February Candy Winner!

Aft'noon me lovelies!

 

Hope you are all enjoying the weekend. It's nice to escape to my craft room at the moment as Simon and I are being plastered (the hall, landing and living room... not actually us). Then again, a few glasses of wine would get us plastered :o}

 

Exciting stuff afoot now. The winner of the February candy. Before I do the list of entries, I would like say a big thank you and hello to my new followers and another big hello and thank you to all my existing followers.

 

Here is the list of names in comment order, each one has been allocated a number and the winner has been picked by Random.Org.

1. Cebelica
2. Elly
3. Ardilla
4. Nikki C
5. Kelly-Anne
6. Berina
7. Jenn
8. Catherine
9. Sindhu
10. Olenkaja
11. El
12. Glo
13. Divya
14. Rebecca
15. Iris
16. Robin
17. Jaya
18. UT
19. Kiranmayee
20. KT Fit Kitty
21. Phi
22. Carmen
23. Bev
24. Suman
25. Lucretia
26. Susan
27. Charlotta
28. Paperkate
29. Leanne
30. Dawn
31. Hridya
32. Sidelle
33. Dzej nej
34. Doris
35. Roudi
36. Paperpapier
37. Tindaloo
38. Neha
39. Vinita
40. Tatushka
41. Joolaa
42. Meredith
43. Laila
44. Marta
45. Anjali

Could we have a drum roll please? You'll have do it because I can't do that brrr noise with my tongue.

The winner of the February Candy is....#11 - El!! Congrats to you! If you email me your postal address I will ship the goodies to you.

 

It's amazing where my candy ends up. I've sent goodies to USA, Canada, Italy, India, Egypt, UK, Sweden even Kazakhstan; to name but a few. It's nice to know that the crafting stuff is being put to good use - thank you all for entering the giveaways.

 

I will be back later with another candy for March, so don't be too downhearted if you didn't win this one.

 

Until then, take care xxx

Crafts Beautiful March 2014 - Part 2

Good Friday morning peepsicles!

Hope you are all well and starting to feel the joys of Spring.

I'd like to share with you today, if I may, another project I did for the current issue of Crafts Beautiful (March 2014).

With out further ado do....

They asked me to create a couple of birthday cards suitable for children; one with a shaker element. I found this great stamp and die set by Sizzix which was perfect; especially teamed up with bright, zingy colours. I decided to make the jelly beans for the shaker part, I die cut them and added a highlight rather than stamp and then die cut. I think they look rather mouth watering.

The good thing is, these cards would be perfect to send anyone with a sweet tooth, young or old!

Why not pop over to the Crafts Beautiful website? It's packed with ideas, projects, inspiration, free downloads, hints and tips. There is also a lovely forum you can join. You will need to register if you want to download and print any templates/papers. It is free and is simple to do.

So, my lovelies! I'm going to pop off for now. Will be back soon...I promise. Take care xxx

Crafts Beautiful March 2014 - Part 1

Happy Saturday peeps!

It's a beautiful day here in Norfolk. Hope the weather is good where ever you are :o)

I have designs in Crafts Beautiful every month, but I never seem to get round to giving you a sneaky peek. So now I am.

At the moment I am doing the 'Master Class' section where each month I show you how to do a paper crafting technique. This month it's tea-bag folding; as usual I've put my own quirky take on it.

Here goes...

The Master Class section is great as it takes you through the technique with six hand shot stages (by the way, lovely as they are, they're not my hands).

I'm having great fun doing these classes as it's introducing me to new ways of crafting that I've never really been interested in. I have surprised myself in that I've enjoyed trying out these new techniques.

The March issue is out now, and for more crafting ideas, projects and inspiration, visit Crafts Beautiful (the Robot Moustache and the Love Monster projects on the site's homepage are actually my designs. They've made a boo-boo with the designer's name - oops!). You can subscribe to CB, or download it as an app or to your Kindle Fire.

I'm going to love you and leave you for the mo. I will be back soon with another project I have in this month's CB.

Until next time xxx

Batty In Love

Hello chums!

