Hooked On Craft Challenge 11.....

Hi Everyone,

Hope you've all had a fabulous weekend,mine got better grumpy hubby and hormonal daughter's moods improved by Mid morning Saturday,so my weekend was lovely spent with family and a little bit of crafting in there as well,nothing I can show you just yet.....But I do have my Hooked On Craft DT card to show you as it's time for another Challenge and this time we have the theme of......

HALLOWEEN!

This challenge will run from 31st of October until 12th November....

With this challenge it can be anything to do with Halloween, pumpkins, bats, lollies etc... 

Could be scary or cute

This could be your image, paper or embellishments. Just as long as we can see something to do with Halloween in your creation.

Challenges I would like to enter......

Come and Get It Challenges - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenges - Anything Goes 

Make it Monday - Always Anything Goes

I've used Wizard Cat with Wand from Hooked on Craft coloured with promarkers....The paper is from my stash and I've cut the name off think it maybe MME but not sure.....The card is from my stash.....

The Sentiment is from Pink Gem Designs and I've cut it out with one of my nesties.....I've used my MS fence punch for the fence at the bottom....

Hope you all have a lovely week.....

Mandy x

A Gem of a Challenge 33.....

Morning,

Guess who has got up this morning with a grumpy Hubby and a not so happy daughter,yay it's the weekend!!!!.Hubby is not happy as we have had a badger in the garden and he has dug a fairly big hole in the lawn,and dear daughter,I think its hormones,hope things improve as the day goes on lots of bits to do today....

Anyway time for another challenge at A Gem of a Challenge,Janet is hosting again and has the theme of....

COLD & FROSTY......

So here's my card.....

I've used my Go-Kreate dies again to make my base card and layers...The papers are Wintertime by Echo Park and the card is from my stash.....I've used Winter Mimi from Pink Gem Designs coloured with Promarkers and then I've glittered all the white.....I've used my Marianne Designs die to do the icicle border..... 

The flowers are from Mulberry Crafts....And I've used my Memory Box flourish die behind the flowers......The Ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons and the charm small pearls and pearl brad are from my stash...

Right got to dash as we have to take the caravan back to the dealers now for a service,so will check for any challenges later.....Have a great weekend.....

Mandy x

Crafty Ribbons Challenge 5......

Morning,

Another wet day here,so hopefully after I've been to Mum & Dad's I can fit a bit of crafting in,that's as long as Katy doesn't want taking somewhere,love living in a village but such a pain with no bus service and the fact that most of her friends live outside of the village....

Today see's another challenge over at Crafty Ribbons,oh my word these weeks do seem to fly by,this challenge is being hosted by Maja (aka Cebelica) and she has the theme of....

BINGO....Please checkout the challenge for the grid

For this challenge we are so lucky to have Mulberry Crafts sponsoring us.....

MuberryCraftsUK online shop is a Home-Based business run by Bev . At the moment we are focussing on providing miniature flowers made from genuine mulberry paper for crafts use - although we have a small selection of non -paper crafts too. Why mulberry paper? Because they are robust, realistic look and last longer than ordinary paper and it provide a sustainable income for people in the cottage industry. In due course we will be introducing more of  other craft materials which is not related to mulberry paper.  Website - mulberrycraftsuk..co.uk Here's the prize..... Here's a picture of all the goodies out of the bag.......

Here's my card......

Challenges I would like to enter.......

Scrapbook Sisters - #58 Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Make it Monday - Anything Goes 

 I decided to use the line of Punch/Dies, Flowers and Ribbon from the Bingo grid.....I've used the cute snowman stamp from Molly Blooms coloured with promarkers.....The paper is Merry Christmas from Echo Park....The card is from my stash.....

I've used an EK Success  punch for the border.....The ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons and can be found here with lots of other gorgeous Christmas ribbons....The flowers are from Mulberry Crafts except the stamens,they are a left over from  my cake decorating days.....Have a great day.....

Mandy x

1st SURPRISE CANDY WINNER.......

Evening Everyone,

Just popping on to announce the first surprise candy winner 3 more to go before the main candy draw.... Up to 6.30pm this evening 117 people had entered so here is the 1st Surprise winner chosen by Random Org........

Here are your random numbers:

115 

Timestamp: 2011-10-26 19:31:40 UTC

So that's you.....

                                                                        Rebecca age 9  

 Well done.....Please e-mail me  (my address is at the top of my blog) with your address to claim your surprise candy....

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

So the main candy is still running and the next surprise candy will run (with all the 117 people who have already entered) plus any new entries until 6.30pm 2nd November...When I'll draw another surprise candy winner.....New entrants can join in by clicking the link at the top of this post.....

See you tomorrow with a card.....

Mandy x  

Cards for Men challenge....

