Simon Says ,,,, Lets get Fruity + Photo Inspiration Challenge

Hi all :-) thanks for all your fabulous entries to our ‘Man’s challenge ,, we know that making things for the men in our lives fills us with dread ,, lol ,,, but many of you rose to the challenge :-)

This week we are asking you all to GET FRUITY !! ,, Wimbledon is just around the corner and all the strawberries are ripening ,,, yum !! :-)

This is the photo that we used for our inspiration ,, oohh I feel a fruit salad coming on ,,,,, :-)

As always the lovely Heidi is giving one lucky entrant a super dooper $50 trolley dash around her store ,,, I wish I could enter !!

I went a bit mad this week and made 2 items !! I saw this gorgeous basket on Michelle Roo’s blog and just had to CASE it The instructions I found here.

I used a 12x12 Whitewash Core-dinations piece of card for the base and punched the edges with a Martha Stuart Pansy border punch. For the handle I embossed with a Swiss Dots folder and lightly sanded the raised bits. The papers are Cherry Cobbler SU card and My Minds Eye (MME) Life of the Party Papers . I used my Copics Air Brush to spray the Prima Alabaster flower with RV34 ink . I then sprayed it with Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer mist. I finished with a gingham bow and a punnet of yummy fresh strawberries :-)

Next up is a card I made using my very cute House Mouse Berried stamp. I coloured with Copics and added Star Dust Stickles here and there and I lightly inked the edges with Stormy Sky Distress Ink. The papers are from the same MME paper pad. I added a MS Scalloped heart punch and Monarch butterfly, some more gingham ribbon a strawberry charm and a few Robins Nest Dew Drops.

Thanks for looking :-) The DT have made some gorgeous creations for your inspiration so please pop on over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge to see them :-)

Challenges :

Corrosive ,,,, Summer Colours

Crafty Ho’s ,,,, Summertime Fun

Pile It On ,,,, Summer Heaven

Sketchy Colours ,,,, Red/White Green

Sweet Stampin ,, Playing in the Summer Sun ( these meece are having a fab time in the strawberry field !

Fairy Tale ,,,, Anything but a card

Crafters Companion ,,, Here Comes Summer

A Spoonful of Sugar ,,,, Here Comes Summer

My Time to Craft ,,,, Wildlife ,,, do cute meeces count ?? I think so :-)

ABC Christmas ,,, L for LOVE challenge :-)

Hi all ,,, the last 2 weeks have flown by and we are already up to ‘L’ in the alphabet !! I have a box of Christmas cards coming along nicely now ,,, no last min panic for me,,, or you if you have been joining us !!

We have 3 new teamies joining us on the DT ,, welcome aboard Heidi, Carol and Miria ! Woo Hoo :-)

This week it is my turn to choose the theme ,,,,

L FOR LOVE ,, and use the colours RED/GREEN/SILVER

We have 2 fabulous sponsors for this challenge ,,,

Heidi at Simon Says Stamp is offering one lucky entrant a $15 Voucher to her store,

AND

Gerda from Stamp Fairy will be offering 3 digi images of the winners choice !!

For my card I used this very cute Penny Black stamp ,, this one is called Wise Wishes. I coloured the image with Copics and inked the edges with Stormy Sky distress ink. I added Star Dust stickles for sparkle and Polar White flower soft on his hat. The papers are Papermania, I distressed them all using a Tim Holtz Paper Distresser and added Silver Stickles on the edges. I used some ribbon from my stash , a star charm and a few Robins Nest Dew Drops, the sentiment is also from Papermania and was stamped directly onto the ribbon using Stazon.

Thanks for looking :-) the DT have made some fabulous cards for your inspiration so please go to the ABC Christmas Challenge blog to see them

Challenges :

Crafty Cardmakers ,,,, Love, the lasting kind
Paper Sundaes ,,,Lets Get Sentimental, from the heart
Charisma Cardz ,,, Something that Flies
Cute Card Thursday ,,,, Embellish it ( stickles and flower soft)
Penny Black at Allsorts ,,, You're my Favourite ,,, I love this stamp , my newest x mas one and Christmas is a fave time of year too :-)
Creative Card Crew ,.... Wings
My Time to Craft ,,,, Wildlife

Papertake Weekly ,,,,Anything Goes Challenge

Hi all :-) I hope all is well with everyone :-)

It's Tuesday and time for a new theme on the Papertake Weekly Challenge ,,,,,

ANYTHING GOES ,,, with the optional extra of all white with just one accent colour

Sorry Dawny ,,,, I went ahead with anything goes and completely forgot the option !!

