Best of British Day 12 !! :-)

Morning Everyone welcome to day 12 of our Best of British event...Another fabulous Company today and another gorgeous prize.....Thank you so much to all of you who are joining in with us

The Design Team have made cards/projects for your inspiration and all of the Companies have very generously given a prize for one of you lucky people to win each day...

For those of you who have only just found us or haven't had a chance to enter for the prizes for the first 11 days you can still enter, just pop over to the Inspiration Blog and leave your links :-)

If you could give the event a little mention on your blog we would really appreciate it,let everyone know about the fabulous prizes up for grabs.....

Also for anyone who places an order with Crafty Ribbons for over £7.00 during the event there is FREE postage

And the Company joining us for our twelfth day is.........

A unique craft centre specialising in scrapbooking and card making workshops, for both adults and children based at Long Crendon in Buckinghamshire UK. We have loads of fantastic supplies, equipment and materials. Every thing you need to enjoy your creative time out!

Please visit our centre to be “amazed” at all we offer. Check out our web site further for more detailed information.

I visited the Maze of Memories store on a recent visit to the UK. The lovely Mandy and her hubby picked me up from the bus stop and took me there , Hubby stayed outside with their lovely dog, Jack, while Mandy and I spend a good couple of hours browsing around and chatting to the owners and fellow shoppers. The staff were lovely and offered as many cups of tea and coffee as you would like !! Very civilised and friendly and definitely worth a visit if you are on the Oxford area :-) We had a lovely time ,,, bought a few bits and bobs,, well ,, it would have been rude not to eh !! :-) Their selection of papers and card !! WOW !! :-)

For my card I used the fab Penny Black Tower Bridge and Love London set. I stamped the bridge, coloured with copics, masked and then I made a cloudy sky using a copic air brush ,, it doesn’t show up very well here ,,,, I used Tim Holtz Kraft Core card for layering and the DP is MME from the Maze of Memories store. I used a Lawn fawn Say Cheese set to make the photo frame and the sentiment is from a Hero arts set. I stamped coloured and cut out the little mouse and hedgie from the set and have them running towards each other ,, the mouse will hand the Olympic torch to hedgie somewhere in the middle ,,, :-) The postcard is from LOTV and I used a real used stamp for the postage. The Union jack ribbon and fab heart button are from Crafty Ribbons from the Best of British Collection.

The DT have made some amazing cards for your inspiration so hop on over to the Inspiration blog to see them and also see what fabulous prize is on offer today ! :-)

House Mouse and Friends Midway Reminder :-)

Hi all :-) I hope you all had a lovely weekend and enjoyed the sunshine :-)

I am here today with a reminder that you still have until Saturday evening to join us on the House Mouse and Friends Challenge . The theme is ,,,

Circles Polka Dots and all round FUN ! :-)

We are sponsored by the fabulous House Mouse Designs who will give one lucky entrant a $25 voucher to the store and Pizzazz Aplenty who will give a lovely pack of embellies worth $10 :-)

I chose to use this very cute House Mouse stamp of the month for May, this is called Nature’s Energy Drink, isn’t he adorable !! I just want to pick him up and give him a cuddle :-)

I coloured with Copics and inked the edges with the new Perfect Peacock colour in the Spring Distress Ink trio, LOVE these new colours ,,, :-) I used a teal coredinations and the papers are from Bo Bunny Ambrosia pack, the gems are also from coordinating Ambrosia Jewels iCandy pack.The gorgeous swirl is made using a Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish die, the yellow satin and organza polka dot ribbons are from Crafty Ribbons and the pretty flowers were a gift from my lovely teamie Debby xx :-)

I have made a resolution to finish my cards properly as I make them, I have LOADS which are just left blank !! So this is the inside ..


the sentiment was written onto the paper on the Silhouette Cameo ,, LOVE this machine !!

These are the copics I used ,,, I have had a few emails asking me what colours I use so I shall try to remember to do this in future :)

Thanks for looking :-) Some of the DT have joined in with this midway reminder so please hop along to the HM&F Challenge to see them and PLEASE join in

ALSO , we have almost 1,000 followers now, if you’re not already can you please follow us too and help us reach the magic number :-)

Challenges :

Quirky Crafts ,,, Dots/Spots, Stripes and Ribbons

Sentimental Sundays ,,, Pocket Full Of Posies ( sentiment is on the inside, is this OK ? )

Divas by Design ,, Flourishes

Hooked on Craft,, All that Glitters

Make it Monday ,,, Anything Goes

Ooh La La ,,,,, Make it Girly

Best of British Day 10

Morning Everyone welcome to day 10 of our Best of British event...Another fabulous Company today and another gorgeous prize.....Thank you so much to all of you who are joining in with us

The Design Team have made cards/projects for your inspiration and all of the Companies have very generously given a prize for one of you lucky people to win each day...

