BOO !! :-)

Hi all :-) No points for guessing the theme over on the Papertake Weekly ,,, I think most challenges have the same/similar theme so lots of scope for entering loads of challenges ! :-)

FRIGHT NIGHT !!   soo scary ,,,, :-)

We are sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps this week ! :-)

I put my Silhouette Cameo machine through its paces and cut everything on it ! 

The ghost was a freebie from SVG cuts, I cut this out of white card, sprayed with Studio Calico Shine and popped up on a wobble ,,, so cute IRL,, I spent ages playing with him, making him shake while I made woohooo ing noises ,,,, lol :-)  Doesn’t take much does it ,,,,, :-)  don’t answer that :-)

The haunted house was from the silhouette store as was the spider and his web. I made the silvery moon by inking plain white card with Pumice Stone DI and then smothering with perfect pearls ,, so lovely and shimmery IRL.  I added star dust stickles on the windows, glossy accents on the spider and dotted the eyes with a white gel pen.  I LOVE this Bazzill All Hallows Eve pack, the paper designs are fab and such a lovely quality, almost as thick as card ! I coloured plain white card with Dusty Concord Distress Ink for layering  

 

I couldn’t resist popping another ghost on the inside :-)

Thanks for looking :-) the DT have made some sooo spooky cards so hop on over to the PTW to see them:-) I really appreciate your comments so please leave me one and a HUGE welcome to my new followers too :-)

Challenges :
Cards for Men ,,, Orange and Black ( this is for a little boy)
Paper Playtime ,,,, BOO-ville
The Cutie Pie ,,,,, Halloween
Stamptacular Sunday ,,,, Boo-tacular
Allsorts ,,, too cute to Spook
Crafty Calendar ,,, All things Spooky
Card Makin Mamas,,,Halloween/Spooky
Stampin for the Weekend ,,, Something Spooky
Aud Sentiments ,,, Halloween

Midweek Squeeek for ATC Turn-arounds :-)

Hi all :-) I am back again with a reminder for the House Mouse and Friends Challenge :-)

The current theme is to make an ATC ( Artist Trading card, which measures 2 and a half by 3 and a half inches ) and make it into a card or somethin ,,,, :-)

We have 2 fabulous sponsors for this challenge :-) 

 Simon Says Stamp, one lucky winner will have a fabulous $25 spree  !! :-)

AND

the Sweet Stamp Store are sponsoring too so a fab $10 Gift Certificate to spend there too :-)

I used this very cute House Mouse image from an unmounted set from Joanna Sheen called  Singing Angels, the wood version is called  Along for the Ride  and is a little bit bigger.

I coloured with Copics and inked the edges with Stormy Sky and Pumice stone DI. I tore some plain white card and embossed with a Sizzix snowfake folder, the paper is from a Memory Box Pixie pack and I added Star of Wonder stars and a punched Himalayan snowflake. I finished with oodles of stickles and a little Crystal glitter.

Thanks for looking :-) some of the DT have made lovely cards for this reminder so please hop on over to the challenge blog to see them :-)

Challenges :
Addicted to Stamps ,,,, Animal Friends
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas ,,,, Snowflakes
Cupcake Craft ,,,, 2’s company
Totally Stampalicious ,,,, Christmas card/creation

Wise Wishes for Less is More Challenge :-)

Hi all :-) I hope you all had a lovely weekend :-)

This week on the Less is More Challenge Mandi and Chrissie are asking for one layer with wings :-)

As I have to post so many Christmas cards I think one layer is BRILL,,, cheaper to post ! so I got out my Wise Wishes stamp from Penny Black and inked it up :-)

I used a spellbinders label die to create an embossed frame and used a stamp positioner to get the image placement right, then stamped with Archival ink onto plain white card ,,,, mistake there ,,, I should have used watercolor paper :-/   I used Distress Markers to colour ,,, need more practise  ,,,, I didn’t want to use copics cos they would have shown through on the inside. I then smudged some light blue pan pastels over the background, then added oodles of Star Dust stickles, some crystal glitter, glossy accents and highlighted the cones with a galaxy marker.

The sentiment is from Hero Arts and I embossed this with clear EP. 

Thanks for looking ,,, going to go and practice colouring with those markers now ,,,,, :-)

Challenges :

Christmas Stampin' ,,,,, Anything Goes

Sparkles Christmas ,,,,, Traditional ( red & green??)

