Are you ready?

Not one, Not two but THREE COMPANIES have come together to bring you a  fantastic collection of images, sentiments and even matching embellishments to  get your creative minds flowing with ideas!

WHO  ARE THEY??

  If you have been  following the lead up to our big release then you may have taken a stab at  guessing who we are.
  If you guessed...
 
  Whimsy Stamps, Make it Crafty & Little Miss  Muffet Stamps!
 
  Then  you are correct!! Woot!

Now as you can  imagine there are HEAPS of prizes to be won but before all that, join us on our  incredible inspiration hop where the talented girls from our teams share  different ways you can combine our products.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

  With it being  Valentine's Day, of course the theme has an element of love... whether it be friendships,  a thank you or even a romantic kiss in Paris... you are sure to feel the love  all round.

So if you have just  popped by to say hi and stumbled into this hop you may want to

  START AT THE BEGINNING!
  Otherwise you should have arrived from Mariska.

Firstly, the two characters are new releases from Little Miss Muffet Stamps , Wilma-Kay Hatter and Natalia, part of the fabulous Paris release designed by the lovely Barbara.

 The background is made from individual elements from Make It Crafty, the New Paris release. There will be some ready made scenes also for those quaking in their boots at the thought of building a background! LOL!

The gorgeous sentiment is from the new Fanciful Birthday notables from Whimsy Stamps. I love the gorgeous sentiments they have!   So many lovely shapes with matching dies to make cutting out so easy. 

The chipboard surrounding the sentiment is a new range designed by Zoe at Make it Crafty , and I've coloured mine with copics. 

PRIZES & SURPISES & A CHALLENGE!!

  Make sure you comment  along the way for a chance at winning a few extra goodies and once you reach  the end, we'll share all the details on the prizes you can win and we even have  a fun challenge you can enter which could win you a feature in the upcoming  Whimsy Magazine! Wooohoo!

Did we just hear you scream?

    "I LOVE THESE PRODUCTS AND I WANT THEM NOW!"

haha - they are  awesome right? Our ideas just exploded!!

  Well they are available RIGHT NOW!!
  Whimsy Stamps Store | Make it Crafty Store | Little Miss Muffet Stamps Store

So where to next you  ask??

  JUMP on over to my  friend Vicky!

Spring Colours

The challenge at Make it Colourful is to use spring colours. How easy is that?    I coloured this cute image from Whimsy with prismas, made a card, took a picture, didn't like it, so I recoloured the image a bit to brighten it. The paper is from Prima, floral diecut is from Memory Box and flowers from my stash.

Now hop on over to the gallery to check out what everyone has been doing! 

Have you heard?

There are 3 companies releasing together soon ...I wonder who they are?!!!!!  Check out the blinkie on the right and click on it for some more clues!

Shading Red

I took me ages to work up the courage to do a card for this challenge at Make it Colourful .  I have trouble with reds, they usually end up everywhere except where they are sposed to be! LOL!
I read a very useful blogpost about complimentary colours on Jane's blog so thought I'd give it a go. What it means is that to get the deep shadowing on the red I used a green copic marker!  So with my R21, R22, R24, R27, R59, I did the shading with G94.  And it works !!!!!  Can you tell its green? NO!!

I spent the day at a dog show today and took some cute pics of some of the doggies but this one is my favourite, wee puppy Siri checking me out! What a cutie face!

Happy Birthday Ma!

It was my mother's birthday earlier in the week so I thought I would send her a card, instead of just stockpiling them all! LOL! Isn't that why we make cards?!!!!!!

I had an afternoon playing with my pencils and have ordered some more, just wish they would hurry up and arrive......I'm hanging out for them!

This image is a cute stamp from Whimsy called Rose & Felix.

I have been a bad blogger lately, too busy with other stuff that just keeps intruding into my life....BAH! I'm having withdrawal symptoms so am going to have to set aside some ME time to play .

Thought I would share a pic of Brodie with his favourite toy he got from his best friend Solly at christmas time. I think it makes him look like a cheerleader with pom poms! LMAO!

Play with me!!!!!!!!!

Just a little something

I made a while ago, when I had some time to play with my prismacolour pencils.   I got this gorgeous Crissy Armstrong stamp from Whimsy . The leaves are chipboard from MIC, paper is MME and lace is prima. I edged around the paper with distress crackle paint .

I'm entering this in Sundays with Crissy- Beat the midwinter blues.  Well ,how else would you beat the midwinter blues? Snuggle up with you're bestest of course! 

WOW!