All of the inlinkz links will remain open until Sunday 3rd June when the winners will be drawn for all days and announced here,so it means even if you miss one day you will still have time to enter...So please come by each day and join in with us,and leave the Design Team a comment as I know they would love to hear from you...


If you could give the event a little mention on your blog we would really appreciate it,let everyone know about the fabulous prizes up for grabs.....

Also for anyone who places an order with Crafty Ribbons for over £7.00 during the event there is FREE postage

And the Company joining us for our tenth day is.........

I have never made a spinner card before and I thought the little underground sign in this fab Penny Black Love London set was perfect as a spinner :-) I spent ages playing with this lol :-) I bought this London Stamp set when I won a Hero Arts set on the Sir Stampalot Challenge Blog Hop ( thanks Pinky) and the lovely Janice very kindly popped this stamp set in the same parcel :-)

I started with a plain white card, then layered with some red then white again. I cut out the oval shape on the Silhouette Cameo machine, this is not the right shape, a rounded rectangle would have been better ,,,,, next time ,,, :-) I stamped the bus as though it was just exiting the card/ bus stop ,, , coloured with copics and added star dust glitter to the heart and used a clear gel pen on ‘London’ I added some red buttons from Crafty Ribbons on the wheels and popped a black gem in the middle and another 3 in the top R corner. I then finished with some faux stitching around the edges. I popped everything up on pop dots and made the spinner using 2 50 cent coins,, quite heavy so it does spin well :-)

Thanks for looking, the DT have made some gorgeous cards for your inspiration so pop on over to the Inspiration blog to see them :-)

Challenges :

Craft Your Days Away ,,, Red/White Blue

Totally Gorjuss ,,, Something New , new stamps and new spinner technique ,, for me.

Basic Grey Diamond Jubilee GD card :-)

Good morning all :-) I hope you are all enjoying a fabulous sunny weekend :-)

The lovely Jo asked me to be a Guest Designer for the Basic Grey Challenge for the next 4 weeks ,, YAY !! :-)

the theme for this fortnight is ,,,

DIAMOND JUBILEE :-)

You can interpret this in lots of ways - Royalty, Crowns, Bling, Diamonds!!

PLEASE do remember that you need to use at least one Basic Grey product on your card

As always, our wonderful sponsor Simon Says Stamp is offering one lucky winner a fab $25 shopping spree in the Simon Says Superstore, just think of the goodies you could treat yourself to with that !!

For my card I used this very cute Party Girl image from Lili of the Valley

I coloured her with Copics and the edges inked with Victorian Velvet DI and then Star Dust Stickles added here and there. Her crown was glittered with Hero Arts Crystal glitter ,,, very sparkly and I added some gems too ,, very regal, I used a little Frosted Lace stickles on her underskirt and I also used a clear gel pen on the ‘satin’ ribbon :-)

I used some mauve coredinations and some papers from a Basic Grey Kioshi pack, all the edges were inked with Distress inks. I used a Heart Swirl die cut, some little greenish roses from my drawer and I hung a little Princess crown on the swirl. I used a Martha Stewart Arch Lattice border punch, some pink satin ribbon and a heart ribbon slider. The butterfly was made using 2 Memory Box dies, a Kaleidoscope and Moonlight, I love how these 2 combine together to give a solid base and gorgeous delicate fluttery wings :-)

Thanks for looking :-) the DT have made some fabulous fun and regal cards for you to see so hop on over to the Basic Grey Challenge to see them :-)

Challenges :

Mojo Monday ,,,,, Sketch

Glitter Geeks ,,,, Diamond Jubilee

City Crafter ,,, A Rose is a Rose

Flourishes ,,,, Flowers

Crafty Cardmakers ,,, Birthdays with balloons

Creative Mondays ,,,, Stitching

Best of British Day 7 and Crafty Ribbons Challenge :-)

Hi all :-) I hope you’re all enjoying the Best of British event ,, the prizes are amazing aren’t they and all you have to do is become a follower of the Inspiration Blog and pop your name on the daily linky !! :-)

Todays prize is this fab voucher !! :-) Today is Ali’s birthday and as today is the 24th hence the amount HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALI :-)

AND if you join in with the Crafty Ribbons Challenge there is this gorgeous pack of these brand new just in ribbons :-)

Today I have made a card to fit both the Best of British Day 7 and the new theme over on the Crafty Ribbons Challenge

