My fortnightly blog candy sponsored by Simon Says Stamp

Wimbledon will soon be here and time for Strawberries and Cream so I thought I would choose this gorgeous House Mouse Rubber Stamp BERRIED HMJR1031 Strawberry stamp :-) I have this one and use it alot :-) If you are the lucky winner and you have this one already you can choose a different one :-)

To be included in the draw please advertise my candy in your sidebar. You have until Wednesday 5th May to enter :-)

I would appreciate it if you would enter Emma's Challenge to raise funds for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service too :-) If you do enter the challenge please leave a second link with Mr Linky to your card, so you get 2 chances to win ! :-) Simon Says Stamp is sponsoring Emma's challenge too so pop over to Crafty Emma's blog for details of how to enter.

Rainin Dasies for a few challenges :-)

I made this =card following Joanne's fabulous sketch on the Magical Crafts Challenge :-)

I used my lovely PB Rainin Daisies stamp and for a change coloured with distress inks instead of my usual copics :-) I need to get back into practice with watercolouring ,,, the copics have made me lazy :-)



The papers are from Craft Creations and then black card for layering. I did loads of silver embossing for this ,,, was lovely to get out me heat gun and dust off the cobwebs !! :-)

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

Just Cute Bears ,,,,,,Buttons and Bows (one button and 2 bows)
Allsorts ,,,,,,,,,,,,,Animals
Penny Black ,,,,,,,,,,Punches (I used 2 SU punches for the sentiment)
Creative Card Crew ,,,April Showers bring May Flowers
Spoonful Sugar ,,,,,,,Furry Friends

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

Domi's Wedding Card Challenge

As many of you know, our lovely Domi is marrying her sweetheart Uli on the 15th May ,,,, not long now !! Now we couldn't let such a momentous occasion pass us by uncelebrated so we are setting you an extra special challenge !

The challenge is to make a Wedding Card for Domi and her fiance Uli ,, and post them to her.


The prize is this gorgeous lot of wedding themed goodies from Heidi at Simon Says Stamp :-)



So now all you have to do is make a Wedding Card. Only cards received by Domi and Uli will be eligible to win the prize :-)

You have until Monday 10th May to enter, to enable any cards posted to arrive we will use the random generator to choose the winner at the end of the month. I will post the winner on here and let them know too by leaving a message on their blog :-)

edited to add ,, Some of you may have made a card and posted it to Domi already :-) You may of course enter any cards already made for her :-)

Please go to the Simon Says Challenge blog for more details :-)

We also have a challenge over on the Papercrafts Planet site and the theme is Bling Bling Bling ,,,, so you could combine !! :-)

Papertake Weekly , Dawny's Sketch :-)

wow ,, we had loads of fabulous entries to our do Something different Challenge last week :-) Thank you all for joining in :-)

This week on the Papertake Weekly Challenge Dawny has designed us another gorgeous sketch to follow :-)

We are being sponsored this week by Sassy Studio Designs and the DT were given a couple of digi images to use,, thanks xx




For my card I chose to use the Little Honey's White Rabbit, cute eh ! :-) I coloured the image with copics and coloured the edges with spun sugar distress ink. the papers are from Crafty Individuals and the ribon and gems are from Kaisercraft. I used a X cut border punch and a Clare Curd sentiment.



The DT have made some gorgeous cards for you to see so pop over to the challenge blog to see them :-)

I have a GORGEOUS blog candy sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp if you would like to take a peek it is at the top of my blog, last chance to enter today ! :-)

Wild Rose Studio Best Friends card :-)

The theme this week on the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge was chosen by my lovely frirnd cathy and is 'Friendship' ,, lovely theme :-)

For my card I followed Anne Marije's lovely sketch on the Create 4 Fun Challenge :-)



I used this lovely Best Friends stamp from the Wild Rose Studio I coloured the image with copics and added a few drops of stickles and glitter pen here and there :-) The papers are Basic Grey and Brown SU card. The flowers are Prima and a Wild Orchid Crafts Rose ,, all sprayed with Glimmer Mist. the sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp Exclusives set



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

Cupcake Crafts Challenge ,, 3 papers, 3 ribbons ( the bow is a separate bit) and 3 flowers.

