Little challenge winner;o)

Hello everyone - well I am here to announce the winner of the little challenge from March - so sorry I'm late but I've been really unwell and to top it all I had to have a tooth capped today due to breaking yesterday!  Anyway nevermind ;o)
Thanks to those that entered, although it was only a few of you I am so pleased you did.  I am going to run a regular challenge, probably starting in June so I will be searching for a design team which I will explain in a later post this week.
Anyway I used a random number generator (after adding extra numbers to the Facebook entries) and the number that popped up was number.....

1 - Carol ;o)

So if you email your address Carol I'll pop it in the post for you asap.



Email me here!

Thanks again for entering

xxx

A little challenge

Hi there - so here I am as promised with a little challenge with the chance to win a small prize, which is a stamp and paper pad from Wild Rose Studio;

The stamp is the cute new Bella with Balloons and the paper pad is Spring Fling, with 36 sheets of 12 designs.

So to have a chance to win this I'd like you to make a card, or scrapbook page, or altered art project or any other kind of crafty project with the theme of flowers and butterflies ;o) I have done a couple of cards to inspire you;

 Then just add a linky to your blog post with the linky tool at the bottom of this post (if I've done it right LOL).  I'll pick a winner with the random generator on April the First.

It would be great if you could let other people know about this challenge too as we might do some more if this turns out to be popular ;o)

So I hope you'll have a go and good luck ;o)

 

Wizard of Oz

Hello ;o)  How are you all?  I have been having a play with the gorgeous Wizard of Oz papers from Graphic 45 and the Magic of Oz stamps by Crafty Secrets.  I thought I would make something up using Studio 490 art parts so I sat down and started to mess around.  This is what I ended up with;

Sorry there are so many pictures but I was trying to fit all the little bits in ;o)  The tin man is made with craft metal and his heart is hanging on som silver chain.  The scarecrows face is on calico - I wanted to do him on hessian but I couldn't get the stamp clear enough! I used Tim Holtz corked vials with some alcohol inks in the represent the lion's courage and the scarecrow's brains.  I covered the spool art parts with the Graphic 45 papersand added a little yellow brick road ;o).  Dorothy's red shoes are ther along with the wicked witch's legs sticking out LOL.  I'm quite pleased with this as I had no idea what it was going to turn ou tlike so it is kinda cute !!

Anyway I will be back tomorrow with a little challenge for the chance to win a new Wild Rose Studio stamp and paper pad - that is if I can get the linky tool to work.

Back soon

xxx 

Lots of new things coming ;o)

Hello all, well I seem to have been busy of late and also had a trip to the Stitches trade show at the NEC last week.  Well I am looking forward to getting the new Distress markers from Tim Holtz along with the new stamping card from Ranger.  I am also awaiting stock of the brilliant Dylusions range by Dyan Reavely including sprays, stamps and stencils - can't wait to play with all these things ;o)  I am also getting some embellishments along with the brilliant microbeads and adhesive sheets by Creative Expressions.  Later on I am also hoping to get some more Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 and the amazing blossom bucket embellies.
On their way too are some new stamps and papers by the fabulous Wild Rose Studio;

This is Bella and she is just too cute.  I thought that we might have a little competition to win a stamp and paper pad so watch this space as that will most likely start later this week.
Anyway back soon with piccies, inspiration and hopefully that little challenge ;o)

xxx



Crafty Secrets stamps.

Hello all - I am just loving all the crafty secrets stamps - especially the little sets which are great for ATCs and small cards.  I have made 2 ATCs (which I don't make very often) using Material Girl and Queen Bee which are available here .  I used sticky back canvas on card for the base and then painted it and used stencils etc for the backgrounds;

The sewing machine and tailors dummy are stamped onto tissue and heat embossed and them stuck to the card with mod podge.  The scissors were stamped on silver card and the thread bobbins on kraft card with some thread wrapped around them.  I stamped the 'material girl' and the needle directly onto the card.  I stamped the ATC details on the back.

The bees and hives are stamped a d embossed on tissue as before and then mod podged onto the card.  I then stamped them again onto Clearly for art then cut out and heated to bend the wings into shape - I then stuck them over the bees with PVA.  The 'pure honey, Queen Bee' and the crown are stamped and embossed on to golden coloured card and stuck on with Colall glue gel.  I added some of the teeny tiny bees directly onto the card.

My husband, who is bee mad, has taken the queen bee ATC, but I thought I would give away the material girl ATC to someone who might like it.  So if you are interested in receiving this ATC from me (I'll fill in the details on the back ;o)) just leave a comment on this post.  If you want to double your chances leave a comment on the Ladybug Facebook page as well.

Back soon

xxx



New Stock and back in stock

Hi all, well after a busy end to last year I am hoping to blog here at least once a week so fingers crossed ;o)
On the website we now have the fab Art Parts from Wendy Vecchi's Studio 490

These are made from compressed paper and you can ink them, emboss them, paint them, paper them, sand them, and anything else you can think of.  I love them and am working on a project using the spools at the moment and I will post a picture here when I'm done.
There are also a few of Wendy Vecchi's stamps on the website too and there will be more of these soon.  I love these stamps, they are great quality and I love the fact that they store on white plastic sheets that can be put in ringbinders for tidy storage. 
Back in stock are the Spectrum Noir alcohol markers

They all have the new lids on which are shaped so as to be easier to remove and replace.  I have to say that I love Pro Markers but I also love the Spectrums and the price is really reasonable.  The 6 packs are £6.99 or 3 for £18.00.
I am thinking about starting upa small challenge blog where you will be able to win a voucher to spend on the website.  If anyone would be interested please let me know - I might also need a small design team so bear this in mind too if anyone would be interested in that too.  This will be for later on in the year but I thought I would mention it now to see how much interest there might be - if you leave a comment that would be great and pass on to friends etc so they know too ;o)
I'll be back soon, hopefully with my finished spool project
Sam xx





What a bad blogger I am!

Hello everyone - apologies for not posting in so long but I have been busy behind the scenes looking for stock and trying to work out details to do some workshops.  Anyway, on the site there are new things and I'm adding to them all the time.  The Octopode Factory are the newest arrivals with the Aalice in Wonderland range.

and the Steampunk range;

There are also great stamps from Crafty Secrets - i think my favourites have to be the Wizard of Oz range;

but I love them all!  Anyway I am thinking about starting a challenge blog so if anyone would be interested in that I would love to hear from you and if you would like to tell others so they could perhaps tell me what they think too ;o)
I'll be back soon - perhaps with a giveaway
xxx