My Fortnightly Candy Sponsored by Simon Says Stamp.

I made this card a few days ago for the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge, isn't this stamp cute !! Heidi from Simon Says Stamp Superstore is sponsoring this candy and they have EVERY House Mouse, Gruffie of Happy Hopper stamp in stock :-)



If you would like the chance to own this stamp I would like you to pop my fortnightly candy blinkie in your sidebar (the code is on my sidebar) As I have been asked to join the DT I thought I would change the rules a little for this candy and ask you all to join in with the current House Mouse Monday Challenge :-)

The DT are allowed to enter too :-)

edited, could you please mention this candy on your blog post too :-) thanks

I am using the new Inlinkz linky so please add a link to your card to enter :-)

Wild Rose Studio DT card + a couple of challenges :-)

I found time to play today with another of the new Milton stamps from the Wild Rose Studio :-) I love these bears ,, so cute ! :-)



I followed Alex's lovely sketch on the Everybody's Art Challenge
. I coloured the image with copics and inked the edges with spun sugar distress ink. The papers are also from the Wild Rose Studio, I used the Japan and Polks Dots paper packs. the flowers are Prima with velvet doodlebug brads and the gingham ribbon I have had for ages ,, I bought that from Meiflower. The sentiment is also from Wild Rose Studio :-)



I am also entering this into the following challenges :-

Tuesday Morning Sketches ,,,,,,,,,, Fave colour combo and glitter ( pink or blue with brown is my fave :-))

Just Cute Bears ,,,,,,,, Recipe ,, 3 Brads, 2 Papers, 1 ribbon

Stamp Something ,,,,,,,,,Celebrate :-)

Cute Card Thursday Challenge ,,,,, Someone Special , this is for a very special buddy sshh :-)

Allsorts Challenge ,,,, Birthday

Stampavie and More ,,,,, Pink

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

Papertake Weekly Say It With Flowers Challenge :-)

Time for a new theme over on the Papertake Weekly Challenge :-)

SAY IT WITH FLOWERS :-)

What a fab theme ! I am sure we will be seeing loads of beautiful cards this week ,, we all love flowers eh :-)

We are being sponsord by Wild Orchid Crafts and the DT were all given some flowers to use,,,, Thank you xx



I followed Tanja's gorgeous LO on the Friday Sketchers Challenge :-)



I used one of my new Sarah Kay stamps from Simon Says Stamp this one is called OLIVIA WITH HER KITTENS KIKI AND SUGAR :-) I coloured the image with copics and inked the edges with spun sugar distress ink. The papers are Basic Grey and the Brown card for matting is SU Close to Cocoa. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and have been sprayed with Pearl Glimmer Mist and dotted with star dust stickles :-) The ribbon is also from Wild Orchid Crafts and the charm is from my stash.



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

I am also entering this into the following challenges {-

Cupcake Crafts Challenge ,,,,,,,,,,,, Blooming Charming

Spoonful Sugar Challenge ,,,,,,,, Cute and Girly

Pollycraft Monday Challenge ,,,,,,, Summer Blooms


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

Join in the House Mouse Monday Challenge and enter my Simon Says Stamp candy draw :-)

Just a reminder that if you enter the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge you can also enter my fortnightly candy sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp

see the post at the top of my blog to enter :-)

ABC Christmas Challenge Candy :-)

We have almost reached 200 followers on the ABC Christmas challenge and Samantha is giving away some gorgeous candy to celebrate :-)

pop over to the challenge blog for more details :-)

Totally Papercrafts Wedding/Anniversary Challenge

We had loads of gorgeous entries to our sewing challenge last week and hope you all join in with us on the Totally Papercrafts Challenge again this week :-)

It was Emma's turn to choose the theme this week and she chose

Weddings/Anniversary :-)

We are sponsored by Di's Digi Downloads and she will be giving one lucky entrant a choice of 5 digi downloads,

The DT were also able to choose a digi image to use for this challenge and I chose this gorgeous Roses For You image




I followed Jo's lovely sketch on the Sketch Saturday Challenge I decided to choose bright cheerful colours for this anniversary card instead of the usual pink or red that I would normally use. I coloured the image with copics and added stickles everywhere. I inked the edges with orange chalk ink too. The papers are Basic Grey and I used a Martha Stewart border punch, The sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp exclusives set. I embossed the whole thing with clear EP and popped it in the center of a flower.



