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Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Little Friend - Simon Says Stamp DT Card

Good morning peeps,
It's going to be one of those very busy weeks in our household as we are decorating Jodie's bedroom and the house looks like it's been trashed with everything from her room scattered around the house wherever we could put it. Hubby was busy wallpapering in there yesterday while I spent an exhausting day drinking coffee and chatting lol, so today I am helping with the painting which means no getting to play with all my nice new birthday goodies just yet, I'll just have to keep popping in my craft room and stroking them lol.

Today is new challenge day at
& this week our challenge is a 

My lovely teamies & I are featuring some gorgeous Martha Stewart & American Crafts products this week, as most of you know Martha's punches are pretty much compulsory for me to use as I love them.
Ingredients - 
Medium - Copics
Flowers - Prima  
Resin birdhouse - Prima
Twine - Hemptique

For those who want them the Copic colours I've used are - 
skin - E11, E00, E000, R20, hair - E44, E43, E40, trousers - W4, W2, W0, W00, top -E53, E51, E50 / R14, R12, R00, tree - E44, E43, E41, flowers - YR15, YR00 / YR07, YR04 / R14. R12, grass - E44, YG97, YG95, YG93, YG91, sky - B000, BG10, BG11
And here is the fabby sketch our Dawny has made for us to play with
As always our lovely Heidi is sponsoring our challenge with a whopping $50 spending spree in the fabulous
The STORE BLOG has loads of lovely inspiration, new products to see and chance to win candy so if you haven't already visited it pop over and take a peek.
 I'm entering my card in the following challenges -
Die Cuttin Divas -garden, Oldie But A Goodie - on the farm or in the garden (die's, flowers & punches), Papertake - a stitch in time, Belle's & Whistles - Spring is in the air, Bunny Zoe's - ribbon or twine, Craft Your Passion - die cuts & punches, Creative Stamp Friends - bingo (middle row down- charm, lace, flowers), Lexi's Creations - punches & dies, Lollipop Crafts - Spring fling, Make It Monday - anything goes, Simon Says Stamp & Show - anything goes, Stamp & Create - Spring, Use Your Stuff - brown, cream & peach, Dream Valley - earth tones, Stamptacular - freebie week, Sweet Stampin' - girlie but no pink, Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - pearls & lace, Inspire Me Fridays - anything goes
A painting I must go!
Thanks for stopping by

Tuesday, 17 April 2012

More Candy - Happy Birthday To Me & My First Smash Book Page

Hello peeps,
We had such a wonderful day yesterday, we babysat little Ollie while his daddy Rob & Uncle Gareth decorated the nursery ready for the baby girl's arrival. He was so good all day, he is always such a happy little man he had us in fits of laughter all day, no prizes for guessing who got thoroughly spoilt lol.

The reason for my post today is it's my birthday & I am so lucky to have so many wonderful and generous blogging friends who have spoilt me rotten, and I want to say a massive thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the beautiful cards and gifts, you really have made my day.
Today has been really lovely with friends coming round and loads of phone calls, I've been trying to get on my computer to email and thank everyone but it's been bedlam here and I can't believe the day has gone so quickly but I will get around to thanking you all personally asap.

I thought as it's a special day for me I would share a little extra candy consisting of one of my favourite new crafty products, a Retro Blue SMASH book. 
If you fancy having a go at "SMASHIN''" or already SMASH and want the chance of winning another book all you have to do is leave me a comment to let me know you want to enter the draw, easy peasy lol.
*K&Company RETRO BLUE Smash Folio 30-615007
I have my very first Smash Book page to share today and I have started with my pretty pink book. After much looking at the books wondering what on earth I was going to do with them I had ideas galore but hadn't done any until I saw in the CMC Smash Book group Suzanne had set a challenge with some prompts which was just perfect for me as it kind of gave me a goal to aim for following the theme of "what I love about Spring & or my favourite thing to do in Spring....."  The group is free and anyone is welcome to join in.
Sorry the piccy's aren't the best but if you want to see them better click on the pic.
Naturally I had to get chocolate & Ollie on my page lol, and I just love the sound of the "frogs chorus" although Gareth hates it as they really do get quite loud and his bedroom window is at the back of our house only a few feet from the pond. I just remind him he did choose to move back home & they never bothered me when I had his bedroom as my craft room lol.
I'm sure you all know already this gorgeous girl is called Wash Day and is by Krista Smith, I am loving  colouring Krista's sweet images at the moment, now I just need to find time to make cards with them.
You have one week to enter the draw to win a SMASH book so I will close this mini candy next Tuesday evening.
Thanks you again my lovely friends for helping to make my day so special
                                          

