Babies At Totally Tilda + Blog Hop + Candy

 Good morning peeps,

today is new challenge day at

TOTALLY TILDA

& this fortnight we have a special challenge & not only have we a new challenge with 3 lovely sponsors but also a blog hop with candy up for grabs on my lovely friends & super talented teamies blogs.
More details can be found on the
TOTALLY TILDA CHALLENGE BLOG

Our challenge this fortnight is 

BABY

& even cute little Edwin is allowed to join us for this challenge as any Magnolia baby image is allowed.

You are in for a treat as you hop around and visit my lovely teamies and see the beautiful creations they have made, don't forget to leave them a comment to be in with a chance of winning some of the gorgeous candy on offer.

If you've arrived here from our lovely
LORI'S BLOG
you are on the right track, if not pop back to the challenge blog & find the blog hop order there

I decided to make a card & decorate a box holding a gift for the little lady expected in our family in a few weeks time.

Ingredients -
Images - sitting baby Tingla, teddy, recipe card & sentiment, all Magnolia
Medium - Copics, Papers - Magnolia, Flowers - Magnolia, Kort & Godt, Melissa Frances & Wild Orchid, Pearls - Melissa Frances, string of pearls - Wild Orchid, Brad - American Crafts, Lace - The Ribbon Girl, Ribbon - May Arts, anything else from stash.
Tools - Magnolia Doo Hickey swirls, romantic lace, vintage mistletoe, Martha Stewart eyelet lace PATP, frond leaf punch & classic 3-in-1 butterfly punch (box)

The Copic colours I've used are -

Tingla - skin - E11, E00, E000, R20, E93, hair - E44, E43, E41, clothes & hair ribbons - R85, R83, R81, booties & dummy - RV55, RV52, RV000

Teddy - E55, E53, E51, R20, E93 / RV00, RV52

Recipe card - C3, C1, C00, RV55, RV52

For the gift box I have again used the same Magnolia papers & sitting baby Tingla. I have sat her on a row of die cut Memory Box buttons & threaded Hemptique twine through them then added a Cousin nappy pin charm. The sentiment is a Paper Make-Up stamp which I've stamped on Magnolia's Dream Tag Doo Hickey.

 I'm entering my gift set in the following challenges -

Tilda's Town - anything goes,  Colour Me Creative Copic - anything goes, The Crafty Pad - bingo (bottom row, ribbon, flowers, pearls), Card Makin' Mamas - May flowers, Crafts 4 Eternity - wonderful wings, Fairy Tale - things with wings, Fussy & Fancy - new baby, Inspire Me Fridays - anything goes, Simply Create Too - feminine or  Mothers Day, Crafty Ribbons - flowers, Delightful Challenges - add ribbon, Hanna & Friends - anything but a card, Willow Sketchie - 3 different papers &/or sketch

 Before I sign off I thought I'd show you what is inside the box. Inside the little box is the absolutely gorgeous & super cute hand crocheted baby shoes made by my dear friend & super talented Tab

 I have some sweet stuff on offer for one of the blog hoppers who enters the challenge :)

 If you have joined me on the blog hop please could you write "hop" in your comment to make it easier for me to find out who is hopping & who to include in the draw, thank you x
LIZ'S BLOG
The next stop on the hop is our lovely 

I hope you enjoy the hop & thanks for stopping by

Picked Sweet - Paper Play DT Card

 Hello peeps,

I'm late again! Hubby had a day off & we had one of those days where we have been in & out all day, garden center, timber yard, B&Q, Sainsbury's etc, & I've been very naughty in Next & bought a few nice bits & pieces for our home. I asked hubby what her thought of a huge picture that I said I thought would look nice in our bedroom & got the reply "yeah that would look nice" yet that same husband looked at that same picture in our lounge earlier & asked "where's that come from & where's it going?" And he has the nerve to say I never ask his opinion lol.

Today is new challenge day at

PAPER PLAY

& this week our challenge is

DESTRUCTION

I have distressed all my paper edges with vintage photo distress ink and my scissors.

