A very late PBSC and a Festive Blog Hop!

**Scroll down this post to find the Crafters Companion blog hop!**

Good morning! I hope you all had a good weekend! Mine was manic and I didn't get anytime at all to post my card for this weeks Penny Black Saturday challenge! The theme this week is Fly the Flags! We'd like to see banners, bunting, flags etc! I went for a bit of a one layer card this week and stamped out my bunting straight above the image, I have to say though, I'm such a messy stamper this is my second attempt! I had some on my little finger and couldn;t work out where all the pink smudges were coming from! Hee hee! :-) I'm pleased with how it eventually came out though!
The prize this week is 2 fab Penny Black stamps! I hope you can join us!

Challenges;
CAS-ual Fridays - Pretty in Pink
Oldie but a Goodie - Banners or Bunting (main PB stamp is over 6 months old)
Supplies;

                                                                                                                                                              

And now for something a little bit Christmassy!
I'll leave Meg to fill you in on the details! ;-)

"As many of you know, Christmas starts in June for many papercrafters, so Crafter's Companion are starting to feel a little festive, launching the first of a new range, with artwork designed by artist Ian Hallows. The ‘Christmas in Mulberry Wood’ range (including six stamps, co-ordinating CD-ROM and two papercrafting collections by Hunkydory) will be Pick of the Week on Create & Craft from Midday on Friday!

To celebrate the launch, Crafter's Companion have organised a Blog Hop around some of the Design Team's blogs!

If you have landed here from Louise's blog then you are hopping in the right direction.

If not then you need to pop over to the Crafter’s Companion News blog to begin.

 

Everyone on the Design Team had so much fun creating with this new range from Crafter’s Companion and to celebrate the launch of these stunning new collections on Friday 29th June you have the chance to win the brand new 'Christmas in Mulberry Wood' CD-ROM.

All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning this great prize is visit each blog in order and then go back to the Crafter’s Companion News Views and Inspiration Blog to leave a comment about the range and the sneak peeks you’ve seen. On Friday June 29th, Crafter's Companion will pick two comments at random, to win the prize.

From here, you need to hop to Pam’s blog."

So there you go! Here is my sneaky peek for today, it's using the gorgeous Owls stamp! So cute! The sentiment accompanies it and the papers are from the CD.

I hope you have fun popping about our blogs, the samples are gorgeous and these stamps are seriously so cute, I love them! I hope you can come back during the week and see my other cards! Good luck!

Challenges;
Sketch and Stash Challenge - Any past sketch, I've chosen sketch #52 -->
Cupcake Craft - Birds of a Feather
Papertake - Bingo, middle horizontal line, Die cuts-Free-Glitter
PaperPlay - Use a Die
Allsorts - Any Die will do

Supplies;

Wedding card!

Morning! Just a quickie from me to show this card I made for my friends wedding - Clare & Mike if you're interested! ;-). I wanted to make it personal so used their initials on the front. As it was so simple, I still wanted it to be special so I used this gorgeous Cotton Rag card blank - love it! Oh and the sentiment and white ink are from Elzybells. Thanks for popping in!

Challenges;
Less is More - This sketch -->
Oldie but a Goodie - Punches & Dies (had this Waltzing Mouse frame stamp over 6 months)
Papertake - Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss - Congratulations

Thank Ewe!

Morning! Phew, what a busy blog week I've had! It doesn't know what's hit it! I was so excited though - did you see the A-May-Zing launch last night? My project was on the telly and Nigel said he loved it!! Hee hee! Even Jamie was dead impressed! Worth all the effort! :-)

I'm back again to show you this little cutie! I'm definitely in 'use up old stash' mode so I dug out this cute stamp - again, not sure why it's neglected!! - and these papers too. Added a bit of faux stitching using my old faves, the Whisper pens. Thanks for stopping by, I'll be back in the morning, have a lovely friday!

Challenges;
Sketch and Stash Challenge - This sketch --> (almost all of the stash is neglected and the banner die is a newbie)
Oldie but a Goodie - On the Farm/In the Garden
Allsorts - Buttons & Threads
Crazy 4 Challenges - Buttons
Sweet Stampin' - Girly but no pink
PaperPlay - Animals
Papertake - Stitching

Supplies;

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #78!

Good morning lovely people! I hope you all had a nice Easter break! I didn't stop the whole time - eating that is! ;-) And seeing friends and family, it was so busy it flew by! I'm here again with a card for this fortnights Truly Scrumptious challenge, this week there is a sketch for you to use, here it is, feel free to flip, rotate etc...

Whiff of Joy is our lovely sponsor this time around!
And here's my card, I decided to flip the piece with the fancy edge as my image covered it all up and I thought it looked cute with the clouds! I haven't used this image for ages but now I'm not sure why, I love these stamps! I guess we just go with the trends but I'm thinking of making a challenge for myself to use old things up on every card, these papers are all from my stash pile too, lets see how I go. I'm probably just thinking of being virtuous now I've just spent a small fortune on this months Die-Namics releases - oops!
Thanks for looking, I hope you can join in!

