Congratulations "♥ Spread a little ♥ Love ♥ Candy ♥" winner

Hi everyone thanks for your patience

We put all the names from the comments and all the numbers from the Mr linky together

(so everyone was included fairly)

and...............

My lucky

"♥ Spread a little ♥ Love ♥ Candy ♥"

winner is number 141

Mina

Please email me your snail mail address Mina and I will get your candy in the post to you Monday (Postal strike permitting!!)

Have a nice evening everyone and don't forget to come back for some more candy tomorrow as I have gone way over 900 followers ......so that means New Candy !!!

One for the Girls !!

October is Breast Cancer awareness month and as today is the last day of the month I thought I would dedicate it to the great cause with this plaque which will be Auctioned here on eBay with 50% of the proceeds going to "Breakthrough Breast Cancer Charity"
The image is from Whimsie Doodles its a Digi download and cost just $2.50 (£1.57) which is all donated to charity.
I have coloured the little lady with Copic markers, apart from being for a good cause I think you will agree she is a cute.
This plaque sends a message to all the girls out there who have been affected by this terrible illness and fits perfectly with this weeks theme at Cinema Saturday Challenge create something that inspires with an encouraging or uplifting sentiment!
Charisma Cardz challenge no DP
Have a great day & keep fighting girl !!!

No no no !! not more spooking !!

I know !! I know, I said no more Halloween challenges but this really is my last I promise !!!
And as today is Halloween day, or as some call it "The day of the dead" I just had to make just one more spooky project
I coloured this lovely CC Designs image with promarkers
and used prima flowers and Quickutz die cuts to dress up this Halloween plaque
All that Scrap Halloween
Corrosive challenge Shape (No squares or rectangles)
Flutter By Wednesday challenge Fairy
The Secrete Crafter challenge Halloween
La La Land challenge Ribbons
Passion for Promarkers challenge any colours plus an animal (bats )
C4C challenge Spooky
Fun with Shapes challenge what to see a frame or boarder and I have used the oval frame
Cuttlebug Challenge Favourite things; Another fav Cuttlebug Swirls embossing folder, CC.Designs stamps.
Sweet Dreams

Puppy Love !!

I have had this stamp some weeks now but haven't had time to use it so when I saw Marcea had set a lovely sketch over at the lili of the valley challenge blog I thought its time to ink it up !!
To make this card I used; the new BG Nook & Pantry DP
Pink Flitter glitter card
Pink Bazzil textured card
Brown suede card
The beautiful stamp I used is from Lili of the Vally coloured with Promarkers
I used the rose Cuttlebug embossing folder and the other embossing folder I used is from sizzix not sure of the patten name
Ribbon from MayArts
Twine
Flowers are Prima
The lovely Sparkly gems are from My favourite Doodlebug designs
Frosty pink Brad from Creative Imaginations
Die cut frame from my shop and I have used Tim Holtz Distress inks on them and around the image.
The sentiment is MAMBI
The Butterfly is cut with a Martha Stuart punch, Tracy at Dies to Die for kept putting some punched butterflies in with my orders and I loved them so much I just had to buy the punch in the end !! lol
Well I think that has covered all of the vast amount of ingredients I used to make this one ....so now here is a few challenges that I combined to make it
1.Lili of the valley Challenge Lovely Marcea‘s sketch
2.Flutter By Wednesday challenge Butterfly
3.La La Land challenge Ribbons
4.Passion for Promarkers challenge any colours plus an animal
5.C4C challenge 3 different geometric shapes
6.SophistiCat challenge Pink & Brown
7.Allsorts challenge furry Friends
8.Creative Belli Challenge Twine
9.Simon says challenge Sparkle
10.Fun with Shapes challenge what to see a frame or boarder and I have used the oval frame
11.Daring Card makers challenge use you latest punch
12.Royal challenge Pink and as many other challenges you can combine
13.Cuttlebug Challenge Favourite things; Cuttlebug rose embossing folder, MayArts ribbon and Doodlebugs Gems.
14.Three clover designs challenge Card for a Teenager
15.Stamp something challenge cute and fuzzy
Thanks for dropping by I really appreciate all your lovely comment, have a great day

