My very first blog candy

Christmas has come early for some lucky crafters. I'm celebrating the 1,000th visitors as promised with some blog candy and as some of you may know I have myself won one or two candies ( well maybe a couple more ;)) so I would like to give something little back to all those people who share with us inspiration in so many ways. Scroll down to see what's on offer...

The winner gets this wallet with stamped images, thanks Jeanette for this wonderful idea and the tutorial on your blog really works well and thanks for the image on the front.

...and also this wonderful package...

...consisting of stylized flowers Cuttlebug embossing folder, Forever Friends 'with love' 6 x 6 paper pad, Papermania Colossal paper pad 100 sheets, 2 sets of clear stamps, 2 different widths of bling ribbon,small width black ribbon, my favourite small chain of silver blingy flowers, green and pink braid and 10 hand- crotcheted flowers by me, diameter roughly 1 inch. Everything sealed and brand new. And then for the runners up prize...

... 4 other people will get one of these Studio G Christmas clear stamps and some bling ribbon ready for christmas.
Now what do you do to enter? It's going to be difficult as there are so many bits to my blog candy.



Here we go, just leave a comment on this post and post a link to me on your blog so that I can visit you. I'll choose a winner and runners up on Sunday November 30th after 6pm GMT , open to anyone, I'll post worldwide, and even if you don't have a blog you can enter and I'll put your name in the draw. I want to use the Random thing if I can figure it out or it might be left to the kids to pick :) We'll see. Thanks for joining in my candy and have fun crafting.

BLOG CANDY IS NOW CLOSED

Another day, another free stamp giveaway. Sally has one a day to give!

Christmas has really come early. Back with my very own first blog candy. See you all soon!!!

Another blue card

Thoroughly enjoyed making this card.There are quite a few challenges it fits. The first being Kaboodle 11 'buttons and bling', then Papertake Weekly 'Dawny's sketch 2', A Spoonful of Sugar 25 'a childs card' and lastly ABC ' q for quick cards'. I think that's enough.

The blue papers are from Kaboodle pink and blue range, the yellow from stash box, cornered off using my scallop scissors, the image is a free download from Dinky Dots called 'Eskimo AJ Fishing'. They have cute downloads and now have stamps too, so thanks for that freebie. I got this ages ago and this is the first time I've used it.
I ve created a bit of ground and the little whirl pool myself. Also it's the first time I've used my Copics on an image. ROO for face,YO6 for hair and boots and E29 for fishig rod. The rest I've gently watercoloured as the rest of my colours are vibrant copics and I really wanted to keep this card subtle and not ruin it. I got 12 pens for £23.50 in a proper case then I bought the skin colour on its own. Anyway...the bling is the crystal dust around the rim of the coat, buttons from create and craft from ages ago.The round sentiment is hand cut, computer generated from the Brian Cary font, brad added from stash. Lovely jubbly! Oh I finished off with a bit of doodling as I was still within the 20 minutes quick card range.

ETA: Don't forget my blog candy further up.

Pappirommet is celebrating a year of blogging and what a huge amount of visitors this lady has had. Brilliant blog and talented too.

Kristine has 2 blog candy giveaways. Wow, there's a lot of candy about. This lady is so talented and I've subscribed to her too. The photography tutorials are brilliant and good explanations are shown aswell. Well done Kristine! I'll have to start venturing in that area of crafting.

Janet is celebrating the launch of her own stamp business. Fantastic idea! She'll be giving away 2 of her Mimi stamps that she has designed herself. Another talented lady.

Sally is on day 4 of the stamp giveaway!

Midweek card

This creation is for Friday Sketchers and Cupcake Craft Challenge 13 'spots and dots'. All the papers are free downloads from a mixture of Do-Crafts website and Papercraft Inspirations Crafters Companions range which have been edged with lilac inkpad. The snowflake is from X-cut punch, one placed on another to give that effect edged with silver ink and gem from Josy Rose Boutique, the sentiment stamp is from old QVC kit in black stazon, white twill/braid from own stash, sitting Tingla is raised with foam pads, been paper pieced and watercoloured,masked her and used clear versamark ink and pale blue chalk used with small whispers xmas stamps, finished off with silver glitter glue on wings and buttons. Thanks for looking.

ETA: Don't forget my blog candy further up.

