Blog Candy

Just been to visit heather blog and she is giving away some scrummy blog candy, pop over for a chance to win and look at all the gorgeous cards she creates xxx

http://ricas-haven.blogspot.com/2008/12/blog-candy.html

The Beautiful Butterfly Award

I have received this beautiful award from my blogging friend Heather at rica's haven, thank you so much hun it means a lot to me, check out her blog shes makes the most stunning cards. I have to pass this one to ten other 'Cool' blogs, so i am going to choose ...

Sarah
Gina
Tara
Katy
Alex
Julie
Natalie

Check out there blogs through my link on the right side of my blog every single one of them makes such beautiful cards xxx

Tilda with lantern

Coloured tilda using watercoloured pencils and glittered using stickles. papers are from winter wonderland stack. swirls were diecut by sizzix, had to buy these after sarah had sent me some, i just love them and again snowflake were diecut with a button stuck in the centre. round sentiment by stamps away. lilac card is embossed using cuttlebug folder.

Edwin and Tilda under the misseltoe

I really love this image have coloured using watercolour pencils, papers used are last years papermania christmas stack. Snowflake is a die cut by sizzix and i added a button to the centre, then put buttons all the way along the right edge of the card to finish it off.

House Mouse Christmas Cards

Here are a couple of cards I made over the weekend all the house mouse images are from Tara thank you hun xxx all images water coloured with pencils. Papers used are last years papermania christmas stack. buttons and ribbon from stash, ribbon with trees on it from Tara, thanks again hun. Snowflakes are made with a sizzex die with gems in the centre. Holly made using woodware punch and red gems.

whiff of joy challenge - anything but a card

I decided to decorate a 2009 diary I cant remember who these papers are by as I have had them in my stash for so long. I have coloured my image using watercolour pencils. The purple ribbon it from a habberbashery shop and I have stuck gems on to it. The flower is a prisma one with a gem in the centre and then sentiment is computer generated. I then drew faux stiching around the edge on the image and the sentiment to finish it off.

Yummy Blog Candy

Bev is giving away the yummiest candy, including a new herb stamp by whiff of joy !!!! check out her blog for a chance of winning....


http://bevscrafts.blogspot.com/2008/11/whiff-of-joy-blog-candy-from-katharina.html

Tilda Christmas

Again tilda is coloured using watercolour pencils and then added extra sparkle using some stickles (doesnt show up very well in these photos). The papers are from the winter wonderland stack. The lilac card is embossed using the cuttlebug snowflake folder. Snowflakles are made with a sizzix die and then stuck gems in the centres, the swirls are dies cuts that Sarah sent me, really need to buy one of these dies as i love using these swirls. The sentiment and holly is a sliver peel off and then added a small blue gem to the holly. Then finished the card off with some star shaped gems.

Herb Christmas Card

I love these new herb stamps from whiff of joy. i have coloured the image using watercolour pencils. the papers are a papermania stack from last year. sentiment is a create and craft stamps. corner details are made with a sizzix die and the holly is made using a woodware punch and red gems. Again sorry about the poor quality photos, will try and get some picture of my new cards this weekend is the day light.

Magnolia Vs Stampavie Get the Feeling Challenge

The challenge this week was to make a card with as much texture as possible !!!! The images i was used are magnolia and the papers were kindly sent to be by Tara. i used swiss dot embossing folder to texturise the white card that the images are on and mat and layed onto lilac card then added a tag sentiment, maribo (think there called) feather and prisma flower then added some bling with gems on the images, the left top corner and in the centre of the flowers. This is the first time i have entred this challenge, so i hope it is ok.

Tilda and Edwin Christmas Card

Think this has to be my favourit stamp from the new magnolia winter stamp club, i have coloured the image using watercoloured pencils, papers are from winter wounderland stack. the purple card is embossed using cuttlebug snowflake folder. snowflakes and swirls made with sizzex die with gems in the centre

Pink Petticoat Slice Challenge

This is my first card using a pink petticoat image. I made it for the pink petticoat challenge to win a slice :) I coloured the image using watercoloured pencils and mat and layed onto red and navy blue card. I used blue organsa ribbon to wrap round the card and tied it using a (bright although it doesnt look it in these pictures) red button. sorry the pictures arent brilliant but the weather is so bad, no natural light.