DT Emma has a lovely candy on her blog and is fundraising for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Pop over to her blog to see more details :-)

I am also entering this into the Frosted Designs Challenge who are asking for 'Rainbow' colours ,,, I think I have them all in there :-)


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

Wild Rose Studio DT Card

I had a lovely parcel of goodies yesterday from Dulcie at Wild Rose Studio and these lovely papers and stamp were in it ! :-)



I coloured the image with copics and inked the edges with spun sugar distress ink. I then swiped a pink pigment ink pad over it and embossed with sparkle EP. I then dotted stickles everywhere :-)



The ribbon was from my stash and the flowers are Prima and Wild Orchid Crafts sprayed with glimmer mist. the sentiment is Hero Arts stamped with a tri colour pad and embossed with sparkle too.



I am entering this isto the following challenges :-

Just Cute Bears ,,,,,,,,,, multifold

Creative Cottage ,,,,,,, Fancy Fold

Stamp Somethin,,,,,,, Birthday

Fab 'n' Funky ,,,,, Metal Mania

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

Emma's Candy Give Away

Emma, AKA Crafty Emma has some fabulous candy up for grabs,, lovely Alota stamps :-)

I copied this from her blog


Candy Giveaway - Alota Rubberstamps....
Good Morning
I was recently lucky enough to win 11 Alota Rubberstamps and have decided to give 4 of them away as a ''Thank You'' for your support and donations so far with my fundraising for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance in memory of my Dad.

To join in with the candy draw go to Emma's Blog for more details :-)



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

Simon Says,,,,,,,,, Sketch Challenge

Oh WOW !! What an amazing response we had to our Blogoversary Hop !! :-) Thank you all for joining in and for all the lovely comments you left for us, much appreciated xx :-)
The winner of the fabulous parcel of goodies will be announced on the Simon Says Stamp blog later today so keep checking if it's YOU !! :-)

The winner of the Simon Says Stamp Exclusives Stamp set from my blog is ,,,,,,

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

96

Timestamp: 2010-05-12 06:47:39 UTC

The lucky winner is Helen


Congratulations Helen :-) Please email me with your choice of stamps and they will be posted out to you ASAP :-)


Don't forget that you still have a few days left to enter the Wedding Cards for Domi Challenge . We want to bury her in an avalanche of cards :-)


OK so moving on to this weeks challenge Domi has made us this gorgeous sketch to follow.




The DT have all used Whiff of Joy stamps and if you have any we would like to see thm used on your card too but you don't have to :-)

Heidi is offering one lucky entrant a $25 shopping spree to her Simon Says Stamp Superstore
and with all the fantastic stuff arriving almost every day the choice is FABULOUS !! :-)

For my card I used this lovely Whiff of Joy Mr and Mrs foxglove image. I especially love all the Wee images ,,, very cute :-)



I coloured the image with copics and inked the edges with stormy sky distress ink. the papers are Basic Grey
which have all been inked and glittered with Platinum stickles. . The flowers are Prima that have been sprayed with Pearl Glimmer Mist and dotted with star dust stickles for extra sparkle. The butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch and I used a Martha Stewart punch for the fancy border too. The little gold swirl is from a pack of craft buttons.



The DT have made some gorgeous cards for you to see do hop on over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog to see them and please leave comments :-)

Sleeping on thistles ,,,,,,aaahhh

This will be the last time I make a card for the House Mouse Monday Challenge as an entrant ! :-) YAY !! :-) I am so looking forward to joining in as a DT ! :-)




I coloured this gorgeous House Mouse Napping on a Thistle image with copics and added a little star dust stickles on the petals for sparkle and the edges were distressed with Dusty Concorde distress ink. The papers are brown/purple coredinations, which have been sanded to add a more distressed look and crafty individuals paper which has also been coloured with dusty Concorde ink around the edges. the sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp exclusives set



The theme on the Copics Creations Challenge is colouring on other surfaces ,, so I used my copic air brush to spray the flowers in 3 shades of purple and the button was clear so I sprayed that too, I then sprayed the whole thing with pearl glimmer mist and added stickles :-)



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

Papertake Weekly Shiny Sparkly and Special Challenge

This week on the Papertake Weekly Challenge we have a gorgeous theme for you

SHINY, SPARKLY AND SPECIAL :-)

Don't ya just LOVE it ! :-) This just says 'GIRLY' to me :-) get out all your shimmery papers and stickles and gems :-)

We are being sponsored by the lovely EmilyMake the day Special so a wonderful prize on offer :-)
thanks Emily

For my card I followed Jacque's gorgeous design on the Friday Sketchers Challenge. They are celebrating their 2nd Birthday and are inviting us all to hop around their blogs :-) Yummy candy everywhere too !! :-)




Joey and Sue ( who will from now on be known and referred to as Scoopy :-)) bought me several Lili of the Valley stamps while we were at the Ally Pally and this is one of them ,, isn't this just gorgeous and THE perfect image for this challenge I thought :-)
I coloured her with copics and added a few spots of star dust and silver stickles here and there, sparkly ! :-) The papers are Basic Grey the gems are Papermania mosaic and the rose is from Wild Orchid Crafts. The ribbons and charm are from my stash and the sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp Exclusives set :-)



