Sam does Friday Sketchers

O.K. Now, I know I promised you a mans card today but I have been on a crafty roll this week (long may it last) and so I must post some of the challenges I have entered before it's too late! Anyway it is a card for a man, just a young man (12 to be precise), I made this one using this weeks Friday Sketchers challenge.

I used tempting turquoise card as the background and stamped the rugby and footballs from the "All in the Family Accessories" all over in versamark. Then made the boy from the fab "All in the Family" set, {haven't seen yours used yet Ruby!!;0)} and coloured him with pro markers.

Here I stamped some extra balls, cut them out and layered them, then added Glossy Accents to the top one of both piles. Name stamped with "Short Order Alpha" Greeting is from "Sincere Salutations"

So called "Arty Farty" angle ;0)

Hope you all have a good day, great to see the sun back, I will be back tomorrow with another card, hope to see you then,

Hugs Sarah-Jane xx

Choo choo !!

Evening all,

I hope you have all had a nice day, there is definitely a chilly wind today here but the sun is still lovely and warm, I hope it's been nice with you today ;0)

I have a card to show you today based on the Stamp With Us sketch. I have used all SU! for this one and the colours are a bit of a change for me, still not sure if I like it or not?!

Stamp sets used were Schoolbook serif, Choo coo and Short Order Alphabet for "birthday" I also used SU! punches, 1/4" grosgrain ribbon in real red and card & matching markers in real red, only orange and brilliant blue

As you can see from these two shots I stamped the train twice and layered it up on top of the layered and popped up scalloped circles,

Here is the inside to match.

I'm off to work now, hope you have a good evening and enjoy the Apprentice, I'll watch it when I get home (can't wait!)

Let me know what you think of this one ;0)

Hugs Sarah-Jane xx

A Jem of an evening!

Hello all,

Well, last night we got together online for a little cyber chat with my SU! sistas Sarah B & Siobhan and SU! momma Julie. What a lovely night and to get the ole' creative juices flowing we had a couple of challenges! The first was set by Julie.

The first was a colour challenge... to use Tempting turquoise, Lovely lilac, Gable green and Pink passion. I was a bit stumped at first and thought it was a V.V. hard challenge!! so, I started off by getting all the colours out to see what they looked like together and was pleasantly surprised! they are scrummy together!! a real summer mix and probably one I wouldn't have put together myself, but that's why I like a challenge ;0) anyway here is what I came up with...

Now the first set I thought of when I saw the colours together was this one, "cheers to you" such a great set for summer (and men as it contains a beer jug!) I used my water brush and stampin' marker pens to water colour these little beauties and layered up the accessories on the side of the glasses, here are a couple of close ups. I also stamped the background with versa mark using the orange from "Tart and Tangy"

Now we make these and post at roughly the same time and if you go to see Julies blog sometime in the next few days, you will see that, not for the first time, we have both made very similar cards!! very freaky (in a good way :0)) ! LOL !!!

For our second challenge, which Sarah set, we had to make something with the last set we bought and it was NOT to be a card!! Now if you read my blog you will know I don't do a lot of "other" things, I tend to stick to cards ;0) so I was actually quite excited to make something else and I had a quick look through my (underused lately) dies. I found this frame which is actually a Christmas one (has holly with it) and made a bookmark for Zo to take on holiday with her, she was thrilled with it this morning!

Supplies used were Pink Passion card, "Tart and Tangy" stamp set, Bold Bright marker pens, Short Order Alphabet, ribbon from stash. As you can see I went with similar colours as the first challenge as I liked them so much!

I hope you liked my little insight into the great fun to be had being a demo and if you would like to know more please contact me for more details,

Have a good rest of the weekend,

Hugs Sarah-Jane xx