Blog candy winners and more....

A great big thanks for all the wonderful comments you have been leaving me lately and a wonderful welcome to my new followers. I hope you will enjoy reading my blog. Now to announce the first 2 winners of my birthday blog candy.

First to go is the 2 pack set of Chipboard from Fancy pants Designs. By Random Draw done by the wonderful Miss Belle......The winner is:

Babe O'Mara

and the lucky winner of the Basic Grey paper pack and Chipboards also drawn by the Lovely Miss Belle is:

Zoechaos

Could you both please email me at scrapbookcafe2@yahoo.com your mailing addresses so i can post your prizes out to you.

And now for this weeks candy.....

For anyone popping in to the giveaway late here. This being my 2 year blogging birthday I am giving away 2 blog candies each week throughout the entire month of July. Each Friday begins a new giveaway.

A tree house Memories page kit(shown here) along with some more scrapbook papers and embellies.(not shown).
We also have a Cricut stamping set complete with stamp blocks and stamp film. (Sorry the photo was giving me so much trouble. )
So all you have to do to be eligible is leave a comment, post about my Blog Birthday giveaway and/or become a follower. If you are already a follower please mention this in your post and you will get double entries. Also if you post about my candy please leave me a comment telling me so and the link so I can pop over and visit your blog. 2 more winners will be drawn from all comments posted from midnight last night(Friday) to midnight GMT next Friday and 2 more blog candy prizes will be posted on my blog on Saturday. Each comment you leave me gets you another entry for that weeks draw. Good luck and have a wonderful day. Angela

Shades of Blue card

The challenge this week over at Less is more is "Shades of Blue" For my card I used a Stampin Up stamped image inked in Faded Jean and embossed clear then coloured with Promarkers. The script is from Across the Miles set from The stamp Man inked in Faded Jean then spritzed with water before stamping for a watercolour effect. the ribbon is a pale blue sparkle mesh also found at The Stamp Man. I am entering this in The less is more Week 22 challenge "Shades of Blue"

Don't forget that you can enter for my 2 year blogiversary candy on the side bar up until Friday when I will post the next 2 for the following week. I will draw a winner for this week and post on Saturday. I am giving away 2 blog candies each week for the entire month of July to celebrate. for details and rules on how to enter please see the sidebar link.

Thanks for stopping in and have a wonderful day. Angela

Try it on Tuesday New Challenge is up

And the theme at the Try it on Tuesday challenge blog is "Flower Power" chosen by our wonderfully talented team mate Pat. So Think Flowers! and lots of them. It is also a card theme so be sure to enter only cards this week. For my card I stamped the background with Close to my heart rose stamps ad embossed clear. I then cut off a bit and inked the remainder with Walnut Distress ink. I cut the border using a Martha Stewart punch. The center panel is dine using the remaining embossed piece of card and adding the napkin collage pansies over top. Finally I added the jute twine and tied at the ends. Hope you have enjoyed my inspiration this week. Now there is a lot more fab inspirational pieces created by my teamies over at the Try it on Tuesday challenge blog so go ahead over and check them out then show us your "Flower Power" card. We cannot wait to see them.

Just a reminder that I have some fun blog candy giveaways all month celebrating 2 years of blogging! so be sure to check them out here or on the sidebar.

Thanks for stopping in and have a wonderful day. Angela

Where does all the time go....

It seems like there are never enough hours in the day to get things done. Between organising for the move, cleaning the house and getting my work done the day is over way too fast. I am afraid from finishing some DT work I have not completed any other crafty projects. Or at least any I can show right now. So here is another project I did quite awhile ago. It is one of my favourites

It is a Clear house Album made into a beach house album. The sand is done using my Faux sand technique and the water is Glossy accents.
I used shell stickers from Reminisce along with some real shells. The flowers are KI memories diecut paper.
I created a paper weaving behind the photo using Reminisce beach papers and accented with more Faux sand and shells. I also used some Anna Griffin stickers.
The rubons are from Anna Griffin and the papers are Reminisce.

This is a little journaling I printed on some clear acetate and added it into the book.
The roof was done using handmade paper.

The birdies have gotten big and managed to break the nest. Now there are only 3 left in there. the others have flown off. I cannot believe how quickly they have grown.

Well that is all I have for now . Don't forget about my Blogiversary Blog candy here and tomorrow the new challenge will be up at Try it on Tuesday. Hope to see you there to check it out. Thanks for stopping in and have a great day. Angela

No inky fingers today and Blog candy

Today there was no crafting, No inky fingers and sadly no finished projects. Instead we took the day and went to a antique show and craft show in Whetherby , then walked around the shoppes in town. it was a nice afternoon. Hubby and Belle were very nice and bought me a few pressies. First was a wonderful little book over 100 years old. I love collecting old and rare books so this was a perfect gift.


And the title was perfect. Love it!!!!

Next thing they bought me was a lovely Tea set. I have been looking for one now for quite awhile and this caught my eye. I loved the design and the cups are fab. Not too tiny like some.


And he even got me the tea for one set too. Love love love it!!!

Now it is Blog Candy time. This month I am celebrating 2 years since starting my blog. I cannot believe it has been 2 years already. So I thought I would share it with my wonderful blogging friends. Since it is my 2 year bog anniversary, I will be giving away 2 blog candy prizes each week throughout the entire month of July.

And now it is time to show you this weeks blog candy.

