Welcome to my blog!

From x stitch I moved into card making - now I am playing around with mixed media! I am taking part in different workshops and with help from crafty pals, learning about different mediums and techniques. Hope you feel inspired to create after a visit to my blog - Happy Crafting!

Friday 31 August 2012

Dog of the Week

This gorgeous girl is Sarah! 


Sarah is a lady who is full of fun she has a loving nature and travels well.
Sarah has only had 29 races and last raced on the 6th May 2010 - has not been tested with domestic dogs or cats


 If you can offer Sarah or any of the beautiful dogs a home please contact Oxford Retired Greyhounds Trust.


If you would like to make a donation to this very deserving Trust
  please make a bank transfer to
 Oxford RGT – Account No 00515200  -  Sort Code  30-12-51
or send a cheque to Oxford RGT
c/o 
Oxford Greyhound Stadium, Sandy Lane, Cowley, OX4 6LJ
  Any donations would be greatly appreciated.


One of the lovely other girls I showcased is no longer for adoption, as she is 9 her owner has decided no-one will want to adopt her - please consider the older dogs if you decide to adopt x

Thursday 30 August 2012

New Challenge Blog

Anything But a Card


This new challenge blog starts on the 2nd September -
follow the link ;)

Monday 27 August 2012

Ready-Teddy-Go Blog Hop Winner


And the winner randomly selected by my oh is Louise

http://lbw22-loopylou.blogspot.co.uk

Congrats Louise, please send me your details and i'll pop your gift in the post!

Check out the Challenge Blog to see who won the main prize!


Thanks to everyone who took part in our blog hop and for all the lovely comments you left the team x

Friday 24 August 2012

Dog of the Week

Look at this gorgeous girl!!


Oops you looked away at the wrong moment Jane!

Jane is a girl with a happy nature and is very loving - in fact she was more interested in having a love and cuddle than having her photo taken - she has had 112 races and last raced in November 2010    Jane has retired from racing due to age and is now looking for a forever home - her Trainer describes her as the ideal pet.   Jane has not been tested with domestic dogs or cats

If you can offer Jane or any of the beautiful dogs a home please contact Oxford Retired Greyhounds Trust.
 

If you would like to make a donation to this very deserving Trust
  please make a bank transfer to
 Oxford RGT – Account No 00515200  -  Sort Code  30-12-51
or send a cheque to Oxford RGT
c/o 
Oxford Greyhound Stadium, Sandy Lane, Cowley, OX4 6LJ
  Any donations would be greatly appreciated.

Monday 20 August 2012

Sparkly and Bright

I have another Cas Crimble card to share..i have been playing with my new Papermania border stamps and used my Stampin Up Santa and Sentiment. I really should have used my Stamp-a-ma-jig as the sentiment is too low..ah well!


Hope your Monday has gone well..countdown to the Bank Holiday! I am off Friday and Morning but working Saturday..bum! 

I will be entering this card into the following challenge;

Top Tip Tuesday - One Layer Card



Sunday 19 August 2012

Midway August Challenge at Ready-Teddy-Go

Woohoo It's your favourite!!





 If you haven't started your Crimble makes you really should!

These lovely tags are by Bugaboo, coloured with Promarkers and backed with red card. If I ask nicely do you think Santa will bring me some flexmarkers??

This month we are sponsored by the wonderful...



Hi Everyone! 
I am Michelle from Mishelflo Creative Crafting a small online Craft Shop which I like to think of as your "Crafty Corner Shop".  It's just me who runs it, from making the coffee to packing the parcels.  I hope you like what I have chosen for the August Challenge Prize.  I just adore IndigoBlu! 
This is what you will receive ..........

1 x IndigoBlu "Discover your Passion" Rubber Stamp
1 x IndigoBlu Slim Jims (5 x different size Acrylic Blocks)
1 x Inkadinkadoo Stamping Surface
(this is an 8" x 8" Heat Resistant Rubber Mat)
5 x various coloured Versa Magic Dew Drop Ink Pads

Good Luck everyone!



 Don't forget to check out what the rest of the team have come up with!!

Let's see your atc's, cards, boxes, bags, tags and more over at Ready-Teddy-Go!

I would like to enter these tags into the following challenges;

A Gem of a Challenge - Animals or teddies
Craft Your Days Away (final challenge) - Anything goes
Crafty Catz - Animals
Polkadoodles - Tags
Little Red Wagon - Dog Days of Summer (any animal)
Simon Says Stamp - Animal Antics


Friday 17 August 2012

Dog of the Week



Introducing.....Billy!

 Billy is a boy who has had 40 races and  finished racing in September 2009 - since that time Billy has been waiting to find a loving home
Billy has a good loving nature - he just loves to cuddle you - has not been tested with domestic dogs or cats.  Travels well

This poor mite has been waiting 3 years for a loving home..can you help?


If so please contact Oxford Retired Greyhounds


If you would like to make a donation to this very deserving Trust
  please make a bank transfer to
 Oxford RGT – Account No 00515200  -  Sort Code  30-12-51
or send a cheque to Oxford RGT
c/o 
Oxford Greyhound Stadium, Sandy Lane, Cowley, OX4 6LJ
  Any donations would be greatly appreciated.

Tuesday 14 August 2012

Colours on Kraft


I found the Annabelle Stamps blog recently and am trying to take part in their challenges on a weekly basis. I haven't coloured on Kraft before so started off small! I used my trees from a Stampin Up! set and used derwent coloursoft pencils. I added gems to the first and red stickles to the last. I used my papermania border stamps and my craftwork cards alphabet for the wording.

