top 10 faves of the year

hi everyone ive seen lots of people showing their top 10 favourites of the year so thought id have a play too although if you count there is actually 11 i just couldnt decide which one to get rid of !! 

I will be back on sunday with some dt cards untill then enjoy your new year celebrations this evening me i'll  probably be tucked up in bed by 11pm as usual lol !!!

hugs sara x x x

merry christmas

Hi everyone i just popped on to say a massive thank you to you all for taking the time to visit my blog and leave such lovely comments it is very much appreciated, ive had an amazing year made lots of lovely crafty friends and am very fortunate to be on some fantastic design teams which i love so merry christmas all my teamies and followers have a lovely time with your families and friends and i will catch up with you all soon

hugs sara x x x

warm wishes

Evening all its time for a new challenge at deep ocean and this week our theme is warm wishes so lots of scope to get creative .Ive used another of the new magnolia stamp kit and coloured her with distress inks papers are pion and the large flower is a spellbinders die the smaller ones are hand cut and rolled 

stamp-magnolia coloured with distress inks

papers-pion

dies-spellbinders ,tim holtz ,magnolia 

sentiment -magnolia

hugs sara x x x

celebrate

Hi everyone we have a new challenge at paper sundaes and this week the theme is celebrate and the sponsor is stamp and create .I am so done with making christmas cards now so my celebration is a birthday ive coloured tilda with copics and papers are maja

stamp-magnolia coloured with copics

papers-maja

dies-tim holtz ,sizzix,magnolia

sentiment-whimsy

flowers-handmade woc and kort&godt

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totally papercrafts -time to party
saturday challenge-celebration
allsorts-blue and brown

hugs sara x x x

white plus one at just magnolia

Morning everyone its time for a new challenge at just magnolia and my first one to host  i chose a colour theme white plus any other one colour and you have extra time to play this week as it will run for 2 weeks ,we have two fabby sponsors as well dies to die for and letraset. I have used cupid from the new sweet crazy love release and coloured with distress inks papers are a mix of magnolia and some scraps i came across no idea what they are tho !! 

stamps-magnolia coloured with distress inks

papers-magnolia 

punch-martha stewart

dies-magnolia 

flowers-woc and kort&godt

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allsorts -it takes two
creative craft-stitching
stampavie and more-red
fussy and fancy-monochromatic and sparle

hugs sara x x x

christmas tags

morning all its time for a new challenge at little darlings and this week its all about christmas ,ive used the 3 recently released stamps and stamped onto kraft with a very pale ink thought it was about time i had a go at the no lines thing and OMGosh talk about not making it easy for myself the first time i do it its on kraft and x3 !!! oh well i loved it once i got into it but its certainly a challenge isnt it !! 

so here there are coloured with prisma pencils 

i know its not like me to leave things unembellished but i really felt these images spoke for themselves and didnt need anything else !!

you can get all three of these little cuties at angie's love to stamp store now

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charisma cardz- no cards
craft your days away-snowman
crafts and me-christmas
divas by design-christmas
lollipop crafts-happy holidays
paperplay-snowman

hugs sara x x x

christmas at simply magnolia

Hi all im back with my card for simply magnolia where this week the theme is christmas ive coloured tilda with copics and papers are also magnolia magnolia

stamp-magnolia coloured with copics
papers-magnolia
dies-spellbinders
punch -martha stewart
flowers-woc and kort&godt

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bling it on -christmas
cute card thursday-anything goes
papertake-anything goes
addicted to stamps-snowflakes

hugs sara 

christmas wishes

Afternoon all hope you are all well and not stressing too much over christmas i took the easy option done all my shopping online not ventured into the crowds at all i can definitely live without all that pushing and shoving sooooo much easier i did come unstuck a tad tho when my 5 year old's bike was delivered on a day he was off sick from school !!

anyway ive got two cards to show today this one is for paper sundaes and dream valley where the theme for both is christmas we are sponsored at paper sundaes by simon says stamp 

Ive used this gorgeous stamp from sylvia zet and coloured with copics papers are maja and the base shape was cut with go kreate dies i will be back later with a magnolia card 

stamp-sylvia zet coloured with copics

papers-maja design

dies-go kreate and marianne

flowers-woc

hugs sara x x x

lost and found

Evening all we have a new challenge at MDUC and this week the theme is lost and found ie use something you find around the house and re use on your creation and the sponsor is stampy land

