Happy Friday!!!! It's time for another Inkspiration Challenge and today we have a Sketch for you to play along with. Be sure to pop on over to Keesh's blog for all the deets on the fabulous changes we've made to the Inkspiration Challenges..... it's VERY exciting, and you're NOT going to want to miss out on the fun!!!!

Hopefully you're all refreshed from a week off while Teneale, Kirsty and myself... together with a great majority of players were at the annual Australian/NZ SU! Convention... Oh my... AMAZING!!! Loved every second of it... if you want some news and pics from Convention pop on over to this post and have a looksie!!!

So... like I said today is SKETCH day with the Inkspiration DT and here is my card:-


And here.... is the sketch for you to play along with:-


I think I may have left my MOJO over in Sydney!!! But I'm hoping it will be back before next week... I've got SOOOO much to do and of course share with you all.

Anyhoo.. onto the deets... I've used Certainly Celery, Naturals Ivory, Pink Pirouette and Soft Suede as my colour combo and thought it about time my fabulous Circle Circus stamp set saw some ink again... it's been rather neglected of late!!!

I've also added some Pink Pirouette ribbon and some Soft Suede ribbon and of course some little pink Rhinestones.

Be sure to pop on over and visit the rest of the Inkspiration DT for some amazing inspiration and be sure to leave them some comment love... we all LOVE to hear from you!!!

Cindy Kirsty Chantelle Renee Teneale Makeesha

Be sure to play along this week and link your card over at Keesh's blog. We'd love to see what you come up with.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Circle Circus, Sweet Little Sentiments (hostess)
Card:- Naturals Ivory, Certainly Celery, Pink Pirouette
Ink:- Pink Pirouette, Soft Suede,
Accessories:- 2-way Glue Pen, Dimensionals, Pink Pirouette Wide Ribbon, Soft Suede Grosgrain, Pink Rhinestones, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/4 Circle Punch

Happy Friday!!!! Where has this week gone???? Keesh has set a BEAUTIFUL colour challenge for us this week. I LOVED working with these colours....so, so many possibilities... AND it of course includes my FAVE colour!!! ( you all know what that is, right?? hahahaha)

Here is my card for this week:-


And here is the colour combo to work with:-


GORGEOUS huh???

I've kept mine pretty clean and simple this week, and pulled out one of my FAVE sets too... Circle Circus... LOVE IT!!!

I started out with some Whisper White as my base and to that used some Basic Grey textured card and some Pretty in Pink DSP from the retired pack Spring Fling. I added some black ribbon and a Pretty in Pink button and then stamped my imaged in Pretty in Pink onto Whisper White and layered it onto a Basic Grey scallop. ooooh and added a little black button just to balance it up a bit. The sentiment is from my hostess set Sweet LIttle Sentiments.

Hope you like this one, and be sure to pop on over to Keesh's blog and leave YOUR card with Mr Linky so that we can all see what you've created.

And you MUST visit the other DT gals for some AMAZING inspiration:-


Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Circle Circus, Sweet LIttle Sentiments
Paper:- Whisper White, Basic Grey Textured, Spring Fling DSP (retired)
Ink:- Pretty in Pink, Basic Black
Accessories:- Black ribbon, Soft Subtle Buttons, Natural buttons, Dimensionals.

Hi There!!! Hope you are all well. It's been a CRAZY week here in the Kale' abode... trying to organise my little darling Ella's FIRST birthday party... ONE already... I'm still trying to accept the fact that she is growing up!!! There's still photos to be scrapped, balloons to be pumped, Cake to be made... OH and most importantly STAMPIN' to be done!!!

This week the GORGEOUS Keesh has set an Inspiration Challenge, and here is the little card I've made for it:-


Here is the lovely Inspiration picture:-


I started out with a base of Real Red, then added some Sahara Sand and some Real Red DSP from Summer Picnic (retired), to that I added another layer of Sahara Sand and some striped DSP from my Dashing pack (unfortunately also retired) ... SORRY about all the retired goodies today!!!!. I used this paper though because it resembled the stripes on the table cloth.
I stamped my flower image from my Circle Circus set in Real Red and stamped it slightly off the edge then stamped my sentiment in Sahara Sand.

All in all a pretty simple card this week, but for fear of over crowding or over embelishing ( is there such a thing??? hahaha) I opted to leave it nice and simple. I hope you like.

Don't forget to pop on over to the other Inkspiration DT girls blogs for some AMAZING inspiration:-


Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Best Yet (Hostess), Circle Circus
Paper:- Real Red, Sahara Sand textured, Very Vanilla, Dashing DSP (retired), Summer Picnic DSP (retired)
Ink:- Real Red, Sahara Sand
Accessories:- Dimensionals.

