ABC Christmas Challenge ,,, 'R' is for ,,,,, RUDOLPH !! who else !! :-)

All together now ,,,,, 1,2,3

Rudolph the red nosed reindeer
had a very shiny nose ,,,,
and if you ever saw it
you would even say it glowed ,,,,,, :-) Now the tune will be stuck in your head all day :-)

It was the lovely Cathy's turn to choose the theme this week and she chose

RUDOLPH ,, with the optional extra of brads :-)

We are sponsored for the next fortnight by the lovely Dulcie from the Wild Rose Studio and she will be giving away 2 Christmas stamps of the winners choice to one lucky entrant ! :-)

the DT were all given this fab Rudolph image and several papers from the Christmas Collection CD



I followed the fab sketch on the Sweet Stop Challenge I coloured the image with copics and added Stickles here and there. I used a nice big dollop of Glossy Accents for his shiny nose :-) The papers I used are also from the CD. I had a lovely bit of red organza ribbon with a gold swirly pattern on it and thought it looked perfect with his antlers ,,, so i went over them with a gold copic pen :-) The poinsettia is from a Tim Holz Prima Flowers collection and I added a brad to the center so that I did the 'optional extra' :-)



Challenges

Bah Humbug ,,,,,, Winter Wonderland

Winter Wonderland ,,,, Walking in a Winter wonderland

Stampavie and More ,,,,, Swirls ,, the ribbon and antlers have swirls :-)

Creative Cottage ,,,,, Christmas

Creative Inspirations ,,,, Christmas in August

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

Simon Says,,,,,,, Paper Piecing :-)

Thank you so much to everyone who joined in with our "Make a Gift" challenge last week,, you gave me some brilliant ideas for Christmas gifts ,,, if I get around to making them !! :-)

This week our challenge is PAPER PIECING !

This is one of my fave techniques as it is brilliant for those times when you make a right mess of colouring and you can rescue the image by covering it up with paper !! :-)

JACKIE is in the Designer Spotlight again this week so please pop by her blog to say 'Hi' :-)

As always, we are sponsored by the lovely Heidi who is giving the lucky winner a $25 P&P free shopping spree around the Simon Says Stamp Store !

For my card I followed our lovely teamie Domi's fab sketch on the Penny Black Saturday Challenge :-)



I used my new Penny Black Stamp ,,Sweet Thing :-) this is a new release and as soon as I saw her I popped her in my basket ,, isn't she CUTE :-) I coloured her with copics and paper pieced her dress and bow with paper. I also paper pieced the bun case with glittered vellum.I masked the image and sprayed the backround in pale blue with my fabby copic air brush.The papers are Magnolia these are from the Yummy Tummy set :-).
Don't you LOVE those flowers ,,, I made these using my new Nellie Snellen flower punches,,, GORGEOUS !! To make them you need a set of 5 punches, 2 large and 2 medium flowers and the stamen. the flower punches come in a set of 2 , one punches and the other embosses. I used a Martha Stewart punch for the leaves, added the compulsory Star Dust Stickles and a few Robins Nest Dew Drops
the ric rak ribbon and buttons were in my drawer :-) oops almost forgot ,, I added a dollop of glossy accents on the cherry ,,, it looks real !! :-)



Challenges

Penny Black Saturday Challenge Sketch
Spoonful of Sugar ,,, recipe ,, 3 flowes, 2 buttons, 1 ribbon ( I didn't do the shaker card option ,, sorry x
Create 4 Fun ,,,, Birthday Card
Stamp with Fun ,,,, Card for a Girl
A Crafty Little Place ,,, Food ( I think a cupcake fits ? )
Creative Card Crew ,,,, Sparkle and Shine
KAH Wink E Dink ,,, Birthday Card
Craft Your Days Away ,,,, Wings
Fairy Fun Fridays ,,,, Punch It
Stampin for the Weekend ,,,,, Anything Goes
Paper Play ,,,, Pink to Make the Boys Wink
Fab n Funky ,,,, Flower Power,, oops too late :-/
Penny's Paper Crafty ,,,, Pink/Green
Your Next Stamp ,,,, Bright Bold and Summery Colours

WOW !!! I have NEVER entered so many challenges with one card ,,, but as I have been busy these last few weeks I havent been able to make ANYTHING ,, so am catching up now :)
The DT have made some fabulous creations so hop on over to the challenge blog to see them :-)