 Ingredients -

Image - Whimsy, Picked Sweet, Medium - Copics, Papers - Prima, Fairy Belle & Pink Paislee, Butterfly Garden, Flowers - Wild Orchid, Lace & Twine - The Ribbon Girl, Brad - American Crafts, Pearls - Melissa Frances, Doily, Cheesecloth & Charm - stash, Sparkle - Crystal glamour dust paint

Tools - MS punches, Flourish edge, 3-in 1 butterfly, & frond leaf, Cheerly Lynn butterflies, Tim Holtz tiny attacher, Magnolia Doo Hickey floral swirl corner

The Copic colours I've used are -

skin E11, E00, E000, R20, E93, hair, E25, E31, E50, clothes -YR01, YR00, YR0000, C00, C1 / G43, G40, G0000 / B41, B0000 / R14, R12 / G40, G00, flowers - YR24, YR21, YR20 / YR04 / RV95, RV93, RV91, pot - E47, E44, E42, E40, grass - E44, YG97, YG95, TG93, YG91

 I'm entering my card in the following challenges -

The Sketchy Challenge - sketch, Cooking It Up With Katie - brad, twine, rubber stamp, Penny's Papercrafty - for mom, The Sisterhood of Crafters - May flowers, Truly Scrumptious - anything goes, Whimsy Inspiration - anything goes, By The Cute & Girly - anything goes, Elizabeth Bells World - Spring is in the air, Creative Craft - distressing, Die Cuttin' Divas - flowers, Papertake - in the garden, Bunny Zoe's - anything goes, Creative Monday's - stitching, Hooked On Crafts - flowers, Make It Monday - anything goes, Craft A Scene - Spring flowers, Stamptacular - butterfly kisses, CES - anything goes, Sweet Stampin' - flower power

 

 Today is Yesterday (as it's now 12.30am!)was my baby sisters birthday so I am closing my candy and will be back as soon as I have checked through MrLinky & deleted any double entries & let Random.Org pick the winners.

Thanks for stopping by

Pirate Luka - Simon Says Stamp DT Card

Good morning peeps,

 It's another beautiful but cold day here today, I am so looking forward to the weather warming up again.

Hopefully I will not be ranting about the pink thing anymore as we are bonding! Fingers crossed I have sorted the problem woo hoo, I am so stubborn it was not going to beat me no matter how annoyed it made me lol. At long last I can now get back to blogging properly & get to grips with Windows 7. It's been so annoying just being able to peer at cards from my dashboard but not visit blogs unless I've borrowed Jode's little netbook to do my DT comms, Jode is pleased too as she needs her netbook a lot at the moment finishing off college assignments, whatever happened to pens & paper lol.

Today is new challenge day at 

SIMON SAYS STAMP

& this fortnight our challenge is

CLEAN & SIMPLE (CAS)

My fabulous teamies & I are showcasing La La Land & Lawn Fawn stamps this week so if you have them we'd love to see them but as always it's not compulsory.

Normally I would have a right panic about CAS cards but I am o.k with this one, it was so quick & easy to make which was perfect as I've been enjoying being busy in the garden so the hours I've saved making my DT card was time well spent painting fences.

Ingredients -

Image - Pirate Luka, La La Lands (thanks BA for this lovely stamp x)

Sentiment - Magnolia

Medium - Copics

Paper - Magnolia

Twine - Hemptique

Pearls - Hero Arts

Charm - Blue Moon

 

The Copic colours I've used are -

 skin -E11, E00, E000, R20, E93, hair - E44, E43, E41, hat C5, C3, C1, C0, clothes - B99, B07, B95, B93 / Y26, Y23 / W7, W6, W4, W2, W0, boots -W4, W3, W1, W0, sack - E59, E57, E55, E53, map E34, E31, E30, parrot - G29, G24, G21, / N3, N1,/ R24, R22, R14 / E34, E31

 

As always our lovely Heidi is sponsoring our challenge with a whopping $50 in store spending spree.

Don't forget to check out the STORE BLOG for inspiration, featured products and lots of lovely candy.

I'm entering my card in the following challenges -

Lollipop Crafts - just for him, Make It Monday - anything goes, Ooh La La - ribbon / twine, Simon Says Stamp & Show - anything goes, Totally Stampalicious - CAS, Pile It On - CAS, Allsorts - card for a man / boy, CMC - anything goes, Crafty Emma - anything goes, Retro Sketches - fab sketches, Inspire Me Fridays - anything goes

That's me done for today peeps so it's time for a cuppa & a nice long blog hopping session.

