The Ribbon Girl 'Pink and Blue' Challenge

Hi all :-) I hope you’re all having a FABULOUS weekend !! I am having a GREAT one !! I am thrilled to have been asked by my PTW teamies, Mary and Andrea aka The Ribbon Girl to be their GD for the January colour challenge on The Ribbon Girl Blog. Woo Hoo !!! :-)

There are fabulous prizes on offer this month ,,,,

This gorgeous ribbon kit from The Ribbon Girl

AND this fab £10 voucher to Lili Of the Valley :-)

We have recently had 2 new additions to the family, both girls, so I thought this colour combo would be perfect to make a little card and photo album for the happy parents :-)

The card was made using this oh, soo cute House Mouse stamp, this one is called Monica with Pacifier, coloured with Copics and the edges inked with Stormy Sky Distress Ink. I cut out the image with Spellbinders nestie circle and scalloped circle dies. The base card is plain white card inked with the stormy sky distress inks, I love the delicate look you get doing them like this. The papers are from Craft Creations and the lovely Gingham Ribbon, Button, Button Twine and perfect ‘Dummy’ charm are all from The Ribbon Girl, I used a Martha Stewart Scalloped Heart border punch, a Magnolia Doohickey Heart Swirl, some tiny rosebuds,flat backed pearls and oodles of Star Dust Stickles to finish.

The album was made using another House Mouse stamp ( surprise surprise ! :-) this one is called ‘A Birdie Told Me’ , made using the same basic products as the card and finished with a Bind It All machine.

I made this box to pop them in, again using the same basic products but this time using some gorgeous Siam Pink Vintage Style Seam Binding. I used a MFT Tag You’re It stamp and die set to make the tag and finished with a few Card Candy dots

I would like to say a HUGE thank you to Mary and Andrea for inviting me along and to the team for welcoming me too :-)

NOW I am hoping that ALL my followers join in with this fab challenge ! The challenge will run until January 28th at 9PM (UK time) so plenty of time to join in ,, but DON’T FORGET !! jot it down in your notebook !! :-)

Challenges :

Craft Your Days Away ,,,,, New Beginnings

Crafty Calendar ,,, New News with optional extra of Buttons and Bows ( tick)

Designed to Delight ,,, Card or Project to include a heart

One Stop Craft ,,, On the spot + ribbon

Cooking It Up with Katie ,, Pink, Posies with Pearls

My Mum’s Craft Shop ,,,, Here Come the Girls

Cupcake Craft ,,,, Something New

Sweet Stampin ,,, Glitter, Bling, Sparkle and Shine

Less Is More ,,,, :-)

Hi all :-) I have just made this card for this week’s Less is More Challenge where Mandi and Chrissie are asking us to keep it simple with One Layer and to use Birds too ,,,, well after gettin me legs slapped last week I thought I had better stick to the rules this time ;-)

I have had this lovely Simon Says Stamp Why Do Birds Fall In Love Exclusives set for a while and never inked it so it was about time it had an outing !!



I masked off the central square of the card with post it notes and sprayed with Slate Glimmer Mist and left it to dry, looks lovely and shimmery IRL. I then inked the stamps with Versafine ink, added a tiny drop of star dust stickles to the heart and did some faux stitching around the image to add more definition.

It was really simple and was very quick to do ,, and even if I do say so meself I think this is OK and I think I have ticked the right boxes this week Lots of white space and not an embellie in sight !! :-)

Hope you’re all having a lovely weekend and hope to pop around to see ya’ll later :-)

Challenges :

Less Is More ,,, One Layer and Birds

Bloggers ,,,, Wings and Things

I Brake For ,,,,,, CAS

City Crafter ,,,, Back to Black ,,, use a silhouette

Crazy 4 Challenges ,,,, Monochrome in Blue

Totally Papercrafts Spots and Stripes Challenge ,,,,

Hi all ,, the weekend is here again and hopefully you’ll find time to get crafty and get those stamps and crayons out :-)

This week our lovely Caroline choose the theme and she decided on

Spots and Stripes ! :-)

We are sponsored by Alota Rubber Stamps who will be giving a voucher for $20 to one lucky entrant !

