Pink Gem Wedding Couple

here's another wonderful sketch on A Gem of a Challenge and I loved checking out all the entries last month, so I'm looking forward to this month.
I needed a wedding card and this two from Pink Gem Designs are so cute , along with the DCWV Linen Closet which I think is perfect for such cards.
Just a touch of pink to match her flowers and that magnolia swirl is so useful.

Handmade Daisies

Isn't she adorable, you know there was no way my LOTV shopping basket was going to leave without this cutie. I used for the challenge on Everybody Art Challenge where you have to make your own flowers.
I was going to go wild with punched flowers but it just didn't work so I settled with my Woodware daisies and with the Magnolia swirl it finishes the card.
I've used Kaiser papers and a few finishing touches like the sentiment and I had to use a ribbon somewhere.
Everyone is now back to school and we're all looking forward to Christmas.

High Hopes Snow Miss

I love this snowman from High Hopes its one of their new releases added with these fabulous papers from Kaiser and the sketch from Friday Sketchers this is the result.
It has lots of layers so I used the mesh as one layer so you can see the spotty papers and I was very restrained and use only one snowflake but lots of red pearls.
Finished with a mixture of flower soft and fun flock and not forgetting stickles for the snowflake.
Whoops forgot to brush of the residue off the ribbon bow.

Chip of the old Block

It's a Boy or Girl is the challenge on High Hopes and since I love this Dustin Pike dragon and what Dad wouldn't love his son to play football unless his a rugby fan that is.
Now in my house this card would have to Red since the boys in my household support Liverpool but thats not going to look right for this challenge.
So blue he is and I used the DCWV Linen closet, love that magnolia swirl and the small EK success flowers all finished with a bow.
Now don't forget to check out the DT cos they are such a talented bunch have your checked out their amazing creations for the new release.
I've schedule this post since I don't know where I'm going to be there's a possibility I might be keeping Sis company today.

Looking For

Well the 1st September is a busy day for challenges.

So if you looking for the HIGH HOPES BLOG HOP you will find it here..

Purple, Cream and Brown

I have to confess when I saw this colour challenge of Purple, Cream and Brown on Penny Black Saturday Challenge and wonder what I was going to do when the new Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather fell through my letterbox and then I accidentally brought this new Penny Black stamp and here's the end result.
Since I was using cream and the critters were stamped on white cardstock the blending tool and Old paper distressing pad came out once again and then it was used on everything except the cream ribbon.
Since its a Christmas card those Martha Stewart snowflakes had to be used with a few pearls to finish off.
I'm afraid you will see these critters again since they're so easy to colour.
Now don't forget to check out the team there's gorgeous inspirations all on one blog and of course there is two of the cutest stamps to win from Penny Black themselves.
I've decided to take images to colour which will help my with the loads of Christmas Cards I still have to do but taking my punches cos I know my scrapbuddies like to use them too.

LOTV Friday

Well I think I'm all craft out and I'm finding it hard to venture even in my craftroom. I had hoped the fabulous sketch on LOTV would inspire me but this is probably my version of CAS. But saying that if it was too busy it would hid the gorgeous LOTV image don't you love these cute penquins.
The papers are Colourful Christmas I think from My Minds Eye, MS snowflakes and a load of stickles.
I'm off to MJ All Day Crop tomorrow and I've no idea what I shall be doing, maybe just take my pencils and some images maybe.

Spoonful of High Hopes

Along with the huge Laurie Furnell release from High Hopes there's a few Christmas ones from Dustin Pike and this snowman is one of them.
I've used the fab sketch from A Spoonful of Sugar and the Imagnesce papers and of course those MS Snowflakes. Once again the stickles have been out although the camera doesn't pick it .
It seems I'm suffering from hayfever, which includes sinus headaches, probably like me you thought it was all about grass but apparently its fungus spores yuck.

