Candy Winner - Woohooo!!!

Hi guys,

Well hasn't it been a fabulous bank holiday weekend weather wise??

So unusual for the UK don't you think?

Anyhoo, what did I pop in for now.......?

Oh yes, to announce the winner of my little candy.

Thank you to all my new lovely followers, please stay with me even if you didn't win because there will be another candy coming up real soon!!

So who won I hear you shout??

Well the winner is:

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It's you......

SUE!!

Well done hunni.

Can you drop me an email with your mailing address and I'll try and get your parcel in the post as soon as I have heard from you.

If I don't hear by Friday I will draw another winner.

So, see you all soon.

hugs

Here comes the Candy Man, ooops sorry Lady!

Hello my lovelies.

Well, firstly let me say hello to my new followers.  Welcome and I hope you enjoy having a mooch around my little part of blogland.

Wow, I can't quite believe I am nearly at 400 followers.  It doesn't seem like five minutes ago I wondered whether I would ever reach 50!! LOL

So, let's get down to business shall we?

Time for another little candy.

Here is what is on offer this time.

So, here is what is included.

A letraset Marker case (holds 24 markers)

Five Letraset Metallic Markers

Mulberry Flowers

Fabric Butterfly

Branch of clear gems

Two little packs of ribbon

QuickKutz tag die

Bag of Card Candi.

So, what are the rules?

Well, just the usual really, please be a follower of my blog (but not just for the candy)

No candy only blogs please (I will delete these)

Please add a little piccy to your sidebar to spread the news.

Candy will be open until Sunday 5th May

Winner will be announced on Monday 6th May.

Christmas Card Time

Hi all,

I hope the weather has picked up for all the Brits this Bank Holiday weekend!

It has been raining here most of the day but thankfully has stopped now so perhaps it will just get better and better as the weekend goes on eh?? Fingers crossed.

So another Sunday rolls around and that means time for another challenge at our Christmas Card Club.

This time the host is our lovely Zoe.

Zoe has chosen:

Clean and Simple - A One Layer Card

I don't do many of these but I think I should as it is one of the quickest cards I have made.

I have long been a fan of the lovely Barbara Grey and this card has been made using one of her techniques.

So I inked up stamp (well half of it) - available at Clarity Stamp and then ran the brayer over it.

Then brayered it into position on the card.

Turned the card around and stamped the image again with first generation ink the right way up.

Then using Adirondack "Stream" I used the sponge to add some water to the reflection.

Then stamped the sentiment at the top of the card.

Just added some sponged green around the edges of the card and Voila!!

I'm quite pleased with it I think.

What do you all think?

Challenges:

Clarity Stamp Challenge - It's all in the sentiment

Crafty Hazlenut's Christmas Challenge 2 - Anything Goes

CHNC - Use a Sentiment

TTFN 

xxxx

Pink Princess Tilda.

Hello all.

Well it's Sunday again and that means it is time for the new challenge over at Totally Tilda.

Please remember to hop on over to the Totally Tilda challenge blog and have a look to see if you were one of our lucky winners/Top 3.

Remember our winners and top three are chosen by Susie and the Design Team.

No random.org here! So if you won it's because we loved your creation.

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Right on to the new challenge.

The theme for this fortnight's challenge is:

PINK PRINCESS TILDA

So that means you have to use a Tilda wearing either a crown or a Tiara and the predominant colour must be  Pink! Easy right??

This time we are lucky to be sponsored by:

The lovely Nikki

 And the fabby prize is:

Thanks Nikki for your continued sponsorship at Totally Tilda.

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So here is my creation for this challenge:

I used Tilda Princess of the Valley for my card this time, cute ain't she??

She is coloured with my copics and Polychromo pencils as is the gorgeous Wedding Rose Arch she is sitting on.

The gorgeous Tuille is some I bought from That Craft Place shop on FB. It really is lovely stuff.

It doesn't really show up on the pics but the background is chalked using my Pan Pastels.

The tag is a basic white one and I have used a Cat's Eye Chalk ink to colour it.  I have used the same little ink pad on the heart doily too. Now you see that gorgeous pink pin, well that was one of a set I bought at a fabby new little Etsy shop! See below for more deets!! 

I have used the same cat'e eye chalk pad to colour the step part of the card, I quite like the effect it gives because when you rub it over the card the actual little ink pad moves and gives those ripple effects.  That gorgeous little "corner" was also from my lovely, wonderful friend Mandy, thank you sweet thing. MWAH!!

The gorgeous big pink flower in the background is from a pack I have in my stash, can't remember now if they were from the Vintage Notes collection or not! Doh!

The flowers are from my stash.

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So as I said earlier in the post, Mandy has this new fabby new shop on Etsy so if ever you've seen her stuff and thought, "I wish I could buy that!" well now you can.

So there you have it folks, my Pink Princess Tilda.

I can't wait to see what awesome creations you all come up with.

Have fun.

TTFN

Challenges:

Aud Sentiments - Happy Birthday and Blog Hop

Lovely H'Anglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge - Anything Goes

In days gone by!

Hello bloggy friends.
Well, it is Monday again and that means it is time for another fabulous challenge at Ooh La La Creations.  Firstly, please let me say a big thank you for all the entries that we had for the last challenge.  Please stop by the Ooh La La Challenge Blog to see who our lucky winners were.  Remember, there is no Random Org here, the Design Team take it in turns to pick their favourite and two runners up - so if you won it's because we loved your creation!!

So, onto the next challenge and this time it is:
VINTAGE/NOSTALGIC

Here is the card I made for this challenge:

I have used images and DP from the new Yesterday's Memories CD which you can buy here.

 The only embellishments I have used on this card are the little gems along the "fold" paper and a sentiment from Lili of the Valley.

Please remember to stop by the rest of the Design Team and see their fabulous creations (links on the DT tab at the top of this page).  They have all worked really hard to offer you some inspiration, so please remember to leave them some love if you pay a visit.

Have you heard about the new challenge blog??

Hi folks,

that's right, there's a new challenge blog on the block and it all kicks off on 2nd May.

The first challenge will include a DT call so if you're looking for a new DT position why not apply.

There is also a candy prize up for grabs at the moment.

So why not help to spread the word  for "As you like it Challenges" and be in with a chance of winning some goodies.

Will you be joining in???

I know I will

Midway Reminder - Totally Tilda

Hello folks,

Just popped in to remind you that you have about a week left to enter the current challenge over at Totally Tilda.

This time the challenge is:

HEAT EMBOSSING

And don't forget we are sponsored by:

and the prize is:

So last week I showed you the first end of my desk tidy.

Well, here is the other end:

My heat embossing this time is the icing and little hearts on the top of the cake and the bow around the middle of the cake case.

I masked sweet Tilda so she could sit on top of the cake - hope her bottom doesn't get all sticky. LOL.

The cake is coloured with pencils and the cake case with my copics as is sweet Tilda.

The two flowers are made with the Tonic Die and Die pad sets and I think they are quite effective and so easy to do.

So peeps, I have glued the base to the tidy and I have started to add my bits and bobs in now.

So now I have no excuses for not keeping my desk tidy!!

I do hope you will be able to join in the fun for this challenge.

Can't wait to see your fabulous creations.

TTFN

xxx