Another Reminder!

Evening all!

Have you hopped around the 

Dude Time Doodles New Release Blog Hop yet????

If not, there is still time!

I can totally recommend it!

The Dude & Dudettes have outdone themselves this time around!

Hop around, leave comments at all the stops &

you could be in with a chance of winning a digi of your choice!

The new citizens of Dudeville are well worth checking out!

You might even get more than you bargained for 

*wink* *wink*!

You can start from my card here or 

hop on over to Dude Time Doodles & start from there!

Enjoy the rest of your Saturday!!!

Don't Forget To Enter!

Hi all,

Just a little reminder that there is just one day left to enter the

My Memories Suite V3 give away on my blog!

See the post here!

There aren't many entries yet so if you do enter now, you're in with a good chance of winning!

Hope you find the time! I'd hate for you to miss the chance!

Hop to it Santa!

Good Morning all!

It's the last week of the month so that means it's 

New Release Blog Hop time at Dude Time Doodles!

Each of the DT members will showcase one of the new images along the hop!

I promise you you won't be disappointed!

If you arrived here from the lovely & very talented Michelle then you're on 

the right track if not, don't worry, it's a circle hop &

you can jump in at any point!

If you need to see the order of the hop, pop on over to the 

Dude Time Doodles Challenge Blog & take it from there!

Here's my card!

The image I have used is called

Welder Wenceslas!

All of the new releases are now available at the store

Welder Wenceslas is just perfect for my brother in law who does a bit of welding!

Now if you're anxious to get on with the hop, I'll tell you where to go next in a 

second but can I just remind you that there will be a 

mystery host/hostess along the way so don't forget to leave 

a comment for each of the Dudettes & Dude along the way for the chance 

to win one of the fabby images!

Oh & if you haven't already, make sure you leave a little bit of love for CG

our latest Dudette! It's her first hop on the team!!

Here's a closer look at Welder Wenceslas!

To get on with the hop. jump on over to visit the wonderful Ruth

 who I promise has something awesome for you to see! 

If you want to know a bit more about my card then read on!

I made an easel card using the sketch from CraftyAnn's

I used the sketch on both the front & the base!

I coloured my image with Promarkers.

The papers have been in my stash for ever & although not specifically 

Christmas papers, I think they do the job just fine!

The sentiment was computer generated using the font Santa's Sleigh

which you can download free from here

The ribbon is from Lidl Christmas Collection. 

I find some of their crafting goodies to be fab value & good quality!

I also added some Card Candi!

Thanks for stopping by & don't forget to leave some comments along the way!

Now, onto challenges!!!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

City Craft Challenge Santa

Deep Ocean Challenge C is for... Christmas

Everybody Art Challenge Santa Claus

Going Grey With Scrap Creations Christmas

Tuesday Throwdown  Masculine Holiday Card (Sponsor DT)

Card for Men  Fancy Folds

Craft Your Passion  'Tis the Season

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge Christmas

Lexi's Creations One For The Lads

Paper Creations Ink Christmas

Pollycraft Christmas Fun

Stamp & Create Easel Card Or Centre Stepper

Victorine Originals Ribbon

Addicted to Stamps Christmas Card

Gingerloft Winter Or Christmas

Here Come The Boys For The Man/Men in your life (my BIL)

One Stitch at a Time Seeing Red

Stampacular Sunday  Anything Christmas

Just Some Lines Tic Tac Toe (Ribbon Digi Brad, hoping my card candi counts as brads!)

Marks Finest Papers Make It Masculine

Crafty Ann's Sketch

Fairy Tale Christmas

Patties Creations Christmas

Simply Create Too All About Christmas

Stampin With The Dragon Anything Goes For Christmas

Totally Papercrafts Christmas 

C.R.A.F.T. Unusual Christmas

Crimbo Crackers Santa (DT)

Rainbow Lady's Cards For Men

Awesome Give-away!

Good Morning all!

Exciting News!

I have another fantastic giveaway for you this week!

I have been lucky enough to have been given the chance to play with 

My Memories Suite 

which is a Digital Scrapbooking Software programme.

This software is so simple to use that even you techno-phobes out there 

will have no trouble at all in making Scrapbook Page Layouts, Photo Books,
Cards,Videos & More, just let your imagination guide you!
I'm a real rookie at this sort of thing but,

I had a little play & here's what I came up with!

