Cat woman of Gozo !! :-)

The theme this week on the Anyone for Anya Challenge is 'You're Anya' Well I only have 3 Anya's which I bought from Bunny Zoe's Crafts ( am hoping to win Megan this week :-)) but I knew which one was me :-) I am known as tha cat woman of Gozo,,, all the poor strays in the neighbourhood know where I live and drop by for dinner :-) especially when there's a fish BBQ on offer ha ha :-)
For this card I followed Tina's lovely sketch on the Everybody-Art-Challenge I am also entering this into the My Time To Craft Challenge whose theme is 'Purrfect Pets ' !! Purrfect !! :-)



I coloured the image wih copics and 3D'd her and the cute kitten, I sprayed the background with my air gun ,,, fab fun :-) The white kitten looks like my cat Bob who is completely deaf,, I resued him from the SPCA, the black cat is a button with the post at the back clipped off ,,, he looks like Jack,,, ( I have 7 cats ! ,,, and a dog ,,,, ) I chose blue as the main colour,,, cos that is my fave colour but to be honest I would't be seen dead wearing those clothes :-),,,, well ,,, I am so glad you can't see what I'm wearing right now ,,,,!! not a pretty sight lol :-)

I used a cute cat charm and ribbon from my stash the Prima flower snd brad by Kaiser Craft were in a DT pack from Heidi at Simon Says Stamp, incidentally they will soon be stocking Greetings Farm stamps too :-)

i have a blog candy pinned to the top of my blog which is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp if you would like to take a look :-)
Please leave a comment before you hop off so I know you've been to visit :-)

My Charm Blog Candy Winner

There were 29 bone fide entries for my candy and as the lucky winner said in her entry 'Can't understand why more people don't enter this bit but hey, better chance for those of us who do :) She was right !! Congratulations Anne


Here are your random numbers:

2

Timestamp: 2009-10-07 07:28:22 UTC

If you email me with your address Heidi will post the charms out to you :-)

Thanks to everyone for entering my candy :-)

I will be back later with another one ,, so if you weren't lucky this time ,,, better luck next week :-)

My Weekly Blog candy !! Christmas is coming !!!! :-)

This week for my weekly blog candy sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp I thought you might like 10 Pewter Charms CHRISTMAS Stocking Santa Tree Hat Snowflakes I think these add the perfect finishing touch to your creations :-)

All you need to do is enter the Simon Says Stamp Challenge and then leave me a comment on this post. If you would like to advertise my candy on your blog by copying the code in my sidebar and posting it onto your blog I would appreciate it but you don't have to :-)


Please do not leave me a comment here unless you are eligible to enter the candy draw :-)

Simon Says Get Spooky :-)

Long post,,,, get coffee :-)

It seems many of you are getting way ahead with your christmas cards !! I saw lots of fabulous ones last week ,, :-)
This week we have a scary challenge for you !! Yes it's almost Halloween and I dare say there will be lots of challenges around for you to link your cards/creations to :-)



As always Heidi, the owner of Simon Says Stamp will be giving away a fabby shopping spree to one lucky winner ;-)


Unfortunately here in Malta/Gozo Halloween hasn't really taken off so there is no need for me to make anything but I have some freinds here from Texas so my cards are being posted to their grandchildren :-) Hope this one doesn't scare em to death !! Not exactly cute is it !!! :-)



For this challenge heidi very kindly sent the DT a gift :-) In my package was this fabulous Tim Holtz Scary cat and a spiced marmalade distress ink pad :-) Lovely :-) But I have NO halloween themed stash at all ,,, so this one had me scratching my head !! I started by making my own papers with various distress inks. the dark sky with moon was made by spraying paper with slate glimmer mist then dabbed with a cloth. I stamped a flock of birds on the sky and a scary tree on the bottom left side piece ,, both of these are Tim Holtz stamps :-)
I followed Ria's fabulous sketch on the Sketch Saturday Challenge I thought it was a perfect halloween sketch :-)



The background for the cat was also made using glimmer mist and the cat was stamped with black soot distress ink,, it does look very shimmerry in real life :-)
The skull and star are grungeboard that were grunged with crackle paint and then sponged with black soot to grunge them even more ,,,, oh I did have fun making this :-) One tip tho !! NEVER shake the glimmer mist with the top off !!! Me and my room were showered with slate ink :-) actually it makes my craft area look more arty so I didn't clean it up ha ha ha :-)
I used some grey black magic coredinations for layering and then I finally got my sewing machine out ,,, aong with a flag or 2 !! and very carefully sewed wonky lines :-) The ribbon is like a mesh which I thought was quite spooky looking :-)

