Pollycraft Blog Hop

**WELCOME TO THE ROCKIN' RELEASE BLOG HOP FROM POLLYCRAFT**

I hope you are all as excited as me!! The team have been busy creating projects with these awesome new images for weeks!! We've been sitting on pins and needles this WHOLE time and we're ready to burst and show you what we've got!!

First of all I wanna let you know that each team member will be having a little mini giveaway with the image they have used on their project for the hop. All you gotta do is leave a comment and place the blog hop logo in your sidebar, and a random winner will be picked from each blog and announced on Monday with the new challenge post. Got it? :)

So.. if you've arrived here from Cazza's Blog you're on the right track. If not.. start HERE back at Cazza's Blog to get you started - you won't wanna miss ANYone out!!

As soon as Paula showed us the new Lunas I almost DIED!! I had to get them printed out and coloured up straight away. You might recognise this card I'm about to show you from the Blog Hop Logo..

INTRODUCING..

LUNA BITTERFROST 'DARE TO BE DIFFERENT' COLLECTION

**GUITARS ROCK**

All of the images from this hop will be released on Monday 29th August over at Pollycraft. So be sure to keep your eyes peeled.

Check out her PINK hair and the whole overall general PINKness of the card. You like? I think I do! :) A couplea weeks ago - it seems like forever ago now - I was trying out some new colour combos and I thought hell, this rock chick needs some funky hair!! So I coloured this image to match some ooold papers from My Minds Eye - Oh La La for Her collection and ran with the whole pink theme.

I designed the layout as I went as I couldn't find a sketch I was feeling at the time. I have added a slice of patterned paper at a jaunty angle which I really like and an embossed strip near the bottom which I have wound some ribbon from The Ribbon Girl around and added a cute little bow.

I added some light blue chalk from Dovecraft around the outside of the image to make it pop and cut it out leaving a border big enough for a sentiment and some little stars dotted about. All stamps are from Papertrey Ink - Star Prints collection stamped in SU! Pretty in Pink.

I have distressed and doodled all edges with Distress Ink and a brown fineliner. I also added some Star Dust Stickles around the outside of the piece with my image on. For some extra embellishment I have added some WOC goodness and some Prima pearls and gems.

Here is a shot at the inside of the card. It's sort of a simpler version of the front with the same star pattern down the right hand side which you can't see all the well on the front. Again I have distressed and doodled all edges and added the same sentiment!

DON'T FORGET!!
All you gotta do to win this rock chick is leave a comment and place the blog hop logo on your sidebar.. then a winner will be drawn ready for my challenge post on Monday 29/08.

I'm now going to send you over to Mary J's Blog to continue with the hop!! I hope you have a great time and enjoy the ride!! :)

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:

× Make it Monday - Anything Goes

× Heart Song Inspirations - Shabby Chic/ or Use Pearls

× One Stitch at a Time - Bling

× One Stop Craft - Bold and Bright

× Alphabet Challenge - Only Three Embellishments

× Card Makin' Mamas - Pink

× Digis with Attitude - Anything Goes

× Phindy's Place - Something New

Brand NEW digi

× Tellens Place - Anything Goes

Supplies:

Cardstock: Papercuts - Pink

Patterned Paper: My Minds Eye - Oh La La for Her

Stamps/Digi: Pollycraft Digi - Luna Bitterfrost 'Dare to be Different' - Guitars Rock; Papertrey Ink - Star Prints

Ink: Distress Ink - Frayed Burlap; SU! - Pretty in Pink

Tools: Houndstooth EF

Embellishments: The Ribbon Girl - Parrot Green Organza Spot; Prima Gems and Pearls; WOC - 2 tone deep pink cherry blossom, 2 tone pale pink sweetheart blossoms, mint green 15mm rose

Colour: ProMarkers: Skin Coral, Sunkissed Pink, Blush, Baby Pink Hair Carmine, Salmon Pink, Cocktail Pink, Baby Pink Shirt Grass, Bright Green, Lime Green Vest Baby Pink, Pale Pink Boots Chestnut, Cocoa Guitar Spice, Raw Sienna, Cool Grey 1 Mint Greens and Eyes Soft Green, Green, Mint

Misc: brown fineliner; Stardust Stickles

Whimsy Inspirations Challenge Blog

Is it just me, or have you all been seeing a lot of this around blogland lately?!