I needed to make a Thank You card for a special friend and this is it !! :-)

I used a fab Lawn Fawn set called ‘Just My Type , coloured with Copics and the edges inked with Antique Linen Distress Ink. The papers are a new and from My Mind’s Eye, these are from a Portobello Road pack and I used some SU card for layering. I used a Bottle Cap inc flattened chrome cap, a Vintage Typewriter image and topped it off with an Epoxy Dot. I added some black satin ribbon from The Ribbon Girl , some faux stitching and a few black coat dots by Stamping Bella

Thanks for looking :-) The DT have made some gorgeous cards for your inspiration so hop on over to the TPC to see them

Challenges

Moving Along with the Times ,,, Spots and Stripes

Sweet Stampin ,,, Spots and Dots 2nd entry

Alphabet ,,, 'Y' for Your Choice ,,, Anything Goes ,,,

Crafty Catz ,, Use something New ,, The MME papers are new

Simon Says ,,,,,,Spots and/or Stripes :-)

WOW!!! What a fabby turn out for last weeks NEW challenge!!!! Thanks to everyone for joining in :-)

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

SPOTS and/or STRIPES!

You can have just spots, just stripes or spots AND stripes, its totally up to you!!!!! PLEASE remember to LINK to this SIMON SAYS STAMP CHALLENGE in your blog post somewhere to qualify to win our prize!!!

The Design Team is showcasing MEMORY BOX products this week. Its not mandatory to join in but if you have them, why not pull them out & use them?!?! Simon Says has an amazing selection of Memory Box products - papers, dies, stamps.........WOW!!!

Its a good idea to keep a check on the All New Just In Pages , there is invariably some new goodies listed and it is a handy way to keep up to date with all things new and crafty !!

We have just started a MONTHLY CARD KIT , these are fabulous value for money !! Check them out HERE They are literally flying out of the doors so better be quick !!

As usual Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant a $50 voucher to her FANTASTIC Simon Says Stamp Superstore !! For fabulous tutorials, inspiration and candy you should keep an eye on the Simon Says Stamp Blog too

For my card I used this very cute Baykahbella stamp from Stamping Bella .


I coloured the image with Copics and the edges inked with Shabby Shutters Distress Ink. I used Memory Box Pixie papers and used a little bit of a striped design to paper piece her pinny. this is a gorgeous paper pack, lovely designs and quality :-) I layered her pouch and popped the spoons in there ,, I also layered the rolling pin and used Helmar Scrap Dots to fix, better for small items than pop dots. I used a check design paper as that has lots of stripes in it !!

For the spots I used a Memory Box Bubble Dots Die and made 2 strips which I used underneath the bias tape. I have bought several Memory Box dies and they cut beautifully, they have lots of gorgeous designs and I just LOVE them !! They are wafer thin so are easy to store too !!

The flowers are from a Hero Arts Blush Print pack and I added a green flower and Blush Dot for the centre. I also popped a die cut made using a Heart Swirl die underneath. to finish I added a Cupcake Charm and I used a Spellbinder Ribbon Tag for the sentiment.

Thanks for looking :-) Our Designer in the Spotlight, Debbie, and the DT have made some gorgeous cards for your inspiration so hop on over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge to see them

Challenges :

Anything Goes Challenge ,,,,, Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday ,,,, Anything Goes ( my tip is to use the scrap dots for adding dimension to small items, it is a FAB product :-)

Heart to Heart ,,, use a stamp that hasn’t been used yet ,, this is a new one

My Craft Spot ,,,, It’s Delicious, I think the cupcake looks yummy !

There She Goes ,,, Paper Piecing

Truly Madly Crafty ,,,, Anything Goes

Birthday Sundaes ,,,, Birthday Card

Allsorts ,,,, Paper Piecing

Secret Crafter ,,,, Let them eat Cake

Sweet Stampin ,,,, Spots and Dots

Challenge Up your Life ,,, Bingo ( I chose 1 down) flowers,ribbons, swirls)

ABC ,,, A for Anything Christmas ,,,, :-)

Crikey ,,,, that went quick !! It seems only a few short weeks ago that I was posting and A for ,,,, for the ABC Christmas Challenge and here we are starting another round !

This fortnight our lovely teamie Lacey is hosting the challenge and she has chosen

'A' for Anything Christmas !! ,

We have several sponsors for this challenge ,, !

The lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp is offering a fab $15 voucher ( excludes postage)

The lovely Gerda at The Stamp Fairy is offering a $10 voucher to her store

AND

The Ribbon Girl is offering a fab Mini Christmas Kit !! :-)

Woo Hoo !! I wish I could enter !!!! :-)

For my card I used this gorgeous Hero Arts Winking Reindeer, coloured with a copic pen and a dot of red stickles on his nose to transform him into Rudolph :-) The papers are My Minds Eye and I used a Martha Stewart Himalayan Snowflake punch and some Organza ribbon from The Ribbon Girl to finish :-)

This was a very quick n easy card to make and I did make several of these in the run up to Christmas :-)

thanks for looking , our fabulous GD's and the DT have made some gorgeous cards for your inspiration so hop on over to the challenge blog to see them :-)

Challenges :

Creative Stamp Friends ,,,, Winter

This card is one I made before Christmas ,,, I did make 4 of them and I have one left for next year :-)

Papertake Weekly ,,, Die Cute Special ! :-)

Hi all :-) I hope all is well with everyone and hope the New Year got off to a good start for you :-)

This week on the Papertake Weekly we have a lovely challenge for you ,,,,

DIE CUTE SPECIAL ,, so use a cute image and a die cut,, simples :-)

We are sponsored by the lovely Gerda at The Stamp Fairy so a fab choice of digi images on offer for one lucky entrant !

The DT were all offered images to use too and many of us took Gerda up on her lovely offer :-)

I chose this very cute Lenny ‘Get Well Soon’ image. I coloured with Copics and Prismacolor pencils and I must admit I do like this scruffy looking Lenny, he can’t get in the shower cos he has a broken leg lol. I cut him out and popped him onto some coloured paper with pop dots. The papers are Basic Grey from the Little Black Dress pack, LOVE THESE :-) I added some sort of ribbon that looks like a bandage, not sure what this is called, it was a gift from America, and I thought it was perfect for this ! I added a safety pin and a ribbon slider from The Ribbon Girl, the sentiment was a freebie from The Stamp Fairy too and I used a Spellbinders circle die to cut it out ( I wasn’t very adventurous with the die cuts eh !! to be honest I forgot that bit of the challenge ,,, oops !)

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

Challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers ,,, No Floral Embellies

Cupcake Crafts ,,, Something New ( new digi image and this is for hubby who is going in for a new hip !! )

Digi Makeover ,,,, Get Well ( + digi image)

Paper Pretties ,,,, Get Well

Pile It On ,,,, Manly Cards

Basic Grey ,,,, Something New ( new hip ! ,, image, ribbon, and papers are quite new too ! :-)

Predominantly Purple ,,,,

Hi all :-) I hope you’re all enjoying the weekend and managing to get a little crafty time :-)

When I saw the theme on the Less Is More Challenge I thought I would join in ,, I love purple ! :-) This has photographed quite pale, the purple shades are darker much more vibrant IRL, will try to take a better piccy tomorrow.

I have only used this fab Collage Background stamp from Hero Arts once before and it is about time it had another inking, unfortunately I had taped it all down before I remembered it also comes with an embossing folder and I could/should have embossed it !

I stamped using versafine ink and embossed with clear EP. I then used various purple shades of distress inks and sprayed with diamond glimmer mist ,, it looks lovely and shimmery IRL. I layered with black card and more paper inked with the distress inks. I added a ribbon and ribbon slider from The Ribbon Girl to finish :-)

I hope this is CAS enough for the challenge ,,,, please leave me a comment so I know you popped by xx

Challenges :

Crafty Emma ,,,,, Anything Goes

Fabulous Friday ,,, No patterned paper

Another 2012 House Mouse Calendar ,,,,:-)

Hi all :-) we’re back for another Totally Papercrafts Challenge after taking a little Christmas break :-)

This week it is our lovely teamie, Anne’s. turn to host the challenge and choose the theme and she chose to use a Sketch designed byour very own Scoopy !! :-)

We are sponsored by the lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp

and this prize ( please note that shipping charges are the responsibility of the winner)

I made this calendar for a friend who is a dog lover and is very involved with the running of the Gozo SPCA.

I used this very cute House Mouse ‘Are We There Yet image, coloured with Copics and Prismacolor pencils. The gorgeous papers are First Edition New Leaf and were a gift from Debby ( thanks me darlin xx ) I used a Memory Box Twigs and Berries die, some twine and a calendar to finish :-) I left off the embellies from the sketch as everything I tried looked 'wrong', I think cos the image is quite big ,,, it didn't leave much space ,,,

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

Challenges :

City Crafter ,,,, Save the Date

Crafty Catz ,,, New Beginnings ,,( New Year )

Simon Says ,,,,,, Something New ,,,,,

We know it was a very busy week for most of you so a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone for joining in last week! :-) We KNOW how much you love ANYTHING GOES challenges!!!

