Janlynn Blog Candy over at Lora's Cards!

Hop on over to Lora's cards and have a look at this fabulous blog candy she has on offer.  There are some super items in this candy and well worth winning.  Here are some piccys for you:

This is a pic of everything you can win and the following two pics are close ups of everything.

Now all that Lora asks is that you are an active follower.  That means leaving regular posts on her work. If you are a new follower then you should leave at least three comments between now and 29th November when she draws the winner.  You need to add the Janlynn banner to your sidebar too as they are the people who have enabled Lora to give away this fab candy.

My First Door Hanger!!

Oh my goodness, I have never tried one of these before but I think I am really pleased with how it turned out!
I received a "blank" door hanger in a RAK parcel from my pal Jude and so I decided I really ought to give it a go.  There were a couple of challenges out there in blog land where you had to make other than a card so this will fit in nicely with those. (I think I'm just in time for the Pollycraft one)
So here you go then..... the finished article!

I used the sketch over at Friday Sketchers as shown below:

Firstly I covered the whole hanger with some Snowflake paper which was from a 12 x 12 paper pack which I have had for ages and I can't remember what make it is sorry.  Then I used a contrasting paper from a 6 x 6 paper pack (a smaller version of the 12 x 12 pack) again from my stash.  The image I used was from a Pyramage sheet which I bought from Crafts U Print some time ago.  The flowers - now here's where my acetate comes in - these flowers were bought from the NEC a couple of years ago and have sat in my stash feeling very lonely.  I stuck them onto some acetate and then cut them out.  I layered up three small and three large flowers and stuck them together with a blue snowflake brad.  I then attached them to the hanger with Silicone adhesive.

I used some glitery peel offs for all around the edge of the hanger and corner peel offs from the same sheet.  I then attached three snowflakes at random points on the hanger and put a button in the centre of each one.

Using my stickles glue I added some glitter to all the snowflakes on the DP and also "doodled" with my stickles around the swirly bits in the snowflake at the bottom.

When I added the pyramaged image to the front of the hanger I only adhered it on three sides thus leaving a pocket - and this is where I put my tag - stamped with a sentiment and attached a ribbon to be able to pull it out easily.  So there you have it - I am quite pleased with it and I hope you like it too.

Now the challenges I will submit this for are:

(Deep Breath!!!)

ABC - H is for Hidden (the tag is hidden behind the image)

Allsorts - Something for a child (well little girls anyway!)

Bizzy Becs Creatalicious Challenges - Something for Christmas - include snowflakes and sparkle/glitter

CRAFT - 1 tag, 1 sentiment, 1 ribbon

Charisma Cardz - Merry and Bright (Christmas)

Cooking it up with Katie - Use a flower (in a different way) use something clear (acetate) and choose a sketch past or present.

Crazy 4 Challenges - Acetate

Creative Card Crew - Doodles (hope my stickles counts)

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Snow Much Fun (well snowflakes are snow!)

Cute Card Thursday - Glitter me silly

Digital Tuesday - Holiday Wishes

Friday Sketchers - Jacque's sketch

Magical Crafts Fornightly Challenge - Use a santa or snowman image/something sparkly/ribbon and a Christmas Flower.

My Time To Craft Challenge - Tags So Much

Paperplay - 2 patterned papers, 1 ribbon and 3 buttons

Pollycraft Monday Challenge - No cards allowed (hope I'm in time Paula)

Saturday Challenge - Four Seasons (pick one or all of the seasons - I chose Winter)

Stampin B's Design Challenge - Anything except a card

Phew! I make that 18 challenges.  I love it when the challenges compliment each other like this - don't you?

Tutorial Give Away!

A very happy Sunday morning to all of you in blog land.  Hope you are all well and have not floated away with all the rain we have been having of late.
Anyway, I digress, just a quick post to let you know who won my Tutorial Giveaway!

Now as I said, not only will you receive the three items above but the little gift box will have an extra little something in it too!! Please let me know when you have received your parcel and whether you liked your little extra pressie........................................................................................................................................

....................................................Dragonlady!!!!!  Now honestly I did do this randomly.  My OH picked out the name for me and here is the photo to prove it.

Hope you like your extra pressie Ali!

The Creative Cottage Candy

Hello friends,
Forgot to post this last night as I promised so I am here to do it now.  The Creative Cottage has been so successful they have decided to say a big thank you to their followers and customers by offering this fabulous blog candy.

This candy will feature four of the kits produced by the Creative Cottage, Fairy Wishes, Come Rain or Shine, Robbie & Roxanne and the soon to be released Something Sweet.  In addition to that the DT are also giving away a set of these downloads, so in all that's five chances of winning.  Candy is open until 11 December and winner will be drawn randomly and announced on 12th December.  So hop on over to the Creative Cottage blog, leave a comment on their site and then visit the DT blogs to be in with extra chances of winning.

What you waiting for???????

Freebie Friday time at Digital Delights

Just a quickie today bloggers!  Just to remind you that the little chap below is today's Freebie Friday and you can grab him by hopping on over to the Digital Delights and pick up the link for their group at Paper Craft Planet and saving him from there.  Sorry there is no card with him on this week - just ran out of time!

