Cards for Bella Hop week 3

It is now week 3 of a 4 week series of hops to make cards for Bella that have been organised by Erin and Denise :-) We are hoping that she is swamped in an avalanche of cards :-)

As many of you will know, Bella had a very nasty virus which resulted in the loss of all her limbs. As you can imagine this is a very traumatic time for her and her family so we are hoping that by sending cards to her she will know that the whole world is thinking of her and sending lots of love her way :-) You can read her story on Bella tucker.org and any donations will be gratefully received too ,, Bella is going to need alot of rehabilitation her home will need alterations too,,, the bills will be HIGH !!! You could also buy a beautiful bracelet that has been designed especially for this fundraising appeal :-) You should go to see it it is stunning !! :-)

If you arrived here from the lovely and super talented Stacy's Blog you're going the right way,, if not you may wish to start at the begining on Denise's Blog :-)



I made this card for Bella (my 3rd one) following the fab sketch on the Creative Inspiration Challenge The image is a Penny Johnson for Stampavie stamp called Bird and Bear
from Simon Says Stamp :-) Isn't this cute !! I hope Bella likes it ! :-) I coloured the image with Prisma pencils and copics. The papers are BG Green at Heart and the white clouds and kite are Hero Arts stamps ,, these were masked and the sky was sprayed with copics using a copics air brush system ,,, love it !! :-) The 'hi' is also a Hero Arts stamp ,, the ribbon was in my drawer and the twine was pulled out of a weaved mesh ribbon :-) ,,, there is green twine there too barely visible ! I finished with a few Robins Nest Dew Drops too



Heidi at Simon Says Stamp has very kindly not only sponsored a prize for the hops but she has sponsored my candy too :-) thanks Heidi :-)



So this is the lovely candy that you can win from my blog !! a load of gorgeous Hero Arts goodies :-) All you have to do is complete the hop and send a card to Bella ,,, It does not have to be new ,, I am sure most, if not all of you have a stack of cards waiting for a new home :-) Choose a card and link it with the blue frog.
All the girls who are taking part as designers on the hop are of course eligible for the candy too :-)

Here is Bella's address for you to send your card


The Bella Tucker Fund
P.O. Box 199
Londonderry, NH 03053
USA

Now from here you need to hop on over to the wonderful ERIN'S blog to see her fantastic creation :-)

Challenges :

Creative Inspiration ,,,, Sketch

Bunny Zoe Crafts ,,,,,, Nice n Girly :-)

Creative Cottage ,,,,,, summer

Papertake Weekly ,,,, Dawny's Sketch :-)

Time for a new Challenge over on the Papertake Weekly Challenge :-) ,,, the weeks are flying past aren't they !! here we are in the middle of summer already !! :-)

This week dawny has made us another fantastic sketch for us to use :-) Nice and easy ,, just how I like em :-)

We are sponsored this week by the lovely Katharina at Whiff Of Joy
so a fabulous prize on offer ,,,you have to go to the challenge blog to see it !! :-)



I have fallen in love with 'Wee's' ,, all the WOJ images are gorgeous ,, but I must admit I especially LOVE these,,, soo cute !! :-) I bought 2 recently ,, this Wee with Broken Leg and another one which I will show you another time :-)

I coloured the image with Distress Inks ,,, for a change !! my copics are having a rest lol :-) I stamped the image with stazon onto watercolour paper and then masked it. I then inked a Hero Arts Dandelion Frame using tea dye distress ink too. The papers are from the Basic Grey Indian Summer pad and these were a RAK from a lovely blog buddy ,, she knows who she is and thanks hun xx
I made the flower using my lovely Tim Holtz Tattered Floral Die, I used watercolour card to cut them out then coloured them with distress ink too ,,, sprayed with glimmer mist and stickled with my fave star dust :-) I find that if you use the watercolour paper to make these flowers , they don't tear so easily !! I ruined loads using ordinary card, especially the narrow petal shaped die ! ,,, little tip for you there lol :-) I also used a Martha Stewart butterfly punch and a few Robins Nest dew drops ,,, the ribbon was in my drawer :-)
I used a Martha stewart border punch and SU punches for the sentiment ,,, the sentiment is a WOJ too and came with the stamp !! perfect !! :-)