The DT have made some SPOOKTACULAR cards and creations for you to see so please go and see them on the challenge blog then go and leve them all a comment :-) You never know you may find some hidden candy !! :-)

Before I leave I will show you this card I made using the same sketch :-) The papers are all from the Funky Fairys A Lil bit Spooky kit It is a fabulous kit :-) The image is 'Witchy Poo' which I got as a free download from Doodle Palace :-) Isn't he cute :-)



The image was coloured with prisma pencils and copics and 3 D'd ;-) His feet and all the papers were distressed with black soot distress ink. The little bag of candy has bits of liquorice allsorts in it :-) Don't want her going hungry :-)
The Funky Fairys have a fab challenge starting today too so why not pop over there to see what it is !! :-)



There will be candy at the top of my blog later this morning so pop back later to see what it is :-)
I appreciate your comments and so does everyone on the DT so please leave one :-)

Funky Fairys Alter It Challenge

The theme on tha Funky Fairys Challenge this week is a lovely fun one :-) We are asking you to find something and 'Alter It' :-) I do enjoy making things other than cards :-)



I need storage for various stamps and am making one of these boxes whenever I get an empty one ;-) This started life as an ariel tablet box :-)



The image is a new one that I just bought from Pink Gems Designs this one is called Winter Hoot cute eh :-) the papers are from the new Funky Fairys Papercrafts Shabby Christmas Kit The mat is in the kit too and I printed the text on the comp :-)



The image was coloured with copics and 3D's onto the front. The ribbon and snowflake eyelets were from my stash :-)
The usual rulea apply ,,, to enter the challenge you need to use at least one item from Funky Fairys Papercrafts there are lots of free papers on the Blog of Inspration too so you can try before you buy :-) Every week Shaz gives away a fabulous rize of a complete paper download, BRILLIANT !! :-) So what're you waiting for ,,, :-)

The DT have made some fantastic creations for you this week ,, an altered CD clock, an empty coke bottle, bags, books,clothes pegs and lots more :-) Go to the Funky fairys Challenge blog to see them ,, then don't forget to pop around and leave a nice comment :-)
I will be having my usual weekly blog candy later so pop back to see what's on offer !! :-)

1 card 4 Challenges :-)

I made this card following Martine's lovely sketch on the Basic Grey Challenge but have just realised I missed off 2 elements !! There is supposed to be 2 rectangles, one on the top and one on the bottom :-( I will go and try to fix it and re upload a piccy later :-/ ,,,,, I did remember to used BG papers tho :-)

I also made this to fit the Stamp Something challenge whose theme is Apples/Teachers/School :-) I have had this Sarah Kay stamp for a long time now and this is the first time I inked it !!

The One Stop Craft Challenge is 'Autumn', well ,, apples are an autumn fruit !! and the theme on the Cupcake Craft Challenge is 'Thanks a Bunch',,, does thanks a basket count ??? :-)



I coloured the image with copics and 3D'd her :-) I added diamond glaze to the apples and glitter copics here and there. The background was made by masking the image then spraying a light green with my new copic air gun ,,,, so much fun !! :-) I can see I will need loads of cans of air !! wonder if I can rig my scuba diving air tank up to it !!! :-)



The flowers are prima ,,, I did want to make my own like I did on my Tilda card, but I am a bit short of time today ,,,, first day back at school for Amy ,,,, she's been on school holiday since May !!!! I know most of you love having your kids home ,, and so do I ,, but 4 months is a long time and I am so glad to have my mornings to myself again :-)))))
I also used an apple charm :-)

The 'Thanks' is from a Simon Says Clear Stamps SENDING SUNSHINE Exclusive Set

I have a blog candy pinned to the top of my blog if you would like to take a look :-)

thanks for your comments :-) I really appreciate them :-) x x

Simon Says 24 hour Card For Paige / Girly Challenge :-)

YAY ! WORLD CARDMAKING DAY !! :-) We are having a very special 24 hour Card For Paige Challenge
Paige is a 13 year old girl who was involved in a nasty accident recently. Erin from Scrap, Stamp and Be Merry has launched an appeal for cards to be sent to her and we are trying to help her get as many cards as possible ;-) Erin has kindly agreed to join us in the Designer Spotlight too !! :-) Thanks Erin x x
Pop over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog to read what Erin has to say and to see her card as well as the DT cards for your inspiration ;-)