A quick reminder, some exciting news and two awards!!

Hello everyone,
Well, as the title says - just a quick reminder to hop on over to Digital Delights and check out the Tuesday Tutorial tab.  This week I have shown how to utilise your digi's to make a matching set of card, gift box and gift tag.  And....... I'm giving it away too!!  All you have to do is leave me a comment on the tutorial, then come back to my blog and leave a comment on the Tuesday Tutorial teaser post and add your name to Mr Linky.  I will draw the winner on Saturday and you will receive all three items together with a little surprise in the gift box for you to use!!

Secondly, I have had some wonderful news.  Elizabeth over at Softpencil Digital Stamps has asked me to be a Guest Designer for the month of December!!  Wowee!! I am soooo excited - I love Elizabeth's digi images and am so looking forward to being her Guest Designer!!  In case you haven't already you should hop on over to Softpencil and have a look at the wonderful digi images Elizabeth has on offer - they are fabulous.

And last but not least I have two awards to post.  As we go through life we meet alot of people.  Some we like and some we don't, some we love and some we don't, some we stay in touch with and some we don't.  If there is one thing I have learnt over the last few years it is this....... friends are some of the most important people we will ever meet and we should treasure them for as long as we are lucky enough to have them.  I treasure my Real friendships and my Real friends because I can and because I want to!!!

Now I have to first apologise to my bestest ever crafting buddy Ali, aka Dragonlady because she gave me the first one a while back now and I haven't done anything with it - so SORRY Ali!!
So this is the first award Ali gave me:

Now I have to list 5 things I like to do:
1.  Well obviously Crafting!
2.  Reading
3.  Blog Hops
4.  Watching a good drama
5.  Spending time with my husband.
Now I have to pass it on to five crafty friends:  Now obviously one of them would be Ali, but she gave it to me so I can't - I will get to pass one to you one day my friend!
1.  Val aka Happy Crafter - keep crafting buddy
2.  Elizabeth at Softpencil
3.  Lisa aka Allissa aka Mumma Elf
4.  Lyn aka Blackdragon - I know Lyn HUMBUG!!
5.  Lisa at Stampin for Sanity - just because.
And this is the second. 

I need to pass this award on to five people, post on their blog to let them know I left this award, and then I need to answer a list of questions in ONE word.
So here we go:
1. Where is your cell phone?... bag.
2. Your hair? Blonde
3. Your mother?…Stafford
4. Your father?… Stafford
5. Your favourite food? …Cheese
6. Your dream last night?… Absent
7. Your favourite drink? … Wine
8. Your dream/goal?… Happiness
9. What room are you in?… Lounge
10. Your hobby?… Crafting Doh!!
11. Your fear?…Loneliness
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years?… Home
13. Where were you last night? … Home
14. Something that you’re aren’t?…Mean
15. Muffins?…Chocolate
16. Wish list item? … Die Cutter
17. Where did you grow up? … Stafford
18. Last thing you did?…Made a gift box
19. What are you wearing?…Casual
20. Your TV?… Husband's companion!!
21. Your Pets?…Cats
22. Friends? …Precious
23. Your life?… Busy
24. Your mood?…Low
25. Missing Someone?…Nan
26. vehicle?… Golf GTI
27. Something your not wearing?…Shoes
28. Your favourite store? …Second Impressions
29. Your favourite colour?…Purple
30. When was the last time you laughed?…today
31. Last time you cried?…Today
32. Your best friend?… Husband
33. One place that I go to over and over? …work
34. Facebook?… Never!
35. Favourite place to eat?…Italian

So there you have it.  A very brief insight into my life!  Not overly exciting but I'm happy most of the time.
Now - to pass it on - that would have to be Lisa aka Allissa,(for being a fab mumma elf!!), Wendy (for boosting my confidence), Elizabeth (for the same reason), Clare ('cos I know how you feel at the moment) and Lisa (for fighting on and supporting my efforts).

Birthday card for my friend.

Hi all,
Just one of two quick posts tonight.  This is a card I have made for a friend at work.  She is one of those people who is always starting a diet but never quite makes it past lunchtime!!!  I love her to pieces.  Happy Birthday Carol!

The image I have used is from Mo's Digital Pencil - as soon as I saw it I knew it would fit for Carol!!  I have coloured it in using a technique I have acquired after seeing a tutorial on Janet's blog over at Pink Gems - thanks Janet, I will be using this technique alot.  She used Distress Inks and a water brush and I hope you will agree it is very effective!  Pop on over to Pink Gem and have a look - very clever.

The red DP is from a Hot off the Press Cardmaker's Creative Pad - Classic and the flock effect paper is from Laura Ashley.  The flower I have made myself using my two flower punches using holographic paper and red card.  The buttons are from my stash.  The tag is one I made myself and the sentiment printed on it is a birthday sentiment from Paula at Pollycraft.  The ribbon is again from my craft stash.

So the challenges this fits are as follows:

CRAFT Challenge - 1 tag, 1 sentiment and 1 ribbon

My time to Craft - Tags so much

Paperplay Challenge- 2 patterned papers, 1 ribbon and 3 buttons

Sketch and Stash - Sketch number 23 and my stash is my distress inks, neglected but with new found love and life.