House Mouse Monday Challenge DT Call

Ok ,,, I have finally finished my 2 cards for the House Mouse Monday ChallengeDT call :=) The first up is the OTT one :-)

I have seen several easel cards around and thought I would have a go at making one :-) I love this idea ! :-)



I chose a stamp called Purrfect Nails for my cards :-) I coloured the image wih copics and 3D'd it ,, I made several layers. The papers are from My Minds Eye. I distressed the edges with worn lipstick and a stitch unpicker ( I don't have a proper tool and find that works really well :-))



I used some Dusky pink card and grey coredinations too. the fancy edge was punched using a Martha Stewart border punch. The flower is from Prima and I sprayed it with silver glimmer mist,, the flowers and the mist were gifts from Heidi at Simon Says Stamp,, so thanks Heidi :-) x x The flower looks lovely and shimmery but it doesn't show up too well in the piccy :-/ I added loads of pearls and shimmer dots ,, some wide satin pink ribbon from the habberdasherry and the silver ribbon is from Bunny Zoe's Crafts. I think the big bow is definitely OTT and did think more than twice about putting it on but when Ray asked if this card is the 'Minimalist' one I thought I'd better plonk it on :-)




I just took this side viwe to show the 3D ing :-)



The next up is the 'Simplicity' one ,,, we were asked to keep it simple so the image itself is the focus of attention. I decided to keep the colours clean and simple ,, mainly white with a black contrast :-) I used some Doodlebug glitter card and some gemstones white coredinations, a strip of Papermania handmade paper ,,, gorgeous !! a little bit of white lace and that was all. The sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp Exclusives set :-)




I coloured the images with copics ,,, only using greys and a light purple colour and a greem :-)



I would like to thank everyone for your good wishes and for keeping things crossed for me :-) A special mention to Funky Fairy Anne who is also keeping her eyes crossed lol :-)

This has been alot of fun and as much as I hope I am chosen I wish my fellow finalists all the very best of luck too :-)

Thanks for looking and I really appreciate your comments ,,,, I will be keeping EVERYTHING crossed ;-)

House Mouse Monday Challenge DT Call ,,, sneak peek ;-)

As some of you may know I have reached the finals for the House Mouse Monday DT :-) wooohooo !! :-) I am thrilled to have got this far and am really hoping to make it onto the team ,,, but the competition is hard ,,, the other 10 in finals are all so talented ,,,, but as they say ,, you have to be in it to win it :-) so I am going to try my best and hope it's enough. We have to make 2 cards with the same stamp ,, one OTT and one minimalist. Well I had a play today and completed my OTT one :-) I am not showing the whole thing until the minimalist one is ready ,,,, but I just thought I would give you a sneak peek ,,, I must admit I like this one ,,,:-)

Wish me luck peeps and keep your fingers crossed for me,,,, :-) This is really good fun and even if I don't make it I will have enjoyed the ride ;-)

Thanks for looking,,, I won't keep you in suspenders long,, I will put them on here as soon as they are both ready ;-)

Now coming to see what everyones been up to :-)

MAWTT meets Friday Sketchers :-)

I decided to have a little play with one of my new downloads from the Cutting Cafe and make a box so that I could join in with this weeks Moving Along With The Times Challenge ,,,,,,who's theme is Anything But a Card have to be quick writing this ,,, I think I might just make the deadline !! I will add all direct links after I post it !!
I thought Carole's fab sketch on the Friday Sketchers Challenge would be perfect for a lid for a gift box so I used it :-)




The papers and tag are from a new Shabby Christmas kit from Funky Fairys Papercrafts. I used a little bit of white coredinations which I cuttlebugged and glittered ,, some plain red card ,, a snowflake eyelet and a little red ribbon ,,, some punched snowflakes and a few gems and thats it ,,,, done :-)

Thanks for looking ,, please leave a comment so I know you've been visiting :-) Have to go and link this ,,,, clock's ticking ,,,,, :-)

The winner of the lovely HM Blowing Dandelions stamp is :-)

The random gen chose >>>>>>

Here are your random numbers:

25

Timestamp: 2009-10-21 08:33:35 UTC

The lucky girl this week is Pinky :-)

Congratulations :-) If you email me with your addy Heidi will pop this cutie in the post for you :-)

Funky Fairys Picture It Challenge :-)

Your entries for last weeks challenge were fabulous ,,:-) This week we have a fab challenge for you :-) Picture It !! :-) We would like you to make something using a photo :-)

I really need to go to a proper photographer and get a better better quality print to change this photo but I haven't had time yet ,,, so this is a temporary one :-)

This photo was taken in York on my recent visit home to the UK. From left to right it is my friend Sarah, her daughter Lucy, my daughter Amy and Emma who is Amy's friend and our next door neighbour here in Gozo :-) Emma joined us for a week in Yorkshire and she said it was the best holiday EVER !! AND she's been on a Caribbean cruise and to Disneyland!!! but no ,,, she prefers good ol' Yorkshire :-)



The photo was taken on a very famous street called 'The Shambles' It is very 'Goth' looking and was the inspiration for Diagon Alley in the Harry Potter books :-)
The papers I used are from Funky Fairys Papercrafts, I used the Fancy Flourish set and Its so Distressing papers :-) The alphabet circles are from the Doodlementals set :-) The fancy border was made using a Fiskars border punch, the ribbon was from my stash. The 'SMILE' is from a Simon Says Clear Stamps SIMPLY THE BEST SENTIMENTS Lot Exclusive Set

