Totally Tilda Sneak Peek!

EDITED - FOR MORE PICCY'S CLICK HERE

Hello peeps,

Our lovely Totally Tilda DT boss Susie emailed me to say I could publish a sneak peek early so I can enter

TOMIC's challenge of pink, white & brown

Thanks Susie xx
There will be loads more piccy's to see tomorrow



Oh I do Like To Be Beside The Sea Side - Paper Play DT Card

Hello peeps,

OMG I'm so late with my DT card which should have been uploaded yesterday, my bad. We had an unexpected lodger in the form of a very lively 18 month old golden Labrador, so it was a mad rush putting up the stair gates, moving breakables etc! He was lovely but you couldn't take your eyes off him for a minute as he was always up to no good, I wasn't sorry to wave him off at the vets yesterday and then start putting my house back to normal, replant the bedding plants he'd dug up, fill in all the holes in the garden he'd kindly dug for me, and then have a blooming good rest lol.

Today I have my

PAPER PLAY

DT card to share, this weeks challenge was set by little old me which is -

AT THE BEACH

We have a lovely new teamie to welcome this week, I'm sure you all know her, it's the lovely Sharon ( Gramma's House Of Cards), a big warm welcome hunny

Ingredients-

Images - hAnglar, Magnolia (background scene), Whiff Of Joy (sandcastle), & Whimsy (postcard)

Medium - distressed inks

Paper - Magnolia

Flowers - Kort & Godt & stash

Charm - Bunny Zoe's

Butterfly - Magnolia Doo Hickey

I've added a little of the compulsory sparkle to make the sunset sparkle on the sea, and the postmark sentiment is from Whimsy

I'm entering my card is the following challenges -

Cutie Sunday - fab sketch, Make It Colourful - colouring with blues, Aly's - all about kids, Cupcake Inspirations - inspirational piccy (bright colours), Kreative Stamp Friends - birthday, Make It Monday - anything goes, Stamp With Fun - flowers & pearls, Lollipop & MAWTT - inspired by a song (I do like to be beside the seaside), Stamps & Fun - holidays, Top Tip Tuesday - open, A Spoon Full Of Sugar - splish splash, Anything Goes - Summer, For Fun - Summer Fun, Aud's Sentiments - Summer

I managed to have another mishap with my shoulder today and couldn't get it back it joint, but on the plus side I'm nicely chilled out on painkillers, have no pain at all which is wonderful, and feel like I'm just floating around, mmmmmm lol.

Thanks for stopping by

An Old Favourite & Cheaper Craft Goodies - Simon Says Stamp DT

Good morning peeps,

It's been so lovely been able to visit so many gorgeous blogs again and catch up with you lovely people, I'm still catching up with emails so if I haven't replied to yours, I will get there, eventually lol.

Today is new challenge day at

SIMON SAYS STAMP

and this week we are playing

BINGO

My fabulous teamies and I are showcasing The Greeting Farm stamps this weeks, with loads to choose from I have dug out a golden oldie who is still my favourite

Ingredients -

Image - Miss Anya, The Greeting Farm

Medium - distressed inks

Papers - Kraft & Prima

Flowers - Magnolia, Prima & stash

Pearls - Hero Arts

Pin - handmade using Blue Moon pearls

Tools - Nesties, MS eyelet lace PATP, Magnolia Doo Hickey Vintage Tag

I distressed the punched edge using frayed burlap distressed ink and realised that it was a perfect colour match for Kraft cardstock, so instead of just inking the tips I inked the whole punched border.

Here is the bingo card, please tell us which row you have got your BINGO from to make it a bit easier for us when we are doing our DT rounds.

I have used the bottom row - Shape, Ribbon & Sentiment

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

CHEAPER CRAFT GOODIES

Loads of people have said they have had to put themselves on craft spending diets due to the horrendous tax increases that have hit us all in this country so I just wanted to show you girlie's how you can get more for your pennies by shopping at Simon Say Stamp.

I haven't been asked to do this by anyone at Simon Says Stamp, & sadly I am not on commission lol, I get loads of emails asking me questions about buying from Simon Says Stamp & thought this would be the easiest & quickest way to answer your questions.

 Some of you have said you worry about buying from America due to import taxes, how long new stash takes to arrive, & how to convert the currency etc.

I have never had to pay customs charges on any order from Simon Says Stamp although I did when I bought from another American company which put me off buying from them again, & orders take approximately 8 - 10 days to arrive, yes the shipping is a little dearer but you easily recoup that in savings.

