This is what my fingers made today!!

In the last couple of weeks I have been making teeney weeney artist trading pins for a swap.. And today I just had to make another pin, but this time with polymer clay. He's ugly but kind of cute at the same time dont you think... Will take a pic of the swap pins and post that once everyone has theirs...

Love Sarah

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Inch by Inch -Faces

This weeks theme at Inch by Inch is faces... Come and play everyone.

Have been busy creating for some swaps, so I will share once all the girls have theirs.

Love Sarah

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**Aussie Dares**

This months dare over at Aussie Dares is "Words, words, words". Can you tell I made this ATC on Anzac day!!!LOL

Come and play girls and join in on the fun and create something wordie.. I dare you...

Love Sarah

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Inch by inch- Initial

This weeks theme over at

Inch by Inch is to use the initial of your first name...

Sorry about the crappy pic again, don't have my good camera at the moment...

Love Sarah

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Last of theNSD challenges

This is the last NSD challenge I did in a mad dash last night. The challenge over at BB was Mixed Media, use your pens and markers.

So I tried out the Bandana technique for the background. I think I rushed it too much so I collaged over most of it to hide my boo boos so to speak..

Love Sarah

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Little houses for NSD

This another challenge for NSD over at BB. The challenge was to create a project or LO using your Making Memories Stash..

Off to see if I can do one more challenge before the midnight cut off time..

Love Sarah

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Happy National scrapbooking day

Happy National Scrapbooking to everyone today. BB is having a massive sale to celebrate and great cyber crop tonight starting at 8pm.

They are also having 6 fab challenges to win some wonderful prizes too.

1st one I completed is using your 2 most favourite stamps. 2nd one was make an ATC theme is blue. And 3rd is a 7 Gypsies LO or project so I did a little 5x7 collage.

Off now to play with more paper for the 4th challenge... Hope to see you there..

Love Sarah

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New Inch by Inch blog

There is a new inch blog on the block..

Inch by Inch. Now we can get our fix of little things again, and use up our paper scraps... This weeks theme is "Word". Come and play, there is a little prize as a sweetner too...

Love Sarah

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Sorry about the crappy pic, lighting not good at night..

A little house, for a little person..

How cool are these little houses from Collections. The other day while I was playing with Jen we made a couple of houses togeather. These are so easy to put togeather and so tiny...They are just gorgeous. So far I have only made one, hoping to finish the village later this week when life gets back to normal programming... Yeah right who am I kidding!!

Love Sarah

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Week 21-The Journey ends

After 21 weeks of fabulous Challenges set by the wonderfully talented Coby, the journey ends this week. I am sad to see it finished, though now anticipating whats next from her...A hint would be nice Coby...LOL.

Of to create some more ATC magic (thats the plan anyway) for a couple of swaps, and have an early night. Anzac day tomorrow!!!

Love Sarah

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Pierrot ATC

Miss Kim C this is on the way to you..

Off to tart myself up for a fancy dinner...Yipee I dont have to cook..

Love Sarah

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Some things must come to the end

A sad week it is when it comes to desk of mine. No longer is their going to be anymore Skinny Saturday challenges of mine or my daughters, but my favourite inching artists blog has sadly come to an end. I wish both Sarah from Skinny Sat, and the wonderfully talented Linda the best of luck for the future...

Love Sarah

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BB ATC Challenge

This weeks theme for the ATC Challenge at BB

is "Shoes."

Love Sarah

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Inching Artists

Here's my inchie for this weeks challenging theme of "Dotty".

Do you think I could find anything at first, like tear along the dotted line. Nope nothing. Come and play peoples, let the inner inchie out in you. Inching Artists.

Love Sarah

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BB ATC Challenge week 19

This week over at BB the ATC challenge theme was "Spring."

Love Sarah

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Thank you Sue

Thank you to the lovely Sue who has awarded this award to me... (Insert blush here)LOL!!

This award is given to bloggers who share their art and creativity making their contribution to the blogging world.Here are the rules:

1. You pick five blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also contribute to the blogging community, no matter what language.

2. Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone.

3. Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and the link to the blog that has given her or him the award itself

4. Award-winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of Arte y Pico blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award.

Ok so I have about 300 people I seriously would love to add to the list but again the vintage dial up only does so much for ones patience trying to get 5 links happening. So Linda B I award you this award, thank you for all the eye candy that you post on your blog..

Love Sarah

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Aussie Dares - Monoprinting.

This months wonderful theme over at

Aussie Dares is Monoprinting. Its wonderful seeing everyones different slant on the same theme. Rebecca also has written up an amazing article on Monoprinting, so come on girls and guys come play and send your wonderful art into us.

My Monoprinting LO is the 1st LO I have done in ages. I feel so rusty when it comes to scrapping lately.

