Challenges

Good afternoon ladies and I hope the sun is shinning where you are and you are busy creating, I was going to post this card this morning but decided to go shopping with my friend down the souk as I needed some retail therapy and my friend needed to get some presents to take home.

I just had to indulge in some shopping (as you do) and bought some roses for my card making and a few other things as the sales were on, love a sale, I was very extravagant and bought a new pair of specks and when I saw Versace in the sale I thought oh darn it I just have to have those so bang has gone my new Timmy distressing inks, stamps and MS punches I was saving for but I love my new specks and at 50% off you just can not say no and I didn’t lol plus it made me feel a whole lot better.

On to my card I created this for Simon Says Stamp Challenge on Paper Craft Planet and this time it is a colour challenge of dark brown, vanilla (cream), and teal. I not exactley happy with my distressing round the edges as it came out a bit smudged and then I dropped the ink pad on my rose after I had finished the card, ah well.






The other challenge I have entered into are:

Craft Catz – Fancy edge and Ribbon

Cute Card Thursday - Ribbon Tastic

A Spoon Full of Sugar – Distressing Inks or Pearls or Glitter

Recipe
Image – Tilda
Papers – Bo Bunny / K and Co
Pearls - Hobby House
Bling – Kaban
Ink – Tim Holtz and Memento
Roses and Pins – Souk
Punch – MS
Ribbon – Bo Bunny
Leafs 0 Boss Kutz
Shine – Glimmer Mist
Glaze – Shakura Pen
Medium - Copic


Thank you for popping by my place and I do appriciate your comments and I shall be round your blogs later to see what you have been creating.

Hugs

Prairie Fairy Friday

Good Morning to all, its been a very forgetful week this week for me first I forgot to post my DT card for Cute Daisy May then I did the Simon Says Blog Hop, did my card for the challenge and then forgot to add it to their Mr Linky ahh well.


It’s also been hubby’s cemo week probably why I have been so forgetful as I have other things on my mind, this treatment make him very tired so while he sleeps I get a bit of crafting in.



I hope you are all ready to get creative as it’s time for Prairie Fairy Friday again, thank you to all who entered last week, we loved looking at your creations and wow was their some stunners out there.This week the theme is the beautiful Olympic colours, which inspired Roberta with the mountains on the banners, so she chose to do a colour challenge this week with these colours.





I used the image called In the Garden, which you can find here and this image is perfect for a Mothers Day card, so my mom will be getting two cards this year and used the sketch from Papertake which I loved using and shall be using this one again.



The flowers, butterfly and the blue flower center are from Siri over at One Dog Loads of Crafts, she has one beautiful blog and some stunning creations, thank you Siri, I chose the grey flowers and coloured them with inks to get the colour blue I wanted.









I have just noticed that the inside is a bit wonky, bit like me really :-) oh well never mind I will have to change it later.

The rest of the recipe for this card are:

Coloured with Copic
Sentiments – Computer
Inks – Colour Box
Ribbon – Bo Bunny
Leafs – BossKut
Corners – EK Punch
Glimmer Mist – Diamond

I have entered it into the following challenges:

Spoon full of Sugar - Distressing inks

Secret Crafter -Mothers Day

Digital Tuesday - A card for MOM

I look forward to seeing your creations using this colour combination and thank you for popping by my place I really look forward to your visits and I shall be round to see you all later.

Hugs

Simon Says Stamp Blog Hop

Hi Ladies and I hope your all having a good day.

There’s a blog hop going on over at Simon Says Stamps which I nearly forgot about, I have had so much going on, that it slipped my mind, so off I went to check to see if I was still in time and whoo I am, I do like a hop :-)

The requirements for your creation are:

If you have any Stampabilities stamps they would love to see them on your creation if not you can use this recipe

3 TYPES OF EMBELLISHMENTS
2 PATTERNED PAPERS you can also use coordinating cardstock :-)
1 IMAGE


Unfortunately I do not have any of these stamps, but would love to own some, as they are simple gorgeous, I used the recipe and came up with this.