When shopping I always open a currency converter in a separate tab to convert the price into GBP sterling which is what I've done here to convert the currency to show you. All prices are approximate as the exchange rate fluctuates so could be a few pence out either way but just look at those savings on just these few examples !

Some of the links went haywire for some reason earlier, fingers crossed they are sorted now

MARTHA STEWART PUNCH AROUND THE PAGE -

SSS = £18.31 -UK average = £24.99

COPIC SKETCH INDIVIDUAL PENS -

 SSS =£3.06  -  UK average = £4.99

COPIC INK REFILS

SSS = £4.62 -  UK average = £6.49

DISTRESSED INK PADS -

SSS = £3.03 -  UK average = £4.99

BELLES & WHISTLES STAMPS -

 SSS = £4.86  -  UK average = £6.95

BASIC GREY 6x6 PAPER PADS -

 SSS =£3.69 - UK average =£4.99

So there you have it peeps, just a few examples of the many savings you could make, but please don't go buying all the Copic's as I'm still collecting them lol.

The trouble is you all now know I am not a millionaire just a savvy shopper, darn, lol

Shopping lesson over, back to my card!

I'm entering my card in the following challenges -

                  Cute Card Thursday - pins & pearls, Create For Fun - fab sketch, Stamp Something - something punched, Totally Papercrafts - summer, Make It Monday - anything goes, Stamp With Fun - flowers & pearls, Hooked On Crafts - anything goes, Top Tip Tuesday - anything goes, Totally Gorjuss - flower power

I am spending the day with my mum today which I'm looking forward to, and then I really must try and get lots of cards made as I still need to make Fathers Day cards & my friend Ali has thrown me right out by needing her birthday and wedding anniversary cards early as she is going on holiday on Sunday, gulp. I wonder if I can get Gareth & Jodie to make their own Fathers Day cards, I know hubby would appreciate that more than me making them, it's worth a shot lol.

Thanks for stopping by

Oooo yummy - Addicted To Stamps DT Card

Hello peeps,

I'm back yaaaaayyyyyy, well sort of anyway! Yesterday afternoon that lovely green light started flickering on and off on the router, oh what a lovely sight that was after not seeing it since we lost the internet connection on Monday. It isn't working as it should as the connection keeps going & it's taking ages to leave comments and write my post because of this, but anything is better than nothing and I can eat muffins and drink coffee while writing my post on a nice clean computer lol. My poor neighbours still have no sign of theirs coming back yet but fingers crossed it all gets back to normal soon.

OMG I have trawled through hundreds of emails, thank god I ordered & paid for my Magnolia Summer stamp club weeks ago or I'd have missed the last chance to order & wouldn't have been a happy bunny at all, I did miss the 25% off Magnolia stamps sale at The Glitterpot though grrrrrr, probably just as well really lol.

Today is new challenge day at

ADDICTED TO STAMPS

& this fortnight our challenge is

SUMMERTIME

a perfect excuse to ink up a new Maggie, as if I ever need one lol.

Ingredients -

Image - Magnolia

Medium - distressed inks

Papers - Raspberry Road

Flowers - Kort & Godt, Prima & Wild Orchid

Lace - The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment - Wild Rose Studio

I've distressed all the paper edges with Picket Fence crackle paint & added a couple of Magnolia Doo Hickey butterflies, I do love these in case you hadn't noticed lol. The leaf branch thingy die was a birthday present from my lovely friend Liz, and the pin I've made using a Whiff Of Joy pin head and some pearl beads.

I haven't a clue what challenges I will enter yet as I don't know what any are, I'll pop back and enter when I've had a chance to take a peek at some.

Edited - I've checked loads out and am entering my card in the following challenges -

CPL - fab sketch, Sweet Stampin - food glorious food, Magnolia Stamp Lovers - anything goes, If The Shoe Fits Scrap It - pearls, Stamp Something - something punched, Totally Papercrafts - Summer, Crafts 4 Eternity - strawberry & cream colours, Aud's Sentiments - Summertime, Cute Card Thursday - pins & pearls, Fairy Fun Fridays - Summer fun, A Spoon Full Of Sugar - here comes Summer

Thankfully I did managed to make some use of the time without any internet and got a couple of DT cards made and most importantly dodged the showers and got my summer flowers all planted up as I'm so late planting them this year.

