My Candy Winners!

Good Evening All!

The Collection is closed & the draw is done!

I used Random.org to generate some numbers & here is the list!

Drum Roll Please! Drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

#37 Dragonllew  Crafty Goodies (claimed & sent)

#25 ET £10 Craftystash voucher (claimed & sent)
#17 Sofia £5 Craftystash Voucher (unclaimed & redrawn)
#2 Michelle £10 Cardmaking Downloads Voucher (Claimed & sent)

#14 Ali Surprise Goodies (Claimed & sent)

Congratulations ladies!

Contact me please by Friday 5th August to claim your prize. 

If prizes are not claimed, I will redraw next Saturday 6th August!

Thanks to everyone who entered! Sorry I couldn't give you all a prize!

Glitter Fairies Candy!

My Friend the Glitter Fairy is looking for more entries for her candy!

 Check out her blog here!

I Really Shouldn't Tell You This

Now, I really shouldn't tell you about this as 

I'm cutting down my chance of winning but.......

The Lovely Lynne over at Sentiments 4 you is giving away some candy!

These are the prizes:-

CANDY 1 : 5 x sets of digital sentiments plus free membership to my website CRAFTS 4 YOU

CANDY 2 : 3 x sets of digital sentiments plus free membership to my website CRAFTS 4 YOU

CANDY 3, 4 & 5 : 3 x sets of digital sentiments

If you haven't already checked this out, make sure you do! 

You only have a few days left!

Good Luck!

Let's Go To The Hop & Don't Forget!!!!!

Updated!
Oooppsy!
I was editing this post & got distracted so I apologise if you've been looking for it! 
It managed to fnd it's way back to drafts!
Woo Hoo! It's that time of the month! 

The Dude Time Doodles Dudette's 

are having a blog hop to introduce you to  the new family members in the
Dude Time Doodles Store!

Now, if you're already on the blog hop & you've found your way here from the
awesome Boni's blog then you're on the right track!

Here's my card!

Meet "Howie HotHotHot"

Pheeeeweee!  He's really toooooo hot to handle! 

I'll tell you a bit more about my card in a little bit,

 if you're interested to know about how I made it!

But for now, here's the order of the hop!

Anne

Janet

Cleota

Michelle

Ruth

NanaConnie

Boni

                       Dawn  (That's Me)

Lynn

Linda
Chrissy

Tammy

Ginny

Dude Time Doodles

Now, as always, it's a circle hop so if you manage to get a little lost along
the way, you can pick it up at  the Dude Time Doodle's Challenge Blog 
& carry on from there

Whatever you do, don't forget to leave a comment & a little love
on each of the Dudette's blogs along the hop!
I have a sneaky feeling
there may be a "mystery hostess" somewhere along the way!

Which could mean a little surprise for someone!

If you're anxious to get on with the hop, you can now head to Lynn's blog!

(If you want to hear more about my card read on!)

I'm a sucker for a man in uniform & Ding Dong,
 Howie HotHotHot sure rings my bell! lol

I coloured him up with my promarkers & cut him out with a nestie.

As you can see, I made a side stepper card.

I lined the back panel of each step with a matt of coordinating plain paper 

& then topped with design paper. The paper is from Papermania.

The panels under the image are the same size as the stepper panels.

I added some Card Candy & a little bell from my Christmas stash,

 which I strung on a little piece of raffia.

I highlighted his boots with a white Sakura Glaze pen, to make them look shiny.

I coloured his boot buckles the nozzle of the hose with a 

Sakura clear star pen to make it look metallic 

& I added some  Anita's 3D Clear Gloss to the drips & the puddle.

I added two ruffles of ribbon along the front of the card.

The sentiment panel was generated on the pc using a font called flame,

which you can download free here & I cut it out with a nestie,

added a few spots of colour with a promarker to make it a bit more flamelike 

& added a couple of bits of Card Candy!

Okay, now you know all about my card, off you hop to Lynn's blog & check out her fab creation!