What a Lovely Award

I have been given this award by to very talented blogging friends, Sarah and Rica both of there blogs are beautiful and there cards are gorgeous, check out there blogs and see for yourselves.










The sentiment behind this award is truly amazing.

This is it:

This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships!These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind blogger's aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight blogger's who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.What a wonderful sentiment and an elegant award.

Now I have to pass it on to 8 people, so here goes:

Tara
Katy
Gina
Natalie
Julie
Alex

errrrr can i give it back to sarah and Rica hehehehehe

ok and everyone else in blog land as each and everyone of you makes such beautiful cards xxx

Whiff of Joy Challenge

This is my entry for this weeks whiff of joy challenge, this week it was a layout challenge. I have coloured my image using water colour pencils. The papers are from the winter wonderland stack. the red card i embossed using the cuttlebug snowflake folder. The snowflakes are made with sizzex dies and gems. The silver ribbons is from a local habberdashery shop.

Blog Candy Everyday !!!!

WOW the very kind and generous Sally over at bootiful stampz is giving away a stamp a day for the whole of November !!!! check out her blog for a chance to win .....

http://bootifulstampz.blogspot.com/2008/11/day-11-and-winner-of-day-10.html

Blog Candy

OMG !!!! Just been of debbies blog and she is giving away the most amazin blog candy, including copics !!!!!! suger nellie stamps and k&co papers. check out her blog its beautiful and her cards are absolutely stunning.

http://passionforcrafts.blogspot.com/

Jewellery I have made for craft fair

This is the first time I have made jewellery and I must say that I really enjoyed it and will deffinately make some more in the future. I just thought I would put some photos of it on here to show you.

House Mouse Christmas Challenge

I love these house mouse images soooo much, really need to get some of these, Tara kindly sent me some of these images and they really are so beautiful. I have coloured the image in using water colour pencils and the papers used are from a stack I brought last year. The buttons were a complete bargin from a charity shop, I brought a huge jar of mixed buttons for only £1 !!!!! the sentiment is by create and crafts (i think) and the holly is a made with a punch by woodware and red gems.

Panduro Card

Thank you Katy for these beautiful panduro images i love them. as usual i have coloured the image using watercolour poencils. the papers are from the winter wonderland stack. The die cut swirl was from a swap. snowflakes as before are sizzex dies but this time i embossed them using the cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder and then stuck a gem in the centre. There is also a merry christmas siver peel off but it doesnt show up very well on the photo.

Penny Black Christmas Card

Penny black image from a swap, image is embossed and water coloured with pencils. papers are winterwonderland. Swirl from Sarah (thanks hun i love these). Snowflakes are sizzex dies with papermania gems and stickels on the edges. sentiment stamp made by stamp away

Sarah Kay Christmas

Sarah Kay image watercoloured using pencils, papers are an old stack from last years christmas stash. Sentiment stamp by creat and craft. holly made with woodware punch and papermania gems. ribbon from ..... errrrr local craft shop hehehehe sorry cant remember brand. corner detail is a sissex die.

Penny Black Christmas Card

Image penny black from my good docrafts and blogging friend Sarah. papers used are winder wonderland. the beautiful swirl sarah also sent to me. sentiment stamp is by stamp away. Snowflakes made with sizzex die and lilac card is embossed using cuttlebug snowflake folder. again image is water coloured using pencils and the blue gems are papermania.

More FAB Blog Candy

WOW just been on elaines blog and she is giving away some brilliant pro markers as blog candy to celebrate for 40th birthday check it out ... http://elainesden.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-candy.html

Blog Candy at Pink Gem Designs

Janet has kindely put some blog candy on her blog check it out .... http://pinkgemdesigns.blogspot.com/2008/11/mimi-candy.html it is to celebrate her new business venture. Janets stamp designs are gorgeous so im sure she will do very well.

WOW another award !!!

Kreativ Blogger Award

Thank you so much Heather it means so much to me, check out heathers blog page at http://ricas-haven.blogspot.com/ its full of stunning cards xx

Now for the rules for this award ..........

