Christmas wishes for Joanna Sheen's first challenge

I was so happy when I saw the Joanna Sheen challenge blog start up. You might have noticed I am a bit addicted to her store and in particular these little mice :D I have gone for this great decoupage sheet from the deck the halls pack available HERE from the brilliant Joanna Sheen store. I have layered it up with foam pads and added some sparkle with sakura stardust pens and glaze on the fairy lights. For this card I have only used half of the decoupage layers and the other half I have put together ready for a second card. The papers are a mix of dovecraft and Bearly Mine. The gems are from my stash.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:
Joanna Sheen challenge blog - Christmas Wishes
Bah! humbug - Cute critters
Glitter geeks - Decoupage
Crafty Catz - Colours of Christmas with glitter
Paperworks - Photo inspiration (I have used the colours)
Bling it on - Christmas
Creatalicious Challenge - Christmas and make it sparkle

A few more Christmas cards

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Did anyone else see frozen planet the other day? I do LOVE penguins and the filming as always with the BBC nature programs is just incredible! Well if you saw it and saw the emperor penguin bit you will know just where my inspiration for this card came from :D
The gorgeous main image is of course from the House mouse range and this one is a decoupage sheet from the lovely Joanna Sheen. I have added stickles to the snow so it really sparkles (not that this pic shows it very well). The sentiment is one I got a couple of years ago I got a whole load of them when they were on sale and they are from DCWV if I remember rightly. The paper is an old one as well from a couple of years ago from Dovecraft. The ribbon is from Fantastic ribbon while the border punch is Martha Stewart's doily lace edge punch from Crafts and me.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:
Scrapology - Feature a house mouse (that is not hard for me :D )
House mouse challenge - Warm and fuzzy
Shopping our stash - Winter or Christmas related
Ladybug crafts - Blue Christmas


My next card is using one of the brilliant digi's I won from Bronte and Bella's challenge a few weeks ago. Isn't she just sooo sweet! She is called Ragged Angel and you can pick her up HERE from Mo's Digital Pencil. I have coloured her with promarkers and added some stickles for a touch of sparkle. I have stamped some snowflakes around the edges of the image and torn all the edges before inking them for a more distressed feel. The paper is an old one again (yep I am trying to use up that old stash) again from Dove craft I think. The sentiment is from craft work cards. The peel offs gems and ribbon are from my stash.


I am entering this card for the following challenges:
Paper crafting journey - Anything goes
Daisy doodles creative challenge - Christmas creation


My last card is just a quick one using one of the Mo's Digital Pencil topper sheets I picked up at Ally Pally. These are such good fun to use as they are pre coloured and die cut so very quick. I have added some glaze and touches of sparkle with sakura stardust pens :D then I inked all the edges with gold brilliance ink. The sentiment also comes on the sheet. The gems are from my stash and the gorgeous paper is from Marianne D's winter world pack available HERE.


I am entering this card for the following challenges:
Bronte and Bella's challenge - Fairies,elves, santa or snowmen
Scrapbooking sisters - Christmas time

House Mouse!

I just wanted to say sorry for not being around the last few day or the next few. I was on antibiotics for a severe kidney infection & I had a reaction to them, where my brain swells (yeah I know what brain lol!) causing really bad & I mean really bad headaches to he extent that yesterday I couldn't pick my head up off my pillow or look at lights without being in tears! So I am sorry if I don't get around to commenting I will be back hopefully by Monday after a few days rest!! The hospital last night said I'd just got to wait it out & let the meds come out of my system naturally!! Not to bad today I can look at lights without it hurting, but I still feel like I've had one to many whiskeys! lol
Hug xx

This week over at CES Challenge we have the perfect challenge for you at this time of year!! We would like to see

SNOWFLAKES

on your creations! The winner will recieve a £10 voucher (p&p not included) to spend in Emma's online store! Emma does stock some of these gorgeous HM stamps & they are on offer at the moment along with loads more things, so pop over & check it out

My first attempt at colouring these gorgeous little mices, I think I am gonna need more lol!!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Get Hippity With Ippity- sketch

Crafty Catz- snowflakes

Fabulous Friday- Die cuts

Goodies I Have Used

Image- 'Walnut Cradles' set of House Mouse stamps from Joanna Sheen

6" square petal point card blank from Crafty Emma's Store

Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Mices- sandstone, caramel, umber, light fawn & mute pink

Cone- antique white, sandstone, caramel & umber

Holly leaves- holly, forest green & chartreuse

Berries- lipstick red & crimson

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Back to Basics Christmas' by Dovecraft from Crafty Emma's Store

Sentiment- 'Winter Wave Words' by Stampendous!