I've a busy day ahead today, my nephew, his girlfriend and baby Ollie are all visiting this morning and then I'm off to a craft show with Ali later :) We have both done the usual and said we only want to buy card! Hmmm I wonder if we'll manage a first and actually stick to that once we get there lol.

Thanks for stopping by & for all your lovely comments in my absence

Shhhhh - Simon Says Stamp DT Card

Hello peeps,

Sssssh I need to whisper because I'm in the public library! My flipping Internet has gone & broken, hubby blames Ali & I as we were on it Monday morning tracking down a template she wanted to try & he went to use his laptop & that was that, Internet connection gone, kaput, dead :( In our defence we left it in good working order & our neighbours have lost theirs too so it can't have been us that broke it lol. Have you ever used a computer in a public library? OMG talk about grubby, thank god for dettol wipes, every girl should carry them in her handbag, just think of how many peoples grubby hands have been all over that mouse & keyboard, I bet they don't always wash their hands after answering a call of nature and we all know what men have to hold, yuck lol. After a sneaky clean it took me ages to suss this computer out, it's so different to my laptop but where there's a will there's a way, & at least I could still manage to schedule my blog post :)

Anyway enough waffle blogging has already cost a small fortune by the time I got all my DT comments up to date and let all my teamies know I am temporarily AWOL, and you aren't allowed to have a cup of coffee & a choc chip muffin in the library, not even when you write a blog post which I consider compulsory lol.

Today is new challenge day at

SIMON SAYS STAMP

& this week we have an inspirational picture challenge for you

 I decided to go with the fruit theme as my inspiration and inked up an older little lady from my ever growing Magnolia collection

Ingredients -

Magnolia Products - Image, Peachy Tilda from A Little Yummy For Your Tummy Collection 2009, Papers - Peaches, Blueberries, & White Lace, Sentiment - Bold Happy Birthday, Doo Hickeys - Swirls & leaf, & butterfly.

Pearls - Hero Arts

Flowers - Prima & stash

Medium - distressed Inks

Trinket Pin - Maya Road

Tools - Nesties, MS  Frond leaf punch & MS eyelet lace punch around the page

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

There are loads of gorgeous new goodies being added to the store all the time, pop over and take a peek

I've asked my lovely mad friend Liz if I am not back online to enter these challenges for me, thanks hunny xx

Magnolia Down Under - purple, peach & cream, Oldie But A Goodie - lots of layers, Make It Monday - anything goes, TOMIC - Happy Birthday, Totally Gorjuss - fab sketch, Ooh La La - Happy Birthday, The Drunken Stampers - Birthdays

That's all from me peeps, it's time I went home for a nice cup of coffee and look at my router, you never know that little green light telling me all is well with my Internet connection may just have appeared instead of the orange one showing a fault that I don't like lol.

Hopefully I'll be back very soon, and thanks for stopping by

Tilda In The Summer Rain - Totally Tilda DT Card

Good morning peeps,

I've had a very busy morning so far! I woke up thinking I hadn't seen my bow easy for a while (strange I know lol) so me being me had to shoot out of bed & start trashing my craft room trying to find it! I did blitz my craft room yesterday which is probably why I suddenly realised it was missing & I still can't find it! I hope I haven't thrown it out accidentally & I know it's going to bug me so I'll have to keep looking.

Did you see I'm a cover girl?  Our lovely Steph at Simon Says Stamp emailed me a while ago asking if I had a beach / sea themed card they could use in their advert on the back of Magnolia Ink, yaaaaayyyyyy lol. There was no time to make a new card as the deadline was so close so I scoured my blog and sent a couple of pictures of  cards I made last year & was so excited & honoured when Steph said they were perfect & they would use one :)

Right now on to business!

 Today is new challenge day at

TOTALLY TILDA

& this fortnight we'd love to see your creations in

RED, WHITE & BLUE

My lovely teamies have come up with the most gorgeous creations as always, pop over and take a peek.

I've had a bit of a confidence wobble with my copics so as you can see I've gone running back to my comfort zone and cracked open my distressed inks and have gone all pastel & distressed lol.

 Thanks to all my lovely friends for all your advice & encouragement with using the copics, being stubborn I am not giving up,  I will learn to use them properly lol.

Ingredients -

Image - Tilda in the Summer Rain, Sweet Rainbow Collection 2011, Magnolia

Medium - distressed inks

Papers - Sweet Rainbow Collection

Flowers - Magnolia, Prima, Kort & Godt & stash

Sentiment - Magnolia

Tools - MS eyelet lace PATP, MS frond punch, Magnolia Doo Hickey - leaves, lovely fence, swirly butterfly, nesties

 I've added lots of picket fence crackle paint to the paper edges and all over the gorgeous butterfly and then sprinkled on some glamour dust while the paint is still wet.