Morning Everyone,

Another weekend has flown by,hope you've all had a great one.....Can't believe its time for another challenge at Cards for Men I'm sure I don't have the same amount of hours in a day that I use to...lol....

Anyway for this challenge we have the theme of.......

Animals.....

And we are sponsored by........

  

Welcome to Digital Delights, a magical place filled with my little digi creations from all walks of life. We have a wide range of digital stamps which are delivered straight to your email 24/7!!

http://digitaldelightsbyloubyloo.com/

Prize:  3 Digital Stamps

The team were very lucky to get some images to play with and I've used Rodney Reindeer......Coloured with promarkers,cut out and then mounted on to some mats cut out with my nesties......

I've used Wintertime papers by Echo Park and used both sides,the card is from my stash.....

The ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons and the gems are from my stash....The sentiment is from Pink Gem Designs.........

Challenges I would like to enter.......

Bah Humbug - must be Christmas - cards for men

Inspire Me Fridays - always anything goes

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Please take a look at the rest of the teams fabulous cards and join in the challenge with us.....

Mandy x 

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

Hi Everyone,

Finally I've found time to do another Candy,I'm so sorry it's been so long, in between I've missed my blogaversary it would have been 2 years in September but with so much going on I missed it....

So I've decided to make up for it....

 I'm going to let this Candy run for 1 month BUT every week and for ever 5 new followers I get I'll add more goodies so there will defiantly be more goodies every week added......

ALSO every week from the start time/date until the same time the following week I will let random org pick a number from all the people who have entered up to that time and that person will win a small surprise candy,so that means there will be 4 winners of surprise candy and one person will win the large candy,it won't matter if you win a surprise candy you will still be eligible to win the large candy........

Also leave a comment as well and I'll do a candy for all the people who leave comments under this post,so if you leave a comment everyday that would be 31 chances....

I so hope this all makes sense.......

in the candy so far.....

1598 Followers at Start

3 - 6"x6" Paper pads

7- Clear Stamps

1- Decorative Elegance Marianne Die

20- Decorative Pins

2-packs Decorative embellishments

4- Packs Decorative flower embellishments

1- Pack Decorative button ribbon flowers

5 - Bunches x 20 Assorted coloured roses

3- Rolls assorted coloured Bakers twine

5 metres Assorted Lace

2 metres Ribbons

2 Metres decorative ribbon trim

EDITED 24.10.11 ADDED TO CANDY AS FOLLOWERS STAND AT 1623

4 - Meters Assorted Spotty Ribbon

1-  5 Pack Pastel colour Embossing Powder

5 - 12 x12 Papers

1 - Packet Bling Gem stones

Latest Edition of Creative Cardmaking Magazine

EDITED 31.10.10 ADDED TO CANDY AS FOLLOWERS STAND AT 1635

Latest Edition of Simply Cards & Papercrafts

Assortment of flat flowers

EDITED 17.11.11 ADDED TO CANDY AS FOLLOWERS STAND AT 1699

Latest Edition of the HunkyDory Magazine

1 - Packet Assorted coloured Ribbon Roses

1 - Bunch 12 pink Roses

1 - Packet 38 Decorative Pearl Pins

6 - Meters Assorted Ribbon

2 - Studio G clear stamp sets

2 - We R Memory Keepers Stamp Sets

3 - Christmas Tinchies  

ADDED AS WEEKLY GOODIE

Every Crafters other passion A BIG BAR CHOCOLATE  

So what do you need 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...

(I like to give to my followers for being there and supporting both me and my blog...) 

Post a picture on your sidebar 

This candy will run from 6.30pm 19th October 2011 until 6.30pm 19th November 2011.

 when the winner will be drawn by random org...

And announced on the 20th November 2011

The weekly winner will be announced on my blog each Friday starting next week

The winner of the comments candy will be announced with the main candy winner on the 20th November 2011 

Good luck everyone..

Mandy x  

Truly Scrumptious Challenge ....

Morning,

Just been out to get the dustbins in wow is it cold,I can feel a stay in doors day when I've been to Mum & Dad's and done my daily bits....Today it's time for another challenge over at Truly Scrumptious and this time we want to see you make .....

SHAKER CARDS/BOXES.....

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

 

one lucky person will receive 3 digital images of their choice.

I haven't made a shaker card for absolutely ages,really enjoyed making this one.....

Challenges I would like to enter......

KB Cute Monday - Anything Goes

Stamptacular Sunday - Must use a stamp - Anything Goes

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

I've used a gorgeous Tilda for my image coloured with promarkers...I've then used my nesties to make my shaker box and put some sweet little pink stars in....The papers are again The Girls Paperie I so love these papers,I've used both sides of the paper......