Thanks for looking :-) The DT have made some FANTASTIC cards for you to see so please hop on over to the Papertake Weekly Challenge to see them :-)

Challenges:

Creative Card Crew ,,,,,,,, To Die For

One Stop Craft ,,,,, Distressing

Crafty Catz ,,,,,,,, Distressing

House Mouse and friends Monday Challenge,,,,,, Happy Birthday America :-)

Yesterday was DT America's Birthday and Mary had the fabulous idea of making this fortnights House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge a surprise Happy Birthday challenge dedicated to America soooo

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA ,,, WE ALL LUV YA :-)

America has no idea that we were planning this as she is currently travelling across the US relocating to a new home :-) !

This challenge is being sponsored by our lovely generous teamie Sue Drees :-) !! She will be giving one lucky entrant this gorgeous stamp ! :-) thanks Sue xx

for a chance to win this lovely stamp just make a Happy Birthday card or creation and enter the challenge !! easy !! :)

 Wishin' Well

As America's birthday is on the 4th July ,,, I thought I would be dead original and go for a stars and stripes theme !! ( tongue firmly in cheek here lol )



I used my cute little Hyper Mouse Muzzy for this card. The ball is from a Simon Says Stamp exclusives beach set :-) The papers were a free download from Freebies-stampTV Lucky find !! :-)The star was cut out on my cricut using the george cartridge. I used a martha Stewart border punch and I embossed a panel of white with the swiss dots folder, the sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp exclusives set too ,, I used a Spellbinders ribbon tag die too.



Challenges:

Stamp Something ,,,,, Colours of my flag (Union Jack)

Meljen ,,,,, Red/White/Blue

Cupcake Crafts ,,,,,World Cup Wonders


Thanks for looking :-) the DT have made some FANTASTIC cards for you to see so hop on over to the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge to see them :-)

before you leave I have a very cute HM stamp on offer as my Simon Says Stamp sponsored candy that you might like to enter ,,, you can see it here :-)

Sketch and Stash Challenge ,,, Becky's Sketch :-)

Happy Monday everyone ,, hope you all had a lovely weekend and are now looking forward to a week of crafting :-)

This fortnight Becky has made a fabulous sketch for us to follow :-) Simple circles !! :-)




We are being sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp Superstore,, so a fabulous prize of a $20 spending spree on offer !! :-)



Now ,,, I got a bit mixed up with my weeks !! For the last challenge we were sponsored by Meljen ,,, and I used a HM stamp, tho I did make a Meljen card too ,,, and this week we are sponsored by Simon Says Stamp and I used Meljen images !! oops !! :-) I didn't have time to make 2 cards for this week !




Anyway ,, I am really happy with how this card turned out :-) The scuba bear image is very cute and I also used an ocean floor backround stamp, both from Meljen :-) These images are both new and given to me by Meljen,,, thanks xx
I coloured the image with copics and chalked the background with pearlescent chalks. the paper is from Craft Creations and I also used whitewash blue coredinations. I used a Martha Stewart icicle punch ,, I thought it could pass for seaweed ! and the fish charm and ribbon were in my drawer :-) The sentiment is a large background Inkadinkado one which is rarely used and neglected,, I just used a little bit of it The shells were in my bathroom and came in handy to set the scene !! :-)



Challenges:-

Just Cute Bears ,,,,,,,,'Decoupage' the bear is decoupaged !! :-)

Allsorts ,,,,,, Create a scene

Crafty Calendar ,,,,, Summer + Yellow ( the yellow is optional)

Creative Card Crew ,,,, easel card

Charisma Cardz ,,,,,, Metal Mickey,,, charm and all that treasure :-)

thanks for looking :-) The DT have made some gorgeous cards for you to see ,, so hop on over to the Sketch and Stash challenge to see them :-)

