Lorraine's Loft

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

ABC S is for Stocking and/or Sketch :-)

Hi all :-) Did you know that there are only 97 days left to Christmas,take away a few for postage and that doesn't leave us much time to get the cards made and in the mail! best get cracking !

Before moving onto the challenge we would like to say a HUGE thank you and a sad farewell to Jennifer who has decided that the time has come to step down from the team.

It has been a pleasure to work with you and we wish you all the very best and hope you will pop back and join us in the challenges :-)

It is my turn to host this ABC Christmas Challenge and we already up to 'S' !!

S is for Stocking and ~~Suspenders~~ oops, I mean Sketch :-)

you can use an image that has stockings in it, a stocking shaped card, etc and/or choose a sketch from any challenge, past or present, and add it to your blog post.

For this challenge we are proudly sponsored by the lovely Meljen :-)

Meljen's Designs

Meljen will give one lucky entrant 4 fabulous images of the winners choice ! woo hoo !!

I usedMeljen's Cozy Winter Owl

The fabulous sentiment ribbon will be released soon in the Crafty Ribbons Store ,, Ali gave me permission to use it and let you have a sneak peek. It should be listed on Friday :-) There is a whole week of new releases so pop over to the Crafty Ribbons Blog to see them and some fab inspiration too :-)

the stocking cut on a Silhouette Cameo and I followed the Sketch Saturday Sketch

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

Challenges

Sketch Saturday ,,,, Sketch

Creative Card Crew ,,,, Christmas

Creative Craft ,,, Use Ribbon

Paper Creator's Crafts ,,, Christmas

Craftin' Boutique ,,, Owls

Christmas Inspiration ,, Die Cuts/ Punches

So now it's YOUR turn !! You have until Tuesday 1st October 6pm BST to join in :-)

BTW There is a whole month of activities, blog hops and inspiration on the Simon Says Stamp Blog for the annual STAMPtember® event :-) Lots of give aways too ,,,, don't miss it :-)

Hope you all have a great week :-)
Happy Crafting
Luv Lols x x x

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Papertake Weekly ,,,, Make It Sparkle

Hi all :-) Another Tuesday and time for a new theme over on the Papertake Weekly Challenge ,,,,

MAKE IT SPARKLE

We are sponsored by the lovely Mary and Andrea aka The Ribbon Girl so a fabulous prize on offer :-)

I have just bought these cute little Resting Bird Dies from Memory Box and just had to use them ,, aren't they adorable ! I have also recently bought a new stamp and emboss set by Hero Arts and wanted to give that a whirl too, I quite like how this has turned out !

thanks for looking, our GD's and the DT have made some fab cards so please hop on over to the PTW to see them !

BTW There is a whole month of activities, blog hops and inspiration on the Simon Says Stamp Blog for the annual STAMPtember® event :-) Lots of give aways too ,,,, don't miss it :-)

Challenges :
A Little Bit Crafty ,,,, CAS
Cards For Men,,, String It Up ,,,,Twine
Sparkle and Sprinkle ,, Anything Goes with Glitter and Embossing Powder/Flocking
Tuesday Throwdown,,,, Things with Wings

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Hope you all have a great week :-)

Happy Crafting

Luv Lols x x x

Monday, September 16, 2013

Happy Windsday :-)

Hi all :-) I hope you all had a fab weekend and did something fun :-)

Happy Windsday to you all !! this couldn't be more apt as at 3am we were woken by what sounded like a tornado ! We still have our sun brollies and whatnot out and thought they would end up in the pool ,,, or in the sea a mile or so away ,,,, it was scary ! 6 of our 7 cats were inside, but the smallest one was unaccounted for and we were really worried about her but she came home once the wind died down and snuggled up in bed to get warm ,,,, bless her :-)

Anyways I am here with a reminder for the current theme over on the House Mouse and Friends Challenge blog, this time it is our lovely Heather's turn to choose the theme and she chose

"AUTUMN LEAVES"

We are sponsored by

WOW, a generous $25 Gift Voucher to their online store.

AND
Di's DIGI Downloads

Generously giving away a $10 gift voucher for their online store!

That's Two Fabulous Prizes and that means 2 chances for you to win! :)

In addition, we have one more CANDY / PRIZE for a very lucky player....
a LOT with over 185 adorable charms for all your card needs!

This Candy will go to that one special player who helps us to spread the word around about our Little Mousey Place. (we want to see more peeps joining the FUN)! Simply do this by placing a piccy of our Mousey logo and/or this candy on your sidebars to link it back here to our House-Mouse BLOG. We will be stopping by your blogs to visit. :)

I used this super cute Happy Windsday image, I will link all the products I used at the bottom of the post :-)

I cut the sentiment on my Silhouette Cameo ,, isn't it FAB ! :-)

Thanks for looking :-) some of the DT have joined in with this reminder,, and the lovely America is back from a several month break so we are thrilled to have her 'home' with us :-)

I am THRILLED that Simon Says Stamp are now stocking the new House Mouse Cling Stamps !! Woo Hoo !! :-) I have a few of these swimming across the pond RIGHT NOW ! :-)

BTW There is a whole month of activities, blog hops and inspiration on the Simon Says Stamp Blog for the annual STAMPtember® event :-) Lots of give aways too ,,,, don't miss it :-)