Well!!!!.... Talk about scrapping in just in the nick of time!!!!! Good Grief!!!... This would almost be a record... a record of lateness that is. I've been so busy this week that I ALMOST didn't get a chance to play along with Karen's GORGEOUS Sweet Sunday Sketch!!!!...

Here is the little card I made... and it is indeed little... slightly bigger than a love note. I had these colours out on my desk, if you could call it a desk at the moment, it looks like a Natural Disaster sight!!!!, so I thought I'd use up what I had, moreso because I couldn't actually find anything else.. hahaha.


And here is the sweet sketch Karen gave us this week to play along with.


The base is Regal Rose and to that I added some Always Artichoke which I sponged around the edges with Choc Chip. I then added another layer of Regal Rose with some Au Chocolat (retired) DSP. Some Choc chip and Kraft ribbon and then a large circle of Regal Rose, a Vanilla scallop and the floral circle from my Circle Circus set, stamped in Choc Chip. The sentiment is from Sweet Little Sentiments.

Sorry it's so quick tonight!!!!

Thanks for stopping by, and PLEASE come back tomorrow, there's a BRAND new Inkspirations Challenge and on the weekend WELL some VERY exciting news, so be sure to pop back to find out.

Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Circle Circus, Sweet Little Sentiments
Card:- Regal Rose, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla, Au Chocolat DSP(retired)
Ink:- Choc Chip
Accessories:- Choc Chip Wide Grosgrain, Kraft Taffeta Ribbon, Dimensionals, Round Tab Punch, Scallop Circle Punch.

Hi there... it's Friday which means it's time to play along with Keesh's Inkspirations Challenge. This week it's and Inkspiration Inspiration Challenge... try saying that fast a few times... LOL.

The SECOND I saw this GORGEOUS picture that Keesh had given us i had CIRCLE CIRCUS screaming at me... so you can imagine my excitement... I LOVE playing with my Circle Circus set... and let me assure you, this was a GOOOD play. So do you want to see.... well here it is:-



Here is the GORGEOUS Inspiration picture to play along with:-


How FUN is that????

I've used the Bed Cover as my inspiration... and started out with base of Pacific Point... see my fear of this colour is SLOWLY disappearing. I then added some Baja Breeze and stamped my Circle Circus patterns onto Whisper White using Pacific Point and Baja Breeze Ink... don't you think this stamp set is just PERFECT for this challenge?
I then added some Summer Sun....(woah... VERY BRIGHT!) which I paper pierced and added some faux stitching to and then used my Scallop Square punch to punch two "cushions". I stamped the Floral image from Circle Circus in Summer Sun then used my Square punch to punch it out and the sentiment is from my Best Yet set. I added a little Baja Breeze ribbon tag just to balance out my use of the Baja Breeze Colour and to replicate the little striped cushion sitting in the front.
So... I hope you like, and be sure to check out the other Design Team Gals GORGEOUS work:-

Hello Again... yep I'm back!!!!

I missed playing with Tina's Travellers Inspiration Challenge last week (bad blogging friend... bad, bad!!!) so I vowed to NOT miss this weeks.

The Inspiration photo this week is from the very talented Savitri and this photo... Oh my!!!! Absolutely GORGEOUS. One of those pics that you look at and can feel yourself floating away in a day dream (or Night Dream - whichever time of day it is... hahaha).

This is the photo that Savitri so very kindly gave us to play along with.... GORGEOUS huh???


And here is my card:-

I've used Fall to Layout #52 for my Layout and I've actually used the 'Door' as my main inspiration, WHY??? I can hear you ask... well that unbelievably GORGEOUS big Red Bow on the wreath that is hanging on it.... YUMMY!!!!

I started with a base of Really Rust (to match the building) and then layered it with Sahara Sand, Choc Chip and Sage Shadow then I used my Circle Circus set, stamping the image in Choc Chip onto some Sahara Sand cardstock and mounting it onto a Choc Chip circle before attaching a BIG Real Red Bow, with a lovely Real Red button and some linen thread. The sentiment is from my Sweet Little Sentiments set and is stamped in Choc Chip onto Sage Shadow.

So there you go.. I hope you like it. And if you haven't played along with Tina's Travellers Inspiration Challenge...then pop on over and have a go.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Sweet Little Sentiments, Circle Circus
Ink:- Choc Chip
Paper:- Really Rust, Sahara Sand, Choc Chip, Sage Shadow
Accessories:- Real Red Wide Grosgrain, Real Red Button, linen Thread, Flower Fusion Too, Dimensionals, Scallop Edge Punch, Circle Punches.

