The Character Cafe Blog Hop

If you haven't heard already - then listen up my good friends.  The Character Cafe are having a "12 days of Christmas Blog Hop" and what's more they have some fantastic stuff to give away.  The top prize is a COPIC Airbrush system and there are fabby prizes along the way, a freebie image (giving you more chances to win stuff) and each member of the DT will be giving away the image they have worked with for the blog hop.
So go to the Character Cafe Store site to start your hopping adventure and if you decide to do the hop after seeing my post please mention my name in your comment. (Thanks in advance).
At the time of writing this there were a couple of DT posts not quite up yet - but I'm going back to do those later.
Good luck everyone and enjoy!

Freebie Friday time At Digital Delights!!

Hello folks,
Just a reminder that today is Friday - no that's not the reminder!! ....... and it is Freebie time.... yes that is the reminder. 
This week Wendy has given us this fabulous image to play with - sadly I have a bad shoulder at the minute and have been unable to play ((((big sobs)))) - but I will be back - dosed up with Ibuprofen and ready to play all weekend!
So here is the image you are in for this Friday:

All you have to do is either:
Pop on over to Digital Delights and click on the Freebie Friday tab at the top of the page and follow the link or
Go directly to Paper Craft Planet and collect him there - or
Go directly to SNR Cardiverse and collect him from there -
Do not Pass Go and do not collect £200 (hehehehe)  Sorry - just got a bit carried away there!!
Have fun peeps.

Ooh La La - I am sooooo excited!!

Hello all,

Oh my word - I am such a lucky girl.  I have just been asked by Anne at Ooh La La Creations to be their Guest Designer for January and February next year!!!  Thank you so much Anne.   I am going to be such a busy girl and I can't wait for my first challenge!!  Please look out for my post in the New Year with my first creation for Ooh La La Creations and please visit their blog to have a look at their wonderful creations.  Ooh La La Creations challanges run every other Monday so that gives you all plenty of time to make your creations! Their current challenge - which runs until 14th December, is to make a Child's Card and the DT have done some wonderful cards to give you some inspiration.  If you haven't already visited - you really should!!
Watch this space people!!! Roll on 2010!

Penny's New Store

Hi folks,
just a quick post to let you know that Penny has opened her new online store and is offering discount on your whole order - now was it 20% or 25% - well you'll just have to visit and find out won't you.
Also, if you visit the store and follow a few rules then you will also be entered into a surprise candy too!!
So what you waiting for??

12 Days of Christmas over at Paper Craft Planet!!

It's Day Two over at Papercraft Planets 12 Days of Christmas campaign! For 12 days, the Super Novas will show you awesome and easy gift giving ideas, and you can play along and win prizes by participating in a scavenger hunt! Keep reading for a clue and chance to win!

Today's scavenger hunt is sponsored by Digital Delights You could win a GREAT prize if you can solve their clue...
"To win today, you must find
a friendly turtle, smiling and kind.
This turtle has a gift to mail,
He shares it with his friend, the snail.
If you find it, link it below
and we'll all yell, "WAY TO GO!"

Find a product on the Digital Delights website that fits the clue and you could be the winner! Leave a comment at Papercraft Planet with your answer. They will pick a random winner for all the CORRECT entries on December 3rd.

Do you want to know what you're playing for? Leave the correct entry and you could win a $25 gift certificate to the Digital Delights Shop!

Check the Paper Craft Planet main page every day through December 12th to play along! (You can visit the http://www.papercraftplanet.com/profiles/blog/list for past projects!)
Don't answer here -- play along by following the Day 2 link at Papercraft Planet!!

Carlyann's mega Candy

Carlyann has some fantastic candy on offer for celebrating 71,000 hits and to celebrate Christmas and New Year.  The draw will close at Midnight on New Year's Eve - so three lucky people will have a fabulous New Year celebration!
Here are piccys of the three prizes:

So hop on over to Carlyann's blog and follow her few rules to be in with a maximum of three chances to win this fantastic candy.

Guest DT Spot for Softpencil!

Oooh I'm super excited to be saying to you all, here is my first project as a Guest Designer for Elizabeth at Softpencil.  I am so honoured to have been asked by Elizabeth to be her Guest Designer for the month of December - thank you Elizabeth.

Anyway, Elizabeth has just produced this fabulous range of Calendars that you can find advertised on her blog and also for sale at her Etsy Shop - they are just the cutest calendars you have ever seen.  We were all given different designs to use and mine was Magical Nap. 

These would make ideal Christmas presents and would be relatively cheap to post too!

So here is my creation!

Elizabeth challenged us to use more than one layer so obviously that said Decoupage to me and then I thought - no wait - I'll have a go at paper piecing instead.  Firstly I printed the whole thing out on white card and then I printed it out on different papers.  The calendar that I printed on to white card was chalked all over and sealed with a bit of hairspray.  I then cut out all the elements. the cat from sparkly purple paper, the wings of the fairy from sparkly purple paper, her body from shiny lilac paper and her face and hair from white paper coloured with promarkers,  and then adhered the whole thing to a piece of thick cardstock.  I added stickles glitter glue to the snowflakes.  The large flowers are from Imaginisce and are put together using a heart shaped brad from my stash and the smaller flowers were some I've had for a while and put together the same way and then adhered to the calender with Silicone glue.

I attached a ribbon at the top so that it could be hung on the wall and put a piece of purple mirri card on the back so that it wouldn't look unfinished.  I shall also be entering this creation into the following challenges: Sketchy Colors their first challenge is to use lilac and purple
Bee Crafty - Add some sparkle (paper and stickles)
C.R.A.FT. Challenge - Make something for Christmas (this is for a pressie - but can't say who for!! LOL)
Charisma Cardz - Anything for Christmas (this is a Christmas pressie)
Crafty Catz - Use and angel or a fairy (she may be small but she is there)
Lily Boo Too Challenge - Paper Piecing
The Pink Elephant Challenge - Colour me wonderful (I have a new found love for my chalks)
And of course the challenge over at Softpencil's challenge on PCP which is Be Creative
Please pop on over to the other DT blogs and have a look at their creations too - just click on the links in my sidebar underneath the GDT banner.  Thanks for checking this out and if you're looking for a neat place to shop - please visit the Softpencil Etsy shop.  Also Softpencil has a group over at Paper Craft Planet where they have their challenges - another place worthy of a visit.