Christmas Anya ;-)

I made this card following Nikki's fab sketch on the Spoonful of Sugar Challenge :-)



I used my new Christmas Anya stamp, coloured with copics and glittered :-) The papers are from Digiscrap 3 online store ,, these papers are from 'A Golden Christmas' set :-)



The sentiment is a punchem from Funky Fairys Papercrafts I just added a little ribbon and a few gems to finish :-)

I also made this to fit in with the following challenges :-

The Roses on Paper Challenge whose theme is Cranberry, Hunter Green and/or Gold
The Sophisticats Challenge whose theme is Xmas Anything :-)
The Creative Card Crew,, Anything Goes ;-)
Stampavie and More Red/green

Thanks for looking :-) I really appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-) I have a blog candy at the top of my blog sponsored by Simon says Stamp if you would like to take a look :-)

Papertake Weekly Sketch Challenge ;-)

Oohh another fabulous sketch for us to follow this week on the Papertake Weekly Challenge :-)I do love Dawny P's sketches ,,, so easy to follow , I don't like em too complicated ! :-)
We are being sponsored by Toodles and Binks this week ! fabulous prize on offer ! :-)



For my card I used my new Greeting Farm snowpeople that I bought at the craft fair in Holland ,,, I had to give them an inking before it was too late ;-),, not much colouring but what there was was done with copics ;-)



The papers are My Minds Eye and glitter card. I also got to use my new Martha Stewart icicle border punch on this too :-) The background was plain white card that I embossed with a cuttlebug folder and then sprayed with pearl glimmer mist,, lovely and shimmery :-)



The DT have made some fantastic cards for you to see so pop on over to the Papertake Weekly Challenge to see them :-)

I have a blog candy sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp if you would like to take a peek ,, you only have until 8 am GMT tomorrow to enter !!!

Cute or what !! :-)

Pinut has pinched Jessie's bed :-) how cute !!! awwww

Say No to Word Verification

It seems I opened a can of worms yesterday ;-) Thank you for all your lovely comments agreeing with me :-) If people are worried about people posting unwanted comments on their blog then just turn on the owner approval option and screen comments yourself !!!
Some people don't even realise that they have it turned on so please go and check it is turned off in your settings :-)
Please copy this image and post it on your blogs,,, lets start a MASSIVE campaign !! I am almost tempted to stop leaving any comments on blogs who have it turned on. I really don't think we should have to jump through hoops for the priveledge of leaving anyone a comment. So you are warned !!! :-)

CHECK THAT YOURS IS TURNED OFF RIGHT NOW :-)

An Appeal ! PLEASE turn off word verification !!!

I appeal to everyone to please turn off word verification !! If you like use the owner approval option ,, then you can weed out undesirables ! I have never used word verification and I have NEVER had any problems ,.. When you have to leave so many comments on cards it takes twice as long and in my opinion completely unnecessary ! With everyone being so busy at the moment this little gesture will make all the difference to many of us

TURN IT OFF PLEASE !! x x

Wild Rose Studio DT card :-)

I made this card following Kristin's lovely sketch on the Just Christmas and Birthday Challenge :-)



I used the lovely Girl with Flowers stamp from the Wild Rose Studio, the papers are printed from the Spring Papers CD The designs on this and the Christmas CD are gorgeous ! :-)

I coloured the image with copics and decoupaged her onto another piece of white card that I had coloured with a little faded jeans distress ink. I then added copics spica glitter pens and crystal stickles in various places for lovely sparkle. the pearl neccklace was made with liquid pearls ,, but they seem to have squished as they dried ! :-(



The sentiment is from SU and the ribbons were from the craft fair in Holland :-) The flowers are from Prima and were in a lovely Bigger Bag from Simon Says Stamp :-)

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

Thanks for looking :-) I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :)

All That Scraps Snowflake Challenge :-)

I love these cute CC stamps ,,, isn't this one just lovely !! :-) I made this card to enter the All That Scraps Challenge whose theme is Snowflakes :-)

