An {Inkspiration} Inspiration Challenge #9

Hello There!!!! I've been wanting to sit down and make a card for Keesh's Inkspiration Inspiration Challenge all week (That's actually quite a mouthful isn't it!!!! hahahaha), and I've finally managed to do so.

This weeks Keesh set an Inspiration challenge, and let me tell you... It was quite a toughy too... well for me anyway. I sat and looked at the Inspiration piccy for ages, and ages, and AGES and in the end I finally managed to come up with something:-


Here is the picture we had as our inspiration piece:-


It's a lovely picture, but I just couldn't figure out what to use and how to go about getting started. The more I looked at the picture though the more my eyes kept getting drawn toward the 'Chair' at the back of the picture and the circles in it's backrest... I know WIERD huh!!!! So that's where I started. I grabbed my Circle Circus set and stamped a background piece in Choc Chip Ink onto some Kraft cardstock, I then layered that with some Choc Chip and whisper White onto my base layer of Pink Pirouette. Then I used my NEW 'Party Hearty' set and stamped me a cupcake with Choc Chip and Pink Pirouette and added a little Choc Chip flower from my Felt Fusions Too tin. The sentiment is in Choc Chip and is from Party Heart too. Then I added a bow in some yummy Pink Pirouette ribbon and that's pretty much it.

I think I've just scraped in, in the nick of time with this one... Sorry Keesh!!!!

Hope you like. And hopefully I'll be back soon with some more MOJO and more cards to show you.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
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Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Circle Circus, Party Hearty
Card:- Pink Pirouette, Kraft, Choc Chip, Whisper White
Ink:- Choc Chip, Pink Pirouette
Accessories:- Pink Pirouette Ribbon, Felt Fusion Too, Brad, Dimensionals.

sweet sunday {guest stamper}

WOW!!!! Finally I can share my "little secret".... well actually it's a BIG secret and I've been busting with excitement ever since Karen asked me if I'd like to be her 'Guest Stamper' over at her awesome Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge!!!! I am so VERY honoured that she asked me to do this, afterall there are SOOOOOO many extremely talented stampers out there... I'm still a little speechless. So, once I'd picked myself up off the floor and recovered from a slight, well OK BIG panic attack, you know the kind, where I'm thinking OMGosh, what am I going to make, what if Karen doesn't like it, is it going to be WORTHY of being a 'Guest Stamper' creation, (insert slight hyperventilation here!!!).... then take a deep BREATHE.... Tell myself that I'm OK and lets get to stampin'.

If you've been visiting here for a wee while, you'll know how much I LOVE participating in Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenges... just LOVE them!!!! And if you haven't had a go, then you must pop on over to Karen's GORGEOUS blog and have a play... Trust Me.... they are heaps of fun.

So, do you want to see what I came up with and of course have a look at Karen's GORGEOUS sketch for this week???

Well OK... here it is.... my VERY FIRST Guest Stamper Card:-


And here is the fabulous sketch I had to play along with:-


I started out with a base of Pink Pirouette and then added some DSP from the Candy Lane pack to that I added a square of Riding Hood Red and some Very Vanilla which I stamped with my Fifth Avenue Floral set to create my own background in Pink Pirouette and Riding Hood Red. I then stamped the large Rose onto some Watercolour Paper using versamark and embossed it in White before colouring it with my Aqua Pens in Pink Pirouette and Riding Hood Red (to add some depth). I then cut it out and popped it up on some dimensionals.
I added a circle of Pink Pirouette and onto some Very Vanilla card stamped the sentiment in Riding Hood Red from the Hostess set 'Best Yet'. Then added some Rhinestone Brads and a bit of Riding Hood Red Taffeta ribbon.

Again... I am SO very honoured that Karen asked me to be her Guest Stamper this week, and I hope that I haven't scared her off in anyway!!! hahaha.
Don't forget to go on over to Karen's Blog and have a go at this weeks Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

ETA:- The link/post for this weeks SSSC seems to be hiding at Karen's Blog at the moment, so if you are interested in playing along, leave your link here and I will load them onto Karen's Blog when it's all fixed up.

ETAA:- Mr Linky and Karen's post are all working now... so if you want to play along pop on over to Karen's Blog and check out all the details.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
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Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Fifth Avenue Floral, Best Yet
Card:- Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla, Candy Lane DSP
Ink:- Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, VersaMark
Accessories:- Dimensionals, Circle Punches, Rhinestone Brads, Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool.

Travellers Inspiration Challenge {one}!!

Hello There my Lovely Blogging Buddies!!!! I'm so very sorry it's been VERY quiet around here this week. I've had a terrible week, with my two little poppets both coming down with this NASTY Gastro bug, myself getting sick, and then hubby being sick too. So the only things I've had time to do are look after my darling family and CLEAN, CLEAN and CLEAN a bit more!!!! Finally though I've managed to sit down and make a CARD.... woo hoo!!!!

