Sleeping on thistles ,,,,,,aaahhh

This will be the last time I make a card for the House Mouse Monday Challenge as an entrant ! :-) YAY !! :-) I am so looking forward to joining in as a DT ! :-)




I coloured this gorgeous House Mouse Napping on a Thistle image with copics and added a little star dust stickles on the petals for sparkle and the edges were distressed with Dusty Concorde distress ink. The papers are brown/purple coredinations, which have been sanded to add a more distressed look and crafty individuals paper which has also been coloured with dusty Concorde ink around the edges. the sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp exclusives set



The theme on the Copics Creations Challenge is colouring on other surfaces ,, so I used my copic air brush to spray the flowers in 3 shades of purple and the button was clear so I sprayed that too, I then sprayed the whole thing with pearl glimmer mist and added stickles :-)



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

Papertake Weekly Shiny Sparkly and Special Challenge

This week on the Papertake Weekly Challenge we have a gorgeous theme for you

SHINY, SPARKLY AND SPECIAL :-)

Don't ya just LOVE it ! :-) This just says 'GIRLY' to me :-) get out all your shimmery papers and stickles and gems :-)

We are being sponsored by the lovely EmilyMake the day Special so a wonderful prize on offer :-)
thanks Emily

For my card I followed Jacque's gorgeous design on the Friday Sketchers Challenge. They are celebrating their 2nd Birthday and are inviting us all to hop around their blogs :-) Yummy candy everywhere too !! :-)




Joey and Sue ( who will from now on be known and referred to as Scoopy :-)) bought me several Lili of the Valley stamps while we were at the Ally Pally and this is one of them ,, isn't this just gorgeous and THE perfect image for this challenge I thought :-)
I coloured her with copics and added a few spots of star dust and silver stickles here and there, sparkly ! :-) The papers are Basic Grey the gems are Papermania mosaic and the rose is from Wild Orchid Crafts. The ribbons and charm are from my stash and the sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp Exclusives set :-)



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

As you may know we have a special Make a Wedding Card for Domi challenge on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog and we have extended the deadline to Saturday 15th May ,, so you still have time to join in :-) Please help us to bury Domi in a mountain of cards :-)

Crystal's blogoversary candy :-)

Crystal is giving away this fabulous candy to celebrate her first blogoversary :-) You have until midnight on the 10th June to enter :-)

Good Luck :-)


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Sketch and Stash Challenge 35 my sketch :-)

Good Morning :-) time for another layout on the Sketch and Stash Challenge and this time it was my turn to design it :-) ,,, I made a card and Becky did all the clever comp stuff and made it into a sketch ! :-) I hope you like it, wouldn't it be awful if we had no entries !! lol

I will be on the lookout for our next GD too so get your old neglected stuff out ,, or your brand spanking new goodies and join in :-)

We are being sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp Superstore this week and with so many lovely new products arriving in the store almost every day there is an even more massive choice :-)



I used my new Sarah Kay stamp ,, this one is called Andre Carrying a Watermelon :-) I love this one :-) The papers are Basic Grey from the Granola pad, which I have had for ages and ages :-)I bought these from Simon Says Stamp :-) The sentiment is a new set from Stampin'Up and the ribbon, and oval punches are from S U too.



The DT have all made some gorgeous cards to show you so pop over to the challenge blog to have a peek :-)

I am entering this into the following challenges :-

The Creative Cottage ,,,,, Food/Drink ,,,, watermelon counts as both lol :-)

Stampin for the Weekend Challenge whose theme is a Card for a Male :-)

Crafty Calendar ,,,,, The Great Outdoors,, this little lad is definitely outside :-)

Cute Card Thursday ,,,, Boyz to Men

Happy 100th Challenge Penny Black :-)

Happy Mother's Day :-)

The Penny Black Saturday Challenge is celebrating it's 100th challenge this week and Kath made a fabulous sketch for us all to follow,, I hope my interpretation of it is ok as I utched a circle over and my flower (which is one of the circle elements) is a little too far to the left ! :-) The DT have made some gorgeous cards and there are lots of lovely prizes on the challenge blog and on all the DT blogs :-),, I really enjoyed the hop :-)



I used my lovely Penny Black Wedding Chime stamp that I have had forever ! I coloured it with copics and added stsr dust stickles and crystal gems for sparkle :-) the papers are DCWV Luxury Stack and the card for matting is DCWV Neutrals stack. The flowers are Prima and Wild Rose Studio ,, sprayed with Pearl glimmer mist and dotted with star dust stickes. The ribbon is pure silk ,, so luxurious :-) The sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp Exclusives set


As you may know Domi is getting married next week and we have a special challenge on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog ,,, 'Wedding Cards for Domi' I hope you will all join in :) To be eligible for the prize the card MUST be posted to Domi, please see the challenge blog for more details :-)

oops I almost forgot !! I made this for the following challenges :-

One Stop Craft Challenge too whose theme is Wedding Wishes :-)

Charisma Cardz ,,,,,It's all about Weddings :-)

thanks for looking :-) Please leave me a comment so I know you popped by :-)

HOORAY !!!! NEWSFLASH !!