The winner may put the logo on their blog (proudly displayed)
Put a link to the person who sent you the award.
Nominate 5 blogs and put links to their blogs.
Leave a message for your nominees
hmmmmmm ok now the hard bit !!!! i am awarding
Julie http://catchmecrafting.blogspot.com/
Alex http://eisbaerentraeume.blogspot.com/
Sarah http://sparklecards.blogspot.com/
Tara http://happilyevercrafting.blogspot.com/
Gina http://ginaskraftyplace.blogspot.com/

I've won an award from the lovely Alex xxx

Hi everyone wow ive an award from my good docrafts and blogging friend Alex, thank you darling xxx check out her blog its full of beautiful creations http://eisbaerentraeume.blogspot.com/

The rules say I have to give this to 7 people and as there are so many great blogs it was very difficult to decide... ok here goes
Julie, Tara, sarah, Gina, Katy, Rica and Natalie

Check out their blogs they are all gorgeous

I've been Tagged !!!!

I've been tagged by two of my docraft/blogging friends
Julie http://catchmecrafting.blogspot.com/
and Tara http://happilyevercrafting.blogspot.com/

It's a nice way to find out a bit about your favourite bloggers, so these are the rules. You have to link to the person who tagged you and list the rules on your blog.

Then answer the five questions and tag five people. Add links to their blogs, and let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.


Things I Love
1. Rose wine, its quite bad that this is the first thing that came into my head !!!
2. My wonderful otherhalf Jay
3. CRAFTING !!!! of course
4. My cat, Charity
5. All my friends and family, who i couldnt live without

Things I Hate
1. Chavs !!!!!
2. Rude people
3. Marmite - YUCK
4. Bananas - the texture is just all wrong
5. Drink drivers


Music on iPod or Playlist
1. Nirvana
2. Metallica
3. Guns and roses
4. Red hot chilli peppers
5. Foo Fighters

Fav Foods/Drinks
1. Have I already said Rose wine hehehe
2. Salad (sorry I know im just not right)
3. Fresh veggies of any sort
4. Raw button mushrooms YUM
5. White and milk chocolate hmmmmmmm


Now I need to think about who to forward it on to hmmmmmmm ok ...

Alex http://eisbaerentraeume.blogspot.com/
Katy http://katysbloggeroo.blogspot.com/
Sarah http://sparklecards.blogspot.com/
Gina http://ginaskraftyplace.blogspot.com/
Rica http://ricas-haven.blogspot.com/

ok im off to let them know xxx

Penny Black Christmas Card

Papers are dovecraft winter wonderland, blue card embossed using cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder. Snowflakes make with sizzex die cuts with blue gems in the centre. silver merry christmas using peel offs.

Whiff of Joy Blog Challenge

This is my entry for this weeks whiff of joy challange, it was a layout challenge. The papers ive used are k&co and the flowers are prima. Again the image is watercoloured using pencils and the wings are glittered using stickles. Lace from habberdashery shop and gems are papermania. The wording says - have a heavenly day!

Thank You Alex xxx

I just wanted to say a hugh thank you to Alex for making my header for me, i am so pleased with it and think it looks gorgeous. She is such a talented lady check out her blog to see some of the gorgeous cards she creates http://eisbaerentraeume.blogspot.com/ Thank you again hun i really do appreciate you doing that for me xxxx

Willow Christmas Card

Whiff of Joy image, Willow with lantern watercoloured using pencils. traditional christmas papers from an old stack. Holly made using a woodware punch and red gems. The ribbon is from a habberdashery shop.

Panduro Christmas Card

Christmas card made using a panduro image that a dc friend, Katy sent you me. Papers are dovecraft winter wornderland. snowflake sizzex die to make the snowflakes, with gems in the centre. Blue card is embossed using the snowflake cuttlebug folder. the dots arounf the image was using a texture paint sent to my by another dc friend Tara.

WOW Another Award !!!!!

This Award is from another on my docraft friends, Rica. Thank you so much darling it means so much to me as your blog is stunning xxx














The rules are that you can pass this award to only 6 blogger friends.
Here are my six:

Julie - http://catchmecrafting.blogspot.com/
Alex - http://eisbaerentraeume.blogspot.com/
Tara - http://happilyevercrafting.blogspot.com/
Gina G - http://ginaskraftyplace.blogspot.com/
Natalie - http://ngcards.blogspot.com/
Sarah -http://sparklecards.blogspot.com/