Wags and Whiskers meets Friday Sketchers :-)

last week was my lucky week :-) I won 2 challenges !! The Friday Sketchers Challenge and the Wags and Whiskers Challenge !! Fabulous eh !! :-) It is not very often I win anything and to have 2 so close together is lovely :-) Thank You :-)

So for this card I followed Jeanette's fabulous sketch on The Friday Sketchers Challenge :-) I used a Wags and Whiskers stamp that I won on their first launch and blog hop :-) the theme this week on the Wags and Whiskers Challenge is Blue, White and Brown :-)



I coloured the Angel Whispers stamp with copics and the little dog , Princess ,, with prima pencils ,, I like the more furry texture you can get with them :-) I paper pieced the dress and just coloured to spots in :-) The papers are a download from Digiscraps 3 ,, I love this paper ,, you can resize it to make it fiT your card perfectly :-) I inked around the image with faded jeans distress ink, I used some blue sheer ribbon and make a double bow with my bow easy ,,, marvelous invention that is !! :-) The lovely pearls and the angel charm are from Bunny Zoe's Crafts :-)



On the Wags and Whiskers Challenge challenge they are asking for cards to be made and sent to a little boy with a terminal brain tumour. Unfortunately I didn't have any boy Wags and Whiskers stamps so I will make another one later today. We do need to think about sick children and their families and send cards through Post Pals or Make a Child Smile too :-)

I am also entering this into the Totally Gorjuss Challenge whose theme is Paper Piecing

The Quixotic Challenge whose theme is Flutter By

Thanks for looking :-) I appreciate your comments :-)

Sketch and Stash Challenge Sponsored By Simon Says Stamp !! :-)

This week on the Sketch and Stash Challenge we are being sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp ,, so head on over to the Sketch and Stash Challenge blog to see what you could win !!! :-) I am not going to tell you ,, you have to go and see for yourself and while you're there see all the fabulous creations our GD and the DT have made for your inspiration :)

Becky has made this gorgeous sketch for us to use ,, I love this one :-)



and here's the card I made with it :-) I used my old and neglected Penny Black Stamp , this one is called Good Boy (though if you look on the PB site it says Goody Boy ??) anyway ,, I used to use this stamp alot and then he was just left on the shelf for months ,,, so it was about time I dusted him off and gave him a good inking :-)



I thought I would have a change from copics ,, and used my fairly neglected Prisma pencils instead :-) The papers are a new download from Digiscrap 3,, lovely eh ! these are called K9 Pals :-) i used some lovely velvet paw print ribbon from Meiflower the flower is Prima and the charm is from my stash. The sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp Exclusives set :-)



I would have entered this into the Totally Papercrafts Challenge whose theme is 'Friends' ,,, but I am not allowed ,,, shame ,, cos there is a lovely prize from Simon Says Stamp and a blog hop too with lots of fab prizes from all the DT ( including me !! ) :-)

I can enter the Penny Black Saturday Challenge tho :-) Their theme is 'Someone Special' ,, Friends are very special :-)
AND as luck would have it the Cupcake Crafts Challenge whose theme is Four Legged and Furry :-)


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

Totally Papercrafts First 'Friends' Challenge and a Blog Hop :-)

Ooh isn't this exciting :-) A BRAND NEW Challenge bog and I am on the DT with some lovely old friends,,I have met 3 of them IRL and would so love to meet Sue and Anne too :-)

Welcome to our first challenge and BLOGHOP

We (6 friends) have started a brand new challenge blog and we want everybody to have fun with papercrafting. So whatever kind of papercraft your doing you are free to join our challenges.
We will list a new challenge every Friday and announce a winner.

We would like to see the theme FRIENDS coming back into your papercraft creation.
You can make whatever you want as long as it is made with Paper and has the theme Friends on it.

