Winner of theHouse Mouse Candy ,,,,,

The winner of my fortnightly candy sponsored by Simon Says Stamp is ,,,, just going to press the button >>>>

Here are your random numbers:

30

Timestamp: 2010-10-27 08:07:49 UTC

Congratulations Heidi :-) Please email me with your address and Heidi and Steph will pop the stamp in the post to you :-)

Simon Says ,,,,,, Punch Em'

Thank You to everyone who joined in with our 'Give Thanks' Challenge last week :-)and a special Thank You to those of you who actually sent their cards to Vera for the Caring Hearts Card Drive :-) I am sure Vera will have lots of cards to send out for Thanksgiving and Christmas :-)

This week we have a fab new theme for you ,,,

'PUNCH EM' ,,, time to get your punches and die cuts out

Our lovely GD, Dawny P, and the DT have used Hero Arts products on their cards if they had them. If you have any Hero Arts we would love to see them on your creations too but you don't have to use them to join in :-)

As usual the lovely Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant a $25 spree to her Simon Says Stamp Store , there are so many fab new products in there and the gorgeous new Magnolia Merry Little Christmas stamps are available to pre order too ,, they will be arriving very soon !! Check out theAll New Just In section too ,, the new Nellie Snellen stamps have arrived ,, Super Cute !!

For my card I used various stamps from the Sew Stylish and Sew Artsy clear sets. I LOVE these ! The punches I used are a Binding Edge punch , very similar to this EK Success one, and a Square Spellbinders Die cut



The Tim Holtz Vintage Shabby papers are perfect with these stamps ,they even have a sewing pattern in them ! I coloured the manequin with Copics and stamped the image again onto Claudine Hellmuth's sticky backed canvas too,I coloured the canvas with a green Copic marker and cut out. I stamped the sewing machine onto a scrap of the TH paper and cut that out too, I then coloured a little scrap of the canvas,, coloured it pink and added a few faux stitches with a copic pigment pen. The papers were all distressed with a Tim Holtz Paper Distresser and stamped with the faux stitches in the Hero Arts set. I was going to get my sewing machine out ,, but the faux sewing is sew much easier ,,, lol :-)( couldn't resist ;-)) I used a few inches of the TH Ruler Ribbon a few Basic Grey Buttons and a little American Tag Hemp Twine (the colour I have used is OOS at the mo' but it will be back in store soon.)




A couple of close ups ,,, :-)



I am entering this into the Simon says Stamp Challenge on the Papercrafts Planet site which has the theme of Buttons Galore :-) I hope you will join in with both challenges too :-)

Challenges :

A Spoonful of Sugar ,,,,, Lets Get Punchy
Creative Card Crew ,,, Punch It Out
My time to Craft ,,,,,, Pick a Pocket or 2 ,, ( that is a pocket being sewn on the machine :-))



Dawny P and the DT have made some gorgeous cards for your inspiration so hop on over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog to see them :-)
A special Thank You to Kath ,, I did have a lovely browse around her blog , she is THE Queen of hero Arts and I had alot of inspiration from her fab blog :-)

Papertake Weekly,,, Sparkly and Bright

Time for a new theme over on the Papertake Weekly Challenge ,,,

SPARKLY AND BRIGHT,,, yep ,, we want to be DAZZLED this week :-)

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

For my card I followed the fab sketch over on the Cute Card Thursday Challenge. I used my lovely LOTV Carollers stamp, isn't it beautiful ! I coloured the image with Copics and inked around the edges with Stormy Sky distress ink. I used some gold stardream card ( I bought loads of this, enough to last a lifetime ,,, WHY ?? !! ) The paper is from the Basic Grey Wassail paper pad. I stamped a sheet of the pale creamy coloured paper ( from the wassail pad) with a Penny Black Music stamp with pigment ink and embossed with gold EP to use in the squares. The Poinsettia and rose center are from Prima The sentiment is also from the LOTV set. I used Diamond Dust, Platinum and Star Dust Stickles for all the spakly bits



Challenges :
Cute Card Thursday ,,,, Sketch
Bah Humbug ,,, Elegance (no tree's but there is a lampost, hope that's OK Ann ,,, now you can slap Max's legs lol )
LOTV ,,,, Winter Fun
Craft Your Passion,, Glitter and Sparkle
Christmas Card ,,, Add flowers

