Simon Says ,,,, Sweet Tooth :-)

Thank you so much to everyone who joined in with our 3rd Birthday Challenge last week. It was fantastic to see so many of you coming to join the party :-)

All those cupcakes have left us with a SWEET TOOTH ,,,, so that is our theme for this week !!

make your cards/creations using cupcakes, chocolates, sweets etc :-)

This week the Design Team are showcasing Faber-Castell products. If you have any of theie products we would love to see them in your projects this week but its not necessary to join in :-)

As usual Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant a $50 voucher to her FANTASTIC Simon Says Stamp Superstore !!

AND
Faber-Castel will also be giving a lucky entrant a lovely Mixed Media Sampler set and a 4 pack of Gelato's !! :-)

Woo Hoo !! :-)

I decided to make a little gift set of cards this week :-)

I really enjoyed making some spotty background papers using a mixture of Faber-Castell Gelatos and a Hero Arts Cling Dots background stamp. These were a lot of fun,, I just scribbled the gelatos onto the stamp, sprayed with a little water and then stamped onto Neenah card. I used a Hero Arts cupcake stamp from a Picnic stamp set, coloured with Copics and sparkled with various colours of glitter . The sentiments are Hero Arts and I made a box to pop the cards in, the tag was made using the Silhouette Cameo and I used a Simon exclusives set for the cupcake and sentiment.

The DT would love your comments so if you have a mo' please pop round to see them all :-)

GD Dora
Lols thats me :-)
Chris
Jo
Domi
Debby
Heather
Christine
Mandy
Dawny P
Melissa
Marcea
Becca
Joy

Thanks for looking, , now its your turn !! Pop over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge to join in !!

Challenges :-

Skipping Stones Design ,,,,, Sketch ( I flipped it)

Incy Wincy ,,,,, Spots and Dots

Make It Monday ,,,,, Anything Goes

Pollycraft ,,,, matching card and tag

Crafty Creations ,,,, Frame it

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America's House Mouse Candy :-)

How would you like to win this HUGE collection of House Mouse and Friends stamps + a massive collection of charms and ribbons !!! WOW !!
Hop on over to America's blog for a chance to win !! :-)

Good Luck ( but more good luck to me !! lol ) :-)

Papertake Weekly ,,,, CUTE Challenge :-)

Hi all :-) Another Tuesday and a new theme over on the PTW ! :-)Oh my goodness ,, the weeks are whizzing by !! I have been a bit busy lately, getting ready for summer and I have been in Malta for a couple of days, shopping with Amy, household stuff for their flat, clothes, food ,,, spent a small fortune !! It also means I am a bit behind with commenting so apologies if I haven’t been to see you yet xx

This week we have a fabby challenge for you ,,,

ANYTHING CUTE :-)

We are sponsored by the lovely Gerda aka the Stamp fairy and she will be offering a choice of her super cute digi images for one lucky player :-)

We were offered a choice of images to use and I was a bit cheeky and asked for 2 ! I just LOVE these Betsy cows and had an idea to make a joy fold card :-)

I really enjoyed making this ,, made me smile alot ,, sooo cute :-) I coloured the image with Copics and I layered her head using pop dots to add dimension. I should have taken an arty angle piccy !! ,, next time ,,,, :-) I inked the edges with Stormy Sky DI and added star dust stickles here and there . The sentiment is from Penny Black, the papers are Basic Grey Marjorlaine, I added a few card candi dots, coloured with a copic marker, and the fab text ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons :-)

Inside View

Thanks for looking :-) our lovely GD Hazel and the DT have made some oh sooo cute cards this week so hop on over to see them ! :-)

Challenges :

My Craft Spot ,,,, Down on the Farm

House Mouse and Friends ,,,,, Humour :-)

Hi all :-) I hope you all had a lovely weekend and are now ready to get down to the serious business of crafting :-)

This week on the House Mouse and Friends Challenge it is Scoopy’s turn to choose the theme and guess what she chose ,,,,

HUMOUR :-), so anything that will bring a smile ,,, :-)

don't forget you have to use a House Mouse, Gruffie or Happy Hopper to join in :-)

We are sponsored by the lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp so a fab $25 voucher on offer for one lucky player ! :-)

I just LOVE Gruffie ,, isn't he CUTE !! always getting himself into trouble,, either being chased by bees or hurtling along far on wheels. The only time he is safe is when he’s stuffing himself with choccy’s lol :-)

This stamp is called Biggly’s Tow Service, I coloured with copics and used a little essential star dust stickles on the floor. The papers are from My Minds Eye ‘On the Bright Side pack and I made a wheel using 2 Spellbinders circles and thin strips of card and popped that behind the image. I made the banner on a Silhouette Cameo and stamped them with a Hero Arts Envelope Pattern background stamp. I added some black and red hemptique twine and the sentiment is from a Paper Smooches Spiffy Scooters set , I popped a little button on there for a bit of added interest :-)