Sunday, 15 April 2012

WOO HOO We're Celebrating at Addicted To Stamps

Hello peeps,
 The ATSC team are celebrating as it's our

1st Birthday !!!

For the next two weeks we are celebrating with a new challenge and a blog hop.
How does the blog hop work?! Please hop over to the ATSC blog for more details & there you can also see our list of lovely sponsors and prizes.

Our challenge this fortnight is 
CAKES + STITCHING

Ingredients -
Medium - Copics
Flowers - Prima, Wild Orchid & Kort & Godt
Pin - homemade
Sparkle - crystal glamour dust paint
Pearls - Hero Arts
Resin cupcake - Crafts & Me
Anything else from stash
Tools - sewing machine, MS frond leaf punch & eyelet lace punch, Woodware mini butterfly punch, Spellbinders fancy tags, classic ovals & floral ovals
 I took the above picture indoors with the flash to show up that gorgeous sparkle. Apologies to the lovely ladies who like me to list the copic colours there's no list today I'm afraid I was so engrossed in colouring I forgot to make a note of them.
 I'm entering my card in the following challenges -
TOMIC - criss cross card & a princess Tilda
Just Magnolia - lovely lace
Inspire Me Friday - anything goes

If you are visiting me today on the blog hop and you have arrived on my blog from my lovely friend Liz's blog then you are on the right track, if you have lost you way pop back to the ATSCchallenge blog and the blog hop order is available to see there. 

The next stop on the blog hop is my lovely friend Marlies.

Good luck and thanks for joining us for our 1st Birthday blog hop, & don't forget in order to win one of the lovely prizes you need to comment on all the DT's blogs & the Addicted To Stamps Challenge blog.

Before I go I want to say a massive thank you to my fabulous friends and teamies, we have had a wonderful first year together & they are all soooooooo amazingly talented and so lovely they are what makes this DT so special to me :)

Thanks for stopping by

Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Rainbows & Sunshine - Simon Says Stamp DT Card

Good morning peeps,
It's official, I hate shopping! Hubby is on holiday next week so we are going to be decorating Jodie's bedroom as she insists she's never leaving home, & I got soooo fed up with looking at wallpaper, paint, furniture, carpets, curtains, accessories, etc etc, it was all whizzing around in my head & now I can't even remember what style of furniture I ordered after looking at so many so that will be a surprise when it's delivered, hopefully a nice one or I'll be in trouble with Jode lol.

