Papertake weekly ,,,,,, Dawny's Sketch

My visitors have all gone home now ,,, it has been a busy summer and I have lots to catch up on ,,, am chasing my tail at the mo' :-) I will be popping around all your blogs just as soon as I can ,,, am looking forward to seeing what you have all been up to :-)

anyway ,,, time for a new challenge over on the PTW :-) Dawny has made us a fab sketch to follow and as I had to make a Wedding card for last night I had to sit down get on with it yesterday morning !!

We are sponsored this week by the lovely Katharina at Whiff of Joy so a lovely stamp will be given to one lucky entrant !! :-)




I used my Newly Weds magnolia stamp ,,, I just bought this ,,, lovely eh !! I coloured the image with copics and added touched of star dust stickles,, as is compulsory !! :-) The papers are Basic Grey Capella, Ivory Star Dream card and beige coredinations. I inked all the edges with pumice stone distress ink and made the flowers with my new Nellie Snellen floral punches ,, I have been wanting these since I went to the craft fair in Holland last year, they punch and emboss ,,, gorgeous :-) I used a Martha Stewart border punch and added a ribbon ,, a few pearls and a charm to finish :-)



The tradition here is to go to the bride or grooms house a few days before the wedding to take your gifts, we took this card with a cheque in it and had a drink and chat with the happy couple and the grooms parents ,,,, anyway ,,,I was talking to the bride and hadn't opened my card and I don't know how it came to this topic of conversation ,,, but she said she HATED ivory and was getting married in white, she thinks ivory is a dirty white ,,,, so maybe she will hate me card too !! at least I think she will like the cheque tho eh !! :-)

Challenges :

Colour Create ,,,,, lovely photo insp ,, Ivory Duck Blue plus one other colour

Basic Grey ,,,,, Pearls

don't forget to enter my fortnightly candy at the top of my blog :-)

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ... Photo Inspiration

Good morning :-) another Monday and time for a new theme over on the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge
for the next fortnight Lisa has chosen the theme :-)

PHOTO INSPIRATION :-)

and here is the cute photo she picked for us to use :-)

We are sponsored this week by heidi at Simon Says Stamp so a gorgeous HM stamp of your choice,, if you are the lucky entrant !! :-)

For my card I used this lovely House Mouse Birthday Cupcake stamp.



I coloured the image with copics and added star dust stickles here and there. The papers are DCWV glitter stack and the flower is Prima. The ribbon was in a DT pack from Heidi at Simon Says Stamp,,,ages ago and I think it was Heidi Swap, the 3 is a Prima Flowers chipboard shape whick I painted with acrylic paint and glittered.



I am entering this into the Sweet Stampin Challenge who are asking us to use our favourite stamp ,,, well ,,, ALL HM are my faves :-)

the DT have made some amazing creations for your inspiration :-) so hop on over to the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge

Unmounted House Mouse Candy Sponsored by Simon Says Stamp

Simon Says Stamp Store have all the unmounted HM stamps in stock and are selling FAST !!! I am only showing one of the 7 sets currently available so if you would like to see them all click here :-)

Would you like a set of your choice ???? :-) I think you all know the rules by now ,, but I will tell you them again :-)

1, TURN OFF VERIFICATION
2, Add my blinkie to your sidebar ( the code is on my sidebar, if you just copy the image it won't blink:-))
3, Join in with the Simon Says Stamp Challenges and add a link to your creations with the linky ,,, the more entries the more chances you have here too :-)
4, Leave me a comment saying which set you would like to win :-)

If by some chance you own them all ,,, as I know a few of the HM&F DT do ,, then you can choose a HM, Gruffie or Happy Hopper stamp of your choice instead :-)

The DT is allowed to enter too :-)

good luck all ,, the winner will be chosen by Random gen on 1st September :-)

Sketch and Stash Challenge ,,,, Sue' Sketch :-)

I hope you all had a lovely weekend and are all ready for a new week of crafting !