White on White!  Ok and a splash of colour is allowed on your image.  Dig out your embossing folders, diecuts, punches whatever and have a play with some texture on your cards and check out how good it looks!
We have 3 wonderful sponsors this time, Tickled Pin Stamps, Artfull Crafts and Meljens.
I've used the cute Kitty Butts from Meljens, just cos it appealed to me. My dogs all like kitty butts, they like to clean Patrick's for him  LMAO!  I put these kitties  in a Meljens frame I've had for ages.

I'm entering this in Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge- anything goes, must use a digi.

No time for much this week and next week , I'm stuck at work full time...SUCKY!!!!! and am so knackered at the end of the day  I can't be bothered and then when I go to sleep I'm dreaming about work!   AAAAARRRGGGGHHHH! I hate that!

My mind wasn't really on it....

As I sat down to do this card and  raced through, put the finishing touches on it, then realised I'd forgotten what the challenge was and my card wouldn't do!!!! Arrrrghhhh! You'd think I would learn, but NO!   Anyway, second attempt and here it is, the Emerald Faerie Garden challenge which is to use Green & Yellow on your card ( for Australia day!) Check out what the DT have just thrown together!

The paper is BG I think....new sentiment from Whimsy Stamps, the gorgeous swirly border is a Memory Box die.

Riley

My wee boy had a nasty seizure yesterday and spent the day pretty subdued afterwards.  But this morning..........he's bouncing around shouting for cuddles and cat food as per normal! Looks like we've got an epileptic in the family.....

Create some grass

For the MIC challenge this fortnight we want you to create blades of grass on your project! Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy!   You just have to check out the MIC gallery, the DT have gone and thrown themselves into this challenge!

Can't remember what the paper is but the images are all MIC and so are the cute little dragonflies. The corner diecut is a new Memory box die .

Poor little Riley had a seizure this morning.....think we might be taking it quietly for a while, no agility for him tomorrow.  He's had one before about a year ago but bounced back. Fingers crossed for my little buddy......

Ick...

Its so horrible here with a storm covering most of the North Island, and friends are off camping while I babysit one of their dogs......wouldn't be surprised if they  pack up and head home.  I would!

 I decided I'd have a play with some images I've had for ages. First time in my craft room for ages! This adorable image is from Mo Manning.  The paper is DCWV , the chipboard border is from Make it Crafty. Zoe has a fab new website for her images and chipboard and wonderful colouring card.

I'm entering this in Bronte & Bella's challenge- Anything goes with a Mo's image

Freebie!!!

Isn't she gorgeous?  Barbara is offering this freebie called Saffron.

If you would like this sweet girl who is part of the  Sugar and Spice range from  Litttle Miss Muffet Stamps, all you have to do is email Barbara  with " freebie" in the subject field , at forgottenscraps@gmail.com , and become a follower of the Little Miss Muffet Challenge blog.

I've used Websters Pages paper, a die cut from Memory Box ( I LOVE these dies!!!!) , charm from my stash and the poinsettia die is I think a Marianne Die.

Too much food and wine....

Well, I guess its not Christmas unless you overindulge!   Got home last night and had salad and pasta .  But tonight there is more ham, salads, new potatoes....and trifle....and more chocolate.....sigh!!!!!

Vinnie came with us to Papamoa  to stay with  the BIL & SIL cos he won't be left behind (but we left Riley with a house full of poodles and Brodie with his best buddie Solly and family).  I almost died when I saw the 14 year old (middle) and 16 year old nieces (far left) ... they are both close to 6 feet tall and make my stepdaughter (far right holding her brother Vinnie!) look almost short ( she towers over me!) 

Nephew tuckered out after opening all his loot. 

 and naughty Hattie who got in trouble for chasing the cats!

Hope everyone had a lovely christmas and now its back to work for some of us, then New Year !!! Yipee! Well, actually it'll be a very quiet New Year for us, DH will be on call so no drinking for him therefore no parties!!!!!

OOOOOOPS!

Late getting this post up, work has been CRAZEEEEEE this week and I'm shattered.....got home last night and crashed!
Anyway, this week at Little Miss Muffet the challenge is ANYTHING GOES! Woohoo! Don't we love these, so easy!
I made a card using Chloe and you can find her HERE. The background is from MIC. 

Now Barbara is looking for some new DT members, details following:


If you are interested in being on the DT, these are the basics I'm looking for...

1 - Post once a week, participating in the challenges and new releases
2 - Submit your project into at least three other challenges for image exposure
3 - Help comment on the challenge entries

This DT Call is open for just about two week and closes on Tuesday, January 3rd. Remember to add "DT" after your name in the InLinkz pool and I'll be sure to come visit your blog. ;D Winners will be contacted then announced on Thursday, January 19th.

