CANDY................

Hi Everyone,

Time for another candy...And to announce the winner of my last one.....

Now there were 12 e-mail entries again this time so they were added to the end of the list so that made 136 in total and the winner chosen by Random Org was............

So that's you............

CEBELICA

Congratulations......

Please e-mail me your details

If I don't hear from you within 5 days I'll draw another winner.....

Right onto my new candy and this time I have for you the following,but you have a choice of one stamp from the list which you would like added to the candy if you are the winner,please make sure to leave a comment to let me know which one in case you are lucky,if you don't then it will have to be my choice and I'm hopeless at making decisions......

Here is a list of whats in the candy....

10 A6 white cards and envelopes

50 double sided spring time 6 x 6 papers

60 assorted coloured roses

swiss dots embossing folder

5 meters assorted pink ribbon

5 meters assorted yellow ribbon

Large bar of Chocolate

and a choice of one stamp from either

Fizzy Moon wish upon a star

Tatty Button with sunflower 

LOTV Fairy friends  

THIS CANDY WILL RUN FROM 6.30pm 23rd March 2011 until 6.30pm 30th March 2011

 when the winner will be drawn by random org...And announced with the start of my new candy on the 31st March 2011...

so what do you need to do, just the following.......

It's open to all of my lovely followers...to say Thank You for continuing to support both myself and my blog over the past few months when I have had so many problems,I really appreciate it......

so if you’re not a follower already then become one for a chance to win....

post a link to my candy in your sidebar...

and leave your name with Inlinkz

If you don't have a blog then you can still enter (but you must be a follower of my blog), just e-mail me at mpfox1@btinternet.com and then I can add you into the candy.........

Don't forget this Candy is only running for one week

Good luck everyone.....,..

Mandy x

Truly Scrumptious Challenge....

Morning Everyone.

Today see the new challenge over at Truly Scrumptious......

We are thrilled to have Digital Delights as our sponsor for this challenge. They have a fabulous range of digi images and papers on their website so do pop over and have a browse through their fabulous store. 

For this challenge we have a lovely sketch for you.......

The team got to play with some images and I used Augustus the dragon he's so sweet....And here's my card...

I've coloured Augustus with my promarkers and the colours used were...

Olive Green,Forest Green,Pear Green,Marsh Green,Moss......

I would like to enter the following challenges......

Make it Monday - Anything goes

Paper Playtime -  Anything Goes

The papers are Dovecraft Back to Basics I love the clean feel to these.....I've cut out the image using my nesties...

I've used my MS Cherish punch for the edge of the purple card and the ribbon and gems are from my stash...The sentiment is one from LOTV.....Take care...See you tomorrow.. 

Mandy x

A Lovely afternoon....

Hi Everyone,

I've been playing this afternoon got a DT card made and then made this card....But before I show you it, I thought I'd show you my poor Katy's foot and say thank you for all your kind wishes from both Katy and me.....

And that was only from standing up.....

Now here's my card.....

Which I would like to enter into the following challenges......

Just Magnoila & hAnglar sTanglar - Bingo - I've used Gems,Ribbon/lace and gems

Make it Monday - Anything goes

Paper Playtime -  Anything Goes

Scrappy Frogs -  Flowers and Lace

I've finally got to play with one of the sweet hAnglar sTanglar stamps I've coloured with promarkers and the colours used were....

Skin - Dusky Pink,Blush,Pastel Pink,Ivory

Hair - Burnt Sienna,Cocoa,Caramel,Sandstone

Dress,Socks - Amethyst,Orchid,Lilac,Lavender,Warm Grey 1

Shoes,Dress - Vanilla,Sandstone,Warm 1

The papers are from a Tilda pad from Panduro which I brought from Poppycrafts ,they are all beautifuland I've used both sides of one sheet....The Card is from my stash...

The flowers are from Mulberry crafts and Magnolia and the lace,ribbon bow,pins and gems are from my stash...The sentiment is from a set but I don't know who it's by as I've lost the packet....

I'll be back tomorrow with another DT card....

Mandy x

  

Cards for Men challenge....

Morning Everyone,

Wow didn't the weekend fly pass...We were going to the garden center on Saturday morning to get some bits for the garden but unfortunately we spent it at the hospital A&E,it was Katy this time she stood to get up off of the sofa to go and put some shoes on to go out and there was this awful sound like someone snapping a twig,she was in a lot of pain and almost immediately it started to swell,so off we went and low and behold she has torn the ligament off the end of the metatarsal bone,her foot is a lovely colour,black,blue yellow,but she has gone hobbling off to school as she has exams this week and didn't want to miss out,she follows her Mum such a trooper...lol...

