Simon Says Challenge - Back To School

Hellooo ! I hope you are all happy and well and having a good week so far.  We had a gorgeous day in Bournemouth on Monday and took the girls to Adventure Wonderland where we all had lots of fun.  Its a fantastic place to take small children so they can hop on and off lots of rides to their hearts content.  We thought it would be a bit tame for Mollie but she loved it too !  Anyway......

 Welcome to another Simon Says Challenge !

As usual Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant a $50 voucher to her FANTASTIC Simon Says Stamp Superstore !!

This week our challenge is BACK TO SCHOOL.

This week the Design Team are showcasing Sizzix products.  If you have any of these then we would love to see you use them in our challenge but if not, we would love to see your creations anyway !!

The DT have made some amazing cards for your inspiration.

I made a book mark this week using :

My Mind's Eye 6x6 papers "Be Amazing" which I machine stitched and also Echo Park's "Charming", "This and That" papers.

I then used my Sizzix Big Shot to die cut the apple and tickets.

The apple is from a Spellbinders Shapeabilities set "Nested Apples"

The tickets and Tim Holtz Sizzix Die "Ticket Strip" and I stamped these with some little Hero Arts ticket stamps I found in my stash.

The text has been created using a Dymo machine similar to this one 

The little wooden ruler is by Maya Road "Vintage Wood Tiny Ruler"

We hope you can join us in our challenge this week and we look forward to seeing all your "Back To School" creations.

Don't forget the children's challenge which is still going on over at the Simon Says Challenge Blog !

Thank you so much for your visit.  Make sure you come back on Thursday when I have something very exciting to share with you !

Have a great Wednesday !

Guest Designer - Sketch Saturday - Week #221

I am so sorry I am so late with my post for Sketch Saturday. I bought myself a new computer (an iMac) on Wednesday and it has been an absolute nightmare to set up. At one point I had 36,000 emails being downloaded when I set up my email account !! I also have 24,000 photos in my library as its duplicated if not tripled them all ! Arhhhh ! I think we are slowly getting there and I'm beginning to like my new Mac now !!

This is my third Saturday of being a Guest Designer for Sketch Saturday !

This is the sketch for this week :

and this is the card I made.

I must say I am finding it very spooky that this card is very similar to the one I have just made for BasicGrey Challenges when I made this card for Sketch Saturday well over a month ago !

Anyway, the papers are BasicGrey "What's Up".  I also used the What's Up emellies to go onto the card, the die-cuts and transparencies, the "What's Up Pops Layered Cardstock Stickers and the What's Up Flags.

We are being sponsored by Prairie Fairy Designs this week who are giving away a $10 certificate to the lucky winner.

We look forward to seeing your take on this week's sketch.

Thank you so much for your visit and I hope you have a great Monday.  Look's like we may be off to Bournemouth for the day as its the hubster's last day of his holiday and I believe the sun is due to make an appearance again today !  Fingers crossed !

 

BasicGrey Challenges - Anything Goes !

Welcome to the weekend !

It is that time again for another challenge over at BasicGrey Challenges. Thank you to everyone who joined in with our Bold and Bright Challenge, we had lots of super creations ! 

 This fortnight our challenge is ANYTHING GOES !

As always we are being sponsored by our super fantastic sponsor SIMON SAYS STAMP who are giving the lucky winner a $25 shopping spree in their fabulous store !

I used the gorgeous papers and elements "What's Up" by BasicGrey.

The 6x6 paper pad

The die cuts and transparencies

Little "What's Up" Flag embellies.

I also added some twine

We hope you can join us in our challenge this week.  The rest of the DT have made some amazing cards for your inspiration if you would like to check them out over at the BasicGrey Challenges Blog.

Thank you for your visit and have a great weekend.

Simon Says Challenge - Animal Antics

Hellooo ! It's good to be back ! We have been away on our holidays to Cornwall and had a great time apart from the awful weather ! Thank goodness for the fabby Olympics to keep us all entertained - amazing wasn't it ? 

Well its back to business soooo : 

 Welcome to another Simon Says Challenge !

As usual Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant a $50 voucher to her FANTASTIC Simon Says Stamp Superstore !!

This week our challenge is ANIMAL ANTICS !

The DT have made some amazing cards for your inspiration.

Don't you just love this fun image ?  It's of course by House Mouse and called "Floss Boss"

The DP's are Echo Park "This and That - Charming"

The sentiment is from a stamp set by Technique Tuesday, Ali Edwards called "Simply You"

We hope you can join us in our challenge this week and we look forward to seeing all your "Animal Antics" !

