The first challenge will be Sunday the 6th of September, so I'd better hurry up and make my card for that! And no, I'm not giving you a sneaky peek!
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Monday, 31 August 2009
I'm on The Design Team at Quirky Crafts!
I thought I'd add one more post today, just a little one coz I'm a bit excited about it. Well, a lot excited! Deanne Evans has invited me to be apart of her Design Team over on the Quirky Craft Forum! (Whopppee!!) The idea is, every Sunday we're going to have a Crafty Challenge, which will be open to everybody, so pop along and see this weekend. (Actually you can pop over now and join in anything that's going on or even add your own thingyamejig!) Whatever craft you're in to and whatever you can come up with. Anything goes! From Altered Art, ATC's, Scrapbooking, Card making to sewing and cross-stitch! Oh and knitting (see Rose's cards for tiny knitted jumpers!)
Penny's Card and Blog Candy Win
Just thought I'd put in Penny's card and Blog Candy, seeing I couldn't post it off today, because of course the post office was closed...didn't stop me going up there first thing this morning though did it! That's when I remembered it was a day off and I'd better not go in to work,
Just a quick hello to our new follower! Hi and a big ((wave))) to Raquel who lives in Sunny California and who has a lovely Blog called The Creative Craft Barn. Pop over and say hi, I just love those little monk
Sunday, 30 August 2009
Blog Candy 4th Week Winner is......
Spyder's Corner
Follower's Random Blog Candy is....(drum roll...with cheese please!!)
~!!!!!PENNY!!!!~
Thank you for stopping by
Thank you for your support and lovely comments Penny! Please email me your addy and I will post you off some Blog Candy!! (You'll find my email on my profile page.)
Not quite finished the card yet, (oops!) so more pictures of that tomorrow , plus the candy and of course where to download that Freebie Font!!
Questions for next week... What's your favourite colour and your 'can't do without' crafty thing????
Thank you for stopping by
Saturday, 29 August 2009
My First Waterfall Card!
It's printed on the same paper as Ben 10 (scroll down all those of you who didn't blog in yesterday) so it has a nice soft satin finish to it...Hang on, I'll just get out my megaphone (The movie guy's gone home) Stand back all those of you with a weak disposition...the paper is called...
...which was sent to me by PhotoPaper (Links no longer apply) .I have some magnet card and a few Double Sided Gloss/Matt Greeting cards too...more about them on another post.
This is my
very first Water Card. I'm quite pleased with it. The little thinkgy pulls up and down to reveal a cute little teddy playing in his train! I've left enough room to fix a name on later and the little number tag comes off so I can change the age if I need to! Pretty sure there was a pink one too! Where? Oh...I don't think I'll tell you, I'm
feeling mean!! Oh all right then...Free download for the waterfall card is on my sidebar (been there for ages) but for all those who don't read any of this you can click here Links may no longer work.
Now there's something else on my side bar that wasn't there yesterday...a new blinkie. I wonder if anyone's spotted it? I'll blow my own horn about that later, right that's it...
Ah no! Come back! I haven't finished yet!! Welcome to new Follower 113!!! Big (((wave))) to Annelies (does she?) no..Annelies, all the way from Belgium and is into Scrapbooking! Loads of Blog Candy links on Annelies blog.
Back tomorrow with the Randon Followers BLOG CANDY winner!!!
Thanks for stopping by!
This is my
Now there's something else on my side bar that wasn't there yesterday...a new blinkie. I wonder if anyone's spotted it? I'll blow my own horn about that later, right that's it...
Ah no! Come back! I haven't finished yet!! Welcome to new Follower 113!!! Big (((wave))) to Annelies (does she?) no..Annelies, all the way from Belgium and is into Scrapbooking! Loads of Blog Candy links on Annelies blog.
Back tomorrow with the Randon Followers BLOG CANDY winner!!!
Thanks for stopping by!
Friday, 28 August 2009
Ben 10 Printed on Photo Satin Paper.