Today is new challenge day at
& this week our challenge is

My fabulous teamies and I are featuring some gorgeous Bo Bunny & Basic Grey products this week.
Ingredients -
Medium - Copics
Flowers - Prima
Sentiment - Magnolia
Lace - Prima
Pin - homemade
As always our lovely Heidi is sponsoring our challenge with a mahoosive $50 in store spending spree in the
Don't forget to check out the lovely STORE BLOG peeps for lots of chances to win candy, fabby inspiration and featured products.
I'm entering my card in the following challenges -
Sketch & Stash - sketch (the only new item is paper), Anything Goes - anything goes, Crafty Sentiments - Spring in pastels, Die Cuttin Divas - pastels, Deep Ocean - inspired by a song (Drip, drip, dot Little April Showers - Bambi), Everybody Art - Spring, Scrap Creations - Spring, Oldie But A Goodie - April Showers (everything but the papers is from older stash), Papertake - April showers, Sassy Cheryl's - anything goes, Tuesday Throwdown - stick pins, Cupcake Craft - Spring is in the air, Make It Monday - anything goes, Stamps & Fun = Creativity - butterflies, Amusing Challenges - Spring, That Craft Place - Spring, CES - swirls & pearls, Just Magnolia - anything goes
My post got a little delayed in finishing as a very nice man bought me a lovely box of goodies from Simon Says Stamp which I ordered last Tuesday night which was delivered quicker than some UK stores so I'm a very happy girlie with lots of new goodies to play with, take a peek
Things went a little down hill after my initial smiles at my new goodies as I had one of those con men on the phone telling me he had detected serious malware in my computer but if I followed his instructions he could help me so he made me swear at him when I not so politely told him to go away lol. I wonder how many times these con artists will ring before they finally get the message & stop calling, it's no wonder I hate the phone when people make me swear lol.
Thanks for stopping by


Monday, 9 April 2012

Birthday Wishes - Totally Tilda DT Card

Happy Easter Monday peeps,
Yes I added in the Monday as I never made it to blogland yesterday so I am late once again, story of my life lol.
We had a lovely but really busy day yesterday, we spent the morning with our friends Wendy & Mark & their two boys Sam & Jamie, and then went for lunch at my beautiful Robert's (nephew), Sammie's & little Ollie's house, and Rob impressed us all with his roast beef, followed with hubby's strawberry cheesecake so we were well and truly stuffed. How little Ollie managed to keep us all entertained like he did was beyond us as we were all shattered by tea time but he was still toddling around making us all laugh.

It's new challenge time at
& this fortnight our challenge is in honour of our wonderful blog mummy & it's
as mummy is celebrating her birthday today, Happy Birthday mummy I hope you have a wonderful day xxxx
 Ingredients -
Medium - Copics
Papers - Magnolia
Flowers - Hooked On Crafts, Wild Orchid & Magnolia
Twine - The Ribbon Girl
Sentiment - Cats Life Press
Fancy Corner - E-Crafts
 The Copic colours I've used are -
skin - E11, E00, E000, R20, R30, hair - E47, E44, E43, E41, clothes -RV95, RV93, RV91/ C1, C00, shoes - W4, W2, W00
I'm entering my card in the following challenges -
CLP - sketch,  CES - swirls & pearls, One Stop Craft- pastels & die cuts, Bunny Zoe's - ribbon / twine, Make It Monday - anything goes, Corrosive - heavy metal, Fairy Fun Fridays - anything goes, Just Magnolia - anything goes, Stempelsonne - die cuts & punches, Totally Papercrafts - bingo (pink, glitter & pearls),  4 Crafty Chicks - flowers, Divas by Design - anything goes, Flutterby Wednesday - open 
That's it from me for today peeps, I really must get in my craft room & make a DT card, having hubby home for the last 4 days has meant my crafting has been seriously neglected but I've told him today he is the one being neglected while I play lol.
Thanks for stopping by

Saturday, 7 April 2012

Round & Round - Paper Play DT Card & Easter Tags!

Hello peeps,
I've just realised I've not posted my DT card, oops my bad lol.
We've had a busy day & I was starting to feel myself about to doze off to sleep after lunch but wanted to paint the decking while the weather was so nice, as I was half asleep I went & slapped my face, you know as you do trying to wake yourself up a bit, only it was a teeny bit too hard & it brought tears to my eyes but I couldn't do anything but laugh which did the trick & woke me up lol. About an hour later I'd finished painting & got changed to go for a walk to the park with hubby & Dude (dog) & quickly checked the state of my mass of curls in the mirror before going out & was horrified to see the left side of my face looked like I either actually had stage 2 of "slapped cheek syndrome" or a nasty encounter with a cosmetics sales woman & I'd managed to escape before she'd got to the right side of my face lol. Cold water didn't help much so I ended up wearing Jodie's big sunglasses out & keeping my head down when we saw anyone,  & before you say it I'm an idiot I already know lol.

