Blog Candy in memory of Amanda Mary

This blog candy is done in the memory of my good friend and UKScrappers team mate Amanda Mary.

I have only just found out about it, so sorry it only gives you a few hours to enter.

There is a huge amount up for grabs, for full details please click here.

A mix of crafting goodies from Marion (no blog)

A brand new pack of 100 sheets of Bazzill premium cardstock donated by Karen over at "Karens World" who is a brand new Stampin up demonstrator you can find her here

All these exciting goodies from June over atDezinaworld 

as well as $10.00 worth of printable images from Junes shop (the winner will get them via email and just need to print )  she has a smashing selection of collage sheets for mixed media, decoupage, altered art, scrapbooking, jewellery and more for sale please go over and have a look x you wont be disappointed x

Look at what lovely Lorraine over at Lorraines creationshas donated: See end of post for full list x

And 50 sheets of 8x8 design papers by Amanda over atCrafty Creations by AJ

And 2 sheets of personalised printed labels donated by me (Leigh)

   

 6 new sheets of Forever Friends Christmas Decoupage in the original packets by Maureen over at "Maureens den" here 

And these sheets of Christmas embellisment papers from Tina over at Tinas haven here

Hugs

H xx

Doodle Dragon Christmas Cards

If you popped by on Wednesday, you would have seen three circles with Dustin's cute wreaths on them.

Well today I have made them into three Christmas cards for my relatives in Perth, Western Australia.

I used the sketch from this weeks challenge over on the Lili Of The Valley blog.

The images are coloured with promarkers, sorry I don't know the makes of the papers.

I used my gorgeous Martha Stewart snowflake punch and one of my new Lili of the Valley sentiment circle stamps.  The bows are made using my bow-easy.

Hope you all have a fun and creative weekend,

H xx

Whats on your workdesk? Wednesday 77

Just a quick post today.  Here's what's on my desk tonight.

These images are some of collection of Dustin Pikes digi stamps.

Dont forget the sale starts over on doodle dragon studio tomorrow.

You can check out Dustin Pike's blog here and his digi shop here.
Have a great thanksgiving all those in America,
Hugs
H xx

Doodle Dragon Studio - Thanksgiving Blow-out Sale

If you use digi stamps, normal stamp or just love colouring then you really need to head over to Doodle Dragon Studio on Thursday to get the best deal ever.

On Thursday Dustin has 904 digi stamps up for sale for just $30 which is about £19.

On Sunday he was asking for guinea pigs to test that all the downloading areas are set up properly.

I jumped at the chance to get my digi's early and now have the dilemma of choosing which ones to print and colour first.

Along with some of the best digi stamps around there are also a selection of coloured images to help out when you need something in a hurry.

Click here to see all the images you get for just $30 and I'm sure you'll agree with me in saying this is the best deal going.

Dustin also has a great blog and offers freebies nearly every week.

You can find his blog here.

Hugs

H xx

Sketch Saturday - Week 130

Here is my final sketch challenge entry. Its from Sketch Saturday.

The sketch :

And here is the card:

This digi stamp is from Karens doodles.

Its called I didn't do it.

The dog (Max) is coloured with my copic ciao's E33,35,37 and the rest of the image is coloured with my promarkers.

The punch used is my Martha Stewart Double Loops punch and patterned paper is from Creative Imaginations and is called Doggie Bone.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out Mike's birthday cards.

Today I found out I had won some stamps from A Crafty Kind of Truffle.

She as another set up for grabs now.

This has spured me onto offering some blog candy next week.

I enter lots of competitions and one of my recent wins was some fiskars scissors.

I have lots of pairs of scissors so one day next week I will be offering 2 pairs as blog candy.

It will be open to uk residents only as money is tight so can't afford to send abroard, sorry.

Keep checking back next week for your chance to win.

H xx

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 139 A sketch by Susan

Cute Card Thursday have a sketch for you to use this week.

This card is for Mike off his Grandma.

If I was more organised I'd be able to tell you where this really cute digi stamp came from, but turns out I am very un-organised.

The image is coloured in with a mixture of copic ciao's and promarkers.  The patterned paper is from Bo Bunny and is called persuasion dot.

I have them dotted around the image and the turquoise papers with my sakura blue star dust pen.

I think this is my favourite card I have done for Mike.

Lord Have Mercy Tuesday Sketch Challenge #100

Turns out I'm a bit late with this sketch as it starts on a tuesday and ends on a sunday, so its already closed but never mind, here it is anyway.

The sketch is from Lord have Mercy's blog.

And here is the card I made for Mike's sister to give to him.

Mike's team is Rochdale AFC so I could only use blues on this card.

The image is one of my many Lili of the Valley stamps called Football Crazy and is coloured in with promarkers.

I used a sizzix embossing folder called snowballs I think on the dark blue card.

The other card, ribbon and card candy are from my stash.

Friday Sketchers Challenge

Friday Sketch #129 sponsored by Sunshine & Giggle Stamps

Well I finally got my bum in gear and finished the other 4 cards for Mikes birthday.

All are entered into 4 different sketch challenges.

This is the sketch for Mikes birthday card off his Mum & Dad.

And here is the card :

The dog is coloured in using my new copic ciao's E33,35,37.

The patterned paper in the background is from creative imaginations and is called paws.

The sentiment is from the new lili of the valley sentiment circle sets.

The other coloured card is from my stash and the card is finished with my favourite, card candy.

Mikes birthday card

I am such a bad blogger.