Frosted Designs Challenge ,,, Brown, Aqua, Lime

Everybody's Art Challenge ,, song title ,, Best Friend by Queen :-)

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


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

Totally Papercrafts Sketch Challenge

Good Morning from a lovely sunny Gozo :-) The weather is gorgeous at the moment ,, sunny but not TOO hot :-) Will get out my book and relax on a sun lounger I think :-) I know a couple of you in the UK are planning a camping weekend so I hope you have nice weather too :-)

anyways ,,, onto this weeks Totally Papercrafts Challenge :-) It was Joanne's turn to set the theme this week and she chose to make a fabulous sketch for us to follow :-)

We are being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp this week and there are some gorgeous Basic Grey papers and epoxy brads on offer so pop on over to the challenge blog to see them ! :-)



I loved the triangular shapes on the sketch and thought it was perfect to use this fabulous HM Floss Boss stamp with it :-) I coloured the image with copics and added clear gel pen to the teeth ,, well they needed to be shiny with all the flossing ! :-) The papers are from a Basic Grey origins paper pack and SU Chocolate chip for layering. I also added some Robins Nest dew drops to finish :-) The sentiment is from a Simon Stamp exclusives set



I made this card for my daughter, Amy, who has had braces on her teeth for about 15 months and her teeth look pretty perfect to me so I am hoping the dentist will remove them soon. I will give her this when they are removed and her teeth all lovely and polished ,,, I am sure she will have a big smile then :-)

Here is Joanne's lovely sketch and I hope you will all join in with us this week :-)



the DT have made some fabulous cards for you to see so hop on over to see them :-)


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

Sweet Sketch Wednesday and LOTV Challenges

It was my birthday recently and Joey and Sue had both sent me a voucher to spend at the Ally Pally ( they had to convert them to cash lol ) I chose several LOTV stamps with it :-) Thanks so much girls xx

When I saw what the theme was on the Lili of the Valley Challenge , Here Comes Summer, I had a choice of stamps to use ,,, the BBQ bear ,,, bears with flowers ,,, oohh the choice was so difficult, but in the end decided to go with this gorgeous one with a bear on a deck chair :-)




I followed Arlana's lovely sketch on the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge :-)I stamped the image onto vanilla SU cardstock and I must admit I did have a bother colouring it, either my pens were slightly dry or the paper is much more absorbant than the white I generally use. Anyho ,,, I think it looked OK in the end. The papers are from a Beach Fun pad from American Traditional Designs ,, I have had this forever and not used it ! The flower is prima and the central one is from Wild Orchid Crafts, sprayed with glimmer mist, as is compulsory :-) I added a few dots of stickles, unfortunately the camera has picked it up too much, the little bird isn't quite so sparkly IRL :-)The ribbon was a gift from Debby and the sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp Exclusives set I then saw a 'wish you were here' stamp in the same set and that got me thinking ,,,,, postcard,,, so I went on the hunt for a postcard download and found this one free on the Tammy Tutterow site, so I made a postcard too :-)



edited ,,,, oops ,,, forgot to colour the canvas on the postcard deck chair lol ,,,, have done it now ,,, imagine it looking like the one on the card :-)

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

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

Thank You :-)

As some of you may know I have decided to step down from the DT of the ABC Challenge and I would like to thank Vicky and the DT for having me on their team :-) I would also like to wish them all the very best of luck with the challenge and will be joining in regularly ,,, starting now !! :-)



I made this card using a CD from Peggy Loves Vintage. I was very lucky to win lots of lovely goodies in her Easter Challenge and the image I used here was on one of the CD's that I chose :-) There are so many images on one CD and they are so easy to use too ,,, no colouring ! :-) I printed the image twice so I could cut out some of the flowers and leaves to decoupage them. The sentiment is a SU stamp, I added stickles and a ribbon to finish ,,, very quick and easy :-)

I would like to dedicate this card to the ABC Design Team and to Peggy :-) Thank you all xx

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


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

Simon Says Buttons, Bow's and Bling :-)

Good Morning :-) Thank you all so much for your lovely entries to our Things With Wings Challenge, we had one of the highest number of entries so a big THANKS !!