I was emailed this morning and asked if I would like to join the House Mouse Monday DT !! WOULD I ' !! As all of my followers surely know by now ,,, they are my FAVE stamps and have their own special shelf in my craft room ,,, no being shoved into boxes for them !! sooo how could I say no !! :-)
I am really looking forward to getting to know the DT better and Congratulations to the other newbies too :-) isn't this FUN ! :-)

Totally Papercrafts Sewing Challenge :-)

We had loads of lovely entries to Joanne's sketch last week :-) I hope you all join the Totally Papercrafts Challenge again this week :-)

This week it is Anne's turn to choose the theme and she has challenged us all to do a little SEWING ! :-)You can fake it tho like me :-)

We are sponsored this week by Nikki at Bunny Zoe's Crafts and she has donated a gorgeous prize :-) thanks Nikki xx



For my card I followed Maya's fabulous sketch on the Sketch Saturday Challenge




I used my lovely High Hopes Heidi and Madison stamp and Bo Bunny papers which I bought from Bunny Zoe :-) The image was coloured with copics and the edges coloured with spun sugar distress inks, I used a brown pen to fake the sewing :-) The flower is a blossom center from Wild Orchid Crafts and the outer petals are Prima which have been sprayed with pearl glimmer mist and curled. The sentiment is Wild Rose Studio .



Thanks for looking :-) Hope to see you joining in the challenge :-)

Happy Hopper Mummy :-)

I made this card following Ariana's lovely sketch on the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge :-) I thought it was PERFECT for a baby card :-)



I used my new Happy Hopper Love Bunny stamp ,,, sooo cute :-)doesn't she look a proud Mummy :-) I coloured the image with copics and inked the edges with pink chalk ink then smothered with star dust stickles :-) The papers are Funky Fairys and the sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp exclusives set. the buttons were in the prize I won on the Peggy Loves Vintage Easter Challenge ,,, thanks Peggy xx the ribbon is SU and I used a Martha Stewart heart border punch.



I am also entering this into the following challenges :-)

Quixotic Challenge ,,,,, Oh Baby
Cute Card Thursday Challenge ,,,,,,, Boys/Men
By the Cute and Girly ,,,,,, Celebrations
Fab 'N' Funky ,,,,, Fancy edges

Crafty Sentiments ,,,,,,, buttons ( thanks Pinky xx )

thanks for looking and will love to read your comments :-)

Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blogoversary and Blog Hop

Before announcing the challenge this week I have some sad news :-( Timea has resigned from the team due to family and work commitments. Heidi and the whole team are really sorry to see her go but know that her family must always come first. We all wish her the very best for the future and hope that she will consider re-joining us when circumstances allow :-) In the meantime we will be stalking her blog :-) We love you Timea xx

It is a very special week for us on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge this week ,, it is one whole year since we launched the challenge and what a fabulous year it has been :-)

To celebrate Heidi has given us a FANTASTIC PRIZE to offer to one lucky entrant AND all the DT have a set of Simon Says Stamp Exclusives to give away too :-)

The theme this week is ,,, what else !

HAPPY BIRTHDAY/LETS CELEBRATE

Unfortunately Iris is away at the moment so is not taking part but we have invited Anna and Kim to rejoin us for this special occasion :-)

If you didn't start the blog hop at the beginning, then you want to head back to Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog so you do not miss anything.

If you're going in the right direction you should have arrived here from the amazingly talented Kim's blog :-)




I saw a fabulous cake on the Claire's Blog ( Waltsingmouse Makes)and thought it would be perfect for this challenge :-) I had to wait several hours for Claire to have the template ready for sale and think I must have been the very first customer :-) In fact there was a glitch and the template showed up as free !!! When I downloaded it I knew it was a mistake so I emailed Claire to ask her to send me an invoice ,, and she very kindly refused to let me pay ! How nice is that of her !! Thanks Claire I really appreciate it xx You can buy this template in the Waltsingmouse Stamps Store

Now onto my cake, I more or less copied Claire's sample ,, hard to top hers !! I just changed the colours from brown to ivory and the stamps I used ! I have to say that this template was a dream to use ,,, no faffing about altering sizes,, which has happened to me lots of times before ,,, this fit together perfectly ! :-)

I used a Mod Background Simon Says Stamp Exclusives set
to decorate the lids. I stamped them with white pigment ink and embossed with silver pearl embossing powder.