We are being sponsored by the lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp :) she is offering the winner of this challenge a Hero Arts Cling stamp and some lovely sparkly crystals to complete your card with. Thanks SSS :)






For my card I used this gorgeous new Mo Manning stamp called Bella and Bronte which is now available in the Simon Says Stamp Store :-)
I coloured them with copics and added a little lace stickles to ger skirt I also added diamond stickles in various places :-) I can't remember the name of the papers so if anyone knows please tell me :-) the flower was made using a spellbinders die :-)The sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp exclusives set




The blog hop starts on the Totally Papercrafts Challenge Blog so if you came here first you may wish to go to the beginning :-) If you arrived here from Emma's Blog you're going in the right direction :-)

My letter for you to collect is 'F'


Now hop on over to the our lovely and very talented friend Anne to see what she made,,, she may have some candy too !!! :-)

This is the candy you could win here :-) Hope you like it :-)



You MUST also enter this weeks challenge to be eligible for my candy prize and the lovely challenge prize donated by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp

Add a direct link to THE CARD MADE FOR THE TOTALLY PAPERCRAFTS CHALLENGE any other links will be removed to make it fair for everyone :-) You have until 8pm GMT on Thursday 5th Feb to enter :-) I will announce a winner on my blog on Friday and the list of winners will be published on the challenge blog too :-)

Rosette's Celebratory Candy :-)

Rosette has this wonderful candy on offer to celebrate her post on Mo Mannings Dream Team !! AND she was asked by Elisabeth Bell to make a sample card for the launch of her new digi stamps !! Woo Hoo !! Congratulations Rosette :-)

Rosette and I have never met ,, but she lives just the other side of the channel from me in Malta ,, maybe one day we will get together for a coffee and a chat :-)

Totally Papercrafts Challenge and blog hop :-)

OK it is Sunday and a day of rest ,,, except for the wicked ,,,, and as you're all a wicked lot I have a job for you LOL :-) As many of you know me and 5 good friends have started this new challenge blog and for the first week we have the theme of 'Friends' and a short and sweet blog hop ,,,:-) So ,,, instead of a day of rest ,, we are asking you to work !! LOL :-) Pop over to the Totally Papercrafts Challenge blog and join in ,,, ALL the DT have fabulous candy on offer ,, AND we are being sponsored by the FABULOUS Simon Says Stamp Store !!! :-)

Winter Wonderland Challenge ,,, last min entry !! :-)

OOhh the weather here is terrible ,, raining and thunder and lightening ,,,, but Amy is still getting her glad rags on and going out in it ,,, not me !! I will stay here and let my fingers do the walking !! :-) I plan on doing a world tour this evening in blogland :-)

I followed Pascale's FANTASTIC sketch on the Winter Wonderland Challenge :-) Well done Pascale ,, this is lovely and one I will definitely use again ! :-)



I used My Little Helper Edwin,, which I coloured with copics and 3D'd him in front of a WOJ sleigh :-) the papers are MME and BG ,,, bit of both ,,, I won't bore you with details of how long I spent faffing about trying to find THE right papers !! Never found them ,,, so these will have to do lol :-) I embossed the central panel with a star folder ,, it looks better in real life ,,, !! :-)



I used a Fiskars border punch and a spellbinders snowflake die ,, a bit of ribbon ,, loads of stickles and glitter ,,, :-)

Thanks for looking ,,, there are 2 candies at the top of my blog if you would like to take a peek :-)

Thanks for looking and please leave me a comment before you hop off ,,, so I know you dropped in for a visit :-)

Tales from Pollycraft brand new Lilibean images :-)

Paula from Tales from Pollycraft is previewing her NEW range of images called:

THE LILYBEAN FAIRIES......

I copied this from Paula's Blog

Now ...you don't get to see them all straight away...cos where's the fun in that??
We are going to preview 1 image a day until release day on the 4th FEB
Each day 2 randomly picked commenters will receive the image being previewed...
so make sure to leave a comment, and spread the word, with a link on your blog...
If you are one of todays winners, you get to play with this image way before anyone else!!



The final image will be shown on the 3rd Feb, and on that day as well as the 2 usual winners, 1 lucky winner will win the ENTIRE SET OF 6 IMAGES.

So make sure you come back everyday to enter for each prize!!
Okay, so I'm sure you want to see todays Preview....