I made this card following Tanja's fabulous sketch on the Friday Sketchers Challenge :-) I also made it to qualify for the Just Magnolia Challenge who are asking for handmade flowers. I saw Michelle's fabulous tutorial a few days ago and my first attempt at making these flowers went in the bin ! But as they say, you learn from your mistakes and I am really happy with how this one turned out :-) I am also entering this in the Magnolia Down Under Challenge who are asking for 'Buttons' :-)




I distressed the edges on all the card layers and the flowers with tattered rose and dusty concorde distress inks. I have just bought this Tilda with flowers ,, isn't she pretty ;-) I coloured her with copics and 3D'd her and the basket of flowers to give lots of dimension. I will need to make a box for this !! :-)
The ribbon and buttons are from my stash, the flower was cut out on my cricut and made using Michelle's tutorial as a guide :-) Thanks Michelle :-)I used stickles glitter glue and copic glitter pens for added sparkle, the flower was sprayed with water and sprinkled with perfect pearls to give a lovely glimmer too :-)




This card will be posted to a child on the Post Pals website as I have sent a card to Paige already :-) See the link on my sidebar.

Heidi from Simon Says Stamp is giving the lucky winner of the prize draw a fabulous package of cardmaking goodies :-) so hurry on over to the Challenge blog for more details :-)

Don't forget to visit Erin's blog and the DT blogs to leave a comment :-)

Also I have blog candy at the top of my blog if you would like to take a look :-)

Wags and Whiskers Launch and Blog Hop :-)

Nikki Fairbairn and Lacey Stephans have joined together to launch their own Stamp Company :-) They will be launching their new range of stamps on the 9th October and are planning a fabulous blog hop ;-) To get the party started they have a fantastic blog candy,,, a complete set of their stamps !!! :-) head on over to the Wags and Whiskers blog for more details

Good Luck Nikki and lacey :-)

Sophisticats and Penny Black Challenges ;-)

I made this card following Stef's fabulous sketch on the SophistiCat Challenge
I also followed the colour theme on the Penny Black Saturday Challenge who are asking for Chocolate / Lemon / Pink :-)



I made this card for Paige. As many of you know Paige is a 13 year old young girl who was involved in a horrific boating accident and has had to have part of her arm amputated and has many months of surgeries and rehabilitation ahead of her, poor girl ;-( Erin of Scrap, Stamp and Be Merry is asking people to make a card for her and she has a terrific blog candy for those who make and send a card to her. so check out Erin's Blog for details



The image is Penny Black Rainin Daisies. I coloured the bear with prisma pencils and blended with odourless spirit. Everything else was coloured with copics. The papers are basic Grey ,,, from the Eva pad I think but don't quote me ! :-) I lost the cover ! The flowers are Prima, doodlebug brads and a lovely heart charm to finish. I chose not to add a sentiment to the front ,,, hope thats OK with the sketch DT !! :-)

Tomorrow we are having a VERY special 24 hour Challenge on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge in celebration of World Cardmaking Day so pop over to the challenge blog tomorrow for details :-)

Anyone for Anya, Papertake weekly ABC and Charisma Cardz Challenge :-)

I made this card following Dawny P's lovely sketch on the Anyone for Anya Challenge I will making another card for the Stamp Something Challenge which is favourite sketch. i love this one,, I like em easy with not too much measuring involved :-) I am also entering this into the Papertake Weekly Challenge to save Dawny 2 trips to Gozo :-) The theme there is Black / White + 1 colour,, tho I know someone on the DT used MORE than 1 !! ooohh !!! :-)
AND last but not least I am entering this into the Charisma Cardz Challenge, they are asking for Decoupage,,, well I did cut out the Anya and 3D'd her arms and muff. I am also entering it into the ABC Challenge which is E for Embossing ;-)



The image is another one in the lovely envelope from my teamie Jo, Boots Blog Spot:-) I will be buying this for me tho ,,, I love these Anya's ,,,:-)



I coloured her with copics and I love her hair ! She may be a bit grey but very funky eh :-) I kept her coat 'winter white' just added a little grey, C1 for shading!! and just used a pale lilac copic pen,, lovely colour V12 :-) I used some applique glue and glitter for the 'fur trims' I used some white coredinations that I cuttlebugged with this lovely christmas saying embossing folder. The papers are DCWV glitter pack. the snowflakes are a Papermania punch.

