Popping on to say "Hello"

Just popping on to wish you all a great weekend. I have been really busy with the girls this week and seeing lots friends and relatives. We are also getting prepared for Zoe who goes back to school next Thursday. I'm working a couple of projects but can't show you until Monday and Tuesday. My Silly Monkey DT box also arrived today so look forward to showing you some spooky themed projects soon.
The above beautiful card arrived yesterday from Andrea. Isn't is just gorgeous? Thanks again Andrea.

Hope you making the most of the sunshine.

Hugs,

Dutch Dare Challenge - Girly card

I have made this card to join in this weeks Dutch Dare challenge where this week they are asking you to make a card for a girl. They have a fantastic prize on offer.

I have used a Papilio image and this little girl is called "Maya". Isn't she just the cutest with her gorgeous big eyes.
I would like to thank dear Jacqui for passing the above award to me. I was feeling pretty down yesterday so this certainly brightened my day.

Hope you are having a great week and finding a little time to craft.
Hugs,


Card details
Stamps: Papilio "Maya" from Hobby-Norge
Medium: Prismacolor, Sansodor, Paper stumps
Ink: Memories
Paper: Daisy Bucket and SU Tempting Turquoise and Ruby Red Card stock
Embellishments: Flowers, Charm (thank you Heidi), PM Adhesive Pearls, SU Circle Rhinestones
Equipment: Cuttlebug and dies.

All SU products can be ordered from me direct to your home. Sorry but I can only ship within the UK.

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 14 - Three different ribbons

Thank you to everyone who entered a card into our challenge last week over at "A Spoon Full of Sugar". It has been so lovely to visit your blogs and see all your wonderful creations.

We also welcome Jacqui who is joining our team this week as a Guest Designer.

This week we would love to see your creations using 3 different ribbons.

We have a great sparkly prize this week (see below) which has been very kindly donated by Bryony from Silly Monkey Crafts. Silly Monkey Crafts now have Stickles in stock in lots of fabulous colours. Their Bank holiday sale continues and they currently have 10% off all stock ..... but hurry as it ends today, Tuesday 26th August.

For my card this week I have used High Hopes Henry the Great with all his cute little bunnies. I looped three different ribbons to add to my bloom and finish with a button.

Thank you to dear Sanne for passing this wonderful award to me and making my day! If you haven't visited Sanne before pop over to her blog as she is a very talented 8 year old.

We're off to visit my Nan, Grandad and Aunt today for the last time before they emigrate to Portugal in a couple of weeks time. I know there is going to be lots of tears but look forward to spending quality time with them in the future when we go and visit for holidays. I will be featured in the Reader Stories of Cardmaking and Papercraft Issue 58 which is due out on 30th September with my story about this.

Hugs,



Card details
Stamps: High Hopes Henry the Great & High Hopes "Magic Happens" Sentiment
Medium: Prismacolor, Sansodor, Paper stumps
Ink: Memories
Paper:Dotty paper - SU Petals & Paisley's, SU Chocolate Chip & Real Red Card Stock, Stripy Paper - unknown
Embellishments: Bloom, ribbon, buttons

Lil' Show Girl

I wanted to decorate something today so this hardcover notebook I picked up from Asda for £1 was just perfect. I really love how this turned out and think this will make great stocking fillers for the children's little friends for christmas.. This one is for me! I used these cute new High Hopes Stamps Lil' Show girl and her show horse and lots of stickles. The letters were cut on my Cricut Expression.

Both the High Hope Stamps and the stickles are available to purchase from Silly Monkey Crafts. Their sale is now on and they have 10% of all products. Also postage is free on orders over £15.

Hope your having a great Bank holiday weekend and see you Tuesday with my challenge card,

Hugs,



Notebook details
Stamps: High Hopes Lil' Show Girl and Show Horse
Medium: Prismacolor, Sansodor, Paper stumps & Stickles
Ink: Memories
Paper: SU Designer Paper Petals and Paisleys
Embellishments: Ribbon, Fibres, PM Adhesive Pearls, Prima Flowers and buttons
Equipment: Martha Stewart Dolly Lace punch, Cricut Expression and Mickey's Font Cartridge

All SU products can be ordered from me direct to your home. Sorry but I can only ship within the UK.


My daughter Zoe is celebrating 2000 hits and has some blog candy up for grabs. Pop on over to her blog for details on how to enter. x

Crafty Monkey's

My daughter Zoe and her friend Hannah's new challenge has just started over at Crafty Monkey's. Please pop over and check out their wonderful cards and I hope your little ones can join in (or not so little as you can join in up to the age of 16 :-)

I've been so busy with the children and also my husband has been working shifts so we haven't been at home much. I hope to be back over the weekend with something to show you but haven't had much crafting time the last couple of days.

Have a great bank holiday!

Ahoy Landlubber! - High Hopes Project of the Month

I needed to make a card for Zoe's friend who will be 6 on Friday and this months High Hopes Project of the Month set was just perfect for the job. Throughout the month of August you can buy this set of five stamps for 25% off the regular price. I made this card also for Trina's blog candy using her fabulous sketch - Thanks Trina!

I received the gorgeous card below today from my friend Gill. She sent it to congratulate me on my HH DT position. Thank you for such a lovely surprise.

I received the below award from Debbie a couple of days ago - thank you. If you haven't visited Debbie's blog before your in for a real treat.
Hope your having a great week. It's such a shame about the weather so I took the girls to a indoor play centre to run off some steam this morning so their daddy could get some rest after his night shift.
Hugs,


Card details
Stamps: High Hopes Project of the Month - On Guard Oberto, Treasure Map, Ahoy Sentiment, Polly Parrot and Ships Wheel
Medium: Prismacolour Pencils with Sansodor and Paper Stumps to blend, Sakura Stardust pen
Ink: Memories
Paper: SU Chocolate Chip Card stock and Basic Grey Archaic
Embellishments: brad and fibres

A Spoonful of Sugar - Sketch by Debbie

Thank you to everyone who entered a card into our challenge last week over at "A Spoon Full of Sugar". It has been so lovely to visit your blogs and see all your wonderful creations.

This week we would love you to join in and follow the sketch below created by Debbie. Thanks for the great sketch debbie and it was fun to work with and I will use it again.
We have a fabulous prize to give away this week which we will be sent to one randomly chosen winner. The "Charlie and dog" stamp has very kindly been donated by Katharina from "Whiff of Joy Stamps". Thank you Katharina.
For my card this week I have used this gorgeous Sarah Kay "Picnic of Daises". I just love these pretty bright papers which are by Three bugs in a Rug and area part of the Blossom collection. The "Happy thoughts" paper in this range is just great as it has lots of words which can be chopped up for sentiments. Most of the products used on my card today including the ProMarkers can be purchased from Silly Monkey Crafts (I have added the individual product links below). I have used a combination of ProMarkers and Copics to colour my image and have to say apart from the nibs being different I can't notice a difference between the ink quality.


Right before I go I just want to also thanks my friend Barb for passing the above award to me a couple of days ago. If you haven't come across Barb be sure pop on over to her blog and have a good look around.

Back in a couple of days with my first official High Hopes DT card as my DT stamps have now arrived - Yippee!




Card details
Stamp: Sarah Kay - Picnics Of Daisies
Medium: Mixture of Copics and ProMarkers, chalk for her cheeks
Ink: Brilliance
Paper: Three Bugs in a Rug Blossom Collection - Dot, Happy Thoughts and Laughter, SU Cardstock Certainly Celery & Rose Red.
Embellishments: Buttons from Basic Grey Euphoria collection, flowers and brad.
Equipment - Cuttlebug and CB embossing folder bloom dots

Friday Sketchers - Pip with Presents

Yeah, I've made a start on my Christmas cards and isn't this little boy just the cutest with his little present pile. I followed the great sketch by Mumur for this weeks Friday Sketchers Challenge. I really enjoyed this challenge this week and the sketch gave me a chance to go mad with some fibres!

Yesterday I received two awards.. the first was the "Wylde Woman" award from Erna and also the "I love your blog" award from Maria. Thank you both so much for passing these to me and for making my day.

I wanted to also show you this beautiful card that arrived from my friend Kristine with some images. Thank you so much Kristine you are the best!Enjoy the rest of the weekend and see you Tuesday with my challenge card. We are off to see Wall-E tomorrow which the children are really looking forward to.

Hugs,




Card details
Images:Sugar Nellie Pip with Presents and little cat from image Sugar Nellie Planting some Love (thank you Debbie)
Medium: Prismacolor, Sansodor, Paper stumps, Sakura Stardust pen and Stickles
Ink: Memories
Paper: Dream Street Wondrous Winter - Holly Dance, SU Not Quite Navy and Ruby Red, Embossed background sent to me from Justine - thank you and I must buy this folder. I have chalked this to match the paper using Stampin' Up Pastels.
Embellishments: PM Wire Christmas word - available from Silly Monkey Crafts and fibres.

Little Missy

I have been dying to use this cute little image for a while and I would like to introduce "Little Missy". I apologies for my lack of imagination this week and some of you may have spotted that the colour scheme is very similar to my last card. This wasn't my intention and my card was half done when I realised.. Just shows you how much I love my new SU papers!

Card details
Stamps: High Hopes Little Missy & Sentiment - SU Simply Said
Medium: Prismacolor, Sansodor, Paper stumps
Ink: Stazon
Paper: SU Regal Rose, SU Certainly Celery, SU Designer Paper Petals and Paisleys
Embellishments: Little charms from Debbie - thank you! & ribbon
Equipment: Fiskars Border Line Punch - Flower


I have been really lucky and a couple of days again received this fab award again from my friend Kelly - Thank you and you know how much I love you and your blog! I received this award before so again would like to give this to you all for being such great blogging friends and for all you wonderful comments.

I had a really great mail day and wanted to share some of the lovely cards from my friends.

My first card to show you is from the very lovely Joan and she sent me some pretty SU flower stickers like the ones used on her card. Joan knows how much I am a fan of SU products! Thank you!

I received this gorgeous thank you card from Erna. She also sent me some really pretty flowers and leaves. Thank you!
The last beautiful card is from Tina. Oh my goodness you would not believe the kindness of this lovely lady and the wonderful package she sent for Zoe. Thanks again Tina and I hope you are feeling better.

Before I go I also wanted to tell you about High Hopes Project of the month. You can buy 5 great Pirate themed stamps at 25% off their original price during August.

Well have a great evening. Little Danni is now fast asleep. Some of you may know that she has been staying up very late which as well as tiring was eating into my crafting time as I normally make my cards late evening. Well as I've already made a card today I am now going to make the most of my time to come and visiting your lovely blogs!

Hugs,

A Spoonful of Sugar Challenge - A Secret Message

Thank you to everyone who entered a card into our challenge last week over at "A Spoon Full of Sugar". It has been so lovely to visit your blogs and see all your wonderful creations.

This weeks challenge is called Secret Message. We would love you to hide a message somewhere in your card.

We have one of the new release High Hopes stamps "Juggles" to send to one randomly chosen winner this week. The stamp has very kindly been donated by Bryony from Silly Monkey Crafts. Silly Monkey Crafts have lots of the new High Hope releases instock.
For my card this week I had a chance to play with lots of my new lovely SU products. Their card stock is fabulous quality and don't forget that this month if you buy 3 packets of the designer papers you get the 4th free.

Have a great week,
Hugs




Card details
Stamps: Hanglar Blomstertjej, Hanglar Kitties from Kim - thank you! and SU Curvy Verses
Medium: Prismacolor, Sansodor, Paper stumps
Ink: Memories & SU Stamping Pad "Tempting Turquoise
Paper:SU Tempting Turquoise, SU Certainly Celery, SU Designer Paper Petals and Paisleys
Embellishments: Martha Stewart Envelopes, Ribbon and buttons
Equipment: SU Spiral Punch & Martha Stewart Dolly Lace punch (thank you Ila for giving me the idea to create this great corner!)

All SU products can be ordered from me direct to your home.

I received this cool new award from Christa, Heike, Tracie and Holly. Update 12/08/08 Karin passed it back to me! You are a sweetie! Thank you so much for making my day!

The rules of the award are:
1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls you’ve nominated

Now I would like to give this wonderful award to:

Claudia
Deb
Heidi
Debbie
Stacey
Karin
Michelle

All these girls have lovely blogs and are very talented! It was so hard to pass this on as I love so many of your blogs! Apologies if you have found this before I have left you a message.

Back tomorrow with my "Spoonful" DT card. Have a great evening.
Hugs,

Friday Sketchers, Mothers and Daughters Creations and an Award

We're back from a very wet Cornwall but we had a lovely break. It was lovely to see my Mum and for the girls to play with their Nanny.

Here is a card I made today to cover two challenges. Firstly Friday sketchers which is using the fabulous sketch by Bea as shown below. Also this weeks Mothers and Daughters creations which is to use Stickles on your card.

The shell on my card was collected by my girls at Looe beach on Sunday. It was chucking down and both girls were like drowned rats but had such a great time digging around with their buckets and spades with my Mum. All stamps can be purchased from Silly Monkey Crafts.


I also came home to this lovely award from my good friend Justine - thanks honey!

I know this award has been around lots but would like to pass it to any of my friends who make my day and leave me comments who haven't received it.

My daughter Zoe and her friend Hannah's new challenge started today over at Crafty Monkey's. Please show them your support and ask you little ones to take part. They have a Magnolia stamp to give to one lucky winner.

Have a great weekend!
Hugs,




Card details
Stamps: High Hopes Sweet Anabela, Stanley Sea Snail & You're Fin-tastic! Sentiment (thank you Agnes)
Medium: Prismacolor, Sansodor, Paper stumps, Sakura Stardust pen and stickles.
Ink: Stazon
Paper: SU Ruby Red and Old Olive & Fanciful Pink Diamonds by Paper Adventures. All SU products be ordered through myself.
Embellishments: Ribbon, dew drops (thank you Heidi), Fibres (thank you Lim)

Katharina's 100 000 hits Blog Candy - Elisabeth Bell Guardian Angel Collection

Katharina has some fantastic blog candy for one lucky winner.

Here is the deal:

* The winner of her blog candy give away gets the complete Whiff of Joy Guardian Angel Collection by Elisabeth Bell ( 4 stamps ) for free
* AND she (or better Whiff of Joy Stamps ) will host a blog candy give away on the winners blog. You can choose the terms and I will sponsor your blog candy with another complete set of the Guardian Angels

What do you have to do to qualify for Katharina's blog candy?

* Subscribe to Katharina's newsletter or RSS feed.
* Post a link to her 100 000 hits blog candy on your blog
* Let her know that you want to enter the draw by leaving a message on her post

Good Luck!

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge - Recycling

Thank you to everyone who entered a card into our challenge last week over at "A Spoon Full of Sugar". It has been so lovely to visit your blogs and see all your wonderful creations.

For this weeks challenge we would love you to make a card using a recycled item. It could be simply using up your old scraps of papers left over from other projects or if you want to be more adventurous maybe some buttons, lace or ribbon which you have rescued from some old clothing, any household articles like bottle tops, wrapping paper, tags in clothing etc...

Remember you can use Sugar Nellie, Sarah Kay, Rachelle Anne Miller, Hanglar or High Hopes stamps in your work.

We have a new Sponsor this week Lana from dottydocrafts. Lana has kindly donated the fab prize shown below for one lucky winner this week. If you haven't visited dottydocrafts before please pop over and have a look as there are some great iems in the shop.

For my card this week I have used up some paper and ribbon left over from a previous project. I have also used some string which was rescued from a package. The cute High Hopes characters can be purchased from Silly Monkey Crafts. I would like to thank my friend Agnes for sending me the image of Simon Turtle and the Hugs and Hugs sentiment.

Have a great week.
Hugs,


Card details
Stamps: High Hopes Delores Dolphin, Simon Turtle and Hugs and Hugs sentiment
Medium: Prismacolor, Sansodor, Paper stumps, Sakura Stardust pen and stickles.
Ink: Memories
Paper: Paper: Karen Foster "Bubbles", Bazzill,
Embellishments: Doodlebug Gingham Ribbon - Blue Jean/Swimming Pool, fibres, fish brads, string,
Equipment: Cuttlebug and Spots and dots embossing folder