A Card for Michelle O :-)

I think everyone has heard about Michelle's nasty accident which happened while tending to her much loved donkeys.You can read about it on her blog Tina Wenke has designed a lovely 'Michelle's Donkey' digi image for us to download from the Stampavie DT blog and make a donation towards Michelle's fund :-)



I follwed Sem's fab sketch on the Sketch Saturday Challenge to make this card ,, nice and easy, thanks Sem :-)
I used a combination of Prima pencils and copics to colour the image. I coloured the edges with stormy sky distess ink ,, the Basic Grey Granola papers have also been inked :-) I made the flower using Tim Holtz Tattered floral dies, coloured with stormy sky ink and scrunched :-)You can see Christine's tutorial on how to make them.:-) I added star dust stickles a butterfly charm and a few Robins Nest Dew Drops for bling and the sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp Exclusives set



Thanks for looking :-) I hope this fab fundraising effort by Heidi at Stampavie not only raises enough money to cover Michelle's medical bills ,, but lets hope there will be some leftover too for her to enjoy a little break to recouperate too :-)

now all I need is Michelle's address and I will pop this card in the post for her ,, hope she likes it !! :-)

Totally Papercrafts Challenge ,,, One for the Girls :-)

Thank you for all your fabulous entries to the Easel card for Boys Challenge last week ,, don't forget to head over to the Totally Papercrafts Challenge blog to see who the lucky winner of the fabulous prize from Simon Says Stamp is !! :-)

This week it is Caroline's turn to host the challenge and she chose the theme

ONE FOR THE GIRLS :-)


Our sponsor for this week is the lovely Jules from Daisy Doodles and she is offering a choice of fabulous digi images :-)

For my card I followed another of Jo's fab layouts on the Sketch Saturday Challenge :-)



I won this cute Penny Black Rambling Rose stamp on Chris's Simon Says Stamp candy :-) Lucky me :-) I coloured the image with copics and inked the edges with stormy sky distress ink (love this colour !!) The papers are Basic Grey Green at Heart papers and the flowers are Prima,,, not sure about the rose as that was a gift from a blog buddy :-) I added star dust stickles in various places and added a few coloured Robins Nest Dew Drops for extra bling :-) The sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp Exclusives set.



Challenges

Sketch Saturday,,, Sketch

Penny Black ,,,,,, Paper Patch

Stamp With Fun ,,,,, Birthday

Basic Grey ,,,,,, Photo Inspiration

Everybody's Art Challenge ,,,,,,, Birthday

Just Cute Bears ,,,, Open Theme ( must have a bear image tho

Penny Black at Allsorts ,,,,,,, A Burst of Summer Colour

By the Cute and Girly ,,,,,, Warm Summer Days

The DT have made some fab cards for you to see ,,, as have the DT of Daisy doodles who are joining us too ,,, so head on over to the TPC Challenge blog to see them :-)
thanks for looking :-) I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)

Candy Time Sponsored by Simon Says Stamp :-)

This cute stamp is brand new just released in fact it is the House Mouse stamp of the month for July and is at the TOP of my wish list,, isn't it cute !! :-)

The Simon Says Stamp Store stocks ALL HM Gruffies and Happy Hopper stamps :-)

If you would like to win this ,, just leave a link to your blog with the blue frog and I will draw the winner at random on Wed 7th July.