The sentiment is from a Whimsy stamp set,the flowers from Mulberry Crafts and the card, charm,pins,pearls,pearl brad,lace and ribbon is from my stash....

Please take a look at the teams gorgeous shaker cards they are all beautiful,we would all love see what you make so please join us....Have a great day....

Mandy x

Hooked On Crafts Challenge 10.....

Morning,

I'm so sorry this is late just put the computer on to find yet again Mr Blogger decided he wouldn't publish my scheduled post,I still can't work out what I do wrong sometimes anyway here is the rest of the post.....

Time for another challenge over at Hooked on Crafts challenge,can't believe we are on Challenge 10 already,and for this one we have the following theme.....

SOMETHING SPOOKY!

This challenge will run from 17th of October until 29th October....

With this challenge it could be ghosts, vampires, gothic etc...

This could be your image, paper or embellishments. Just as long as we can see something spooky to do with Halloween in your creation.

You can enter our challenges using any stamps and embellishments. Of course if you use  products from Hooked on Craft and mention them you will have an extra chance at winning!

Here's my card and I've used such a cute image called Bat Bear from Hooked on Crafts coloured with promarkers....I've used my Go-Kreate dies to make my card base and the layers....The DP is from Nitwits all the card is from my stash.....

The flowers and orange lace are from Hooked on Crafts...The spotty ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons....I've used some stickers for the sentiment...Please take a look at the rest of the teams fabulous cards and projects....Catch you all later....

Mandy x

A Gem of a Challenge 32.....

Morning,

hope your reading this as I've had to schedule my post as we are off to the Doctors to get our flu jabs,and then to do a bit of shopping....It's time for a new challenge at A Gem of a Challenge and Janet our lovely boss is hosting she has this fabulous sketch for us to follow...

Here's my card....

I've used Winter Phillip from Pink Gem Designs coloured with polychromos pencils blended with sansodor....All of the papers are winter time by Echo Park,the card and gems are from my stash......

The sentiment is also from Pink Gem Designs ....I've used a snowflake die from Marianne Designs for all my snowflakes...The fabulous glittery ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons....

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

I'll check for any challenges later when we get back.....

Have a great weekend....

Mandy x 

Crafty Ribbons Challenge 4......

Morning,

A bit of a sad day today,going to another funeral a bit later,one of my Mum & Dad's other neighbours has died,so that's two in the past few weeks,and unfortunately I have another one to go to next week,this time someone I was at school with died suddenly at the weekend....

But anyway onto a much happy note today see's a new challenge over at Crafty Ribbons Challenge and for this one we have a lovely theme of......

RIBBON & LACE..... 

  For our challenge this time we are so very lucky to be sponsored by the lovely Krista from

Saturated Canary,

Krista has also just started a challenge why not check it out here

the winner will receive two digi images from the Saturated  Canary shop here......


Challenges I would like to enter....

                                         Crafty Cardmakers -  Anything Goes (ends 16th Oct)

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

Woodware USA -Anything Goes

I Did It Creations - Anything Goes

Sentimental Sundays - must include a Sentiment - Anything Goes

Stampin' Sisters in Christ - Anything Goes

Krista also gave the DT some of her fabulous images to play with,this is what I came up with.....

I was so excited to be using one of Krista's gorgeous images for my card...I've used Ivy the nerd  coloured with promarkers cut out and matted and layered onto card from my stash...

The papers I've used are The Girls Paperie I got them while I was on holiday in Dorset.....The ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons and the lace is from my stash 

The flowers are from Mulberry Crafts and the pins,charm and pearls are again from my stash.The sentiment is from cats life press and brought from Crafty Emma's Store.....

I do hope you will come and join in with us as the team love to see what you all make,also every now and then Ali & Tony from Crafty Ribbons let me give one of our followers a lovely surprise of a bag of gorgeous ribbons and if you checkout the challenge blog now it just might be you this time or why not become a follower and it could be you next time ...

Mandy x

Cards for Men challenge....

Morning,

Well that's another weekend gone to quickly...Got a busy week this week,flying out in a minute as I have to be at my Mum & Dad's soon,they have some new chairs being delivered another thing that comes with old age they can't get up out of the chairs they have so we have the super duper ones coming to make it easier...Hairdressers tomorrow,Wednesday is a busy day,Thursday a funeral and Friday Doctors,not much time for crafting but keeping my fingers crossed I might find time,I miss my me time so much....

Anyway today it's time for a new challenge over at Cards for Men and this time we have the theme of......

"Make us Laugh"....

We also have a DT call as well.... We're looking for 2-4 new team members to join us from November.  You need to be able to make a card each fortnight (using sponsor images if we get them), comment on entries on a rota basis and generally just join in our happy team.  Making Cards for Men each time is not always easy, but the challenge is rewarding and you end up with a great stockpile of cards for those unexpected occasions.  If you're interested, then enter the challenge and put 'DT' after your name.  Good Luck.