This is:
CLOVER ~ Butterfly Wishes.... PAULA MADE THIS CARD ,,,, NOT ME !! tho I wish I had ,,, it's fab eh !! :-)



Gorgeous eh !! Pop over to Paula's blog to enter the draw :-) Oohh I hope I win !! :-)

All That Scraps Snowglobe Challenge :-)

I really felt like making something a bit different and the all That Scraps Wednesday Challenge have a fab 'Snowglobe theme' :-)

For my snowglobe I just HAD to use this gorgeous Winter Bunny digi image from the All That Scraps online store




There is a link on the challenge blog to a fab tutorial on the SCS site ,,, easy to follow and I will definitely be making more of these ,, :-)
I used an icy stardream pearlescent card as the base. Coloured the image a little with copics and added ice stickles. I used polar white flower soft for the ground and icicles ( why didn't I use glitter for icicles ,,, ??? duh !! will make another ,, lol )



I used MME paper ,, I thought the small design was perfect,, the trees are just the right size ! :-) I added a punched snowflake and some of my GORGEOUS ribbon from Stamp Simply,,, I just bought loads of THE most gorgeous ribbons you ever saw ,,, fabulous service too :-) I made the bow with my new Bow Easy that I bought from Sally :-) brilliant gadget ! :-) Sally has a fab business arrangement ,,, she won t let you pay till you receive it !!! Bet her accountant is impressed LOL :-) You are just too nice Sally x x



I stamped the inside using a Hero Arts stamp and Brilliance Peacock ink ( has 3 different colours ) I also stamped snowflakes with white pigment ink and embossed with winter wonderland EP. Then popped the image with 3D foam pads :-)

I really like this ,,, hope you do too cos you will be seeing more of them lol :-)

Thanks for looking :-) I really appreciate your comments and look forward to reading them :-) I will be back in a few mins with the launch ot the Totally Papercrafts Challenge and a blog hop :-) Hope you will all join in ,,, lovely prizes along the way !! :-)

My Fortnightly Blog Candy :-)

Time for another fortnightly candy ;-) My last one was your choice of HM stamp ,,, Hmmm what to choose this week ????
As Mothers Day is just around the corner ,,, and we all need to thank our Mum's for all they do for us ,,I thought you might like this fabulous brand new cling stamp set from Hero Arts :-)



Do you like this ?? I hope I made a good choice ! :-)

For a chance to win this all you have to do is enter the Simon Says Stamp Challenge :-) To have 2 chances enter this week AND next week. If you make more cards for the challenge ,, I am sorry but you can only enter this candy once for each challenge :-) Any extras will be removed to make it fair for everyone :-)

The DT and Sue ,, our GD are allowed to enter too,,, of course :-)

Just link your card for each challenge with Mr Linky :-)
I will really appreciate it if you turn off the word verification on your blog. PLEASE x x

Just Cute Bears and Sketch Saturday Challenges :-)

There is a brand new challenge called Just Cute Bears
and their first theme is 'One for the Girls' :-)

I followed the fabulous layout on the Sketch Saturday Challenge



I used my PB Butterfly bear and butterfly edge ( which you can hardly see ! ) I colourd the image with Prisma pencils and blended. The papers are BG and I inked all the edges with dusty concorde distress inks ( think I overdid it a bit but hey ho !! ) I glittered everywhere with stickles :-)
The sentiment is from a Greeting Farm set and the ribbon slide is from a Nellie Snellen oval multiframe :-) I added some Zoomz to the corners and thats all :-)

I am also entering this card into the Die Cut Dreams Challenge whose theme is Bears :-)

Thanks for looking :-) I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Don't forget to take a peek at the candy sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp at the top of my blog :-)

OUR NEW TOTALLY PAPERCRAFTS CHALLENGE :-)

I can now let you all in on a little secret that we have been keeping quiet for AGES !! Almost a whole 2 WEEKS !! I have been sitting on my hands and trying to be quiet ,, though I must admit I did let it slip a few times :-)

Ria,who I am sure you all know ,, wanted to set up a new challenge with some of her good friends Emma, Joanne, Anne, Sue and ME Woo Hoo !! Five of us used to be on the same team together and thought it would be a fabulous idea for us all to get together again and welcome Sue too :-)

We have been working hard behind the scenes to get a few sponsors lined up so we will have some fab prizes on offer :-)If anyone is interested in sponsoring us we still have a few dates left to fill tho ,,, so see the email address on the challenge blog if you would like to sponsor :-)