We will be welcoming a GD to our team for a couple of weeks so I am just going to the Funky Fairys Challenge blog to say hello ,,, :-) Come and see the fabby creations the team have made ,, brilliant !! :-) Don't forget to enter the challenge you must use at least one Funky fairys item ,,, loads of freebies on the blog of inspiration or you could treat yourself and buy a download :-) Go to the Funky Fairys Papercrafts Webshop and have a good look around :-)

Please leave me a comment so I know you've been visiting :-)

Simon Says ,,,, Get Well Soon :-)

It was lovely to see your cards last week ,, I am sorry if I didn't get to visit you all but as the challenge is getting more and more popular I am finding it difficult to keep up,,,,, but I do try !! :-)

I am hoping that you are all OK ,, I know one or two of you have been a bit poorly with viruses so I hope you're feeling better now x x When we chose this weeks challenge ,,,, a while ago ,,, there was alot of publicity about the dreaded flu and thought we might all need a GET WELL SOON card or 2 ! :-)

This week we have a very special guest joining us in the Designer Spotlight,, her name is Hanna of Hannas Hobbyblog,,, she is only 13 years old and is an inspitation to all ,, if you haven't visited her blog,, you really should ,, her work is stunning :-)

The usual fabulous prize from Heidi applies :-)



I made my card using a gorgeous HM stamp,, this one is called House Mouse Rubber Stamp MOUSE DROPS Get Well :-) Cute eh !! :-) I followed the fab sketch on the Create4fun Challenge I flipped the sketch and used an oval instead of a rectangle ,, hope thats OK ?? :-)



I coloured the image with copics and cut them out so I could decoupage them onto the background,, they look more well fed when I do that ,,, more rounded :-)



It is not showing up very well on the photo but the poorly mouse does have a red blush to his cheeks ,,, caused by the fever !! :-) The papers are Basic Grey from the Granola pad ( I think but don't quote me cos the cover fell off ! ) the flowers are white prima that I coloured with copics and home made glimmer mist,, using antique linen distress ink and pale pink perfect pearls :-) They do look lovely and shimmery IRL. The sentiment is from a Simon Says Clear Stamps SENDING SUNSHINE Exclusive Set The ribbon is from my stash and the brads are by Kaiser
,,, I must say these brads are lovely ! The leaves were punched with a Martha Stewart punch :-) Think thats all :-)

Hanna and the DT have made some wonderful creations for you this week ,, there may be hidden candy so go and visit all the blogs to find it ! :-)

I have chosen this fabulous HM stamp as my weekly blog candy sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp store :-) Would you like it ??? The candy post is at the top of my blog ( or will be soon if you arrived here early !! :-)

Thanks for looking and I really appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)

Papertake Weekly Dawny's Sketch :-)

This is my second week as GD for the Papertake Weekly Challenge and Dawny has made yet another fabulous sketch for us to follow :-) I am having a fabulous time but I think I have given Dawny a headache this week ,,, I was so undecided about my card ,,, I just couldn't make my mind up !! This is a long post so get coffee and sit comfy :-)



I decided to use one of Paula's new images from Pollycraft,, this is only available as a digi image for a limited period so if you like it go and get it !! :-)



As you can see I made 2 versions :-) The image was coloured with copics and her trousers were 3D'd :-) The papers are lovely new ones from Funky Fairys Papercrafts these are from the Shabby Christmas set :-)



The leaves were made using a Martha Stewart punch and the snowflake was made with a spellbinders die cut :-)

Now for some candy :-) I have bought a few bits to offer as a candy :-) I would like you to tell me which version of this card you prefer ,, the leaves or the snowflakes :-) I will draw the winner from all the comments next Tuesday,,, even the ones that don't answer the question ! :-) I forgot to add some charms to the photo but I will add 10 charms,,, all different so you will have a good choice :-)



Thanks for looking :-) I have another blog candy at the top of my blog if you would like to take a peek :-)
The DT have made some fabulous cards for you to see so don't forget to visit them too and leave a nice comment :-)

Oohh it's getting chilly,,, Autumn is here :-)

I made this card following the fab sketch on the Sketch Saturday Challenge I flipped the sketch and moved the sentiment position ,,, it just didn t look right in the proper place so I hope thats OK :-) I also made this for the Anyone For Anya Challenge,, I was the lucky winner of some fabulous stamps last week so thank you very much :-) x x



I don't own this stamp ,,, yet ,,but she is at the top of my wish list :-) My teamie Jo, Rambling Boots, was kind enough to send me a couple of images to get me started so thanks Jo x x

I coloured the image with copics and 3D'd the umbrella. The papers are HOTP Sarah Papers, they do have a lovely delicate leaf pattern which you can hardly see ,,, but they are there :-). I used some copics spica pens for sparkle and some prima flowers,a doodlebug brad and some ribbon and a charm from my stash :-)



The sentiment is also from the Greeting Farm,, it was with the Hope and Grace set :-)

Thanks for looking ,,, please leave a comment so I know you've been :-)

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

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 :-)