Cards for Canadian Soldiers--Round #4

Here are the latest cards I did for Cards for Canadian Soldiers. The first card is a merge of Crissy Armstrong's newest digi images from Whimsy Stamps. I used her "Whatzup Dog" combined with "Party Time Accessories" to create this little girl's birthday card. The second image is "Herbie the Bunny" from Crissy's collection over at Squigglefly. The last two images of the mice are drawn my Melissa Jenkins (another one of my FAVOURITE artists ☺) which you can also find over at Whimsy Stamps. The first image is called "Penpal Mouse" and the second one is called "Pocket Mice".









Thanks for stopping in to take a look!! Have a great day!!
Hugs,
Sarah ☺

Sweet Sarah--Mom's 82nd Birthday Card

Just a quick post to show you the card I made for my mom's birthday!! She celebrated #82 yesterday!! So a BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you Mom!! Thanks for always being there for me, for your wisdom and wit over the years and for being an awesome mother!!

I wanted to make a card that had a bit of vintage look to it. I used Sweet Sarah from Whimsy Stamps. I love this new image Crissy has drawn--partly because it's just so adorable and partly because she named it in honour of me!! It actually looks a little like me when I was a wee one!! I joked with Crissy that I would have looked this neat and tidy for all of about 10 minutes after my mom dressed me. Then the hair bow would have been missing, my hair would have been disheveled, my dress would have been dirty, and both my knees would have been skinned. LOL!! That's what happens when you're the last of 6 and the only girl. No girly-girl for me...I would have never survived!!

The inside...

Anywhoo, thanks for poppin' in to take a looksee!! Don't forget the challenge going on over at Sundays With Crissy!!! It's all about stitching this month and the DT members will be posting all month long for your inspiration!! If you want to see Crissy's latest digi and rubber stamps they are also on the blog--click--->here!!

Have a great day!!

Sarah ☺

Recipe: Printed On--Neenah Paper, Cardstock--Bazzil Papers, Designer Papers--Three Bugs In A Rug--"Paris Stripe" & American Crafts--"Letterbox Collection", Coloured with Copic Markers, Border Punch--Martha Stewart, Die Cut Flower--Quickutz, Pearls--Michaels, Brads--Stash--Die Cut Oval--Spellbinders

Wake Me When It's Over!!

Cards for Canadian Soldiers--Round #3

We take for granted so many things these days. One of those things is being able to pop into a greeting card store to buy a card for someone we love. Yes, I admit it, I still buy the occasional card (usually for those people I know will throw them out anyway--still nice but I didn't sit for hours making it only for it to end up in landfill--LOL--is that awful??). Time is precious and so are handmade cards--let Hallmark make the throw-aways. Which brings me to my original point. What if you couldn't get to a card store or what if there simply weren't any?? That's what soldiers serving abroad run into when they are in remote locations. So when they have a box of handmade cards to go through and can pick out a card for someone back home, it means a lot!!

If you are a Canadian and have some extra time and would like to brighten the day of a soldier and his loved ones, Cards For Canadian Soldiers is accepting A2 size greeting cards!! It's a great size and quick to whip up!! Click on the link for more info. Here's some of my latest cards I sent off to Afghanistan.

Thanks for stopping by to take a look!! May your day be blessed and full of sunshine!!

Hugs,

Sarah ☺

The Deets:

All images printed on Neenah Paper and coloured with Copic Markers
Cardstock used is Bazzil and Designer Papers are various scraps I had in my stash

Elephant Card--Baby Elephant--Squigglefly

Rose Cards--Freebie--Making Our Mark

Tiger Card--Toby's Gift--Wags'n Whiskers

Dragon Card--Stunt Dragon--High Hopes Stamps

Sundays With Crissy--Challenge #15--Stitching

Howdy doo & thanks for popping in to visit!! Today I want to show you the card I did for this month's challenge over at Sundays With Crissy!! The theme is STITCHING--real or faux.

I chickened out and resorted to hand drawn stitching after a few failed attempts at hand stitching--it just wasn't meant to be... I did use some elaborate trim made up of some fancy stitching (thank you whoever you are) and there is also quite a bit of stitching in the girls' clothing. Okay, so I chickened out, so sue me :o) LOL!!

Anyway...here is my card




I hope you'll join us this month at Sundays With Crissy. Make your own "Stitched" card or project and share it with us!! Just go to my link here at the Sundays With Crissy blog, scroll down to the bottom of the post, click on the little blue frog, and follow the instructions. The rest of my team will be posting every day or two on their given days throughout the month, so don't forget to check the blog regularily!!

There will be five free digi's given to one lucky challenge participant who will be chosen by Random.org at the end of the month! You may now use images from any company and still be included in the draw for the blog candy prize! Those who use one of Crissy's images, either from her rubber or digital collections will be entered twice in the draw. But please respect the rule of no more than three entries per month. Otherwise your entries could be deleted.


Thanks for stopping in!! Happy Stitching (real or faux) :o)
BIG HUGS,
Sarah :o)

Printed On: Neenah Paper, Cardstock: Bazzil Papers, Designer Paper: Three Bugs in a Rug--"A Trip To Paris" Collection--Paris Stripe, Media:Copic Markers (E000, E33, E35, E43, E50, E51 C00, G20, G23, R00, R20, RV000, B0000, B00, B02), Inside Sentiment--Stampin' Up--And Everything Nice Set, Seem Binding Trim--Local Sewing Store

Zen Tangle ATC

Morning all!! Just wanted to put up a quick post showing my latest ATC project. My friend Anne introduced our group to an art form called Zen Tangle. If you google it you will find many awesome examples of it, especially if you look in the images section of the search engine. There are also some cool YouTube videos on the subject. Here's my take on it...

