February Blog Candy

Aft'noon all!

 

Here is the February blog candy giveaway, as promised.

 

This candy consists of 40 assorted 8" x 8" papers (including some glittered and double sided), 1 pack of Tulip embossed card blanks, 2 packs Tulip dimensional toppers, 2oz bag mixed buttons, a selection of glittered and spotty fabric flowers, a selection of die cut flowers and 5 x 1mtr lengths of ribbon.

 

To have a chance of winning this fab candy:-

1. Be a follower either through Blogger, Google or email (see sidebar to follow by email)

2. Post a piccy of the candy with a link to this post in your sidebar (if you have a blog)

3. Leave me a comment (with your blog address if you have one) ta da! You are entered!

 

If you do have a blog, it will be great to have a look and see what you are up to :)

This candy will close on 28th February 2013, I will then use RANDOM.ORG to choose a winner!

 

The candy is open to all, nationally, internationally, those in outer space and previous winners.

 

Thanks for popping by and good luck! xxx

January Blog Candy Winner!

Greetings chums!

Well here we are. The January blog candy winner.

As last time, I gave everyone a number who left a comment to enter, this is the list and a snap shot of the number generator. 

1 ~ Luanne

2 ~ Dawn

3 ~ Asia

4 ~ Heidi

5 ~ Paperkate

6 ~ Sonya

7 ~ Sonia

8 ~ Lucretia

9 ~ Bhawana

10 ~ UT's Hobby Time

11 ~ Catherine

 

Da da da da da da dah! The winner is Lucretia! Congratulations! Please email me (my address is in my profile) your home address Lucretia, and I'll get the goodies posted out to you.

 

For those who weren't lucky enough to win this time, I'll be posting the February blog candy later. Previous winners of candy can re-enter.

 

Thank you all for following my blog and entering the candy giveaway.

 

Until later...xxx

Miss You

Mewnin' peepsicles!

How are you? Keeping well I hope.

I have another little card for you, which is very quick and simple to make.

What you need...

Stamps: Sentiment Sampler - Paper Smooches

Dies: Homespun Hearts - X-Cut

Embossing folder: Seeing Spots - Cuttlebug

Card stock: red, white

Ink: Onyx Black - Versafine

Ribbon: black/white spot

Pearls: white

Adhesives

What you do...

Create a 12cm x 13.5cm blank and cover with red card. Die cut a partial heart in a piece of card 10cm x 11cm, then emboss with Seeing Spots. Mount onto the blank with foam tape, adhere a length of spotty ribbon, with a bow along the join.

Die cut three tiny hearts and a slightly larger one in red card and attach randomly around the cut out heart with foam pads. Stamp the sentiment in the bottom right corner and finish with a few pearls.

There you have it. Layering the layers with foam tape and the addition of the embossed card really gives the card dimension.

Well, that's me for now. I'll be back later with to announce the winner of the January blog candy and to show you the February blog candy - oooooh!

See you soon :) xxx

Blog Candy Reminder

Hi folks!

 

Just a quick post to remind you that tomorrow is the last day you can enter the January blog candy. There is 100 mixed papers up for grabs!

 

Keep your eyes peeled for a fab February candy giveaway - oooh!

 

Toodle pip for now. xxx

Thoughts of You

Welcome chums!

How are you today? It's wet & windy here in North Norfolk. The wind was really bad last night, the weather was really windy too - ha ha ha ha! I know NOT funny.

Ahem.... Moving swiftly on. This creation took me ages to get it just as I pictured it in my head. See if you can guess what my inspiration was!

What you need...

Stamps: Word Up - Paper Smooches

Dies: Labels, Fancy #4 (657913) Framelits - Sizzix; Carousel Bird Cage - Poppystamps; Small Bird Branch, Chinese Roses - Marianne Design Creatables

Patterned paper: aqua, white, black

Card stock: aqua, white, black

Ink: Onyx Black - Versafine

Seam binding: black

Adhesives

What you do...

Create a 12cm x 15cm blank. Die cut the largest rose in three different papers, the largest label in aqua, the birdcage, bird and two leaves in black card.

Attach the bird and the cage to the label so it sits centrally. Trim a small section from the left side of the label.  Wrap seam binding around the card and tie in a bow. Adhere the label to the left edge of the blank.

