With love at Christmas

Hiya everyone,

After a few weeks off after having Nathan I am now back making samples for Joanna Sheen and the Joanna Sheen Challenge blog where there is a brand new challenge starting today which is:-

With love at Christmas

I have an easel card which I made a while ago which is also a gift box that has 4 little drawers in it which I popped chocolates in.  The gorgeous image is from the "Singing angels" House Mouse stamp set which you can get here.  I have coloured the image in with my promarkers and flexmarkers and I think the papers are from a DCWV christmas stack that I've had for ages.  

 

I was going to make something specially for the challenge but I have been snowed under trying to get things sorted for Tayla's 2nd birthday party and now for Christmas so I haven't really had a great deal of spare time.  I'm hoping that we'll get the Christmas tree and decorations up tomorrow so that it will be up by the time Tayla comes back from her Nanna's.  We've gone with white and silver for a winter wonderland look although I've only bought cheapy decorations with having Tayla and 3 mischievous cats!  I'll share piccies once they are all up though - hopefully it'll look ok!

I may or not post again before Christmas so if I don't, I wish you all the best for the remainder of the year and hope that you have a fab Christmas!

Hugs Paula. x











My Stick Family from WiddlyTinks.com

December blog candy!

Hiya Everyone, 

Better late than never is my December candy which is 4 6x6 First Edition paperstacks - these are sooo lush as some of the papers are foiled or glittery!  I treated myself to a set of these and thought they would be a nice treat for one of you too!

To be in with a chance to win my candy all you have to do is become a follower of my blog, pop a piccie of my candy to your sidebar and add yourself to Mr Linky below.

My candy is open worldwide so feel free to enter wherever you are!

Fingers crossed for you!


Hugs, Paula. x


My Stick Family from WiddlyTinks.com

November Blog Candy Winner

Hiya everyone, 

As you know I have recently had little baby Nathan so I have had a few weeks off blogging and crafting so I haven't updated my blog in quite a while.  I will be getting back in craft room shortly so please bear with me.  I will be back joining in the challenges over at the Joanna Sheen challenge blog and the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge blog shortly. 

I have missed not blogging and crafting but it has been nice not having the added pressure of DT deadlines with a newborn and Tayla who was 2 years old yesterday.

This is a piccie of the hubby and Tayla yesterday morning both sporting their Movember tache's before he finally shaved his off!  Was soooo pleased to see the back of it as it looked bloody awful! Lol

As we were now in december I thought I would give my neglected blog a festive makeover - I hope you like it!

Anyhoo,  I will now announce the winner of my November Candy which was this fab selection of spiders web lace.

Congratulations to:-

Natalka

Please e-mail me on cheeky_monkey_24@hotmail.com with your address to claim your prize!

Don't forget to check back tomorrow to pop your name down for my December Blog Candy!

Thanks for looking!

Paula. x

My Stick Family from WiddlyTinks.com

November Blog candy

Hiya everyone, 

As you may have seen I have been a little absent for the last few weeks but I am now the proud mummy to a bouncing baby boy who I had only a few days ago.  I am still trying to catch up on a few bits and pieces but it will probably be a few weeks before I start crafting again as I want to enjoy spending the next few weeks with my family and looking forward to getting ready for Christmas.

Up for grabs this month is 1 metre of each of the above colours of spiders web netting which is soooooo gorgeous!  

All you need to do to be with a chance of winning is to become a follower of my poor neglected blog, add a piccie and link of my candy to your sidebar and add yourself to Mr Linky below!

My candy is open worldwide so it doesn't matter where you are!

Thanks for looking!

Paula. x

October blog candy winner!

Hiya everyone, 

Apologies for this being late but I've been up to my eyes in family visits and well wishers on baby Nathan's arrival.   I'm loving being a mummy again! :D

The random winner of this Limited Edition Winter Promarkers set is:-

Adrian

Congratulations Adrian! Please contact me on cheeky_monkey_24@hotmail.com to claim your prize!  

Thanks for looking!

Paula. x

It's a boy!