thanks for stopping by hope you leave me a comment to let me know you have been a visitin :-) I have some candy sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp if you would like to take a look :-) It is pinned at the top of my blog :-)

Naughty Mouse !!! :-)

I made this card following the lovely sketch on the Sketch Saturday Challenge I am also entering this into the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge whose theme is Animal Antics,, well this mouse is up to some mischief eh !! :-)
The House Mouse Monday challenge are asking for Buttons,, so this qualifies for that one too :-)



I coloured the image with copics and added copic sparkle pen to the 'string' ;-)The papers are DCWV glitter pack ans purple coredinations, :-)The fancy edge is made using a Martha Stewart punch.




The buttons and rinnon are from my stash and the sentiment is a Melissa Frances rub on ;-)
The stamp, copics glitter pens and the rub ons are all from Simon Says Stamp :-)Heidi is sponsoring some lovely candy at the top of my blog if you would like to have a look :-)

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

My weekly Blog Candy Magnolia winner :-)

After writing all the bone fide entries down there were 27 of you eligible to win the Magnolia stamp of your choice ! Not many entries eh !! better odds for the ones with their names down :-)

Ok the random generator chose >>>>>>>

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

16

Timestamp: 2009-09-30 08:25:17 UTC


So the winner this week is Christine
from Nanaseaside :-)

Congratulations Christine :-) If you would like to go to the Simon Says Stamp Store and choose your magnolia stamp, then email me with your choice :-)

A new weekly candy starts today so better luck next time for those of you who weren't lucky :-)

Funky Fairys Transport Challenge :-)

I sort of got all caught up in the doodling and can't stop now ! It was lovely to see all your doodling last week :-)
This week on the Funky Fairys Challenge we are asking for transport :-)

As a special prize this week the winner will receive an entry into the 12 Funky Days of Christmas Workshop !! I wish I could have a chance to win this !! Go and see what you win ! Brilliant prize !!




The image I used is from a RAK from Jo, thanks hun x x The papers are from 2 different sets of papers from Funky Fairys Papercrafts I love the way you can coordinate them ! The background paper is from the Simply Brushed set and the go faster stripes are from the Shabby Christmas Time kit which goes to show you can use some of them the whole year ! :-)



The image was coloured with copics and 3 D's onto the oval nestie shape, the text was cut out on my cricut. The arrow is a grungeboard die cut and the wheel is from a Tim Holtz sprocket set which I attached with a brad. The fancy edge was made with a fiskars diamond border punch and the ribbons are from my messy draw ;-) The eyelets just finished it off :-)

To enter the challenge you must use at least one Funky fairy download but there are loads of fabulous ones free for you to download on the Blog Of Inspiration so you can try before you buy

We would love to see more of you joining us in the challenge so please pop over to the Funky Fairys Challenge blog
and see the fabulous cards the DT have made for your inspiration :-)

Simon Says Red and Green Should be Seen ! :-)

Oh wow ! what a fabulous response to our appeal last week ;-) we had a grand total of 218 entries :-) !! Thank you girls :-)

This week on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge we have a lovely colour combo for you :-)

RED AND GREEN

You can add other colours too,,, as long as there is a bit of red and green in there that's fine :-)

Does anyone know the saying Red and green should never be seen except on Fools ? Well hopefully we will be seeing lots of it this week :-)

This week TARA from Inking On The Edge has agreed to join us in the Designer Spotlight :-)She has made THE most gorgeous card :-) Please don't forget to leave her a nice comment :-)




I bought this lovely Tilda stamp and Magnolia tree last January,, daft time to buy Christmas stamps I know but at the time I was intending to make a christmas card a week !! Well !! This is her first inking ! :-)
I sprayed the background with my new copics air gun,,, oohh it is so much fun,, I still need to practise a bit but I do love the effect it gives ;-) I then stamped the tree and added green glitter. The Tilda was coloured with copics and 3D'd in front of the tree. I used a copics glitter pen to add more sparkle,,they are gorgeous pens, then I added the red crystal gem 'baubles'
The star was punched out and smothered in red glitter, the snowflake is a spellbinders die cut ,, smothered in glitter and the tree charm was hung on gold wire that I twirled around a skewer,,, oh yes ,, the paper is from a DCWV Glitter Christmas pack.

