PaperPlay Challenges - Hearts & Flowers... but not Valentines

Good morning!! This week on PaperPlay we are going against the grain. We want to see hearts & flowers on your project .. but it can't be a Valentines theme ;)

I had this cute hAnglar image coloured up and thought he was just perfect for this challenge.

We are sponsored by Waltzingmouse Stamps, and the prize will be one of their fabulous stamp sets - of the winner's choice.

Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday - hearts and flowers

Creative Card Crew - for a loved one

Fab 'n' Funky - tempting texture/use texture

For Fun Challenges - Hearts

Stampin' Royalty - Hearts

Paper Take Weekly - Have a Heart

Top Tip Tuesday - Frame it

Crafty Cardmakers - Hearts

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Image: hAnglar & stAnglar

Papers: Basic Grey "Mellow"

Tools: Grand Calibur, Classic & Scallop Oval Nestabilities, MS Punch

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Doily

Copic Sketch Markers

Thanks for dropping in!

Sandie

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Inky Impressions Whole lot of Lovin' Blog Hop

Welcome to the Inky Impressions blog hop!!  We are very excited to show you some fabulous new designs that have just came out and we know you will LOVE them!  So please have fun hopping around the DT’s blogs to find inspiration and get a chance to win some Inky Impressions goodies for yourself! 

If you have come here from Vicki's blog then you are in the RIGHT place.  If you have not or are just starting out on the blog hop, then please start from the beginning of the blog hop at the Inky Inspirations Blog so you don’t miss anything along the way! 

Be sure to follow us all the way to the end and make sure to leave a comment on everyone’s blog, because if you do, then you are eligible to win a 2 stamps from the new release, 1 sentiment and some fabby embellishments! 

You will have until Friday Morning at 9:00am Eastern Standard Time to comment on all the design team blogs for a chance at winning the blog hop goodies!  This is the time when the blog hop will end and you will need to check the Inky Inspirations Blog to find out if you are a winner!!

For my card today, I used Joseph and Lynette's First Date which can be found HERE

How cute are these two, all loved up and their tails intertwined. It must be love if she's willing to share with him because I'd be like "hmm, back away from that straw if you wanna live through this date!!!" lol.

Image: Joseph and Lynette's First Date

Papers: Basic Grey

Charm, pins, flowers, doily and ribbon from my stash. 

Tools: Copic Sketch Markers, Classic and Scalloped Circle Nestabilities, Cuttlebug

Your next and final stop on the hop is the Inky Challenge Blog.

Have fun and good luck!!

Sandie

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Whiff of Joy DT and another mini album...

Hi everyone!! I've pulled myself out from under the mound of housework and laundry I'm dealing with to share a couple of things I made over the weekend. Yesterday was my birthday and hubster banished me to my craft area {notice I did NOT say craft room -  sad!} with strict instructions to relax and enjoy an afternoon of uninterupted crafting while he kept the kids amused :D :D :D So I finished off an album I started on Saturday and made a card using one of the wonderful new release stamps from Whiff of Joy. 

This is Nora with Spring Birds. Such a sweetie, don't you agree?? 

I've coloured my image with Copic sketch markers, to match the papers which are also from Whiff of Joy. The butterfly and sentiment is cut from one of the 'tags' papers. The sentiment has been raised up on 3D foam dots. The floss and button are from my stash.

Challenges:

Stamptacular Sunday - Love and lots of hearts

Allsorts - Love Love Love

Catch The Bug  - Anything Goes

 Fairy Fun Fridays – for a sweetheart

Raise The Bar - Hearts

Sew Many Cards - anything goes

Stampin With The Dragon– anything goes

Delightful Challenges- something that flies or has wings

Dutch Dare Card Challenge - Buttons

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers - Hearts 

Incy Wincy Designs - Love

Ooh La La Creations - For someone special

Paper Playtime - Use Cupid or hearts

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And this is my Tag Album..... 

Oh man, did this take a long time. I used buttons, ribbon, lace, metal, pearls, flowers, pins, twine, trim, tags, tickets, grungeboard, chipboard, and on and on.. not to mention the distressing, sanding, stamping, painting, curling..... but it was all worth it in the end!!

A few little close ups... 

Another one completed for my Esty shop... I really need to make things that don't take so long to complete, lol.

Thanks for popping by today. I appreciate the visit 

Sandie

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Liebster Blog Award

Oooh, Deirdre has kindly given me the Liebster Blog award. The idea behind this award is to give it to people whose talent you admire but feel they do not get the recognition which they deserve, so please do not award this to anyone with say 1,000 followers.

If you have been TAGGED and would like to take part, all you have to do is post the blog award above on your blog and link the person who gave you the award (also let them know you are accepting the award by posting on their blog ).

Then you can choose 3-5 people who you think deserve the award and post their name and blog links on your blog.

Some blogs I admire and think deserve to be shared are... 

DeeDee - Brown Paper Packaging

Jan - Lilypuss Cards

Julie - Oh Well

Pauline - Polly Pierce

CES and BG Challenges

Morning!! Today I have 2 cards to share with you and both of the 'lurrrrrve' kind :) 

First up is CES Challenges and our theme this week is Red & Romance.. self explanatory really, lol. 