Tilda in Pink

I made this card to join in with the Just Magnolia and Totally Tilda Challenges Both wanted pink and the Totally Tilda wanted us to use pearls too ,,, tick :-)

Before moving on to my card ,, lets just really stop and think about what all these challenges are doing ,,, raising awareness for a terrible disease called breast cancer ,, it is curable, but we need to catch it early ,,,, so if you haven't had a good old feel of your puppies ,, go and DO IT NOW !! While we are on the subject of female health ,, when was the last time you had a cervical smear ??? Look after yourselves girls,, and look after your friends too,, I get my girlfriends together and we all go and get checked together ,,, then go for a nice lunch/dinner afterwards ,, make it into a party !!,,, any excuse eh !! :-)



For my card I used this lovely Wish Granted Tilda i coloured her with copics and added Star Dust stickls and Diamond Dust for sparkle. I used cream coloured SU card which I sprayed with gold glimmer mist and used this for matting. the papers are Magnolia Fairytale ones, I inked all the edges with Vintage Photo and then distressed them all with a Tim Holtz Paper Distresser . I used a Martha Stewart border punch , some Kaiser pearls , a little cream organza ribbon and a few roses from Wild Orchid Crafts ,, I also used a Martha Stewart leaf punch ,,, think thats all :-)



thanks for looking ,,, and please go and check yourself ,, right now !! :-) Lets hope that all the challenges highlighting our awareness really does make a difference and keeps the ladies of blogland safe ,,, and you guy's too ,, you are not immune ,, get the men in your lives to check their breasts and appendages too :-)

A Quickie :-)

I am REALLY sorry I missed the Bah Humbug Challenge last week ,, it was vellum and as the challenge on the ABC Christmas Challenge is 'V' I really SHOULD have added vellum !! So ,, in way of an apology I have made an Elegant Card ,, which fits their theme for this week ,,, and I added vellum too :-)



This Fantasy tree by Penny Black is one of my all time fave elegant stamps ,, I have almost worn it out !! definitely one of my better buys :-) I used Versacolour ink and silver embossing powder. the base card is navy blue and I used some SU paper which was a gift from Mandi from when I ordered a load of SU goodies from her :-) I also used some lovely sparkly vellum and ribbon from my local Binky Crafts, the red rose is Prima. I also used a Martha Stewart Icicle Punch ,,, another of my better buys ,,, well used !! :-)



Challenges:

Bah Humbug ,,,,, Elegant Christmas Card
Keep It Simple ,,, Take a Bow (and simple)
Christmas Card ,,,Include flowers
Totally Gorjuss ,,, Sparkle
Christmas Stampin' ,,, Something Metalic (silver emboss and silver stardream card)

Thanks for looking :-) I love reading your comments so please leave me one :-) xx

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ,,, HALLOWEEN

Good Morning :-) it's time for a new theme over on the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge. It was Scoopy's turn to choose the theme for this fortnight and she chose Halloween

Now I didn't have any Halloween stamps ( I gave mine away in a candy and forgot to replace it !! :-/) so my lovely teamie Sue Drees came to my rescue and sent me some images by express mail ,,, thanks Sue ,,BUT ,, Christine and Mary have both made absolutely AMAZING creations using general House Mouse stamps,, so even if you don't have any specific stamps it is still possible to join in

We are being sponsored by the lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp so a choice of House Mouse, Gruffie or Happy Hoppper stamp for one lucky entrant :-)

The image I used for my card is called Just Clowning Around and the one I used on the candy bucket is called Sweet Friends I coloured them with copics and inked the edges with black soot distress ink. The papers are from Funky Fairys and are unfortunately not available any more,, shame ,, they are fab !! I did a few faux stitches around the edges too. The gorgeous bats , spiders and punched cats are all a RAK from teamie Christine :-) I made the Trick or Treat charm using shrink plastic and a Studio G clear stamp.



