MAWTT Birthday Blog Hop - Winner

Good evening, thanks so much to all that took part last week in our MAWTT Birthday Blog Hop to celebrate a whole year of challenges.

The winner of my Blog Hop Candy, who guessed 3,250 buttons and was closest to my number of 3,194 was :

Angie - Bumble Bees Craft Den -

Well done Angie! Please contact me via my email : thegreenies@tinyworld.co.uk and I will send you your stamps and brads.

Thanks again, be back tommorrow with my DT card using Clare's fab sketch.

hugs

Heidi xx

WOYWW # 56

Morning bloggers, Wednesday again! I just love Wednesday's! It is thanks to the lovely Julia who started this mad craze of blog-hopping to show off your workdesks and creations, and it has taken off slightly well, lol! It's so much fun to pop on over to blogs and get inspired by what these super ladies/chaps make. What did I ever do for entertainment before WOYWW, lol!!


To my WOYWW, there is a slight change to my normal desk layout, I have a poorly fellow living on my desk. Our little old man, Carrie our four year Guinea Pig isn't very well at the moment, and I have to keep him indoors to be monitored and give him his anti-biotics. I am feeling a bit like a nursemaid, and have been up all night tending to him, he is worth it though, we have had him and his sister since birth, so he is a very special member of the family. My craft room is the only place, away from Molly, who keeps on sniffing him, I am sure she wouldn't hurt him, but don't want to take the chance. He is living in her cat box until he is better. Therefore, I have had to move to my dining room table to do my crafting. The family won't get fed this evening, take out is in order me thinks, ooo decisions, Chinese, McD's or Curry????

On my craft mat are some unfinished ATC's that I am doing for a swap, I am using some very unloved stamps that have lived in my stamp box for a couple of years. I am absolutely fascinated by clocks, especially old ones and these reminded me of my dad who used to take clocks apart and show me how to put them back together again, it was so much fun! These are the sort of clocks that he used to fix for friends, arn't they fab?

My stamps are from Hero Arts, 'Antique Clocks - LL106', and come in a set of three, not sure if they are still available, but you should be able to find them on Ebay if not. My inkpads are Momento's - Rich Cocoa and Bamboo Leaves and I need to mind some appropriate sayings etc. to finish them off. ATC's are my new passion, Georgia and I have been busy making loads this weekend, it is so lovely that we can craft together! We will be doing lots of swaps, which Georgia is especially finding lots of fun. If you want to swap any with us, please leave me a message in the comments box and we can arrange this.

Right, am off to do some retail therapy, or I should say that Amy will be doing this and I will be carrying her bags, lol! She has promised me lunch today, so off I go, I am a cheap date, lol! She is going on holiday with her boyfriend soon to Ibiza, so I have to go help her, pick out her wardrobe, what fun!!

Have a super day, can't wait to see what your creating on your WOYWW!

love and hugs

Heidi

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Pear Tree Designs Weekly Challenge # 6 - 'Summer Loving'

Good morning, the weather is glorious here again today, I am spending the day indoors as it is too hot to sit in my garden. Poor Molly has taken to spreading herself out on the patio and not moving for hours, she certainly has the right idea, lol!

Monday means challenge time again over at Pear Tree Designs . There isnt a sketch this week, so you can choose your own, but Donna has given us all the theme of 'Summer Loving'. This has started me singing the words to the wonderful 'Grease' hit, one of my favourite films.

I just love the papers I have used, when I saw the theme, I knew that these would work so well with my chosen image.

I do hope you can take part in our challenge, the prize this week is from a new sponsor Robyn's Fetish Digital Designs , who are offering three digital stamps, so hurry up and get making your cards, so we can pop on over to see them!

My Card Recipe :

Penny Black 'Frolic' Image
Lovely Summary Bo Bunny Papers 'Love Bandit - Whooo Loves U'
Bo Bunny 'Flaminco' Double Dot Paper/Card
Pink Raffia Lace
SU Flower Stamp
Doodlebug Large Pink Stones
Coloured in with Promarkers

As you know by now, I am a bit lapse in putting my awards on my blog, I really do appreciate them when given and am sorry if they haven't appeared on here yet. Here is one from the lovely Shell and I have decided to give this award to anyone that leaves me a comment on here as I have been around my regular ladies, and see that most of them already have this, so if you are new, thanks for popping over here and please take the award with you.

Better go grab some lunch before I have to do the school run. I can't believe that its only another couple of weeks until they break-up. Come September, Georgia will be in her last year of middle school, and I had better make the most of the next year before she grows up and goes off to Secondary School, I will be a bit lost when she does, as she is my last of three :(

Enjoy your day, and the sunshine while it lasts!

luv

Heidi

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What a lovely day!