I'm entering my card in the following challenges -

Sketch & Stash - fab sketch (new Tilda & papers),  Lollipop - inspired by a song ( singing in the rain), Pear Tree - sparkle, A Spoon Full Of Sugar - flowers, Magnolia Mania - punches, Fab n Funky - what'eva, Fun With Shapes & More - sparkle, Cute Card Thursday - embellish it, Just Magnolia - anything goes (opt lace), One Stop Craft - textures

That's all from me for today peeps, I'm heading back to my craft room to hopefully find my bow easy!

Thanks for stopping by & enjoy what's left of the weekend

Sweetie Tilda - Paper Play DT Card

Good morning peeps,

I've just ordered my Magnolia Ink Magazine from one of my favourite UK sites The Glitter Pot, they always provide fab service and I know it will be posted through my letterbox tomorrow, make sure you take a peek at the Simon Says Stamp advert!

I had a fabulous day with the lovely Mandy yesterday, we had a good gossip & put the world to rights, did a bit of colouring & a whole lot of laughing :)

I didn't manage to make my Paper Play DT card on Tuesday due to having a migraine & trying very hard to keep my stomach contents where they should be, too much information maybe lol. Anyway rather than admit defeat & miss making a DT card for the first time, as soon as I got home yesterday evening I was straight in my craft room and whipped up the quickest card I've ever made, hopefully it won't be too obvious!

Today is new challenge day at

PAPER PLAY

this week our lovely Ren-Yi has set the challenge of

SUMMER CITRUS SPLASH IN YELLOWS, GREENS & ORANGES

as long as your card is citrus looking any of the above colour combo's is fine

Ingredients -

Image - Magnolia, Sweetie Tilda, Sweet Rainbow Collection 2011

Medium - distressed inks

Papers - sorry I can't remember, grabbed from stash

Butterfly - CC Designs butterfly, currently out of stock but you can pop it on your wish list in store

Corners - e-crafts

Ribbon - birthday pressie from mummy, thank you xxx

Flowers - Wild Orchid

The corners I'd painted previously as they were quite a gaudy gold colour so I slapped on some gesso primer and then Tim Holtz picket fence crackle paint & hey presto no longer gaudy lol. The sparkle is of course my usual favourite crystal glamour dust, have I ever told you I love this super sparkly stuff lol.

I'm entering my card in the following challenges -

Card Patterns - fab sketch, Truly Scrumptious - summer sparkle, Fun With Shapes & More - sparkle, All That Scraps - anything goes, Fab n Funky - what'eva', Make It Monday - anything goes, Stamp With Fun - in the garden, Top Tip Tuesday - ribbon, Pear Tree designs - sparkle

I won't be posting again until Sunday as I've had so little time for blogging & card making lately I want to spend a couple of days trying to catch up with you all & hopefully get myself back on track with returning comments for you lovely people.

I've had strict orders from hubby to rest today as driving always hurts my shoulder but I'm blowed if I'm giving up driving especially as it took me such a long time to get back behind the wheel after my car accident.

 I am currently sat here doing what I'm told and resting looking around waiting not so patiently for the housework fairy to make an appearance, I presume she will call knowing nobody else that lives here is qualified to do it lol.

Thanks for stopping by

A Severe Lack Of Flowers ! - Simon Says Stamp DT Card

Good morning peeps,

I hope Mr Blogger plays nice and publishes this scheduled post for me as I am currently off on my travels to meet up with one of my former Crafters Companion DT buddies the lovely Mandy (Crafty Fox Cards) who is on holiday down in the West Country quite near to where I live :)

Today is new challenge day at

SIMON SAYS STAMP

and this week our challenge is

FATHERS DAY / MALE CARD

My lovely teamies & I are showcasing Tim Holtz products this week, pop over to the challenge blog and take a peek at what my fabby teamies have created, you are in for a treat.