(Ohoo) I've had emails before, asking, 'would I like to advertise our Chinese laundry, or would I advertise their adventure holidays in Baghdad and another one from a travel agent in Singapore... Most don't get through but the ones that do I usually ponder over for a few seconds, let the little grey brain cells spin for a minute or two and then press the red button and the email vanishes for ever. But Paper? Card? That's like the carrot to the donkey, the peanut to the monkey~ the cheese to the mouse!!
The sugar frosting on the cherry on the chocolate cake!!! If you could see the state of my Craft room right now, you'd say I had a serious paper addiction! So, this lovely paper company sent me some lovely samples. Right thought me. Let's put this paper to the test! I've made a couple of Ben 10's. My very first waterfall card and another shaker card. This is Ben 10. (Link to him on my sidebar) And he has been
printed on this super smooth (hang on a mo, just get the guy who advertises the movies to say it in his very deep voice..)
"Instant Dry Photo Satin Double Sided Paper 120gsm Brochure paper.." (show off!) So it's brilliant for anything you want to print. I have tried buying this before. I've asked the puzzled assistant (as he's backed away from the counter) that I don't want the paper I want the paper the paper is wrapped in. So I've printed out Ben 10 on thi
s Satin Paper, love it! (How'd you like my screw-like brads, huh?) And you can print on both sides with no fear of the darker colour coming through and... see the Ben 10 sign in the corner? That was white. I coloured it using my green ProMaker Pen and there was no bleed through and, I've even decoupaged Ben to make him stand out a bit more. So where is this Paper Company? Timbuktu? No! And, at the moment they have a BIG sale on and not just on paper. They do all sorts, apart from Photo Paper, Fine Art Paper, and Inks, there's Transfer paper, for printing onto Tshirts and other clothing. Magnetic paper. I've got
some of that! Plug in Digital Memory storage thingamajigs, and with my small brain, I could definitely do with some of that! I also have some smooth pre-folded card and when I've finished playing, I'll let you see what I've done.
Right, tomorrow I'll either put on the Waterfall Card or
another Ben 10 or a Tinker 'Paws for Thought' which I downloaded from the Tinker Shop. They've all been printed on this Satin paper! You choose...here's a peek...
Ben 10. For the Kids! Free black and white drawings to downloads and colour in.
Right, tomorrow I'll either put on the Waterfall Card or
Ben 10. For the Kids! Free black and white drawings to downloads and colour in.
Thursday, 27 August 2009
Squeak! It's a card and an ATC!
On the ATC he has a little 3D birthday cake too, which, along with the 'Birthday Wishes' comes in the set of clear stamps. Unfortunately the ATC card was cream so the blue background is a bit greenish. The papers are Pink Petticoat. Bit of ribbon from my stash and some Stickles Glitter, oh, and a couple of brads to hold him in place. When he's put back on the card he looks like this...The inside was a bit of a cheat...I used one of my 'scanned inserts and its pink and green so...I'm not going to show you that! Oh..okay..just a tiny sneak-peek then...
Time to say 'Hi' and a big ((wave)) to three new followers!! Hello and welcome to Lana Cisinski who's out the back, in the dark with no picture and no link... yet! I'm
guessing Lana's into Scrapbooking..but I might be wrong! Pop over and say hi Lana then I can put a link to you! Another ((wave)) to Katarina who has a link and a lovely blog! Pop over and say hi! She has some lovely challenge cards (I love that poochie card! he's so cute!!) There's also bags and tags and a few Halloween and Christmas Cards too! One more to say hi to.. no link...but, I've done a bit of Sherlocking and found Kary Sol's blog...well, I hope it's you Kary. (I found my blog candy on there!) Lovely things going on so pop over and see Kary's beautifully made Scrap book!
