Wednesday, September 30, 2009

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 ! :-)



Tuesday, September 29, 2009

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 :-)


Monday, September 28, 2009

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 ,,, :-)


Sunday, September 27, 2009

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 :-) !!



Saturday, September 26, 2009

Christmas is coming ! :-)

I made this card for the Snowflakes in September Allsorts Challenge !!! Missed the deadline !!! :-( never mind it is one christmas card less to make :-) hundreds still to go !!!

I followed Dawny P's fabulous sketch on the Papertake Weekly Challenge



I put a snowflake where the sentiment should be because the backing paper has writing all over it and I thought that was enough ! :-)
I have kept this card quite simple ,, I was tempted to use ribbons and snowflake brads but quite liked it left bare :-)




The PB images were stamped and coloured with copics 3D'd and I used ice stickles for the sparkle :-) the papers are from a lovely new set of Funky Fairys Papers,,, this one is called Shabby Christmas Time It is a fabulous set with lots of papers that you can use all year ! :-) I alos used plain white card which I embossed with the cuttlebug snowflake folder :-)
The snowflakes are made using a spellbinders snowflake die cut and a couple of papermania brads to hold them together :-)

I am also entering this into the One Stop Crafts Challenge whose theme this week is Die Cuts :-)

Thanks for looking, please leave a comment before you hop off so I know you've been visiting :-) also I have a blog candy at the top of my blog if you would like to take a look ;-)


Friday, September 25, 2009

Simon Says Get Sewing !!! :-) Lots of Prizes and Candy !!

Are you all adding stitching to your creations ??? faux or real ,,, we don't mind !! We are on a quest to try to get over 200 entries on the Simon Says Stamp challenge so please help :-) As you know Heidi gives away so many prizes and candy's all over blogland ,, This would be a big thank you,, :-) So girls needle and cotton or pens at the ready !! get 'sewing' !! :-)

There is candy on offer go n find it !! :-)

Thanks to you all ,,,, I know we can do it !! :-)



Thursday, September 24, 2009

Simon Says Dance !

ooh as soon as I saw Hazels fabulous sketch and Glitz theme on the Moving Along With The Times Challenge I just had to get out my new
Simon Says Clear Stamps HEATHER'S DANCE BALLET TAP JAZZ Lot Exclusive This is the first time I am using these and love this set !! ;-)



I alos followed the lovely colour scheme on the Colour Create Challenge who are asking for Hot Pink / Dusky Pink / Ice Chocolate and the added optional extra of pearls and swirls :-)




I chose some swirly and dusky papers from BG Eva paper pad and distressed all the edges with antique linen distress ink,, my fave colour ! I used some light brown shimmery card for layering. The image was stamped with memento ink and coloured with copics and 3D'd. I used copic glitter pen and lace stickles to glam it up a bit :-) The dancers and text were also from the same set,,, the ribbon and pearls from my stash ,,,:-)

I am also entering this into the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge whose theme is One For The Girls :-)

Thanks for looking :-) I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-) Before you hop off you may be interested in my weekly blog candy, you can see it at the top of my blog :-)

Hubby's B'day card ;-)

It was Ray's birthday yesterday,,, and I did have every intention of making him a card in time ,, but things just conspired against me ,,, so this is a belated one ,,, only a day late ,,,, not too bad eh !! ;-) I followed the fabulous sketch on the Friday Sketchers Challenge :-)



This is one of the newly released stamps from the Yummy In My Tummy collection from Magnolia :-) Chef edwin ;-) Isn't he fab ! Ray loves to cook so I thought this image would be perfect for his card :-) I am still into recycling after last weeks Funky Fairys Challenge ,,, so this card will be recycled into my friend's sons 21 st birthday card ,,,, he is a chef so this is perfect for him too :-) lol
These fabby new stamps are almost all the way across the Atlantic now and will soon be on the shelves at the Simon Says Stamp store :-)



I coloured the image with copics and plonked him on a magnolia plate:-) The papers are from Funky Fairys Papercrafts Gorjuss Gingham Collection
90 colours for £2.50 !! bargain !! I also used a little whitewash coredinations which was cuttlebugged and distressed with sandpaper.
The sentiment is from the
Simon Says Clear Stamps SIMPLY THE BEST SENTIMENTS Lot Exclusive Set as you can tell I use this set ALOT !!
The ribbon and buttons are from my stash :-)

I am entering this card into the Cupcake Crafts Challenge whose theme is Distressing :-)

Thank you for visiting my blog :-) before you leave please leave me a comment so that I know you were here ,,, also I have a blog candy at the top of my blog if you would like to take a peek ;-)

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Penny Black Candy Winner :-)

After discarding comments that weren't eligible for the candy he winner of the lovey Penny Black Vanilla stamp is

Here are your random numbers:

16

Timestamp: 2009-09-23 07:21:13 UTC

That is Ribena Ruby :-)

Congratulations Ruby :-) If you email me with your address I will ask heidi to post the stamp to you :-)
I will be back in a few mins with another candy so if you haven't won this week ,,, maybe next time :-)






Penny Black Blog Candy :-)





Would you like to own this

Penny Black Rubber Stamp 3844k VANILLA Girl Dog Walking I was lucky enough to win one of these so i thought I would give someone else the chance too :-) Heidi at Simon Says Stamp Store is very kindly letting me give one of these away as my weekly blog candy :-)

I am going to do it a bit differently this week ,,, if you make a card for the Simon Says Stamp Challenge you can have an entry AND if you enter the Funky Fairys Challenge you can get an entry ,,,:-) So double chances !! The DT on both teams are allowed to enter ,,, they made their creations already :-)

Please leave a comment stating that you have entered the challenge,,, tell me which one so I can check up on ya !! :-)If you enter both challenges ,, leave 2 comments. Please DO NOT leave a comment here unless it is eligible to enter,,, as lovely as your comments are it gives me a headache when i have to look for the bone fide entries :-)

Good luck to all :-)

Monday, September 21, 2009

Funky Fairys Challenge : Oodles of Doodles :-)

OOhh do you like doodling ? We have a fab theme for you on the Funky Fairys Challenge this week so get your pens out girls and DOODLE :-) The DT have made some fantastic creations for you to see so pop over to the challenge blog to see them then go and visit their blogs for more details ;-)



I have been admiring this fabulous Just Hanging Around kit for ages and it is just beautiful ! I will be making a few of these cards in various colours ! I think you could make all the stationary for a Wedding so easily with this kit! The main image is in the kit too ,, I just printed it, added some glitter with copic glitter pens on all the 'chains',, this doesn't show up very well but looks fab in real life, and added a few crystal gems.
I doodled around the edges a little bit,, I must admit I wasn't as adventurous as my fellow teamies but I wanted to keep this simple ,,,, !!!! :-)



This card was the simplest card I have ever made and I like it ! The ribbon is from my messy draw ( I must tidy that up !! everything is in knots !) I added a charm too, I thought this one looked good with the chandelier :-) The sentiment is an old Anita's one that I have had for ages and use it alot :-)

I will be hoping to sell several of these to raise money for the SPCA !! :-)

As I think most of you know by now,, to enter our challenge you have to use at least one item from Funky Fairys Papercrafts there are lots of free downloads on the Blog of Inspiration
so you can try before you buy :-)

Simon Says All Stitched Up ! :-) AND Fabulous news !!

It seems many of you like a recipe, thanks to everyone who joined us last week ,,I really enjoyed coming to see all your creations,, now do you like sewing as much as 'cooking' ?? The theme this week on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge is 'Sewing= Faux or Real ,, the choice is yours :-)
We have someone very special in our designer Spotlight this week ,, her name is Greta and she has recently celebrated her 11 th birthday :-) She has made a card for our challenge almost every week and her talent is amazing. Please pop over and leave her a comment,, am sure she will appreciate them :-)She shares a blog with her mum Lisa and you can see her work here :-)

We also have some BIG news to tell you ;-) Kim Piggot has agreed to join us on the DT :-) I am sure you have all visited Cards By Kim
she is the most amazingly talented designer and we are all looking forward to working with her :-) Welcome aboard Kim :-) x x





I have just downloaded this template from Papertrey Inc
this one is called Card Couture. I must admit I found it a bit tricky to make as the pieces didn't seem to fit very well so I did have to make some adjustments ,,, hope it will be easier next time !
I cut the pieces out of plain white card and used Funky Fairys Papercrafts Gorjuss Gingham and It's so Distressing Vol 5. I chickened out of using real sewing and went for the easy option of Faux ! :-)




I used some images from the Yummy in my tummy magnolia set. Chef Edwin is lovely eh :-) I coloured him with copics and sat him on the cutlery,, not very comfy is it :-/ !! I used my new Martha Stewart borgder punch for the fancy edge . This one is called
Martha Stewart ARCH LATTICE Edge Punch





The DT have made some amazing creations for you this week so pop over to the Challenge blog to see them and please don't forget to leave them a comment :-) You may find candy along the way so it is worth the hop :-)
As usual Heidi from Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 shopping spree and she will pay for the shipping too !! :-)

I am entering this into the Roses on Paper Challenge whose theme this week is also Stitching :-) this is the first time I am entering this one :-) I am also entering it into the new Simon Says Stamp competition on the Papercrafts Planet site too :-) There is a fab prize of a Simon says Stamp Exclusives set AND a 2 week invitation to be in our Designer Spotlight :-)
I am also entering it into the Magnolia Down Under Challenge whose theme is anything but a card :-) This is my first time there too :-)