The first challenge will be one week from today ( 29th January) when we will announce our FIRST theme and we will have a fab blog hop too with lots of prizes :-)
So hop on over to the Totally Papercrafts Challenge blog to become a follower and be sure you don't miss it :-)

Ria has done a fabulous job with the design ,,, :-) maybe you would like to display our logo on your blog ,, or maybe post about our new Totally Papercrafts Challenge blog on your blog and spread the word , we would be very grateful :-)

Charisma Cardz White on White :-) last GD card ,,,

I have had a fabulous month on the Charisma Cardz Challenge and their GD :-) The girls are a lovely bunch to work with ,, thank you for making me feel so welcome :-)

This week Allison has set the theme and it is a lovely one ,,

WHITE ON WHITE :-)

I followed the lovely sketch on the Friday Sketchers Challenge :-)



I decided to ink up my old Penny Black wedding cake stamp ,,I thought it was discontinued but fornd it on the Penny Black site I colourd it a little bit with pink, green and light grey for shading ,, the 'ribbons' on the cake were slightly tinted with off white :-)
I made the background paper by embossing it then painstakingly applying glue to all the raised areas and sprinkling with glitter ,,, it does look ever so sparkly in real life :-) The ribbon is from Wild Orchid Crafts and the flowers are prima :-) I would have liked to have used white roses but I only have ivory ones ,,, and they just didn't look right ! :-) the sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp exclusives set ,,,I use these sentiments all the time ! :-) I used my SU oval punches too ,, love them ! :-) I finished off with a few pearls and a charm :-)

I have just bought a fabulous bow easy from Sally who is on the DT,, it is fantastic :-) The bow I made on here didn't use it ,,, but I am going to remove that one now and make another ,,, will be back soon with a new piccy so you can see the before and after !!!! :-)



here's the 'after' better eh !! :-) You will be seeing bows on everything now ,,, I even asked Amy if she wanted me to make her one for her hair clip,,, I thought she would have looked pretty ,,, she just laughed at me !!!! LOL :-)

I am also entering this into the Penny Black Saturday Challenge whose theme is Something Sweet :-)

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 :-)

ABC Christmas Challenge C for CANDY + DT CALL !! :-)

We had lots of lovely entries to the Bells challenge over the last 2 weeks :-) Isn't it nice to get some cards ready for next Christmas ! No last minute rush :-)

This week Cathy has chosen C for CANDY with the added requirement of PINK !

We are being sponsored this week by Penrith Crafts, they have donated a gorgeous stamp !! I want it !!! :-)

We are also looking for 2 new people to join our Design Team :-) If you are interested just join the ABC Christmas Challenge and remember to add the letters 'DT' to Mr Linky



I didn't have any cany images, but I found these lovely CC Designs digi downloads
I coloured Trevor with copics and sat him on the candy canes ,, I was trying to make it look like he was sitting on a candy cane chair ,, not sure I achieved that ,,, but that was the intention !! :-) The papers are My Minds Eye and I used a MS icicle punch , a spellbinders snowflake die and a Funky Fairys Punch em sentiment ,, which is now unavailable ,, I love these !!



I added lots of stickles, oh I almost forgot, I used a Nellie Snellen Multiframe too :-)


The DT have made some gorgeous cards for you to see so pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge
I have a blog candy at the top of my blog sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp if you would like to take a peek :-)

Simon Says ,,,, New Baby :-)

Oh WOW !! What a fabulous response we had to our Punch it Challenge last week :-) We had a record number of entries !! Over 300 !! :-)I hope you all join us again this week :-)
We have a very cute theme for you on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge this week

NEW BABY :-)

I love all things Baby ,,, soo cute :-) You can make whatever you like ,, it doesn't have to be a card ! :-) It could be a Christening or Baby's First Christmas too ,,, anything Baby ,,, Baby Animals ,,

Heidi is offering one lucky entrant a lovely shopping spree to her store and of course she will pay the shipping costs:-) With all the fabby new stuff arriving in store the winner will be spoilt for choice ! :-