Hiya everyone,

Did you miss me?  On tuesday evening I had Nathan Ryan Joshua who at 9lb 7oz was a few days early.   We were only discharged today due to a few complications but I am so glad to be home now.

Tayla seems thrilled at the idea of having a little brother and is already trying to comb his hair and share her juice cup with him.  

Below is a piccie of her meeting him for the first time on wednesday.  We bought a pressie for her that we said was from baby Nathan and she keeps telling everybody which is so sweet.

Below is the best piccie of Nathan so far although he does look uber serious!  He looks just like his daddy! :)

Luckily the hubby is off for the next 3 weeks which gives us some quality time together as a family. 

I'm really looking forward to getting back in my craft room as I really struggled to fit in there towards the end so it was easier not to bother.

Hugs Paula. x

PS.  It's late so I will draw a blog candy winner tomorrow!

Joanna Sheen Autumn blog hop candy winner!

Hiya everyone,

Just a quickie post to announce the winner of my DT prize of autumnal ribbons/twine and leafy charms that was one of the prizes of the last weeks Joanna Sheen Autumn blog hop!

My random winner from the comments on my blog post is:-

Joan McDonald

Congratulations Joan!  If you e-mail me on cheeky_monkey_24@hotmail.com to claim your prize!

Thanks for looking!

Paula. x

My October Candy

Hiya everyone, 

This is a bit late but if you've been following my blog and the Joanna Sheen Challenge blog you will know that I've been up to my eyes in stuff!

Anyhoo, I was going to offer different candy but as these are brand new out I will offer up a set of these Limited Edition Winter Promarkers to one Lucky winner this month.

I'm just waiting for my own set to arrive as I ordered them as soon as they were available as I lurve my promarkers!

Just to advise you that I am due to give birth on the 2nd November so the winning announcement may be delayed at the beginning of November but I will eventually get round to it so please keep checking back!

All you need to do to be with a chance of winning is to become a follower of my (much neglected blog Lol), add a piccie and link of my candy to your sidebar and add yourself to Mr Linky below!

My candy is open worldwide so it doesn't matter where you are!

Thanks for looking!

Paula. x

September Blog candy winner

Hiya everyone, 

Apologies for this being a little late but I've been a little preoccupied over the last few days with the Joanna Sheen DT call and the Autumn blog hop!

I also only have about 4 weeks left (hopefully) till the baby makes an appearance so everything is taking me twice as long as normal.  

Anyhoo, the winner of the mystery candy is 

Sara F-P

Congratulations Sara!  Please contact me on cheeky_monkey_24@hotmail.com to claim your prize!

I will post my October candy tomorrow - I need to take a piccie of it first!

Thanks for looking!

Paula. x

Joanna Sheen Autumn Blog Hop!!!

Hiya everyone and welcome to the 

Joanna Sheen Challenge Autumn Blog Hop!!!

Our blog hop is a hop with a twist as all the DT have had a great time creating with just ONE Joanna Sheen House Mouse image!

 

The image we have all used is the House Mouse image of the little House Mouse Juggling leaves off the "Tumble" rubber stamp sheet and the papers we have all used are from the Summertime Designs freebie kit "Falling for fall" which you can all download for yourselves here.

The STAR Prize for 1 lucky random winner is this fab set of 4 Autumn House Mouse stamp sets 

Each DT member also has a fab individual prize of pretty Autumnal ribbons/twine and a gorgeous selection of leaf charms so there are 

9 – Yes….. 9 chances to win!!!

I decided to stamp up the image several times and layer it up which has been coloured in with my promarkers and flexmarkers.  I used my new memory box flower die and magnolia swirl die. 

If you have landed here from the Joanna Sheen Challenge blog then you are hopping in the right direction - If not then you need to pop over to the Joanna Sheen Challenge blog to begin.

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is become a follower of the Joanna Sheen Challenge blog and then leave a comment on every member of the DT’s blogs on their blog hop post and on the challenge blog hop post.   

On sunday 7th October each DT member will pick a winner by random.org from their comments and announce their winner on their own blog on Monday 8th October. 