OK now for some candy :-) This Chef Edwin will be available soon in the Simon Says Stamp store but I am not sure when it will be available ,,, sooo this week the winner will get to choose the Magnolia stamp of their choice :-) For further details see the post at the top of my blog :-)



I Love Anya :-)

I recently bought 3 Anya's from Bunny Zoe Crafts this is one of them and I just love this one with her cute kitten :-) Nikki who owns Bunny Zoe Crafts is sponsoring the Sketch Saturday challenge this week so I had to use one of them :-)_
To make my card I followed the fabulous sketch on the Sketch Saturday Challenge I am also entering it into the Basic Grey Challenge who are asking for 'Embossing'
Oops I almost forgot ! This is also for the Anyone For Anya Challenge who are asking for 'Funky Flowers' ,,, that's why I chose this funky flowery paper and embossing folder !! :-)




I used BG paper from theJune Bug pad and red coredinations which was cuttlebugged and sanded ,, I am in red mode at the moment ,,, :-) I love red/black !! :-) The image was coloured with copics and I added glitter pens here n there for sparkle ,, her eyelashes are all sparkly :-)



The gingham ribbon was from my messy drawer and the flowers are prima and the rosebud centers are also from Bunny Zoe Crafts. the sentiment is Simon Says Clear Stamps SIMPLY THE BEST SENTIMENTS Lot Exclusive Set


I missed out an element on the sketch,, there is supposed to be another bit in the top left corner but I really didn't want to cover any more of the lovely flowery paper so I left it out ,, hope thats ok !! :-)

Thanks for popping by,,don't forget to leave me a comment so I know you've been visiting :-)
There is some candy at the top of my blog too if you would like to take a look :-)



Friday, September 18, 2009

Celebrate !!!

I made this card for the House Mouse Monday Challenge which is celebrating it's blogoversary :-) They have asked us to choose any theme from the last year. Well as I didn't find the time to join in last week and had already planned what I was going to do I thought I would do it now :-) So this is a song title ,, Celebrate by Kool and the Gang I thought it quite fitting !! :-) I also followed the sketch from Challenge 48 ;-)
I am also entering this into the Stamp Something Challenge
they are asking us to use our favourite papers or colours,,, I chose both :-)



The images is my new HM Party Ribbons and the HM Celebrate stamps which I recently bought from Simon Says Stamp,, cute eh !! :-) I coloured them with copics and 3D'd the mouse ,, added ice stickles and some red and pink gift wrap ribbons.





The papers are my favourite new Fancy Flourish set from Funky Fairys Papercrafts I also used It's so Distressing Vol 1 papers too. I know I am on the DT and you may think I am biased ,,, but truly these papers are fabulous and so convenient !! one of my fave colour combos is red/black so I chose to use them too :-)

On the sketch it said ribbon to go across the card ,, but I stamped footprints instead :-) The black fancy ribbon is from Bunny Zoe Crafts :-)

I have made this for my daughter's friend's 16th birthday,, Emma came with us to England recently and told her mum it was the best holiday she had ever had ,,, she's been to Disneyland Florida,, a Caribbean cruise etc !! BUT she preferred YORKSHIRE !!! :-) Brilliant !! lol :-)

I would love to read your comments so don't forget to leave me one before you go :-) Also I have a blog candy at the top of my blog if you would like to enter ,, there are conditions tho !! :-)

Just Magnolia Papertake Weekly and Sophisti-cat Challenges :-)

I made this card following Bev's lovely sketch on the Just Magnolia Challenge




The image is a new Magnolia one ,, this one is called Jam Tilda from the Yummy In My Tummy Collection and will soon be available in the Simon Says Stamp Store ,,, they are winging their way towards the shelves right now :-)



I coloured both this image and the one on the bag with copics and used a little copic glitter pens too ,, they're fabulous, I coloured the background paper they are sitting on with Dusty Concorde distress ink which was diluted with a spray of water. The papers are all Funky Fairys Papercrafts . I used the brand new released Fancy Flourish set and It's so Distressing Vol 1 papers

I made this gift bag for the Sophisticat Challenge which I am very sorry to say I missed their first week last week ,,, :-(
I saw a gorgeous bag made by Jacqui on her blog yesterday, incidentally she is giving hers away with some fabby blog candy :-) I followed the link to the SCS website where there ia a tutorial on how to make this. you can see the Box in a Bag tutorial here.
As you can see I did faux stitching on the card and the bag using the lovely copic glitter pens so I am also entering these into the Papertake Weekly Challenge too :-)




It was so easy to make and will definitely be making more of these in future,,, lovely gift bag eh ! The sentiment is a Melissa Frances rub on available in the Simon Says Stamp Store ,,,, I love these :-)


I have a weekly blog candy sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp if anyone would like to take a look it is at the top of my blog.

Please don't forget to leave me a comment so I know you've dropped in for a visit :-)