ABC Christmas Challenge ,,, 'U' is for ,,,,, Under the Tree + DT Call :-)

WOW !! we had LOADS of entries to the Tree challenge ,, we hope you all join in this fortnight too :-) We are looking for some new members to join our happy band ,, so if you're interested enter the challenge and add DT to the link :-)

It was Helen's turn to choose the theme and she chose ,,

U for Under the Tree ,,, so a gift, gift box/bag etc :-)

We are sponsored by the lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp so a fabulous $15 spree to her store for one lucky entrant !! :-)

I made a Candle and tag :-) I love making candles ,, so easy to do and I particularly like to use stamps that don't need colouring ,,, this Fantasy Tree from Penny Black is perfect I think !! Just add stickles and glitter ,, a ribbon and you're done :-)



The tag was a quick and easy make too ,, I inked the background with distress inks ,, stamped the tree in brown and some Tim Holtz birds ,, added a T H ticket and a Spellbinders snowflake and that was it :-)



Challenges :
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Penny Black Saturday ,,,, Don't be Square
Crafty Ann's Challenge ,,, Anything but a Card
A Spoonful of Sugar ,,,, Sparkle and Shine
Crafty Cardmakers ,,, Step away from a Square
Ooh La La ,,,, Nothing Floral
Paper Sundaes ,,,,, Something from my stash ,,, everything !! even the candle was a left over from last x mas :-)

Our GD Paula and the DT have made some gorgeous creations for this challenge ,, really fab gift ideas so pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge to see them ;-) don't forget to check out the Simon Says Stamp sponsored blog candy at the top of my blog too :-)

Papertake Weekly ,, 3rd Birthday Blog Hop !! :-)

Woo Hooo ,,,the Papertake Weekly Challenge is celebration its 3rd Birthday this week and what better way to celebrate than with a hop with lots of fabulous prizes along the way :-)

To be in with a chance of winning a prize you will need to enter the challenge and complete the hop, leaving comments on all the DT blogs along the way too :-)

For this challenge you can choose any theme from the Papertake Weekly Challenge blog from the last 3 years, so lots of choice !! :-)
If you came here from the lovely LISA'S BLOG you are going in the right direction ,, if not you may with to start at the Papertake Weekly Challenge

Wild Orchid Crafts are sponsoring the candy on my blog so if you would like a chance to win this fabby package then add a link to your creation with Mr Linky on the Papertake Weekly Challenge and keep your fingers crossed

At Wild Orchid Crafts we're very passionate about our beautiful Mulberry Paper Flowers and many other craft items, and we're always working hard to make sure that the quality of our products and service s is a high as it can possibly be, while offering excellent value for money to all of our customers.

All of our Mulberry Paper Flowers are made using natural, renewable resources. The flowers are all handmade by experienced crafts people using high quality materials and great care is taken to ensure that they are made to the highest standard. We are very proud of the quality and manner in which our flowers are produced, and the fact that they are made using natural, renewable resources.

As well as Mulberry Paper Flowers and leaves, we have many other beautiful craft items including lace, pins, self-adhesive pearls, crystal drops and hearts, and many more besides. To find out more, please visit our website: http://www.wildorchidcrafts.com

Thank you WOC !! :-)

OK ,, now for my card :-) I decided to follow Dawny's first sketch challenge( more or less !! )

A dear friend is in hospital at the moment and I made this card for her, she hasn't got a poorly ear or leg tho lol :-)



I love this Cast of Characters stamp and as I had never inked it I really wanted to use this one for my friend. She was in charge of the local SPCA until very recently so I thought she would appreciate a few little furry friends :-)I coloured the image with Copics and the papers are Tim Holtz Vintage Shabby papers. The flowers are Prima and the beautiful rose in the center is from Wild Orchid Crafts , the gorgeous ribbon is from there too :-)



From here you need to go to the lovely NANCY'S BLOG and see what lovely creation she has made for your inspiration :-)

Challenges :
Creative Inspiration ,,,, Get Well Soon
2 Sisters ,,,,, Animal Fun

Happy World Cardmaking Day , Ria's Challenge !! :-)

I think this must be THE fastest card I ever made !! I am usually VERY slow but I wanted to finish this card before the film started at 9pm and I will be out all day tomorrow so I just HAD to do it !!! :-)
My lovely friend Ria has challenged us all to C.A.S.E her card and enter her World Cardmaking Day blog candy ,,she is offering 2 CC Designs stamps !!