The flower looks orange but I can assure you it is pink and no matter how many times I took the picture it still came out orange so I gave up in the end.

The sentiment on the inside is computer generated.

Thank you for popping by my place today, I really appreciated your visits and your comments mean a lot to me. I am going hopping now and I shall be round to visit you too.

Hugs

Prairie Fairy Friday Day and some new images from Roberta

Good Morning ladies,
I hope you are all ready to get creative this morning as it’s time for Prairie Fairy Friday again, thank you to all who entered last week, we loved looking at your creations and wow was their some stunners out there.

This week the theme is Brads and Buttons and today I have two new images of Roberta’s to show you, which make up my card.
The first image is the teapot and cup called Tea Time and the second are the flowers, which are called Sketchy Blooms, and you can find both these beautiful images at Prairie Fairy Digital Stamps

I coloured both of the images with watercolours, the flowers were glittered with a Sakura pen round the edges and the dots then glossy accents were added to leafs and flowers on both images to finish off.

I used the sketch from the recipe from Die Cut Dreams Challenge which is, three pattered papers which are from Bo Bunny, two different ribbons from my stash, Two flowers, yes I know I have three so I hope that does not go against me but it did not look right with two, you have the option to use gems as well if you like, this recipe fitted perfect for my card this week.

I kept the inside plain at the moment, as I want to add some special things as it’s for my mom.

I also entered it into the following challenges:

Pink Elephant - Ribbon

Cute Card Thursaday - Something Metal etc Brads Charms etc.

Spoon Full of Sugar - Spring

I look forward to seeing your creations and thank you for popping by my place I really look forward to your visits and I shall be round to see you all later.

Hugs

Candy Winner and Cute Daisy May and Valentines Card

Scroll to the bottom of this post to find the Candy Winner

Hi Everyone and I hope your all having a good day and the sun is shining at your place, just to let you know I shall be drawing my blog hop Candy later today but for now onto a card I created for my friend to give to his wife for Valentines. I used Papertake's Weekly challenge sketch and I really enjoyed using this sketch.

He always says Mon Cherie to her so I incorporated this into the sentiment, the papers are all Bo Bunny again and I inked all the edges with Timmy ink, I just love Bo Bunny papers :-)
I also used one of my favourite Whiff of Joy stamps the other things I used to create this card are:


Mini Roses– Prima
Glimmer Mist – Dazzling Diamond
Lace and Pin – Stash
Ink - Tim Holtz
Shine on the flowers in the image – Shakura gel pen
Medium – Copic
Heart Charm – Suzie Die Cuts
Sentiment – Computer

The inside sentiment say’s J’taime, soppy thing he is lol and I can say she loved it :-)

The challenges I have entered with this card are:

Stamp for the Weekend - Valentines

Digital Ink and Co - Valentines

Simon Says Stamp - Love

Cute Card Thursday - In the Name of Love

Darling Card Makers - Hearts

Penny's Challenge - Valentines Love

Cute Daisy May


My second card is for my DT spot this week at Cute Daisy May and the new challenge has been posted, thank you to all who took part in last weeks challenge, we loved going round your blogs and there was some amazing entries ladies.

I have used the sketch created by Chrissie from One Stop Craft Challenge which I loved using, this image of Linnies is from sheet 165 which you can find Here I love the big hats that Linnie draws and the lime green and pink was perfect for this, I just love this colour combination and shall use this again.

Recipe
Papers - Bo Bunny
Flower – Dog Wood Branch and Ribbon – Crop Stop
Ink - Colour Box
Shine on flowers – Shakura gel pen
Medium – Copic
Punch - MS
Pearls – Hobby House

I shall added sentiments to the outside and inside at a later date as I do not know who shall be receiving this card yet.

So we'd love to see what you do - please come and play. Each week a winner will receive free images of their choice.

I shall be back later with the Candy winner.

I'm back:-)

The winner for my candy is number 22 drawn by Random Generator.
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Dawn from Dawn’s Craft Place

Congratulations Dawn and thank you for joining the hop and entering my candy.
Please email me; the link is in my sidebar.