Well that's me done for tonight, Whoopee! It's Friday tomorrow and just one more day on the wibbly wobbly blank to the island...which everyone
knows (In Lyn's loony world) is the weekend...Talking about Paper tomorrow... Hmmm...What do you print your downloads on? What card and paper do you find the best!? Ever tried Magnet card? No? Me neither...not yet!! A Ben 10 card tomorrow...(Freebie links on my sidebar straight to Crafts Beautiful) and a Shaker Card on Saturday!! Bet you can't wait! (hey, whatever happen to that rocket card you promised weeks ago??) ...ummmm?...did you hear some thing then? No, must've been the wind...I did say not to eat too many beans!
Well that's me done for tonight, Whoopee! It's Friday tomorrow and just one more day on the wibbly wobbly blank to the island...which everyone
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
Blog Award From Poppy's PaperCraft Patch!
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The requirements of this Award are :
1. To thank the person who nominated you!! Thank you Sylvia!
2.Copy the Logo onto your blog...with a
3....link back to the person who nominated you.
4.Name seven things about yourself that people might find interesting.(oho..)
5.Nominate seven Kreativ bloggers !
6.And then leave comments on their blogs to let them know.
Okay, (she says slowly..)here we go...apart from being a Chocoholic...
1 I used to draw cartoons and cartoon strips for national and local papers and magazines.
2. I'm writing a five part novel. So that's five separate books about the same thing, sort of!
3.The first chapter was in the top ten out of 46.000 entries in a TV show (aw shame it didn't win!)
4 I was the only child in the history of my primary school not to be allowed to take the 11 plus. I was told the day I left that school I was probably dyslexic and that would 'explain a lot'
5 I used to teach playschool.
6 I used to have seven ponies Tesha, Tami, Tony, Tawny, Tia, Teko and Tizzy...and when I first left school I trained to be a Riding Instructor.
7 oh! and I'm going to be a granny any minute now!
Well, that was simples!!! (and almost exciting as comparing Meercats!!!)
The seven lovely Blogs I would like to Award this Kreativ Blogger Award are...
Lynsey
Cozy Frog
Sam
Tracy from 'buttons ribbons and pearls'
Jackie
Denise over on Lavender Rose Crafts
Eiglas
Monday, 24 August 2009
Sylvia's Card
See! I'm here, bet you thought I'd be out the back and up to my elbows in glue, paper and card. Actually, you're quite right, five minutes ago, I suddenly realised I'd blocked myself in my craft room as I'd had everything out trying to find something and then forgot what it was...Frog the cat thought it was great fun as she could get right at the back of the shelves and play with the scraps of paper that had fallen down. Meanwhile of course, Hubby John (bless him, BIG hug) had cooke
d dinner and was now on his computer trying to book flights to Seattle. He's been trying for a couple of days now, but our card kept getting blocked. He tried all our cards, and everyone was blocked. Turned out after a phone call this morning from the bank that it's an automatic thing that happens if suddenly yo
ur credit card asks to spend more money that it ever has before, which in a way is reassuring but on the other hand very annoying, as the price of the air tickets kept going up by the minute as places were being snatched up!! In the end we did get our tickets, (after a nice man at the bank explained) so Seattle here we come!! Well...a few more weeks yet!
Right! Why am I here?? Oh yes. This is Sylvia's Card I sent off this morning with her goodies. made with Pink Petticoat papers, little inside pocket to hold stamped images. Clever ol' me did a bit of paper piecing. I printed the image twice, one on to heart paper and then cut out the ice cream bit and 3D-ed it. Pink Petticoat have a 'how to' HERE. Then added some micro fine glitter, with a 2 in 1 glue pen. (which isn't bad, but I thi
nk I liked the Quickie glue pen best) It's called a 2 in 1 glue pen because, according to the tiny writing on the side and I quote... "When wet use as ordinary glue. After applying allowing to dry-the same surface can be used as a sticker (reusable)" oho, have to try that! The little gems are from Anita's gemstone Wheel. (Mine was cheaper, she whispers) The card itself is Bazzil Card, Limeade I think. Is there a right way and a wrong way to fold it? I think there must be, because even though I used my Crafters Campanion thingamajig to crease the fold, little tiny fibers sort of broke away on the fold, which doesn't normally happen with Bazzil Card, cos it's good stuff, usually!