Anyway waffle over today I have my 
PAPER PLAY  DT card to share and this week our challenge is to make a SHAPED CARD.

I made this little card about 3 weeks ago for Ali's youngest boy Adam & that young man is very lucky he actually got "Adam" on the front of his card as for years we've called him "Sindy" or "Sindy Lou", long story, poor boy! Adam sounds so wrong now so I had to write the card out to Sindy so he didn't escape it lol.
 Ingredients -
Medium - Copics
Papers - Hero Arts kraft, Magnolia & Bazzil Basics
Sentiment - Magnolia, Lily Of The Valley & American Crafts roller date stamp
Twine - The Ribbon Girl
 The Copic colours I've used are -
skin - E11, E00, E000, R20, R30, hair, E47, E44, E41, t-shirt & socks - C3, C1, C00, dungarees - B95, B93, B01, plane - W3, W1, W00 / BG 34, BG32, BG000
 I'm entering my card in the following challenges -
Quixotic Paperie - sketch, CCEE1214 - embossing folders, Shelly's Images - plaid, checks, Just Magnolia - anything goes, Divas By Design - anything goes, Just Keep On Creating - anything goes, Scrapbook Sisters - dads / male card, Joanna Sheen - it's a man's world, Anything goes - anything goes, Creative Craft - anything but a card, Papertake - anything goes, Amusing Challenges - buttons

I was in a colouring mood and discovered a set of Forever Friends Easter stamps in my stash that had never seen ink & wanted to use them but I didn't want to make any more Easter cards as I don't have any use for them so they just end up in the bin, so I decided to make some gift tags to attach to everyone's Easter eggs.
In total I made 18 but have delivered most of the eggs before I realised I hadn't taken any piccy's so here are the 5 I had left. The photo isn't the best as it was a rush job but here they are
I'm entering my Easter tags in the following challenges -
My Mum's Craft Shop - Easter/Animals, The Paper Shelter - anything goes with Easter in mind, Penny's Papercrafty - Easter, Ruby's Rainbow - Easter, Everybody Art - Easter, Top Tip Tuesday - Easter / animals, Creative Mondays - anything but a card, Hooked On Crafts - Easter, Lollipop Crafts - no embellies, Make It Monday - anything goes, Totally Stampalicious - anything goes, Inspire Me Fridays - anything goes.

I'd not coloured the Forever Friends bears with Copics before but after a little play I think the colours came out O.K and here they are -
fur - E35, E31, E30, RV83, cakes - E27, E25, E23/ RV00/ BV00/ Y32/ V22/ G40/ R83/ B41, blue cake case - B41, B0000, pink cake case - RV95, RV91

CAN YOU KNIT, CAN YOU HELP?
My lovely teamie Dawny has an appeal on her blog to all knitters asking for help to knit baby's jumpers & beanie hats for African babies. For more info and the knitting patterns hop over to Dawny's blog and read her post HERE.

 That's it from me peeps, thanks for stopping by

Wednesday, 4 April 2012

Princess Of The Valley - Simon Says Stamp DT Card

Good morning peeps,
We've actually had some rain at long last, I love listening to the sound of the rain & my garden is going to be so happy, the only trouble is the rain brings more pain in my shoulder so I'm having a nice relaxing day snuggling indoors watching a film & colouring, hubby finished work at 8am & is already snoring in his chair so I'm guessing we'll watch the film later lol.