Time for a new theme on the Sketch and Stash Challenge and this time it was Sue's turn to deisgn the fab sketch for us to use :-)

We are sponsored this week by Wendy at Digital Delights so some lovely digi images on offer :-)

For my card I used my fab new House Mouse stamp ,, this one is called Lip Smackin Relaxin ,, cute eh ! :-) I coloured the image with my trusty copics inked around the edge with pink chalk ink, then stickled with star dust. The papers were free with a magazine ,, which I had my friends bring me from the UK especially as my lovely teamie Jo was published in it ,,, and I was amazed when I opened it and saw so many buddies in there too ,, Dawny P, Marlene, Darcie ,, it was brill !! :-) The flower is a Basic Grey fabric bloomers one and the lovely brads are from the Wild Rose Studio
The sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp Exclusives set. No neglected stash on my card this week ,, all new or in regular use :-)

Thanks for looking :-) the DT have made some amazing cards for your inspiration so hop on over to the Sketch and Stash Challenge to see them :-)

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

Crafty Emma's Store Challenge Blog :-)

WOO HOO !!! my lovely friend Emma has just announced her Design Team and will be posting the 1st challenge on the on 28th August :-)

Congratulations to all the DT and good luck with the challenges :-)

To launch the challenge Emma is giving away 2 fabulous prizes so head on over to the Crafty Emma's Store Challenge blog to enter !! :-)

I am so proud of you Emma :-) x x x

good Luck to all :-)

Brand New Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge :-)

Long post ,,,, get coffee :-)

We have a brand new sister challenge that started on Monday called the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge

the theme for their fist week is 'Things With Wings' :-)

Heidi very kindly sent all the Simon Says Stamp Challenge DT a little DT pack filled with bits and bobs taht we could use to enter the challenge :-) Thanks Heidi x x i do have quite a stash of Tim Holtz goodies and it was lovely to get everything out and have a play :-)



I had this 'recipe box' that was just waiting to be altered so i thought I would give that a 'go' :-) Firt of all I gave it a few layers of white acrylic paint ,, then inked all the edges with vintage photo distress ink I used a lovely sheet of paper from the Tim Holtz Lost and Found paper pad, I inked all the edges with the same distress ink and used a TH edge distresser,, fab gadget ,, better than scissors !! :-)



The bird is a grungeboard die cut that I painted white with acrylic , then inked with tea dye ink , then stamped using a TH script stamp and embossed with tea dye distress powder ,, looks fab IRL !! the swirl was made using a new Tim Holtz Elegant Flourishes die and grungeboard. this was coloured with pine needles distress ink and then I added rock candy distress stickles for a little sparkle :-) I added an ideology locket key hole
and a ticket sentiment. this was made using a TH Ticket strip die and stamps from the Odds and Ends 100th set




more grungeboard swirls, a Tim Holtz bird stamp and some black pearls to finish



sorry this is such a long post ,,,,, nearly finished ,, stay with me !! LOL :-)

the flower was made using a TH Tattered floral die I cut watercolour card as i find this doesn't tear as easily as ordinary card you can see a tutorial on how I made it on Christina's blog here



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

Totally Papercrafts Rainbow Challenge :-)

Better late than never !!!! :-) I have just made this tag for the Totally Papercrafts Challenge :-)

This week it is Joey's turn to choose the theme and she chose

RAINBOW :-)


We are sponsored this week by Sew Many Cards and one lucky entrant will be able to choose 5 digi images of their choice :-) Thanks Jeri x x

I used everything Tim Holtz on this tag ,,, I used , blue, green, yellow, and pink alcohol inks which I then smudged with the blending solution ,, stamped with various TH stamps and addded a few bits of ideology things :-) the blue fabric flower was in my drawer and was a gift from a blog buddy tho I can't remember who ,, sorry x x ! It was quite deep so I took it to pieces and held it together with a brad.
i know my tag doesn't look anything like a rainbow ,, but the colours are there ,, just grunged a bit :-) I used a TH on the Edge die cut along the bottom and added some navy blue card ,,, which was then stickled with star dust. The swirl was made using a TH die and grungeboard ,, inked with distress then stickled with rock candy. i really enjoyed making this ,, getting all inky and just having a play :-) FUN !! :-) with the exception of the flower ,, everything used is from Simon Says Stamp




