January Blog Candy winner!

Hiya Everyone,

Just a quick post to announce the winner of my fab DCWV candy.  The lucky lady who has won these 2 fab paperstacks using random.org is

Claire

who I'm kinda horrified to see has the same blog background as me!!! Aghhh - I thought I was the only one!!!  Lol  I'll have to keep my eyes open for another one now!!!

Well done Claire!!! If you send me an e-mail to cheeky_monkey_24@hotmail.com with your details, I'll get your prize out to you!  

Be sure to check back and join my february candy when I post it shortly!

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

Joanna Sheen "Love is in the air" Challenge

Hiya everyone,

Well, I've had a fabulous year so far - 2 new DT positions (one of which is still a secret!), my hubby got a new job (after being made redundant in November) and I was asked by the lovely people at DCWV (yes, really!) if I would review some of their products if they sent me some stuff to try.  I have loads of their products anyway so it took me all of a nanosecond to say yes!

Apologies for the naff piccies but my camera died and I am still using my mums old one till I decide what to buy!

I'm still pinching myself as a lot has happened to me and my family in the last few weeks and (so far,) all for the better.

Anyhoo, I have today my February challenge card at the Joanna Sheen Challenge blog.  The theme this month is

"Love is in the air"

Cheesy as hell, but who cares? Lol  You can enter as many times as you like, with any image as long as it fits the theme.  Each month there is a randomly picked £30 Joanna Sheen gift voucher up for grabs as well as a DT picked top 3 and a coveted guest designer spot.  I hope to see you all take part!

The image I have used here is a gorgeous JS House Mouse image called "chocolate heart" which you can find here.  I have coloured the image with my promarkers and added a little glossy accents to the noses.  The papers are from DCWV and are from 2 different paperstacks.  One is a smooth coated cardstock in brights and the other is a glitter cardstock also in brights.  My inspiration for the card was the purple quality street so I was drawn to these lovely cadbury purple colours that I mixed with chocolate brown.  The paperstacks were both 6.5x4.5 which isn't my favourite size as it does limit the size of cards I can make as I obviously can't make a 6x6 square card without cutting them up if that makes sense.  For this reason I decided to have 3 thin strips of purple card, 2 smooth and 1 glittered.  The quality of these papers is amazing - I almost used an embossing folder on the smooth cardstock but decided against it so that there was a bigger difference between the glittered and the smooth cardstock.    

For the scalloped edge I used my new scalloped edgabilities that I bought a while ago but have been too busy to try.  It worked really well.  I am really fed up that most of my pretty Martha Stewart punches won't cut through different types of cardstock - especially as they're not cheap! Grrrr!

The sentiment I did on the computer  and made into a small tag.  the font is "clear typewriter" which is one of my favourites and is a free download available here.  The ribbons and pearls are from my crafty stash and the chocolate charm is from a lot I got ages ago on ebay.

I will enter this into the passion for promarkers challenge - New beginnings (new love)

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

House Mouse and Friends Blog Hop and New Challenge!!!

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Hiya everyone,

This is my 2nd GDT card for the House Mouse and Friends monday challenge before I officially join as a normal DT member.  Soooo excited as I love House Mouse images so much.  We are also holding a blog hop in conjunction with the latest challenge too - the theme this time set by Christine which is "Love - must have more than one heart"

Your creation must contain a House Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffies image (decoupage is fine)

My card has been made with this fab stamp set from Joanna Sheen which is called "Sew happy" which you can get here.   I have coloured my image with my promarkers and the papers are from a fab Cosmo cricket paper stack called "Material girl" which was one of my prizes for winning the cardmaker of the year competition in 2010.

Anyway, back to the blog hop - there are lots of prizes up for grabs from our many generous sponsors.  To qualify for any of the prizes that are available you must join in with the current challenge and comment on each of the House Mouse and Friends DT blogs.

If you have arrived from Natascha's blog then you are hopping in the right direction - if not you should pop to the House Mouse and Friends Challenge Blog to start at the beginning!

From here, you need to hop along to Stacy's blog here.

If you get a little lost along the way here is a list of all the DT blogs that you should visit and comment on:-

• America Kuhn
• Christine Craig
• Dorte Kvist
• Heather Gilfoy Bond
• Jennifer Woodward
• Kate Wiles,
• Lori Barnett
• Lorraine Aquilina
• Natascha Banning
• Paula Holifield (me)
• Stacy Morgan
• Sue Cooper "Scoopy"
• Sue Drees
• Sue Kment
• Tracy Thompson

Here are a sneaky peak of some of the prizes up for grabs!!!