Ingredients -

Image - Magnolia Circus Horse, Cozy Family Autumn Collection 2010

Medium - distressed inks

Papers - Tim Hotlz, Vintage Shabby paper stack

Swirl - Tim Holtz elegant flourishes Big z Alterations (it works perfect in the Cuttlebug )

Pearls - Hero Arts

As always our lovely Heidi is sponsoring our challenge with a whopping $50 in store spending spree and with so many gorgeous goodies you'll be spoilt for choice

I'm entering my card in the following challenges -

Creative Craft - blue, brown & cream, Lexi's Creations - Father's Day / man card, Craft Your Passion - what a guy, Stamping & Scrapping - masculine card, Craft Your Days Away - Father's Day / special man, Ooh La La - birthdays, Aud's Sentiments - male card

Thanks for stopping by and if you are a follower who missed my new candy (which has hopefully published just before this one) scroll down one post

Candy Winner & New Followers Candy

CANDY IS NOW CLOSED

Hello peeps,

I was checking through Mr Linky on my last candy deleting double entries and I realised I hadn't put a date saying when it would end & thought you were probably too scared to ask after my little rant lol. Anyway as the new candy is here I've closed the last one, let random.org do it's stuff & have some more goodies to share.

June's candy contains

1 x Wonderful Tilda from then new Sweet Rainbow Collection

1 x Websters Pages "Ladies & Gents and Trendsetters" collection

I x Magnolia Tulips

3 x Copic Caio - YR16, G14, YG63

The winner of my last candy as picked by Random.Org is

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Dianne

Congrats hunny, please email me your full postal addy moominstacey@live.co.uk  & I'll pop your goodies in the post.

To enter my June followers candy the usual rules apply, you must be a follower of my blog to win the candy as it is a thank you for one of you, and please only enter once to make it fair on everyone.

This candy will remain open until the 30th June @8pm.

If Mr Linky has gone for a wander please pop back & enter when he returns

My First Cards Using Copics!

Good morning peeps,

The sun is shining & it's lovely & warm here already, just how I like it :)

Today I feel like a grown up as I've made my first cards using copics at last lol. I had made a right mess of trying to use them previously despite following some fab tutorials but this blending in circles wasn't working for me, it didn't with the inks either so I decided to colour as I do with the DI's and use more of a painting action and I found it worked much better for me.

I used to struggle with colouring hair but after much practice I love colouring it with my inks as you can give it so much depth and shading so I was determined to find hair colours I liked with the copics. I'm happy'ish' with colouring hair & skin with the copics after lots of help and advice from some lovely friends (thank you x) I'm not doing so well with finding colours for clothing I'm happy with, but fingers crossed that will come in time.

As my main worry was sussing the hair and skin I've inked up a stamp that I've had for ages and neglected but thought it was perfect to practice colouring them as the main focus is lots of gorgeous hair.

Ingredients -

Image - Fragile Heart, Hannah Lynn

Medium - copics

Papers - Craft Creations & Prima

Flowers - Prima & The Works

Sentiment - Magnolia

I've sparkled all the flowers and butterflies but as I took the photo outside in the garden it isn't showing up well.

I'm entering my card in the following challenges -

Sketch Saturday - fab sketch, A Spoon Full Of Sugar - flower power, Top Tip Tuesday - wrap it up with ribbon, Make It Monday - anything goes, Dream Valley - stamp something, Whoopsi Daisy - ribbons & lace, Stamp Something - something sentimental, Sweet Stampin - ooh la la, 2 Sisters - anything goes, Hanna & Friends - lace & pearls

My next card is a quickie I made yesterday as I realised it was the end of the month and I hadn't made my 3 Christmas creations this month for the Hjerteboden's Juleblogg. My first 2 creations can be seen HERE

I'm not overly happy with this one at all as I've again used copics & I tried matching the colours of my image to the gorgeous paper but as you can see the colour of the scarf and gloves went a bit wrong lol.

As well as sussing out these copic colours I need to find a way I like of colouring large plain areas of colour such as the little hAnglars coat.

Ingredients -

Image - hAnglar, won in the lovely Elaine's candy (thanks hunny x), corner stars - Magnolia

Medium - copics

Papers - Bo Bunny

Flowers - Wild Orchid & Kort & Godt

Large wooden snowflake - Quixotic Paperie

Sparkle - crystal glamour dust

I'm entering this little card in the following challenges -

Sketchy Colours - fab sketch, Hjertebodens Juleblogg - 3rd Christmas creation for May, Christmas Card Challenges - snowflakes,  Corrosive - Oh Christmas tree

I think I'm going to have to shut my eyes for half hour, it's taken me nearly 3 hours to do this post as I've a banging headache, just what I need as I've a DT card to make today grrrrrrr lol.

Thanks for stopping by