I will announce the lucky winner of the STAR prize on this challenge blog on Monday 8th October

Don't forget to check back on all the DT blogs to see if you're one of our lucky winners.

All week the challenge blog will be showcasing other crafters cards who have all kindly agreed to make a creation using exactly the same stamp and papers as the rest of the DT.  

I hope you check back to the challenge blog throughout the week to see all the different designs! 

From here you need to hop to Teresa's blog here to hop along in the right direction!

Good luck everyone!

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Down in the garden

Hiya everyone, 

It's time again over at the Joanna Sheen challenge blog for a brand new challenge which is

Down in the garden

It's actually Team B's challenge (I'm Team leader on Team A) but as we are still a few DT members down till we take on some new ones I thought I'd fill the gap a little by making an extra card.

The stamp I have used here is from the Joanna Sheen Favourite flowers stamp set "Wild roses" which you can get here.  I have stamped out the image several time and layered it up and it really pops off the card!  I have coloured it in very subtly with my promarkers and flexmarkers.  

The papers are from the Prima paperstack which came with the most recent Simply cards and papercraft magazine.   I went a little OTT with this card as I really wanted to try out my new kraft card and new dies.  I'm really pleased with the way it turned out as I don't often colour in flowers and there is a lot of different textures going on!

 

We are holding an Autumn Blog-hop tomorrow where we have lots of fab prizes up for grabs - the Star Prize being a set of 4 Autumn House Mouse stamps!!!

Don't forget to pop along to the Joanna Sheen Challenge blog from 12 noon to hop along with me and the rest of the DT!

Thanks for looking!

Paula. x

House Mouse & Friends - Autumn harvest

Eek!

There's a brand new challenge over at the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge blog today.  The theme this time as chosen by DT member Dorte is

Autumn harvest

We have a fab $25 gift voucher up for grabs from House Mouse Designs which are our sponsors this time.

This cute little guy is from the Joanna Sheen "Tumble" House Mouse stamp set which is available here.  I have coloured him in with my promarkers and flexmarkers.  I was trying out a new dotty highlight effect around my image for a change although I'm still not 100% sure about it!

 

The papers are from the Prima paperstack that came free with this months Simply cards and Papercrafts magazine which I love.  I have also used my new Tim Holtz "Weathered clock" die that I finally treated myself to so you're going to see it a lot so I can justify actually buying it! Lol

 

This will actually be my last House Mouse and Friends challenge card for a wee while as I only have about 6 weeks left before my baby is due and my priority is keeping the Joanna Sheen Challenge blog up and running so I've decided to take a little break.   

Hopefully it won't be for too long though as I really love my little meeces!  

Thanks for looking!

So Sweet! - Joanna Sheen

 

Hiya Everyone, 

Todays the day for a brand new challenge over at the Joanna Sheen Challenge blog.  The theme this time is

So sweet!

The image is from the gorgeous "Chocolate box" House Mouse stamp set which is available here.  I have coloured the image in with promarkers and flexmarkers. 

 

The papers are from the Bo Bunny "Crazy love" paperstack that I luckily won from Bramwell crafts via facebook.  I have also been trying out my new memory box "cherish" border die.  The bingo ticket is from a Jennie Bowlin set that is a good few years old and I don't know whether you can even buy them any more.  I'm still loving these mini Papermania scrabble letters that are also a bit of a nightmare to get hold of now - I managed to find a box of them recently in my local WH Smith for £14.99 but don't think they are readily available.

There is a £15 Joanna Sheen Gift voucher up for grabs to a random lucky winner of the challenge that runs till Thurs 27th Sept.  

Last week now at work till my maternity starts on friday and just over 6 weeks now for the new arrival!

Thanks for looking!

House Mouse and Friends Challenge - Friendship

Eek!

We have a brand new challenge starting at the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge blog.  The theme this time as picked by Tracy is:-

Friendship

We have 2 fab sponsors this time so 2 great prizes up for grabs! 

