I finally did it too...

After months of putting it off, I finally conquered the nerves to go for my grading for yellow belt this morning.

Imogen did hers a couple of months back, and I was suppose to do it with her, though big mama bear here got a wee bit scared. Plus I had to learn a few extra things than what she needed to do. I am sore and tired, but relieved its finally done...

Love Sarah

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Aussie Dares- Sept

This is my piece for this months theme over at Aussie Dares. This months theme is "The Everyday."

Can you spot the spelling mistake. That darn "Y" went for a wonder around my desk, and wasnt discovered until it went up on the Aussie Dares site, then decided to reappear on my desk. Have I fixed it yet. Sadly no, though I do plan to.. Only if there was spell check on art pieces hey!!! Shows I am only human...LOL

Anyway Rebecca has worked hard at getting 20 new designers for Aussie Dares , so pop over and see a wonderful assortment of art work. I look forward to getting to know all the girls and especially cant wait to see more of their work..

Love Sarah

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House Book swap- The Glass house..

This house is for Nikki and her theme was "The Glass house."

This one had me stumped there for awhile, but once I got started I really enjoyed making this one.

I cuttlebugged thick transparencies and cut them up and made a mosiac as the background. Hard to see in the pic, and fiddly to do... But I got the overall effect I was after... I hope both Nikki and Gail like their houses.

Love Sarah

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House Book swap- Vintage Men..

This is the 1st house for a house book swap I am in. The are 15 ladies, and each of us have chosen our own theme for our book, and each month we make a house with the chosen theme and post it on the lady who's month it is. Did any of that make sense????

This is for Gails house book and her theme was "Vintage Men."

Love Sarah

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MM challenge @ Blue Bazaar

This months mixed media theme over @ Blue Bazaar is "Texture Paste".

So I dug out those Making Memories dingbat foam stamps and stamped them into the texture paste that I lathered onto a canvas. Waited patiently for it to dry (not) used a heat gun, painted a wash of golden paints over it, a couple of script stamps, flowers, metal frame and of course the queen herself Marie Antoinette, who needed some pearls, beads and feathers and hung her up with a vintage bag holder, no less from France itself. Big thank you to Greta for that too.. The perfect finishing touch for such a queenly lady who probably had never carried a shopping bag in her life.. One can only wish!!!!Love Sarahx0x0x0x0x0

Halloween Book

And lastly for todays posts, here is one more page for my Halloween book. Stamps are from Zettiology, one of my favourite stamp companies..

Love Sarah

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Happy mail week...

This week my postie has delivered twinchies, kit swap ATC's and a few other treats and not some treats (bills). But this one made me squeal like a kid. The lovely Kelsey sent 2 gorgeoussly dark ATC's just for me. Now these are just stunning. I just love her work and techniques. Thank you so much Kelsey, and no I didnt let Miss Jen touch them...hehehehe

Love Sarah

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Twinchies

Here are the twinchies I promised from my other post. The theme was orange, black, white and you could use 1 more colour. Very challenging, but I do love a challenge. Again I love getting everyones creations arent they beautiful.

Kit swap ATC's

Here is my kit swap ATC and the other wonderful ladies creations all using the same goodies prepared by Greta. This was one of the most challenging ATC's I think I have ever done, but I love how we all get the same recipe, yet they are all so different.
Love Sarah
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Birthday Card

A birthday card I made for Julies birthday. Happy birthday Julie, I hope you had a wonderful birthday party.

Love Sarah

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Catch up..

No internet=creativity Can u believe it. Yes thats what happened to me over the weekend. My anti virus software cut my modem off, and me being technology challenged with the inside workings of a computer had to wait until Monday to fix it all. After 2 1/2hrs on the phone to lovely non english speaking tech support people, we are back on line. (I wont tell you all I had to do was click on one bloody button and we would have been a little less stressed all weekend

Anyway this time away from the internet gave me time to start and finish a few UFO's. One was to start my Halloween book which is my indulgence to play with all my stamps and techniques I have been busting to play with. Front and back covers are done, but not decorated yet, 1 page complete, and a few on the go.