I added Kaisercraft gems for extra sparkle and finished off with large ivory bows. The sides were decorated with ivory cream filling and strawberry jam ric rac :-)



I decorated the liners with sherbert and pearl glimmer mist.


The number for my blog is 2

Next head over to Martine's Blog to see what fabulous creation she has for you to see :-)

I am entering this into the following challenges :-

One Stop Craft Challenge whose theme is Anything but a Card :-)

Paperplay Challenge ,,,, Pastels
edited ,,, oh my goodness how did I forget !!

By the Cute and Girly Challenge ,,,,, Celebrations ! :-)

when you have entered the Simon Says Stamp Challenge pop back here and link your card /creation with Mr linky to be in with a chance of winning a Simon Says Stamp Exclusives set of your choice :-)

Jayne's Blog Candy

I have an apology to make. I didn't realise I wasn't following my ABC Christmas Challenge teamie Jayne's 'Serendipity' blog until I just checked to make sure ,,, I don't know how I forgot !! So sorry hunny xx

Jayne has this lovely Magnolia Ink Magazine to give away along with some stamped images :-)



You only have until this Friday to enter so you have to be quick :-)

Winner of the cute Simon Says Stamp candy

Thank you for all your entries for my candy draw and thank you for supporting Emma's fundraising appeal for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance :-)

I have just pressed the button and the winner is :

Here are your random numbers:

75

Timestamp: 2010-05-05 07:51:22 UTC

the winner is Tany Sol :-)

Congratulations :-) Please email me with your address and choice of HM stamp and Heidi or Steph will pop it in the post for you :-)

Luv
Lols x x x

ABC Christmas J for Jingle Bells Challenge

Thanks for all your lovely entries for the ABC Christmas Challenge 'ICE' Challenge :-) The last 2 weeks have just flown by !

The theme for the next fortnight was chosen by Annie and she chose

J FOR JINGLE BELLS with the added option of Punches

We are sponsored this week by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp, so a lovely voucher to spend in the fab Superstore !! :-)




I don't have any stamps from Simon Says Stamp with jingle bells on it !!,,will have to recitify this anomaly soon !! so I used one of my new House Mouse Christmas stamps and 'cheated' by adding a jingle bell to the bow :-) I coloured the image with copics and added ice stickles for sparkle and distress rock candy stickles on the beads and baubles as this dries 3D and adds dimension. :-)



The ribbon bow is pure silk and is so touchy feely gorgeous :-) , the papers are My Minds Eye and the sentiment is a making Memories rub on. the gorgeous flower is from a Tim Holtz Poinsettia limited edition pack i used a Martha Stewart Holly Leaf punch too :-)




I am entering this into the following challenges :-


House Mouse Monday ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Flower Power
Christmas Stampin,,,,,,,,,, Easel card
Bah Humbug ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Snowflakes,, now these may not be obvious ,, but I have gone for a 'flurry' by dotting ice stickes everywhere and there is lots of snow on the ground :-)

The DT have made some fabulous cards for you to see so hop on over to the challenge blog to see them :-)

My fortnightly blog candy sponsored by Simon Says Stamp

Wimbledon will soon be here and time for Strawberries and Cream so I thought I would choose this gorgeous House Mouse Rubber Stamp BERRIED HMJR1031 Strawberry stamp :-) I have this one and use it alot :-) If you are the lucky winner and you have this one already you can choose a different one :-)

To be included in the draw please advertise my candy in your sidebar. You have until Wednesday 5th May to enter :-)

I would appreciate it if you would enter Emma's Challenge to raise funds for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service too :-) If you do enter the challenge please leave a second link with Mr Linky to your card, so you get 2 chances to win ! :-) Simon Says Stamp is sponsoring Emma's challenge too so pop over to Crafty Emma's blog for details of how to enter.

