Candy Giveaways!

Just had a whistlestop tour of my favourite blogs I normally visit before I'm offski and have come across the following:

My SBS sister Emma who is feeling a bit poorly at the moment is celebrating almost reaching 10,000 hits on her blog and well deserved too! Emma is such a lovely lady who we all adore in our group. Get well soon Emms! She has a £10 gift voucher from Poppicrafts up for grabs. So don't delay and go there straight away! All you have to do is visit her blog and then write link from your blog to hers. Remember to give her some get well wishes while you're there!

My blogging friend Nikki is giving away some fab candy to celebrate 10,000 hits in only 4 short months! I'm quite sure that you have all visited her blog, I'd be surprised if you haven't! Her creations are absolutely stunning and is the source of inspiration for a lot of people I'll bet, including me. You have until the 7th July to post a comment on her blog and to write a post on your blog directing others to it.

Michelle at Stamps, Paper, Scissors and Donkey Smiles (great name for a blog) is also celebrating 10,000 hits on her blog. I have just visited for the first time and will be a regular visitor from now on. She has a terrific blog and is also offering some fab candy. You have until the 4th July to post a comment and link from your blog to hers.

Rebecca is also having a giveaway. All you need to do is visit her blog and tell her what your favourite celebration is before the 7th July to win a great prize. What's stopping you?

Karen is having a giveaway to celebrate reaching over 2,000 hits on her blog. To be in with a chance of winning, you need to visit her blog and tell her about your most memorable school moment and also post a link on your blog to hers. You have until the 7th July to enter.

RAK from Riane

My blogging friend Riane very kindly sent me a RAK of Penny Black, Magnolia,Rachelle Miller, Hanglar and House Mouse images. I commented on some of Diane's stunning creations and said that I was thinking of buying some Magnolia stamps and she very kindly sent me all of these little beauties. I can't wait until I can get colouring with my prismas. I have used one of the Penny black images on my anniversary card for Steven below. Thank you so much Diane. You are a star! If you haven't stopped by Diane's blog before, go and pay a visit now.

Happy Holidays!

Haven't had any time recently to either craft or blog although that will change now as I am now on holiday for 7 weeks! YIPEE! I'm off to Tenerife tomorrow for 2 weeks for a much needed rest and to visit my brother who lives there. Lucky thing he is! He celebrated his 40th birthday yesterday much to his disgust. I have quickly made a very simple card for him this morning which I will hopefully give to him on Wednesday with his pressie. His birthday cards greeted on time for once! While we are away, Steven and I will celebrate our 7th wedding anniversary so I have also made him a card this morning. I'm now off to get the rest of my packing done as I'm not yet finished! Ta ta for now! Speak soon.

AND THE WINNER IS................

Sorry for the delay everyone. We have been away for the weekend visiting our parents and so didn't get back until quite late this evening. This is why I am so late in posting the winner of my Father's Day challenge. Sorry without further ado ...... Steven has just drawn the winner ...........



Congratuations go to ...........



Well done! Your goodies will be in the post very soon! I still haven't posted a picture of the candy but never mind, it'll be a nice surprise when it gets to you hopefully!

A huge thank you to everyone who took part. I really appreciate it and loved seeing all of your wonderful creations.

Hope everyone has had a lovely weekend.

Speak soon x

Happy Father's Day!

Just a quick post to share with you what I made for my husband Steven for Father's Day from our wee boy Lewis. Made him a card and was really pleased with how it turned out for once! I also made a little book for him using pictures of him and Lewis together doing a range of things and used some Papermania stickers. I used a Flip book that I bought ages ago and haven't gotten around using it till now. He was really delighted with them this morning. Some of the photos aren't so good as we're just back from being away for the weekend so not the best time to be taking photos!

Happy Birthday Joana!

A very happy birthday to my SBS sister Joana! Hope you have a lovely day. Here is the card I made her. Hope it arrived in time! Has been another manic week - still lots of loose ends to tie up at work before the end of term, so no slowing down yet! I'll get around to having some me time to craft soon I hope! Wishful thinking!