Pearls and Lace

Now this is a challenge I loved this week on Simon Says Stamps Challenge is for Pearls and Lace and what images are perfect for such challenge but Tilda.
The papers are Pebbles and the lace is out of my stash but scallop border is the deep edge doily from MS cut lengthways and cut in places so I can edge the oval. The flowers are Nellie Snellen punch which also has an embossing punch too but has they had a pattern on I thought you would see the embossing that well, there's also a star stamen punch for the centre but I don't have this so I used a stamen punch in my stash. Both Marth Stewart and the Nellie Snellen punches can be both brought from Simon Says Stamps and they have a huge selection of Magnolia stamps too.
So the finishing touch will be the tiny pearls and a touch of glitter.
Don't forget to check out the DT they're creations all gorgeous and the fabulous prize of:

Indian Summer Colours

Well its the 1st September so that means a new challenge of By the Cute and Girly and the host this month is nnalorca and she has choosen Indian Summer.
Although my scrapbooking pics are not in keeping with the challenge I've use what I think are Indian Summer Colours.
The first one is J with his Grumps and sister feeding A duck!

The boys have a nightcap in Madrid and below is a pic of myself and my daughter.

Now don't forget the challenge looks for any type of crafts not just papercrafts and if not any inspiration check out the DT.

High Hopes Blog Hop

Today is the day for our Blog Hop and Release!!! Tons of fabulous images, sentiments and accessories designed by artist Laurie Furnell are released today!!! Not only that but we have also snuck in a couple of Dustin images too :-)

The Blog Hop started at High Hopes Blog .

Make sure to leave comments during the Hop because there will be prizes!! Three random Diva blogs will be hosting candy...but you won't know which one...so leave a comment on all of them!!

Each of the three winners can choose 4 Main stamp and 4 sentiments/accessories from the new release!!!!

The Stamps are now available to purchase at your local High Hopes Retailer!!!

You can check out all the new designs over at the High Hopes website too. When searching you will find the new designs by typing 'HOTP' in the search field :-)

If you are looking to purchase High Hopes stamps why not check out our Diva's stores:

Amy Wegener - Stampin' Stuff based out of Australia

Nikki Fairbairn - Bunny Zoe's Crafts based out of the UK/Europe

Lacey Stephens - Stamp and Create based out of the US

Amy Leggate - Paper Romance based out of Canada
Karen Goguen/Cathy Siroski - The Rubber Room based out of Canada

It's time to start hopping!!

So you should of arrived here from Cathy

And now you need to pop over to Jeanne

When you are done, go back to High Hopes Blog to let us know which stamps are your favorite!!

The blog hop will close on Saturday 4th September Midnight GMT(London)/7pm EST.

The winners will be posted after the Blog Hop closes.
Don't forget there is also still time to enter our spread the word candy too!!!!
 

Gingerbread Boy

Did you think I forgot, well I did nearly, it was while at my Sis house I realised I haven't shown my sneak peek of the new release from High Hopes. Lucky for me I had uploaded the pic in a draft post and I'm able to write this post on the really slow PC of my Sis.
I have to confess I've never coloured a Gingerbread boy or at least I can't remember colouring one but don't tell the PB mice that I've used their colours.
I also used a pearl white viva pen for the icing but I need a steady hand. The banner is so useful and you can stamp various sentiments inside.
My papers are Glitz and those swirls are Magnolia, I pulled out the insides of the poinsettia and used pearl brads inside to match the pearl icing.
Now don't forget to check out the fabulous Design Team sneak peeks and if you can't wait for the Blog Hop to win some of the new stamps check out the blog to see how you win some.

James and the Sketch

It's definitely going to be LOTV Christmas and even though I haven't brought all of the new Christmas stamps I've brought quite a few. This one is on the Christmas plate with three others and lots of sentiments which you can buy now from Simon Says Stamps.
So today is Tuesday and that means its Everybody Art Challenge which this week is a fab sketch, I love working with sketches and this weeks one is brilliant.
Again I seemed to have a problem putting the stickles bottle down, those MS snowflakes just need to be sparkly and I've used my snowflake border punch as well and that needed to be stickled too.
I love the Craftwork Cards oval sentiments but I've nearly run out and I can't find any printed in black they're all silver or gold.
James fluffy hat is made using a mixture of flower soft and fun flock and the papers are Dovecraft I think.