Papertake Weekly ,,,,, get ready ,,,,, 3,2,1 ,,,, GO !! :-)

Good Morning all :-) Hope you're all fit and looking forward to another Papertake Weekly Challenge !! :-) This week Dawny has made us a simple recipe

3, 2, 1

3 of one thing ,, 2 of another and 1 of another ,,, the choice is yours :-)

We are sponsored by Digital Delights this week so somr fabulous digi images on offer for one lucky entrant !! :-)

I must admit ,, although the recipe is easy I REALLY struggled with this card !! My Mojo went AWOL !! I have pulled it apart and changed things ,, tore the paper and had to cover all the mistakes with stickles ,,, it almost went in the bin ! I spent far too much time trying to 'fix' it ,, it would have been easier to start again !!

In the end I think it looks just about OK,, just don't get too close lol :-)

I used
3 types of embellies, snowflake, star gems and ribbon
2 designer papers
1 image

For my card I used a lovely new Milton with Sledge image from the Wild Rose Studio I coloured the image with copics and added Polar white flower soft to make his fur trims and fluffy scarf :-) The papers are from a Kars Christmas Collection pad and I also used white/blue coredinations. The snowflake was made using a Spellbinders die. I used LOADS of my fave Star dust stickles ,,, covers a multitude of sins !!! phew !! :-)



Challenges

Crazy Challenge ,,,,, Christmas cards

Stampavie and More ,,,, Christmas in Summer

Christmas Cards all Year Round ,,,,,, Snowflakes

Bah Humbug ,,,,, Winter Wonderland

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

Totally Papercrafts ,,,, Summer Fun :-)

Good Morning all, hope you're all OK and looking forward to a nice weekend of crafting :-)
We have a brand new theme starting today on the Totally Papercrafts Challenge and this week it is Mel's turn to choose the theme and it's a nice easy one :-)

" S U M M E R F U N "

You can interpret the theme however you wish, be it summery colours, images, holiday pics - anything so long as its summery.

Squigglefly are sponsoring this challenge and will be giving one lucky entrant a choice of 3 digi images from their store :-)



For my card I followed the fab sketch on the Create4Fun Challenge :-) I used my cute
Pure Innocence Sunshiny Day stamp I coloured the image with copcs , then masked the image and sprayed the sky using my lovely copics air brush :-) The papers are from a Basic Grey Kioshi pad and the flower is a Basic Grey fabric Bloomer :-) The sentiment comes with the stamp and I used a spellbinders tag die cut and a little ribbon, a couple of brads to fix it :-) I added loads of stardust stickles and a few Robins Nest dew drops to finish :-)



Challenges

Create 4 Fun ,,,,, Sketch

Everybody's Art Challenge ,,,,,, In the Garden

Charisma Cardz ,,,, Die Cut(Nestie circles and tag)

Stamping B's DT a die cut a circle and a flower

Secret Crafter ,,,, What are Little Girls Made of

Stampin for the Weekend ,,, Anything Goes

Thanks for looking :-) The DT have made some gorgeous cards for you to see so hop on over to the TPC Challenge blog to see them :-)

OK ,, have to run ,,, off to get me roots done !!! going to a posh wedding tonight !! :-) ( the one where the bride doesn't like ivory !! :-))

ABC Challenge 'B' for Blue Challenge ,, GD card :-)

I was thrilled when Vicky asked me to join the ABC Challenge team as their GD, I must admit I have missed being on the team so it is lovely to be with them all again :-)
The theme for the next fortnight is >>>>>

'B' FOR BLUE ,,,,, a nice easy one :-)

We are sponsored by Wendy from The Secret Crafter ,,,she is giving one lucky entrant a whole set of her Manga digi images :-) Lovely !!



A lovely blog buddie who happens to live in Malta ( hint) sent me this gorgeous Belles and Whistles stamp and I thought it would be perfect for this challenge ,, soo cute eh !! :-)

I coloured the image with copics, masked him then chalked the background with Pearlescent Pebbles Inc Chalk, I then added star dust stickles everywhere :-) The papers are Coredinations,Craft creations and am not sure about the patterned one as it was a b'day gift from another buddy,, I think it's Basic Grey ?? The flowers and center are from Prima , the ribbon and button was in my stash :-) The fancy border was made using a Tim Holtz On the Edge die cut and the sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp exclusives set



thanks for looking :-) The DT have made some gorgeous creations for you to see ,, so pop over to the ABC Challenge blog to see them :-)