My niece & her fiance got married earlier this year & these pics are among
 my favourites of the day! They are so natural!
The wedding took place in a ruined castle, we then went to
the beach for cocktails, before heading in to
the golf club for the reception!
This took hardly any time to create! Just minutes in fact & I'm not the
quickest person at picking these things up!
Too many other things going on in my head! lol
I haven't tried it as yet but you can use the digi papers & elements that you already have!
You're not just tied to those produced by the company!
 (Athough it's a good excuse to go shopping!!! ,lol)
No need to worry if you're not experienced in these things as
Technical Support is never far away,
 should you ever need it!
There is a My Memories Facebook Page & a
My Memories Blog that you can also follow.
Both of these give hints, tips & tutorials as well as lots of Freebies!!!
We all love a freebie right?
If that's not enough for you they are on Twitter too! lol


If you'd like a chance to win this software, simply go to the
 My Memories Website  pick out your favourite kit, layout or whatever,
come back & leave me a comment saying which is your fav!
If you follow the Blog or the Facebook Page, come back again,
& let me know for another chance

I will draw the winner on the afternoon of Sunday 4th December
If you can't possibly wait that long, you can visit the
website, & use my code below!
(copy & paste into the appropriate place to avoid mistakes)


STMMMS2864

This will give you an awesome $10 discount off of the software!

As well as getting $10 off when you buy the software,
you get another $10 voucher to spend on
whatever you fancy to get you started!

I haven't even spent my voucher yet as I've been playing with some of the
many wonderful freebies on the website! lol

The best news is that Version 3 of this software has just been released
so you will be getting the newly updated version of the software!
I can't begin to tell you how exciting I find that!
I wish you all good luck!
Here's another little page that I threw together, just some pics of
Edinburgh from a recent day out!

Hope to see you back with your comments soon!

3 is the Magic Number!

Good Morning all!

I have to say I almost forgot to do this post!

I've spent the last few days coughing & sneezing in no particular order 

& my head has just been full of cotton wool! lol

Okay, so now that I have remembered!!!

This week, for Challenge #149 at The Crafty Pad,

we have a recipe for you!

The theme is a Recipe of 3's!

We'd like you to use 3 papers, 3 Buttons or Brads & 3 Ribbons

Our Sponsor this week is 

Crafty Sentiments

The prize?

 Yep, in keeping with the theme, 3 digi's of the winner's choice!

Here's my card!

The image I have used is Holly Mouse Hanging Stocking from 

The Crafty Pad Designs!

She's just adorable & she's on SALE for just 59p right now!

  You can grab her & some of the other fabby Specials Here

I made my card with a 5" x5" card blank.

The DP's I have used are from Papermania.

Holly was coloured with Promarkers & for Health & Safety reasons,

I was careful that the fire was not lit while she was hanging her stocking!

I added some glittery accents but I'm not sure you can make 

them out in the photo's

Holly was the mounted onto some mirror card.

I added 3 tabs of ribbon from my stash.

I added 3 snowflake brads which have been in my stash for years.

I also added a ribbon which I knotted with two other short lengths.

I tried to add some faux stitching around the edge of my card 

by piercing then joining up the dots with a glitter pen.

Perhaps I should have used a darker pen as it doesn't seem to 

show up very well in my photo's!

Thanks for stopping by & I hope you'll find some time to play with us at 

The Crafty Pad this week!

Don't forget to stop by the Challenge Blog to see what the other 

uber talented DT ladies have done!

I promise you won't be disappointed!

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

2 Sisters Holiday

Hiding n My Craft Room Holiday

Just Some Lines Tic Tac Toe (Ribbon Digi Brad)

Delicious Doodles Hairy Legs

Fabulous Friday Metal

Fairy Tale Christmas

Our Craft Lounge Critters

Patties Creations Christmas

Poodles Parlour Christmas

Simply Create Too All About Christmas

Stampin with the Dragon Anything Goes- Christmas

Totally Papercrafts Christmas

4 Crafty Chicks Snowflakes

Digi Doodle Shop's Best Animals

Digi Stamps 4 Joy Colour Tic Tac Toe (Cool Blue Natural Neutral Red Hot)

House That Stamps Built Christmas + Snowflake

I love Promarkers Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon Christmas

Penny's Paper-Crafty Tie One On 

Scrapbook Sisters Christmas

Ribbon Carousel Holiday Hoopla

Forever Friends Christmas is Coming

Candy Winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Woo Hoo!!!

Time to announce the winner of my candy!

Thanks for those Birthday wishes ladies & thanks for the 266 of you who follow my blog & leave me comments!

I am actually overwhelmed that you have the least bit of interest in my ramblings!!!

So without further ado! Here is the winner!!!

#20 That's you Sandra!!!!!

Congratulations to you & Thank You to everyone else who played along!
I do so love doing these give-away's!

