Papertake Weekly & Passion For Promarkers Double Header!

Good Morning to you & a Happy Tuesday one & all. Buckle your seat belts, I've got a long old post to get through today as I have 2 cards to show you. The first is my GDT card for Papertake Weekly where we want to see cards with

3 DIFFERENT SHAPES

( one can be the card base)

I used this super cutie from the Fairy Glen Xmas release at Sugar Nellie. She's coloured with Distress Inks & the papers are MME Holly Jolly, or is it Jolly Holly?! Of course there is the mandatory glitter every fairy must have, including Glamour Dust on her fur trim & Crackle Glaze sprinkled with pink glitter on her wings. The snowflake was cut with a Spellbinders die & the sentimnet is LOTV.

I love how she turned out & had fun distressing her, which I haven't done for a while. The layout follows the sketch at the current Sugar Bowl challenge.

At Truly Scrumptious the theme is Distressing, as it is at Stamptacular Sunday, so I am entering this card there.

On to my second card of the day. It's my offering for the Passion For Promarkers challenge, where this week the theme was set by my good self & it is,

CHRISTMAS CRITTERS

(ie. Xmas cards with animals on)

I used Christmas Bunnies - Post from last years LOTV Xmas release. It's a shame I couldn't take the photo in daylight as I always hate the radioactive glow they give out in artificial light! The papers are MME. It's hard to see the pattern on the red paper, but it has a lovely self coloured glittery snowflakes. Again with the Glamour Dust on the fur trim & on the snow I used Frosty Lace Stickles. The snowflake is a Martha Stewart punch.

This layout is based on the sketch at Sketch Saturday this week.

I am also entering it at Lili of the Valley where the theme is 'Let it Snow'.

So I hope you now pop on over to see the fabulous creations of my fellow D-Teamies at both Papertake Weekly & Passion For Promarkers. They are all awesome. Play along & you could also win a fabulous prize :~)

***EDITED: LOTV Blog Candy Winner from the Papertake Weekly Blog Hop is

CraftyBirdLisa

Congratulations!!

E-mail me with your details & I will get you stamp in the post to you :~)

Here are my boys, Jack (the big one) & Ben picking Lisa's name out of the hat. Sorry about the quality of the photos, they soon got over their initial excitement & wouldn't pose for a better one! As you can see Ben has been taking tips from Paul McCartney on how to pose for photos; does he ever have a picture taken without giving a thumbs up!!

Thanks so much for looking,

Big Hugs,

Andie xx

Secret Crafters - Anything goes, as long as it glitters!

Saturday is here again, & you know how much I love my weekends! Not least because it's time for another fab challenge at Secret Crafters, chosen by my wonderful D Teamie, Tracie. This week,

ANYTHING GOES

( as long as it glitters!)

I finally got chance to play with one of the new Sylvia Zet images by SCACD that I got from Quixotic Paperie. This one is called '3 Wishes', isn't she adorable? She's coloured with Distress Inks & the yummy paper is by Bo Bunny. IRL it gltters, though the photo does not pick that up. The paper ribbon is from Crafty Emma's.

You can see the glittery bits a little better here. I used a Sakura glitter pen on the spots on the box. Glamour Dust on the flowers in her hair & on the wings of the fairy & gold Viva Decor glitter on the stars.

I've kept this very simple as I love the image & the gorgeous paper & did not want to cover anything up. But I hope it has enough 'Sparkle & Bling' for Simon Says Stamp this week. It does sparkle more IRL, honest!

So now it's time to pop on over to the Secret Crafter's blog to see the fabulous inspiration of my lovely D Teamies. Nice & easy challenge for you this week, so no excuses for not playing along! I look forward to seeing all your gorgeousness.

Well I was going to watch the rugby now, but I'm not sure I'll bother as England seem to be getting the beatings off France! That makes it very hard to watch. So I look forward to cheering on Saints tonight instead! That's Rugby League for anyone south of Cheshire! It's a perfectly miserable day out there weather wise, so looks like a good one to get crafty to me :~) Whatever you are doing, have a great weekend.