Thanks for looking, our fabulous GD’s Jill and Jocelyn and the DT have all made some really fun cards this week ,,, had me giggling with their antics I can tell ya :-) So hop on over to the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge to see them and I can’t wait to see what fun cards you all make !! You have 2 weeks to enter so DON’T FORGET !! :-)

Challenges :

365 cards … That Tickles Me ,,, something that reflects your sense of humour

Come and Get It ,,,,, Masculine

That Craft Place ,,, One for the Boys

Ready Teddy Go ,,, Bingo ,, Ribbon ( doe twine count ? ) buttons , die cuts

Sweet Stampin ,,, 4 legged friends

Glitter Geeks ,,, Teddy Bears Picnic ( and I just saw that I won last week !! woo hoo ! thanks xx )

Cute Card Thursday ,,,, For the Boys

Bearly Mine ,,,, Friendship

Crafty Cardmakers ,,, For the Boys

Ooh La La ,,,, Make it Manly

Cute as a Button

Hi all :-) I hope you’re all having a lovely weekend :-)

As some of you know I am currently following an online course called A Cut Above which is teaching us about Dies, Embossing and die cut machines ,, I am really enjoying it and learning alot, especially about my new silhouette Cameo machine ,,, soo much better than my Cricut ,, which is now looking sad and forgotten on my cupboard ,,, :-/

Yesterday in my first DT pack from Crafty Ribbons, I received this fab box of Flower Blooms buttons,,, and these were the inspiration for my card.Kristina Werner did a fab video on using the silhouette text features and this is the card I made following her instructions.

I use SU Bashful Blue card ( from Mandi) for the base and Neenah card for the white letters. I popped some acetate on the inside behind the ‘CUTE’ and added one of the flower bloom buttons, tied with white hemptique twine onto the front. I smothered the white letters with Star Dust Stickles and added some spotty DP on the inside. I rounded all the corners and used a white gel pen to ‘sew’ the edges.

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

Challenges :

Raise the Bar ,,,, Letters, text

Cute Card Thursday ,,,, For the Boys

Crafty Sentiments ,,, Spots or Stripes

Crafty Cardmakers ,,, For the Boys

Fab Offer on Crafty Ribbons ,,,,,, :-)

Fab offer on over at Crafty Ribbons ,,,,, copied from Mandy's Blog :-)

YOU have two ways this weekend of getting your hands on some of our ribbon. The FIRST is we have FREE UK Delivery on orders over £15 placed over the Bank Holiday Weekend.

Place an order from today until midnight on Bank Holiday Monday and just enter weekend into the voucher box during checkout.
A £3.25 discount will be applied to your basket.
This code will also give all our overseas customers a £3.25 discount

The SECOND way to play with our ribbons is to enter our Friday FREEBIE . As today is the first Friday of the month it is VOUCHER FRIDAY.

We will pick a winner on Tuesday from our "Bingo" bag like normal

White on White for the Totally Papercrafts Challenge :-)

Hi all ,,, oohh thank crikey it’s Friday !! a nice weekend to look forward to, we will be cleaning up the pool area, sun loungers at the ready ,, !! :-)Summer is here YAY !! We have had a very long and wet winter with one of the worst storms on record too so it is lovely for it to finally come to an end.

Anyways ,,,, time for a new theme on the Totally Papercrafts Challenge and it is Cathy’s turn to choose the theme ,,,

WHITE ON WHITE ,,, you are allowed to colour the image :-)

For my card I used a House Mouse Playing Dress Up image ,,, sooo cute !! :-) Coloured with Copics and the edges twinkled with star dust stickles. I used nestie circles to cut the mats and used a swiss dots and flowery embossing folders for the background. For the side panel I used an old Penny Black Love sentiment stamp and a pearl paint dabber to stamp the text. It doesn’t show in the photo but it is lovely and shimmery irl. I finished with a heart swirl die and some punched daisies with pearl centres. I added a white satin ribbon, a pearl ribbon slider and a few Card Candi’s.

We are sponsored by the lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp so a FAB $25 voucher on offer this week

Thanks for looking :-) the DT have made some stunning cards for you to see so hop on over to the TPC to see them :-)

Challenges :

My Mums Craft Shop ,,,,, Embossing

Craft Room ,,,, Embossing

Creative Craft ,,,,, Animal Antics

Deep Ocean ,,,, Use Punches and Dies

Craft Your Passion ,,, Lots of Texture

Paper Sundaes ,,, Ribbon and Pearls

CMC Copic ,,,,, Celebrations

Less Is More ,,,,,

Hi all :-) the sun is shining and its lovely and warm ,,, not too hot ,, just perfect !! I hope it is as nice where you are :-)

I have used this very cute Bella and Butterfly image and followed the fab sketch on the Less Is More Challenge :-)

I coloured with copics and added star dust stickles, used some core-dinations for the mat and a Hero Arts sentiment ,, Bobs ya Uncle ,,, :-)

Thanks for looking :-) I appreciate your comments so please leave me one so I know you popped by :-) xx

ABC Christmas ‘I’ for Icy Inspiration :-)