Well, what a difference from yesterday. We have blue skies and no wind! Yippee! It's quite mild as well. Even the chickens are sunbathing this morning.

Hopefully this clement weather will last long enough to dry out the garden a bit. I can't moan really, when all those poor people down in the South East have had their homes ruined by floods. What's a soggy, boggy lawn compared to that?

As promised in my post yesterday, I have another quirky 'love' card to share with you. Again, this is part of the set I did for the February 2013 issue of Crafts Beautiful. I think this would be good for an engagement or anniversary card.

Here goes...

What you need...

Stamps: Falling For You - Paper Smooches

Dies: Labels Eight - Spellbinders

Card: white, purple, lime, aqua

Ink pad: Onyx Black - Versafine

Embossing powder: Detail Clear - Stampendous

Promarkers

Punch: corner rounder

Ribbon: purple

Button: aqua

Twine: white

Glitter dots

Adhesives

What you do...

Stamp, emboss and colour in the bat, two plain hearts, a plaid heart and the sentiment. Cut out the bat with a label die, mount it onto a larger lime then a large aqua label. Trim a small section from the top and attach to a top fold A6 blank.

Cut out the hearts and sentiment and mount onto purple card and adhere to the blank. Round off the two bottom corners of the blank, wrap and tie ribbon around the top of the card. Finish with a button tied with twine and a few glitter dots.

There we have it, another bright quirky card. I just love the colour combination of this set. They are some of my fave colours and I tend to use them quite a lot. Bright and cheerful is the way to go. Don't be afraid of using bright, clashing colours together; they look great against a white background.

That's me for the nonce. I'll be back soon to show you a sneaky peek of my makes in the current issues of Crafts Beautiful and Papercrafter.

Take care. xxx

Nutty For You

Good afternoon peeps!

I've got wind. Sorry, Norfolk's got wind, as most of the country has. It's not good, it's not nice, I don't like it, it scares me, I want it to go away now.

Okay, moan over. Just in the middle of commissions (got loads to do), but I thought I would take a break for a few. As yesterday was Valentine's Day, I thought I would show you a couple of cards I did for an issue of Crafts Beautiful last year. I'll show the other card in my next post :o).

So, without further ado do....

What you need...

Stamps: Falling For You - Paper Smooches

Card: white, purple, hot pink, lime, aqua

Ink pad: Onyx Black - Versafine

Embossing powder: Detail Clear - Stampendous

Promarkers

Punch: corner rounder

Glitter dots

Adhesives

What you do...

Round off the top right of a 12cm square blank. Repeat with an 11cm square piece of hot pink card and mat centrally onto the blank.

Stamp, emboss and colour the acorn, three plaid hearts and a sentiment. Trim the acorn, round off the top right corner and mat on purple card then aqua card, again rounding the top right corners.

Adhere the acorn panel to the lower left of the blank. Cut out the three hearts and sentiment, mount onto lime card, trim and attach to the blank. Finish with a few glitter dots.

Ta da! There you have it, a modern Valentine card. It would also be suitable for any time you want to let that special person know how much you love them.

As you probably know by now, I'm a huge fan of Paper Smooches. The images are so bold and clear and are perfect for clean and simple cards and colouring in. There are now a few suppliers in the UK selling Smooches goodies. Why not have a browse on t'internet and treat yourself to some yummies?

Right, break over. Back to the commissions. Enjoy the rest of your Saturday and I'll be back later with another quirky 'love card'.

Toodle-pip! xxx

February Blog Candy!

Good evening chums!

 

I am here with the February blog candy - whoopee! Just another little thanks to all you gorgeous followers out there.

 

So, without further ado do...the picture of the goodies...

 

I do apologise for the quality of this shot, I didn't take it in the daytime (naughty).

 

What do you get this month?

 

1 x set Birdsong Clear Stamps by Papermania

1 x pack Birdsong 8" x 8" Filigree Papers (1 design in 5 colours) by Papermania 

1 x pack Birdsong Chipboard Shapes by Papermania

1 x box Alphabet Stamp Set (Studio g) by Hampton Art

50 x assorted 6" x 6" patterned papers

 

The alphabet set consists of 30 wood peg stamps in a handy little storage box and there are 17 stamps in the Birdsong set. Both sets have never been used.

