A Spoon Full Of Sugar

The theme for this week's challenge is

One For The Girls

we had boys last week so we couldn’t leave out the girls,We would like you to
make a Girlie inspired card.As of this week we now welcome you to use the cute
Sarah Kay and High Hopes stamps in our challenges

For my girly card I've used Kelly Panacci papers. I love these and have been trying to not use them as I only have a few scraps left, but I couldn't resist. The main image is a Hanglar image that I received from Debbie, thanks Debbie :0). I've used prismas and zest it to colour her in. I layered her onto a scalloped circle. I've used two little charms with brads to carry on the gardening theme of the watering can. Then I've used zoomz down the right side and bottom left.

Stamps:- Hanglar & Stanglar
Papers:- Kelly Panacci
Scallop circles:- Cricut Mini Monograms


There is some great blog candy for a lucky winner this week of 2 sheets of Karen Foster 'bubbles' paper and a High Hopes Stamp 'Good Clean Fun'. So why not take part? You can find all the details here

http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/

Maya's blog candy

There is some gorgeous blog candy on offer from Maya. A decorated paperbag full of Hanglar and Stanglar images. The bag is just beautiful and so it Maya's work. You can find all the details here

http://mayas-hobbyblogg.blogspot.com/

Another Alota Bug Card

Another one of my orders arrived late last week , so today I had a bit of time to make a card with some of them. It's a "from our house to yours" card.

Here it is. I've used the Alota sofa for this and paper pieced it and also 3D it too. The two cute bugs have been coloured in with prismas and zest it. The little picture in the frame is a tiny Alota stamp which I coloured in again with the prismas and zest and put it into a frame cut with my cricut. I then went over the picture with diamond glaze. I've used a little clock charm too and stuck it with a gold brad to match the frame brad. All the papers are October Afternoon. The sentiment is made with the around the block tape writer and some of the same paper.

Stamps:- Alota
Papers:- October Afternoon
Sentiment:- Around the block tape writer

Tilda & Co

How time flies!! Nearly time for the kids breaking up from school for the Summer already!! Onto this week's challenge on the Tilda & Co Challenge Blog and it's challenge # 28....

Distressed Tilda

Make her Distressed looking, a little rough around the edges, a bit of
grungy!
So stay clear of these cute pastel colours if you can help it and get
down and dirty with tilda!

For my distressed Tilda card I used a K&Co patterned paper for the background and I sanded it all over and then rubbed over a distress ink pad.
The "frame" is made of a patterned vellum which I again sanded and rubbed the distress ink pad over. For the middle aperture I ripped the opening and rubbed the ink pad over and folded some little pieces back. I then sanded some leaf brads to make them look older. I also rubbed the ink over the ribbon. For the main image. I took a square of watercolour paper and brushed over it with a distress ink and water, let it dry and then sponged over another colour of distress ink. Tilda was also watercoloured in with distress inks. I then used the around the block tape writer for the sentiment.

Stamps:- Magnolia
Papers & Vellum:- K&Co
Inks:- Tim Holtz distress inks- vintage photo & old paper
Leaf brads:- HOTP

The DT never fail to amaze me with their gorgeous work, you can see it all here
http://magnoliachallengeblog.blogspot.com/
why not join in with this week's challenge too?

Andrea's Magnolia Candy

Andrea , who is on the Magnolia DT is giving away a fantastic prize of some Magnolia stamps, paper and embellies!! Here is a photo of the goodies.
If you want a chance of winning all of this have a look on Andrea's blog for all the details. You can find it here
http://andreabrownjohn.blogspot.com/2008/07/magnolia-blog-candy-pauline-from.html

Crafty Monkey's Challenge Blog

There is a great challenge blog called Crafty Monkey's which runs challenges fortnightly. It's for children only though. It's run by two girls called Zoe and Hannah. And there is a great theme this week of "Summertime" and up for grabs is a Maggie in heart jumper rubber stamp.
To find out all the details go here

http://hannahzoecraftymonkeys.blogspot.com/

Heather's Krilla Blog Candy

Heather has set up a challenge on her blog to win some Krilla images and a brand new Krilla stamp. The challenge is to follow a sketch.

Here's Heather's sketch. Thanks Heather it's a great sketch and it got me using a different size card for a change!

And here's my card.

















Sorry I don't have the time to put details today as I have two children off school , sick.

You can see Heather's gorgeous work on her blog and get details of the challenge here

http://hhugginsgirl.blogspot.com/

Exciting News & Blog Candy!!!!!

I've had some really exciting news today!! I've been asked by Helene from Alota stamps to be on her Design Team. How chuffed was I???? I've only just recently found these stamps from blog hopping but I love them already. So......
to celebrate I'm offering in the way of blog candy a brand new Alota stamp called Springtime Bugs , which Helene kindly gave me a duplicate of to do this. I'll also throw in some more images too. To give you an idea of what the stamp looks like coloured in I have made a card with my own Springtime Bugs stamp.

For the background I used Basic Grey papers and yellow cardstock that I embossed with a cuttlebug folder. The little sentiment is from Stampin Up and I used a Stampin Up punch to make the opening.