Whimsy Inspirations Challenge Blog

Exciting much?!

I cannot WAIT for this to start! I LOVE Whimsy Stamps stuff, especially the sentiments and dies! The great thing is.. everyone can enter! You don't have to use Whimsy products, but it would be great if you did!

Their first challenge is launched on 10th August - a day before my 21st! :D - and I can't WAIT to see what the theme is!

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There is a prize up for grabs too!! If you help them spread the word by posting about it on your blog or popping their image on your sidebar and entering your name into the draw there is a mystery prize.

The winner will be announced alongside the new challenge on the 10th August!!

What are you waiting for?!

Random.Org Loves Me

Hey friends, just checking in. I was up til the early hours of the morning creating some goodness that I'll have to wait a few weeks to show you. But trust me, it's exciting.

Right, I'll say no more. It's not nice being teased, is it! LOL.

I'm still ILL. Like.. really. I can't even keep myself awake more than a few hours without a big mug of coffee to help me along. I've been cabbaged for the past two days, just cabbaging.

As for the title of this blog post.. HA! Some of you may know I won a clear stamp from the lastest Some Odd Girl release the other week, curtosy of Random.org.. and this morning I woke to find that I had won Dawny P's WOC Candy! Oh yes!! Thank you Random.org. Again. That has cheered me up no end! If you haven't stopped by Dawny's Blog click HERE. She is awesome.

Speaking of CANDY, have you seen Cathy Wallingtons Blog Candy?! Click HERE to check it out. Yumm! You won't want to miss out! ;)

I'm off to boil the kettle. Again. Hopefully the postman will be here with my TRG order today *fingers crossed*

Take it easy! xo

Sentimental Sundays “Celebrate Summer” Blog Hop

Welcome to the Sentimental Sundays “Celebrate Summer” blog hop. See THIS post for the Simply Sassy Blog Hop.

Tuesday, 21^st June is the official first day of summer in the northern hemisphere, and we are ready for all the summer fun to begin. For our friends down under who are moving into their winter months and may not feel like creating a summery project, they may be making “Sparkly or Shimmery” projects. What girl doesn’t like her bling?

You should have arrived here from Cheryl. If you didn't arrive from her blog and would like to join in the hop, please start at the Sentimental Sundays challenge blog.

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We hope you will join in our “Summery or Sparkly”

(plus a sentiment) challenge this week.

Our sponsor is the amazing Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo Designs. This prize will be four INDIVIDUAL sentiment sets from the Raindrop Echo Designs Whimsy Stamps Digital Collection

Your next stop on the hop is Chris. If you should happen to get lost along the way, you can find the blog hop list over at the Sentimental Sundays challenge blog. Don't forget to leave comments along the way because there are 3 mystery DT members who will each choose a winner from the comments left on their blog hop posts. The winners will each win a $10 gift certificate to Whimsy Stamps! The hop ends on Friday, 24^th June  at midnight EST. The winners will be announced on the Sentimental Sundays challenge blog on Sunday, June 26th. So, hop on over to the next stop and good luck!

If you would like a supplies list, please leave me a comment and I will add to this post! :)

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:
× Southern Girls Challenge - Anything Goes
× AiFactory - Summer Fun
× Aud Sentiments - Summertime
× Divas by Design - Anything but a Card
× For Fun Challenges - Summer Fun
× Little Darlings Challenge - #1 Summer Theme
× Anything Goes - Here Comes Summer

Thank you so much for stopping by. ENJOY THE HOP. xo Lou.

Simply Sassy Christmas Blog Hop

Hey Sassy Fans!! So glad you could stop by today, and get a taster of some of the sneaks from the new Christmas release for Simply Sassy. The three girls we've been teasing you with through the week are just gorgeous aren't they?! Well now you have the chance to meet all six of them! We have them on show today through til Monday (midnight GMT) and the whole set will be available at Funky Kits from TODAY.