 

The assorted papers include K & Company, Making Memories and My Mind's Eye. there are also some double sided and glittered papers.

 

Now the technical stuff...

To have a chance of winning this fab candy:-

1. Be a follower either through, Bloglovin, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Networked Blogs or email (see sidebar)

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 2014, I will then use RANDOM.ORG to choose the winner!

The candy is open to all, nationally, internationally, those in outer space and previous winners. However, anyone who has a blog that does not show or appear to have any crafty makes, will not be entered.

So what are you waiting for? Get those comments made! Good luck :o} xx

 

January Candy Winner!

Good heevnin peepsicles!

 

I hope you have all had a fantastic weekend. The weather here is Norfolk has been beautiful, just like a Spring day. I won't get too excited though, 'cos it will soon change no doubt. The chickens seem to have enjoyed the nice weather, though Bren shot across the garden yesterday when a breeze blew up her fluffy pantaloons - ha har!

 

Before I get on to the winner of the January candy, I would like to say a big thank you for all the lovely comments, thoughts and wishes with regards to the loss of my Dad. It makes me smile that there are such wonderful caring people out there in the world. You definitely don't feel alone.

 

I would like to also say a huge and enormous hello to all my lovely new followers. It's great having you on board and I had a peep at all your lovely blogs. Ooh! You are a talented lot!

 

Right. On to the winner (I can feel the excitement). I have given everyone who left a comment a number and the winning number has been randomly picked by Random.Org. Below is the list of names and a snapshot of the picked number....

1. El
2. Ardilla
3. Joola
4. Meredith
5. Robin
6. Rebecca
7. UT
8. Roudi
9. Divya
10. Bhawana
11. Iris
12. Dawn
13. Viola
14. Neha
15. Carmen
16. Jaya
17. Berina
18. Hridya
19. Jenn
20. Olenkaja
21. Leanne
22. Glo
23. Rupali
24. Paperkate
25. Justyna
26. Kiranmayee
27. Misiowa
28. Divinity
29. Tindaloo
30. Ayushi
31. Dzej nej
32. Laila
33. Agnes
34. Jessie
35. Art with Heart
36. Ann Maria
37. Suman
38. Cebelica

The winning number is #6 - Rebecca! Congratulations! If you email me your postal address I will send your goodies to you.

 

For those who didn't win this time don't be too down hearted :o( I'll be posting February's candy very soon :oD

 

Take care all - until next time....xx

Cool!

Good heevnin peeps!

Before I show you my make, I would like to explain why I haven't posted for a while. As I mentioned in previous posts, my dad was in hospital. Sadly, he passed away in the early hours of 9th January. Thankfully my mum, sister and I were with him, so he was not alone.

We are going to miss him so much. He was proud of my being a designer for Crafts Beautiful and PaperCrafter; not forgetting the Cosmic Strawberry blog.

So, here I am. I would like to show you a card I've made for my nephew, Tom. He is 17 on the 27th and is going to start learning to drive. No one is safe!!!

What you need...

Patterned paper: Hipster 6 x 6 paper pad; Hipster 12 x 12 collection pack  - Basic Grey

Die-cut tab: Hipster die-cut shapes - Basic Grey

Punch: corner rounder

Buttons

Parcel string

Adhesives

What you do...

Cover the lower two thirds of a blank 13cm x 15cm with the scallop paper and round off the top right and lower left corners.

Round the top right corner of a 7.5cm x 11cm panel of aqua paper and adhere to the lower left. Add the 'cool!' panel cut from the 12 x 12 'nifty/hip' sheet along with a 'monday' tab (or what ever day the birthday falls on).

Attach a banner sticker to the top left corner, a length of the arrow sticker across the top of the scallop paper and a bent arrow sticker pointing to the 'cool!' panel.

Wrap frayed string around the bottom of the card, thread through a large brown button to the right and tie in a knot. Thread a small aqua button with frayed string and adhere to the banner sticker.