 

$25 gift card

 

 $10 gift voucher

My card has been made using a Joanna Sheen Happy Hopper stamp called "Hoppy birthday".  The papers are from the Wild Rose Studio Bella paperstack as I fancied using a lilac and yellow combo for a change.  The image has been coloured with my promarkers.

I have used a sentiment from a different House Mouse Set called "sweet kisses".  The dies used are my new magnolia "Tilda lace" border die and my Memory box flower die called "petal party".  

Countdown is now on for my last 2 weeks at work till my maternity leave starts!  

Thanks for looking!

La Pashe Christmas petite decoupage sheets

Hiya everyone,

Don't die of shock but I have another DT sample to share with you.  It has been made using another of the Christmas petite A5 decoupage sheets that have just been launched from La Pashe.  This particular set is from the "festive feathers" set which you can get here.  I decided for a change to do a white-on-white card so I added lots of texture using my swiss dots and script embossing folders. 

The cardstock I used for the blank and the matting and layering is a white pearl card which has a subtle gold sheen to it.  The image is called "wreath robin" which took me ages to cut out as I decided to mount the layered image onto a spotty disc rather than keep it as it is so I had to cut out the centre of the wreath which was dead fiddly.  I added a little glamour dust to parts of the wreath but I don't think you can tell from the piccie. 

I was really pleased with the way it turned out and it looked much better in the flesh as white-on-white generally doesn't photograph well. 

Only 2 weeks now left at work and counting!

Thanks for looking!

Paula. x

La Pashe Christmas Petite decoupage sheets

 

Hiya everyone, 

I have a DT sample to share with you that I made a few weeks ago for the launch of the new Christmas petite decoupage sheets.  The sheets are only A5 in size so the actual images are a much better size if you prefer 6x6 cards as I do find that some decoupage is a tad too big.

This sheet is called "on the fence" and is from the "festive feathers" set which are £1.99 for a set of 7 sheets.  There are 3 different sets to choose from and they are all available here.

Festive feathers

 

Dickensian Christmas

Santa

I made a matching card and gift box set which I filled with cheapie chocolate mints that I bought in poundland.  The papers used are from the papermania silent night set which I've had for ages which are nice and traditional.  I used a few pearl, some flowers and a gorgeous brass corner that I've been hoarding away!  I also added little glamour dust to the snowy bits of the image but didn't really use too much extra stuff so the emphasis is on the image. 

I know that not everybody's a fan of decoupage but I actually like it and often layer up my own stamped images.  These sheets only have a few bits and bobs to cut out so they are ideal if you don't want to do lots of cutting out!

On a different note, I thought I would share my pregnancy progress and have even been brave enough to share a piccy with you.  I am about the same size as I was full term with Tayla so I am feeling very big and uncomfortable - as you can see it's all bump!  You can barely tell I'm expecting from behind.  I have (hopefully) just short of 2 months left to go untill we meet Tayla's new baby brother or sister.  I'm still counting down the days at work which is now just over 2 weeks! 

Thanks for looking!

Paula. x

September blog candy!

Hiya everyone,

I hope that you're all well.  I'm frantically trying to get as many DT cards out of the way for various challenges up to Christmas in preparation of the new arrival due November 2nd as I'll have a lot on my plate then.  I'm currently counting down the last few weeks at work as I feel so big and uncomfortable now.

Anyhoo, back to this months candy which is going to be another mystery prize as it was really popular last time.

To be in with a chance of winning my candy you must:-

Be a follower of my blog

AND

Pop a piccie of my candy in your sidebar of your blog

AND

Add yourself to Mr Linky!

My candy is available to anyone, anywhere in the world so enter now!  It will close on Sunday September 30th.  I will draw a new winner early October!

Thanks for looking!

Paula. x

August Blog Candy winner!!!

Hiya everyone,

Last month I had this fab set of Autumn Limited Edition promarkers up for grabs.  I have just picked a winner with the help of random.org which is:-

Shaz

Congratulations Shaz!  If you e-mail me on cheeky_monkey_24@hotmail to claim your prize!

I will post my September blog candy tomorrow so be sure to check back then!

Thanks for looking!

Paula. x