Thanks for looking :-) the DT have made some fabulous creations for you to see so hop on over to the TPC Challenge blog to see them and I hope you all join in :-)

Simon Says ,,,,,,, Summertime Blues

another scheduled post :-) My visitors will soon be heading on home and I will pop round to see you all soon :-)

Good morning and time for a new theme over on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge :-)

SUMMERTIME BLUES :-)

so any summery card with a bit of blue in it :-)

As always we are sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp so a trolly dash around her store to the value of $25 !!

For my card I used this lovely Happy Hopper Bunny Cruise stamp :-)



I coloured the image with copics and added star dust stickles here and there :-) I used some Tim Holtz Shabby Vintage paper. For the top part I stamped Hero Arts clouds, masked them and sprayed with copics using a copic sir brush system. The 'sun' was made using a Nellie Snellen circular die cut and a Hero Arts felt button, The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp exclusives set :-) I used a few Robins Nest Dew drops and a Blue Moon Travel Charm :-)



Challenges :

The Pink Elephant ,,,,,,, Summer Fun

Aly's Sunday Challenge ,,,,,, By the Sea

Kenny K's Krafty Girlz ,,,,,,,In the Summetime

One Stop Crafts ,,,,, Summer Fun


Catch the Bug ,,,,,, Summertime

the DT have made some gorgeous creations for you to see so hop on over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge to see them :-)

Simon Says Stamp Sponsored Candy Time :-)

How would you like to win the stamp I used for the Simon Says Song Title Challenge ??

Aren't these bunnies CUTE :-)This Happy Hopper stamp is called Wishin Well. Heidi at Simon Says Stamp stocks every single House Mouse, happy Hopper and Gruffie stamp that are produced !! YAY !! :-)

If you would like a chance to own this (or if you have it you can choose a different one) just enter the Simon Says Stamp Challenge, and or the Simon Says Stamp Challenge on the Papercrafts Planet site ,, the theme for this month is Back to School ,, and a fabulous prize on offer there too !! :-)

Please make sure your word verification is turned off ,,, my pet hate ,,, and that my blinkie is on your sidebar :-)

add a link to your cards with the blue frog ,,,, one entry per card !! the more entries you make to the challenges ,,,, the better your chances ! :-) Good Luck to you all :-)

ABC Challenge Q for Quick and Easy sketch ,, extra ,, make more than 1 :-)

Today is my DS 22nd B'day !!! where did those years go ?? one min he's a baby and the next he is off to Uni !! Make the most of your babies :-) ,, you don't keep them for long before they're leaving home !!

Time for a new theme over on the ABC Christmas Challenge

For this fortnight it was Samantha's turn to choose the theme and she chose

A Quick and Easy Sketch with the optional extra of making more than one the same :-)



We are sponsored by our lovely teamie Lacey at Stamp and Create so a fabulous prize on offer !! :-)



I used a lovely Greeting Farm Keep Cozy set. This set comes with 3 little snowpeople so I have to make 3 cards !! :-) These are small 10x10 cm ones ,,, very cute and dinky :-)
I coloured the images with copics and added stickles here and there, the papers are Papermania Blue Christmas ones and the sentiments came with the set too. I added a few gems to finish :-)



a few close ups :-)





Challenges :

Die Cut Dreams Christmas Club,,,,,, Snowmen

Sundays with Crissy ,,,,,, Christmas in July

Ai Factory ,,,,,, Christmas in July

Our Daily Bread ,,,, 3 of something ( 3 cards ! )

thanks for looking :-) the DT have made some gorgeous creations for you to see so pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge to see them :-)