Life has been getting n the way of my crafting and I'm so missing my challenges.

Hopefully I can back in the swing back of things and get some challenge cards done this coming week.

Next week is Mikes 33rd birthday and so I made him the this doggy card.

I used a template from The House of Zandra.

I cut the dog aka Max, in cream card and them I sponged gingernut chalk ink around the edges.

Talking of Max, this week both Max and Zara have been to the vets for skin problems which resulted in Max having all his hairs shaved from his neck and Zara having the side of her face shaved.  They both had to have 2 injections, take 2 tablets twice daily and medicated baths every two days.

Thanks for stopping by, and I really appreciate all your lovely comments,

Hope that you drop by again,

H xx

Lili of the Valley Challenge 73 and a Blog Hop

Challenge 73 and a Blog Hop

This weeks theme over on the Lili of the Valley challenge blog the theme this week is "Anything Goes", as long as you use a lili of the valley image.  They are also having a blog hop to celebrate the launch of their new stamps which went on sale on Friday.  I must have been one of the first to place my order as I really wanted their new sentiment circles stamps and a few of the new girl images, so my order was placed at about 1am Friday morning.

This morning  I received a lovely parcel from my good friend Marion from Greece.  She sent me some foiled sentiments and some gorgeous charms amongst other things.  

I knew I had to start playing straight away and decided to use them on a wedding card I needed to get done for another good friend who is getting married next Saturday.

The image I have used is called Wedding Couple.  They are coloured with a mix of promarkers and copic ciao's.  The patterned paper is from papermania.  The white glittered card has been punched with my Martha Stewart double loop punch.

The card is finished off with 3 card candy and  Marion's foiled sentiment and charm.

This image is the first one I have coloured with my copic ciao's.  I found them very easy to use and I thought they blend easier than promarkers.

Tomorrow I go on my Introduction to copic ciao's run by Stamps and Memories.

I will hopefully do a full review of my day tomorrow.

Now nip on over to Lili of the Valley and check out their wonderful new stamps,

Hugs

H xx

Blog Candy

Sorry I haven't been on for quite a while, been busy organising my new craft space and making my nw ikea drawers.

I follow quite a few blogs daily and one of my favourites has some blog candy up for grabs.

So pop over to Terri's blog and have a look at all the wonderful goodies shes been making for the brownies christmas fair. 

Hugs

H xx

Doodle Dragon Studio & Sketch Saturday Challenge card

This Monday it will be my big brothers birthday.  I wanted to use a fun image so I chose a doodle dragon image that was a freebie I think a while ago.  

I used this weeks sketch over on Sketch Saturday

Here's the sketch

Also the challenge over on Doodle Dragon Studio challenge blog. is Anything Goes.

The current challenge is to make anything your little heart desires, so long as you use a Doodle Dragon Studios image! ANYTHING GOES!  Grab up your DDS images and make a card, layout, treat container, home decor...anything you can imagine.  

Here's my card :

The image is coloured with my trusty promarkers.  The patterned paper is from a DCWV stack but I can't remember which one.

Thanks for dropping by off to walk the dogs then back for a drink or two with my MIL.

Hugs

H xx

Tiddly Inks blog candy

This blog candy has a bit of everything:

3 sets of acrylic stamps, stacks of paper, cardboard, bits and pieces of goodies, mirrors and magnets, some cardstock and envelopes, a few finished cards and most important a CD of Tiddly Inks images worth $50....you pick the ones you want up to $50. :) Wahooooo!!!!

Read more: http://tiddlyinks.blogspot.com/2010/10/blog-candy-continued.html#ixzz14FxGBDiK

You will have to be quick to get in on your chance to win,

H XX

Lili of the Valley Challenge Card - Challenge 71

This week we have another of Bevs Brilliant Sketches for you to follow.    Laila and Lisa have kindly donated a £10 voucher to be spent on the Lili of the Valley website as this weeks Prize for one lucky entry to be drawn at random.

To be entered for the prize you must use a Lili of the Valley Stamp  or Diecut Image on your creation,  please leave a link back direct to your card and not just your blog in Mr Linky below, we will still be pleased to see your entries using other stamps but they will not be entered for the prize.   Don’t forget this challenge will close at 6pm Wednesday 3rd November.

I needed to make a birthday card for my brothers birthday off my parents and loved this image so much I just had to use it.

The image is called Lazy Afternoon and you can find it here or as part of the Boy Oh Boy A5 stamp sheet here.  I've coloured him with my promarkers and used one of the sentiments off the A5 sheet aswell.
I don't know the make of this paper but its just perfect for this image.  The border punch is the Martha Stewart Double Loops punch and I've finished it off with 3 blue card candy.
I've recently lost my craft mojo but doing this card by following Bev's sketch has given me the kick start I needed.

Thanks for dropping by,
H xx

Tractor Birthday Card

Last week I was asked to make a birthday card for a 2 year old featuring either a tractor or a digger.

My friend kindly lent me the new Stamposaurus tractor stamp that was just perfect.

The tractor is coloured with promarkers and is mounted on red corrugated card and then on red leather effect card that I embossed with the sizzix big dots embossing folder.

The sentiment is wrote with my craft robo using a sakura red stardust pen.

I just finished the card off with red card candy.

Hopefully the second photo with show the texture off better.

I also found out today I won Suzi's 12 days of halloween fat book, which was up for grabs this last weekend during the tiddly inks blog hop.

You can check out her blog here.

Hugs

 H xx