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

As you may know we have a special Make a Wedding Card for Domi challenge on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog and we have extended the deadline to Saturday 15th May ,, so you still have time to join in :-) Please help us to bury Domi in a mountain of cards :-)

Crystal's blogoversary candy :-)

Crystal is giving away this fabulous candy to celebrate her first blogoversary :-) You have until midnight on the 10th June to enter :-)

Good Luck :-)


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Sketch and Stash Challenge 35 my sketch :-)

Good Morning :-) time for another layout on the Sketch and Stash Challenge and this time it was my turn to design it :-) ,,, I made a card and Becky did all the clever comp stuff and made it into a sketch ! :-) I hope you like it, wouldn't it be awful if we had no entries !! lol

I will be on the lookout for our next GD too so get your old neglected stuff out ,, or your brand spanking new goodies and join in :-)

We are being sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp Superstore this week and with so many lovely new products arriving in the store almost every day there is an even more massive choice :-)



I used my new Sarah Kay stamp ,, this one is called Andre Carrying a Watermelon :-) I love this one :-) The papers are Basic Grey from the Granola pad, which I have had for ages and ages :-)I bought these from Simon Says Stamp :-) The sentiment is a new set from Stampin'Up and the ribbon, and oval punches are from S U too.



The DT have all made some gorgeous cards to show you so pop over to the challenge blog to have a peek :-)

I am entering this into the following challenges :-

The Creative Cottage ,,,,, Food/Drink ,,,, watermelon counts as both lol :-)

Stampin for the Weekend Challenge whose theme is a Card for a Male :-)

Crafty Calendar ,,,,, The Great Outdoors,, this little lad is definitely outside :-)

Cute Card Thursday ,,,, Boyz to Men

Happy 100th Challenge Penny Black :-)

Happy Mother's Day :-)

The Penny Black Saturday Challenge is celebrating it's 100th challenge this week and Kath made a fabulous sketch for us all to follow,, I hope my interpretation of it is ok as I utched a circle over and my flower (which is one of the circle elements) is a little too far to the left ! :-) The DT have made some gorgeous cards and there are lots of lovely prizes on the challenge blog and on all the DT blogs :-),, I really enjoyed the hop :-)



I used my lovely Penny Black Wedding Chime stamp that I have had forever ! I coloured it with copics and added stsr dust stickles and crystal gems for sparkle :-) the papers are DCWV Luxury Stack and the card for matting is DCWV Neutrals stack. The flowers are Prima and Wild Rose Studio ,, sprayed with Pearl glimmer mist and dotted with star dust stickes. The ribbon is pure silk ,, so luxurious :-) The sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp Exclusives set


As you may know Domi is getting married next week and we have a special challenge on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog ,,, 'Wedding Cards for Domi' I hope you will all join in :) To be eligible for the prize the card MUST be posted to Domi, please see the challenge blog for more details :-)

oops I almost forgot !! I made this for the following challenges :-

One Stop Craft Challenge too whose theme is Wedding Wishes :-)

Charisma Cardz ,,,,,It's all about Weddings :-)

thanks for looking :-) Please leave me a comment so I know you popped by :-)

HOORAY !!!! NEWSFLASH !!

I was emailed this morning and asked if I would like to join the House Mouse Monday DT !! WOULD I ' !! As all of my followers surely know by now ,,, they are my FAVE stamps and have their own special shelf in my craft room ,,, no being shoved into boxes for them !! sooo how could I say no !! :-)
I am really looking forward to getting to know the DT better and Congratulations to the other newbies too :-) isn't this FUN ! :-)

Totally Papercrafts Sewing Challenge :-)

We had loads of lovely entries to Joanne's sketch last week :-) I hope you all join the Totally Papercrafts Challenge again this week :-)

This week it is Anne's turn to choose the theme and she has challenged us all to do a little SEWING ! :-)You can fake it tho like me :-)

We are sponsored this week by Nikki at Bunny Zoe's Crafts and she has donated a gorgeous prize :-) thanks Nikki xx



For my card I followed Maya's fabulous sketch on the Sketch Saturday Challenge




I used my lovely High Hopes Heidi and Madison stamp and Bo Bunny papers which I bought from Bunny Zoe :-) The image was coloured with copics and the edges coloured with spun sugar distress inks, I used a brown pen to fake the sewing :-) The flower is a blossom center from Wild Orchid Crafts and the outer petals are Prima which have been sprayed with pearl glimmer mist and curled. The sentiment is Wild Rose Studio .



Thanks for looking :-) Hope to see you joining in the challenge :-)