Papertake Weekly, Anyone for Anya and Colour Create Challenges :-)

I ordered this gorgeous Anya from Bunny Zoe's Crafts a few days ago,,, along with some other bits and bobs and she dropped through my letterbox this morning, fantastic quick service :-)



I followed Dawny P's fabby sketch over on the Papertake Weekly Challenge ( I am going to be a GD for next 4 weeks !! woohoo !! :-) I am excited and nervous too ,,, the last lot of GD's were sooo talented ,, as is the permanent DT !! :-))



The theme on the Anyone for Anya Challenge is 'Paper Piecing',,, I love to do that,,, makes life easy ! :-) they have a fabulous prize this week and am keeping EVERYTHING crossed !! :-)
The Colour Create Challenge have a lovely colour challenge of RED/YELLOW/BLACK/WHITE so I made this card to fit in with that too :-)

The image was coloured with copics, 3D'd and her fur trim was made using liquid applique and glitter :-) I stickled everywhere else ;-)!

The papers are from Funky Fairys Papercrafts I used Goirjuss Gingham ,,, I love that you can change the size of this ,, perfect for paper piecing as it prints in miniature !! :-) I also used Shabby Christmas kit too ,,,, lovely ! :-)

The text is Hero Arts and the ribbon from my tidy draw !!!!!!! Spent HOURS unravelling it !! wonder how long that will last !!! I completely forgot to add a lovely snowflake charm,,, oops ,,, will do that later ,,, ! but I did remember the little bell ,,, thought I would use a real one instead of cutting around the stamped one :-)
Thanks for looking ,, please leave me a comment so you know I popped by :-)

I have a blog candy sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp at the top of my blog if you would like to take a peek :-)

Sorry !! If you just visited and left a comment :-(

I am very sorry but I just saw 2 comments and pressed what I thought was the publish buttton and then horror of horrors it said 2 comments deleted :-( I am really sorry and if it was you would you please come back :-) I don't know if they were entries to my blog candy and I would hate to miss anyone out :-(
I have now turned off comment moderation ,,, too much responsibility !!! :-) AND I don't have moderation ,,, I wish everyone would turn that off, it takes so much longer to leave comments ,,,, drives me mad !!!! :-)

I won !!!! :-) woohoo :-)

I joined in the Wags and Whiskers blog hop and have just found out that I won this gorgeous Angel Whispers stamp from Denise at Paper Gems Studio Denise made a gorgeous card using this stamp and her gorgeous kitten picked my name from the hat !! :-)



How cute is that :-)



Thank you so much to Nikki and Lacey the co-ownwers of this fantastic new company. For links to the company you can find them on the Wags and Whiskers blog,,, you have a choice from Europe and rest of world or US and Canada !! :-) I will definitely be asking if it is OK to buy a couple of extra stamps to pop in the package ,,,,:-) They are all gorgeous :-)

Ooh I am a happy bunny this morning :-)

Also I have more fantastic news which I think I can tell you ,,,, Dawny P asked me to be a Guest Designer on the Papertake Weekly Challenge for 4 weeks !! :-) Now I know who the GD's were for the last 4 weeks so this is a hard act to follow but I will do my best not to let the side down lol :-) Can't tell you what the theme will be starting tomorrow,,, am sworn to secrecy !!!! :-)

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

OK I am off to do some ironing ,,, but am in such a good mood am not dreading it as much as usual ,,,, lol :-)

Funky Fairys Alter it Challenge,,, an appeal x x

Please, Please Pretty PLEASE enter our challenge over on the Funky Fairy blog :-/ We have 1,,, yes that's ONE entrant so far ,,,, which is lovely for her as she has no competition to win the fabulous Paper download ,,,,
The DT have made some fabulous altered items to give you some ideas ,,, I always LOVE these challenges as they give me a good excuse to change some piece of rubbish into something pretty and useful for my craft room ,,, pen/pencil holders from empty pringle tins or jam jar are always handy !! :-)

You all must have boxes of cards sitting there,,, make something different instead ;-)

House Mouse Monday Challenge DT Call :-)

OOhh when I saw that the House Mouse Monday Challenge were having a DT call I knew I had to try my luck :-) I adore these stamps :-)



I made this card using a sketch that I always use when left to my own devices :-) I like to keep the layout simple and then jazz it up a bit at the end :-)



I used Basic Grey paper from the Lemonade pad and some plain dusky pink card for layering. The stamps are Berry Full and Thanks Berry Much test ( stating the obvious !! :-)) I coloured the image with copics and 3D'd the mouse. The button and glass were a birthday gift a few years ago from a very good friend, Alison, and have been just waiting for this stamp to come along so I could use them :-) The flower is prima and the brad was also a gift from Heidi ( as was the text stamp ,,you all know who Heidi is I'm sure :-))and is by Kaiser Kraft,, thanks Heidi x x



As it is a DT call ,,,, I thought I'd decorate the inside too ,,, lol :-) Thanks berry much girls for considering me to be on your FAB DT :-)



This cute stamp is called Berry Tired ,,, which the DT will be after getting through this post lol :-)

I also made this box using a template that I bought from Papertrey inc. I thought this 'Stamp It' image would be good to use on a box of HM stamped images ,,, handy eh ! :-) I also think this is a perfect image to make cards for crafty friends,, soo cute ! :-)



The image was again colouerd with copics. The paper is by My Minds Eye and the plain paper used for layering is from Funky Fairys Simply Brushed set :-)




Think you must be getting bored now so will stop there :-)

I have a blog candy at the top of my blog if you would like to take a look :-)
I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)

Time for a Cuppa :-) ,,,, purrfect !!

I made this card following Dawn B's lovely sketch on the Inspirational Card Sketch Challenge :-) It also qualifies for the Cute Card Thursday Challenge whose theme is 'So Charming'



The image is one I bought from Pink Gem Designs and is called Cat with Cuppa. I coloured it with prisma pencils and blended with odourless spirit. I added copics glitter pens to a few areas for sparkly and some flower soft dotted around in the grass ;-) The background was coloured with chalk for a soft look :-)



The flower is prima, the leaves are punched with a Martha Stewart punch and finished off with a dragonfly charm.
The papers are from a brand new paper download from Funky Fairys Papercrafts this one is called Add a Splash of Colour a bargain at £5.99 ,,, it is fantastic !! :-)

Janet at Pink Gem has a blog candy :-) We have a chance to win 6 stamps and she is looking for a Guest designer too so pop over to see what the rules are :-)

Thanks for looking ,,, please leave a comment so I know you've been to visit :-) Also I have a blog candy sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp at the top of my blog if you would like to take a look :-)

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 :-)