The theme on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge this week is

BUTTONS, BOWS AND BLING :-)

The DT have all used images from The Greeting Farm, you don't have to use them but if you have them we would like to see them :-)

As usual Heidi is giving away one lucky entrant a $25 spree to the Simon Says Stamp Store and Heidi will pay the shipping costs too :-)




I followed Jo's lovely layout on the Sketch Saturtday Challenge and really liked Jo's idea of using a strip of acetate in the middle :-) I used my lovely Cheeky Rockability stamp that was a gift from Heidi ,, isn't she sexy ! I must admit this is my fave Greeting Card stamp ( at the moment, I am prone to changing my mind :-)) I coloured her with copics cut her out and sat her on a Martha Stewart punched Happy Birthday. The paper is from a Basic Grey Sugar Rush paper pad and I thought all the bows on the paper were just perfect for this challenge. I sprayed black card with glimmer mist
and it looks lovely and shimmery IRL :-)
I didn't have a black flower so I used my copic air brush to spray a large one and a rose with black marker. I added a few Robin's Nest Dew Drops and a ribbon and buttton from my stash :-)



The DT have made some gorgeous creations for you to see so pop over to the Challenge Blog to see them :-)

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

Sketch Saturday ,,,,,, sketch
Copic Creations ,,,,,, Black Hair
Colour Create ,,,,,, Burnt Orange/Black/Cream ( I added pink too, hope that's ok ?? )
Simon Says Stamp on the Papercraft Planet ,,,,,, Bling, Bling, Bling :-) please pop over and join in too :-) fabulous prize on offer :-)


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

Papertake Weekly Challenge,, Do Something different :-)

Do Something Different !!

What a challenge we have for you on the Papertake Weekly !! I can tell you this one had me a bit worried :-) I bought some sticky backed canvas with the intention of making some lovely roses ,,, just like Tim's !! Mine looked NOTHING like his ,,, I should take piccy's and let you see my horrid attempt ,,, then I made a card, spraying the canvas with glimmer mist and stamping a silhouette onto it ,,,, OK, not what you would call 'Lovely' ,, so when I saw this Desk Caddy on Chris's blog I just thought 'YAY' I can do that !! :-)

We are being sponsored this week By Heidi at Simon Says Stamp ,,, so a fab prize on offer !! :-)




I followed Kathleen Innes tutorial and it was very easy to make :-) I used a 12x12 cream card and some 12x12 paper from Craft Creations,,, I love this blue :-)



The butterfly is from Judikins and I inked it with blue brilliance ink onto card and velllum. The vellum was then sprinkled with holographic powder,, lovely and glittery :-) I sprayed sticky backed canvas with silver, denim blue and glacier glimmer mists and IRL it looks so shimmery :-) I then used my big shot to cut out a circle and a Nellie Snellen frame for each side. I added a few gems and a gorgeous cream silk ribbon to finish :-)



I think this would make a lovely girlie gift filled with pamper goodies ! :-)

I am entering this into the following challenges :-)

Raise the Bar,,,, fave Colour ,,,, Blue ( usually but may depend on my mood ! )
Daring Cardmakers ,,,, Die Cut Crazy ,,, I used Nellie Snellen and nestie die cuts :-)

Allsorts Challenge ,,,, Photo inspiration (butterfly bracelet)

The DT have made some fabulous creations for you to see so pop on over to the challenge blog to see them :-)