This is my effort,,



I used my cute Shy Kiki La Rue stamp, coloured her with Copics and added Star Dust Stickles here and there. the papers are Papermania and the ribbon, flowers and charm were in my drawers :-)



One more thing ,,, I was chosen to be in the top 3 on Crafty Emma Strore Challenge for my HM notebook that I made for my HM&F Monday Schooltime Challenge DT creation :-) THANKS GIRLS :-) xx



now hop on over to Ria's blog to see the card I CASED and join in the challenge ,,, this is FUN !! :-)

New Girl on the Blog :-)

I have just been to visit Carly's Fabulous Blog ,,,she is 17 and has only just started her blog so I thought I would give you all the link so you can all go and welcome her to this fabulous Blogland :-)

Stamp Something ,,, Celebration ,,,

Time for a new theme over on the Stamp Something Challenge

ITS A CELEBRATION !!

We are spoonsored by Sweet'n Sassy Stamps so a wonderful prize of gorgeous digi images on offer :-) The DT were given a choice of images to use too ,,,thanks Korin and Dan :-)

For my card I chose to use 3 images from the Olivia Celebrates set. The Owl, the Scroll and the Cap. I also followed the fab sketch on the Sweet Stop Challenge

It is graduation time so I thought this card might come in handy ,,, not that I know anyone who is graduating ,,, but ,,, someone might buy it :-) I coloured the image with Copics and decoupaged the Owl ,, cut around her feathered hands and popped the scroll in, I then added some glossy accents to her beak and tallons :-) The papers are PERFECT !! guess what they are called !! Olivia by Basic Grey !! :-) I inked the background with Stormy Sky Distress ink and then added star dust stickles around the edge. I punched some leaves for her to sit on using a McGill punch, added some green Robins Nest Dew Drops and a Simon Says Stamp exclusives stamp for the sentiment.



Challenges :
Sweet Stop Challenge ,, Sketch
Crafty Creations ,,,,, Owls
Paper Sundaes ,,,, Things with Wngs

The DT have made some amazing cards and creations for your inspiration, We are also welcoming Ellie and Pattie onto the DT this week too :-) welcome aboard girls :-) xx

Totally Papercrafts ,,,,, The Great Outdoors Challenge :-)

Oohh the cards last week were truly 'Magical' ,,, fabulous creations and some fabulous ideas out there !! you clever lot !! :-)

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

THE GREAT OUTDOORS :-)

we are sponsored by the lovely Wendy at Digital Delights who will be giving one lucky winnner a $10 voucher to her store :-)

Did you ever do this when you were kids ,,, in an old tractor tyre ?? hanging on for dear life as you hurtled down the edge of the slag heap lol :-),, simple fun eh !! ( for those of you who don't know what a slag heap is ,, it's a mountain of stones and bits of coal,, the waste from coal mines :-)) nice memories ,,,,, ha ha apart from when you fell off and skinned yer knees and knuckles ,, anyway ,,, moving on ,,,, :-)
I used my lovely new HM stamp ,, this one is called Head over Heels I coloured the image with copics and added glossy accents and rock candy distress stickles to the berries. The papers are Cosmo Cricket Nutmeg papers ( love these papers ,, brill for autumn cards ) I added some organza ribbon, a rose and a few Robins Nest Dew Drops to finish ,, the sentiment is from a Pure Innocence stamp.