Thanks for stopping by

Miss MuuMuu - Addicted To Stamps DT Card

Good morning peeps,

It's another beautiful day here today sunny & so lovely & warm, I always feel so much when the sun is shining.

This is the first time I have managed to actually upload photo's on the pink laptop, it's taken a complete destructive restore of everything & a whole lot of fiddling around with settings, properties etc, half of which I never knew existed before but dare I say it, fingers crossed I think I am getting there at long last! I just have the problem of the tabs closing when I click on them which seems to be intermittent & I am determined to get that one solved, I just need to remember to step away from the computer when it's starting to make me mad lol.

Today is new challenge day at 

ADDICTED TO STAMPS

& this fortnights challenge is

BLACK & WHITE +1 OTHER COLOUR

Ingredients -

Images - barbed wire background & little Miss MuuMuu, Magnolia Summer Memories Collection

Medium - Copics

Papers - Glitz, Pretty In Pink

Flowers - Kort & Godt & Wild Orchid

Pearls - Melissa Frances, String of Pearls - Wild Orchid

Twine - Hemptique 

Lace - The Ribbon Girl (I think!)

Postmarks - Lili Of The Valley

Pin - homemade

Tools - Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, Nesties, MS Frond leaf punch & Classic 3-in-1 butterfly punch, Cheery Lynn fancy butterfly die

The Copic colours I've used are -

Miss MuuMuu - C7, C5, C3, C1, C00, RV00, RV0000, clover R85, R83, R81, N3, N0, grass & fence - N9, N7, N5, C6, C4, C2, C0

I'm entering my card in the following challenges -

Arrrrggghhh it's flipping well done it again, I've clicked onto my dashboard tab & this flipping pink thing has closed the tab! I've tried 6 times now to reopen my dashboard & switch between tabs & it's just being a stupid pig lol, I am not going to scream, I am not going to scream, o.k maybe just a little one lol.

I am going to step away from the pink thing now as it's really annoyed me & I want to harm it!

It let me switch between tabs to link products so maybe it's my dashboard it's not liking, who knows, coffee, a choc chip muffin and another think are in order!

Have a lovely Sunday & thanks for stopping by

Stressed & A Sweet Tooth! - Simon Says Stamp DT Card

Good morning peeps,

I'm not going to beat around the bush I am in a right old strop it has taken me hours to type my post! 

I hate this new computer, blogging is a nightmare as the darn thing has a mind of it's own and shuts down tabs when I click on them, on the few blogs it allows me to visit I type a comment & suddenly it decides to reload so everything I write vanishes, & I can't use the back button as when I do it then decides to open a new tab for me instead of going back, but if I click on the tab it's so kindly decided to open for me it closes it again! 

I had a tantrum when speaking to yet another technical help man on the phone yesterday. I was describing all the things I wanted to do to this flipping laptop & by the time, in my mind I had attacked it with a hammer, stamped on it, drowned it in the fishpond, cut the power cord up into a thousand pieces etc, and finished it off by throwing it off the top of the multistory car park I felt so much better visualising the pink things smashed to pieces & the man on the other end of the phone was in fits of laughter, which from a technical point of view wasn't at all helpful lol.

If one of us can't come up with a cure today then it's going back to the shop & I want my money back as I've told him exactly what he can do with his idea of sending me a replacement lol.

Today is new challenge day at

SIMON SAYS STAMP

& this week out challenge is

SWEET TOOTH

This week my lovely teamies & I are featuring Faber-Castell's products, on my card I have used green & blue gelato's.

At first I thought I'd never get the hang of them  & I so nearly reached for my watercolour pencils but me being stubborn got there in the end and I watercoloured with my gelatos & I honestly really liked them once I'd got my head around water colouring with what looks like posh crayons lol.

I'm still playing with some older neglected Magnolia's that have never been given an outing, the poor little love being overlooked by a younger model lol.

Ingredients -

Images - Tilda with Birthday cake & Magnolia kitchen, & sentiment

Medium - Faber-Castell's gelatos & distress ink pads & distress markers

Papers - Simple Stories, Baby Steps (love these)

Resin Corner - Melissa Frances

Lace - Simplicity Trim vertical lace

Flowers - Prima & stash

Pearls - Melissa Frances

Twine - Hemptique

 Tools - MS Flourish accent edge punch, classic 3-in-1 butterfy punch & frond leaf punch, Magnolia Doo Hickey Swirl & vintage mistletoe

As always our lovely Heidi is sponsoring our challenge with a $50 spending spree in the

SIMON SAYS STAMP SUPERSTORE

 ANDFaber-Castel will also be giving a lucky entrant a lovely Mixed Media Sampler set and a 4 pack of Gelato's !! :-)

so get playing peeps and show us your creations with cupcakes, sweets or chocolates etc.

