Stamping for the Weekend and Pollycraft Monday Challenges

I followed Amy's lovely sketch on the Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge I also followed the colour combo on the Pollycraft Monday Challenge which is Tangerine/Turquoise/Chocolate :-)
Pollycraft are celebrating their 1st Birthday with a fabulous blog hop :-) Happy Birthday :-) x x



I joined in the Pollycraft blog hop and really enjoyed it, it inspired me to buy a few of Paula's lovely digi images :-) This one is called A Christmas Hug and will only be available as a digi image for a short time so go and get it while you can !! :-) The tree background is a free digi download too that I copied from Paula's blog :-) Thanks Paula x x
The papers are from a fabulous Funky Fairys Papercrafts download called Add a Splash of Colour... lovely set :-)



The image was coloured with copics and sparkle added using copics spica pens and sakura clear star pen. I also used some Do Crafts 3D clear glitter :-) I added some papercraft shimmer dots at the top,, I tried a ribbon,,, a snowflake ,, nothing looked right so I opted for these in the end ,, I know on the sketch you have a larger element so am hoping this still qualifies !! :-)

Thanks for looking,, please leave me a comment before you leave so I know you've been to visit :-)
I have a blog candy at the top of my blog if you would like to take a peek :-)

SophistiCat and Charisma Cardz Challenges:-)

I made this card following Jan J's fabulouis sketch on the SophistiCats Challenge
I missed it last week so I underlined it on my little book in red so I wouldn't forget again :-) The Charisma Cardz Challenge is asking for distressing ,,,, well I have rarely used ths much distressing ink EVER !! :-) Both Challenges have fabulous prizes for one lucky entrant ,, !! :-)






I love the simplicity of the sketch and as there was such alot of paper showing I decided to have a play with all my new Tim Holtz stuff ;-) I stamped distress inks in loads of colours onto a craft mat and sprayed it with water then swirled the paper in it ,, dried with heat tool and repeated ,,, Tim has a fab tutorial on his blog that shows you how to do it :-) You can watch it here I then sprinkled gold perfect pearls all over it,, sprayed with water and dried again,,, by this time the paper needed a good iron ,,,, then I used masks and distress inks and made a sort of design ,,,which you can just about see,, it is more noticable IRL ,, honest,, I then stamped the clock and sprayed with water for it to smudge ,,, then put it all together ,,, as you can see I've had a good ol' play :-) I added some Tim Holtz bits n bobs,, the edge was made using the wrong bit of a fence border,, the bit you and ususlly put in the bin !! :-) The ticket was printed from Donna's Bearly Mine CD,, which I inked too and stamped the Happy Birthday with a
Simon Says Clear Stamps SIMPLY THE BEST SENTIMENTS Lot Exclusive Set All the Tim Holtz goodies I used are from Simon Says Stamp :-)


I know my card doesn't have the 3 circular elements exactly ,,, and they re nt all in a neat row ,,, but am hoping it's near enough to qualify :-) x x

Thanks for looking, please leave me a comment before you hop off so I know you've been visiting :-)
Also I have a blog candy at the top of my blog if you would like to take a peek ;-)

4 in 1 card :-)

I made this card following Mina's fabulous sketch on the Truly Scrumptious Challenge I also made it to fit in with the Roses on Paper Challenge they are asking for the colours Orange Green and Brown. they also have a DT competition for the new Belles'n Whistles stamps :-)
I am also entering it into the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge who are asking for Autum Colours :-)

edited ,, When i uploaded this last night I forgot to add the Stamping for the Weekend Challenge too !! oops ! They have the same colour combo Orange/Brown/Green :-)



I coloured the image with copics and 3D'd her onto this lovely My Minds Eye paper. The flowers are white Prima ones which I sprayed with peach and meadow green glimmer mists,, gorgeous and shimmery :-)



I used orange mesh and brown ric rac ribbon, an umbrella charm and thats it I think :-) I decided to leave it without a sentiment so I can use it for anything :-)

I have a blog candy at the top of my blog if you would like to take a peek before you hop off :-)
Thanks for looking and I really appreciate all your comments so please leave me one :-)

edited ,, oh my goodness ,,, I have just been to link my card into the Truly Scrumptious Challenge and have just noticed that I have used the same papers as Beth ,,, I am very sorry ,,, I did not mean to copy you. x x

Chocolat :-)

I made this card to fit in with 3 challenges ,, the fabulous 'Movie' theme on the House Mouse Monday Challenge :-) The DT have made some fab cards which really made me laugh,, if you haven't seen them you really should :-)
I followed the fab layout on the Sketch Saturday Challenge and the recipe on the Charisma Cardz Challenge,, which is 1 ribbon, 2 papers , 3 flowers and 1 charm :-)



The image was a RAK from Sue Scoopystuff ,,thanks hun x I thought it was a good image to make into a card with the film title 'Chocolat'..
I coloured the image with copics, the papers are Basic Grey but the cover fell off so I have no idea from which pad ,,, :-) the flowers are prima and the brad is by Kaiser craft.