Thanks so much for looking, & don't forget my little blog candy if you scroll down.

Big Hugs,

Andie xx

Papertake Weekly - GDT Blog Hop!!

Big, Big WOW!! Papertake Weekly is 4 years old. Other fab challenges have come & gone, but Papertake Weekly just keeps on rolling. How lucky am I to be joining the team as GDT for this month & I joining in the 4th Anniversary blog hop.

If you missed the start, go back to the Papertake Weekly blog & start at the beginning. You should be joining me from lovely Katina's amazing blog.

I couldn't get the light right for this photo, this looks a lot brighter IRL. This little LOTV cutie is called 'Twinkling Star' & I coloured her with Distress Inks. The DP is Echo Park, Wintertime, & the snowflake was made with a Spellbinders die.

You can see better in this photo, some of the sparkle. Gold Viva glitter on the stars & Liquid Pearls on the snow. Of course I had to use the obligatory Glamour Dust on her fur trim too. What did I ever do without it?!

Getting into the spirit of the hop, as some of the other Papertake DT are offering their own candy, I thought I would add a little bit of my own. Leave me a comment & I will pick a winner for this gorgeous LOTV stamp that is looking for a loving & caring home. It may only be small, but it is perfectly formed!

(Candy closes at midnight GMT on 10th October)

There are loads more stunning & fabulous prizes to be won on this weeks blog hop & at the Papertake weekly blog itself, where the challenge this week is,

ANYTHING GOES

What are you waiting for, it couldn't be simpler! However, before you do, you better finish the blog hop. Next stop is the wonderful,

LOLS

 Go & give her some love :~)

Finally, I just want to enter this card at the challenge at Crafting Life's Pieces this month, where I used their fab sketch for my layout.

Thanks so much for looking & don't forget to enter my candy:~)

Big Hugs to one & all,

Andie xx

Passion For Promakers - Alter Something, not Square

Good morning! Time for another Passion For Promarkers challenge,  this week chosen by my lovely D-Teamie, Anja. She wants to see

SOMETHING ALTERED

(but not square)

In all honesty, I am embarassed to be showing you this. You'll have to take my word for it that I have altered a wine bottle, by wrapping it in some gorgeous Bo Bunny paper & adding this sweet image from Sugar Nellie. But my photo was so bad, it looked like I'd drunk the whole bottle of wine before I took it!! So I'm afraid, you only get to see the close up here. If you want to see how bad it looks, you have to hop on over to the Passion For Promarkers blog & have a good laugh at it, whilst you admire the fabulous creations of my gorgeous D-Teamies.

Play along this week & you could win another great prize. We are sponsored this week by Joanna Sheen  who is givingaway a £10 voucher to spend in her fantastic shop.

So there you go. Not my greatest piece of work I'm sad to say. However, I will be back at 12:00 today with something rathe special & a whole lotta fun!

See You later!

Thanks for looking,

Big Hugs,

Andie xx

Secret Crafters - Halloween!

Whoop-de-whoop for the weekend! We've got another fab challenge at Secret Crafters for you this week chosen by my lovely D-Teamie, Kate. She wants to see what you make of her theme,

HALLOWEEN

This is Little Mimosa Witch from Bildmalarna. She's so sweet. I coloured her with Distress Inks & the papers are. The sentiment is from High Hopes.

There is not much to tell you about this really as I followed the sketch at Papertake Weekly quite faithfully & I don't really have much in the way of Halloweeen themed embellishments.

This card also fits at Cute Card Thursday, where they're going 'Animal Crackers'.

At Simon Says Stamp, 'Anything Goes'. As it does too at Crafts 4 Eternity. Big waves & kisses to all my lovely former D-Teamies over there!

It's now time to pop on over to the Secret Crafters blog to see the wonderful inspiration on display there. I hope you'll play along with us this week, I look forward to seeing your fab creations.

