New Challenge Blog Starting 4th July

UnstampaBelles Challenge  is a great new challenge blog, the first challenge will go out 4th July. Meanwhile they are giving away candy.....not as shown in pic above, as wonderfully colourful as it looks. 

I love the idea of these challenges, it's for all kinds of papercrafts....so long as you don't have a rubber or digi stamp image....sentiments allowed. I makes me feel normal all of a sudden for not always wanting to colour an image for a card lol. 

Hop to it, Adorn with Jewels.

My second post....don't think I've ever posted two cards the same day before.

I've made this card for a Friend who has just had an operation on her foot. She has pins in it and will be hobbling about on crutches for 6 weeks, poor thing. 

This is one of my favourite housemouse stamps...think they are just so cute and look like they are having a whale of a time - I've used it previously for a new home card too....very versatile. Not quite sure how long I've had the stamp, it's pretty old, a good few years. 

The first part of my sentiment 'Hop to it' is fitted onto one of the retro flowers, with the 'and Get Well soon' acting as the bar to hold the easel in place. My image is coloured with water colour pencils - I coloured the image, and wet the area's afterwards. 

Wish I could remember where I had the card stock from, I really love the texture, and these sheets are pearlised too. 

Close up of my Retro Flowers 

Sentiment. 

Receipe :-

Image ... House Mouse Designs

Die Cuts ... Marianne's Creatabilities, Nesties & Go Kreate

Cardstock & Gems ... Stash

Some Challenges ...

House Mouse Challenge - Adorn with jewels

Crafts and Me - Stamp something
Dream Valley Challenges - Stamp Something

Pixie Cottage - shaped cards
Your Next Stamp Challenge - shaped cards

Stampavie and More - more than one fold 
Claudia & Co - Fancy Folds 

Top Tip Tuesday -  More Than 1 fold 

 Deep Ocean Challenge -  Anything Goes 

Oldie But Goodie Challenge -  Lots of Layers (stamp over 6mths old)
Card Cupids - More Than 3 Layers
Anita Be Stampin' - Go Crazy with Layers

Tuesday Throwdown - Animals

Cupcake Craft - Things with tails.

Word Play Weekend Challenge - Anything with a Tail

Alphabet Challenge -  Easel cards.

Stampin With The Dragon - Easel card.

It's a Bit Of a Grey Area

The Challenge at Less Is More this week is Monochrome. It's been a couple of weeks since I've been able to join in, and it's fun to participate again. I actually made 6 CAS Monochromatic cards, but I liked this best. 

I've used a pre creased card, and my Papers are 6x6 Linen Texture from the V&A collection....except that the striped that's sandwiched in-between is a sheet of notepaper I found in my stash. Little flower shaped, clear gems are from Craft Creations. 

A few more Challenges ...

Crafty Emma - Clean & Simple 

Just Some Lines -Monochromatic 

Marks Finest Papers - Flowers 

Guylou's Inimitability - Monochromatic.

Ambers Crafts and Stuff #13, Special Man

Over at Amber's this week the challenge is to make something for a Special Man. 

You can make a scrapbook page about your favorite guy

Make a card for your Dad.

Make a gift for your Grandpa,

Anything you want as long as it is about or for some special man in your life.

Pop over to the Blog here and take a look at the great inspirational projects  the team has produced this week. 

Amber's Crafts & Stuff #12 Teen Celebration.

At Amber's Crafts and Stuff this week we are making projects with a Teen in mind. My teen project is my very first easel draw box, which I've made for the lovely daughter of a good friend of mine. She has the most beautiful red gold hair...which I've tried to imitate on the image. 

I'll be stuffing the draw with crafting goodies for her to make a few cards - it was orginally going to be chocs but there were just toooo many to fit....so she's getting a extra gift lol. 

The pin is made using some beautiful purple glass beads that Joan kindly sent to me a few days ago. The 'draw nob's' are also made with some of the beads she gave me.  My image is coloured with promarkers and the flowers and butterflies are highlighted with Sakura tira glitter pens, and glazed with the glaze pens. I used a couple of Marianne Design corners to 'frame' my image and made some roses with matching cardstock. 

Inside the easel. 

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I hope you'll pop over to Amber's and check out the work the rest of the DT have made for your inspiration, and join us this week. 

My Receipe..

