Sunday, August 28, 2011

cream and lilac at lovely hAnglar only

Here i am again with my final card today !! this time its lovely hAnglar only and the theme this week is to use cream and lilac/purple .I chose probably my favourite hanglar and coloured her with distress inks ,i love this colour combo but just couldnt find a paper i was happy with ive got lots of gorgeous lilacs but none were quite the right shade so i decided to make my own .I was rummaging through my stamps and came across this truly beautiful flower corner stamp that had been neglected !! i got it at a local craft shop a few months ago but it never made it out of the packet !!! .....hangs head in shame !!! i coloured the flowers with copics then went over everything with antique linen and walnut stain inks and ta da just what i wanted !!! i really dont know why i dont do this more often its so much fun to make your own papers guess im too partial to shopping for all the new delish pads we are tempted by !! 




stamp-hanglar coloured with distress inks 
paper - handmade 
flowers- made from magnolia die and woc
wooden heart ,lace and ribbon from stash 

hugs sara x x x

yummy tilda !!

Hiya im back again with my paper sundaes card and we've got a fabby challenge , as our sponsor this week stamp and create have just started to stock magnolia stamps its a maggie week !!! whooo hooo i thought right up my street !!!  ive used 2 stamps from an older collection masked together and coloured with distress inks ,i wanted to use these scrummy cupcake papers from maja design so decided to go with a mono choccy look !! The gorgeous lace is from ebay thanks to a tip off from my lovely friend kat as soon as i saw it had to have it !! lol  hope you can join us this week .




stamps -magnolia coloured with distress inks 
papers-maja design 
dies -magnolia 
flowers-made with magnolia dies and woc 

hugs sara x x x

love is in the air ....

Morning everyone ive got 3 dt cards for you today !! the first is for simply magnolia where our them this week is love is in the air and is sponsored by Duymelot. I decided to make a tent card and used the gorgeous tilda and bridesmaid stamp from last year ,i made the background masking the hilltop scene with the sweet little church and coloured with distress inks .I wanted a really soft romantic look so made some flowers from sheer ribbons and added lots of swirls ,papers are magnolia .




stamps-magnolia coloured with distress inks 
papers-magnolia
die -cheery lynne 
flowers -handmade and woc
punch -martha stewart 

hugs sara x x x

Friday, August 26, 2011

back to school

Afternoon all its time for a new challenge at stamp something and this week our theme is back to school and is sponsored by the fab simon says stamp .Ive coloured my sweet image with copics and used papers from cosmo cricket odds and ends hope you can join us this week 




stamp -lotv coloured with copics
papers -cosmo cricket 
dies-magnolia, cherry lynne,nesties 
flowers-woc 
sentiment -crafts4you

hugs sara x x x

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

rocked up pink at truly scrumptious

Hi all im back again with a new challenge at truly scrumptious this week out theme is rocked up pink - use mostly pink and is sponsored by digi's with attitude. I thought this little darling stamp would be perfect for this theme ,ive coloured her with copics and the papers i think are from echo park not 100% sure tho as for once i found just what i wanted in my overflowing scraps box !! I found some bits of chipboard that i wanted to use pink crackle paint on but i only have the white so i painted them first with a bright pink paint then just went over it with the crackle when dry worked just then pink so thats a spot of luck and saved me some pennies !! 




stamp -little darlings coloured with copics
papers-echo park 
sentiment -whimsy
paint -tim holtz crackle
flowers-hand rolled 

hugs sara x x x


pleats or ruffles at little darlings

Morning all its time for a new challenge at little darlings and this week we want to see pleats or ruffles on your creations ,ive used one of the gorgeous new christmas stamps Angie has in her store now called checking it twice and coloured with copics papers are the very delish mme lost and found christmas ,the flower is made from the pleated ribbon hope you can join us this challenge 




stamp-little darlings coloured with copics
papers-mme lost and found christmas 
die-magnolia
sentiment -7 gypsies
punch-martha stewart

hugs sara x x x

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

just ......OMG !!!!

just omg !!! is exactly what i felt when i was flicking through the latest magnolia ink !! as usual was drooling over all the gorgeous makes in the mag then i get to the last few pages and ..... omg thats my card !!!! had to keep checking i wasnt seeing things but no there it was im in magnolia ink as blogger of the month !!! omg omg how fab is that !!! still cant quite believe it but thank you so so much guys you definately made my day  

hugs sara x x x

get sparkly at oldie but a goodie !!

Morning all today ive a dt card for oldie but a goodie to show this week we have a fab challenge to add sparkle and is sponsored by robyn's fetish digi stamps. Remember you have to use a stamp that is 6 months old .I was looking through my maggies choosing one to use and this little ballerina cutie jumped out at me dont think she has seen ink for a while so thought it about time !! ive coloured her with distress inks and used scrummy papers from melissa frances and  added lots of stickles to her tiara and little star bits around her 




stamp-magnolia coloured with distress inks
papers-melissa frances
ribbon -may arts 
punch -martha stewart 
die-nestie
flowers -woc

entering in 
totally tilda-fit for a princess
ribbon girl-use a ribbon
papertake-use a die
magnolia-liscious - photo inspiration ( pink )

hugs sara x x x



Sunday, August 21, 2011

colour theme at dream valley ...

