A card and a shout out about some yummy candy!!

My kids have a friend over so leaving me alone so thought I would catch up on some postings and tidy up my blog!! Needed to throw out some wrappers on some candy (as winners have already been announced and I have a couple of cards to share!! One of them is a friends birthday card who I am hoping has received it today otherwise she will probably see it on here first!! :) So I will share my cards first then I will tell you about some candy on offer at a few blogs that I love to visit!!

 I made this card for a 6th birthday party but when I showed the boys the next morning  I decided it wasn't right for a 6 year old... so Liam ended up making his own card for is friend!!! But I do love this card!! Nice and bright and I'm sure someone will love it when I give it to them!!!

I think the spotty paper I used for the background is echo park and the image is a Dustin Pike image. I coloured it in with my Tria markers ( B555, R445, O277,V245, G555, C446, B128, Y156, V518) I also used a red and blue glitter pen.  The cardstock is just scraps from the every growing pile that I have!!

This is just a side view so you can see the depth of the card!

I'm entering this into the folllow challenges
* Crafts and Me - Birthdays

This is the card I made for Sam!! I have known Sam since high school and only in the past couple of years did we realize we had a similar passion for paper crafts (Sam is way better than me though). So this is the card I made for Sam's birthday. It was actually a pretty simple card to put together but I really loved the end result! The flower paper is from Kaszazz. iI then just cut the fence from another Magnolia stamp and sat Tilda in cute skirt on it.  I coloured Tilda in with my tria's (BL, R247, C847, O729, M428, O528, O535, O225) Then I just added some rhinestones to the bottom of the card and some kindyglitz to the flowers and butterfly! oh and the punch I used was the SU eyelet border punch!

I am entering this into the following challenges:

* 2 sisters Challenge - Birthdays

* Allsorts - Free and Easy July

* Bling it on - Anything Goes

So now onto the yummy party of my blog!! Fat Free Candy.. hehehe!! I enter into a lot of blog candy's (because I am addicted - I'm just being honest :)) so i thought it would be fair if I shared it with all of my followers so you also have the opportunity to win some of these fabulous prizes!!! Most of them you can find in my sidebar but there are a few that i thought I would mention here:

Whiff of joy  is one of my favourite stores and katharina is giving away a fabulous,  5 Whiff of Joy summer stamps of your choice!!! Tempting, hm?  Well head on over to her blog to find out what you have to do! It ends on the  9th July

Here is another fantastic Candy that I'm sure you would all  love to win!! I especially would love to win that coluring techniques book because I would love to learn how to colour better than I do!! This one ends on the 1st August so head on over to Cheryl's Blog
 and find out how to enter.

 

Tracey also has some yummy birthday candy on offer to celebrate her birthday.

Also DesignAnnique has got some yummy candy on offer which I just stumbled across which ends very soon. So stop reading and head on over to her blog!!

Well that's it for now. Don't forget there are loads more blog candy opportunities in my sidebar so go check them out!! And shortly I will be having a blog candy to celebrate my 1 year blogaversary so stay tuned!!!

Until next time... Enjoy!! xx

For the Love of Pink Blog Hop!!!

If you are looking for the PCJ Summer Fete Blog Hop (where there are lots of prizes to be won) please click HERE!

Hello and Welcome to the "For the Love of Pink"Blog Hop!!  Today is our wonderful Host Gill's Birthday who loves everything Pink so before hopping along please join me in wishing her a Happy Birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GILL!!!

If you have arrived here from Linda's blog then you are in the right place. If you've just dropped in for a visit then why not join in the PINK fun and head back to the start at the Birthday Girl's (Gill's) Blog

Well as much as I really wanted to be a part of this blog to help celebrate Gill's birthday I have to say I really struggled to work with Pink! I am not a pink girl at all.. never have been so this was a real challenge for me!! So this card took me a long time to make even though it looks like a pretty simple card!! I just couldn't decide how to decorate it!! In the end I think it turned out ok!! I hope that Gill likes it, that's all that matters I guess, after all, today is all about her!!

So here is my card!!

I couldn't do an all pink card - I needed to break it up a bit but it is mainly pink!!! I coloured the owls in with my aquacrayons and although you can't see it I also dusted the owls with shimmer chalk for a bit of sparkle!! There's also some Kindyglitz added around the owls!! And I've just added buttons and flowers and rhinestone's to decorate the rest of the card!!