Hugs

Candy now Closed and will be drawn later, thank you to all who entered.

Prairie Fairy's 1st DT Blog Hop Starts on Friday February 12th until Sunday February 14th

Hi ladies and are you ready to get hopping with Prairie Fairy's 1st Blog Hop! I’m so excited to be a part of this and hope you are too.

Starting at 12:01 midnight Prairie Fairy time on Thursday there is a freebie image available at the Prairie Fairy Digital group at Papercraft Planet.


If you came here from the very talented Margie's blog then you are on the right track!

If you would like to start at the top of the hop, start HERE

On to my card that I created for Prairie Fairy's 1st Hop!






The inside stamp is from Basic Grey

I used the image Sendingulove2 which you can find HERE


Recipe
Image- Prairie Fairy Designs
Papers – Lasting Impresions
Ink – Colour Box
Medium – Water Colours and Copic Pens
Shine on the Heart – Glossy Accents
Sentiment Stamp Inside – Basic Grey
Hearts – Cuttlebug Die
Sentiment on the front - Daisy and Dandelion
Ribbon - Stash
Glitter - Shakura Gel Pen


If you happen to get lost on your hop here is the hop list:


Start: Prairie Fairy group at PCP.

Lorraine
Kelly
Cor
Stef
Jules
Lori
Kelly
Lori
Heike
Margie
Pinklilacs(You are here)
Crystal
Sara
Lisa
Prairie Fairy Fridays Enter your cards

Finish Roberta




Wow after this amazing blog hop this is what you can win!!!

PLUS...ANY 4 digital stamps from Prairie Fairy Designs!

HOWEVER.... if you don't win the candy at the end of the hop you will still have a chance at winning the prize on the challenge blog on the following friday!
So make sure you enter the challenge on the weekend to get two chances at some great candy!


You will have until 9:00pm Sunday Feb. 14th Valentines Day (Prairie Fairy Time) to complete the hop.



Wow Robert’s a very generous Fairy with her Fairy Goodies don’t you think? wish I could enter

Ok here’s all that you have to do to win all these Fairy Goodies is:

1. Leave a comment at all the hop spots for 1 entry.
2. Become a follower of our challenge group for a second entry.
3. Join the PCP group for a 3rd entry.

Earn 5 entries if you show us a new creation that has a Valentines theme and uses a Prairie Fairy image!!!!!




You will be able to download this image for free until 11:59 pm Friday night.

We are hoping that you will use the freebie to enter our Prairie Fairy Fridays challenge.

From there, you can hop along to all the DT's blogs to check out their cards for the challenge and if you complete all the steps you will be entered for a candy draw!



But that is not all! Some of us fellow Fairy DT members are also hosting our own candy....including me and you will have the chance to win this:







7 Sheets of Lasting Impressions Paper
The Sentiment Stamps I used on my card by Basic Grey (A new one I might add)
Assorted Gems and Sequins
I metre each of:
Lace, Red Ribbon Poka Dot, White Ribbon with Imprinted Flowers and Pink Ribbon.



Now what do you have to do to win my candy?
Just enjoy the Prairie Fairy's 1st DT Blog Hop!


I will draw my candy on 14th Feb Valentines Night.

Your next stop is the very talented DT Fairy

Crystal
I have also entered this card into the following challenges:
Creative Card Crew - Valentines
Simon Says - Love
Stamp with Fun -Hearts
Pile It On - To The One You Love


Enjoy you HOPPING and don’t forget to check out all the other very talented and amazing Fairy DT’s for some great Inspiration and additional Candies along the way.

All for now

Hugs

Prairie Fairy Blog Hop Starting Soon and Yummy Candy

A blog hop, a blog hop, we're having a blog hop! Come one come all this Friday Feb 12th. the hop begins!

Starting at 12:01 midnight Prairie Fairy time on Thursday, there will be a freebie available at the Prairie Fairy Digital group at papercraft planet. You will be able to download this image for free until 11:59 pm Friday night.
We are hoping that you will use the freebie to enter our Prairie Fairy Fridays challenge. From there, you can hop along to all the DT's blogs to check out their cards for the challenges and if you complete all the steps you will be entered for a candy draw!