 

 A massive thanks to our many sponsors of this challenge:-

House Mouse Designs

Die cut Dreams

Joanna Sheen 

Pink Gem Designs

priscillastyles

I will enter this challenge into the Simon says stamp - Animal antics challenge too

Thanks for hop, hop, hopping along with us!

DT Call at the Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog!!!

Hiya Everyone,

Just  a quick post but I just wanted to let you all know that there will be a few changes to the challenge blog shortly so we will be needing 1 new DT member to join our talented team. 

For full details please go to the challenge blog here.

Oooh exciting stuff eh?!?

Thanks for dropping by!

Paula. x

Joanna Sheen challenge - Celebrations

Hiya Everyone,

Just a mid month reminder that the Joanna Sheen "Celebrations" challenge is still till the end of the month.  There is a £30 Joanna Sheen gift voucher up for grabs for the random winner so be sure to enter a card!

This is a Gruffies stamp from Joanna Sheen which is part of the House Mouse Designs family.  This little cutie is from the "thanks a bunch" set and can be found here.

It is completely different from my usual style as it's quite clean and simple but I kinda like the way it turned out.   I think the embossing folder I used here is called textile and I have coloured the image with my promarkers.

I hope to see your creations - either on the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge "Black and White" challenge or the Joanna Sheen "Celebrations" challenge.

I would also like to thank any of you that make a comment on my blog.  It is most appreciated and although I don't often get chance to return the compliment it's only because I struggle to find enough hours in a day. 

Thanks for looking!

Paula. x

1st House Mouse and Friends Challenge card!!!

Hiya everyone,

I am soooo pleased to share with you my very first challenge card for the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge.  For any of you that missed my previous post, I was asked to be a guest DT for the challenge and a few days later I was asked to join the normal team.  I adore House Mouse and have lots of stamps so it took me all of a nanosecond to say yes! 

The theme this time is "Black and White" and has been chosen by America.   I have used this gorgeous HM stamp which is a wooden stampabilities stamp that I have had for ages and never had chance to use it!   This challenge has be sponsored by Di's Digi Downloads (click on the piccie for a link)

I am one of 5 new DT members and I am so pleased to have joined the team.  The House Mouse and Friends monday challenges run every other monday and a House Mouse, Gruffies or Happy Hopper image must be used (decoupage sheets are ok too).  As part of the next challenge there will be a blog hop and lot of prizes up for grabs so be sure to check us out!!!

I have coloured the image in with my promarkers and added some glossy accents to the lipstick and coloured in the mirror with my sakura clear glaze pen.  The papers were remnants from a papermania black and white 12 x 12 lot that I'd had for ages.  The lipstick charm I bought from primark for £1.  It has a lobster clasp which is nice as it can removed and kept as a keepsake.  The piccies aren't great I'm afraid as my camera has died and I had to take this with my new phone (which I'm still working out how to use! Lol)

The swirl is the new magnolia one that I treated myself to with christmas money.  I need to make the most out of it as I think £18 is so expensive especially when you can get a full set of nesties cheaper!  The roses and black lace are from Wild orchid crafts.

I have also accepted another DT position in the last few days which I am also sooooo excited about but I am keeping it to myself at the moment as I'm still in the process of sorting it all out!

Thanks for looking!

Paula. x

New DT position!!!

Hiya Everyone,

Apologies for not blogging much of late.  I have been soooo busy with samples and running the Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog that I haven't had a great deal of spare time especially now I'm back at work! :(

I currently have more La Pashe samples to make and a new exciting piece for Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine to keep me busy.  I have however, stepped down from the Crafters Companion DT so will no longer be making samples for them or contributing to the monthly challenge so it's all change for me this month!

As regular visitors to my blog will know - I am a massive House Mouse fan and was lucky enough to be asked as a guest designer for the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge later this month!!!  I was well chuffed with that.......but yesterday I was invited by America Khun to join the regular DT!!!  They have taken on 5 new DT members including myself and I can't wait to start!!!  I have already made my first DT card which I can't wait to show you!

So any of you who love House Mouse as much as I do will be able to see my Joanna Sheen House Mouse DT cards and samples and the ones I will make for the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge!!