Winner of the HM Wishing Well stamp ,, sponsored by Simon Says Stamp

The lucky winner of the House Mouse Wishing Well stamp is ,,,,,,,

Here are your random integers,

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Timestamp: 2010-08-18 08:59:21 UTC


Deloris


Please email me with your address and the stamp will be posted to you :-)

Simon Says ,,,,,,, Make a Gift

Thank you everyone for all your fabulous Summertime Blues creations :-) I know the weather in some countries has been terrible and has given you the 'Blues' but at least you were able to get into your crafty dens and didn't waste time in the garden :-)

I am not sure who's idea it was for this weeks challenge ,,,,, but I LOVE it :-) It is so nice to make something a little bit different from cards :-)

MAKE A GIFT :-)

As always we are sponsored by the lovely Heidi and she will be giving one lucky entrant a trolley dash around her Simon Says Stamp Store to the value of $25 !! There are some fabulous new brands just arriving too ,,,, we now have Lili of the Valley stamps !! Woo Hoo !!! AND the new Unmounted House Mouse stamps too :-)

We have the very talented Jackie aka Days in the Life of,,,joining us in the Designer Spotlight for a month and if you haven't visited her blog you are in for a real treat :-) her work is fabulous ! :-)




I decided to make a wall hanging for my daughter ,, it is her birthday soon so I made this for her ,,, she is very 'arty' :-) The theme over on our sister challenge ,, the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge is ' Wendy Vecchi' inspired . After a lovely browse around Wendy's blog I decided to CASE this. I don't have any Wendy Vecci products so I had to adapt a bit :-)

I had some thick card that a local framer gave me, I inked it with forrest moss distress ink and inked the edges with vintage photo. I then used a nestie shape Labels 8 to cut some grungepaper, I inked this with rusty hinge and used a Penny Black script stamp, inked with potters clay memento ink and stamped the whole thing.
flower was made using a Tim Holtz Tattered Floral die, I cut this out of grungepaper too ,, inked with stormy sky distress ink and the polka dots were stamped using a Simon Says Stamp exclusives set. I then sanded the flowers to distress them a bit and remove the starkness of the spots :-)
I used the TH Elegant Flourishes die to cut swirls out of grungepaper too ,,, I inked these with forrest moss distress ink ,,, Wendy used leaves but I thought these worked quite well too :-)
Wendy Vecchi used some memo pins ,, well I don't have any ,, so I made a couple with a bit of craft wire ,, I thought these worked quite well ,,,, but I will be ordering proper pins for future projects :-) I just used a little bit of paper from TH Lost and Found pad,, I was just testing really to see if it worked so will make another 2 with 28 and 8 ,,,, Amy's birthday. I should have thought of that earlier !!
The 'MAKE ART' was stamped using hero arts stamps and stazon ,,, in retrospect I should have stamped them on a scrap piece first so the letters wouldn't be so stark ,,, we live and learn eh !! I used a muse token ,, it says 'unique' ,, quite fitting I thought ,,, even though this is a copy !! LOL :-) I only had silver chain to attach it ,, and that didn't look right so I improvised with a couple of TH paper clips, the button in the flower center is also a TH vintage one ,, lovely eh :-)



edited ,, I forgot to add , I used American Tag hemp Twine too ,, I love the earthy colours that are available in this too ,, gorgeous :-)

I really enjoyed making this and feel that I learned something new ,, and a few things of what NOT to do !! I 'think' Amy will like it !! :-)

The Jackie and the DT have made some gorgeous 'Gifts' for you to see so hop on over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge to see them ,,, and join in too !!! :-)

Papertake weekly ,,,,,, Dawny's Sketch

My visitors have all gone home now ,,, it has been a busy summer and I have lots to catch up on ,,, am chasing my tail at the mo' :-) I will be popping around all your blogs just as soon as I can ,,, am looking forward to seeing what you have all been up to :-)

anyway ,,, time for a new challenge over on the PTW :-) Dawny has made us a fab sketch to follow and as I had to make a Wedding card for last night I had to sit down get on with it yesterday morning !!