The text stamp is Hero Arts ,,, I just noticed that the button isn't in the right place ,, will fix that !! :-) I also used a few dew drops to finish.

Thanks for looking and don't forget to leave me a comment before you go so I know you dropped by :-)

There is a candy at the top of my blog if you would like to take a peek :-)

Would you like to own this fabby House Mouse Rubber Stamp BLOWING DANDELIONS



All you have to do is enter the Simon Says Stamp Challenge and leave me a comment on this post after you have entered,,,, not before !! :-) I do not need a direct link to your card :-)

PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE A COMMENT ON THIS POST UNLESS IT IS A BONE FIDE ENTRY FOR THE CANDY :-)

Good Luck to everyone :-) the winner will be drawn using the random gen next Wed morning :-) x x

Weeky Wednesday Candy Winner :-)

OK lets see wwhich number the Random Gen will choose this week ??????

Here are your random numbers:

11

Timestamp: 2009-10-14 07:52:38 UTC

The winner is ,,,,,,,, drum roll here,,,,,,,

CRAFTYANNY !!!!! :-) IS THE lUCKY GIRL THIS WEEK :-)

Just let me know which you chose and Heidi will post it to you, if it's the glimmer mist let me know which colour you like :-)

I will be posting the new candy in a few mins ,,,, just off to make a coffee first !! BRB :-) x x

Simon Says ,,,,,,Domi's Sketch :-)

OOhh we had some very spooky creations to see last week :-)Some scared me half to death ha ha ha :-)

This week our very own, very talented DOMI has made this fabulous sketch for us all to follow :-) Fab eh !! :-)



As usual Heidi will be offerring this fabby prize including free shipping :-)



ALSO we have a the very talented ALINA of SIMCARDS joining us in our Designer Spotlight :-) she makes the most wonderful creations so if you have never visited her blog you are in for a treat !! :-)

I used one of my new HM stamps for my card, this one is called BLOWING DANDELIONS I bought this from Simon Says Stamp



The image was coloured with copics and the backcround chalked with Pebbles inc pastel chalks ,, lovely :-) I stamped along the bottom with a Hero Arts Dandelion stamp in shadow grey and brilliance beige inks. I also stamped around the scalloped card too to soften it a bit :-)

The paper,, I only used 1 piece !! is from a fabby Funky Fairys download, this one is called Simply Brushed and is simply gorgeous,,, :-)



The flowers were punched from a daisy punch,, lots of them ,, I tried to make them look like dandelions ,,,, !!!! :-) The ribbon was a little piece that was in a lovely blog candy a while ago ,, I only had a little piece and I just thought the words on it were perfect for this stamp ,,, what a coincidence !! :-)
The fancy edge and leaves were made using Martha Stewart punches :-)

I will be offering this fab HM stamp as my Weeky Blog Candy sponsored by heidi at Simon says stamp. if you would like it then see the post at the top of my blog ( which I will do in a few mins so if it's not there yet pop back later :-))

I am a bit late this morning because I got caught up in a fab Pollycraft Challenge Blog Hop ,,,,when i should have been writing this !! :-) If you haven't joined in yet you should ,, lovely inspiration along the way and fabby prizes too :-)

Please leave Alina and the DT comments ,,,, you never know you may find hidden candy along the way ,,,,,, :-)

Funky Fairys NO IMAGES Challenge + GD CALL

We had loads of fab entries to our 'Alter It' Challenge last week :-) Thanks to those of you who answered our appeal ,,, we were getting worried there !! Thought you had all fallen out with us ! :-)

This week we have another fab challenge for you ;-) NO IMAGES,, that means no stamped images or digi images either :-)

We are also looking for a Guest Designer to join us for 2 weeks commencing from Challenge #40 (27th Oct). You have until Monday 5pm GMT to get your entry in to be considered :-) Good Luck :-)



I bought this a template a few weeks ago from Papertrey inc, called 'from the Desk of' and I thought I would use this to make a Christmas gift :-) I intend to make a few more cards ,,, some notelets and maybe a few gift tags to fill it :-)



I made the flowers by cutting them on my cricut and shaping the petals with a skewer :-) The papers I used are from the gorgeous new Add a Splash of Colour download from Funky Fairys Papercrafts There are over 100 different papers in this download and it is gorgeous and at only £5.99 a bargain !