I cut the candy bucket on my Cricut and added a few Snickers ,,, unfortunately they disappeared shortly after the piccy was taken :-)



Challenges :
Cupcake Crafts ,,, Sweet Treats with optional Halloween twist
Simon Says Stamp and Show ,,,, Something Spookay :-)
Corrosive ,,, Halloween
Cowgirl Sundays ,,, Halloween
Crazy 4 Challenges ,,,, Halloween
Stampin for the Weekend ,,,, Halloween
Dutch Dare ,,,,, Halloween
Fab n Funky ,,,,, Halloween
A Spoonfull of Sugar ,,,, Boo/Halloween
My Time to Craft ,,,, ghosts ghoulies and long legged beasties/ Halloween :-)
Kaboodle Doodles ,,,, Bats
Sweet Stampin,,,,, Anything but a Card

The DT have made some amazing creations for you to see ,, so hop on over to the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge if you would like another chance to win a HM stamp then check out the candy at the top of my blog :-)

Sketch and Stash Challenge

I had a lovely weekend ,,, hardly did anything ,, spent a few hours in my craft room and all my DT cards are ready for this week !! woo hoo ! Now I will have a look see and see what challenges I am going to enter next ,,, Pink Tilda is on my agenda :-)

Sue has made us another fabby sketch for us to follow on the Sketch and Stash Challenge and also we have 2 new DT members joining us today ,,,, welcome aboard Squirrel and Bev :-)
Don't forget to tell us what your new/neglected stash is, we are nosey and LOVE to know :-)

We are sponsored by the lovely Paula at Pollycraft this fortnight and she will be giving one lucky entrant a choice of 5 digi images :-)



For my card I used this lovely new LOTV image ,, from the Merry Christmas set I coloured the image with copics and added the compulsory Star Dust Stickles here and there :-) The paper is old and neglected from Papermania. The fancy corners are die cuts made using Spellbinders Photo Corners I also used a Cuttlebug embossing folder that I won in Cathy's candy :-)



Challenges :
The Crafty Pad ,,,,, Christmas
I Did It Creations ,,,,, Anything Goes

Thanks for looking :-) The DT have made some gorgeous cards for you to see so hop on over to the Sketch and Stash Challenge to see them :-)

A Card for Daniel

I made this card for a special 13year old boy called Daniel :-) His mum is Claire aka Crafty C's Crafting Library I hope he likes it !!

I followed the fab sketch on the Sugar Bowl Challenge , it is ages since I joined in but I am going to make it a point from now on ,,, I have lots of lovely Sugar Nellies and I need to ink them up more often !! :-)



This is Luca ,, I just went to the Funky Kits website and couldn't find a link for this stamp but am sure he will be there somewhere :-) I coloured him with Copics and inkled the edges with Vintage Photo distress ink. The papers are Basic Grey Oliver paper pad. The button is also from Basic Grey and I used a music note eyelet. For the sentiment I used a Spellbinders ribbon tag and a Simon Says Stamp sentiment.



Challenges :

Sugar Bowl ,,, Sketch with option of One for the Boys
Crafty Calendar ,,,, Autumn Birthday,, Happy 1st Birthday to you :-)
Crafty Emma Store ,,,, Buttons and Bows
Simon Says Stamp on the PCP ,,,, Buttons Galore
The Stamp Man ,,,, Cards for Men
Cards for Men ,,,, Birthday (thanks for choosing me in the top 3 last week :-))
Cupcake Craft ,,,, Boys and their Toys ,, closes in 25 mins ,,,, better be quick !!!!

thanks for looking ,,,, have to rush ,,,,,, :-)

have you met Tammy ????

I have just been visiting my Totally Papercrafts teamie's blog ,,, Tammie aka Kizzy Designs , I just noticed that she has 24 followers ,, which means that most of you haven't been to visit her blog yet !!! Tammy's work is FANTASTIC !!! You HAVE to go and see the gorgeous Tilda door hanger and fantastic slipper she made too ,,,, GORGEOUSSSSS !!!

Just Cute Bears AND FRIENDS Sketch Challenge

Sunday morning and unfortunately no lie in ,,, the hunters are out in force shooting at everything that flies ,, it was a barrage of gunshot in the fields around my house ,,, terrible !! I dread to think how many poor birds died or were left mortally wounded ,,,
Anyway ,,, moving on ,,,,

The challenge for the next fortnight on the Just Cute Bears AND FRIENDS Challenge is a FAB sketch by Helen,,, did you notice the change in name ,,, yes you can now use other furry friends on your cards/creations :-)

For my card I used this lovely Milton and Robin stamp from the Wild Rose Studio. I coloured him with copics and added the compulsory Star Dust Stckles here and there ,, the icy snow on the bottom panel is Diamond Dust. The papers is from papermania and the Grey is HOTP

here is Helen's fab sketch :-)

the DT have made some gorgeous cards for you to see so hop on over to the Just Cute Bears AND FRIENDS Challenge to see them ,,,, and please join in :-)

