The Crafty Pad Sneaky Peek and New Stamps

Well we have another great challenge at The Crafty Pad tomorrow - Here is a wee sneaky peek.

Debbie also has new stamps which you can buy from tomorrow.

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Meet Calvin Mouse....

Well as a lot of you may know Calvin Mouse is becoming a big favourite in the blogging world...

He's certainly a mouse with Attitude - You just have to hop over to Maddy's to see what he's been up to - I am PMSL.....

Basic Grey Challenge

There is a great sketch this week over at Basic Grey Challenge..

I used paper from the Archaic Range.

From Pascale

I received this gorgeous card, flowers and beautiful beads and the wonderful Leann Ellis stamped images from my lovely friend Pascale - Thanks so much Pascale, you are a lovely, lovely lady!

Award - Thank You

I received this award today from Sharon - It's such a lovely award too so thank you Sharon that was so kind of you...

I have to pass it on to 5 others but I feel all our blogs have a heart - we create with our hearts - so please feel free to take this award for you blog and wear your heart on your blog!

New Image Swap Blog.......

The lovely Emma has started a new blog where you can swap stamped images and is currently looking for 25 "Posties" - To find out all the details Click HERE

Award

I have received this lovely award from the fabby and funny Chris - Mrs Bling, thanks so much Chris for thinking of me -

I'm passing this on to Tina !

Sketch and Stash Challenge....

Another great sketch this time for Sketch and Stash Challenge.

Here is my card using a great new "Smirk" decoupage image which I bought yesterday at my local Papermill - Isn't she a cutey!!! Looks like she likes the finer things in life too!! LOL

I added glitter strips some Primas and two little fuzzy brads (lovin' them) which I won in Ewonne's Blog Candy. The sentiment is by Leisure Arts - Memories in the Making Collection.

Tag You're It - Purple

Morning Taggers!

Boy! Have you been creating some great tags, we are really enjoying visiting you all and it's taking us all over the globe which I just love!

Well we have an extra special challenge this week as we are sponsored by Purple Onion Stamps and Michele has also done a tag for us AND she has kindly donated some stamps from her new collection which one lucky Tagger will win!! So in line with our sponsor this week our theme is PURPLE - Yaaay! I love purple, so get out all your purple bits and bobs and come join us at Tag You're It...

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The DT have all created their tags using Purple Onion Stamps.

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I layered three different pieces of purple paper for the base, the Thank You plate was stamped and cut out along with the gorgeous flower. I then punched flowers and leaves from vellum and layered them up, finally I set three eyelets and threaded through various ribbons.....

The winner of the stamps will be announced next Friday!

New Stamp Releases and Crafty Stash at The Craft Barn

Three new Kadoodle Stamps have been released this week designed by the talented Christine Dark - You can see them on the Kadoodle Blog HERE and enter the Blog Candy Giveaway before the 3rd February and you might win some!!!
You can also buy them at the Craft Barn which has some great new goodies - Copics, Elusive Image Stamps, Prima flowers and papers, Lelo Stamps to name but a few - Check it all out HERE

Whew!!

Well I've had enough cleaning for one day if I see another yellow duster it'll be too soon, only got a couple of rooms done too - Grr!! Takes forever....

Anyway got a lovely surprise Carol told me to check out the Cuttlebug Blog and woah! my card was picked by Becky Fleck for last weeks Be Inspired Challenge so I win a copy of her fabby book...

I really must be on a winning streak - will HAVE to do the euro lottery tomorrow now!!

Thanks so much to everyone over at Cuttlebug Challenge and remember Cuttlebug Challenge are having a "LOVE BUG" weekend starting tomorrow at 7am EST so check it out... lots of great stuff going on over there....

Morning!!!!! - The Big Clean is On!!!

Morning Folks - Just can't believe it's Thursday already....

Well not much crafting for me today - THE BIG CLEAN IS ON!!!!

Yup! this fur pit is getting a good seeing to - Have got the marigolds, CIF and Domestos at the ready, all I need now is a fur proof suit and goggles!!!!!

Wish Me Luck - God knows what I might find in those deepest darkest places we tend to ignore all year. If I'm not back by tomorrow will someone send out the search party purleeeese!!!! LOL

Might be back later if I can squeeze in a card!!!!

Cuttlebug Be Inspired - Distressing

Cuttlebug Challenge this week is all about Distressing.... Love it!!

I embossed the left hand side of my cardstock with the script embossing folder

I dug out my gorgeous Goddes Stamp inked with Versafine and adding a touch of colour to her face with watercolours - tore and distressed the edges of the image, card and layers. I pierced holes randomly around the card and added tiny flowers.