Papers:- Basic Grey, Oh Baby
Cuttlebug embossing folder:- Floral Fantasy
Punch:- Stampin Up word window punch
Sentiment:- Stampin Up warm words

So to have a chance of winning this stamp all you have to do is put up a post on your blog letting people know about the candy and then leave me a comment under this post. I will pick a winner randomly next Friday, 18th July.

Good luck!

Cute Card Thursday

Challenge # 18 and the theme for Cute Card Thursday thise week is....

A Card For A Child

Here is my card for a little girl. I used the cricut to make the border of cupcakes and the cupcake on the card. I used a glitter pen on the border cupcakes for the little sprinkles and some gems for the main cupcake.The Hanglar girl was coloured in with prismas and zest it. I used a bright pink card stock to cover the card and then added the patterned paper. With some co ordinating paper I cut out the leaves and adhered them to the card with 3D pads.

Stamps:- Hanglar
Papers:- Tinkering Ink
Cricut:- Cartridge, Stretch your imagination
Sentiment:-Scrapagogo kit

There are some fantastic cards made by the DT again this week. Why not go over and have a look ? All the details can be found here

http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/

There's also some great stamps to be given away this week from the Polly & Pip range

Tilda & Friends ATC Challenge

For the theme this week it's

Perfect Pearls

This week our theme is Perfect
Pearls, so we would like to see you incorporate pearls, pearl paint, pearl paper
or pearl shimmer of some kind on your ATC.

I took two photos this week, the first with a light shining on it so it shows that I've used Perfect Pearls for the background. (or you'd never guess :0) )

The second photo doesn't really show the pearly effect of the perfect pearls but is a little clearer, image and sentiment wise.
First I used the Magnolia flourish stamp with versamark and perfect pearls to the bottom of the ATC to try and make it look like the sea for Tilda to paddle in. I then sponged the rest of the ATC again with versamark and perfect pearls. The Magnolia sun was done in the same way. I coloured in the paddling Tilda with prismas and zest it, adding diamond stickles to her wings. The sentiment was done with my dymo.

Stamps:- Magnolia
Background:- Perfect pearls
Sentiment:- Dymo machine

If you would like to join in with this week's challenge you can find all the details here
http://tildaandfriends.blogspot.com/

Fran's Blog Candy

The very talented Fran has some absolutely gorgeous blog candy on offer on her blog. Two sets to choose from too!! She has reached 25,000 mark on her blog, which is not surprising as her work is gorgeous. Congratulations Fran!!
You can find all the details here

http://franmade.blogspot.com/

Friday Sketchers

Sketch # 9 from Carole this week.

Here is my card made with the sketch. I've used another one of my new Alota stamps. Coloured in with prismas and zest it. The bee's black parts are glossed over with glossy accents and I've added a small amount of diamond stickles to the tulips. The "busy as a bee" is a chipboard button. I've also added some ornate corners to the main image.

Stamp:- Alota
Papers:- Scenic Route & Wild Saffron
Chipboard button:- K& Co
Corners:- Ellison thin cuts, photo corners


You can find out about the challenge here

http://fridaysketchersblog.blogspot.com/

A Spoon Full Of Sugar

Challenge ~ 7 for the A Spoon Full Of Sugar challenge blog this week and it's

One For The Boys

We would like you to make a Male inspired card.

For my card I've used a Hanglar stamp for the main image and it has been coloured in with prismas and zest it. I lightly sponged the edges with a blue ink. I tried to keep this one quite simple as the background paper is very bright and patterned. The photo corners and bracket are made from chipboard and I again sponged them with a blue ink. The little cog next to the main image is a sticker and I added a blue button. And then I just added a white button to the bracket.

Stamp:- Hanglar
Paper:- Sassafrass
Chipboard:- Bo Bunny
Buttons:- Sassafrass

There are some gorgeous cards on the blog this week made by the Design Team. Why not go over and have a look? You can find all the details here

http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/

Claudia's Candy

Well you all know how beautiful Claudia's work is but now you have a chance to win a gorgeous handmade book made by Claudia stuffed full of images. And...... a brand new Magnolia Autumn stamp.
If you would like a chance to win all these goodies just go here


http://rosaswelt.blogspot.com/2008/06/de-licous-candy.html

Sarah Kay Weekly Challenges

There are sooo many gorgeous challenge blogs out there now it's hard to find the time to do them all but I really wanted to do this one as it is their first challenge.

Lovely Lilac

A quite simple, quick card from me, trying to make it while keeping an eye on the puppy!! I used a square white card and covered it with a lilac piece of SU cardstock. I then used a HOTP patterned paper to almost cover the CS. On the right hand side I tore some HOTP vellum and applied the strip, adding the ribbons and pearls. In the same vellum I made some ornate photo corners. I couldn't find a lilac bloom so I coloured a white one with some lilac chalk ink and a gold pen, added a gold brad and voila!! I coloured the image with prismas and zest it.


You can find the brand new Sarah Kay challenge blog here

http://sarahkaychallenges.blogspot.com/