Challenge #30 at Fairy Fun Fridays

What a WEEK!!! It's been so hectic at chez Holden this week. Been here there and everywhere all week!
I thought when you retired, you took things easy. Pottering about in the garden, lazing around watching the world go by. I WISH! LOL
Just had a new suite delivered and OMG!! It's taken over the living room!!! It's MUCH larger than it looked in the showroom!  You have to come through the door in single file now!!...but Oh boy!! Is it COMFY!
We get our new car on Monday too. (Perfect timing 'coz that's our wedding anniversary)!

OK, enough waffle, onto this week's challenge at Fairy Fun Fridays.

 The challenge this week is .....ANYTHING 3D! Easy Peasy.
(anything that's not flat is 3D yeah)? 

I decided on decoupage using the gorgeous daffodils drawn by the VERY clever Fairy Queen, Roberta.
Available to purchase HERE.
I am SO fed up with rain, clouds and no sun, I thought I'd get back to Spring, even if it IS only on a card.

  You can see the decoupage better in this shot.

 
I printed the daffs out 5 times and coloured them with Copics before cutting elements out and attaching them to the base image with silicone.
Layered the MS 'Grass' borders with the MS Picket fence and Flowers punches.
I thought the 'garden twine' was a good finishing touch, (even though it's threads off a piece of Hessian) LOL.
I hope you play along with us. There are lots of prizes on offer and you may get to be our next week's Guest designer!

(Please step over there and leave the the Queen Fairy some love, (after you've ogled my DT mate's fabulous cards), she's very poorly at the moment! Get well soon Roberta!!!!

My last card as Guest Designer for Karen's Doodles

Aww, How time flies when you're having fun. It only seems 5 minutes ago that Sandy asked me to guest design for Karen's Doodles(US)!
Where DOES the time go. I've had a marvellous time and can't thank Karen's Doodles and Sandy enough for the fun time I've had.

Ah well, all good things must come to an end, so let's get started. 

The theme this week is 'WHITE ON WHITE!

Every element on your card must be white, (except the image).

I chose the adorable image... 'I didn't do it' 'coz it's SO like my fur-baby, Harvey.
He's coloured with Copics and embellished with Nestability and Sizzix (I think), die cuts.
The 'feathers' are punched out birch leaves cut all around to get the effect.
(The technique is actually called 'feathering').
A band of white ribbon completes the picture.

(This card is a particular favourite of mine and I'll be loath to part with it).

Thanks for the ride Karen's Doodles!

PEACHY KEEN BLOG HOP & CANDY WINNERS!

I wish I could give you all a prize. You are ALL winners with me. Thank you for playing along. I loved reading all your comments. Yep, I read every one of 'em.

Here are the lucky winners, chosen by Random.org.

$15 Gift Certificate

BEEJAY

My PEACHY KEEN candy

FRAN

Peach die and stamp set

KATI

Congratulations girls!!! 

Please e-mail with your details ASAP so I can organise your prizes.

A mini (and quick) candy for you!!!

NOW CLOSED, SORRY.
(Winner will be announced tomorrow 26th.)

Joanne over at the Scrapping Cottage, has donated a Peachy Keen designed die (HERE), for each of us on the PK DT to give away to one lucky winner!!! WOWEE!

My give-away will of course, be the gorgeous 'Peach set'! 

This give-away will be short but oh so sweet. All you have to do to win this amazing die and stamp set, is..... 
leave me a comment telling me which is your favourite fruit. 
How easy is THAT!  (The winner will be chosen by Random.org)

You only have until tomorrow midnight GMT (Sunday 25th), to 'have a go' so hurry!

  

Don't forget the MEGA blog hop prizes are STILL running!!! Click HERE! for all the details and to be in with a chance of winning an amazing prize (or two)!!!

It finishes tomorrow, so sit down with a cuppa or a coffee and throw your hat into the ring!

Just to remind you of the fabulous Peach die and stamps, here's another card I did this morning ....

Nope it's not an orange!! It Is pinky red. (I can't get my camera to do as it's told this morning)!

Remember, just leave me a comment telling me which is your favourite fruit for a chance to win the 'Peach' die and stamps set. Good luck!!!

It's time for another Fairy Fun Fridays Challenge!

Yep! It's Friday again. But, you all know that. Today it is challenge #29 and the theme this week is....
LACE IT UP!!! Now you can interpret that one or two ways, it's up to you!
Just have fun and let's see you enter the challenge. I NEED YOUR INSPIRATION!!! LOL

Here's what I did with the theme....