Winter Wishes

I have had a busy day today with one thing and another and I have designed new headers for all my blogs and new badges for the DT members of my new challenge and one for the challenge winners and the Top 3 and the GDT and now its all done so I have 5 Min's to post the card I made this morning ....a card I hear you gasp !!! lol yes I do make the occasional one !!! lol
For this one I used this very elegant Christmas stamp from Whiff of Joy (I am still floating on air after my very lucky win over at Katrina's WoJ blog where I won a whole set of new WoJ stamps due to be released in Jan 2010 ...how lucky am I)
I have coloured the image with Copic markers and then ripped it to the size I required and used Tim Holtz distress inks around the edge and around the edge of the mat that I have made using my new Martha Stuart corner and boarder punch set.
I also stamped the mat with a HeroArts snowflake stamp , I added Christmas flowers from Prima and a fancy oval brad from MM, I mat and layered the HeroArts sentiment on a scalloped die cut from my shop.
I made this for the following challenges ;
WOJ challenge Cream, Red and one other colour (I used a tinge pink)
Winter Wonderland challenge Open challenge
Fab‘s Big Christmas Challenge Scallops
the One stop Craft challenge Celebrations
the Creative card crew challenge Snowflakes
C4C challenge 3 different geometric shapes ( I have used rectangles, ovals Brad & circles sentiment)
My Time To Craft Challenge Rip it up !!!
Charisma Cardz challenge no DP

Cheers !!! Wedded Bliss

This is my DT project this week over at the Die cut Dreams challenge blog where the theme is Wedded Bliss this week and at the Cute card Thursday challenge the theme is drinks and cocktails and what better place to enjoy a celebratory drink than at a wedding like the forever friends bears are doing in the stamped image on my chipboard door hanger
To Make this I used
Door hanger kit and heart charm from my shop Die cut Dreams
Flowers and pearl pins from Tabby crafts
Pearl Brads MM
Ribbon MayArts
DP is DCWV Wedding stack
and the pearl hearts are from my stash
I stamped in Memento's rich coco ink and stitched using my sewing machine
Thank you for dropping by , enjoy your evening

Meet My New DT

Firstly I would like to thank everyone who took part in my search for a DT for my new challenge

"Susie's Sassy Challenge"

I was more than pleased with all the beautiful entries.

This has been a very hard decision to make I have deliberated all last night since I closed the DT call at midnight and all day today.......... the standard of all the entries was so good I wanted to choose them all but that's just not possible.

But the challenge for me to choose just one DT member proved impossible,

So I have ended up with a bigger team than I first anticipated .....

I have chosen not one ...not two , no not even three, but yes 4 new members to complete my new team.

So here they are in no particular order ........the 4 ladies are;

Lisa
Sally
Denise
Jane

And of course the 2 ladies I already had before the DT call
Vikki & Tracy

Congratulations ladies and welcome to SSC

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Now because I now have a full to bursting team of talented ladies

I don't think a challenge once a month is enough so I have decided to set the challenge every 2 weeks starting next Thursday 5th Nov and every 2 weeks from then on.

Starting off with a lovely big Challenge prize worth around £50 !!!