Rainin Dasies for a few challenges :-)

I made this =card following Joanne's fabulous sketch on the Magical Crafts Challenge :-)

I used my lovely PB Rainin Daisies stamp and for a change coloured with distress inks instead of my usual copics :-) I need to get back into practice with watercolouring ,,, the copics have made me lazy :-)



The papers are from Craft Creations and then black card for layering. I did loads of silver embossing for this ,,, was lovely to get out me heat gun and dust off the cobwebs !! :-)

I am also entering this into the following challenges :-)

Just Cute Bears ,,,,,,Buttons and Bows (one button and 2 bows)
Allsorts ,,,,,,,,,,,,,Animals
Penny Black ,,,,,,,,,,Punches (I used 2 SU punches for the sentiment)
Creative Card Crew ,,,April Showers bring May Flowers
Spoonful Sugar ,,,,,,,Furry Friends

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 :-)

Domi's Wedding Card Challenge

As many of you know, our lovely Domi is marrying her sweetheart Uli on the 15th May ,,,, not long now !! Now we couldn't let such a momentous occasion pass us by uncelebrated so we are setting you an extra special challenge !

The challenge is to make a Wedding Card for Domi and her fiance Uli ,, and post them to her.


The prize is this gorgeous lot of wedding themed goodies from Heidi at Simon Says Stamp :-)



So now all you have to do is make a Wedding Card. Only cards received by Domi and Uli will be eligible to win the prize :-)

You have until Monday 10th May to enter, to enable any cards posted to arrive we will use the random generator to choose the winner at the end of the month. I will post the winner on here and let them know too by leaving a message on their blog :-)

edited to add ,, Some of you may have made a card and posted it to Domi already :-) You may of course enter any cards already made for her :-)

Please go to the Simon Says Challenge blog for more details :-)

We also have a challenge over on the Papercrafts Planet site and the theme is Bling Bling Bling ,,,, so you could combine !! :-)

Papertake Weekly , Dawny's Sketch :-)

wow ,, we had loads of fabulous entries to our do Something different Challenge last week :-) Thank you all for joining in :-)

This week on the Papertake Weekly Challenge Dawny has designed us another gorgeous sketch to follow :-)

We are being sponsored this week by Sassy Studio Designs and the DT were given a couple of digi images to use,, thanks xx




For my card I chose to use the Little Honey's White Rabbit, cute eh ! :-) I coloured the image with copics and coloured the edges with spun sugar distress ink. the papers are from Crafty Individuals and the ribon and gems are from Kaisercraft. I used a X cut border punch and a Clare Curd sentiment.



The DT have made some gorgeous cards for you to see so pop over to the challenge blog to see them :-)

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, last chance to enter today ! :-)

Wild Rose Studio Best Friends card :-)

The theme this week on the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge was chosen by my lovely frirnd cathy and is 'Friendship' ,, lovely theme :-)

For my card I followed Anne Marije's lovely sketch on the Create 4 Fun Challenge :-)



I used this lovely Best Friends stamp from the Wild Rose Studio I coloured the image with copics and added a few drops of stickles and glitter pen here and there :-) The papers are Basic Grey and Brown SU card. The flowers are Prima and a Wild Orchid Crafts Rose ,, all sprayed with Glimmer Mist. the sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp Exclusives set



I am also entering this into the following challenges :-)

Cupcake Crafts Challenge ,, 3 papers, 3 ribbons ( the bow is a separate bit) and 3 flowers.

Frosted Designs Challenge ,,, Brown, Aqua, Lime

Everybody's Art Challenge ,, song title ,, Best Friend by Queen :-)

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


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 :-)

Totally Papercrafts Sketch Challenge

Good Morning from a lovely sunny Gozo :-) The weather is gorgeous at the moment ,, sunny but not TOO hot :-) Will get out my book and relax on a sun lounger I think :-) I know a couple of you in the UK are planning a camping weekend so I hope you have nice weather too :-)

anyways ,,, onto this weeks Totally Papercrafts Challenge :-) It was Joanne's turn to set the theme this week and she chose to make a fabulous sketch for us to follow :-)

We are being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp this week and there are some gorgeous Basic Grey papers and epoxy brads on offer so pop on over to the challenge blog to see them ! :-)



I loved the triangular shapes on the sketch and thought it was perfect to use this fabulous HM Floss Boss stamp with it :-) I coloured the image with copics and added clear gel pen to the teeth ,, well they needed to be shiny with all the flossing ! :-) The papers are from a Basic Grey origins paper pack and SU Chocolate chip for layering. I also added some Robins Nest dew drops to finish :-) The sentiment is from a Simon Stamp exclusives set



I made this card for my daughter, Amy, who has had braces on her teeth for about 15 months and her teeth look pretty perfect to me so I am hoping the dentist will remove them soon. I will give her this when they are removed and her teeth all lovely and polished ,,, I am sure she will have a big smile then :-)

Here is Joanne's lovely sketch and I hope you will all join in with us this week :-)



the DT have made some fabulous cards for you to see so hop on over to see them :-)


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 :-)