Large snowflake punch by Martha Stewart

Small snowflake punch by X-cut

Red & green card by Papermania

4mm silver pearls from Crafty Emma's Store

Flourish die cut by Create 4 Fun 6003/0002

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you all have a fab weekend. Anyhoos, don't forget to pop over to the main blog & see what fab creations my teamies have made!!

hugs xx

We are all back! :D

Well we are all back from the first weekend getaway and it is safe to say there will be more of them :D
We all had a great time and thank you to all our brilliant sponsors we will be adding some pictures from the weekend and of the creations we make with all the goodies we got over the following days and months.

These are pictures of the sort of goody bags that we all got a paper craft one and a jewellery one.

The paper craft bag has Lili of the valley, Crafts and me, Kenny K (from Whimsy stamps) and House mouse (from Joanna Sheen ) stamps. A4 card, lots of 6x6 papers, 12x12 papers, silicone glue, foam pads, quickie glue pen, sakura stardust pen, ribbon and other embellishments from Jazzlins, Dream weaver Stencil brushes, Sculpey clay, twinkling H2O's, Shrink plastic, sentiments, a whole range of gems from the lovely Vanessa and loads of flowers from The Paper Shelter among other things. As well as that there were flex and aqua markers for us all to use thanks to Letraset. A box of ribbon from Fantastic ribbon, super smooth paper for us all to stamp on from Crafty Emma's Store and card blanks, more ribbon and cosmic shimmer sprays from Jazzlins. There was an extra little lucky dip bag each as well that had vouchers for Crafts and me, Lili of the valley, Delicious Doodles, Kenny K's Downloads, Bearly Mine, The Crafty Purple Frog, stamps from Joanna Sheen and dies from Marianne Designs.

The jewellery kit was a starter kit so that everyone could have a go and I think most people that tried it really liked it. Natalie I think had most fun with it. There were charms, beads of various shapes and sizes, chain, tigers tail wire, elastic thread and a whole load of findings to make loads of things.

We had a great room with a huge table so that we could all craft together and Emma got to try out both copics and promarkers before she decided which she wanted to buy. We found that markers preference is very much an individual thing as some of us loved the copics and others loved the Promarkers. Emma will be getting promarkers (also my favorite).
The whole weekend was full of lots of laughter, fun and picking up new techniques from each other. I can not wait to see what we all do now we have all got home and can make even more with our goodies.
Thank you all of you ladies for a brilliant weekend. I am working on sorting out more for next year already so if you would like to join us next time please follow the blog and drop me a line.
Huge hugs

Amy xx

P.S. Keep watching this space for more pictures and creations

Dying to diecut

This months challenge over at Marianne's Design Divas is to use your gorgeous diecuts that we all have.

For this month and the future challenges we are going to have 2 sponsors. The brilliant Marianne her self has been so impressed by all your entries and how many people are already following the blog that she is going to be offering a prize direct from her.
This month one lucky winner will get the following little set.....

a second winner will get this huge lot from our wonderful sponsor

Bunny Zoe

The amazing Nikki is giving this lot....

I though I would do some thing a bit different this time round and made a hanging decoration using Norwegian Ice Star LR0124 and Snowflake LR0185. I cut 5 of the large snowflake die in the silver card and then scored them down the middle and attached them all back to back with the ribbon in the middle. I used PVA to stick them together and to hold the ribbon in place and secured it with little clothes pegs till it dried. Then I added on the gems for a bit of extr a sparkle. For the smaller snowflakes I used the Norwegian Ice star die and made 3 of the larger one and 2 of the little one. The larger one I again scored down the middle and stuck with the PVA but the smaller one I just left as it was and stuck them together over the end of the ribbon before adding a couple more gems.



