new online paper kit site sweet art paperie

My wonderful friend Krista and her mum Penny both fellow design team members have just launched a new business selling wonderful paper kits. The kits look gorgeous and you can see their examples and some more when you visit their wonderful site here http://sweetartspaperie.blogspot.com/ wishing you every success for the future my friends !!

let it snow !!

I'm on a little christmas kick at the moment so i used my speaking of winter cart again for the tree and snowman ( isn't he cute ). after inking i pop dotted the trees and snowman then i used my snow writers to add all the snow and i just love this stuff !! i stamped the let it snow circle image and layered it for extra thickness and pop dotted that off the card. I then added lots of snowflakes again with the snow writer !!

winter wonderland 2sketches4you and daring card makers

This for Lauras sketch at the 2sketches 4you site and also this week on daring card makers there's a fabulous tutorial all about embossing so i was inspired to get out my cuttlebug !! I used my speaking of winter cart for the snowflake which i cut 3 times and glued together to make it like chipboard, i used Tim holtz inks and stickles to decorate the snowflake !! I also embossed the snowflake with the swiss dots folder and used the snowflake folder for the corner piece. wording is a rub on ! metal snowflake brads finish it off !! Thanks for looking and don't forget to check out both these fabulous sites !

And the winner is ?????

Janis D !! congratulations Janis and thankyou so much for playing along !! please e mail me your addy and i'll get your goodies out to you !! Thankyou to everyone else for all your birthday wishes and for taking the time to sign my guest book !! hugs to you all !!

i will pick a winner tomorrow !!

I will pick a winner tomorrow so i will take everyones names till midnight my time and then tomorrow i will use random org to select someone to win the candy !! i will add everyone's names who posted even on the cricut site who don't have a blog so good luck everyone !!!

Today is my birthday !! blog candy give away !!

Well today is my 44th birthday and i just clicked on and saw that i have hit 15000 hits on my blog !! so to celebrate i am giving away a little blog candy !! all i ask is you leave a link to your blog and sign my guest book if you havn't already !! have a great day

michelle x

Fall card for BBTB challenge !

Well with fall just around the corner i used this weeks bbtb challenge to make my first fall card !! This week Regina asked us to use the basket from the doodlecharm cartridge . Don't forget to check out all the other wonderful creations over on the Bbtb site !!

i am also using this card for the paper take weekly challenge the theme this week is fall check out the ptw site here

paper doll clown for Bbtb

What an awesome and sweet challenge Regina set for the Bbtb team for this week and i honestly didn't think i would make it, with going away to the states again then i was ill then no internet what a week !! Anyhow my company left yesterday and so i have lots of time now to concentrate on my crafting !! YIPPEEE !!! The other girls rocked this challenge the different clowns are amazing !! you really have to check them out here !!

Thankyou berry much Bbtb Challenge !!

Oh the girls over on the BBTB site have made some awesome creations this week using the strawberry from the indie art cartridge, i didn't have much time to make mine but i managed to throw this one together Tfl and please check out the talent from these wonderful designers at BBTB !!!

I'm still busy !!

Just a little update i still have visitors my third lot actually !! i have my in laws here for three weeks well two weeks now as they have been here a week already !! so i am still doing the entertaining etc and then i'll have me time lol !! Thanks for all your little e mails and missing me it's nice to know i have some caring friends out there !! hugs to you all !!

Blog candy at Enfy's

My dear friend Enfy's is celebrating 65000 hits on her blog and she has some great blog candy to give away check out her great blog here

Christmas stocking BBTb challenge

This week Regina at BBTB asked us the designers to use the stocking from the christmas cheer cart any way we liked as long as we did not use the traditional christmas colors here is what i came up with and i have to say the other designers did some amazing creations you can check out all the others here

New cards i managed to do !!

My first card is one i made for the BBTB design team last week ! It was to use the train from the new arrival cart. i am so proud to be part of this team. Don't forget to check out all the other amazing takes on this cut.

my next cards are made using the cuttlebug and some bella images i got through a swap and one using the shoe from the wedding cart which i just love and was inspired to make this card from my friend Enfy's !!

Busy week and New award !!

What a busy week again for me, my second lot of visitors just went home after staying with me for a week so i now have a couple of days free before my third lot arrive from the uk. i feel so exhausted but it has been wonderful seeing so many familiar faces and catching up on all the uk gossip !!

I logged on today though and saw i had another award from Lana across the pond !! lana has a wonderful blog and makes makes such wonderful creations, you can visit her here !!

The rules of getting this are -

1. Only 5 people allowed.

2. 4 have to be dedicated followers of your blog

3. One has to be someone new or recently new to your blog and live in another part of the world.

4. You must link back to whoever gave you the award.Quite simple really, it is a way of saying thank you to those who take time out for wonderful comments to boost your day.So here's my five:

justine

enfy's

Julie

susie

Kathy

2 awards !

wow whilst i was away Julie H gave me the stempel award, Thankyou so much Julie that was very kind of you to think of me, and today Kathy gave me the wild woman award, again Kathy thankyou so much, both these ladies have fabulous blogs and amazing talent are very good friends of mine please check out their blogs Kathy's here, Julie's here now to nominate a few people

For the stempel award

shelly
jeannie
carole

Krista
Kathy
Jackie

For the wild woman award


Krista
Terrie
Lynn
Kazz
Regina
Rima

and anyone else reading this please feel free to add these awards to your blog with love from me !!