Wags 'n Whiskers - Valentines with a twist!

The Wags 'n Whiskers challenge is back with our first challenge of 2010! For our challenge this week we would love to see your Valentines creations but with a twist... NO RED or at the very least red should be kept to the minimum!

Once again, one lovely participant will win a Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamp of your choice.

For my card this week I have used Puppy Love. This cute puppy couple is Lacey's sweet yorkie Princess with my Aunt's handsome Golden Retriever Barley - see below. Not only is this a sweet image for Valentines but would also be perfect for Anniversary cards too! Princess and Barley have been coloured with Prismacolor pencils with sansodor and paper stumps to blend. I kept the card design quite simple and the dp is from the new Basic Grey Sugar Rush 6x6" pad. I again cut some raffia lace and added some co-ordinating flowers and brads.

Here is Barley Bear as my Aunt calls him. You may remember that my Nan, Grandad and Aunt moved to Portugal last year. Miss you loads!!!


Picture of the girls with Barley.

Sorry it's so fuzzy but pic was taken on my mobile

Don't own any Wags 'n Whiskers stamps but would like to play along.... click here to go shopping!

Be sure to check out the stunning creations from the rest of the team!

Have a great weekend!
Hugs,

Store Update:

This stunning card is designed by Mariska van der veer. Mariska has also used the Love Bandit Kit for her project! This kit is currently on SPECIAL!

The cute new Pink Cat Studio Valentine stamps are now on pre-order and should be arriving any day!


Now in stock 8 new In2Stamps - Baby and Get Well Collections.


Just arrived - Prima Jewel Box Butterflies and Gossamer Wings. Make your cards and projects that extra special!

Don't forget our SALE still continues. We also have a Clearance section where stamps are 50% off!!! Once they're gone... they're gone!!!

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Hearts!

Our new challenge over at A Spoon Full of Sugar has just started and this week Debbie would like to see hearts on our cards.

I couldn't wait to colour this cute image - Ryan's Chocolate Trouble from the latest Wags 'n Whiskers release. Don't you just love the expression on Ryan's face! How can you resist him... he did save a choc for you! lol

The papers, 8mm chocolate flat back pearls and sentiment are from my Love Bandit Kit! My two kits Love Bandit and Persuassion are my January Special offer over in my store so be sure to check them out! When purchasing the kit you can also purchase any Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Rubber Stamp at a discounted price too!

Ryan has been coloured with Prismacolour pencils with sansodor and paper stumps to blend. I have cut around the sentiment with a large SU Tag Punch. As always I have used my VersaMagic Jumbo Java chalk to age the edges of my paper and image.

So for our challenge... I have hearts on my papers, little hearts on my sentiment and also I used the Martha Stewart Edger Heart Lace Punch.



My card also fits with our challenge over at the Wags 'n Whiskers blog where Lacey is asking us to use punches or dies. Our new challenge doesn't start until Friday so get inking up your Wags 'n Whiskers Stamps - there is still time to play! You can check out our fabulous new release here.

We have a fabulous guest with us this week too at Spoon Full - Debby4000! I love this gals work! Be sure to visit Debby to check out her gorgeous card. Also be sure to check out the rest of the teams inspirational work!

Hugs,

Store Update:

The new C.C. Design stamps are now in stock and shipping today!

High Hope Challenge 57 - Sketchy Time

Our first challenge of the year has just started over at the High Hopes blog and this week I have created a sketch for you to follow. Feel free to rotate or add any extra elements if you wish! As always by playing there is a chance to win a great stamp prize! We also welcome our two new guests for the new term Melanie and Alex.!

This is the first card I have made for nearly 3 weeks so do feel a little rusty! I couldn't resist using this sweet High Hopes stamp Group Hug Bears and sentiment Group Hug. I don't actually stock this stamp in my store as it was a recent gift from Bethany at High Hopes . My huggy bears were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with a mixture of copic sketch markers and Prismacolor pencils.

The papers are from the new Basic Grey pad Sugar Rush 6x6" Paper pad. I used a circle nestabilitie to cut around the image and then added a Nellie Frame Die Multi Round behind.These dies are fabulous value so be sure to check them out! I added some lilac flat back pearls around the edge of the die shape. The heart is a new Martha Stewart Punch Lace Scallop Heart. I popped it up on foam pads and also popped up the sentiment which I cut out using an SU Word Window Punch. My sentiment was stamped in Versafine Onyx Black.

All paper edges were aged using VersaMagic Chalk Jumbo Java. To finish I cut up some Dark Pink Raffia Lace and added some co-ordinating buttons from the Sugar Plum Collection .

Be sure to check out the awesome samples from the rest of the team!

Thought I would share some pictures with you today. The first is of poor Danni who cut above her eye quite badly last week while twirling around to Disney Princess music. Poor little love fell and landed on the corner of the cat scratching post... Ouch! We did have a little trip to A&E but luckily she didn't need any stitches.... and is still smiling!

Next are the girls over the park a few days ago on their new bikes.

Zoe has never really been keen on bikes so this is her first bmx without stabilizers. Such a proud Mum and she was riding after 10 minutes practice. As you can see she loves it!

Do you have any under 16's who love to craft? You do.... Well be sure to get them to check out Crafty Monkey's the Challenge blog for kids. Zoe and Hannah's new challenge started Friday and Hannah has created a great sketch. Your under 16's won't want to miss out on the cool prize!

Wow... that was a long post today!

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Hugs,

Store Update:
The new Belles 'n Whistles Sweet Things Collection. Pre-order now!!!

Restocks of High Hopes stamps and lots of old favourites ready for the love season. If I don't stock a stamp you require... drop me an email so I can add it to a future order.

Miss Anya Love.... back in stock!!!!

The very popular Miss Anya Love is now back in stock. Also a small supply of TT Madelynn and Princess Ava.

For my UK Customers there is still time to grab your Christmas goodies and all orders received today before 4pm will ship today first class!!! We will be here and shipping all posting days over the Christmas/New Year period.

I am taking a blogging break now until the new year so wishing all my blogging friends and visitors a wonderful Christmas and New Year!!!

Hugs,

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Sketchy Time

Our new challenge over at A Spoon Full of Sugar we have the below sketch designed by myself. Feel free to flip the sketch if you like :-)

We have some great news in that Coco from France will be joining our team !!! Welcome Coco!!!

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This challenge our sponsor is Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamps. You will see over at Spoon Full blog that each of the design team have used a stamp from our new release this week. Thank you so much girls.... you have done an amazing job!!!

Also joining us this week is my Co-owner Lacey Stephens. Thank you for your adorable card Lacey!!!

This challenge the lucky winner will win two Wags 'n Whiskers stamps of their choice.

Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamps are now selling Wholesale. If you are a store owner or know of a store who would like to stock our stamps please contact:

Lacey for US and Canadian stores at LaceySoLiving@bellsouth.net

or

Nikki (me) for UK and the rest of the world (excluding US and Canada) at nichola.fairbairn@googlemail.com

Now a little about my card today... The image is called Thinking of You and features my daughter Zoe and our cat Gemma. This is a pose you would find Zoe in so often as she is such a list writer!!! She drives me nuts with all the little notes she leaves around the house! lol

My image is stamped in Stazon and coloured with Distress inks. The gorgeous papers, ribbon and brads are from my new kit - Persuasion which is available to buy now at Bunny Zoe's Crafts. As an added bonus if you buy either of my two new kits you can purchase any Wags 'n Whisker stamp at a special discounted price.

Hope you get time to join us this week!

See you Friday with my card for our next Wags 'n Whiskers challenge.

Hugs,