Simon Says ,,,,,,, Pinkor Blue with Green and Brown

It seems that the tent card challenge didn't appeal to so many of you but the entries we did have were all beautiful and they gave me some lovely ideas for future projects :-) So thank you to everyone :-)

This weeek on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge we have a nice easy one for you :-)

Use pink or blue WITH green and brown!

The Design Team is showcasing PENNY BLACK stamps this week - you don't have to use them in your creation, but if you have them, why not ink them up?? Simon Says Stamp Superstore has a HUGE selection of Penny Black stamps - there is SOMETHING for everyone!!!! Head on over there and check it out!!!!!

Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant a $25 spree to her fabulous Simon Says Stamp Superstore :-)

This week we also have a super talented Guest Designer joining us :-)MARCEA has agreed to join us for a whole month ! :-) Welcome aboard Marcea x




I made my card following Jo's fabulous sketch on the Sketch Saturday Challenge
I used my lovely Penny Black 'Vanilla' stamp that I was lucky enough to win in a little competition on the Simon Says Stamp Blog a while ago :-) I coloured her with copics and used a copic green glitter pen to add dots around the hem and sleeve. The papers are lovely new BG Green at Heart papers. The flowers are Prima which have been sprayed with Pearl Glimmer mist and stikled with star dust for extra sparkle :-) I used a Martha Stewart border punch and butterfly punch, the 'hi'in the bottom left corner are stickers in the BG Green at Heart paper kit (I bought the 12 x 12 collection pack).




I am also entering this into the following challenges :-

Penny Black Challenge ,,,, Lots of Dots (hem and sleeve of dress and polka dot ribbon)

Creative Card Crew ,,,,,,, Pink and Green

Totally Gorgeous ,,,,,, Bling it on ( she has lots of jewellery and I added gems to the flower centers,,, stickled EVERYTHING :-))

Don't forget to check out the top of my blog ,, lots going on there ,, candy and hop prizes galore !! :-)

thanks for your comments I really do appreciate them :-) xx

WOYWW and a couple of challenges

I had just started making a tag and remembered WOYWW so I stopped what I was doing and took a piccy then realised it is Tuesday so am a day early lol :-)

I will show you the finished article first though :-) I had a lovely time making this tag ,, I love to get all my inks and paints out and have a good play :-)



I used several colours of distress ink ,, dusty concord, shabby shutters, chipped sapphire and vintage photo. I also used vintage photo distress powder. The fancy border is a new Tim Holtz sizzix die and the flower is cut using a sizzix die and grungepaper snd the butterfly and letters are pre cut grungeboard shapes. I added rock candy distress stickles on the swirl and star dust stickles on the flower and butterfly. the black pearls are from Kaiser Craft.

Everything I used including the basic tag are all from Simon Says Stamp :-)

I am entering the tag into the following challenges :-
Allsorts Challenge which is Tag/Ticket

Die Cut Dreams Challenge which is Words no stamped images

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge ,,,,,, no patterned paper



so whats on my desk ,, a mess as you can see :-)a few Tim Holtz stamps ,, a tin of spray adhesive, distress inks, and a loo roll cos I have had terrible hay fever today and went through a whole box of man size tissues :-) feel better now,, the pills are kicking in :-)

Lots of candy at the top of my blog ,,, 2 are blog hop candy prizes and then there is the fortnightly candy too ,, which will be drawn tomorrow so not much time left to enter :-)

Have you entered the HM and Friends Monday Challenge ?? time is running out to enter my fortnightly candy Sponsored by Simon Says Stamp !! :-)

I have a lovley HM stamp for my fortnightly candy sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp. if you entered last weeks house Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ,, or this current one , you can link your card with the froggy link and I will do the random draw tomorrow morning :-) The Design Team can enter too :-)



I have just made this card following Jeanette's fabulous sketch on the Friday Sketchers Challenge I used another new Happy Hopper stamp from Simon Says Stamp Superstore, this one is called Bunny Cruise. There is a problem with their server at the moment so I can't get links :-( I coloured the image with copics and inked the edges with stormy sky distress inks. I then added diamond stickles to the water and star dust stickles on the fish and glass. the papers are SU and the ribbon and buttona are from my stash. The fab flower was a gift from Heidi and is by Glitz Design, this is a relatively new company in the store and they make gorgeous papers and allsorts of fab n funky stuff :-)



There are 2 blog hops that I am on the teams for. The Stamp Something Challenge are celebrating their 2nd blogoversary with a hop ,,, lots of prizes on offer there ,, and the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ,,, lots of prizes there too ,, so get yourselves a hoppin' :-)

I am also entering this into the Incy Wincy Designs Challenge ,,,,, buttons

One Stitch at a time ,,,,,,, Furry Friends

edited ,, I can't believe I forgot about the challenge that I chose this image specifically for !!! The SophistiCats Challenge !! Splish Splash ,,, so sorry girls !! I think I am losing my marbles !

