Wednesday 31 July 2013

Blog Candy!


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Hi Everyone

Can you believe I will be celebrating my 3rd blogaversary on 4 August!  I can't believe how quickly it has gone by and how much life has changed since then!   

I wanted to share some candy with you all to celebrate and to thank each and everyone of you for all your wonderful comments, your inspiration and your friendship. 

As this will be my 3rd blogaversary I thought I would have three candy prizes for you!

Candy No 1
Hobby House Wee Suzi's Garden Cardmaking Kit 



Candy No 2
£20 Gift Voucher from Dies to Die For 




Candy No 3
A surprise box of some of my favourite things!


To enter you must be an existing follower or a genuine new follower!  You can post any one of the photos above for your sidebar if you want to, but you don't have to!
Please add your name to Mr Linky below and it would be lovely if you left a comment as well!  

The candy will remain open until open until Wednesday 31 July and I will announce the winners, by Random.Org a couple of days afterwards.  

Thank you and good luck!



Fun the the Sun at Pollycraft

Good Morning All!

Hope your week is going well!  I am back today for a new challenge at Pollycraft and this week is very topical (for the UK anyway!) as the theme is:

"Fun in the Sun"

There are some gorgeous fun, summer images on the Pollycraft website so please check them out!  Here is my card:




This was a fun card to make!  I have used another of the gorgeous Lil Dumplings and she is called Bloom.  The papers are from Echo Park called Splash.  I have used dies from La La Land including Palm Tree, Cloud Set and Filigree Corner.  I have added some blue ribbon from my stash and the sun is made using a Rhinestone Sparkler from the Hobby House.  

Pop on over to the main challenge blog for some more fabulous inspiration.  I hope you can join in, the winner will receive a £10 voucher to spend in store


OK, that's it from me, have a great day!

Love and Hugs

Card Ingredients
Stamp/Image - Bloom - Lil Dumplings - Pollycraft;  Sentiment from Ladybug Crafts Ink;
Paper/Card - Echo Park - Splash;  Bazzill CS;
Colouring Mediums - Copics - Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20; Hair - E77, E74, E71, E70; Bikini - YR18, YR16, YR15; Octopus - R81, R83, R85;
Dies/Punches - La La Land Filiegree Corner; La La Land Cloud Set Die; La La Land Palm Tree;
Other - Glamour Dust; Rhinestone Sparkler; 
Sunday 28 July 2013

Pretty in Pink

Good Afternoon Everyone

I hope your weekend is going well, its going too quickly though isn't it! 

I made a card yesterday which I don't think I like very much but am posting it anyway!  I think its the flowers, I don't normally use this many!  



I had a bit of a clear up of my images yesterday and found some pre-coloured LOTV images which I hadn't used.  This one is from a sheet called Girly Afternoons but I think now its included in the "Just for Girls" Artpad.  I used my new Lil' Inker Designs square stitched die and La La Land Open Leaf Flourish!  I added some glamour dust, pearls and some mulberry flowers from my stash.  The paper is from Maja Designs! 

I hope you like the card, even if I don't!!  

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and please don't forget to enter into my blog candy here

Love and Hugs

Card Ingredients
Stamp/Image - LOTV pre-coloured image - Just For Girls;  Sentiment - Pebbles Rub On;
Paper/Card - Maja Designs - Vintage Summer Basics;  Bazzill CS;
Dies/Punches - La La Land Open Leaf Flourish; Lil' Inker Designs - Stitched Square Dies; Corner Punch;
Other - Glamour Dust; Pearls; Various Mulberry Flowers

I would like to enter into the following challenges:
Thursday 25 July 2013

New Challenge at The Sugar Bowl

Morning All!

I hope you are all well and enjoying your week!  Am back today for our new challenge at the Sugar Bowl.  The challenge is "Anything Goes" but can you please remember you MUST USE A SUGAR NELLIE IMAGE

The winner will receive 4 Sugar Nellie images of their choice from Funky Kits:

image

Here is my card:




I've used one of the gorgeous new Fairy Glen images again and this beauty is called "No Shell Like Home" .  I kept the card simple to let the image do all the talking!  She is coloured with copics and I have just added some glamour dust and pearls.  The pearl string is from the Hobby House.  The sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps - Friendship Ticket Sentiments.  

Pop on over to the challenge blog to check out all the gorgeous inspiration from the Design Team.  

That's it from me, have a great day!