I coloured the image with copics and popped her behind a Nellie Snellen frame.I added glitter to her boots and liquid pearls for earrings and buttons. The snow was made with Polar white flower soft ,,, so realistic eh ! :-)
The papers are from Digiscraps 3 ,, these are from the Winter Magic set The snowflakes were made with a Papermania punch and the lovely text is from a Melissa Frances rub on :-)



I stamped tiny snowflakes behind the image is white and then used sparkle embossing powder, then I stamped a few more using beige brilliance ink pad :-)

Thanks for looking :-) I appreciate your comments so please leave me one before you hop off :-)

Crafting Diva's Birthday Candy :-) 12th Dec

Lisa,aka crafting Diva, is giving away this wonderful candy as part of her birthday celebrations :-) You have to be quick tho as it closes on the 12 th Dec !!! Hurry on over there ! :-)

Good Luck :-)

Creative Inspiration Non Traditional Colours of Christmas GD card :-)

The theme this week on the Creative Inspiration Challenge is Non Traditional Colours of Christmas ;-)

Well ,, I had just received this very cute Happy Hoppers Bunny Rubber Stamp CARROT TREE so I just HAD to use it :-) I saw Curt's DT card for the HM Monday Challenge and he had the same idea ,,, I didn't copy you ,, ha ha :-) great minds think alike eh !! :-)



The image was coloured with copics and the carrots glistened with Tim Holtz DISTRESS STICKLES ROCK CANDY Clear Glitter Glue. The edges were distressed with spiced marmalade ink. The papers are My Mind's Eye, it was a double sided paper and I used both sides, I embossed the blue side with a star embossing folder and added crystal stickles :-) I also used Brown/Orange coredinations and some blue glitter card. The star was cut out on my cricut.



I know this might be cheeky ,,, and I don't know if I am 'allowed' to do this ,, being a GD ,,, but I am going to link this card to the House Mouse Monday challenge who have the same theme ,,, I just HAVE to !! :-) Hope the DT don't mind :-/ x x x

Thanks for looking :-) I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-) 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 :-)

Simon Says,,,,,, Let It Snow :-)

Thankyou to everyone who entered our Simon Says Charming Challenge last week ;-) I just wish I had time to visit you all ,,, I did try but time just ran away with me ,,, so I am sorry if I missed your blog :-(

our Simon Says Stamp Challenge this week is,,,

'LET IT SNOW'

I love snow, when you can sit in a warm room with a nice drink and watch it through the window :-)
This week we have the very talented APRIL ROSE joining us in the Designer Spotlight :-) if you haven't visited her blog yet then you should ! her work is fabulous ! :-)

As usual Heidi will be giving away a $25 shopping spree to the Simon says Stamp Store to one lucky entrant :-) Don't forget your creations MUST be new and not posted on your blog before the challenge starts AND you must mention our challenge in the post :-) Apart from that you can do what you like and hope you have fun :-)




I just love this HM Making aSnowmouse stamp :-)cute or what !! :-) there is a similar stamp with Gruffies the bear too ,, :-)
As you can see I made a shaker card, the 'snow' is Polar White Flower Soft ,,, perfect snow !!
I just bought this lovely set of Martha Stewart double loop round the page punches ,,, am now wishing I bought the snowflake one too !! Will add it to my wish list :-) The snowflake is a Spellbinders Die Cut
which you could win if you enter my candy ! :-) The sentiment is from a Hero Arts Holiday cheer set




I am entering this into the following challenges :-

Sketch Saturday ,,,,, Sketch !
Stampin For The Weekend,,,, Red / Green / Gold
Creative Card Crew,,, Gold or Silver

I know you are all busy with all the preparations for Christmas but I hope you find a little time to join in our challenge this week ;-)
the DT may have candy on their blogs ,, you will have to vist them to find it !! :-) I have a candy at the top of my blog if you would like to take a peek :-)
Thanks for looking :-) Please leave me a comment so I know you dropped by :-)

My Weekly Candy with a difference !! :-)

I have a slightly different weekly candy this week ,,,,, the difference being that this one will last 2 weeks :-) I thought that I would offer an extra special candy this week and it will deserve a 2 week run !! :-)