It's Sweet Sunday Sketch time again and the Lovely Karen has set yet another gorgeous sketch for us to play along with.

Here is what I've come up with:-

Here is the lovely sketch:-


The minute, no actually the second I saw the sketch I got a wee bit excited... why? well because look at all those circles, and what better stamp set to use than my LOVELY Circle Circus of course. So of course I obliged with my little happy moment and out it came... Circle Circus.

I'm absolutely somewhat obsessed with using Kraft at the moment... so for those of you that visit regularly I will try to NOT use it in my next creation... TRY being the operative word... haha. So, I started with a base of KRAFT and then added a layer of Very Vanilla and some Regal Rose DSP. To that I added some Choc Chip Grosgrain in both WIDE and Thin and for the smallest circle in the sketch I used one of my ribbon sliders from my Hodgepodge Kit and threaded the ribbon through it. I must admit though the temptation to add a bow somewhere was HUGE, but I resisted temptation and remained on my CAS path. LOL.
I then used the large flower stamp from Circle Circus and stamped it in Regal Rose onto some Very Vanilla card and mounted it onto a Choc Chip Scallop with a little bling in the form of a Rhinestone brad. Then used the "damask" type circle and stamped it in Pink Pirouette before adding the outer circle in Choc Chip. The sentiment is from Basic Phrases and is stamped in Regal Rose.

Hope you like.

Thanks for stopping by and I will HOPEFULLY be back before Sunday with a few more creations. (Little People pending of course... hahaha).

xx Sarah

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Circle Circus, Basic Phrases
Ink:- Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette, Choc Chip
Paper:- Kraft, Very Vanilla, Regal Rose DSP, Choc Chip
Accessories:- Stylised Silver Hodgepodge, Dimensionals, Choc Chip Wide Grosgrain, Choc Chip Grosgrain, Rhinestone Brad.

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
x

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.

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
xx

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.

Back Again!!!! I'm thinking I should have 'Jammie' days more often. TWO cards made, finished, photographed and BLOGGED tonight... I think I should calm down!!! hahaha

Here's a card I made using the Weekend Sketch Challenge #84.

I had some bits and pieces lying around on my desk and this sketch was PERFECT for using them up.


I used the lovey colour combo of Choc Chip, Kraft, Rose Red and Very Vanilla AGAIN!!!!

I stamped one of the images from the set onto some Kraft card stock using Choc Chip, and these were layered onto some Rose Red Card stock. Then I used my Round Tab punch to create the large circle and stamped the scallop image onto some Very Vanilla in Rose Red Ink. There's a little Rhinestone Brad in the centre holding it all together and a splash of the lovely Rose Red Wide Double Stitched Ribbon to finish it off.

This is for my SIL's birthday, so I hope she likes it.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Circle Circus, Short and Sweet
Card:- Choc Chip, Kraft, Rose Red, Very Vanilla
Ink:- Choc Chip, Rose Red
Accessories:- Round Tab Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Rhinestone Brads, Dimensionals, Rose Red Wide Dbl Stitched Ribbon.

What a mouthful that was!!! hahaha. I've been wanting to have a go at a couple of challenges lately one being Dawn's Raspberry Suite Colour Challenge and the other being the 2 Sketches 4 You... so I can't tell you my joy in being able to combine the two of them into one card and the bonus of being able to use the lovely Circle Circus Stamp Set too. YAY!!!!

The colours for Dawn's challenge are DIVINE.... Chocolate, Vanilla (Cream), Bright Pink and Kraft.... YUM, YUM, YUM!!!!! and the Sketch was just lovely.

Here's what I came up with:-


I used Chocolate Chip as the base then added a layer of Rose Red and Kraft. On the Kraft I used one of the stamps from Circle Circus stamped in Chocolate Chip. Then I made a large circle using my Round Tab Punch in Choc Chip added a Round Scallop in Very Vanilla and the Flower Circle from Circle Circus in Rose Red. I attached some Very Vanilla Ribbon to the side with a Rhinestone Brad and popped it up on a few Dimensionals. then added some GORGEOUS Rose Red Ribbon (SU!) and the sentiment 'Friend' from Basic Phrases was stamped in Choc Chip on some Very Vanilla card and then onto some Rose Red before being attached with a bit of Linen Thread.