Tina aka TravelingMama has just started her own challenge over at her blog, which I might say is a FABULOUS blog... I love visiting Tina and having a giggle, a smile or an "UH HUH" moment. Sooo I was very VERY excited when I found out I had another wonderful challenge to play along with.

Tina is going to give us a photograph of a place travelled as our inspiration each week, and then all we have to do is come up with something creative... anything, as long as it is creative.... sounds wonderful huh... well pop on over and visit Tina for ALL of the deets... trust me you wont be disappointed.

Soooo... here is the card I came up with for her VERY FIRST challenge:-


Here is the GORGEOUS photo we had as our inspiration:-


Isn't it GORGEOUS!!!!

So I used the BRIGHT colours as my inspiration on my card. I started with Cool Caribbean (retired) as my base and added a layers of Regal Rose and Kraft.... why Kraft you ask... well the shoes seem to be sitting on the ground, which I thought resembled Kraft.... uh huh!!!! hahaha.
I've used my Circle Circus Set to create my own background and that is stamped in Close to Cocoa. The embelishment I've made by cutting two tabs from my Round Tab punch and joining them together to create a large circle then stamped another image from Circle Circus onto some Whisper White in Regal Rose and joined them together with a Rhinestone Brad. Add a touch of Regal Rose Ribbon and pop it up on some dimensionals and all done. The sentiment is from Sweet Little Sentiments and is stamped in Regal Rose.
This card is actually a CASE of this card I made a few weeks ago. I just LOVE the layout and given my week needed something quick and easy.

Hope you like and don't forget to visit Tina over at TravelingMama!!!!

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
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Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Circle Circus, Sweet Little Sentiments (hostess)
Card:- Cool Caribbean (retired), Regal Rose, Kraft, Whisper White
Ink:- Close to Cocoa, Regal Rose
Accessories:- Rhinestone Brads, Regal Rose Wide Grosgrain, ROund Tab Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Dimensionals.

Sweet Sunday Sketch #24

Sweet Sunday Sketch time again!!!!! Yippee!!!! Karen has set yet another lovely sketch for us to work with this week.

The second I saw it I knew I could create something quick and simple.... always a good thing isn't it.
I also wanted to break out my brand spankin' new 'Party Hearty' set, soooo that I did.

Here is the card I came up with:-


Here is Karen's lovely Sketch:-


I used Chocolate Chip as the base... who doesn't LOVE chocolate for their birthday.... huh?
Then used some of my Au Chocolat DSP (retired), I then added some Riding Hood Red DSP and some Choc Chip Grosgrain. The large circle is made by using my Round Tab Punch and I stamped the Celebrate You stamp in Choc Chip onto some Very Vanilla card, added a circle of Riding Hood Red and then the little pressie stamp in Choc Chip to the centre. And that's pretty much it. I told you it was a quick one, and I reckon it could be used for a 'BOYS' card too. What do you think.

Hope you like it, and thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
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Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Party Hearty
Card:- Choc Chip, Au Chocolat DSP (retired) , Very Vanilla, Riding Hood Red DSP
Ink:- Choc Chip
Accessories:- Round Tab Punch, Circle Punches, Choc Chip Grosgrain, Brad, Dimensionals, Scallop Circle Punch.

Inkspiration Colour Challenge #9

Well Hello There!!!!

I was so sad to not be able to play along with Keesh's challenge last week... My little darlings were both unwell, and then thought it would be nice to share it with Mummy, so, I've had my hands full and not with lovely stamps and ribbon. hahaha.

Anyway, I am feeling a tad better today, so thought I'd sit down and play EARLY this week, just incase the inevitable should happen... fingers crossed, it's GONE for good.

Keesh has set a Colour Challenge this week and the lovely colours are Ruby Red, Baja Breeze, Basic Grey and Whisper White.... mmmmmm LOVELY aren't they.

Here's the card I came up with:-


Now I received my GORGEOUS Fifth Avenue Floral set on Wednesday and have been itching to play with it.... but it's had to wait until TONIGHT!!!!!!! Wooo Hooo!!!!
I've used the same layout as this card I made a little while ago, and why the temptation to play along and use the same and equally as gorgeous Trendy Trees was great, I remained strong and played with my newbie.

I started with Baja Breeze as the base and layered it with some Ruby Red and onto that some Basic Grey DSP. The smaller layer is Ruby Red and I've stamped one of the smaller flowers from the set in Ruby Red onto that. I used the same flower stamped onto some water colour paper which I embossed with White Embossing powder before colouring with my Aqua Pens and some Baja Breeze Ink... I'm thinking now that I probably should've played a bit more and increased the depth of colour a wee bit... I'll remember that for next time (I'm a bit new to water colouring you see!!). I also stamped the sentiment from the same set in Baja Breeze and that has all been popped up onto some dimensionals. The Ribbon is Baja Breeze and I secured the bow ( which I must say, I'm very Very proud of!!! hahahaha) with a Rhinestone Brad.