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

NEW SOMETHING ,,,,

It can be for any occasion that is NEW - new baby, new house, new car, new year, USE something NEW.....the options are endless!!! SO, lets see what you come up with this week!

The Design Team is showcasing Cuttlebug products this week. Its not mandatory to join in but if you have them, why not pull them out & use them?!?!

As usual Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant a $50 voucher to her FANTASTIC Simon Says Stamp Superstore !! For fabulous tutorials, inspiration and candy you should keep an eye on the Simon Says Stamp Blog too

Its a good idea to keep a check on the All New Just In Pages , there is invariably some new goodies listed and it is a handy way to keep up to date with all things new and crafty !!

Designer in the January Spotlight is

DEBBIE
We would like to extend a very warm welcome to Debbie who is joining us on the DT for the month of January! If you haven't seen her blog then you're in for a treat ! :-)

I have made a couple of sets similar to this for baby girls ( we have had 2 new additions to the family in December) so I thought I would make a set for a boy too :-)

For the card I used this very cute House Mouse ‘A Birdie Told Me’ stamp,,, sooo cute !! Coloured with Copics and cut out with Spellbinders circle and scalloped dies. The papers are from a Kaiser Crafts Lullaby pack and I used some white coredinations and a Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder to make the panel I used a Heart Swirl die from Magnolia too, the flowers were made using white felt and a MFT Mini Rolled Rose die and added a little star dust stickles for sparkle. To finish I added a few Robins Nest Dew Drops a pram charm and some white spot organza ribbon.

The album was made using similar products, the image is called Monica with Pacifier,, soo cute :-) and this time I framed her using a Lawn Fawn ‘Say Cheese’ photo stamp. I used the larger of the 2 rolled rose dies for this and added a little bear charm. I used my Bind It All for finish.

I made this box to pop them in, the tag was made using a MFT Tag You’re It Set and I added a Basic Grey button to finish :—)

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

Challenges :

Anything Goes ,,,, Blue + 1 colour

Top Tip Tuesday ,,, Anything Goes

Bling It On ,,,, New Beginnings

By the Cute and Girly ,,,, New Beginnings

Incy Wincy ,,,,, Anything Goes

Pile It On ,,,, Anything Goes

House Mouse Desk Calendar for the PTW Challenge

Hi all :-) This is a long post so get coffee !! :-)

It is time for the fist challenge of 2012 over on the Papertake Weekly Challenge and the theme is ,,,

Anything Goes with the optional extra of something new,

We are sponsored by Lili of the Valley so a fab voucher to buy gorgeous stamps or die cuts on offer :-)

I bought a base for a desk calendar over a year ago and forgot all about it and just happened to spot it lurking in the back of a cupboard recently so I decided to get it done !

As you know I do loves me House Mouse so I made this for my desk using only HM&Friends stamps. The printed calendar is a free download from The Stamp Fairy, thanks Gerda xx

The front cover is paper from Kaiser Crafts and |I added a Martha Stewart punched butterfly, some star dust stickles and a few brown pearls to decorate :-) All the edges have been inked with Vintage Photo DI

January, used Snow Much Fun

February, used Love Letter

March, used Birthday Cupcake ( cos it’s my birthday this month) :-)

April, used Will Knit for Friends

May, used Bed of Flowers

June, used Light as a Feather ( probably on a diet getting ready for bikini weather ! ) :-)

July ,, used Berried

August, used Bunny Cruise

September, used Taking Notes ( Back to Skool)

October, used Interview with a Vampire (a new unused stamp)

November, used Poppy Cot from an unmounted set

December, used, Tis the Season

I am really happy with how this turned out and hopefully I won't forget so many birthdays this year !! :-)

Thanks for looking , please leave me a comment so I know you popped by and please hop over to the PTW to see what the other girls have been up to

Challenges :

Cheerful Stamp Pad ,,, Let It Snow

Ooh La La ,,,, Anything BUT a card

Stamp & Fun = Creativity ,,,, Snow

Pile It On ,,,, Anything Goes

Sparkles Forum ,,, Anything BUT a card

Craft Your days Away ,,,, Snowmen ( Jan)

Charisma Cardz ,,, Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew ,,,, Snow day

Everybody Art ,,,,, Snow

Oldie But Goodie ,,, Christmas Animals (both Xmas stamps are more than 6 months old)

Top Tip Tuesday ,,,, Anything Goes

Penny Black and More ,,, Love and Hearts ( 2nd entry)