Scrunch the roses and leaves and assemble. Attach to the card just under the bow. Snip a small thin strip of black card and fix to the top of the blank in line with the top of the cage. Stamp the sentiment in the top right corner.

Did you guess where I got my inspiration from? Aye! It's me very own ye olde blogge design! I just love these colours together, it looks so fresh. I think the aqua label really makes the birdcage pop.

This would make a good sympathy, get well or 'just to let you know I am thinking of you' card.

So, that is all from me for the mo. Thanks for popping in. xxx

Thump... I'm In Love

Good afternoon all you lovely peeps!

Hope you are all having a great weekend so far. We woke up to a bit more snow this morning, but the sun is shining and most of it has gone now. I made a load of toast and we both sat in bed and had toast and marmalade and nice cafetiere of coffee...perfect on a cold wintry morn.

Today I'd like to show you a love themed card. I'm not the mushy type at all and Simon and I don't usually do the Valentine thing, but this image and sentiment is so cute I couldn't resist.

What you need...

Stamps: A Little Lovin - Paper Smooches

Patterned papers: Love Struck 12"x12" Collection, Love Lines, Smitten, Love Blossoms - WRMK

Dies: Homespun Hearts - X-Cut

Punch: corner rounder

Card stock: white

Ink: Onyx Black

Embossing powder: Detail Clear - Stampendous

Promarkers: Pink Mittens, Baby Pink, Icicle

Adhesives

What you do...

Round the top left corner of a top fold 12cm square blank. Cut a 9cm x 10.5cm piece of Love Blossoms paper, round the top left corner and attach to the right of the blank in line with the edge.

Die cut the largest heart in Smitten and the next size down on Love Lines paper. Adhere to the blank at an angle. Stamp and emboss the bunny, heart and sentiment. Colour in the bunny and heart, cut out and mount onto the blank. Trim the sentiment into a banner and attach to the top right edge.

Ta da!

I love the bunny's face. It definitely has that 'I'm totally smitten and in love with you' look. The Paper Smooches stamp sets are so versatile and they mix and match each other perfectly. You could use the bunny with a sentiment from one of their other sets. I think I might have to see what I can come up with. Hmmmmm...

So, I'm signing off for now. Going to get all mucky lighting the open fire. Bwah ha ha ha!

Thanks for popping by. xxx

Hey There!

Aft'noon lovely peeps!

Hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend.

Last night I was having a look through my paper and die cuts and I came across the Carolyn Gavin Greenhouse collection by K & Company. I adore these papers and die cuts, they didn't seem readily available at the time and are now sadly discontinued. QVC had the die cuts in stock for a brief time and I had to get the paper pad sent over from the US.

I decided to make a simple card using the papers, a journaling spot and a die cut butterfly. So here it is.

What you need...

Stamps: Sentiment Sampler - Paper Smooches

Ink: Vintage Sepia - Versafine

Patterned paper

Die cut butterfly

Journaling spot

Card stock: chocolate brown

Glitter dots

Adhesives

What you do...

Create a top fold blank 13cm x 14.5cm and attach a slightly smaller piece of chocolate card to the front, in line with the fold.

Cut three 2cm wide strips in co-ordinating patterned papers. Trim to length, snip a notch from the end of each strip and adhere to the right side of the blank.

Stamp a simple sentiment onto a co-ordinating journaling spot and fix to the blank just above the notched end of the paper strips. Attach a butterfly die cut to the journaling spot and finish with a few glitter dots. The apple journaling spot and butterfly are so cute!

Top tip alert!!!!

This project is a good way of using up strips of paper. I bought some of those 12" x 12"  grip seal bags, I labelled them with manufacturers such as Bo Bunny, K & Company etc. Any scraps of paper that I have left over I put into the bags. The beauty of labelling the bags is that you don't have to spend hours rummaging through scraps of paper to find the collection you want.

The bags are kept in a decorative scrapbook box, which is kept handy; so if I go to use a sheet of paper, I check in the box first to see if I have any already cut into. The times I've cut into a new sheet of paper and then realised there is one already chopped up. So annoying!

You can buy the 12" x 12" grip seal bags (10 for £1.25) from Sarah's Cards

Okay, that's me for the nonce. Thanks for popping in. xxx

Beautiful

Howdy chums!