Love Sarah

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ATC's for Miss Kimmy

These ATC for Kim who runs an ATC club every 3 weeks at Scrapbook Shenanigans in Townsville. She sets a theme and a technique and the girls play along and swap. So I thought I would play along with her. The 1st which should be the 2nd is theme; teapot/cup, technique embossing powders. So I played with the old technique of cracked glass with ultra thick embossing powder. The 2nd which should be the 1st, is theme; numbers and technique beeswax. I didnt use beeswax, just standard tealight candle, as at 2am when I got inspiration to play, I was sure no craft store was open to sell me some beeswax.
They will be in the post tomorrow Miss Kimmy.
Love Sarah
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BB ATC Challenge

This weeks wonderful theme over BB, is vintage papers. Its now week 18 and we are again in another month, April. Where is the time going??

Love Sarah

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Inching Artists

Here is my teenie wheeny inchie for this weeks theme over at
Inching Artists. This weeks theme is 'Lace.'
And my daughter Imogen 6 also had to play along today, hers is on the left...Whoops I had to come back and edit this post as I forgot to add her inchie, now wouldnt I be a naughty mummy if I didnt.

Thanks Debbie for your help with linking names to websites. Very much appreciated...Look I can do it now...

Love Sarah

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Rusty Ozzie and tagged...

Look my 'Ozzie' isnt he beautifully rusty and gorgeous.

Ok I have been tagged by the wonderfully fab Philippa http://www.limetart.com/twistedlime/

This what you do.

1-Link the person that tagged you & leave a comment on their blog so that their readers can visit yours.

2-Post rules on your blog

3-Share 7 random people at the bottom of your post, linking their blog. Let each person know by leaving a comment on their blog.

So here we go 7 boring facts about me that you may or may not know...

1- I drive a 1966 or was it 69 pink VW beetle and love her, her name is 'Chrissy' not named by me, but a previous owner.

2-I have been with my hubby since I was 14. He used to dink me home from high school on his BMX on his handle bars. Thats love right then and there....

3-I am obsessed with many things, one I will share is I love watching Martha Stewart.

4-I have just been diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.

5-I am a serious night owl, hate mornings, adore late nights.

6-Love animals of all sizes shapes and forms. Have 3 dogs and bird name Howie after the last Aussie PM John Howard who rambles on and on and on, as my bird does repeating 'What you doing??'

7-Told you I was boring, if your still reading this I should send out a medal to you. Seriously addicted to making and swapping ATC's as long as you come up with the theme or challenge..

There done, pheww I wipe my forehead of sweat, however I just cant find another 7 people to tag, this is one of those times you go, get off your butt girl and get broadband to make life easier, yet sticks with the vintage feel of dial up and finding, linking 7 people with dial up is seriously not much fun so if you read this, consider yourself tagged.. The cheats way out..

Love Sarah

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An ATC and tagged...

On Friday night I spent a fabulous evening with some very inspiring ladies at a crop and I managed to make an ATC. That was after I brain strained Jen http://amarkintime.blogspot.com/ (I havent figured out to link blogsite to name yet) and we made a little Jen heavenly house charmy thingamjig that I just love and havent stopped touching since Fri night...(its sooo nice...)

However afterwards I managed to half complete an ATC using one of Tim Holtz's new stamps. See that 'Good for one fare' coin, the lovely Jen gave that to me, isnt it fab, where does she find these things hey!!! Ok off to think about the next post and how much I am willing to share...I am the shy retiring type you know!!!

Love Sarah

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Inching Artists

Here is my little inchie for this weeks theme of "Wire." Come and play peoples, its only an inch...

http://inchingartists.blogspot.com/

Love Sarah

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My little bird box

My little bird box to keep my little easter eggs in.

Love Sarah

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Skinny Saturday

Here is my Skinny Saturday for this weeks challenge of "Working Women." I have missed the last couple of weeks through not enough hours in the day... I think we all can relate that now!!

Here's hoping the days have longer hours in them from this point onwards, especially now daylight savings are waning...

Love Sarah

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Day 4, Egg 4

This is the last of my decorated eggs. Look Jen I even managed to use those wings..LOL!!

Love Sarah

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Inching Artists Challenge

This weeks theme over at http://inchingartists.blogspot.com/

is "Words." Whoo can go past an owl for words of wisdom hey!!

Love Sarah

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Easter ATC.

Happy Easter to you....

Love Sarah

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Happy Easter Sunday

Happy Easter Sunday..

Here is egg 3, 1 more and Easter will be all over for another year... What a shame too, its such a gentle celebration, with all those fragile chocolate and hand dyed eggs..

Love Sarah

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Day 2, Egg 2

Here is egg number 2. And a new Easter banner of Egg biscuits that Imogen and I made and decorated last night. Don't think we will win any cake decorating competitions, but we had fun with all that icing...