So pop back and join us for our first challenge next Thursday

And before I forget..... let me just tell you that starting from December the prize for the first challenge of each month will be a GDT spot for the second challenge of the month and the prize for the second challenge each month will be yummy crafty Stash!!! so please come and join in the fun with us

WOYDW.......New toys

On my desk today you can see I have had new toys delivered today !!! lol I treated myself to the new Sizzix Texture Boutique its a little embossing machine to use all the Sizzix, Cuttlebug and Quickutz embossing folders in, it saves me having to get up and walk across the room to put them through one of the Bigshot machines ....lazy I know but it looks so cute, shaped like a sweet little handbag and it takes up no space at all so I can just sit it on the corner of my desk unlike the great lumpy Bigshot.
Its made especially for embossing folders and does not die cut, but works really well , it only arrived this morning and I have already had a little play with it (as you can see) and I'm very impressed with the little fella.
Just beyond that you can see 2 punches , which were my only purchase from QVC's craft day last week (Wasn't I a good girl!! he he) and they are fantastic too, its a set of Martha Stuart punches which consists of a corner punch and a boarder punch which when used together they enable you to create an edge round the whole of the outside of your page or mat ......how fab is that !!? The piece of paper you can see I have had a go on was my first try and it was so easy and looks great don't you think ?
Well all that and the postman hasn't even been yet !! (coz they arrived by courier) so if anything else yummy arrives later with the postman I might be back with a WOYDW #2 post !! lol
But for now I must get on I have my Sister in-law and niece and nephew coming down from London for lunch and my nephew is going to be staying for a few days so lots to do, a busy day for me today.
But are you feeling brave today !!! ...........why don't you take a photo of your desk top and show us "whats on your desk" today,
Just post your photo of your desk on your blog and pop over to Julia's blog Stamping Ground blog and join in the fun of Whats on your desk Wednesday by leaving a comment on the WOYDW post there.
Come on girls let's have a rummage round your stash it's so much fun and you know you what too share your desk with us all !!! lol

My DT Call is now Closed

Well the bewitching hour is here and my DT Call is now closed I have had a look at all the entries and commented on them and now .....well tomorrow (Wednesday) I am going back round to take another look at them all and I have the hard task of Choosing a talented designer to join my new team.
The first new challenge will start here next Wednesday 4th of November so make sure you come back and join in the fun and enter for a chance to win a great prize

Snow Angel Emma

I made this card at lunch time today but then got whisked out to Costa by Garry and then we went to the local craft shop in search of stash as I am making a large paper bag album for my friend to give her daughter for Christmas so needed a few bits and bobs and ........well its a good excuse to go craft shopping !! lol
So anyway I have only just got a chance to post it and now the light is not quite right so I may retake it in the morning but for now this will have to do.
To Make this card I have used ;
One of the new Angel Emma Stamps from CC Designs
To colour her I used Copic marker
The beautiful frosted glitter DP by DCWV
I glittered the snow flake die-cut and Angel Emma's wings with Glamour Dust
The sentiment stamp is from Hero Arts.
I have entered this card into the following challenges
Fab‘s Big Christmas Challenge Oval and /or Scallops
Creative card crew challenge Snow flakes
All that Scrap Tall card challenge
Caardvarks challenge Tall card
If the shoe fits Challenge Blue, white & silver.
Alphabet challenge Blue
Winter Wonderland challenge open challenge
Thanks for dropping by , Have a great evening

Autumn Friends

Morning everyone, I hope you are all well and nice & cozy wrapped up indoors in the warm crafting. I made this Autumn coloured Friends plaque this morning as I look out of my window I can see all the beautiful russet & shades of brown that nature brings us in Autumn, lovely warm tones and yet its cold out there.
To Make this hanging plaque I used
CC Designs Birgitta Fairy stamp
6x6 square of chip board
DP from BG, DCWV and Anna Griffin
Flowers by Prima , Glitter & felt Brads by MM
Sentiment stamp from Nicky at Stamping all day
Background stamp Conversation Dots by Hero Arts
Ribbon MayArts
Glamour dust on her wings
Tools used; MS boarder punch, Heidi Swapp distresser, Big bite tool
I have entered this into the following challenges ;
Flutter By Wednesday
challenge Fairy
Tuesday taggers challenge Burst of colour
Ginger Snap challenge Colour comb
Everybody-Art challenge Autumn
My Time To Craft Challenge Rip it up !!
Daring Cardmakers 5 favourite things Glamour dust, glitter brads, MS punch, Copic Markers, Prima flowers.
C4C challenge - Geometrical shapes........Squares, Circles, Rectangles
Kraftin Kimmie - Shades of Autumn