Caring Hearts Card Drive Blog Hop

As many of you will already know Vera aka Ling's Design Studio is collecting Thanksgiving cards and Chistmas cards to send to the elderly. This blog hop is to encourage you ALL to join in and send a card or 2 to this worthwhile cause :-)You can find all the details on this post
♥ CARING HEARTS CARD DRIVE ♥


If you arrived here from the lovely Lin's Blog then you are going in the right direction, if not you may wish to start at the begining on Vera's Blog

I decided to make a Christmas card because I have made a Thanksgiving card already :-) I followed the fab sketch on the Friday Sketchers Challenge. I used my lovely Magnolia Snowy with Snowflake stamp, coloured with copics and Diamond Dust and Star Dust Stickles added for sparkle :-) The papers are a free download from the lovely Martine's blog ,,, these are from last year so you may need to scroll back a bit ! :-) The snowflake is a Spellbinders die cut ,,, this must be one of my best buy's ,, I use this all the time !!



edited ,,OH NO !!! I justr realised that I forgot to add some polar white flower soft to his hat !! I was waiting for the stickles to dry before adding it ,, and then I forgot !! It is already in the post to Vera ,,, so ,, Vera , when it arrives can you please just add sparkle to his hat for me :-) ,, thanks xx

The next stop is the fabulously talented Mandy, I am sure she will have a gorgeous card to show you :-)

Enjoy the hop and please don't forget to make a card or 2 :-)

Challenges :

Friday Sketchers ,,,,, Sketch

Allsorts ,,,,, Spots and Stripes

Totally Gorjuss ,,,, Sparkle

Fussy and Fancy ,,,,, Winter Wonderland

Frosted Designs ,,,,,, Die Cuts

Simon Says Stamp Challenge on the PCP site,, BUTTONS

Chris has popsted a new challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp page on the Papercraft Planet website

The theme is BUTTONS GALORE

There is a fabulous prize on offer ,,, you can see the details here

http://www.papercraftplanet.com/group/simonsaysstamp/forum/topics/simon-says-stamp-challenge-10

Wild Rose Studio DT Card

I made this card a couple of weeks ago and forgot to show it to you !!!

This is Fergus with Bouquet from the Wild Rose Studio



I coloured him with copics and addded Star dust Stickles here and there . The papers and sentiment are from Wild Rose Studio too ,,, these are from the Milton Christmas Pack The flowers are a mix of Prima and Wild Orchid Crafts and the border punch is by Martha Stewart :-)



Thanks for looking :-) I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-) Hope you all have a lovely weekend :-)

Stamp Something ,,,,,,, DIGI

WOW !! We had loads of fabulous entries to our Halloween Challenge ,, some were very scarey ,, almost scared me to death some of 'em and some were definitely TOO cute to spook ,, Tilda couldn't scare a flea could she,,, bless !!! :-)

Anyway ,, another week has flown by and it is time to get ready for a lovely weekend of crafting !!

It is now time to Stamp Something ,,,, DIGI !!
Yes ,, no ink and rubber this week ,,, turn on your computers and print an image :-)

We are sponsored this week by several digi companies so please pop over to the Stamp Something Challenge blog to see what images are on offer.

The DT have all used digi images from various companies so lots of variety to see :-)

I was given a choice of images from the Digi Doodle Shop AND I wanted to use a stamp from their Christmas Assortment,,, so they sent me the whole set !! How nice is that of them !! :-)

I printed the image and then printed it again onto patterned paper to paper piece the box ,,, so much easier than colouring :-)) the image was coloured with copics and added a little star dust stickles on the ribbon. I decoupaged the baubles and holly too and popped them out a little with silicone glue. the flowers are a mix of Prima and Wild Orchid Crafts. I used a Martha Stewart Icicle punch and holly leaf punch and a little navy blue satin ribbon and few glimmer dots to finish.