We are sponsored this week by the lovely Katharina at Whiff of Joy so a lovely stamp will be given to one lucky entrant !! :-)




I used my Newly Weds magnolia stamp ,,, I just bought this ,,, lovely eh !! I coloured the image with copics and added touched of star dust stickles,, as is compulsory !! :-) The papers are Basic Grey Capella, Ivory Star Dream card and beige coredinations. I inked all the edges with pumice stone distress ink and made the flowers with my new Nellie Snellen floral punches ,, I have been wanting these since I went to the craft fair in Holland last year, they punch and emboss ,,, gorgeous :-) I used a Martha Stewart border punch and added a ribbon ,, a few pearls and a charm to finish :-)



The tradition here is to go to the bride or grooms house a few days before the wedding to take your gifts, we took this card with a cheque in it and had a drink and chat with the happy couple and the grooms parents ,,,, anyway ,,,I was talking to the bride and hadn't opened my card and I don't know how it came to this topic of conversation ,,, but she said she HATED ivory and was getting married in white, she thinks ivory is a dirty white ,,,, so maybe she will hate me card too !! at least I think she will like the cheque tho eh !! :-)

Challenges :

Colour Create ,,,,, lovely photo insp ,, Ivory Duck Blue plus one other colour

Basic Grey ,,,,, Pearls

don't forget to enter my fortnightly candy at the top of my blog :-)

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ... Photo Inspiration

Good morning :-) another Monday and time for a new theme over on the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge
for the next fortnight Lisa has chosen the theme :-)

PHOTO INSPIRATION :-)

and here is the cute photo she picked for us to use :-)

We are sponsored this week by heidi at Simon Says Stamp so a gorgeous HM stamp of your choice,, if you are the lucky entrant !! :-)

For my card I used this lovely House Mouse Birthday Cupcake stamp.



I coloured the image with copics and added star dust stickles here and there. The papers are DCWV glitter stack and the flower is Prima. The ribbon was in a DT pack from Heidi at Simon Says Stamp,,,ages ago and I think it was Heidi Swap, the 3 is a Prima Flowers chipboard shape whick I painted with acrylic paint and glittered.



I am entering this into the Sweet Stampin Challenge who are asking us to use our favourite stamp ,,, well ,,, ALL HM are my faves :-)

the DT have made some amazing creations for your inspiration :-) so hop on over to the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge

Unmounted House Mouse Candy Sponsored by Simon Says Stamp

Simon Says Stamp Store have all the unmounted HM stamps in stock and are selling FAST !!! I am only showing one of the 7 sets currently available so if you would like to see them all click here :-)

Would you like a set of your choice ???? :-) I think you all know the rules by now ,, but I will tell you them again :-)

1, TURN OFF VERIFICATION
2, Add my blinkie to your sidebar ( the code is on my sidebar, if you just copy the image it won't blink:-))
3, Join in with the Simon Says Stamp Challenges and add a link to your creations with the linky ,,, the more entries the more chances you have here too :-)
4, Leave me a comment saying which set you would like to win :-)

If by some chance you own them all ,,, as I know a few of the HM&F DT do ,, then you can choose a HM, Gruffie or Happy Hopper stamp of your choice instead :-)

The DT is allowed to enter too :-)

good luck all ,, the winner will be chosen by Random gen on 1st September :-)

Sketch and Stash Challenge ,,,, Sue' Sketch :-)

I hope you all had a lovely weekend and are all ready for a new week of crafting !

Time for a new theme on the Sketch and Stash Challenge and this time it was Sue's turn to deisgn the fab sketch for us to use :-)

We are sponsored this week by Wendy at Digital Delights so some lovely digi images on offer :-)

For my card I used my fab new House Mouse stamp ,, this one is called Lip Smackin Relaxin ,, cute eh ! :-) I coloured the image with my trusty copics inked around the edge with pink chalk ink, then stickled with star dust. The papers were free with a magazine ,, which I had my friends bring me from the UK especially as my lovely teamie Jo was published in it ,,, and I was amazed when I opened it and saw so many buddies in there too ,, Dawny P, Marlene, Darcie ,, it was brill !! :-) The flower is a Basic Grey fabric bloomers one and the lovely brads are from the Wild Rose Studio
The sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp Exclusives set. No neglected stash on my card this week ,, all new or in regular use :-)

Thanks for looking :-) the DT have made some amazing cards for your inspiration so hop on over to the Sketch and Stash Challenge to see them :-)

I have a blog candy sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp at the top of my blog if you would like to see it :-)

Crafty Emma's Store Challenge Blog :-)

WOO HOO !!! my lovely friend Emma has just announced her Design Team and will be posting the 1st challenge on the on 28th August :-)

