Sunday 29 March 2009

Guest Design spot



Whoo!! the lovely Kellie has chosen me to be one of her April Guest Designers for the
Magnolia Down Under challenge :) I'm stoked!

Crafty Muse :: Easter Project

The current challenge at Crafty Muse is to create an Easter project! There are some freebie downloads available ( please use them to join us in the challenge!)

Here is the card I made using Milly Rose painting and egg!



Thanks for looking!
Sammi
xxx

Tuesday 24 March 2009

Pretty Pressings

Ooooooh ..... Claudia has some rather Awesome candy on her blog just now... 6 different sets of Magnolia stamps! Open till 2 April!

Magnolia down Under :: Bling it on!

The challenge this week at Magnolia Downunder is:

BLING IT ON!

Now I used quite a bit of bling....
1. rhinestone on the heart at the top of the Eiffel Tower..
2. lots of KindyGlitz...and
3. some silver brad in the middle of the flowers! :) I love sparkles and bling. lol!
4. Oh and Don't forget the DCWV Glitter stack :)

I used 2 Magnolia stamps... the Eiffel Tower + Tilda in Paris which is actually owned by my sister Nic (who funnily enough is in Paris now!)




I had a few troubles getting a good photo due to the sparkles!! But you get the idea...
here is a close up of Tilda for you...



Thanks for looking.

Uber award

Oh Wow ... Look at what Cheryl gave me....

It is a blog award given to sites who:
~ inspire you~ make you smile and laugh~ or maybe gives amazing information~ a great read~ has an amazing design~ and any other reasons you can think of that makes them uber amazing!

The rules of this award are:
* Click the badge and get the code then put the logo on your blog sidebar or post.
* Nominate at least 5 blogs (can be more) that for you are Uber Amazing and let them know.
* Share the love and link to this this post and to the person you received your award from!

Well... I will have you all know that Cheryl is lovely and very talented!! She makes some very scrummy creations ... yes - you really should pop by her blog and see for yourself!

Well ... I think that there are so many uber amazing blogs out there (particularly ALL the ones that I am following! ... for the purpose of the rules tho..In no particular order 5 Other people whose blogs I think are Uber Amazing??
Jac
Lea
Ruth
Tina
Tegan
Marcia

oops... can't count! lol!

Saturday 21 March 2009

Blog candy

Cathy is celebrating her blogaversary with some yummy looking goodies!!
Happy Blogaversary Cathy!! Here's to another year to come of wonderful creations and posts!!

Awards

I've been rather slack at showing and passing on awards!! I am very grateful to my friends who have given me these awards over the last few months! Thanks girls :) Right back at you for each and every award!!

Thanks Lea and Yesy


Thanks Lainy and Lea


Thanks Lea


Thanks Lea


I'm not sure what the deal with passing them on is... but I would like to pass them on to my followers - I'm sure that almost everyone has them by now ( just call me little miss slack) ... If you are reading this and have not yet got them please pick it up from me xxx :)

Life's been a bit hard these last few weeks and thus I have not been around a lot... I've been reading blogs on google reader but not really commenting or posting myself... hopefully will be fully back into everything soon!!

Thanks for reading
xxx

Friday 20 March 2009

Kellie's Magnolia Challenge #3

Great challenge this week at Magnolia Down Under - set by Debbie!
  • Must have at least one yellow ribbon.
  • Has to be Tilda.
  • And last of all has to have a flower.
so here is my card...




used derwents, water colour pencils, white gel pen, yellow ribbon and cardstock....oh and some kinderglitz! And the image was received from a friend (I only actually have 4 Magnolia stamps of my own...mmmm).

Sunday 15 March 2009

Crafty Muse :: Change of Season

Here is my card for this weeks Crafty Muse challenge!
I'm a bit late posting it... but here it is now!! :)

It is an autumn card as the challenge was to make a project based on
"change of season"



Why not pop on over to Crafty Muse and join in the challenge!

Wednesday 11 March 2009

The Sugar bowl :: Christmas *edited*

include
This is what you call "really cutting it fine!" ... Here is my card for the latest Sugar Bowl challenge (sorry for the poor quality photo)!!