Hi all :-) I hope you’re all well and keeping up with our challenges ! if you are you will already have at least 8 Christmas cards ready !!Woo Hoo !! :-)

Thanks for your interest in the DT call too :-) We have had loads of interest !! YAY !! :-)

It was my turn to choose the theme this week and I chose ,,

‘I’ for Icy Inspiration :-)

I have picked 2 fab photo’s for you to choose from, please pop over to the ABC Challenge blog to see them ! :-)

I used this very cute Chillin Penguin image from Stamps Happen, coloured with copics, cut out and popped onto a piece of white card that was embossed with a Swiss Dots folder. I used black card and the background white card was also embossed with a snowflake folder. I added a Martha Stewart Himalayan snowflake and punched an Icicle border. The ribbon was in my drawer and I finished with a Robins Nest Metallic Dew Drop and some star dust stickles :-)

We have 2 fabulous sponsors this week :-)

Simon Says Stamp

with a fab $15 voucher excluding postage.

and

In 2 Stamps

Fabulous Prizes eh !! So grab your papers and glitter and join in !! :-)

Thanks for looking :-) The DT have made some fabulous cards for you to see so hop on over to the challenge blog to see them and to see who is the winner and top 3 !! :-)

Challenges :

Christmas Stampin’ ,.. Anything Goes

Christmas Card Challenge ,, Punches

Anything Goes Challenge ,,, Things with Wings

Craft Room ,,, Emboss It

Simon Says Stamp’s Challenge Blog Celebrates their 3rd Birthday ,,, :-)

This week we are celebrating our 3rd Birthday! This calls for a party and of course you all are invited! In honor to really celebrate we will be having extra prizes at Simon Says Stamp and a special sale for followers of this challenge only, be sure to check out below for details!

FIRST PRIZE
a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore


(the first number picked by the random generator)

The next 3 numbers drawn will each win: Simon Says Stamp Card Kit of the Month MAY 2012 YOU CAN DO ANYTHING

That is not all !! EVERYONE will get a gift this week too !! It is time to reward all of our lovely followers and supporters who join us week after week :-)

Beginning today, May 2nd at 12:00 EST and ending Friday, May 4th at 11:59 EST you can receive 10% off all your purchases by entering the code bbsim1

When you go to check out, enter the promotion code at the bottom of the page that says "Billing & Shipping" at the top. There will be a box for you to enter your promotion code which will automatically deduct this amount from your total upon check out

We're so proud of our amazing team, please be sure to check out everyone's fantastic Birthday themed inspiration this week!
GD Dora
Lols thats me :-)
Chris
Jo
Domi
Debby
Heather
Christine
Mandy
Dawny P
Melissa
Marcea
Becca
Joy

we all really appreciate your comments so if you find some time to spare please pop around to everyone :-)

For my card I just had to play with my new Silhouette Cameo machine and made a cupcake shaped card :-) ,, and it does stand up,,, but I wouldn’t place it in a draught ,,,, :-) The cupcake design is from the Silhouette online store and I copied, flipped and welded to make it foldable. I used Neenah Desert Storm paper for the cupcake base, I stamped this with a Hero Arts Cling Dots stamp and Hero Hues Latte Chalk Ink and then scored lines to create texture.I used Kaiser Crafts paper for the topping, I embossed this with a Sizzix Swirl folder and then glittered all the raised bits with pink glitter. I coloured the swirly icing yellow and added glitter ,, my goodness this is sparkly ,,, and then I glittered a Monarch butterfly too,, even the No 3 s glittered ,,, too much glitter ya think ??? nah ,,,, :-) I added some Brittania Card Candi , some pink/white stripe ribbon, a button from my stash and I finished with twine.

Thanks for looking :-) Dora and the DT have all made some gorgeous creations for you to see this week so please pop over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge to see them ! :-)

Challenges :

Craft Your Passion ,,, Lots of Texture

The Squirrel and the Fox ,,,,, Food

Craft Your Days Away ,,,, Just for Children

Crafty Emma Candy and Cupcakes

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Anything Goes on the PTW :-)

Hi all, I hope you’re all fit and well:-)

another Tuesday already and time for a new theme over on the Papertake Weekly Challenge :-)

ANYTHING GOES ,, with the optional extra of using lace :-)

We are sponsored by the lovely girls over at Lili of the Valley so a fab £10 voucher to the store for one lucky player :-)

For my card I used this yummy Lots of Cupcake image, stamped on Neenah card with Memento ink and coloured with Copics. The papers are from a Victoria Gardens pack from Echo Park. I added some pink lace, white twine, a brad from American Crafts, a ribbon slider and some pink gems. I stitched all the edges, added glossy acents on the cherries and added oodles of star dust stickles on the icing :-)

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

Challenges :

Creative Mondays ,,,, Anything Goes

Lollipop Crafts ,,,,, Anything Goes

Crafty Emma ,,, Candy and Cupcakes

Glitter Geeks ,,,, Stitches

Creative Card Crew ,,,, Ribbon

Creative Craft ,,,,, Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesday ,,,, 2 or more ribbons