First we have a pack of Basic Grey and Chip stickers to match.

And for the other candy we have 2 12x12 Chipboard shape packs by Fancy pants designs.

They have 3 sheets each. That's 6 12 X12 sheets of shapes.

To be in the draw for either of these prizes just leave me a comment on any post. Comments left from July 1 through midnight July 7. 2 winners will be drawn on July 8 and a new set of blog candy will be posted. To receive additional entries you can post about the blog candy with a link back to my blog, Become a follower or mention that you are already one, leave comments .

I am hoping to be getting a bit inky tomorrow with some more projects and maybe a tutorial, we shall see. Until then I hope you have a wonderful day. Thanks for taking the time to stop in.

Angela

Blog Candy Winner and new ATC

Oops! I forgot to post my first ATC for The monthly swap over at The Stamp Man ATC blog. The Theme this month is "Vintage" so I made this lace pocketbook. It reminds me of one my grandmother had. There was a little flip over rose clasp on it. For my little pocketbook ATC I used TH Old Paper Distress ink on white card the embossed in clear with Aspects of design Lace sheet 1 stamp. I then inked over it with TH Victorian Velvet distress ink. I did the same to the top layer of the purse and put in place. The Rose clasp is stamped using the mini Rose Stamp from sheet Butterfly Angels then embossed with gold. finally I added a spare bit of gold chain for the strap. If you are up for an ATC swap we would love to see your cards for this them. Just link them up at the Stamp Man ATC Blog here. There is also some great inspiration there from some of my Stamp Man Team mates there.

An now something you have been waiting for.....The winner of my blog candy....First of all a Great big thank you for all the wonderful comments you have left me. I am working my way around to visit all the blogs and leave you some in return. So Thank you form the bottom of my heart. They are really appreciated.

And now this package of goodies goes to......

We took all the entries

put them in a hat the old fashioned random draw way and Belle pulled a winner....

And the winner is.....

Debbie

Debbie's blog is http://fairybluebellscraftadventure.blogspot.com/

Now anyone who knows my giveaways will know that Belle cannot pull just one name so the following people will also receive some little packages from us. Not as big as the main giveaway but a little something. So now for the other winners.........

The Sparkle Fairy - http://thesparklyfairy.blogspot.com/

and .....

Sam - http://sam21ski.blogspot.com/

Please email me at scrapbookcafe2@yahoo.com with your mailing details and we will get your packages out to you.

Now July is my 2 year Blog anniversary. I cannot believe it has been 2 years already. when I think back to when I started it was just something to keep me busy with all my newly found spare time after adjusting to the move. Now I am so addicted to it.....LOL.

So Since it is 2 years I will be giving away 2 blog candy prizes a week for the entire month. that's right....2 prizes each week until the end of July. All you will have to do is leave a comment for 1 entry, Become a follower or mention you are one for another and post about each candy for another. The first candy will start tomorrow and I will post about it then although any comments left on this post will count towards it since it is July. Remember check back tomorrow for all the nitty gritty and picture details.

Well I guess that is all for the night. I will leave you with a picture of our little babies up under the eve of the front door. ........ .......

Aren't they cute....there are 6 of them stuffed in there and they are getting really big fast. in fact they broke the nest a bit today. They are really sweet but they make such a mess of the front door. But just look at those eyes staring at you. I will miss them when they go.

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping in. Angela

challenge 26 at the Stamp Man Challenge Blog

Wow I cannot believe all the wonderful entries we received for the Butterflies and Dragonflies challenge at The Stamp Man Challenge blog. You were all amazing! Now onto the new challenge and this time it is being hosted by the wonderful Brenda. Now if you are familiar with Brenda's work you know how amazingly talented she is. Now Brenda has given us a 2 part challenge. The first part is Alcohol inks and the second is a sketch (Shown below).

I have used Lettuce Alcohol inks on my background(gloss paper) with a bit of Heirloom gold Perfect Pearls flicked on. I then inked through a mini circle template with Peeled Paint and Victorian Velvet Distress ink . For the next layer I inked the strip with Victorian Velvet Distress ink and then stamped the script using TH Distress stain in walnut and script stamp from "Across the Miles" AOD. Finally I heated some fusible webbing over the top. The final layer is on gloss paper and inked using Aqua Alcohol ink and blending solution. The Funky Flowers image is then stamped on and coloured slightly with Promarkers. It is then edged in Walnut distress stain and layered on the card ad the butterfly charm is added.

My Materials list:

Ranger Glossy Paper
TH Alcohol ink Blending solution
TH Alcohol inks -Lettuce, Aqua
TH Distress ink – Victorian Velvet
TH Distress ink – Peeled paint

TH Distress stain walnut

Aspects of Design 56 Funky Flowers

Perfect Pearls Heirloom gold

Fusible Webbing -(From the Sale room at The Stamp Man)

Aspects of design Across the miles(Script)

Butterfly charm(unknown)

Now it is your turn to show us what you can do with Alcohol inks. Just pop on over to The Stamp Man Challenge blog and take a look at all the wonderful inspirations our DT has created for you then link up your entry. I cannot wait to stop by and take a look at your wonderful creations. You can also check out the rules for entering here too.

A great big thanks to all who entered my blog candy. I have not yet made it to all your blogs but will do so by the end of the weekend. We are tallying all the entries and will draw a winner later today so please do check back to see if you have won.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a wonderful day. Angela