Sunday 15 April 2018

An interesting kind of sketch!!

Hello lovely peeps. I hope you had a good weekend. Dare I say it, but it looks like the months of rain may be coming to an end here in the UK and I was able to go dog walking, do horsey/field stuff  and gardening without waterproofs yesterday...bliss!! This was our lane water feature on Wednesday morning!! I had been waiting for the hairy kids to say that they don't want to get wet but they never did!!!


Anyway the inspiration for today's card came from here, such an unusual and striking sketch, I just had to play.



The papers were free with a magazine ages ago and the stamps are from a Clearly Besotted set,
Rockin' Robin, coloured with Promarkers. Another Christmas card for the box!!

I hope to see you soon xx

Some Challenges

Winter Wonderland - Cute Christmas Critters
Daring cardmakers - Animal antics
CRAFT challenge #463 - Christmas
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Anything Goes

31 comments:

Chrissy said...

Oh, wow..the papers are perfect for these adorable little birds and I love the sketch Sarah..FABulous card...I need to make some stilts for my cat as it is raining here today and she was so sure it would be different at the other dorr..then back to the first door...then back the the other door..she went, but with a very upset face..lol..

Luv CHRISSYxx

cotnob said...

A fabulous card Sarah, I love your fun robins.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

Carol S. said...

Gosh you have had a lot of rain! Not so bad here in Suffolk. Love your card and I have the background paper too, not used! The image is adorable. Should be warm and dry this week. We can but hope!! Hugs, Carol S.xx

Michelle said...

Rain here too Sarah my Cat is miffed as she doesn't like the rain but really wants to go out. This sketch is interesting but you've done a lovely job with yours. Love those robins I've done a card for this sketch as well but can't show till Wednesday. Michelle xx

MaryH said...

Always enjoy seeing the pictures surrounding your area of the world. It's rainy here today, very dreary. It was uplifting to enjoy these darling robins and how cute you've interpreted the sketch. It's a unique look, and how very cool you had the perfect background papers to go with these delicious robins! Your English robins are much more colorful than our American version (who are rather drab, aside from the burnt orange chest.) Have a good week, hope it stays dry for you. TFS & Hugs

Veerle said...

Indeed an interesting sketch Sarah. I loooove those cute birdies great card.
Hugs Veerle x

Rainey's Craft Room said...

What a super card and those cute little robin stamps coordinate perfectly with the papers too.
Bring on the sun!
Lorraine

Megan J said...

Hi Sarah, looks like your lane could be a carbon copy of our street when it pours here, at least we finally got guttering and it no longer makes it down our drive and into the sheds. Looks like Bowie and Bumble were enjoying the water too.
I love your fun card and a fabulous take on the fun sketch, love the little robins... Have a wonderful week... hope every thing starts to dry out... Megan

Heide said...

What an adorable holiday card! Love those sweet little birds. Thanks for joining us this sketch. Hugs, Heide SSW2-DT

aussie aNNie said...

Gorgeous papers, some of the mags I get have stunning ones in too....not seen this one though.
Great stamp and card Sarah and your weather looks as wet as me after a swim...xx 💖 [Aussie aNNie's Blog]

Debra K. said...

Love the water feature :D. Our feline furries definitely won't go out in the rain they say it messes up their fur. They had a lovely time in the sun yesterday morning but in the afternoon we had fog.
Fabulous Christmas card! The magazine papers were just perfect to go with you really cute robins. Love the added snowflakes. Debra x

Julie B said...

Fab DP and love those cheeky robins!
Your lane looks a lot like the lane at the top of our drive, saw a few 4x4s take it were carefully when out with Max. Unfortunately the drive is also suffering, the join in the new pipe the Railtrack lot replaced last year has sprung a leak and is carving out two tracks down the incline!!!!! Al says he can't do anything as it's not our track and the useless B next door won't do a thing as it would mean he has to show his face.
Sun shining now so we'll make the most of it. x

Lisa xx said...

Hi Sarah...absolutely gorgeous use of our sketch, and the robins look adorable.

Claire said...

Great interpretation of the sketch, the robins give the card a great sense of fun and how cool is that patterned paper... everything matches brilliantly again Sarah x

Jenny L said...

Hi Sarah,
what a super sketch and your design card made from it is so super.
Love the papers used and the images of the Ribins are so cute and wonderfully coloured too.
Sounds like you are having great weather.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.

Annette said...

Oooh I love the 'wobbins'! So cute. Stay dry Sarah, summer is on its way! (somewhere!)

Julieanne..aka pinkjools said...

Brilliant card Sarah....love the design....and the cute robins and matching paper....great make.....Joolsx

Jane Savage said...

Great interpretation of the sketch, Sarah with those gorgeous chubby robins. My hairy kids hate the rain, one of them won't even step into a shallow puddle. Such little princesses. :) xxx

Dawn said...

A very cute creation and what a fabulous layout. Thanks for joining in at Daring Cardmakers. x

Cards By MI said...

Sweet well matched card with lovely colours and design. Thanks a bunch for joining us over at the Winter Wonderland.
Love n hugs
MArie

Carole Pollard said...

Wow Sarah that's a great sketch one I must remember The card looks amazing and with fabulous colours and papers loving it Love and hugs Carole x

@d_e_crafts said...

I love those robins they are so cute! Thank you for joining the CRAFT challenge this week.

Lynne in NI said...

Heee, hope you had your wellies on!
Gorgeous card, how perfect is your robin DP!!!

Wendy said...

Fabulous paper to go with those adorable robins, gorgeous card.
Wendy x

Inkyfingers said...

I love what you did with the sketch Sarah. Those robins are adorable and now on my wish list lol! I hope you enjoyed the heatwave yesterday. Let's hope you won't need your waterproofs again and that wasn't our summer.
Hugs
Carol x

Unknown said...

Wonderful card Sarah, love those papers. Hope you (and the furry family) have been enjoying some sunshine this week :)
Hugs Kaz xx

Patricia said...

Brilliant card Sarah, I just love those cute Robins.
Have a great weekend.
Patricia xx

Kathie said...

Such a lovely Christmas card Sarah and before we know it, Christmas will be just around the corner for another year. Love your card such pretty papers and embellishments. Great card and thanks so much for sharing your card with us over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and good luck.
Hugs Kathie
SSW2 ~DT

Whisper said...

Oooo love what you have done with the sketch and such a cute image too, luv Sam x

Inkypinkydelights said...

What a lovely creation! Very many thanks for sharing at Christmas at Sweet Stampin. Judy DT x

LOU said...

Adorable card Sarah. Love those birds and the sketch.
Thanks so much for joining us at Winter Wonderland. Hope to see you again soon,
Lou DT xo