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

Sketch and Stash Challenge 34

Good morning bloggers :-) I hope everyone who was stuck in far away places due to the Volcano has managed to get home :-) What a palaver it was for so many people ! I was very lucky in that my flight came back as scheduled but I did think I could be in Yorkshire for weeks ! I was staying with parents so at least I would have been OK and a few lovely blog buddies live nearby so I was already planning crafty days in their cubby holes :-)

Onto this weeks Sketch and Stash Challenge, Becky has designed a fabulous sketch for us to follow and it is a particularly good one for all those larger stamps :-)

We are being sponsored this week by Whiff Of Joy Stamps Katharina has very generously offered the lovely Shopping Willow stamp as a prize ! :-)




For my card I used my lovely new Bunny Buggie from Simon Says Stamp. I coloured the image with my trusty copics and inked the edges with distress ink ,, then pigment ink and embossed with sparkle EP. The papers are neglected Papermania ones and the fancy border is an ew Do Crafts XCut punch :-) I really didn't know what sentiment to use with this ,,,,, any ideas ?? I hand wrote this one but it is not stuck down so I can change it :-)



Thanks for looking :-) The DT have made some fabulous cards for you to see so pop on over to the Challenge blog to see them :-)

I am entering this into the following challenges :-)

Fab n Funky Challenge ,,,,, Get it all Out ,, they are asking for neglected or unused stash. (paper)

C.R.A.F.T Challenge ,,,,,, Pink and Brown



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

Ronnie Relaxing Special Fundraising Challenge :-)

Paula from Pollycraft made this image especially for her DT member Emma, aka Crafty Emma as a fundraising image to be sold to raise much needed funds for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service :-) Not surprisingly the image is selling like hot cakes, how cute is this :-)

You can see more details on Emma's blog but she has challenged us all to make cards using this image to be in with a chance of some fabulous prizes :-) Heidi from Simon Says Stamp has donated a fabulous prize and there are several other prizes on offer too :-) You can buy the image on Emma's own blog or the Pollycraft site :-)



For my card I followed Carole's fabulous sketch on the Friday Sketchers Challenge :-) I coloured the image with copics and paper pieced the armchair (thanks for the tip Caroline :-)) I have just realised when I went to get the link that our cards are uncannily similar !! I also used a little crackle glaze on the cup. The papers are My Mind's Eye Bella Bella paper pack and SU Close to Cocoa card for layering. the sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp exclusives set and I thought it was just perfect with this image :-) The little bone button was in a button pack which Jo Boots sent to me a while ago :-) Thanks Jo xx



I have linked my fortnightly candy sponsored by Simon Says Stamp to Emma's Challenge so if you enter you would get an extra chance of winning a cute HM stamp too :-) You can see the HM candy at the top of my blog :-)

I am also entering this into the
Stamp With Fun Challenge Animals
Sew Many Challenges ,,,,,, Anything Goes :-)

I hope you will all join in :-) If you would like to make a donation too you can do that on Emma's blog ,,, every little helps !!

Rach's sugar Free candy :-)

Rach aka Papercraftsbyrach has this gorgeous candy on offer to celebrate her new blog !! I don't know if you remember me Rach but we met at the Ally Pally :-)


You have until 2nd may to enter so good luck to all :-)

I am back and winner of my Simon Says Stamp candy :-)

I have just got back from my trip to England :-) I had a lovely time and met lots of lovely blog buddies at the Ally Pally and in Yorkshire so BIG WAVES to you all :-) It was so lovely to meet Sue Scoopy at long last and Barbara ( hope you're feeling better now x x ) Jane, Joey, Pascale, Jacqui, Marlene, Caz, Rach, Bev, Joanne, Emma, Mel X ,,,,, am sorry if I missed anyone !! blame it on my useless memory ! :-( I was sorry not to meet Debby ( Simon Says Stamp teamie) who went to the Ally Pally on the wrong day !!!