OK, lovely Wednesday morning and even better that today Claudia has announced her blogaversary giveaway. Wow, what a generous and talented lady she is, you have to visit to see all the goodies. Be a subscriber, number your entry, put her blog on your blogroll, do a post and leave her a comment. Easy peasy!


Sally is on Day3 of her stamp giveaway.

These little lovelies will be included in my blog candy as I can make them( dimensions outlined in the candy list soon). The seasonal blingy ribbon will be included too! Thanks for looking, come back soon!

Sally has a stamp to give away. One-a-day . How generous.

Ohhhh surprise surprise, no it's not Cilla Black! Well while my counter went for walkies today I managed to calm myself down and did something totally different from crafting.

Wow, my guardian angel must have seen how distraught I was and then summoned a miracle ( big smile). Any body would think it's only a counter but to me it was the only thing that was telling me to get my goodies together for my candy. Well, after all 1,000 visitors means alot to me even though most could be me hitting the button by mistake :) Ooooops!!! Something to show you all in a bit. Back soon.

OK, here we go...where has my counter gone that I was relying on to start off my blog candy? What is going on? I would like my counter back who ever it is who has taken it PLEASE.

At the last count I looked last night it was 937, I need to have it back to start off my candy....aaaaaarrrghhh!!! I had everything going smoothly and organised.... does anyone know out there...anyone?

Hi all! This is the creation I was working on last week and managed to decide what image I wanted on it today. Thankyou Jeanette for the wallet this is based on and this wonderful image Tilda under fall leaf. The card stock is from Fancy Pants and is double-sided, that was a little something from Papercraft Inspirations as my card was shown in their mag. Unfortunately I think I missed it. Nevermind. It's wonderful to work with and very sturdy for this project.

Turquoise grosgrain ribbon from old QVC kit, sentiment from a cheap stamp at Tesco's stamped with black stazon, scalloped edge with scissors, edged with red ink and mounted on to silver mirri board. Tilda has been gently watercoloured and silver dust added to leaf and her wings and heart.

The inside... the corners have been stamped with Gunhilds stamps I won in her candy.Absolutely love these stamps. Thanks! Well that's it for now, thanks for looking and I'm looking forward to my next creation. :)

A close up

Thank you!

From Juliete- I won her candy. Thankyou

From Stacy- a runner up prize. Thankyou

Miserable monday today but don't let that put you off blog hopping. There are some lovely blogs out there, I just love to discover all the talent in the blogging world. Let's look at our candy box and see what there is...

Desiree is celebrating 15,000 visitors! wow I wish I was any where. Look at this blog, it's full of inspiration.

Renata has a birthday giveaway. Go and take a peak.

Cecilie has a 'willow with Lantern' stamp and goodies to give to a lucky crafter. Take a look at this, such brilliant creations!

Carly has reached 1,000 hits and is celebrating on her blog.

Cathy is celebrating 10,000 visitors. What a huge amount of bloggers to visit this blog and it is outstanding. On offer is Edwin the bartender magnolia stamp, some Papermania papers and posh flowers.

Helena has just had a birthday and is offering candy. Read her blog and how she rescued a hedgehog. Wonderful deed of the day!

Sally is giving a one- a- day stamp for the rest of November. Wow! How generous!!!

Francis has blogaversary celebrations happening on her blog. Brilliant inspirational creations, this lady has talent.

Lara has birthday candy to giveaway.

One card, three challenges again!

I whipped this card up very quickly once I knew what I wanted to combine 3 challenges. So this creation is for ABC challenge 'P is for Pink', Spoonful of Sugar 'Trina's sketch' which I've rotated, and lastly Cute Card Thursday 35 'Fairies and Angels'. So here we go:-

The dotty background is from one of the mags I buy free downloads, the beautiful pink paper is from Kaboodles 'pink and blue range', the sentiment is from Tescos I picked up ages ago and fairy stamp which has been watercoloured is from so long ago ( a mail order channel which shut down). The butterfly has pink glitter pen on it and the fairy's wings have crystal dust on them. Brads from QVC HOTP Vintage kit, pretty posh ribbon from Elin(I won her candy). Thank you Elin. Daisy punch for flowers and faux stitching on the pink panel. I think that is it... thanks for looking and don't forget to come back next week to take a look at my candy I will be offering. Have a good weekend!