Huge Thanks to Teen who lives in my computer. lol! Scotland actually .... She has been a wonderful friend to me!! and one of the many lovely things she has done for me was send me this stamp! :) :)


*edited = better quality photo ... still need to use other camer with flat batteries for better photos...)

There are some really lovely creations at the Sugar bowl!! LOVELY eye candy all round!!
xxx

Tuesday 10 March 2009

Tangled Tilda

Here is my entry for this week's Magnolia Down Under challenge.

Poor Tilda is looking a bit worse for wear!



I coloured Tilda and the purple flower (it used to be bright pibk) with my Copics!

Go and check out Kellie's Magnolia challenge and the fabulous creations the DT ladies have made!! :)

Thanks for looking ! Hope you are having a good week!
Sammi
xxx

Sunday 8 March 2009

blog candy alert

1.Amanda has some Gorgeous candy celebrating her year of posting! whoo! She has posted some AWESOME stuff too.. go see for yourself :)

2. Janet creator of Pink Gem is giving away some of her scrummy stamps!

3. Kristen is giving away three separate candys and celebrating - LOTS of visitors - Congrat's Kristen - I'll definitely be visting lots more! :)

4. Kath's blog is 1 yr old... I'm gobsmacked ... I can't believe this wonderfully talented lady has only been blogging for ONE year! Happy Birthday Kath's blog!

5. Kathryn is celebrating 1000 hits! Whoo! Well done Kathryn .. here's to HEAPS more!!'

6. Karin is heading towards the 25,000 hits and in a few weeks = 1st blogoversary. CONGRATS Karin

7. Caz is celebrating her birthday!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY Caz!!!

8. Susie has some VERY gorgeous candy on offer...



9. Jeanette has some lovely stamp sets on Offer... Go see!!!

10. Steph is giving away Promarkers... wowsers!!

Saturday 7 March 2009

Dottie's World :: use that Photograph

Well Juliet set such a fun challenge on Dottie's World I just had to enter.... I coloured this image on Sunday but did not get the card done until tonight... Busy day today ... jewellery making at church (to send down to ladies in Victoria) and then a friend's bridal shower!

Ok.. so what about the challenge?? Juliet said:

"You can take whatever you like from the photograph: you could focus on the colours, use a cupcake on your work or make a cupcake shaped card - it's up to you. You must include one of the Charmed downloads on your project and please tell us how the photo inspired you in your make by leaving a comment and linking to your blog..."

So here is her photo:




And here is my card (sorry for the poor quality - taken on my mobile as flat batteries for camera... oops!! ... I was mostly inspired by the colours in the cupcakes... but I also liked the spotty tablecloth and so used the dots and colours for a border... and I couldn't forget that wafer .. so the sentiment is sitting on a wafer shape!



CLOSE up of Holly - I used the image Lou gave as a freebie for entering last weeks challenge... Isn't she just gorgeous!!



Thanks for looking :)

Friday 6 March 2009

Kellie's Magnolia Challenge

Well I was so excited to find an Australian challenge blog for Magnolias that I just had to brave a sore hand and make a card for their first challenge.

Kellie's Magnolia Challenge is HERE!!! They asked for three things for this challenge:
  • Has to have RED
  • Has to have a Tilda not Edwin….
  • And lastly has to have a Autumn Theme
So here is my card!






Thanks for your well wishes on my silly hand... it is healing (just sore) .... Still hard to type/ hold things/ craft .... but I will be visiting blogs to leave comments tomorrow!! yay!

Monday 2 March 2009

I won't be blogging... or commenting for a bit....

Hi everyone,

I had a bit of an accident this morning - When slicing my dense gluten free bread.... I accidentally sliced a little chunk of my palm ... oops! So after 2 hours in the emergency department and a couple of different dressings (but no stitches thankfully!! just dressings) I was on my way to work... only thing is...

It's rather painful and makes it VERY hard to type...seeing as I will be one handed typing all day at work + no use of a second opposable thumb I guess I'll now take a little forced break from blogging + crafting too :( I'll still pop by and read your blogs (and even comment a few times If I can)

xxx
Sammi

Sunday 1 March 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Lainy B

Today is my good blogging friend and SBS sister Lainy's Birthday!

Here is the card I made for her today (it's coming Lainy!! sorry it will be late!!)