Now, please let me elaborate on my BOW!!!! You know how you can spend close to an hour sometimes (well maybe not everyone, maybe just me!!) fluffing around trying to tie your bow so it looks all lovely.... anyone??? Well tonight it just sort of happended the very FIRST time I tried... it's like all the fluffing around has finally paid off... hahaha.. The test though, will I be able to do it again.. and will I remember how I did it... hmmmmm.. I shall let you know.. hahaha.
(sorry about the little digression!!!)

I hope you like my card and thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
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Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Fifth Avenue Floral
Card:- Baja Breeze, Ruby Red, Watercolour Paper, Basic Grey DSP
Ink:- Baja Breeze, Grey, Versamark
Accessories:- LOTS and LOTs of Dimensionals, Baja Breeze Ribbon, Rhinestone Brad, Aqua Pens, Heat Tool, White Embossing Powder

Kristina's Colour Challenge #55

Hello There!!!! Hope you are all well... It's been FREEZING here today. It's time for Kristina's Colour Inspiration Challenge, and I honestly wasn't sure if I was going to get this card done on time... well ok to be honest, I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out. But, I've FINALLY managed to finish it and get it posted for you to have a looksie at.

I got my inspiration for this card from Dawn's gorgeous handmade flowers and used the layout from this card from the lovely Ann. And of course the colours from the talented Kristina. WOW that's a HUGE amount of INSPIRATION!!!

The colours we had to play with today were Vanilla, Rust, Grey and Mustard.

Here's what I came up with:-


Here's the GORGEOUS inspiration photo from Kristina... isn't that Skirt gorgeous and THOSE shoes.... well say no more!!!!


I fluffed around with this card for AGES!!!!... and it quite nearly didn't make it to a photographing, nor Blogging state. I finally settled on Very Vanilla as the base and then added some Really Rust card and DSP (from Falls Flowers - RETIRED). Then some Very Vanilla Wide Grosgrain and a More 4 Mustard button ( also Retired. The layers of the flowers are Really Rust, More Mustard, Very Vanilla and the centre and leaves are Basic Grey. I've added a clear button to the centre too.
The sentiment is from the hostess set 'Sweet Little Sentiments' and I've stamped that in Really Rust and mounted it onto some more Rust cardstock.

Hope you like it. And a HUGE thankyou to the lovely ladies cards that inspired my creation.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
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Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Sweet little Sentiments ( Hostess)
Card:- Very Vanilla, Really Rust, More Mustard, Basic Grey, Falls Flowers DSP (retired)
Ink:- Really Rust
Accessories:- Very Vanilla Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Clear Buttons, Linen Thread, Scallop Edge Punch, More Mustard button (retired)

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #23

Hello There!!! Apologies for being so quiet. My two little poppets have both been a little unwell this week, so I've been busy giving them extra Mummy cuddle or 'CUGGLES' as Jorja likes to say, wiping runny noses and of course the horrible task of cleaning up unpleasant little accidents... Poor little darlings. Hopefully though they are both on the mend and Mummy can get back to making more cards!!!

I just can't go the week without making a card for Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch. Even if it does have to be made in stages... like this card was. I started it last night, sat down again to finish it this afternoon, but had to run and fix Jorja and now finally have managed to finish it.

Here's what I came up with:-


And here is the lovely sketch Karen gave us to work with. I do have to admit I struggled a little bit with this one... not sure WHY... I think I made it more difficult that I needed too.... hmmmmm story of the week ... difficult.


I'm determined to overcome my fear of Pacific Point, so I've used it on this card. I started with some Choc Chip (chocolate ALWAYS makes you feel better, RIGHT!!! haha), and added some punched out squares of Good Morning Sunshine DSP. There is a layer of Pacific Point which I've cut with my Scallop Edge Punch and added a row of Paper Piercing above that. A touch of Choc Chip Grosgrain (see more Chocolate!!!) and a little pit of retired Pewter Hodgepodge. The sentiment is stamped in Pacific Point ( I told you I was determined... hahaha) and it is from my Basic Phrases Stamp Set. I also added a little birdie from my Cheep Talk set, and he is stamped in Summer Sun with a little bit of Choc Chip card attached for his wing.

Hope you like!!! I'm off now to devour the Rice Pudding my Mum (aka Bear) made for me.... and I have to tell you it is unbelievably SCRUMDIDILIUMPTIOUS!!!!

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
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Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Cheep Talk, Basic Phrases
Card:- Choc Chip, Pacific Point, Good Morning Sunshine DSP
Ink:- Pacific Point, Summer Sun
Accessories:- Choc Chip Grosgrain, Scallop Edge Punch, Square Punch, Dimensionals, Pewter Hodgepodge (retired).