We are sponsored by Lili Of the Valley so a fab voucher to spend in the store on their fabby cute stamps ! :-)

I used a new House Mouse stamp ,,, ( yes I bought several !! ,,, shh ) this is called Sweet Sensation,, very cute :-) I coloured the image with Copics and added Glossy Accents The papers are My Minds Eye from the Life of the Party paper pack. The sentiment is from a Hero Arts clear stamp set, stamped in Brilliance Rocket Red ink. I added some buttons and ribbon to finish :-)

Thanks for looking :-) our fab GD’s and DT have made some gorgeous cards for your inspiration so hop on over to the PTW to see them

Challenges :

Corrosive ,,, Summer Colours

Crafty Pad ,,, Stripes

Gingerloft ,,,, Tie a Yellow ribbon

Pile It On ,,,,, Summer Heaven ( this little mouse is !! )

Scrappy Frogs ,,,, Happy Birthdays

Sentimental Sundays ,,,, Inspired by a Song ,,,, Dream by the Everly Brothers

Crafty Catz ,,,, Lots of Circles ,, ( paper design and buttons)

Fairy Knoll ,,,, Birthdays

PaperPlay ,,,,, Citrus Splashed

The Paper Variety ,,, Fruity Favourites

Truly Scrumptious ,,, Summer Sparkle

Party Time Tuesdays ,,,, Summer Birthdays

Cupcake Craft ,,,,, Things with Tails

House Mouse and Friends Monday ,,,, Jewellery Challenge :-)

Hi all :-) we had a brilliant time coming to see your ‘Football’ creations ,, oh my goodness you are an inventive lot, some of them really had me laughing out loud !!,,, all of them were very cute :-)

This time it is America’s turn to choose the theme and she chose ,,,

ADORNwith JEWELS ,,,,

so you can add some jewellery or jewels on your creation

Don't forget you MUST use a House Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie image to enter this challenge :-)

We are sponsored by the lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp, so a fab $15 spree AND a surprise package from our lovely teamie America too !! :-)

America sent the whole DT a goody bag of things to use for the challenge !! How very kind of her eh !! Thanks America xx

I have just bought this fab House Mouse Java Jumpers stamp ,,, and just HAD to use it ! I knew I had seen coffee bean jewellery in my local store but unfortunately it was gold ( too expensive) and had already been sold ,,, so I had to put my thinking cap on !!

In the bag of goodies that America has sent there was a fab silver circle, I stuck a coffee bean onto that using E6000 glue ( THE best glue EVER ,, that bean isn’t going to fall off !!! ) I then found the leather jewellery whatchamacallems in my jewellery box ,,,, brill ,,, necklace made !! This is fastened onto the card with a simple bow so can be removed easily. Then I made a pair of earrings using a little pair of old studs ,, I just stuck coffee beans on those ,, using the same glue and made a little box to pop them in, did you notice the little silver circles on the top of the box/ ,, these match the circle on the necklace and were in America’s goody bag All of the beans were coated with glossy Accents , I covered some extra ones too and used these as extra embellies . I used SU Chocolate Chip and Ivory card and Basic Grey papers from the Kraft paper pad and the sentiment was printed on my comp.