 

Now, if you've arrived here from Autumn's blog you're on the right track, if not, head back over to the Sassy Blog and get a look at the blog list. That way you know where you need to be heading! :)

I would like to introduce you too.. CHRISTMAS KISSES.. Come onnnn!! If these beauties aren't enough to make you start your Christmas cards now, I don't know what will cut it!

Look at her hair, for goodness sake. I wish my colouring could do it more justice. I have coloured her hair and skin using Copics and the rest has been colouring using PM's and a little touch of paper piecing. I have paired her up with some Christmas paper from a line by Cosmo Cricket - Mittens Weather collection. I love the unusual colours in this collection, the baby blues and purple and lilacs. Perfect for that little something different.

I know what you're thinking.. you haven't fussy cut her out Lou.. well, you're probably about as shocked as I am. I forced myself to just cut her out, and.. I did it.. aaand.. I'm actually pretty pleased with how it turned out. *wipes brow*

So I have fussy-ied the card up in other ways.. heehee. I've added some lilac and powder blue (they ain't the real colours but the names escape me..) roses from WOC - of course.. and added some Baby Blue Liquid pearls here and there. I have also added some ribbon, twine and a charm in an arrangement at the top - held together with a head pin. I've also made a custom head pin which sits on the other side of Christmas Kisses.

Last but not least is some faux stitching/ doodles I've added with a brown fineliner - as Mr Janome is broken for good me thinks! R. I. P. It makes me sad to think I'll never have real stitching on my cards for a while so let's not talk about that. Perhaps Santa will bring me a new one? ;)

Now it's time to head on over to Maria's blog and see what eye candy she has for you there!!

Remember: You must comment on all posts throughout the hop before it ends at Midnight on Monday (GMT) to be in with a chance of winning all six Christmas Sassys from the set. Good luck - you don't want to miss out on these girls, let me tell ya!

Blog Hop List:

Sassy Blog

Tracy

Erica

Kathrin

Carisa

Autumn

Lou <-- You are HERE

Maria

Supplies:

Cardstock: PTI - Kraft

Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket - Mitten Weather

Stamps: Simply Sassy - Christmas Kisses; Whimsy Stamps Holiday Ticket Sentiments

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; SU! Soft Suede

Colouring: Copics; PMs

Tools: WRMK - Corner Chomper; circle punch

Embellishments: WOC; Cream lace; Blue satin ribbon; white hat pin; custom hat pin; snowflake charm; natural twine

Misc: brown fineliner; baby blue liquid pearls

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:

× Art Impression Stamps - Buttons and/ or Bows
× C.R.A.F.T Challenge - Include Stitching
× Crafty Purple Frog - Your Favourite Things [Simply Sassy, alcohol markers, Kraft cardstock, ribbon, tickets ]
× Delightful Challenges - Anything Goes
× Digi Doodle Stop's Best - Anything Goes
× Christmas Cards All Year Round - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!! Have fun, and don't forget to tell us which of these Sassy girl is your fave! xo Lou.

Shopping Our Stash

Sorry for all the posts today guys, if your looking for details of the Simply Sassy Blog Hop check this post HERE.

Check out what I've just come across? See, blog hopping instead of revision sometimes yields worthy results!!

SHOPPING OUR STASH WEEKLY CHALLENGE BLOG

These girls are on my wavelength!! Totally!!
Check out their blog to see what they're all about.

I can't wait to see what their challenges are going to be and get stuck in with it all.

First up - they want us all to share pictures of our craft rooms/ areas/ spaces. I'll be back on later tonight with a few pictures of mine. You have from today until 23rd of May to get your photos entered - so no excuse!! No tidying up necessary - just bare all with the rest of us crafters.

I hope to see you there! :) xo Lou.

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Update 23:33.. SOS Kick Off Challenge.. here are the pictures I promised. No editing, no faffing, just straight up craft stash..