Also here's a heads up for all you lovely ladies in the Midlands, or further afield maybe. The original Secret Crafter herself & uber talented all round lovely person, Wendy, is hosting a 'Christmas Dabble Day' on November 19th. You get expert guidance from fabulous tutors to make a range of gorgeous xmas projects, with the chance to 'dabble' with various tools & techniques. Sounds like a mega fun day out!

So there you go. That's all from me for now. I hope you all have a great weekend & this fantastic weather lasts at least till Monday. Thanks so much for looking.

Big Hugs,

Andie xx

EDIT: Apologies for the lateness of this post. 2 words - GRRRRRR Blogger!!

Passion For Promarkers - Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Hurrah for Tuesday! Monday is out of the way & we have another fab challenge for you at Passion For Promarkers, chosen this week, by terrific Tracy, who has decided on a theme of

PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES 

I made this card a a first birthday card for my friends' little boy. It is a long neglected Alota stamp (I think!). I've had it years & had forgotten about it until this challenge. The papers are old too, Basic Grey - Oh Baby Boy. Go me for using old stash!! I wanted to to make it bright & colourful for a little child, but i have to say, I don't really like how it turned out, but I hope he does!

I used the fab sketch at Sketch Saturday for my layout for this card so I would like to enter my card there.

I hope you now pop on over to the Passion For Promarkers blog to see the fabulous inspiration of my wonderful D-Teamies. We have another great prize from our sponsors, Letraset, who are offering a stamping set to our winner this week.

Well better fly or I will be late for work. Thanks so much for looking.

Big Hugs,

Andie xx

Secret Crafters - 5,4,3,2,1 Recipe & DT call reminder

Yeah it's my second favourite time of the week, when you wake up on a Saturday, groan, then realise it's the weekend, Yippee!! My first favourite, if you're interested is when I leave work on a Friday, knowing I'm not in again until Monday! A second reason for loving Saturday morning is also the fact it's time for another challenge at Secret Crafters. These week lovely Jane has picked our theme & it's a

RECIPE

1 image, 2 papers, 3 flowers, 4 brads, 5 gems/pearls

I have to say how thrilled I am with this card, despite it not being as I'd envisaged. In large part due to the sad demise of my Cuttlebug :~( I'd hoped to go for more swirls to use up my gem allowance, but my little green friend gave up after cutting just one poinsetta. I had to cut the one underneath by hand. This little cutie is a Nellie Snellen image, called 'Share a Biscuit'. I'm going to just have to get the other Xmas cuties in this range. They're just adorable! She's coloured with Distress Inks to match the Echo Park-Wintertime papers.

I added Glamour Dust to the fur trim & used Liquid Pearls for the snowflakes & the snow. The sentiment is by LOTV.

My layout for this card is based on the fab sketch at Bunny Zoe's Challenge this month.

 I would also like to enter this at Papertake Weekly where the theme is Creature Comforts.

At Creative Inspirations they are having a 'Celebration'. I hope this fits OK, but afterall, what is Xmas if not a celebration.

At Simon Says Stamp, they want you to use a die cut on your creation. OK, so I had planned to use more, but... oh, it's still too raw, sob, I can't talk about it. The snowflake is a Martha Stewart punch too.

As it's the last challenge of the month I also need to remind you, it's your last chance to win a prize from of wonderful sponsor, The Stamping Boutique.

Also, you have until the end of the month to register your interest to join the Secret Crafters DT. We are looking for several more lovely ladies (or men) to create some gorgeousness once a week to inspire our lovely fellow crafters to play along. Come on, you know you want to!! Pop on over to the Secret  Crafters blog to see the fab inspiration of my wonderful D-Teames & leave a link to your blog in the top right hand corner. Please join me in welcoming 2 new ladies to our team already who will be joining our team next week

LINDA

JANET

I think that might just be it from me for now, Phew, that turned into a bit of  a marathon, as I'm not the fastest typer! All that remains is to Thank You so much for looking & to wish you a fabulous weekend.

 Big Hugs,

Andie xx