Love and Hugs

Card Ingredients
Stamp/Image - No Shell Like Home - Fairy Glen - Sugar Nellie;  
Sentiment - Whimsy Stamps - Friendship Ticket Sentiments;
Paper/Card - Pearl CS; Bazzill CS;
Colouring Mediums - Copics - Skin - E11, E01, E00, E000, R20; Hair - E51, E53, E55, E57; Clothes - V12, V15, V17, V01; Snails - C5, C4, C3, C2;
Dies/Punches - Tonic Small Butterfly Punch;
Other - Glamour Dust; Pearls; Pearl String from the Hobby House
Sunday 21 July 2013

Vintage Hobby House

Hi All

Just a quick one from me, I hope you are all having a great weekend!

I am sharing a card today using another gorgeous kit from the Hobby House.  This one is using elements from the Elegant Cardmaking Kit which you can get here.  




The colour scheme is not one I would usually use so it made a nice change to do something different.  If you want to buy the items individually they are listed below:


Don't forget the current Hobby House challenge this month is "Vintage".  Pop on over to the challenge blog to join in!

Have a great day!

Love and Hugs
Friday 19 July 2013

DT Inspiration for The Hobby House


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Good Morning Everyone!

Thank goodness its Friday!  I hope you have lots of lovely things planned for the weekend!

I am here today with my inspiration project for the Hobby House.  I have used elements from the Wee Cardmaking Kit - Love Me Do which you can get here.  Here is my card:





I have made an easel card, as you can see!  All the different elements are listed below with links to the shop so you can purchase all the gorgeous goodies:

Hobby House Wee Stamps - Love Me Do - Pre-coloured topper
Hobby House - Love Me Paper Collection 
Hobby HouseRound Flower Cameo

I added some glamour dust just to finish it off.  

Please pop on over to the inspiration blog to see lots more daily inspiration using Hobby House products.  

OK that's it from me today.  Have a great day!

Love and Hugs
Wednesday 17 July 2013

Ruby Red - Pollycraft DT

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Good Morning All

I hope your week is going well!  I am here today for our brand new challenge at Pollycraft, the last two weeks has gone so quickly!  Our Shelly is the hostess and the theme this week is:

"Ruby Red"

Here is my card:




I have used one of the fabulous new Lil Dumplings images and this little cutie is called Queenie.  I am not sure why her wings look pink!  They don't look that colour in real life!  It was the first time I have tried to do curly hair so I hope it looks ok!  I had to do it a few times!  I have made a couple of cards recently not using any DPs and I quite like this look, you my see a few more done like this!  The mulberry roses, pearl string and pearls are all from the Hobby House.  

Pop on over to the main challenge blog for some more gorgeous inspiration and we look forward to seeing your creations this fortnight!

Enjoy the sun!  
Love and Hugs

Card Ingredients
Stamp/Image - Queenie - Lil Dumpings from Pollycraft;  Sentiment - Whimsy Friendship Ticket;
Paper/Card - Bazzill CS; Pearl CS;
Colouring Mediums - Copics - Skin - E11, E01, E00, E000, R20;  Hair - E57, E55, E53, E51;  Clothes - R29, R27, R24;  Gelly Roll Pen - White;
Dies/Punches - Tonic Small Butterfly Punch;
Other - Glamour Dust; Pearl String; Mulberry Roses; Pearls all from Hobby House
Saturday 13 July 2013

Summer Adorables - Sugar Nellie

Pop on over to the Sugar Nellie Blog now to join in the fun with the new Summer Adorables!!



Friday 12 July 2013

Daisy, Daisy...

Good Afternoon Everyone

I hope you are all well and all those in the UK I hope you are enjoying the glorious weather we are having!!  I don't feel like I have seen much of the sun this week as I've been stuck at work but I hope to make up for it at the weekend!! 

I want to share a card today using another image from Pollycraft.  I love the new Candyfloss Crew and this card is featuring Daisy:




She is coloured with copics and I have teamed her with Echo Park - So Happy Together paper pad.  The ribbon, mulberry flowers and gems are from the Hobby House and the little sentiment is from SU tiny tags set.  Other dies used are Memory Box previous hearts, small butterfly punch from Tonic and a Martha Stewart doily edge punch.  

Pop on over to the Pollycraft shop for some great offers and a freebie!  I MUST for those who enjoyed the tennis at the weekend!!  

Have a great afternoon!