The three following pictures are of a set of plastic draws I have which are home to my 6x6 paper packs, embossing tool, sewing machine foot, baby wipes, some card blanks(top drawer), my embellishments (middle drawer) and my acrylic stamps (bottom drawer).

This is my oh so organised PM storage - I really gotta get myself sorted on on that front. It KILLS me having to lift all of the pens out because I just happen to want the three on the bottom. They are organised into colour family, which isn't that disorganised, is it?

Here is a view of my crafting corner in it's entirety - the only addition to this is a biiiiiig purple box the the bottom left of the picture which stores all of my 12x12 stuff. Cramped? You got it in one. But the big plus about working like this - I never need leave my chair.. partly because I don't want to.. and partly because I can't!! LOL.

On the right hand side of my desk is a mini set of plastic draws. The middle draw is home to all of my stamped and digi images which are sitting ready to colour. I love flicking through that draw and seeing what is on offer to colour up at any given time. Right now you can see gorgeous Josie - all be it upside down.

The bottom drawer is home to all of my loose ribbon which I wrap around wooden pegs and secure with a mini pin. Most of this draw includes purchases from my all time ribbon supplier.. The Ribbon Girl.

Well, thats about all I've got for ya right now. If there is anything that catches your eye, give me a shout and I'll be happy to help. I best get to bed right about now - got another 6 o'clock start, my eyes have felt sooo heaaavyyy aaaall daaaayy!! xo Lou.

Bearly Mine Crafts CANDY

Hello?! WHERE HAVE I BEEN?!
Have you seen what is up for grabs over on Bearly Mine Crafts?! Donna is being SUPER GENEROUS!

Happy 3rd Blogaversary Donna!! You certainly are celebrating in crafty style!!
Pop on over to THIS post to see all the goodies I'm talking about!!

Thanks for stopping by, I've been hopping around blogland all day in between doing uni work. On a beautiful day like this, I hear you ask? Well yes, priorities ladies, priorities! Oh, and I've been FORCED into ordering the whole new release from Simply Sassy - yes, the talented DT ladies MADE me do is this morning after I seen their gorgeous projects! HA.

Enjoy the rest of your day whatever you're doing! xo

FIRST EVER BLOG CANDY ***WINNER***

I can't believe how many of you joined in on this blog candy give away - I was overwhelmed by the response from you all. Thank you to all who entered the draw..

The lucky winner is: SANDRA from Sandra's Crafty Corner

Congratulations!! If you could email me at loulouwas@hotmail.com with your postal details I will get this parcel out to you ASAP. If no-one comes forward to claim the prize before Thursday I will draw another winner.

Thank you again. I now have over 90 followers and I appreciate every single one of you - I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who takes the time out to look at my blog and leave comments. ♥

FIRST EVER BLOG CANDY..

***THIS POST WILL STAY AT THE TOP UNTIL THE CLOSING DATE ON 31/01/11 - PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR RECENT POSTS***

Well, as promised.. when I hit 30 followers.. I would offer up some blog candy, I've hit 30 followers.. so here it is. Hehe. You excited? I am..

This blog candy stash includes:

1. Smirk Christmas Celebrations clear stamps

2. PaperMania Dome stickers - Alphabet Mini Tags & Small Tags

3. Anitas Outline Stickers - Silver - Hearts and flowers, Gold - Funky Vase with Flowers

4. Assortment of Christmas Ribbon & buttons (Red, Green & White)

5. Anitas 'Happy Birthday' wood mounted stamp

6. Bo Bunny - Be Charmed - Self adhesive charms

7. 60+ sheets of 6x6 patterned paper (EK Success - Stacy Claire Boyd)

A few housekeeping rules:

If you are interested in winning this candy, please become a follower - if you aren't already, and leave your name and blog link with the inlinkz frog. As simple as that. :) A winner will be drawn on Monday 31st January and posted on my blog the following day - Tuesday 1st of February, so please check back. If the winner does not get in contact within 48 hours a new winner will be drawn. Good luck. xo

Paper Sundaes First Birthday Celebration & Blog Hop

This is my second post of the night, sorry for jamming your feed! LOL. I just wanted to get them all posted before I start again tomorrow.