Handful Of Stamps - Layers

Crafty Cardmakers - Autumn

Chipboard Candy Winner

Hi everyone I had to close the candy a little bit early as the mr linky wouldn't let anyone else enter it sort of closed itself off for no reason at all .........not to worry when the other one finishes at the weekend I will start a new one !! lol

So the winner of this one for the chipboard wall hanger kit is # 32

Rainmac

Please email me you address and I will send you your kit

A little Chipboard Candy Kit

This candy is now closed Would you would like a chance to win one of my new 7 piece Chipboard Wall hanger Kits ?

(that are now available to buy Here )
All you need to do to be in with a chance to win is;
Just put this photo with a link to my blog on your blog
And then leave a link in the Mr Linky to your blog so I can come and visit your blog
And I will draw a winner and let you know who won next Friday evening 30th

This Candy is now closed

A Cupcake with a Whiff of Joy and "Pick 3" makes 3 !!!! lol

Wow I can't believe how lucky I have been this week it started off when I found out I had won the Cupcake craft challenge the prize was to choose 2 lovely download kits from The CreativeCottage and it has taken me all weekend to choose the 2 I wanted as they are all so nice, then I found out today that I have won "The card for baby Sam challenge" over at Katrina's WoJ blog "Stamping with Whiff of Joy" The prize ....WOW !!!..... I have won a whole set of new release stamps by the lovely & very talented Alison Acton (Mum of Baby Sam) from Whiff of Joy which are due to be released in January so I am over the moon and then to top it all off I just found out I have won the Stamping Vacation Challenge - Pick 3 challenge where I have a choice of 3 lovely prizes which I have yet to choose ....so all in all I have had a fab day ....I hope yours has been just as fruitful, Have a great evening

Marianne's Candy

Just a quick post to let you know that the lovely Mariannehas some yummy candy on offer over on her blog .....so why not pop over and have a peek

More Spooking................

This is my last Halloween project and this one's not destine for my shop this ones for my niece who is coming to lunch on Wednesday, thought I would give it to her as a little gift.

Anyway here is wheat I used

Chip board, Bazzil card stock, Magnolia Tilda witch stamp coloured with copic markers.

Cream Flowers from Tabby Crafts which I sprayed with cosmic shimmer sprays in Golden mint & Purple Violet.

Ribbon from MayArts and Karen Foster Designs

I distressed the Bazill card by scrunching it up straightening it up and sanding it then I used Tim Holtz Distress ink on it and also on the image edge before I zig-zag stitched every wear I could on it.

There are so many Halloween challenges out there why don't you get spooking and join in some yourselves !!!! lol

Card Pattern challenge - Sketch
C4C challenge - Geometrical shapes........Squares, Circles, Rectangles

Magnolia Down Under challenge - Distressing
Penny’sPaper challenge - Halloween
ISB Challenge - Halloween

Kraftin Kimmie - Shades of Autumn

Handful Of Stamps - Layers ( I have layered the papers & ribbons & image etc)

Cinema Saturday - Hocus Pocus

Colour Chef - Orange black Purple & green

Crafty Cardmakers - Autumn

Colour Q - Colour Combo

Crafty Creations - Hallows Eve

Cupcake Craft - Halloween

Everybody Art - Halloween

Kaboodle - Spooky

MTTC - Halloween Colours

Polka Doodles - Halloween

Roses On Paper - Halloween

Stamp Something - Halloween somethings

Stamp With Fun - Halloween

Tuesday Taggers - Halloween

Elegant Plaque Chipboard Kits

Another quickie !!! just to let you know that I now have more elegant rectangle chipboard wall hanger kits for sale in my shop Die cut Dreams if you don't see the colour you want just email me we have card in lots of colours

Have a nice evening thanks for dropping by

Grandma's New Baby Brag book

Just a quick post for now, I die cut this 7"x 5" Chipboard book to make a book for a customer who wanted the a Grandma's brag book to give as a gift to a friend who is expecting her first grandchild , the lady its for is Welsh as you may have guessed from the inscription on the front of the book.
And just by chance I have managed to slip it into a couple of challenges !!!