Challenges :
A Crafty Little Place ,,,,,, Autum
Craftalicious ,,,,,, Harvest festival/Autumn
Stamptacular Sunday ,,,Seasons Change /Fall
Craft Your Days Away ,,,, Autumn Doodles
Crafty Emma Store ,,,,,, Animals
Stampin for the Weekend ,,, Autumn

The DT have made some fab cards for you to see ,, so pop over to the Totally Papercrafts Challenge blog to see them :-)

Winner of my Simon says Stamp sponsored candy

I have just pressed the button ,,,

Here are your random numbers:

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the lucky winner this time is Petra :-)
Congratulations :-) please email me with your choice of House Mouse, Gruffie or Happy Hopper stamp and your address :-)

Simon Says ,,,,,Autumn Photo Inspiration Challenge

Thanks for all your fab entries to Jay jays fab sketch last week and hope you will all join us again this week for a fab new theme of Autumn with a gorgeous photo for your inspiration :-)
MS ones are lovely but only good for very thin card eh !!
Steph (Heidi's right hand girl) sent us this photo months ago and we thought it was perfect to make it into an autumn photo inspiration challenge :-)



Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant a trolley dash around her store to the value of $25 and she will pay the postage costs too. I was just having a browse there myself earlier and they now have the Laurence Attril for Stampavie stamps ,,, GORGEOUSS I must admit I hadn't heard of him before ,, but I definitely NEED some of these !! CComp Popcorn Bear stamps AND the CComp SWALK stamps are New In too, plus loads of other new goodies !!! :-)

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



As soon as I saw this gorgeous Turning Over a New Leaf House Mouse stamp I knew it would be PERFECT for my card :-) I coloured the image with Copics,decoupaged the leaves and added star dust stickles here and there and the edges were inked with Stormy Sky distress ink. The papers are Basic Grey Indian Summer, these were a gift from a lovely blog buddy xx:-) I used my new EK Success swirl punch FANTASTIC !! ( temporarily out of stock but will be back soon :-)) I love these punches ,, they even punch through thick cardstock, even thicker than SU !! brilliant !! I used a Tim Holtz Elegant Flourish Die Cut and Grungepaper to make a swirl. The sentiment is a Stampendous one which I adapted :-) I added a few Robins Nest Dew Drops and some Martha Sewart ribbon to finish :-)



Challenges:
Sketch Saturday ,,,,,, Sketch
Crafty Little Place ,,,, Autumn
Cards For Men ,,, Masculine + Autumn
Craftalicious ,,, Harvest festival/Autumn
Stamptacular Sunday ,,, Seasons Change/Autumn
Craft Your days Away ,,,,, Autumn Doodles
Crafty Emma Store ,,,,, Animals

Jay Jay and thr DT have made some gorgeous creations for you ro see so hop on over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog to see them :-)

Don't forget to check out the candy sponsored by Simon Says Stamp at the top of my blog too :-)

Simon Says Stamp Sponsored Fortnightly Candy :-)

the weeks are whizzing by and it will be Christmas before we know it !!

Anyway ,,, time for a new House Mouse Candy sponsored by Simon Says Stamp :-)

As many of you know the House Mouse and Friends Monday challenge is celebrating it's 2nd Anniversary with a hop so I thought I would join my candy to the challenge ,,, seems only right to me !! :-) AND I made the sketch ,, so even more reason for you all to join in !!!!! :-)
So,,,,all you have to do is enter the challenge and hop and then pop here with a link to your card/creation :-)

there will also be a couple of days where you can enter the next HM&F Monday Challenge too and link your card here,, you will have up until Wed 29th Sept 9 am CET to enter :-)

the DT are allowed to link their cards and any entrants who have entered so far too :-)
The prize will be any House Mouse, Gruffie or Happy Hopper of your choice :-)

Good Luck to all :-)

Wild Rose Studio DT card

I made this card following Jeanette's fab sketch on the Friday Sketchers Challenge :-)



The image is Lady with Wine designed by Dulcie at the Wild Rose Studio. I coloured her with copics ,, ( B34 and B37 ,, there needs to be a colour in between these too I think ,,, very diffy to blend together !!! ugh ) The papers were a gift from my friend and SU demonstrator Mandy :-) and I used a red cardstock too, a selection of flowers from my drawer and a ribbon, charm and dew drops to finish :-)