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

Papertake Weekly , Dawny's Sketch :-)

Wow ,, we had so many bloomin'gorgeous cards last week to our 'Say it with Flowers challenge,, almost 450 entries !! :-)

This week Dawny has made another fabulous sketch for us to follow on the Papertake Weekly Challenge :-)

We are sponsored this week by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp Superstore and she will be giving one lucky entrant a fab shopping spree ! :-)






For my card I used my lovely new House Mouse stamp from Simon Says Stamp Superstore Don't you just love these mice, the expressions on their little faces are just so cute :-) !! Mum has her hands full here :-)I coloured the image with copics and dabbed the blender pen all over the bath to give a mottled effect, then used crackle glaze to give it shine and an aged look ,, not sure I have achieved that ,, but that was what I was trying to do :-) The papers are from a Bearly Mine CD and the sentiment is from Stamps Happen, I thought this worked well, it says I love giving home made gifts ,,, pick a child ,,, aww :-) the flower is Prima which has been sprayed with Pearl Glimmer Mist and I added a few Robins Nest Dew Drops to finish.



I am entering this into the House Mouse and Friends Challenge whose theme is Pink or Blue with Flowers :-) ( this is a different challenge blog to the House Mouse and friends Monday Challenge so now there are 2 to enter !! :-))

I have a few candies at the top of my blog ,, 2 are sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp Superstore and one is from me ,, though that is hidden so you don't know what it is :-) What I will say is that all 3 have House Mouse stamps on offer so for you HM lovers it is worth visiting the top of my blog !! :-)

Stamp Something's 2 Year Blogoversary Blog Hop

I was thrilled when I was asked by Erin if I would like to join in with the Stamp Something Challenge's 2nd Blogoversary Blog Hop and said YES immediately :-)

The theme for the Blog Hop

CUPCAKES :-)



If you arrived here from the wonderfully talented Melissa's Blog then you are going in the right direction ,, if not you may wish to go back to the Stamp Something Challenge Blog and start from there.

This special hop is being sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp Superstore and she will be giving one lucky entrant a fabulous shopping spree !! I know that there are loads of new stock arriving every day ,, so loads of goodies to choose from :-)



I am not going to tell you where to go next ,,, yet ,,, first you have to see what I made :-)



I made this card following Jo's lovely sketch on the Sketch Saturday Challenge :-) This is my new House Mouse Stamp that was a gift from Heidi at Simon Says Stamp this one is called Birthday Cupcake :-)
I coloured the image with copics and inked the edges with Daffodil ink and embossed with sparkle embossing powder. The papers are Basic Grey from the Cupcake pad and the flowers are Prima sprayed with Pearl Glimmer Mist and dotted with star dust stickles. the cupcake had some glitter treatment too ,,, can't have too much glitter in my opinion :-) The sentiment is from a mini Hero Arts Cupcakes and Gems set I stamped some Penny Black Mice paw prints along the bottom piece of paper and embossed those too.



The next stop on the hop is the fabulous DORTE'S BLOG, she makes some amazing creations !! If you haven't visited her blog before you are in for a treat ,, make a coffee and get comfy ,, you are likely to be there for a while admiring her art :-)

before you go ,, you may be interested in my candy :-) Heidi has very generously offered to sponsor my blog candy too ! Hope you like it ! :-)





I am also entering this into the following challenges :-

C.R.A.F.T Challenge who are celebrating their 1st Blogoversary and have the same theme and a blog hop too :-)

CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS,,,, Card for a child ,, this is for my neighbour's boy who will be 12 on Monday :-)

Creative Cottage ,,,,, One for the Boy's

Basic Grey ,,,,, Punches ,, I used a border punch :-)

For a chance to win this candy you must complete the hop and leave a direct link to your blog with the Linky :-) I also request that you TURN OFF WORD VERIFICATION :-)

For House Mouse lovers I also suggest that you take a peek at another blog candy I have at the top of my blog too :-)

Wild Rose Studio DT card for the Just Cute Bears Challenge :-)

Bev has made a gorgeous sketch for us to follow on the Just Cute Bears Challenge and I just had to ink up my new very cute Milton Bear stamp from the Wild Rose Studio :-)



The image I used is called Milton with Barrow, I coloured him with copics, coloured the edges with spun sugar distress ink from Simon Says Stamp and added star dust stickles to the flowers. the papers sentiment and brad are also from the Wild Rose Studio and the flower is Prima , sprayed with pearl glimmer mist and the petals curled.



i am entering this into the Corrosive Challenge too whose theme is Clean and Simple ,, do you think this qualifies ?? it looks clean and simple to me :-)

thanks for looking :-) There is alot going on at the top of my blog if you would like to take a look ,, have 2 blog hops and a candy ,,, prizes everywhere !! :-)