I'd just like to point out that as this post goes live in the
wee small hours here in the UK, 

I'll be fast asleep! So I promise to link up the blogs before & after me on the hop
as soon as I awake from my slumbers & the rest as soon as I get a moment!
Have a rootin' tootin' good time at the Hop!!
Oh, & just before you go, a little reminder about the Anniversary Scavenger Crawl

on the 24th August! There's prizes!!!!
You can grab the badge from here or Dude Time Doodles & post it on your side bar so you don't miss out on all the fun! I've heard there may even be some Candy up for grabs!
Woo Hoo!!!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges if I may!
The Crazy Challenge Ribbons
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge Anything Goes Using a Digi
Happileigh Scrappin Shaped Cards & Special Fold Cards
Lexi's Creations Shaped Cards
Make It Monday Anything Goes
Lollipop Crafts Anything Goes
2 Sisters Anything Goes
Crafty Emma Humour Funny
Send a Smile For Kids For The Boys
Crafty Catz No Pink or Blue
Digi's With Attitude Anything Goes
Deep Ocean Challenges Ribbons
Ambers Crafts & Stuff Patterned paper
Crafts & Me Ribbon
Freshly Brewed -  shaped cards
I Love Promarkers - 76 anything goes
Papercraft Star - anything goes
Paper Shelter Challenge -  anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - shaped cards/creations
Stars and Stamps Midweek Throwdown - no glitter - Water

It's My Blogoversary!

Happy Tuesday!

It's finally here, my Blogoversary! 

I can't believe it's a year since I started this little old blog of mine!

I have to say a very big thank you to all my followers, friends & all the people out there 

who leave me some lovely encouragement & advice!

You all know who you are

It's been a great year & a steep learning curve!

I have to say I'm soooo looking forward to the next year!

Don't forget you still have a couple of days to enter my Candy Draw here

There's more than one prize so do check it out!

I'd best get ready for work! 

Think we might have to have cake today! lol

Have a lovely day all!

Sunday Sweet Sunday

Good afternoon all!

Hope your Sunday is going just as you want it to!

Time for another fab challenge at The Crafty Pad!

Our sponsor this week is

Crafty Sentiments 

One Lucky winner will win the choice of 3 Digi's from their wonderful store!

You all seemed to enjoy the Christmas in July Challenge, 

so let's see if this one tickles your fancy too!

Challenge #131 is Embossing!

Let's see embossing on your project, be it heat or dry, we don't mind, 

as little or as much as you choose as long as we can see some embossing there!

Here's my take on it!

I used a red square card blank for the base card.

 The image is The Beach Hut  from Debbie's fabulous shop 

The Crafty Pad Designs

I coloured it up with promarkers & chalked in the sky. 

Next I added some faux stitching around the outside 

using a letraset fine liner pen.

I then did some heat embossing

I stamped my sentiment with Versamark black ink, then embossed with a 

sparkly black embossing powder. 

It looks a bit odd in the pic as it has glitter through it. 

I then matted it onto some aqua card.

Next I did some dry embossing

I used my Cuttlebug Swirls embossing folder, 

which I inked over with distress ink. 

Sorry, I can't remember which colour I used but I do remember

 thinking at the time, it was kind of sea like! lol

I matted that onto the aqua card & tied a ribbon around it.

Next I added some flowers with brad centres!

I was going to change the colour of some brads with embossing powder as 

Leesa showed us in her fab tutorial here

 but as I had just the colours I wanted, I had no need to!

To finish my card,I added a couple of photo corners & used a white gel pen to 

highlight the life raft & the beach ball.

I also decorated the inside of the card but I forgot to take a photo, 

I do apologise for that!

I hope you like what you see!

Thank you for stopping by on this sunny Sunday afternoon! 

I'm off to like up to the following challenges then it's a lovely birthday lunch 

with my MIL & the rest of Hubby's family!

Enjoy your day & I hope to see you at 

The Crafty Pad for our Embossing Challenge!

Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT's work, it's awesome!

Challenges I am entering with this card

2 Sisters #449Anything Goes

Craft Your Days Away # 25 Summertime

Creations By Gill M Beach Scene

ECP Challenges Summer Theme

Crafty Ann's Embossing or Debossing

Daring card Makers Wish You Were Here

Fairy Fun Friday's On Holiday

Fairy Tale Summer Sun Sunshine

Fussy & Fancy Summer

Off The Wall Craftiness Beach

Poodles Parlour Red White & Blue

Art Impressions Stamps Challenge Faux Or Real Stitching

Little Miss Muffet Challenge Summer

Southern Girls Happy Birthday

Craft's & Me  Add A Flower

Paper Pretties Embossing

Scrapalicious Summer

7 Kids College Fund  Texture

There's A New Kid On The Blog

There's a New Challenge on The Blog!

As of Wednesday 10th August, Whimsy Stamps will be running a new challenge!

To celebrate the launch, they are offering some candy.  

 Just click here to  check out what you need to do to be in with a chance of winning!

Strawberries Yum!

I've just been given this sweet blog award from the lovely Linda!