Holly and Hedgie

Is it just me but are the sketches lately gettin harder, this one is Friday Sketchers and it was only when I decided to do a C6 (I think thats what they called) did everything fall into place and was one of the quickest cards I've made recently.
And for an added bonus it fits through the small letter post what a result.
Of course the little chap is a Penny Black, the papers Imaginesce and I've made one of those fiddy flat bows.
The holly is sizzilit die and it actually has a right side up which is a pain when you've used silicone glue which goes everywhere when you try to turn the holly you've glued upside down and you prompty push you glasses up your nose to discover you can't see for huge blob of silicone smeared over the lens of your brand new glasses and all you can see is the pound signs of new ones if that mess dries.
Lucky for me I managed to get it off with no damage gosh that could've affected my craft spending for the next few months.

Pumpkin Bear

I've had such fun playing with the new High Hopes Laurie Furnell release and today we're allowed to show some sneak peeks.  It's been great making the cards there is quite a few halloween stamps but that means I could use my dripping goo border punch and the cuttlebug web embossing folder. Even my cricut has had a look in with bats and spiders all finishes with googly eyes.
The new stamps are a joy to colour and there's loads of matching sentiments but my favourite is this one. The papers are a download from Sweet Shoppe Designs called Spooky I had to use it again even though I do have the Echo Park Papers for Halloween I haven't been able to cut into it.

Do you want to win some of these brand new stamps then check out the High Hopes Blog and follow the instructions.
Check out the rest of the Design Team  they're all showing sneak peeks too.

Off to do some shopping today and to buy some dollars ready for The Holiday.

A touch of Purple

The sketch over on Just Magnolia this weekend gave me a bit of a headache. I had a Tilda all ready to be used and when I saw the sketch I wasn't sure I could make it work.
In the end I just went with the flow, once I put the border strips down, it was a case of it shouting trellis to me so I had to add flowers. I decided the top part of the sketch worked better at the bottom. You will be seeing a lot of the paper it's from Kaiser and I love the colour combo at the moment.
Not sure on the black hair, I think it could do with some more dark shadowing.
In the end I pleased with my end result and its definitely growing on me.
I've had to put my heater back in my room since it was feeling cold and damp not good when you're storing paper and cardstock.
Nearly forgot I was given this award from Kathleen, many thanks.

Summer Loving

The challenge this week on Penny Black Saturday Challenge is Summer Loving, so in my eyes you need a couple in my case mice and the flower of summer is roses.
So I've chosen my stamp and then I chose the pattern rose paper which because my image is so large you can't actually see it and it was then my problems began because the papers were grungy.
First off I had to tone down the white, so out came the blending tool with the distress inkpads ( they're coming out of the drawer far too often for my liking).
I didn't have any roses the colour of the rose I had coloured so I had to use white and distress then a bit so they're weren't so white against the paper.
Bits of greenery, ribbon and a few pears, card finished.

 Just a quick close up of my rose.

Do join us this week there's a prize from PB Stamps 15% for life off and some fabby buttons from Fantastic Ribbons and don't forget to check out the DT with their gorgeous creations too.

High Hopes News

High Hopes Stamps welcomes Laurie Furnell to their family of artists and to celebrate they have the most amazing new release to stamps that just cried out for a blog hop on September 1st.
The DT are offering sneaky peeks from Monday the 30th.
If you fancy some of these wonderful stamps pop over to the High Hopes Blog to see how you can win some.

James and the Giant Cracker

This really was a case put the stickles down and stand away from the card, I guess I knew I went OTT with them when I started to glitter the embossed dots.
This cute bear is James from LOTV and their challenge this week is for circles and dots, I think I got that covered.
The sketch is from this weeks Sketch Saturday, did cause me a bit of a headache but once I put the MS icicle border on and finished with the pretend brads I felt the corners look better.
The papers are Imaginesce, which are full of traditional colous and its all finished with some MS snowflakes and loads of glitter.

Mrs Hoot

Here's what was on my desk yesterday, Mrs Hoot from Pink Gem Designs, I've also used the recipe on A Spoonful of Sugar for 3 flowers, 2 buttons and 1 ribbon. I'm not counting the flowers on my images cos they're a part of the image.
The yummy papers are the new Cosmo Cricket Pixie-licious how can anything called something so cute not be gorgeous, so don't be surprised not to see these papers again.
I found the teeny tiny buttons in my stash I can't believe how sad I am, that something so tiny still had to be threaded.
Halloween seems to influencing my card making me give Mrs Hoot  googly eyes.
Janet has some fab new stamps arrived in her shop, loving all the penquins.