The DT have all made some GORGEOUS cards for you to see so hop on over to the Stamp Something Challenge blog to see them and don't forget to check out the candy sponsored by Simon Says Stamp at the top of my blog :-)

Totally Papercrafts ,,, Stick a Number on It

OOhh we have a fab challenge for you this week on the Totally Papercrafts :-) It is Joey's turn to choose the theme this week ,,, and in celebration of her birthday which is in a few days time ,,, she will have reached the BIG 30 !! she thought we should all

STICK A NUMBER ON IT :-)

We are sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps and one lucky entrant will get a choice of 7 digi images !!! :-) The DT were all given a choice of images to use too ,,, thanks Jodie :-)

For my card I followed the fab sketch on the Sketch Saturday Challenge I chose this fab JJ 5 O'clock image and sentiment. I coloured her with Copics and added pearls in her hair and glimmer dot earrings. The papers are Papermania from the Capsule Collection and I used some black card too. The flowers were made using a set of Nellie Snellen Punch and Emboss punches and a few Robins Nest Dew Drops.



Challenges

Sketch Saturday Sketch ,,, there are 2 squares there ,, then I went and covered them up with the sentiment !! :-)
Stamp Insanity ,,, Think PINK
I Did it Creations ,,,, For a Girl
Totally Gorjuss ,,, Pink ,,, (happy birthday to you )

The DT have made some really fun cards for you to see ,, so if you need a smile then pop over to the TPC blog to see them all :-)

don't forget to check out the candy sponsored by Simon Says Stamp at the top of my blog before you leave :-)

Simon Says ,,,,, Give Thanks !!!

Thanks to everyone who joined us in the No Cook redipe Challenge last week ,,, This week we have a very spcial challenge and request so PLEASE join in :-)



We have been contacted by a lovely lady, Vera, who is organising a card drive to send Thanksgiving cards to the elderly who live alone or in nursing homes. The Design Team has sent all of their cards to Vera for the CARING HEARTS CARD DRIVE - we would love it if you would too!!!!

Please support ♥ CARING HEARTS CARD DRIVE ♥, in our effort to collect Thanksgiving & Christmas cards to be sent to the elderly that lives in nursing homes or care center. Going on till November 15, 2010. Details & prizes information can be found HERE.

We are delighted to welcome the super talented Dawny P in the Designer Spotlight :-) Dawny will be joining us on the team for the next 4 weeks :-) I am sure you all know THE Pink Piggywiggy and if you don't ,,, where have you been ?? Welcome aboard Dawny :-)


As well as being eligible to enter for the prizes on the Card Drive Heidi will be giveing one lucky entrant a $25 shopping spree to her Simon Says Stamp store too :-) There are new products arriving every day so you will be spoilt for choice !! :-)

For my card I followed the lovely sketch on the Friday Sketchers Challenge



I used my lovely Sarah Kay Time for Apple Pie image ,, this was THE first Sarah kay stamp I bought and I still love her :-) I coloured her with Copics and inked the edges with Stormy Sky distress ink The papers are Cosmo Cricket Nutmeg ,,, I love these, perfect for Autumn :-) The flowers were made using a set of Nellie Snellen flower punches which are fab because they punch and emboss too ,, brilliant !! I also used a Martha Stewart leaf punch ,,and I added Robins Nest Dew drops in the centers. The ribbon was a gift from teamie Debby,, thanks xx and I bought this apple charm especially to use with this image :-)



I added some Glossy Accents to the apples which shows quite well on this piccy :-) the tag was cut out on my Cricut I inked it with Stormy Sky ink then edged it with Vintage Photo the leaves are stamped with Desert Sand memento ink using a Stampendous clear stamp The sentiment is from a Hero Arts set

Friday Sketchers,,, Sketch
Allsorts ,Lets Play Bingo,,bottom row across ,, fab idea for a challenge !! Love this !! :-) We will be copying this ides sometime :-)
Tuesday Throwdown,,,,, Anything Goes
Corrosive Challenge ,,, No White Paper ,, I inked everything :-)
Crafty Pad ,,, Torn/Distressed edges
Crazy 4 Challenges ,,,, Fall/Autumn
Fairy Fun Friday,,,,, Tag/Ticket
Stamp Man ,,,, Autumn
Dutch Dare ,,,, Tagalicious
Papercraft Star ,,,,,, Thank You + dry embossing ( the flowers are embossed) die cuts and metal.

Our GD's and the DT have made some gorgeous cards for you to see so hop on over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge to see them,, please join in ans don't forget to post your cards to Vera :-)

I have a blog candy sponsored by Simon Says Stamp at the top of my blog if you would like to check it out !! :-)