Anyway here is my card for our new challenge over at Cards for Men.......This time my lovely team mate Alison has the theme of Embossing for you all it can be dry or heat embossing or any type of embossing.....And our sponsor this time is Paper Pretties..... here is a little bit about them.......

 Paper Pretties is a full-service online crafting store.  We have many exclusive stamp lines, from elegant to whimsical, sweet to clever; there is something for every stamper in our Prettie Boutique!

In case you haven't heard yet, Paper Pretties has a BRAND NEW owner, Heather Lee-Reppen.  Now located in Madison, WI, we are pleased to offer you amazing customer service, faster and cheaper shipping, and a wider variety of stamping "must have" products to go along with all of our fun new stamps!! All orders are shipped within 24 hours.    http://www.paperpretties.net/

   

The prize is the following clear stamps....

The team were lucky enough to get to play with some images and here is my card....

I just loved this image and I've coloured him with promarkers the colours I used were....

Cat - Cinnamon,Caramel,Sandstone

Top - Denim Blue,Pastel Blue,Powder Blue

Shorts,Boots - Amber,Gold

Ball and Socks - Olive Green,Pear Green

I have cut the image out with my nesties.....The grey card I ran through an embossing folder I love this one it's the brick one...The paper is from my scrap box so sorry I don't know who it's by......

The ribbon and buttons are from my stash and the sentiment is from a woodware set and the outer frame is from a TH set held onto the card with brads...The one tucked behind the image is stamped onto kraft card and can be used for lots of occasions...Please popover to the Challenge blog and checkout the fabulous cards the rest of the team have made and hopefully you'll join in with us we would love to see what you make....

Anyway that's it from me just off to do my duties at my Mum and Dad's then I'm hoping to do some crafting later...Take care....

Mandy x   

Morning........

Morning Everyone,

I'm on a roll here,second load of washing is in the machine, first lot is on the line already...I've been busy for the last few days,I've done a spring clean at Mum and Dad's house,cut the grass and just sorted out the garden for them....Then yesterday it was my house's turn for a blitz so both houses are now sorted ,we are going to the garden center later so we can do our garden,it won't be so hard as doing Dad's garden as Hubby is here to do most of it.... And in between all of that I've caught up with some DT work which you'll see next week....Anyway here is a card that I made earlier in the week for a friends daughter,she's a 12 year old girly girl but has a major thing for pirates,so here's what I came up with.....

I've used one of the Go Kreate large dies for the card base then used two of the smaller dies to make the mat's.....Then I had to use Tilda as a pirate for the image she has been coloured with Polychromos pencils blended with sansador and cut out with another Go Kreate die....I've gone around the edge with some glitter....

The fabulous ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons and comes in gorgeous colours....All of the flowers are from Mulberry crafts and the ticket sentiment is from a Whimsy Stamps set from Stampezzee....

So that's all for now,I do have some other bits to show you so see you tomorrow....

Have lovely weekend...Take care..

CANDY................

Hi Everyone,

Time for another candy...And to announce the winner of my last one.....

Now there were 12 e-mail entries this time so they were added to the end of the list so that made 174 in total and the winner chosen by Random Org was............

so that's you.....

Lisa

If I don't hear from you with in 5 days I'll draw another winner.....

Congratulations......

The Candy this time is sponsored by the kind people over at Letraset so it's some fabulous Promarkers.....And I'm going to add a surprise in with it......

THIS CANDY WILL RUN FROM 6.30pm 15th March 2011 until 6.30PM 22nd March 2011

 when the winner will be drawn by random org...And announced with the start of my new candy on the 23rd March 2011...

so what do you need to do, just the following.......

It's open to all of my lovely followers...

so if you’re not a follower already then become one for a chance to win....

post a link to my candy in your sidebar...

and leave your name with Inlinkz

If you don't have a blog then you can still enter (but you must be a follower of my blog), just e-mail me at mpfox1@btinternet.com and then I can add you into the candy.........

Don't forget this Candy is only running for one week

Good luck everyone.....,..

Mandy x

What am I doing wrong......

Morning Everyone,

Can anyone help me I scheduled a post for yesterday the same as I've done in the past few days so why is it sometimes it doesn't publish and then another time it does but I don't do anything different...Strange....Anyway here is what should have been published yesterday.....

This is a little gift I made for another friends birthday that is coming up....I've used the fabulous new A6 Stamp Set Just Buzzin  from Pink Gem Designs again, to make this little box,the flowers have been punched out with an EK success  small retro lower punch in glitter card and a small gem put into the center and in each corner...The little bee has been cut out with my nesties and then layered onto a mat again cut out with a nestie....

I've coloured the bee with promarkers and the colours used were....

