Thursday 18 June 2015

Follyfoot

Hello, hello my lovelies and I hope you are well today.

I am here to invite you to join in at As You Like It where the new theme is


It will come as no surprise that among my favourite literary guilty pleasures there happen to be a few that are equine in nature and my inspiration came from the Follyfoot series of books by Monica Dickens that became a popular TV series in the 70's and I sooooo wanted to be like Dora!!
Why did I choose Follyfoot? Well after my wonderful family my animals are so precious to me and give me so much pleasure, added to which they tolerate the nonsense that comes out of my mouth on a regular basis and don't judge me!! Case in point I can hear you yelling "shut up Sarah and show the card!!"......here it is



The rubber stamp is one of the very first that I ever bought and is called Charley with Willow that I coloured with SN pencils to match the pretty Pebbles paper. The sweet flowers were punched out of perfectly matching pink card (although looking at the picture it doesn't seem so!!) and I added a yellow gem to the centres. 

Some challenges to enter
Bunny Zoe's - Furry Friends
Craft Your Passion #266 - Anything Goes
Love to Scrap #56 - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Oh so pretty
Crafting by designs - Summertime Fun
(more riding for me!!)

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope I have inspired you to join us at AYLI.


See you soon xx







39 comments:

Marianne's Craftroom said...

What a lovely challenge and what a sweet stamp, love the pastels

Jane Savage said...

Love those soft pastels, Sarah and that image does make me smile! Oh to have a hat like that! xxx

Sue said...

A very gorgeous image Sarah,love your soft colours xx

aussie aNNie said...

Fabulous card Sarah and that stamp is adorable with the lovely colour tones used.xx{aNNie My Personal Blog}

cotnob said...

Such a pretty card Sarah, a sweet image and fabulous book choice - I remember the TV series well!
Pauline
x

Julie B said...

Now why have I got 'The Lightening Tree' buzzing through my head? Now you've got me hearing 'White Horses' by Jackie burbling up as well!
Showing my age now, but this is a really sweet image and very appropriate. :)

Whisper said...

Aaaah so adorable and a great pastel layout too & i so remember that book and was
it not made into a tv series too ?, Luv Sam x

nnalorac said...

Perfect image Sarah, so sweet. Watched it too. Carol xx

Doreen said...

This is gorgeous,fab image and details.xxx

Unknown said...

Such a gorgeous card Sarah! Love the little flowers you've added too!
Hehe your comments on my mini cards always make me giggle!! Lol I think people are starting to get sick of them already lol
Lucy x

Sue Nicholson said...

Beautiful card, great choice the book you have picked, feeling old now I remeber the tv series and watched it !!! cheers Sue N x

Pamellia said...

What a precious image! I've never heard of Follyfoot, but we all have our guilty pleasures. Mine is Pretty Little Liars. ha!! Very pretty card Sarah. hugs :)

Carole Pollard said...

So pretty this has taken me back a bit I can remember that lovely programme. I just love the card the image is so sweet and your colouring is gorgeous love the pastel shades a perfect card Love and hugs Carole x

Nataliascraft said...

Gorgeous card, adorable image x

Lisa xx said...

Oh how sweet Sarah....I have also got the theme tune in my head for the day

Mojca said...

Wow looks absolutely gorgeous Sarah! Hugs! Mojca

Jenny L said...

Hi Sarah,
oh this is so gorgeous.
what a cute image, and it's coloured so perfectly as always.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.

Laine said...

Sweet stamp Sarah, beautifully coloured with your pencils.
Laine
xx

*Vicki* said...

Awe, Sarah, this is absolutely precious!! Love your inspiration behind your design and I just love the soft coloring you've done it as well!! Love this! :)

Chrissy said...

So adorable Sarah..gorgeous colouring with pencils and love the papers..we had Follyfoot on the telly years ago here in New Zealand..I used to love that show..I think I cried every week..

luv CHRISSYxx

Patricia said...

A really sweet image Sarah, love the papers and your brilliant design.
Hugs
Patricia x

Sue said...

awwwww such a sweet image and your soft colouring is so beautiful.
Sue xx

Sue said...

A beautiful card Sarah and lovely memories to go with it...xxx

Crafty Moone Cards said...

Beautiful card Sarah.
Sue x

Anonymous said...

Awwwwww Sarah so cute and love your colouring on the textured card too!
I have not heard of your story but it looks so sweet :0)

Wendy said...

Gorgeous card Sarah, adorable image coloured so beautifully.
Wendy xx

MaryH said...

I'll bet that you are smiling the entire time when you're creating with a horsie image. This one is just darling, as is the little sweetie hugging him. Our DD loved horses as a child (and thank goodness now has just greyhounds, who are nearly big enough to qualify for a pony anyway!). We had all things horses with books & movies. Our fav was Black Beauty and we still have the old copy I read as a child. Your flowers match the pinks in that lovely chevron strip just wonderfully well. Hope you are having some fab weather to enjoy with Surprise. TFS & Hugs.

Amy Cohen said...

Such a sweet card- just lovely. Thanks for sharing with us at Craft Your Passion.
Amy-GDT

Janice said...

Brilliant Sarah, such a sweet card. Can't say I've heard of your book, but by the cover I think it's a good match! Jx

Liz McGuire, said...

This is adorable, and I loved reading your blog post too. That was one of the first stamps I bought too!!

Liz x

Inkyfingers said...

Oooh I loved Follyfoot too Sarah and your card is perfect to represent the book. I love the pretty colours of the background paper and your coloring is perfect!
Have a great weekend.
Hugs
Carol x

Sue said...

Oh my goodness Sarah I loved Follyfoot!!!! stunning image and fab colouring..I've got a few moments respite from a very excited cocker spaniel puppy!!! lol have a great weekend huggles Sue xx

Heather said...

Oh, how cute!! That image is so sweet. The pony looks an awful lot like my daughter's mini. Thanks for playing with LTSCB.

Annie said...

such a sweet card and I've always loved the cute CB characters and their animals!
hugs, annie x

BrendaB said...

Such a sweet card! Love the soft colors! Thanks for joining us at Love to Scrap

CraftYourPassion said...

Oh my gosh,Follyfoot!This is one seriously sweet card.Just love your colouring on the textured card and the pretty colours.Thanks for joining us at Craft Your Passion.Hope to see you again next week.
Lisa x

Lynne in NI said...

Awww what a lovely image and you've coloured it beautifully!

Annette said...

I'm not sure I've read these books. Love the card and it is perfect - almost could be the front cover of the book!
Hugs
Annette
xx

Zw@@n said...

Great card, Sarah. I love that cute image which you coloured beautifully. Gorgeous paper too. Luv, Wilma