Today is new challenge day at 
& this week our challenge is

I've picked two favourites as I probably always use both for my cards, Martha Stewart punches & Cuttlebug. 
Ingredients -
Medium - Copics
Papers - Melissa Frances, C'est La Vie, love this pad :)
 Pearls - Melissa Frances
Lace - Simplicity
Twine - Hemptique
Charm - Symbolize
Flowers - Prima & stash

The Copic colours I've used are - 
skin - E11, E00, E000, R20, R30, hair - E44, E42, E40, clothes - B93. B91, B0000. W2, WOO, CI, C00,   watering can - C7, C5, C3, C1, C00, grass - YG97, YG95, YG93, YG91, E44, flowers - RV96, RV93, RV91 / BV000, BV04, BV02
 As always our lovely Heidi is sponsoring our challenge with a $50 in store spending spree in the 
Don't forget to keep an eye on the STORE BLOG peeps for lots of lovely giveaways, inspiration & scrummy new products.

On the subject of new products I know lots of UK girls have been desperately trying to buy 
*K&Company PRETTY PINK Smash Folio 30-615113
as the stockists are really limited here, but look no further you can find them HERE. I have one already which I sat and stared at for ages wondering what on earth I was going to do with it & eventually my brain switched on & now I have ideas galore and ended up ordering another 5, naughty girl lol, well they are £8 cheaper than in the UK so it would be rude not to lol.
I'm entering my card in the following challenges -
Crazy Amigo Challenge - anything goes, Creative Card Crew - Spring, Deep Ocean - masking/more than 1 stamp, Papertake - anything goes, Twisted Tuesday Challenge - clouds, Bunny Zoe's - shabby chic/vintage, Make It Monday - anything goes, Stamp With Fun - not Easter, Tammy's Scrappin' Corner - anything goes, The Crazy Challenge - Spring, The Cutie Pie Challenge - favourite cutie, Let's Ink It Up - distressing, Sweet Stampin' - Spring/Easter, Sunday Sketch & Stamp - sketch 100#, Inspire Me Fridays - anything goes, Just Magnolia - Springtime
That's it from me peeps, fingers crossed blogger is playing nice today, what with error 503 & flipping word verification on some blogs it's driving me nuts, or more nuts lol.
 Thanks for stopping by

Tuesday, 3 April 2012

Candy Winner & New Candy

Hello peeps,
I am one happy bunny, my little bloggy has reached over an amazing 2000 followers woo hoo, thank you all sooooooo much.
Obviously I need to share some candy with my followers to celebrate :)

Before I forget in all my excitement I'll announce last months Magnolia candy winner as picked by Random.Org is -
264
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Congrats hun, please email me your full name & postal addy (including country if outside England) to moominstacey@live.co.uk & I will pop your goodies in the post asap.
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I have been busy collecting a selection of candy to share as it's my birthday this month & now I'm also celebrating having so many lovely followers I've decided to split the candy down into 1 main candy & 2 smaller candy prizes so there are more chances to win a little something :)
I've tried to offer a selection of goodies so hopefully there will be something everyone likes, & here is how I've split it -
Candy 1 consists of -
1 x The Scrap Cake, My Private Happiness 6x6 paper pad
1 x Prima, Nature Garden 6x6 paper pad
1 x Websters Pages Sunday Picnic 6x6 paper pad
1 x pk of 40 Dovecraft Tea Party doilies
1 x pk of Prima Shabby Chic Treasures metal embellies
2 pks of Prima Say It In Crystals
1 x Stampabilities wood mounted Beary Full Of Truffles large stamp
1 x Magnolia Tilda's Summer Car stamp
1 pk of 40 mixed pink tone Lily flowers
1 x meter of lace
1 x pk of pins

Candy 2 consists of -
1 x Memory Box Cocoa Bean wood mounted stamp &
1 x Memory Box Cocoa Bean die
 &
Candy 3 consists of -
1 x Lili Of The Valley Rosie With Presents stamp &
1 x Lili Of The Valley Cherry On Top stamp

I don't do many rules as I hate loads of rules, & as my candy's are always a way of saying thank you for following me there are just 3 little rules -
1 - You must be a follower of my blog to win
2 - Please pop a piccy & a link back in your sidebar
&
3 - Please play nice & only enter once to make it fair for everyone.

This candy will close on my baby sisters 40th birthday 17th May @ 8pm. I reserve the right to delete entries from candy only blogs.