I made this card for the Simon Says Charming Challenge and thought you might like snowflakes :-) This will also fit in with next weeks challenge ,,,,, that's the only clue you're getting :-)
To have a chance at winning this you will have one entry per challenge. Just leave me a link with Mr Linky to your card and the random generator will pick the winner in 2 weeks time (16th December) :-)



So this is what you might win :-) Spellbinders SNOWFLAKE WONDER s4-085 Dies courtesy of Heidi at Simon Says Stamp :-)

I have turned off the comment feature so please leave any comments on my Simon Says Stamp DT card :-)
Good Luck to all :-)
Happy Crafting :-)

oohh one last thing I would appreciate it if you could advertise this candy on your blogs,, preferably in a separate post ,,,, but you will still be entered even if you don't :-)

Blog Award :-)

I have just received this award from Suzanne ,,,, Suzanne has a fabulous blog and if you haven't been already you should pop over there to say hello :-)
now I am hopeless at these awards ,,, I apologise to those of you who have given them to me and I haven't blogged them ,, I have no excuse ,, other than I am generally busy making cards and leaving comments ,,, and forget !!
OK I have to say 7 interesting things about myself ,,, thats a difficult one for starters !!!! and pass it on to several of you peeps ,,,I am useless at doing that ,,, so I pass this award to all my followers :-) You all deserve it ,, :-) x x

OK here goes
1 ,,, err ,,, told ya it was a diffy ,,,will come back to this one
2,, oohh ,,, I've got a Blue Peter Badge !!! YAY !! ,,, not tellin what for tho ,, lol
3,, My fave colour is blue
4 I LOVE House Mouse Stamps ,,, and am collecting them all :-)
5 My fave drink is tea,,, closely followed by gin & tonic :-)
6, I am an Advanced Scuba Diver
7 last one ,,,, err sorry ,,, can't think of anything :-)

OK ,, take this award with my good wishes and thanks Suzanne for thinking of me x x x :-)

Papetake Weekly Challenge 1st DT 'creation' :-)

This is my first week as a fully fledged Papertake Weekly DT member :-) YAY !! :-)

The theme this week on the Papertake Weekly Challenge is 'Red & Geen Must Not Be Seen' and we are being sponsored by Stretch N Bubbles :-) The DT got some lovely images to play with and I chose to use the Christmas tree and made a Luminary. I saw one of these on the Colour Create Challenge blog, DT Karen had made one,, hers is fabulous, you should go and see it !! thanks for the inspiration Karen :-) x x



I used a paper download from Funky Fairys Papercrafts, this is from the Shabby Christmas set :-) The trees were coloured with copics and used icicle stickles everywhere :-) The snowflakes were made with a Papermania punch. the fancy edging is made using a fiskars punch.
You can see the instructions on how to make one of these here :-)

The DT have made some wonderful things for your inspiration so head on over to the Papertake Weekly Challenge to see them :-)

Thanks for looking, I appreciate all your comments so please leave me one :-) The DT would love you to pop by their blogs too :-)

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

Sketch and Stash Challenge 25 #

Becky has made a fabulous sketch for us all to work with this week on the Sketch and Stash challenge :-) This challenge will run until 4th Jan ,,, so you have loads of time to enter ,,, just don't forget !! :-) Also I will be on the lookout for our next GD ,, It could be YOU !!! ha ha :-)



I made my card using my neglected Whipper Snapper Santa stamp and my new Spellbinders flower die cut :-) I coloured the image with copics and decoupaged him onto lovely white glitter card. The frame was made using a Nellie Sneddon multi frame



The papers are My Mind's Eye Wonderful Winter glitter papers. The ribbon was from my stash and the sentiment is from a Hero Arts set :-)



We have Dawn aka Crafty Kitten joining us for this month as our GD so please pop over to the challenge blog to see the fabulous card that Dawn and the DT have made :-)

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

Wild Rose Studio DT card :-)

I have just made this card following Bea's fab sketch on the Friday Sketchers Challenge :-)
I hope you don't mind that I added a BIG snowflake !! :-)



The image and papers are all from Dulcie's Christmas CD which you can see in the Wild Rose Studio store :-)

