ABC Christmas ,,,, A for Anything Christmas Challenge

Good Morning all :-) Time to start the alphabet from the begining !! It is hard to believe we are starting the 2nd run !! :-) I know that some of you may be ' Christmas carded out' BUT when next December comes around you will be glad to have a box full of cards ready !! I know I was !! So join in with ours and the other Christmas Challenges and get ahead !!

Before moving onto the challenge I used the random gen to choose the winner of my surprise candy from the last challenge and the winner is ,,,,,,,

Here are your random numbers:

25

Timestamp: 2011-01-02 09:34:54 UTC

Denimo

Congratulations Denise :-) can you email me with your address and I will post your surprise to you and hope you like it !! :-)

OK ,,, now for the challenge !! :-)

A for ANYTHING CHRISTMAS !!

We are sponsored by the lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp so a fab voucher to the store for one lucky entrant :-)

I made by card using this super cute House Mouse Christmas Treats stamp :-) I coloured the image with Copics and inked around the edges with my fave Stormy Sky Distress ink. I then used loads of crystal glitter and stickles for sparkle :-) I made the snowflake using the same papers and a Martha Stewart Himalayan punch, and Woodware punch and smothered them in glitter :-) I added a few Robins Nest Dew Drops and a ribbon and charm to finish ;-)

Thanks for looking :-) Please pop by the ABC Christmas Challenge to see what the other girls have been up to !! :-) You have 2 weeks to enter !! so plenty of time and no excuses lol :-)

Papertake Weekly ,,,,, Anything Goes

Good Morning all :-) hope you all had a lovely time over the Christmas Holidays :-)

It's time for a new theme over on the Papertake Weekly Challenge and this week Dawny chose ,,,

ANYTHING GOES !!

This week Lili of the Valley Store are sponsoring the challenge so a fabulous $10 voucher will be going to one lucky entrant !!

For my card I used this super cute Me and My Cat stamp that I bought at the Ally Pally last year. I coloured the image with Copics and inked around the edges with Stormy Sky and Vintage Photo Distress inks . the papers are a mix of Craft Creations and HOTP ( I think ) the flowers are Prima, sprayed with Pearl Glimmer Mist and I used Star Dust Stickles for extra sparkle. I used a EK Success Daisy Scallop border punch, a MS Frond Leaf Punch and added a ribbon and cute cat charm to finish.


Challenges :

Craft your Passion ,,,,, Anything goes
Paper Playtime ,,,,,, Faces
Craft Your Days Away ,,,,, Punch it Out
Crafty Emma ,,,, Anything Goes


thanks for looking :-) The DT have made some gorgeous cards so pop over to the challenge blog for some fab eye candy !! :-)

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge and hop ,,, New Beginings

Happy New Year to you all !! I hope 2011 will be the BEST year for everyone :-)

To celebrate the New Year we thought we would ask you to join us in a Blog Hop and give you the chance to win some FABULOUS prizes along the way !!! We have several sponsors offering fantastic goodies PLUS there may be hidden candy on some of the DT blogs. You can see them all on the Challenge blog. We are joined by our old friend and teamie, Curt for this special occasion and also we are welcoming our FIRST Guest Design Teamie , Tracy aka Country Mouse :-)


Now on to Our New Year's BLOG-HOP!! We're going to have fun with Challenge #86 and want you to create anything that reminds you of NEW Beginnings. You could be ringing in the NEW YEAR, celebrating a New baby, a New home, a New friend, a New car, (anything that is NEW, really!), just as long as you make sure to showcase a House-Mouse Designs®, Happy Hoppers® and Gruffies® image on your design!!

We are very fortunate to be Sponsored by these GREAT companies who are offering fantastic prizes for this New Years HOP! Just take a look at our amazing line-up;

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House-Mouse Designs®
($20.00 Electronic Gift Certificate to the official site's store)

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Simon Says Stamp

($15 of products to Simon Says Stamp shop!)


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Di's Digi Downloads

( Offering one lucky YOU 3 free Digi Downloads )

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Joanna Sheen
(Unmounted House-Mouse Designs stamps - offering you any 2 full sheets of your choice)

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RK Stamps
(Has A $10 gift certificate to RK Stamps Shop waiting for you!)

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PLUS there is loads of candy on the DT blogs too !!!!!

If you arrived here from the lovely Lori's blog then you are going in the right direction ,, otherwise you better go to the House Mouse and Friends Challenge and start from there :-)

Over the Christmas holidays we had 2 family engagements so I made this easel card for my niece and her fiance to celebrate the strart of a New life together :-)

I used my lovely ' I Give You My Heart' stamp. Coloured with Copics and Prismacolor pencils ,, I love the effect this had on the flowers ,,, they look almost velvety !! The papers are Basic Grey , I used SU card for layering and a Martha Stewart Heart border punch. the sentiment from a Simon Says Stamp exclusives set and the ribbon and flowers were in my drawer. I also added loads of Star Dust stickles and a few Robins Nest Dew Drops to finish :-)

From here you need to go to the fabulously talented Mary's Blog to see her wonderful creation ! :-) Happy Hopping and hope you have fun !

