Truly Scrumptious Challenge ....

Morning Everyone,

Can't believe how quickly this week is going, Wednesday already so that means its time for a new challenge over at Truly Scrumptious,for this challenge it's Lisbeth’s turn to host and she has chosen the theme.... 

‘Things with Wings’....

Our sponsor for this challenge is Stitchy Bear Stamps. If you haven't visited their store then you really should. They have an amazing range of really gorgeous digi designs - you will be spoilt for choice. One lucky winner will receive a $10 voucher to spend in the store...

The DT got to play with some fab images and I used Fairy Dreams,for my card........

I've coloured the image with polychromos pencils blended with sansodor...The paper is from Bo Bunny and I've used both sides,the card,gems and ribbon are from my stash....

The flowers are from Mulberry Crafts and the sentiment if from LOTV stamped onto one of the tags from one of their sets....

Right I need to go and jump in the shower got to take my Mum to the Doctor's again today for the results of some tests,so catch you all later,have a great day...

Mandy x

Hooked On Crafts Challenge 2.....

Hi Everyone,

Hope you've all had a lovely weekend...Firstly can I say sorry for the delay in announcing the winner of my last candy but I will be doing it with the start of a new one Monday at 6pm life just got in the way this weekend......

Thank you so much to everyone who joined in with the first challenge and the DT call over at Hooked on Crafts Challenge .....

Now onto the 2nd challenge and for this challenge we have the following theme...

"SHOW US YOUR FLOWERS"....

And here is my card......

I've used the sweet whale stamp from hooked on Crafts for my card,coloured with polychromos pencils and blended with sansodor....I've used my nesties to cut out the image and a mat then I've just off set them and glittered around the edge...The paper is Magnolia and some from my stash....All of the flowers are from Hooked On Crafts,Karen has a fabulous selection so why not check them out.......

I've used a doily behind the image and mats but it still looked bare,so I cut some weed from green card,and when I glittered the edge of the mat I dropped some glitter onto the weed so had to glitter it all..lol..The beautiful pin is from Hooked on Crafts as well......The shells are from my last holiday l knew they would be useful,when I picked them up....The sentiment is from a set from Hooked On Crafts stamped onto a LOTV tag stamp....

Please join in with the challenge and checkout the rest of the teams gorgeous cards........

That's me done,so see you all tomorrow.....

Mandy x

A Gem of a Challenge 24.....

Morning Everyone,

I'm back,what is happening with Mr blogger,I couldn't upload pictures on Thursday then we had a storm and the internet went and hide,so had to catch up with my DT commenting last night so didn't get chance to catch up with mine yet,hopefully later after I've been to do some bits and pieces at Mum and Dad's,I'm also working on lots of things that you can't see yet,but you will soon promise...

Anyway onto A Gem of  a Challenge and for our challenge this time lovely Lisa is hosting and has this fab sketch for you all to follow.....

  

And here is my card............

I've used the super cute Moon Baby stamp from Pink Gem Designs,coloured with polychromos pencils blended with sansodor.....I've then cut out the image and a mat with my nesties and put glamour dust onto the moon and stars.....The card and gingham card are both from my stash...

I've used an embossing folder for the green card and then put little pink stars onto it,the pearls and flowers are from my stash as well...The sentiment is from one of the new released sets call Baby Girl sentiments from Pink Gem Designs again.....

The ribbon is absolutely gorgeous it's velvet with stitching down the side Ali at Crafty Ribbons has sent me the most beautiful colours to play with,look at these....

Ali has lots of gorgeous new ribbons over at Crafty Ribbons why not popover and check them all out,she also has fabulous button boxes full of gorgeous buttons...Please checkout the other team members cards over at A Gem of a Challenge they are all fabulous and join in with us..I'll be back later with my new candy...Have a lovely weekend...Take care...

Mandy x

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

Evening Everyone,

Time for my new candy,but first we need the winner of my last one and that was...

So that's you.....

Fiona L 

Congratulations.... 

Please e-mail me with your details,and the stamp you would like..

if I don't hear from you within the next 5 days,I'll draw another winner....

Right I have a mini candy for you,the lovely Jayne from stamposaurus  has given me a stamp to give away......

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

Be a follower or become a follower of my blog....

Add your name to inlinkz

If you don't have a blog that's fine you can still enter but you MUST be a follower... 

 

This candy will run from 8.00pm 21st June 2011 until 8.00pm 24th June 2011.

 when the winner will be drawn by random org...And announced with the start of my new candy on the 25th June 2011 at 8.00pm...

Good luck everyone..

Mandy x  

You can't help but love them.....

Morning Everyone,

Hope your all having a great week,weather here is awful at the moment,so glad I got all the washing dry yesterday,but in saying that Katy has another mountain for me,it will have to wait till later got a busy day today...Right let's get onto my card,and I've used one of the fabulous Teddy Bea images,having found these recently I can feel an obsession coming on, I need to buy more later.....Here she is......