I have used my Valentine Squirrel digi from Pink Cat Studio as the focal point of my cards.

I printed the cards out on Neenah paper and then used a fine point Sharpie to do the doodling. I found this pen gave me the best overall coverage and depth of colour.

Here's a picture of all 7 cards put together. I thought it looked kind of cool!! As you can see the cards are not all identical like most times when you do ATC's so that makes each one a one-of-a-kind limited edition ☺. The idea of Zentangle is to doodle in small compartmentalized spaces. There really aren't any rules, or if there are, I don't know about them. Anyway, I had fun doing these up...doodling is very good for the soul!!

Thanks for stopping by today. May you have warm sunshine wherever you are!!!!!

Blessings,

Sarah ☺

Sundays With Crissy--Challenge #14--Love

Well hello there!! Happy February!! Gotta say, I wasn't sad to see January go and they are saying our region is in for another doozy of a storm. :( The snow that fell during SNOWMAGEDDON (the storm that hit us in December) is still here!! Hey, what's another foot or two...that's winter in Ontario for you!!

Anyway, it's challenge time again at Sundays With Crissy and this month it's all about LOVE!! For my card I used Crissy's digi image from Squigglefly called "Baby Elephant". You can also find this image at Whimsy Stamps in deeply etched rubber under the name "Jelly Bean".

I just love the colours pink, black, & grey together!! It's one of my favourite combos!! I tried the "leave-some-of-the-image-outside-the-Nestability-die" technique for the first time on this card--I know, I know, I am probably the last stamper on the planet to do it...anyway, I decided to leave the little guy's foot outside the circle and then did a second image and popped it up with some foam. I kinda went elephant crazy and put one on the inside too...it just seemed to fit. I really had fun with this challenge and I hope all of you do too!!

The inside of my card...

It would be wonderful if YOU were able to join us this month at Sundays With Crissy. Make your own "LOVE" themed card or project and share it with us!! Just go to my link here at the Sundays With Crissy blog, scroll down to the bottom of the post, click on the little blue frog, and follow the instructions.

There will be five free digi's given to one lucky challenge participant who will be chosen by Random.org at the end of the month! You may now use images from any company and still be included in the draw for the blog candy prize! For those who choose to use one of Crissy digi images, their names will be entered twice in our draw. Please respect the rule of no more than three entries per month. Otherwise your entries could be deleted.

I look forward to checking out your entries!! Until then, stay warm & have a blessed day!!

Hugs,

Sarah :o)

The Recipe:

Printed On: Neenah Paper, Cardstock: Bazzil Papers--Swiss Dots, Designer Paper: Front of Card: Sorry Not Sure, Inside Card--Imaginisce--To Love & Cherish--Diana, Foil Paper: Local Scrapbook Store, Media:Copic Markers (C00, C01, C02, C04, C06, R00, R20, RV000, RV02, RV04), Heart Brads: Recollections

Mo's Digital Pencil #67--Colour Challenge

Hello, me again!! Just wanted to share my card for this week's challenge over at Mo's Digital Pencil. Gotta say, Mo Manning is one of my all-time faves!! Her illustrations are AMAZING!!! This week at Mo's, the challenge is use the colours red, yellow, orange and neutrals (black, white, off-white. I used her image called Bye Bye Boy. This little gaffer reminds me so much of my little nephew Logan--he's ALL boy and loves just about anything with wheels!!

Here's my card...

And the inside...

Thanks for popping by to take a look!! Have a wonderful day!!

Hugs,

Sarah ☺

ATC's

Just a quick post to show you all the ATC's I have made over the past few months.

Thanks

Monochromatic

Trees

Animals

Thanks for stopping by to take a look today!!

Sundays With Crissy--Challenge #13--Ribbons

Good morning all!! It's time once again to post this month's challenge card I did for Sundays With Crissy. The theme this month is Ribbons!! This month I felt like doing a birthday card so I used Crissy's sweet image "Party Snail" from Whimsy Stamps.

I popped up the balloon & the gift as well as adding some Stickles to the party hat which sorry to say you can't really see in the photo. Here's the inside...

If you want some inspiration, go check out what my other team members have come up with this month!! There is still time to enter your card or project using ribbons for this month's challenge too!! Please go here , (Crissy's post on January 1st), scroll to the bottom and click on the little blue froggie to enter your card.

There will be five free digi's given to one lucky challenge participant who will be chosen by Random.org at the end of the month! You may now use images from any company and still be included in the draw for the blog candy prize! But please respect the rule of no more than three entries per month. Otherwise your entries could be deleted.

Here's where you can find Crissy's digi stamps: Squigglefly, Wags 'n Whiskers, or Whimsy Stamps.

I'll be back on February 1st next month for the Sundays With Crissy Challenge. I have taken over as the blog coordinator there and will be posting on the 1st of the month from now on. Stay tuned for some exciting announcements and some new faces!! Also, don't forget to stop by and check out Patricia's card in the next few days!!

Thanks for stopping by today!! Be Blessed!!!

Sarah :o)

The Recipe: Digi Image--Party Snail--Whimsy Stamps, Printed On--Neenah Paper, Cardstock--Bazzil Papers, Designer Paper--Bella Press--Daisy Vines, Media--Copic Markers, Ribbon--Micheal's, Metal Charms--My Stash, Stickles--Cotton Candy, Flower Dies--Quickutz, Inside Sentiment--Studio G