Challenges;
Play Date Cafe - These lovely colours -->
Top Tip Tuesday - Spotty & Dotty
Papertake - April Showers
Oldie but a Goodie - April Showers
Sweet Stampin' - Dies & Doodles
Simon Says Stamp - April Showers bring Spring Flowers
Cupcake Craft - Spring

Supplies;

Penny Black Saturday #194!

Hello! Ooh what a lovely day! And weekend for that matter! Sorry this is so late but I had a case of the ol' disappearing mojo! So here's my card for this weeks Penny Black Saturday challenge! This weeks theme is Easter Eggravaganza!!
We've a lovely new sponsor starting with us this week, and they're fab, Craftwork Cards! This is the prize to be won; paper, ribbon tags and Card Candi from their Moorish collection.

And here's my card, I went for the obvious choice of using a Christmas stamp! Haha! But some lovely springtime papers to go with it. I hope you like it, thanks for looking!

Challenges;
My Favourite Things - This sketch -->
PaperPlay - Spring Colours
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
Oldie but a Goodie - Easter
Sweet Stampin' - Anything Goes

Penny Black Saturday Challenge #189!

Good morning! Yup, Saturday is here again and it's time for another Penny Black Saturday! Thanks so much for all who entered out Love & Kisses challenge, even though I didn't - sorry again about that! This weeks theme is nice and simple, Pearls & Lace! This always makes me think of weddings (maybe as it was sort of my theme!) so that's what I went with.
This weeks prize is another from our very generous and lovely ex-teamie Carole (who has just crochet-ed(?) the best bag!) she has donated this lovely stamp for one lucky winner!

And here is my card, at first I tried to make it to the dimentions of the sketch but soon ran out of room so I stretched out a bit!
Have a lovely weekend whatever you're doing, thanks for dropping by!

Challenges;
Mojo Monday - this sketch
Paper Sundaes - Sundae Bar - blue, cream & pearls
Totally Gorjuss - Lace
My Mums Craft shop - Pearls & Swirls (swirls are hiding in the background paper!)
Oldie but a Goodie - Lace (stamp and especially papers, I've had well over 6 months)
Creative Inspirations - Brown, cream & blue

Supplies;

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #73!

Good evening all! Sorry this is a bit late, work is soooo busy and I've a few other things bubbling away which I can't show just yet ;-)
But there's a brand new Truly Scrumptious challenge and it was my turn to choose the theme, predictably I went for Love & Hearts, I thought it wouldn't limit people to just valentines day, maybe a wedding or anniversary.

Every entry will be in the running for a $20 voucher to spend at Simon Says Stamp!

Here's my card, I got it into my head that I wanted to use the postage element idea on this weeks Shabby Tea Room challenge, I'm not sure it goes and I lost my way a bit about what I was doing! Hopefully you'll still like it! ;-) Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges -
The Sugar Bowl - this sketch -->  
The Shabby Tea Room - Love is in the Air
Oldie but a Goodie - Have a Heart  
Paper Sundaes - Valentines  
Sweet Stampin Challenge - Animals (I think birds are animals..!)  
Top Tip Tuesday - Valentines  
ABC Challenge - I = In pairs  
Simon Says Stamp - Animal Antics

Penny Black Saturday 181!

Hello, sorry this is so late, work gets pretty manic for me at this time of year - not that I'm complaining!! ;) But better late than never for this weeks Penny Black Saturday challenge, and this week Domi has designed a great sketch for us to use! Here is it, I've flipped it upside down for my card.

Our fab sponsors for this week are 1-2-3 Stitch with a $20 voucher to their online store!
I hope you're having a lovely weekend and the Christmas shopping crowds have been kind to you!!

Here's the challenges I'm entering into: (sorry there's so many - couldn't resist!)
Allsorts - 2 colours + white
The Shabby Tea Room - Pink, Gold, White, Snowflakes & Flowers
Papertake - Anything Goes
ABC Christmas Challenge - Y = Yippee it's Christmas!
Sweet Stampin Challenge - Things with Wings
Oldie but a Goodie - Christmas, no red or green
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Winter Wonderland - Let it Snow
Totally Gorjuss - Let it Snow
Paper Sundaes - Anything Christmas

Supplies:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge #180!

Afternoon all! I hope you've had a nice Saturday! I've spent most of it moaping and sneezing feeling sorry for myself! Haha! Hence the lateness of this post! It's for another Penny Black Saturday challenge, this week the theme is Total White Out! Everything apart from your image should be white (ish!)
This week there are our 2 regular sponsors giving away the prizes, Penny Black Inc with the cutest stamp - I've not seen it before and wish I could enter for this one! And The Ribbon Girl with some beautiful Cotton & Cluny Lace.

Here's my (very sparkly but doesn't show) card! I'm not getting on too well with the new light box, I think my lights are too dim, but anyhoo, I hope you like it!

Here's the challenges I'm entering this into:
Mojo Monday - this sketch
The Shabby Tea Room - white, neutral, silver & glitter
Oldie but a Goodie - Christmas no red or green
Sweet Stampin Challenge - Snow
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
ABC Christmas Challenge - X = Xerox a card (I've used the single colour scheme and silver embossed PB Tree stamp of Samantha's card from this post)
ABC Challenge - E = Embossing