Added two pieces of corrugated card and tiny punched flowers, finally I found these lovely paper flowers which I had forgotten about ....

ABC Challenge - Y is for Yesteryear

This is my first time entering this ABC Challenge - sounds like great fun.

Y is for Yesteryear - We have to dig out our first ever stamp we got, well I can't remember exactly which was my first one but this was definitely up there - feels like many moons ago now!!!

I think I got it beginning of 2007 but couldn't say for sure - It's a lovely elegant stamp great for a number of occasions and it's by Pesonal Impressions.

I kept my card simple when using this stamp....

Do Ya Wanna Be A Blog Robin??!!

Well Claire's next issue of her online mag will soon be ready for readers. Visit The Secret Corridor and find out more......

A few weeks ago I left a comment on Juliet's blog for a "Round Robin Blog Hop" request which is all part of Claire's magazine, well I got chosen - so this issue I'm the Blog Robin, so if you want to be part of the Round Robin Blog Hop please leave a comment at this post, a Robin will then be chosen at random in 2 weeks time and featured in the next issue.

So come and join in the fun and leave your comment below! You can also contribute to the mag too AND there is a challenge to design a new "Blog Robin"....

Here is What I Won.....

Well as I said yesterday I won another little giveaway so here it is..............

So Jo and Cassie you both guessed a Fiskars "something" so I will send out something to you both!!

Sorry for the delay in posting this up - "Technical Problems" Grrr!

Paper Piercing - 3.2.1.

House Mouse this week are asking us to do some paper piercing - not as easy as it sounds!!!

and Cupcake Craft Challenges the theme is 3.2.1 - we have to use 3 bits of cardstock, 2 embellishments and 1 ribbon.

Whimsy Stamps Guest DT Call

Denise Lynn the creator of the gorgeous Whimsy Stamps is looking for a Guest Designer...

I have made a baby card using Denise Lynn's sketch - I am really loving using sketches just now.

I used this cutey House Mouse Stamp - Baby Hopper! coloured with watercolours - I have added some glitter but it doesn't show up in the photo - so sunny today! The DP is from Anna Griffin and Chatterbox and I found this stunning satin ribbon in my local craft shop and bought loads!! I love it!! I then embossed my pink panel with the Swiss Dots folder and cut my image with my Nesties Label die then layering them together.

My sentiment is a rub on layered onto cardstock.

I added dew drops and gems to finish.

The DT call ends tonight so hop over to Denise Lynn's blog to find out all the details .

Photo Challenge....

Morning it's bright and sunny today!! Yaaay!!
Still in my jammies!!! eating Weetabix......

Got this strange letter today addressed only with my address - opened it up and it's from some Channel 4 production company asking for people who live in Love Lanes (which I do) to come forward if they have a love story to tell !!!!! They are going to be making a programme - Now what do you think should I spill the beans or not???!!! LOL. Think NOT!!! They have obviously sent out letters all over the UK to people that live in a Love Lane hoping someone will get back to them!!

I could just imagine my mum's face when that was aired - I often say to myself when these programmes come on TV - Where do they get these people from - Now I know - funny letters in the post!!!! - Mmmm wonder how much they pay??? ROFL!

Wierd things happening to me lately!

So I have been photo challenged! by Lim and Heidi:

In the 6th folder, take the 6th picture and post it on your blog.
Write something about the picture.
Challenge 6 new people to join this challeng..


Well I'm afraid my photos are all so boring - I don't keep much else on here but cards, cats and ATC's - so here is my sixth picture!

No cheating this really is my sixth folder and sixth picture - Yes Miss "Ham it Up Furrypants" - Peaches! - Again!!

So now I have to choose 6 people :

Peggi - I bet you have some interesting photos , Cassie, Gisela, Julie, Fe, Jo

Oh! and Guess What? - I have won something else - came in the post today - another giveaway in a magazine:

So if anyone can guess what I have won - I will pop a little something in the post for you!!!!

It's not a very BIG thing like my BIA or anything but it begins with F............

Will be back later today with the piccie!!! Hee Hee!!

Inspirational Card Sketch DT Call

Dawn Baty is starting a new card sketch blog "Inspirational Card Sketches" and is looking for 6 DT members to join her in her new venture.

I used these lovely Dream Street Papers and layered them. I decorated a chipboard flower with the same paper, sanding the edges then added gorgeous little rose buds and leaves punched with my Leone Em punch.