Hello, good morning Friday! And a bright one it is at that. I'm trying to sort out my candy this weekend for all you loving people out there, I may get a creation on here today-we'll see how it goes. I'm in a very happy mood.

Over to the candy drawer now and what do we have today,

Kath would like to give a home to some Sugar Nellie stamps. What a generous giveaway and she will even mount them for you. What more do you want? Go and take a peak.

The very first one for...

Magnolia Vs Stampavie Week 1

I thought this challenge required alot of thought as there seemed to be a lot going on with this sketch. However here we go...

I've used HOTP Friendship papers, I love these as they are all well co-ordinated. Accented some faux stitching with black pen, pale pink ribbon from stash box, paper flowers accented with some wonderful gems from Josy Rose Boutique, Tilda which was part of the candy from Jeanette, thank you Jeanette, has been gently watercoloured and lifted with foam pads, crystal dust added to the flowers and her plaits, such a cute image I love them all, and lastly the sentiment is a stamp from the See D's range. Thanks for taking the time to look.

Edited this post to add this scanned image as I realised the first picure is not enlarging. I don't like to scan gems and mirri card, they turn out black but I really like this creation and wanted to show as close to real life.

Candy Alert

Agnes has reached over 10,000 visitor total and is celebrating.

Lisa is celebrating by giving away a hero Arts clear stamp set.

Ann has some christmas candy, what a giveaway! Wow

Lana is celebrating a design team member post. She has some brilliant goodies to give a lucky crafter and while you're there have a look at her creations. I was astonished!

Amy has the High Hopes candy.While your there take a look at her fab work.

Enfys has three lots of candy as she's celebrating reaching 100,000 hits. What a generous lady!

Suzanne has a christmas themed blog candy and it's mega huge! Take a peak.

Craftybe has some gorgeous stamps and lots of goodies as candy. Great inspiration!

Three challenges, one card

This creation is for Friday Sketchers 26 based on a triangular shape, Kaboodles 10 challenge which is 'christmas brights' and Paper take Weekly which is 'simply sparkling' and you can create anything along the lines of bonfire sparkles, gems,glitter , you get the idea!

The paper I have used is from the Crafts Beautiful November issue free download. I took a shining to this paper when I saw it in the mag but wanted to use it totally differently to how they had used it. I've used good strong burgundy/red cardstock which I bought years ago in a mix box, the papers have faux stitching on them, silver mirri board, scalloped the oval by hand , white sakura gel pen for accenting, X Cut snowflake punch and glued and dipped the flakes in crystal dust, dried and stuck on, the image is Forever Friends stamp lightly watercoloured, glittered the balloon (enlarge picture to see) finished off with flat red gems. Hope you like.. Thanks for looking at my creation.

Don't forget there's a challenge blog set up for FF fan club. Look a couple of posts down.

Hi to anyone reading, you probably thought 'no cards?'.

That's right as I'm working on a few small things at the mo.Tomorrow there'll be a creation to show...
but I've found another new blog just started called craft stamper.On their launch they are giving away a set of Penny Black Stamps.Go and see!

Bev has Santa Charlie stamp and sentiment to give away as candy and also she's celebrating the so many visitors to her blog. There's some crafty things Bev has added to the candy. Good Luck!

Michelle has some High Hopes stamps for her candy. They are the Santa portrait stamp and the wreath plus she's added some more bits, well there not bits really!

Today I found a new blog with a challenge - the Forever Friends Challenge Blog. WOW, if I can get my collection together I may just enter this one. At the moment I have just the one stamp.I really do like these cuties amongst all the other cutie stamps out there from other companies.

And also Marie has a stamp from Rubbernecker to giveway. There's some wonderful creations on her blog. Just say how long it takes to make your card and you have your entry. Lovely! Have a nice evening.

Miserable Sunday where I am today. Rained all last night and still raining now. But there's always candy about to cheer us up...still thinking about my giveaway candy. It's got to be for several peeps as I've won several, right! I'll carry on using my brain cells as there's no card to do so less brain battery to use up. Thanks for reading.

Bumblebee Creations has some generous candy. Wow! There's lots there, go and see.

Kadoodle has a lovely stamp to offer one lucky crafter.Go and take a peak!

Giovana has a birthday giveaway. Just guess how old she will be next week to gain an entry. Cheer her up by wishing Happy Birthday!