Challenges :

Friday Sketchers ,,, Sketch
Incy Wincy ,,, Anything Goes
A Spoonfull of Sugar ,,,, Spots and Stripes


Thanks for looking :-) I 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 see it :-)

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

We all love our furry friends eh !! We had loads of fab entries to our Animal Antics Challenge ,, thanks so much for joining us :-)

This week Dawny has made another one of her fabulous sketches for us to follow on the Papertake Weekly Challenge :-)

We are sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp so a fabulous trolly dash around her store for one lucky entrant :-)

For my card I used my lovely new LOTV stamp from a Merry Christmas set. I coloured the image with my trusty copics and added ultra fine glitter everywhere :-) don't you just LOVE her hat !! I want one !! :-) The papers are Basic Grey, Craft Creations and pink coredinations. The snowflake was made with a Spellbinders die cut. I used 2 star eyelets and some card candy to finish :-)




Challenges :

LOTV,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Untraditional Christmas
One Stop Crafts,,,, Snowflakes in September
Totally Gorjuss ,,, Christmas
Bah Humbug ,,,,, Stars (star eyelets)

thanks for looking :-) Our fab GD's and the DT have made some gorgeous cards for your inspiration so please pop ove to the Papertake Weekly Challenge to see them :-)

Nicola's Candy :-)

Nicola, my lovely teamie on the Sketch and Stash Challenge, has a lovely candy on offer :-) ,, go to her blog for further details :-)

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ,,,,, Back to Skool :-)

We had a fabulous response to our House Mouse & Friends Monday 2nd Anniversary Hop :-) Thanks you to all who entered and don't forget to link your entry with my Simon Says Stamp Sponsored candy for a chance to win a HM stamp of your choice !! :-) The DT can enter too :-)

Before moving on to our next challenge I would like to say a sad farewell to our teamie Curt :-( Curt has stepped down from the team and we will all miss him terribly ,,, a fabulous team player !! We will miss you Curt xx We will however continue to stalk you :-)

The theme for the next 2 weeks is

BACK TO SCHOOL :-)

We know most of the children are aready back in school but I am sure they all still need notebooks /diaries/clipboards etc :-)

I made a note book and I bought this cute Amanda Writes stamp specifically for this challenge ,, isn't she fab !! I saw this on a DT's blog ages ago ,,I can't remember who's tho and have had it at the top of my wish list ever since :-) ,, such a versatile stamp ! :-) i coloured the image with copics and inked the edges with Pumice Stone distress ink ,, I wanted a dirty used look :-) The papers are Basic Grey Craft and Manilla paper pads. I used a Martha Stewart border punch and a few buttons from my drawer ,, think those are Basic Grey too ? The little school bus charm was a gift from Mary and America to welcome me to the team :-) thanks girls xx




I also made a couple of post-it noteholders while I was at it :-) For these I followed Leann's lovely simple sketch on the Cute Card Thurdsay Challenge :-)



Challenges

Cute Card Thurday ,,,,, Sketch
Allsorts ,,,, Plain and Simple,, the post it note holders are :-)
Crafty Emma's Store ,,,,,, Animal Antics
The Stamp Man ,,,,, Altered ,,,, the basic board is offcuts from my friendly frame shop,, so I altered them :-)
ABC Challenge ,,,, D is for Distressing
Stampin Royalty ,,, Anything But a Card

Don't forget to link your entries to the candy at the top of my blog :-) You have until Wednesday to join in :-)

Sketch and Stash ,,,, Sue's Sketch

Thanks for all your Sketch and Stash Challenge entries over the last 2 weeks :-)

Time for a new sketch and Sue has made a gorgeous one for us to follow again and don't forget to tell us what your new or unused stash is, we are nosey and NEED to know lol :-)

We are sponsored by Whimsey Stamps and the DT were given a selection of gorgeous images to use. I used this lovely new Floating Away image by Katie's Digital Critters

I coloured the image with copics and inked the edges with dusty concord distress ink. The papers and brad are Basic Grey Kioshi and SU brown card for layering. The sentiment was made using a Tim Holtz ticket sentiment set and die cuts.