I was very lucky to have missed all the palaver over cancelled flights too !! I was getting a bit worried there :-)

Anyway moving on to the lovely House Mouse Stamp winner,, I have just pressed the random gen and it chose ,,,unlucky for some ,,,,

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

13


Timestamp: 2010-04-23 14:40:07 UTC

the lucky girl is Kate aka Downrightcrafty.. please email me with your address and if you have this stamp already or would like to choose a different one please do so :-)

I had an amazing 125 entries !! :-) Thank you to everyone for entering and I wish I couls give you all a candy :-)

I will be back later with another one so better luck next time :-)

Luv
Lols x x x

Totally Papercrafts Recipe Challenge :-)

This week it is Ria's turn to choose the theme on the Totally papercrafts Challenge and she chose ,,,

RECIPE : 4 EMBELLISHMENTS
3 PAPERS
2 RIBBONS/LACE
1 IMAGE

We are being sponsored this week by Jodie from Bugaboo Stamps and the DT were all given a choice of images to use :-) thanks Jodie :-)



I chose this lovely J J Housework Cook image :-) this is ME !!! I coloured her with copics, added purple stickles to he scarf and top and some glaze to her glasses. The papers are Sarah Papers that i have had forever but loved the retro look of them, I thought they went well with this image :-)
The border was made using a MS double loop border punch. I got the idea to use it like this and to thread the ribbon through from a card that I saw on Jane aka Carroll's Creations blog I added 4 gems for my embellies, the sentiment comes with the image and is juts perfect :-)



The DT have made some fab, and very funny cards for you to see so pop over to the Challenge blog to see them :-)

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

My Fortnightly Candy Sponsored by Simon Says Stamp :-)

I am sorry to have given you a hard time last week by asking you to post about my candy on your blogs so for this fortnight I will keep it nice and simple :-)

All you have to do is leave your name with Mr Linky and I will draw a winner when I get back from the UK on Friday 23rd April :-) I would like it if you were a follower and I would LOVE it if you turned off word verification ,,!! :-)

Ok here is what is on offer this time :-)




this gorgeous Surprise Party House Mouse Stamp ( If you are the lucky winner and already have this stamp we can swap it for another one )

only one entry per person please :-)

Simon Says ,,,,,, Things with Wings

I am still in the UK so hoping Mr Blogger publishes this for me :-) I will be back soon and looking forward to catching up with you all :-)

This week the theme on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge is ,,

THINGS WITH WINGS

As usual Heidi will be sponsoring with a $25 shopping spree to the Simon Says Stamp Store :-)

The DT have all used C.C Design stamps for this challenge, you don't have to but if you have any we would like to see them :-)



I used this very cute Darby and Bumbles image (though I didn't use Bumbles on this :-)) I coloured her with copics and added stickles for sparkle :-) the papers are Basic Grey and the butterfly is made with a Martha Stewart punch, I also used a MS border punch too. The flower is Prima, sprayed with pearl glimmer mist and I added a few Robins Nest Dew drops too :-)



The DT have made some amazing creations so pop over to the Challenge blog to see them :-)

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

ABC I for ICE Christmas Challenge :-)

I am still in the UK so I hope Mr Blogger is doing a good job and publishes this for me :-)

This fortnight it is Jayne's turn to choose the theme for the ABC Christmas Challenge and she chose

I for ICE with the optional extra of SNOWFLAKES



We are sponsored by Stitchy Stamps and the DT were given a choice of images to use :-) Thanks xx




I used this lovely 'Got Mail' image, coloured with copics and added ice stickles for sparkle :-) The papers are papermania and silver stardream. I used a Do Crafts snowflake punch and a spellbinders die cut too :-) Sorry my snowflake charm is a bit skew whiff :-) I also used a Marths Stewart icicle punch, the sentiment is Hero Arts :-)



Delphine our GD and the DT have made some gorgeous cards for you to see so pop over to the challenge blog to see them :-)

Thanks for looking :-)

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