Drop me an email Sandra, (by the 3rd December)with your details & I'll get back to you!!!

200+ Followers & Birthday Candy

Hi everyone,

This is a sticky post which will remain at the top untli 26/11/11

Please scroll down for more recent posts!

I recently made the huge 200 follower mark & I'd like you

 to know I am delighted to have each & everyone of you 

sharing my blogging journey with me!

It's my birthday soon & to celebrate that & reaching 200+ followers,

I'd like to offer a little candy prize!

It's a mystery prize at present (as much to me as it is you as I haven't been shopping yet! lol)

It may remain that way or I may let you in to the secret I'm not sure yet!

The Candy  linky will run from 6pm today until Saturday 26th November at 9am!

Please add your name to the linky below!

 I'd prefer it if you're a follower of my blog as it is intended as a followers candy!

You're not obliged to add it to your side bar but I'd be delighted if you would!

Candy Reminder!!!

Hi folks,

Just stopped by with a quick reminder for all my lovely crafty friends to enter

my candy give away !

If you haven't already done so!

I'm off out for a quick birthday drinkie then some lovely Chinese take out food!

Have a lovely evening whatever you're up to!

I'll be back tomorrow to pick the winner!

So don't forget to stop by & see who was lucky!

Sant Clause Is Coming To Town

Good Morming all!

It's Wednesday & some of you will be expecting to see a Dude Time Doodles card!

I'm afraid it's a week off for the Dude's & Dudette's 

so, I have another card to share with you instead!

The image is from The Crafty Pad Designs,

I used a red A6 card blank for the base.

To that I added a matt of red card which was embossed using a 

Cuttlebug Snowflake embossing folder  then matted onto a 

added a matt of green textured card then added a piece of ribbon 

before attaching to the base.

The layout is a sketch

 from My Time made Easy

The image, cute little Santa that he is, was coloured with Promarkers

I fussy cut around him then matted onto some green textured card,

then some silver mirror card. 

The corners were rounded with a corner punch.

I wrapped some silver & white fibres around then attached.

I then added a little ribbon bow & some Snowflakes which were cut with 

a Marianne Creatable die. The  sentiment was computer generated  

then matted & layered onto the green & silver card

I hope you like him!

This card was inspired by the following Challenges

Bearly Mine All My Favourite Things

Create Me Pink Use a Digi 

Creative Craft Challenges Free For All

Everybody Art Challenge Christmas Card

Paper Take Weekly Christmas Crackers

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge Use a Digi

Hooked on Crafts Punches or Die Cuts

Here Come The Boys Colour Combo

Crafty Emma Snowflakes

Stamp Scrap Doodle Embossing

Just Us Girls Colour Challenge

Crafty Catz Snowflakes

Floweret  Christmas

Phindy's Place Christmas Cards

Wags N Whiskers Christmas

Winter Wonderland Christmas Any Cute Images

Digi Doodle's Shop's Best  Red & Green

My Time Made Easy Sketch

Flower Fairy Birthday Card

Good evening all! I hope you're all well!

I made this card for my nieces birthday & I forgot to post it to my blog!

Before it disappears in to the ether I thought I'd let you have a little look at it!

The Flower Fairy image is from a die cut decoupage sheet.

Such a lovely image & my niece is into fairies in a big way!
It was also a refreshing change not to use promarkers! lol

The fab DP was part of a lovely candy I won as was the die cut oval!

 I think the layout was from my minds eye.

I only had one sheet of that paper so I know I had to make it work! lol!

The pink mat was punched along the bottom edge with a Martha Stewart border punch.

The fairy was a perfect fit for the oval & I distressed the edges with an inkpad.

The sentiment was computer generated, sorry I can't recall which font I used!

I added a homemade posh pin, a double bow & a few self adhesive pearls!

Thanks for looking, I do hope you like what you see!

Don't forget there are only a few days left to enter my Candy Draw!

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

Crafty Boots Challenge Fantasy

Hooked On Crafts Punches Or Die Cuts ( Die Cut Decoupage & Oval, punched border)

Make It Monday Anything Goes

Oh La La Creations Bingo

Squigglefly Happy Birthday

Lollipop Crafts Anything Goes

One Stitch at a Time Anything Goes

The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan Birthday Card
The Ribbon Girl Pink & White
The Squirrel & The Fox Summer
Craft Your Days Away Bingo (Ribbon Flowers Pearls)
Clearly Inspired Flowers
Inspire Me Fridays Anything Goes
Delightful Challenges Bingo (Pattern Paper, Punches/Die cuts, Flowers)
Flutterby Wednesdays Open
Whimsy Inspiration Flowers