CREATED BY HAND/ARTY GIRLZ

Created By Hand want us to use patterned paper and Arty Girlz want us to use pink so I've combined both.
The paper and Butterfly stamp is Stampin Up.

ONE MORE DAY TO GO until the launch of This Thursday - come along and take the challenge and a great chance to win some fabulous inks.

Twinchies (?) - 2" squares are the order of the day over Wednesday Stamper - here are mine, all made with Cherry Pie stamps.

CAT HANDS

I've been doing some more hands - they are so addictive! And I've just been on TGIF who want to see some cats - there's lots on here to see.

Dovecraft Competition - Sassy Crafts Blog

Emma at Sassy Crafts is running a Dovecraft Competition - she asks that you do a project with at least three Dovecraft products on it.

I've used the Dovecraft Laura Ashley tin which includes the flowers, chipboard pieces, ribbons - all sorts of goodies. I've used the flowers, chipboard piece and ribbons on this card. The stamps are Stampin Up.

2 DAYS LEFT

THAT'S RIGHT - Only TWO days to go before This Thursdays launch.

Don’t forget that you can enter our challenges with anything arty or crafty.

At 8pm GMT every Thursday night the Design team will be available to answer any questions about their examples or just to chat in our chatroom. So we hope to see you there.

Some weeks there will be a free downloadable paper or a free downloadable project . We have great sponsors , prizes and guest designers for our first 9 challenges so make sure you come along and join in. The winner will be picked by draw and will be posted on Thursday Night at 8pm along with a slider of a selection of our favourite entries from the last weeks challenges.

THEME THURSDAY - FAIRIES

Theme Thursday are doing Fairies this week - I've just done a Fat Swap on Auntys Forum for fairies so this is a good one for me.

And here's a fairy inchy (sorry its a bit blurred)

Leonardo in Green

I found another new challenge blog on my travels today - Sunday Postcard Art - are looking for a postcard of your favourite artist - you'll find it here.

I've done Leonardo In Green - all stamps are Cherry Pie. If you like the look of the green inks - pop along to This Thursday this Thursday 19th June as these are the first prize up for grabs!

They are Colorbox Queue inks.

I'M HOOKED!!!!

Whilst surfing today I came across Chris' blog and , as mentioned below, she has a challenge running to do with Hands. She wanted us to draw around our hands and fill in with stamps. I'm hooked - I loved doing this one and will probably be doing so many you'll be sick of seeing them.

This one is called WITCH HAND?

All Stamps Cherry Pie, of course!

HANDS

Hands are the order of the week over at TMTA. I used this gorgeous stamp from, yep you guessed it - Cherry Pie.

I also found another blog challenge that was asking for HANDS - you'll find it here. Chris is asking us to draw around our own hands and in fill with stamps - what a great challenge - I'm off to do mine! I'll let you know when I'm finished!

SMALL WORLD OF INCHIES

As you may know I do love my inchies - hence my inchy challenge blog. But mine isn't the only one - Doreen runs a great challenge blog Small World of Inchies and this week the challenge is hearts.

Here are some of mine:

Thank God Its Friday - CATS

The theme over at TGIF this week is Cats - one of my favourite animals as I have three of them. Mischief who is nearly one year old, Megan who was 9 yesterday and the old man Felix who is 15 and still catching rabbits!! You can never have too many cats, that's what I say - my DH though says one is enough for him. He's more of a dog man! LOL!

Anyway - here are some ATC's I've done using some Cherry Pie Art Stamps. The Purrfect wording is Stampin Up.

Created by Hand Challenge

The challenge this week over at Created by Hand is to use Versamark. I use a lot of versamark on my projects and I like to use embossing powders. I used it here for the background and also used it with clear embossing powder for the image of the woman and the wording.

SKETCH SATURDAY

There's a great Sketch to try over on Sketch Saturday I used some Stampin Up stamps for my images here. The Sentiment is embossed with clear embossing to make it stand out a bit more.

TMTA - ROUND

TMTA's challenge this week is to use something round on your ATC. I've used one of my Cherry Pie Art Stamps here.

4 x 4 - SHOES

Shoes are the order of the day over at 4 x 4 this week.

My first thought was Wizard of Oz and Dorothy's red shoes.

Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Fairy Door

The challenge over at Rainbow Lady this week is to use cardboard or mountboard. I've seen fairy doors as I've been going around blogging but now can't find where I originally found them. Does that happen to you? Happens to me all the time! I find a blog and see something and then can't remember how I got there.

I used some cardboard to make my fairy door and I'm going to put it on the skirting board in my craft room. I could do with the extra help - as long as they don't start eating all the biscuits!

Thanks Joanne - now I know where I first saw the fairy door - check out Joanne's great example here

My Time To Craft - Birds

Here are some birds I've done for the My Time to Craft challenge this week - the theme was birds - how did you guess? LOL

Mixed Media Monday

I'm on a roll today - managing to get some crafting done. This is for a new challenge I don't think I've joined in with before Mixed Media Monday - I've used some Stampin Up stamps here.

Moo Men!!/Arty Girlz

Make a Moo's challenge this week is Men and Arty Girlz challenge this week is faces - so I've got just the thing! I've used one of my Cherry Pie Stamps again here - his official name is Antonio. You like??? LOL

THIS THURSDAY......COUNTDOWN TIME

We're all getting really excited as the 19th June gets ever nearer to our first challenge.





Hope to see you there.

www.thisthursday.wordpress.com

SHADOW STAMPING

Shadow Stamping - I'm not sure if that is what this technique is called but that's what I'm calling it! I've used Stampin Up's Carte Postale here because I've seen lots of flourishes in blogland recently and I like this one from this set. I started off by stamping using Versamark and then Taken With Teal and clear embossing. I also used an embossing pen to colour in the white bits to let the white card show through. I then offset the stamp again using Lovely Lilac. The cardstock was then stamped with a sponge using Perfect Plum an old SU colour, darker bits were added with black towards the left hand side. I finished it with some jewels and mounted it on Taken With Teal and Lavender Lace.
Hope you like it!

Check out my Stampin Up blog for more Stampin Up ideas and special offers

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GORGEOUS WEATHER

Isn't this weather gorgeous??? Only problem is I don't want to be indoors doing any crafting! LOL! I've been busy gardening instead and just thought I'd show you some of my roses. They are really at their best now for a few weeks - they are right outside my craft room window and I can see them as I type. I'm not sure what type of rose they are as they were not planted by me - they could be Cinderella - if anyone is an expert I'd love to know. They have a very delicate scent.

I have done one card today - and I'm not so sure I'm happy with it - it looks a bit stark maybe. I've done it for a new challenge called Sketch Saturday which my good cyber friend Jo has started. I'm sorry I missed her first challenge but will try and join in from now on.

This is the sketch we have to copy

and this is my card - I used Cherry Pie Art Stamps on this one.

INSPIRATIONAL CRAFT SWAP

I took part in the first ever Inspirational Craft Swap and this is the lovely gift I received from Julia B. The theme was Summer and this is a great sun glasses case - thanks Julia.


For Julia I did a summery Bulletin Board for her to keep all her bits and bobs on - and a summery notelet card.