EASEL CARDS :-)

Now the eagle eyed might notice that this bears a striking resemblance to a card I made for the PTW on Tuesday ! Well I made this ages ago and didn’t look at it again ,,,It is slightly different ,,,, :-)

I created a background using wonky rectangle nesties , the Tower Bridge stamp and some black/grey coredinations. I then coloured the Miniful image with Copics, cut out and stuck on with pop dots.The papers and banner are digi’s from a Nitwit London download and I added some Union Jack Ribbon from the Best of British Collection, a white button and some 3mm ribbon , all from Crafty Ribbons Store

Thanks for looking :-) I hope you all join in with both the Best of British event on the Inspiration Blog and the Crafty Ribbons Challenge :-) The DT have made some fabulous creations so hop on over to both sites to see them all :-)

Challenges :

Sir Stampalot ,,,, Medals and Monarchs

Die Cuttin’ Divas,, Buttons/Banners and or Birthdays

Penny Black and More ,,,,, London Celebrates (2nd entry)

Forever Friends ,,,, Use 2 images ( 2nd entry, using same images !! )

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

Thanks for all your fabulous CAS entries last week :-)

This week we have another great challenge for you......

FATHER'S DAY/ FOR A SPECIAL MALE :-)

Father's day is on June 17th so now is the time to get your cards and maybe handmade gifts ready !! :-)

As usual Heidi will be giving away a $50 voucher to shop at the FABULOUS Simon Says Stamp Superstore!!!!



Please pop around to visit Dora and the DT to see how we made them and of course we all LOVE to recieve comments so please leave some ,,, :-)

I decided to make an easel card I used this lovely Gruffie image called Hammock Hibernation, isn’t he cute :-) I coloured with Copics and inked the edges with Stormy Sky Distress Ink. The papers are Bo Bunny from a Country Garden Paper Pack ,, LOVE these, gorgeous colours and just perfect for this image !! :-) I used a CC Designs cloud die to cut some white card which I then embossed with a Swiss Dots folder and coloured slightly with a copic B000.

I used a Martha Stewart Icicle Border punch which does look a bit like grass ( a tip I got from Debby :-)) I made the tag on my Silhouette Cameo and it did the sentiment too !! such a clever machine !! :-) I finished with some Hemptique Twine and some May Arts ribbon that was in the April Card Kit :-)

Thanks for looking :-) Dora and the DT have made some gorgeous cards for your inspiration so hop on oveer to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge to see them :-)

We also have a Design Team Call so if you are interested in joining us just hop on over and leave a link with the linky and GOOD LUCK !! :-)

Challenges:

Creative Stamp Friends ,,, Father’s Day

Ooh La La ,,, Ribbon or Twine or Both

Stamptacular Sunday ,,,, In the Garden

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards ,,, For the Boys

Aud Sentiments ,,, For Dad

Moving Along with The Times ,,,, Keep It Real

Stampavie and More ,,,, For a Boy

ABC Christmas ‘J’ for Jingle Bells reminder :-)

Happy Wednesday !! :-) It’s already the middle of the week and time to look forward to the weekend ! :-)

We are already up to the letter ‘J’ and Samantha chose Jingle Bells :-)

we’re a bit lonely over there ,,,, so please join in :-)

We are sponsored by Bugaboo so a fab prize of 7 digi images on offer for one lucky entrant :-)

I used this very cute House Mouse Joyous Noel image, coloured with Copics and the edges inked with Stormy Sky DU. I used Star Dust stickles swirled on the icy floor and a clear gel pen on his skates. The papers are Memory Box Mistletoe and Red SU card, the ribbon was in my stash and I used some Gold Dew Drops, jingle bells and Hemptique twine to finish.

Thanks for looking and now please hop on over to the ABC Christmas Challenge blog to see the very jingly creations the DT have made for this reminder and the main challenge

Challenges :

Sketch and Stash ,,,, Sketch. + the papers are very neglected and have only inked the stamp once ,,,, shame ,,,, :-(

Top Tip Tuesday ,,,, Dig Out Something Old , the jingle bells I have had for years, ribbon too ,, papers over a year old ,,,

Papertake Weekly True Colours ,,,,,

Hi all :-) Its time for a new theme over on the Papertake Weekly Challenge :-)

TRUE COLOURS ,,,,

this challenge is in honour of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee so please use your national colours

I have recently bought a few of these London themed stamps from Penny Black ,, I love em ! :-)

I followed the fab sketch on the Sketch Saturday Challenge. I stamped the Miniful image on Neenah card and coloured with Copics and cut it out I then used a wonky rectangle die and cut some red and white card, I used the Tower Bridge stamp and created a cloudy sky background and a bit of a roadway.I like to have hedgy looking at something ,,, :-) I then popped the car onto the card using a Wobble ,,, FAB !! :-)

The papers are from a Nitwits London Collection and I made the banner on my Silhouette Cameo machine. I added some Tim Holtz tickets, some red ribbon from The Ribbon Girl and a few Dew Drops to finish.