Challenges:
One Stitch at a Time ,,,, Anything Goes
Ali Factory ,,, Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz ,,,, Anything Goes
A Spoonfull of Sugar ,,, Anything Goes
Digital Tuesday ,,, Digi + Girls

The DT have made some gorgeous cards for us to see so hop on over to the Sketch and Stash Challenge to see them :-)

Here is Sue's fab sketch :-)

did you enter the HM& F Monday Hop ???

If so you are eligible to enter my fortnightly candy sponsored by Simon Says Stamp :-) I am not telling everyone ,,, just my followers ,,, ssshhh :-)

Just Cute Bears ,,,, Swirls and Bling :-)

This is my 4th and final card as a GD on the Just Cute bears Challenge ,,,, my next one will be a DT card instead !! Woo Hoo !!,,, I have been asked to stay on the team !! Thanks girls :-) I am looking forward to being a fully fledged girlie :-)

From this week the challenge is going to be fortnightly ,, so you have until the 10th October to make your entries ,, loads of time eh !! :-)

The theme for the next fortnight is

SWIRLS AND BLING :-)


We are sponsored by the lovely Paula from Pollycraft and one lucky winner will have the chance of winning 10 digi images !! :-)

For my card I used my lovely new LOTV stamp ,, I coloured the image with copics and added ultra fine glitter and stickles for sparkle. The papers are My Minds Eye and SU Artichoke cardstock. I used my lovely new EK Success swirl punch and a Tim Holtz Elegant Flourishes die cut. The flower was made using a Tim Holts Tattered Floral die. I used watercolour paper and distress inks for this, you can see a tutorial on how I made this on Christina's blog.
I love the Diamond Dust she recommends,,, brilliant for snow in shaker cards too :-)



Challenges:

LOTV ,,,,, Untraditional Christmas, is this OK ,, not sure if its untraditional enough ,, sorry if its wrong :-/

Crafty Emma Store ,,,,, Animal Antics

One Stop Crafts ,,,, Snowflakes in September ,, (there are snowflakes on the DP and the image is covered in snow) :-)

Totally Gorjuss ,,,, Christmas

Paper Romance ,,,, handmade flowers

Tuesday Morning Sketchers ,,,, handmade flowers

Thanks for looking :-) Please pop over to the Just Cute bears Challenge and see the gorgeous cards the DT have made and please join in :-)

I have a blog candy at the top of my blog that you might like to take a peek at ,, it closes in 3 days so not long !! :-)

Totally Papercrafts ,,, It's Kind of Magic

Thanks for all your entries last week and we hope you join us again this week :-)

This week it is Mel's turn to choose the theme on the Totally Papercrafts Challenge and with all the Harry Potter fans out there this is a good un !! :-)

It's a Kind of Magic :-)

We are sponsored by the lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp so a fabulous prize on offer :-)

For my card I followed Martine's sketch on the Basic Grey Challenge :-)I used my lovely WOJ A Little bit of Magic stamp. I coloured her with copics and decoupaged her onto a nestie oval, this was inked with vintage photo and dusty concorde distress inks, the cat is a Tim Holtz Kitty Cat stamp ,, scary eh ! :-) The papers are Basic Grey ( Kioshi I think ) and I used a Martha Stewart Icicle border punch. I made the skull charm using a TH skull stamp, white stazon and some black shrink plastic ( thanks Alison xx :-)) The ticket and stamp are also Tim Holtz goodies ,, a die cut and stamp set :-)



Challenges:

Basic Grey ,,,,,,, Sketch

Stamps R Us ,,, Halloween

Thanks for looking :-) Pop over to the Totally Papercrafts Challenge to see the fab creations the DT have made :-) and don't forget to check out the candy at the top of my blog too :-)