I will pop back and enter some challenges later when hopefully I have got to the bottom of the problem of tabs closing when I click on them!

I am going to take a deep breath, get myself a cup of coffee & see if I can try an earlier version of Google Chrome like I had with my old Windows Vista, if that fails it's back to searching through help pages again, why do I have to be flipping stubborn & keep trying lol.

Thanks for stopping by

A Princess in Pink - Totally Tilda DT Card

Hello peeps,

We had a lovely afternoon yesterday with little Ollie & my gorgeous nephew Rob. Hubby bought Ollie his first Harley Davidson T-shirt & the sight of a motorbike on his T-shirt got several "beep beeps" from the little man, he is going to be so brainwashed if hubby gets his way lol. 

Today is new challenge day at

TOTALLY TILDA

& this fortnight our challenge is

PRINCESS TILDA IN A PINK DRESS

I have several of the new Princesses but decided to give a couple of old favourites an outing as they always tend to get overlooked for new stamps.

I was going to take some new piccy's as it was such a dull and dark day when I took these pic's I had to use the flash & they aren't as clear as I'd like & it's a lovely sunny morning here but I've just remembered I don't have this card anymore so that's the end of that bright idea lol.

Ingredients -

Images & Sentiment  - Magnolia, Curtsy Princess Tilda & Prince Edwin from the Fairytales collection 2010, & Tilda's Princess castle

Medium - Copics

Papers - Magnolia

Ribbon - The Ribbon Girl

Flowers - Kort & Godt, Wild Orchid & Hooked On Craft

Pearls - Melissa Frances

Sparkle - crystal glamour dust

Tools - MS deco fan PATP , classic 3 in 1 butterfly punch & frond leaf punch, grand nesties, Magnolia Doo Hickey heart swirls, sewing machine

The Copic colours I've used are -

 Tilda - skin - E11, E00, E000, E95, R20, hair E44, E43, E41, dress & shoes RV91, RV000, RV0000 / C1, C00, socks & gloves C1, C0, C00
Edwin - skin - E11, E00, E000, E95, R20, hair E25, E31, E50, clothes & boots W7, W6, W4, W2, W00 / C1, C00, crown - YR24, YR23, Y21,
Castle - C5, C3, C1, C0, C00 / E31, E33, E35 

I'm entering my card in the following challenges -

2 Sisters - anything goes, Craftymess - pink & cute, Really Reasonable Ribbon - Mothers Day / feminine, Crafts 4 Eternity - ribbon, Fussy & Fancy - butterflies, ribbon & punches, Hotshot Craft - young love, Inspire Me Fridays - anything goes, Jellypark Friends - girlie girl,  Just Magnolia - anything goes + opt pearls & swirls, Aud's Sentiments - anything goes, Craft Us Crazy - fav stamp company (Magnolia), Pixie Dust Studio - flowers, Scrap It With A Song - I will always love you, Crafty Creations - Mothers Day, 7 Kids College Fund - make it cute, Clear It Out - Mothers Day + flowers from stash

I am going to try and have a little potter in the garden as my garden seemed to really appreciate the recent torrential downpours after months of hardly a drop of rain and has suddenly gone wild & is being overtaken by weeds, I'm sure somewhere in among the weeds flowers should be growing lol.

Thanks for stopping by

Wendy - Paper Play DT Card

Hello peeps,

Oh my goodness I don't know what has happened to the days, I was convinced it was Thursday today! I was quite happy snuggled on the sofa in my own happy little world away with the fairies after taking so many painkillers when after much debating I discovered Gareth was right it is Friday, so I'm doing a quickie post tonight as I have a late DT card to share.