I coloured the image with copics and decoupaged the girl and presents. I used my new Polar white flower soft,, ooh isn't it fab ! :-) I used icicle stickles everywhere ,,, on the image and the papers. I also used my copic glitter pen for more sparkle :-) The sentiment is a Hero Arts stamp and the big snowflake was made using my Spellbinders die. You could be in with a chance of winning one of these if you enter my candy at the top of my blog !! :-)



I have just realised that I have forgotten to colour and glitter her buttons !!! Will fix that now ,,, so imagine it finished lol :-)

Thanks for looking :-) I hope you're all having a wonderful weekend :-) Don't forget to leave me a comment so I know you've been :-)

My first candle !!! :-)

There is a fab challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Papercraft Forum :-) DT Chris has organised a 12 days of Christmas Challenge and we are already on day 3. Today's challenge is to make, alter or create a Christmas ornament - for your tree, your mantle, or your wall. Easy :-)



As you can see I chose to decorate a candle :-) I have been wanting to have a go at making one of these as I have seen them on several blogs and they all looked fabby ,,,, not sure I have achieved fabbyness ,,, but it is my first attempt so be nice !! :-)

I am also entering this into the By Cute and Girly December Challenge whose theme is Lets go to the Movies ,,, well my film titles are 'Happy Feet' which is a film about dancing penguins ,, and March of the Penguins, which is more of a documentary type film ,,, so take ya pick !! :-)

i hope you find some time to join in the 12 days of Christmas Challenge ,,, Heidi from Simon says Stamp is giving away loads of fabulous prizes !!

I have a log candy sponsored by Simon says Stamp, it is at the top of my blog if you would like to take a look :-)


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Samantha's Mad Candy :-) 12th dec

NAME THAT GOAT !!! lol ,, I just had to tell you all about this mad girl Samantha aka Penrith Crafts,, she is asking us to help her choose a name for her beautiful pet goat :-) isn't blogland fun !! :-)
there will be a surprise candy ,,,, no not goat cheese ,,, :-) head on over to her blog to enter :-)

Winter/ Christmas magnolia stamps ???

Has anyone received the Winter/christmas pre order stamps yet ?? I am so disappointed that here we are on 5th December and I still haven't received them. It is too late now to make cards and get them in the post. This is the last time I will do a pre order !! I have also heard that the stamps aren't in fact Christmas but Valentine ,,, which I don't want !

I am so disappointed and very annoyed with Magnolia Company ,,,

At last a card to enter some challenges ! :-)

You may all think I have been doing nothing these last few days,, but I have been making DT and GD stuff ! ,,, so you have to wait to see those :-)

I have made this card following Dawny P's fab sketch on the Anyone for Anya Challenge, I missed last week's I just had no time !!and as I bought loads of Anya's at the fair I was determined not to miss this week too :-) Also they have a fantastic prize on offer this week ,,, which I am keeping my fingers crossed for ,, someone is going to be lucky !!!



I used the 'Snow' Anya from the rain snow shine set, isn't she lovely :-) I colourd her with copics and decoupaged her arms and muff. The fur trims were all sprinkled with my new Polar White flower soft ,,, gorgeous it is ! I used my new Martha Stewart punch around the page set
to make the frame and the sentiment is from a new Hero Arts Holiday Cheer set :-)

I have this fab Spellbinders Snowflake die cut to give away as candy sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp ,, so if you would like a chance to win it see the post at the top of my blog :-)



I am entering this into the following challenges too :-)
Colour Create Challenge ,, Lilac/Purple / Black / White / Aqua.
Spoonful of Sugar Challenge ,,,, Non Traditional Christmas colours
Pollycraft Monday Challenge,,,, Christmas
Creative Card Crew Challenge,,,, Christmas
Cute Card Thursday Challenge,,, Swirly Girly,,, just imagine a swirly snow flurry :-)
Stamp Something Challenge Glitzy Somethings
Stamp With Fun Challenge X mas :-)
Allsorts Challenge ,, Purple
All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge ,,, Anything Christmas :-)

I know that is a long list of challenges to enter ,,, but I like to enter them all and at the moment multiple challenges are the only way I can do it x x

Thanks for looking :-) I really appreciate your comments so PLEASE leave me one :-)