To enter the challenge you must use at least one Funky Fairys download but there are loads of freebies on the Blog of Inspiration so you can try them out first ,,, they are fab ! :-)



The DT have made some gorgeous creations for you to see so pop over to the Funky Fairys Challenge blog to see what they all made and please leave them a nice comment too :-)

My Weekly Wednesday Blog Candy :-)

I have been thinking of what to choose for Heidi at Simon Says Stamp to give you this week and couldn't decide,,,,so would you like a choice ??
The winner drawn at random has a choice of either a Tattered Angels Glitter Spray Glimmer Mist , you can choose which colour. OR this lovely set of charms :-)



All you have to do is enter this weeks Simon Says Halloween Challenge,,even if you enter the challenge several times you may only have one entry per person for this candy :-) If you would like to copy and paste the code for my blog candy blinkie in your sidebar I would appreciate it too :-)

PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE A COMMENT ON THIS POST UNLESS YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO ENTER THE CANDY DRAW :-)

Papertake Weekly,,, The Dark Side Challenge :-)

I was THRILLED to be asked by Dawny P to be a Guest Designer on the Papertake Weekly Challenge :-) The previous GD's are all fabulous and are a very hard act to follow and the DT are all fantastic too so I am just hoping I can keep up with them and not show myself up !!! Am quaking in my flip flops ( still hot here in Gozo ) :-)

Ok here goes !! The Theme this week is 'THE DARK SIDE',,, spooky,, Halloweenish :-)



Well I know it is difficult to make a Tilda look spooky !! But I tried !! :-)



I love this Tilda with pumpkin image :-) I coloured her with copics and 3D'd her onto some paper that I had coloured with various colours of distress inks,black soot, spiced marmalade and dusty concorde,, I tried to make it look spooky !! :-) Can you see the fab spider ?? Well ,, I have very few ,,, none actually,, Halloweeny embellies and came across this fab idea of using buttons and wire to make a spider on Susie Sugar's blog ,, you must pop over to see it,,, so cute :-) So I hope you don't mind me lifting your idea Susie x x Thanks x

I tried to make it look as if it was hanging on a thread from the flower, the stem of the bud was threaded through the flowers and wrapped around a skewer.and the spider attached to that ,,, The flower was grunged with slate glimmer mist,, lovely and shimmery in real life :-)

The papers are all from a Funky Fairys Papercrafts A Lil Bit Spooky set :-) I used black/purple coredinations too. All the edges of the papers were distressed with inks too. The oval mat is chipboard which I painted with a thick layer of acrylic paint and heated to make it bubble ,,, I love this efffect but you have to look closely to see it as most of it is covered with the text !!




I also made this little treat bag,,, the sweeties have long since disappeared ,,,, :-) yum :-)

Thanks for looking :-) The DT have made some very spooky creations for you to see so pop over to the Papertake Weekly Challenge to see them and please leave them a comment :-)
Thanks to the DT for having me along, I am looking forward to the next few weeks and being part of the team :-)

Sketch and Stash Challenge

For this card I followed Becky's lovely layout on the Sketch and Stash Challenge



I just bought this gorgeous stamp from Pink Gem Designs isn't she lovely :-) she called Kaya with parcel :)



I coloured the image with copics and 3D'd the gift. The fur trims were made with applique glue and glitter. The papers are from a new Papermania pad called 'Deck the Halls' I also used white coredinations which have been cuttlebugged. On one I used the snowflake folder which I inked with a brilliance ink pad.

Janet at Pink Gem has a competition where you have a chance to win 6 !!! Pink Gem stamps ,,, AND she is looking for a GD too so go to her blog for details :-) Good Luck ! :-)

Thanks for looking,,, please leave a comment before you hop off so I know you've been to visit :-)

I have a blog candy sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp which is at the top of my blog if you would like to take a peek :-)

Papertake Weekly, Anyone for Anya and Colour Create Challenges :-)

I ordered this gorgeous Anya from Bunny Zoe's Crafts a few days ago,,, along with some other bits and bobs and she dropped through my letterbox this morning, fantastic quick service :-)



I followed Dawny P's fabby sketch over on the Papertake Weekly Challenge ( I am going to be a GD for next 4 weeks !! woohoo !! :-) I am excited and nervous too ,,, the last lot of GD's were sooo talented ,, as is the permanent DT !! :-))



The theme on the Anyone for Anya Challenge is 'Paper Piecing',,, I love to do that,,, makes life easy ! :-) they have a fabulous prize this week and am keeping EVERYTHING crossed !! :-)
The Colour Create Challenge have a lovely colour challenge of RED/YELLOW/BLACK/WHITE so I made this card to fit in with that too :-)

The image was coloured with copics, 3D'd and her fur trim was made using liquid applique and glitter :-) I stickled everywhere else ;-)!