I am entering this card into the following challenges;

Annabelle Stamps - Colours on Kraft



Monday 13 August 2012

How beautiful......


I am trying to make more cards to sell at work to raise money for the greyhounds. I think this image lends itself perfectly to a quick card even though there is some colouring to do.


Image is Lotv
Coloured with derwent pencils and baby oil
Sentiment from a Stamping Belle stamp set that I won
Border stamp by Papermania



I will be entering this card into the following challenges;

Less is More - Feathers and Fur
Make it Monday- Linky Party


Hope you day goes well!


Sunday 12 August 2012

Fur and Feathers



is this week's challenge on the Less is More Challenge. I decided it was a perfect opportunity to makes some more cards to sell at work for the Greyhounds. I also got these stickers as people felt I should be putting my name on them, but i also wanted to say what they were raising money for.


This is a new stamp set I got for £2 last week..I have never used something new so quick! I also had a go at masking as it looks so effective on other people's cards!


I will be entering this card into the following challenges;

Less is More - Fur and Feathers
Do You Stack Up  - Four legged friends
Sentimental Sundays - Clean and Simple


Hope you Sunday is going well x



Saturday 11 August 2012

RTG Blog Hop Reminder

It end's on the 19th so make sure you have left comments on all of the dt's blogs that are taking part and left your details on Mr Linky!!

Some of us have hidden prizes too ;)


Cas Crimbly Card


I used one of the fabulous Xmas images from Digistamp Boutique, coloured with promarkers. Layered with crumb cake and some red card snippets. Finished with 3 gems from meiflower.


I will be entering this card into the following challenges;

Digistamp Boutique - Monthly Challenge
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly -Anything Goes
Creative Inspiration - Anything Goes
My Mum's Craft Shop -  Christmas in August
Cas-ual Fridays - Clean and Simple Square Card
Crafty Catz -Anything Goes


Hope you all have a nice weekend planned!


Friday 10 August 2012

Dog of the Week

We have another gorgeous black boy for you as they are usually overlooked - how can they be ? They are so sweet!!


This is Reg!

Reg is one of our larger boys with a heart to match - he has been described by his Trainer as "the most loving dog" he just loves to be cuddled and fussed.   Reg has had 125 races and last raced in May 2010 - he has not been tested with domestic dogs or cats

If you think that you can offer this very special loving boy the home he is looking for please contact


If you would like to make a donation to this very deserving Trust
  please make a bank transfer to
 Oxford RGT – Account No 00515200  -  Sort Code  30-12-51
or send a cheque to Oxford RGT
c/o 
Oxford Greyhound Stadium, Sandy Lane, Cowley, OX4 6LJ
  Any donations would be greatly appreciated.

Friday 3 August 2012

Dog of the Week

We have another lovely black lad for you this week and he has the cutest socks!!


Geronimo is a very loving boy but as his name suggests he has "battle scars" in fact he has quite a few - these scars are from his puppy days when he used to play in the paddocks.   Geronimo has had 77 races and last raced in June 2010 - he has not been tested with domestic dogs or cats


If you would like to take this gorgeous girl home with you please contact Oxford Retired Greyhound Trust
If you would like to make a donation to this very deserving Trust
  please make a bank transfer to
 Oxford RGT – Account No 00515200  -  Sort Code  30-12-51
or send a cheque to Oxford RGT
c/o 
Oxford Greyhound Stadium, Sandy Lane, Cowley, OX4 6LJ
  Any donations would be greatly appreciated.

Wednesday 1 August 2012

Anything Goes AND a Blog Hop at Ready-Teddy-Go!




It's like Christmas has come early!! Anything goes and a Blog Hop, look how excited Alfie is!!

All you need to do to take part is create something with a teddy as the main image...Simple!!


For my Anything Goes card I used Kraft card with these gorgeous papers from First Edition called 'Love Letters'. Can you see those lovely glittery bits on them?


Corner punch by Martha Stewart and pearls from stash.


Matching edge punch and banner pennant by Nestabilities.


Gems from Meiflower and lovely pink glitter from DreamWeaver.


Craftwork Cards sentiment, die from nestabilities and ribbon from stash.


Coloured with promarkers and glitter spica pens. DI spun sugar for distressing and die cuts by Nestabilities.


Our Challenge Sponsor this month is Mishelflo

who is offering this wonderful prize for the winner!


A new feature this month and for future challenges is the introduction of the Top 3 Winner's spots besides the draw winner and the offer of a GDT spot for the selected winner.
The blinkie is already in the sidebar on the challenge page and we hope that the selected winners will display it with pride.



Now for the Blog Hop deets!!


You will see a Blue Frog linky on each site but you only have to enter your details in once as we are all using the same collection for the hop.

We are also asking that if you want to take part, you:

1) Are or become a Follower of the Ready-Teddy-Go challenge blog

2) Display our Blog Hop button [below] somewhere in your sidebar; and finally

3) You leave a comment on each of the DT sites.



In case you get lost this is the list of the blog hop :) You should have arrived from the lovely Daniele, if not go back to the start so you can see all of the fabulous Dt's work


Sonia




As well as hidden prizes along the way Meiflower is offering this wonderful birthday goodie bag. I wish I could win!!



From here you are travelling on the the lovely Helen, hope you are enjoying the hop, good luck and don't forget to leave comments on each Dt page to be in with a chance of winning!

 Happy Hopping!!