Then because I couldn't resist I also made a card. Here I have used some of the brilliant Marianne D papers and if you have not seen her paper pads you are missing out trust me. This paper is from the paper bloc called Winter World and I have also used it to cut my adorable little buttons from. The buttons I made with Tags and buttons die and I glazed them with glossy accents.
The image is from Joanna Sheen's house mouse range the set called three wise mice. I have coloured them with pro markers and added touches of sparkle with a sakura stardust pen. The ribbon is from my stash.

Christmas sparkle with House mouse

The challenge this time at the House Mouse Challenge Blog is to make a sparkly Christmas creation :D I have used this adorable decoupage sheet from the Wishes for Christmas set in the Joanna Sheen range available HERE. I have layered them up using foam pads and the added sparkle with some sakura stardust pens, gems from my stash and the gorgeous glittered paper from Dove craft. The sentiment is from papermania and the ribbon is from my stash.

Happy Birthday house mouse

You know how much I LOVE the brilliant and super cute house mouse stamps and decoupage and everything else they do so when I saw that House mouse and friends challenge is having a massive birthday hop I just had to take part :D
For my card I have used the adorable stamp from the unmounted range at Joanna Sheen called Ice cream. I have coloured them with my promarkers. For the background I have made my own using a swirly stamp I got from the show at Sandown yesterday. I have stamped it in Distress ink (walnut) and then used my Dreamweaver stencil brushes to add lipstick distress ink from the edges towards the center. The sentiment is from Crafty Emma's Store.

House mouse hop

Yay it is hop time at the House Mouse Challenge Blog and there are loads of prizes up for grabs. I have just done my card for the challenge which this time is to use buttons,bows and bling :D
For the stamp I went for this very happy mouse. He is from the cake set and you can get him from Joanna Sheen. I have coloured him with promarkers before layering him on the purple card to match the card black which is from papermania. The DP is from Dove crafts back to basics set. The ribbon is from Fantastic ribbon. The sentiment is from Crafty Emma's Store.

Joanna Sheen - CD

Materials :

Dancing with Shadows by Joanna Sheen  

Just chilling with House Mouse and Fantastic Ribbon

The challenge at the House Mouse Challenge Blog this time round is make a splash. I LOVE this stamp so much it makes me smile every time I see it :D He is from the Chill out set from the brilliant Joanna Sheen. The funky dotted sheer ribbon is from the new Fantastic ribbon box set. I have to tel you in real life that box looks even better than the pictures and I ordered it just yesterday and it turned up this morning! You can't ask much more than that.
I have coloured this cutie with promarkers (I have put in my order for the ultra fine nibs and can not wait till they turn up :D ). The pretty flowers are from Mulberry Crafts UK and I have inked the edges again with my dream weaver stencil brushes.

Have a mice day

Well few things say Summer to me more than ice cream :D Don't you just love House mouse lol. I have coloured this duo (from the Joanna Sheen Ice cream unmounted set) with pro markers and added some gold detail to the lettering with a sakura metallic pen. The great papers are of course from Bearly Mine the pink one is from the grunge days set and the stripes are from spring and summer stripes set. The pearls are from Crafty Emma's Store.

More house mouse fun from Joanna Sheen

The challenge over at House Mouse Challenge Blog is to use jewels and you know how much I love House mouse and sparkle so I had to take part :D
I think this little one is so cute I can put this card on here now as my friend that I sent it to has got it. I think the pearls just finish it off. This little mouse is from the close shave unmounted set and you can get them from Joanna Sheen's store HERE. I have coloured him with pro markers. The sentiment is also from the same set. The paper is from papermania's blueberry pie set( available from Crafty Emma's Store) , the ribbon is from my stash as are the pearls.

Loving House Mouse with Joanna Sheen

I just have to let you all know about the new Valentines range of House Mouse stamps that are now in the store at Joanna Sheen. How cute are these....They are just £9.99 each!! What a bargain I know that I am going to be making an order very, very soon. Till then I am still loving the other sets.....
This card has been made using the spring daffodil set available HERE. I have coloured them with promarkers and then done some matting and layering and mounted it on foam pads so it stands out a bit. The backing paper is from My Minds Eye True blue set available from Crafty Emma's Store. The sentiment and gems are also from Crafty Emma's Store.