I added ribbon and a rub on to finish. It's a great sketch to work from.

So if you think you might be interested pop over to the blog and have a look.

Award Time!!!

Got this lovely award from my lovely bloggy buddy and fellow Scot Lorraine

Thanks so much!!!

I have to pass this on to 5 other people:

Pascale, Heather, Holly, Dawne,Rach

The Crafty Pad Challenge No 6 - Mixed Media

This week's challenge is all about Mixed Media:

Just for THIS WEEK YOU CAN USE ANY STAMP YOU HAVE (not just Faith stamps)in your mixed media card, Atc, Scrapbook layout, Altered art etc. If you do use a FATIH stamp then I will enter your name twice in the draw for the winner..:) You can use any mediums you like - add some of your favs to make it mixed media...stamping, journalling, painting, embossing etc.

I made an ATC and a Trinchie (3" x 3") using a mixture of collage, alcohol inks, acrylic paint, metallic rub on, Tim Holtz distress embossing powders, texture paste and some spray paint with a touch of glitz added.

Fancy having a go then hop over to The Crafty Pad - we have a lovely prize this week as well.

Also watch out for some new stamps Debbie has coming out soon!

My second card for Kadoodle Stamps..

I had a nice play around yesterday with the brilliant stamp designed by Christine Dark for Kadoodle Stamps. Such a fun stamp to use, the stamps are available exclusively at The Craft Barn and you can also see the rest of the gorgeous DT cards on the Kadoodle Stamps Blog too, and remember there is always some great Blog Candy up for grabs so check out the blog and see if you can win some!

This stamp is James and boy is he having fun!!, the paper is from We R Memory Keepers and is also available at The Craft Barn.

I punched a hole at the top of the paper and set some eyelets then threaded through some fibre cris crossing it over. I then punched two circles and arranged them with James sitting on top.

James is coloured with watercolours and cosmics and then cut out using my craft knife. I added some Dew Drops and buttons. The sentiment is rub ons and cut into strips then attached roughly with staples.

Two Lovely Surprises..........

Morning everyone - Well I knew it - The weather is back to it's wet and wild self again, such a storm up here. I actually went to bed quite early last night around 12.30am LOL which is quite early for me since I stopped working, I slept like a log - must be the new memory foam mattress I bought last week, takes a bit of getting used to but I think I am getting a better sleep, not sure if it really is helping my lower back though....

Anyway enough of my sleeping habits and on to more important things!

The Postie delivered another package yesterday all the way from Norway.

Card from Hanne

My sweet, talented friend Hanne sent me some amazing goodies - Oooh I love them, flowers from Papirloftet and stamps from Making Memories, gorgeous buttons and charms - I am so lucky having such wonderful friends, now if you have never visited Hanne, boy are you missing out - her cards and creations are just so beautiful - take a look at the card she sent me too -

I recently did an ATC swap with my lovely SBS Sister Jo, here is what she sent me - isn't it just gorgeous, I love it and that pin I can tell you is so beautiful, my mum was admiring it yesterday too.

Award from Holly

Well I got this award from a very special little crafter Holly.


Thanks so much for thinking of me - you are a little sweetie.

One Card - Two Challenges!

Good morning from a sunny Scotland (for a change!!) - It's bright and the bay looks gorgeous today....I'm up early despite my night out last night, I had such a good time and the food and company was excellent! The little Zoe was just amazing such a contented baby, she giggled all night then fell asleep in her car seat , she was the belle of the ball!!!

So today's sketch on Sketch Saturday is another great one - I just love doing sketches just now..

Then Penny Black Challenge we have to use a frame.

I cut my frame with my Nesties Label Die then embossed it with the Swiss Dots Folder and added little rose buds.

My wee mouse is coloured with watercolours, the card stock is Bazzill and Core'dinations and the flowers are prima, I punched small circles and distressed the edges for the flower centres. The scallop border is from Bazzill Just the Edge, the flowery paper is from Fancy Pants.

I'm going to work on my next Kadoodle Stamps card, so hopefully will be back later with that!

The Little Zoe!

Burns Night......

Well it's Burns night on Sunday - a celebration of the life and poetic verse of Robert "Rabbie" Burns who died in 1796 in poverty at the young age of 37.

The first gatherings to celebrate the life and works of Robert Burns were held by a group of his friends on the anniversary of his death on 21 July. In the early 1800s the first Burns Clubs were set up with Burns Night celebrations the focus of their year.

So tonight the men are off to the very formal Burns Supper here in town which is actually a club and the event is held every year by invitation only.