Hope you are all well and happy :)

I'm on a roll mojo wise at the moment. Ideas keep popping in my head left, right and centre. So, here is another one of those 'ideas' (which came from the left, I think).

What you need...

Dies: Flower Layers #9 - Sizzix; Grunge Flower #1- PaperArtsy

Patterned paper: Soho Garden 6x6 Paper Pad - American Crafts

Stickers: Doodle Deux Typeset Tiny Alphabet - Prima

Adhesive tape: Washi aqua, lime - MT

Card stock: aqua, lime

Buttons: pink

Baker's twine: pink

Punch: corner rounder

What you do...

Create a top fold A6 blank and round off the lower right corner. Apply a length of aqua and lime Washi tape from the top left of the card, cut a notch in the ends.

Die cut one large, one small and two medium flowers in brown floral paper, then die cut one medium and two small flowers in aqua card. Use the leaf from the Grunge Flower set and cut two in lime card. Scrunch all the pieces up and then layer.

Attach the flowers and leaves to the card over the top of the Washi tape. Tie baker's twine through three buttons and stick to the centre of each flower. Apply a word sticker over the bottom of the Washi tape, just above the notches.

There you have it! I'm pleased with the way this card turned out. I did initially have it the other way round - a side fold landscape, but I like the way the Washi tape looked coming from the top, rather than the side. The photo turned out really well too. I didn't have to do much tweaking. Overall I'm a happy bunny - woo hoo!

Well thanks for stopping by today. I'm going to make a nice hot cup of tea. Until next time. xxx

Say Cheese

Aft'noon lovely people!

Hope you're all keeping warm and cosy.

I have for you another little card, suitable for any occasion.

What you need...

Stamps: Picture It - Avery Elle; Falling For You - Paper Smooches

Card stock: bright pink, aqua, lime, white

Ink: Onyx Black - Versafine

Embossing powder: Detail Clear - Stampendous

Promarkers; Lime Green, Cerise, Amber, Cool Aqua

Punch: corner rounder

Adhesives

How you do it...

Create a top fold blank, 10cm x 12cm, round off the two lower corners. Stamp and emboss the monster, photo, sentiment, label and tape strip (x 3). Mount the sentiment onto lime card and trim. Colour and cut out the remaining images. Attach the monster so he is peeping round the corner of the photo, mount aqua card behind. Adhere the label to the bottom of the photo.

Stick the photo at an angle on the blank, arrange and attach the sentiment and tape strips, as shown.

It's so cute isn't it? The bright colours really make it pop out of the white background. I wanted to make the photo look like the monster was being silly.

There is so much you could do with the Picture It stamp set. I think I might raid my stamp sets and see what other images I could put in the photo.

I'm signing off now, lunch time! Take care and thanks for calling in. xxx

Just a Note

Well hello you gorgeous peeps!

How is the snow with you? We woke up to quite a heavy fall yesterday. I had to go out (running out of food - since I didn't go shopping last week because of the bleddy snow) and my car used to be in the garage until we got Molly, which meant digging my poor car out. I only just managed to get off the drive. The roads were pretty clear though.

So cupboards fully stocked, I came home and made a lovely little card. I decided to take inspiration for the colours from Colour Q #127.

The colours used in the Colour Q challenges are taken from Stampin' Up colours. As I don't have any Stampin' Up stuff, I matched it as closely as I could with Promarkers. The photo has altered the colours slightly, the colours on my card are almost spot on to the CQC#127 shades.

What you need...

Stamps: Magical Flower (CG284), 3 Leaves (CG286) - Hero Arts; Sentiment Sampler - Paper Smooches

Promarkers: Walnut, Salmon Pink, Pale Pink, Fresh Meadow

Ink: Onyx Black - Versafine

Embossing powder: Detail Clear - Stampendous

Card stock: white

Adhesives

What you do...

Create an A6 top fold blank. Stamp, emboss and colour in the flower and three small leaves. Cut out and attach the flower to the lower left corner, overlapping the edge. Trim off the excess. Arrange and stick the leaves around the flower, tucking under the petals. Stamp the sentiment just above the flower, to finish.

As the card is very clean and simple, I thought it would be perfect for a note or hello card. Hence, the simple sentiment.

Thanks for dropping by, until next time. Ta ta! xx