Ah, I know what you're thinking, stop yakking and tell us about the font!! Ok!! Yes it's a freebie~you might already have it, but if not it's called ... hang on ... I wrote it down somewhere... Ah! AncestorySF. You can download it for free, just Google t AncestorySF free fonts and choose where you'd like to down load it from!
I used WordArt again, so that I had an outline and could use two colours, but it writes very nicely in ordinary 'Word'. I used three Woodware punches for the flower and the leaves (stamped out using the same green Bazzil card) and ProMakers Pens for the blue and the green but my new Pink Copic pen for the pink bits. I phoned Emma (daughter) seeing she was driving past the Craft shop on Sunday Morning, to pick me up some skin tone Copic pens... Skin tone to Emma is orange...(she eats far too many carrots!!) but luckily she changed her mind and got me pink. I'm still in two minds about the Promaker/Copic Pens. Which do you like best? I want to like Promakers as I used to buy loads of Letraset stuff when I did my cartoons years ago, but they're really hard to get and the Copic Pens are just sitting there (all the colours!!) in the craft shop, which is about a 30mile round trip for me...
Challenge!! Yes, (sometime in the future I'm going to find this... and then pop back here and tell you about it, just so y'know, once these posts are written they aren't necessarily finished!! ) There's a challenge ( or will be, depending when you're reading this!) over on Cute Daisy May Challenge to make a Thank you card! So of course I've picked this one! Pop over and join in!
Right! that's it, I think!! But first , let's welcome two new Followers!! Hi first to Mrs Ann who's out the back in the dark with no picture and no link. But, could you be Anne Marie, who has popped over and said Hi and has put my Blog Candy onto her side bar, I wonder? (No...says the voice in my head., there's no E on the Ann) Anyway, thank you for that Anne Marie!! Let me know if that's you, if not, tell us where you are Mrs Ann and then I can put a link in and come and visit (don't worry, just your blog- not for coffee or biscuits!)
And as if by Magic!!!! I have a link from Anne Marie, So, we'll say Hi
anyway, cos we're nice!! So, still looking for Mrs Ann... (I love a mystery!)
Then we have Theresa in MS ((wave))) who has some lovely pictures on her blog, one being a very large Stick Insect and a very small baby frog. (aw) I can remember having loads of baby frogs leaping about our small garden...couldn't mow the lawn for weeks!
Back tomorrow with a Squeak! Bye till then...thank you for stopping by!
Right! Why am I here?? Oh yes. This is Sylvia's Card I sent off this morning with her goodies. made with Pink Petticoat papers, little inside pocket to hold stamped images. Clever ol' me did a bit of paper piecing. I printed the image twice, one on to heart paper and then cut out the ice cream bit and 3D-ed it. Pink Petticoat have a 'how to' HERE. Then added some micro fine glitter, with a 2 in 1 glue pen. (which isn't bad, but I thi
Ah, I know what you're thinking, stop yakking and tell us about the font!! Ok!! Yes it's a freebie~you might already have it, but if not it's called ... hang on ... I wrote it down somewhere... Ah! AncestorySF. You can download it for free, just Google t AncestorySF free fonts and choose where you'd like to down load it from!
I used WordArt again, so that I had an outline and could use two colours, but it writes very nicely in ordinary 'Word'. I used three Woodware punches for the flower and the leaves (stamped out using the same green Bazzil card) and ProMakers Pens for the blue and the green but my new Pink Copic pen for the pink bits. I phoned Emma (daughter) seeing she was driving past the Craft shop on Sunday Morning, to pick me up some skin tone Copic pens... Skin tone to Emma is orange...(she eats far too many carrots!!) but luckily she changed her mind and got me pink. I'm still in two minds about the Promaker/Copic Pens. Which do you like best? I want to like Promakers as I used to buy loads of Letraset stuff when I did my cartoons years ago, but they're really hard to get and the Copic Pens are just sitting there (all the colours!!) in the craft shop, which is about a 30mile round trip for me...