Hiya im back again with my card for dream valley ,this week is a colour theme and is sponsored by stitchy bear digi stamps
here's the pic for the colour theme
you can use all 4 colours or pick out one or two like i did , i chose this fab steampunk fairy to work with and have coloured her with copics 
 i have to admit this yellow is not a colour i would normally choose but i really like how this turned out so it just goes to show we really should try something new occasionally !! 
 of course i had to go to town with the distressing as usual and i think it really suits this image ,ive made the flowers with various punches and some simple rolled centres ,papers are from k&co watercolour bouquet ,the gorgeous lace i cut off an old skirt love it when you get free goodies !!!

stamp-stitchy bear digi coloured with copics
papers -k&co 
flowers -handmade
charm -woc 

hugs sara x x x
 




sundae bar....at paper sundaes

Afternoon all ive got 2 dt cards to show today the first is paper sundaes where this week we have our sundae bar you can choose 2 -4 from green ,buttons,twine and banners and is sponsored by simon says stamp .Ive used 2 magnolias masked together and coloured with distress inks ,papers are from maja design.

dont forget only a few days left to apply for our dt call 




stamps-magnolia coloured with distress inks 
papers-maja design 
flowers-woc
dies-magnolia

entering in 

saturday challenge-create a scene
pollycraft-distressing
paper romance-distressing
fussy and fancy-use 3 or more (flowers , dies )
fab n funky-stitching
creative craft-summertime

hugs sara x x x


Saturday, August 20, 2011

flutterbys at MDUC....

Hi lovely bloggers its time for my first dt card for mduc and the theme is a fab one this week its to use a butterly on your creation and is sponsored by Tilda's Town .Ive been trying to make more use of my cricut so decided to cut a butterfly shape card , i coloured my tilda's with distress inks cut them out on popped them on the wings ,papers are magnolia from sweet rainbow collection ,cant wait to see all your fab entries this week x x




stamps -magnolia coloured with distress inks
papers-magnolia
flowers -woc
card shape -cut on cricut

entering in 
its a magnolia challenge -pink,flowers ,butterfly,tilda
addicted to stamps - anything goes 

hugs sara x x x



Friday, August 19, 2011

merry christmas !!!!

Evening all ive just popped back to show you some fab new Little Darlings  christmas stamps which Angie will have in the love to stamp store on monday .When i saw them i couldnt decide which was my fave so i had to colour them all !!!  here is the first one i get to show its  called decorating the tree 


ive coloured this little sweetie with copics and used some of my new mme christmas pad -far to scrummy i need to get another pad !!! 



papers-mme lost and found christmas 
sentiments -7 gypsies
lace-prima 


and here are the others to be released next week.... 

arent they so sweet !!! 


hugs sara x x x

saying thank you ...

Afternoon everyone its time for a new challenge at stamp something  and this week the theme is saying thank you and is sponsored by funky kits so a fab prize is up for grabs .Ive used one of the new pips and coloured with copics papers are from my super delish maja design pad will definately need another pad of these !!

on another note just a quick reminder that there is a dt call at paper sundaes at the moment you can check out the details HERE please have a look it really is a lovely friendly team to be part of a few of the girls are moving on but im staying put !! 




stamp- sugar nellie
papers-maja design
sentiment -fizzy moon 

hugs sara x x x

Sunday, August 14, 2011

holidays at lovely hanglar

Im back again with my hAnglar this week at lovely hAnglar only our theme is holidays I chose to make this suitcase ive been wanting to have a go at it since i saw Debbies tutorial in magnolia ink a while back just never seemed to get round to it but now i have !! Ive coloured my images with distress inks and the papers are pion hope you can join us the week 




stamps-hanglar and magnolia
papers-pion
flowers-woc

entering in 

just magnolia & hanglar -holidays

hugs sara x x x


just saying hi

Afternoon lovely bloggers its time for another challenge at paper sundaes and this week the them is saying hi so nice and easy and the sponsor is pink cat studio .I have used an image from wild rose studio and coloured with copics ,papers are echo park victoria gardens 




stamp-wild rose studio coloured with copics
papers-echo park victoria gardens
die-magnolia 
sentiment -lotv
flowers-woc

hugs sara x x x

Saturday, August 13, 2011

some news and a mess !!!

Afternoon all no card to share today but i  do have some news and some pics of my very messy craft room !! i love seeing other peoples craft areas and after seeing mel's gorgeous room last week i thought i would share some so prepare to cringe it truly is a mess but i know exactly where everything is and i love it !! 
first though my news ..... I have been asked by the lovely kylie to join the design team at MDUC how completely fantastic is that im over the moon its been my one of my fave challenge blog's since i started out in blogland and ive loved joining in each week now i get to design for them im one happy bunny !!! so a massive thank you kylie cant wait to get started x x 

now ready for pics !! 

as you can see its not a massive room so really it should be tidy !! 


the desk is actually a 6 foot table found in bargain basement at ikea one end has laptop and printer this is my work end distress inks in blue basket dies in purple one and various tubs holding glues pens etc

 other end of desk with my boys art work in background !! oh and the donkey is called brian !!
shelves my OH made me for ms punches and a pic of my gorgeous boys !!


cricut machine and 2 baskets overflowing with 6x6 paper pads


my stamp shelf 3 boxes have magnolia's and there are 6 smaller ones with hanglar whiff of joy sugar nellie etc

more stamps on the other shelf 2 more boxes with magnolia these have all the accessory stamps other 3 were just for the figures and the pink basket is lotv and sweet pea

lastly pots with copics and big shot ,under the pens are my 12x12 papers ,it doesnt look like it from this angle but trust me there are loads of pads and loose papers in various boxes !! these are sitting on 2 of those drawers on wheels things that have cardstock inks yet more stamps and embellies and stuff

think thats it i told you it was a mess didnt i !!!
now its someone elses turn to share !! kat get your camera out !!!!

i will be back with some dt cards tomorrow
hugs sara x x x