New Digi Papers available at Bearly Mine.

Look what has just been released over at Bearly Mine Designs.....a gorgeous set of Steampunk papers.

I am sure that I will be playing with my set this weekend, but if you want to get your hands on these papers for just £3.00, pop on over to the blog right here to get your set.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sharon x

Sketch Challenge at Bearly Mine

It's time for a new challenge at Bearly Mine and this time it's a sketch to follow.

For this card I have chosen the Vintage Fantasy papers from Bearly Mine and teamed them up with a sweet little digi from Tiddly Inks.

I also had a bit of fun with my die cutting machine, making the fence, leaves and flower and not forgetting the circular matting a layering.

Finally - since there were fairy wings involved, I could resist a bit of glittering too!

Don't forget to hop over to Bearly Mine to check out the other gorgeous designs by my team mates and hopefully join in with the fun.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sharon x

DSB - Boy with books

Last Friday was a big day for my son as it was his very last day at Primary School. I have to say that the final year has been a whirlwind, what with SATs, residential trips and a massive and of school production but the final day ended up being a real tear jerker as we sat in the leavers assembly whilst the whole year sang True Colours by Cyndi Lauper and memories of the kids favourite times at the school. It is very strange to think that a place I have visited daily for the last seven years will now no longer be a part of mine or my son's lives.

That said, the day ended full of smiles with the children leaving from the main entrants, woth the teachers doing a guard of honour for them, followed by a pool party on what had to be one of the hottest days of the year.

Of course there were a few cards to be made for the occasion, so I got busy with my serif and my Niwits Live and Learn papers, coupled with some Digistamp Boutique images........the ultimate combination for teacher cards!

Here are two of the cards that I made, and a picture of the insert too, which I hoped would make a nice keepsake for the teachers concerned.

So - out with the old and a new door opens as my sons moves in to Secondary School in September......something tells me I'm not going to have my little boy for too much longer!

Here are some lovely challenges that I would like to enter today.

http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/anything-goes-97.html
http://lacysunshinechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-13-anything-goes-must-use.html
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-17.html
http://joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/boys-will-be-boys.html
http://eclecticellapu.blogspot.co.uk/search?q

Thanks for visiting today.

Sharon x

Monochormatic at Lili's Little Fairies

 It's time for a new challenge over at Lili's Little Fairies and this time the theme is Monochrome.

Hmmm - this can be a difficult one, but I was saved by my Frederica CD from Polkadoodles which contains a variety of gorgeous papers in soft browns. Having made that decision I really had to go with an animal stamp and this one seemed perfect as it meant I could colour a delicious chocolate cake!

I coloured both characters with a variety of browns from my promarkers set, ranging from Almond and ivory right through to a touch of walnut.

I love putting the papers together - it is such a dream when you know that the colours will match and you can just concentrate on the colours - that's one of the things I really love about the Polka Doodles range.

Well that's my DT entry for this week. I hope that you remember to check out the full challenge post as there are some really beautiful creations by my team mates to look forward to.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Sharon x

Stamps by Judith Summer Dorky Bird

Hi all. I thought I would post up the attached card today as it's been ages since I did anything with my lovely Stamps by Judith stamp and this card happens to be one of the techniques I will be teaching at my classes at Stamperama on August 11th.

This lovely stamp is called Dorky Bird and she / he comes as an undressed bird who you can leave as it is or dress up with the sweet accessory stamps.

I think it's really a fun thing to do and you end up with quite a comical image without it being too cute.

For this card I stamped the bird on to a piece of card and coloured with promarkers. I then stamped the shoes, hat and bag on a separate piece of card and cut them out, and stuck them on to the bird......simple!

Did you spot the cute little bees? They are stubby stamps which are just perfect for adding a bit of interest to your backgrounds. I've also added a bit od sponging and some doodling for good measure.

Finally I created my own background papers, once again using some sticks and stubbies and a bit of sponging. Hope you like it!

Here are some challenges that I would like to enter:

http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-16.html
http://acreativeromance.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/no-designer-papers.html
http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-235-make-your-own-background.html
http://lacysunshinechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-13-anything-goes-must-use.html
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/mim150-with-lotv.html
http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/anything-goes-97.html
http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/week-208-theme.html

Thanks for stopping by today.

Sharon x

Saying it with Flowers

Well I have been quite busy with card making lately but not so good with the blogging....I guess there aren't enough hours in the day to do both - lol!

But here I am with a quick post using a combination of a Little Claire Lili Stamp teamed up with some paper from the Bearly Mine Floral fantasies set.

As you can see, I have kept it very simple, and used Serif to size the backing paper so that the gflowers in the background are quite dinky. Not my usual colour combination either but I quite like how it has come out, so you may be seeing these colours again!

Here are some challenges that I would like to enter:

http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/anything-goes-97.html
http://thepapershelter.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-121-clean-and-simple.html
http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-177-anything-goes.html
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-16.html
http://lacysunshinechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-13-anything-goes-must-use.html

That's it from me......short but sweet! A busy day ahead but will try to come back later with some more cards.

Sharon x

Pastel Pretties at Bearly Mine

 

Time for another challenge over at Bearly Mine and this time it's to use pastel blue, pink and yellow in your design.

 

So here's my offering for the challenge, using a beautiful paper from the patchwork collection which happened to have exactly the right colours  :o)

 

I also wanted to make some coordinating flowers for this card and the Plain and Simple digi set provided the perfect shades for the job.

 

As you can see, I got a bit die cut happy for this card, and everything you can see, including the base card, has been made using a die of one description or another.

 

And lets not forget about the image - a little cutie from the Rosie collection over at Digi Stamp Boutique.

 

Get ready for her close up!..........

Finally, I could let all this girly pastel prettiness pass me by with out liberal dose of glitter......aaahhh how satisfying!

Well that's all from me today. I hope you will hop on over to Bearly Mine to see all the other lovely art work and I hope you will join in with our challenge.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sharon x