BLOG CANDY.....THE WINNER!!!!!

Hellooooo everyone! Hope you aren't too snowed in wherever you live!!!

The winner of my blog candy of last week and selected by random by my own fair Jeremy is.....

CRAFTYHAZELNUT

Well done Hazel...it will be winging its way to you tomorrow hon XXX

Thank you to all of you who took part, I am only sirry that there can only be one winner XXXX

Papergirls - Alter A Photo!

This months brilliant competition over on The Papergirls is to alter a photograph!!! Its doubly brilliant because this months comp is being sponsored by my good friend Caroline at Bubbly Funk

My first reaction was 'Oh Lordy!!!' because I have never done this before! But after having a nosey round I realised that I didn't have to pretend to be all technical but to just use some imagination to interpret a pic. PHEW!!!!!

I love this photo of my daughter taken when she was 6months old. It was the very first time that she noticed flowers. I was on my way out and had plonked her (like you do hehe) on the grass while locking the door. I was very impressed that she actually picked the daisy herself!!!

So I really just had to use flowers somewhere, or everywhere in this case!!!! The canvas is only little at 5"x5", which I faffed around with paint on!!! Scrumped and tarted flowers and a bit of stamping and doodling completed it. Took me ages too but I like it!!!! The sentiment is one of my favourites. Mind you...this little cherub is scaring the beejeebers out of her Mum by back-packing round NZ. She has informed me she is doing a free fall this week....arghhhh!!!

Thank you so so much for looking and don't forget I have some BLOG CANDY going on the last post. XXXX

Ye Olde Bloggie Candy!!!!

I just cannot believe that I have reached 100 posts!!!! I really thought when I started blogging that it would be a once a month thing....how wrong was I??? It really has opened up a new world for me and I am now enjoying challenges so much. I have 'met' some wonderful, inspiring people along the way too.

So, as a BIG thank you to all those who have visited me and steeled yourselves to look at my stuff, I am giving away some BLOG CANDY. This will include Bazill Bling, DCWV Far East papers, ribbon, beads, cards & enveies and more!!! But, although I am not going to make it hard, there is a question to answer:

Way back in June last year I went somewhere and watched some little furry things, what were they???? mmmmm.....just can't believe what my makes were like then :(

The correct answers will be put into a draw and my very own random generator (Jeremy) will pick one out at random on Sunday this week. Good luck XXX

This week its Rosie's turn to set the challenge:

"Following on from Dee's challenge of 'Something Old, Something New' last week, I want you to continue the theme and create 'Something Borrowed, Something Blue'"

I might have known this was coming after last weeks heheI was a bit stumped with this at first then I remembered that I had a man-card to make for a friend of J's who was in Mine Rescue with him. Though how they could squidge down those tiny tunnels is beyond me!!! But I reckon they were heroes!!!

So I used a Cornish mine stamp and a paper pad by Papermania (For Him). Thats the blue and the borrowed was that I borrowed J's precious Dymo for the wording. Don't know why he doesn't just let me have it really hehe

Thank you so much for looking. If you fancy this challenge pop over to Rosie & Dee's Challenge Blog XXXX

00000000 I see that my next post is my 100th.......BLOG CANDY TIME FOLKS!!! Will see if I can come up with a little brain teaser for you as I can't make it too easy now can I hahahahaha XXX

DCM - GET SOMEONE TO MAKE IT!

Jo got us all in a dither with this brilliant dar - get someone to make it for you!!!

I called on my lovely craft friend Gez and asked her is we could do each others!!! She rose to the challenge and after a bit of PM'ing and e-mailing we decided to have a colour theme of green with a touch of purple and the card was to be for a friend. We then decided to use one of Kathy Blacks Sketches to work by. Please pop over there as she has some really lovely sketches you can work with!

The first card is mine and I have used some green patterned paper(no name on the back) that came from a kit. I stamped the words using a lovely stamp by Hero Arts and lightly chalked the main words in purple.

Here is Gezzy's card, isn't it lovely??? I am amazed at how alike our cards have turned out, just goes to show how similar our tastes are!!! For more of her crafty goodies check out her blog here. You will be delighted by her other crafting skills!!!

Thank you so much for taking a look at our work. XXX

BUBBLY FUNK 2009 CRAFTY CALENDAR

During 2008 lots of the crafters on the Bubbly Funk forum were busy getting together a special calendar for 2009. Its is to raise money for a very worthwhile cause - Action for ME. There are just not enough resources for the research into this debilitating illness, which can last for years.

The calendar is now available here to download. There are also instructions for the goodies that have been crafted! If you decide to do this please leave a donation (no matter how small,it all counts) to the charity using the box on the left on the Crafty Calendar Blog. Thank you X

Here is my take on the calendar. As I decided that I wanted to make a desktop calendar I cut my pages in half widthwise and then mounted them onto co-ordinating cardstock. A ribbon and a few embellies were added. I used some really stiff card to make the stand and then bound it all with my BIA, using big rings so that the calendar would flip easily.

Please consider this calendar, it would make a great gift. Thank you for taking the time to look XXX

ROSIE-DEE CHALLENGE 18

It was Dee's turn to set the challenge this week:

"I would like you to use the following, something old and something new."

This week I have gone very pink and blingy!!!!! For my 'old' I used a piece of lace that came from a bag of bits from the local charity shop! These places are great for finding bits of lace and ribbon and you are helping a charity at the same time!!!

For my new I used my new Sissix swirl die and chopped it down a bit. Then I added some bling to the swirl. The papers are from Blonde Moments which were left over from another project. Would they be classed as old I wonder??? The sentiment is PC generated.

Please take a look at Rosie-Dee's Challenges every Sunday for something a little different to do! Thanks for taking a look at what I have done, I love to read your comments XXX