Good afternoon, what a lovely day it is here today, we actually have a light breeze which is keeping the temperature down, sorry Maree, our turn to be warm, lol!!! Will send the sun back to Oz soon!

Firstly, here is a picture of Georgia's first sunflower of the year, isn't it a beauty! I thought I would add it to cheer you all up. Whenever I see a sunflower, it brightens my day.

Secondly, here is my entry for two challeges today, Allsorts Challenge , theme being 'Embossing' and Crafty Sentiments , using a 'Birthday' theme.


My little easel card has been made using 'Label's I' Nestibility die. I have embossed my card with a Cuttlebug Embossing Die, 'Divine Swirls' and have sanded the edges. The paper is 'Crate Paper', the little image is from the Penny Black 'Hugs Collection' set of stamps. The sentiment is a Woodware one by the lovely Jane Gill. Scallop punch is a Papershaper one, the stones are Kaisercraft and the flowers are from stash.

Am off to watch the footie, may the best side win, thats all I am going to say, being dual-natioinality lol!

hugs

Heidi

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LOTV Thursday Challenge # 56

Good evening, its far too hot here in Sussex today! Have had a really slow day, as I haven't been able to find the energy to do much, lol! Anyway, I did manage to finish my entry for the Lili of The Valley Thursday Challenge . There is a fab sketch to use this time, I really enjoyed following it!

My Card Recipe :

LOTV Fairy Image
Pink Bazzill Bling Cardstock
Papermania 'Capsule Collection, Pink Papers x 2
Making Memories 'Cheeky' Flower ribbon (Half price bargain at Hobbycraft)
Cosmic Shimmer on Flowers, if you can see it!

Papermania 'Rose Garden' Butterfly & Sentiment
Hero Arts Pink Heart Pearls

Coloured in Promarkers

Am off to split myself in two, ready for the England -v- Germany match tommorrow. As I am half German, I dread these matches. We aren't big footie fans in our house, but it does get really competitive, when these two teams are playing and I try to stay neutral. Never mind, I am sure that England will win this one lol!

Enjoy your evening, I will be spending mine making ATC's, it's all my friend Debi's fault, since spending the evening making them recently, I am totally hooked!

Thanks for popping by,

hugs

Heidi

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MAWTT 1st Birthday Blog-Hop!

Good morning, we are celebrating the first birthday of Moving Along With The Times this week and we are having a Birthday Blog-Hop. The Design Team, will all be giving away their own candy to celebrate, by entering individual competitions. All you have to do to join in the fun is, enter our main blog challenge making 'Anything but a Card' but with a Birthday theme and linking it to your blog. Then pop on over to each DT member's blog, via the links. We are all holding individual little competitions, just to celebrate our first birthday and to say thank you to all of your lovely bloggers that have joining us over the past year.

Here is my Birthday Project. I have made a gift box with four cards using 'Gorguss' Girl stamped images, Brown & Blue Bazzill Cardstock, Doodlebug Dot Paper, SU Flower Stamp, Buttons, Linen Thread and stones.





To my competition, all you have to do is 'Guess How Many Buttons' are in the box. To give you a clue, it took Georgia nearly two hours to count them all, so don't be deceived, I have a lot of buttons, lol! Just leave me a comment and a guess of how many there are. The winner (closest to the number by five) will win the candy shown below.

The Prize - Six Brand New Stamps and a Pack of Brads

Next, go via the link to Brenda then from there to Clare C etc., Once you have gone around all of the DT's blogs, enter your creation via the main MAWTT Blog .

The winners of the competitions will be put on the DT blogs at 8pm on Wednesday 30th June 2010, good luck and have lots of fun!

big hugs

Heidi

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WOYWW # 55

Good morning, its Wednesday, yippeeee!!!!! Time to share your stash with all us WOYWW'ers, lol! To join in the fun, pop on over to Julia's lovely blog and leave a link to yours.

Firstly, I just wanted to show you this lovely little naked easel that Julia sent me, to celebrate the WOYWW's 1st birthday. Isn't it lovely? Thanks so much Julia, I love it!



Lots to show you today, but I will keep the post short as I have to go take Georgia to school and attend her sports day in the sunshine. Gonna be a hot one here again today!

As always, I have lots of projects going on. I have started some ATC's with my friend Debi, who has now got me hooked! I have also finished my DT project which I am really happy about, will show all tommorrow.



Here is my ever growing supply of clear stamps stored tidyly for once, lol!



There is also a lovely mini album I finished at a SU party recently, so loved making it, going to do some more later today.

Right must shower and get off the computer.

Take care

Heidi

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