I love that lace. It reminds me of my Nanna's table runner from years ago, when she would get the tea service out on a Sunday. Awww, happy days. I still miss my Nanna. The 'steam' coming from the teacup reads..'One person can make such a difference and that person is you!' (From SU's Flight of the Butterfly set).
I coloured the tea set with Copics and made a 'lace' border with a MS punch before adding the real lace to the middle. The DP is DCWV.
Well I hope you like it and I hope you feel energised to hop on over to the Fairy Fun Fridays blog and give some love to the fabulous DT. Their cards are out of this world. Please join in, you never know, you could be next week's guest designer!!

Come back tomorrow when I will be having a mini blog candy to 'die' for!!!

I AM AN IDIOT!!!

Grrrr.... I spent all day, (not unusual for me) creating my challenge card only to realise, JUST as I about to send it to Angelica,......... that IT WAS THE FOR THE WRONG WEEK! ARGHHHHH!
So, I had to start again from square one. That's why I'm dead late with my sample card.

I had decided to make a card each for my newest grand-daughter and grandson as they are both one year old in October and December respectively. Well, I did Alfie's and THAT was the wrong one. (You will get to see it at the next challenge).  This week's challenge is a sketch, here............

 So, sat down and started again and came up with this.....................

I was DETERMINED to use those gorgeous Tear Bears released yesterday in the blog hop.
(I think you might like the Alfie one too, when it's the next challenge, 'coz that's a Tear Bear too)!
I'm having a BLAST with these dies and can't praise them enough!!!
Kathy is a genius for designing these marvellous fellas and to come together with Cottage Cutz to arrive at this fabulous marriage of dies and stamps, is just amazing!! Check out the fantastic discount offer HERE!

I coloured my bear with a brilliance ink pad and a sponge, (except for her mouth which is coloured with a Copic) and I covered the 'one' in Glamour Dust for some girly sparkle.
Please, pop on over to the Peachy Keen challenge blog and see what the most amazing DT EVVAH made for you today.

Happy crafting!!

Today's the Day!!!

Whoo Hoo!!! Here we go and it's a long post, so pull up a pew and enjoy.!!!

It's Monday and it's a Blog hop to celebrate  Peachy Keen and  Scrapping Cottage teaming up to bring you some amazing metal dies from Cottage Cuts, that will blow you away!!!
To celebrate this fantastic event, each member of the DT is giving away a $15 certificate to use in the Peachy Keen store.
Each die set (except the Happy Bird package) will come with two to three Peachy Keen Face stamps to coordinate with your shapes!

The dies are available now for pre-order on both Peachy Keen Stamps and The Scrapping Cottage.  

Single sets will be discounted 15%, or 25% off the entire collection for one week only!  

The Pre-sale ends July 26th. Orders will begin shipping the second week in August.

The blog hop starts with The PK Stamps Blog so please make your way there first to start hopping and to get all the glorious details!!!

JUST WAIT 'TILL YOU SEE THE PRIZE ON OFFER AT
PEACHY KEEN STAMPS BLOG!!!
(OK, I'll tell you....ONE LUCKY WINNER WILL WIN THE WHOLE 14 SETS..WOW)!!! 

OK! If you came to me via Angelica, you are on the right path. 

I've used the fabulous 'PEACH' die. There is one die and TWO stamp faces in the set.

Here is the card I made with it. I LOVE these dies!!! I don't envy Cricut owners any more!! These dies are compatible with almost every machine out there and especially good with the Big Shot!  I know that's true, 'coz I've got my beloved BS and it's like a knife through butter cutting with it. (I can use loads of my face stamps too now if I want a change of expression now and again).

I hand drew and cut out the branch, but the leaves and peach are from the die and the pretty face is the girly one included in the set. Isn't it cute!!!!

To celebrate this 'marriage' I am offering some candy as well as the $15 certificate. 

                                                       That's TWO prizes on offer!!!!

I will keep the prizes running until Sunday night when I will pick the winners via Random.org. The winners will be posted on Monday 26th. No need to jump through hoops to win. Just leave me a comment, that's all you have to do.

Well, I've kept you long enough I reckon! LOL

Please click on this button to take you to Lorie, the next link in the hop. (You will be delighted)!

Here is the complete list of blogs to hop to in case you get kerfuddled.......

PK Stamps Blog

Kathy
Angelica
Viv (You are here)
 Lorie
Janice
Nikki
Emma
Sonia
Heidi
Samantha
Lisa

Have a great time 'hopping' and I 'll 'see' you soon!!!!