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

Teddy Bo Challenge - Bling it on

A Spoonful Of Sugar -  Ribbons & Bows 

Everybody-Art-Challenge -  Anything Goes

DDH Challenges -  Pearls and Lace

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

I've coloured Bea with polychromos pencils blended with sansodor,I stamped some swirls around the edge....The DP are from Making Memories but I've cut the name off sorry,all of the card is from my stash.....

I've put glamour dust onto Bea's hat and around the edge of the mat,and sentiment which is from a Whimsy stamp set.....All the flowers have been spritzed's with Pearl mist spray and then glamour dust added,all the flowers are from Mulberry Crafts,the lace and ribbon are from my stash,I think I got them last year when I was on holiday in Sussex...

Think that's all but catch you all later.....

Mandy x

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

Evening Everyone,

Time for my new candy,but first we need the winner of my last one and that was...

So that's you.....

Tanya Phillips 

Congratulations.... 

Please e-mail me with your details,

if I don't hear from you within the next 5 days,I'll draw another winner....

Right on to my new candy...

In my candy there's...

15 patterned papers

20 flowers

pack of gems

3 meters assorted ribbon

1 meter of ribbon with flowers attached

Big bar of chocolate

AND

your choice of one of the following stamps...

Crafters Companion SWALK

Tatty Teddy

Wild rose studio girl with cake

a sarah stamp

Wild rose studio best friends

Wild rose studio girl with coffee

LOTV sentiments stamp

Fizzy Moon stamp

Tatty Button

so what do you have to do just the following.....

Be a follower or become a follower of my blog....

Add your name to inlinkz

If you don't have a blog that's fine you can still enter but you MUST be a follower... 

Post a picture on your sidebar 

This candy will run from 8.00pm 13th June 2011 until 8.00pm 20th June 2011.

 when the winner will be drawn by random org...And announced with the start of my new candy on the 21st June 2011 at 8.00pm...

Good luck everyone..

Mandy x  

Cards for Men challenge....

Morning Everyone,

Hope you've all had a great weekend,I've had a busy last few days....Took my Mum for Doctors appointments,she's now got another type of tablet to add to her collection,we are up to 16 a day now,hopefully this last one will help as well,then Hubby and myself cut a hedge at their house on Saturday,I couldn't do it on my own during the week and then yesterday being Father's Day had everyone to me for lunch,so time for a rest today..

.Anyway we have a new challenge over at Cards for Men and we have the theme of....

STARS...

We are sponsored for this challenge by.....

  I'm Tracey Malnofski, the artist and owner of The Stamping Boutique. My team and I are very happy to sponsor Cards for Men. My store has been open since September 2009.I am currently a stamp artist for UnityStampCo. and I've worked for InStyleStamps, Squigglefly, and TheDigiShack in the past. I'm a professional artist and an active member of the Artist' Guild in my community. I have quite a busy household with a husband, 3 teenagers, 5 mini-dachshunds and an Appaloosa mare. It's noisy, but I love them all. I'm truly blessed.

Here's my card........

I've coloured my image wit polychromos pencils blended with sansador then I've used my nesties to cut it out and the scalloped mat ....I've used a star embossing folder for the red card..the DP is from Magenta....I've used my woodware funky star punches for the stars.....I think my computer must have the Monday morning gremlins as I can't find the second picture of my card,I know it's in there somewhere,when I do find it I'll edit the post...The button's,gems and twine are from my stash..The sentiment is from the LOTV set....

Right off to do some jobs at Mum and Dad's,then I'm hoping to catch up with my comments's have done all my DT commenting so just my one's to do....

Have a great day..Take care....

Mandy x 

Craft us Crazy GDT......

Morning Everyone,

Today I have a card that I made for Craft us Crazy..Janet from Pink Gem Designs is sponsoring the second half of the challenge so  Christine (Nanaseaside) and myself are GDT, thank you to the fabulous team for asking us.....
The theme is....


Fathers Day and or Masculine colours/theme.


And here is my card.....

I would like to enter the following challenges..

Bearly Mine -Anything Goes

Paper Take Weekly -  Dads and Lads

I've used Andy on his skateboard coloured with polychromos pencils...The paper is 29th Street from Stella and Rose...The card is from my stash...The sentiment is from Pink Gem Designs as well...

The lacey effect is from my ribbon stash can't remember where I got it from....The stars have been punched with my woodware funky stars punch..And the buttons are from my button box...

Please go and see the fabulous cards the team over at Craft us Crazy have made and join in,you might be the winner of 4 free digi images from  Pinkgemdesign

Right I'm off to do some ironing then I want to make a card,have an idea in my head so need to make it...

Take care ..

Mandy x

Truly Scrumptious Challenge ....

Morning Everyone,

Hope your all having a great week...Today see's a new challenge over at Truly Scrumptious we are sponsored for this challenge by......

We are delighted to welcome back Crafty Individuals as our sponsor for this challenge. If you haven't had a browse around their store you really should as they have some fantastic stamps, papers and other crafting goodies.

http://www.craftyindividuals.co.uk/

Beth has set the challenge this time and she has the following sketch for you all to follow.....

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And here's my card.........