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

HI! I am Heather, a christian, homeschooling mommy of two. I started cardmaking in 2007 and have not been able to stop! 

I love creating with pretty papers, ribbons and sparkle. I am also the artist and owner of my own rubber stamp and digi shop: Fresh Brewed Designs. Fresh Brewed designs is an online shop that opened in November 2010 selling a wide variety of rubber and digital stamps as well as specializes in many coffee themed images. It started with a dream and with the prodding of a very supportive husband, family and friends, with a lot of help and a lot of headaches:) and a lot of lessons and prayers turned into something bigger.
Fresh Brewed Designs has become a place to share, create, laugh and build lasting friendships.

Our motto is:
Fresh Brewed Designs... where creativity is brewed fresh daily.

We always have a pot brewing, so stop by and join us for a cuppa whenever you want!!!

Prize: 3 digi images of choice

The team were given some images to play with so here's my card......

I got Candy Corn Monster to play with,he's coloured with promarkers and cut out with my nesties....The card,ribbon and glass gems are from my stash...The paper is also from my stash and is by MME......

I've used some Go-Kreate dies to cut the two mats,for the spotty paper.....The sentiment is a stamp that I've had for ages,don't know who it's by sorry.....

Please go and take a look at the fabulous cards the rest of the team have made,and checkout the challenge,also don't forget the DT call... 

Mandy x

Truly Scrumptious Challenge ....

Morning,

Well what a nightmare,internet has played up for the last couple of days there one minute gone the next,but my friend said it was something to do with a fire at an exchange in Birmingham and a lot of the country experienced problems...And then when I could get onto my blog,Mr Blogger wouldn't let me upload any pics,all I kept getting was a square with a red triangle and an error occurred message...I also know that some of my Team mates on the design teams are having real problems leaving comments,I can leave them on some blogs but not others so don't know what is going on there.....

Anyways time for a new challenge over at Truly Scrumptious and Mr Blogger has finally let me put my pics on,so here is my card......

Now I must confess this card has been sat in my box since just before Christmas last year,I made it and then wasn't quite sure about it (and I'm still not) so never did anything with it,never blogged it,never sent it,but our challenge this time at Truly Scrumptious is chosen by my lovely team mate Fleur and she has chosen .....

DISTRESSING........

We are sponsored by Whiff of Joy for this challenge..... 

So all I did was take the die cut center off the snowflake and replace with a pearl brad,add the black star pin behind the flowers,add a bit of glitter to the image and voila` a finished card.......

Obviously as the card was made last year and I have a job remembering yesterday I can't give you to many details....I do know it's a sweet image from Hanglar Stanglar and was coloured with Promarkers,don't know who the papers are by,but do know I distressed the edges and then went round with a distress ink pad I think...The flowers are all from Mulberry Crafts,the sentiment is a Cat's life press one from Crafty Emma's,the lace from my stash,think that's it or as much as I can remember..lol.....Please checkout the rest of the teams gorgeous creations and join in with us,we love to see what you have all made....

Mandy x

 

Hooked On Crafts Challenge 9.....

Hi Everyone,

Time for another challenge over at Hooked on Crafts Challenge,these fortnights seem to whizz by so quickly....Our theme for this challenge is.......

Anything but a card....

This challenge will run from 3rd of October until 15th October

            With this challenge it could be a bookmark, tag, scrapbook layout, off the page project etc...

I chose to make a gift box...I've used a sweet little image from Hooked on Crafts coloured with polychromos pencils blended with sansodor,then cut out with my nesties....

All the flowers,pearls and leaves are from Hooked on Crafts as well.....

The paper,card and ribbon are from my stash.....I hope you'll all checkout the challenge and the rest of the teams gorgeous projects....

Mandy x

Just Tracys Craft Challenge......

Me again,

yep two posts today,please checkout my first one below......I know nothing for a few days then two in one day...Today also see's a new challenge over at Just Tracy's Craft Challenge  and we have a theme that you will all love....It's....

ANYTHING GOES.....

This month we are being sponsored by the wonderful WHOOPSI DAISY who are offering 4, yes 4, sheets of digi images to our winner....

The DT got to play with some of the images and here's what I made.....

Isn't this little girl so sweet,I've coloured with promarkers again and cut out with some Go-Kreate dies....

All the papers are from a Tilda Pad,just love all the papers in these pads.....

The card,ribbon,pearls and pearl brad are all from my stash...The flowers from Mulberry Crafts.......The sentiment is from a set by Little Claire's...cut out with my nesties....Don't forget to check out the challenge and the teams fabulous cards.....

Mandy x