Well that's it from me!! Your next stop on this PINK hop is over at the very talented Debbie T. I'm sure she will wow you with her PINK creation.
Enjoy the rest of your hop!!

Until Next Time... Enjoy!! xx

JUNE RAK card

If you are looking for the PCJ Summer Fete Blog Hop post then head on over HERE to join in the fun!!

Just wanted to quickly pop in and post my June RAK card that I received from Sally yesterday. Thanks Sally, it is simply stunning!!

If you would like to receive a a gorgeous card in the mail once a month then why not be a part of Gill's RAK club! It's lovely receiving mail that is not bill's!! Head on over HERE to read all the details.

Don't forget to come back in a few hours for the "For the Love of Pink" Blog Hop to celebrate Gills'birthday.

Until Next Time... Enjoy!! xx

Another Pirate Card and another Blog Hop!!

If you are looking for the PCJ Summer Fete Blog Hop then head on over HERE!!

I'm so sorry..I said I would post another card yesterday and I was too busy trying to make a card for tomorrow's Blog Hop that I have been asked to be a part of!! I'll let you know more about that soon but first here is my card!!

Yep another pirate card!  I've had a few boys birthday's  recently and another couple coming up but I've enjoyed making them!! I  love these La La Land stamps, they are great to colour!! Used my tria's to colour the image but I coloured this ages ago so not sure of the colours I used!! The paper is from a pack from my local craft store and i just added the buttons, stars, skull and number 5 which was added after my four year old suggested I put a number on the card!! Thanks Logan.. Finished off the card beautifully!!

Now before I go I need to let you now about another blog hop that I am a part of tomorrow! It's Gill's  (from Creations by Gill M) birthday tomorrow and to celebrate she is having a "For the Love of Pink"blog hop to celebrate! Gill's favourite colour is obviously pink so we have to create a card or creation that is predominantly pink!! A hard task for me as I am not a lover of pink at all but I think I'm happy with the end result although it certainly isn't as extravagant as some of the things I have made lately!! I won't say anymore so you will just have to come back tomorrow and join in the hop and let me know what you think!!

Until Next Time... Enjoy!! xx

Stopping by to Say Hi!!

If you are looking for The PCJ Summer Fete Blog Hop then please click HERE.

I always feel like I create a heap of cards and crafts but never share them so I'm trying to make an effort and post on a more regualr basis!!! I have been making a few cards lately for birthdays so just wanted to share. Also wanted to share a mirror I made a long time ago when I used to do Decoupage!!

Before I show you what I have made I would like to welcome  my new followers!! Thank you for visiting and wanting to come back to see my creations!! I hope that I can inspire you as you guys inspire me!!!

 So today I'm showing you a pirate card and the mirror!! Need to keep the rest so I can post again tomorrow!! hehehe!!

This is my Decoupage mirror I made about 10 years ago. (excuse my fingers in the pic - forgot I was taking a picture of a mirror-LOL) It has been sitting in my cupboard for so long and never used it for my boys so I gave it to my wonderful friend's Anthony and Kris who recently welcomed baby Matias to the family, joining their other two gorgeous boys!!

And this is a card I made for Anton.

Well that's it from today!! Will be back tomorrow with another pirate card!!

Until next Time... Enjoy!! xx

Fairy Day Blog Hop!!

If you are looking for the PCJ Summer Fete Blog Hop then click here!!


Hello and thanks for flying in for Creations by Gill M's Fairy Day Blog Hop

If you are taking part in the hop and have arrived from the fairy mad Gill's Blog then you have started at the right place but if you have just come across this posting while browsing around in blog land then hop back to Gill's Blog and fly along with us..

This is a hop with a difference as along the hop there are letters to find in the postings - not all blogs have the letters but if you gather all the letters then at the end of the hop on day 2 assemble them to create a fairy related word. If you then return to Gill's blog and enter the Mr Linky at the bottom of the post (do not reveal the secret word yet). After the hop Gill will contact someone at random and ask them to email her with the word - if correct they win some lovely candy.

