Don't Stop Believing...

...One of my favouritest songs ever...and I was bowled over with Joe's performance of it on X Factor...so much so that I actually voted for him LOL Anyways, the Don't Stop Believing today is a reminder for the Sunday Stamper...which this week is "Believe" and...remember that there is some FAB candy on offer too! The theme runs until 2nd Jan and the winner will be announced of the 3rd January.




Today I am showing a couple of the 60 million Christmas cards I have had to make this year...actually, I exagerate slightly, it was more like 45 million but there you go :O)) Both of the cards have the word Believe on them and are just plain and simple ones...bit like me really! I used Distress Inks, Tim stamps, Hearts In Touch stamps and some mirri and Bazzill card along with a sled load of Picket Fence Stickles *see what I did there....sled load instead of shed load...cos Santa has a sled!!!*




Today has been a bit nightmarish with the weather...I know, us Brits talk about the weather constantly but I couldn't get out this morning and I needed to...just too scared to walk on snowy icy pavements and risk falling over and doing myself another injury! Hopefully we have seen the last of the snow for a while and whilst it is freeeeeezing out there, at least it will thaw out soon! Thanks for looking! Oh, and here is a piccie of the candy:



Hels x

Something Sandy......

...Ah, what a shame I don't mean that I am writing this from my sunlounger on a sandy beach in the Bahama's...but..what it does mean is that today the Gingersnap Creations Blog see a brand new challenge! And...guess what? It is....Sandpaper. (am not going thru the whole is it Sandpaper, Sand Paper or Sand paper thing again like yesterday...that would be tooooo boring....)




I made a card for my entry...I used some fab DCWV cardstock, running it through the Cuttlebug with a Holly folder and the Swiss Dots folder...rubbed the embossed bits with sandpaper so the white core showed...and then blended Distress Inks over the whiteness using Antique Linen to make them toned down. The little tree which I made into a bauble is another of those gorgeous stamps by Hearts In Touch...I stamped with Peeled Paint, embossed with Shabby Shutters Distress Powders and then added loads of dollops of Picket Fence Distress Stickles. The bit of ribbon and then the punched flowers were added to make it look more like a bauble...please tell me you knew instantly that I had made a bauble (LOL)...I added some little DewDropz for the tree and stamped my favest sentiment in the whole widest world (another Hearts In Touch stamp) straight onto the cardstock...blended the edges with Antique Linen to pull it all together and voila, finished!




Thanks for looking...and if you feel like a challenge today, please hop on over to the Gingersnaps... they have some beuatiful samples on display as well as this one of mine ROFL And...I almost forgot to mention....Hearts In Touch are generously offering the Christmas stamp sheet as Blog Candy for one lucky entrant! Cool huh?


I am dashing off to the blog of the man who is driving me insane at the same time as making me say oooh and aaaah everyday at his fabulous tags...I need to see what today's looks like!

Hels x

Sunday Stamper - Week 82 - Angels (At The Hop)

Morning Stampers,

Thank you, first of all, to all who joined in with the challenge last week...and this week the new theme is ANGELS. To join in with the challenge, all you need to do is make a piece of art, include the theme and some stamping...and then post a comment here for me with a link to the place you are showing your art...the challenge is open until 23:00 next Saturday, 12th December.




Now, what is the "at the hop" in the title? Well, today sees the launch of a brand new Blog Hop with the Gingersnap Creations team. So....welcome to the first-ever Gingersnap Creations Blog Hop and you have reached Hop Stop #5!




If you’ve already been hopping then hopefully you have just come from Erika at Taylord Concepts. If you are starting here, welcome! It's a loop so you can start anywhere along the way! At each stop, you need to collect a word! There are 10 stops in all starting and ending with The Gingersnap Creations blog where you can get all the specific information and get a peak at the Christmas 2009 plate from Hearts in Touch. When you get all your words, there are 9 in all, unscramble them to form an art quote. Once you have your guess at the quote, email it and your name to gingersnapstamp@gmail.com by December 13, 2009. We will be picking one lucky winner at random from the correct entries to win the Hearts in Touch Christmas 2009 plate! My word is WORLD. Your next stop on the hop is Jean at Bluebird Paperie.

Good luck!!!




Back to the Sunday Stamper...my entry features a beautiful Angel stamp from the Hearts In Touch Christmas Plate which is up for grabs as the Hop Prize. I used Distress Inks to colour her...made her a little shabby looking about the edges and then used some Cosmo Cricket Be Good papers for the background. The sentiment is also on the Hearts In Touch plate too...and I think that this is my fave Christmas sentiment ever :O))

I hope you will have chance to play at the Sunday Stamper and also join in with the Hop too...have a great week everyone...and for the Tim Tag "Splinter Group", I will blog todays tag tomorrow...IYKWIM :O))

Hels x

Walking In A Winter Wonderland

...Over on the Gingersnap Creations blog there is a brand new sponsor for December...a great stamp company called Hearts In Touch...and also today marks a brand new theme for a challenge...Winter Wonderland.




I was very lucky to be sent a gorgeous sheet of stamps from Hearts In Touch ... #134...and here is a card I made using one of the images...which also combines the new challenge theme. As usual, my photography leaves a lot to be desired...it doesn't pick up the subtlety of the image...but take my word for it...it is very pretty :O))




I stamped the image using Faded Jeans Distress Ink and spritzed with water to soften the edges...using a heat gun to dry off the image stopped it smudging too much. I added some Icicle Stickles to make it look snowy and then used some Bazzill to make a background...and...after a good old rummage in my card stash I found a fab sheet of snowflake acetate...goodness knows where it came from but it worked a treat with the whole card. The sentiment is also from the Hearts In Touch sheet...and yes, I do believe :O))

Thanks for looking..have a great day!

Hels x