Don't forget also the kid's challenge that is going on .....

this Children's Summer Holidays/Back to School challenge is specifically for children between the ages of 2 and 16 years of age so now is the time to let your Children, Grandchildren, Nieces and Nephews loose in your craft rooms !! :-)

We have not one but 2 very special prizes for this event !!




2 lucky winners will each win one of these fabulous Junior Stamper Kit's !! Woo Hoo !!! :-)

In celebration of crafting with our kids, we have developed this "Junior Stamper" kit targeted for ages 4 through 14. The kit includes whole assortment of products from stamps, ink, neon papers, coloring pages, twistable crayons, markers, window markers, to stickers, construction paper, glue stick, washi tape, and scissors (safe for 4+). There is a huge list of supplies and many of them reusable for a long time to come. It's important to celebrate our children and so the kit is complete with a "Junior Stamper" Certificate of achievement.

The theme is ANYTHING GOES

you have until 31st August to join in AND you can enter as many times as you like :-)

CLICK HERE for more details

Thank you for your visit and have a great day !

 

Guest Designer - Sketch Saturday

Here I am again, with the super DT of Sketch Saturday for my second week as Guest Designer. 

Here is the sketch for this week :

 and here is my take on this sketch !

The DP's I used are October Afternoon "Report Card".

The image is by Tiddly Inks and is called "School Girl".  She has been coloured with Copics.

The little blackboard I bought from Simon Says Stamp.

We hope you can join us this week and we look forward to seeing your take on this week's sketch.

Thank you so much for your visit and have a great weekend !

 

Simon Says Challenge - Let's Play Bingo !

Good afternoon !  I

Well, it is Wednesday and time for another challenge over at Simon Says Challenge.

This week our challenge is LET'S PLAY BINGO !




This week the Design Team are showcasing Memory Box Dies and Products.  As always, if you have any of these we would love to see them but if not, you can play along anyway !

As usual Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant a $50 voucher to her FANTASTIC Simon Says Stamp Superstore !!

Now, unfortunately, I forgot the element of using Memory Box dies on my card and just went for the line die cut, free and glitter.  I would have made another card but time just ran away with me.  Please forgive me !  The rest of the DT have made some amazing cards for your inspiration all using Memory Box products !!

I have seen while making my links that Memory Box have cloud dies very similar to the ones I have used.  I have made a link to them at the bottom of this post.

I paper pieced her top and trousers with some scraps of the same DP.

A link to all the goodies I used are below !

Thank you so much for your visit and I hope you can join us in our challenge this week

Have a great Wednesday !

*Fancy Pants 6 X 6 TIME FOR SPRING Paper Pad 1586 *Pure Innocence BEING CUTE IS WHAT I DO Clear Stamps MFT Copic Markers *My Favorite Things SUNSHINE Die-Namics MFT *My Favorite Things FLAT BOTTOM CLOUDS Die-Namics MFT *Memory Box PUFFY CLOUDS Craft DIE 98172 *Ranger STICKLES STAR DUST Stardust White Clear Glitter Glue

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Guest Designer - Sketch Saturday !

I was absolutely thrilled when Susie asked me if I would be a Guest Designer for Sketch Saturday and jumped at the chance to join her and her wonderful DT throughout the month of August.

This week we are being sponsored by Kenny K and I was lucky enough to receive a digi stamp to use for this first sketch.

 I rotated the sketch !

The image is Kenny K "Scooter" and he has been coloured with Copics.

The papers and sentiment are Echo Park "Little Boy"

We look forward to seeing your take on this sketch.

The rest of the DT have made some amazing cards for your inspiration.  Hop on over to the Sketch Saturday Blog and take a look !

Thank you for your visit and have a great weekend !

Simon Says Challenge - Kristina's Inspiration

Good afternoon ! 

Well, it is Wednesday and time for another challenge over at Simon Says Challenge.

This week our challenge is KRISTINA'S INSPIRATION !




This week the Design Team are showcasing Basic Grey Products !  As always, if you have any of these we would love to see them but if not, you can play along anyway !

As usual Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant a $50 voucher to her FANTASTIC Simon Says Stamp Superstore !!

 You can see a link to the products I used below.

We hope you can join us in our challenge this week and we look forward to seeing all your fabulous creations.  As always, should you require any inspiration, the DT have made some marvellous cards for you again this week.

Thank you for your visit and have a great Wednesday !

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