I used a Penny Black mouse footprint stamp ( now retired I think) and some organza spotty ribbon from my stash ,,

Close up of the earrings :-)



Our fabulous GD's for June,Kendra and Brenda ,,,,and DT have made some amazing creations for your inspiration so hop on over to the HM&F Monday Challenge blog to see them :-)

Challenges :

Alphabet ,,,, Easel Cards

Fairy Tale ,,, Anything but a card ( I have jewellery and a box too )

Stampin with the Dragon ,,,, Easel Card

Little Miss Muffet,, Metal embellies

Paper Crafting Journey,,,,Anything Goes + your favourite ( HM stamps + browns )

Pixi Dust Studio ,,, Make your own embellies

Claudia and Co ,,,, Fancy Folds

Tuesday Throwdown ,,, DIY embellies

Cupcake Crafts ,,,, Things with Tails

Craft Your Passion ,,, Anything Goes

Stamp Something ,,,,,, Digi :-)

Hi all :-) the weekend is almost here ,, have you got any plans to do anything exciting ,,,, ??? nope ,,,, me neither ! :-) Maybe clean my windows ,,,, now there’s exciting eh !! :-)

onto more interesting things ,,, this week on the Stamp Something Challenge we are asking you to USE DIGI’s ,,, it can be the image or papers ,,, or both !! :-)

We have lots of digi companies sponsoring and the DT have used a selection of images from all of them ,, so pop over to the challenge blog for a look ! :-)

I was allocated Bugaboo Digi Stamps this time ( big smiles ) and for my card I used this fab JJ Tequila Instant Fun image. I coloured her with copics and inked the edges with Colorbox pink chalk ink. The papers are Jillibean Blossom Soup and I used some ribbon and gems from my stash. The sentiment came with the image and I used a Whimsy ticket stamp too.

The DT have made some gorgeous cards for your inspiration so hop on over to the challenge blog to see them. :-)

Challenges :

Shelly’s Images ,,,, Seeing Spots

Top Tip Tuesday ,,,, Wrap it up with Ribbon

Catch the Bug ,,, Bright colours ( + optional flower soft)

My Time to Craft ,,,,,Very Funny

Totally Papercrafts ,,,,, Lets Get Fruity ,,,

Hi all :-) it’s almost the weekend phew ,,,, time for a relax and some crafty time :-)

This week our new teamie Victoria is hosting the challenge ( nothing like throwing peeps in the deep end eh !! ) :-)

LETS GET FRUITY !! ,,, you can use fruity images, papers, embellies ,,,, or all 3 if you like !!

We are sponsored by Doodle Pantry so some fab digi images on offer this week :-)

For my card I used this very cute House Mouse Berry Full stamp, coloured with Copics and the edges inked with Dusty Concord distress ink. The papers are Echo Park and the basic scalloped card is from Papermania. The ribbon was in my drawer and the gems are Kaiser Crafts.

Close up ,, don't ya just love his full tummy and purple juice stained tongue :-)

Thanks for looking :-) the DT have made some gorgeous cards for your inspiration ,,,, so please pop over to the Totally Papercrafts Challenge to see them

Challenges:

The Paper Variety ,,,, Fruity Fun

Truly Scrumptious ,,, Summer sparkle ( summer fruits + stickles )

Top Tip Tuesday ,,,, Wrap It Up with Ribbon

Simon Says ,,,,, Fathers Day/ For a Male

Hi all :-) I hope all is well with everyone and you’re all looking forward to some crafty time :-) This is a long post ,,, get coffee :-)

Thanks for all your entries to our Stars and Stripes Challenge and we hope you will all join us this week too on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge :-)

FATHERS DAY/FOR A MALE

Our lovely GD Christine and the DT have all used Tim Holtz goodies on their creations this week and I think we all enjoyed getting inky and having a play :-)

My Dad loves to feed the birds in his garden ,, it is like watching the pied piper when he goes out with food ,,, birds appear from nowhere and hop around his ankles ,,, they seem to know when its feeding time !! so cute to watch so that was my inspiration for my card :-)

The backround paper is from a Tim Holtz Seasonal Paper Pack , distresssed and inked with Vintage photo. The next layer is grungeboard which has been embossed using a Burlap folder, I then swiped Vintage photo distress ink over it to highlight the raised bits and embossed with Vintage Photo Embossing Powder. I then sprayed it with a homemade mist using a little water, antique linen distress ink refill and perfect pearls powder.