Challenges :
House Mouse and Friends ( the other one :-)) ,,,, Celebrate
Quirky Crafts ,,,, New Beginings
Crafty Emma ,,,,, Anything Goes
Crazy 4 Challenges ,,,,,, Celebrate Something
One Stop Crafts ,,,, New Beginings
Anything Goes ,,, letter C ,,, Congratulations !

I am adding a linky,,, just in case I have a candy ,,,,, :-) IF I have a candy this will make it easier to do the random draw !! wink :-)

My Fave Five from 2010

My lovely friend and teamie, Debby aka A Scrap Journey, is asking us to join in and post our fave 5 cards from 2010, she is very generously offering 2 fabulous PB stamps and some of her beautiful ribbons to one lucky link !! :-)

OK off to look now ,,,,,,, oohh this is diffy ,,,,

Number One

I just LOVE this cute Gruffie Bear-ied in Paperwork stamp

Number Two

I had to have a Happy Hopper card in the line up :-) this one is called Will Knit For Friends

Number 3

I love this image by Paula at Pollycraft. This image is sold to raise funds for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance Service and is a tribute to Emma's (aka Crafty Emma) Dad, Ronnie, who was killed in a tragic accident. Please pop over and buy this image from Emma's blog if you haven't already :-) xx

Number 4

I love this gorgeous Milton Bear from the Wild Rose Studio

and last but not least ,,,,
Number Five

There HAS to be a House Mouse in the line up :-)

This one is the HM stamp for April and is called Bed of Flowers I am not sure this ia my fave HM card ,, but it was very diffy to choose so it was a case of eeny meeny miny mo' :-)

I hope you will all join in with this fun challenge over on Debby's blog !! :-)

Stamp Something ,,,,,,, Glittery :-)

Happy New year to you all !!! Hope you are planning a fab evening of partying ,, I will be having an early night as I have to take my DD and her friend to the airport,, catching a stupid oclock ferry !! They're going on a shopping trip to London ,,lucky them !! :-)

Thanks for all your entries to the Stamp Something Challenge, we really appreciate you joinin g in especially at this busy time of year :-)

This week is a nice easy one ,,, just add GLITTER !!! plenty of scope to combine challenges on this one, just slap loads of glitter and bling on your artwork !!! :-)

we are sponsored by the lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp so a fab spree on offer !!! :-)

For my card I used this ever so cute Ruffles Party stamp by Helz Cuppleditch for Stampavie, I coloured with Copics and inked the edges with Stormy Sky Distress ink . The Papers are from a Basic Grey Max and Whiskers pad. I used a Spellbinders Labels 5 die and added Basic Grey Gems in the corners, I used a Martha Stewart Happy Birthday punch and a ribbon and buttons from my drawers. For the glitter I used LOADS of stickles glitter glue , Star Dust and Platinum . I also used a glaze pen on the bone to finish :-)



Challenges :
Crafty Sentiments ,,, Anything Goes
MAWTT ,,,, Birthday + Circles ( buttons and gems )
Stamp Insanity ,,,, Sparkle
Stampin' B's ,,,, Celebrate
Party Time Tuesdays ,,, Birthday
Bunny Zoe's Crafts ,,,, Sparkle and Shine
Crazy Challenge ,,,, Punch It
Stamps R Us ,,,, Anything Goes ( 1st entry )
Aly's Sunday Challenge ,,,, Anything Goes
Corrosive ,,, Bling It On (2nd entry)
Crafty Pad ,,,, Anything Goes
Allsorts ,,,, Anything Goes
CYDA ,,,, Punch It Out
Sweet Stampin ,,,, Celebrate

The DT have made some GORGEOUS sparkly creations for you to see so please hop on over to the Stamp Something Challenge blog to see them :-)

Simon Says ,,,, Time to Party/Celebrate :-)

Good Morning all :-) I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and you're now looking forward to a Happy New Year :-) Thank you for joining in with our Anything Goes Challenge last week, we appreciate you taking the time to join in especially at this very busy time of year :-)

This week, our challenge is TIME TO PARTY/CELEBRATE !

Domi gave us this fab bottle template to use for the challenge , it is not compulsory ,, just an extra bit of fun :-) also all the DT used Glimmer Mist and Glitter on their creations, if you have them we would love to see them used ,,, but you don't have to to join in :-)

The winner this week will win a $50 shopping spree in the Simon Says Stamp Store - BRILLIANT !!! :-)

For my card I used these lovely Popcorn Bear and Little Duck stamps from the Celebrate set, the sentiments are in the set too. I coloured the images on the card and bottle tag with Copics and Prismacolor pencils and I inked around the edges with Stormy Sky Distress ink. The papers are Echo Park Merry Christmas I glittered here and there with Star Dust Stickles glitter glue and used gold Glimmer Mist on the bottle. I used a Martha Stewart Lattice Arch border punch and added a couple of gems and grungeboard die cut stars ,, coloured with a white acrylic dabber, coloured with copics and smothered in stickles :-) I plugged in my sewing machine and zig zagged the edges, I am really liking sewing on cards and have a few more to show in the next few days !! The ribbon was in my drawer and I added a little Jingle Bell charm to ring in the New Year !! :-)

close ups :-) the lovely gold ribbon on the bottle was a gift from my lovely teamie Jo :-)

Challenges :

Crafters Companion ,,,,,, Sketch ,, I stuck the strip on a bit too low by accident but when I tried to remove it the paper was tearing so I had to leave it ,,, if it doesn't fit please delete me xx

Anything Goes ,,, the letter C ,, Celebrate !!