Hey everyone. Life at home is becoming a bit hectic of late. Why is it that months of nothingness and quiet can go by, then everything happens at once? I'm back to uni soon and a lot of stuff is happening at home with my boyfriends family. Yikes. Thats why I'm so glad that I can have time to just shut myself in my room and craft - forget about everything else, even for just a few hours. Anyway, you didn't come here to hear about that..

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I'm pretty new to Paper Sundaes, I think I have only ever entered one of their challenges. But.. they are now celebrating their first birthday, and BOY!! are they doing it in style. They have an array of sponsors from LOTV to Paper Makeup Stamps to Tickled Pink Stamps, excited? Go check it out -->HERE<--

They also have an extra special challenge - they would like you to show them your fave challenge from the past year. So I had a nosey through the archive, only to come up with about 7 faves! LOL. I have tried to narrow it down as much as possible, but have incorporated a few challenges into my card - I hope that's ok ladies!

× Paperpiecing - I have paper pieced that adorable umbrella, and her pockets
× Stitching - Faux stitching around the outside of the card. I'm a big fan of both real and faux stitching - I find it hard to make a card without one or the other!! LOL
× Something New -  MFT Pure Innocence - My Umbrella stamp (not a new release but its new to me, and I {love} her!!)

For this card I followed the Mojo Sketch for this week.
× Mojo Monday 174.

I would also like to enter this card into Papertake Weekly Challenge
× Ribbons & Pearls

Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill - Kraft, Rymans 200gsm white coated cardstock
Patterned paper: Basic Grey - Pyrus
Stamps: MFT Pure Innocence - My Umbrella
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
Dies: Nesties - standard circles large
Embellishments: Prima orange pearls, 15mm satin orange ribbon from The Ribbon Girl
Tools: 1" circle punch, 3/4" circle punch
Misc: brown fineliner, ProMarkers

As well as the challenge they are also hosting a blog hop. If you go on over to their site you will see the rules around it and the list of blogs in the order you have to visit to piece together the secret sentence. Leave them a lot of love over at their blogs and you could be in with a chance of winning their blog candy too..

Exciting times I must say. You have until 22nd Jan to finish the challenge and complete the blog hop. Good luck everyone, and have fun. xo

*Wink *Wink Inks 1st Birthday

Afternoon all. During my mini blog hop this morning I got my eye on this..

 

Pop on over to *Wink *Wink Ink for a chance to win a $25 prize towards digital stamps. Check out the link in my side bar for more details!

 

The qualifications are easy: Place the Birthday Badge in your sidebar linking back to the Birthday post.  Post something on your blog letting other people know about the party.  Finally, add your post link to her Inlinkz and you are done!

 

This competition is running for the whole month of January - and you don't even need to make a card to qualify!!

 

Good Luck. xo

Cats Whiskers Blog Candy

Due to my blog hopping addiction, I seem to come across some very generous people who are willing to give away 'blog candy' every now and again, and it seems this lady is no exception!

This is a quote from her blog post:
"I have decided to split the candy into 3 so you have 3 chances of winning,
The first prize will be the main candy consisting of
2 – Spellbinders Dies
2 – Spellbinders Impressabilities
12 x 12 Pad of  25 Tilda  Double Sided Sheets of Backing paper
2 sets of Pergamano Fairy Stamps
2 sets of Magnolia Flowers
1 Tilda with Christmas Tree Stamp

The Next Prize:
4 stamps of your Choice from Lili of the Valley

And Lastly

A collection of Flowers and Lace from Wild Orchid Crafts"

You can check out the post here.

Marvellous; who am I not to enter!! :) The numbers are well into the 400s now.. infact.. very nearly 500!! So good luck to all those who have entered!

xo

Tim Holtz Blog Candy

Over here at Scrap with Stacy  blog, she is having a blog candy give away, full to the brim with Tim Holtz products!! :) How very generous of her.

These are the items which are up for grabs, you can see a full list over at her blog. Good luck to all who enter this :)

xo