I also finished off my Halloween ATC's for a swap I am hosting. I cant wait to see what all the other girls have done.

I also made a little shriney box thingo to put inside my "H" book, horrible photo I know, its not easy taking photos with transparents objects on them. But you get my drift.

I must thank the lovely Jasmin for this wonderful award.

And another BIG thank you to the lovely Susan for this award too.



I know I have to nominate 5 people with blogs that inspire me, but I just find it all to hard to decide on which ones. So I am chickening out this time round, there are just so many inspiring people out there.

Ok postie just delivered my "Twinchies" from a swap hosted by Teresa, so I am off to druel over everyones tiny pieces of art, and will take a photo of them later.

If you have managed to read all this ramble congrats you are now one of my nominees for inspiring people. LOL!!!
Love Sarah
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Blue Bazaar MM Challenge

This months theme for the Mixed Media challenge over at Blue Bazaar is Ephemera.

Here I made a card using a vintage bingo card and bingo chip and a couple of old admit one tickets.

The card will be getting sent to my Aunty in the UK for her 59 Birthday later this month.

31 pages done...Phewww!!!

Months contemplating, 3 weeks of cutting, 2 weeks of glueing, 1 week of sourcing the right bits and pieces, and 2 1/2 rolls of double sided tape later, my 31 pages are complete for a Collaborative book swap. Wow what a monumental effort that was. I cant wait to get the book back later in the year and see what 31 other wonderfully artistic women have created.

How dare you - August

This months theme over at Aussie Dares is Sand. Initially I struggled with the theme considering I am nowhere near a beach. Then like all things I had a great idea of doing a game/egg timer. Well needless to say they too were hard to find here in the country. I was not deterred, I would find one and that I did. Now I am not looking, what do I see all the time. Egg timers everywhere, ahhh most frustrating.

But seriously I really didnt have to look far to get sand, it was there the whole time, in fact it greets me every morning. The morning ritual of shaking the sand out of the school shoes of 7yr daughter. The endless supply of sand was there along.. Now come and play with sand and post a comment along with a link to your creation with sand.

Love Sarah

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Blue Bazaar Mixed Media Challenge

This months MM challenge over at BB was "Paint" Lu sent out a canvas kit with paint, tape measure, gum tape and lovely Basic Grey rub ons. So really all I did was aged it all, added some chipboard letters, a key, some flowers and a lovely paper whimsey image and voila canvas complete.

Now off to clean desk ready for the next creation to appear.

Love Sarah

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Achtung Achtung....WARNING to all kiddies!!!

This is what happens when those lovely crappy McDonalds toys dont get put away.... Let this be a lesson to all kids out there, your toys are not safe from us arty farty mums that want to play too.

Love Sarah

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She did it!!!

Imogen is now a proud holder of a yellow belt for Karate... She did really well this morning even though it was beyond bitterly cold and icy in the dojo..

Well done big girl...

Love me

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Aussie Dares

This months theme for Aussie Dares is "Foil." So I made this little arty piece using kitchen foil glued to to some chipboard, then used a texturing embossing plate from Cuttlebug. Painted on some golden paint washes, placed a stamped image on top, then placed 3 microslides on top, soldered them togeather. Used some junk jewellery and charms for decoration and some beautiful shardes of lilac mica as the window, then lastly added a black aging patina to all the silver surfaces...

Love Sarah

Happy Birthday MUM

Happy Birthday Mum

Love Us..

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Wild winds

After a week of wild winds, this is what happened in the early hours of this morning.

A lovely tree in our back yard full of blossoms ready for the hoards of parrots to visit...Not no more now... Lets hope that fence holds up until tree loppers come to remove it. Hope your having better weather where ever you are...

Love Sarah