Yesterday was new challenge day at 

PAPER PLAY

& this week our challenge is

PINS & PEARLS

Ingredients -

Image - Wendy, Saturated Canary

Medium - Copics

Papers - Eline's House

Flowers - Magnolia, Kort & Godt, Wild Orchid & Hooked On Crafts

Lace & Twine - The Ribbon Girl

Pearls - Melissa Frances

Pins - homemade

Tools - MS Cherry Blossom PATP & frond leaf punch, Cheery Lynn butterfly die, Magnolia Doo Hickey heart swirls & heart flower lace

The Copic colours I've used are -

skin - E11, E00, E000, R20, hair - E44, E43, E41, clothes - R85, R83, R81, dog E57, E55, E53, E51, eyes - E44, E43, dog - E30, E31, E33, E35 / RV91, RV93, RV95

I'm entering my card in the following challenges -

Inspire Me Friday's - anything goes, 4 Crafty Chicks - favourite embellie (flowers), Aud's Sentiments - anything goes, Pixie Dust Studio - flowers, Saturated Canary - happy birthday, Creative Belli - animals, Little Darlings - flowers, Crazy Amigo - flowers, Creative Craft - anything goes, Everybody Art - sketch, Papertake - anything goes, Sassy Cheryl's - May flowers, LEJ Designs - anything goes, Incy Wincy - Mother's Day/girlie, Lollipop Crafts - anything goes, Make It Monday - anything goes, Stamps & Fun = Creativity - sketch from another challenge (Everybody Art), Tammy's Scrappin' Corner - anything goes, Dream Valley - for a special lady

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by

Simon Says Stamp's Challenge Blog Celebrates their 3rd Birthday!

This week we are celebrating our 3rd Birthday! This calls for a party and of course you all are invited!  In honor to really celebrate we will be having extra prizes at Simon Says Stamp and a special sale for followers of this challenge only, be sure to check out below for details!

 

FIRST PRIZE 

a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore 

(the first number picked by the random generator)

The next 3 numbers drawn will each win:

Simon Says Stamp Card Kit of the Month MAY 2012 YOU CAN DO ANYTHING

That is not all !! EVERYONE will get a gift this week too !! It is time to reward all of our lovely followers and supporters who join us week after week :-)

Beginning today, May 2nd at 12:00 EST and ending Friday, May 4th at 11:59 EST you can receive 10% off all your purchases by entering the code bbsim1

 When you go to check out, enter the promotion code at the bottom of the page that says "Billing & Shipping" at the top. There will be a box for you to enter your promotion code which will automatically deduct this amount from your total upon check out

We're so proud of our amazing team, please be sure to check out everyone's fantastic Birthday themed inspiration this week!

GD Dora

Lols

Chris

Jo 

Domi

Debby

Heather

Christine

Mandy 

Dawny P

Melissa

Marcea

Becca

Joy
we all really appreciate your comments so if you find some time to spare please pop around to everyone :-)

And here is my card -

Ingredients -

Image & Sentiment - Magnolia, Tilda with Winter flowers, Happy Birthday
Medium - Copics
Papers - Pink Paislee London Market & Kaiser Craft Sweet Nothings

Other items used - Tim Holtz Ornate plates, Melissa Frances Pearls, Hemptique twine, Pins - homemade, Flowers - Magnolia, Prima & stash
Tools - MS Eyelet Lace PATP, MS Frond leaf punch & Classic 3-in-1 butterfly punch, circle nesties & scalloped circle nesties, & My Favourite Things mini pennant dies

The Copic colours I've used are-

skin E11, E00, E000, R20, hair E44, E43, E41, flowers RV55, RV52 / RV00, RV000, R83, R81, dress RV55, RV52, RV00 / C1, C0, C000, cardigan C5, C3, C1, C00, leaves G94, G43, G40, 

I'm entering my card in the following challenges -
Sunday Sketch & Stamp - sketch, Crafty Sentiments - spots or stripes, Deep Ocean - punches & dies, Little Darlings - flowers, Little Red Wagon - stitch it up, Penny's Papercrafty - birthday, Crazy Amigo - flowers, Oldie But A Goodie - die cuts & punches (Tilda & Ornate plate older than 6 mths), Papertake Weekly - anything goes, Hooked On Crafts - flowers, Incy Wincy - Mother's Day / girlie, Make It Monday - anything goes, Stamps & Fun = Creativity - sketch from another current challenge (sketch & stamp), The Pink Elephant - Spring, Magnolia Stamp Lovers - stitching, Sketchy Colours - mint, pink & white, Crafts 4 Eternity - Spring, Fussy & Fancy - punches & dies, Inspire Me Friday - anything goes

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