Challenge!! Yes, (sometime in the future I'm going to find this... and then pop back here and tell you about it, just so y'know, once these posts are written they aren't necessarily finished!! ) There's a challenge ( or will be, depending when you're reading this!) over on Cute Daisy May Challenge to make a Thank you card! So of course I've picked this one! Pop over and join in!
Right! that's it, I think!! But first , let's welcome two new Followers!! Hi first to Mrs Ann who's out the back in the dark with no picture and no link. But, could you be Anne Marie, who has popped over and said Hi and has put my Blog Candy onto her side bar, I wonder? (No...says the voice in my head., there's no E on the Ann) Anyway, thank you for that Anne Marie!! Let me know if that's you, if not, tell us where you are Mrs Ann and then I can put a link in and come and visit (don't worry, just your blog- not for coffee or biscuits!)
And as if by Magic!!!! I have a link from Anne Marie, So, we'll say Hi
Then we have Theresa in MS ((wave))) who has some lovely pictures on her blog, one being a very large Stick Insect and a very small baby frog. (aw) I can remember having loads of baby frogs leaping about our small garden...couldn't mow the lawn for weeks!
Back tomorrow with a Squeak! Bye till then...thank you for stopping by!
Sunday, 23 August 2009
Blog Candy Third Week Winner!!
BLOG CANDY DAY!!!
So, I won't keep you in suspenders a moment longer...well, just a bit longer. I did it a different way this time...(I'm talking about how I picked the winner, not anything else) but then thought...I'll do it the other way as well, and guess what??? The same person won!
So the winner of my 3rd week Fabby Followers Blog Candy is... (drum roll please! Although a ham roll would go down very much better...)
So the winner of my 3rd week Fabby Followers Blog Candy is... (drum roll please! Although a ham roll would go down very much better...)
Thank you for all your lovely support and kind comments and emails Sylvia. Please email me your addy, you'll find my email on my full profile page. Hope you like your goodies. Sorry about the dark pictures, but I was only out in the garden taking them a short while ago! Better pictures tomorrow...honest!!
Saturday, 22 August 2009
Award From Anne. Plus updates on Others!
Well, I seem to be blogger favourite at 'banning' this week I have no idea why this post was banned, its soooo old!! I've taken off the badges pictures... and all the links to the blogs. Maybe that will help!
I have been given this lovely 'Friends' Award from Anne. Anne is better known to most of you forum fanciers as Toni44. Her blog's quite new but she has some fabbylous cards in her forum gallery and I'm sure she'll soon be posting them all so we all can see!
I'm also bringing up three Awards from older posts, which I didn't finish listing AND a 4th one from way-way back, ages ago in fact (made by and given to me by Mel..those lovely Frogs!) that I forgot all about passing on,(naughty me!!) mainly because blogger was playing up at the time and you may not have received your email telling you about them!
I'd love to give all the below Blogs either one of these lovely Awards. Please choose which one you would like, place it on your side bar, or somewhere of your choosing with a link back here... and then send it to five blogs of your choosing!(Although the Teddy does say 12 friends including me)Penny for her hard work on her new challenge blog!Queenie for her shed and all lovely the things she makesPriscilla for all her hard blogging work!Mel for her lovely makes, pop over and see what she's been up to lately!Jane for her lovely scrapbook layouts (and because I don't visit as much as I should, but will now I have a link!)Riet for having the blog with the most comments ever!Elena (because I think you missed the last one!) Peets. You MUST pop over and see her latest Halloween makes!! Allissa, for all her hard work in the blogging World! Kim. Some truely lovely Magnolia Cards to be found here Angie...who has suddenly changed into a Ford Anglia! And has some lovely cards and things.Kirsten. Lovely blog filled with scrummy stuff! Rita, who has a lovely little crafty corner!Saskia. Amazing makes!Charlotte. So much more that cards! Fabby stuff!