I've seen it around & I love strawberries,

 so you can guess just how delighted I am!

There are of course the rules

1) Thank the person who gave this award to you!

Well I wouldn't not, that would be the height of bad manners now!

Thank you the Lovely Linda! I am most grateful & I will post this with my other awards on my side bar with immense pride! lol

2) I have to tell 7 things about myself that no one will know!

That's a toughie as I'm a bit of an open book! 

I don't think I've done anything overly remarkable in my life! 

I do try to be good & treat everyone as I'd like to be treated!

 Here goes anyway!

1) I don't like Marzipan but I do love Almonds

2) I love being 50, I don't feel pressured into going out when I want to stay home!

3) I love going to the theatre!

4) I'm the worlds messiest crafter!

5) I love peas! I'd have them at every meal if I could!

6) I'd love to have a dog but I work all day so I have a cat instead!

7) I once scored a 297 at 10 pin bowling (the top is 300)!

3) Next I have to pass this award on to 7 other bloggers! 

OMG how can I chose from all the lovely bloggers I've met???

1) Ali, of course we started our blogging journey about the same time. Her work is FAB!

2) Nikki, I went to loads of her demo's when I started crafting! Learned something new every time!

3) Claire a new blogger with a lot of talent & a MIL with a lot of lovely crafty stash!

4)  Lee, another new blogger with a lot of talent! Check out her flower making tutorials!

5) Maggie  DT teamie at The Crafty Pad! Check out her awesome work!

6) Leesa Another Crafty Pad DT Teamie! Great tutorials on her blog! Awesome shabby chic style!

7) Debbie The lovely boss & owner of The Crafty Pad Designs Shop!

I guess the final rule is to let my 7 choices in on the award!

I'm off to do just that!

Have a fabby Friday evening all!

Look At This!

what's going down over at Dude Time Doodles!

Make sure you grab the badge & post it on your blog so you don't miss out on the fun! 

Anniversary Scavenger Crawl

Bonibleaux Designs

and

Dude Time Doodles

are turning ONE!!

We will be celebrating with some fun events.

Please save the date...

August 24th

for our first annual Scavenger Crawl.

Please grab the badge and post it to your blogs.  Help us spread the word.  There will be prizes, special guests, prizes, and great fun had by all. 

Oh, and did I mention prizes?

Stay tuned for information.

Thank you! 

Dude Time Doodles 

and 

 Bonibleaux Designs

Don't miss it!

Everybody Knows An Everyday Hero

Everyday Hero's, everybody know's one!

Meet Evan, he's just one of those hero's!
He hides out over at Dude Time Doodles & is ready to go whenever he's called upon!

Actually his poor partner is laid up & although Evan is normally quite good around the house.
He's been left with all the housework & the task of carer too!

Can't be easy but he looks fairly cool with it!
Today sees a new challenge over at Dude Time Doodles Challenge blog!
This week it's a colour photo/inspiration challenge!

We want to see how you use the colours, or the pictures to inspire you!!

We don't mind what you do as long as you make a card for 

a male & use the inspiration! 

I opted for an easel card.

I coloured Evan up with promarkers! 

I think he must be a little colour blind, I'm a bit dubious about his outfit!

I cut him out using a nestie & ran a promarker around the edge to ink it up a bit!

I added 3 little button embellishments.

The ticket sentiment I've used is from The Crafty Pad Designs 

& I gave it a bit of a colour with promarkers too!

The DP I have used is from Robyn's Fetish. I've had it printed off in my stash for ages.

Not very manly perhaps! I think it goes well for this card though!

The corrugated card I have used for matting has been in my stash forever too!

I also wrapped a couple of bits of ribbon around it & tied in a double knot!

I hope you like my easel card!

If you need any more inspiration, just check out the sample cards by the rest of the 

Dudettes over at the challenge blog

Don't forget to add your entry at Dude Time Doodles 

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges

DDH Challenges Summertime

KB Cute Monday's Use A Digi

Make it Monday Anything Goes

A Gem Of A Challenge Let's hear it for the boys

Send A Smile For Kids For the boys

Sweet Stampin Challenge It's one for the boys

Totally Gorjuss All about the boys

Crafter's Companion One For The Boys

My Grafico Anything Goes  

Digi's With Attitude Anything Goes

Really Reasonable Ribbons Cool It

Anything Goes Challenge More than one fold

Clear It Out Use Old Stash Anything Goes

Deep Ocean Challenge Ribbons

Little Darlings Challenge Buttons/Brads/Eyelets