ASFOS - Christmas

Christmas is fast approaching and it will be here before you know it, so for our challenge at ASFOS this week we would love to see your Christmas creations

We have a Wonderful sponsor this week Summer owner of Belle's 'n Whistles. is kindly giving the lucky winner the below two cute stamps - Little Witch and Scarecrow and Little Wizard. These two beautiful stamps are from her latest collection.

This week I decided to make a little gift set the DP is from the beautiful MME Signature christmas DP (these are truly Gorgeous). I bought This from Bunny Zoe's crafts.
The cute image is a Penny black set called Holly Jolly everything else is from my stash. got to dash the electric company are turning our power off any time now.How am i going to cope without my phone or Internet all day, Lol


Please be sure to drop by our DT's blogs to see more wonderful creations and find out how they made their cards! You can find their links in the side bar!

Whimsy stamps Challenge

The Whimsy Stamps Challenge this week is to use buttons!I wanted to keep my card fairly simple and clutter free so I have Layerd my buttons on top of each other.I have used the Whimsy monkey and added a cute little pumkin bag to his hand this is from a
Daisy and dandelion set called Pumkin & Aubergine,the Boo sentiment is also from this set. my DP are also from the same collection called trick or treat.

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Whimsy Stamps. also have a cute digi image for sale to raise funds for Paige a 13 year old girl involved in a boating accident who has since has part of her arm amputated. You can send Paige a card and register with Erin for tons of blog candy for doing so!
You can read what happened to Paige here

If you visit Whimsy Stamps you will see the cute teddy digi image and samples of card made with it, You will also see we have had a bit of a revamp,and the site loads a lot faster, Please pop over and purchase this image and make a card for Paige, it is really lifting her spirits to receive cards from so many kind hearted crafters.

ASFOS Challenge 70

For our challenge this week at A Spoon Full of Sugar Nikki Has created the below sketch for us to follow.

My Image is a cute set that was free on a craft magazine a few weeks ago I have coloured it in with copic ciaos and a touch of stickles,I have also used some papermania snowflake brads and gems. the gorgeous DP is Basic grey Eskimo Kisses which i bought from
Nikki at Bunny Zoe's Crafts
Nikki has lots of gorgeous goodies in her shop so why not click on the link and pay her a visit.

Be sure to check out the gorgeous creations from the wonderful girls at Spoon Full (links are in the side bar)

Some Fab News

can you believe it ... I have been asked by the extremely talented Vicki Parsons , Stamped Smiles, Saturday Spotlight, to become one of her spotlight Divas for a brand new challenge blog Saturday spotlight with hidden potential which will be starting on Saturday October 3rd,Please click on the link to go visit my fellow spotlight Divas that were also chosen.
There is also celebration candy still up for grabs until September 25th Thanks Vicki for this fab opportunity

Hugs

High Hopes Challenge 44

This weeks challenge over on the HH blog is hosted by the very talented Diva Inge. Inge is asking us to Wrap it up!!! Basically this week we're to let our imaginations go wild and all that Inge is asking is that they see NO cards. You could make a gift box, bag, cover a book, bookmark, gift wallet... so many things to create.

for this challenge I decided to make a simple little box My DP is DCWV Nanas Nursery- baby boy the cute HH image is baby dragon
both these items were bought from Nikki at Bunny Zoe's Crafts
buttons from my stash

ASFOS Challenge 69 - Fall into Autumn

For our challenge this week we would love to see Autumn/fall inspired projects

Our wonderful sponsor this week is Michelle from the pixie cottage This weeks lucky winner will receive 2 new stamps, click on the pic or the link to pay michelle's store a visit, Thanks again for the fab sponsorship Michelle

For my card this week I have used the gorgeous Basic grey Indian summer paper pad which

I bought from Nikki from Bunny Zoe's Crafts.
and the gorgeous Autumn kit from sugar nellie
(I had such a hard time deciding which stamp to use)
Brads and rub-on from stash

Please be sure to drop by our DT's blogs to see more wonderful creations and find out how they made their cards! You can find their links in the side bar!

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Teddy For Paige

Well I Have bit the bullet and made my very first Whimsy DT card for a special young lady, Paige is a 13 year old girl who had a serious boating accident and as a result has had to have part of her arm amputated....read more on Erin's blog here

You can get the cute Whimsy image I used over at Whimsy Stamps Paige's story and the link to the image is on the homepage. Please consider purchasing this image as every purchase goes to Paige's fund, please also consider making a card to send to Paige.


this is what Erin has to say about the new digi image from Whimsy Stamps!

That sweet little bear image at the top of the post is the newest digi image from Whimsy Stamps!! One of the talented designers created this Teddy for Paige over the weekend. All proceeds from the sale of this image go right to Paige's medical fund. Check out the Whimsy site to get your own bear. The blog candy winner will also win the download!! Big hugs to Denise and her designer for getting this bear so quickly and so cute!!! It's amazing!

also pop along to Erin's blog to register for some fantastic candy for sending Paige a card!
don't forget that there is a Whimsy Challenge held every monday too with prizes to be won!

Supplies:

DP: Basic Grey Granola
Stamp: SU Circle of Friendship
Charm and Ribbon from stash
Flower punches

Some Fab News

I am very pleased and excited to announce (jumping up and down at this point) that I have been asked by Denise to be on the whimsy DT. Check out Denise's fab shop..whimsy stamps
Thanks so much for this Denise you have truly made my day
Hugs

ASFOS - Sketch

Our challenge this week over spoonfull is a fab sketch by our very own MichelleO I had so much fun using this and I will certainly use it again thanks michelle.

We also have a fabulous prize this week kindly donated by Nikki from
Bunny Zoe's crafts.

For my card this week i Have used the gorgeous Popcorn bear christmas stamp along with the beautiful MME Signature christmas DP (these are truly Gorgeous).Both these items i bought from Bunny Zoe's crafts.
I have also used some Polar White Flower soft on the bears hat ( what a mess i had using this)
The shell buttons are from my stash.

Please be sure to drop by our DT's blogs to see more wonderful creations and find out how they made their cards! You can find their links in the side bar!

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I have received this gorgeous awards from Natalie and Hannah Thank you so much.

From Natalie
From Hannah
I would like to pass both these awards onto my Spoonfull dt buddies as they are all so inspiring and a great bunch of Girls to work with.
Hugs

ASFOS - Distressing

For our challenge this week we would love to see some sort of Distressing on your cards. (tearing, distressed edges, chalks or inks to add an aged feel)

Our wonderful sponsor this week is Wendy (aka Louby Loo). This is what wendy had to say: Welcome to Digital Delights, a magical place filled with my little digi creations from all walks of life.
Wendy has very kindly offered a $10.00 Gift certificate to purchase images from her digital delights store to our lucky winner. Thanks so much Wendy!

For my card this week I have used my fav MME DP and a Gorgeous popcorn the Bear Christmas set which I bought from
Bunny Zoe's crafts.


Please be sure to drop by our DT's blogs to see more wonderful creations and find out how they made their cards! You can find their links in the side bar!

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I would also like to tell you that Hannah and Zoe from
Crafty monkeys
will be back with you Next Saturday with a new Challenge for the U16's
so if you have any crafty Kids u16 please be sure to drop by there blog Next Saturday.

Thanks