Bee - Apricot,Gold,Sunflower,tulip Yellow,Mustard

Wings - Saffron and glamour dust

Flower - Pale Pink,Rose Pink

Stalk - Moss Green

This is the box open and inside I've put 6 little cards and envelopes three of each design but with a different sentiment from the same set for her to use......

Yellow is her favourite colour so had to go with it......

Close up of one of the cards.....Anyway that's it folks off to my Mum and Dad's now so hope to have time later to make something..Have a good day...Take care...

Mandy x

A little cake for you...

Morning Everyone,

just a quick post as I'm just going out it was my best friend's birthday yesterday so I'm just going to her house then all the girlies are out to lunch,should be fun,but feel guilty leaving Hubby and Katy to sort out my Mum and Dad,looking forward to catching up with everyone though,and having a bit of me time.....

Here is another card using the fabulous new Just buzzin A6 set from Pink Gem Designs.....

I hope you can work out this is a cupcake as I've drawn it freehand and I'm the first to admit I'm not a person who can draw....I just thought it went well with the cutie bee....I've coloured the bee with promarkers the colours used were..

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Bee - Apricot,Gold,Sunflower,tulip Yellow,Mustard

Wings - Saffron and glamour dust

Cake - Pale Pink,Rose Pink,saffron,gold and glamour dust

I also used some off cuts of glitter card I had in my stash and then put pink gems over to make it look like sprinkles....

The sentiment is from the same set....I've also covered the bee with glossy accents then cut him out and put some foam tape onto the back so he stands out a bit....the card opens at the top and I've put the same glitter card onto the back...

Right that's all from me for now but I've something else for you tomorrow so enjoy the rest of the weekend....

Take care and see you tomorrow...

Mandy x

A Gem of a Challenge 17.....

Morning Everyone,

I hope Mr Blogger is being good and has published this post for me....

Today see's a new challenge over at A Gem of a Challenge,the lovely Jenny is hosting again and she has the theme of...... 

'Anything But Square'... This could be anything from a simple A5 card to something more adventurous.

So for my card I decided to make a Tag card,I had already made one in my class last week with all the lovely ladies

and Janet's new A6 Stamp Set Just Buzzin was perfect for it.....They are great value 2 cute bee images and 4 sentiments all for only £8.95......

The gorgeous little bee has been coloured with my promarkers and the colours used were...

Bee - Apricot,Gold,Sunflower,tulip Yellow,Mustard

Wings - Saffron and glamour dust

Flower - Pale Pink,Rose Pink

Stalk - Moss Green

The paper is from a pad but unfortunately the cover is missing so I don't know who it's by....The flower lace is from my stash and the flower were punched out with a EK success small retro punch and a gem put into the centre...The sentiment is from the same stamp set

The sentiment on the tag card is also from the set....

Please popover to the challenge blog and see the amazingly gorgeous cards the rest of the team have made and please join in with us we love visiting and seeing your gorgeous cards....

Have a lovely weekend....

Mandy x

Truly Scrumptious Challenge ....

Morning Everyone,

Time for a new challenge over at Truly Scrumptious...

This week the theme of our challenge is

Tag It!

We would love to see your tags, tag-shaped cards or cards with tags on.

We are delighted to have Whiff of Joy Stamps sponsor our challenge this week. They have just launched a fabulous range of Easter stamps and the lucky winner of this challenge will receive this gorgeous stamp.

We are also welcoming two new members to the team, Suzanne and Lisbeth. Welcome aboard girls look forward to working with you....

For my card I've used one of the adorable Fizzy Moon stamps.......

I would like to enter the following challenges.....

Crazy Challenge  - Eyelets or Brads

Die Cut Dreams  - Mother's Day or Special Friend

Make it Monday - anything goes

Aly's Sunday Challenge  - Anything goes

Gingerloft  - Use flowers

Little Claire's   - Flowers

I've used my promarkers to colour this adorable little bear and the colours used were...

Bear - Cinnamon,Caramel,Sandstone,Warm Grey 2 Rose Pink,Pastel Pink

Star - Arctic Blue,Powder Blue,Rose Pink,Pastel Pink

Ground - Warm Grey 1,3

I've then cut the image out with a Go-Kreate Die,made a mat in blue with the same die layered together and fixed over the panels on the card which are made with a paper from the Fizzy Moon paper pack,the blue card is from my stash...I have stitched around all the panels.....And put some gorgeous Glamour Dust onto the star

The flowers are all from Mulberry crafts,the ribbon and pearl brad are from my stash.....The sentiment is from the same Fizzy Moon set and cut out with the concentric die from Go-Kreate and a little brad to fix it to the card.....I might be back later with something to share with you if I get it finished if not it will be tomorrow....Take care...

Mandy x