Vacation!!

Friends, I am off to Europe and Sweden again, but this time for a wedding. A short stay but a very looong trip. Back next week! So no visits from me at your blogs and no DT cards or post on Monday!

I show you instead a photo of me celebrating my 50th birthday, LOL! This is Malaysia as it's best!

DT Monday - For a girl and Punch it!

I hope you had a great weekend? I had the best time ever celebrating my birthday with my family! You can see below that my brain has been it bit distracted lately, sorry about that!! Well it not every day one turn 50, LOL! Good luck with today's challengers!

STAMP WITH FUN - Challenge no 73 - A card for a girl!

An image from Mo's, colored with Copics (my son didn't like the coloring at all, I do confess I did this in a rush!!). I made if for a girl who will turn 5, Grattis means Happy Birthday! Papers are all from Basic Grey! OK, this week's sponsor is Cute Stamps and Cards and they have a fabuolus price for you! Good luck!

PAPER CUPCAKES - Challenge - Punch it!

As you can see no card from me today for PCC. Clumsy me did a card with an image for one of the September challengers. And since I was away over the weekend I didn't have time to fix it.

Jessie brings us today's challenge, use your punches, any kind. We love to see all the cards made with the same image and see all the different colorings and ideas! Good luck!

This is what you can win if you enter the challenge using the FREE image, you find all the info and the image on Paper Cupcakes challenge blog, click here!

Paper Cupcakes Blog Hop winners and more...

The lucky two winners of the above blog hop is now announced at Paper Cupcakes challenge blog, Click here!

Nina is also selling 10 of her digi stamps for half the price, but only for a week so hurry and get some fabulous digis for a bargain!

Now I would like to show you a gorgeous card I received from one of my DT friends at Stamp with fun, Andrea! Thanks a million! Yes I am turning 50 on Saturday, believe me I am not so keen on it, LOL! Check out Andreas blog, click here! Here is the card....

Anniversary card!

On Monday I had been married to my hubby for 24 years, he is a wonderful man and my best friend! We are so much a like, so if he forgets I do the same, like on Monday. Nobody remembered what day it was, until a friend told me, oops! I surprised hubby in the evening with a small bottle of Champagne, and the card above, he still didn't get it!! Not even with the text I wrote, oh dear, we are getting old, LOL! But he did surprise me with a party earlier this summer, I am turning 50 on Saturday, so he is forgiven!!

I have used on of the cute Paper Cupcakes images, one you find on the Tea party sketch blog hop! In the same hop we got 14 new sketches (you can still find them at the DTs blogs). This one is made by Amber, even if did some modification, so I could write the text hidden under!

DT Monday - Sketch and Make your own flower!

Good Monday everyone! First, the winner of my surprise candy winner is Jessie! She will get a Magnolia stamp, Congrats! Second, for Paper Cupcakes Tea party sketch blog hop, please scroll down! Now on to DT Monday!

STAMP WITH FUN! Challenge 72 - a sketch by Tina!

I have used two Hanglar stamps colored with Distress inks. The papers are from Minds Eye. I have made the flower myself, for my very simple tutorial click here! Here is the great sketch...

Here is this week's prize..

Paper Cupcakes - Challenge - Make your own flower!

Gloria brings us this week's challenge - Make your own flower. It can be made by anything, use your imagination. I took the easy way and made a paper flower. I have a tutorial in Nilla's Craft room, for this flower and similar ones. Click here!

For this challenge you can use any acquired image (mine is Sammy the shamrock) from the Paper Cupcake store or one of your Freebies. Nina has so generously given away many wonderful images for a year now! You can win this fabulous prize!

Don't forget that Paper Cupcake's blog hop is still on to the 18 August! Please scroll down!!

Tea Party Sketch Blog Hop at Paper Cupcakes!

Welcome to Paper Cupcakes Blog Hop!

You should have just arrived from

craftingranny

and next stop for you will be

havinganartatack

Directions for Hoppers

Start at the Paper Cupcakes Challenge blog and leave a comment then find the first blog to hop to and leave a comment.

Leave a comment on each DT's blog participating in the hop.

Collect each sketch for your own personal use… Enjoy!

Repeat the above steps until you come to the end (Having An Art-A-tack)

Now you should be the lucky owner of 14 sketches, wow!

Here is my sketch for you:

and here is my card using the image "Travelling Tea Party"

Not only will you be able to pick 14 great sketches but two of you get the chance to WIN 5, yes FIVE, images of your choice from the paper Cupcake store.

Paper Cupcakes store!

So IT'S PARTY TIME, now go and join the fun!

and next stop for you will be

havinganartatack

DT Monday - Purple/Blue and Sewing!

Good morning my friends in the cyber world! Hope you are all fine, I am!! For the winner of my "Clean craft room Blog candy" please see the post below! Where you can also win a Surprise gift! Now on to today's DT Monday!

STAMP WITH FUN - Challenge 71 - Purple/Blue

Now I will confess, I struggled, this is my second card because this combination was hard for me, maybe because I did not have many papers in purple but then I found this Darkroom Door paper with a tulip on it. I colored my Hanglars with blue and added a blue lace. I am sure you will do better, LOL! Good luck!

Paper Cupcakes - Challenge Sewing

This week's challenge at Paper Cupcakes is SEWING, brought to us by Dru. You know, my sewing machine is broke, so sad because I love sewing on my cards. However you can use any kind of sewing, puuh! As you can see I hand stitched it with two different colors of waxed floss. For this challenge you have to use your FREE image, Just ducky, but hey isn't he the cutest?? And if you win you can choose a digital image in the PCC store!

Just a reminder!!! Now this week on the 11 August!

BLOG CANDY WINNER!

Hi you all, thanks for helping me clearing my craft room by entering my Blog Candy! Today is my DT Monday, which means two cards as a DT on Stamp with fun and Paper Cupcakes! I will give you another chance to win a surprise gift that I found hanging around my craft room, got to do with stamping.....I say no more! To enter you just have to leave a comment on the DT Monday post - Purple/Blue - Sewing. Easy!!

OK, my Clean the craft room Blog Candy WINNER is

no 24

who is Theresa

CONGRATS!

Please email me your address and I will send it to you asap!

Nilla's Clean the craft room BLOG CANDY!

Time again, to clean the scrap room. Found a lot of unused stuff like rub-ons, stamps, ribbons, mini books, stickers, flowers, journalling, die cuts.....

What to do:

1. Make a comment to this post, once please!

2. Link it somewhere in your blog.

You have to do this before Sunday 8 August midnight My time (=5pm UK time).

I'll send it anywhere, Good luck to all of you!

DT Monday - Sketch and 3 DPs!

Am I glad to be back in my scrap room, love to have all the choices!! Soon to come is PCC Blog Hop starts 11 August and another one of my "Cleaning the scrap room" Blog Candy!! But today is Monday and time for

STAMP WITH FUN - Challenge 70 - Sketch by Andrea!

A fabulous sketch by Andrea, I have used a Hanglar stamp, colored with Distress ink. The gorgeous papers from Norway are part of the gift I received from Hege! Butterflies are Martha Stewart and the rest from my stash! Here is the sketch....

Today's sponsor is

PAPER CUPCAKES Challenge - Pattern papers at least 3!

Amber brings us this challenge - to use 3 or more design papers! You can use any acquired image from PCC, if you do not have any you can always use the freebie on PCCs blog or go to PCC store, where you find wonderful digi stamps! I have used Sunday afternoon. Again I have used papers I recieved from my friend Hege in Norway and Martha Stewart punches! This week you can win this....