This week we are being joined by the lovely and very talented CATHY who has agreed to be in the Designer Spotlight :-)If you haven't visited her blog you are in for a treat



I used my lovely HM Cozy Shoe stamp,,very cute eh :-) AND if you are interested Simon Says Stamp have now got all the newest releases !! :-) I feel a shopping spree coming on !! :-)
I coloured the image with copics and inked around the edge with Faded Jeans Distress ink. Then I used a Nellie Snellen Multiframe ,,, these will be available in the Simon Says Stamp store soon :-)
The papers are printed from the Wild Rose Studio CD
I love gingham for baby cards :-) I used a mixture of flowers and a couple of buttons ,, a few chocolate drops and some ribbon from my stash :-)

The sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp Exclusives clear stamp




I followed the fab sketch on the Stampin' For the Weekend Challenge :-) I stuck the sentiment at the top rather than the bottom by mistake ,, and when I tried to move it it pulled the paper off with it so it had to stay there ! Hope thats OK ! :-)

I am also entering this into the following challenges :-)

Stamp with Fun who have the same theme ,,,, Baby :-)

Everybody's Art Challenge who have a colour scheme of Brown, Blue and White :-)

I have a blog candy at the top of my blog sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp if you are interested in having a peek :-)

Papertake Weekly Dawny's Sketch :-)

It seems yhou all like PINK !! :-) We had some lovely entries last week :-)

This week for the Papertake Weekly Challenge Dawny has made another fab sketch for us to follow :-) I am sure you'll all like this one :-)

We are being sponsored this week by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp :-)




For my card I used a lovely Rachelle Anne Miller stamp from Stampavie. this one is called Cute Kitty :-)




I coloured the image with copics and added copics glitter pen on her hair. I inked the edges with pink distress ink. the papers are My Minds eye and the flower is Prima ,, I added a few Robins Nest gems and a charm to finish. The frame for the sentiment is from a Nellie circle die cut :-) the text is from a Simon Says Stamp exclusives set :-)



here is a close up ,,, and below is the fab sketch :-)



Thanks for looking :-) I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-) The DT have made some fabulous cards too for you to see so pop over to the challenge blog to see them :-)

I have a blog candy at the top of my blog sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp if you are interested in having a peek :-)

Wags and Whiskers Inspiration Challenge card :-)

At last I have managed to make a card to enter a challenge :-) I have been really busy seeing all the blogs of the entrants to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge DT call ,,, which finishes tomorrow incidentally ,,, just in case you've been leaving it till the last minute !! :-) I am really sorry if I have been neglecting you all ,,, but I tell ya ! I was never this busy when I worked full time ,,, !! :-) If you have entered the call ,,, please know I do take this seriously and I know many will be disappointed ,,, I am going to feel terrible ,,, am already having sleepless nights ,,, !!

Anyway ,,, onto my card :-) I received this gorgeous stamp from Lacey a few days ago,, isn't it gorgeous !! You can see the full list of these stamps and where to buy them from in the Wags and Whiskers store :-) Lacey also has a lovely online store called Stamp snd Create ;-) I had to give this one an inking, she is called Ansley's Surprise and is based on Lacey's beautiful daughter and their cute little dog Princess :-)

The theme this week on the Wags and Whiskers Challenge is be inspired :-) I have been very inspired by my PTW teamie Sharon :-) She is just so talented and such a lovely person ! If you haven't visited her blog you really should ! FANTASTIC !! :-) Sharon is also on the DT for the Wags and Whiskers Challenge ,,, so where better than to get inspiration from than from one of their fab DT girlies :-)




I coloured the image with copics and added stickles glitter to her wings ( I managed to get a little bit out of an empty bottle that I chopped in half !! Desperate or what !!!! :-) the papers are My Minds Eye and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts :-)



Ok ,,, here's a close up of mine and a piccy of Sharons below ,,,, now ,, I know Shaon's is lovely, and much better than mine ,,,, but its cos of that fabby silk ribbon LOL !!! :-)



Thanks for the inspiration Sharon and for being a lovely friend :-)

TRhanks for looking :-) I appreciate all your comments so please leave me one ,,, and also pop over to Sharon's blog too and see her fabulous creations ,,, :-)