Congratulations to all the DT and good luck with the challenges :-)

To launch the challenge Emma is giving away 2 fabulous prizes so head on over to the Crafty Emma's Store Challenge blog to enter !! :-)

I am so proud of you Emma :-) x x x

good Luck to all :-)

Brand New Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge :-)

Long post ,,,, get coffee :-)

We have a brand new sister challenge that started on Monday called the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge

the theme for their fist week is 'Things With Wings' :-)

Heidi very kindly sent all the Simon Says Stamp Challenge DT a little DT pack filled with bits and bobs taht we could use to enter the challenge :-) Thanks Heidi x x i do have quite a stash of Tim Holtz goodies and it was lovely to get everything out and have a play :-)



I had this 'recipe box' that was just waiting to be altered so i thought I would give that a 'go' :-) Firt of all I gave it a few layers of white acrylic paint ,, then inked all the edges with vintage photo distress ink I used a lovely sheet of paper from the Tim Holtz Lost and Found paper pad, I inked all the edges with the same distress ink and used a TH edge distresser,, fab gadget ,, better than scissors !! :-)



The bird is a grungeboard die cut that I painted white with acrylic , then inked with tea dye ink , then stamped using a TH script stamp and embossed with tea dye distress powder ,, looks fab IRL !! the swirl was made using a new Tim Holtz Elegant Flourishes die and grungeboard. this was coloured with pine needles distress ink and then I added rock candy distress stickles for a little sparkle :-) I added an ideology locket key hole
and a ticket sentiment. this was made using a TH Ticket strip die and stamps from the Odds and Ends 100th set




more grungeboard swirls, a Tim Holtz bird stamp and some black pearls to finish



sorry this is such a long post ,,,,, nearly finished ,, stay with me !! LOL :-)

the flower was made using a TH Tattered floral die I cut watercolour card as i find this doesn't tear as easily as ordinary card you can see a tutorial on how I made it on Christina's blog here



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

Totally Papercrafts Rainbow Challenge :-)

Better late than never !!!! :-) I have just made this tag for the Totally Papercrafts Challenge :-)

This week it is Joey's turn to choose the theme and she chose

RAINBOW :-)


We are sponsored this week by Sew Many Cards and one lucky entrant will be able to choose 5 digi images of their choice :-) Thanks Jeri x x

I used everything Tim Holtz on this tag ,,, I used , blue, green, yellow, and pink alcohol inks which I then smudged with the blending solution ,, stamped with various TH stamps and addded a few bits of ideology things :-) the blue fabric flower was in my drawer and was a gift from a blog buddy tho I can't remember who ,, sorry x x ! It was quite deep so I took it to pieces and held it together with a brad.
i know my tag doesn't look anything like a rainbow ,, but the colours are there ,, just grunged a bit :-) I used a TH on the Edge die cut along the bottom and added some navy blue card ,,, which was then stickled with star dust. The swirl was made using a TH die and grungeboard ,, inked with distress then stickled with rock candy. i really enjoyed making this ,, getting all inky and just having a play :-) FUN !! :-) with the exception of the flower ,, everything used is from Simon Says Stamp




Thanks for looking :-) the DT have made some fabulous creations for you to see so hop on over to the TPC Challenge blog to see them and I hope you all join in :-)

Simon Says ,,,,,,, Summertime Blues

another scheduled post :-) My visitors will soon be heading on home and I will pop round to see you all soon :-)

Good morning and time for a new theme over on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge :-)

SUMMERTIME BLUES :-)

so any summery card with a bit of blue in it :-)

As always we are sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp so a trolly dash around her store to the value of $25 !!

For my card I used this lovely Happy Hopper Bunny Cruise stamp :-)



I coloured the image with copics and added star dust stickles here and there :-) I used some Tim Holtz Shabby Vintage paper. For the top part I stamped Hero Arts clouds, masked them and sprayed with copics using a copic sir brush system. The 'sun' was made using a Nellie Snellen circular die cut and a Hero Arts felt button, The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp exclusives set :-) I used a few Robins Nest Dew drops and a Blue Moon Travel Charm :-)



Challenges :

The Pink Elephant ,,,,,,, Summer Fun

Aly's Sunday Challenge ,,,,,, By the Sea

Kenny K's Krafty Girlz ,,,,,,,In the Summetime

One Stop Crafts ,,,,, Summer Fun


Catch the Bug ,,,,,, Summertime

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