Happy Birthday Amy !! :-)

Hi all :-) Amy is celebrating her 19th birthday today with a pool party, BBQ and a sleepover ,,,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY :-)

This week on the Papertake Weekly Dawny is asking us to choose a previous PTW sketch :-) This was quite diffy as I do love all Dawny’s sketches ,,, invariably simple ,,, :-)

We are sponsored by the lovely Heidi over at Simon Says Stamp so a fab $20 voucher for one lucky entrant :-) Did you see the All New Just In pages ,,, fabby new stuff !! :-)

I followed sketch No 27

Of course I had to make Amy a card this week and as part of her pressie is a trip to London ( so sad that she grew out of Barbie’s ,,, much cheaper ,,,,, :-)) Anyways ,,,, I thought I would use 2 Penny Black stamps, La Soiree and Tower Bridge and make it look like she was walking along the Embankment,, she is not walking on water across the Thames !!!! :-)

I stamped Tower Bridge using Archival ink onto Neenah card ( though I should have used watercolor ) and coloured with Distress ink markers and ink pads. I then stamped La Soiree with Memento, coloured with copics and cut out. I sort of ticked glossy accents across her dress and sprinkled with red tinsel glitter to create lines of sparkle and added highlights using a white Galaxy marker and smudging. I used Basic Grey ‘Life of the Party papers and the lovely Velvet Blossoms were in the August card Kit and aren’t they just GORGEOUS ! I added a little black gem to the centre and popped one on her bag and 2 over a Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish cut out of black card.

I used a MFT Retro Squares border die, Amy Tangerine Thickers for the No19 and a Hero Arts Sentiment to finish :-)

Edited to add a photo of Amy and her boyfriend, Ben, on a recent trip to London :-)

Thanks for looking :-) our lovely GD’s and the DT have made some gorgeous cards so please hop on over to the PTW to see them :-)

Challenges :

Cheery Lynn Designs ,,,, Anything Goes

Cupcake Craft ,,,,, Flowers

Basic Grey Challenge,,Anything Goes

Penny Black Saturday ,,, Double Trouble , use 2 PB stamps

Card Crafters Circle ,,, Use fabric ( velvet)

Everybody Art ,,,,,, Anything Goes

Try It On Tuesday ,,,, Travel,,, going to London ,,,,

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Time for the Meeces and their Friends to go Back to Skool :-)

Hi all :-) For those of you in the UK I hope you're enjoying a lovely BH Monday :-) and for the rest of you I hope you're not working too hard :)

It's time for a new challenge over on the House Mouse and Friends Challenge and this time the theme has been chosen by our lovely boss,, America, ,,, :-)

*Back to School / At the Office*

**We are very proudly SPONSORED by**

One lucky winner will get a $25 Gift Certificate to shop at the official House-Mouse Designs store

A Second Prize by America

In addition, a second Lucky Player will get this awesome (hard to find) Design of the Month House-Mouse Stamp from April 1999, called "Computer Tutors", and featuring Monica, Maxwell and Mudpie... isnt is great for the current theme?

I decided to make a notebook, I have cheated a bit cos I am keeping this for me to keep next to the phone for those very important messages ,,,so it’s not strictly speaking back to School or Office ,,, soo shhh :-)

I love this Bear-ied in Paperwork Gruffie,,, isn’t he CUTE :-) I will add a list of links at the end ,,, makes it easier :-) Just to say that this started as some mountboard that I got free from the framers, his offcuts that were headed for the bin ,,, fab for recycling ! :-) I used papers from a Basic Grey Kraft 12x12 pack, which I think is discontinued,,,:-/

Close Up ,,,,,

Thanks for looking :-) Our lovely GD’s and the DT have made some gorgeous creations so please hop on over to the HM&F Challenge to see them :-)

Challenges :

Addicted to Stamps ,,,, Recycle

Creative Inspirations Paint Back to School

Penny Black and More ,,, Whiskers and/or Wings ( 2nd entry)

Pile It On ,,, Something with ‘P’ ,,,, Paperwork,phone, peg, paperclips

The Crafty Pad ,,,,, twine

Allsorts ,,, It’s Gift ( Anything But a Card)

Basic Grey Challenge ,,,,, Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar,,,, Teddy Bears Parade

Fussy and Fancy ,,,, Back to School

Raise the Bar ,…. Back to School

Simply Create Too ,,,, Back to School

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Wild Rose Studio,,, Birdhouse :-)

Hi all :-) I hope you’re all having a fabulous weekend and finding a little crafty time too :-)

I received a lovely parcel from the Wild Rose Studio and in it were the new stamps, toppers and papers from the Annabelle’s Christmas Collection ,, all of them are gorgeous ! It was difficult to decide which one to ink up first but in the end I shuffled them and got Amy to pull one out and it was this lovely Birdhouse image :-)

I will list all the products I used at the end, but just to say that the red paper for layering was plain white card inked with the Festive Berries Distress Ink and I made the holly tree using a Memory Box Twigs and Berries die and a MS Holly Punch ,, linked below :-)

Here's a close up:-)

Thanks for stopping by and leaving me a comment, I really appreciate it xx :-)

Challenges :

Challenge Up Your Life ,,, Christmas in Summer

Penny Black and More ,,, Whiskers and/or Wings

Pile it On ,,,, Something with a ‘P’ the flowers are Poinsettia’s :-)

Crafty Ann’s Christmas in August OR winter olympics

Fab n Funky ,,,, Leaves

My Time to Craft ,,,, Christmas in August

Crafty Boots ,,,, Tweet Tweet

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Junior Stamping Kit Blog Hop ,,,, :-)

To celebrate the launch of the Junior Stamping Kit there is a Blog Hop starting from the
Simon Says Stamp Blog

There are some gorgeous creations made by a special Junior Design Team and fabulous prizes along the way so don't miss out ,,, hop on over and check it out ! ! :-)

Hope you're all having a fabulous weekend :-)
luv
Lols x x x

FREE POSTAGE AT CRAFTY RIBBONS

Hi all :-) Just to let you know that Crafty Ribbons has FREE POSTAGE until the end of August :-)

The voucher code is august all lower case, and will give a discount of £3.25 (cost of postage) off all orders over £15 (excluding postage).

They have also launched their first Christmas ribbon collection today

Happy Family Christmas

Ribbons, button hearts and NEW Digi papers to match the ribbon !! Aren't the CUTE ! :-)

Hope you all have a lovey weekend :-)

SILHOUETTE DEAL !!! :-)

Hi all :-) Do you have a Silhouette ? If so you will need to read this to get a fabulous discount for your downloads :-)

Pay $18 for $30 in shapes, and once you load it into your Silhouette account it never expires! CLICK HERE to use my link and and if you grab the deal within the next 7 hours, you can use the code Flash16 to save another 25%. That will make the deal $13.50! If you see this after the 25% off deal expired, don’t fret! Use the code PDCOZ10 to save 10% instead.

So, all you do is pay the $18 (less with one of the promotion codes), and you automatically receive am email containing your voucher/promotion code. Then you go into your Silhouette store, my account, add download card to balance and paste! Voila. Instant $30 credit. AND IT NEVER EXPIRES!!! I bought 2 !!! :-)

Another cool thing is once you’ve made your purchase, you will get your own custom link and if three people use your link, you will get this deal for free, they will refund you! So here's the link again ,,,,, CLICK HERE :-)

Luv
Lols x x x