Two cards for today

Good morning everyone, things are now starting to run like clockwork over at OSAAT so I've had time to make a couple of cards (well three actually but one is my DT creation for Sunday so you'll have to wait for that one I'm afraid).
One card is a really girly one using a stamp by CJ who now goes under the name of Cowgirl up stamps, which you can find at Stitchy Bear Stamps, and the other is one I picked up as I am a member of The special 50/50 and is by Kitchen mama (I think - you know me and my names of designers).

This stamp is called Ashtyn and she is so gorgeous (I'm just jealous of her hair really - if I tried doing something like that I'd just look like I'd been dragged through a hedge backwards!) This one I have coloured with Artists Pastels (square chalk to me and you) and then blended with a cotton bud (q-tips is what I think you call them over the pond). I've used paper from the big box thats on my table and it's trimcraft or dovecraft (all the same really) and I think the chipboard shapes are from the same design as the paper.

 This one is an image from Kitchen Mama called carrot cake. To make the background on the card base, I just took a little cupcake stamp, (yes a proper stamp I do still remember how to use them) in two colours - the ones I used to colour the card stock behind the main images. Then I took a bit of the foamy stuff - cut n dry is it ? brain drain going on at the minute and coloured the background so it wasn't so "in your face" as it were. I had coloured 4 carrot cupcakes with my watercolour pencils and cut one up and layered it up onto one of the 3 that was left. All simple but I really like the way it's turned out for a change.

I may be back with a couple more cards, it depends on whether I get time to actually make them.
Take care all
Sam x

Two more down - one to go!

Why is it sometimes so difficult to make different cards for those closest to us?Well finally I got my brother-in-laws and my other nephews cards done and I found some piccies online that I believe were intended for use as wallpapers either on the computer or your mobile phones. One is for Liverpool and the other is for Chelsea. I've taken the badge in each case and cut it out and lifted it away from the main image. Both were found at Football-wallpapers.com. I just hope the boys like them now.

Okay just my middle daughters birthday to do now heheheehe.
Take care everyone and I'll be back soon.
Sam x

Challenge 3 at OSAAT

Hi there crafty peeps. It that time of week again - yep challenge time at OSAAT with  Sew Many Challenges sponsoring us and our theme this week is a colour combo of purple and pink. Guess what though - I've forgotten the name of this little chap but I know he's in a teacup....lol!

Short post today as I hadn't scheduled this one so I have loads to do it being Sunday - got to get the dinner sorted, a bit of shopping, more birthday cards to make you name it I've got to do it today. 
Take care and hopefully I'll find time to breathe sometime today.
Sam x

Computer card

Just got the piccies done of this one that I have made for my nephew. He's not your regular 13 year old boy that's into cars, bikes, football, girls etc, etc you get my drift so I had to think about this one and it just came to me last night - a computer in the form of an easel card!!! This little idea appeared after I found two fonts on my computer. Okay enough yapping  - here's my card.

I think I'll make a few of these for my store, nice easy jobbies heheheehe.
Sam x

Two new cards yahooo!!

I feel more like my normal self now having just made two cards. One is going to my little blujay store and the other slightly cheeky one is for my mums birthday.

Both the papers and the image are by Stamping Dragon Designs who I do DT work for. I thought I ought to do something for her as I haven't been able to do anything lately with getting the challenge blog off the ground. So here you go hun - two for the price of one hehehe.
The sentiment on my mums card, I typed up in Open Office and then printed off along with some other bits so I didn't waste a whole sheet.
Got another three cards that I have to make for imminent birthdays still so I'd better get on.
Take care
Sam x

Finally.......

A new card to show you all. This one has only been in the offing for the last month. Terrible ain't it!! I just haven't been able to find the time to do hardly anything these last few weeks and I really do need to as I have my nephews, my mums, my brother-in-laws and not forgetting my middle daughters birthday all coming up in the next 2 weeks. Luckily my mothers day cards are done so that's one less worry for me at the minute.
Onto this card - the image is one I picked up from The Special 50/50 by Bugaboo Stamps last month. As I've coloured him in blue he's a boy on this occasion, and he's such a cheeky chappy don't you think! 

He has been coloured with my copics (he was coloured before I thought I'd give them a well deserved break) and I think it's basically a "Joy" card and I had a lot of fun making it really. As usual with me, it changed it's look every 5 minutes as I went along. Unless it's a sketch I don't go to any plan - it just happens.

Take care and if I don't see you before I'll see you all on Sunday with my project for our next challenge at OSAAT.
Sam x

Whoo hooo!!! New digi store....

Hi there crafty buddies - I can't contain myself any longer! I just have to let you know about the new store. Some of you may have noticed a revamp of our challenge blog OSAAT. We are now brought to you by Stitchy Bear Stamps which is my buddy Stitch and her buddy Sue's (you may know her as Beary Dust stamps) new venture. They were just embarking on this venture when we all got the news of Digital-Inks closure. This left a few of the girls with nowhere to sell their wares so they have all got together and opened a new store called Stitchy Bear Stamps.

The store is now open, but please "Bear" with them as it takes some time to change all their previews and then upload - remember some of these girls had over 100 products. You'll most probably see new stuff in there before you see a lot of the older stuff come in as they can add these to the new preview easier than they can change the old stuff.
I personally think they have done very well to get this open in such a short time, so please give them a little time for things to start going in (remember some of them have jobs too). If I could help them I would but all the PSPing is a little over my head still and zen cart...well I can buy easy enough lol......
I do hope you'll pop over and visit them soon - remember, they need a little time to get your old favs in there but you will start seeing bits trickle in there now.
Take care
Sam x