FREEBIE ALERT

Are you ready for the freebie?!! You're going to love this one... she is called Saffron and is part of the Sugar 'n Spice Dolls theme. You don't have to use this one to enter the challenge... it's just our way of saying MERRY CHRISTMAS!! Make sure you become a Follower as there might be another one in the not-to-distant future... hint, hint! ;D

To get this freebie.... just email me at with "Freebie" in the subject field...

Make sure to check back next Thursday for lots of inspiration using Saffron - and I have some lovely guests lined up so be prepared to get your socks knocked off! Yeah! Don't miss out on this cutie as she will only be available until Tuesday, January 3rd!

Its Celebration time!!!! Yipeeee!

The new challenge at Southern Girls is " Celebration"  and whatever that means to you. 

 My dogs will be celebrating lots of goodies for christmas so when I saw this gorgeous image from Di's Digi Downloads ( one of our sponsors for this challenge)  , I had to use it of course! Its called Barney's Bone and makes me think of the one christmas I wrapped doggie chewy treats up then shut the cat in the same room with them only to find a couple of hours later that all the pressies had been ripped open and inspected by Patrick ! He was peeved as his pressie wasn't there with them!

The paper is several years old, from  Little Yellow Bicycle . The gorgeous snowflake I got from Linda at The Funkie Junkie and the pearls from Quixotic Paperie.

Recolour an image

The new challenge at Make it Colourful is to recolour an image from earlier in the year. I made a pirate card months ago with Alvida the pirate but I was never really happy with the colouring. I kept seeing parts of her differently every time I looked at her!   Same again this time! LMAO!  

Anyway, I tried for better shading this time and I think I'm happier with this result!

First go

 Second go

Don't forget to check out the gallery with everyone's examples .

Buttons & Ribbons

The new challenge at Little Miss Muffet is to use ribbons & buttons on your project.   So I did my usual and coloured in, made the card, THEN thought about the challenge....arrrrgh!  Luckily its easy enough to add ribbons and buttons! LOL! Too much rushing at the moment, with so much happening!

Anyway, I've used Allison & Abby and put them in a MIC background .
As always, my teamies have done a wonderful job so pop on over and check them out and join in our challenge. 

New Release!!!!!!

Yay! Its new release time again at Little Miss Muffet!   I thought I'd be good and do two cards, one for each day of new releases, even though time is getting precious at the moment...but Duh! I used the two images for Friday instead so I have two cards for you tonight instead!

First is Agent Popcorn zipping. Yeehaaa! Looks like fun, I wanna go too!

Then of course we have the dreaded "boy card" which I find so hard to do. You can't load these ones with girly stuff.   This is Bandit boy Tom and I love his froggie.  Typical boy! 

The DT have some gorgeous examples using these images over at the challenge blog, so pop on over and leave some love.  

Now next job........I really need to write myself a list of things to do! I had a major panic thinking I didn't have time to finish another DT card, but realised I still have another week....phew!!!!!

Non traditional Christmas Colours

I'm rapidly losing track of what I'm up to at the moment, too much is going on!  We had BIl & SIL stay last night and they've just headed off on their motorbike for a trip around South Island and I've been wandering around tidying up and thinking, what else do i have to do? Ummm, don't think anything is due.....CRAP! My post isn't even written for EFG, I've done the wrong image for my LMM card today and our internet is playing up majorly as our ISP is having "issues"! Can't check my emails .....grrrrrrr......

Anyway, I have a card done for EFG and we want some non-traditional christmas colours this time.

I've used paper from CC Mitten weather , sentiment from whimsy and a Marianne Die.  The image is the gorgeous Willy & Mia from Emerald Faerie Garden.

Now check out the challenge, there are 2 winners each time now and you get to choose 2 digi stamps if you win!!!! Woohoo! 

Oooops!

I keep forgetting that Make it Colourful challenges have moved to Friday now....naughty me forgot to schedule a post!  But I'm not too naughty, I made a card so I guess that's gotta count, somehow! LOL!

We want you to colour WHITE this fortnight . The DT has their designs up in the gallery for some inspiration and   we're all dying to see what you come up with!

I started this card ages ago but never quite finished it till this week. Anyway I've used Snow Elf from MIC cos I like these naughty boys!

Right, now I'm off to slave away at a dog obedience show for the rest of the weekend....and before you ask, the boys aren't entered, they're not obedient! HA HA HA!