One rule for this one you MUST TURN WORD VERIFICATION OFF, please double check your settings :-) You all know how much I dislike it by now and I think most of you have it turned off already :-)

When you have alot of DT commenting to do and are constantly having to type silly letters I tell ya ,,, it drives me mad ,, especially the terrible one that pops up just when you are about to hop off somewhere else !! :-)

edited to add anyone under 18 can join in and keep verification on :-)

Blog Hop for Bella week 2

I am sure many of you have heard about the harrowing ordeal a young girl called Bella is going through. Erin and Denise have organised a series of blog hops to raise awareness of this young girl who has recently suffered from a terrible virus which has left her severely physically disabled. You can read more about her story on her homepage Bella Tucker.Org

This is the 2nd card I am sending to her :-) I hope you all join in and send her a card ,, it doesn't have to be a new one ! :-)



I made this card several weeks ago using the lovely House Mouse Napping on a Thistle stamp from Simon Says Stamp :-)

Hope you all join in and send heaps of cards to Bella :-)

I will be joining in next week (ie ,, I will be one of the blogs in the hop ) so hope you all join in next week too :-)

Simon Says , ,,,, Check It Out :-)

We had loads of gorgeous entries to our 'Friends' challenge, thanks to everyone who joined in xx I am sure there will be some happy friends out there when they receive the lovely cards and gifts you have been making :-)

This week we are asking you to 'CHECK IT OUT' :-)

so any checked designs ,,, gingham,, tartan,,,, lots of possibilities !! :-)

I copied this idea from Dawny P who chose this theme for the PTW Challenge recently so ,,, thanks Dawny xx :-) ,,, hope you don't mind me nicking your idea :-) xx

Heidi at Simon Says Stamp is giving one lucky entrant a shopping spree to her store, there are loads of new products being added daily !! Amazing variety ! :-)

For my card I used this fab Hot Cocoa Social House Mouse image ,,, cute eh ! :-)

I coloured the image with copics and inked the edges with tea dye distress ink. the papers are my lovely new Magnolia papers the flowers are prima ,, sprayed with pearl Glimmer Mist and dotted with star dust stickles. The sentiment stampos are from Simon Says Stamp Exclusives sets.



thanks for looking :-) The DT have made some fabulous cards for you to see ,,, so please drop by their blogs to leave them comments too :-)

Don't forget to look for candy on the DT blogs too !!! :-)

Please turn off Word Verification Candy

This gorgeous stamp is my fortnightly candy sponsored by the lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp,, if you would like a chance to win this ,, make sure ...

WORD VERIFICATION IS TURNED OFF

and add a link to your blog with the linky on the post at the top of my blog :-)

ABC Christmas ,,, 'N' for NOEL Challenge ( open any Christmas creation will do !! ) :-)

Thanks for all your lovely entries to our Half Way Challenge and hop :-) It isn't easy to make Christmas cards in June ,,, but I have quite a nice collection of Christmas cards already ,,,, no last min panicking this year !! :-)

We will be announcing all the winners of the Mystery candy on the ABC Christmas Challenge later today, so don't forget to pop over there to see if you're one of the lucky ones :-)

The theme for the next fortnight on the ABC Christmas Challenge was chosen by Helen :-) She decided on the theme

'N' for Noel with the optional extra of Embossing :-)

copied from Wikipedia :-
Noel (or noël, sometimes written as nowell in English) is an alternate word for Christmas. The word comes from the French word Noël meaning "Christmas"

So ,, any Christmas creation will do !! :-)

We are sponsored this week by the lovely Dulcie, the Designer/owner of the Wild Rose Studio Dulcie will be giving one lucky entrand the choice of 2 stamps from her Christmas Collection ,,, fab !! :-)



For my card I used the lovely Angel of Peace image and papers that are on the Christmas Collection CD :-)



I coloured the image with copics and added loads of glitter :-) Iused a Nellie Snellen die cut frame and a star design embossing folder. The coordinating card is SU and coredinations :-)



Thanks for looking :-) the DT and Cathy our GD have made some gorgeous cards for you to see this week ,, so please pop by the challenge blog to see them,,, and please join in !! :-)

challenges :

Allsorts Challenge ,,,,,,, Embossing

Stampavie and more ,,,,,,, Sparkling

Papertake Weekly Challenge ,,,,, In Stitches ,,,,

Good Morning ,,,, hope all is well with you all :-) time is flying by as always and another week has come and gone !! time for a new theme on the Papertake Weekly Chellenge

This week we would like to see some SEWING ,,, get your machines or sewing needles out !! :-) You can fake it tho we won't mind :-) You could use an image with sewing in it, or stitched ribbon ,,, or just doodle some stitcing :-) lots of possibilities.

