BLOG CANDY ALERT

Shaz from Funky Fairy is celebrating 11000 posts on her inspiration blog by giving away some candy. The lucky winner will win FREE FUNKY FAIRYS PAPERCRAFTS PRODUCTS FOR A WHOLE YEAR!!! *WOW)
Shaz says
This post will stay open until midnight july 31st.Then on 1st August 1 randomly chosen person will win themselves free stuff for a year. So the winner will receive ALL Funky Fairys products that are released between 1st august 2008 and 1st August 2009. which will consist of downloadable kits etc and rubber stamps....and who knows if anthing else will get thrown in the mix...i never plan ahead...so who knows what is coming..lol
To be in with winning this special one off candy....simply leave a comment on this post,saying why you would like to be the one to win :) Also link this post on your blog....its as simple as that.
So what you waiting for???...Someone has to win it....so it could just be YOU!!!!
Good luck everyone :)
Shaz x

Pop over to her blog for a look Here

I recently won some blog candy from Shaz and it arrived today- it is fabulous so have a go

Sunday Stampers/In My Pocket

Yes, I am managing to find time for some challenges again now that I am back to work!!?? How that figures I don't know. Anyway, Hels sets both these challenges and Sunday Stampers this week was "Flowers". I have used the new Stitchels stamps, created by none other than Hels herself. They can be bought from Artistic Stamper and they are Helen's first attempts at designing rubber stamps so congratulations to her, I love them!I have stamped four flowers and two butterflies, coloured them with glimmer chalks from Dovecraft and cut them out. I arranged them on the card, some on foam pads and other just with Sticky Dots, then stamped the greeting using Studio G alphabet stamps.
In My pocket theme this week was "ribbons". I have used papers from the Glitter Stack from DCWV. I bought this during my first ever visit to the Range while visiting down South. It is a simply gorgeous collection of papers, yum, yum! The ribbons and embellishment are from a scrapbook kit by Brenda Pinnick and the message on the front of the pocket was part of a stamp. (I notice the a friend of mine also used this idea, promise I didn't copy you Heidi, I had thought of it before I saw your pocket).The pocket is held closed with a chipboard photo anchor and brad, also from the Brenda Pinnick kit.Thanks you Hels for two great challenges and thanks to everyone who pops in for a look
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Scrapbook Challenge

Lesley over on Craft Swap challenged us to:
1.Use ONE photo
2.Use ONE main colour
3.Use stitching (either real or doodled)
4.Use handmade embellishments

Here is my attempt, using a photo from a recent trip to visit my relatives. My boys just adored this trampoline. Even had a wee bounce on it myself :0))))

Thanks for looking
Shazza
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Another accordian book

I made one of these for myself a week or two ago and a friend asked me to make one for her. She has friends getting married and is giving them money as their present. She thought this would make a nice little gift for them to put some of their pics in. I have to thank my blogging sister Vicki once again for the tutorial.I have saved it so I can make more in the future. Hope you like it and thanks for dropping by
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Tidying up the scraps

I promised myself when I started tidying my little crafty space that I would use up the scraps of paper and leftover toppers that had been lying around for ages. Here are some of the cards that I ended up with. All the papers and toppers are from Joanna Sheen discs and the cardstock is Bazzill. My little table is much clearer now- stops hubby moaning about the mess and gives me more room to create in :0)

I managed some crafty time!!!!

Yes, it has been a hectic two weeks off work and I finally managed to get some crafting done. I have not managed any challenges unfortunately but hope to get back to them soon. I needed to get cracking on my fat pages for a House Mouse list I am on over on Craft Swap Forum. I used the same image for the pages I made, watercoloured it and then used various papers to decorate the pages. I am now about half way through what I need to do so feel a bit better about that. I also fell behind with a Me to You Swap, birthdays and a Secret Sister swap I am doing with my Sisterhood 16. I made some altered dominoes using Denim, Terracotta and Bottle alcohol inks. The stamps are by Catlifepress and have been stamped in black archival ink.The stamped side was then covered in Glossy Accents which shows up a bit too much in the photo :0)
The birthday card was made from a Crafter's Companion disc, which has lots of lovely images on it.
I hope all the recipients like their pages/cards/gifts and apologise now for any that are late.

Funky Fairy's New Papers/Blog Candy

I arrived home today to lots of e-mails but one in particular grabbed my attention. Funky Fairy have new downloads available to buy and I could not resist ordering the Funky Meets Shabby Chic papers. Also on the e-mail Sharon from Funky Fairy let me know about the blog candy competition she is running on her own blog. To enter you have to create a project using blue, green and pink. This gave me the perfect excuse to use my scrummy new papers:0)
I have coloured Tilda with metallic pencils and matted her onto green dotty paper. I placed a strip of multi dot paper down the left hand of an A6 Blank and then placed Tilda onto the card. I covered a small piece of card with the green dotty paper and used a peel-off for the greeting. This was mounted on foam pads. I have some birthdays to catch up with so at least I have made a start
By the way, I must also say that I had a lovely weekend.The scrapbook was loved and brought a tear to Maxine's eyes. Plan to craft and blog hop for the rest of the week so I hope to catch up with you all.
Thanks for visiting
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