Papertake Weekly ,, Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed , Something Blue

Good Morning :-) another week has passed and it's time for a new theme over on the Papertake Weekly Challenge :-)

Something Old Something New Something Borrowed OR Something Blue :-)

so you need to include at least one of these things on your creation and let us know what it is in your blog post

The lovely Katharina is sponsoring this challenge so a fab Whiff of Joy stamp is there for one lucky entrant :-)



For my card I used a lovely House Mouse Monica with Pacifier stamp. I coloured the image with copics and chalked the edges with pebbles inc pastel chalk. The papers are old digi downloads from Funky Fairys Papercrafts which has now closed down. I stamped some mice paw prints across the middle and added a SU ribbon. The flower is Prima and the sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp exclusives set I added lots of stickles, a few Robins Nest dew drops and a little pram charm :-)



Challenges :

Allsorts ,,,, Primary Colours ,, thanks for choosing me in your top 5 last week :-) x x

Secret Crafter Saturday ,,,,, It's a Man's world

Crafty Catz ,,,,,, Buttons and Bows

Cute Card Thursday ,,,,,Whateva

The Stamp Man ,,,,Take 2 Colours

Everybody's Art Challenge ,,,, Check it Out

the DT have made some gorgeous creations for you to see so hop on over to the Papertake Weekly Challenge to see them :-)

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

unmounted HM stamps now available in the Simon Says Stamp Store !!! YAY :-)

Lots of nerw items are arriving in the Simon Says Stamp store daily but I just HAD to tell you about the new unmounted House Mouse stamps that have just arrived !! :-) Brilliant !! :-)

Totally Papercrafts By the Sea Challenge

No DT card from me today for the Totally Papercrafts Challenge ,,, my apologies but I haven't had time with all my visitors here ,, will try to make one later ,,, :-)

the theme has been chosen by our lovely Scoopy :-)

BY THE SEA

we are sponsored by the Ai Factory Store ,,they are giving one lucky entrant a fab prize of a $10 voucher to spend in the store :-)

Pop over to the Challenge blog to see all the fabulous cards that the DT have made, we were all given some gorgeous digi images and the DT are showcasing them beautifully :-)

Winner of the Basket of Friendship HM stamp sponsored by Simon Says Stamp

Sorry am late today ,,, I have just pressed the button on the random gen and the lucky winner this week is ,,,,,

Here are your random numbers:

12

Timestamp: 2010-08-04 14:07:06 UTC

Congratulations Lorraine :-) Please email me with your address and Heidi will pop the stamp in the post for you :-) If you have this one or would prefer to choose a different one ,, just let me know your choice :-)

Luv
Lols x x x

Simon Says ,,,,, Song Title

another scheduled post !! ,, hope Mr Blogger is working :-)

Good Morning :-) hope all is well with you :-)

Time for a new theme on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge, this week we are asking for

SONG TITLES :-)

Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant a trolley dash around her Simon Says Stamp store :-)

Can you guess my song title ,,,,, a very easy one !!

Wishing Well by Terence Trent D'arby Click here if you would like to hear it.

I used my lovely Happy Hoppers Wishin Well stamp. I coloured it with copics and coloured the edges with stormy sky distress ink. The papers are Basic Grey and I used a Martha Stewart butterfly punch and leaf punch. I also used a lucky horse shoe charm and a Tim Holtz addage ticket

thanks for looking :-) The DT have made some gorgeous creations for you to see so hop on over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge to see them :-)

Cathy's Candy :-)

Cathy aka Ellieskeeeper has this fabulous candy to celebrate all her blogging achievments ,,, DT posts ,,loads of followers ,,and as a thankyou to everyone for leaving her fabby comments :-)
Wendy from The Secret Crafter and Virginia from Instyle Stamps have both donated some lovely items for this too :-)
You have until 15th August to enter, good luck to everyone ,,,, but especially MEEE :-) lol