Love Sarah

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Egg 1

I decorated 4 eggs for the Easter weekend. Here is egg 1... Tomorrow will be egg 2..
Happy Good Friday!!!

Love Sarah
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Week 27- Blue Bazaar ATC Challnege

This weeks theme for week 17 of the ATC Challenge over at http://www.bluebazaar.com.au

is the "The America's".

Love Sarah

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Aussie Stampers cyber challenge

Aussie Stampers had a cyber challenge on Saturday night with some very intersting challenges to make before Monday.

The first was an Easter card. I kept mine simple as you can see. The 2nd was create a project with an European feel. So I challenge myself and instead of doing my comfort pillow "Paris", I went with the Neatherlands. To be totally honest, I really dont know if it looks like the Neatherlands, however I had fun playing. And lastly was embossing either wet or dry. I had to go wet because Saturday morning I dropped off all my cuttlebug embossing gear at mum's for her to play with. So I embossed my Zetty wings with gold embossing powder, and stamped a beautiful face stamp onto vintage paper, placed it on a bottle top, that fitted perfectly into the metal frame, then used oodles of ultra thick embossing powder to make it look like it was behind glass.

As you can see I had fun playing over the weekend, and the Eurpeon ATC was using the wonferful new Mad Jak stamps.

http://aussiestampers.informe.com/portal.php

http://madjakdesigns.blogspot.com/

Love Sarah

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Inching artists..

This weeks theme over at http://inchingartists.blogspot.com/

is "Numbers." So I gave it a bit of a twist just for a giggle for myself...hehehe

Tonight I plan to play with some new stamps from the wonderful Linda at http://madjakdesigns.blogspot.com/

and get all inky and play with these fabulous designs. Will share when I have done something...

Love Sarah

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Blue Bazaar ATC Challenge.

This weeks theme over at BB is "Bags."

We are now into week 16 and it only feel like last week we started with the 1st theme of treasures.

http://www.bluebazaar.com.au

Love Sarah

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Happy 14th Nat...

Happy Birthday to my niece Nat who turned 14 on the weekend...

Love Sarah

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HOW DARE YOU!!!

Aussie Dares is back again for another year of inspiration and eye candy. I was wonderfully asked to be a guest contributor, this months theme was "homemade rubber stamps". Jump over to How Dare you and see more wonderful works of art and the fabulous article Rebecca has written up on alternate stamping...and to drool over Audreys fabulous mini book... http://aussiedares.blogspot.com/

Love Sarah

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You make my day award!!

A huge thank you to Philippa for awarding me this award.. I am very humbled by it...blush blush...

So now I am supposed to:
1) Write a post with links to 5 blogs you find of interest and that inspire you.2) Acknowledge the post of the award giver.3) Display the logo “You Make My Day”4) Tell the award winners that they have won by commenting on their blogs with the news.

So here goes, we could be here for days linking people though.... Oh ok 5 thats hard your know..

Monique-http://smallworld.web-log.nl/ love her work, and my ATC buddy in arms too... And she sends good drinking chocolate too...LOL

Philippa-http://www.limetart.com/twistedlime/ if it wasnt for Philippa I would have never gone on the wonderful journey not only making ATC's but swapping them to. So big thank you to you Philippa...

Jen Crossley http://amarkintime.blogspot.com/ a dam fab artist who needs to give me all her secrets. LOL!! She may also be the one to blame when the rust revolution takes hold here in my little old house... LOL!! Shes a hoot too, when are we going to play Jen!!!

Gee this is hard I have sooooo many..

Judy Wilkenfeld http://redvelvetcreations.blogspot.com/ WOW her work is beyond inspiring. Anyone who can convey such emotion in one piece and make you stand back and shake your head in awe knowing you have just witnessed something so shockingly raw, yet so wonderfully crafted and beautiful, she must be a genious. I insert brag here, I touched and drooled over one of Judy's beautiful journals the other week. Jen Crossley your one lucky woman to have walked away from here alive hehehe LOL!!

and number 5 my MUMMY!!! (sorry she doesnt have a blog) you make my day...(she made me do it I swear!!)..

Love Sarah

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Inching Artists Challenge

This weeks challenge at Inching Artists is "Silver and Green."

Come and play here is the link..

http://inchingartists.blogspot.com/

Love Sarah

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Week 15 ATC Challenge.

Wow week 15 of the great ATC Challenge at Blue Bazaar, where are the weeks going??? This weeks theme is Africa, so I went big. Of course all the animals are big and need an open plain to live in or on in this case. LOL!

Love Sarah

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http://www.bluebazaar.com.au

Skinny Saturday

This weeks theme(s) over at Skinny Saturday is "Sisters" or "Vintage Bride." Imogen decided to play along again this week with creating a vintage bride skinny..
http://sarahsskinnysaturdaychallenge.wordpress.com/
Love Sarah
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