Ta da! A card perfect for a teenager. You can purchase the sticker sheet separately, but if you buy the collection pack you get it included along with an alphabet sticker sheet.

Hopefully, I will now be able to settle down and start doing some cards. I would also like to start showing you sneak peeks at what I have been doing for the magazines.

Don't forget, you still have just over a week to enter the candy giveaway. Just click on the link in the sidebar for details.

Until next time, my friends...xx

January Blog Candy!

Afternoon peeps!

 

It's another wet and windy day here in Norfolk. Earlier we had hail, thunder and lightning! Weird.

 

Anyhoo... I'm in the middle of commissions and I thought I would have a lunch break and post the January candy. Here is a little snapshot of the goodies.

 

What do you get? Well....

 

1 x set 'Fashion' mini stamps by Inkadinkado

1 x set 'Floral Wishes' mini stamps by Inkadinkado

1 x set 'Birthday' mini stamps by Inkadinkado

20 x assorted 8x8" papers

55 x assorted 6x6" papers

1 x bag plain chipboard letters/numbers

1 x bag plain chipboard flowers

16 x assorted card blanks & envelopes (not shown)

 

There are over 70 stamps in total. You use them to build up the images. The 'Fashion' set is particularly cool. All you need is a little ink pad and acrylic block. They are perfect for most occasions.

 

The papers include glitter, double sided and Christmas and the card blanks include shaped, square and pearlescent.

 

As with the stamps in the last candy; I must point out that these stamps have been opened and only a couple have been used (cleaned and dried thoroughly), the rest are new. As I have to use current products for magazine work, I need to thin out my supplies occasionally, I won't use them again and it's a shame that no-one else will get the pleasure of these fun, quirky stamps. My giveaways are just a little thanks for all you lovelies who follow my blog.

 

Now the technical stuff...

To have a chance of winning this fab candy:-

1. Be a follower either through, Bloglovin, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Networked Blogs or email (see sidebar)

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 31st January 2014, I will then use RANDOM.ORG to choose the winner!

The candy is open to all, nationally, internationally, those in outer space and previous winners. However, anyone who has a blog that does not show or appear to have any crafty makes, will not be entered.

Before I go I would like to thank you all for your kind get well wishes for my dad. He is still 'comfortable' in hospital and we are not sure if they are going to give him some more chemotherapy, we really are playing it day by day.

So my lovelies, good luck with the candy and I'll be back soon with some of my makes (hopefully). As I type this the sun is out and we have blue sky! Go figure.

 

December Candy Winner!

Happy New Year and best wishes for 2014 to you all!

 

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas.

 

Mine was a little difficult as my dad is seriously ill in hospital. I've been travelling back and forth from Norfolk to North Yorkshire over the holiday period, so as you can imagine my mind has been on family matters. At the moment he is doing okay so we are just playing it day by day. I am trying to keep busy, but it's hard.

 

I've missed my blogging friends so much, and I thought it was time to catch up. I am pleased to give you the winner of the December blog candy.

 

Big thanks to all who entered this month; as I always do, I give each person who left a comment a number, then use Random.Org to choose the winner.

 

Here is the list of names:-

1. Elly
2. Nikki
3. Dawn
4. Meredith
5. Carmen
6. Glo
7. Jaya
8. Kiranmayee
9. Tindaloo
10. Paperkate
11. Jessie
12. Robin
13. Rebecca
14. KT - Fit Kitty
15. Paperpapier
16. Kelly-Anne
17. Suman
18. Lucretia
19. Tanja
20. Eemeli
21. Divya
22. Sidelle
23. Hridya
24. Laila
25. Phi
26. Ailen
27. Neha
28. Olenkaja
29. Ardilla
30. Ayushi
31. Berina

And the winner is....#14! KT (Fit Kitty). Congrats to you! If you email me your address I will send your goodies asap :o)

 

For those who didn't win this time :o(  - I will be posting another giveaway soon :o} - I wish I could send candy to you all :oD

 

Just before I sign off, I would like to say an enormous hello to my new followers. I will put your blogs (if you have one) in my sidebar list and pop over to have a peep at your blog and become a follower.

 

Thanks for popping by and I will be back soon xxx