I've used sweet Henry Mouse with Love Balloon by Whiff of Joy. Check out the 'coming soon' section on CES for upcoming WOJ stamps, MME and Prima paper pads.

Challenges:

Wild Orchid Challenges - Love Is.... 

7 Kids College Fund Challenge: I {heart} you

Simon Says Challenges: Love is in the Air

Whiff of Joy Challenges - Love is in the Air

Card Makin' Mamas  - Valentine

Fairy Fun Fridays – For aSweetheart

Mami Doodles – Magic of Love

Raise The Bar - hearts

Sew Many Cards - Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T. - In the Roll of a Die (use die cut)

Do You Stack Up? - Red Hot

Image: Whiff of Joy "Henry with Love Balloon"

Papers: Pink Paislee "365 Degrees"

Tools: Copic Sketch Markers  - E31, 33, 35, 37. R24, 27, 29. 

Classic Circle & Scalloped Circle Nestabilities. Cuttlebug. MS deep edge punch

Butterfly: Prima

Flowers & Adage Ticket from stash. 

Basic Grey Challenges - ♥Hearts♥

We would love to see you use at least one heart on your submission this week. Oh what an excuse to finally ink up the one of the hAnglar stamps I won from Jak's blog candy a while back. I had missed this set on Ebay and was so thrilled to win them :D 

  

My papers are Basic Grey Bittersweet, and I'm just down to the last of them.. how sad :( They are truly such romantic papers. 

The ticket is from Making Memories and I've had to cut off the bottom half to make it smaller. 

Challenges:

Simply Create  - Give your Heart Away

Stampin With The Dragon – Anything Goes

Tellen's Place  - Hearts

 Sassy Studio Designs - Love is in the Air (use hearts)

Creative Craft World  - Love

Just Magnolia - Anything Goes (ribbon optional)

Image: hAnglar & stAnglar

Papers: Basic Grey Bittersweet

Ticket: Making Memories

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts. 

Pearls: Kaisercraft. 

Thanks so much for popping by today. Have a wondeful weekend!!

Sandie

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Inky Impressions - Sketch Challenge

Hi everyone and good morning/afternoon/evening/night... depending on where you are in the world. lol. This week on Inky Impressions we have a great sketch for you but before I get to my card I'd like to tell you of a few changes that have been made to Inky Challenges. 

Starting on this week challenges will be run every 2 WEEKS, so now you get 2 whole weeks to participate in each challenge. 

Over on the Inky blog, you will now find the tutorials, anything but a card and inspiration posts by the Inkettes. We are also be highligting some of the older stamps there as well and of course sales and/or new releases will also be announced there.

This is my DT submission...

Image: All Bundled Up Lili

Papers: K&Co. Jubilee

Tools: Trimmer, Classic Oval and Scalloped Oval Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, MS Butterfly Punch

Trims & Flowers from my stash 

I also made an envelobox to co-ordinate with my card and there will be a tutorial on how I did this over on the Inky Blog soon.. I am just adding a few finishing touches to it.

Challenges:
Paper Take Weekly - anything goes, optional: flowers
Top Tip Tuesday  - anything girlie
Tuesday Throwdown - stitching
Pollycraft - Baby it's cold outside
Let's Ink It Up - NO DIGI and Anything Goes
Stamptacular Sunday (must stamp) - Whateva'!
Totally Gorjuss - As you like it
Fairy Knoll - flowers
Stamp Something - winter somethings


 Don't forget to check out what my Teamies' have created. 

Have a great day

Sandie

Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge & CES Bold and Bright

Good morning and happy Saturday. I have 2 cards to share today, each very different. 

First up is the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challlenge. Another wonderful sketch to follow. I took a few liberties with this one but you can still see the original sketch in my card. 

My papers are Rose Garden, by Papermania and I've inked them with Brushed Cordoroy distress ink. Stamps are from both the Afternooon Tea Sentiments and Vintage Ornaments collections. I've added some white lace and pink distressed seambinding and finished off by stitching all of my papers. 

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Next up is CES Challenges and this week we would like to see BOLD & BRIGHT! So this is about as bold and bright as I get. 

I also followed the sketch on The Sugar Bowl. My Sassy image has been coloured using copic sketch markers. The papers are Magnolia's Fairytale collections and they've been machine stitched. Lace and flowers are from Crafty Emma's Store. Simply Sassy are having a guest DT call at the minute so if you're interested you need to make a card using a Sassy image and your own style of crafting. 

Challenges: 

The Sugar Bowl - Sketch {optional theme of Love}
Simply Create - give your heart away {heart doily}
 Mami Doodles – magic of love

Crafty Catz - flowers
 Charisma Cardz – Valentine/love
Totally Gorjuss- As you Like It
Delightful Challenges - include a heart on your project

Do You Stack Up? - patterned paper
Little Red Wagon - lace
Paper Pretties - sewing
Stampavie and More - love

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit me today. Wishing you a wonderful weekend... 

Sandie

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