Sketch and Stash Challenge

Thanks for all your wonderful entries last week following my sketch I really enjoyed seeing them :-)

This week on the Sketch and Stash Challenge Becky has made a fabulous sketch for us to follow :-) don't forget to mention what your new or neglected old stuff is as we love to know :-)

We have double sponsorship this week so 2 fabulous prizes for one lucky entrant :-) Stitchy Bear Stamps are offering some gorgeous digi image downloads and The Creative Cottage are offering a paper download kit :-)

Stitchy Stamp gave the DT a choice of digi image to use and the Creative Cottage gave us all a paper download kit too :-) How lovely is that !! :-) thanks to both stores xx



I have never made one of this type of card before but when I saw Christine's card on the House Mouse Monday Challenge DT I thought that this sketch would work perfectly :-)
I chose to use this lovely 'Flip Flops' image ,, I used to look just like her ,,,, in my dreams lol :-) I masked the image and stamped the parasol from the Simon Says Exclusives set behind her, the drink and sentiment stamps on the inside are all from the same set. The papers are a brand new Creative Cottage digi download set and are being released TODAY !! how cool is that ,, we got to use them first !! this set is called Daisy Chain and is lovely :-)



I coloured the image with copics and coloured the edges with wild honey distress ink. I added star dust stickles for sparkly sand and a few spots on the brolly and her lovely glass of lemonade :-) The ribbon and candy dots are from my stash and the shaped chipboard sun has been in my drawer for ever. the flip flops were a gift from a blog buddy and I have had them a while too :-)



Thanks for looking and I hope you will all find the time to join us :-)

You COULD use this sketch and enter the House Mouse Monday Blog Hop Challenge and enter my candy too,, so potential prizes everywhere !! :-)

Winner of the cute Simon Says Stamp candy

I have just pressed the button to find the winner of the very cute HM Napping on a Thistle stamp ,,,,,,,,

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

6

Timestamp: 2010-05-26 10:33:45 UTC

the lucky ducky this week is Rica !! :-)

Congratulations Heather, this cute stamp is now yours :-)

Totally Papercrafts Photo Inspiration Challenge 17

It was my turn to choose the theme for the Totally Papercrafts Challenge this week and as Wimbledon is just around the corner I thought Strawberry Daiquiri's would go down well so the challenge is:

PHOTO INSPIRATION

We are being sponsored this week by Ellie of the Digital Stamp Oasis and one lucky entrant will have a choice of 3 digi downloads from her Etsy Store :-) Thanks Ellie

For my card I followed Maggie's fab sketch on the Sunday Sketch and Stamp Challenge :-)



I used my lovely House Mouse Berried Strawberries stamp. I coloured the image with copics and inked the edges with green chalk ink. The papers are from a Bearly Mine CD and the sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp Exclusives set :-)



thanks for looking and hope you will all join in with us on the Totally Papercrafts Challenge this week :-)

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 :-)

Card Appeal for Jayme

Lisa AKA Stamped Art by Lisa
is appealing for as many cards as possible to be sent to her sister Jayme who is terminally ill.

I have copied this from Lisa's blog

I am having a special event for my sister Jayme. She is in her early 50's and has terminal lung cancer. To make it worse, her sweet dachshund Molly passed away a couple weeks ago. Today we learned her cancer has spread to several other areas and her time is running out. I am asking for all my card making friends to send her a fun card...not really get well cards obviously, but something pretty or funny that will make her smile. She is a frog collector so frog cards would be awesome! I have been blessed by all those I design for to have a wonderful offer of blog candy. Details are below on how to enter. I will choose a winner June 2nd.

I used a new Heltz Cuppleditch stamp ,, I think it is funny and I am hoping it will bring a smile to jayme when she sees it I kept the card quite simple as I didn't want to cover up too much of the gorgeous paper !!

This card is now in the post :-)


I am entering this into the following challenges

Creative Card Crew Challenge,,, Sketch
Colour Create Challenge ,, soft Green and Aqua :-)

Stampavie and More Challenge ,,, Flower Power

Sir Stampalot Challenge ,,,,,, Butterflies and Blossoms

thanks for looking and I hope Jayme is swamped with beautiful cards from all you lovely generous people :-)

Fabulous House Mouse Blog Hop Next Monday :-)

As you ALL know by now the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge has 5 new designers joining the team ,,, and I am one of them !! :-) We will be joining in for the first time with the next challenge which is next Monday 24th !! :-) Can't wait !! :-)

To celebrate America has put together this FANTASTIC prize for a House Mouse and friends Blog Hop Challenge :-) The Design team will also be giving away gorgeous candy on their blogs too ,,, all you have to do is join in !! So mark your calendars and join us next week for the FIRST EVER House Mouse Blog Hop !! :-)

You can see more details of the candy and the hop on the House Mouse and Friends Challenge blog :-)

If you join in with the current 'Distressing' Challenge you can enter my candy sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp if you would like to take a peek it is at the top of my blog :-)

WOYWW !!