I wasn't too sure what I was going to do for this hop as I have two boys so I don't create a lot of girly things but when I got my first Emerald Faeries stamp, I decided I had to have more!! And now I have the whole collection - thanks Deb. I recently saw a mushroom log basic tutorial on the Paper Crafter's Library and knew this is what I wanted to use for my creation!! It's taken me a few weeks to get all the pieces coloured and put together but I am really happy with the end result!! I'm even happier that my wonderful friend, Angela took some gorgeous photos today in her garden at the foot of a gnome and in her plants which has just made this look even more special!! I also took some more photos in my garden but not sure you really capture all the details.. Sorry there are so many photos buut didn't want you to miss out on anything !!

Isn't it "Fairy Fantastic"!! I used some EK success paper to make the log (which actually took me a long time to make), just randomly cut out the grass then coloured up all the faeries!! I think I used nearly all the Tria's I have..LOL! All the wings have  clear smooch on them, and the faeries hair has flecks of gold spica pen through them. And the flowers have (glitter) Fairy Dust sprinkled on them! I stuck some acetate behind some of the faeries just so that they would stand up a bit better. I have also sprayed all the grass with vanilla shimmer smooch spritz!! Thanks Sam for the suggestion! And for extra effect (not that you can see) I  put some kindyglitz behind the snail to make the effect of a snail trail!! And the last addition was the ladybug which I remembered I've had stuck to my mirror for the last 10 years!!

Now it's time to fly on over to Emily's blog and check out her fairyliscious creation!!

Don't forget to keep a look out for letters on some of the hop stops today and tomorrow that make up a fairy related word then head back to Gill's Blog and enter your name with Inlinkz.

Thanks for flying by - dont forget to check out Gill's Blog again  tomorrow for day 2 and to gather the rest of the hidden letters.

I am entering my faerie garden in the following challenges
* The Emerald Faerie Garden Challenges - Petals
* Divas by Design - Anything but a Card
* Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes
* Deep Ocean Challenge - Flowers
* One Stitch at a Time - Things with wings
* Sweet Stampin' - Things with Wings
* Hooked on Crafts Challenges - Anything Goes
* Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Fairies
* Polka Doodles - All of a Flutter
* Southern Girls Challenge - Anything Goes


Until Next Time ... Enjoy!! xx

PCJ Challenge #13 and Summer Fete Blog Hop!!!

It’s our 13th Challenge at PCJ and we’ve decided that 13 is indeed a lucky number. To celebrate, we’re having a summer fete blog hop. It's not summer here in Australia but the sun is shining just for this occasion!!

If you have arrived here from the Paper Crafting Journey Blog then you are in the right place, if not then head back there so you can join in the fun!!
There are heaps of prizes to be won, 13 in total from 13 different sponsors! How fab is that?
The rules are simple and you can do these in any order, as long as they’re all complete – we will be checking! hehe
                           * Enter the challenge – easy theme of Anything Goes – with a direct link to your project
                           * Leave your blog link on the linky widget at each stop
                           * Leave a comment at each stop after the main challenge blog

Sound easy enough?

We have two prizes available to entrants of the challenge

Meljen’s are providing one lucky winner with 4 individual digi stamps of your choice

and

MFT Stamps are providing one lucky winner with a $15 gift certificate to spend in the MFT Store.

My sponsor is the wonderful Deb from The Emerald Faerie Garden!! A fellow Aussie, I jumped at the chance to use one of her faerie images!! They are so cute and you can create so many beautiful projects with them!! And she will be giving one very lucky person the Emerald Faerie stamp that I have used below!! But be warned... once you have this stamp you will want them all!!! LOL!!


As this hop is all about a summer fete I chose flowers for my stall and thought Ally and Beeble would be perfect.

Front view

Side view

Close up  of Ally and Beeble

I made a tent card (which my sister has decided she would like to have to put in her daughters room - hope she likes how I finished it! ) I coloured Ally and Beeble in with Tria markers and used some glitter pens to add some sparkle!! Added all the flowers (winnings from Blog Candy), then added all the other embellishments including the shrinky dink butterflies!! Not sure that the photo shows all the sparkle but you know me, always have to have some sort of glimmer and bling!!

Thanks for stopping by. Your next hop on the stop is the very talented Cindy.. If you get lost along the way, head back to the PCJ blog where you'll find the full list of stops.

You have until 12:00BST on 6 July 2011 to complete all three steps above (you can simply enter the challenge without entering the blog hop if you wish). Winners will be announced on Thursday 7 July 2011
Be sure to enter your name in the inlinkz at each hop stop, leave a comment and enter this fortnights challenge of anything goes to be eligible for prizes!!

Happy Hopping!