Harry Potter’s Hedwig :-)

Hi all :-) I was just having a little play and made this cute corner bookmark to pop in a Harry Potter book, I thought it would make a cute gift and maybe encourage someone to open the book and read it ,,,, no names here ,,,,, don’t want to spoil the surprise ,,, :-)

The cute stamp is  from Art Impressions and is called Little Whoot . I thought he would make a perfect Hedwig ! :-)

As you know Hedwig is a Snowy Owl so not much colouring to do ,,,  what little I did was done with Copics :-) The paper is from a 7 Gypsies Camden pack (keeping it London themed ,,, ) :-)  and the branch is made using a Twigs and Berries die. Now comes the clever bit !! I made the lightening bolt on the Silhouette Cameo! ,,, worked out how to do that all by myself !!  ,,,,, lol ,,, I am useless at these things so this was a big achievement for me

I kept this really simple as it is going to be crushed between the pages ,,,, hopefully !!  I used some Scrap Dots to adhere Hedwig so he is filled up with silicone and hopefully he won’t get crushed :-)

Back View ,,,, very simple :-)

edited to add another one I made using the Griffindor colours ,,, :-)

thanks for looking :-) I hope you all have a lovely day and I would also like to say a HUGE welcome to my new followers

Challenges :
Art Impressions ,,, Child’s Birthday It is a bookmark for a  child’s birthday pressie ?
All That Scraps Wednesday ,,,, Anything But a Card
Penny’s Paper Crafty …… Anything But a Card
Creative Card Crew ,,,,, Birds
Party Time Tuesdays ,,, Anything But a Card
Top Tip Tuesday ….. Things with Wings

Simon Says ,,,,,, Dies and/or Punches ,, :-)

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge !! Thank you for joining us for the Glimmer and Sparkle Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too :-)

We will be back soon with the names of the lucky winners of the $50 Voucher  and the fabulous prize from Lindy's Stamp Gang  !! :-)

This week the challenge is ,,,,,,,,


USE DIES and/or PUNCHES

The design team have created some awesome projects for your inspiration, we are all featuring the BRAND NEW  Stamps and Dies from Simon Says Stamp Exclusives :-)

You don't have to use them to join in but we would love to see them used if you have them :-)

As an extra bonus for this challenge Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant this FABULOUS pack of Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Dies  !! Woo Hoo !!

I will be doing a random draw for this prize from one of the DT or our GD's  blogs. SO you will need to comment on all of our blogs otherwise you could miss out !! :-)

PLUS 
 Heidi will be giving a $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store!   
 

so 2 chances to win a fabulous prize !! :-)

  I used Tall Forrest Tree, Small Forrest Tree, Folded Banner and Holiday Shapes

I have to say I really LOVE these dies and have bought several of them, they are made by Memory Box and have the same quality and fine details :-)

I will link the products I used at the bottom of this post. Just to say that  the layering card, trees, banner and hearts were sprayed with Tawny Turquoise mist and is so beautiful and shimmery, I love it :-)  The little birds were cut on the Silhouette Cameo  and I used some black Enamel Accents for the eyes.

Close Up :-)

 you can see the lovely gimmer on the tree a little better on this one, and isn't the bird CUTE !! :-)

Inside ,,, the sentiment is from Hero Arts :-)

Thanks for looking :-) Our lovely GD  Laura and the DT have made some gorgeous cards so hop on over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge to see them

So now it's YOUR turn ! Happy Crafting !!

You have until Wed Oct 17th 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in :-)

Challenges :

Creative Card Crew ,,,,, Birds
Top Tip Tuesday ,,,, Things with Wings ,
(tip, mop up excess glimmer mists with watercolour paper, it is fab for making embellies, flowers, leaves etc ,,,, )
Tuesday Alchemy ,,,,,, Anything Goes
Crafty Boots ,,,, Three ,,,, 3 Birds

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All Creatures Great and Small ,,,,,

Hi all :-) We had loads of entries to our 5th Birthday Bash !! Thank You to everyone who left such lovely comments on my card, I really appreciate them and a huge  WELCOME to my new followers too !! :-)

Did you win the candy on my blog ? and what was it ? You will have to find out over on the Papertake Weekly Challenge blog

:-) 

This week the theme is ,,,

ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL ,,,  so any animals ,, :-)

We are sponsored by Whiff Of Joy so a fab prize on offer  ! :-)

I used this new Christmas Teddies image from the Wild Rose Studio ,,, so very cute eh ! :-)

I coloured with Copics then prismacolor pencils ,, I love the depth of colour this technique gives, I then inked the edges with Stormy Sky DI and used Crystal Glitter on the hat trims, an Ice White Viva pen for the snowflakes and white chunky glitter for the snow.  The papers are from a Xmas Bella pack and I embossed some plain white card using a Swiss Dots folder. 

The street lamp was cut on my Silhouette Cameo, using a dark blue stardream card and Iadded 2 stars cut using a memory Box die.The sentiment is from a Wild Rose Studio sentiment set and I used a new Simon Says Stamp Exclusives Folded Banner die.

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

Challenges :

Penny Black and More ,,,Animal Magic

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