We are sponsored by Simon Says Stamp ,,, so a fab shopping spree on offer !! :-)







For my card I followed the fab sketch on the Truly Scrumptious Challenge who also had the optional extra of strawberries and cream :-)

I used my lovely Sew What House Mouse stamp, coloured with copics and the edges distressed with Tea Dye distress ink. The papers are from the Tim Holtz Shabby Vintage paper pad. The flower I made using the Tim Holtz Tattered Floral dies . I followed the technique shown on this fab video by
Christina , which you can see here
The sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp exclusives set I also used a Martha Stewart leaf punch and a few Robins Nest dew drops :-)


















Challenges :-

Truly Scrumptious,,,,, Sketch

Magical Crafts ,,,,,,, Flower Power

One Stop Crafts ,,,,,, Pink/Brown

Sew Many Challenges ,,,,,,, Anything Goes

Stamp Something ,,,,,,, Vintage with flowers ,,, I think this is a bit vintage ,,, I used shabby vintage papers too !!! :-)

A Spoonful of Sugar ,,,,,,,, Animal Crackers :-) they also ask that your child joins in too ,,, well ,, as mine are grown up ,, thats not likely to happen ,, I would have to bribe them lol :-)

The DT and our 2 fab GD's have made some fabulous cards for you to see ,, so pop on over to the challenge blog to see them :-) Please leave them a comment too :-) xx

Simon Says Stamp Challenge on the Papercraft Planet

As some of you may know ,, DT Chris runs a Challenge on the Papercraft Planet site on behalf of Simon Says Stamp.

It is a monthly challenge with a fabulous prize on offer :-) The theme for this month is 'Oh Boy' ,,, now many of you have joined in our challenges with 'boy' cards so you could link them !! :-) Time is rinning out tho ,,, this challenge ends tomorrow !! You have to be quick !! :-)

If you would like the chance to win ,,, link your card on the Simon Says Papercraft Planet Challenge

Good Luck :-)

Totally Papercrafts,,,, Easel card for a Boy

Good morning all :-) Hope you're all OK and looking forward to a lovely weekend ,,, hope the weather stays nice for you ,,, especially those going camping !! :-)

Our new DT friend Carol starts today and she has made a fab debut card !! Welcome Carol x x

Thanks for all your entries to Scoopy's fab sketch last week :-)

This week it is Anne's turn to choose the theme on the Totally Papercrafts Challenge and she chose ,,,,

EASEL CARD FOR BOYS :-)

We are sponsored this week by Simon Says Stamp ,,, fabulous prize on offer :-)

I followed the fab sketch on the House Mouse and Friends challenge :-) (there are 2 HM challenges :-))Brill !! :-)

The image was a stamped House Mouse image that my buddy Cathy sent me :-) I do NEED this stamp tho ,, very cute :-) This one is called 'Surprise Party' I coloured the image with copics and coloured the edges with distress ink. The papers are from Papermania and are called Henbury Lane. I used a few Robins Nest Dew Drops and some buttons from my drawer :-) The sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp Exclusives set I bought this fab ribbon at the Ally Pally :-)

Challenges :

House Mouse and Friends ,,,,,,, Sketch

Your Next Stamp ........ Patterned/Printed Ribbon

Creative Card Crew ,,,,,,,,,,, Easel Card

Die Cut Dreams ,,,,,,,,Teen Boys + Blue and Green

Crafts & Me ,,,,, Birthdays

ABC ,,,,,,,,,,,,X tra dimension

Crafty Creations ,,,,,,,, Shine

Charisma Cardz ,,,,,, Project for a guy :-)

Thanks for looking :-) I appreciate your comments :-)

I have a blog candy sponsored by Simon Says Stamp at the top of my blog if you would like to take a peek ,, also a candy linked to the ABC Christmas Challenge and blog hop too :-)