My Time to Craft ,,,, Brand Spanking New ,,Happy New Year Card, new stamps, new ribbon, have never zig zagged on a card :-)

Scrap Creations ,,, New Year

Bunny Zoe Crafts ,,,,, Sparkle and Shine

Craft Your Passion ,,,, Red/Green/Cream

Paper Playtime ,,,, New Year

Corrosive ,,,,, Bling It On

Crafty Pad ,,,, Anything Goes

I Did It Creations ,,, Out with the Old and in With the New

Allsorts ,,,,, Anything Goes

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year !! Good Luck in 2011 !!! :-)

Merry Christmas to my lovely blog buddies :-)

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas :-) I hope you are all having a lovely time and hope you all found a nice surprise under the tree this morning :-)

My very last Simon Says Stamp Candy Winner

Well ,, as I said before all good things come to an end and this is the very last of my Fortnightly candy winners. Thank you to everyone who has entered over the last couple of years. There are still a few of the DT candy's still running but these will finish before the end of December so you had better have a look !! :-)

ok ,,, pressing the button ,,,, good luck to all !!!!

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

72

Timestamp: 2010-12-25 12:10:35 UTC

the lucky girl is Shaz aka Shaz's Crafty Corner Please email me with your choice of stamp and your address and Heidi will have the stamp posted to you !! :-)

Samantha's Candy Challenge :-)

Samantha aka Penrith Crafts,my lovely Boss on the ABC Christmas Challenge, has a surprise candy on offer ,, all we have to do is join in with her challenge to make something ,,, BUT ,, not a card :-)

Well I have seen a couple of these faux leather wallets on buddies blogs and have been meaning to have a go at making one too. You can see the instructions here :-)



I used SU Lovely Lilac card and some stripey paper and brad from Papermania :-) I embossed the card with a Tim Holtz Burlap folder, inked with Dusty Concord distress ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. I also got out my sewing machine for the edges . The instructions suggest using a magnet fastening ,,, which I tried but it wouldn't stay closed so I stuck a bit of velcro on it ,,, not very nice looking but it worked !! I remember someone else saying that they had the same problem too ,,,,sorry but I can't remember who it was now ! :-/ if you know who it was please let me know so I can link to her blog too xx



this is for a friend ,,, can't say any more cos she might read this !!!! suffice it to say this is her fave colour !! :-)

wishing you all a very Merry Christmas ,,, hope you're all enjoying a fab Christmas eve ,,, we are listening to Christmas Carols and enjoying a glass of sherry :-) My turkey is stuffed ( Paxo sage and onion ,,,, I love it !!lol ) and the pressies are wrapped and under the tree ,,, being guarded by Jessie ,,, bless her ,,, there is a bone wrapped too and she isn't leaving it there for the cats to steal ,,, lol :-)

Challenges
Samantha's candy challenge
Crafty Emma ,,,, Anything Goes
Allsorts ,,,, Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss ,,,, For Someone Special ,,,, this wallet is !!! :-)

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!! :-)

My Fave 5 Christmas cards :-)

Debby aka a Scrapjourney is asking us to post our fave 5 Christmas cards and link them to her blog for a little challenge :-) I found it really difficult to choose a fave 5 ,,, not because I like all my cards but because I have made so many I can't remember them !! Anyway after a little search these are the ones I came up with ,,, hope you like them !! :-)

Well ,, the first up HAD to be a HM card !! in fact ,,, it was diffy for me not to choose ALL 5 as HM cards !! This is definitely one of my fave cards for this year, I LOVE this I Cane Count on You stamp and this card was sent to Heidi and the staff at Simon Says Stamp ,,, hope it gets there in time !!


Next up is this cute Gruffie with Box of Ornaments gate fold card, I thought it looked like he was carrying the box of baubles to the naughty Footloose and Fancy Free House Mice
so I used that stamp on the inside.



I love this stamp, this is a new one from Nellie Snellen ,, I think this cow is just sooo cute talking to Squirrel and the little mouse bringing gifts :-) this stamp is called Koetie with Squirrel


This all white card looks fab IRL ,, really icy sparkly :-) the stamp is a Stampabilities Jolly Snowman,, isn't he cute :-)


And last but not least is this shaker card. I used the Santa Down the Chimney stamp from Hero Arts :-)

edited ,,, I had another look through my cards and HAD to add this one !! hope you don't mind Debby xx



This one is a lovely one of the new Fairy stamps from the Wild Rose Studio, this one is called Phoebe with dove ,,, isn't she lovely !! :-)


Now you can all pop over to Debby's blog and join in the fun :-) Debby will be giving away 2 stamps to one lucky person who joins in :-)

wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year :-)