I followed Beckys fabulous sketch on the Sketch and Stash challenge
I am also entering this card in the One Stop Craft Challenge who are asking for Die Cuts.
The Spoonful of Sugar Challenge whose theme is 'Christmas'
The Creative Card Crew are asking for 'Sparkles',, well I couldn't make this more sparkly :-)

As usual Heidi at Simon Says Stamp is oferring a fabulous prize of a $25 shopping spree to her store , AND she will pay for the shipping !! Also if you visit all the DT you may find candy on some blogs !! :-)
Heidi is sponsoring my weekly candy and we are giving away some lovely Christmas Charms :-) See the top of my blog for details ! :-)

Please dont forget to leave the DT a comment when you go on a candy hunt ! :-)

Jak's blog candy :-)-

Oh my goodness I just found the blog of the designer who designed all thos fantastic La Pashe Flippin men designs ,..... I have been wanting to email her for ages !!! Don't you just LOVE those designs ,,, most of them look just like my dad !! ( yorkshire version of Victor Meldrew !! ) ha ha ha don't you agree they should be made into stamps !!! ,,, I would buy them definitely !! :-)

anyway ,.. her name is Jak and she has an amazing blog candy on offer ,,, head on over to Jak's blog for more details :-)

Sharon's 50th Birthday candy :-)

Sharon has all this fantastic candy to give to one lucky winner ! Hope it's MEE !! Isn't it fantastic ;-)
Pop over to Sharon's blog to get your name down ! It finishes on 9th October It will be Sharons birthday on the 10th and she will announce a winner on that day :-)

Happy Birthday Sharon :-) x x x

Friday Sketchers,Just Tilda and Cupcake Crafts challenges

As I was uploading these photo's I realised that I had forgotten to give Tilda some rosy cheeks and also I noticed a black speck on the background too ! It is 6 am and I have been up half the night with hay fever !! So I have a good excuse ! :-)

I followed the fabulous sketch on the Friday Sketchers Challenge I love this nice and simple one :-) I also followed the lovely colour scheme on the Just Magnolia Challenge,, Pink / Grey wth black being optional. It wasn't until after I coloured the image that I realised I had coloured her hair in reddish brown ,,, hope that's OK, I know I should have done it black ! :-(



I have just had my first play with my new copics air gun ,,, well Amy needed it for her art !!! Now we need more inks !!! I love the effect this gave and am hoping I will handle it better next time ,,, It was fun tho :-)



The image was coloured with copics and 3D'd. I paper pieced her dress and ribbon and addded clear copics glitter pen to the bird cage ,,, oh it does look lovely and sparkly in real life :-) The papers are all digi downloads from Funky Fairys Papercrafts
I used Fancy Flourish and Simply Brushed sets on this one :-)
The flowers are prima, the grey one was coloured by spraying with slate glimmer mist. The pearl brad and butterfly charm are from Papermania and the ribbon is from my messy draw. the sentiment is from the papermania Clare Curd sentiment set :-)

Ooh as luck would have it the Cupcake Craft Challenge have just published their new challenge and it fits in with their theme of 'Bugs' ! I have a lovely butterfly charm on there so I think it qualifies ! :-) I think I will be the first one in the challenge !! Have never been first for anything ha ha !! :-)

Thanks for looking, I really appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-) I have a blog candy at the top of my blog linked with this weeks Simon Says Stamp challenge :-) Please join in ,, we are on a quest to get at least 200 entries this week and we are almost there !! there is the usual $25 shopping spree to the Simon Says Stamp Store and lots of blog candy on several DT blogs ,,, :-)

Magnolia Candy Sponsored by Simon Says Stamp :-)

Ooh another week has whizzed by !! Where does the time go ???
For my candy this week Heidi who owns the Simon Says Stamp Store is very generously letting me offer any Magnolia stamp of your choice !!! :-)



I have this Dala Tilda image to show you because this was the first Tilda that I bought and she is still one of my favourites :-) I think she's just beautiful :-)

So ,, the rules !! :-) You must enter the Simon Says Stamp Challenge and advertise this candy in a post on your blog :-), not in your sidebar !! :-) I am hoping that we get 200 entries this week so we need you to promote our challenge as much as possible :-) So we appreciate your help with this ;-)

Good luck to all :-) the winner will be drawn next Wednesday morning using the random generator.
PLEASE DO NOT leave comments on this post unless you are eligible to enter the candy. All non bone fide comments will be deleted from this post to save me a headache when I do the draw :-) !!