BAD BLOGGER!

I can't believe how long it has been since I last posted! It has been so frustrating not being able to have the time to post or to create anything as I have been knee deep writing reports for my kids - burning the midnight oil a fair bit! There just aren't enough hours in the day. Grrrrr! Anyway, I have a few folks birthdays coming up and so I'll need to get a move on in the creating department. Whilst I have been missing in action, both Sue and Louise have awarded me this award which was very sweet of them. Thank you ladies, I'm very honoured as I like to think that I can be Kreativ when I have the time! Go and check out their blogs, they are both so talented.



I'd like to award this to Kerryn, Maddie, Jenny and Tracy.

Have been trying to catch up with all of my SBS sisters tonight by visiting their sites and seeing what they have been getting up to! Hello to all of you, sorry I have been neglecting you recently. As usual on my travels I have gotten a bit sidetracked and found the following blog candy up for grabs.

Dawny is celebrating reaching 4000 hits on her blog. All you have to do is visit her blog if you haven't already and leave her a comment as well as adding her blog to your blogroll and writing a post on your blog to let others know. Her creations are fab, no wonder she has had so many hits.

Tracy is also offering some fantastic blog candy to celebrate her birthday on 14th June. Visit her site to comment on her post and then write a post on your blog to let others know to be in with a chance of winning. You can also enter a card with a fantasy theme to be in with an extra chance of winning. Go on, do it now!

Carol is celebrating reaching 5,000 hits on her blog. Up for grabs is a fantastic acrylic stamp set from HOTP. You can enter by leaving a comment on Carol's site by Sunday 15th June.

Lorraine is celebrating being a new blogger by offering some great candy too! Head on over to her site and answer her question to be in with a cahnce of winning some Laura Ashley candy.

Don't forget about my blog candy for Father's Day! You have until Sunday 15th to enter. Some stunning creations have been entered so far and you can see these at the top of the page. I hope to post the prize tomorrow!

Enjoy your evening!

Blog Candy Giveaway!

Here are some of the entries received so far!

Blog candy Giveaway!

As I have been lucky enough to win some fab goodies as a result of PIF candy recently, I have decided to give away my own blog candy. Since it will be Father's Day fairly soon on Sunday 15th June, I would like you share your fabulous creations that you intend on giving your dad for Father's Day. It could be a card, scrapbook page, altered item, anything really as long as it has been made by your fair hands! I will post the candy you will receive if you are the winner very soon! You have until midnight Saturday 14th June to enter and all you have to do is leave me a message with a link to your creation. It is as easy as that. The winner will be selected randomly by my son Lewis on 15th June and the winner's name will be posted here. Good luck!

A Day with Thomas

Yesterday we took Lewis to see Thomas the Tank at Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway which isn't far from where we live. We had intended taking him last year but the horrible weather put a stop to it. Anyway, I think it was probably a good thing that we didn't visit until yesterday as I think he would have been too young back then to appreciate it fully. He had a great time even though he was slightly unsure of Sir Topham Hat, as were we! I will need to use some of the photos to make some scrapbook pages - that'll be a job for my summer holidays I think as I don't think I'll get around to it by then as I am swamped with work at the moment. I should be writing my reports at the moment instead of this!!!!! Hey ho!

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My SBS sister Sammi tagged me last week with this fun circle of friends. I know have to choose four blogging friends to tag ..........what a difficult decision! I'm going to choose .............

Kath
Louise
Stacey
Zoe

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SBS SISTER EMMA

Emma has some blog candy up for grabs to celebrate both her birthday and 5000 hits on her blog. To be in with a chance of winning all you have to do is visit Emma's blog here and leave her a comment as well as providing a link to her blog on your own blog. You have until tomorrow to enter so drop by now and say a belated Happy Birthday to her. She's such a lovely person.