I haven't done this for a while ,, taken piccy's of my mess but thought I would today and join in the Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday :-) Now ,, this is REALLY tidy for me !! Had a big clean up last week as I have just ordered a fabby big corner desk that 'should'arrive in the 2nd June ,,, no next day delivery here you know!!!



I did have to move a card I have just made ,,, can only show that to a select few at the mo' tis for next weeks Sketch and Stash Challenge :-) As I am now on the House Mouse Monday DT I will be treating myself to a House Mouse mug too,, will look fab on my new desk ,,, :-) gorgeous they are ,,, am trying to persuade Heidi to stock them in the Simon Says Stamp Store :-) Do you think they would sell ??? Let me know what you think ,,, maybe we can twist her arm :-) OK now for the grand tour :-)



Still have the Simon Says Stamp and the Wild Rose Studio stamps waiting to be put away for another day ,,, made a card yesterday with those ,,, will have to tidy up a bit !!



I took out all the coats and jackets ,, and handbags from here and put alot of my stuff in here ,,,, much better :-)



Some of my papers and card ,,, and my envelopes all in here



this needs a good tidy ,,, there is a load of stamps waiting to be cleaned ,, I promised Amy a new handbag if she did them for me lol ,,,, good deal for her eh !! :-)


I have a lovely candy at the top of my blog if you would like to take a peek:-)

Simon Says ,,,,,, Make a Tent Card and add charms

Long post ,,, get coffee !! :-)

Thanks for all your lovely entries to Domi's Sketch Challenge :-) I am sure all of you know that Domi got married on Saturday and she has some beautiful wedding piccy's on her blog :-) She looked positively radiant ,, so beautiful,, and her hubby is very handsome too ! :-)

This week, on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge we are asking you to make a tent card and add some charms to it ! If you are unsure how to make one of these simple yet effective cards, our amazingly talented DT member, Dena, has written a tutorial with photos which you can find here.

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



For my card I got out all my Tim Holtz goodies and had a play :-) At first I thought I would use his Chandelier stamp ,,, and was soo wishing I had bought the gorgeous Blue Moon birdcage charm ,,, anyway ,, in the end I decided to use my Weathered Clock stamp :-)



I dabbed some Antique Linen, Faded Jeans and Dusty Concorde ink on a craft sheet and sprayed with water ,, swirled some white card around in it then dried with a heat gun ,, and repeated a couple of times. I then stamped the clock in it and cut it out ,, then I added some Black soot ink to darken it a bit. The papers are from Creative Imaginations ( can't wait for my new Tim holtz ones to arrive,, they are probably Mid Atlantic now :-)) the frame was cut out on my Cricut. I stamped the frame with a TH swirly stamp in gold pigment ink then sprinkled with Vintage Photo distress embossing powder. The grungeboard hinges were given the same treatment.

For my charms I used a Tim Holtz Fragment Charm, I stamped a TH saying stamp on a scrap of the DP, glued it to the charm and cut around it. I also used a TH Muse token charm in the center of a flower. The flower is also Tim Holts ,, inked with the same distress inks and stamped in gold, used the same distress powder on it too ,,, it looks really good IRL !! honest !



I smothered the clock with Rock Candy Distress Crackle paint and added some TH clock hands and a clip to hang it on the frame. Think thats all ,,, sorry for all the waffle :-)

The DT have made some amazing cards for you to see :-) Hope you all join in with us this week

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 :-)

ABC Christmas K for Kissing Challenge

It is Squirrel's turn to choose the theme for the next fortnight and she has chosen

K FOF KISSING with the optional extra of a shaped card :-)

We are sponsored this week by our very own DT girlie ,, Lacey who owns the Stamp and Create Online Store and she has put together a wondeful prize for one lucky entrant.

:-)

For my card I followed Claire's lovely sketch on the Moving Along With The Times Challlenge and in the process ,, completely forgot the shaped card bit of our challenge ,,, good job it is optional !! oops :-)



I used a this lovely Mo Manning stamped image that Cathy sent to me ,, thanks Cathy :-) This one is called Siku and Shiya, I coloured them with copics and added flower soft for snow and ice stickles for sparkle :-) The papers are Basic Grey and the ribbon is from my stash, The sentiment is Hero Arts and it says 'let It Snow' ,, it doesn't show up n the piccy but lookd nice IRL :-)



The DT have made some fabulous ,, shaped cards !! :-) for you to see. I hope you will all join us for this challenge,, we need to spread some Christmas kisses around even if it is only May !! :-) Mwah XX

I am also entering this into the Winter Wonderland Challenge whose theme is 'See Amid the Winter Snow'

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 :-)