We are sponsored by the lovely Mary and Andrea ,, aka The Ribbon Girls so a fab pack of ribbons and embellies on offer this week :-)

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

Challenges :

Sketch Saturday ,,,, Sketch

Forever Friends ,,,, Animals + 2 images

Penny Black and More ,,, London Celebrates

Colour Me Creative Copics ,,,, Anything Goes

Best of British Day 5

Here we are again with another BOB event. Today we are sponsored by

Stamposaurus is an online company based in Bracknell Berkshire in the UK,you can also find them at lots of Craft Shows all over the UK....It is run by Husband and Wife team Kevin & Jayne...All their stamps are manufactured by themselves with lots of exclusive designs....Please checkout the Stamposaurus website here for lots of Crafty Goodies...


They have a lovely prize up for grabs so be sure and pop over to the Inspirational Blog and leave your name with Mr Linky!

Who is sponsoring tomorrow ??? You will have to wait and see !! :-)

House Mouse and Friends All Round Fun Challenge :-)

Hi all :-) we had a fab time coming to see all your humorus cards over the past 2 weeks ,, very funny cards with often very witty sentiments :-)

This time it is Sue Drees’s turn to choose the theme ,,

Circles and Polka Dots ,,, All Round FUN :-)

As always you must use a Happy Hopper, House Mouse or Gruffie image to join in :-)

For my card I used this very cute Rabbits of the Round Table image, coloured with copics and the edges inked with Dried Marigold DI I then dabbed some Star Dust Stickles here nd there. I used my Grand Calibur and Grand Circle and Grand Scalloped nesties for the base card. The papers are Kraft Coredinations and some Kaiser Craft spotty paper. The green spotty paper was from a shop in the UK on my recent visit. I used a Spellbinders Banner die, some twine, a few Hero Arts gems some Basic Grey buttons and an oval ribbon slider from the Ally Pally.

We are sponsored by the Official House Mouse Designs store, they will be giving a $25 Gift Certificate to one lucky winner.

AND

Pizzazz Aplenty will be giving a $10 pack of embellishments to another lucky winner too :-)

Our fabulous GD’s , Jocelynn, Jill and the DT have all made some gorgeous cards for your inspiration so hop on over to the HM&F Challenge blog to see them :-)

Challenges :

Lets Ink It Up ,,,,, Bling

Basic Grey Challenge ,,,,, Anything Goes ( I used BG Buttons )

Craft Your Days Away ,,,,, All Creatures Great and Small

Dutch Dare ,,,, Shaped Cards

Stamp & Fun = Creativity ,,, Anything Goes

Best of British Day 4 :-)

We have another lovely sponsor for you today! Be sure and drop by the Inspirational Blog and leave your name for a chance to win!

Crafty Individuals is an exciting venture into the creative world of arts and crafts for business partners Jean Hardy and Malcolm Noble, who both come from an arts-based background.

Jean Hardy is a practising artist with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art, as well as a teaching certificate.

Malcolm Noble is a professional commercial photographer who has been operating in the North East for the last 20 years.

I decided to make a New Home card and door hanger today :-)


I used this fab No Place Like Home Image.

For the card I used some 7 Gypsies paper, inked the edges with Vintage Photo DT and distressed the edges. I used a Tim Holtz Elegant Flourishes die to cut some grungepaper. I coloured this with Aged Mahogany ink and embossed with distress embossing powder. I used a grungeboard elements door plate, inked and distressed too and added a glittered heart and a Vintag key. I coloured a little with copics and added a fab strip of ribbon from the Best of British Collection.

For the door hanger I used some free mountboard from a local framer.

I painted it with Gesso and then used various background masks and stamps from Dyan Reaveley. I stamped the image on Sticky Backed Canvas and inked with Antique Linen DI I used more grungepaper elegant flourishes and a lock and key from Maya Road Antique keys mini chipboard set. The ‘Welcome’ was cut out on a Silhouette Cameo machine and I used a eyelets, twine and some 3mm ribbon to tie it all together :-)

Thanks for looking, the DT have made some gorgeous cards and creations for you to see and there is a fab prize on offer today too !

Who will be sponsoring tomorrow ?? You will have to pop by the Inspiration Blog to find out ! :-)