I've used one of the gorgeous Hanglar Stanglar images coloured with promarkers,I can't tell you the colours as I coloured this image while I was on holiday...I've used my nesties to cut out the image and another mat I've off set the bottom one...The papers are Tilda and the card is from my stash......

The ribbon, pearls and lace are from my stash....The border has been punched with an x-cut punch daisy leaf...The flowers are all from Mulberry Crafts and the sentiment is from LOTV stamped onto one of the LOTV tags...

Please checkout the challenge and the fabulous cards that the rest of the team have made as it's the first challenge for our new team members,so please say hello I know they would love it....

Take care......

Mandy x

New Stamps....

Hi Everyone,

Back again,I think this is the busiest my blog has ever been in one day..The card I have for you now is made with one of the new stamps that have just gone on sale on the Pink Gem Designs site.......

How cute is this one she is called Butterfly Chloe there are 8 new stamps,there's a fabulous postcard one, you really should checkout them all out here....

I've coloured Chloe with polychromos pencils blended with sansador....The DP is all from the Flowers and Butterflies digi download papers again from Pink Gem Designs...

The card,gems and ribbon are all from my stash.....The flowers are from Mulberry Crafts and the sentiment is again from Pink Gem Designs....I've put two little gems on to Chloe's shoes just to finish them off....

Right I'll be back in a while with my new candy and the winner of the last one.....

Mandy x

Sneaky Peek 4.............

Afternoon Everyone,

Really busy day today for my blog...

Please checkout the post below It's my first DT card for a new challenge...Now I have another little peek at the Crafter's Companion Snowman new launch,and later I'll be back with a card for Pink Gem Designs,Janet who is fabulously talented has some super new stamps being released later today so please come back and checkout my card.....

Right onto my card....

Again all the papers are from the CD..The card is from my stash...I've just used a little cool aqua promarker to highlight the snowman.....

The snowflakes have been punched with my MS punch and the gems and ribbon are from my stash...I've used another MS punch called cherish for the border...The sentiment is from the stamp set...

Please pop back later to checkout another card,this time for Pink Gem Designs.....Take care and have a lovely day....

Mandy x

New Challenge, My first DT Card.....

Hi Everyone,

Hope you've all had a great weekend,weather has been awful here heavy rain and so cold....I'm scheduling this post as it's my first DT card for a new challenge

 "Hooked on Crafts Challenge"...

and I wanted it to post at the same time as the start,and given that it's on Australian time,I thought it would be best....

Hooked on Crafts is an Australian company run by the lovely Karen........Please take time to see all the lovely goodies....

For our first challenge we have the Theme of....

"ANYTHING GOES"........

We also have a DT call on as well,so please make your card and join in..

The challenge will run from 13th June until 26th June

Here's my card....

I've used my Go-Kreate dies to cut out both my card base and layers...The image is one from Hooked on Crafts,coloured with polychromos pencils and sansador....The doily and flowers are also from Hooked on Crafts.... 

The ribbon and gems are from my stash....

Please checkout the challenge and join in with us.....

Mandy x

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

Evening Everyone,

Time to announce the winner of my candy and to start my new one.....

Thank you to all of you for entering and for all of the lovely comments which I will publish over the next day or so as I want to come and visit all of you and see what I've missed while I was on holiday...

There were 101 entries with inlinkz and 346 lovely comments left before the candy finished so that was a total of 447...To do the draw I wrote everyones name down who had left a comment then I was able to work out how many comments each of you had left,and I was able to then give each one a number,then I entered the total number into Random Org and let him pick the winner,hope this all makes sense as I wanted it to be fair to all of you and the winner chosen by Random Org  is.......

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

Mary Lou  

Congratulations.... 

Please e-mail me with your details,

if I don't hear from you within the next 5 days,I'll draw another winner....

Right on to my new candy,I haven't had a chance to take the picture yet as the battery is still on charge after the holiday,so we'll go as a surprise one again,so what do you have to do just the following.....

Be a follower or become a follower of my blog....

Add your name to inlinkz

If you don't have a blog that's fine you can still enter but you MUST be a follower... 

No posting on your sidebar this is for my lovely followers who come and visit me regularly  

This candy will run from 8.00pm 5th June 2011 until 8.00pm 12th June 2011.

 when the winner will be drawn by random org...And announced with the start of my new candy on the 13th June 2011 at 8.00pm...

Good luck everyone..

Mandy x  

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Sneaky Peek 3.............

Morning,

It's absolutely tipping it down with rain here,so hopefully I can have a day catching up with my DT cards etc...I have another sneaky peek from the Crafter's Companion new Snowman range which will be launched Tuesday 9pm Ideal world......

I loved the colour of this paper when I saw it on the CD...The card is from my stash...I've used promarkers to colour my image from the stamp set......

The border has been punched with my MS snow flurry punch....

I've used a nestie to cut it out and cut a mat....The ribbon and gems are from my stash....The sentiment is from the stamp set...

Don't forget to checkout how to win the CD and DL stamp set here....

I'll be back tomorrow with another little look and maybe something else....

Have a great day...

Mandy x