The tag was made using a selection of distress inks and Tim Holtz stamps, a weathered clock, stamped with vintage photo and heat embossed as before and I used a game spinner. The little bird is from an Urban Chic cling set . I used an Elegant Flourish die cut and some flowers cut from Lavish Ribbon and the tag ribbon is from the same pack. Everything was coloured with distress inks ,, I used a Grungeboard Elements bird die, this was coloured with a paint dabber then smothered in crackle glaze and when dry sponged with black soot ink amd the beady eyes were made with Enamel Accents.

As always Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant a fabulous $50 spree to her Simon Says Stamp Store !! woo Hoo !! :-)

There are new products arriving every day ,,, so keep an eye on the All New Just In pages !! :-)



It is Christine’s last week in the spotlight ,, thanks for joining us christine ,, it has been lovely having you along with us xx please pop over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge and see what fabby inspiration there is !! :-)

Challenges

Oldie But Goodie ,,, Lots of Layers +I have had the TH stamps for ages ,,,

Sweet Stamps ,,,, Masculine

Partytime Tuesdays ,,,, Anything Goes

Karen's Doodles ,,,, Fathers Day

Lexi's Creations ,,,, Fathers Day

Craft Your Days Away ,,, Fathers Day/Special Man

Crafty Emma ,,,, Embossing

ECP ,,,,, For Dad

HM&F image folder ,,,

Hi All :-) the sun has been shining all day and instead of spending time getting my lily white legs bronzed I shut myself in my craft room and had a play ,,,, I had the house to myself ,, DH at work and DD sitting her art exam ,,, time for me to have a play with no interruptions !! :-)

I made this little folder to hold some House Mouse stamped images.. now for those of you that have received stamped images from me ,, my apologies ,, I generally just pop them in a boring envelope :-/

I followed the fab sketch on the Sketch Saturday Challenge who are celebrating their 3rd Blogoversary !! Congratulations to them , it is one of my fave challenges and I try to join in as often as poss :-)

I used my very cute Amanda Writes stamp ,,, this has to be THE most versatile stamp ever ,, just write what the occasion is for and no one expects a mouse to write neatly so it doesn’t matter if your handwriting sucks like mine !! :-) I coloured her with copics and inked the edges with Vintage Photo distress ink. The papers are Basic Grey from the Manila paper pad. I used a Martha Stewart Mouse Halloween border punch. I used some Jillibean Soup twine and I used a button as a fastener so a piece of twine, fastened at the back could wrap around it . The mouse feet are made using a very old Penny Black stamp that I think is retired now ,,, shame ,,

Inside View

Challenges :

Sketch Saturday ,, Sketch + Blog Hop

Creative Stamp Friends ,,,,, Gift Package

Simon Says Stamp and Show ,,, fave stamp ( any HM&F )

Sentimental Sundays ,,,, Anything But a Card

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

Papertake Weekly ,,,, Dawny’s Sketch :-)

Hi all :-) Hope all is well with you all :-)

Well another Tuesday arrives in no time and we have a new sketch challenge over on the Papertake Weekly Challenge :-)

We are sponsored by the lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp so a fab $20 spree on offer for one lucky entrant !! :-)

For my card I used one of my new House Mouse stamps, this one is called Muscle Mouse, I love the weight sweeties on a cottton bud ,,, soo cute :-) I coloured the image with copics and inked the edges with an orange chalk ink. The papers are Basic Grey Sweet Threads, I love the colours in this pad ,, lovely ! The sentiment was stamped using a Lawn fawn clear Harolds Alphabet set. I added some Star Dust stickles, a few eyelets, ribbon and buttons to finish

Thanks for looking :-) The DT have made some goregous cards for your inspiration so hop on over to the PTW to see them :-)

Challenges :

The Cheerful Stamp Pad ,,, for a special reason ( I am hoping for good exam results for my DS ,, need to make another one too for DD !! )

Craft Your Passion ,,, What a Guy

Cupcake Craft ,,, Orange/Yellow/Green/White ,, I have pink too is that OK ,, if not delete my entry :-)

Dream Valley ,,,,, Stamp Something

Cupcake Inspirations ,,, Inspirational photo ,, I have all of the colours

Catch the Bug ,,,, Bright Colours

Craft Your Days Away ,,, Father’s Day /Special Man

Charisma Cardz ,,,, Card for a Male

Sisterhood of Crafters ,,,, Use Buttons

2nd attempt at the Less Is More Challenge :-)