Hope you like it.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Circle Circus, Basic Phrases
Card:- Chocolate Chip, Rose Red, Kraft, Very Vanilla
Ink:- Choc Chip, Rose Red
Accessories:- Scallop Edge Punch, Round Tab Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Clear Rhinestone Brads, Dimensionals, Rose Red Wide Double Stitched Ribbon, Linen Thread, Very Vanilla Wide Grosgrain Ribbon.

Hi There!!!

I've been playing with my lovely new goodies again tonight and have come up with another card t show you. This one combines Circle Circus (yes the one that caused so much excitement in this post) and Pocket Silhouettes.

Now... I saw a card similar to this somewhere out there in BLOG LAND, and do you think I can remember where!!!! Nope... soooo if this is similar to something you've posted on your Blog, please let me know so I can figure out where I saw it and give due credit. (It wasn't made with Pocket Silhouettes though, I don't think!!!) - sitting here biting my lip!!!!

Anyhoo... here is my card:-


I've used Kiwi Kiss as the base and layered it with some Kiwi Kiss DSP from the Good Morning Sunshine Pack, some Whisper White Cardstock and some Riding Hood Red, which I've stamped with a stamp from Circle Circus in Versa Mark and then Clear Embossed with my Heat Tool, oh and that piece has been scalloped with my Scallop Edge Punch.
I then used Riding Hood Red and Pink Pirouette to stamp the image from Pocket Silhouettes and the sentiment from the Level One Hostess Set 'Best Yet' is stamped in Kiwi Kiss. Add to that some GORGEOUS Satin Ribbon (Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla) and a Kiwi Kiss Button from Button Bouquet (SU!)...mmm... a few dimensionals and that's it.

I've managed to make that sound like I just whipped it up in no time at all.... not the case... I sat here procrastinating for a while, trying to figure it all out, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

I'll be back soon with more to show you.
Thanks for stopping by.

Sarah
xx

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Pocket Silhouettes, Best Yet (Level 1 Hostess Set), Circle Circus
Card:- Kiwi Kiss, Good Morning Sunshine DSP, Whisper White, Riding Hood Red
Ink:- Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss, Versa Mark
Accsessories:- Satin Ribbon (Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla), Button Bouquet, Linen Thread, Dimensionals, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Scallop Edge Punch

Hello...Hello!!!

Can you tell I'm a tad excited!!! I really am!!! You see I got my Brand Spankin' New Stampin' Goodies today... oh the joy when I had not ONE but TWO boxes of goodies arrive!! As the gorgeous Shell (my lovely Blogging Buddy... waving to you!!!) said the other day... 'I needed a sedative and my Blankie to calm down!!! hahaha

Anyway.. all of my new stamp sets are already cut ready to mount... yep one of the benefits of the NEW stamp sets in the NEW SU! Catty. Think of all that time saved and all that extra stampin' time... Again OH so exciting!!! and then add to that a Brand Spankin' absolutely NEVER EVER seen before stamp set...yep, us Aussie Demos are the very first to get our hands on this one....Gosh I think I'll need two Blankies!!!!

Ok.. I think I've calmed down enough to show you what I came up with. Of course I had to have the thinking cap on extra tight tonight, given there aren't any cards around made with this set. Sooo... to you want to see??? Of course you do... GOsh I hope you're not disappointed after all this excitement.

The new Stamp set is called 'Circle Circus' and it is just lovely!!! Soooo much potential here.
And here is my card:-


I've used the very pretty and also BRAND NEW Pink Pirouette as the card base, with a layer of Close to Cocoa and Kraft. On the Kraft I've stamped one of the circle stamps from the set numerous times to act as a 'Background' stamp. Then I stamped the Scalloped Circle from the set in Pink Pirouette and again in Close to Cocoa to get the extra centre bit, which has been mounted on dimensionals and had a splash of Dazzling Diamonds added. Well a Brand New Set definately deserves some Bling... doesn't it?? haha I used my Round Tab Punch to create the larger pink circle behind it and then added some linen thread before attaching it to the lovely NEW Pink Pirouette Ribbon. The sentiment is from Short and Sweet and is stamped in Close to Cocoa on Pink Pirouette card.

So there you go... I hope it was worth the wait, and hopefully I've convinced you to GET this gorgeous set.

Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to come back soon... I've got MORE new sets to play with!!!!

Sarah
x

Here's what I used:-

Stamps:- Circle Circus (BRAND SPANKIN' NEW!!)
Card:- Pink Pirouette (NEW), Close to Cocoa, Kraft, Whisper White
Ink:- Pink Pirouette (NEW), CLose to Cocoa
Accessories:- Scallop Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Round Tab Punch, Buttons, Dimensionals, Pink Pirouette Striped Grosgrain (NEW), Linen Thread, 2-way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds.