Woopsy, only 12 hours late with my Blog Candy Winner!

Good evening crafty bloggers!

I'm so sorry, I completely forgot about my blog candy today!

I was up early & got my towels on to wash, stripped my bed,

did some ironing, got crafty & then did some home DIY with hubby!

We were sorting out some sprung floor boards today

as well as varnishing some doors.

We also had to wait in for our old sofa's to be collected by the charity shop people!

I can't tell you how good it feels to have a little bit of space back in the house!

So now, without any further ado let's get down to the business in hand!

There were 20 comments on my candy post.

The candy prize is a 15 Euro Voucher for

Scrapbook Heaven

Having checked the comments, there was one duplicate which I deleted 

just to keep it fair!

Mr Random .org was called upon to make a selection!

He picked #14

That's you Nancy!

send me an email to dawnyfox(at)gmail(dot)com

& I'll give you the voucher code!

Thanks so much to all who entered!

I'm Bedazzled!

Happy Hump Day bloggers!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

We the Dude & Dudette's have been given a week off from 

Dude Time Doodles this week as there is no challenge but....

Here is the card I have to share with you today!

The image is Bedazzled Beth!

She's a total knockout don't you think? 

I love her little 'familiar' in the form of a cat too!

Beth is from Dude Time Doodles!!! lol

If you entered the BCA challenge at Link Up For Pink

You might have been lucky enough to get her for free!

She's perfect for Halloween & especially for a Halloween Birthday!

Such attention to detail, just look at those killer heels! 

I coloured Beth up with a selection of promarkers & flexmarkers

then distresses the edges & inked them.

I added some Diamond Sparkles for a few highlights!

Must say they look a bit green in the photo but it was the only way 

I could capture the sparkle!

The sentiment is from a free sheet by Caz & was lying 

just beside me at the right time!

The ribbons & buttons were from my stash

The gauze was salvaged from work  as it hadn't been used

& was about to go in the bin as it was past it's use by date.

It started out white but I attacked it with a black promarker

et voila! Inky fingers!! Lol, you can still see the odd wisp of white!

The base card is orange & I matted the DP, another freebie from
the set by Michelle Stone,& the image onto black paper.

I lightly decorated the inside too! 

I love doing this as I feel it gives the card balance & looks 

a bit more exciting than a plain old insert!
Thanks again for stopping by!
Don't forget to check out the other DTsamples on the Challenge Blog

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Crafty Sentiments Recycle It
Everybody Art Challenge Orange or Purple
Flourishes Create A Birthday Card
Passion For Promarkers Pets
{Pin}spirational Photo Insp
Use It Tuesdays Orange (cardstock & buttons)

Clearly Inspired Ribbon or Twine
Crafty Catz Halloween
Craftymess Halloween
Digi Haven Halloween
Hotshot Crafts Bling
Raise The Bar Witch
Stempelsonnen Halloween
Challenge Up Your Life Autumn/Halloween
Crazy 4 Challenges Orange/Black/Purple
Di's Digi Designs Too Cute To Spook
Drunken Stampers Napoleons Buttons
Just Some Lines Too Cute Too Spook
Sweet Stampin' Halloween

Charisma Cardz CAS

DRS Designs Cats

Little Miss Muffet Challenges Halloween Colours

Paper Crafting Journey Add Some Bling
Sassy Studio Designs Halloween Spooktacular

A Little Bit Of Candy!

Hi Lovely Bloggers!

Quick post for you today!
Just thought I'd offer up a little bit of blog candy!

It's a 15 euro voucher for Scrapbook Heaven

If you'd like to play please just leave me a comment below

& I'll ask Random.Org to pick a number on Saturday morning.

Not One But Two!

Good Morning Bloggers!

I'm  a very lucky lady! 

I was given not just one but two blog awards yesterday from the lovely

 Rachel at Fishers's Cards & Crafts  

Thank you very much Rachel, - I'm honoured to receive them both!

 Both of these awards come with some rules: 

1. I need to publicly thank the people who gave them to me. 
2. I am to share some information about myself
3. I have to nominate some of my favorite blogs
4. I am to comment on their blogs to let them know I’ve awarded them

Thank's again Rachel, I'm honored & delighted that you chose me!

The One Lovely Blog award asks me to share 7 facts about myself while the 

Sunshine Award has some specific questions for me to answer. 

The Sunshine Award questions will effectively cover the 7 facts about me.

• Favourite color: Purple
• Favourite animal: Cats, of all sizes
• Favourite number: 7
• Favourite drink: Hmmm that's tough one! I guess it would be cider!
• Facebook or Twitter: FB although I do tweet too!
• Good book or good movie: A good book on holiday but a good movie on a cosy night in!
• Giving or getting gifts: Has to be giving! I love to see peoples faces when you give them a well chosen gift! That's not to say I don't like getting gifts too!
• My passion: Crafting(keeps me sane), My Family (Drive me insane) Holidays(for when I need to get away from it all!)
• Favourite day: Friday (the promise of the weekend ahead!)
• Favourite flower: Can't say I have a favourite but I love to see daffodils as they herald the start of spring!

 I now have to nominate 3 people to get these awards. I always find this difficult as there are so many fantastic bloggers out there!

Here goes anyway!

Sandra H @ Nanagramps Craft Designs 

Sue Bearhouse @ Creations by Bearhouse

Nancy @ What's on My Kitchen Counter

Still In The Pink

Good afternoon all you lovely bloggers,

I hope you've had a fun Sunday!

Hubby & I have just been out for a belated anniversary lunch at 

a local dim sum restaurant it was yummy!

Made even tastier as they always send us a money off voucher to use!

Here's the little card I made today!

The colours were very difficult to capture so I apologise for that!

I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday for the design.

The image I have used was a freebie from 

Sassy Studio Designs

I coloured her up with a mix of Flexmarkers & Promarkers 

& inked the edges then added a few little 

Papermania self adhesive gems

I also added the blow & a Hope Ribbon Charm.

The DP is from a book I bought in Lidl, I love it when they get 

crafty bits in but  I haven't seen any for ages!

Here's the inside!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you like her!

I'm off to search for a few more challenges to enter.

Sketch Saturday Sketch

Emergency Crafters Glitter/Gems, Ribbon/Flowers, Die Cut/Sentiment

Hotshot Crafts Bling
Sweet N Sassy Digi Challenge Metal (charm)
Sweet Pea Stampers Support (Get Well or Thinking Of You)
Freshly BrewedDesignsThinking Of You
C.R.A.F.T Use Metal
DL Art Thankful Thursday Get Well/Sympathy
Crafty Creations Get Well
Paper Shelter Challenge Charm
Sisterhood Of Crafters Get Well

Stamp Out Stamp Thieves!

Help support all those lovely artists out there who are working hard to create

all those lovely stamps/digi's for us to create with, then finding that their artwork is being 

stolen/ripped off & sold on other sites by people who claim it is their own artwork!

Stamp Out StampThieves

All In A Flap

Good Morning lovely blogging friends!

I have a card to share with you today!

This was a commission for a 60th Birthday.

The card base is one of my new 8x8in squares!

I'm still coming to terms with all that space!

The image is Flap Happy from LivvyBo Designs at 

Whimsy Stamps

Isn't she just adorable!

I coloured her up with a mix of Promarkers & Flexmarkers

then inked the edges with a little ink pad.

The Chinese roses & flourishes were cut with Marianne Designs dies

I used some Magic Mesh which was in my mystery parcel from

Sarah Wright.

The papers are Paper Dasies from sugar plum paperie here

The sentiment ticket is from The Crafty Pad Designs

the ribbon is from my stash & was recycled from some gift wrapping.

I decorated the inside of the card using the same design!

I have to admit that when I showed the card was to the lady who ordered it, 

she  decided that it would be perfect for her DIL's 30th Birthday &

the age was altered to suit! Any ideas for a 60th card?? lol

Thanks for sparing the time to pop in!

I hope you like her.

I'd like to enter this little card in the following challenges

I Love Promarkers Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon Bow

Pennys Paper Crafty Girl

The Perfect Sentiment Happy Birthday/Happy Anniversary

Anything Goes Make your Own Embellishements

Crafty Sentiments Bows Or Ribbons

Creative Craft Challenges "Three" (3dp's, 3 flowers)

Jacksons Digital Expressions CAS & Use 2 Dies (flowers & flourishes)

Tuesday Throwdown Tea At Grannies

The Crazy Challenge Handmade Flowers

Whoopsi Daisy Birthday Cards

Kenny K's Krafty Krew Think Pink

A Gem of A Challenge Flowers

Jellypark Challenges Pink it up

A Night On The Tiles

Good morning all you lovely bloggers!

It's time for the new 'Inspiration Challenge' at

Dude Time Doodles

Here's my card! 

 Can you guess the theme?

It's  'Happy Halloween' & remember your card must be for a Dude

or possibly for a Dude to give to his lady!

The image I have used this time is

 Fanny Witch

Isn't she just fab? 

Check out that cheeky look on her face!!

She's all set to pick up her young man for

a spooky night out on her broomstick!

I made the sentiment using a

free font  called 'Witches Magic'
 you can find it  here

The DP I have used is by

  Michelle Stone  at Free Digital Scrapbooking

I've distressed the edges of the image & the sentiment

then inked them up. I added some recycled black ribbon

which was originally around a gift & some Card Candi.

Check out the rest of the DT cards on the Challenge Blog!

I'm sure you will be inspired to play along this time.

Especially as we have a sponsor this week!

You can win 2 fabby images from 

Patties Creations

We can't wait to see your 'Happy Halloween' Creations!

Here are the challenges I'd like to enter my card in:

Creative Craft Challenges THREE (pieces of card candi)

Papertake Weekly Fright Night ,,,Boo

Ribbon Carousel Challenge Halloween Spirit

Eureka Stamps Halloween and/or Spooky

Forever Friends Halloween/Autumn

Hooked On Crafts Halloween

Lexi's Creations Halloween

Victorine Stamps Halloween

Come & Get It Challenges Colour Challenge

Creative Inspirations Paint Inspired By Halloween Treats

Scrappers Delights Paper Crafts Halloween

Scrappy Frogs Fall/Halloween

That Craft Place Halloween

Allsorts Challenge Too Cute To Spook

Challenge Up Your Life Autumn/Halloween

Crafty Calender All Things Spooky

Di's Digi's Designs Too Cute To Spook

Just Some Lines Too Cute To Spook

My Sheri Crafts Halloween

DRS Designs Witches

BCA/Think Pink Unclaimed Prizes Re-drawn

Okay lovely blogging peeps, the time has come to redraw the 

2 prizes which have remained unclaimed from my 

Breast Cancer Awareness/Think Pink Challenge

first up is

The Crafty Pad Designs 8 single images

#36 that's you Lydia

Next up we have

Mo's Digital Pencil   $5 Shop Credit

#78 that's you belldoubleyou

Congratulations ladies!

Please contact me at

dawnyfox(at)gmail(dot)com

by Sunday 28th October to claim your prizes!

Oh! How Distressed!

Hi everyone!

It's time for the new challenge at
The Crafty Pad!

This weeks challenge theme was chosen by our lovely Helen

#192 Distress It

We want to see you sand it, ink it,scrunch it, tear it.......the choice is yours!

Here's my DT offering for this week!

It's a Birthday Card for my niece.

The image I have used is The Crafty Pad Designs,

Girl At Wishing Well

The papers are from the 'First Edition' Hideaway Stack

The colours were just perfect for the challenge at

Play Date Cafe

She's been coloured with Flexmarkers & Promarkers

The edges of the papers were distressed with a pair of scissors,

then inked with Colour Q ink pads.

A side view to let you see the distressed edges.

The circle sentiment was a freebie I think from ages ago,

I added Birthday Wishes to the middle.
 I also dotted about a few self adhesive pearls.

I tied some Funky Fibres around the ribbon bow.

The inside is decorated to match!

Thanks so much for stopping by, don't forget to check out the other DT samples at 

The Crafty Pad this week, I hope you'll have time to 

play in our challenge. Hope to see you there!

Ooopsy, forgot to tell you.....

Our wonderful Sponsor for this challenge is:

Crafty Individuals

 

This fabby prize consists of:

1 set of rubber Christmas themed stamps and 1 A4 sheet of Angel Toppers.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Visible Image Inspired by Autumn

2 Sisters Anything Goes

Catch The Bug Photo Inspiration

Guylou's Imimitability Fancy Die Cut

Simply Create Anything Goes

Shelley's Images Tic Tac Toe (Die Cut, Free, Ribbon)

The Play Date Cafe Colour Inspiration

Crafts & Me Anything Goes

Freshly Brewed  Friend or Love + Fall Colours