Love and Hugs

Card Ingredients
Stamp/Image - Daisy - Candyfloss Crew from Pollycraft;
Paper/Card - Echo Park - So Happy Together;  Bazzill CS;
Colouring Mediums - Copics - Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20; Hair - E74, E71, E70, E40; Clothes - R85, R83, R81, YP13, Y15, Y17, W1, W2, W3, W4;  Grass - YG17, YG07;
Dies/Punches - Memory Box - Precious Hearts;  Martha Stewart - Doily Punch; Tonic - Small Butterfly Punch;
Other - Glamour Dust; Pearls; Mulberry Flowers; Ribbon from Hobby House
Thursday 11 July 2013

Summer Adorables - Coming Soon!!

Hi All

Just popping in quickly to let you know about the launch of the new "Summer Adorables" from Sugar Nellie!!  So exciting!!  


Pop over to the Sugar Nellie blog on Saturday to join in the fun!! 

Have a fabulous day!

Love and Hugs
Saturday 6 July 2013

Vintage at The Hobby House

Good Morning All!

I hope you had a great week and looking forward to a great weekend!  I've had quite a busy few weekends recently so I am looking forward to spending a quite one this week!

Today is our new challenge at The Hobby House!  WOW, we had an amazing amount of entries for our first challenge!!  I hope you can join in with our next challenge, which this month is:

"Vintage"

The prize is £25 voucher to spend in store!  Pop on over to the main challenge blog for all the details


Here is my take on the vintage theme:




Jill has some gorgeous products in store that you can use on all your vintage creations.  Here are the list of Hobby House products I used:


The papers and sentiment is a digi kit from Jessica Sprague called Beautiful Dreamer from Glitz Design.  The quote is from Coco Chanel.  I added a cream doily under the image and punched some small butterflies with my tonic punch.  This is my take on vintage and I hope you like it!

The design team have made some gorgeous creations so please pop on over to the challenge blog!

That's it from me!

Love and Hugs

Card Ingredients
Paper/Card - Glitz Design Papers - Beautiful Dreamer - Digi pack from Jessica Sprague;
Dies/Punches - Small butterfly punch - Tonic
Other - Doily; Lace Ribbon; Mulberry Rose Flowers; Cameo Button; Brown Pearls
Friday 5 July 2013

Hobby House on Create & Craft Today!

Hi All!

I am popping in quickly just to let you know that the Hobby House will be on Create and Craft today at 11am

There will be some gorgeous products as always including some gorgeous pearl strings and cameo's.  I have made a card using these and thought I would share it with you today for some inspiration:




I have used the elements from the Elegant Card Making Kit.  If you don't have this already you really should get it.  Its so pretty and, well, elegant!!  The items can also be bought individually and here is a list with a link to the store:


I hope you like it and enjoy the show!

Love and Hugs
Wednesday 3 July 2013

New Challenge at Pollycraft!

Good Morning Everyone!

I hope you are all well and your week is going ok.  

I am back today with our brand new challenge over at Pollycraft!  I am still so excited to be on the Design Team!  We had a huge response to our first challenge and congratulations if you were a winner!  Today our Calypso is the hostess and her theme is:

"Stars and Stripes"

The winner will receive a £10 gift voucher to spend in store.  Pop on over to the challenge blog for all the details:


Here is my card:




I have used another one of the Candyfloss Crew and she is called Ebony. I love her outfit! I coloured her with copics and I teamed her up with digi papers from Raspberry Road called Glory Days 2.  The sentiment is from Ladybug Crafts Ink and is from Its Only Words 2.  I just used my La La Land heart banner die and my circular nesties.  Glamour dust and pearls to finish!

Please pop on over to the challenge blog now for some more gorgeous inspiration from the talented design team.  

Speak soon!
Love and Hugs

Card Ingredients
Stamp/Image - Ebony - Candyfloss Crew; Sentiment - Its Only Words 2 from Ladybug Crafts Ink;
Paper/Card - Raspberry Road - Glory days 2; Bazzill CS;
Colouring Mediums - Copics - Skin - E11, E01, E00, E000, R20; Hair - E77, E74, E71, E70, E40; Clothes - B97, B95, B93, V12, V15, V17, Y13, Y15, Y17;  Boots - C1, C2, C3, C4, C5;
Dies/Punches - La La Land Heart Banner Die; Petite Scalloped Circles Large; Standard Circles Large;
Other - Glamour Dust; Pearls; Blue Gelly Roll Pen