Image..Gingerloft

Colourants ..Promarkers, Sakura

DP's ...Craft Creations

Die's ...Marianne Creatable & QuicKutz

Stick pin & Roses ... Homemade

Teal Cardstock... TBA

Ribbon & Gems ...Stash

Challenges I'd like to enter :-
A Spoonful Of Sugar - Flower Power
Anita Be Stampin' -  Layer it On Me
Claudia & Co - Fancy Folds
Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge -  Make Your Own Embellishments (Stick pin and Roses)
 Paper Minutes -  Something in Quadruplicate( 4 Roses)
Tuesday Throwdown - DIY  Embellishments (Stick Pin and Roses)
Happileigh Scrappin - Lots and Lots of Embellishments
There's Magic in the Air - Easel Cards
Allsorts -  Things With Wings

My Candy Winner.

The winner of my 200 Followers Candy is #61. 

This is Maria Andre from MulleSnuttan. 

Congratulations Maria, please contact me by email with your full postal address 

and I'll get the candy off to you. 

200 Followers Candy

CANDY CONTANTS

Sheet of Kaban Topper

3 sets of Disney Sticker

set of 3d funny animal stickers

2 sets if Anita Stickers

2 sets of domed stickers

2 Remember When Decoupage projects

1 Flipin' clear stamp set

2 sets of small stamp sets from Joanna Sheen

1 doz fancy Pins - homemade

1 set of crocheted elements, flowers, lace trim etc - homemade.

There will be more crocheted flowers than shown, I'm still making them. They are a pale lemon, though photo not showing up too well.

Also, added for 225 followers

With Addional

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2 Pages of House Mouse Decoupage

It will run till 29th May 1.00pm GMT and during that time I will be adding to the candy. 

To qualify you just have to be a follower, enter you details with the linky below, and also leave a comment to make double sure I can contact you. 

You can enter even if you don't have a blog, just leave me a comment and I'll add you to linky myself. 

Would you like some extra entries?

You can enter again for any or all of the following..

Add my badge or blinkie to your side bar

Add my candy picture (the main one) to your side bar

Mention my candy in a post

You will probably have to link to one of your posts to enter again, add numbers after your name depending on how many times you enter such as Lin 2, Lin3, Lin4. 

Make sure you mention in your comments how many times you have entered...you don't want to miss out if linky goes down do you. 

This candy is now closed

Freebie Paisley Medallion

I adore paisley...anything paisley, and looking at nannyflash's blog reminded me I had this medallion in need of a home. I have it set to print out in a set of six below for those who like to decoupage them..it's set for A4 paper. Feel free to snag them if you like them, and if you've not been here before, click on the freebies button above to see the others I've posted previously. 

I'd be so happy if you'd leave a comment telling me you've taken it, and also ask you direct others to my blog rather than pass the digi's on..and - of course - don't pass them off as your own.....who would do that eh!! LOL. 

I have a few days left on my candy if you've not yet entered...link through candy pix in my right hand sidebar or here   - following the simple requirements will give you up to 4 entries. 

Adding to Candy Again

Only 3days left for till my Candy is drawn so I thought I'd sweeten it a little with a couple of ribbon packs. A Boy and Girl set, I've got these my self, they are very pretty. 

There is still time if you want to enter, you can have up to 4 entries if you follow the requirements. You will find the original candy post here

Amber's Crafts & Stuff #11 Vintage

 This week at Amber's the theme is Vintage, so if you have any project with an old fashioned or vintage theme, pop over and join us here . We don't have a sponsor this week but the winner gets a badge to desplay - love getting a badge, don't you - and their name will be put into the monthly draw for a gift. They will also be invited to be a Guest Designer.

I made a set of ATC's. I didn't go for distress, just a vintage feel. I wanted them to look like pages from a photo album so I chose pictures that I felt could pass of the kids at different ages. I've used printable papers and some little sticker frames which have been in my stash for ages. The Lacey Frame above is just photoshoped and not part of the ATC.

All you have to do now is hop over to Ambers Crafts and Stuff and see what the Design Team have been up to...before entering your own project, we'd love you to join us. 

Receipe:- 

Images ... Crafts U Print

Digital Papers ... The Lilac Garden

Sticker Frames... Lake Land

Buttons, bows and baby pin ... Stash

Challenges For 1st ATC...

Paper Take Weekly - Pale, Pretty Pastels

Creative Stamp Friends - My favourite colours (pink, pink & Pink)

DDH Challenges -  Anything but a card

ECP Challenges - Pastel Colours 

Polkadoodle - Anything but a card.

Paper Romance - Anything but a card.