Hi all :-) I hope you’re all having a fab weekend ,, especially you lot in the UK who are enjoying a nice long one :-)

After getting my legs slapped by Mandi I thought I should have another go at the Less Is More Challenge …. in my defence ,,, I only added a border and extra layer on my first one cos my stamp fell off the block and ruined it ,, so I HAD to cover it :-) ,,, that’s my excuse and am stickin to it ,, lol :-)

This is a small 10x10cm note card. The stamps are from Hero Arts and if I made this again I would use a smaller ‘Hi’ ,,, too late now !! I stamped the image then masked before spraying the sky with a blue copic using my airbrush. That was a waste of time because I then layered another kite over the top,,,,using a glue dot near the string and dimensional pop dots on the upper edge of the kite :-)

Thanks for all your comments ,, we have quite a nice community of Limettes eh !! Thanks to Mandi and Chrissie for hosting such a fun challenge and for encouraging us all to keep in touch as much as poss :-)

oops I forgot to add this to the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge ,,, Clean and Simple :-)

My effort for the Less Is More Challenge ,,,,,

Hi all :-) Hope you’re all having a lovely BH weekend in the UK :-)

I have just made this card for the Less Is More challenge whose theme this week is a recipe sketch ,,, fab idea !! :-)

I put on my thinking cap and came up with this ,,,not overly happy with this attempt ,,,, hmmm, think I will have a hop around my fellow Limettes and see what you all came up with and maybe get a few tips, Mandi and Chrissie's cards are fab and make it look so easy !! :-)

I used some speckled cream card that I bought at the NEC ,,, it is lovely IRL and some choc chip SU card ( from Mandi)

I made a reverse mask ( I saw this on Rica's blog and it gave me the idea ) I inked the background with tea dye and vintage photo distress inks. The stamps are all from Hero Arts, the background text is a cling ,,, now does anyone else have a problem with them ?? I find they don’t cling very well and often fall off the perspex ,,, really annoying as it means you ruin the card ,,, as I did on my first attempt here ,,, to make sure it stayed put I sprayed it with adhesive ! The flower is from a Hero Arts Clear set, stamped with Rich Cocoa Memento ink, coloured with Copics and layered. For the centre I added some flower soft sprinkled with bronze glitter. I distressed the edges and added platinum stickles for extra sparkle

Thanks for looking and for leaving me a comment :-) I really appreciate them :-)

I am also entering this into the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge ,,,, CAS

Totally Papercrafts and Stamp Something Challenges :-)

Before moving onto this weeks challenge I would like to welcome the lovely Victoria aka Angeldrummer to our Totally Papercrafts Design team :-) Welcome aboard me darlin :-)

Today I am combining challenges ,, It just so happens that the Stamp Something Challenge has the theme of ,,,,

SAY SOMETHING ,,,, use a sentiment

and the Totally Papercrafts Challenge is

PINK AND GIRLY

Both challenges are sponsored by the lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp and the Totally Papercrafts Challenge has an extra sponsor ,, Squigglefly ,, so some fab digi images on offer there too :-)

For my card I used my new House Mouse ‘ A Birdie told Me stamp, this is the stamp of the month for May :-) I coloured the image with Copics then masked the image and created a cloudy sky using a spellbinders scalloped circle nestie and my copic air brush, I used the same technique for the top half of the background papers, this is the first time I tried this technique and found it really effective and easier than using cloud masks.

The DP is from 3 Bugs in a Rug and I made the ‘sun’ using a Crealies flower die and a button from my drawer, I used some spotty ribbon and cute pram charm to finish

Thanks for looking :-) the DT have made some fabulous cards so pop on over to both challenges to see them

Challenges

Fab n Funky ,,,, Cute and Cuddly ,, I think the mouse is :-)

Partytime Tuesday ,,,,, Animals ( 2nd entry)

Use it Tuesday ,,, Flowers + uninked stamp

Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight ,,, Try something new, ,,copic clouds.