The ladies (us) my mum and lots of our friends are off out to have a meal and enjoy each others company.
I am really looking forward to it as my friend Alison is coming up from Edinburgh - her dad and husband are going to the Burns Supper. She is taking her new baby with her and I can't wait to see the gorgeous Zoe.

I leave you with a wee excerpt (for those of you who can understand it!!! LOL) of the famous poem by Rabbie Burns "To A Mouse":

Wee sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie,
O, what a panic's in thy breastie!
Thou need na start awa sae hasty,
Wi bickering brattle!
I wad be laith to rin an chase thee,
Wi murdering pattle!

But Mousie, thou art no thy lane,
In proving foresight may be vain:
The best-laid schemes o mice an men
Gang aft agley,
An lea'e us nought but grief an pain,
For promis'd joy!............................

See you all tomorrow!!!

Oh! My Giddy Aunt - Look what I Have Won.......

Well my buzzer went a half hour ago and there was the delivery driver with a huge box for ME!!

For me I said - I haven't ordered anything that size lately.....

So in comes the box and I'm hacking away at it trying to get it open - like you do! and there in all it's glory is the fabby PINK V2.0 Bind It All with tools.

I have won a Trimcraft Giveaway!!!!! Yaaaaay!!!

Friday Sketchers Challenge

Another great sketch this week from Beatrix for Friday Sketchers.

I used background paper from my stash and stamped the branches onto the oval frame with Versafine Ink added little gems to the stems, I found this buckle lurking in my stash and thought it was perfect for this card, took a bit of manouevering to get it to sit right though..

I then added glass beads and my sentiments to finish.

Tag You're It Challenge - NUMBERS...

Well it's Friday again, boy! does it come round fast when you're not working!!! LOL ...... AND that means "TAGS" so our challenge this week is set by my talented teamie Carol, who has chosen Numbers as our theme.

So we want to see anything with a number(s) on your tags, looking forward to visiting everyone again to see what you have all come up with... I love that bit!!!

Well my tag this week is hand drawn (again!! Yawn!!) and covered with free paper I got with a craft magazine, and simply added the flowers, letters and the leaves were punched with my Leone Em punch. I stamped the cute little chickie onto some pink paper and paper pieced his tum!!!

Hope you have time to squeeze in a tag this week and have a great weekend too!

2 Cute Awards.......

Firstly I have two awards to add one from the so talented and lovely Heather and the other from another talented lovely lady and my great bloggy buddy Emma!

Check this out - is it not just the cutest award ever!!!


It is given in appreciation of your lovely and witty comments and for always knowing the right thing to say at the right time....just how nice is that!

A great way to give someone a hug that you've never met but who means something special to you. Pass it on to 10 others.....

And from Emma:

This Lemonade Award is given by a previous winner to 5 people who have shown a great attitude or gratitude this week. It’s a great way to show these people that you appreciate them.

I am passing both these awards on to some special lovelies who always make me smile, who always have words of encouragement for me and who visit me often.......

So here we go: Carolyn, Debbie, Kath, (Emma, Tina, Amanda, June, Teresa, Lim, Erum, Heidi, Chris, Peet and Patti, Chris (Mrs Bling) Whew but I wuvs you all!!!!!!

Create a Scene....

This is the theme this week at Cute Card Thursday - I enjoy this kind of challenge and the Magnolia stamps are ideal for this - So here is Tilda with Rufus relaxing in a little wooded area!

They are all coloured with watercolours and cosmics.

Added mulberry paper for the "bush" and K&Co felt flowers, leaves and ladybugs - aren't they so cute!! The little butterfly in the corner was coloured with cosmics, I then added 3 little beads and some wire.

Finally added some more flowers and stickles to finish.

Kristina Werner Colour Challenge No 39

Another great colour combination this week from Kristina Werner!

Cuttlebug Sketch.....

There is a great sketch this week at Cuttlebug Challenge which was created by their talented Guest Designer Becky Fleck.

I embossed parts of the cards then added flowers, mesh, punched flowers and leaves, pearls and gems and layered them up, stamped my sentiment to finish. I loved making this card this week!

Two Challenges - One Card!

House Mouse this week have a gorgeous colour challenge

Pinky Peach, Navy Blue and Olive Green and A Spoonfull of Sugar want us to make a Baby Card!

I combined the two with this gorgeous image I received from a lovely lady Charlotte yesterday.

Here is Monica and her blankey - How cute is she!!!

I coloured her with watercolours and added some stickles.

I embossed the bottom with the Cuttlebug button strip and finally added Primas and a cute rub on!