I have used my last un-inked stamp from sweet christmas yayyyyy i used them all !! pat on back time and it means i dont have to feel bad when i buy a 'few' of the next collection hehe .... ive coloured her with distress ink and papers are maja , i used a piece of packaging as the acetate for the shaker and also some string as my found items can't wait to see what you all come up with 

stamp -magnolia coloured with distress inks

papers-maja

dies -magnolia ,spellbinders ,tim holtz

flowers -kort &godt 

bells and berries -woc

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tomic -christmas shaker card

crafts and me -snowflakes

delicious doodles-xmas 

moving along with the times-last minute christmas

totally gorjuss-let it snow

winter wonderland-let it snow

hugs sara x x x

news at little darlings !!

morning everyone if just popped on with a quick post to share some fab news angie at little darlings is having a great give away to celebrate the launch of a new blog from cardmaker magazine which will feature the gorgeous little darlings stamps you see the new blog HERE the stamps are also being featured in cardmaker magazine january edition out now  in the "our favourite products" section .

now here's what you could win if you pop over to angie's blog and leave a comment 

5 gorgeous stamps one from each of the first 5 releases gotta be worth a comment hasn't it !!! angie will draw a random winner on Dec 15th 

you can check out these and all the other cuties HERE at the love to stamp store

hugs sara x x x

let it snow

Evening all hope you are all well we have a new challenge at deep ocean and this week but before i get to that please excuse any typo's i may have missed i spilt a whole tub of tiny seed beads on the keyboard yesterday and now half the keys are not working properly oooops !!! that will teach me to try multi tasking !! anyway the challenge this week is let it snow ,ive made a step card with old and new christmas maggies and coloured with distress inks papers are also magnolia 

stamps-magnolia coloured with distress inks

papers-magnolia

die-tim holtz and marianne

sentiment -magnolia

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by the cute and girly-let it snow
magnolia stamp lovers-accessory stamp as main
papertake-anything goes
pollycraft-christmas fun
simon says stamp-anything goes
top tip tuesday-let it snow
totally papercrafts-let it snow


hugs sara x x x

with all my love

Afternoon all ive got a card with another of the new magnolia winter kit to show today and for once its not for any design team but made just because i had time and she she is soooo sweet !!! ive coloured her with copics and papers are maja

stamp-magnolia coloured with copics

papers-maja

flowers-woc and kort &godt

punch-martha stewart

sentiment -magnolia

hugs sara x x x

a gift from the heart

Hi everyone its time for a new challenge at paper sundaes and this week its our fab sundae bar and you can choose 2 or more toppings from red,stitching die cuts and stripes ,our sponsor this week is my favourite things and normally i would have used one of my pure innocence digi images but when i went to print one yep printer out of ink !! grrrr its a good printer except the ink just suddenly vanishes one minute its fine the next nothing !!! so instead i have used some mft dies. Anyway seeing as my new maggie kit had just arrived and OMGosh how cute !!! thought i would ink up one of these ,ive coloured her with distress inks and papers are maja 

stamp-magnolia coloured with distress ink

papers-majdies-mft

flowers-woc and kort&godt

sentiment -magnolia

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craft your days away-buttons or bows

divas by design-anything goes

its a magnolia challenge-punch

stamp with fun -stitching

stampalot-bingo (heart button ,flowers ,stickles on flowers)

dutch magnolia chickies-die cut

hugs sara x x x

anything goes at just magnolia

Morning all its friday so that means a new challenge at just magnolia and this week its our monthly anything goes and this week with the option of added sparkle and is sponsored by simon says stamp.Ive coloured my maggie with distress inks and made a shaker card with micro beads, papers are maja 

ive used iridescent medium on the flowers and omgosh love the stuff !!! ive seen my lovely friend kat use it lots and finally ive got some love love love !!! 

stamp-magnolia coloured with distress inks

papers-maja design

sentiment-magnolia

dies-magnolia ,spellbinders 

flowers and bells-woc

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tomic-vintage with lace
crafts and me-pearls and swirls
dutch magnolia lovers -back in time

hugs sara x x x