You get candy entries in several ways such as completing the hop, entering the challenge, using specific items on your card you enter etc.
I also know that some of the DT's have candy at their blogs too, that you can enter to win! You don't want to miss this hop cause here is what you can win!






rhinestone frames from CTMH
Assorted ribbons and brads and buttons from CTMH
Irridessent snowflake glitter
1 mini chipboard circle album with chipboard diecuts.


PLUS...
ANY 4 digital stamps from Prairie Fairy Designs!


You will have until 9:00pm Sunday Feb. 14th Valentines day (prairie fairy time) to complete the hop.

HOWEVER.... if you don't win the candy at the end of the hop you will still have a chance at winning the prize on the challenge blog on the following friday!
So make sure you enter the challenge on the weekend to get two chances at some great candy!


Looking forward to seeing you there!


I shall be holding a small candy giveaway too.

Hugs Linda

Floral Fantasies Blog Hop,Sir Stampalot,

Hi everyone
I managed to finish this card in between hospital visits to see my DH who was rushed into hospital last week, he is doing well but the house is quiet without him.

I wanted to enter the colour combo challenge at Any Stamp will do and Sir Stampalot Challenge and Blog Hop which has started over at Floral Fantasies
The Challenge and blog hop will run for two weeks closing at midnight GMT on 13th February 2010. The challenge theme is:
"MOVING"

I have created this, with a moving Butterfly Charm so I hope this counts.

I have also entered it into Secret Crafters and they would like to see - Monochrome tones of one colour and white.

Cute Card Thursday and they would like to see Spots and Dots






I am sorry to say because I have very little time my visits to your blogs and the update of my blog will be cut down till my DH is well enough to come home, I will get round when I can as I miss seeing your creations and it takes my mind of things plus I find it relaxing.

All for now
Hugs

Candy Winners

Candy Winners


Wow what a fantastic response to my celebration Candy there was 196 people in all, thank you to everyone who helped me celebrate my BSc degree and I am sorry you cannot all be winners, wow that would be good but the purse strings would not stretch to that :-)


Now you will want to know who won right!

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Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers: 1 to 196

101

Timestamp: 2010-02-01 14:13:39 UTC



1st Prize Winner Anesha








Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers: 1 to 196

28
Timestamp: 2010-02-01 14:13:42 UTC

2nd prize Winner li-bee-ti



Congratulation ladies and I hope you will enjoy your goodies.


Can you contact me via the link on the side bar with you addy by Friday please so I can get these things posted off.


I shall do a random draw again if these candies are not claimed.

I shall be having a small candy in another couple of weeks to go along with a blog hop but more of that nearer the time, I will tell you it is to do with Valentines! so keep tuned.

Hugs

Cute Daisy May, Friday Sketches, Secret Crafter,

Hi Everyone and I hope your all having a good day and the sun is shining at your place, just to let you know I shall be drawing the Candy later today but for now onto Cute Daisy May as their is a new challenge posted, thank you to all who took part in last weeks challenge, we loved going round your blogs and there was some amazing entries ladies.


This week DT member Michele came up with the theme of Valentine in Pink and Neutral, love Pink so I was in my element. OK ladies get those creative juices flowing as we would love to see what creations you have in store for us this week.

I have used the sketch from Friday Sketchers which I loved using,this image of Linnies is from sheet 133 which you can find Here and is perfect for a Valentines theme plus Secret Crafter was looking for hearts on your creation, fits perfect don’t you think?






I also put some little hearts on the inside too.

Remember each week the winner gets a download of their choice and a blog blinkie.

Recipe
Image – Linnie
Paper/ Ribbon – Bo Bunny
Coloured Copic
Ink – Colour Box
Bling – Kaban
Sentiment – Basic Grey
Punch – MS – Lace
Leafs – Boskut
Flowers – Stash
Sakura Gel Pen


That’s all for now and I shall be back later with the Candy winners, geez the suspense is killing me as I want to know who won it too lol.

Hugs