Dark Fairy Lovely cards and Jewellery!
Sandra over on Crafty Sandra's. Lovely Jubbly!
Chris, over on twinklesglow-glowbug.blogspot!
Back later with That 'Squeaky' Card!
Friday, 21 August 2009
Happy Moo-Day
Now before I go...I'd love to welcome a new follower hiding out there in the dark with no picture and no link, but I can tell you aw37uk is into 'Die cuts'. (How do I know this...?) ah, can't tell you all my secrets!! Pop over and say Hi aw37uk, Anne-Marie, (think this is you!) and then we can come and see you too! (What a frightening thought!)
Candy Blog Time tomorrow!!!! Back then!! Byeeeeee
Merry Kissmas!
Now then, my last few posts were done on a timer, only because I wasn't sure if I'd be able to post today, so I'm sorry about the bad smelling mistakes, which I hope I've put right now! And of course I had to pop in to say Hi to a new follower! Hi (((big wave))) and welcome to Lynne! A self confessed crazy lady who's mad on crafty things and Digi Scrapbooking! She has a couple of blogs you can visit, one being Callisters Delights so pop over and say hi and you might even find some freebies!!
Muddy Paws. ATC
Thursday, 20 August 2009
Forever Friends Card with ATC
I did this card last week just in time for a forum buddies birthday. Forever Friends papers over a
Looking at it now I think I should've coloured the bear's birthday pressie in pink instead of yellow, but I've only got a pink in a Whispers Pen and I like using my Promakers! Still, it gave me a chance to play with my new punches again. The
My card for tomorrow, in my view, is a lot better, not that it's been ill. I must admit I'm not keen on leaving 'bear' bits of card and using peel-offs but anyway, tomorrow's card is definitely better, 'specially if you love cows and Penny Black. See you then!
Wednesday, 19 August 2009
Shirley's Prize
This is Shirley's Card and the crafty-bits I sent her after she won My Blog Candy bits and pieces prize last weekend!
I cut a 12x12 lilac card down so it had a little extra flap inside to hold the stamped images.
I used a mixture of Pink Petticoat papers
Ah, now before I go, I'd love to welcome three new followers! We really do have enough to have a party now, don't you think! Big (((Wave))) to...
Myran Over on Myrans Bo,
ilovmybugs, with her blog, Ilovmybugs. Thankfully for the
and Sarah and her lovely blog called Crafty by Nature
Don't forget to pop over and say hi! And don't forget it's Wednesday, which means there'll be a freebie over on Dustin's blog or if not, there's always last weeks to hunt out!
That's all for now folks!!
Back tomorrow! (Internet connection and Gremlins permitting.)
Lovely Bami Award from Laura

Sorry for no post yesterday and Monday's Post was only there because I did it Sunday, saved it, but then (((Poof))) it disappeared! I couldn't find it any where!! So I was very surprised to see it here bright and early Monday Morning, when I could get on the net for about three seconds! My poor little lap to

I'm really really lucky now that I have two Bami Awards. One from Shirley, better known as NannieFlash which I've posted below this one and this one from LauraJ over on Misellopersonal so I can give it out to another seven lovely people!! I love Laura's really usual cards...in fact I've pinched this one from her blog because I just love the detail! So much going on! Pop over and have a look, I'm sure you'll come back with loads of ideas!
I'd love to Award this cute Bami Award to:-
Liz Lace Ribbons Buttons and Bows
Sue MayTree
Pattie Patties Art
Debbie4000 (I've seen you dance on YouTube!) Just love yor cards!!
Gez Gezzybs Craftybits.
Syliva-Anne Poppys Paper Craftpatch
DragonLady Pop over to Crafty Dragons and have a look at Ali's Spooky digital card!
Scroll down to Monday's Post for more Bami Awards!!