreate alphabet for the sentiment.

These cards would fit in great with the Charisma Cardz Challenge which is to use Black & White and one other colour and also the Cute Card Thursday Challenge which is Valentines creations.

I HAVE BEEN TAGGED!!!!!

....by Jackie over on Pink Diamond Workshop.... thanks Hun!!!

The instructions are,

1. Navigate to where you keep your pictures, select the 6th folder, and the 6th picture in that folder.

2. Post the picture on your blog with an explanation about the picture.

3. Tag 6 others to do the same, and let them know they have been tagged!

And it's a picture of my eldest, Tommy. He was messing around that day and thanks to 'digi' I have about 30 shots of him posing and pulling all kinds of faces. I like this photo of Tom as the colours are quite neutral in it and I could go for any papers to make a scrapbook layout. Needless to say I have less opportunities for snapping Tom messing around in front of the camera now.... I suppose it's just not cool anymore.

I won't pass this tag on anymore as I think it's done the rounds. If you want to take it... be my guest.

Hugs

Sandra xx

Ismaki Challenge & Demo Day!

Hi Folks!!
You'll have to excuse me today... I'm being a manic mum (shouldn't really be on the pooter) But just had to share with you that I'll be demoing at The Craft Barn tomorrow. I'll be taking this card and more pieces of the 'be mine collection' don't miss out.... come and craft with me.
More details about this card, awards and New Digi shop opening later...


** Hi again folks...

A little more detail about this card.
I followed this weeks Ismaki Sketch Challenge. I found this one a little difficult but I'm pleased with the results. The backing paper has been in my stash for a long time, I think it's DCWV. I have used the 'Divine Swirls' and Swiss Dots' Cuttlebug embossing folders. I have also used my Rectangle and scalloped rectangle Nestabilities. I cut the circles with a large sizzix die (it's been a long time since I used any of those) The sentiment is a Go-Kreate alphabet, 'Amsterdam' and the hearts are Cuttlebug. The beautiful lady is my very own 'Petunia', she's part of the Kadoodle range available at The Craft Barn. I coloured her with Derwent coloursoft pencils and Glitter.

My good friend Christine Dark has opened her own Digi Download site... You'll find it if you click Here. I do not need to tell you how talented Chris is as I'm sure you already know. Her designs are B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L and very reasonably priced. Hop on over and feast your eyes... then fill your baskets!
Pop back here tomorrow if you'd like to see how I've used 'Bearing Love'

The following is an award that I was given by Heike, thank you so much for thinking of me.

The rules of this award are:
1). Post a link of the person who gave you this award.
2). Nominate 5 other people and give a link to their sites
3). Let your nominators know that they got an award from you.
4). Put a logo of the award on the blog.

Here are my 5 gorgeous lovies who encourage and inspire me..... Thanks ladies!

1. Chris
2. Poppet
3. Jo
4. Sandra
5. Jacqui

Hugs
Sandra xx