The One stop Craft challenge - Celebration's (this is celebrating Birth)
Our creative corner challenge - Film title - Rosemary's Baby
Have a great Saturday ....its cold and wet here but I hope the sun is shinning for you

Thanks for popping by

BoBunny Breast Cancer Awareness Challenge

Today I was in a hurry as I want to go and have lunch at the lovely Leonards restaurant where my 16 year old son is doing his work experience as a chef, its his last day he has been there for 2 weeks and has kept saying mum come in for lunch but with having a cold and one thing or another I haven't managed to get there so today is my last chance to surprise him and when Garry get home from work I am going to surprise him and tell him I am taking him out to treat him to a posh lunch.
But when I opened my emails this morning I read my BoBunny update email to find they have a challenge for Breast Cancer Awareness a charity close to my heart as my mother suffered from the dreaded illness 4 years ago and with surgery was lucky enough to survive.
So I wanted to make time in my busy day to stop and make a card to support the cause and to spread the word of awareness, to do this I did two things to my card firstly I distressed the edges of all the BoBunny papers to signify the distress, I am sure all women feel about firstly going for the tests for any type of Cancer and also the distress of waiting for results and finally receiving the results of the test, but more importantly I took the time to stitch as much on my card as I could to remind us of the old saying "A stitch in time saves nine" so don't worry about the distress take a test it could save your life.
A woman’s risk of breast cancer approximately doubles if she has a first-degree relative (mother, sister, daughter) who has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
About 20-30% of women diagnosed with breast cancer have a family history of breast cancer.
for more information visit the Breast Cancer site and remember a test in time could save your life.
To make this card I used the fabulous sketch over at this weeks Just Magnolia challenge and all my DP is from the BoBunny Smitten Collection to tie in with the "Think Pink" theme for the BoBunny challenge.
And at Kraftin Kimmies stamp challengethey want you to use buttons while at the Crafty Catz challenge this week they want to see Buttons and Brads on our creations and at Peachy keen stamps challenge it's Pink & Brown with a piece of ribbon, Stamped image and some glitter, which is the 3 glitter brads and on the chipboard but doesn't show up clearly in the photo ....but trust me its there !!! lol
The other things I used ;
Pretty Magnolia Tilda stamp coloured with promarkers
Flowers from Tabby craft
Brads Doodlebug Designs
Ribbon from MayArts
Heart Buttons I bought on eBay a while ago
And all the other bits and bobs are from my stash
Have a fab day , thank you for dropping by to look at my creation and read my thoughts

Give A Little Love

I have only made one project today ....as I was feeling a little better I went out this afternoon after being stuck in the warm for 4 days it was time for a breath of fresh air.
So this is it an Anniversary Wall hanger I used a chipboard wall hanger kit as always from my shop, I put the 3 flowers in a box and then sprayed them with spray adhesive and sprinkled them with glamour dust to give them a sparkle /Bling (which really doesn't show up so well in the photos) and the letters are all glittered chipboard as well. I die cuts some shimmering caramel card and run it through the new rose Cuttlebug embossing folder, I added a brass "Forever" charm with a couple of little brass brads and some caramel tulle to finish it off.
I have entered it into the following challenges
Craft challenge Anniversary
Tree House Challenge Embossing
If the shoe fits Challenge Bling ; Glitter
Stamping Vacation Challenge - Pick 3 challenge ; which are Gem (its in the chocolate heart), something metal looking is the brass "forever" and a colour that can be a food ; Caramel.
I hope you like it , Thanks for popping by to visit me , have a great evening