Please leave your entry with Mr Linky, if he's gone for a wander please pop back & enter when he returns.
Followers without a blog are welcome to enter, please add a link to your on line gallery e.g docrafts, Trimcraft, SCS etc, if you aren't sure how give me a shout & I'll help :)

Sunday, 1 April 2012

Little Murray - Addicted To Stamps DT Card

Hello peeps,
I am so late today! I took some extra painkillers yesterday so my head was floating around in it's own little world & then I had one of those funny nights where I was watching a film way past midnight sat on the sofa cuddling  Daisy Mae (cat) & then woke up at 3.20am, freezing cold & not quite with it. I remember bizarrely thinking "I'll do some colouring" so grabbed my copics, stamped an image, made a cuppa & sat there trying to colour to keep myself awake before eventually realising it was very dark so it wasn't the afternoon it was the middle of the night, so what the hell was I doing trying to stay awake anyway lol.

Today I am rejoining my DT's which I took a break from while I was poorly, I will admit I have enjoyed a little break & only keeping one DT going although I have been busy organising some things behind the scenes, it's not until you take a step back that you realise how time consuming being on DT's is, but I have missed my teamies so it's back to the grindstone for me lol.

Today is new challenge day at
& our challenge theme is
Ingredients -
Image - Murray, Saturated Canary
Medium - Copics
Lace & Twine - The Ribbon Girl
Brads - Whiff Of Joy
Crochet Flower - Tabbycraft Design
Tools - MS Eyelet Lace PATP, nesties, Cheerly Lynn & Woodware butterflies, Marianne Creatables decorative elegance & branch garden
I've been having a play and trying out some different Copic colours, and the Copic colours I've used on this card are -
Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20, R30, hair - E42, E40, E50, eyes - YG23, YG13, YG0000, clothes - RV55, RV52, RV10, C1, C00 / G43, G40, G000 / BV01, BV0000 shoes - E44, E42, E41, E50, grass - G43, G40, YG91, YG13, E42
I'm entering my card in the following challenges -
Hanna & Friends - sketch, Allsorts - photo inspiration, Colour Me Copic - Spring Pretties, Craft Your Days Away - Easter, One Stop Craft - Easter, Sweet Stampin' - Spring / Easter, Crafty Catz - use a digi, Fairy Fun Fridays - Spring fling, Fairy Tale - Everything goes, Inspire Me Fridays - anything goes, Simply Create Too - eggs or bunnies, Stampin' For The Weekend - anything goes, Totally Papercrafts - Easter, 4 Crafty Chicks - Easter, Aud's Sentiments - Happy Easter, Delightful Challenges - Easter, The Paper Shelter - Easter, Penny's Papercrafty - Easter, Ruby's Rainbow - Easter, The Sisterhood Of Crafters - Easter, Truly Scrumptious - lace, Anything Goes - Easter, Creative Card Crew - Spring, Scrap Creations - Easter, Top Tip Tuesday - Easter / & or animals
 We are going to be welcoming a new baby girl into our family in the Summer, little Ollie is going to be a big brother so his mummy & daddy are going to have their work cut out with two little ones under the age of 2, brave, or mad lol. 
I wanted to give the little lady a gift that nobody else would so wanted something handmade & thought of my lovely and super talented friend Tabs & her crochet goodies. Tabs  has made the cutest, & just perfect little pair of Mary Jane's that I instantly fell in love with. Unfortunately my piccy doesn't do them justice they are even more adorable & pretty IRL :)
Naturally I had to have some gorgeous crochet flowers too (thanks Tab for making them in the colours I wanted x) & Jodie wanted a lip gloss holder which I couldn't photograph as she was out when I took the piccy and the mean girl wouldn't leave it with me in case I didn't give it back lol.
Go take a peek at the gorgeous goodies in Tabs shop HERE
That's me done peeps, I'm going to be checking through the candy entries & delete any double entries and will announce the winner in my next post and just may have a little more sweet stuff to share :)
Thanks for stopping by

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