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HEIDI'S HANGLAR BLOG CANDY GIVEAWAY

Heidi is giving you the chance to win about 30 stamped Hanglar images as well as an actual stamp! Hanglar stamps are so gorgeous and it is so frustrating that us UK stampers can't get our mitts on them! To be in with a chance of winning this fantastic generous prize, pop over to Heidi's fabulous blog and leave her a comment as well as providing a link to her blog on yours. You can find Heidi's blog here. You have until 31st May.
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BLOG CANDY GIVEAWAY



As I have been lucky enough to win some fab goodies as a result of PIF candy recently, I have decided to give away my own blog candy. Since it will be Father's Day fairly soon on Sunday 15th June, I would like you share your fabulous creations that you intend on giving your dad for Father's Day. It could be a card, scrapbook page, altered item, anything really as long as it has been made by your fair hands! I will post the candy you will receive if you are the winner very soon! You have until midnight Saturday 14th June to enter and all you have to do is leave me a message with a link to your creation. It is as easy as that. The winner will be selected randomly by my son Lewis on 15th June and the winner's name will be posted here. Good luck!

Here is some of the candy that I have been lucky enough to win recently!

From Stacey:



From Sharon:


From Richelle:

Well, I'd better go and get on with those reports!

Happy Birthday Lewis!

Today is my son Lewis' 2nd birthday, I can't believe where the two years have gone! Frightening! I have been so busy recently as we have been getting organised for his party yesterday and tonight we went for a birthday tea with his best friend Paul. His party went extremely well yesterday despite the horrible weather and Lewis had a great time which was the most important thing. He absolutely loved his birthday cake which had Roley and Scoop from Bob the Builder on it. He is a massive Bob fan and got lots of Bob the builder pressies which he'll have great fun with. A very lucky boy! Last night after tidying up the debris of the party, I finally got around to making his birthday card. I made another train like the one I made for his friend Paul's birthday but adapted it by making some animals to be the passengers of the train. Now I just need to busy myself making thank you cards for all of the presents which he got and I must try to make some scrapbook pages of the big event and the birthday boy!

Blog Hopping again!

I really must stop this! I am full of good intentions to get lots of crafting done, particularly as it is a bank holiday weekend and once again have gotten a bit carried away in visiting blogs! Is it just me??? I start by visiting my fellow stamping sisters to see what they have been getting up to first of all, then I see lots that I like and begin travelling all over the place and before I know it, I have spent a good hour doing no crafting! Anyway on my travels this evening, I have come across lots of fabulous blog candy and just have to tell you all about it.

First of all, my SBS 15 sistah Sammi @ stuffbysammi is giving away this fantastic candy in celebration of reaching 1000 hits on her blog. All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is to design a card or scrapbook page with a French theme or to post a link to her blog on yours. Go and check out her blog now!










Kitty @ Kitty's Krafty Blog is giving away another lot of fab candy to celebrate 20,000 hits on her blog. All you need to do is to visit her blog and post a comment that links her blog to yours and to post her giveawy on your blog. You have until the 7th May to enter.

Mother Ila @ Artfully Ila and daughter Trina @ Timeless Treasures are giving away brilliant candy to celebrate Ila's birthday on the 6th May. To enter you need to visit Ila's blog and either tell her what your favourite stamp is and leave a link to it or spread the word about her blog candy on your own blog. Then you need to visit Trina's blog and tell her what your favourite card verse or sentiment is or to post a link to her candy on your blog.

Susie @ White Ribbon Cards has another great giveaway on her blog to celebrate her reaching 10,000 hits. You have until midnight on Sunday 4th May to enter and this is what you need to do. First of all add Susie's blog to your blog roll, secondly write a post about her candy on your blog and thirdly leave her a message so that she can see that you have done both of these things. You only have until tomorrow night so get cracking!

I'm going to stop hopping now and go and attempt to make a birthday card for Lewis' 2nd birthday which is next Monday. The earlier I start the better as I know that my week will run away and his birthday will be here before I know it! Enjoy your weekend.