The papers are from Funky Fairys Papercrafts I used Goirjuss Gingham ,,, I love that you can change the size of this ,, perfect for paper piecing as it prints in miniature !! :-) I also used Shabby Christmas kit too ,,,, lovely ! :-)

The text is Hero Arts and the ribbon from my tidy draw !!!!!!! Spent HOURS unravelling it !! wonder how long that will last !!! I completely forgot to add a lovely snowflake charm,,, oops ,,, will do that later ,,, ! but I did remember the little bell ,,, thought I would use a real one instead of cutting around the stamped one :-)
Thanks for looking ,, please leave me a comment so you know I popped by :-)

I have a blog candy sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp at the top of my blog if you would like to take a peek :-)

Sorry !! If you just visited and left a comment :-(

I am very sorry but I just saw 2 comments and pressed what I thought was the publish buttton and then horror of horrors it said 2 comments deleted :-( I am really sorry and if it was you would you please come back :-) I don't know if they were entries to my blog candy and I would hate to miss anyone out :-(
I have now turned off comment moderation ,,, too much responsibility !!! :-) AND I don't have moderation ,,, I wish everyone would turn that off, it takes so much longer to leave comments ,,,, drives me mad !!!! :-)

I won !!!! :-) woohoo :-)

I joined in the Wags and Whiskers blog hop and have just found out that I won this gorgeous Angel Whispers stamp from Denise at Paper Gems Studio Denise made a gorgeous card using this stamp and her gorgeous kitten picked my name from the hat !! :-)



How cute is that :-)



Thank you so much to Nikki and Lacey the co-ownwers of this fantastic new company. For links to the company you can find them on the Wags and Whiskers blog,,, you have a choice from Europe and rest of world or US and Canada !! :-) I will definitely be asking if it is OK to buy a couple of extra stamps to pop in the package ,,,,:-) They are all gorgeous :-)

Ooh I am a happy bunny this morning :-)

Also I have more fantastic news which I think I can tell you ,,,, Dawny P asked me to be a Guest Designer on the Papertake Weekly Challenge for 4 weeks !! :-) Now I know who the GD's were for the last 4 weeks so this is a hard act to follow but I will do my best not to let the side down lol :-) Can't tell you what the theme will be starting tomorrow,,, am sworn to secrecy !!!! :-)

I have candy at the top of my blog if you would like to take a look ,,, :-)

OK I am off to do some ironing ,,, but am in such a good mood am not dreading it as much as usual ,,,, lol :-)

Funky Fairys Alter it Challenge,,, an appeal x x

Please, Please Pretty PLEASE enter our challenge over on the Funky Fairy blog :-/ We have 1,,, yes that's ONE entrant so far ,,,, which is lovely for her as she has no competition to win the fabulous Paper download ,,,,
The DT have made some fabulous altered items to give you some ideas ,,, I always LOVE these challenges as they give me a good excuse to change some piece of rubbish into something pretty and useful for my craft room ,,, pen/pencil holders from empty pringle tins or jam jar are always handy !! :-)

You all must have boxes of cards sitting there,,, make something different instead ;-)

House Mouse Monday Challenge DT Call :-)

OOhh when I saw that the House Mouse Monday Challenge were having a DT call I knew I had to try my luck :-) I adore these stamps :-)



I made this card using a sketch that I always use when left to my own devices :-) I like to keep the layout simple and then jazz it up a bit at the end :-)



I used Basic Grey paper from the Lemonade pad and some plain dusky pink card for layering. The stamps are Berry Full and Thanks Berry Much test ( stating the obvious !! :-)) I coloured the image with copics and 3D'd the mouse. The button and glass were a birthday gift a few years ago from a very good friend, Alison, and have been just waiting for this stamp to come along so I could use them :-) The flower is prima and the brad was also a gift from Heidi ( as was the text stamp ,,you all know who Heidi is I'm sure :-))and is by Kaiser Kraft,, thanks Heidi x x



As it is a DT call ,,,, I thought I'd decorate the inside too ,,, lol :-) Thanks berry much girls for considering me to be on your FAB DT :-)



This cute stamp is called Berry Tired ,,, which the DT will be after getting through this post lol :-)

I also made this box using a template that I bought from Papertrey inc. I thought this 'Stamp It' image would be good to use on a box of HM stamped images ,,, handy eh ! :-) I also think this is a perfect image to make cards for crafty friends,, soo cute ! :-)



The image was again colouerd with copics. The paper is by My Minds Eye and the plain paper used for layering is from Funky Fairys Simply Brushed set :-)




Think you must be getting bored now so will stop there :-)

I have a blog candy at the top of my blog if you would like to take a look :-)
I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)